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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






4. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






6. 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.






7. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






10. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






20. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






23. 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.






24. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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






30. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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