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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?






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






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






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






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






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






7. What is the characteristic of a device?






8. 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






9. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


10. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


11. 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.






12. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






15. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


16. 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.






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






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






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






20. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






21. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






24. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






26. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






28. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






49. 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






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