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






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






3. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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






5. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


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


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






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






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






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






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






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






13. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


27. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


28. What makes DC fluctuate?






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






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






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






32. When is a circuit considered closed?






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. When is a circuit considered closed?






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






45. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






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






47. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






48. 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.






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






50. What is the characteristic of a device?