Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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1. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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2. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Sewerage Ejector
4'
To achieve polarity
Alter or Alteration


3. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Stack Vent
Height of Building
Alter or Alteration
Outside of he building - providing


4. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Main
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Height of Building
To size the wire


5. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Outside of he building - providing
Armor
Main Vent
To achieve polarity


6. When is a circuit considered closed?
To size the wire
When it is complete
Main Vent
1 1/2'


7. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Height of Building
Armor
Fixture Supply
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload


8. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Main Vent
Parallel Series
Flood Level
Development Length


9. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Combustible Construction
Flood Level
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)


10. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
Development Length
Sewerage System
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Stack Vent


11. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Stack Vent
Combustible Construction
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Ohm's Law


12. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Stack Vent
Main Vent
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Roughing-in


13. What is the characteristic of a device?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Fixture Supply
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Alley


14. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Outside of he building - providing
Combustible Construction
Fixture Supply


15. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
When it is complete
To achieve polarity
Diameter
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch


16. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Height of Building
Plumbing System
Conduit
Diameter


17. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Horizontal Pipe
Fixture Supply
Parallel Series
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building


18. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Flood Level
Main
Parallel Series


19. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Main
Diameter
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Conduit


20. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Main
Outside of he building - providing
Plumbing Unit
Fixture Supply


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


22. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Grounding
P-Trap
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
4'


23. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Alley
When it is complete
Main
Use of exhaust fan to control odor


24. What makes DC fluctuate?
Fixture Supply
Outside of he building - providing
When it is already pulsating
Flood Level


25. What makes DC fluctuate?
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Roughing-in
Height of Building
When it is already pulsating


26. 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.
Main
P-Trap
Plumbing Unit
Development Length


27. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
1 1/2'
Parallel Series
Development Length
Horizontal Pipe


28. 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
Outside of he building - providing
Height of Building
When it is complete


29. 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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30. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Horizontal Pipe
Development Length
Main Vent
Ohm's Law


31. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Alter or Alteration
Fixture Supply
Outside of he building - providing
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload


32. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Main Vent
Ohm's Law
Parallel Series
Outside of he building - providing


33. When is a circuit considered closed?
Ohm's Law
When it is complete
Main Vent
Combustible Construction


34. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Armor
Fixture Vent
Flood Level
When it is complete


35. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

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36. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
1 1/2'
Roughing-in
Alley
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)


37. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Parallel Series
When it is already pulsating
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Grounding


38. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Outside of he building - providing
Main
When it is complete
Development Length


39. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
When it is already pulsating
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Diameter


40. 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
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Plumbing Unit
Fixture Supply
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building


41. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Stack Vent
Development Length
Building
Parallel Series


42. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Fixture Vent
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Administrative Authority
Armor


43. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Height of Building
Outside of he building - providing
Grounding
When it is already pulsating


44. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Building
Administrative Authority
To achieve polarity
Plumbing System


45. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Horizontal Pipe
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Conduit
Flood Level


46. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Conduit
Fixture Vent
Roughing-in


47. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Building
Alter or Alteration
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Fixture Vent


48. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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49. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Fixture Supply
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Fixture Vent
4'


50. 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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