*Sample Test for Building Services (CLOSED BOOK)

1. Which among the following is not recognised as the electrical sources provided by NFPA 70

a) Generator Set
b) Collector System
c) Unit Equipment
d) A Separate Service

2. The part of engine-driven power system that can be a reciprocating engine fuelled by gasoline,
diesel fuel or natural gas is

a) Prime Mover
b) Governor
c) Mechanical Shaft
d) Generator

3. The equipment that is normally used to transfer selected loads to the engine generator power
supply when the normal source fails

a) Electrical Contactors
b) Power Relays
c) Changeover Switch
d) Automatic Transfer Switch

4. Among these which is not a principal coal used for heating appliances

a) Black Coal
b) Anthracite
c) Lignite
d) Coke

5. Which is not among the hazards of chimney

a) Use of a defective appliance

b) Defective construction
c) Spark arrestor failure
d) Control Failure

6. Elevator Hoist way entrance should be rated at

a) 1 ½ Hours
b) 2 ½ Hours
c) 1 Hour
d) 2 Hours

7. Hoisting and lowering mechanism, used exclusively for carrying materials, with a limited size
car that moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction is known as

a) Dumbwaiters
b) Grooved Elevators
c) Escalators
d) Electrical Elevators
8. Fans, heater, filters and associated equipment that make up a central system air-conditioning
unit are preferably located in a room separated from the rest of the building are by walls, floor
and floor-ceiling assembly providing a minimum fire resistive rating of

a) 1 ½ hours
b) 2 ½ hours
c) 1 hour
d) 2 hours

9. A compartment or chamber to which one or more air ducts are connected and that forms part
of the air distribution system

a) Corridor Air System

b) Fire Dampers
c) Ducting System
d) Plenums

10. The terms commonly used to refer to the air that has to be brought into a space to limit
pressure gradients so the exhaust process can operate as designed

a) Exhaust Air
b) Duct Air
c) HVAC Air
d) Intake Air

11. The type of whose lower edges overhang the outer edges of the cooking appliance by a
minimum of 6 in on all sides of the cooking appliance that are not closed off between the cooking
surface and the lower edge of the hood

a) Canopy Hood
b) Masonry Hood
c) Single Exhaust Duct System
d) Manifold Exhaust Duct System

12. During combustion process which among these does not belong to three T’s

a) Time
b) Turbulence
c) Temperature
d) Tendency

13. The three important combustible elements are

a) Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen

b) Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen
c) Hydrogen, Sulphur, Nitrogen
d) Hydrogen, Carbon, Sulphur