FLOOR SYSTEM

Question 1

a principal beam extending from wall to wall of a building supporting the floor joists of floor beams

Answer 1

girder

Question 2

THAT PART OF THE SIDE OF A HOUSE THAT RESTS HORIZONTALLY UPON THE FOUNDATION.

Answer 2

SILL

Question 3

ARE THOSE PARTS OF THE FLOOR SYSTEM PLACED ON THE GIRDERS WHERE THE FLOOR BOARDS ARE FASTENED.

Answer 3

FLOOR JOISTS

Question 4

A HORIZONTAL TIMBER, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME OF AWOOD STRUCTURE WHICH REST ON THE FOUNDATION.

Answer 4

SILL PLATE

Question 5

A HORIZONTAL TIMBER WHICH SERVES AS A BASE FOR THE STUDS IN A STUD PARTITION.

Answer 5

SOLE PLATE

Question 6

A HORIZONTAL TIMBER AT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE STUDS IN ASTUD PARTITION.

Answer 6

TOP PLATE

Question 7

IN A BUILDING FRAME, A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT THAT IS SHORTER THAN USUAL, AS A STUD ABOVE AND BELOW OPENING.

Answer 7

CRIPPLE STUD

Question 8

A METAL SEAT, ATTACHED TO A GIRDER TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT A JOIST.

Answer 8

HANGER OR STIRRUP

Question 9

IS A STRUCTURAL MEMBER THAT SUPPORTS THE TRANSVERSE LOAD WHICH USUALLY REST ON SUPPORTS AT ITS END.

Answer 9

BEAM

Question 10

IS THE TERM APPLIED TO A BEAM THAT SUPPORTS ONE OR MORE SMALLER BEAM.

Answer 10

GIRDER

Question 11

BEAM ARE CLASSIFIED AS:

Answer 11

SIMPLE BEAM
CONTINUOUS BEAM
SEMI – CONTINUOUS

Question 12

REFERS TO THE BEAM HAVING A SINGLE SPAN SUPPORTED AT ITS END WITHOUT A RESTRAIN AT THE SUPPORT.

Answer 12

SIMPLE BEAM

Question 13

MEANS A RIGID CONNECTION OR ANCHORAGE AT THE SUPPORT.

Answer 13

RESTRAINT

Question 14

IS A TERM APPLIED TO A BEAM THAT REST ON MORE THAN TWO SUPPORTS.

Answer 14

CONTINUOUS BEAM

Question 15

REFERS TO A BEAM WITH TWO SPANS WITH OR WITHOUT RESTRAINT AT THE TWO EXTREME ENDS.

Answer 15

SEMI-CONTINUOUS BEAM

Question 16

IS THE SAME AS THEIR STIRRUPS USED IN THE BEAM TO HOLD THE REINFORCEMENT IN ITS DESIGNED POSITION.

Answer 16

WEB REINFORCEMENT

Question 17

IS THE COMMON TYPE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR SYSTEM WHICH THE REINFORCEMENTS RUNS ONLY IN ONE DIRECTION. MADE OF SOLID SLAB SUPPORTED BY TWO PARALLEL BEAMS.

Answer 17

ONE WAY SLAB

Question 18

IT IS COMPARATIVELY ECONOMICAL FOR A MEDIUM AND HEAVY LIVE LOADS ON SHORT SPANS RANGING FROM:

Answer 18

2.00m to 3.50m long

Question 19

SLAB WHICH ARE SUPPORTED ON FOUR SIDES WHERE THE FLOOR PANEL IS NEARLY SQUARE IS GENERALLY ECONOMICAL TO EMPLOY THE TWO DIRECTIONS OF REINFORCING BARS PLACED AT RIGHT ANGLE WITH EACH OTHER.

Answer 19

TWO WAY SLAB

Question 20

A JOINT WHERE TWO SUCCESSIVE PLACEMENT OF CONCRETE MEET.

Answer 20

CONSTRUCTION JOINT

Question 21

A JOINT BETWEEN ADJACENT PARTS OF A STRUCTURE WHICH PERMITS MOVEMENT BETWEEN THEM.

Answer 21

CONTRACTION JOINT OR EXPANSION JOINT

Question 22

EMPLOYED TO REDUCE RESTRAINT BY ACCOMODATING MOVEMENT OF MASONRY WALL.

Answer 22

CONTROL JOINTS

Question 23

IN CONCRETE STRUCTURES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, A SPACE WHERE CONCRETE IS NOT TO BE PLACED.

Answer 23

BLOCK OUT

Question 24

A JOINT FORMED WHEN A CONCRETE SURFACE HARDEN BEFORE THE NEXT BATCH OF CONCRETE IS PLACED AGAINST.

Answer 24

COLD JOINT