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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.






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






3. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






22. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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


29. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






30. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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


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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






40. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






44. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






48. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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