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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. What is the purpose of a raceway?






26. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


27. 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.






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






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






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






31. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






35. When is a circuit considered closed?






36. 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.






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






38. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






41. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






42. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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


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






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






48. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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