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