BUILDING TECH CURRENT TRENDS. If you are studying Building Tech, dont memorize it please understand it deeply.

Situation (1-3) A 2-storey commercial building is to be renovated. Given that the building has a building footprint of 1,350 square meters.

1. The commercial building has a building footprint of 1,350 square meters with its second floor occupying only 80 percent of the ground floor footprint. How many 600 x 600 mm tiles are needed to be installed for the two-storey building?

a. 5,000 tiles b. 6,750 tiles c. 7,750 tiles d. 6,755 tiles

2.Given the concrete slab thickness on the second floor is 150 mm. How many kilograms of 10 mm diameter rebar is needed if it requires 20 kilograms of reinforcement bars per cubic meter of concrete for second floor, given that the second floor still occupies 80 percent of the ground floor area?

a. 3240 kilograms b. 3340 kilograms c. 2240 kilograms d. not among the choices

3. Given that the rectangular roof top has the same area as the ground floor. The length of the roof top is 30 meters. The client required that the roof top needs to be roofed. How much length, in meters, of gutter is needed for the roof given if there are no roof eaves?

a. 150 meters b. 250 meters c. 175 meters d. 150 meters

ELOW IS THE CURRENT TRENDS OF THE BUILDING TECH BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS BEING SITUATIONAL. BEWARE OF USING OTHER REVIEW MATERIALS FROM OTHER CENTERS WHICH ARE NOT IN THE TRENDS, THEY WILL ONLY CONFUSE YOU.

Situation 1: (1-5)

You are assigned on site for the construction of a residential project. The south side of the property faces the road.

1. Excavation is about to start. Where would you start your excavation? a. North side of the property for easier access of required materials. b. East side of the property because that part wont be hot. c. south side of the property because it is nearer to the road side. d. anywhere as long as you will start on the afternoon.

2. You ran out short of concrete mix for your column. The rest of the materials are to be delivered the next day. Where would be the safe part to stop pouring concrete for your column? a. At the middle third of the column near the beam b. At the middle of the overall height of the column c. At the middle of the first third of the column d. It doesnt matter because the strength would still be the same

3. Beams, slabs, and truss members carry its own weight and may result to slight downward bending that usually occurs on the center of the member. What is the common way to prevent it from happening? a. support it with a column b. add more reinforcements c. camber d. add composite beam under

4. What type of beam that is placed on top of window head which supports the additional CHB above the window? a. tie beam b. composite beam c. cantilever beam d. lintel beam

5. What is the other term for CMU? a. Concrete Hollow Block b. Concrete wall system c. Concrete slab partition d. Concrete mix