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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics
Subjects
:
industries
,
plumbing
Instructions:
Answer
50
questions in
20 minutes
.
2 minutes extra for reading the instructions.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
P-Trap
Alter or Alteration
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Development Length
2. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Conduit
To size the wire
Ohm's Law
Horizontal Pipe
3. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Roughing-in
Horizontal Pipe
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Fixture Supply
4. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Development Length
Height of Building
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Flood Level
5. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?
6. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
To achieve polarity
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
When it is complete
Stack Vent
7. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Plumbing Unit
Armor
When it is complete
Outside of he building - providing
8. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Horizontal Pipe
Armor
When it is complete
Conduit
9. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Main
Parallel Series
When it is already pulsating
Administrative Authority
10. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Grounding
Main Vent
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
11. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Alter or Alteration
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
When it is already pulsating
12. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Administrative Authority
Plumbing Unit
To size the wire
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
13. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
When it is complete
Administrative Authority
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Flood Level
14. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
When it is already pulsating
Outside of he building - providing
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
1 1/2'
15. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Conduit
Horizontal Pipe
Ohm's Law
Alter or Alteration
16. What makes DC fluctuate?
When it is already pulsating
Height of Building
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Conduit
17. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Diameter
Height of Building
Fixture Supply
To achieve polarity
18. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Administrative Authority
Horizontal Pipe
19. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
To achieve polarity
Stack Vent
Plumbing System
Combustible Construction
20. 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
Roughing-in
Conduit
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
21. Pipe cleanout size requirements shall be of a size corresponding to the pipe size into which they are installed up to a diameter.
22. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Sewerage System
Diameter
Stack Vent
Horizontal Pipe
23. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Diameter
Height of Building
Combustible Construction
Plumbing System
24. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Plumbing Unit
Fixture Supply
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
To achieve polarity
25. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Alley
Roughing-in
Parallel Series
Fixture Supply
26. Waste outlet size of a lavatory
27. When is a circuit considered closed?
To achieve polarity
4'
When it is complete
Conduit
28. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Fixture Supply
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Main
Building
29. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
Fixture Vent
Alley
Outside of he building - providing
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
30. 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
Ohm's Law
Plumbing Unit
Fixture Vent
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
31. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Armor
Grounding
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
To size the wire
32. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Building
Armor
To size the wire
Grounding
33. 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.
Stack Vent
Main Vent
To size the wire
P-Trap
34. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Sewerage System
Height of Building
Main
Main Vent
35. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
Combustible Construction
Main
1 1/2'
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
36. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
To achieve polarity
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Outside of he building - providing
Main
37. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Stack Vent
Alter or Alteration
Sewerage Ejector
Flood Level
38. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
To size the wire
Main
Conduit
Administrative Authority
39. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Main
To achieve polarity
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Sewerage System
40. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
When it is already pulsating
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
41. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Main Vent
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Height of Building
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
42. 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.
Administrative Authority
Flood Level
Main
Sewerage System
43. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Fixture Vent
Conduit
To size the wire
Sewerage System
44. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
To achieve polarity
Grounding
Horizontal Pipe
45. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Armor
Parallel Series
Alley
46. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Sewerage Ejector
Plumbing Unit
Grounding
47. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Main
Sewerage System
1 1/2'
Alter or Alteration
48. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Armor
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Parallel Series
Outside of he building - providing
49. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Building
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Main Vent
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
50. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Flood Level
Sewerage Ejector
Main Vent
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)