BU1 Advancement

In masonry walls, a space about 1/4 inch wide and how deep should be allowed around all door and window frames to allow for adequate caulking?

1.5 inch

The standard kitchen counter top is 36 inches high, 25 inches deep, and how many inches thick?

1.5 inches

What size of plywood is normally the minimum for roofing material?

1/2 inch

Surface up to 30 feet wide can be hand screed but the efficiency of this method diminishes on surfaces more than how many feet wide?

10 feet

Tests show that the compressive strength of concrete made with seawater is what percent less than that obtained using fresh water?

10 to 30

In most cases the tensile strength of structural clay tile masonry is less than what percent of the compressive strength?

10%

Bookcase shelves should be from 8 to 10 inches wide and spaced how many inches apart?

10-14

Multiflex tape bead comes in rolls of how many feet?

100

A square of roofing is the amount required to cover how many square feet of the roof surface?

100 feet

How many standard sizes of reinforcing bars are in use today?

11

Any work area where the TWA sound level exceeds 84 dB and where the noise level would peak at what will be designated as hazardous noise areas?

140 dB

Concrete is usually paced how many feet ahead of the mechanical screed and shoveled as close as possible to its final resting place?

15-20

Gutters should be installed with a pitch of 1 inch per how many feet toward the downspouts?

16

Tile that will absorb no more than what percent of its weight of water has never given unsatisfactory performance in resisting the effect of freezing and thawing action?

16%

The distance between the wall and base cabinet units is usually how many inches?

16-18

Lumber used for backing usually has what size nominal thickness?

2 inches

Most metal studs have notches at each end and knockouts located about how many inches OC to facilitate pipe and conduit installation?

24

What document contains the occupational safety and health standards for construction as promoted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as of August 1991?

29 CFR PART 1926

A typical mortar mixture has a capacity of mixing 4 to 7 cubic feet per batch, and each batch must be mixed for a minimum of how many minutes?

3

For most structural use, what is the curing period for cast-in-place concrete?

3 days to 2 weeks

Specifications generally require that materials be measured in individual batches within the following percentages of accuracy: 1%, Aggregate, 2% Water, and what percent for air-entraining admixtures?

3%

How many liters are there in a U.S. gallon?

3.785

The maximum size of aggregate should never exceed 1/5 of the narrowest dimension between side forms, 1/3 of the depth of slabs, or what amount of the distance between reinforcing bars?

3/4

Particleboard thickness range from 1/4 inch to what size?

3/4 inch

Where chimney openings occur in the roof structure what amount of clearance on all sides of the finished masonry should the roof sheathing have?

3/4 inch

Deliver and discharge concrete mixed in a transit mixer within 1.5 hours or before the drum has revolved how many times after the introduction of water to cement and aggregates or the cement to the aggregates?

300

How many gallons are in 1 barrel?

31.5

To determine how much plywood will be needed, find the total roof area to be covered and divide by what number?

32

The length of a 3/4 inch thick shelf without intermediate supports should be no more than how many inches?

36-42

How many cubic feet of raw materials does it take to make 1 cubic yard of mortar?

38

On long runs of gutters at least how many downspouts are desirable?

4

How many days does it take for type II cement to reach its design strength?

45 days

To ensure an accurate measurement of the diameter of a wire rope, always measure at three places, at least how many feet apart?

5 feet

On open frame construction, nails are driven half their length into the wood. Spacing should be how many inches OC from the bottom?

5-6

Heating asphalt to over 500 degrees Fahrenheit for a prolonged period may decrease the weather life by as much as what percent?

50%

Tests have shown that a reduction of thickness to 1/4 inch decreases it as much as what percent?

82%

What percent of all organic chemicals are made from materials derived from petroleum and natural gas?

90%

Portland cement is packed in cloth or paper sacks, each weighing how many pounds?

94

What are sometimes used in concrete mixtures to improve certain qualities such as workability, strength, durability, water tightness and wear resistance?

Admixtures

Current is measured in units called what?

Amperes

How often should trusses be inspected at a minimum?

Annually

What is the process of weighing or volumetrically measuring, and introducing into the mixture the ingredients for a batch of concrete?

Batching

What are the principal load-carrying horizontal members that take the load directly from the floor and carry it to the columns?

Beams

What is the ability of the earth to support a load called?

Bearing capacity

What is the most common type of ridge and hip finish for wood and asphalt shingles?

Boston ridge

What instruction prescribes the policy, objectives, and the procedures to ensure that the required quality is achieved on construction projects assigned to NCF units?

COMSECOND/COMTHIRDNCBINST 4355.1

What is defined as the boxlike components of cabinetwork, normally rectangular?

Casework

What hazard category level identifies hazards that may cause death of an individual or the loss of a facility?

Category I (Catastrophic)

What is a construction operation consisting of cleaning a designated area of trees, timber, brush, other vegetation, and rubbish?

Clearing

What type of soils are those in which at least half of the material, by weight, is larger than, or retained on a number 200 sieve?

Coarse-grained

What is a slender, vertical member that carries a superimposed load?

Column

What type of brick is made from pit-run clay with no attempt at color control glazing or enameling?

Common

What is the amount of weather protection provided by the overlapping of shingles?

Coverage

What is the period of the time from consolidation to the point where the concrete reaches its design strength called?

Curing

What is the rate of flow of electrons through the circuit called?

Current

What is the angle that the roof surface makes with a horizontal plane?

Cut

What is the strongest of all the woodworking joints?

Dovetail joints

What are used with production schedules to determine the construction equipment requirements and constrains for Seabee deployment?

Equipment estimates

What property of concrete is its ability to resist a breaking force?

Flexural strength

What are considered the key drawings in a set of project drawings?

Floor plans

What are used under foundation components to spread concentrated loads over enough soil area to bring unit pressure within allowable units?

Footings

What part of a building transfers the dead and live loads of the superstructure to the soil that has enough bearing capacity to support the structure in a permanent, stable position?

Foundation

How many numbers are used to designate the style of wire mesh?

Four

What type of roof is the form most commonly used by the Navy?

Gable

What type of lumber is practically free of defects and blemishes?

Grade A

What is the uprooting and removing of roots and stumps referred to as?

Grubbing

What is used to compact the concrete into a dense mass and to force the larger particles of coarse aggregate slightly below surface?

Hand Tamping

What is defined as a workplace condition that might result in injury, health impairment, illness, disease, or death to any worker who is exposed to the condition or in damage or loss to property/Equipment?

Hazard

The Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) divides all soils into three major divisions: coarse-grained soils, fine-grained soils, and what other type of soils?

Highly organic

What is the strongest type of roof?

Hip

What type of labor includes all labor required to support construction operations but does not usually produce an end product itself?

Indirect

What are vermiculite and perlite not used with?

Lime plaster

What are horizontal members that assume the weight of concrete or masonry walls above door and window openings called?

Lintels

What provides naval shore activity guidance on obtaining quality public works support services through quality assurance?

MO-327

Concrete masonry walls are laid out so as to make maximum use of full and half-length units. What is this called?

Modular planning

what provides procedures and skill interview questions for all primary and secondary naval warfare mission related skills that units may award individuals for practical experience or undocumented training?

NAVFAC P-1105

What publication states how the contractor and the government will produce a quality project on time and in compliance with the terms of the contract?

NAVFAC-P445

What course must all E5-E6 personnel in line companies and details, all project safety representatives, and all Crew Leaders attend?

NCF Supervisor Safety Course

What grade of brick is primarily intended for interior or backup brick?

NW

What establishes grades for hardwood lumber?

National Hardwood Lumber Association

What was developed to provide the organizational level with the tools to plan, schedule, and control planned maintenance effectively?

PMS

What is the incline of a roof as a ratio of the vertical rise to twice the horizontal run?

Pitch

What is each layer of built up roofing called?

Ply

What type of drawings are strictly initial concepts and provide a means of communication between the designer and the customer?

Preliminary

What is the state of being excellent and is achieved by acquiring and applying skill?

Quality

What refers to concrete containing steel (bars, rods, strands, wire, and mesh) as reinforcing and designed to absorb tensile and shearing stresses?

Reinforced concrete

What are often used in warm weather to keep the concrete from setting before it can be placed and finished?

Retarders

What grade of brick is designed to withstand exposure to below-freezing temperatures in a moist climate like that of the northern regions of the United States?

SW

After how many days can the flexural strength of concrete be determined?

Seven

What means service where the concrete is exposed to deicing chemicals or other aggressive agents, or where it continually contacts moisture or free water before freezing?

Severe exposure

What term refers to the incline of a roof as a ratio of vertical rise to horizontal run?

Slope

What test measures the consistency of concrete?

Slump test

What is the best material for reinforcing concrete?

Steel

What is the process of removing and disposing of objectionable topsoil and sod referred to as?

Stripping

What part of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion contains specific information on the quantities and characteristics of construction equipment available to the NMCBs?

Table of Allowance (TOA)

The four types of underlayment that builders generally work with include asphalt felt, organic, glass fiber and what else?

Tarred

A pier o pedestal is a compressive member that is short (with height usually less than how any times the least lateral dimension) in relation to its cross-sectional area and carries no bending stress?

Three

Horizontal steel is tied to vertical steel at least how many times in any bar length?

Three

Fabric made of wire heavier than what should always be furnished in flat sheets?

W4

What is the controlling factor of the compressive strength of concrete?

Water-cement ratio