Building Utilities

Friday: March 24, 2017

1. This switch cuts off all current supply to the escalator for inspection, maintenance, or
repairs.
A. Disconnect Switch
B. Knife Switch
C. Limit Switches
D. Current Overload Safety Switch

2. The number of cycles per unit time of a wave or oscillations expressed in hertz of
cycles per second.
A. Wavelength
B. Frequency
C. Sine Wave
D. Sound Wave

3. One of the earlier plastic to be developed in 1938, a du pont trade name for the white,
soft, waxy, and non-adhesive polymer of tetrafluoroethylene.
A. Teflon
B. Solvent
C. O-ring
D. Adhesive

4. A type of lamp popular for lighting commercial interiors, uses argon gas to ease
starting, it produces light by means of an electric discharge in mercury vapor.
A. Mercury Lamp
B. Metal Halide Lamp
C. Tungsten Halogen Lamp
D. High-Pressure-Sodium (HPS)

5. In elevator, it protects the equipment from over current.

A. Circuit Breaker
B. Handrail Guard Switches
C. Limit Switches
D. Disconnect Switch

6. This device, in escalators, stops the escalator automatically if an abnormal current is

supplied to the motor.
A. Disconnect Switch
B. Knife Switch
C. Limit Switches
D. Current Overload Safety Switch

7. Which statement is not true?

A. Cleanouts may be omitted on a horizontal drain less than 1.5 meters in length unless
such line is serving sinks or urinals.
B. No galvanized wrought iron or galvanized steel pipe shall be used underground and
shall be kept at least 15 cms above ground.
C. 1 3/4" diameter is 'not' a commercial size of G.I. Pipe for water supply.
D. 3" diameter is 'not' a commercial size of G.I. Pipe for water supply.

8. Color code for pipes containing acid.

A. Orange
B. Yellow
C. Red
D. Black

9. In elevator, these prevent the excessive car travel at the highest and lowest floor.
A. Circuit Breaker
B. Handrail Guard Switches
C. Limit Switches
D. Disconnect Switch

10. The cooling effect obtained when 1 ton of ice at 32 oF (0 oC) melts to water at the
same tmeperature in 24 hrs. (equivalent to 12,000 Btu/hr)
A. HP of Refrigeration
B. Ton of Ventilation
C. Ton of Refrigeration
D. HP of Ventilation

11. In a lightning protection system, the combination of a metal rod and its brace or
footing, on the upper part of a structure.
A. Ground Rod
B. Air Terminal
C. Lightning Rod
D. Protective Assembly

12. XHHN in wire specification means.

A. Moisture and Heat Resistant- Cross-Linked Thermosetting
B. Moisture resistant, in wet and dry location
C. Heat Resistant in wet and dry location
D. Moisture Resistant Cross-Linked Thermosetting

13. An assembly consisting of a pulley wheel, side plates, shaft, and bearings over which
a cable or roped is passed.
A. Governor
B. Sheave
C. Weighing Device
D. Fascia Plate

14. In escalators, this is located at the bottom truss of the escalator and provided with on
and off positions to stop or prevents the escalator from starting during maintenance
service.
A. Circuit Breaker
B. Handrail Guard Switches
C. Limit Switches
D. Disconnect Switch

15. A high intensity discharge lamp in which the light is produced by the radiation from a
mixture of a metallic vapor, similar to that of a mercury lamp in construction.
A. Mercury Lamp
B. Metal Halide Lamp
C. Tungsten Halogen Lamp
D. High-Pressure-Sodium (HPS)