Chapter 3: Methods and Materials of Construction, Renovation, and Demolition

Question 1

Regulates the actual design and construction of new buildings

Answer 1

Building code

Question 2

Regulates the activities that take place in existing buildings

Answer 2

Fire code

Question 3

Passed in 1990, requires areas of refuge for disabled people

Answer 3

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Question 4

Occupational health and safety regulations are enforced by ____?

Answer 4

OSHA

Question 5

Three structural components of a building

Answer 5

Superstructure-building itself
Substructure- area below grade
Foundation- lowest below grade slab

Question 6

Wood characteristics

Answer 6

Board: <2 in thickness
Dimensional lumber: 2-4 in
Timber: >5 in

Question 7

OSB

Answer 7

Oriented Strand Board

Question 8

Three negatives of steel

Answer 8

conducts heat
elongates when heated
fails at about 1000 degrees

Question 9

Thermoplastics

Answer 9

can produce flaming dripping plastic

Question 10

Thermosets

Answer 10

Char and burn but do not flow

Question 11

Deflection

Answer 11

Bending that combines both compression and tension