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Test your basic knowledge |

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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






5. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






7. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






15. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






21. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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


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


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






29. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






33. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






37. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






48. 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.






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






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






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