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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


9. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


10. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






13. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






21. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


22. What is the characteristic of a device?






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 purpose of a raceway?






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






27. 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






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






29. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






33. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






34. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






36. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






38. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






50. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply