Sanitary and Plumbing

1.It affects the resistance of a

conductor.
a. Length
b. Area
c. Temperature
d. All of these
2. A condition characterized as
vertically downward directly below
the luminaire. What is that term?
a. Lumen
b. Point source
c. Nadir
d. lambert
Lumen (lm)- the SI unit of luminous
flux, equal to the light emitted in a
solid angle of one steradian by a
unifor point source having an
intensity of one candela; zonal cavity
method
Point source- all directions
Lambert (L)- a unit of luminance or
brightness equal to 0.32 candela per
square centimeter.
3. The water supply pipe provided by
the water utility company where
local individual connection is done.
a. Water supply source
b. Water main
c. Water service pipe
d. Building supply pipe
Between water main
and water meter
4. The term impedance is used in
transformers and other devices in
ac is a combination of _______.
a. Resistance and reactance
b. Inductance and capacitance
c. Resistivity and conductivity
d. None of these
5. A type of gypsum board available in
1 1/2 inches or 5/8 inch thickness
and has improved fire resistance
through the use of fibers mixed with
gypsum core.
a. Type x
b. Type c
c. Regular
d. Water resistant board
6. It is also known as electric panel or
load center.
a. Convenience outlet
b. Panelboard
c. Outlet
d. Branch circuit
7. It is the product of surface area
(sq.ft.) and sound absorption
coefficient (SAC). It has the unit
sabin.
a. Sound attenuation
b. Sound absorption
c. Sound amplification
d. Noise reduction
8. A cylindrical conduit or conductor,
the wall thickness is sufficient to
receive a standard pipe.
a. Conduit
b. Pipe
c. Fitting
d. leader
9. Wallace Clement Sabine, an
American physicist who pioneered
work on sound is said to be the
father of ____?
a. Environmental acoustics
b. Room acoustics
c. Architectural acoustics
d. Acoustical science
10. A loosely lined excavation in the ground
which receives the discharge of a septic
tank and designed to permit the effluent
from the septic tank to seep through the
bottom and sides of the pit.
a. Privy
b. Drain pit
c. Septic tank
d. cesspool
11. A factory assembly of one or more
conductors, each individually insulated
and enclosed in a metallic sheath of
interlocking metal tape, or a smooth
corrugated metallic tube.
a. metal clad cable (type MC)
b. Shielded non-metallic sheathed cable
(type SNM)
c. Armored cable (type AC)
d. Mineral insulated, metal sheathed cable
(type MI)
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12. It is analogous to pressure in water
flow.
a. Resistance
b. Voltage
c. Current
d. power
13. When sound impinges on a surface
such as walls, floor, ceiling, etc. It is
referred to as _____.
a. Liquidborne sound
b. Solidborne sound
c. Airborne sound
d. Structureborne sound
14. The art and science of installing in
buildings the pipes, fixtures and
other apparatus for bringing in
water supply and removing water
and waterborne waste.
a. Plumbing system
b. Sanitary drainage system
c. Drainage system
d. plumbing
15. Any of a variety of soft floor finishes
made of synthetic materials such as
nylon or natural material such as wool. It
is either glued directly to the floor or
installed over an underlayment of hair
felt or foam rubber. What is it?
a. Panel absorber
b. Carpet
c. Curtain and fabrics
d. Volume resonator
16. Which of the following is a violation of all the
provisions in the mechanical code on elevator
design and installation?
a. 30mm is the diameter of hoisting and
counterweight cables
b. 600mm is the depth of elevator pit measured
from the bottom of pit to the underside of the
car platform
c. 3 ropes are required for traction type elevator
d. 4 ropes are required for drum type elevator

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2 ropes for drum type
elevator
17. That part of the drainage system that
extends from the end of the building
drain and conveys its discharge to the
public sewer, private sewer, individual
sewage disposal system or other
appropriate point of disposal.
a. Building sewer
b. Building drain
c. Building storm drain
d. Building sewage pipe
18. A branch of acoustics that involves
the control of noise pollution,
environmental noise, which include
motor vehicles, aircraft noise, etc.
a. Environmental acoustics
b. Musical acoustics
c. Architectural acoustics
d. Psychological acoustics
19. Alternating current is characterized
as having _____.
a. Positive and negative polarity
b. Average value is zero
c. Has frequency
d. All of these
20. 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
21. Pyramid is a type of commercially
produced acoustical tile. Which of
the following is not a characteristic
of this material?
a. Made of open celled polyurethane
acoustical foam
b. Available in 2,3, & 4inch thickness
c. Tetrahedral in shape
d. Ideal for audio room application
22. A vertical length of soil or waste stack at
least 8 feet in height (a storey high),
within which the horizontal branches
from one storey or floor of the building or
structure are connected to the stack.
a. Fixture branch
b. Branch drain
c. Branch pipe
d. Branch interval
23.A pipe connecting upward from a soil or
waste stack below the floor and below
the horizontal connection to an adjacent
vent stack at a point above the floor and
higher than the highest spill level of
fixtures for preventing pressure changes
in the stack.
a. Vent stack
b. Yoke vent
c. Unit vent
d. Individual vent
Vent to vent
24. This material is so named in honor of a
German physicist, consista of a holllow
material with a small hole on one side.
This is used to detect individual
frequency of complex acoustic wave
configuration.
a. Transondent
b. Hermholtz resonator
c. Pyramid
d. Panel absorber
25. A kind of return bend of small-sized
faucet, one end of which is about one
foot long and the other end is about
three inches. It is commonly used as a
faucet for pantry sink and drinking
fountain. Also the lead connection
between the service pipe and the water
main. Also a p-trap.
a. Spigot
b. Faucet
c. Tailpiece
d. gooseneck
26. A continuous belt (chain) attached
to the handrail and directly
connected to the steps is known as
_____.
a. Endless belt
b. Balustrade assembly
c. Sprocket assembly
d. handrail
27. What is the minimum distance
between the handrails of
escalators?
a. 600mm
b. 558mm
c. 658mm
d. 650mm
28. A watertight receptacle which the
discharge of 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 subsurface piping or
seepage pit.
a. Seepage pit
b. Septic tank
c. Privy vault
d. cesspool
29. Which material would exhibit the
highest sound absorption
coefficient (SAC) value?
a. Marble
b. Wood
c. Plastic
d. carpet
30. A common measure of the probable
discharge into the drainage system by
various types of plumbing fixtures on the
basis of one unit of this being equal to a
discarge rate of 7.5 gallons per minute
or one cubic foot of water per minute.
a. Flow rate
b. Drainage fixture unit
c. Flow pressure
d. Drainage flow
31. A type of resonator made from
empty clay vessels of different
sizes. Their absorption ranges from
100-400 hertz.
a. Individual resonator
b. Slit resonator
c. Perforated resonator
d. None of the above
32. A circuit type where components
are electrically connected end to
end.
a. Series circuit
b. Parallel circuit
c. Series parallel circuit
d. None of these
33. The installation of parts of the plumbing
system which can be completed prior to
installation of fixtures or finishing. This
includes drainage, water supply and
vent piping and necessary fixture
supports.
a. Roughing-in
b. Mock-up installation
c. Pre-installation
d. setting
34.These consist of loose fibers or granules
and is made from cellulose, fiberglass,
rock wool, cotton or other materials.
These materials come in bags and are
usually blown into cavities using special
equipment. What are these?
a. Acoustical foams
b. Foam panels
c. Loose fill insulations
d. Fireflexes
35. The over-all covering of
underground feeder and branch
circuit cables shall be ____.
a. Fungus resistant
b. Corrosion resistant
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
36. A fitting or device designed and
constructed to provide, when properly
vented, a liquid seal which prevents
backflow and passage of foul air and
gases without materially affecting the
flow of sewage or wastewater through it.
a. Trap
b. Fitting
c. Pipe
d. valve
37. The rustling of leaves in breeze is
said to be within the ____.
a. Threshold of hearing
b. Threshold of hearing loss
c. Threshold of inaudibility
d. Threshold of feeling
38. Unit of capacitance is _____.
a. Henry
b. Coulomb
c. Farad
d. weber
39. 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
40. The basic elements of an electric
circuit are the following except
____.
a. Source
b. Switch
c. Conducting path
d. Electrical load
41. A vertical pipe which conveys only
wastewater or liquid waste free of
fecal matter.
a. Waste pipe
b. Soil pipe
c. Soil stack
d. Waste stack
42.insulated conductors having an outer
sheath of moisture-resistant, flame
retardant, non metallic material.
a. Service entrance cable (type SE and
USE)
b. Shielded non metallic sheathed cable
(type SNM )
c. Non metallic sheathed cable (type NM
and NMC)
d. Mineral insulated metal sheathed cable
(type MI)
43. A pipe which conveys potable
water from the building supply pipe
to the plumbing fixtures and other
outlets.
a. Water service pipe
b. Water main
c. Water distributing pipe
d. Building and water supply pipe
44. Cables are conductors that are
____.
a. Larger than wires
b. Stranded (no.6 AWG and larger)
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
45. The following statements are true with
regards to sound except ___.
a. That sound is an aural sensation
b. That sound is caused by oscillation in an
elastic medium
c. That sound travels in a vacuum
d. That sound is caused by the vibration of
particles which move in an infinitesimal
amount causing particles to impart
motion and energy to them
46. Any pipe which conveys the discharge of
water closet, urinal or fixtures having
similar function, with or without the
discharges from other fixtures to the
building drain or building sewer.
a. Soil pipe
b. Waste pipe
c. Building drain
d. Building sewer
47. Copper as a conductor has the
property/properties of being ____.
a. Ductile
b. Malleable
c. A only
d. A and b
48. In a building consists of the water
service pipe, water supply line, water
distributing pipes and the essential
branch pipes, valves and all other
appurtenances for the supply of potable
water.
a. Water supply system
b. Water pipe system
c. Water distribution system
d. Building water service and sewage
piping system
49. Example/s of conductors-on-
insulator wiring is are ______.
a. Concealed knob and tube
b. Open wiring on insulators
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
50. What is the refrigerant name of R-
12?
a. Monochlorotrifluoromethane
b. Dichlorodifluormethane
c. Monochlorodifluormethane
d. Trichloromonofluoromethane

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By: Marie Cris Aldemita
And
Nhejea David
BSArch- 5