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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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1. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Fixture Supply
Plumbing Unit
Sewerage Ejector
Main Vent

2. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Flood Level
Development Length
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

3. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Horizontal Pipe
Main Vent
Height of Building

4. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Plumbing System
Sewerage System
Sewerage System
Main Vent

5. 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.
Grounding
Sewerage System
Armor
P-Trap

6. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Administrative Authority
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Fixture Supply
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

7. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Administrative Authority
Main Vent
P-Trap
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

8. 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.
Sewerage Ejector
1 1/2'
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
P-Trap

9. 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
When it is complete
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Plumbing Unit
Conduit

10. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Alley
P-Trap
Armor
Plumbing System

11. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Conduit
4'
Diameter
P-Trap

12. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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13. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Grounding
Sewerage System
Combustible Construction
P-Trap

14. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
4'
Height of Building
Ohm's Law
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

15. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Outside of he building - providing
Grounding
P-Trap

16. 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 System
Ohm's Law
Flood Level
Plumbing Unit

17. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Sewerage System
4'
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Flood Level

18. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Grounding
Horizontal Pipe
Height of Building

19. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Main Vent
Sewerage Ejector
Combustible Construction
Armor

20. When is a circuit considered closed?
Grounding
Sewerage Ejector
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
When it is complete

21. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Ohm's Law
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
1 1/2'

22. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
When it is already pulsating
Parallel Series
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
1 1/2'

23. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Flood Level
Alter or Alteration
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

24. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Parallel Series
Ohm's Law
Administrative Authority
Use of exhaust fan to control odor

25. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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26. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Administrative Authority
Horizontal Pipe
Sewerage Ejector

27. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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28. What makes DC fluctuate?
When it is already pulsating
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Grounding
Armor

29. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Flood Level
Grounding
Main
Armor

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
Roughing-in
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
When it is already pulsating
Stack Vent

31. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Flood Level
To achieve polarity
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Use of exhaust fan to control odor

32. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Combustible Construction
Roughing-in
Plumbing Unit
Outside of he building - providing

33. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Diameter
Conduit
Administrative Authority

34. 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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35. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Conduit
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
1 1/2'

36. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Development Length
Flood Level
Main
Armor

37. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Development Length
Height of Building
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Sewerage Ejector

38. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Stack Vent
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Roughing-in
P-Trap

39. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Alley
4'
Armor
Armor

40. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Roughing-in
Conduit
Grounding
4'

41. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Horizontal Pipe
Development Length
Sewerage Ejector
Fixture Supply

42. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Fixture Supply
Plumbing System
Outside of he building - providing
Development Length

43. What is the characteristic of a device?
Roughing-in
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Combustible Construction
Plumbing System

44. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Grounding
P-Trap
Main

45. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Sewerage System
To achieve polarity
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

46. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Armor
Sewerage System
Alley

47. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
1 1/2'
To achieve polarity
Plumbing System
Grounding

48. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Alley
When it is already pulsating
Building
4'

49. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Ohm's Law
Conduit
Plumbing System
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

50. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Sewerage System
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Grounding
Building