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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. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






3. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. What makes DC fluctuate?






14. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






17. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






21. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






29. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






32. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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


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. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






43. What is the characteristic of a device?






44. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


45. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






50. 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.