Building Construction

Question 1

A ____ is a wooden peg used to pin together mortise and tenon joints?

Answer 1

Trunnel

Question 2

A ___ is built into a wall to receive the end of a girder?

Answer 2

Cast iron box

Question 3

A joisted floor has one tremendous advantage over the truss floor system: Each joist acts as a ____?

Answer 3

Fire stop

Question 4

A party wall is ____ than two separate walls?

Answer 4

Thinner

Question 5

A space within a beam where there is neither tension nor compression is known as the ___?

Answer 5

Neutral plane

Question 6

A type of collapse that leaves a single triangular void space is ___?

Answer 6

Lean-to-floor collapse

Question 7

A ___ code applies to all structures and conditions within them, including existing hazards that were created even before the adoption of the code.

Answer 7

Fire

Question 8

All loads of a heavy timber building must be delivered to the ___?

Answer 8

Ground

Question 9

All the following are major areas of concern in ordinary construction buildings except___?

Answer 9

The non-bearing wood walls as a barrier to fire

Question 10

Although still a possibility, “cold water on red hot iron” may not be the chief cause of cast-iron column failure. What do the authors believe is the main cause of failure?

Answer 10

Unsafe connections

Question 11

At about ___ degrees F, steel will begin to elongate.

Answer 11

1000 F

Question 12

Building codes regular the size and height of structures, based on the construction classification and the ___?

Answer 12

Occupancy type

Question 13

Cold-drawn still will fail at what temperature?

Answer 13

800 F

Question 14

Concrete is mixture of Portland cement, water, and _____?

Answer 14

Aggregates

Question 15

Concrete is inherently?

Answer 15

Non-combustivle

Question 16

Concrete is test in _____ because it virtually has no tensile strength.

Answer 16

Compression

Question 17

Concrete is weak in ____ strength and has poor shear resistance?

Answer 17

Tensile

Question 18

Draftstopping consists of plywood, sheet metal, or other approved material and is installed to protect against ____ fire spread.

Answer 18

Horizontal

Question 19

Firefighters are reduced to just reacting to a fire rather than being prepared for its many potential hazards I they do not do what?

Answer 19

Conduct pre-fire plans

Question 20

Fire stops typically limit the ___ movement of fire through small, concealed passages.

Answer 20

Vertical

Question 21

Heavy timber construction is a descendent of true ____ construction?

Answer 21

Mill

Question 22

In a cantilever beam, the tension is in the ___ of the beam?

Answer 22

Top

Question 23

In the typical downtown ordinary construction buildings, the side walls are the _____ walls, whereas the the front and back walls are ____?

Answer 23

bearing, non-bearing

Question 24

It is essential that you have a working knowledge of how buildings are designed, constructed, ____, altered, and fall into disrepair.

Answer 24

Renovated

Question 25

What is the the max height of a non-combustible building?

Answer 25

12 stories

Question 26

Masonry walls are not designed to resist ____?

Answer 26

Lateral impact loads

Question 27

Masonry walls in ordinary construction may consist of all of the following_____?

Answer 27

concrete block or terra cotta tile

Question 28

What are the major problems with the modification procedures in heavy timber construction?

Answer 28

Void space creation, unsprinklered areas, and steel trusses and girders may be used instead of heavy timber.

Question 29

Reinforced concrete is a ____ material?

Answer 29

Composite

Question 30

Steel cable will have complete failure at ___degrees F?

Answer 30

800 F

Question 31

Steel heated to ____ degrees elongates 9 inches per 100 feet of length?

Answer 31

1000

Question 32

Steel pipes filled with concrete to increase their load-carrying caps its are known as?

Answer 32

Lally Columns

Question 33

Steel provides the ____ strength that concrete lacks?

Answer 33

Tensile

Question 34

The bottom chord of a truss is said to be in ____, while the top chord is under ____?

Answer 34

Tension, | Compression

Question 35

The destruction of the World Trade Center is best described as a ___?

Answer 35

Global Collapse

Question 36

What are some of the ways to stabilize a wall in ordinary construction?

Answer 36

Buttresses or masses of masonry outside the walls, pilasters or columns built inside the walls, wall columns built within the wall.

Question 37

What are two methods used for pre-stressing?

Answer 37

Pre-tensioning, post tensioning

Question 38

What construction method describes a building where all the concrete is properly bonded together and acts as one?

Answer 38

Monolithic construction

Question 39

What toxic gas is now believed to be as great a danger as carbon monoxide in fire situations?

Answer 39

Hydrogen Cyanide

Question 40

When a brick is lad so that the long side is visible, it is referred to as ___?

Answer 40

Stretcher course

Question 41

When a column is offset, the girder on which it rests becomes a ____ beam?

Answer 41

Transfer

Question 42

When exposed to fire, plywood will begin to ____?

Answer 42

Delaminate

Question 43

Which item would lessen the coder requirements for a given building?

Answer 43

Sprinkler System

Question 44

Which type of wall is of a non-load-bearing nature and can carry boo other height than its own?

Answer 44

Curtain wall

Question 45

Why would it be beneficial to separate pre-fire planing and the inspection function?

Answer 45

Because inspections are essentially a policing function

Question 46

____ are concrete pads, usually heavily reinforced, that transfer the loads of priers or columns to the ground?

Answer 46

Footings

Question 47

____ are false spaces above built-in cabinets, usually in a kitchen or in the undersides of stairways and projecting eaves

Answer 47

Soffits

Question 48

____ loads can be accurately calculated while ____ loads are indeterminate.

Answer 48

Dead, | live

Question 49

____ spell out what types of buildings can be built in specific locations in a city and what they can be used for?

Answer 49

Zoning Regulations.