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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.






2. What is the purpose of a raceway?






3. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






5. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


13. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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


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






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






17. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






23. What makes DC fluctuate?






24. 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.






25. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






43. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


44. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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