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Quiz No. 2 Engineering Utilities
I. Fill in the blank
1. ______________ it is an industrial facility that houses the prime mover, electric generator and auxiliaries for
conversion of mechanical energy, chemical energy and/or nuclear energy into electrical energy.
2. _______________ it is one or more metal cabinets that serve as a single unit, including buses, automatic overcurrent
protection devices (fuses or circuit breakers).
3. ________________it is a device designed to open (or trip) and close a circuit by non-automatic means and to open
the circuit automatically on a predetermined overcurrent without damage to itself when properly applied within its
rating.
4. ______________ it an end-use piece of utilization equipment designed to perform a specific function such as cooking,
cleaning, cooling, or heating.
5. __________________ it is the location in a branch circuit where electricity is used.
6. ____________________ it is an electrical component that can break an electrical circuit, interrupting the current or
diverting it from one conductor to another.
7. _________________used to control a single or group of lamps from one location. The switch has only two terminals.
8. _________________it is an electrical conductor (usually copper or aluminum) that serves as a common connection for
two or more electrical circuits.
9. _________________ an enclosed channel for holding wires, cables or busbars.
10. _____________________is a design of an electrical system involves applying the standards written into the building
code.
11. ___________________ are metal and non-metallic (plastic) enclosures that hold devices such as switches or outlets
and safely permit wiring connections.
12. ______________ is used nationally as the basis for safeguarding persons, buildings and its contents from hazards
that may arise from the use of electricity.
13. _______________ is similar to the architectural layout except that the electrical layout contains the interconnection
of the service drop/lateral, service entrance, service equipment, feeder, subfeeder, load center, panelboards, branch
circuit, and nomenclature of occupancies.
14. ________________ this shows a comprehensive interconnection, size, and rating of the service drop/lateral, service
entrance, service equipment, feeder, subfeeders, load centers, and panelboard.
15.______________________ it is an overcurrent protective device with a circuitopening fusible part that is heated and
severed by the passage of overcurrent through it.
16.______________________ is the highest current it can carry continuously without exceeding a specific temperature
limit.
17. _____________________it is the location in a branch circuit where electricity is used.
18. _____________________ it is any material that conducts electrical current.
19. _____________________ it is the maximum current it can carry continuously without exceeding the temperature
limitations of the insulation and sheathing material.
20. _____________________ are a special type of electrical box used to enclose conductor connections.

II. Enumeration.
1. Residential Electrical Systems Design
2. Types of Conduits