Chapter Seven Flashcards
Installing Interior Walls: Types, Materials, and Finishes
Michael is researching materials to use with gypsum wallboard to construct sound-controling walls in his building. Sound-controlling walls were identified as the solution for the tenant due to all of the following Characteristics except:
a. Isolates vibrations
b. isolates impacts
c. diverts sound transmission
d. hinders sound transmission.
C. Diverts sound transmission
all of the following are advantages of metal framing for constructin stud partitions except that it is:
a. easy to construct
b. pre engineered
c. noncombustible
d. inexpensive
D. inexpensive
Fire-resistant wallboard is a type of specialized gypsum board product known as:
Type X
Michelle will use ______ to replicate architectural shapes in her restoration project, which used to be produced by ornamental plasters.
Glass-fiber-reinforced gypsum
The element of paint tht provides its color is:
pigment
Correct _______ will produce a surface that will allow the paint to bond and is considered the most important phase of the painting process.
Preparation
Today’s zinc-rich primers act as _______; that is the zinc in the paint corrodes instead of the iron or steel surface onto which it is applied.
Sacrificial anodes
In 1991, the worst high-rise office building fire in the US originated with the ______ of linseed-oil-soaked rags left by workers refinishing wood paneling, causing damage to eight stories and costing several lives.
autoignition
Jim, a manager of an older building, should have paint chip samples tested to determine their______ and prevent health hazards related to lead-based paint, which is still present in some older buildings.
composition
________ come in type I and type II. They are durable and simple to maintain, due to the ease with which they can be cleaned and their resistance to wear
Vinyl wall coverings
