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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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1. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
To size the wire
Main Vent
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Main

2. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
To achieve polarity
Outside of he building - providing
Stack Vent

3. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
When it is already pulsating
Conduit
Outside of he building - providing
To size the wire

4. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Fixture Vent
Flood Level
To achieve polarity
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

5. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
P-Trap
Horizontal Pipe
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Sewerage Ejector

6. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Fixture Vent
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Height of Building
Administrative Authority

7. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Plumbing Unit
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Armor

8. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Height of Building
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
4'
Armor

9. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Main
Fixture Vent
Combustible Construction
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

10. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Armor
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Outside of he building - providing
Parallel Series

11. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Plumbing Unit
4'
Flood Level
Outside of he building - providing

12. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Height of Building
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
When it is already pulsating
Horizontal Pipe

13. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Flood Level
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Sewerage Ejector
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

14. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Fixture Vent
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Stack Vent

15. 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.
Stack Vent
Sewerage System
P-Trap
When it is complete

16. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Combustible Construction
Parallel Series
To achieve polarity

17. 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
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Plumbing Unit
Grounding
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

18. 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.
P-Trap
Sewerage System
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Development Length

19. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Ohm's Law
Alley
Fixture Supply
Building

20. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Conduit
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Combustible Construction
Flood Level

21. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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22. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Building
Diameter
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Plumbing Unit

23. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Horizontal Pipe
Height of Building
Stack Vent

24. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Main
Development Length
Stack Vent
Alter or Alteration

25. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Diameter
Roughing-in
Main
Development Length

26. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Main
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
When it is already pulsating
To achieve polarity

27. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Stack Vent
P-Trap
Alley

28. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Building
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Diameter
Development Length

29. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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30. 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
Diameter
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Plumbing Unit
To achieve polarity

31. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Building
Grounding
Administrative Authority
Stack Vent

32. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Administrative Authority
Armor
Outside of he building - providing
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

33. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Fixture Vent
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Plumbing System

34. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Stack Vent
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Conduit
1 1/2'

35. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Armor
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Building

36. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Grounding
Alley
Building

37. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
To achieve polarity
Plumbing Unit
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Outside of he building - providing

38. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Flood Level
Parallel Series
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)

39. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
1 1/2'
Outside of he building - providing
Conduit
Alley

40. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
1 1/2'
Fixture Vent
Height of Building
When it is already pulsating

41. 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.
P-Trap
Combustible Construction
Plumbing Unit
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

42. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Roughing-in
Main Vent
Height of Building
Grounding

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

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44. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Diameter
Grounding
Administrative Authority
Fixture Vent

45. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Alter or Alteration
Roughing-in
4'
Roughing-in

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

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47. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Sewerage Ejector
Armor
When it is already pulsating
Administrative Authority

48. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
To size the wire
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
When it is complete
Plumbing System

49. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Roughing-in
Conduit
Main Vent
Diameter

50. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Fixture Supply
Conduit
Height of Building
Roughing-in