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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?






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






4. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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






6. 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.






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






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






9. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






14. What is the purpose of a raceway?






15. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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






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






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






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






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






21. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






25. What makes DC fluctuate?






26. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. What is the characteristic of a device?






38. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






44. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






49. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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