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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.






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






3. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






4. 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






5. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






9. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. When is a circuit considered closed?






17. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






20. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


21. 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.






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






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






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






25. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






30. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






32. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






49. What is the characteristic of a device?






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