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