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






2. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






3. What is the purpose of a raceway?






4. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






15. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






17. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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






25. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






26. 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.






27. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






38. 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.






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






40. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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