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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
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1. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?






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






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






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






5. 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.






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


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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. What is the characteristic of a device?






15. 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.






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






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






18. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






19. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






23. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






49. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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