CMM 1 Final chapter 13-24

True or False: A raft is a wall footing.

False

True or False: A shaft wall is a wall surrounding the exterior of a building.

False

True or False: A sump is a pit designed to collect water for storage from an excavation or basement.

False

True or False: A tie rod is a steel rod that acts in commpression.

False

True or False: A waffle slab is a concrete joist system made with a waffle batter-like mix.

False

True or False: In construction, SCC is an abbreviation for Seminole Community College.

False

True or False: LSG is an abbreviation for Light to Sun Gain ration.

False

True or False: Light is a sheet of glass, also spelled lithe.

False

True or False: Milling is shaping or planning by using an oscillating cutting tool.

False

True or False: Modular home is assembled at the factory from boxlike factory built sections.

False

True or False: Modular is conforming to a multiple of a variable dimension.

False

True or False: Open-truss wire stud is a wall framing member in the form of a large steel truss.

False

True or False: Organic soil is a soil containing decayed vegetable and/or animal matter, gravel.

False

True or False: Plasticity is the inability to retain a shape attained by pressure deformation.

False

True or False: Plumb is horizontal.

False

True or False: Polyurethane foam is thermoplastic foam with thermal insulation properties.

False

True or False: Roofer is one who trains dogs.

False

True or False: SGPL is an abbreviation for Structural-Grade Portland Lumber.

False

True or False: SSP is an abbreviation for Skin Stressed Plastic.

False

True or False: Shear wall is a stiff wall that imparts vertical force resistance to a building frame.

False

True or False: Siding is the interior wall finish material applied to a light frame structure.

False

True or False: Soldier is a brick laid on its end, with its wide face toward the outside of the wall.

False

True or False: Solvent is a liquid that does not dissolve another material.

False

True or False: Superstructure is the below-ground portion of a building.

False

True or False: Suspended ceiling is a finish ceiling that is hung on wires from the structure below.

False

True or False: TPO is an abbreviation for Thermoset PolyOlefin.

False

True or False: Thermal conductivity is the rate at which a material insulates heat.

False

True or False: U-Factor is a measure of the thermal resistivity of a material or assembly.

False

True or False: Underpinning is the process of placing a new foundation above an existing structure.

False

True or False: Vee joint is a joint whose profile resembles the letter T.

False

True or False: Vertical bar is an upright reinforcing bar in a concrete column and is also called a beam bar.

False

True or False: WWF is an abbreviation for Welded Wire Reinforcing.

False

True or False: Waferboard is a building panel made by bonding together small, flat particles of wood.

False

Pozzolan's include which of the following?

A and B

Which of the following window is from the projected windows category?

A. Casement and C. Hopper

Which of the following is another name for bull floats?

A. Darby

Another name for green roofs is which of the following?

A. Eco roofs and B. Vegetated

Which of the following is one of the two ways the cost of interior finish systems may be measured?

A. First Cost and B. Life-cycle cost

Glass-fiber reinforced plastic windows are also called which of the following?

A. GFRP windows and C. Fiberglass windows

Which of the following is one of the more common base-coat gypsum plasters?

A. Gauging plaster and C. Molding plaster

Fibrous reinforcing is composed of short fibers of which of the following?

A. Glass and C Steel

Another name for Gypsum board is which of the following?

A. Gypsum wallboard and B. Dry wall

Abuse-resistant gypsum board is also called which of the following?

A. Impact resistant

Double or triple glazed windows are also called which of the following?

A. Insulating glass units and C. IGU's

Which of the following is a one of the three categories for gunnable sealants?

A. Low range sealants and C. Medium range sealants

PVB is an abbreviation for which of the following?

A. Polyvinyl butyral

Which of the following is a standard precast concrete beam or girder?

A. Rectangular Beam and B. L-shaped beam

Which one of the following is used where a tile is thickset over substrate to isolate the tile assembly from the substrate and reduce the chance of cracking? BONUS

A. Slip sheet and C. Cleavage membrane

Reflective coated glass is also called which of the following?

A. Solar control glass

Which of the following is a precast slab element?

A. Solid slabs and B. Hollow-core slabs

Which of the following is insulating material that isolates the exterior aluminum components from interior?

A. Thermal Breaks

Which of the following is a grouping for single-ply membrane materials?

A. Thermoplastic and B. Thermoset

The generic term "shingle" includes which of the following?

A. Wood Shingles and C. Slate Shingles

Fibrous reinforcing is composed of short fibers of which of the following?

A. glass and C. steel

Which one of the following is hard finish flooring material? BONUS

All of the above

AAMA is an abbreviation for which of the following?

American Architectural Manufacturers Association

Which of the following is NOT an admixture added to concrete?

B. Anti-drying

EIFS is an abbreviation for which of the following?

B. Exterior Insulation & Finish System

Which one of the following is one of the two general categories for doors?

B. Exterior and C. Interior

Which of the following is a principle of producing aluminum is like squeezing toothpaste from a tube?

B. Extrusion

Which of the following is a solid sealant material?

B. Gaskets

GFRC is an abbreviation for which of the following?

B. Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete

ICF is an abbreviation for which of the following?

B. Insulating Concrete Forms

Which of the following is a metal used in the production of architectural sheet metal roofs?

B. Lead and C. Zinc

Gypsum board is produced in variety of types suitable to a wide range of requirements. Which of the following is one of the various types?

B. Mold resistant and C. Type X

Which of the following is the first operation in finishing concrete?

B. Strike off and C. Screeding

Which one of the following is one of the two broad classes of plastics?

B. Thermoset and C. Thermoplastic

VCT is an abbreviation for what type of moment connection?

B. Vinyl composition tile

Another name for cast-in-place construction is which of the following?

B. sitecasting

Another name for silkscreened glass is which of the following?

C. Fritted Glass

IIC is an abbreviation for which of the following?

C. Impact Isolation Class

SVT is an abbreviation for what type of moment connection?

C. Solid Vinyl Tile

Which of the following are wall components such as mental framing members that are highly conductive of heat?

C. Thermal bridges

w-c ratio is an abbreviation for which of the following?

C. Water Cement

Which one of the following is a method of tying concrete column bars together?

C. column spirals

Another inexact name for vapor retarder is which of the following?

C. vapor barrier

Which of the following is used for the vertical runs of pipes, ducts, wires, and elevators?

Shafts

True or False: A pilaster is a vertical integral stiffening rib in a masonry or concrete wall.

True

True or False: LSL is an abbreviation for Laminated Strand Lumber.

True

True or False: Longitudinal shrinkage in wood is shrinkage along the length of the log.

True

True or False: Mat foundation is a single concrete footing that is essentially equal in area to the area of ground covered by the building.

True

True or False: Monolithic is constructed of a single massive piece.

True

True or False: Muntin is a small vertical or horizontal bar between small lights of glass in a sash.

True

True or False: OSB is an abbreviation for Oriented Strand Board.

True

True or False: Plastic is a synthetically produced giant molecule mostly based on carbon chemistry.

True

True or False: Precast concrete is concrete cast and cured in a location other than its final position in the structure.

True

True or False: Quarry tile is a large clay floor tile that is usually un-glazed.

True

True or False: Reinforced concrete has steel bars embedded in it to impart tensile strength to the construction.

True

True or False: SIP is an abbreviation for Structural Insulated Panel

True

True or False: Scab is a piece of framing lumber nailed to the face of another piece of lumber.

True

True or False: Self-tapping creates its own screw threads on the inside of the hole.

True

True or False: Slurry is a watery mixture of insoluble materials with a high concentration of suspended solids.

True

True or False: Soldering is a low-temperature form of brazing.

True

True or False: Subfloor is the loadbearing surface beneath the finish floor.

True

True or False: Toe nailing is fastening with nails driven at an angle.

True

True or False: Tread is one of the horizontal planes that make up a star.

True

True or False: Unreinforced concrete is constructed without steel reinforcing bars or welded wire fabric.

True

True or False: VOC is an abbreviation for Volatile Organic Compound.

True

True or False: VT is an abbreviation for Visible light Transmittance.

True

True or False: Valley rafter is a diagonal rafter that supports a valley.

True