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Construction Basics Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • 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. Live end






2. Rigid Insulation and Roof cover






3. Wide-Flange section






4. Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces






5. Adding water to the mortar






6. Pieces sticking out away from the columes






7. Stabilizing members that space across the joists






8. Strip Footing






9. A large formwork assembly for concrete walls






10. False






11. 2






12. All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature






13. W - S - HP - M






14. Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer






15. Two flange plates






16. No. 3 or No. 4 bars






17. Width - W - of Unit






18. High-treated carbon steel






19. Extruded Bricks






20. Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists






21. MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot






22. Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength






23. 24






24. Length - L - of unit






25. False






26. Lighter Weight - Easier Erection






27. Electric Arc Furnace






28. W-shaped beams - Steel joints






29. Molded bricks






30. Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists






31. Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall






32. Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals






33. AISC Type III Connection






34. 90 to 180 degress






35. Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force






36. Hot Rolling






37. Henry Bessemer in 1855






38. 3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8






39. Steel






40. Steel fabricator






41. 24






42. Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet






43. Snap Tie






44. Dead End






45. A large formwork assembly for concrete walls






46. Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location






47. Strands






48. Live end






49. False






50. Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor