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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.






2. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


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






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






5. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






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






8. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


9. What is the characteristic of a device?






10. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






15. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What is the purpose of a raceway?






26. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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