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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.






2. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






3. 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.






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






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


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 is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?






8. 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.






9. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


19. What is the purpose of a raceway?






20. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






26. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






32. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






41. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






44. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






46. What makes DC fluctuate?






47. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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