COSC 275 UPDATED STUDY EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Beam - - ✔✔1. A horizontal structural member, such as a girder,rafter, or purlin, that
transversely supports a load and transfers the load to vertical members, such as
columns and walls.
2. The graduated horizontal bar of a weighing scale.
✔✔Column - - ✔✔A long, relatively slender, supporting pillar. A column is usually
loaded axially in compression.
✔✔Moment connection - - ✔✔A rigid connection between structural members that
transfers moment from one member to the other, and thus resists the moment force. A
pinned connection cannot resist moment forces, only shear forces.
Important in seismic areas
✔✔Baseplate - - ✔✔A plate used to distribute vertical loads from structural columns or
machinery.
✔✔Flashing - - ✔✔A thin, impervious sheet of material placed in construction to prevent
water penetration or direct the flow of water. Flashing is used especially at roof hip sand
valleys, roof penetrations, joints between a roof and a vertical wall, and in masonry
walls to direct the flow of water and moisture.
✔✔Concrete masonry - - ✔✔Concrete blocks laid with mortar or grout in a manner
similar to bricks. Concrete that may be poured in place or as special tilt-up building
walls.
✔✔Gypsum sheathing - - ✔✔A type of wallboard whose core is made from gypsum with
which additives have been mixed to make it water-resistant. The sheathing is surfaced
with a water-repellent paper to make it appropriate for exterior wallcoverings.
✔✔Face brick - - ✔✔Brick manufactured to present an attractive appearance. Any brick
that is exposed, such as on a fireplace.
✔✔Number 18 on final is - ✔✔B
✔✔Number 19 on final is - ✔✔C
✔✔Number 5 on final is not - ✔✔C
✔✔ Quantification - ✔✔In estimating an activity to translate project scope information
into resource quantities suitable for costing. In the engineering and construction
, industry, a takeoff is a specific type of quantification that is a measurement and listing of
quantities of materials from drawings
✔✔Quantities - ✔✔Measured amounts of construction items expressed in their
customary units.
✔✔Estimating - - ✔✔The anticipated cost of materials, labor, equipment, or any
combination of these for a proposed construction project.
✔✔Activity - - ✔✔In critical path method (CPM) scheduling, a task or item of work
required to complete a project. Also called task.
✔✔Project - - ✔✔the job as a whole
✔✔Scope - - ✔✔An accurate, detailed, and concise description of the work to be
performed by the contractor, the owner, and third parties in a construction contract.
✔✔Measurement - - ✔✔A quantity survey from plans or a field survey of work to be
done.
✔✔Material - - ✔✔Any product or substance specified for use in the construction of a
project.
✔✔Drawings - - ✔✔The portion of the contract documents that gives a graphic
representation of the work to be done in the construction of a project.
✔✔Specifications - - ✔✔a detailed and exact statement of particulars, especially a
statement prescribing materials, dimensions, and workmanship for something to be built
or installed
✔✔Dimensions - - ✔✔the distance between two points, lines, or planes
✔✔Workmanship - - ✔✔the quality of work performed
✔✔Specs - - ✔✔contraction of specifications
✔✔Specification or specs - - ✔✔Documents that define the qualitative requirements for
products, materials, and workmanship upon which the contract for construction is
based.
✔✔Contract for construction - - ✔✔An agreement between owner and contractor
whereby the contractor agrees to construct the owner's project in accordance with the
contract documents, within a specified amount of time, and for consideration to be paid
by the owner as mutually agreed.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Beam - - ✔✔1. A horizontal structural member, such as a girder,rafter, or purlin, that
transversely supports a load and transfers the load to vertical members, such as
columns and walls.
2. The graduated horizontal bar of a weighing scale.
✔✔Column - - ✔✔A long, relatively slender, supporting pillar. A column is usually
loaded axially in compression.
✔✔Moment connection - - ✔✔A rigid connection between structural members that
transfers moment from one member to the other, and thus resists the moment force. A
pinned connection cannot resist moment forces, only shear forces.
Important in seismic areas
✔✔Baseplate - - ✔✔A plate used to distribute vertical loads from structural columns or
machinery.
✔✔Flashing - - ✔✔A thin, impervious sheet of material placed in construction to prevent
water penetration or direct the flow of water. Flashing is used especially at roof hip sand
valleys, roof penetrations, joints between a roof and a vertical wall, and in masonry
walls to direct the flow of water and moisture.
✔✔Concrete masonry - - ✔✔Concrete blocks laid with mortar or grout in a manner
similar to bricks. Concrete that may be poured in place or as special tilt-up building
walls.
✔✔Gypsum sheathing - - ✔✔A type of wallboard whose core is made from gypsum with
which additives have been mixed to make it water-resistant. The sheathing is surfaced
with a water-repellent paper to make it appropriate for exterior wallcoverings.
✔✔Face brick - - ✔✔Brick manufactured to present an attractive appearance. Any brick
that is exposed, such as on a fireplace.
✔✔Number 18 on final is - ✔✔B
✔✔Number 19 on final is - ✔✔C
✔✔Number 5 on final is not - ✔✔C
✔✔ Quantification - ✔✔In estimating an activity to translate project scope information
into resource quantities suitable for costing. In the engineering and construction
, industry, a takeoff is a specific type of quantification that is a measurement and listing of
quantities of materials from drawings
✔✔Quantities - ✔✔Measured amounts of construction items expressed in their
customary units.
✔✔Estimating - - ✔✔The anticipated cost of materials, labor, equipment, or any
combination of these for a proposed construction project.
✔✔Activity - - ✔✔In critical path method (CPM) scheduling, a task or item of work
required to complete a project. Also called task.
✔✔Project - - ✔✔the job as a whole
✔✔Scope - - ✔✔An accurate, detailed, and concise description of the work to be
performed by the contractor, the owner, and third parties in a construction contract.
✔✔Measurement - - ✔✔A quantity survey from plans or a field survey of work to be
done.
✔✔Material - - ✔✔Any product or substance specified for use in the construction of a
project.
✔✔Drawings - - ✔✔The portion of the contract documents that gives a graphic
representation of the work to be done in the construction of a project.
✔✔Specifications - - ✔✔a detailed and exact statement of particulars, especially a
statement prescribing materials, dimensions, and workmanship for something to be built
or installed
✔✔Dimensions - - ✔✔the distance between two points, lines, or planes
✔✔Workmanship - - ✔✔the quality of work performed
✔✔Specs - - ✔✔contraction of specifications
✔✔Specification or specs - - ✔✔Documents that define the qualitative requirements for
products, materials, and workmanship upon which the contract for construction is
based.
✔✔Contract for construction - - ✔✔An agreement between owner and contractor
whereby the contractor agrees to construct the owner's project in accordance with the
contract documents, within a specified amount of time, and for consideration to be paid
by the owner as mutually agreed.
