BUILDING UTILITIES

9. A valve in which the flow of liquid is controlled by

1. The art and science of installing in buildings the
a rotating drilled ball that fits tightly against a
pipes, fixtures and other apparatus for bringing in
resilient (flexible) seat in the valve body.
water supply and removing water and waterborne
a. Angle valve
waste.
b. Check valve
a. Plumbing system
c. Float valve
b. Sanitary drainage system
d. Ball valve
c. Drainage system
10. A watertight receptacle which the discharge of
d. plumbing
sanitary plumbing system or part thereof, designed
2. It is also known as electric panel or load center.
and constructed to retain solids, digest organic
a. Convenience outlet
matter through a period of detention and to allow
b. Panelboard
the liquids to discharge into the soil outside of the
c. Outlet
tank through a system of open jointed subsurface
d. Branch circuit
piping or seepage pit.
3. A unit of mechanical power is horsepower. What is
a. Seepage pit
electrical power?
b. Septic tank
a. Watt
c. Privy vault
b. Volt-ampere
d. Cesspool
c. Ampere
11. In a building consists of the water service pipe,
d. Both a and b
water supply line, water distributing pipes and the
4. In lighting and illumination calculation, what is the
essential branch pipes, valves and all other
unit for lux?
appurtenances for the supply of potable water.
a. 1/ candela per sq.m.
a. Water supply system
b. 1 lumen per sq.m.
b. Water pipe system
c. 1/ candela per sq.ft.
c. Water distribution system
d. 1 lumen per sq.ft.
d. Building water service and sewage piping
5. The abbreviation DWV stands for ______.
system
a. drainage, water and vent
12. Any pipe which conveys the discharge of water
b. Drainage, waste and valve
closet, urinal or fixtures having similar function, with
c. Durham, water and vent
or without the discharges from other fixtures to the
d. Drainage, waste and vent
building drain or building sewer.
6. This acoustical material is manufactured from rock
a. Soil pipe
wool, glass fibers, wood fibers, hair felt, etc.
b. Waste pipe
generally installed on wood or metal framing system.
c. Building drain
a. Acoustical tile
d. Building sewer
b. Acoustical plaster
13. A pipe which conveys potable water from the
c. Acoustical (isolation) blanket
building supply pipe to the plumbing fixtures and
d. Acoustical foam
other outlets.
7. Which of the following metallic materials is
a. Water service pipe
considered as the best conductor of electricity?
b. Water main
a. Copper
c. Water distributing pipe
b. Aluminum
d. Building and water supply pipe
c. Iron
14. A fitting or device designed and constructed to
d. Gold
provide, when properly vented, a liquid seal which
8. The recommended speed for escalators ranges
prevents backflow and passage of foul air and gases
from____.
without materially affecting the flow of sewage or
a. 90-120fpm
wastewater through it.
b. 130-180fpm
a. Trap
c. 165-180fpm
b. Fitting
d. 60-80fpm
c. Pipe
d. Valve

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15. Any of a variety of soft floor finishes made of 22. A valve in which the flow of liquid is controlled by
synthetic materials such as nylon or natural material a rotating drilled ball that fits tightly against a
such as wool. It is either glued directly to the floor or resilient (flexible) seat in the valve body.
installed over an underlayment of hair felt or foam a. Angle valve
rubber. What is it? b. Check valve
a. Panel absorber c. Float valve
b. Carpet d. Ball valve
c. Curtain and fabrics 23. What is the minimum distance between the
d. Volume resonator handrails of escalators?
16. A general term used for any vertical line of soil, a. 600mm
waste or vent piping. b. 558mm
a. Vent pipe c. 658mm
b. Waste pipe d. 650mm
c. Stack 24. Which material would exhibit the highest sound
d. Soil pipe absorption coefficient (SAC) value?
17. A receptacle attached to a plumbing system a. Marble
other than a trap in which water or wastes may be b. Wood
collected or obtained for ultimate into the plumbing c. Plastic
system. d. Carpet
a. Valve 25. A vertical pipe which conveys only wastewater or
b. Waste pipe liquid waste free of fecal matter.
c. Fitting a. Waste pipe
d. Fixture b. Soil pipe
18. A water supply pipe that extends vertically one c. Soil stack
full storey or more to convey water to fixture d. Waste stack
branches or group of fixtures. 26. A bathroom containing a water closet, a lavatory,
a. Up pipe and a bathtub.
b. Riser a. Full bath
c. Stack pipe b. Half bath
d. Water stack pipe c. Three quarter bath
19. A cylindrical conduit or conductor, the wall d. Quarter bath
thickness is sufficient to receive a standard pipe. 27. Which is the following characterizes centrallized
a. Conduit airconditioning system?
b. Pipe a. It uses ducts
c. Fitting b. Has cooling tower
d. Leader c. Provided with air handling unit
20. Wallace Clement Sabine, an American physicist d. All of these
who pioneered work on sound is said to be the 28. It is analogous to pressure in water flow.
father of ____? a. Resistance
a. Environmental acoustics b. Voltage
b. Room acoustics c. Current
c. Architectural acoustics d. Power
d. Acoustical science 29. A suction created by the flow of liquids in pipe, a
21. That part of the drainage system that extends pressure less than the atmospheric pressure.
from the end of the building drain and conveys its a. Backflow
discharge to the public sewer, private sewer, b. Backpressure
individual sewage disposal system or other c. Siphonage
appropriate point of disposal. d. Flow pressure
a. Building sewer 30. It characterizes short circuit
b. Building drain a. High resistance, high current
c. Building storm drain b. Low resistance, low current
d. Building sewage pipe c. Low resistance, high current
d. High resistance, low current

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