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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






11. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






13. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






18. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






23. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






25. What makes DC fluctuate?






26. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


27. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






36. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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


42. 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






43. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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