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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.






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






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






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






5. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






7. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


8. When is a circuit considered closed?






9. 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






10. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






14. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






31. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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


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






40. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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






46. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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