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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.






2. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






5. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






13. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






15. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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


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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


31. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






37. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






40. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


41. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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