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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






24. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






34. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






36. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. When is a circuit considered closed?






43. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






48. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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