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Utilities (3)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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1.

The boxing in of covering a joist, beam or girder to give the appearance of a larger beam is known as;

a)

Beam blocking

b)

Grade beam

c)

Beam formworks

d)

Girder beam

2.

These consist of loose fibers or granules and are made from cellulose, fiberglass, rock wool, cotton or other materials. These materials come in bags and are

usually blown into cavities using special equipment.

a)

Acoustical foams

b)

Foam panels

c)

Loose fill insulations

d)

Fireflexes

3.

This material is so named in honor of a German physicist, consist of a hollow material with a small hole on one side. This is used to detect individual frequency of complex acoustic wave configuration.

a)

Hertz

b)

Hermholtz resonator

c)

Pyramid

d)

Panel absorber

4.

A narrow strip of wood applied to cover a joint along the edges of two parallel boards in the same plane

a)

Cant strip

b)

Fillet

c)

Batten

d)

Planking

5.

A suction created by the flow of liquids in pipe, a pressure less than the atmospheric pressure.

a)

Backflow

b)

Backpressure

c)

Siphonage

d)

Flow pressure

6.

The horizontal distance from the face of a lock or latch to the center of the knob or lock cylinder

a)

Backset

b)

Knobset

c)

Lockset

d)

Latchset

7.

In escalators, these stop the escalator if a foreign object becomes wedged at the guard.

a)

Circuit Breaker

b)

Handrail Guard Switches

c)

Limit Switches

d)

Disconnect Switch

8.

A type of lamp generally used for roadways and sidewalks, uses sodium gas.

a)

Mercury Lamp

b)

Metal Halide Lamp

c)

Tungsten Halogen Lamp

d)

High-Pressure-Sodium Lamp

9.

This device in escalators is provided at the drive unit location to protect against accidental movement of the escalator during inspection of the drives or during

general maintenance.

a)

Mechanical Maintenance Locking Device

b)

Disconnect Switch

c)

Knife Switch

d)

Limit Switches

10.

A graph used in air-conditioning and showing the properties of air-system mixtures.

a)

Humidity Graph

b)

Temperature Grid

c)

Psychrometric Chart

d)

Hydrograph

11.

Liquid sewage that has been treated in a septic tank or sewage treatment plant.

a)

Soil Waste

b)

Effluent

c)

Leachate

d)

Brackish water

12.

On elevators, a gear-driven machine having a drum to which the wire ropes that hoist the car are fastened, and on which they wind.

a)

Winding-Drum Machine

b)

Guiderails

c)

Counterweight

d)

Sheave

13.

Minimum Gauge of galvanized sheet used for downspouts.

a)

20

b)

22

c)

24

d)

26

14.

In boilers, they function only when it exceeds prescribed unsafe operating conditions.

a)

Pressure Valve

b)

Relief Valve

c)

Limit Controls and Interlocks

d)

Emergency Lock

15.

Minimum height of a water seal for each fixture trap.

a)

19 mm.

b)

25 mm.

c)

32 mm.

d)

51 mm.

16.

In theater stage house, a weight usually of iron or sand used to balance suspended scenery, or the like.

a)

Weighing Device

b)

Counterweight

c)

Sheave

d)

Weigh Lock

17.

A beam that projects beyond one or both its support

a)

Continuous

b)

Cantilever

c)

Tie

d)

Projecting beam

18.

A receptacle attached to a plumbing system other than a trap in which water or wastes may be collected or obtained for ultimate into the plumbing system.

a)

Valve

b)

Waste pipe

c)

Fitting

d)

Fixture

19.

A factor used in calculating cooling load that includes heat transferred from walls, doors, ceilings, etc.

a)

Solar load

b)

Infiltration and ventilation load

c)

Thermal load

d)

Internal load

20.

The dimension of commercial acoustic boards for aluminum T-runners used for dropped-ceiling in offices

a)

24” x 50” x 7/8”

b)

30” x 60” x 1”

c)

24” x 48” x ½

d)

24” x 60” x ½”

21.

What is the pipe color for ammonia?

a)

Orange

b)

Red

c)

Yellow

d)

Green

22.

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

a)

Battery of fixtures

b)

Multiple fixtures

c)

Series of fixtures

d)

Fixture group

23.

An outhouse or structure used for the deposition of excrement.

a)

Septic tank

b)

Privy

c)

Drainage pit

d)

Privy vault

24.

Example/s of conductors-on-insulator wiring is/are;

a)

A. Concealed knob and tube

b)

B. Open wiring on insulators

c)

C. Both a and b

d)

D. None of these

25.

A valve in which the flow of liquid is controlled by a rotating drilled ball that fits tightly against a resilient (flexible) seat in the valve body.

a)

Angle valve

b)

Check valve

c)

Float valve

d)

Ball valve