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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?






2. 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.






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. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






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


20. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






22. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






24. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






28. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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


30. 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.






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






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






33. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






39. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






41. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. When is a circuit considered closed?






50. Waste outlet size of a lavatory