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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 20 minutes. 2 minutes extra for reading the instructions.
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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. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.






2. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






5. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






11. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






16. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






26. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


27. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






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






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






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






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