CM 1112 Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

CM 1112 Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Flashings used in masonry cavity wall construction can be made of each of the
following materials except:




Select one:

a. copper sheet metal.

b. stainless steel sheet metal.

c. plastics.

d. ashlar.

e. elastomeric materials. Ans: Ashlar

In a CMU loadbearing wall, the weakest component is the:




Select one:

a. CMU

,b. mortar

c. concrete fill

d. a rebar Ans: Mortar

"Ordinary" construction:




Select one:

a. has walls built upon floors.

b. is very similar to balloon framing

c. is categorized as Type IV according to the IBC.

d. allows combustible exterior walls. Ans: Is very similar to balloon framing

The effect of posttensioning a concrete masonry wall is to put the wall in:




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, Select one:

a. horizontal compression

b. horizontal tension.

c. vertical compression.

d. vertical shear.

e. vertical tension. Ans: Vertical compression

The process of raking and cutting out defective mortar and replacing it with fresh
mortar is called:




Select one:

a. reglet installation

b. finger-jointing.

c. tuck pointing.


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