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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






5. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. When is a circuit considered closed?






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






24. 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.






25. What is the characteristic of a device?






26. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






33. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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


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






37. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






38. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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