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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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1. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
When it is already pulsating
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Ohm's Law
Administrative Authority

2. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Height of Building
To size the wire
Fixture Supply
Armor

3. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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4. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Armor
Fixture Vent
Height of Building
Diameter

5. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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6. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
P-Trap
Roughing-in
To achieve polarity
1 1/2'

7. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Armor
Sewerage Ejector
Combustible Construction
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

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

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9. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Stack Vent
Sewerage System
Alley

10. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Sewerage System
Height of Building
When it is complete
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

11. What is the characteristic of a device?
Diameter
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Alter or Alteration
When it is already pulsating

12. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Armor
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Outside of he building - providing
Use of exhaust fan to control odor

13. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Roughing-in
Sewerage Ejector

14. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Grounding
When it is already pulsating
To size the wire
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

15. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
To achieve polarity
Plumbing Unit
Parallel Series
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

16. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Combustible Construction
To size the wire
Development Length

17. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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18. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Diameter
Grounding
Roughing-in
To size the wire

19. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Main Vent
P-Trap
Flood Level
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

20. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Armor
Building
Plumbing System
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

21. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Outside of he building - providing
Flood Level
Main Vent
To achieve polarity

22. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Main Vent
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
When it is complete
Plumbing System

23. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Height of Building
Height of Building
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
1 1/2'

24. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Plumbing System
Conduit
P-Trap
Stack Vent

25. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Main
Sewerage Ejector
Outside of he building - providing
Armor

26. What is the characteristic of a device?
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Building
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Diameter

27. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Alter or Alteration
Administrative Authority
Alley
4'

28. 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
Alter or Alteration
Plumbing Unit
P-Trap
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

29. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Parallel Series
Main Vent
Conduit
4'

30. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Main
Roughing-in
Armor
Plumbing System

31. 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.
Sewerage System
Main Vent
Plumbing Unit
To size the wire

32. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Ohm's Law
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

33. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Alter or Alteration
Administrative Authority
P-Trap

34. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Sewerage Ejector
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Horizontal Pipe
Ohm's Law

35. 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.
Parallel Series
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Sewerage System

36. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Main
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Armor
Sewerage Ejector

37. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
To size the wire
Stack Vent
Development Length
Fixture Supply

38. 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.
P-Trap
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Ohm's Law

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

40. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Outside of he building - providing
Horizontal Pipe
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Sewerage System

41. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Administrative Authority
To size the wire
Plumbing System
When it is complete

42. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
To achieve polarity
Stack Vent
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

43. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
P-Trap
Diameter
When it is already pulsating
Alley

44. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Plumbing Unit
Fixture Supply
Grounding
Height of Building

45. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Plumbing System
Fixture Vent
Roughing-in
When it is complete

46. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Stack Vent
Outside of he building - providing
Conduit
Sewerage Ejector

47. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Plumbing System
4'
Diameter

48. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Development Length
Stack Vent
Fixture Supply
To size the wire

49. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Parallel Series
Ohm's Law
Building
Combustible Construction

50. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Conduit
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Plumbing System
Alter or Alteration