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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics
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industries
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
Alley
Administrative Authority
Horizontal Pipe
Armor
2. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Main Vent
Fixture Vent
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Parallel Series
3. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
To achieve polarity
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Plumbing System
4. What makes DC fluctuate?
To size the wire
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
When it is already pulsating
Ohm's Law
5. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Building
To size the wire
Fixture Supply
Plumbing Unit
6. What is the characteristic of a device?
P-Trap
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
To achieve polarity
Horizontal Pipe
7. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Diameter
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
8. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Plumbing System
Ohm's Law
9. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Fixture Vent
Alter or Alteration
Building
When it is complete
10. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Flood Level
Alter or Alteration
Horizontal Pipe
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
11. 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.
Sewerage System
Combustible Construction
Main Vent
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
12. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
To achieve polarity
Flood Level
Building
Armor
13. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Development Length
Administrative Authority
When it is complete
Height of Building
14. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Roughing-in
Development Length
Fixture Vent
Plumbing System
15. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
To size the wire
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Grounding
Flood Level
16. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
P-Trap
To achieve polarity
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Building
17. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Armor
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Plumbing System
Height of Building
18. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Main
Fixture Vent
4'
Parallel Series
19. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
When it is already pulsating
Roughing-in
Main Vent
Parallel Series
20. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Development Length
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Outside of he building - providing
21. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Roughing-in
Alley
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Building
22. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Fixture Vent
Armor
To achieve polarity
Building
23. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Combustible Construction
Diameter
Administrative Authority
Alley
24. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Diameter
Height of Building
Outside of he building - providing
1 1/2'
25. When is a circuit considered closed?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Administrative Authority
When it is complete
Flood Level
26. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Sewerage Ejector
Fixture Supply
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Flood Level
27. What makes DC fluctuate?
Ohm's Law
Height of Building
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
When it is already pulsating
28. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Main Vent
Sewerage Ejector
Alter or Alteration
Horizontal Pipe
29. 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
Plumbing Unit
4'
Ohm's Law
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
30. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Roughing-in
To achieve polarity
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Administrative Authority
31. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Roughing-in
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Flood Level
32. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Plumbing Unit
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Alley
Combustible Construction
33. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Alter or Alteration
Grounding
Armor
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
34. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
To size the wire
Main Vent
Parallel Series
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
35. What is the purpose of the third wire in an electrical system?
Sewerage Ejector
Grounding
4'
Development Length
36. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
To achieve polarity
Horizontal Pipe
Diameter
Development Length
37. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Roughing-in
When it is complete
1 1/2'
Diameter
38. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Alter or Alteration
Alley
Diameter
Building
39. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
When it is complete
Development Length
Diameter
Sewerage Ejector
40. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
Outside of he building - providing
To size the wire
P-Trap
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
41. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Roughing-in
Stack Vent
Horizontal Pipe
Combustible Construction
42. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
P-Trap
Plumbing Unit
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Main Vent
43. 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.
Sewerage System
To achieve polarity
Conduit
To size the wire
44. Waste outlet size of a lavatory
45. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Grounding
4'
Roughing-in
46. Waste outlet size of a lavatory
47. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Combustible Construction
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
48. Pipe cleanout size requirements shall be of a size corresponding to the pipe size into which they are installed up to a diameter.
49. 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
Horizontal Pipe
Administrative Authority
Plumbing Unit
Stack Vent
50. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Roughing-in
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Building
Alley