SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Building Construction Management Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
industries
,
construction
,
business-skills
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. 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.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Spandrel beam
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Stucco - its components and layers
2. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Column Footing
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Caisson
3. 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.
low-e coating
PSL
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Sheet Piles and Shoring
4. 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.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Glue-Laminated Lumber
5. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
CM
reflective glass
Laminated glass
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
6. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Veneer
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Spandrel beam
7. 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
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
8. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Pressure Treated Lumber
Pile and Pile Driver
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
AISC standard structural shapes
9. 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
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
10. A type of concrete foundation where one large - combined footing is used for several columns and load-bearing walls - often for the entire building. A concrete slab-on-ground used as foundation for light frame buildings is the simplest type of mat fo
Mat Foundation
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Zoning Ordinance
11. Construction Document
Glue-Laminated Lumber
CD
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Slump Test
12. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
CM
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Bentonite Slurry Wall
13. ...
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Veneer
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
14. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
AISC standard structural shapes
Joist
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Engineered Lumber
15. Shallow Foundation: Used for all types of buildings and bear directly on the upper soil levels. Deep Foundation: Used where soil on the surface does not have adequate strength or is unstable. Consists of piles or piers.
Stone cladding
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
LVL
16. 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.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
17. 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.
Sheathing
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
18. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Veneer
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Tendons
19. 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.
DD
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Column Footing
20. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Backup wall
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Caisson
Stucco - its components and layers
21. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
AISC standard structural shapes
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Stucco - its components and layers
22. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Tie Backs
Column Footing
Engineered Lumber
23. 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.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
EIFS
24. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
DD
EIFS
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
The Three Parts of Construction Management
25. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Building Inspector's Process
tempered glass
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Backup wall
26. 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.
Stucco - its components and layers
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
SD
Insulated metal panels
27. 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.
Backup wall
DB
GFRC
Bentonite Slurry Wall
28. Design-Bid-Build
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Tendons
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
DBB
29. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
LVL
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Caisson
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
30. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Dewatering
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Fire Resistance Rating
Zoning Ordinance
31. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Strip Footing
Suspended ceiling
DBB
Laminated glass
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
curtain walls
Building Inspector's Process
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
33. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Stone cladding
Plasticizers
low-e coating
34. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Backup wall
Flex anchors
Strip Footing
Laminated glass
35. 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.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Slump Test
Dewatering
Wood Light Framing
36. Shallow Foundation: Used for all types of buildings and bear directly on the upper soil levels. Deep Foundation: Used where soil on the surface does not have adequate strength or is unstable. Consists of piles or piers.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Insulated metal panels
DB
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
37. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Tinted glass
EIFS
EIFS
Rafter
38. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
heat-soaked tempered glass
Engineered Lumber
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
39. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Suspended ceiling
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Column Footing
Laminated glass
40. Schematic Design
Dewatering
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Stucco - its components and layers
SD
41. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Tendons
Sheathing
heat-soaked tempered glass
Stone cladding
42. Construction Management
CM
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Wrought iron v. mild steel
43. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
DD
Zoning Ordinance
SD
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
44. ...
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Suspended ceiling
GFRC
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
45. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Veneer
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Suspended ceiling
46. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Column Footing
PSL
Laminated glass
47. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
low-e coating
Tie Backs
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
48. 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
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Tie Backs
49. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Pile and Pile Driver
GFRC
Zoning Ordinance
reflective glass
50. 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.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Floating and Troweling