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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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






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






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






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






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






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






17. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






39. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






41. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






42. What makes DC fluctuate?






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

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






45. 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.






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






47. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






50. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?