Review Questions: Building Laws NBC Part 3

1. For neighborhood shopping center, minimum required parking is 1 slot per how many sqm of shopping floor area.
a) 25
b) 50
c) 75
d) 100
2. For markets, minimum required parking is 1 slot per how many sqm of market floor area.
a) 50
b) 100
c) 150
d) 200
3. For office buildings, minimum required parking is 1 slot per how many sqm of gross floor area.
a) 50
b) 100
c) 125
d) 150
4. For public assembly buildings such as theaters, cinemas, auditoria, stadia, etc., minimum required parking is 1 slot
per how many sqm of spectator area.
a) 50
b) 100
c) 150
d) 200
5. For places of worship and funeral parlors, minimum required parking is 1 slot per how many sqm of congregation
area.
a) 50
b) 100
c) 150
d) 200
6. For elementary, secondary, vocational and trade schools, minimum required parking is 1 slot per how many
classrooms.
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 20
7. For colleges and universities, minimum required parking is 1 slot per how many classrooms.
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 20
8. For hospitals, minimum required parking is 1 slot per how many beds.
a) 15
b) 20
c) 25
d) 30
9. For clubhouses, beach houses, and the like, minimum required parking is 1 slot per how many sqm of gross floor
area.
a) 50

b) 75
c) 100
d) 125
10. Parking areas for the physically handicapped shall be within how many meters of the facility being served
measured from the farthest parking space along accessible path to the closest accessible distance.
a) 30
b) 40
c) 60
d) 80
11. For buildings/structures intended for the use or occupancy of the handicapped, a minimum provision of one parking
slot for the handicapped per 50 parking lots up to _____ parking slots and an additional slot for every 100 slots
thereafter.
a) 100
b) 150
c) 200
d) 250
12. One wheelchair transfer area is to be provided in every ___ parking spaces directly connected to accessible walks
of travel and accessible building entrances.
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8
13. The floor area assigned to that use divided by the unit area per occupant.
a) density
b) Occupant load
c) Building bulk
d) Floor area ratio
14. In all occupancies, floors above the first story having an occupant load of more than ten (10) shall not have less
than ____ exits.
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
15. That part of any wall entirely above the roof line
a) Fire wall
b) Curtain wall
c) Parapet wall
d) Retaining wall
16. Any wall used to resist the lateral displacement of any material; a subsurface wall built to resist the lateral pressure
of internal loads.
a) party wall
b) Curtain wall
c) Foundation wall
d) Retaining wall
17. Any wall which subdivides a building so as to resist the spread of fire, by starting at the foundation and extending
continuously through the storey to, or above the roof.
a) Party wall
b) Foundation wall

c) Fire wall
d) Nonbearing wall
18. The enclosing wall of an iron or steel or the nonbearing portion of an enclosed wall between piers.
a) Curtain wall
b) Fire wall
c) Exterior wall
d) Faced wall
19. A wall separating two or more buildings, and used in common by the said buildings
a) Fire wall
b) Party wall
c) Dead wall
d) Faced wall
20. A projecting window similar to a bay window, but carried on brackets or corbels.
a) Oriel window
b) Canopy window
c) Double-hung window
d) French window
21. A vertical opening through a building for elevators, dumbwaiters, mechanical equipment, or similar purposes.
a) Soffit
b) Chute
c) Air space
d) Shaft
22. The line formed by the intersection of the outer surface of the enclosing wall of the building and the surface of the
ground.
a) Building line
b) Property line
c) Grade line
d) Ground line
23. A lot fronting on but one street or public alley and the remaining sides bounded by lot lines.
a) Through lot
b) Inside lot
c) Interior lot
d) Corner lot
24. A yard or court providing egress to a public way for one or more required units.
a) Court yard
b) Horizontal exit
c) Exit courts
d) Setback
25. A movable shelter supported entirely from the exterior wall of a building and of a type which can be retracted,
folded, or collapsed against the face of a supporting building
a) Canopy
b) Accessoria
c) Awning
d) Arcade
26. Any portion of a building above the first floor projecting over the sidewalk beyond the first-storey wall used as
protection for pedestrians against rain or sun.
a) Canopy

b) Accessoria
c) Awning
d) Arcade
27. The total aggregate area of plastics used in skylights, monitors, and sawtooth glazing shall not exceed how many
percent of the floor area of the room or occupancy sheltered.
a) 10
b) 15
c) 20
d) 25
28. A structural unit, the integral parts of which have been built up or assembled prior to incorporation in the building
a) Prefabricated assembly
b) Prestressed unit
c) Modular units
d) Built-up unit
29. Standard automatic fire extinguishing systems shall be installed in every storey, basement or cellar with an area of
____square meters or more which is used for habitation, recreation, dining, study or work, and which has an occupant
load of more than 20.
a) 100
b) 150
c) 200
d) 250
30. Every building with _______storeys in height shall be equipped with one or more dry standpipes.
a) one to two
b) two to three
c) three to four
d) four or more
31. Standpipes shall be located within the following areas.
i. Enclosed stairway landings or near such stairways
ii. Outside exit stairway
iii. 300mm of an opening in a stairway enclosure
iv. Immediately inside of an exterior wall
a) i, ii, iii
b) i, iii, iv
c) i, ii, iv
d) i, ii, iii, iv
32. All dry standpipes shall be equipped with this fire department connection which is located on a street front of the
building and not less than 300mm nor more than 1.20 mtrs above the grade and shall be equipped with clapper checks
and substantial plugs.
a) Outlet
b) Siamese twin
c) Flues
d) Dampers
33. The number of wet standpipes when required shall be so determined that all portions of the building are within 6.0
meters of a nozzle attached to a hose ____ meters in length.
a) 20
b) 21
c) 22
d) 23