BU_Refresher

BUILDING UTILITIES
Refrescher

Prepared by: Ar. Aira Rowie Altovar - Muriel

Multiple Choice

Q1. Conveys the discharge of water closet or fixtures having similar functions, with or without the discharges from other fixtures to the building drain or building sewer.

• A. Waste pipe

• B. Soil pipe

• C. Distribution pipe

• D. Vent pipe

Multiple Choice

Q2. The vertical main of a system of soil, waste or vent pipings extending through one or more stories and extended thru the roof.

• A. Stack

• B. Standpipe

• C. Riser

• D. Vertical pipe

Multiple Choice

Q3. A fitting or device designed and constructed to provide, when properly vented, a liquid seal which prevents the backflow of foul air or methane gas without materially affecting the flow of sewage or wastewater through it.

• A. Drain

• B. Wye

• C. Trap

• D. Sump

Multiple Choice

Q4. Is a drain pipe extending laterally from a soil or waste stack or building drain with or without vertical sections or branches, which receives the discharge from one or more fixture drains and conducts it to the soil or waste stack or to the building drain.

• A. Indirect waste pipe

• B. Leader

• C. House drain

• D. Horizontal branch

Multiple Choice

Q5. Is that part of a plumbing system extending from the house drain at a point 0.60 meters from the outside face of the foundation wall of a building to the junction with the street sewer or to any point of discharge, and conveying the drainage of one building site.

• A. House Sewer

• B. Public Sewer

• C. Distribution Box

• D. Perimeter Drain

Multiple Choice

Q6. A water-tight receptacle which receives the discharge of a sanitary plumbing system or part thereof, designed and constructed to retain solids, digest organic matter through a period of detention and to allow the liquids to discharge into the soil outside of the tank through a system of open-jointed sub-surface pipings or a seepage pit meeting the requirements of this Code.

• A. Sump pit

• B. Septic Tank

• C. Cesspool

• D. Cistern

Multiple Choice

Q7. A physical separation, which may be a low inlet into the indirect waste receptor from the fixture, appliance or device indirectly connected.

• A. Air chamber

• B. Curb box

• C. Cleanout

• D. Air break

Multiple Choice

Q8. A non-watertight lined excavation in the ground which receives the discharge of a sanitary drainage system, designed to retain the organic matter but permitting the liquid to seep through the pit bottom and sides

• A. Privy

• B. Cesspool

• C. Seepage Pit

• D. Portable Sanitary Disposal

Multiple Choice

Q9. ____________ is a durable and extremely corrosive-resistant material. It is easy to install compared with other types of pipe.

• A. Vitrified Clay Pipe

• B. Lead Pipe

• C. Brass Pipe

• D. Copper Pipe

Multiple Choice

Q10. ____________ one of the oldest plumbing materials used by the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Roman builders as soil and waste pipe.

• A. Vitrified Clay Pipe

• B. Lead Pipe

• C. Brass Pipe

• D. Copper Pipe

Multiple Choice

Q11. What is the minimum depth of a septic tank according to National Plumbing Code of the Philippines?

• A. 1200mm

• B. 1500mm

• C. 900mm

• D. 1400mm

Multiple Choice

Q12. What is the minimum width of a septic tank according to National Plumbing Code of the Philippines?

• A. 1200mm

• B. 1500mm

• C. 900mm

• D. 1400mm

Multiple Choice

Q13. According to the NPCP, what is the minimum size of a manhole for a Septic Tank?

• A. 500mm

• B. 600mm

• C. 450m

• D. 550mm

Multiple Choice

Q14. Any of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common horizontal soil or waste branch

• A. Common Fixtures

• B. Battery of Fixtures

• C. Fixture

• D. Group Fixture

Multiple Choice

Q15. How many is the recommended number of leaching chamber?

• A. 4

• B. 3

• C. 2

• D. 1

True or False

16-20 items

Instruction:

1. Write TRUE if the statement is TRUE and FALSE if the statement is incorrect.

2. You will be given 45sec to 1min to answer each question; check the timer, read, and analyze each question carefully.

Multiple Choice

Q16. No substance which will clog the pipes, produce explosive mixture destroy the pipes or their joints or interfere unduly with the sewage-disposal process shall be allowed to enter the building drainage system.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Q17. Seepage pit just like Cesspool are considered obsolete.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Q18. The capacity of any septic tank and drainage system shall be limited by soil structure classification

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Q19. Cast Iron Pipe can be used for high-rise structures.

• True

• False

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Q20. Cleanouts should be placed for every change of direction and at every 12meters.

• True

• False

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Multiple Choice

A flushable fixture used by men for urinating.

• Watercloset

• Urinal

• Lavatory

• Bidet

Multiple Choice

A reservoir or tank for storing and holding water.

• Sump

• Water Tower

• Cistern

• Aqueduct

Multiple Choice

Water purification wherein water is passed through layers of sand and gravel in concrete basins in order to remove the finer suspended particles.

• Sedimentation

• Coagulation

• Chlorination

• Filtration

Multiple Choice

Watercloset which develops its flushing action through the water entering through diagonal holes around the rim which creates a swirling action which forms a vortex in the center.

• Siphon Jet

• Siphon Vortex

• Siphon Washdown

• Reverse Trap

Multiple Choice

The process of making water more potable or useful by purifying, clarifying, or softening.

• Water Treatment

• Water Analysis

• Water Clearing

• Water Cleansing

Multiple Choice

Any of various receptacles for receiving water from a water system and discharging the liquid waste into a drainage system.

• Plumbing Appurtenance

• Plumbing Fixture

• Plumbing Layout

• Plumbing Devices

Multiple Choice

A hollow cylinder of metal or plastic used for the conveyance of water, steam, gas or other fluid material.

• Pipe

• Fixture

• Trap

• Union

Multiple Choice

A water supply system in which water is distributed from a water main or an enclosed storage tank under pressure from compressed air.

• Normal Water Pressure

• Pneumatic Water Supply

• Gravity Water System

• Downfeed Water Supply

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Open Ended

Ratio of plumbing fixtures per building type (refer to NPCP)

Multiple Choice

What is the term used to describe the complete lighting unit, whether fixed to the building or movable, consisting of the bulb and the parts

necessary to distribute light, position and protect the bulb, and connect the unit to the power supply?

• lamp

• lighting fixture

• luminaire

• crosslight

Multiple Choice

Identify the device fitted to the luminaire in the image below.

• light reflector

• light diffractor

• light diffuser

• grid ceiling system

Multiple Choice

As part of its rehabilitation, the living room of a heritage house was fitted with a chandelier that replicates the original fixture from 50 years ago. What type of lighting was provided by the newly installed lighting fixture in the house’s living room?

• Ambient lighting

• Accent lighting

• Decorative lighting

• both a and c

Multiple Choice

A photographer working in his studio requires full control of light. In consideration to this, which of the following lighting is not ideal?

• Directional light

• Spot light

• Artificial light

• Daylight

Multiple Choice

Frank Lloyd Wright imitated the forest in his design of the Johnson Wax Headquarters in 1936. The columns at the great work room called “dendriform” were topped with a transparent skin which allowed light to be emitted from the gaps between the “dendriform” . Which type of lighting was employed?

• Skylight

• Crosslight

• Counterlight

• Bridgelight

Multiple Choice

A number of light fixtures were combined to create a futuristic theme in the common spaces of a mall cinema. What type of lighting strategy was employed?

• Accent lighting

• Decorative lighting

• Ambient lighting

• Mood lighting