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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the purpose of a raceway?






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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


14. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


15. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






29. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






31. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






38. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






47. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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