Building Utilities refer to a wire, cable, or bus bar that is made

from a conducting material.

ariel a. Conductor
b. Semi-conductor
1. Maximum liquid depth for septic tank.
c. Fuse
a. 1.50 mts
d. Insulator
b. 1.80 mts
10. Minimum width of a septic tank.
c. 2.00 mts
a. 80 cm
d. 1.90 mts
b. 120 cm
2. The third protruding metal stick in a plug.
c. 90 cm
a. Grounding plug
d. 60 cm
b. Ground
11. Metal pipe in which electrical powers may
c. Plug
d. None of these be drawn; has conditions (like wall is
3. Insulating media for transformers (no longer thinner than conduit)
allowed) a. Electrical metal tubing
a. Gatorade b. Metal straw
b. Mineral oil c. Steel pipe
c. Askarel d. None of these
d. Castor oil 12. Minimum dimension of a manhole access to
4. Where you connect the wires a septic tank.
a. Match box a. 615 mm
b. Utility box b. 458 mm
c. Johnson box c. 622 mm
d. Junction box d. 508 mm
5. Minimum length of the secondary 13. What type of sound absorbent is best for
compartment of a septic tank with a capacity lower band frequencies?
of more than 6 cubic meters. a. Fiberglass insulation
a. 1.50 mts b. Porous absorbents
b. 1.80 mts c. Plastic absorbents
c. 2.00 mts d. Air vacuum
d. 1.90 mts 14. Single lever valves used in kitchen sink and
6. Minimum extension of the VSTR above an lavatory faucets or at shower valves works
openable window, door opening, air intake, by the principle of a ___.
or vent shaft. a. Check valve
a. 0.60 m b. Ball valve
b. 0.30 m c. Gate valve
c. 0.90 m d. Globe valve
d. 0.50 m 15. In boilers, they function only when it
7. A device that can be used to open or close a exceeds prescribed unsafe operating
circuit manually and can also open a circuit conditions
automatically when current is excessive. a. Pressure valve
a. Air circuit breaker b. Relief valve
b. Circuit breaker c. Limit controls and interlocks
c. Branch circuit d. Emergency locks
d. Fuse box KUYA RYAN
8. A cable provided with wrapping of metal
(steel wire) for mechanical protection. 1. The luminous flux emitted per unit solid angle by
a. Super cable light source, expressed in candelas.
b. Steel cable
c. Armored cable a. Candle
d. None of these b. Luminous intensity
9. A material that permits many electrons to c. Lumen
move through it. Copper, silver, and d. Steradian
aluminum are examples of materials that are
good conductors. Also used generically to
2. The rate of flow of visible light per unit time, 9. The rate of flow of electric charge in a circuit per unit
expressed in lumens time, measured in amperes.
a. Candela a. Resistance
b. Candlepower b. Ohm
c. Luminous flux c. Current
d. Luminance d. Power

3. The SI unit of luminous flux, equal the light emitted in 10. An amount if power, esp. the power required to
a solid angle of one steradian by uniform point source operate an electrical device or appliance, expressed in
having an intensity of one candela watts.
a. Lux a. Ampere
b. Lumen b. Ohm
c. Foot-candle c. Wattage
d. Lambert d. Current

4. The SI unit of illumination, equal to one lumen per 11. A hollow cylinder of metal or plastic used for the
square meter. conveyance of water, steam, gas or other fluid material.
a. Lux a. Pipe
b. Lumen b. Gasket
c. Foot-candle c. Valve
d. Lambert d. Wire

5. The intensity of light falling at any given place on 12. A valve with a globular body, closed by a disk seating
lighted surface, equal to the luminous flux incident per on an opening in an internal wall.
unit are and expressed in lumens per unit of area. Is also a. Gate valve
called ___________. b. Globe valve
a. Reflection c. Angle valve
b. Refraction d. Mixing valve
c. Diffraction
d. Illuminance 13. The system of pipes, valves, fixtures and other
apparatus of a water supply or sewage system.
6. A machine that converts mechanical energy into a. Architectural
electrical energy. b. Electrical
a. Alternator c. Plumbing
b. Generator d. Structural
c. Converter
d. Transformer 14. A system of pipe, valves, and fixtures for distributing
and using water in building.
7. A generator for producing alternating current. a. Water system
a. Alternator b. Water supply
b. Generator c. Water harvesting
c. Converter d. Sewage treatment
d. Transformer
15. A pipe connecting a drain near one or more traps to a
8. An electrical current flowing in one direction only and vent stack or stack vent.
having a magnitude that does not vary or varies only a. Drain
slightly.
b. Vent
a. Alternating current
c. Stack
b. Direct current
d. Battery
c. Conduction
d. Resistance LEK
 I. Identification. Identify what is being
described on the following items.
1. It is the transfer of heat by motion of the particles of
the heated substance itself.
2. It is the transfer of one heat from a place of higher
temperature.
3. It is a heat due to changing state of the substance.
4. It is a change from liquid to the solid state or vice
versa.
5. These are rectangular blocks of cast-iron or steel
plates stacked in a frame that is supported at the
opposite ends of the cable to which the car is
fastened.
6. It is the vertical passageway for the car and
counterweight on its side; walls are the car
guiderails, door frames and certain mechanical and
electrical auxiliaries of the control apparatus.
7. It is a combination of push buttons, contacts,
electronic equipment, relays, solid-state switching,
cans and devices that are operated manually or
automatically to initiate the door operation, starting,
and accelerating, retardation, leveling, and stopping
the car.
8. It is the usually placed pit. Their purpose is not to
stop a falling car but to bring it to a partially
cushioned stop if would over travel the lower
terminal.
9. It is mounted directly on the shaft of the elevator
machine.
10. It is a device for moistening air to a desired
temperature.
11. It removes the large dirt and pollen particles in order
to prevent clogging at spaces between the plates.
12. He discovered chlorine and fluorine atoms that
formed halocarbons or hydrocarbons compounds
that are made suitable refrigerants in 1930.
13. He is founder of Carrier Corporation. Carrier’s effort
included the first air-conditioning system for high-
rise buildings.
14. The approximate floor space per person that should
be provided at peak periods for waiting passengers.
15. The normal speed of an elevator.
II. Answers:

1. convection 23. a. Branch Circuit b. Service Drop c. Bus

Bar d. Feeder Line
2. conduction 24. 4. The luminous intensity of a light source,
3. latent heat expressed in candelas. Answer:
4. latent heat effusion CANDLEPOWER
5. counter weight 25. 5. In electric wiring a metal plate, water
6. shaft pipe, or other type of conductor buried in
7. control devices the earth in the manner of ensuring a good
8. buffer spring oil conductive path to the ground.
9. brake 26. a. Electric Terminal b. Grounding Wire c.
10. humidifier Earth Electrode d. Lightning Arrester
11. filter 27. 6. Sound travels in air, at sea level, in
12. Thomas medley jr. _____ m/sec. Answer: 344 m/sec.
13. Willis h. carrier 28. 7. A device used for sound absorption.
14. Heating Ventilating & air conditioning 29. a. Plywood b. Panel Resonations c. Volume
15. 4 sift (0.36 sqm) Resonators d. Fibrous Materials
30. 8. The portion of the hoist way extending
16. from the threshold level of the lowest
17. SAM landing door to the floor at the bottom of
18. the hoist way. Answer: ELEVATOR
19. 1. All changes in direction shall be made by LANDING
the appropriate use of 45. 31. 9. A device designed to stop an elevator car
20. a. Wyes b. Half Wyes c. Sixth Bends d. or counterweight from describing beyond
Bends its normal limit of travel.
21. 2. The solid organic materials being denser 32. a. Bumper b. Stopper c. Plunger d. Bunker
than water, tend to settle to the bottom of 33. 10. This describes the reflection of sound
the tank. Answer: SLUDGE along a curved surface near the surface.
22. 3. A portion of an electric wiring that 34.
extends beyond the final over current 35. a. Diffusion b. Creep c. Resonance d.
device protecting the circuit. Flutter
 36. 11. Is perceived as a buzzing or clicking 6. Among the following description, which of the
sound, and it is comprised of repeated following does NOT describe the down-feed
echoes traversing back and forth between and gravity return system?
two non-absorbing parallel surfaces. a. Overhead feed and system
37. b. With a continuing network of pipes
38. a. Reverberation b. Creep c. Standing or provide a constant circulation of
Waves d. Flutter water.
39. 12. Is the achievement of a temperature c. Hot water rises on the highest point of
below that of the immediate surroundings. the plumbing system and travels to the
40. fixture by gravity.
41. a. Air-Conditioning b. Ventilation c. d. Water distribution is dependent on the
Refrigeration d. Cooling
expansion of the hot water gravity.
42. 13. It is a fluorescent lamp designed to
7. A pipe or tubing that connects the outlets of
replace an incandescent lamp. Answer:
plumbing fixture to the trap.
COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP
a. Trap tube
43. 14. It is a low pressure mercury vapor gas-
b. Tail piece
discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to
c. Trap pipe
produce visible light. Answer:
d. Trap pipe
FLUORESCENT LAMP
8. Which of the following does not generally
44. 15. It is one of the most basic concepts in
woodworking. Answer: WOOD describe a vitrified clay pipe?
JOINERY a. Brittle
45. b. One of the oldest materials used for
46. JUSTINNE sewer line
1. It is the minimum distance required of water c. High resistant to most acids
line to the cistern tank. d. Cheapest
a. 15 m 9. How many urinals would be needed for an
b. 20 m auditorium with capacity of 500 persons?
c. 25 m a. 3
d. 30 m b. 4
2. A type of faucet that operates with a round c. 5
tapering plug to fit a metal sheet. d. 7
a. Ball faucet 10. The maximum developed length of the trap arm
b. Round Cock water closet or similar fixture shall not exceed
c. Key cock to how many meters?
d. Circular cock a. 0.60 m
3. The use of extreme pressure so as not affect the b. 0.90 m
existing foundation in the vicinity c. 1.8 m
a. Centrifugal Pump d. 2.6 m
b. Jetted Well 11. What is the required number of water supply
c. Piston Pump fixture unit for flush tank water closets
d. Driven Well (private/public use)?
4. Any joint obtained by joining of metal parts a. ½
with alloys and melt at temperature higher than b. ¾
449 degrees centigrade but lower than the c. 3/5
melting temp of the parts to be joined. d. 4/5
a. Blazed joint 12. What is the pipe color for ammonia?
b. Burned lead joint a. Orange
c. Cement Mortar Joint b. Red
d. Flared Joint c. Yellow
5. For an apartment building how many gallons of d. Green
13. What is the method of treatment when there are
hot water is needed per person?
a. 8 presence of calcium and magnesium in the
b. 9 water?
c. 10 a. Addition of water softeners
d. 12 b. Filtration
 c. Chlorination 60. a. Sewerage b.
d. Coagulation Public sewer c. Main sewer
14. Tube made of plastic material and color black.
d. Sanitary sewage
The cross sectional shape is normally oval and
is denoted by its outside diameter 61. 5. The vertical supply pipe which
a. Polybutylene extends upward from one floor to the
b. Polyethylene
c. Plastic Extra Pipe next.
d. Polyvinyl extra Pipe
62. a. Riser
15. A water supply system in which water is
distributed from a water main or an enclosed b. Branches c. House
storage tank storage tank under pressure from Service d. Supply Pipe
compressed air.
63.
a. Pneumatic water supply
b. Mechanical water supply 64.
c. Water pressure supply
d. Pump circuit system 65.
47.
48. 66.IDENTIFICATION
49.
50. 67. Acoustics 6.A branch
51.BUILDING UTILITIES of science that deals with the
control and propagation of
52.MULTIPLE CHOICE
sound.
53.1. Plumbing comes from the
68. Panel Absorber 7. Consisting
Latin word ____________.
of two layers of materials with
54. a. Plumbus b. airspace between them. The
Plumbum c. outer
Plumbia d. Plumia layer, being of porous type and
the inner layer of solid
55.2. The ingenious system of background.
heating the bath devised by the
Roman Engineers. 69. Clouds 8.Pieces of
cloth hung on the ceiling to
56. a. Hypocaust b. absorb sound.
Latrines c. Hydraulic
Engineering d. Cistern 70. Sound Insulation 9. Refers to
treating a room acoustically so
57.3. The first flashing water that the sound coming from it
closet was invented by will not be
_____________. transmitted to the adjacent
58. a. Charles Nef b. rooms.
Robert Frame c. Sir John 71. Frequency____10. The
Harington d. Sir John number of cycles of vibrations
Vanbrugh executed per second.
59. 4. The sewage containing human 72.
excrement and liquid household waste.
It is also called domestic sewage. 73.
74.
 75.PARTS OF A SIMPLE SEPTIC 6. A type of lamp popular for lighting
TANK commercial interiors, uses argon
gas to ease starting,
7. Mercury Lamp
8. A type of lamp popular for lighting
commercial interiors, uses argon
76. gas to ease starting it produces
light by means of an electric
77.ANSWER:
discharge in mercury vapor.
78.11. IN Mercury Lamp
79.12. DIGESTION CHAMBER 9. A lamp designed to project and
diffuse a uniform level of
80.13. LEACHING WELL
illumination over a large area.
81.14. GRADED GRAVEL Floodlight
82.15. OUT 10.The rate of flow of sound energy.
Sound Intensity
83.
84. TE RANS 11.Minimum lead content in percent
85. for pipes and fittings safe for
86.BUILDING UTILITIES humans. 8%
1. One of the earlier plastic to be 12.Single lever valves used in kitchen

developed in 1938, a du pont trade sink and lavatory faucets or at

name for the white, soft, waxy, and shower valves works the principle of

non- adhesive polymer of a ___. Ball Valve

13.The luminous intensity of light is
tetrafluoroethylene. Teflon
2. In elevator, it makes the buzzer expressed in ___. Candela
14.A specially designed system of
alarm when the car is overloaded
waste piping embodying the
and the door remains open until
horizontal wet venting of or more
overloading is eliminated. Weighing
sinks or floor drains by means of a
Device
3. Colour code for pipes containing common waste and vent pipe

acid. Black adequately sized to provide free

4. Building with fire alarm and movement of air above the flow line
suppression system. Intelligent of the drain. Combination Waste
Building and Vent System
5. A water closet that is sanitary, 15.Standard size of wire for a circuit
efficient, and very quiet. Water line. No. 12
enters through the rim and through 87.
the down leg. Siphon- Jet (SJ) 88.
89. KUYA RYAN
90. 120. d. Illuminance
91. BUILDING UTILITIES 121.
92. 1. The luminous flux 122. 6. A machine that converts
emitted per unit solid angle by mechanical energy into
light source, expressed in electrical energy.
candelas. 123. a. Alternator
93. a. Candle 124. b. Generator
94. b. Luminous intensity 125. c. Converter
95. c. Lumen 126. d. Transformer
96. d. Steradian 127.
97. 128. 7. A generator for
98. 2. The rate of flow of producing alternating current.
visible light per unit time, 129. a. Alternator
expressed in lumens 130. b. Generator
99. a. Candela 131. c. Converter
100. b. Candlepower 132. d. Transformer
101. c. Luminous flux 133.
102. d. Luminance 134. 8. An electrical current
103. flowing in one direction only
104. 3. The SI unit of luminous and having a magnitude that
flux, equal the light emitted in does not vary or varies only
a solid angle of one steradian slightly.
by uniform point source 135. a. Alternating current
having an intensity of one 136. b. Direct current
candela 137. c. Conduction
105. a. Lux 138. d. Resistance
106. b. Lumen 139.
107. c. Foot-candle 140. 9. The rate of flow of
108. d. Lambert electric charge in a circuit per
109. unit time, measured in
110. 4. The SI unit of amperes.
illumination, equal to one 141. a. Resistance
lumen per square meter. 142. b. Ohm
111. a. Lux 143. c. Current
112. b. Lumen 144. d. Power
113. c. Foot-candle 145.
114. d. Lambert
115.
116. 5. The intensity of light
falling at any given place on
lighted surface, equal to the
luminous flux incident per unit
are and expressed in lumens
per unit of area. Is also called
___________.
117. a. Reflection
118. b. Refraction
119. c. Difraction
146. 177. 15. A pipe connecting a
147. 10. An amount if power, drain near one or more traps
esp. the power required to to a vent stack or stack vent.
operate an electrical device or 178. a. Drain
appliance, expressed in watts. 179. b. Vent
148. a. Ampere 180. c. Stack
149. b. Ohm 181. d. Battery
150. c. Wattage 182.
151. d. Current 183. TEST II:
152. BUILDING
153. 11. A hollow cylinder of UTILITIES
metal or plastic used for the
conveyance of water, steam, 184. INSTRUCTION:
gas or other fluid material. Write the correct
154. a. Pipe answer on the space
155. b. Gasket before each number.
156. c. Valve
185. _________________
157. d. Wire
158. _____ 1. It is the
159. 12. A valve with a globular flow of water, or
body, closed by a disk seating other liquid mixture
on an opening in an internal or substances into the
wall. distributing pipes of a
160. a. Gate valve potable supply of
161. b. Globe valve water from any
162. c. Angle valve source, other than its
163. d. Mixing valve intended source.
164.
165. 13. The system of pipes, 186. .
valves, fixtures and other _________________
apparatus of a water supply or _____ 2. It is a
sewage system. fixture combining
166. a. Architectural one sink and tray or a
167. b. Electrical two or three
168. c. Plumbing
compartment sink or
169. d. Structural
tray in one vent.
170.
171. 14. A system of pipe, 187. _________________
valves, and fixtures for _____ 3. A vent that
distributing and using water in does not carry water
building.
or water borne
172. a. Water system
wastes.
173. b. Water supply
174. c. Water harvesting 188. _________________
175. d. Sewage treatment _____ 4. Are
176.
installed receptacles,
devices or appliances
 which are supplied 194.
with water, or which
receives or
discharges liquid or
liquid borne waste,
with or without
discharge into
drainage system
which maybe directly
or indirectly
connected.
189. _________________
_____ 5. It is a 195.
device located at the
bottom of the tank for
flushing water closets
and similar fixtures.
196.
190. _________________
_____ 6. It is a sewer
line or system
directly controlled by
197.
public authority.
191. _________________
_____ 7. Is a pipe or
pipes installed to
198.
provide a flow of
circulation of air
within the plumbing
system to protect trap
seals siphoning and 199.
back pressure.
192. _________________
_____ 8. It is a water
supply pipe which
extend vertically one
full storey or more to
convey water to
branches or fixtures.
193. ______________________ 9. A
vertical pipe usually used for the
storage of water, frequently under 1. Back Flow
pressure. 2. Combination Fixtures
_________________
_____ 10. It is a
fitting or device so
designed as to
provide when
properly vented a
liquid seal that will
prevent the back
passage of air
without materially
affecting the flow of
sewage through it.
_________________
_____ 11. It is high-
intensity discharge
lamp.
_________________
_____ 12. It is use an
incandescent filament
to act as a resistor.
_________________
_____ 13. SOL is an
acronym for -
_______________.
_________________
_____ 14. It combine
the tube and ballast in
a single unit.
_________________
_____ 15. Were
initially used for
document scanners
and also for back
lighting LCD
displays and later
manufactured for use
as lamps.
200.
201. Test 2: BUILDING UTILITIES
3. Dry Vent 10. Trap
4. Plumbing Fixtures 11. Mercury Vapor Lamp
5. Flush Valve 12. Self-Ballasted
6. Main Sewer 13. Solar Outdoor Lighting
7. Vent System 14. Integrated CFL
8. Riser 15. Cold-Cathode Flourescent Lamp
9. Stand Pipe
202. 205.

203. 206.
204.