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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.






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






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






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






5. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






7. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






12. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






15. What is the purpose of a raceway?






16. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






18. 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






19. 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.






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


21. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






24. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






38. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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