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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?






2. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






4. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






7. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






9. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


10. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






24. What is the purpose of a raceway?






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






41. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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.






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






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






50. What makes DC fluctuate?