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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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1. 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.
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Plumbing Unit
P-Trap
Fixture Vent

2. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
Fixture Supply
Sewerage System
Administrative Authority
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

3. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Stack Vent
Outside of he building - providing
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Administrative Authority

4. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
4'
Plumbing System
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Development Length

5. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Sewerage System
When it is already pulsating
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Stack Vent

6. What makes DC fluctuate?
Diameter
When it is already pulsating
Grounding
1 1/2'

7. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Alley
Development Length
Stack Vent
Sewerage System

8. 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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9. 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.
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Building
Conduit
P-Trap

10. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Alter or Alteration
Main Vent
Sewerage Ejector
Plumbing System

11. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Armor
Roughing-in
To size the wire
When it is complete

12. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Height of Building
Plumbing Unit
Armor
Use of exhaust fan to control odor

13. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
To size the wire
Main
Fixture Supply
Outside of he building - providing

14. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Grounding
Height of Building
Development Length
Height of Building

15. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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16. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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17. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Roughing-in
Height of Building
Conduit
Building

18. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Development Length
Alley
To size the wire

19. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Height of Building
Plumbing Unit
Outside of he building - providing
1 1/2'

20. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Sewerage Ejector
Combustible Construction
Fixture Vent
1 1/2'

21. What is the characteristic of a device?
Parallel Series
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Main Vent
Alter or Alteration

22. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Horizontal Pipe
Conduit
Diameter
Horizontal Pipe

23. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Fixture Supply
To achieve polarity
Ohm's Law
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

24. 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.
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Stack Vent
Sewerage System
Fixture Vent

25. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Development Length
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

26. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Diameter
Conduit
Horizontal Pipe
To achieve polarity

27. 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
Alley
Plumbing Unit
Sewerage System
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

28. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Sewerage System
Grounding
Roughing-in
Stack Vent

29. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Sewerage Ejector
Roughing-in
When it is complete

30. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
To size the wire
Armor
Administrative Authority

31. When is a circuit considered closed?
Main Vent
When it is complete
To size the wire
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

32. What makes DC fluctuate?
Main
When it is already pulsating
P-Trap
Conduit

33. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Sewerage Ejector
Height of Building
Plumbing System

34. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
When it is complete
Main
1 1/2'

35. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Fixture Supply
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Plumbing System
Alley

36. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Main Vent
Ohm's Law
Grounding
Sewerage Ejector

37. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Plumbing Unit
When it is complete
Horizontal Pipe

38. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
1 1/2'
To size the wire
Main
Diameter

39. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Horizontal Pipe
When it is complete
Building
Alley

40. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Sewerage Ejector
Main Vent
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)

41. 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
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Main
Roughing-in

42. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Sewerage Ejector
Horizontal Pipe
Stack Vent

43. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Building
To achieve polarity
Stack Vent
Main

44. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Outside of he building - providing
P-Trap
Ohm's Law
Plumbing System

45. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Fixture Vent
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Development Length
Fixture Supply

46. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Outside of he building - providing
Grounding
Combustible Construction

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

49. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Fixture Vent
Administrative Authority
When it is complete
Alter or Alteration

50. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Plumbing System
Alter or Alteration
1 1/2'
Plumbing System