Chapter 9 Building Construction

Question 0

Chief common characteristic of ordinary construction

Answer 0

Exterior walls are made of masonry with combustible frame members

Question 1

Exterior walls are on-combustible or limited combustible, but the interior floors and walls are made of combustible materials

Answer 1

Ordinary Construction or Type III

Question 2

Clay, water, and straw

Answer 2

Adobe

Question 3

Freestanding, unsecured at the top

Answer 3

Cantilever

Question 4

Hollow, tied together by steel

Answer 4

Cavity Wall

Question 5

Two different masonry materials designed to react as one

Answer 5

Composite Wall

Question 6

Precast hollow or solid block of cement

Answer 6

Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU)

Question 7

Masonry cap on top of a wall

Answer 7

Coping

Question 8

Projecting decorative ledge at top

Answer 8

Cornice

Question 9

Horizontal line of masonry

Answer 9

Course

Question 10

Bracing Wall 90’

Answer 10

Cross Wall

Question 11

Brick laid so end is visible

Answer 11

Header or bond course

Question 12

Bricks laid so the long side is visible

Answer 12

Stretcher Course

Question 13

Vertical section of a wall one brick or masonry unit thick

Answer 13

Wythe

Question 14

Arches and beams that carry the wall above an opening

Answer 14

Lintels