Review Questions Building Technology Part 2

1. Identify the miter joint from the following

2. Identify which figure is a dado wood joint

3. Identify which figure is flemish (double stretcher) brickwork

4. Identify which figure is a dado wood joint

5. Identify which figure is a blind and sub-mortise and tenon joint

 6. Identify which letter in the target
is a valley jack rafter?

7. A roofing tile which has the shape of an “S” laid on its side is a
a. Mission tile
b. pantile
c. French tile

8. That part of the building foundation which forms the permanent retaining wall of the structure below grade is a
a. foundation course
b. grade beam
c. foundation wall
9. Joint employed to reduce restraint by accommodating movement of masonry walls are known as
a. cold joints
b. control joints
c. block outs

10. A system of framing a building in which the studs are continuous to roof supporting second floor joints is known as
a. post and beam
b. western framing
c. balloon framing

11. Rough plaster finish obtained by flinging plaster on a wall with a hand operated machine is
a. tryolean finish
b. trowel finish
c. broom stripped finish

12. A principal member of the truss which extends from one end to the other primarily to resist bending is a
a. web member
b. girt
c. chord

13. A protein: the chief nitrogenous ingredient in milk is

a. Casein
b. Tempera
c. alabaster

14. a composition of two or more metals fused together usually to obtain a desired property
a. annealing
b. alloy
c. built-up

15. The horizontal distance from the face of a lock or latch to the center of the knob or lock cylinder
a. Backset
b. backfill
c. built-up
16. A commercially pure iron of fibrous nature, valued for its corrosion resistance and ductility is
a. cast iron
b. black iron
c. wrought iron

17. The Filipino term for horizontal stud is

a. Pabalagbag
b. Tahilan
c. pilareta

18. The Filipino term for riser

a. Muldura
b. takip silipan
c. planehuelda

19. The Filipino term for collar plate is

a. Hardinera
b. Guililan
c. sinturon

20. The Filipino term for temper (metal work)

a. Suban
b. Espolon
c. poleva

21. The Filipino term for plumb line is

a. Pantilya
b. Asintada
c. hulog

22. A beam that projects beyond one or both its support

a. continuous
b. cantiliver
c. tie

23. A wall (bearing or non-bearing) designed to resist lateral forces parallel to the wall
a. non-bearing
b. prefabricated
c. shear

24. Using stair tread-riser proportion formula RT = 75, given riser equals 6 ¼ “ how many risers will there be between
two floors having floor line to floor line distance of 7.8125 feet?
a. 15
b. 17
c. 19

25. A modern method of installing wood parquet flooring on wooden boards sub-flooring is by
a. gluing/pasting
b. nailing into battens
c. wainscoting

26. The standard height of window sills for office rooms in upper floors is
a. 1.2 meters
b. 0.60 meters
c. 0.90 meters

27. The dimension of commercial acoustic boards for aluminum T-runners used for dropped-ceiling in offices is
a. 30” x 60” x 1”
b. 24” x 50” x 7/8”
c. 24” x 48” x ½”

28. The total floor area 16 feet wide by 60 feet deep needs one inch (1”) x 4”(commercial size) T & G flooring.
Assuming that the available T & G is 1” x 4” x 16” and the effective width is 3.5” , the total board feet needed is
a. 1,280 bf
b. 1,098 bf
c. 1,330 bf

29. In the design of a large shopping centers where space is required, intervals of columns can be wider than the
ordinary by adopting a structural method of construction called
a. compressioning
b. post-tensioning
c. pre-casting
30. In the design of a large shopping centers where space is required, intervals of columns can be wider than the
ordinary by adopting a structural method of construction called
a. compressioning
b. post-tensioning
c. pre-casting

31. Humidification and condensation in exterior walls can be minimized by

a. providing stud space between exterior finish and interior finish
b. providing building paper sheathing
c. providing building paper sheathing and space filled

32. Heat gain through the structure of a habitable room occur in tropical region at walls and roofs by conduction. This
can be minimized by the use of
a. wood
b. concrete
c. steel

33. A material used to remedy vapor flow

a. glossy surfaced asphalt saturated paper, 50 lbs or more
b. wall paper
c. asbestos cement board

34. Dry walls do not require appreciable amount of moisture and they are customarily finished with
a. mortar and cement
b. plywood on studs
c. lath and plaster

35. Wallboards or plywood maybe applied over studs. They can also be applied over CHB masonry wall by using
a. wood battens
b. furring
c. sheathing

36. To turn back water whenever joints occur in which dissimilar materials come together, it is necessary to provide
a. flashing material
b. binding material
c. counter flushing

37. The part of a foundation system which supports the exterior walls of a superstructure and bears directly on the
column footing is a
a. foundation course
b. grade beam
c. foundation wall

38. A narrow strip of wood applied to cover a joint along the edges of two parallel boards in the same plane is a
a. fillet
b. cant strip
c. batten

39. The stressing of unbounded tendons after concrete has cured is

a. post-tensioning
b. pre-casting
c. lift slab

40. The boxing in of covering a joist, beam or girder to give the appearance of a larger beam is known as
a. beam formworks
b. beam blocking
c. grade beam

41. A system of framing a building on which floor joists of each storey rest on the top plates of the storey below and the
bearing walls and partitions rest on the subfloor of each storey is known as
a. balloon framing
b. flank framing
c. western framing

42. Pressure exerted against the underground portion of a building created by the presence of water in the soil is
known as
a. soil bearing pressure
b. hydrostatic pressure
c. atmospheric pressure

43. A window which projects outside the main line of a building and the compartment in which it is located extends to
the floor is known as
a. bay window
b. hopper window
c. oriel window

44. A form of brick bond in which each course is alternately composed of entirely of headers or of stretchers is known
as
a. common bond
b. flemish bond
c. english bond

45. A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch of concrete is placed against it is
a. block out
b. cold joint
c. control joint

46. An iron alloy usually including carbon and silicon which has high compressive strength but low tensile strength is
a. pig iron
b. cast iron
c. wrought iron

47. The Filipino term for plastered course is

a. lastilyas
b. moneyka
c. kusturada

48. The Filipino term for bottom chord is

a. barakilan
b. sibe
c. estunyo

49. The Filipino term for purlin is

a. tahilan
b. balangkas
c. reostra
50. The Filipino term for eave is
a. sopo
b. tabike
c. sibe