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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. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. What is the characteristic of a device?






13. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






24. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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 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 is the purpose of a raceway?






30. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






34. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


35. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






36. 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






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






38. What makes DC fluctuate?






39. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






48. What makes DC fluctuate?






49. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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