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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.






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






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






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






5. When is a circuit considered closed?






6. When is a circuit considered closed?






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






12. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






15. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






18. What is the characteristic of a device?






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






29. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






31. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






32. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






35. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






47. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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