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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?






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. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






5. 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






6. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






9. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






12. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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


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






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






17. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


24. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






28. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






37. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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