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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?






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






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


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






5. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






9. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






13. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






25. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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