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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. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Zoning Ordinance
EIFS
low-e coating
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
2. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Plasticizers
Flex anchors
Column Footing
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
3. Design-Build
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Wood Light Framing
DB
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
4. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
DB
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Stone cladding
tempered glass
5. Design Development
Tie Backs
DD
Slump Test
Backup wall
6. 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.
Tinted glass
Suspended ceiling
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
PSL
7. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Spandrel beam
Tie Backs
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
8. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Flex anchors
Wood Light Framing
Insulated metal panels
9. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Pile and Pile Driver
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
10. 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
Plasticizers
LVL
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
11. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
reflective glass
12. 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.
Floating and Troweling
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
heat-soaked tempered glass
13. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Wood Light Framing
14. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Sheathing
Caisson
Laminated glass
The Three Phases of Construction Management
15. 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.
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Annealed glass
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
16. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Flex anchors
Veneer
Stucco - its components and layers
Column Footing
17. Construction Document
CD
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Tendons
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
18. 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.
Sheathing
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
19. 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.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Tinted glass
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
20. ...
LVL
DD
CD
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
21. 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
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
DB
Admixture
22. 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.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
heat-soaked tempered glass
Joist
23. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Joist
AISC standard structural shapes
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
24. ...
heat-soaked tempered glass
tempered glass
Tinted glass
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
25. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Veneer
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Fire Resistance Rating
26. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Zoning Ordinance
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Bentonite Slurry Wall
27. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Spandrel beam
Suspended ceiling
EIFS
Pile and Pile Driver
28. Construction Management
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
CM
OSB
Tinted glass
29. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Backup wall
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
LVL
Spandrel beam
30. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Stone cladding
OSB
Tendons
31. 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.
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
low-e coating
PSL
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
32. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
GFRC
Veneer
Floating and Troweling
Tinted glass
33. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Sheathing
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
34. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Laminated glass
Joist
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
35. Design-Build
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
DB
GFRC
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
36. 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.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
tempered glass
37. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Backup wall
DB
DB
Pressure Treated Lumber
38. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Dewatering
39. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Plasticizers
Pile and Pile Driver
Wood Light Framing
Suspended ceiling
40. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
DB
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Floating and Troweling
41. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Floating and Troweling
heat-soaked tempered glass
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Pile and Pile Driver
42. Construction Management
CM
Laminated glass
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
43. 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
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
SD
44. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Suspended ceiling
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
DD
45. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Laminated glass
Floating and Troweling
Annealed glass
46. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Rafter
Soldier Piles and Lagging
low-e coating
Building Inspector's Process
47. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Flex anchors
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Insulated metal panels
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
48. 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.
Spandrel beam
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Joist
Annealed glass
49. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Joist
50. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
PSL
Re-Shoring
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
curtain walls