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






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






14. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






15. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






35. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






38. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






40. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






46. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






50. When is a circuit considered closed?