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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.






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






4. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






7. What is the purpose of a raceway?






8. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






13. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


14. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






30. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






31. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






34. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


35. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






37. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






42. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






47. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


48. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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