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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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






2. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






4. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






18. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






34. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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


37. What makes DC fluctuate?






38. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






39. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






40. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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