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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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1. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Outside of he building - providing
Conduit
Fixture Vent
Main

2. 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
Alley
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Sewerage Ejector
Plumbing Unit

3. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Plumbing Unit
When it is already pulsating
P-Trap

4. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Armor
Sewerage Ejector
Height of Building
Alley

5. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Administrative Authority
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Development Length
Building

6. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Flood Level
Main Vent
Main
Parallel Series

7. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Sewerage System
Horizontal Pipe
To size the wire

8. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
When it is already pulsating
Building
4'

9. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Armor
Main
Combustible Construction

10. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
To achieve polarity
Development Length
Diameter
To size the wire

11. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Combustible Construction
Grounding
Stack Vent
Horizontal Pipe

12. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
Armor
To achieve polarity
Height of Building
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

13. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Fixture Supply
4'
Plumbing System

14. What is the characteristic of a device?
Conduit
Combustible Construction
Grounding
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)

15. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
4'
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Plumbing Unit
Alter or Alteration

16. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Development Length
To achieve polarity
Conduit
Combustible Construction

17. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Plumbing System
Grounding
Fixture Supply

18. 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
Flood Level
Fixture Vent
When it is already pulsating

19. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Plumbing System
Diameter
To size the wire
Development Length

20. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Conduit
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
To achieve polarity
Fixture Vent

21. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Roughing-in
Conduit
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Parallel Series

22. 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.
P-Trap
Horizontal Pipe
Ohm's Law
Plumbing System

23. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Main Vent
Sewerage Ejector
Grounding
When it is complete

24. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Administrative Authority
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Sewerage Ejector
To achieve polarity

25. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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26. 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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27. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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28. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Diameter
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
When it is already pulsating

29. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Ohm's Law
Sewerage Ejector
Plumbing Unit
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

30. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Diameter
Outside of he building - providing
Sewerage System
Administrative Authority

31. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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32. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Armor
Administrative Authority
Roughing-in

33. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Plumbing Unit
Conduit
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Main Vent

34. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Height of Building
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Grounding
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

35. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
To size the wire
Building
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

36. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
4'
To size the wire
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Alter or Alteration

37. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
P-Trap
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
To size the wire
Administrative Authority

38. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Outside of he building - providing
Building
Fixture Supply
When it is complete

39. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
When it is already pulsating
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Ohm's Law
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

40. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Horizontal Pipe
Flood Level
Stack Vent
Sewerage System

41. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Plumbing Unit
Combustible Construction
Main Vent
Sewerage Ejector

42. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Development Length
Main
Fixture Vent

43. 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
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Main
Flood Level
Plumbing Unit

44. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Conduit
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Height of Building
Stack Vent

45. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Building
Fixture Vent
Sewerage Ejector
Sewerage System

46. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Development Length
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Stack Vent
Alley

47. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
When it is already pulsating
Ohm's Law
Fixture Vent
To achieve polarity

48. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Fixture Supply
To achieve polarity
Outside of he building - providing
Plumbing System

49. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Main Vent
Roughing-in
P-Trap

50. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Alter or Alteration
Main
Armor
When it is already pulsating