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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






4. What is the characteristic of a device?






5. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






7. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


8. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






12. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






13. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. What is the characteristic of a device?






25. 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.






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






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






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






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


30. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






41. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






44. What is the purpose of a raceway?






45. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






48. 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.






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






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