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. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
52-72
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
General contractor
Weep holes

2. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Metals that do not contain Metals
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a

3. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
A conventional wood light frame building
Horizontal reinforcement
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
structural frame

4. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
By Splitting I sections in half
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
True

5. A Blast Furnace is a ______
AISC Type II Connection
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.
T section
Elevated Slabs

6. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
3/8
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Weak in shear
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

7. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Immediately above the flashing
Two piece wire anchors
Vertical reinforcing bars
Simple Connection

8. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Isolation Joints
Providing an impervious barrier to water
tempered glass
50

9. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Metals that do not contain Metals
Molded bricks
Increase the strength of beam in shear

10. Form liners are used to...
Open Headed joint
Metals that contain Iron
cohesive
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

11. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
Steel Joist Institute
Some veneer walls
3/8
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

12. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Open-Hearth furnace
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
3000 psi
S50X30

13. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

14. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Force / Area
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.
A325
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

15. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
24
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Isolation Joints

16. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
After World War 2
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
A ductile material

17. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Capillary break
Residential
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

18. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
True
Square - rectangular or round
Less than it's ultimate stress
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

19. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Capillary break
Percast at the construction site
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Lintel angle

20. Effloresecence
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Tunnel Form
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
By functioning as a water reservior

21. A pour stop is generally used with
Footing
Floor decks
Cranes and rails
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

22. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
240 in =20ft
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
Henry Bessemer in 1855

23. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Tougher pg 617
Pink
Snap Tie

24. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Lateral load support to the veneer
stablize joists
8 in
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

25. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Tube

26. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Grouted Space
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Some veneer walls

27. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
connection beam flanges
Immediately above
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
2

28. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Each floor level
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

29. What is the formula for shear force?
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
shear force=force/area
Concrete masonry Units
Live end

30. Semirigid Connection is also called...
Type N
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Immediately above
AISC Type III Connection

31. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Tube
30ft
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

32. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Parallel - wider
A conventional wood light frame building
W - S - HP - M
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

33. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
5 in
Live end

34. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
1in
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
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
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

35. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
2 1/2 in
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
3/8 in

36. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
The cladding resists all the wind load
1kip=1000psi
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Immediately about a flashing

37. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Soft-coat EIFS
W16X25
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

38. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Steel Grade
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

39. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Construction Joint
Expanded metal lath
Isolation Joints
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

40. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Base Plate
True
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

41. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Grade 50 steel
Gravel
Steel

42. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Modular
Zinc
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Thermal Mass

43. Working is the process by which____
16'
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
I Section

44. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Roof and Floor
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

45. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Thermal Mass
Parallel - wider
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
By functioning as a water reservior

46. A two way joist floor is also called...
A conventional wood light frame building
A Waffle Slab
Pile
Leveling Nut

47. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Bed Joints
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Within the plane of the veneer
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

48. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Open Headed joint
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Live end
American Standard Shape

49. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___
144^2 - 18ft.
S50X30
Expanded metal lath
Each course consists of Strechers

50. Rasping is what?
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
annealed glass
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft