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






2. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


3. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






23. What makes DC fluctuate?






24. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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


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






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






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






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






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






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






38. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






39. 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






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. 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.






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






44. What is the purpose of a raceway?






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.