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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.






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






3. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






4. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






9. When is a circuit considered closed?






10. What makes DC fluctuate?






11. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






13. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.






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


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






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






21. 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






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






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






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






25. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?






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






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






28. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






32. When is a circuit considered closed?






33. What is the characteristic of a device?






34. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


35. What makes DC fluctuate?






36. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.






37. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






39. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?






40. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?






41. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?






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


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






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






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






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






47. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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