1.

A term used to describe soil or waste system where all pipings are of threaded pipe, tubing or
other such rigid construction using recessed drainage fittings to correspond to the types of
piping. Durham System.
2. What is the minimum distance to vent of a trap arm from the trap with a diameter of 2 inches?
1.52 m
3. What is the minimum distance to vent of a trap arm from the trap with a diameter of 3 inches?
1.83 m
4. What is the minimum distance to vent of a trap arm from the trap with a diameter of 4 inches
and larger? 3.05 m
5. What is the minimum distance to vent of a trap arm from the trap with a diameter of 1 1/4
inches? 0.76 m
6. What is the trap and trap arm size of a water closet? 3”
7. What is the trap and trap arm size of a bath tub? 1 1/2'”
8. What is the trap and trap arm size of a floor drain? 2”
9. What is the trap and trap arm size of a urinal, wall mounted, integral trap? 2”
10. What is the trap and trap arm size of a wash basin (lavatory)? 1 1/4"
11. For a trap arm with a diameter of ____ or larger, a cleanout is required for a change of direction
of 22 ½ deg. 76mm or 3”
12. What is the minimum water seal of an industrial interceptor? 152mm or 6”
13. What is the minimum water seal of grease trap? 51mm or 2”
14. For building sewers with a diameter of 203 mm (8”), what is the minimum allowed slope? .05%
15. What is the minimum distance of a septic tank from a water supply well? 15.2m
16. What is the minimum distance of septic tank from a tree? 3.00m
17. What is the vertical distance between a water supply and a sewer pipe? 0.30m
18. The water supply pipe is placed on a solid shell excavated at one side of the common trench
with a minimum horizontal distance of at least _____ from the sewer pipe. 0.30m
19. No building sewer shall be less than ____ deep from the ground. 0.30m
20. Horizontal cast iron piping shall be supported at every ____ or at ____ interval, support shall be
place ____ from a joint. 1.50m, 3.00m and 0.45m
21. What type of sewer pipe is the cheapest but gets damaged with excessive hot water or chemical
flow? Bituminous Fiber Sewer Pipe
22. Distance of LPG cylinders from drains, culverts or entrances leading to cellars and other
depressions. 3 ft
23. Distance of LPG cylinders from combustible materials (leaves, papers, etc.) 19 ft
24. Give 1 example of attaching a pipe support to a wall. Lag shield,
caulking anchor, plastic anchor
25. Post pictures of plumbing symbols.
26. What is protected when the main breaker of a distribution panel trips?
Service entrance from overheating and
damage
27. What is the minimum number of small appliance circuits for a residence? 2
28. A GFCI will trip in ____ second/s when a current variation of ____ amp/s is reached. 1/40, 0.005
29. What is a type of cable that has properties of being temperature stable, fire and heat resistant
and waterproof? it is also ideal for 24/7 usage. Mineral Insulated (MI)
30. What is the type of wire that is used in telecommunications and as submarine cable? It is now
used in primary and secondary industries, chemical plants, refineries and general factory
environment. Shielded Nonmetallic Sheathed Cable (SNM)
31. What type of cable is usually used in independent circuitry? Flat Conductor Cable (FCC)
32. What is the type of fuse that has an ampere rating of up to 60 amps?
Cartridge Fuse Ferrule
Type
33. What is the type of fuse that has an ampere rating of up to 30 amps? Plug Fuse
34. What is the type of fuse that has an ampere rating of 61-600 amps? Knife Blade Fuse
35. What is the type of circuit breaker that uses a coil of wire called solenoid? Magnetic Pigtail
36. What is the type of circuit breaker that is ideal for small, long over currents? Thermal Pigtail
37. Hall outlets should be placed at every _____? 15’
38. Outlets (except kitchen outlets) should be placed at every _____ of wall space. 6’
39. Kitchen appliance outlets should be placed at every ____ of wall space. 4’
40. An outlet should be placed no further than ____ from each room corner, unless a door or built-
in feature occupies this space. 6’
41. Height for wall outlets. 12” to 18”
42. What is the minimum number of outlets in a bathroom? 2
43. An outdoor weatherproof outlet shall be provided on one side of a house. True or False
False, it should be provided on EACH SIDE of a
house
44. A method of elevator machine arrangement wherein it has a 2:1 roping, has a mechanical
advantage of 2, which results in a highspeed low power and therefore, low cost traction
machine. 2 to 1 Double Wrap Traction System
45. Three types of elevator control systems. Single Automatic Push Button,
Collective Control,
Electronic Group Supervisory
Dispatching & Control
46. Part of an escalator system that consists of contactors, relays, and a circuit breaker. Controller
47. Standard width of an escalator. 32” & 48”
48. Standard width of an electric walk. 28” & 36”
49. Standard speed of an electric walk. 120 fpm to 180 fpm
50. What is the unit of light or luminous flux? Lumens
51. What is the unit of lumens per square foot? Foot candle
52. What is the unit of light intensity? Candle power
53. What is the unit of brightness? Foot Lambert
54. What is the shape of an incandescent lamp with a letter designation of A? Standard
55. What is the shape of an incandescent lamp with a letter designation of PAR? Parabolic
Aluminized
Reflector
56. The only fluorescent lamp that can be dimmed or flashed. Rapid Start Fluorescent
57. What type of lamp in which the arc tube made of high-density polycrystalline alumina?
High-pressure sodium
lamp
58. What is the intensity of illumination for moderate work? 30 to 50 fc
59. What is the intensity of illumination for precision work? 100 to 150 fc
60. Is a telephone exchange that serves a particular business or office. PBX
61. Circuitry of a telephone has a resistance of. 300 ohms
62. In CATV, this is where the cable system receives programming form various sources, assigns the
programming to channels and retransmits it onto cables. Head-end
63. What elevator company uses autotronic elevatoring system? Otis Elevator Company
64. What type of system does the Westinghouse Electric Co. use? Selectomatic Elevator System
65. This is a technological method for preventing shoplifting from retail stores or pilferage of books
from libraries. Electronic Article System

66. The type of smoke detector which is quicker at sensing flaming fires that produce little smoke, it
employs a radioactive material to ionize the air in a sensing chamber.
Ionization Chamber Smoke
Detector
67. What is the length of a fire hose? 23 m
68. What is the minimum diameter for a wet standpipe less than 15 meters from the fire service
connection? 51 mm
69. What is the minimum diameter for a wet standpipe more than 15 meters from the fire service
connection? 63 mm
70. What type of material used for wet stand pipes? Wrought iron or galvanized steel