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2007 BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS

STRUCTURAL
1. Situational
Given: footing acting as inverted beam
What is downward force
Upward force
2. Wedge What will be formed
a. dome
b. tunnel
3. .5 below one way slab
4. .5 below two way slab
5. .4 beam two way slab
6. diaphragm
7. Withstand soil pressure
a. retaining wall
b. gravity wall
8. Aggregates
9. use of method section
10. weakness of wood stiffness
11. connection of wood perpendicular to annual rings
12. web members between top chord and bottom chord
13. structural irregularities
14. defects of wood
15. engineered fill
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
1. Used in aligning plastering
a. cross string b. plum bob c. straight edge
2. Situational
3. Cheapest to high cost = materials (3-4 items) and then arrange it
4. Boom Truck
a. jigsaw crane
5. Surveying ( definition)
6. Grout ( definition )
7. Cement ( definition )
8. Admixture - IS USED TO SPEED UP THE INITIAL SET OF CONCRETE.
9. Accelerator / retarder
10. Parts of a dreadblot
11. Eschucheon
12. Choices definition
a. turnstile
b. revolving around
13. Curtain wall
14. Definition choices
a. reeling b. aligatoring c. sag and run d. wounkling
15. Used in wiring newel post and moulding
16. Maintain in between board and insulator = air gap
17. Cause of breakage of glass
18. Purlin

19. Easiest window to clean


a. casement
b. sliding
20. Basis of building permit fee on plumbing
a. height of pipe
b. area
21. Gutter
22. Paint color that reflects most light = yellow
23. Ramp roofing
24. What is the use of gap in skylight = temperature expansion
25. Minimum holes in boring for low cost project
26. Cement given meaning
27. First thing to do in construction - with choices like fencing etc.
28. What to do before staking and layouting = check points
29. Economical way to determine height of building
a. plumb bob b. straight edge c. hose with water
30. Wood used for exterior - a. ply board
b. fiber board
31. Wood not used for door = gypsum board
32. compaction of soil
33. Level suitable for paving - a. bed rock b. compacted soil c. finish level
34. Economical way for deep excavation
35. Is hollow block good for sound insulation
36. S4S Meaning
37. Why materials easy madefect for construction
a. storage
b. delivery
c. materials
38. Epoxy
39. Concrete neutralizer ( paint ) but if with rust paint ?
40. Redoxide used for metal pain
41. Paint Defects
BUILDING UTILITIES
1. Given Plan estimate how many wires in the given circuit
2. Given Plan identify which light will simultaneously open if switch ( 2 way
switch )
3. Sign in plan for more than 6000 sign board
a. Electrical Engineer
b. Prof. Elec. Engineer
4. Expiration of permit for plumbing
a. 1 year
b. 180 days c. 6 months d. 6 days
5. Connection of hubless pipes = heavy duty coupling
6. Building sewer definition
7. Definition : Choices
a. circuit vent b. loop vent c. Island vent
8. General lighting definition
9. Transmission Loss definition
10. Flutter
11. Echo
12. Definition : choices
a. resonance
b. reveberation
13. Given absorption materials and graph choose which is the best
14. Definition : choices
a. solar screen
b. mosquito screen
c. vertical blinds
d. horizontal blinds

15. Communication color of pipe


16. What is U in UPVC? = a.unplasticized
17. Color of portable water ? = a. blue
18. pipe height = 23 15.3 cm
19. how to measure pipe = inside diameter
20. minimum compartment in septic tank
21. Definiton = a. cross connection
22. Definition = a. cesspool
23. indirect waste pipe = definition
24. classification of fire definition
* combustible
* electrical
25. dry stand pipe - definition
26. metal with zinc - galvanize
27. use of chlorination
a. disinfectant
b. water purifier
28. value used for water tank = float value
29. well for 7.5 m deep
30. pneumatic booster pump
31. disadvantage of gravity system
32. definition of:
- soil pipe
- waste pipe
- service drop
-racewayes
- thermostat
- pampers
- circuit breaker
- elevator part buffer
- septic tank
33. minimum water level of septic tank in digestive chamber
34. generator types
35. process of refregiration
36. process of air conditioning
37. placed above the roof = cooling tower
38. used of grounding
39. pipe used for sewer
40. types of cable
a. armor cable b. bx
41. stander or solid = wire
42. 2 way and 3 way switch
43. which is not used as refregirant?
a. ammonia
b. water
44. speed of elevator = min and max
45. noise control ( situational )
PROF PRAC / BUILDING CODE
1. 5 Items topography
Given : topography map and chart

2.
3.

4.
5.

Choose best location


5 Items solar path computation
Given : sun path and eaves illustration
5 Items Interior pyramid
Given : illustrations of pyramid of cheops
Height of pyramid of cheops
Lowest part : subterenean chamber
2 pyramid nearest to pyramid of cheops : pyramid of khafra and
menkaura
Situational questions regarding fire code for institutional ( 5 items )
Given : Description and illustration ( without architect ) name the building
Kuala Lumpur International airport
Bilbao museum
Commonwealth or Lincoln school choices of school under American
regime
Structure in Chicago choices xerox building, trans America

6. Given : description and illustration. Name the architect:


Le Corbusier Visual art school
Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House
Federico Illustre Quezon Memorial Circle
Leandro Locsin UP HOLY SACRIFICE
Renzo Piano
Rem Koolhaus
Kenzo Tange
Dome of the rock - whos the architect?
7. Given : illustration; identify notsimilar
( Insert drawing )
8. Cheapest expensive floor finish ( 3-4 items ) and then vice versa
9. matrix diagram given plan ( 4-5 items )
10. pre-bid -- meaning

11. situational : BP 344 ( 5 ITEMS )


Given : illustration in cdep reviewer p. 11-46
12. Code of intellectual property law
13. ceiling estimate ( 5 items )
14. NBC - Minimum dimension of kitchen
15. Design build architects fee on guaranteed maximum cost

16. qualifications of specs writer


17. what group ? single detached residential
18. fire lane --- given : definition
19. ghetto and enclave - choices
20. scale and proportion
21. means of engress meaning
22. types of garden ( 2 items )
formal
informal
oriental
23.agencies for housing
- for mortgage
- for lending
24. Planting Plan
25. Byzantine Architecture characteristics
26. Imageability - Kelvin Lynch
27. minimum dimension of door for elevator
28. Elizabeth, Jacobean , Stuart, Georgian

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