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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






21. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






25. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






29. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






30. What is the characteristic of a device?






31. 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.






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






33. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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


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






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






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






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






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






45. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


46. What is the purpose of a raceway?






47. 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.






48. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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