Building Technology MCQ Collection

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
Selected Questions
1995-1996, 2004
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18 Multiple Choice Questions
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1. A brand name for aluminum
cladding is:
a) ALMOND
b) ALCOLIC
c) ALPOLIC
d) none of the above
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2. Type of water pipe which can
be fused together by heat:
a) POLYPROPELENE
b) POLYETHELENE
c) POLYVINYL
d) POLYCARBONATE

3. TTC is an acronym for a
cabinet for:
a) transport
b) telephone
c) public address
d) INTERCOM

4. An external support built to
stabilize a structure by
opposing its outward thrusts:
a) column
b) brace
c) buttress
d) transverse arch

5. A subordinate vertical structure
terminating in a pyramid or
spire to add weight to a
buttress pier:
a) dome
b) gargoyle
c) dead weight
d) pinnacle

6. A vault having a circular cross
section that is larger at one end
than the other:
a) conical
b) barrel
c) rampant
d) anvular

7. Resembling glass, as in
transparency, hardness,
brittleness, luster, or having low
or no porosity:
a) polycarbonate
b) vitreous
c) homogenous
d) burnt

8. The property of light by which
colors of an object is classified
as heavy red, yellow, green, or
blue:
a) hue
b) chroma
c) value
d) color

9. One of the pair of opposing
colors on a color wheel
perceived as completing or
enhancing each other:
a) analogous
b) advancing
c) complementary
d) achromatic

10. A narrow deposit of sealant
applied to a building joint:
a) bead
b) bond
c) filler
d) substrate

11. A continuous separation
formed in concrete to form a
plane of weakness and thus
regulate amount of crashing.
a) control joint
b) contraction joint
c) expansion joint
d) isolation joint

12. The projection of a figure or
form from the flat background
on which it is formed:
a) bas
b) applique
c) emboss
d) relief

13. A steel rod serving as a king
post of a truss:
a) king rod
b) king bolt
c) truss rod
d) vertical rod

14. A pitch truss having vertical
members in tension and
diagonal web membranes in
compression:
a) pratt
b) howe
c) warrren
d) fink

15. A pitch truss having vertical
members in compression and
diagonal web membranes in
tension:
a) pratt
b) howe
c) warrren
d) fink

16. Name of metal tile section of
DN Steel:
a) Intramuros
b) Madrid
c) Stile
d) Spanish

17. Another name of BARREL clay
roof tile:
a) Pan tile
b) Tuscan tile
c) Mission tile
d) Spanish tile

18. Distance of purlins for metal
roof tile.
a) 1000 mm
b) 300 mm
c) 100 mm
d) 500 mm

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1. What landscape element is
also known as a “carpet”. It can
easily grow in weeks.
a) lawn
b) grass
c) sand dune
d) ridge

2. What is used to clean
efflorescence in bricks?
a) metal brush
b) muriatic acid
c) paint
d) hydrochloride

3. What do you call a window
attached to a roof?
a) lay light
b) day light
c) clerestory
d) dormer window

4. Name for a new type of marble
used in kitchen and bathroom
counters.
a) synthetic marble
b) granolithic marble
c) romblon
d) formica

5. Best kind of glass for mirrors,
windows, etc.
a) sheet
b) tempered
c) float
d) patterned

6. What kind of adhesive is used
in installing marble?
a) cement tile adhesive
b) grout
c) rubber cement
d) lime

7. A yellowish substance used in
paints, inks, etc.
a) lacquer
b) linseed oil
c) flaxseed
d) linoleic acid

8. Vertical, horizontal, diagonal
members used to support
formwork. Also allows workers
to pass through during
construction.
a) bolstering
b) shoring
c) scaffolding
d) frame

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Hybrid Beam – a fabricated metal
beam composed of flanges with a
1. It is a special plate girder material of a specified minimum
yield strength different from that of
consisting of tees, plates, the web plate
angles and multiple web:
or box beam; a hollow beam,
a) box girder usually rectangular in section;
if fabricated of steel, the sides
are steel plates welded
b) hybrid girder together, or they may be
riveted together by steel
c) T-flange girder angles at the corners
d) bridging a brace, or a system of braces,

placed between joists (or the
like) to stiffen them, to hold
them in place and to help
distribute the load

2. Longitudinal beams which rest
a piece of timber laid
on top chord, and preferably at horizontally on the principal
rafters of a roof to support the
the joints of the truss: common rafters on which the
roof covering is laid
a) purlins
any rafter that is shorter than
b) jack rafter the usual length of the rafters
used in the same building; esp.
occurs in hip roofs
c) rafters
one of a series of inclined
d) girders structural members from the
ridge of the roof down to the
eaves, providing support for
the covering of a roof
a large or principal beam of
steel, reinforced concrete or
timber; used to support
concentrated loads at isolated
points along its length

3. It is the general term applied
for all forces which act upon a
structure and anything else
which causes stresses or
deformation within a structure,
or part thereof:
forces, or systems of forces
a) loads carried by a structure or a part
of a structure
b) none of the listed
c) reactions
d) unit weights

4. These members are inclined
joists used to support sloping in wood frame construction,
horizontal boards or timbers
roofs: connecting and terminating
posts, joists, rafters, etc.
a) plates a piece of timber laid
horizontally on the principal
b) purlins rafters of a roof to support the
common rafters on which the
c) rafters one of a series of inclined
structural members from the
d) planks ridge of the roof down to the
the covering of a roof
long, wide, square-sawn thick
piece of timber; specifications
vary but often the minimum
width is 8” (20 cm) and
thickness of 2” – 4” (5 to 10
cm) for softwood and 1” (2.5
cm) for hardwood

5. A three dimensional structural
system without the bearing
walls, composed of
interconnected members
laterally supported so as to
function as a complete self-
contained unit with or without
any three dimensional
the aids of horizontal structural framework (e.g., the
rigid frame of a multi-storey
diaphragms or floor-bracing building) as contrasted with a
plain frame all of whose
system: elements lie on the same
plane
a) box system
the frame of a building in which
b) space frame the resistance to lateral forces
or to frame instability is
c) freeform provided by diagonal bracing,
K-bracing or other type of
bracing
d) braced frame
6. Concrete slab should have a
minimum clearance of:
a) 20 mm b) 40 mm
c) 15 mm d) 30 mm

7. It is designed to resist lateral
forces parallel to the plane of a wall capable of supporting
the wall: an imposed load; also called a
structural wall or loadbearing
wall
a) bearing wall
in a tall building of steel-frame
b) curtain wall construction, an exterior wall
that is non-loadbearing, having
no structural function
c) grade wall
d) shear wall not defined
a wall which in its own plane

carries shear, resulting from
forces such as wind, blast or
earthquake

8. What is the appropriate
or buttercup yellow, zinc
painting material type for wood yellow; a bright yellow stable
pigment used in paints, esp. in
surfaces? metal primers as a rust-
inhibiting pigment
a) zinc chromate uses an alkyd resin as the
vehicle for the pigment; an alkyd
b) alkyd resin is of a group of
thermoplastic synthetic resins
used in bonding materials, in
c) latex adhesives, and in paints and
varnishes
d) polyurethane an emulsion of finely dispersed
particles of natural or synthetic
rubber or plastic materials in
water
an exceptionally hard and

wear-resistant paint or varnish
made by the reaction of
polyols with a multifunctional
isocyanate

aluminum powder – small flakes of
aluminum metal obtained by
stamping or ball milling foil in the
9. Commercially made corrugated presence of a fatty lubricant, such
as stearic acid, which causes the
G.I. sheets, of gauge 26, flakes to orient in a pattern to give
high brilliance; usually supplied in
paste form wetted with mineral
having standard corrugation spirits
are coated o both sides with: bonding together two or more layers
of materials, e.g., plywood, laminated
wood, etc.
a) aluminum coating
liquid solutions of pigment in a
b) laminations suitable vehicle of oil, organic solvent
or water; liquid when applied but dries
to form an adherent, protective and
c) paints decorative coating; often categorized
according to the solvent used for
thinning, e.g., water-thinned paint or
d) pure virgin spelter solvent-thinned paint
same as zinc; a hard bluish white

metal, brittle at normal temperatures,
very malleable and ductile when
heated; not subject to corrosion;
used for galvanizing sheet steel and
iron, in various metal alloys, and as
an oxide for white paint pigment

10. Wood flooring finishing
material:
a) T & G wood planks
b) V-cut wood planks
c) gypsum board
d) ply board panel

11. What hardware/material is
needed to fasten an asphalt
strip roof shingle on wooded common wire nail or common nail; a
cut or wire low carbon steel nail,
sheets/planks? having a slender plain shank and a
medium diamond point; used in
work where finish is unimportant, as
a) CW nail in framing
b) staple wire material used for fastening building

paper, asphalt-prepared roofing, and
the like
c) tekscrew
roofing screw to fasten corrugated
d) fin nail metal roof to purlins
finishing nail; a slender nail made

from finer wire than the common
nail; has a brad-type head which
permits it to be set below the suface
of the wood, leaving only a small
hole which can be putted easily;
used in finishing work

12. The time required for the
removal of formworks of a
concrete footing:
a) 24 hours
b) 36 hours
c) 48 hours
d) 12 hours

13. Identify in illustration CMU-2,
which figure is a lintel block?
a) figure 4
b) figure 2
c) figure 1
d) figure 3

14. Identify in illustration WJ-1,
which figure is a dado wood
joint?
a) figure 1
b) figure 4
c) figure 3
d) figure 2

15. Wall partition wooden framing
one of a series of parallel
is called: beams of timber, reinforced
concrete or steel used to
support floor and ceiling loads
a) joist and supported in turn by large
beams, girders or bearing walls
b) jambs
the vertical members at each
c) studs side of an opening such as a
doorframe, window frame or
fireplace
d) nailers
an upright post or support, esp.
one of a series of vertical
structural members which act
as the supporting elements in a
wall or partition
or nailing strip; a wood strip,

attached to a surface; used as
a base for nailing or fastening
another material

16. How many corrugation is
required as the minimum side
lap of an ordinary standard G.I
sheet roofing?
a) 1 ½ b) 2 ½
c) 2 d) 1

17. Identify in illustration T-4, which
letter in the target is a valley
jack rafter?
a) target B
b) target D
c) target C
d) target A

uses an alkyd resin as the
vehicle for the pigment; an alkyd
resin is of a group of
thermoplastic synthetic resins
used in bonding materials, in
18. What is the appropriate paint adhesives, and in paints and
varnishes
material for G.I sheet roofing?
a type of latex paint made of
acrylic resins; also called acrylic
a) alkyd type latex paint. Acrylic resin is one
of a group of thermoplastic
b) acrylic latex type resins made from esthers of
acrylic acid; exceptionally tough,
stable, resistant to chemicals,
c) lacquer type and transparent; used as a
binder, in sheet form, as air-
d) urethane curing adhesive, and as the main
ingredient in some caulks and
sealants.
any glossy enamel which dries

quickly by evaporation of the
volatile solvents and diluents
polyurethane - an exceptionally
hard and wear-resistant paint or
varnish made by the reaction of
polyols with a multifunctional
isocyanate

19. Identify in illustration CMU-3,
which figure is a Flemish
brickwork?
a) Figure 3
b) Figure 4
c) Figure 1
d) Figure 2

which figure is a rabbet wood
joint?
a) Figure 1
b) Figure 2
c) Figure 3
d) Figure 4

a type of latex paint made of
acrylic resins; also called acrylic
latex paint. Acrylic resin is one
21. The paint finishing material of of a group of thermoplastic
resins made from esthers of
long-span pre-painted roofing acrylic acid; exceptionally tough,
stable, resistant to chemicals,
sheet is: and transparent; used as a
binder, in sheet form, as air-
a) acrylic paint curing adhesive, and as the main
ingredient in some caulks and
sealants.
b) duco paint
c) polyester paint
polyester resin – one of a group
d) automotive paint of synthetic resins which
undergo polymerization during
curing; advantageous because
high pressure is not required for
curing; has excellent adhesive
properties, high strength, good
chemical resistance; especially
used in laminating and
impregnating materials

small blisters, bubbles or
bulges in a plaster finish coat;
results from applying a finish
22. A common paint film defect coat over too damp a base coat,
or from troweling on plaster too
where progressive powdering soon; also called turtleback
from the surface inward
a defect in a paint film or
occurs. It is called: plaster finish which causes the
film or finish to lose its
adhesion to the substrate, so
a) blistering that it can be removed in strips
b) peeling an upright post or support, esp.
one of a series of vertical
structural members which act
c) chalking as the supporting elements in a
wall or partition
d) alligatoring
the splitting of a film of paint in
a pattern resembling an alligator
skin, caused by shrinkage of a
coat of paint applied over a
semi-plastic or thermoplastic
undercoat; also called
crocodiling

which figure is a blind and
stub-mortise and tenon joint?
a) Figure 4
b) Figure 3
c) Figure 2
d) Figure 1

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1. In column, the ratio of its
of a body around an axis, the
effective length to its least radius sum of the products obtained
by multiplying each element of
of gyration is called: mass by the square of its
distance from the axis
a) Moment of Inertia
the minimum length of straight
b) Development length reinforcing bar which is
required to anchor it in
concrete
c) Slenderness ratio
d) Ratio and proportion
of a column, the ratio of its
effective length to its least
radius of gyration

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2. A joint where two successive
placement of concrete meet is not defined
called:
an expansion joint; a joint
between adjacent parts of a
a) Truss joint structure which permits
movement between them
b) Contraction joint resulting from contraction
c) Construction joint a joint where two successive

placements of concrete meet
d) Expansion joint a joint or gap between adjacent
parts of a building, structure or
concrete work which permits
their relative movement due to
temperature changes (or other
conditions) without rupture or
damage

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a wall, either freestanding or
laterally braced, that bears
3. A wall which supports vertical against an earth or other fill
surface and resists lateral and
loads in addition to its weight other forces from the material
in contact with the side of the
without the benefit of a wall, thereby preventing the
mass from sliding to a lower
complete vertical load carrying elevation
space frame is called: in a tall building of steel-frame
construction, an exterior wall
a) Retaining wall that is non-loadbearing, having
no structural function
b) Curtain wall
a wall which in its own plane
carries shear, resulting from
c) Shearing wall forces such as wind, blast or
earthquake
d) Bearing wall
a wall capable of supporting an
imposed load; also called a
structural wall or loadbearing
wall

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4. The point in the moment
diagram at which the curvature
reverses as it changes from
concave to convex is called:
of a body around an axis, the
a) Point of deflection sum of the products obtained
by multiplying each element of
mass by the square of its
b) Moment of Inertia distance from the axis
c) Point of Inflection the point on the length of a

structural member subjected to
flexure at which the direction of
d) Magnitude curvature changes and at which
the bending moment is zero

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5. A type of concrete floor which
has no beam is called: a concrete slab which is
reinforced in two or more
directions, usually without
a) Flat slab beams or girders to transfer
the loads to supporting
members
b) 2-way slab
a concrete floor slab in which
c) one-way slab the main reinforcement runs in
two directions
d) Ribbed floor a rectangular reinforced
concrete slab which spans a
distance very much greater in
one direction than the other;
under these conditions, most of
the load is carried on the shorter
span
a floor of ribbed slab or panel;
a reinforced concrete panel
composed of a thin slab
reinforced by a system of ribs

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6. One-way concrete slab are used
when:
a) The slab is being supported
by two parallel beams
b) The slab has no cantilevered
portion
c) The concrete slab is reinforced
on the near bottom side
d) The concrete slab is sloping to
all side

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7. The tendency for one part of
the beam to move vertically
a deformation (e.g., in a beam
with respect to an adjacent part or flexural member) in which
parallel planes slide relative to
is called: each other so as to remain
parallel
a) Shear
the property by which a force
b) Moment tends to cause a body, to which
it is applied, to rotate about a
point or line; equal in magnitude
c) Force to the product fo the force and
the perpendicular distance of the
point from the line of action of
d) Strength the force
mass * acceleration
of a material, the capability of

the material to resist physical
forces imposed on it

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8. Any material changes in shape
when subjected to the action of
the change of direction which
a force is called: a ray of light, sound or radiant
heat undergoes when it
a) Reflection strikes a surface
b) Deflection any displacement in a body

from its static position, or from
an established direction or
c) Deformation plane, as a result of forces
acting on the body
d) Acceleration
any change of form, shape or
dimensions produced in a body
by a stress or force, without
breach of the continuity of its
parts
the rate of change of the

velocity of a moving body

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Hooke’s law
a law stating that the
deformation of an elastic
9. The greatest stress to which a body is proportional to the
material is capable of force applied, provided the
stress does not exceed the
developing without a elastic limit of the material
permanent deformation in the design of structures, the

remaining upon the complete maximum unit stress
permitted under working loads
release of stress is called: by codes and specifications
a) Allowable stress of a body around an axis, the

sum of the products obtained
b) Moment of Inertia by multiplying each element of
distance from the axis
c) Bending Stress
d) Proportional limit the greatest stress which a
material is capable of
sustaining without any
deviation from Hooke’s law

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Hooke’s law
a law stating that the
10. The measure of the stiffness of deformation of an elastic
body is proportional to the
a material is called: force applied, provided the
stress does not exceed the
elastic limit of the material
a) Effective length
of a column, the distance
b) Proportional limit between inflection points of a
column when it bends
c) Stiffness ratio
the greatest stress which a
d) Ratio and proportion material is capable of
sustaining without any
deviation from Hooke’s Law
the ratio of the force applied to

a structure (or a structural
element) to the corresponding
displacement

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11. The deformation of a structural
of a material, the capability of
member as a result of loads the material to resist physical
forces imposed on it
acting on it is called:
a change in the form or shape
a) Strength of a body or material which is
subjected to an external force
b) Strain
the internal forces set up at a
c) Stress point in an elastic material by
the action of external forces;
expressed in units of force per
d) Deflection unit area, e.g., pounds per
square inch or kilograms per
square millimeter
any displacement in a body

from its static position, or from
an established direction or
plane, as a result of forces
acting on the body

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12. Timber should have nominal
Timber - a square sawn lumber
thickness measurement of: having: (USA) a minimum
dimension of 5”; (Brit. )
approximately equal cross
a) 4 inches dimensions greater than 4” by
4 ½” (101.6 mm by 114.3 mm)
b) 6 inches
c) 3 inches
d) 5 inches

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13. Level tool is a:
a) Tool use for guiding and
testing the work to a vertical
and horizontal position
b) A tool for checking height
elevation
c) Tool use to check the water
level
d) The tool designated the
different ranking of tool
usage

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14. Steel square is a:
a) A small try square
b) Tool for testing and for
framing work
c) A steel square for use of
signage
d) Tool of the steelman

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15. The vertical surface on the face
of a stair step is called:
a) Stair clip
b) Stairhead
c) Nosing
d) Riser

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16. Tin shear is a: Tin Shear – shear with a blunt
nose; used for cutting thin
a) Painter tool sheet metal
b) Masonry tool
c) Tinsmithry tool
d) Electrical tool

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17. Wood board should have a Wood Board – lumber less than
thickness specification of: 2” (5 cm) thick and between 4”
(10 cm) and 12” (30 cm) in width;
a board less than 4” (10 cm) wide
a) Not less than 2” thick x 5” may be classified as a strip
and up wide
b) Not less than 1” thick x 4”
and up wide
c) Not less than 2” thick x 4”
and up wide
d) Not less than 3” thick x 7”
and up wide

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18. Wood plank is a piece of Wood Plank – a long wide square
lumber that is: sawn thick piece of timber; the
specifications vary, but often the
minimum width is 8” (20 cm),
a) 2” to 5” thick and the minimum thickness is 2
to 4” (5 to 10 cm) for softwood
b) 6” to 8” thick and 1” (2.5 cm) for hardwood
c) 5” to 7” thick
d) 8” up thick

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19. A high-speed rotary shaping Router – a machine tool having a
rapidly revolving vertical spindle
hand power tool use to make and cutter; used for routing,
cutting mortises, etc. A chisel
smooth cutting and curving on having a curved point; used for
cleaning out grooves, mortises,
solid wood is called: etc.
Planer – a tool for smoothing
a) Surface planer wood surfaces; consists of a
smooth sole plate, from the
b) Dado plane underside of which projects
slightly the cutting edge of an
inclined blade; there is an
c) portable hand router aperture in front of the blade for
the shavings to escape
d) Lathe machine Lathe – a machine for shaping
circular pieces of wood, metal,
etc., by rotating the material
about a horizontal axis while a
stationary tool cuts away the
excess material

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20. The major horizontal one of a series of inclined
structural members from the
supporting member of the floor ridge of the roof down to the
system is called: the covering of a roof
a large or principal beam of

a) Rafter steel, reinforced concrete or
timber; used to support
b) Girder concentrated loads at isolated
points along its length
c) Purlin a piece of timber laid
d) Girt rafters of a roof to support the
a horizontal structural member

in the framing of a timber-
framed house supporting the
ends of the ceiling joists and
acting as the main horizontal
support for the floor above

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the hard cross-grained mass of
wood formed in a trunk at the
place where a branch joins the
21. Wood defects are heart shake, trunk
cup shake, star shake and:
any change in color from the
original color or the desired
a) Knots color
b) Discoloration same as disintegration; the

deterioration into small
c) Deterioration fragments or particles
d) Rotten decomposition in wood by

fungi and other
microorganism; reduces in
strength, density and hardness
brown rot – is a fungus that

destroys wood cellulose, leaving
a brown powdery residue behind
white rot – is a type of decay in
wood caused by a fungus that
leaves a white residue

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22. Dressed lumber is referred to:
a) Covered with plastic for
shipment
b) Lumber of exact
measurement
c) Smoothed or planed lumber
d) Lumber used for fine
carpentry works

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23. The other kind of handsaw
other than rip-cut saw is:
a) Diagonal cut saw
b) Cross-cut
c) Circular saw
d) Coping saw

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1. Walls that support weight from
above as well as their own
dead weight.
a wall capable of supporting an
imposed load in addition to its
a) Load-bearing walls own weight
b) Dead load the weight of a structure itself,
including the weight of fixtures
c) Shoring walls or equipment permanently
attached to it
d) None of these
shore – a piece of timber to
support a wall, usually set
in a diagonal or oblique
position, to hold the wall in
place temporarily
shoring – a number of
shores acting collectively

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2. It refers to the occupancy load
which is either partially or fully
in place or may not be present
the moving or movable external
at all is called: load on a structure; includes the
weight of furnishings of a
a) Live load building, of the people, of
equipment, etc. but does not
b) Dead load include wind load
c) Concentrated load the weight of a structure itself,

including the weight of fixtures
d) Distributed load or equipment permanently
attached to it
a load acting on a very small

area of a structure
a load which acts evenly over a

structural member or over a
surface that supports the load

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3. The distance between inflection (1) the minimum length of
point in the column when it straight reinforcing bar or
reinforcing rod which is
breaks is called: required to anchor it in
concrete
(2) the length of embedded
a) Development length reinforcement required to
develop the design strength at
a critical section
b) Cross-sectional area
c) Effective length area of the section of any solid
object
d) Equivalent distance of a column, the distance
between inflection points in the
column when it bends
not defined

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4. The amount of space measured
in cubic units:
a) None of these
1-D: sum length of all sides of an
b) Perimeter enclosed shape
c) Volume 3-D: width x length x breadth
d) Area 2-D: width x length

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5. A bended rod to resist shear and
diagonal stresses in a concrete
beam is called:
a) Bottom bar a reinforcing device to resist
shear and diagonal tension
b) Stirrups stresses in a beam
c) Metal plate
d) temperature bar or temperature steel; steel
reinforcement which is placed in
a concrete slab, or the like, to
minimize the possibility of
developing cracks as a result of
temperature changes

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6. Ratio of unit stress to unit strain:
a) Ratio and proportion of a body around an axis, the
sum of the products obtained by
b) Moment of Inertia multiplying each element of
c) Modulus of elasticity distance from the axis
in an elastic material which has

d) Slenderness ratio been subject to strain below its
elastic limit, the ratio of the unit
stress to the corresponding
unit strain
of a column, the ratio of its

effective length to its least
radius of gyration

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7. An expansion joint’s adjacent
parts of a structure to permit
expected movements between
them is called: an expansion joint; a joint
between adjacent parts of a
a) Contraction joint structure which permits
movement between them
resulting from contraction
b) Truss joint
c) Construction joint a joint where two successive
placements of concrete meet; a
separation provided in a
d) Conduction joint building which allows its
component parts to move with
respect to each other

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8. To find the volume of water in a
cylinder tank, multiply the area
of its base by its:
a) Diameter
b) Radius
c) Height
d) None of these

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9. The most important component
to determine the strength of
concrete mix is:
a) Cement
b) Sand
c) Gravel
d) Lime

10. The ultimate strength of the
material divided by the
allowable working load.
a) Maximum strength
b) Strength limit or factor of safety; the ratio of
the ultimate breaking strength of
c) Safety factor a member or piece of material or
equipment to the actual working
stress or safe load when in use
d) None of these

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11. The stress per unit area of the
original cross section of a
material which resist its in the design of structures, the
maximum unit stress permitted
elongation is: under working loads by codes
and specifications
a) Allowable stress
the stress per square unit area
of the original cross section of
b) Tensile stress a material which resists its
elongation
c) Flexural stress
the stress that can cause the
d) Bending stress bending of a member, as under
a load

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12. The force adhesion per unit axial load, axial force; the
resultant longitudinal internal
area of contact between two component of force which acts
perpendicular to the cross
bonded surface is: section of a structural member
and at its centroid, producing
a) Axial stress uniform stress
b) Bond stress the force of adhesion per unit

area of contact between two
c) Allowable stress bonded surfaces, such as
between concrete and a steel
reinforcing bar
d) Flexural Stress
in the design of structures, the
maximum unit stress permitted
under working loads by codes
and specifications
the stress that can cause the

bending of a member, as under
a load

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13. Jack rafter is used for:
a) Hip roof support
b) Cantilevered truss
c) Long span beam
d) None of these

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14. Another term for plaster board
is: or coreboard, Brit. battenboard;
a wood-base panel used in
plywood or laminated ocre
a) Block board constructions; the core to which
faces are glued
b) Concreting board
c) Form board or form liner, form lumber; a
board or a sheet of wood used in
formwork
d) Gypsum board
or gypsum lath, board lath,
gypsum plasterboard, rock
lath; a base for plaster; a sheet
having a gypsum core, faced
with paper, which provides a
good bond for plaster

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15. The total of all tread widths on
a stair is called:
a) Total riser
b) Total run
c) Winder
d) None of these

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16. The face or front elevation of a
building.
the exterior face of a building
which is the architectural front,
a) Façade sometimes distinguished from
the other faces by elaboration of
b) Front view architectural or ornamental
details
c) Faceplate
any protective plate, such as an
d) Front approach escutcheon or the plate over a
mortised lock

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17. Prefabrication refers to:
a) Design of a factory
b) Pre-construction of
components as a part of the
whole
c) A system of material audit
Preliminary building
procedure

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18. An opening in the roof for
admitting light is called:
a) Natural lighting
b) Oculus lighting oculus – an opening at the
crown of a dome
c) None of these
in a roof, an opening which is
d) Skylight glazed with a transparent or
translucent material; used to
admit diffused light to the space
below. Compare with dome light.
Also see, hip skylight, lantern
skylight, monitor skylight,
pitched skylight, saw-tooth
skylight

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a straight grained wood of
intermediate density, pinkish to
19. Wood coming from trees with red-brown in color; found
principally in the West Indies and
needle leaves, rather than Central and South America.
Used primarily for interior
broad leaves are called: cabinet work and decorative
panelling
a) Ironwood
b) Mahogany
wood from the evergreens;
c) Softwood usually relatively soft and easy
to cut and work, although some
woods so classified in the USA
d) Hardwood are harder than others classified
as hardwood
a tree belonging to the angio-

sperms; usually broad leaved
and deciduous, such as cherry,
mahogany, maple, oak, etc.

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20. A kind of brick used for high
temperature.
a) Fly-ash brick brick made of refractory ceramic
material which will resist high
b) Thermal brick temperatures; used to line
furnaces, fireplaces and
chimneys; usually contains a
c) Fire brick high percentage of silica
d) Cinder block
Brit. clinker block; a light-weight
masonry unit made of cinder
concrete; widely used for interior
partitions

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21. The building frame construction
system that uses one piece a system of framing a wooden
building; all vertical structural
structural stud from the elements of the exterior bearing
walls and partitions consist of
foundation to the roof. single studs which extend the
full height of the frame, from the
a) Balloon Framing top of the sole plate to the roof
plate; all floor joists are fastened
by nails to studs
b) Lath Framing
c) Wall Framing
d) Upright Framing

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22. A nailer strip incorporated in
rough concrete wall to be
plastered to act as guide and
a wood strip, metal bead or
support for finish trim around screed attached around a door,
window, etc. as a guide for
openings and near the base of plastering to a given thickness;
also serves as a fastener for trim
the wall.
a) None of these
b) Plaster ground
c) Gravel stop
gravel strip, slag strip; a flange,
d) Trimming guard usually of a metal strip, used to
prevent gravel or loose surfacing
from washing off a roof; may
also provide a finished edge for
built-up roofing

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23. The acceptable variance of
dimensions from the approved
standard size is called:
a) Max. allowable difference
b) Verified sizes
the permissible deviation in a
c) Tolerance specified size or dimension
d) None of these

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(1) within a structure, a regularly
repeated spatial element defined
by beams or ribs and their
supports
24. The distance between two (2) in plastering, the distance
structural support: between screeds employed for
working the floating of plaster
a) Overall distance screed – firmly established
grade strips or side forms for
b) Bay unformed concrete which will
guide the strikeoff in
c) Span producing the desired plane or
shape; also the tool to strike
off the concrete surface
d) None of these
the distance apart of any two
consecutive supports, especially
as applied to the opening of an
arch. A structural member (or
part of a member) between two
supports.

cdep
25 The scientific name for wood is:
a) CITEM
b) XYLEM
c) APTG
d) TANG

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a roof having a single
slope on each side of a
central ridge; usually
with a gable at one or at
both ends of the roof
26. A kind of roof that has four
sloping sides.
a roof having a double
slope on all four sides,
a) Gable roof the lower slope being
much steeper
b) Mansard roof
c) Hip roof or hipped roof; a roof
comprising adjacent
flat surfaces that slope
d) Lean-to upward from all sides
of the perimeter of the
building, requiring a
hip rafter along each
intersection of the
inclined surfaces
a small extension to a
building with a roof
(having but one slope)
whose supports lean
against the building

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irregularly broken and random-
sized large pieces of quarry
rock; individual stones ranging
from very large (2 to 3 cu yd,
approx. 1.5 to 2.3 cu m) to small
27. Stone placed on a slope to (1/2 cu ft, approx. 0.014 cu m);
used for foundations and
prevent erosion: revetments
a) Riprap a flat stone, usually 1 to 4 in

(2.5 to 10 cm) thick, used as a
stepping-stone or for terrace or
b) Flag stone outdoor paving; usually either
naturally thin or split from rock
c) Embankment that cleaves readily
d) Border stone
a raised structure of earth, rocks

or gravel, usually intended to
retain water or carry a roadway
same as curbstone; a stone

forming a curb or part of a curb

cdep
28. Hammer is:
a) Striking tool
b) Holding tool
c) Measuring tool
d) Cutting tool

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29. A trough used for carrying
runoff water:
also eaves gutter, eaves trough,
a) Gutter roof gutter; a shallow channel
of metal or wood set
immediately below and along
b) None of these the eaves of a building to catch
and carry off rainwater from the
roof
c) Meat
d) Valley duct

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30. The process of removing
concrete forms from the cured
concrete.
a) Stripping
the cutting down of bushes and
b) Clearing trees and the digging and
removal of their roots and
c) None of these stumps
d) Deforming works

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31. A structural member spanning
one of a series of parallel beams
from truss-to-truss or of timber, reinforced concrete or
steel used to support floor loads
supporting rafters: and supported in turn by larger
beams or girders
a) Floor joist a piece of timber laid
b) Purlin rafters of a roof to support the
c) Girts
a horizontal structural member in
d) Girder the framing of early timber-framed
houses, typically supporting the
ends of the ceiling joists and
acting as the main horizontal
support for the floor above
a large or principal beam of steel,
reinforced concrete or timber;
used to support concentrated
loads at isolated points along its
length

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32. A threaded steel bent inserted
in masonry construction for
securing wood or metal plates
to concrete construction.
a) Anchor bolt a rod bent in the shape of the
letter U with threads for nuts on
the ends
b) U-bolt
c) Gusset plate a plate, usually triangular in
shape, used to connect two or
more members or to add
d) Strut strength to a framework
a brace or any piece of a frame

which resists thrusts in the
direction of its own length; may
be upright, diagonal or
horizontal

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33. A horizontal piece of wood,
stone, steel or concrete across
the top of door or window
opening to bear the weight of
the walls above opening.
a horizontal structural member
a) None of these (such as a beam) over an
opening which carries the weight
of the wall above it; usually of
b) Lintel steel, stone or wood
c) Transom beam or transom bar; an intermediate

horizontal member which
separates a door from a window,
d) Transverse rafter panel or louver above
not defined

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34. The placing of glass in
windows and doors:
a) None of these
setting glass in an opening
b) Glazing
applying putty to fill holes and
c) Puttying cracks in wood prior to painting
or to secure and seal panes of
glass in window frames
d) Glassing
not defined

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35. Another word for handrail on a
stair construction:
a) Balustrade
b) Banister
c) Hand guard
d) Stringer an entire railing system (as along
the edge of a balcony) including
a top rail and its balusters, and
sometimes a bottom rail
a handrail for a staircase
a long, heavy horizontal timber

which connects the posts in a
frame which supports a floor

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36. A joint produced by lapping two
pieces of materials:
a) Sandwiched joint
b) Butt joint
c) Dado joint or housed joint; a joint between
two wood members, usually at
d) Lap joint right angles; the full thickness of
the edge or end of one member
is inserted in a corresponding
housing in the other
a joint in which one board, plank,

metal plate, etc., overlaps the
edge of another piece; the
overlapping part of each member
may be cut away to half
thickness, resulting in flush
surfaces

cdep
37. Green lumber.
green lumber – lumber which
a) Womanized lumber has not been dried or seasoned
b) Creasate treated lumber

c) Tanalized lumber
d) Lumber that still contains
moisture or sap

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38. The internal angle formed by
the two roof slopes of a roof is
called: a channel or groove, as a hollow
between the fillets of the volutes
a) Canal of an Ionic capital
b) Gutter a shallow channel of metal or

wood set immediately below and
along the eaves of a building to
c) Valley catch and carry off rainwater
form the roof
d) Ridge cap
or ridge capping, ridge
covering; any covering (such as
metal, wood, shingle, etc.) used
to cover the ridge of a roof

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39. A vertical board attached on
the ends of rafters. It is a part
of the cornice.
or eaves fascia, fascia board; a
a) Fascia board that is nailed vertically at
the ends of roof rafters;
sometimes supports a gutter
b) Decorative board
c) Face over
d) Construction board

cdep
40. A large heavy nail is referred to
as:
a) Spike specially formed connectors
used to fasten together timbers,
b) Anchorage hardware masonry, trusses, etc.
c) None of these or simply dowel; a cylindrical

wood or metal rod used to
secure two pieces of wood,
d) Dowel rod stone, concrete, etc., by
inserting it in a hole through the
two members

cdep
41. Lumber specification S4S
means:
a) Smooth for surfacing jobs
b) square on four side
c) First class lumber
d) Smooth on four sides

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42. The term used to indicate top
and lower principal member of
a roof or bridge truss.
one of a series of inclined
a) Rafter structural members from the
ridge of the roof down to the
eaves, providing support for the
b) Chord covering of a roof
c) Beam a structural member whose

prime function is to carry
d) Tie transverse loads, as a joist,
girder, rafter or purlin
any unit of material which

connects two parts, as masonry
to masonry

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43. Strips of hardwood, usually 2” x
2” laid over a concrete slab
floor:
not defined
a) Sleepers (1) or wood block; a solid piece
of wood placed in a concrete
b) Leveling blocks formwork to prevent movement
of the formwork or to fill a space
c) Wood anchor blocks (2) or anchor block a block of
wood, replacing a brick in a wall
to provide a nailing or fastening
d) Wood saddle surface
any hollow-backed wooden

structure suggesting a saddle,
as a ridge connected to two
higher elevations

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44. A wall that holds back on earth
embankment: not defined
a) Shoring wall
b) Retaining wall
a wall, either freestanding or laterally
braced, that bears against an earth or
c) Buttress wall other fill surface and resists lateral
and other forces from the material in
contact with the side of the wall,
d) Foundation wall thereby preventing the mass from
sliding over to a lower elevation
not defined
that part of the foundation for

building which forms the permanent
retaining wall of the structure below
grade

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45. In structural steel section joints,
it is recommended NOT to use:
a) Rivets
b) Nuts and bolts
c) Oxy / acetylene welding
d) Electric arch welding

46. A wall that serves two dwelling
units, known also as party wall:
a) Common wall not defined
b) Property wall
or external wall, periphery wall;
c) Exterior wall a wall which is part of the
envelope of a building, thereby
d) Perimeter wall having one face exposed to the
weather or to earth
not defined

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47. Pertaining to a material
fine-grained, translucent variety
description that resembles of very pure gypsum, generally
white or delicately shaded
glass.
descriptive of that degree of
vitrification evidenced by low
a) Alabaster water absorption; generally
signifies less than 0.3%
b) Vitreous absorption
or fibrous glass, glass fiber;
c) Fiberglass filaments of glass, formed by
pulling or spinning molten glass
d) Cellulose into random lengths; either
gathered in a wool-like mass or
formed as continuous thread-
like filaments
a naturally occurring
polysaccharide made up solely
of glucose units and found in
most plants; the main
constituent of dried woods, jute,
flax, hemp, ramie, etc.

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48. To allow concrete to dry slowly
by keeping it moist to attain not defined
maximum strength. to increase the stability of a
solution or suspension, usually
a) Permentate by preventing precipitation; or of
a structure by employing any
structural means to improve
b) Stabilize stability
c) Tempering (1) mixing lime, sand and water

in such proportions as to make
d) Cure mortar for masonry or plastering
(2) bringing to a proper degree
of hardness and elasticity for
use, as steel or other metal by
heat treatment
to provide conditions conducive

to the hydration process of
stucco or portland cement

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49. The material used for the
any architectural member serving
process of making watertight as a cap, such as a coping
the roof intersection and other a color variation on the surface
exposed areas on the exterior of a brick, produced
intentionally or otherwise, due
of a building. to surface fusion or vitrification
of a film of different texture
a) Capping any flat horizontal member or
molding with little projection, as
b) Flashing the bands into which the
architraves of Ionic and
c) Fascia Corinthian entablatures are
divided
d) Gutter also eaves gutter, eaves trough,
roof gutter; a shallow channel of
metal or wood set immediately
below and along the eaves of a
building to catch and carry off
rainwater from the roof

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50. The zigzag rule is a:
a) A road builder too; for
measuring zigzag road
b) The law governing intricate
road network
c) An all-metal type measuring
tool
d) Carpenter measuring tool

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51. Keystone is:
a) A wedge-shaped stone of an
arch
b) A kind of grinding every
stone
c) A stone shaped like a key
d) A brand of vehicular tire

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52. Kalomen door is: this should be kalamein door
a) A fireproof door with metal

Kalamein door is a door of
covering composite construction usually
having a wood core and clad
b) An indoor decorative door with galvanized sheet metal,
sometimes with panels of
sheet rock or asbestos.
c) A door product of Kuala
Lumpur
d) None of these

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1. What is a material other than
water, aggregate, or hydraulic
cement, used as an ingredient
of concrete and added to
concrete before or during its
mixture to modify its
properties? used as a water repellent, as a
coloring agent, as a retarder or
a) Admixture accelerator
b) Steam an additive that increases

plasticity of a cement paste,
c) Plasticiser mortar or concrete mixture
d) Retarder an admixture which delays the

setting of cement paste or the
setting of mixtures such as
mortar or concrete containing
cement

2. Two M.S. plates are to be
welded by end butt joint by a
partial-penetration groove
weld. The thicknesses of the
plates are 16 mm. what is the
minimum effective throat
thickness of the weld?
a) 6.0 mm b) 9.0 mm
c) 7.5 mm d) 12.0 mm

3. What are piles at an inclination
to resist forces that are not
critical?
heavy, square timbers which
a) Guide piles are driven vertically downward
to guide steel sheet-piling
b) Batter piles
or brace piles, spur piles; piles
c) Slope piles driven at an inclination to the
vertical to provide resistance to
horizontal forces
d) Fender piles

4. Local species of wood
commonly used for wall
studding, cabinet framing, and
flush door framing, though
scarcely available in the market
now due to forestry ban. This
type of species is used due to
cheaper cost than the others
listed below:
a) Narra b) Molave
c) Mahogany d) Tanguile

5. A special coating system with a
high gloss shine while
maintaining the natural wood
qualities, maintenance free,
used to finish and topcoat
wood flooring:
a) Polyethylene floor coating
b) Tile floor coating
c) Epoxy floor coating
d) Polyurethane floor coating

6. A common and cheap masonry
finish wherein dry consistency
mortar mix is sprayed by
mechanical or pneumatic
means. The sprayed cement is
left to dry and give a rustic
finish.
a) Spraytex
b) Anay finish
c) Stucco finish
d) Sandblast

a window having a sash
7. A type of window where the (ventilator) which rotates about
fixed vertical or horizontal
ventilating sash rotates 90 pivots, located at or toward the
center, in contrast one hung on
degrees to 180 degrees about hinges along an edge
the header and sill or about the a window consisting of a number

of top hinged horizontal sashes
side jamb: one above the other, the bottom
edges of which swing outward;
operated by one control device
a) Combination
b) Pivoted a window consisting of a series
of overlapping horizontal glass
c) Awning louvers which pivot
simultaneously in a common
d) Jalousie frame and are actuated by one
or more operating devices so
that the bottom edge of each
louver swings toward the
exterior and the top edge swings
toward the interior during
opening

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