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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






5. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






6. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






15. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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


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






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






28. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






30. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






35. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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