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