Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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1. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
1 1/2'
Height of Building
Alter or Alteration
Use of exhaust fan to control odor


2. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Combustible Construction
Development Length
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch


3. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Plumbing System
To achieve polarity
4'
Armor


4. Minimum standard quantity of plumbing fixtures that discharges wastes into a plumbing installation: 1 water meter - 1 water closet - 1 lavatory - 1 shower head and drain for a bathtub or shower stall - 1 kitchen sink - 1 laundry tray - 3 floor drains
When it is already pulsating
Plumbing Unit
Armor
Roughing-in


5. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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6. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
To size the wire
P-Trap
Main Vent


7. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Horizontal Pipe
Plumbing System
Conduit
To achieve polarity


8. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Fixture Supply
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Armor


9. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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10. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Alter or Alteration
When it is complete


11. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Alter or Alteration
To achieve polarity
Outside of he building - providing
Main Vent


12. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Horizontal Pipe
Alley
When it is already pulsating


13. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
Stack Vent
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
P-Trap
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload


14. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Plumbing Unit
Combustible Construction
Stack Vent
Height of Building


15. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Fixture Vent
Main
Alley
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building


16. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Fixture Vent
P-Trap
When it is already pulsating
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building


17. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Main Vent
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Flood Level
Grounding


18. Pipe cleanout size requirements shall be of a size corresponding to the pipe size into which they are installed up to a diameter.

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19. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Sewerage Ejector
Height of Building
Main Vent
Flood Level


20. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Alley
When it is complete
Plumbing Unit
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch


21. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Alley
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Horizontal Pipe
Building


22. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Flood Level
1 1/2'
Main Vent
P-Trap


23. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
1 1/2'
Roughing-in
Fixture Vent
Plumbing System


24. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Main
Main Vent
Main
Alter or Alteration


25. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Grounding
Fixture Vent
Diameter
Combustible Construction


26. What is the characteristic of a device?
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Sewerage System
Sewerage Ejector
Main


27. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Height of Building
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Diameter
Administrative Authority


28. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Sewerage Ejector
Ohm's Law
Grounding
To size the wire


29. Minimum standard quantity of plumbing fixtures that discharges wastes into a plumbing installation: 1 water meter - 1 water closet - 1 lavatory - 1 shower head and drain for a bathtub or shower stall - 1 kitchen sink - 1 laundry tray - 3 floor drains
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Plumbing Unit
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)


30. What makes DC fluctuate?
Grounding
Sewerage System
When it is already pulsating
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch


31. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
4'
Sewerage System
Parallel Series
Combustible Construction


32. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Parallel Series
Roughing-in
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Outside of he building - providing


33. Pipe cleanout size requirements shall be of a size corresponding to the pipe size into which they are installed up to a diameter.

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34. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Diameter
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
To size the wire
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building


35. What makes DC fluctuate?
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Conduit
When it is already pulsating
Armor


36. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
Conduit
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Main Vent


37. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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38. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
Horizontal Pipe
Parallel Series
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Plumbing Unit


39. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
To achieve polarity
Administrative Authority
When it is complete
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building


40. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Horizontal Pipe
Building
Combustible Construction
Flood Level


41. What is the characteristic of a device?
Sewerage Ejector
Armor
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Combustible Construction


42. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Diameter
Plumbing Unit
P-Trap
Sewerage Ejector


43. All of the drainage piping within a building that conveys sewage - rainwater - and other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal exclusive of public and private exterior pipe lines or systems.
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Sewerage Ejector
Sewerage System


44. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Main
Ohm's Law
To size the wire
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)


45. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Sewerage System
Alley
To achieve polarity


46. A designed fitting normally shaped with a U-Type part that continuously retains a liquid seal and prevents the back passage of air without affecting the flow of liquids in the system.
4'
Armor
P-Trap
Fixture Supply


47. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Stack Vent
Roughing-in
Sewerage System


48. A designed fitting normally shaped with a U-Type part that continuously retains a liquid seal and prevents the back passage of air without affecting the flow of liquids in the system.
Height of Building
P-Trap
Conduit
Main


49. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Alley
Parallel Series
Plumbing System
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload


50. What is the purpose of a raceway?
To achieve polarity
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Conduit
Armor