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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. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
CM
Stone cladding
2. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
LVL
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Suspended ceiling
Wrought iron v. mild steel
3. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
DD
Backup wall
Floating and Troweling
4. Design-Bid-Build
Mat Foundation
tempered glass
DBB
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
5. 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.
Tinted glass
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Rafter
6. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Zoning Ordinance
GFRC
low-e coating
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
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.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Stucco - its components and layers
Strip Footing
SD
8. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
tempered glass
Building Code
9. 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.
tempered glass
SD
Plasticizers
Sheet Piles and Shoring
10. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Floating and Troweling
Backup wall
11. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
Veneer
Caisson
LVL
Re-Shoring
12. 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
CM
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Strip Footing
13. Sump: Dig sump pits that are sufficiently below the elevation of the excavation - then use sump pumps to drain the water out of the pits and pump it away from the site. Well Point: A number of vertical pipes are sunk around the perimeter of the excav
Floating and Troweling
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
CD
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.
PSL
LVL
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
EIFS
15. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
tempered glass
Spandrel beam
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Pile and Pile Driver
16. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Sheet Piles and Shoring
DD
AISC standard structural shapes
17. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Mat Foundation
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Veneer
Building Code
18. Construction Management
Tendons
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
CM
19. ...
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Stone cladding
Tendons
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
20. 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.
Stucco - its components and layers
LVL
Strip Footing
Slump Test
21. Wood into which preservatives have been pressure injected to retard termite infestation and fungal decay. Using a different preservative - the pressure treatment can also be used for increasing the fire resistance of wood.
reflective glass
CM
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Pressure Treated Lumber
22. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Suspended ceiling
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Suspended ceiling
The Three Phases of Construction Management
23. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
reflective glass
DB
Soldier Piles and Lagging
The Three Parts of Construction Management
24. Design Development
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Strip Footing
PSL
DD
25. 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.
Floating and Troweling
curtain walls
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
26. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Tinted glass
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
27. 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.
Tendons
GFRC
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
EIFS
28. Construction Document
Slump Test
CD
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Insulated metal panels
29. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
AISC standard structural shapes
Floating and Troweling
DBB
Pile and Pile Driver
30. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Zoning Ordinance
Joist
Tinted glass
Wood Light Framing
31. 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.
curtain walls
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
OSB
32. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Tinted glass
Veneer
reflective glass
LVL
33. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
SD
Tie Backs
Tendons
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
34. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Strip Footing
tempered glass
Column Footing
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
35. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
LVL
DD
Column Footing
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
36. 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.
Plasticizers
Building Inspector's Process
Backup wall
Bentonite Slurry Wall
37. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
GFRC
AISC standard structural shapes
Fire Resistance Rating
Column Footing
38. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Building Code
39. 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.
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Admixture
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
40. 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.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Floating and Troweling
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
The Three Parts of Construction Management
41. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Zoning Ordinance
Wrought iron v. mild steel
reflective glass
42. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Strip Footing
tempered glass
Engineered Lumber
PSL
43. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Suspended ceiling
low-e coating
44. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Backup wall
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Insulated metal panels
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.
Building Inspector's Process
AISC standard structural shapes
Plasticizers
heat-soaked tempered glass
46. Snug-tight = hand tightened by a worker. Slip-Critical = hand tightened - then extra tightening to a certain tensile strength. Shear resistance is provided by the friction between the connected surfaces.
SD
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
47. 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
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Strip Footing
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Insulated metal panels
48. A stuccolike exterior finish that includes a layer of foam insulation - fiberglass reinforcing mesh - and one or two coats of a polymer-based finish - also called synthetic stucco.
EIFS
Tendons
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
49. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
heat-soaked tempered glass
Flex anchors
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
50. 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.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Re-Shoring
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)