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Question 1

What is the couple roof maximum span?

Answer 1

3.5m

Question 2

What is the span of a close couple roof?

Answer 2

5.5 m

Question 3

What is the span of a collar roof?

Answer 3

4.5m

Question 4

What is the span of a double roof?

Answer 4

7.5m

Question 5

what is the span of a traditional truss roof

Answer 5

8m

Question 6

Which part is provided to fix the top go pairs of rafters in the couple roof structure?

Answer 6

Ridge board

Question 7

Which roof is nailed with horizontal collars to the side of every 4th pair of rafters?

Answer 7

Purlin roof

Question 8

Which roof construction can provide adequate stability against racking and be used for achieving longer spans, creating open living spaces?

Answer 8

trussed roof construction

Question 9

Which roof window type below is the most common form of roof light that can be rotated 160°?

Answer 9

centre pivot

Question 10

Standard metric brick size in Australia

Answer 10

230 x 110 x 76mm

Question 11

Nominal size for blocks in Australia

Answer 11

400 x 200 x 200mm

Question 12

What is mortar?

Answer 12

A mix of water, sand and a matrix

Question 14

Rich mix

Answer 14

Higher proportion of matrix - 1:0:3 mix

Question 15

Weak mix

Answer 15

Low proportion of lime or cement to sand - 1:3:12 mix

Question 16

what is Jointing?

Answer 16

is the finish of the mortar joints between bricks or blocks

Question 17

How is jointing made?

Answer 17

Rubbing coarse sacking or a brush across the face of the brick - work to rub away mortar.

Question 18

what is Pointing?

Answer 18

Is the operation of filling mortar joints with a mortar selected for colour and texture to either brickwork or blackwork.

Question 19

Which size below is not the standard of fibre cement slates?
a. 400 x 200 mm

b. 500 x 250 mm

c. 600 x 300 mm

d. 300 x 150 mm

Answer 19

d. 300 x 150mm

Question 20

Which materials could be sufficiently malleable to be bent and folded without damage as standing seams covering low-pitched roofs?

Answer 20

Cooper ans aluminium

Question 21

What is the most practical, economic and usual place to fix insulation for a warm roof?

Answer 21

On top of the rafters

Question 22

Which material is not frequently used for the rainwater heads of the drainage to flat roofs?

Answer 22

Cast iron

Question 22

Roof ventilation opens on of a roof.

a. Opposite sides

b. The front side

c. Top

d. The back side

Answer 22

b. opposite sides

Question 23

Which one below is the maximum spacing size for studs evenly spaced in a wall frame member?

Answer 23

600mm

Question 24

Which one below is not a wall frame member?

a. Wall intersection

b. Common Stud

c. Sheet bracing

d. Beam

Answer 24

d. Beam

Question 25

Wall studs have a continuous row of noggings on flat or edge with _______ maximum centres.

Answer 25

1350mm

Question 26

Which material is not used for sheet bracing?

Answer 26

brick

Question 27

Which one below does not belong to wall frame members?

a. Lintels

b. Noggings

c. Studs

d. Rafters

Answer 27

d. Rafters

Question 28

What material is not suitable to be used as a single length of lintel?
Group of answer choices

Steel

Concrete

Brick

Timber

Answer 28

brick

Question 29

_________ is extensively used for agricultural buildings in towns and villages in those parts of the county where a local source of stone is readily available.

Flint walling

Polygonal walling

Rubble walling

All of the above

Answer 29

Rubble walling

Question 30

What is the depth of the toe in concrete boot lintels?

Answer 30

65mm

Question 31

Which one below is considered as the most commonly used DPC for both horizontal and vertical applications in domestic construction?

a. Lead

b. Polymer

c. Bitumen

d. Copper

Answer 31

b. Polymer

Question 32

The flints used for walling are up to ______ in length.

Answer 32

300mm

Question 33

What is the name of the central stone of an arch?

Answer 33

keystone

Question 34

What is the minimum height of the DPC placed above outside ground level?

Answer 34

150mm

Question 35

When strip foundations are used on sloping sites, it may be necessary to step the foundation. To do this, the full thickness of the upper foundation should be overlap.

300 mm

200 mm

400 mm

100 mm

Answer 35

300mm

Question 36

Narrow strip foundation is also known as…

Trench fill

Deep strip

Mass fill

All of the above

Answer 36

All of the above

Question 37

If the foundations are built on clay soils, it is necessary to take the foundation to a depth of as least _________ .

Answer 37

750mm

Question 38

When a foundation is used to support heavier loads of walls or columns, a common economical practice is to use _________.

Solid slab raft foundations

Combined foundations

Gabion pad foundations

Beam and slab foundations

Answer 38

Beam and slab foundations

Question 39

What is the minimum depth of the foundations if they are built on clay soils?

Answer 39

750mm

Question 40

‘Hardcore’ is the name given to the infill of materials such as crushed and graded bricks, stone or concrete, which are hard and do not readily absorb water or deteriorate. What is the standard thickness of a hardcore bed?

180-210 mm

100-130 mm

150-180 mm

200-230 mm

Answer 40

150-180 mm

Question 41

Which material cannot be used for DPM?

Recycled content membranes

Plastic

Hot pitch

Bitumen

Answer 41

Plastic

Question 42

Sound insulations is important when floors are constructed. Pugging is often used over plasterboard ceiling for timber floor construction. What is ‘pugging’?

Answer 42

Absorbent blanket of mineral fibre

Question 43

Which one of the following is not the standard size of concrete tiles?
300 x 300 x 25 mm

200 x 200 x 15 mm

150 x 150 x 16 mm

225 x 225 x 19 mm

Answer 43

200 x 200 x 15 mm

Question 44

What is the minimum depth of the beams in T-beam method?

Answer 44

250mm