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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.






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






3. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






4. 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






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






6. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






12. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






17. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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


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






36. What makes DC fluctuate?






37. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






45. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






47. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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