KOLEJ TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

DECEMBER/JANUARY EXAMINATION

ATGB 1363 BUILDING SCIENCE and SERVICES I

DAY/DATE: TIME: (2 HOURS)

DIPLOMA IN TECHNOLOGY
(BUILDING)

Instruction to Candidates:

Answer FOUR out of the SIX questions.

All questions carry equal marks.
Marks will be allocated to neat, well proportioned and annotated sketches and drawings.

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This question paper consists of 6 questions on 4 printed pages.
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Q1. a) Identify and briefly discuss FOUR (4) main process involved in the
natural hydrological cycle. (8 marks)

b) The World Health Organization states that drinking water needs to be purified and treated
before circulation to consumers. Briefly discuss SIX (6) common raw water treatment
process practiced here in Malaysia to meet the standards mentioned above. (12 marks)

c) Sketch and briefly explain the radial water distribution system. (5 marks)

d) Sketch and label an indirect cold water supply consisting of these following items:
i) Water main, communication pipe, water meter.
ii) Service pipe, rising main, distribution pipe.
iii) Cold water cistern, shower and drinking water sink. (9 marks)

Briefly discuss the function of the following sanitary pipes:

i) Waste pipe

Q2. b) ii) Soil pipe

iii) Ventilation pipes

iv) Anti - siphon pipes (12 marks)

a)

Draw an annotated diagram of a single stack sanitary system and discuss the main attributes
of the system. (13 marks)
[Total 25 marks]

Discuss the following terms and sketch a simple diagram to represent them on a
psychrometric chart.

b) i) Dry-bulb temperature
Q3.
ii) Wet-bulb temperature
c) iii) Relative Humidity (12 marks)

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Sketch an annotated diagram indicating the vapour compression refrigeration cycle

employed in most air conditioning system. (10 marks)

List down THREE (3) types of refrigerants used by air conditioning system. ( 3 marks)
a) [Total 25 marks]

b)

The intensity of a point source measured 10m from a loud speaker is

5.0 x 10-6 W/m2.Calculate the intensity of the sound if the distance is doubled. (8 marks)
c)

Q4. A single leaf brick partition wall between rooms has an area of 30m 2. Calculate the overall
Sound Reduction Index value if a door with a height of 2.5m and a width of 1.6m is added to
a) the wall.(SRI brickwork = 50 dB, SRI door = 20 dB) (12 marks)

b) Identify the FIVE (5) detrimental effects of prolonged noise exposure. (5 marks)
[Total 25 marks]

Discuss the differences between latent and sensible heat. (4 marks)

c)

Assuming that no heat are loss to the surrounding draw a detail graph to represent the
Q5. changes of state for 1kg of ice to vapour inclusive of the sensible and latent heat ranges.
(12 marks)

A cylindrical boiler with a diameter of 0.5m is supplying hot water to a kitchen. The heating
coil at the base has an effective power of 3kW.Ignoring all the heat loss and gains for the
scenario above;

i) Calculate the mass of water retained if the maximum height allowed

in the boiler is 0.4m.
( ρ water = 1000 kg/m3 , s.h.c water = 4200 J/kg K) (3 marks)

ii) Calculate the time needed to boil the water if it is initially 28 0C. (6 marks)
[Total 25 marks]

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a)

A tutorial room with a dimension of 15m x 10m x 4m requires a service illuminance of 600
lux on tables that are set 1m above the floor.
Each tubular fluorescent lamp is rated 100 W with a luminous efficacy of 80 lm/W. They are
to be placed in recessed louvre mounted on ceilings with a DLOR of 50%.
Q6. (Room Reflectance Value = 0.7 for ceilings and 0.5 for walls) (Light Loss Factor = 0.49)

i) Calculate the Room Index value for the tutorial room. (6 marks)

ii) Indentify the Utilisation Factor value for the luminaries stated above. (1mark)

iii) Referring to the lumen method calculate the number of lamps required for the tutorial
room. (6 marks)

iv) Comment if a horizontal spacing of 5m between luminaries is appropriate for the

situation above. ( 2 marks )

b)

c) (Table Q6)

Discuss and illustrate THREE (3) main components that contribute towards day lighting
factor on a chair in a reading room. (5 marks)
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The natural illuminance at a point inside a room is recorded as 500 lux .If the value of a
minimum unobstructed uniform standard sky is employed calculate the Daylight Factor at
that point. (5 marks)
[Total 25 marks]

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This question paper consists of 6 questions on 4 printed pages.