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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. 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.
Rafter
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Engineered Lumber
Sheet Piles and Shoring
2. 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
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
3. Post-tentioning: Subjecting a concrete or masonry member to compressive stresses by tensioning high-strength steel strands (wires) after the concrete has developed sufficient strength.
Pile and Pile Driver
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Glue-Laminated Lumber
4. 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.
tempered glass
Pressure Treated Lumber
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Column Footing
5. Wrought iron is corrosive resistant - time consuming to make - and contains about .02% carbon. VS. Mild Steel contains .1-2.5% carbon and is much stronger and easier to make.
Spandrel beam
Caisson
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
6. 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.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Wood Light Framing
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
7. Design-Bid-Build
Strip Footing
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
DBB
Insulated metal panels
8. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Backup wall
Tendons
Column Footing
Soldier Piles and Lagging
9. Oriented Strandboard: A wood-based panel made by gluing several layers of wood strands under heat and pressure so that the adjacent layers are oriented in opposite directions.
Stone cladding
OSB
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
10. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
DBB
Stone cladding
11. 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.
DBB
DB
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
12. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Strip Footing
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Joist
13. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
DB
reflective glass
Pressure Treated Lumber
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
14. 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
DB
tempered glass
LVL
curtain walls
15. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
LVL
reflective glass
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
16. Construction Document
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
CD
Mat Foundation
Veneer
17. 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
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Veneer
DD
Re-Shoring
18. Design Development
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
CM
DD
19. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Tendons
Slump Test
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Column Footing
20. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
DB
Tendons
21. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Tinted glass
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Zoning Ordinance
22. ...
DD
Flex anchors
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Wrought iron v. mild steel
23. 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.
Column Footing
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Stone cladding
Slump Test
24. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Tie Backs
Rafter
Pile and Pile Driver
Sheet Piles and Shoring
25. Prescriptive codes give a clear - defined method for meeting a requirement. Performance codes allow the designer to decide how to meet the end requirement that must be met.
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
EIFS
DD
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
26. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
heat-soaked tempered glass
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Floating and Troweling
27. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
tempered glass
Strip Footing
Suspended ceiling
28. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
LVL
Strip Footing
Stone cladding
29. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
OSB
Floating and Troweling
30. 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.
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Sheathing
CM
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
31. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Stucco - its components and layers
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
32. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Backup wall
heat-soaked tempered glass
33. 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.
heat-soaked tempered glass
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
34. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Rafter
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Plasticizers
Fire Resistance Rating
35. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Annealed glass
curtain walls
Annealed glass
36. 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
OSB
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Tie Backs
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
37. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
LVL
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
heat-soaked tempered glass
Tinted glass
38. A stuccolike exterior finish that includes a layer of foam insulation - fiberglass reinforcing mesh - and one or two coats of a polymer-based finish - also called synthetic stucco.
Spandrel beam
Building Code
DD
EIFS
39. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
CD
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Admixture
AISC standard structural shapes
40. 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.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Backup wall
GFRC
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
41. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
CD
Tie Backs
42. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Floating and Troweling
Dewatering
The Three Parts of Construction Management
43. Construction Management
CM
SD
EIFS
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
44. Design-Build
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
GFRC
DB
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
45. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Laminated glass
Insulated metal panels
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Suspended ceiling
46. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Stone cladding
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
47. 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.
AISC standard structural shapes
SD
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Flex anchors
48. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Veneer
Tendons
Admixture
49. Schematic Design
Sheathing
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
SD
Wrought iron v. mild steel
50. 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
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
tempered glass
Tendons