Final Exam 1 – Score:100/100

Question 1
This is a drawing angle from which an object or structure is viewed.
a. Detail drawings
Floor Pan
b.

Perspective
c.

Elevation drawings
d.

Question 2
This refers to the position and the location of the building with property line,
setbacks, approaches, grade contours, landscape and other pertinent data in
relation to the site.

Elevation drawings
a.

Detail drawings
b.

Floor Pan
c.

d. Site Development Plan

Question 3
It is the exterior and interior works of a building. It is a perpendicular or upright
projection from the floor plan to show vertical architectural or design details

Elevation drawings
a.

Detail drawings
b.

c. Perspective
d. Floor Plan
Question 4
This refers to enlarging or reducing the drawing using architect’s scale.

a. Scaling
Reducing
b.

Ratio and Proportion

c.

d. None of these

Question 5
Refers to the distance at how far a building can be built within the property
lines.
Setback
a.

Zoning Laws/ Zoning

b.

Building Code
c.

d. Property Lines
Question 6
These local laws that set standard for structural design within the community.
a. Property Lines
Setback
b.

Building Code
c.

Zoning Laws/ Zoning

d.

Question 7
The foundation in which a cantilever beam is provided to join two footings, is
known as:
a. Raft footing
Combined footing
b.

c. Strap footing
d. Strip footing

Question 8
It refers to the legal restrictions on size, location, and type of structures to be
built on a designated area.
a. Property Lines
Zoning Laws/ Zoning
b.

Building Code
c.

d. Setback

Question 9
This is a complete specification of doors and windows in terms of width,
height, types, materials and quantity.
a. Kitchen Detail
b. Reflected Ceiling Plan
Doors and Windows Schedule
c.

d. Toilet and Bath Detail

Question 10
This is an area of land available for construction or the lot on which a building
is constructed. A building sites maybe a single lot, a series of lots, or a
subdivision. A lot is a piece of ground of specific size. A subdivision is a large
tract of land that is being developed.
Vicinity
a.

b. Site
Location
c.
 Property
d.

Question 11
The front part of a house should not be less than ___ from the lot line along
the street.
1m
a.

4m
b.

3m
c.

2m
d.

Question 12
This is a complete detail of wall footings, lintels, beams, and other required
structural features to present in the plan.
Construction notes
a.

Details
b.

Schedule
c.

d. Table of contents
Question 13
The member which is placed horizontally to support common rafter of a
sloping roof, is:
a. strut
b. Cleat
Batten
c.

Purlin
d.
Question 14
The foundations are placed below ground level, to increase 
All the these
a.

Workability
b.

c. Stability
of structure
d. Strength

Question 15
This is an orthographic projection of the floor of a building or a house.
Floor Plan
a.

b. Site Development Plan

Detail drawings
c.

d. Elevation drawings

Final Exam 2 – score: 100/100

Question 1
The stiffness due to a structural members shape is described by what term?
Moment of inertia
a.

Concurrent force
b.

Modulus of elasticity
c.

d. Statical moment

Question 2
Is the internal resistance to an external force. There are three basic types of
this resistance: Tension, compression and shear.
a. Loss of weight
b. Stress
Cracking
c.

Fatigue
d.

Question 3
The ceiling height of a building is
Between ceiling and ground level
a.

upto roof above ground level

b.

c. Between ceiling and floor level

d. upto ceiling from the ground level.

Question 4
Is stress in which the particles of the member tend to pull apart under load
Stretching
a.

Bending
b.

c. Moving away
Tension
d.

Question 5
Written documents issued by the appropriate government authority permitting
the construction of a specific project.
Change Order
a.

b. Certificate
of Occupancy 
Addendum
c.

d. Building Permit
Question 6
The building should provide the degree of shelter from the elements and of
control of the interior environment—air, temperature, humidity, light, and
acoustics—specified by the client and not less than the minimums required for
safety and health of the occupants. 
 True
 False

Question 7
If height of the first storey of a building is 3.2 m and riser is 13 cm, the number
of treads required, is:
a. 30
12
b.

24
c.

18
d.

Question 8
The elastic limit of a material is:
the point at which a material continues to deform without any increase in
a. load.

the unit stress below which deformation is directly

b. proportional to stress

the point beyonc4 which unit stress increases faster

c. that unit strain.

d.
the maximum unit stress that determines the engineering working stress to
design a member.
Question 9
The design of buildings should be constructable by known techniques and
with availablelabor and equipment, within an acceptable time. 
 True
 False
Question 10
That which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind or any
piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some
definite manner.
Structure
a.

Arcade
b.

Footprint
c.

d. Building Line
Question 11
The arrangement made to support an unsafe structure temporarily, is known
as:
a. Jacking
b. Shoring
Scaffolding
c.

d. Underpinning

Question 12
No building shall be used or occupied until the building official issues this
permit, wherein the certificate of completion, logbook and building inspection
sheet by contractor signed by Architect, and as-built plans signed by
engineers in charge are submitted.

a. Demolition Permit
Building Permit
b.

Occupancy Permit
c.

Sidewalk Permit
d.
Question 13
The sum of costs of construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and
anticipated future alterations are free to exceed beyond the limit specified by
the client.
 True
 False

Question 14
Cars parked on a driveway at the top of a retaining wall are considered what
type of load?

a. Surcharge
Impact Load
b.

Seismic load
c.

Dead load
d.

Question 15
The art of bringing the floor to a true level surface by means of screads, is
called
a. None of these
b. Topping
Screeding
c.

d. Bedding

Final Exam 3 – Score: 100/100

Question 1
A ___ is when two pieces of rebar are overlapped to create a continuous line
of rebar. The length of the ___ varies depend on concrete strength, the rebar
grade, size, and spacing.

Lap splice
a.
b. None of these
Welded splice
c.

d. Mechanical splice

Question 2
Prefabricated normally reinforcea concrete which have been poured and cured in a
factory rather than in place on the site, then· delivered to the jobsite by trucks
and installed by welding together all the components.
Slip-form method
a.

b. Composite construction
Precast concrete
c.

Pre-stressed concrete
d.

Question 3
The concrete is already mixed but there’s an anticipated heavy rain coming.
What is the best thing to do?
a. Any will do.
Reschedule the pouring of concrete
b.

c. Add admixtures to decrease the time of hardening

Put tarpaulin on concrete after pouring
d.

Question 4
This method has been utilized extensively in agricultural and industrial
complexes like silos, elevator cores, etc. It utilizes very much less framework,
no scaffolding at all and some braces. The whole form system is
distributed over several hydraulic jacks.
a. Slip-form method
Cast-in place
b.
 Floor decking
c.

d. Pre-tensioned

Question 5
What is concrete curing?
a. Mixing of water and cement
Fast drying of concrete
b.

Retaining of water through hydration

c.

d. Voids in concrete after drying

Question 6
What happens to the newly placed concrete in the beams, slabs or column if it
is not vibrated properly?
Honeycomb
a.

b. No effect
The concrete will not achieve its desired strength
c.

d. Slow hardening

Question 7
Which of the following advantages in prestressing or post-tensioning of
concrete is incorrect?.
Post-tensioning allows bridges to be built to very demanding geometry
a. requirements, including complex curves, and significant grade changes.
 
Another advantage of post-tensioning is that beams and slabs can be
continuous, i.e. a single beam can run continuously from one end of the
b.
building to the other.

c. Post-tensioning also allows extremely long span bridges to be constructed

without the use of temporary intermediate supports. This minimizes the
impact on the environment and avoids disruption to water or road traffic
below.
  
d. None of these

Question 8
A basic principle of design in which stresses are built into a structural element, such as
a beam, in order to offset load carrying stresses. The stresses directly oppose
the stresses created when a load is applied to the beam, and in effect, tend to
"cancel out" the load stresses. In this case, high tensile strength strand
or tendons is used.
Lift-slab method
a.

b. Pre-stressed concrete
Spanstress
c.

d. Cast-in place

Question 9
It supports the formwork and other structures (such as precast girders)
Shoring
a.

b. Falsework
Formwork
c.

Scaffolding
d.

Question 10
Which of the following is not a cause of formwork failure:
Improper stripping and shore removal
a.

b. Inadequate bracing
Lack of attention to formwork details
c.

d. None of these
Question 11
When a concrete is poured at the jobsite whose beams, slabs and columns are set in
forms or scaffoldings and later on removed after the concrete hardens or is
cured. This system is classified into two general types. The oneway slab
system and the two-way slab system. This method of construction is called
the ____________.
Precast concrete
a.

b. Tilt-up construction
Cast-in place
c.

Slip-form method
d.

Question 12
What is the minimum stripping time (days) can the forms on the side of
beams, columns and other vertical surfaces be removed.
14 days
a.

b. 21 days
2 days
c.

d. 7 days

Question 13
Separation of aggregates from mortar during transportation, known as
______.
a. Segregation
Bleeding
b.

Shrinkage
c.

d. Creeping

Question 14
Soil tests are:
a. paid for by the client and included on the site plan as part of the architectural drawings.
not part of the contract documents, but test locations and boring logs are often shown for
b. information only.
 ordered by the structural engineer and made part of the structural drawings.
c.

d. ordered by the architect and included in the sitework portion of the specifications.

Question 15
These are pre-assembled formwork and false units and are moved
horizontally on wheels or a trolley and vertically from floor to floor by crane or
by a lift fixed to the outside of the building.
Tunnel form
a.

Gang form
b.

Slip-form
c.

d. Table form