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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?






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






3. What is the purpose of a raceway?






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






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






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






7. What is the characteristic of a device?






8. 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






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






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






11. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






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






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






16. What is the characteristic of a device?






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






24. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






47. What is the purpose of a raceway?






48. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






50. What makes DC fluctuate?