Building Construction 5th
Edition fully solved &
updated (latest version ,
graded A+)
What is the best way to collect information about the buildings in which you
fight fires? pg 2 - answer Through Preplanning
What is a critical factor for all fire departments? pg 3 - answer Clear
communication
What is of essence when it is time to get out of a building? pg 4 - answer
Speed
What types of things are included in a preplan? Pg 4 - answer Diagrams of
the building
Location of stairs and utilities
Hazard contents
Fire Hydrant locations
Fire protection systems
What involves the studying of the prefer plan information that has been
gathered to identify specific construction issues/concerns and interactions?
Pg 5 - answer Prefire analysis
What does a prefire analysis allow us to do? pg 5 - answer Anticipate
problems
What is an inspection essentially? pg 5 - answer A policing function
,What should fire officers include in their initial radio report when it comes to
a buildings characteristics? pg 8 - answer Smoke conditions
Fire conditions
Location of the fire
Type of Building Construction
What is constantly under attack of a building constantly during a fire? pg 8 -
answer The Gravity Resistance
What will help ensure the safety of every fire fighter on the scene of a fire?
pg 8 - answer Understanding building construction
Preplanning is an important fire department function that will enable
firefighters too? pg 9 - answer Minimize surprises on the fireground by
learning about potential problems ahead of time.
What goes a step beyond the basic preplanning? pg 9 - answer Pre-fire
Analysis
What does pre-fire analysis consist of? pg 9 - answer Identifying specific
construction issues/concerns and interactions
What is a study of information that has been gathered as part of a pre-fire
plan? pg 9 - answer Pre-fire Analysis
Pre-fire planning is a document that is developed and used by responding
personnel for? pg 9 - answer Gathering general and detailed data to
determine the resources and actions necessary to mitigate anticipated
emergencies at a specific facility
What is the eternal enemy of every building? pg 13 - answer Gravity
,All of the STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS and the connections that support and
transfer the loads in a building are? pg 13 - answer The Gravity Resistance
System in a building
In a building, what works to destroy the gravity resistance of the structure?
pg 13 - answer A Load
Another name for an external force that acts on a structure is called? pg 13 -
answer A Load
The internal forces that resist the load are called? pg 13 - answer STRESS
AND STRAIN
What are the four ( 4 ) different types of forces that can be applied to a
structural member? pg 13 - answer a. COMPRESSION
b. TENSION
c. TORSION
d. SHEAR
What type of force is a compressive force? pg 13 - answer A force that
squeezes a structural member
What type of force stretches a member such as a steel cable that supports a
suspended walkway? pg 13 - answer TENSILE FORCE
A twisting force that is created by turning is? pg 13 - answer TORSIONAL
FORCE
The measurable turning force applied to a structural member is called? pg 13
- answer TORQUE
, When opposing forces pull the member of a building in opposite directions is
called? pg 13 - answer SHEAR FORCE
Shear force is often the result of what? pg 13 - answer WIND LOADS
What 3 forces do suspension bridges anticipate when being design? pg 14 -
answer a. COMPRESSION
b. TORSION
c. TENSION
What term describes the weight of the building itself and any equipment
permanently attached to it or built in? pg 14 - answer DEAD LOAD
What are any loads other than DEAD LOADS? pg 15 - answer LIVE LOADS
What type of loads can be accurately calculated? pg 15 - answer DEAD
LOADS
What type of loads are considered indeterminate? pg 15 - answer LIVE
LOADS
The uniform LIVE LOAD column refers to what load? pg 15 - answer Loads
that are distributed over the entire area
The CONCENTRATED LOAD refers to what? pg 15 - answer Applies to specific
large objects
What type of loads are delivered in a short period of time? pg 19 - answer
IMPACT LOADS
Edition fully solved &
updated (latest version ,
graded A+)
What is the best way to collect information about the buildings in which you
fight fires? pg 2 - answer Through Preplanning
What is a critical factor for all fire departments? pg 3 - answer Clear
communication
What is of essence when it is time to get out of a building? pg 4 - answer
Speed
What types of things are included in a preplan? Pg 4 - answer Diagrams of
the building
Location of stairs and utilities
Hazard contents
Fire Hydrant locations
Fire protection systems
What involves the studying of the prefer plan information that has been
gathered to identify specific construction issues/concerns and interactions?
Pg 5 - answer Prefire analysis
What does a prefire analysis allow us to do? pg 5 - answer Anticipate
problems
What is an inspection essentially? pg 5 - answer A policing function
,What should fire officers include in their initial radio report when it comes to
a buildings characteristics? pg 8 - answer Smoke conditions
Fire conditions
Location of the fire
Type of Building Construction
What is constantly under attack of a building constantly during a fire? pg 8 -
answer The Gravity Resistance
What will help ensure the safety of every fire fighter on the scene of a fire?
pg 8 - answer Understanding building construction
Preplanning is an important fire department function that will enable
firefighters too? pg 9 - answer Minimize surprises on the fireground by
learning about potential problems ahead of time.
What goes a step beyond the basic preplanning? pg 9 - answer Pre-fire
Analysis
What does pre-fire analysis consist of? pg 9 - answer Identifying specific
construction issues/concerns and interactions
What is a study of information that has been gathered as part of a pre-fire
plan? pg 9 - answer Pre-fire Analysis
Pre-fire planning is a document that is developed and used by responding
personnel for? pg 9 - answer Gathering general and detailed data to
determine the resources and actions necessary to mitigate anticipated
emergencies at a specific facility
What is the eternal enemy of every building? pg 13 - answer Gravity
,All of the STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS and the connections that support and
transfer the loads in a building are? pg 13 - answer The Gravity Resistance
System in a building
In a building, what works to destroy the gravity resistance of the structure?
pg 13 - answer A Load
Another name for an external force that acts on a structure is called? pg 13 -
answer A Load
The internal forces that resist the load are called? pg 13 - answer STRESS
AND STRAIN
What are the four ( 4 ) different types of forces that can be applied to a
structural member? pg 13 - answer a. COMPRESSION
b. TENSION
c. TORSION
d. SHEAR
What type of force is a compressive force? pg 13 - answer A force that
squeezes a structural member
What type of force stretches a member such as a steel cable that supports a
suspended walkway? pg 13 - answer TENSILE FORCE
A twisting force that is created by turning is? pg 13 - answer TORSIONAL
FORCE
The measurable turning force applied to a structural member is called? pg 13
- answer TORQUE
, When opposing forces pull the member of a building in opposite directions is
called? pg 13 - answer SHEAR FORCE
Shear force is often the result of what? pg 13 - answer WIND LOADS
What 3 forces do suspension bridges anticipate when being design? pg 14 -
answer a. COMPRESSION
b. TORSION
c. TENSION
What term describes the weight of the building itself and any equipment
permanently attached to it or built in? pg 14 - answer DEAD LOAD
What are any loads other than DEAD LOADS? pg 15 - answer LIVE LOADS
What type of loads can be accurately calculated? pg 15 - answer DEAD
LOADS
What type of loads are considered indeterminate? pg 15 - answer LIVE
LOADS
The uniform LIVE LOAD column refers to what load? pg 15 - answer Loads
that are distributed over the entire area
The CONCENTRATED LOAD refers to what? pg 15 - answer Applies to specific
large objects
What type of loads are delivered in a short period of time? pg 19 - answer
IMPACT LOADS
