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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






15. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






17. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. What is the purpose of a raceway?






27. 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.






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






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


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


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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






38. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






41. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






43. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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