Test your basic knowledge |

Construction Basics

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. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
3 in
perpendicular
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

2. DLH series has a depth range of...
52-72
Isolation Joints
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Beams and Columns

3. Unfinished bolts are made from
Base Plate
True
False
Carbon steel

4. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Steel

5. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Pile
Floor decks
Rain-screen wall

6. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
Floor decks
Depth of the joist in inches
Basic Oxygen Furnace
A36

7. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
1in
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

8. Benefits of reinforced masonry
Veneer wall
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Either tension or compression
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.

9. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Compression
False
1kip=1000psi
Hard coat EIFS

10. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
Compression
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

11. The first coat of stucco is called...
Square - rectangular or round
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Scratch coat

12. The Top right hand Beam is called a
T section
40 ft
stress=force/area
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.

13. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
The cladding resists all the wind load
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
AISC Type II Connection

14. Most of the cost comes from _____
Base Plate
The Framework
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Sloped on both sides

15. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Copper and stainless steel
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
A36
50

16. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
AISC Type III Connection
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
Stiff

17. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Beams
Joists
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

18. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
W16X25
125psi
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Capillary break

19. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Some veneer walls
Extruded Bricks

20. A material that is weak in tension is...
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Weak in shear
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
shear force=force/area

21. What is the bottom piece called?
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Footing
General contractor
Dead End

22. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
=change in length/original length
False
Beams and Columns
2 to 4 ft

23. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
4000 psi
Tunnel Form
Steel fabricator
Pipe Section

24. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
8

25. LH series has a depth range of...
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
18 to 48 in
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.

26. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Drilled pier footing
3000 PSI
125psi
2 1/2 in

27. Compressive Strength Formula
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Vertical
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
1in

28. A Blast Furnace is a ______
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Vertical reinforcing bars
3in
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.

29. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Elastic
Increase the strength of beam in shear

30. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Columns
Zinc
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
False

31. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
Fibrous
A reinforced-masonry frame
Zero (0)
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

32. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Live end
A conventional wood light frame building
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
structural frame

33. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Stretcher Face
perpendicular
50
Head Joints

34. A typical bond beam is provided with
Each course consists of Strechers
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Horizontal reinforcement
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

35. The most common used size of brick is...
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
Zinc
Bed Joints

36. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Reservoir
Footing
Drilled pier footing
S50X30

37. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

38. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Gauge number
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Rain-screen wall
Lug

39. Cellular-type plan is ______
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
AISC Type II Connection
Grouted Space
CMU backed brick veneer

40. What is a construction joint?
30 ft
Tougher pg 617
3000 PSI
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

41. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
Open Headed joint
A Waffle Slab
Elastic-plastic
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

42. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
A325
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations

43. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
8
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

44. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
4000 psi
Solid unit
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

45. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
3/8
36 ksi
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
True

46. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
every floor
Live end
4
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

47. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
24in
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Pile

48. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Highly Crosive - Extreme
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
30 ft

49. What is the First arrow point at?
Type N
Much lower
16 in
Leveling Nut

50. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
G30 - G60 - G120
Immediately above
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Dead End