PPD

Question 1

What feature must be installed in every electrical outlet in addition to the hot and neutral wires?

Answer 1

Each of these must have a ground wire.

Question 2

What amount of water pressure is equivalent to one foot of vertical head?

Answer 2

One foot of this is equal to .434psi.

Question 3

A soils report has indicated that the water table is 5’ above the basement level of a planned 3 story building. What construction technique will likely be required?

Answer 3

Waterproofing

Question 4

The assumed height at which work is performed, usually considered to be a desk height, 30in above the floor.

Answer 4

Work plane

Question 5

The ration of the net glazing area in a room or space (glass only, not including frame or mullions) to the gross exterior wall area

Answer 5

Window to wall ratio

Question 6

The fraction of visible light that passes through a glazing material

Answer 6

Visible light transmittance

Question 7

The ratio of the solar heat gain through a fenestration to the total solar radiation incident on the glazing. It’s a value between zero and one.

Answer 7

Solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC)

Question 8

ASHRAE

Answer 8

American society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers

Question 9

What is a LAN system

Answer 9

Local area network

Question 10

What is a WAN system

Answer 10

A WAN is a Wide Area Network

Question 11

What is an SW type brick, an NW, and a MW?

Answer 11

NW- normal wearing
MW- moderate wearing
SW- severe weathering

Question 12

What is a reglet

Answer 12

Reglets are horizontal grooves cast into concrete that allow a piece of flashing to be slipped through the brick for proper drainage and moisture control.

Question 13

What is tuck pointing

Answer 13

Tuck pointing is a process to repair failing mortar joints. The deteriorated mortar is removed to a depth and new, comparable mortar is put in place.

Question 14

How should metal panels be transported?

Answer 14

Vertically

Question 15

What is a flitch beam?

Answer 15

A flitch beam combines wood and steel in a sandwich to increase load carrying capacity. They are sometimes called sandwich beams.

Question 16

The straightest, most uniform grain on board lumber is achieved by specifying…

Answer 16

Rift sawing

Question 17

What is safing insulation

Answer 17

Fire stop material in the space between floor slab and curtain wall in multi-story construction.

Question 18

What can be excluded from a foundation waterproofing detail when granular backfill is used?

Answer 18

No drainage board is needed on the exterior

Question 19

What material contains the most embodied energy

Answer 19

Aluminum

Question 20

What medium transmits sound the slowest.

• Water
• Steel
• Air
• Concrete

Answer 20

Air

Question 21

What is the approximate max span of a reinforced concrete waffle slab?

Answer 21

55’

Question 22

Fluorescent bulbs are primarily filled with what kind of gas?

Answer 22

Mercury

Question 23

Heavy timber is what construction type?

Answer 23

Type IV

Question 24

What is the standard corridor width

Answer 24

44”

Question 25

Fee imposed by a local government within the US on a new or proposed development project to pay for all or a portion of the costs of providing public services to the new development

Answer 25

Impact fee

Question 26

A lengthwise grain separation in wood between or through growth rings

Answer 26

A shake

Question 27

A lengthwise separation that occurs through seasoning of wood.

Answer 27

A check

Question 28

Which of the following soil types is the most thermally conductive?

Saturated sand
Saturated silt
Sand
Clay

Answer 28

Saturated sand

Question 29

Where is wind energy transfer from a shear wall

Answer 29

The foundation. Lateral loads such as wind are transferred at the foundation of a shear wall.

Question 30

What is a percolation test used for?

Answer 30

A percolation test is a test to determine the absorption rate of soil for a septic drainfield or “leach field”. The results of a percolation test are required to properly design a septic system.

Question 31

At what span dimension is a structure considered long span?

Answer 31

There is no set distance at which a structure is considered long span

Question 32

Aggregate typically occupies what percentage of the total volume of concrete?

Answer 32

65-70%

Question 33

What is the term for a retaining wall in which the stem and base are connected at intervals by transverse walls?

Answer 33

Counterfort wall

Question 34

Rule of thumb for concrete beam depth

Answer 34

Span/16

Question 35

Rule of thumb thickness for one way slab.

Max span?

Answer 35

Span/30 for floor slabs
Span/36 for roof slabs
Suitable for spans 6’ - 18’

Question 36

Slab depth for one way joist slab

Typical spans?

Answer 36

Span/24

Spans typical from 15’ - to 36’

Question 37

Two way slab and beam slab depth? Two way slab and beam typical spans?

Answer 37

Perimeter/180

Heavy loads from 15’ - 40’

Question 38

What is a flying form?

Answer 38

Large sections of formwork, including supporting trusses, beams, of r scaffolding that can be moved by a crane in constructing the concrete floors and roofs of multistory buildings.

Question 39

The word lamella refers to a type of?

Answer 39

Roof structure

Question 40

Types of moment resisting frames?

Answer 40

IMRF – Intermediate moment-resisting frame
OMRF – Ordinary moment-resisting frame
SMRF – Steel moment-resisting frame

Question 41

Any carpeting manufactured and sold within the US is required to undergo a special fire test. What is this test called?

Answer 41

Methenamine pill test

Question 42

What is the purpose of the Steiner tunnel test?

Answer 42

Aka ASTM E84, ul 992, and NFPA 255, it’s used to determine the flame spread rating of finishes for interior walls and ceilings.