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1. Any wall used to resist the lateral intervening doors, doorways, corridors, displacement of any material; a subsurface exterior exit balconies, ramps, stairways, wall built to resist the lateral pressure of smokeproof, enclosures, horizontal exits, internal loads....

1. Any wall used to resist the lateral intervening doors, doorways, corridors, displacement of any material; a subsurface exterior exit balconies, ramps, stairways, wall built to resist the lateral pressure of smokeproof, enclosures, horizontal exits, internal loads. exit passageways, exit courts, and yards. A. Parapet wall A. Common Area B. Retaining wall B. Passageway C. Wall Foundation C. Exit D. Fire Wall D. Dispersal Area 2. An opening through a wall of a building 7. Any structure built for the support, to the outsider for the purpose of admitting shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, natural light. chattels, or property of any kind. A. ACCU Ledge A. Alley B. Fire Wall B. Building C. Door C. Cellar D. Window D. Cul de Sac 3. That portion of a building included 8. PD 1096 between the upper surface of any floor and A. The Fire Code of the Philippines the upper surface of the floor next above, B. Revised Rules and Standards for except that the topmost storey shall be that Economic and Socialized Housing Projects portion of a building included between the C. Revised National Plumbing Code of the upper surface of the topmost floor and the Philippines ceiling or roof above. D. National Building code of the A. Floor Level Philippines B. Storey C. Finish Floor 9. RA 9514 D. Ceiling Line A. The Fire Code of the Philippines B. Revised Rules and Standards for 4. A form of construction composed of Economic and Socialized Housing Projects stone, brick, concrete, gypsum, hollow clay C. Revised National Plumbing Code of the tile, concrete block or tile, or other similar Philippines building units of material or combination of D. National Building code of the these material laid up unit and set in mortar. Philippines A. Masonry B. Reinforced Concrete 10. BP 220 C. Dry Wall A. The Fire Code of the Philippines D. Partition B. Revised Rules and Standards for Economic and Socialized Housing 5. A parcel of land on which a principal Projects building and its accessories are placed or C. Revised National Plumbing Code of the may be placed together with the required Philippines open spaces. D. National Building code of the A. Property Philippines B. Site Location C. Location D. Lot 11. RA 1378 6. A continuous and unobstructed means of A. The Fire Code of the Philippines egress to a public way, and shall include B. Revised Rules and Standards for  Economic and Socialized Housing the Code and other pertinent rules and Projects regulations, the Building Official shall, C. Revised National Plumbing Code of the within ______ days from payment of the Philippines required fees by the applicant, issue the D. National Building code of the building permit applied for. Philippines A. 20 B. 15 12. Qualification of Building Official except: C. 25 A. A Filipino citizen and of good moral D. 30 character. B. A duly registered architect or civil 16. A building permit issued under the engineer. provisions of this Code shall expire and C. A member of good standing of a duly become null and void if the building or work accredited organization of his profession for authorized therein is not commenced not less than two years. within a period of ____ year from the date D. Has at least three years of diversified of such permit, or if the building or work so and professional experience in building authorized is suspended or abandoned at design and construction. any time after it has been commenced, for a period of ____ days. 13. As used in the National Building Code, A. 1, 150 the term "additional indigenous family B. 2, 120 dwelling" means a dwelling intended for C. 1, 120 the use and occupancy by the family of the D. 2, 150 owner only and constructed of native materials such as bamboo, nipa, logs, or 17. No building or structure shall be used or lumber, the total cost of which does not occupied and no change in the existing use exceed ____________ is exempted from or occupancy classification of a building or payment of building permit fees. structure or portion thereof shall be made A. Fifteen thousand pesos until the Building Official has issued a B. Twenty Thousand Pesos _____________ therefore as provided in C. Twenty Five Thousand Pesos this Code. D. Thirty Thousand Pesos A. Certificate of Occupancy B. Notice to Proceed 14. Application of building permit to be C. Permit to Operate submitted at least ____ sets of D. Mayor’s Permit corresponding plans and specifications prepared, signed and sealed by a duly 18. Group A dwellings as per Code shall mechanical engineer in case of mechanical occupy not more than ninety percent of a plans, and by a registered electrical corner lot and eighty percent of an inside engineer in case of electrical plans, except lot, and subject to the provisions on in those cases exempted or not required by Easement on Light and View of the Civil the Building Official under this Code. Code of the Philippines, shall be at least A. 4 ____ meter/meters from the property line. B. 5 A. 1 C. 6 B. 2 D. 3 C. 3 D. 1.5 15. When satisfied that the work described 19. Footing shall be of sufficient size and in an application for building permit and the strength to support the load of the dwelling plans and specifications submitted and shall be at least ____ millimeters thick therewith, conform to the requirements of and ____ millimeters below the surface of the ground. herein specified in this Code, shall be A. 200, 1000 provided with a window or windows with a B. 150, 1000 total free area of openings equal to at least C. 250, 600 ____ percent of the floor area of room, and D. 200, 600 such window shall open directly to a court, yard, public street or alley, or open water 20. Stairs shall be at least ____ millimeters courses. in clear width, with a rise of ____ millimeter. A. 12 A. 800, 200 B. 15 B. 750, 150 C. 10 C. 800, 250 D. 8 D. 750, 200 26. Every corner building or solid fence on a 21. Habitable rooms provided with artificial public street or alley less than ____ meter ventilation have ceiling heights not less in width shall be truncated at the corner. than ____ meters measured from the floor A. 3.0 to the ceiling; Provided that for buildings of B. 2.4 more than one-storey, the minimum ceiling C. 3.6 height of the first storey shall be 2.70 D. 4.0 meters and that for the second storey 2.40 meters and succeeding storeys shall have 27. A device of the main or storm sewer an unobstructed typical head-room which serves as man’s access for inspection, clearance of not less than 2.10 meters cleaning, and repair. above the finished floor. A. catch basin A. 2.1 B. ladder B. 2.2 C. cover C. 3.0 D. Manhole D. 2.4 28. Another kind of public sewer line that 22. Minimum size/area of room for human carries storm water and terminates in a habitation. natural drain such as canals, lakes, or rivers. A. 8.0 square meters A. Storm drain B. 6.0 square meters B. Underground drain C. 9.0 square meters C. Surface water drain D. 12.0 square meters D. Intercepting sewer 23. Minimum size/area of room for kitchen. 29. The Code on Sanitation of the A. 2.0 square meters Philippines with Implementing Rules & B. 3.0 square meters Regulations. C. 4.0 square meters A. P.D. 856 D. 5.0 square meters B. P.D. 522 C. P.D. 1096 24. Minimum size/area of room for toilet & D. P.D. 1185 bath. A. 2.0 square meters 30. According to the Code, pipe fittings that B. 1.5 square meters ___________ shall not be used in sanitary C. 3.0 square meters drainage plumbing system. D. 1.2 square meters A. Are metallic B. Are non-metallic 25. Every room intended for any use, not C. Increase in size provided with artificial ventilation system as D. Have abnormal flow obstruction  C. 0.3 m 31. Elevation measurements on piping plans D. 0.45 m are called _____________. A. Sectional Elevations 37. Where the local water pressure is in B. Invert Elevations excess of ______, an approved-type C. Base Elevation pressure regulator preceded by an D. Bench Mark adequately sized strainer shall be installed to reduce the pressure on the building side 32. The installation of all pipings and fitting of the regulator to the required supply parts of the plumbing system, which can be pressure. completed prior to the installation of A. 551 kPa fixtures and accessories. B. 414 kPa A. Roughing-in C. 276 kPa B. Stub-out D. 586 kPa C. Stub-up D. Provision 38. Whenever the water pressures in the main or other source of supply wiII not 33. Plumbing fixture shall be installed in a provide a water pressure of at least _____, manner to provide easy access for repair after allowing friction and other pressure and cleaning. Where practical, all pipes losses, a hydro-pneumatic pressure tank or from fixtures shall be ________________. an elevated tank and booster pump will A. run parallel and close to the nearest provide said pressure. wall or building line. A. 60 psi B. away from the fixtures as possible B. 80 psi C. installed in a manner that it is nearest to C. 15 psi the stack D. 40 psi D. adjacent to the wall and shall have minimum fittings as possible 39. The vent of gravity supply tanks shall be screened with a fine corrosion-resistant 34. Each shower receptor shall be an screen with openings not less than ___ nor approved type and be constructed to have a more than ___ mess per 25 mm. finished dam, curb or threshold which is at A. 12; 14 least _____ lower than the outside floor at B. 14; 18 the sides and back of such receptor. C. 16; 20 A. 25.4 mm D. 16; 24 B. 51 mm C. 76 mm 40. Control gate valves shall be installed D. 65 mm ____________, slip joint, supply pipings for non-metallic fixture and appliance. 35. The bottom of the water pipe at all A. before each water supplied appliance points, shall be at least ____ above the top B. every 30 m length of pipe of the sewer or drain line. C. after each water supplied appliance A. 0.6 m D. every 15 m length of pipe B. 0.15 m C. 0.3 m 41. All required shutoff or control valves D. 0.45 m shall be ________. A. readily accessible 36. All water service yard piping shall be at B. accessible least _____ below the finish ground level. C. hidden A. 0.6 m D. at the back of the fixture B. 0.15 m 42. The covers of gravity tanks shall be 47. No fitting having more than one inlet vented with a return-bend vent pipe having ________ shall be used unless such fitting is an area ___________. constructed so the discharge from one inlet A. less than the area of the down-feed riser cannot readily enter into the other inlet. pipe. A. at every branch interval B. not less the area of the down-feed riser B. at every 3 m height pipe. C. at every 2.2 meter height C. equal to the area of the down-feed riser D. at the same level pipe. D. one size higher than the area of the 48. Double sanitary tees may be used when down-feed riser pipe. the barrel of the fitting is at least ________ larger than the largest inlet. 43. Water closets shall be computed as A. one pipe size ____ fixture units when determining septic B. two pipe sizes tank size. C. three pipe sizes A. 3 D. none of the above B. 4 C. 6 49. Closet rings shall be tightly fastened D. 8 with corrosive resistant fasteners up to the floor with top surface _____ above finish 44. For a continuous flow into a drainage floor. system, such as from sump pump or ejector, A. 6.4 mm air conditioning equipment or similar B. 4.8 mm devic.es, two (2) fixture units shall be C. 7.62 mm allowed for every _____ of flow. D. 10.16 mm A. 0.175 L/s B. 7.48 gpm 50. No galvanized wrought iron or C. 1 gpm galvanized steel pipe shall be used D. 0.75 L/s underground and shall be kept at least _____ above ground. 45. Two fixtures set back-to-back, or side- A. 102 mm by-side, within the distance allowed B. 152 mm between a trap and its vent, may be served C. 300 mm by a single vertical drainage pipe, provided D. 600 mm that each fixture wastes separately into an approved ___________ having inlet 51. No _________ pipe or fittings for openings at the same level. building drain or sewer shall be used above A. double sanitary tee ground or whenever piping is pressurized B. double sanitary tapped tee by a pump or ejector. C. double wye and 1/8 bend A. PVC D. both a and c B. Vitrified clay C. Asbestos cement 46. Horizontal drainage branch lines, D. Reinforced concrete pipe connecting with a vertical stack, shall enter through ___________ or other approved 52. Each wet-vented section shall be a fittings of equivalent sweeps. minimum of one (1) pipe size larger than A. combination wye and 1/8 bend the required minimum waste pipe size of B. sanitary tee the upper fixture or shall be one (1) pipe C. 45 degree wye branches size larger than the required minimum pipe D. all of the above size for the sum of the fixture units served by such wet vented section, whichever is larger, but in no case less than _____ in maintained that permanently occupies not diameter. less than ____ the capacity of the A. 32 mm condenser or sump. B. 40 mm A. ½ C. 51 mm B. ¾ D. 65 mm C. 1 ½ D. 2 53. Any branch more than _____ length shall be separately vented in the approved 59. Sumps, condensers or intercepting manner. tanks constructed of concrete shall have A. 2.4 m walls and bottom not less than _____ B. 4.6 m thickness, and the inside shall be cement C. 3.2 m plastered not less than _____ in thickness. D. 0.9 m A. 76 mm; 19 mm B. 76 mm; 25 mm 54. The minimum area of any vent installed C. 102 mm; 13 mm in a CW & VS shall be at least ____ the D. 152 mm; 25 mm inside cross sectional area of the drain pipe served. 60. No standpipe receptor for any A. equal clotheswasher shall extend more than B. ½ _____ or less than _____ above its trap. C. ¾ A. 0.8 meter; 0.45 meter D. Twice B. 0.6 meter; 0.30 meter C. 0.9 meter; 0.45 meter 55. Each waste pipe and each trap in any D. 0.7 meter; 0.35 meter CW & VS shall be at least ______ larger than the sizes required. 61. No trap for any clotheswasher A. one (1) pipe size standpipe receptor shall be installed below B. two (2) pipe sizes the floor, but shall be roughed no less than C. three (3) pipe sizes ____ and not more than ____ above the D. four (4) pipe sizes floor. A. 12 cm; 36 cm 56. Such tailpiece or connections shall be as B. 16 cm; 48 cm short as possible and in no case shall C. 15 cm; 45 cm exceed _____ long. D. 14 cm; 42 cm A. 0.3 m B. 0.4 m 62. The active principle of burning, C. 0.5 m characterized by the heat and light of D. 0.6 m combustion. A. Smoke 57. The top of the deep seal trap shall have B. Fire a _____ diameter opening located at the C. Flash Point highest point of the trap to serve as a D. Fulminate siphon breaker. A. 15 mm 63. An integrated network of hydraulically B. 19 mm designed piping installed in a building, C. 25 mm structure or area with outlets arranged in a D. 40 mm systematic pattern which automatically discharges water when activated by heat or 58. Outlets shall be taken off from the side combustion products from a fire. in a manner to allow a water line to be A. Smelting B. Standpipe System B. Fire Suppression C. Sprinkler System C. Fire Alarm D. Vestibule D. Fire Detection 64. A device used in heating, ventilating and 70. A system of vertical pipes in a building air conditioning (HVAC) ducts to prevent the to which fire hoses can be attached on each spread of fire or smoke inside the ductwork. floor, including a system by which water is It automatically closes upon detection of made available to water outlets as needed. heat and smoke. They can be opened or A. Smelting closed from a remote fire command station B. Standpipe System if required. C. Sprinkler System A. Curtain Board D. Vestibule B. Damper C. Duct System 71. The process of supplying or removing D. Ember air by natural or mechanical means to or from any space. Such air may or may not 65. Fires involving flammable liquids and have been conditioned. Also refers to the gases. copious flushing of an area with fresh air for A. Class A Fire the mitigation of explosion and other fire B. Class B Fire hazards. C. Class C Fire A. Duct D. Class D Fire B. Ventilation C. HVAC 66. Fires involving combustible materials, D. Mechanical System such as sodium, magnesium, potassium, and other similar materials. 72. Maximum height between landings of A. Class A Fire fore exit stairs. B. Class B Fire A. 3.66 m C. Class C Fire B. 2.56 m D. Class D Fire C. 4.0 m D. 1.80 m 67. Fires involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood, cloth, rubber and 73. All fire escape ladders shall be plastics. permanently installed in fixed position, A. Class A Fire supported by rigid connection to the B. Class B Fire building or structure at intervals not C. Class C Fire exceeding _______. D. Class D Fire A. 2.5 m B. 3.0 m 68. Fires involving energized electrical C. 3.5 m equipment. D. 4.0m A. Class A Fire B. Class B Fire 74. The width of any exit access corridor C. Class C Fire serving fifty (50) or more persons shall not D. Class D Fire be less than one and twelve hundredths meters (1.12 m). 69. Any visual or audible signal produced by A. 1.50 m a device or system to warn the occupants of B. 1.75 m the building or firefighting elements of the C. 1.12 m presence or danger of fire. D. 1.80 m A. Fire signal 75. Exits shall be so arranged that the total length of travel from any point to reach an exit will not exceed _______ in any place of assembly for spaces not protected by approved, supervised sprinkler system and _______ in areas so protected. A. 35, 61 B. 46, 61 C. 35, 75 D. 46, 75