Building Materials, Utilities, Structural c. Paint thinner?

Conceptualization (150 items) 12. Lacquer sanding sealer

13. Identify: for what window is the handle
1. The space between suspended ceiling (with photo)
and slab on top
a. Casement
a. Plenum
b. Dropped ceiling
2. Material for ceiling that absorbs sound
a. Acoustical ceiling
b. Gypsum board
c. Fiber board (?)
3. Area that may be carried by a column 14. Identify: for what window is the handle
a. 120 sq. m. and lock (with photo)
b. 150 sq. m. a. Sliding
4. Connector for wood trusses
a. Metal split-ring
b. Metal ___ bolt
5. Salt that appears on the surface of walls
a. Efflorescence
6. Why use bricks over stone (?) 15. Identify: rubber stopper is used in?
a. The chemical/structural (?) (with photo)
capacity of bricks can be a. Sliding window
modified, whereas stones b. Casement window?
cannot be
b. Bricks are structurally stronger
than stone
7. Glass that keeps out heat and UV light
a. Tinted
b. Wired
c. Insulated
d. Reflective
8. Tempered glass, wired glass, annealed
16. Identify: (photo of window)
glass
a. Bay window
9. “Art glass” poured with acidic material
b. Bow window
to produce designs
17. Identify: this is installed in (photo of
a. Stained glass
cassette-type A/C)
b. Etched glass
a. Wall
10. Releases (the most) toxic fumes
b. Ceiling
a. Latex paint
c. Roof
11. Thinner for latex paint
a. Turpentine
b. Enamel?
 22. Identify: where is this hinge used
a. Steel gate
b. Main gate of a dwelling
c. Accordion door?

18. Identify: this is installed in (with photo

of exhaust fan)
a. Wall
b. Ceiling
c. Roof
23. Identify: how does this work? (photo of
shower head and heater)
I. Electricity
II. Water
III. Sunlight
IV. Pressure
a. I and II
b. I, II, and IV
19. Identify: what type of building is this 24. Identify: diameter of P-trap of a floor
installed (photo of tornado turbine) drain (as shown on a plan – see plan
a. Residential below)
b. Commercial a. 75 mm
c. Industrial b. 50 mm
c. 38 mm
25. Identify: distinguish soil pipe, vent
shaft, water pipe, loop pipe (see plan
below)

20. Identify: type of hinge (photo of hinge)

a. Pin hinge
21. Identify: hinge with removable pin
a. Pin hinge
26. Identify: thickness of pipes (from a
schedule)
27. Identify: information from a schedule of
girder
28. Identify: width of the eaves (diagram of
plan with roof – see plan below)
a. 2400 mm
b. 1200 mm (dim. of eaves minus
dim. of wall divided by 2) 32. Identify: type of valve (photo)
29. Identify: type of roof (see plan below) a. Float valve
a. Gable roof b. Ball valve
b. Hipped roof
c. Hipped roof with gable
d. Hipped roof with valley

33. Countertop made up of various

minerals, is seamless
a. Granite slab
b. (Seamless slab)
34. All of the following is true about granite
except
30. Identify: where is this ceiling best used? a. It is a metamorphic rock
(photo of ceiling with jagged squares) b. It is quarried in the Philippines
a. Music room c. It is a mosaic of many minerals
b. Concert hall 35. Vinyl tiles, laminated tiles, engineered
tiles
36. Board with fibrous material at its core
a. Gypsum board
37. Housing projects need wide tracts of
land. Who shall manage/provide?
a. DENR
b. HUDCC
38. Sedimentary rock used for flooring
a. Granite
31. Identify: where is this best used?
b. Marble
a. Music studio
39. How to determine thickness of top bar
b. Conference room
in beam
a. 1/16 (?) of diameter of main
rebar
 b. 1/16 (?) of diameter of ____ 53. In CHB bar manufacturing, how are the
40. Height of telephone outlet CHB cured fast
a. 300 mm a. Baking
41. Height of convenience outlet b. Letting them dry under the sun
a. 300 mm c. Steaming
42. “SOP” is used in construction to mean d. Mixing with admixture
a. Standard operating procedure 54. Who is in charge of elevator shaft
43. Building height limit is regulated by dimension and alignment
a. Civil Aviation Authority of the a. Project engineer
Philippines b. Architect
b. Department of Transportation c. General contractor
and Communication d. Elevator providers
44. Intelligent building with communication 55. Who is in charge of steel bar lengths
system a. Engineer
a. Building automation system b. Architect
45. US Green Building Council manages c. Steel fabricator
a. LEED d. General contractor
b. CASBEE (Japan) 56. A fire-resistive door prescribed for
46. Green building opening in fire separation walls or
a. Has to earn points through a partitions
rating system a. Fire door (NBC Terminologies)
47. “PVC” stands for b. Fire exit
a. Polyvinyl Chloride 57. A building unsafe in case of fire because
48. Trademark name for cementitious it will burn easily or because it lacks
waterproofing adequate exits or fire escapes.
a. Xypex a. Fire trap (NBC Terminologies)
49. Used for sealing of pipes b. Fire hazard
a. Mortaseal 58. Any visual or audible signal produced by
b. Powerseal a device or system to warm the
50. Scatters light in various directions, occupants of the building or fire fighting
produces almost no shadow elements of the presence or danger of
a. Diffuser fire to enable them to undertake
b. Indirect immediate action to save life and
51. Lighting reflected from surfaces property and to suppress the fire.
a. Indirect a. Fire alarm (NBC Terminologies)
52. Method of curing concrete in the b. Smoke detector
Philippines 59. A wall without openings
a. Vibrate concrete a. Dead wall (NBC Terminologies)
b. Place plastic cover over the b. Blank wall
concrete 60. Beam which connects footings
c. Spray water on concrete a. Tie beam
b. Ground beam
61. What is (c____?) girder c. Aluminum and copper (galvanic
a. A beam-beam connection corrosion)
b. A beam (c____) into a girder
c. A beam which is (c____)ed Notes:
62. Plexibond Yung answer ko po A. Kasi stainless
63. Type of cement (with certain steel is the most noble and most
ingredients) cathodic metal and aluminum is the
a. Portland least noble and most anodic metal. If
64. Where is the direction of the camber of combined, worst galvanic action.
a beam?
a. Upwards Compare with:
b. Downwards
Guys, the best roofing combination are
c. Diagonal
SS and Aluminum. i've in roofing
d. Lateral
industries for 21 yrs now and each
65. How to control/block sound (from a
every metal has its own compatibility.
cubicle?) in an office
Steel substrate and aluminum can be
a. Party wall?
combined provided with separation
b.
tape. they can noot be combined if u
66. Does not need architectural
will use them as sandwich panel due to
plans/building permit
differrence thermal movement. rule tf
a. Traditional/indigenous dwelling
thumd. aluminum is expanding 1mm
b. Socialized housing
pwr meter while G.I. is .05mm per
67. Thickness of one-hour fire resistive wall
meter.
a. 0.20 m
b. 0.15 m See also: Visual Dictionary - Metal
c. 0.10 m
d. 0.25 m 73. Maximum encroachment of footing
68. Decorative element for interior room over the property line/sidewalk
a. Moulding a. 0.30 m
b. Cornice b. 0.50 m
69. Wood veneer, plywood, facing 74. Works the same way as a fuse
70. Advantage of wooden post over steel a. Circuit breaker
a. More sustainable 75. Maximum height before a lintel beam is
b. Structurally stronger required (?)
71. Most sustainable lamp a. 0.20 m
a. CFL b. 0.30 m
b. LED 76. Used for electrical connections...
c. Incandescent a. Feeder/junction box
72. Which roofing materials may not be b. Wires and conduits
combined? 77. Purpose of NEMA enclosure
a. Stainless steel and aluminium 78. Diagonal structural framework system
b. Stainless steel and copper (?)
 a. Diagrid system
79. Water closet with an option to flush a
half-tank or a full-tank
a. Dual-flush toilet
80. Degree of incline from the horizontal of
an escalator
a. 30 deg.
81. Valve (?) between sidewalk and
property
a. Corporation valve (stop?)
b. Gate valve
c. Check valve
82. Electrical controlling device (?) which
only the electrical service provider can
disable
a. Service drop
b.
83. Formwork of column
84. Corrugated GI sheet may be tacked (?)
on the following except
a. On the dip of the sheet