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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?






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






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






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






5. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






8. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


9. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






12. What is the purpose of a raceway?






13. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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.






27. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


36. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






38. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






39. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. What makes DC fluctuate?






49. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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