Test your basic knowledge |

Building Construction Management Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • 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. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.






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






3. ...






4. Design-Bid-Build






5. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.






6. 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.






7. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.






8. 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.






9. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.






10. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.






11. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.






12. 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.






13. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.






14. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads






15. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






16. 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.






17. Construction Management






18. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.






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.






20. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.






21. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.






22. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.






23. 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.






24. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






25. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






26. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






27. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.






28. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.






29. 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






30. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






31. 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.






32. Flat glass obtained by heating and then gradually cooling it to relieve internal stresses that develop during the early stage of its manufacturing process. Annealed glass is the basic form of flat glass.






33. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






34. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).






35. 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.






36. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.






37. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T






38. 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.






39. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






40. Construction Document






41. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.






42. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.






43. A large-diameter - deep reinforced-concrete foundation element made by drilling a hole into the ground and filling it with concrete; an enclosure that permits excavation work to be carried out under water.






44. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.






45. 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.






46. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.






47. Flat glass obtained by heating and then gradually cooling it to relieve internal stresses that develop during the early stage of its manufacturing process. Annealed glass is the basic form of flat glass.






48. ...






49. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.






50. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.