Building Tech Preboard UPDATED Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
C - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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
Retaining - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following does not constitute the types
of basement wall structures?
Mission tile - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A shingle-type roofing tile approximately semi-
cylindrical in shape laid in courses with units having their convex side alternately up and
down.
Torsion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A twisting force
Smooth on four sides - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Lumber specification for S4S means
Impact wrench - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A device for tightening bolts and nuts by means
of rapidly repeated torque impulses produced by electrical or mechanical energy.
Canton - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A column feature projecting from a corner of a building
Overturning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The failure of retaining walls where the top portion
of the wall slides first.
,Tetrahedron - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What is the simplest unit of a space frame, having
only 6 structural members?
AISC Type I - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A cantilever steel beam requires what kind of
connection?
Fibrous admixtures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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.
Composite deck - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Metal decking that serves as permanent
formwork for a reinforced concrete deck.
Mezzanine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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.
Summerwood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The visible rings in a cross section of a tree
Folded plate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A plate structure composed of thin, deep elements
joined rigidly along their boundaries and forming sharp angles to brace each other against
lateral buckling.
Masonry veneer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which among the masonry wall types connects
to a structural frame such as wood or metal stud walls?
Rowlock - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A brick laid on its long edge, with its end exposed in
the face of the wall
2,800 psi - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- If poured concrete passes a cylinder test at 1,400 psi,
what is its expected compressive strength?
Pilarete - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The vernacular term for vertical stud is
, Cold joint - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens
before the next batch of concrete is placed against it.
Hollow structural steel - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The abbreviation HSS refers to
Test pit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Prior to designing a foundation for a building larger
than a typical residential house, it is necessary to determine the soil and water conditions
beneath the site. What is the initial investigation that can be undertaken?
Shielded metal arc welding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- At present, the steel construction
industry uses 5 major welding processes. Which is a popular process called "stick" welding?
Drift - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The lateral deflection of structure is called
Slip form - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Building multistory site-cast concrete walls with
forms that rise up the wall as construction progresses.
Truss - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Diaphragm action is defined as a bracing action that
derives from the stiffness of a thin plane of material when it is loaded in a direction parallel to
the plane. Which of the following does not characterize diaphragm action?
Silica sand - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The main ingredient of glass is
3mm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Double-strength glass is _____ thick.
2.5mm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Single-strength glass is _____ thick.
Butyl - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following is not a high-range sealant?
Shotcrete - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Concrete (or sometimes mortar) conveyed through a
hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface, as a construction technique.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
C - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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
Retaining - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following does not constitute the types
of basement wall structures?
Mission tile - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A shingle-type roofing tile approximately semi-
cylindrical in shape laid in courses with units having their convex side alternately up and
down.
Torsion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A twisting force
Smooth on four sides - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Lumber specification for S4S means
Impact wrench - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A device for tightening bolts and nuts by means
of rapidly repeated torque impulses produced by electrical or mechanical energy.
Canton - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A column feature projecting from a corner of a building
Overturning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The failure of retaining walls where the top portion
of the wall slides first.
,Tetrahedron - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What is the simplest unit of a space frame, having
only 6 structural members?
AISC Type I - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A cantilever steel beam requires what kind of
connection?
Fibrous admixtures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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.
Composite deck - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Metal decking that serves as permanent
formwork for a reinforced concrete deck.
Mezzanine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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.
Summerwood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The visible rings in a cross section of a tree
Folded plate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A plate structure composed of thin, deep elements
joined rigidly along their boundaries and forming sharp angles to brace each other against
lateral buckling.
Masonry veneer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which among the masonry wall types connects
to a structural frame such as wood or metal stud walls?
Rowlock - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A brick laid on its long edge, with its end exposed in
the face of the wall
2,800 psi - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- If poured concrete passes a cylinder test at 1,400 psi,
what is its expected compressive strength?
Pilarete - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The vernacular term for vertical stud is
, Cold joint - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens
before the next batch of concrete is placed against it.
Hollow structural steel - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The abbreviation HSS refers to
Test pit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Prior to designing a foundation for a building larger
than a typical residential house, it is necessary to determine the soil and water conditions
beneath the site. What is the initial investigation that can be undertaken?
Shielded metal arc welding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- At present, the steel construction
industry uses 5 major welding processes. Which is a popular process called "stick" welding?
Drift - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The lateral deflection of structure is called
Slip form - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Building multistory site-cast concrete walls with
forms that rise up the wall as construction progresses.
Truss - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Diaphragm action is defined as a bracing action that
derives from the stiffness of a thin plane of material when it is loaded in a direction parallel to
the plane. Which of the following does not characterize diaphragm action?
Silica sand - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The main ingredient of glass is
3mm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Double-strength glass is _____ thick.
2.5mm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Single-strength glass is _____ thick.
Butyl - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following is not a high-range sealant?
Shotcrete - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Concrete (or sometimes mortar) conveyed through a
hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface, as a construction technique.
