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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?






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






3. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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


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






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






10. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






15. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.






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






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. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


19. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






26. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






28. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






38. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






40. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






42. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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.