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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






14. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






30. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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


32. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






36. What is the characteristic of a device?






37. 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.






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






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






40. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






42. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. When is a circuit considered closed?