Building Utilities Exam Questions and Answers | 2024

Building Utilities Exam Questions and Answers | 2024 backpressure - Answer-a suction created by the flow of liquids in a pipe; a pressure less than the atmospheric pressure ball valve - Answer-(type of valve) the flow of liquid is controlled by a rotating drilled ball that fits tightly against a resilient (flexible) seat in the valve body battery of fixtures - Answer-any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common horizontal waste or soil branch branch interval - Answer-a vertical length of soil or waste stack at least 8 feet in height (one storey high) within which the horizontal branches from one story or floor of the building or structure are connected to the stack building sewer - Answer-(part of drainage system) extends from the end of the building drain and conveys its discharge to the public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal system or other appropriate point of disposal building supply pipe - Answer-(part of drainage system) located between the water main and water meter cesspool - Answer-a loosely lined excavation in the ground which receives the discharge of septic tank and designed to permit the effluent from the septic tank to seep through the bottom and sides of the pit drainage fixture unit - Answer-a common measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures on the basis of one unit of this being equal to a discharge rate of 7.5 gallons per minute or one cubit foot of water per minute drainage, waste, vent - Answer-DWV globe valve - Answer-a valve in which the flow of water is cut off by means of a circular disk gooseneck - Answer-a p-shaped trap commonly used on most plumbing fixtures except for a fixture having an integral trap gooseneck - Answer-a kind of return bend of small-sized faucet; one end of which is about one foot long and the other end is about three inches gooseneck - Answer-commonly used as a faucet for pantry sink and drinking fountain; the lead connection between the service pipe and the water main fixture - Answer-a receptacle attached to a plumbing system wherein water and wastes may be collected full bath - Answer-a bathroom containing a water closet, lavatory, and bath tub plumbing - Answer-the art and science of installing pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus for bringing in water supply and removing water and waterborne waste in buildings privy - Answer-an outhouse or structure used for the deposition of excrement riser - Answer-a water supply pipe that extends vertically one full storey or more to convey water to fixture branches or group of fixtures septic tank - Answer-a watertight receptacle which the discharge of sanitary plumbing system or part thereof, designed and constructed to retain solids, digest organic matter through a period of detention and to allow the liquids to discharge into the soil outside of the tank through a system of open jointed subsurface piping or seepage pit soil pipe - Answer-any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closets, urinals, or fixtures having the similar function, with or without the discharge from other fixtures, to the building drain or building sewe