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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.






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






3. 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.






4. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


5. 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.






6. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






12. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. What is the characteristic of a device?






30. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






32. 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.






33. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






35. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






40. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






41. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






44. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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


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






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






50. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?