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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. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Re-Shoring
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Bentonite Slurry Wall
The Three Phases of Construction Management
2. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
CM
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
3. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Building Inspector's Process
Tie Backs
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
EIFS
4. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
curtain walls
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
5. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Rafter
Suspended ceiling
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
curtain walls
6. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Wood Light Framing
Tinted glass
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
7. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
DB
CD
Stucco - its components and layers
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
8. Rebar: An deformed steel bar used as concrete reinforcement. Welded-Wire Reinforcement: A prefabricated rectangular grid of steel wires spot-welded together at intersections - used as reinforcement in concrete slabs.
LVL
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
OSB
9. Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles: Closely spaced - reinforced concrete piles. Often has shock-crete sprayed on the front to make a wall. Secant Piles: Two sets of interlocking contiguous piles.
Plasticizers
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
10. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
AISC standard structural shapes
11. 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
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Sheathing
12. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Joist
CM
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
13. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Veneer
AISC standard structural shapes
14. 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.
Insulated metal panels
GFRC
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
CD
15. 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.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Admixture
16. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Re-Shoring
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
17. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Column Footing
Backup wall
Floating and Troweling
18. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Pile and Pile Driver
Veneer
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
DB
19. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Sheathing
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Spandrel beam
20. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Building Inspector's Process
LVL
Tinted glass
CD
21. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Annealed glass
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
22. 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.
Pile and Pile Driver
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
low-e coating
23. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
DBB
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Tendons
24. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Laminated glass
Pile and Pile Driver
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
25. 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
GFRC
tempered glass
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Veneer
26. 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.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Tie Backs
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
27. 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.
Slump Test
Zoning Ordinance
Re-Shoring
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
28. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
OSB
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Annealed glass
AISC standard structural shapes
29. 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.
Column Footing
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Suspended ceiling
PSL
30. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Tie Backs
Stone cladding
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
curtain walls
31. 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
Flex anchors
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Building Inspector's Process
32. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
DBB
Plasticizers
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Joist
33. Design Development
Sheathing
Pile and Pile Driver
DD
Backup wall
34. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Sheathing
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
DD
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
35. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
DB
Sheathing
Dewatering
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
36. 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.
Stone cladding
heat-soaked tempered glass
tempered glass
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
37. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Suspended ceiling
Fire Resistance Rating
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
38. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
39. Design-Bid-Build
EIFS
DBB
Joist
Wood Light Framing
40. 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.
Admixture
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Sheet Piles and Shoring
41. Design-Build
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
DB
LVL
42. Schematic Design
SD
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
CM
43. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
LVL
Flex anchors
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Engineered Lumber
44. 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
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
45. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Flex anchors
Admixture
Pressure Treated Lumber
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
46. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Tendons
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
47. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Engineered Lumber
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Admixture
Sheathing
48. ...
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Strip Footing
Dewatering
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
49. 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.
OSB
heat-soaked tempered glass
Tinted glass
Tie Backs
50. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Column Footing
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections