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






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






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






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






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






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






9. When is a circuit considered closed?






10. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?






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






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






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






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






21. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

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






30. 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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31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. When is a circuit considered closed?






42. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






44. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






48. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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