BUILDING TECH PREBOARD EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
C - Answers 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 - Answers Which of the following does not constitute the types of basement wall
structures?
Mission tile - Answers A shingle-type roofing tile approximately semi-cylindrical in shape laid in
courses with units having their convex side alternately up and down.
Torsion - Answers A twisting force
Smooth on four sides - Answers Lumber specification for S4S means
Impact wrench - Answers A device for tightening bolts and nuts by means of rapidly repeated
torque impulses produced by electrical or mechanical energy.
Canton - Answers A column feature projecting from a corner of a building
Overturning - Answers The failure of retaining walls where the top portion of the wall slides first.
Tetrahedron - Answers What is the simplest unit of a space frame, having only 6 structural
members?
AISC Type I - Answers A cantilever steel beam requires what kind of connection?
Fibrous admixtures - Answers 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 - Answers Metal decking that serves as permanent formwork for a reinforced
concrete deck.
, Mezzanine - Answers 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 - Answers The visible rings in a cross section of a tree
Folded plate - Answers 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 - Answers Which among the masonry wall types connects to a structural frame
such as wood or metal stud walls?
Rowlock - Answers A brick laid on its long edge, with its end exposed in the face of the wall
2,800 psi - Answers If poured concrete passes a cylinder test at 1,400 psi, what is its expected
compressive strength?
Pilarete - Answers The vernacular term for vertical stud is
Cold joint - Answers A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch of
concrete is placed against it.
Hollow structural steel - Answers The abbreviation HSS refers to
Test pit - Answers 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 - Answers At present, the steel construction industry uses 5 major
welding processes. Which is a popular process called "stick" welding?
Drift - Answers The lateral deflection of structure is called
Slip form - Answers Building multistory site-cast concrete walls with forms that rise up the wall
as construction progresses.
Truss - Answers 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 - Answers The main ingredient of glass is
3mm - Answers Double-strength glass is _____ thick.
2.5mm - Answers Single-strength glass is _____ thick.
Butyl - Answers Which of the following is not a high-range sealant?
Shotcrete - Answers Concrete (or sometimes mortar) conveyed through a hose and
2025/2026
C - Answers 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 - Answers Which of the following does not constitute the types of basement wall
structures?
Mission tile - Answers A shingle-type roofing tile approximately semi-cylindrical in shape laid in
courses with units having their convex side alternately up and down.
Torsion - Answers A twisting force
Smooth on four sides - Answers Lumber specification for S4S means
Impact wrench - Answers A device for tightening bolts and nuts by means of rapidly repeated
torque impulses produced by electrical or mechanical energy.
Canton - Answers A column feature projecting from a corner of a building
Overturning - Answers The failure of retaining walls where the top portion of the wall slides first.
Tetrahedron - Answers What is the simplest unit of a space frame, having only 6 structural
members?
AISC Type I - Answers A cantilever steel beam requires what kind of connection?
Fibrous admixtures - Answers 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 - Answers Metal decking that serves as permanent formwork for a reinforced
concrete deck.
, Mezzanine - Answers 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 - Answers The visible rings in a cross section of a tree
Folded plate - Answers 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 - Answers Which among the masonry wall types connects to a structural frame
such as wood or metal stud walls?
Rowlock - Answers A brick laid on its long edge, with its end exposed in the face of the wall
2,800 psi - Answers If poured concrete passes a cylinder test at 1,400 psi, what is its expected
compressive strength?
Pilarete - Answers The vernacular term for vertical stud is
Cold joint - Answers A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch of
concrete is placed against it.
Hollow structural steel - Answers The abbreviation HSS refers to
Test pit - Answers 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 - Answers At present, the steel construction industry uses 5 major
welding processes. Which is a popular process called "stick" welding?
Drift - Answers The lateral deflection of structure is called
Slip form - Answers Building multistory site-cast concrete walls with forms that rise up the wall
as construction progresses.
Truss - Answers 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 - Answers The main ingredient of glass is
3mm - Answers Double-strength glass is _____ thick.
2.5mm - Answers Single-strength glass is _____ thick.
Butyl - Answers Which of the following is not a high-range sealant?
Shotcrete - Answers Concrete (or sometimes mortar) conveyed through a hose and
