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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Alley
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Development Length
Plumbing System

2. 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.
Ohm's Law
Horizontal Pipe
Armor
Sewerage System

3. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
4'
Main Vent
Outside of he building - providing
To size the wire

4. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
When it is already pulsating
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Main
Grounding

5. What is the characteristic of a device?
To achieve polarity
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

6. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Alley
Sewerage Ejector
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
When it is already pulsating

7. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

8. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

9. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Flood Level
Administrative Authority
Stack Vent
To achieve polarity

10. 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
Plumbing Unit
Plumbing System
P-Trap
Use of exhaust fan to control odor

11. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Roughing-in
Fixture Vent
Plumbing System
Administrative Authority

12. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
To achieve polarity
Building

13. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Height of Building
Alter or Alteration
Building
Alley

14. 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.
Alley
Plumbing System
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
P-Trap

15. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Development Length
To achieve polarity
Stack Vent
Stack Vent

16. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Main Vent
To size the wire
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Armor

17. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
P-Trap
To achieve polarity
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Diameter

18. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Parallel Series
Administrative Authority
Outside of he building - providing
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

19. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
To size the wire
Main
Sewerage Ejector
Armor

20. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Alley
Ohm's Law
P-Trap
To size the wire

21. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Flood Level
Alley
Roughing-in
Sewerage System

22. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Administrative Authority
Height of Building
Stack Vent
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

23. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
When it is complete
Horizontal Pipe
Diameter
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

24. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Armor
Main
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

25. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
1 1/2'
Main
Horizontal Pipe
Fixture Supply

26. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

27. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Plumbing Unit
Stack Vent
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Diameter

28. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Outside of he building - providing
Fixture Vent
Development Length
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

29. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Sewerage System
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Armor

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

31. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
To achieve polarity
Plumbing Unit
Armor

32. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Fixture Vent
Sewerage Ejector
Development Length
Alter or Alteration

33. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Plumbing System
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
1 1/2'

34. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Development Length
Grounding
Diameter
Sewerage System

35. What is the characteristic of a device?
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
To achieve polarity
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Sewerage System

36. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Height of Building
Outside of he building - providing
When it is already pulsating
Ohm's Law

37. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
P-Trap
Grounding
Development Length

38. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Development Length
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
To size the wire
Administrative Authority

39. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Grounding
Horizontal Pipe
Height of Building
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

40. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Stack Vent
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Use of exhaust fan to control odor

41. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Height of Building
Stack Vent
To size the wire
Main Vent

42. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
When it is already pulsating
Alter or Alteration
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
To size the wire

43. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Alter or Alteration
Alley
Roughing-in
Main

44. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Plumbing Unit
Conduit
1 1/2'
To size the wire

45. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Parallel Series
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
4'
Outside of he building - providing

46. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Main
Sewerage Ejector
Fixture Vent
To size the wire

47. What makes DC fluctuate?
Fixture Supply
When it is already pulsating
Plumbing System
Conduit

48. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
Armor
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Parallel Series
When it is complete

49. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Alley
Plumbing System
Combustible Construction
Fixture Vent

50. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
To size the wire
Flood Level
Fixture Vent
Administrative Authority