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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
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1. 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






2. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






16. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






17. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


18. What is the purpose of a raceway?






19. What is the characteristic of a device?






20. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


29. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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


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






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






34. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






41. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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