Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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1. 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.
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
4'
P-Trap
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)


2. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Diameter
Building
To size the wire
P-Trap


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

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4. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Building
Grounding
Main
Horizontal Pipe


5. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Sewerage Ejector
Alter or Alteration
Use of exhaust fan to control odor


6. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Main Vent
Administrative Authority
4'
Sewerage System


7. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Roughing-in
Grounding
Main
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)


8. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Height of Building
Diameter
Parallel Series
Administrative Authority


9. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Height of Building
Administrative Authority
Building


10. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Outside of he building - providing
When it is complete
Combustible Construction
When it is already pulsating


11. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Combustible Construction
Combustible Construction
Plumbing System
Horizontal Pipe


12. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Plumbing Unit
Main


13. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Plumbing Unit
Parallel Series
Height of Building
Combustible Construction


14. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
4'
To achieve polarity
1 1/2'
Parallel Series


15. What is the characteristic of a device?
Height of Building
Sewerage Ejector
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Flood Level


16. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
4'
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Stack Vent
Flood Level


17. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Ohm's Law
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Height of Building
Parallel Series


18. What makes DC fluctuate?
Fixture Supply
Fixture Supply
Flood Level
When it is already pulsating


19. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
1 1/2'
Plumbing Unit
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Stack Vent


20. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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21. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Horizontal Pipe
Grounding
To achieve polarity
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)


22. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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23. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Plumbing Unit
Sewerage Ejector
Alter or Alteration


24. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Administrative Authority
Alter or Alteration
Plumbing Unit
Ohm's Law


25. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Stack Vent
Alter or Alteration
Sewerage System
Outside of he building - providing


26. What is the purpose of a raceway?
To achieve polarity
To size the wire
Combustible Construction
Conduit


27. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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28. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Alley
Stack Vent
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload


29. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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

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31. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
1 1/2'
Stack Vent
Use of exhaust fan to control odor


32. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Combustible Construction
Development Length
Fixture Vent
Outside of he building - providing


33. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Plumbing Unit
Flood Level
1 1/2'
Building


34. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Armor
Flood Level
Fixture Supply
Horizontal Pipe


35. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Outside of he building - providing
Ohm's Law


36. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Roughing-in
Flood Level
Sewerage System
Armor


37. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Plumbing System
When it is complete
Grounding


38. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Administrative Authority
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Use of exhaust fan to control odor


39. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Administrative Authority
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Parallel Series


40. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
When it is complete
Alter or Alteration
Development Length
1 1/2'


41. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Diameter
Fixture Vent
Alley
Horizontal Pipe


42. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Conduit
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Fixture Vent
Height of Building


43. 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.
Height of Building
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Fixture Supply
P-Trap


44. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
When it is complete
Roughing-in
1 1/2'
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building


45. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Alley


46. 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
Plumbing Unit
To achieve polarity
Administrative Authority
Use of exhaust fan to control odor


47. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
4'
Height of Building
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Stack Vent


48. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
1 1/2'
Parallel Series
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building


49. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Ohm's Law
Flood Level
When it is already pulsating


50. 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
Ohm's Law
Plumbing Unit
When it is already pulsating
Conduit