Module3

Question 1

___ _____ consist of modular building blocks bonded with mortar to form durable, fire-resistant, and compression-efficient walls.

Answer 1

Masonry Walls

Question 2

What are the types of masonry walls

Answer 2

Solid Walls
Cavity Walls
Veneered Walls

Question 3

Use horizontal joint reinforcement and metal ties.

Answer 3

Unreinforced Masonry Walls

Question 4

Incorporate steel reinforcing bars embedded in grout.

Answer 4

Reinforced Masonry Walls

Question 5

Heat-hardened clay units.

Answer 5

Bricks

Question 6

Chemically hardened units.

Answer 6

Concrete Blocks

Question 7

Hollow tiles for walls and partitions.

Answer 7

Structural Clay Tile

Question 8

Transparent or translucent blocks.

Answer 8

Structural Glass Blocks

Question 9

Durable stone materials for aesthetics and strength.

Answer 9

Natural or Cast Stone

Question 10

Plastic mixture of cement or lime with sand and water used as a bonding agent.

Answer 10

Mortar

Question 11

What are the types of mortar

Answer 11

Cement mortar
Lime mortar
Cement-Lime mortar
Masonry cement

Question 12

Types by Strength in mortars

Answer 12

Type M
Type S
Type N
Type O
Type K

Question 13

Hollow or solid concrete masonry units made of cement, aggregates, and water.

Answer 13

Concrete Hollow Block (CHB) Wall Construction

Question 14

Horizontal structural member above an opening.

Answer 14

Lintels

Question 15

Foundation beams supporting exterior walls, bearing on footings or self-supported.

Answer 15

Grade Beams

Question 16

refers to a continuous vertical section of a wall that is one masonry unit in thickness

Answer 16

Wythe

Question 17

Mortar containing a considerable amount of water so that it has the consistency of a viscous liquid, permitting it to be poured or pumped into joints, spaces, and
cracks within masonry walls and floors, between pieces of ceramic tiles, and into joints between preformed roof deck units.

Answer 17

Grout

Question 18

high strength mortar

Answer 18

Type M Mortar

Question 19

medium-high-strength mortar

Answer 19

Type S mortar

Question 20

medium-strength mortar

Answer 20

Type N mortar

Question 21

low-strength mortar

Answer 21

Type O mortar

Question 22

very low-strength mortar

Answer 22

Type K mortar

Question 23

(CMU

Answer 23

Concrete Masonry Unit

Question 24

is a masonry unit
laid horizontally with its
length in the direction of the
face of the wall.

Answer 24

Stretcher

Question 25

short, reinforcing bars of steel which extend approximately equally into two abutting pieces of concrete, to increase the strength of the joint.

Answer 25

Dowel Bar Reinforcement

Question 26

is a horizontal structural member (such as a beam) over an opening which carries the weight of the wall above it; usually of steel, stone, or wood.

Answer 26

Lintel

Question 27

adjoining columns and walls of a building

Answer 27

Isolation Joints

Question 28

provide a place for construction to stop and then continue later time

Answer 28

Constructions Joints

Question 29

Creates lines of weakness so that the cracking that may result from tensile stresses occurs along predetermined lines.

Answer 29

Control Joints

Question 30

that part of a foundation system (usually in a building without a basement) which supports the exterior wall of the superstructure

Answer 30

Grade Beam

Question 31

A column designed to support concentrated load

Answer 31

Pier

Question 32

the individual spread footing supporting a freestanding column or pier

Answer 32

Isolated Footing

Question 33

TYPES OF WOOD POSTS/COLUMNS

Answer 33

solid sawn built up columns/glue laminated columns spaced columns

Question 34

___ columns should be of well- seasoned wood

Answer 34

solid sawn

Question 35

have higher allowable compressive stress than solid sawn columns

Answer 35

built up columns

Question 36

consist of two or more members separated at their ends & mid parts by blocking joined at their ends by timber connectors & bolts

Answer 36

spaced columns

Question 37

_____ ______ columns cannot eaqual the strength of a solid columne of the same dimensions and material

Answer 37

mechanically fastened