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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. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






3. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


27. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?






36. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






50. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m