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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.






2. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






8. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






11. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






14. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






15. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






19. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






22. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






25. 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.






26. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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


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






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






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






49. 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.






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