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Building Construction Management Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Fire Resistance Rating
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
2. A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members that extends from the ridge or the hip down to the downslope perimeter of the eave - designed to support the roof deck and its loads.
DD
heat-soaked tempered glass
Rafter
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
3. Piles made of interlocking sheet steel driven into the ground to support an excavation. Shoring: Temporary vertical or inclined supports used in concrete formwork or excavation.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Re-Shoring
EIFS
4. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Stone cladding
5. Friction Pile: Bears the load by using friction between it and the ground around it by having a tapered form. End-Bearing Piles: Most of the load is transferred to the bottom of the pile.
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Building Inspector's Process
reflective glass
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
6. Construction Management
DB
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
AISC standard structural shapes
CM
7. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Zoning Ordinance
low-e coating
Wood Light Framing
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
8. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Slump Test
Tie Backs
9. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Admixture
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
10. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Backup wall
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Laminated glass
11. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Building Inspector's Process
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
12. Control Joint: A sawed or tooled joint on the top surface of a concrete slab-on-ground; a continuous vertical joint in a concrete masonry wall. Cold Joint: A nonmovement joint resulting when fresh concrete is placed against previously placed concrete
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
AISC standard structural shapes
Rafter
DB
13. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
GFRC
Glue-Laminated Lumber
14. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
AISC standard structural shapes
Spandrel beam
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
15. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
16. Soldier Piles are placed into pre-drilled holes that are filled with concrete after the piles are set. Excavation begins - and as the pit is dug deeper - lagging is bolted to the soldier piles to support them.
Dewatering
Soldier Piles and Lagging
heat-soaked tempered glass
tempered glass
17. A test that measures the workability of fresh concrete by filling a cone-shaped mold with concrete - removing the mold - and measuring the height to which the concrete settles below its original height.
Wood Light Framing
Slump Test
Fire Resistance Rating
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
18. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Backup wall
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
DB
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
19. A structural frame assembly composed primarily of dimension lumber studs - floor joists - and roof rafters and panels of wood-based sheathing materials. Usually 16' OC.
Wood Light Framing
tempered glass
Building Inspector's Process
Insulated metal panels
20. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Tendons
Sheet Piles and Shoring
low-e coating
heat-soaked tempered glass
21. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Column Footing
Mat Foundation
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
22. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Spandrel beam
Fire Resistance Rating
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Stucco - its components and layers
23. 10' - 15' discontinuous trenches are dug down to bedrock and filled with a bentonite slurry. Concrete is then pumped from the bottom up to create a waterproof wall for excavation pits.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Zoning Ordinance
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Fire Resistance Rating
24. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Stone cladding
Insulated metal panels
Plasticizers
Laminated glass
25. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Backup wall
Wrought iron v. mild steel
DB
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
26. A glass obtained by heating annealed glass to a high temperature and then suddenly cooling it - Which makes it four times stronger than annealed glass; used as safety glass because it breaks into pieces that are small and blunt enough not to cause in
curtain walls
Building Code
SD
tempered glass
27. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Spandrel beam
Annealed glass
Backup wall
28. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Stucco - its components and layers
Pile and Pile Driver
Stone cladding
DB
29. An L-shaped steel pin that connects to the GFRC skin with a bonding pad and is welded to the supporting light-gauge steel frame.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Insulated metal panels
Flex anchors
30. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Strip Footing
CM
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
31. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Wrought iron v. mild steel
reflective glass
CM
32. Method of sawing a log by sawing in one or two directions only. The grain pattern varies from nearly parallel to the wide face to perpendicular. vs. A method of sawing lumber where the log is cut radially into four quarters and then sawed along radia
Column Footing
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
OSB
Flex anchors
33. Hollow Core Slabs: Precast - prestressed concrete slabs that contain voids in their central region that reduce dead loads by 40-50%. - Planks: Precast concrete slabs that are solid.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
heat-soaked tempered glass
Spandrel beam
DBB
34. A type of tempered glass obtained from a process that reduces (or eliminates) the possibility of spontaneous breakage of tempered glass during its service life.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
DD
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
heat-soaked tempered glass
35. Unreinforced precast concrete panels that have glass fibers reinforcing the concrete. Consists of the GFRC skin - light-gauge steel backup frame - and anchors connecting the two together.
curtain walls
GFRC
Spandrel beam
Re-Shoring
36. Hollow Core Slabs: Precast - prestressed concrete slabs that contain voids in their central region that reduce dead loads by 40-50%. - Planks: Precast concrete slabs that are solid.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Fire Resistance Rating
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
37. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Flex anchors
Admixture
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Re-Shoring
38. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Stone cladding
Spandrel beam
The Three Parts of Construction Management
39. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Laminated glass
Annealed glass
AISC standard structural shapes
Fire Resistance Rating
40. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
Tinted glass
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Building Code
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
41. A panelized material applied to the exterior surfaces of wood or light-gauge steel frame members to add rigidity to the frame and to serve as a base for (wall) cladding or roofing.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
CM
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Sheathing
42. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Backup wall
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Column Footing
Backup wall
43. Schematic Design
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
SD
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Stone cladding
44. Parallel-Strand Lumber: Manufactured wood product composed of narrow strands of veneered lumber glued together - all oriented in the same direction to form a member of large cross section.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Tie Backs
Pressure Treated Lumber
PSL
45. Construction Document
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
heat-soaked tempered glass
CD
46. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Building Code
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
47. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
low-e coating
Fire Resistance Rating
Suspended ceiling
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
48. ...
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Stone cladding
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
49. Snug-tight = hand tightened by a worker. Slip-Critical = hand tightened - then extra tightening to a certain tensile strength. Shear resistance is provided by the friction between the connected surfaces.
DBB
Re-Shoring
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
50. One-Way Slab: An elevated reinforced concrete slab where most of the load on the slab is carried to the supporting beams in one direction; a four-sided - supported rectangular slab whose length is greater than or equal to twice its width. Two Way Sla
LVL
Backup wall
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Pressure Treated Lumber