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Practice Test 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Joint used when vertical and horizontal surface is reinforced concrete where concreting was stopped and continued later

A

construction joint

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2
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Joint that is a straight groove which is used in concrete floors to “control” where the concrete should crack

A

control joints

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3
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Joint formed by overlapping the edges of metal sheet or plated and joining them by riveting, soldering and brazing

A

lap seam

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4
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Interior paint that contains a high proportion of pigment and dries to a flat lustreless finish

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flat paint

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5
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Filipino term for horizontal stud

A

trabe-anzo

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6
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Filipino term for floor joist

A

soleras

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7
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Filipino term for rabbet

A

vaciada

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8
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Filipino term for mortar

A

paupo

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9
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Filipino term for plastered course

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kusturada

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10
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Filipino term for pattern

A

plantilya

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11
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Filipino term for bottom chord

A

tirante

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12
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Filipino term for downspout

A

tubo de banada

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13
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Filipino term for purlin

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reostra

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14
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Filipino term for contractor

A

kontratista

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15
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Filipino term for eave

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alero

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16
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Filipino term for cast iron

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pundido

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17
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Filipino term for top chord

A

tahilan

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18
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Filipino term for plumb line

A

hulog

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19
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Filipino term for bath tub

A

baniera

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20
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Filipino term for brace

A

pie de gallo

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21
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Filipino term for alignment

A

asintada

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22
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Filipino term for baseboard

A

rodapis

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23
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Filipino term for rafter

A

kilo

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24
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Filipino term for projection

A

bolada

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25
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Filipino term for temper (metal work)

A

poleva

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26
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A steel plate attached to both sides at each joint of a truss

A

gang nail plate

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27
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Climatic factor that is considered in the structural and architectural design of tall buildings

A

lightning

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28
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Dry walls are customarily finished

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lath and plaster

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29
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One method of leveling batter boards without the transit is the use of

A

1/4 diameter plastic hose filled with water

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30
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Manual method of squaring the corner of building lines in a building layout

A

3-4-5 multiples with the use of a steel tape measure

31
Q

The direction, size, arrangement, appearance or quality of the fibres in the wood

A

grain

32
Q

The most common materials used for roofing of urban residential houses

A

G. I. sheets

33
Q

Block or panel type insulating material used in flat roof of commercial or industrial building

A

corkboard

34
Q

standard size overlap for corrugated G. I. roofing

A

1 1/2 corr

35
Q

A continuous recess built into a wall to receive pipes, ducts, etc.

A

chase

36
Q

Building stone of igneous origin and composed of quartz, hornblende and mica

A

serpentine

37
Q

Form of brick bond with is composed of alternating courses of headers and stretchers

A

english bond

38
Q

Form of brick bond which is a variating on a running bond with a full course of headers at regular intervals

A

common bond/american bond

39
Q

Form of brick bond in which each course is alternately composed of entirely headers or of stretchers

A

flemish bond

40
Q

A notch cut in the end of a rafter to permit it to fit flat on a wall and on the top, doubled, exterior wall plate

A

heel cut

41
Q

A geological or ground condition considered in determining the size and type of foundation of the building

A

soil bearing pressure

42
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Materials excellent as vapour barrier in the roofing system of residential buildings

A

aluminum foil sheets

43
Q

The chief structural materials used for tall buildings

A

reinforced concrete and high grade steel

44
Q

Scientific name for wood

A

xylem

45
Q

A small member which divides the glass or openings of sash or doors

A

muntin

46
Q

Roof that has four sloping sides

A

hip roof

47
Q

Stone placed on a slope to prevent erosion

A

rip-rap

48
Q

A tough used for carrying off water;
a deep, wide ditch that is usually filled with water and that goes around the walls of a place (such as a castle) to protect it from being attacked

A

moat

49
Q

The process of removing concrete forms from the cured concrete

A

stripping

50
Q

A structural member spanning from truss to truss or supporting rafters

A

purlins

51
Q

A threaded steel bent inserted of masonry construction for securing wood or metal plates to concrete construction

A

anchor bolt

52
Q

A horizontal piece of wood, stone, steel or concrete across the top of door or window opening to bear the weight of the walls above the opening

A

lintel

53
Q

The placing of glass in windows or doors is referred to as

A

glazing

54
Q

Another word for handmill on a stair construction

A

banister

55
Q

A joint produced by overlapping two pieces of materials

A

lap joint

56
Q

The most common type of hinge where one leaf attaches to the door’s edge, the other to its jamb

A

butt hinge

57
Q

Lumber that still contains moisture or sap

A

green lumber

58
Q

The internal angle formed by the two roof slopes of a roof

A

valley

59
Q

A vertical board attached on the ends of the rafters

A

facia

60
Q

A large heavy nail

A

spike

61
Q

The flow of water or other liquids in a direction opposite to the natural or intended direction of flow

A

backflow

62
Q

A cutout box containing the fuses for an electric circuit

A

fuse box

63
Q

A valve which is placed in a water or gas service pipe of a building near its junction with the public waste main

A

gate valve

64
Q

The rate at which electricity flows in the same direction

A

ampere (SI unit of electric current; conventional current - positive current flows at the same direction as the positive charges)

65
Q

Electric current which always flows in the same direction; unidirectional flow of current

A

direct current (DC)

66
Q

The force that makes electrons move in a circuit; force which makes electrons move a certain direction within a conductor

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electromotive force (emf)

67
Q

The ratio output into input

A

efficiency

68
Q

The ability of a component to store an electric charge; - = q(charge in coulumbs)/V(voltage); measured in Farads

A

capacitance

69
Q

Represents the amount of capacitance in a circuit; only AC can pass through this; becomes an open circuit blocking any DC current

A

capacitor

70
Q

Opposes or reduces the change in magnitude of a current (whether AC or DC); looks like a wire in a DC circuit; has no effect when current is constant

A

inductance

71
Q

An electrical panel containing switches and fuses or circuit breakers controlling branch circuits (as for lights or fan motors) that is enclosed in a metal cabinet and usually placed in or against a wall —called also distribution board

A

panelboard

72
Q

Non-SI unit of luminous or light intensity; frowned upon term

A

foot-candle

73
Q

SI-derived unit of “luminous flux”; total amount of “visible light” emitted by a source; reflects the varying sensitivity of the eye to the wavelengths it perceives

A

lumen

74
Q

The process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves; the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body.

A

radiation

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