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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.






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






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






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






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






6. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. When is a circuit considered closed?






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


18. 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.






19. What is the purpose of a raceway?






20. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






24. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






31. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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