Building Construction

Question 0

What are live loads?

Answer 0

Equipment, people, movement, and materials that are not permanently attached to a building.

Question 1

What are dead loads?

Answer 1

Weight of all materials and equipment that are permanently attached to a building.

Question 2

What is a concentrated load?

Answer 2

Load that is applied to a small area.

Question 3

What is a distributed load?

Answer 3

Load applied equally over a broad area.

Question 4

What is an impact load?

Answer 4

Load that is in motion when applied.

Question 5

What is a design load?

Answer 5

Load in which the engineer planned for in the structural design.

Question 6

What is an undesigned load?

Answer 6

Load that was not planned for. Could be caused by remodeling or change in occupancy.

Question 7

What is a fire load?

Answer 7

The amount of things able to burn in a building

Question 8

What is an axial load?

Answer 8

Load that is transmitted through the center of an element and runs perpendicular to the element.

Question 9

What is an eccentric load?

Answer 9

Applied perpendicular to an element. Not through the center.

Question 10

What is a torsion load?

Answer 10

Load that is applied offset to an element causing a twisting stress to the material.

Question 11

What are the four basic materials used in building construction?

Answer 11

Wood
Steel
Concrete
Masonry

Question 12

What is type 1 construction called?

Answer 12

Fire resistive

Question 13

What is the fire rating generally for type 1 fire resistive construction?

Answer 13

3-4 hours

Question 14

What type of buildings are made of type 1 construction?

Answer 14

Buildings where a high volume of people are expected to occupy it.
( high rise, sporting arenas)

Question 15

What is type two building construction called?

Answer 15

Non combustible

Question 16

Most type 2 construction buildings are made out of what?

Answer 16

Steel

Question 17

What is type 3 building construction called?

Answer 17

Ordinary construction

Question 18

What is type 4 construction called?

Answer 18

Heavy timber construction

Question 19

What is type 5 building construction called?

Answer 19

Wood frame construction

Question 20

What is the most common type of building construction?

Answer 20

Type 5 wood frame construction.

Question 21

What are the five basic occupancy classifications?

Answer 21

Residential
Commercial
Business
Industrial
Educational

Question 22

How far away is the collapse zone?

Answer 22

1 1/2 times the height of the building