Building Tech Preboard Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Which of the following floors would require the highest quality of
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levelness and flatness? | |
A: Gymnasium floors
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B: Ice or skating rink
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C: Movie/TV studios
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D: Warehouse with air pallets
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E: Carpet floors for office or commercial buildings - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-C
Which of the following does not constitute the types of basement wall
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structures? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Retaining
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A shingle-type roofing tile approximately semi-cylindrical in shape laid in
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courses with units having their convex side alternately up and down. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mission tile
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A twisting force - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Torsion
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,Lumber specification for S4S means - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Smooth on
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four sides
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A device for tightening bolts and nuts by means of rapidly repeated
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torque impulses produced by electrical or mechanical energy. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Impact wrench | |
A column feature projecting from a corner of a building - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Canton
The failure of retaining walls where the top portion of the wall slides
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first. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Overturning
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What is the simplest unit of a space frame, having only 6 structural
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members? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tetrahedron | | |
A cantilever steel beam requires what kind of connection? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-AISC Type I | |
This kind of admixture is added to concrete mix to act as
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"microreinforcing". Its most common use is to reduce plastic shrinkage
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cracking that sometimes occurs during curing of slabs. GFRC, which is
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, used for cladding panels, also makes use of this admixture. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Fibrous admixtures |
Metal decking that serves as permanent formwork for a reinforced
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concrete deck. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Composite deck
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A low or partial story between two main stories of a building, especially
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one that projects as a balcony and forms a composition with the story
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beneath it. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mezzanine
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The visible rings in a cross section of a tree - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Summerwood
A plate structure composed of thin, deep elements joined rigidly along
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their boundaries and forming sharp angles to brace each other against
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lateral buckling. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Folded plate
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Which among the masonry wall types connects to a structural frame
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such as wood or metal stud walls? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Masonry
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veneer
A brick laid on its long edge, with its end exposed in the face of the wall
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rowlock
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With Correct Answers
Which of the following floors would require the highest quality of
| | | | | | | | | | |
levelness and flatness? | |
A: Gymnasium floors
| |
B: Ice or skating rink
| | | |
C: Movie/TV studios
| |
D: Warehouse with air pallets
| | | |
E: Carpet floors for office or commercial buildings - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-C
Which of the following does not constitute the types of basement wall
| | | | | | | | | | | |
structures? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Retaining
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A shingle-type roofing tile approximately semi-cylindrical in shape laid in
| | | | | | | | |
courses with units having their convex side alternately up and down. -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mission tile
| |
A twisting force - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Torsion
| | | | |
,Lumber specification for S4S means - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Smooth on
| | | | | | | |
four sides
| |
A device for tightening bolts and nuts by means of rapidly repeated
| | | | | | | | | | | |
torque impulses produced by electrical or mechanical energy. -
| | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Impact wrench | |
A column feature projecting from a corner of a building - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Canton
The failure of retaining walls where the top portion of the wall slides
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
first. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Overturning
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What is the simplest unit of a space frame, having only 6 structural
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
members? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tetrahedron | | |
A cantilever steel beam requires what kind of connection? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-AISC Type I | |
This kind of admixture is added to concrete mix to act as
| | | | | | | | | | |
"microreinforcing". Its most common use is to reduce plastic shrinkage
| | | | | | | | | | |
cracking that sometimes occurs during curing of slabs. GFRC, which is
| | | | | | | | | | |
, used for cladding panels, also makes use of this admixture. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Fibrous admixtures |
Metal decking that serves as permanent formwork for a reinforced
| | | | | | | | | |
concrete deck. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Composite deck
| | | | |
A low or partial story between two main stories of a building, especially
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
one that projects as a balcony and forms a composition with the story
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
beneath it. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mezzanine
| | | |
The visible rings in a cross section of a tree - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Summerwood
A plate structure composed of thin, deep elements joined rigidly along
| | | | | | | | | | |
their boundaries and forming sharp angles to brace each other against
| | | | | | | | | | |
lateral buckling. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Folded plate
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Which among the masonry wall types connects to a structural frame
| | | | | | | | | | |
such as wood or metal stud walls? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Masonry
| | | | | | | | | |
veneer
A brick laid on its long edge, with its end exposed in the face of the wall
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rowlock
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