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(Incident Safety Officer) Chapter 6 Reading Buildings Flashcards

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What are the best description of the types of loads are imposed on a structrial member of a building?
A. Dead load, live load, Resist load
B. Up, Down, sideways
C. Down, across, sideways
D. Axial, Eccentric, Trosion

A

D. Axial, Eccentric, Trosion

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What is an example of Engineered wood?
A. 2x4 Truss
B. 2x4x8 Pine
C. OSB
D. Veener

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C. OSB or Oriented strand bord made or oriented wood chips and glue

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Cold Drawn Stee like cables, bolts, rebar and light weight fasteners, loses ____ percent of its strenth at 800 F.
A. 25
B. 100
C. 80
D. 55

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D. 55%

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Extruded structual steel used for beams and colums lose ____ percent of its strenth at ____ degreese Fahenheit?
A. 50, 1100
B. 25, 212
C. 45, 1000
D. 90, 1234

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A. 50, 1100

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At 1000 Fahrenheit a 100 long beam can elongate____ Inches
A. 4
B. 10
C. 12
D. 1

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B. 10 inches

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____ refers to a Pocket of concrete that has basically crubled into fine particles through the exposure of heat?
A. Cement
B. Concrete explosion
C. Spalling
D. Reinforced

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C. Spalling

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What type of force when placed on a masonry wall and exceeds the compressive force will cause a quick collapse?
A. Compressive
B. Axial
C. Tention
D. Lateral

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D. Lateral

Caution section page 92

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Which is not considered a Composite?
A. LVL or Laminated Veneer Lumber
B. OSB or Orianted Strand board
C. Solid wood
D. All of the above

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C. Solid wood

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What does FiRP stand for?
A. Fire-reinforced Plastic
B. Fiber-reinforced Plasma
C. Fire-rated plastic
D. Fiber-reinforced plastic

Usually prononced ferp

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D. Fiber-reinforced plastic

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10
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What are considered Strutrual Elements?
A. Walls, Floor, Doors
B. Columns, Beams, connections
C. Roof, Columns, Walls
D. Connections, Columns, Walls

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B. Columns, Beams, connections

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What are the 3 parts of an I beam?
A. Top, Bottom, Middle
B. Top chord, Bottom chord, Web
C. Chords, Web, Connectors
D. Truss, Top chord, Bottom chord

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B. Top chord, Bottom chord, Web

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What is the diffence between a Simple beam and Continuous beam?
A. Continusous beam supported in three or more places
B. Simple beam supported in one place only
C. Simple beam supported in the middle
D. Continusous beam supported in 2 places near the ends

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A. Continusous beam supported in three or more places

Simple beam supported at two points near its ends

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Which best discribes a Lintel?
A. Supports other beams
B. Spans an opening in a load-bearing masonry wall
C. Supported in three or more places
D. Some type of bean

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B. Spans an opening in a load-bearing masonry wall

Also known as a Header

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What supports other beams?
A. Lintel
B. Cantilever Beam
C. Girder
D. Simple Beam

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C. Girder

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Supported at only one end well past a support in such a way that the unsupported overhang places the top of the beam in tension and bottom in compresson is what?
A. Truss
B. Lintel
C. Column
D. Cantilever Beam

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D. Cantilever Beam

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16
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A wood framing member used to support floors or roof decking is called what?
A. Joist
B. Truss
C. Trust
D. Perlin

A

A. Joist

17
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A series of triangles used to form a structual element to act as a lightweight materials, and assemble components to transfer loads just like a beam is what?
A. Joist
B. Truss
C. Trust
D. Perlin

A

B. Truss

18
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A series of beams placed perpendicularly to trusses or beams to help support roof decking?
A. Joist
B. Perpendicular truss
C. Perlin
D. Sheathing

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C. Perlin

19
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Often the ____________ are the “weak link” in structual failure during fire?
A. Beams
B. Truss
C. Perlin
D. Connection

A

D. Connection

Side note Page 96

20
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What are generally the three types of connections?
A. Pinned, ridgid, and gravity
B. Glued, Pin, Screwed
C. Rivit, Glued, Friction
D. Pins, Nails, Glue

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A. Pinned, ridgid, and gravity
Pinned: bolt, screws, nail, rivets
Ridgid: Reinforced concrete, welds, and glues
Gravity: load is held in place by gravity alone

21
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What type of building is structual elements are of the approved noncombustable or limited combustable material with sufficient fire-resesistive rateing to withstand the effects of fire and prevents the spred from story to story?
A. Type I
B. Type II
C. Type III
D. Type IV
E. Type V

A

A. Type I
Type 1 construction is made of reinforced concrete and protected steel. Protected steel refers to steel that has been coated with a fire-resistant coating.

22
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What type of construction is where the elements do not qualify for Type I construction and are of an approved noncombustable or limited combustable materials with sufficent fire-resistive rating to withstand the effects of fire and prevent its spread from story to story.
A. Type I
B. Type II
C. Type III
D. Type IV
E. Type V

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B. Type II Noncombustible
Steel members may have limited or no fire protection and noncombustable.

23
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Type____ Construction Incluses building in which load bearing walls are noncombustable and the roof and floor assemblies are wood. This bulding is made of load bearing brick or concrete block with wood roofs and floors
A. Type I
B. Type II
C. Type III
D. Type IV
E. Type V

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C. Type III Ordinary construction
Examples: Taxpayers, Stripmalls with maxonary walls, downtown building

24
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Type____ Buildings can be defined as those that have block or brick exterior load-bearing walls and interiaor structural members, roof, floors, and arches of solid or laminated wood without conceld spaces.
A. Type I
B. Type II
C. Type III
D. Type IV
E. Type V

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D. Type IV Heavy Timber
The minumum dimensions for strucutal wood is typically over 8 inchs

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Type____ Construction is the most common construction type homes out of wood?
A. Hybrid
B. Balloon frame
C. Type III
D. Type IV
E. Type V

A

Type V Wood Frame
Two types of wood frame are platform and ballon frames

26
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____ Building contructions methods that do not fit in to the five building construction type?
A. Hybrid
B. Balloon frame
C. Type III
D. Type IV
E. Type V

A

A. Hybrid
Examples: Hotels or appartment building with Type II base and Type V rooms

27
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____Building uses expanded polystyrene (EPS) to form a concrete mold for walls?
A. Light weight steel
B. Structual insulated walls (SIP)
C. Insulated concrete walls (ICF)
D. Hybrid

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C. Insulated concrete walls (ICF)
ICF block wals are mostly ESP and will likely meld from heat of a fire. manufactureres emphasize that their produce contain fire-resistive additive.

28
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consist of panels made of OSB and ESP for load bearing walls and roof.
A. Light weight steel
B. Structual insulated walls (SIP)
C. Insulated concrete walls (ICF)
D. Hybrid

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B Structural Insulated Panels (SIP)
Sip-walls are simply two sheets of OSB glued to both sided of ESP sheet typically 6-8 inchs thick

29
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Per the ISO book what is the five step process of predicting collapes?
A. Determine structural involvement, Classify the construction type, Visualize and trace loads, Evaulate time, Predict and communicate collapese potential
B. Classify the construction type, Determine structural involvement, Visualize and trace loads, Evaulate time, Predict and communicate collapese potential
C. Look, listen, feel, touch, taste
D. None of the above

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B. Classify the construction type, Determine structural involvement, Visualize and trace loads, Evaulate time, Predict and communicate collapese potential

30
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What type of load can occure in both directions?
A. Axial
B. Eccentric
C. Shear
D. Torsion

A

C. Shear

31
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What is not a weak leaks that lead to collapse
A. Connections and Overloading
B. Occupancy switch
C. Trusses
D. Roof

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D. Roof
Weak links: Connections, Ocerloading, Occupancy Switch, Trusses, Void spaces, Stairs, Parapet walls

32
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____ zone that care exposed to truma, debris, and or trust of collapse
A. Building
B. Breakdown
C. Collapse
D. Hot

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C. Collapse Zone

Per IOS 109

33
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What is not concidered a Collapse Concern
A. Roof
B. Signs of buiding repair
C. Sagging floors
D. Multiple fires in the same building

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A. Roof
Deteration of mortar joints and masonry, Signs of building repair/tie rods/ reinforcing cables, Bulges and bowing of walls, Sagging floors, Abandoned buildings with missing roof/wall/floor, Large volumes of fire impinging on structural components and spaces, and multiple fires in the same building or damage from prior fires.

Captains test 2024 (25 decks)

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