Building construction Midterm exam with
complete solutions 2024/2025
Structural elements - ANSWER-holds weight other than itself
Non-structural elements - ANSWER-no load carrying responsibility
what is membrane fireproofing - ANSWER-protects as an assembly,not individual
members
How are structures classified - ANSWER-construction type and occupant use
what was the primary concern of planners, architects, and builders during the
early days of high-rise construction - ANSWER-gravity
Live load - ANSWER-any load other than dead
impact load - ANSWER-delivered in a short time.
Example: Ladder on roof, man steps from ladder to roof
wind load - ANSWER-A force on a structure arising on the impact of the wind on
it.
Axial - ANSWER-Straight and true, has greatest load carrying ability
Eccentric - ANSWER-Straight and true, but is concentrated to one side of the
center of the support.
Torsional - ANSWER-Forces that are offset, twisting loads
Wood BTU's - ANSWER-7-8,000
, plastic BTU's - ANSWER-16,000
List three ways of applying forces to materials - ANSWER-Compressive,Tension,
Shear
Compressive - ANSWER-crushing strains, push together material
Tension - ANSWER-Forces pull apart the material
Shear - ANSWER-Forces tend to cause material to slide past one another
Strain - ANSWER-the percent of elongation
stress - ANSWER-the load
Girder - ANSWER-A beam which supports another beam
Spandel Girder - ANSWER-A beam which carries the load on the exterior of a
framed building between the top of one window and the bottom of the window
below.
Lintel beam - ANSWER-A beam which spans an opening in a masonry wall
Grillage beam - ANSWER-Is a series of closely spaced beams designed to carry a
particularly heavy load
Continous beam - ANSWER-A beam supported at three or more points
fixed beam - ANSWER-A beam supported rigidly at two points
List 2 dangers of truss construction - ANSWER-Large void spaces, and fast
collapse
Columns - ANSWER-A structural member which transmits a compressive force
along a straight path in the direction of the member
bearing walls - ANSWER-carries some part of the structure in addition to itself
non bearing walls - ANSWER-supports only its own weight
complete solutions 2024/2025
Structural elements - ANSWER-holds weight other than itself
Non-structural elements - ANSWER-no load carrying responsibility
what is membrane fireproofing - ANSWER-protects as an assembly,not individual
members
How are structures classified - ANSWER-construction type and occupant use
what was the primary concern of planners, architects, and builders during the
early days of high-rise construction - ANSWER-gravity
Live load - ANSWER-any load other than dead
impact load - ANSWER-delivered in a short time.
Example: Ladder on roof, man steps from ladder to roof
wind load - ANSWER-A force on a structure arising on the impact of the wind on
it.
Axial - ANSWER-Straight and true, has greatest load carrying ability
Eccentric - ANSWER-Straight and true, but is concentrated to one side of the
center of the support.
Torsional - ANSWER-Forces that are offset, twisting loads
Wood BTU's - ANSWER-7-8,000
, plastic BTU's - ANSWER-16,000
List three ways of applying forces to materials - ANSWER-Compressive,Tension,
Shear
Compressive - ANSWER-crushing strains, push together material
Tension - ANSWER-Forces pull apart the material
Shear - ANSWER-Forces tend to cause material to slide past one another
Strain - ANSWER-the percent of elongation
stress - ANSWER-the load
Girder - ANSWER-A beam which supports another beam
Spandel Girder - ANSWER-A beam which carries the load on the exterior of a
framed building between the top of one window and the bottom of the window
below.
Lintel beam - ANSWER-A beam which spans an opening in a masonry wall
Grillage beam - ANSWER-Is a series of closely spaced beams designed to carry a
particularly heavy load
Continous beam - ANSWER-A beam supported at three or more points
fixed beam - ANSWER-A beam supported rigidly at two points
List 2 dangers of truss construction - ANSWER-Large void spaces, and fast
collapse
Columns - ANSWER-A structural member which transmits a compressive force
along a straight path in the direction of the member
bearing walls - ANSWER-carries some part of the structure in addition to itself
non bearing walls - ANSWER-supports only its own weight
