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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?






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






3. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






7. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






12. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






16. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






17. 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






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






19. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


20. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


21. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






24. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






26. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






29. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






40. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. What makes DC fluctuate?






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 type of circuit is applicable to a factory?






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






50. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?