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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.






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






3. 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.






4. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






19. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






20. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






39. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






41. 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.






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






43. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






46. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






48. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






50. 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