Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Main
Armor
Alley
Stack Vent


2. What makes DC fluctuate?
Development Length
Outside of he building - providing
Building
When it is already pulsating


3. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Diameter
Alter or Alteration
To achieve polarity
Conduit


4. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Building
Grounding
Conduit
Height of Building


5. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Parallel Series
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Fixture Vent
Sewerage System


6. 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
Roughing-in
Plumbing Unit
Main
4'


7. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Administrative Authority
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building


8. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Flood Level
Conduit
Development Length
Armor


9. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Main
Development Length
Main Vent
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building


10. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Parallel Series
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload


11. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Armor
Building
Grounding
Alley


12. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Alley
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Grounding
Combustible Construction


13. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Stack Vent
Administrative Authority
4'
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)


14. When is a circuit considered closed?
When it is complete
Horizontal Pipe
P-Trap
Ohm's Law


15. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Flood Level
Development Length
Fixture Supply
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch


16. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Development Length
Alter or Alteration
Combustible Construction
Plumbing Unit


17. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Conduit
Building
Sewerage Ejector
Flood Level


18. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Plumbing System
When it is complete
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building


19. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Development Length
Flood Level
When it is already pulsating
Parallel Series


20. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Height of Building
Horizontal Pipe
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Outside of he building - providing


21. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


22. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Diameter
Main
Stack Vent
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building


23. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Main
Parallel Series
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Flood Level


24. What is the characteristic of a device?
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Parallel Series
Alley
Fixture Vent


25. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
To achieve polarity
Plumbing System
Development Length
Alter or Alteration


26. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Height of Building
Combustible Construction
Armor


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


28. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Building
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Grounding
Plumbing System


29. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
Roughing-in
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Ohm's Law
Main


30. 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.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Sewerage System
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)


31. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Sewerage Ejector
Armor
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building


32. 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.
Alley
Sewerage System
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Administrative Authority


33. When is a circuit considered closed?
When it is complete
Combustible Construction
Conduit
Flood Level


34. 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)
Sewerage Ejector
Parallel Series
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload


35. What makes DC fluctuate?
Main
When it is already pulsating
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Building


36. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Administrative Authority
4'
Plumbing Unit
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)


37. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
4'
Outside of he building - providing
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
When it is already pulsating


38. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
When it is complete
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Alley


39. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Combustible Construction
Building
Conduit
Alley


40. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Parallel Series
Building
Roughing-in
Use of exhaust fan to control odor


41. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Height of Building
Diameter
Flood Level
Plumbing System


42. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Building
Sewerage Ejector
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload


43. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Main Vent
Grounding
Horizontal Pipe
Height of Building


44. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
To size the wire
Armor
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Sewerage System


45. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Alter or Alteration
Main Vent
To size the wire
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building


46. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Outside of he building - providing
Alley
Horizontal Pipe
Use of exhaust fan to control odor


47. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Fixture Vent
Alley
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Roughing-in


48. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Sewerage System
Outside of he building - providing
Diameter
Alter or Alteration


49. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


50. Waste outlet size of a lavatory