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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.






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






3. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






5. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. What makes DC fluctuate?






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






25. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






27. 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.






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






29. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






31. What is the characteristic of a device?






32. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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


34. 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.






35. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






40. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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