COSC 275 EXAMS TEST PAPER UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Capillary action - - ✔✔In subsurface soil conditions, the rising of water above the
horizontal plane of the water table.
✔✔Capillary break - - ✔✔A space that is intentionally made large enough to prevent
moisture flow by capillary action.
✔✔Anchor bolt - - ✔✔A threaded bolt, usually embedded in a foundation, for securing a
sill, framework, or machinery.
✔✔Rebar weights - ✔✔#3 - .376
#4 - .668
#5 - 1.043
#6 - 1.502
#7 - 2.044
#8 - 2.670
✔✔Order of work for grade beams - ✔✔Excavate
Fine grade level
Formwork
Retainers
Carton forms/ void form
Vapor barrier
Beam bolsters at 10 ft on center
Beam steel
Concrete
Finish and cure
✔✔Beam form - - ✔✔A retainer or mold constructed to give the necessary shape,
support, and finish to a concrete beam.
✔✔Haunched beam - - ✔✔A beam or similar member broadened or thickened near the
supports.
✔✔Haunch - - ✔✔A bracket built into a wall or column to support a load falling outside
the wall or column, such as a hammer brace in a hammer-beam roof. Either side of an
arch between the crown, or centerstone, and the springing, or impost.A thickening of a
concrete slab to support an additional load, as under a wall.
✔✔Brick ledge - - ✔✔Refers to the portion of a foundation wall where brick (veneer)
rests.
, ✔✔Chamfer strip/Cant strip - - ✔✔The beveled edge formed at the right-angle corner of
a construction member. See also cant strip - A three-sided piece of wood, one angle of
which issquare, used under the roofing on a flat roof where the horizontal surface abuts
a vertical wall or parapet. The sloped transition facilitates roofing and waterproofing.
See also chamfer.
✔✔Trowel finish/troweling - - ✔✔Factory-prepared plasters consisting primarily of
calcined gypsum and used in finishing applications. Smoothing and compacting the
unformed surface of fresh concrete by strokes of a trowel.
✔✔Bolster - - ✔✔In concrete, an individual or continuous support used to hold
reinforcing bars in position. Usually used in slab work.A short wood or steel member
positioned horizontally on top of a column to support beams or girders. A mason's
blocking chisel. A piece of wood, generally a nominal 4" in cross section, placed
between stickered packages of lumber or other wood products to provide space for the
entry and exit of the forks of a lift truck.
✔✔Chair - - ✔✔A frame built into a wall to provide support for a sink,lavatory, urinal, or
toilet. Also called a carrier.In concrete construction, a small metal or plasticsupport for
reinforcing steel. The support is used to maintain proper positioning during concrete
placement.
✔✔Vapor Barrier - - ✔✔Material used to prevent the passage of vapor or moisture into a
structure or another material, thus preventing condensation within them. See also perm.
✔✔Slab on grade - - ✔✔A concrete slab placed on grade, sometimes having insulation
board or an impervious membrane beneath it.
✔✔Invert - - ✔✔The lowest inside surface or floor of a pipe, drain, sewer,culvert, or
manhole.
✔✔Invert elevation - - ✔✔The elevation of an invert (lowest inside point) of pipe or
sewer at a given location in reference to a bench mark
✔✔Storm sewer - - ✔✔A sewer used for conveying rainwater and/or similar discharges,
but not sewage or industrial waste, to a point of disposal.
✔✔Sanitary sewer - - ✔✔Sewage containing human excrement and/or household
wastes that originate from sanitary conveniences of a dwelling, business, building,
factory, or institution. Does not include storm water.
✔✔Soffit - - ✔✔The underside of a part or member of a structure, such as a beam,
stairway, or arch.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Capillary action - - ✔✔In subsurface soil conditions, the rising of water above the
horizontal plane of the water table.
✔✔Capillary break - - ✔✔A space that is intentionally made large enough to prevent
moisture flow by capillary action.
✔✔Anchor bolt - - ✔✔A threaded bolt, usually embedded in a foundation, for securing a
sill, framework, or machinery.
✔✔Rebar weights - ✔✔#3 - .376
#4 - .668
#5 - 1.043
#6 - 1.502
#7 - 2.044
#8 - 2.670
✔✔Order of work for grade beams - ✔✔Excavate
Fine grade level
Formwork
Retainers
Carton forms/ void form
Vapor barrier
Beam bolsters at 10 ft on center
Beam steel
Concrete
Finish and cure
✔✔Beam form - - ✔✔A retainer or mold constructed to give the necessary shape,
support, and finish to a concrete beam.
✔✔Haunched beam - - ✔✔A beam or similar member broadened or thickened near the
supports.
✔✔Haunch - - ✔✔A bracket built into a wall or column to support a load falling outside
the wall or column, such as a hammer brace in a hammer-beam roof. Either side of an
arch between the crown, or centerstone, and the springing, or impost.A thickening of a
concrete slab to support an additional load, as under a wall.
✔✔Brick ledge - - ✔✔Refers to the portion of a foundation wall where brick (veneer)
rests.
, ✔✔Chamfer strip/Cant strip - - ✔✔The beveled edge formed at the right-angle corner of
a construction member. See also cant strip - A three-sided piece of wood, one angle of
which issquare, used under the roofing on a flat roof where the horizontal surface abuts
a vertical wall or parapet. The sloped transition facilitates roofing and waterproofing.
See also chamfer.
✔✔Trowel finish/troweling - - ✔✔Factory-prepared plasters consisting primarily of
calcined gypsum and used in finishing applications. Smoothing and compacting the
unformed surface of fresh concrete by strokes of a trowel.
✔✔Bolster - - ✔✔In concrete, an individual or continuous support used to hold
reinforcing bars in position. Usually used in slab work.A short wood or steel member
positioned horizontally on top of a column to support beams or girders. A mason's
blocking chisel. A piece of wood, generally a nominal 4" in cross section, placed
between stickered packages of lumber or other wood products to provide space for the
entry and exit of the forks of a lift truck.
✔✔Chair - - ✔✔A frame built into a wall to provide support for a sink,lavatory, urinal, or
toilet. Also called a carrier.In concrete construction, a small metal or plasticsupport for
reinforcing steel. The support is used to maintain proper positioning during concrete
placement.
✔✔Vapor Barrier - - ✔✔Material used to prevent the passage of vapor or moisture into a
structure or another material, thus preventing condensation within them. See also perm.
✔✔Slab on grade - - ✔✔A concrete slab placed on grade, sometimes having insulation
board or an impervious membrane beneath it.
✔✔Invert - - ✔✔The lowest inside surface or floor of a pipe, drain, sewer,culvert, or
manhole.
✔✔Invert elevation - - ✔✔The elevation of an invert (lowest inside point) of pipe or
sewer at a given location in reference to a bench mark
✔✔Storm sewer - - ✔✔A sewer used for conveying rainwater and/or similar discharges,
but not sewage or industrial waste, to a point of disposal.
✔✔Sanitary sewer - - ✔✔Sewage containing human excrement and/or household
wastes that originate from sanitary conveniences of a dwelling, business, building,
factory, or institution. Does not include storm water.
✔✔Soffit - - ✔✔The underside of a part or member of a structure, such as a beam,
stairway, or arch.
