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






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






3. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






5. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






16. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






18. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






21. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


22. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.






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






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






25. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






27. What is the purpose of a raceway?






28. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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


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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






42. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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