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