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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Diameter
Sewerage Ejector
Fixture Vent

2. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
When it is already pulsating
Main
Flood Level
1 1/2'

3. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Ohm's Law
Alley
Administrative Authority
Use of exhaust fan to control odor

4. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
P-Trap
Main Vent
Sewerage Ejector
Horizontal Pipe

5. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Administrative Authority
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Development Length
1 1/2'

6. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Grounding
Building
Armor

7. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
Fixture Supply
When it is already pulsating
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

8. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Roughing-in
To size the wire
4'
Alter or Alteration

9. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Main
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Parallel Series
To achieve polarity

10. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
P-Trap
Fixture Supply
Plumbing System
Main

11. 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
Diameter
Plumbing Unit
Roughing-in
To achieve polarity

12. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Sewerage Ejector
Stack Vent
To size the wire
Development Length

13. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Conduit
Height of Building
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Plumbing System

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

15. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Outside of he building - providing
Sewerage System
Main Vent
When it is complete

16. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Main
Development Length
Horizontal Pipe

17. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Parallel Series
Administrative Authority
Armor
Stack Vent

18. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Flood Level
To achieve polarity
Plumbing System
Diameter

19. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Sewerage System
When it is complete
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Alter or Alteration

20. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Conduit
Alter or Alteration
Flood Level
Grounding

21. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Sewerage Ejector
4'
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

22. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
To size the wire
Stack Vent
Development Length
Grounding

23. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

24. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Combustible Construction
When it is already pulsating
When it is already pulsating
Grounding

25. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Sewerage Ejector
Sewerage System
To size the wire
Main Vent

26. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Sewerage System
Administrative Authority
Fixture Supply
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

27. What makes DC fluctuate?
Alter or Alteration
Sewerage Ejector
When it is already pulsating
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building

28. What makes DC fluctuate?
Stack Vent
When it is already pulsating
Development Length
Stack Vent

29. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Alley
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Sewerage Ejector
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

30. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Horizontal Pipe
To achieve polarity
Main Vent

31. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
To size the wire
4'
Stack Vent
P-Trap

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
Parallel Series
Height of Building
Roughing-in
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

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

34. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Armor
Combustible Construction
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Sewerage Ejector

35. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Main
Plumbing Unit
To achieve polarity
Stack Vent

36. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

37. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Alley
Administrative Authority
To achieve polarity
Main

38. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Roughing-in
Alley
Alter or Alteration
Diameter

39. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Fixture Supply
Main Vent
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Flood Level

40. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
Parallel Series
Development Length
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

41. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Roughing-in
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Sewerage Ejector
Conduit

42. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Combustible Construction
Armor
Conduit

43. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Parallel Series
To size the wire
Main Vent
When it is complete

44. What is the characteristic of a device?
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
When it is already pulsating
To achieve polarity
Development Length

45. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
When it is complete
Building
When it is complete
Use of exhaust fan to control odor

46. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Conduit
Development Length
To achieve polarity
P-Trap

47. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Armor
Flood Level
Sewerage System
Horizontal Pipe

48. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
4'
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

49. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Sewerage Ejector
Roughing-in
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

50. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Height of Building
Outside of he building - providing
Sewerage System
Sewerage Ejector