HKIA Exam Paper 5 Quiz 41

Latrine means a room used or intended to be used for the housing of latrine fitments. (Building standards of sanitary fitments, plumbing drainage works and latrines regulations – Regulation 1 Part 1 Preliminary).

Latrine fitment means a fitment containing a receptacle for excrement, which is removable. (Building standards of sanitary fitments, plumbing drainage works and latrines regulations – Regulation 1 Part 1 Preliminary).

Sludge means the layer of material settled to the bottom of a septic tank where reduction by anaerobic decomposition occurs. (Building standards of sanitary fitments, plumbing drainage works and latrines regulations – Regulation 1 Part 1 Preliminary).

Waste fitment means a bath, lavatory basin or sink, other than a slop sink. (Building standards of sanitary fitments, plumbing drainage works and latrines regulations – Regulation 1 Part 1 Preliminary).

Soil pipe means a pipe used or constructed to be used for carrying off soil. (Building standards of sanitary fitments, plumbing drainage works and latrines regulations – Regulation 1 Part 1 Preliminary).

Occupant capacity, means the number of persons, which the room or story or fire compartment of a building, is capable of holding. Provided that where there is on any story the entrance to a maisonette. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Public sewer means a sewer vested in and maintained by the Government. (Building standards of sanitary fitments, plumbing drainage works and latrines regulations – Regulation 1 Part 1 Preliminary).

Energy audit means a systematic review of the use of energy conducted pursuant to the requirement under section 22. (Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance – Section 1 Part 1 Preliminary).

Deluge system, a system requiring a discharge of water over a considerable area in rapid and certain response to a fire. (Code of practice for minimum fire service installations and equipment 2012 – 2.2 Definitions).

Emergency generator, an independently powered electrical generator of sufficient electrical capacity to meet the fire service installations and fireman‘s lifts it is required to provide. (Code of practice for minimum fire service installations and equipment 2012 – 2.2 Definitions).

Gas extraction system, an electrically/mechanically operated system capable of removing flammable vapors/gases from the part of the building where such vapors/gases may be generated through normal operation of the plants or work processes. (Code of practice for minimum fire service installations and equipment 2012 – 2.2 Definitions).

Energy utilization index, means the electrical power consumed by fixed lighting installations per unit floor area of an illuminated space. (Code for practice for building energy audit 2012 – 2 Interpretation).

Lift works, includes any kind of work concerning the installation, commissioning, examination, maintenance, repair, alteration or demolition of a lift or any associated equipment or machinery of a lift. (Code of practice for lift works and escalator works 2018 – 2.2 Definitions).

Communal service. Part of a fire service or inside service which is used in common by more than one consumer in the same premises. (Handbook on plumbing installation for buildings – 1.1 Definitions).

Connection to the main. The pipe between the main and the control valve which is nearest to the main and which regulates the flow of a supply from the main into a fire service or inside service, such control valve and all fittings between such control valve and the main. (Handbook on plumbing installation for buildings – 1.1 Definitions).

Inside service, the pipes and fittings in premises, and any pipes and fittings between the premises and a connection to the main (other than the pipes and fittings forming part of a fire service) which are used or are intended to be used for the purposes of a supply. (Handbook on plumbing installation for buildings – 1.1 Definitions).

Licensed plumber, a person licensed under the Waterworks Ordinance to construct, install, maintain, alter, repair or remove fire services or inside services.. (Handbook on plumbing installation for buildings – 1.1 Definitions).

WWO means in handbook on plumbing installation is, water works ordinance. (Handbook on plumbing installation for buildings – 1.2 Abbreviation).

PVC-C means in handbook on plumbing installation is, Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride. (Handbook on plumbing installation for buildings – 1.2 Abbreviation).

Basement, means any story, which is below the lower or lowest ground story and from which any exit route is in an upward direction. Have one or more sides open to the air, due to a sloping site. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Flat, means a separate and self-contained dwelling, forming a part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally, and includes a maisonette and tenement floor. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Ultimate place of safety, means a place of safety for final exit discharge where a protected exit terminates that provides access to an area clear of the effects of fire, where people may safely disperse. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Usable floor area means the aggregate of the areas of the floor or floors in a story or a building excluding, unless otherwise specified, any staircase, public circulation space, lift landings, lavatories, water-closets, kitchens in flats. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Visible light transmittance means the percentage of visible radiation of light that is transmitted through a glazing panel. (Guidelines on Design and Construction Requirements for Energy Efficiency of Residential Buildings 2014 – 1.4 Terminology and definitions).

Design energy means the total energy consumption of the designed building modelled in accordance with the requirements given in this code. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviation).

Non-linear load means any type of equipment that draws a non-sinusoidal current waveform when supplied by a sinusoidal voltage source. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviation).

Shading coefficient, is the ratio of solar heat gain at normal incidence through the glazing to that through 3 mm thick clear double-strength glass, and should not include the shading from interior or exterior shading devices. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviation).

Variable refrigerant flow means engineered direct expansion multi-split system incorporating at least one variable capacity compressor distributing refrigerant through a piping network to multiple indoor units. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviation).

Surface coefficient means the rate of heat loss by a unit area of a given surface divided by the temperature difference in degree Celsius between the surface and the ambient air. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviation).

Re-cooling means lowering the temperature of a medium such as air that has been previously heated by a heating system. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviation).