ARCH 3260; Building Matters-Exam 1
Questions and Verified Answers
Which of the following aspects of a building is controlled by a municipality's zoning ordinance?
Check the four that apply.
(A) Density of development
(B) Project costs
(C) Flood impact
(D) Land usage
(E) Life safety requirements
(F) Parking requirements answer - (A) Density of development
(C) Flood impact
(D) Land usage
(F) Parking requirements
On a 50,000-square-foot site with a FAR of 2, how many stories will a maximum-sized building
be if half the site is set aside for parking?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5 answer - (C) 4
Zoning ordinances normally regulate all of the following EXCEPT
,(A) Land use
(B) Emergency exits
(C) Building size
(D) Population density answer - (B) Emergency exits
The purposes of fire-resistance requirements in the building code include which of the
following? Check all that apply.
(A) To permit safe evacuation of the occupants
(B) To prevent fire damage to the building
(C) To reduce the generation of toxic smoke
(D) To prevent structural failure for a specified period of time answer - (A) To permit safe
evacuation of the occupants
(D) To prevent structural failure for a specified period of time
Most foundation failures are attributed to excessive uniform settlement.
(A) True
(B) False answer - (B) False
Which of these materials is suitable for building foundations?
(A) Peat
(B) Gravel
(C) Topsoil
(D) Organic Soils answer - (B) Gravel
, Settlement of a building after it is constructed is likely to be the greatest under which
conditions? (Choose only one)
(A) Foundation is bearing on friction piles.
(B) Foundation is bearing on engineered fill.
(C) Foundation is bearing on bedrock
(D) Foundation is bearing on clay. answer - (D) Foundation is bearing on clay.
The number of test borings that should be drilled on a particular site is determined by all of the
following, EXCEPT
(A) the uniformity of the subsurface conditions
(B) the complexity of the building footprint.
(C) the ground floor area of the proposed building
(D) the depth at which firm strata are encountered. answer - (D) the depth at which firm strata
are encountered.
Which of the following is not a slope support system for deep excavations?
(A) Slurry Walls
(B) Steel sheet piling
(C) Precast concrete sheet piling
(D) Soldier beams and lagging
(E) Caissons answer - (E) Caissons
Frost line refers to the level of earth
Questions and Verified Answers
Which of the following aspects of a building is controlled by a municipality's zoning ordinance?
Check the four that apply.
(A) Density of development
(B) Project costs
(C) Flood impact
(D) Land usage
(E) Life safety requirements
(F) Parking requirements answer - (A) Density of development
(C) Flood impact
(D) Land usage
(F) Parking requirements
On a 50,000-square-foot site with a FAR of 2, how many stories will a maximum-sized building
be if half the site is set aside for parking?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5 answer - (C) 4
Zoning ordinances normally regulate all of the following EXCEPT
,(A) Land use
(B) Emergency exits
(C) Building size
(D) Population density answer - (B) Emergency exits
The purposes of fire-resistance requirements in the building code include which of the
following? Check all that apply.
(A) To permit safe evacuation of the occupants
(B) To prevent fire damage to the building
(C) To reduce the generation of toxic smoke
(D) To prevent structural failure for a specified period of time answer - (A) To permit safe
evacuation of the occupants
(D) To prevent structural failure for a specified period of time
Most foundation failures are attributed to excessive uniform settlement.
(A) True
(B) False answer - (B) False
Which of these materials is suitable for building foundations?
(A) Peat
(B) Gravel
(C) Topsoil
(D) Organic Soils answer - (B) Gravel
, Settlement of a building after it is constructed is likely to be the greatest under which
conditions? (Choose only one)
(A) Foundation is bearing on friction piles.
(B) Foundation is bearing on engineered fill.
(C) Foundation is bearing on bedrock
(D) Foundation is bearing on clay. answer - (D) Foundation is bearing on clay.
The number of test borings that should be drilled on a particular site is determined by all of the
following, EXCEPT
(A) the uniformity of the subsurface conditions
(B) the complexity of the building footprint.
(C) the ground floor area of the proposed building
(D) the depth at which firm strata are encountered. answer - (D) the depth at which firm strata
are encountered.
Which of the following is not a slope support system for deep excavations?
(A) Slurry Walls
(B) Steel sheet piling
(C) Precast concrete sheet piling
(D) Soldier beams and lagging
(E) Caissons answer - (E) Caissons
Frost line refers to the level of earth
