COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION CORE EXAM SET
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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
✔✔The ____ size is the dimensions of a piece of lumber before it is dried and surfaced
- ✔✔nominal
✔✔A ____ is a load-bearing structural member that consists of an OSB or plywood web
between two pieces of dimensional lumber - ✔✔wood i-joist
✔✔A _____ is a wall-mounted electrical distribution cabinet containing overcurrent and
short-circuit protection devices - ✔✔panelboard
✔✔True or false; SCR brick is used for cavity walls - ✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Brick walls backed by concrete masonry units are tied together with
header courses of brick - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Cavity walls are brick walls made of two wythes with an air space
between the wythes - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Brick veener is combined with wood or metal framing - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; The brick in brick-veener wall supports the rafters or roof trusses -
✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Windows and doors are difficult to design into metal-framed buildings -
✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Racking loads are counteracted by using structural wall sheathing at
the corners or by using diagonal tension straps - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; An advantage of open web steel joists is that they allow passage and
concealment of pipes, ducts, and electrical conduit - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Crawl-space foundations are limited to the southern part of the country
- ✔✔false
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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
✔✔The ____ size is the dimensions of a piece of lumber before it is dried and surfaced
- ✔✔nominal
✔✔A ____ is a load-bearing structural member that consists of an OSB or plywood web
between two pieces of dimensional lumber - ✔✔wood i-joist
✔✔A _____ is a wall-mounted electrical distribution cabinet containing overcurrent and
short-circuit protection devices - ✔✔panelboard
✔✔True or false; SCR brick is used for cavity walls - ✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Brick walls backed by concrete masonry units are tied together with
header courses of brick - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Cavity walls are brick walls made of two wythes with an air space
between the wythes - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Brick veener is combined with wood or metal framing - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; The brick in brick-veener wall supports the rafters or roof trusses -
✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Windows and doors are difficult to design into metal-framed buildings -
✔✔false
✔✔True or false; Racking loads are counteracted by using structural wall sheathing at
the corners or by using diagonal tension straps - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; An advantage of open web steel joists is that they allow passage and
concealment of pipes, ducts, and electrical conduit - ✔✔true
✔✔True or false; Crawl-space foundations are limited to the southern part of the country
- ✔✔false
