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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?






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






3. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






12. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






14. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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


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






19. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






22. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






31. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






34. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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