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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics
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industries
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
Plumbing Unit
Roughing-in
To achieve polarity
Development Length
2. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Armor
Grounding
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Building
3. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
When it is already pulsating
Main Vent
Sewerage Ejector
Grounding
4. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
P-Trap
Main
Parallel Series
5. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
Armor
Plumbing System
P-Trap
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
6. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Fixture Supply
Development Length
Diameter
Horizontal Pipe
7. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Outside of he building - providing
Fixture Vent
Roughing-in
Fixture Supply
8. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
When it is complete
Main Vent
To achieve polarity
Sewerage System
9. When is a circuit considered closed?
Fixture Vent
Height of Building
Stack Vent
When it is complete
10. What is the characteristic of a device?
Alter or Alteration
To size the wire
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
When it is already pulsating
11. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
Building
1 1/2'
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Height of Building
12. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Alter or Alteration
Parallel Series
Diameter
Ohm's Law
13. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Outside of he building - providing
Sewerage System
When it is already pulsating
Diameter
14. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
1 1/2'
Fixture Vent
Plumbing Unit
Stack Vent
15. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Plumbing System
To achieve polarity
Roughing-in
16. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
Flood Level
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
To size the wire
Main Vent
17. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
When it is already pulsating
Flood Level
Armor
18. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Ohm's Law
Combustible Construction
Stack Vent
Fixture Supply
19. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Grounding
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Diameter
Alter or Alteration
20. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Plumbing Unit
Plumbing System
Administrative Authority
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
21. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Building
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
When it is complete
Horizontal Pipe
22. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Development Length
Administrative Authority
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
P-Trap
23. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Height of Building
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Grounding
Roughing-in
24. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
4'
Armor
Fixture Vent
25. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Combustible Construction
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
To size the wire
Main
26. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Stack Vent
Outside of he building - providing
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
27. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Flood Level
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Grounding
To size the wire
28. Waste outlet size of a lavatory
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29. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Plumbing System
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
30. Pipe cleanout size requirements shall be of a size corresponding to the pipe size into which they are installed up to a diameter.
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31. 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.
Sewerage System
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Administrative Authority
32. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Grounding
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Plumbing Unit
33. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Diameter
Building
Roughing-in
When it is already pulsating
34. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
To achieve polarity
Flood Level
Plumbing System
Height of Building
35. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Diameter
Stack Vent
Parallel Series
Administrative Authority
36. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
When it is complete
Parallel Series
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
1 1/2'
37. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Sewerage System
Grounding
Parallel Series
Alter or Alteration
38. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Development Length
To size the wire
To size the wire
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
39. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Main
Sewerage Ejector
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
40. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Fixture Vent
Administrative Authority
Parallel Series
41. When is a circuit considered closed?
When it is complete
1 1/2'
Outside of he building - providing
To achieve polarity
42. What makes DC fluctuate?
When it is already pulsating
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Roughing-in
Fixture Vent
43. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
P-Trap
Fixture Supply
Armor
Sewerage Ejector
44. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Roughing-in
P-Trap
Main Vent
Alley
45. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Plumbing System
Height of Building
When it is complete
Flood Level
46. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Fixture Vent
Building
Administrative Authority
Armor
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?
Sewerage System
Outside of he building - providing
Flood Level
Building
48. What is the characteristic of a device?
P-Trap
Grounding
Development Length
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
49. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Sewerage System
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Horizontal Pipe
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
50. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Sewerage Ejector
Plumbing System
Sewerage Ejector
Building