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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pipe cleanout size requirements shall be of a size corresponding to the pipe size into which they are installed up to a diameter.


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






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






4. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






7. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






9. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






32. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






34. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






36. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


40. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






48. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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