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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 the sheat in a Romex Cable?






2. 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






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






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






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






6. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






9. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






13. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






15. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


16. What is the characteristic of a device?






17. 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.






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






19. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






23. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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