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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
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1. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. When is a circuit considered closed?






10. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






18. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






30. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






44. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






47. What is the characteristic of a device?






48. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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49. 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.






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