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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?






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


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






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






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






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






7. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






9. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






13. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


14. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






16. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.






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






18. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






28. 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.






29. When is a circuit considered closed?






30. When is a circuit considered closed?






31. 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






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






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






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






35. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






36. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.






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






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


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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






45. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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