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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?






2. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






9. What is the characteristic of a device?






10. 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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






22. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






27. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






40. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


41. 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.






42. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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


48. 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.






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






50. Waste outlet size of a lavatory