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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. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






3. 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






4. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. What is the characteristic of a device?






16. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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






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






22. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






26. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






28. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






39. 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.






40. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






44. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






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






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






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