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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.






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.






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






11. What is the characteristic of a device?






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


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






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






15. What is the characteristic of a device?






16. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






17. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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






23. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






27. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






29. 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.






30. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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.






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






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






36. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


37. 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






38. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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


48. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






50. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m