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7. A roofing tile which has the shape of an “S” laid on its side is a
a. Mission tile
b. pantile
c. French tile
8. That part of the building foundation which forms the permanent retaining wall of the structure below grade is a
a. foundation course
b. grade beam
c. foundation wall
9. Joint employed to reduce restraint by accommodating movement of masonry walls are known as
a. cold joints
b. control joints
c. block outs
10. A system of framing a building in which the studs are continuous to roof supporting second floor joints is known as
a. post and beam
b. western framing
c. balloon framing
11. Rough plaster finish obtained by flinging plaster on a wall with a hand operated machine is
a. tryolean finish
b. trowel finish
c. broom stripped finish
12. A principal member of the truss which extends from one end to the other primarily to resist bending is a
a. web member
b. girt
c. chord
14. a composition of two or more metals fused together usually to obtain a desired property
a. annealing
b. alloy
c. built-up
15. The horizontal distance from the face of a lock or latch to the center of the knob or lock cylinder
a. Backset
b. backfill
c. built-up
16. A commercially pure iron of fibrous nature, valued for its corrosion resistance and ductility is
a. cast iron
b. black iron
c. wrought iron
23. A wall (bearing or non-bearing) designed to resist lateral forces parallel to the wall
a. non-bearing
b. prefabricated
c. shear
24. Using stair tread-riser proportion formula RT = 75, given riser equals 6 ¼ “ how many risers will there be between
two floors having floor line to floor line distance of 7.8125 feet?
a. 15
b. 17
c. 19
25. A modern method of installing wood parquet flooring on wooden boards sub-flooring is by
a. gluing/pasting
b. nailing into battens
c. wainscoting
26. The standard height of window sills for office rooms in upper floors is
a. 1.2 meters
b. 0.60 meters
c. 0.90 meters
27. The dimension of commercial acoustic boards for aluminum T-runners used for dropped-ceiling in offices is
a. 30” x 60” x 1”
b. 24” x 50” x 7/8”
c. 24” x 48” x ½”
28. The total floor area 16 feet wide by 60 feet deep needs one inch (1”) x 4”(commercial size) T & G flooring.
Assuming that the available T & G is 1” x 4” x 16” and the effective width is 3.5” , the total board feet needed is
a. 1,280 bf
b. 1,098 bf
c. 1,330 bf
29. In the design of a large shopping centers where space is required, intervals of columns can be wider than the
ordinary by adopting a structural method of construction called
a. compressioning
b. post-tensioning
c. pre-casting
30. In the design of a large shopping centers where space is required, intervals of columns can be wider than the
ordinary by adopting a structural method of construction called
a. compressioning
b. post-tensioning
c. pre-casting
32. Heat gain through the structure of a habitable room occur in tropical region at walls and roofs by conduction. This
can be minimized by the use of
a. wood
b. concrete
c. steel
34. Dry walls do not require appreciable amount of moisture and they are customarily finished with
a. mortar and cement
b. plywood on studs
c. lath and plaster
35. Wallboards or plywood maybe applied over studs. They can also be applied over CHB masonry wall by using
a. wood battens
b. furring
c. sheathing
36. To turn back water whenever joints occur in which dissimilar materials come together, it is necessary to provide
a. flashing material
b. binding material
c. counter flushing
37. The part of a foundation system which supports the exterior walls of a superstructure and bears directly on the
column footing is a
a. foundation course
b. grade beam
c. foundation wall
38. A narrow strip of wood applied to cover a joint along the edges of two parallel boards in the same plane is a
a. fillet
b. cant strip
c. batten
40. The boxing in of covering a joist, beam or girder to give the appearance of a larger beam is known as
a. beam formworks
b. beam blocking
c. grade beam
41. A system of framing a building on which floor joists of each storey rest on the top plates of the storey below and the
bearing walls and partitions rest on the subfloor of each storey is known as
a. balloon framing
b. flank framing
c. western framing
42. Pressure exerted against the underground portion of a building created by the presence of water in the soil is
known as
a. soil bearing pressure
b. hydrostatic pressure
c. atmospheric pressure
43. A window which projects outside the main line of a building and the compartment in which it is located extends to
the floor is known as
a. bay window
b. hopper window
c. oriel window
44. A form of brick bond in which each course is alternately composed of entirely of headers or of stretchers is known
as
a. common bond
b. flemish bond
c. english bond
45. A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch of concrete is placed against it is
a. block out
b. cold joint
c. control joint
46. An iron alloy usually including carbon and silicon which has high compressive strength but low tensile strength is
a. pig iron
b. cast iron
c. wrought iron