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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?






2. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.






3. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?






4. What is the purpose of a raceway?






5. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.






6. What is the characteristic of a device?






7. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?






8. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?






9. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


10. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?






11. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750






12. 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.






13. What is the characteristic of a device?






14. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.






15. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.






16. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.






17. 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.






18. What makes DC fluctuate?






19. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.






20. What makes DC fluctuate?






21. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?






22. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.






23. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.






24. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?






25. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.






26. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.






27. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.






28. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?






29. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






30. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply






31. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.






32. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.






33. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?






34. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750






35. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.






36. 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.






37. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.






38. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?






39. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?






40. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?






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


42. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?






43. 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






44. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.






45. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.






46. When is a circuit considered closed?






47. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?






48. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.






49. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.






50. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?