COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION EVALUATION EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔True or false; Special symbols are used to represent gypsum board on plan views -
✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Switches, receptacles, and luminaires (lighting fixtures) are typically
shown on floor plans using various symbols and abbreviations - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; End views of framing members are shown with freehand lines to
represent wood grain - ✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Plywood always contains an odd number of plies - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Plywood with a surface veener such as oak is used for cabinets -
✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Medium density overlay (MDO) plywood is used for concrete fprming
material - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Many light commercial buildings utilize precast concrete components -
✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Sections show concrete and rebar symbols - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Steel glass, or plastic fibers are added to concrete as reinforcement
during initial mixing - ✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Brick are manufactured by firing them in a kiln for 24 hours - ✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Brick positions may be indicated in the specifications or by showing an
example of the desired positions on elevations or details - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Insulation is a material used as a barrier to inhibit thermal and sound
transmission - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; when large scale sections are shown, wavy lines are used to indicate
ceramic tile - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Quarry tile is used for exterior wall facing - ✔✔false
, ✔✔____ is a type of raceway used in residential and light commercial buildings -
✔✔rigid metal conduit, flexible metal conduit, and Electrical metallic tubing
✔✔____ is the resistance to the shortening and lengthening of wood fibers when a
wood member is placed in a position where it may bend under a load - ✔✔extreme fiber
stress
✔✔A ______ is a structural member consisting of two outer skins with a core of
insulating foam sandwiched between two OSB (oriented strand board) or plywood
panels - ✔✔Structural insulated panel (SIP)
✔✔_____ is an engineered wood product comprised of layers of wood members that
are joined together with adhesive to form larger memebrs - ✔✔glued laminated timber
(glulam)
✔✔A _____ can be added to concrete as an admixture - ✔✔Superplasticizer
✔✔____ brick is made of select clay to impart distinctive uniform colors and is treated to
provide a special surface - ✔✔face
✔✔_____ is rough, irregular stone that is used to fill or to provide a rustic appearance -
✔✔rubble
✔✔____ is steel wire, bars, or strands embedded in concrete to provide additional
tensile strength to concrete structural members - ✔✔steel reinforcement
✔✔A _____ is a clay masonry until with one face colored and glazed, and is used for
load-bearing applications - ✔✔structural facing tile
✔✔A _____ CMU is a concrete masonry unit used to finish the top of a wall and provide
a flat bearing surface for wood framing members or brick or stone masonry - ✔✔solid
top
✔✔ASTM International specifies the use of the letter ___ to designate smooth wire and
the letter ___ to designate deformed wire - ✔✔W;D
✔✔_____ cable is an assembly of two or more insulated conductors with an outer
sheathing of moisture-resistant, flame-retardant, nonmetallic material - ✔✔non-metallic-
sheathed
✔✔Concrete develops its load-bearing properties and design strength primarily withing
the first _____ days after concrete placement - ✔✔28
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔True or false; Special symbols are used to represent gypsum board on plan views -
✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Switches, receptacles, and luminaires (lighting fixtures) are typically
shown on floor plans using various symbols and abbreviations - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; End views of framing members are shown with freehand lines to
represent wood grain - ✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Plywood always contains an odd number of plies - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Plywood with a surface veener such as oak is used for cabinets -
✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Medium density overlay (MDO) plywood is used for concrete fprming
material - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Many light commercial buildings utilize precast concrete components -
✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Sections show concrete and rebar symbols - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Steel glass, or plastic fibers are added to concrete as reinforcement
during initial mixing - ✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Brick are manufactured by firing them in a kiln for 24 hours - ✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Brick positions may be indicated in the specifications or by showing an
example of the desired positions on elevations or details - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Insulation is a material used as a barrier to inhibit thermal and sound
transmission - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; when large scale sections are shown, wavy lines are used to indicate
ceramic tile - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Quarry tile is used for exterior wall facing - ✔✔false
, ✔✔____ is a type of raceway used in residential and light commercial buildings -
✔✔rigid metal conduit, flexible metal conduit, and Electrical metallic tubing
✔✔____ is the resistance to the shortening and lengthening of wood fibers when a
wood member is placed in a position where it may bend under a load - ✔✔extreme fiber
stress
✔✔A ______ is a structural member consisting of two outer skins with a core of
insulating foam sandwiched between two OSB (oriented strand board) or plywood
panels - ✔✔Structural insulated panel (SIP)
✔✔_____ is an engineered wood product comprised of layers of wood members that
are joined together with adhesive to form larger memebrs - ✔✔glued laminated timber
(glulam)
✔✔A _____ can be added to concrete as an admixture - ✔✔Superplasticizer
✔✔____ brick is made of select clay to impart distinctive uniform colors and is treated to
provide a special surface - ✔✔face
✔✔_____ is rough, irregular stone that is used to fill or to provide a rustic appearance -
✔✔rubble
✔✔____ is steel wire, bars, or strands embedded in concrete to provide additional
tensile strength to concrete structural members - ✔✔steel reinforcement
✔✔A _____ is a clay masonry until with one face colored and glazed, and is used for
load-bearing applications - ✔✔structural facing tile
✔✔A _____ CMU is a concrete masonry unit used to finish the top of a wall and provide
a flat bearing surface for wood framing members or brick or stone masonry - ✔✔solid
top
✔✔ASTM International specifies the use of the letter ___ to designate smooth wire and
the letter ___ to designate deformed wire - ✔✔W;D
✔✔_____ cable is an assembly of two or more insulated conductors with an outer
sheathing of moisture-resistant, flame-retardant, nonmetallic material - ✔✔non-metallic-
sheathed
✔✔Concrete develops its load-bearing properties and design strength primarily withing
the first _____ days after concrete placement - ✔✔28
