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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. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


2. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






3. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






14. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


15. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






35. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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