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






2. 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






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






4. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


13. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






14. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






16. What is the characteristic of a device?






17. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






33. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






34. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






38. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. When is a circuit considered closed?






47. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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


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






50. What makes DC fluctuate?