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Subject Questionnaire: Building Utilities 2

1. What safety feature prevents passengers from falling into the hoistway when
they try to exit the elevator car?
A. Thread
B. Fascia plate
C. Safety shoe
D. Rise detector
(Reference: BuildingUtilities 2, Given Module)
2. What heating device that consists of a series or coil pipes through which hot
water or steam passes?

A. Convector
B. Bucket heater
C. Bleeder
D. Radiator
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
3. What private telephone system interconnects with public telephone system?
A. Intercom
B. LAN
C. WLAN
D. PABX
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
4. What material is used for filament in an incandescent bulb?

A. Lead
B. Tungsten
C. Cathode
D. Chrome
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
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5. What type of grille is used for which the return air is withdrawn from an air
conditioned space?
A. Cold air return
B. Chase
C. Stack
D. Return Grille
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
6. During an elevator emergency, what part of the elevator is used to open the
doors from the outside?
A. Knife Switch
B. Panic Door
C. Outside Door Latch
D. Governor
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)

7. What is an enclosure for housing and protecting electric wires or cables that are
joined together in connecting or branching electric circuits?
A. Knockout
B. Junction box
C. Grommet
D. Duct
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
8. What do you call a small elevator for conveying food, dishes or other materials
between the floors of a building?
A. Dumbwaiter
B. Elevator
C. Freight elevator
D. Hoistway
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
9. What is the single insulated conductor or a bound or sheathed combination of
conductors insulated from one another?
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A. Wire
B. Cable
C. Conductor
D. Circuit
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)

10. What is the insulating and protective lining for one or more conductors
passing through a hole?
A. Bushing
B. Hole
C. Grommet
D. Duct
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
11. What type of fuse is used for housing a fusible link in a porcelain cup fitted with a
threaded metal base?
A. Cartridge fuse
B. Plug fuse
C. Fuse
D. Knife blade fuse
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
12. Which of the following is the machine that converts mechanical energy into
electrical energy, a generator of alternating current?
A. Converter
B. Inverter
C. Alternator
D. none of the above
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
13. What device is basically a double throw switch of generally 3-pole connection
that will automatically transfer the power from the standby generator to the
building circuitry during electrical power failure?
A. Conductor
B. Automatic Transfer Switch
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C. Fuse Board
D. Panel Board
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
14. Which of the following is the amount of heat which is absorbed or evolved in
changing the state of a substance without changing its temperature?
A. Convertible heat
B. Mechanical heat
C. Solar heat
D. Latent heat
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
15. What mechanical equipment, coupled with a central air-conditioning system,
is used to dehumidify and cool the air stream injected to a conditioned space?
A. Fan coil unit
B. Freon
C. Busway
D. Convection AC
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
16. What is the bending of a sound wave when travelling forward changes
direction as it passes through different densities?
A. Deflection
B. Reflection
C. Diffusion
D. Refraction
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
17. What is the number of cycles per unit time of a wave or oscillations
expressed in hertz of cycles per second?
A. Wavelength
B. Loop
C. Frequency
D. none of the above
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(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
18. What type of perimeter detector detects a change in capacitance of the area
covered, caused by intrusion?
A. Capacitance
B. Transmitter
C. Transit
D. none of the above
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
19. What is the lamp designed to project or diffuse a comparatively uniform level
of illumination over a large area?
A. Spotlight
B. Downlight
C. Track light
D. Floodlight
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)
20. What is the device for reducing a vapour or gas to liquid or solid form?
A. Evaporator
B. Condenser
C. Compressor
D. Refrigerant
(Reference: Building Utilities 2, Given Module)