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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






4. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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


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






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






18. What is the characteristic of a device?






19. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


20. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






30. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






33. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






34. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. What is the purpose of a raceway?