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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
To achieve polarity
When it is already pulsating
Plumbing Unit
Parallel Series

2. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Building
Plumbing Unit
Plumbing Unit
Sewerage System

3. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Outside of he building - providing
Alter or Alteration
Outside of he building - providing
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

4. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Main
Alter or Alteration
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Height of Building

5. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
Combustible Construction
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
P-Trap
Main

6. When is a circuit considered closed?
To achieve polarity
When it is complete
To size the wire
Stack Vent

7. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Armor
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
P-Trap
Administrative Authority

8. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Parallel Series
P-Trap
Sewerage Ejector
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

9. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Height of Building
Grounding
To size the wire
Use of exhaust fan to control odor

10. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Flood Level
P-Trap
1 1/2'

11. When is a circuit considered closed?
When it is complete
Ohm's Law
1 1/2'
Plumbing Unit

12. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Development Length
1 1/2'
Fixture Vent
Diameter

13. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
To size the wire
Plumbing System
Armor
Use of exhaust fan to control odor

14. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Administrative Authority
Fixture Supply
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Main

15. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

16. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Combustible Construction
Fixture Supply
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Fixture Vent

17. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Plumbing Unit
Horizontal Pipe
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

18. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
To achieve polarity
Diameter
Parallel Series
Alter or Alteration

19. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Stack Vent
Development Length
Diameter
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

20. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Plumbing System
Fixture Supply

21. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Armor
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Diameter
Plumbing System

22. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

23. 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.
Administrative Authority
Sewerage System
Roughing-in
Armor

24. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Roughing-in
Height of Building
Parallel Series
To size the wire

25. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
To achieve polarity

26. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Flood Level
Roughing-in
Grounding
Development Length

27. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Stack Vent
Outside of he building - providing
To size the wire
Grounding

28. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Grounding
Conduit
1 1/2'

29. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Alley
Combustible Construction
Sewerage Ejector
Conduit

30. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Development Length
Armor
Administrative Authority
Grounding

31. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Building
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Plumbing Unit
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)

32. What is the characteristic of a device?
Main Vent
Outside of he building - providing
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Main

33. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Plumbing System
Fixture Vent
Stack Vent
Horizontal Pipe

34. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Roughing-in
Conduit
Alley
Conduit

35. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Parallel Series
Conduit
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Combustible Construction

36. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Fixture Vent
Outside of he building - providing
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Fixture Supply

37. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Combustible Construction
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Main

38. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Diameter
Fixture Supply
To size the wire
Conduit

39. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

40. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Alter or Alteration
Fixture Vent

41. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Administrative Authority
Flood Level
Sewerage System
1 1/2'

42. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
P-Trap
Roughing-in
Fixture Supply
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

43. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Alter or Alteration
Main
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Alley

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

45. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
1 1/2'
Outside of he building - providing
Conduit
Parallel Series

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
Fixture Vent
Main
When it is already pulsating
Plumbing Unit

47. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
To size the wire
Alley
When it is already pulsating
Plumbing Unit

48. 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
Roughing-in
Plumbing Unit
Sewerage System
Grounding

49. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
To size the wire
Combustible Construction
Fixture Vent
Development Length

50. What makes DC fluctuate?
When it is already pulsating
Main Vent
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Conduit