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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. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Building Code
low-e coating
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
2. 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.
Tinted glass
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
low-e coating
Floating and Troweling
3. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
LVL
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
4. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Wood Light Framing
Column Footing
Glue-Laminated Lumber
5. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Mat Foundation
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
heat-soaked tempered glass
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
6. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Dewatering
Laminated glass
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
7. Construction Document
CD
Stucco - its components and layers
reflective glass
Slump Test
8. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
EIFS
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Pile and Pile Driver
GFRC
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.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
PSL
tempered glass
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
10. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Flex anchors
11. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
EIFS
Column Footing
Fire Resistance Rating
12. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Pile and Pile Driver
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
GFRC
13. 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.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Re-Shoring
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
14. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
low-e coating
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Zoning Ordinance
15. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Stucco - its components and layers
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Tie Backs
16. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Stone cladding
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
17. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Re-Shoring
Veneer
Caisson
The Three Phases of Construction Management
18. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
reflective glass
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Tinted glass
19. 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.
OSB
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
20. Schematic Design
SD
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
low-e coating
Engineered Lumber
21. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Suspended ceiling
Veneer
The Three Phases of Construction Management
22. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Building Inspector's Process
Tendons
low-e coating
23. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Floating and Troweling
Glue-Laminated Lumber
LVL
tempered glass
24. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Spandrel beam
Floating and Troweling
Rafter
reflective glass
25. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Spandrel beam
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
EIFS
26. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
low-e coating
DB
Veneer
27. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Fire Resistance Rating
Engineered Lumber
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Re-Shoring
28. 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.
DD
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Veneer
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
29. 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
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
GFRC
Floating and Troweling
30. 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.
SD
Stone cladding
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Flex anchors
31. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Annealed glass
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
32. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Stone cladding
Strip Footing
Admixture
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
33. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
low-e coating
Insulated metal panels
Strip Footing
The Three Phases of Construction Management
34. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Laminated glass
Re-Shoring
Caisson
LVL
35. 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.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Sheathing
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
36. 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.
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
37. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
PSL
CM
Backup wall
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
38. 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.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Stone cladding
Slump Test
Tie Backs
39. Schematic Design
OSB
heat-soaked tempered glass
SD
Building Inspector's Process
40. 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
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
PSL
Rafter
reflective glass
41. ...
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Tie Backs
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
42. One-Way Slab: An elevated reinforced concrete slab where most of the load on the slab is carried to the supporting beams in one direction; a four-sided - supported rectangular slab whose length is greater than or equal to twice its width. Two Way Sla
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
43. 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
Plasticizers
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Mat Foundation
44. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Strip Footing
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
CM
Pressure Treated Lumber
45. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Spandrel beam
Dewatering
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
46. 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.
low-e coating
Laminated glass
PSL
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
47. Design-Build
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Sheet Piles and Shoring
DB
Joist
48. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Backup wall
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
49. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Building Code
Re-Shoring
Stucco - its components and layers
50. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
The Three Parts of Construction Management
CM
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord