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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?






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






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






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






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






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






7. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


8. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






15. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






25. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






27. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






29. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


30. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






32. 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.






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






34. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. What is the characteristic of a device?






46. 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.






47. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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