Building Systems Final Exam questions
with complete solutions
Spread/Mat Foundations - correct answer ✔✔Transfer building loads to soil through footings at
foundation walls or columns
Pile Foundation - correct answer ✔✔Long wood, concrete, or steel piles driven into the earth
Driven Piles (Displacement Piles) - correct answer ✔✔Load carrying capacity through frictional forces
developed on sides of a pile or from end resisting on load bearing strata.
Drilled Piles ( Non-Displacement) - correct answer ✔✔Formed by boring holes into the earth and filling
with concrete and reinforcing steel.
Spread Footing - correct answer ✔✔Provides stable base around the perimeter and must be placed on
undisturbed soil. Usually is a continuous wall/strip footing
Shallow Foundations - correct answer ✔✔Use spread footing, slabs on grade, or mat foundations to
distribute buildings loads over a large area of ground to not exceed soil bearing capacity.
Deep Foundation - correct answer ✔✔Depths of foundation is greater than 10' and sometimes use piles.
Slab/Raft foundations - correct answer ✔✔Are 7ft thick and cover an entire foot print of a building.
Ingredients of Concrete - correct answer ✔✔Portland Cement, Aggregates, Water
Air-Entrained - correct answer ✔✔Type of concrete that microscopic air bubbles that improve durability.
with complete solutions
Spread/Mat Foundations - correct answer ✔✔Transfer building loads to soil through footings at
foundation walls or columns
Pile Foundation - correct answer ✔✔Long wood, concrete, or steel piles driven into the earth
Driven Piles (Displacement Piles) - correct answer ✔✔Load carrying capacity through frictional forces
developed on sides of a pile or from end resisting on load bearing strata.
Drilled Piles ( Non-Displacement) - correct answer ✔✔Formed by boring holes into the earth and filling
with concrete and reinforcing steel.
Spread Footing - correct answer ✔✔Provides stable base around the perimeter and must be placed on
undisturbed soil. Usually is a continuous wall/strip footing
Shallow Foundations - correct answer ✔✔Use spread footing, slabs on grade, or mat foundations to
distribute buildings loads over a large area of ground to not exceed soil bearing capacity.
Deep Foundation - correct answer ✔✔Depths of foundation is greater than 10' and sometimes use piles.
Slab/Raft foundations - correct answer ✔✔Are 7ft thick and cover an entire foot print of a building.
Ingredients of Concrete - correct answer ✔✔Portland Cement, Aggregates, Water
Air-Entrained - correct answer ✔✔Type of concrete that microscopic air bubbles that improve durability.
