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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.






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






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






4. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






5. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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


20. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






24. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






26. What makes DC fluctuate?






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


35. When is a circuit considered closed?






36. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






38. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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