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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?






2. 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.






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






4. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






10. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






11. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






15. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






38. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. What makes DC fluctuate?






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


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