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Building Construction Flashcards

1
Q

A ____ is a wooden peg used to pin together mortise and tenon joints?

A

Trunnel

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2
Q

A ___ is built into a wall to receive the end of a girder?

A

Cast iron box

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3
Q

A joisted floor has one tremendous advantage over the truss floor system: Each joist acts as a ____?

A

Fire stop

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4
Q

A party wall is ____ than two separate walls?

A

Thinner

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5
Q

A space within a beam where there is neither tension nor compression is known as the ___?

A

Neutral plane

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6
Q

A type of collapse that leaves a single triangular void space is ___?

A

Lean-to-floor collapse

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7
Q

A ___ code applies to all structures and conditions within them, including existing hazards that were created even before the adoption of the code.

A

Fire

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8
Q

All loads of a heavy timber building must be delivered to the ___?

A

Ground

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9
Q

All the following are major areas of concern in ordinary construction buildings except___?

A

The non-bearing wood walls as a barrier to fire

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10
Q

Although still a possibility, “cold water on red hot iron” may not be the chief cause of cast-iron column failure. What do the authors believe is the main cause of failure?

A

Unsafe connections

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11
Q

At about ___ degrees F, steel will begin to elongate.

A

1000 F

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12
Q

Building codes regular the size and height of structures, based on the construction classification and the ___?

A

Occupancy type

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13
Q

Cold-drawn still will fail at what temperature?

A

800 F

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14
Q

Concrete is mixture of Portland cement, water, and _____?

A

Aggregates

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15
Q

Concrete is inherently?

A

Non-combustivle

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16
Q

Concrete is test in _____ because it virtually has no tensile strength.

A

Compression

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17
Q

Concrete is weak in ____ strength and has poor shear resistance?

A

Tensile

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18
Q

Draftstopping consists of plywood, sheet metal, or other approved material and is installed to protect against ____ fire spread.

A

Horizontal

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19
Q

Firefighters are reduced to just reacting to a fire rather than being prepared for its many potential hazards I they do not do what?

A

Conduct pre-fire plans

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20
Q

Fire stops typically limit the ___ movement of fire through small, concealed passages.

A

Vertical

21
Q

Heavy timber construction is a descendent of true ____ construction?

A

Mill

22
Q

In a cantilever beam, the tension is in the ___ of the beam?

A

Top

23
Q

In the typical downtown ordinary construction buildings, the side walls are the _____ walls, whereas the the front and back walls are ____?

A

bearing, non-bearing

24
Q

It is essential that you have a working knowledge of how buildings are designed, constructed, ____, altered, and fall into disrepair.

A

Renovated

25
Q

What is the the max height of a non-combustible building?

A

12 stories

26
Q

Masonry walls are not designed to resist ____?

A

Lateral impact loads

27
Q

Masonry walls in ordinary construction may consist of all of the following_____?

A

concrete block or terra cotta tile

28
Q

What are the major problems with the modification procedures in heavy timber construction?

A

Void space creation, unsprinklered areas, and steel trusses and girders may be used instead of heavy timber.

29
Q

Reinforced concrete is a ____ material?

A

Composite

30
Q

Steel cable will have complete failure at ___degrees F?

A

800 F

31
Q

Steel heated to ____ degrees elongates 9 inches per 100 feet of length?

A

1000

32
Q

Steel pipes filled with concrete to increase their load-carrying caps its are known as?

A

Lally Columns

33
Q

Steel provides the ____ strength that concrete lacks?

A

Tensile

34
Q

The bottom chord of a truss is said to be in ____, while the top chord is under ____?

A

Tension,

Compression

35
Q

The destruction of the World Trade Center is best described as a ___?

A

Global Collapse

36
Q

What are some of the ways to stabilize a wall in ordinary construction?

A

Buttresses or masses of masonry outside the walls, pilasters or columns built inside the walls, wall columns built within the wall.

37
Q

What are two methods used for pre-stressing?

A

Pre-tensioning, post tensioning

38
Q

What construction method describes a building where all the concrete is properly bonded together and acts as one?

A

Monolithic construction

39
Q

What toxic gas is now believed to be as great a danger as carbon monoxide in fire situations?

A

Hydrogen Cyanide

40
Q

When a brick is lad so that the long side is visible, it is referred to as ___?

A

Stretcher course

41
Q

When a column is offset, the girder on which it rests becomes a ____ beam?

A

Transfer

42
Q

When exposed to fire, plywood will begin to ____?

A

Delaminate

43
Q

Which item would lessen the coder requirements for a given building?

A

Sprinkler System

44
Q

Which type of wall is of a non-load-bearing nature and can carry boo other height than its own?

A

Curtain wall

45
Q

Why would it be beneficial to separate pre-fire planing and the inspection function?

A

Because inspections are essentially a policing function

46
Q

____ are concrete pads, usually heavily reinforced, that transfer the loads of priers or columns to the ground?

A

Footings

47
Q

____ are false spaces above built-in cabinets, usually in a kitchen or in the undersides of stairways and projecting eaves

A

Soffits

48
Q

____ loads can be accurately calculated while ____ loads are indeterminate.

A

Dead,

live

49
Q

____ spell out what types of buildings can be built in specific locations in a city and what they can be used for?

A

Zoning Regulations.

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