Building Tech April 2007
- 1.These are timber connectors that are made in sizes of 1-1/2, 4 and 6 in. in diameter. They are used for heavy construction. (CDEP VII-128)
- A.
A. claw plates
- B.
B. toothed rings
- C.
C. shear plates
- D.
D. split rings
- 2.A column designed to support concentrated load; a member, usually in the form of a thickened section, which forms an integral vertical part of a wall. (CDEP VII-137)
- A.
A. pedestal
- B.
B. pier
- C.
C. suspended column
- D.
D. planted column
- 3.This is a modification of the compression halved splice. It has an extra notch to keep it from slipping and is usually used in the combination with scabs or fishplates. (CDEP VII-127)
- A.
A. square splice
- B.
B. fished splice
- C.
C. scarfed splice
- D.
D. halved splice
- 4.Refers to the continuous vertical section of a wall that is one masonry unit in thickness. (CDEP VII-129)
- A.
A. grout
- B.
B. reinforcement
- C.
C. plaster
- D.
D. wythe
- 5.The shape most commonly associated with historic clay roofing tiles is probably that of convex or rounded tiles often grouped together generically. (CDEP VII-157)
- A.
A. plain tile
- B.
B. pantile
- C.
C. flat tile
- D.
D. double lapped tiles
- 6.A horizontal member which ties together two opposite common rafters, usually at a point about halfway up the rafters. (CDEP VII-153)
- A.
A. web
- B.
B. collar beam
- C.
C. chord
- D.
D. purlin
- 7.A roof truss having two vertical posts between the rafters and the tie beam. (CDEP VII-153)
- A.
A. king-post truss
- B.
B. fink truss
- C.
C. pratt truss
- D.
D. queen-post truss
- 8.Is any rafter that is shorter than the full length of the roof slope, as one meeting a hip or a valley: (CDEP VII- 152)
- A.
A. hip rafter
- B.
B. valley jack
- C.
C. jack rafter
- D.
D. valley rafter
- 9.A short or square bar driven into holes bored in timber, for attaching adjacent sticks to each other or to piles. (CDEP VII-193)
- A.
A. drive band
- B.
B. driftbolt
- C.
C. bolt
- D.
D. none of the above
- 10.A steel band which encircles the head of a timber pile to prevent it from splitting when being driven. (CDEP VII-192)
- A.
A. pile ring
- B.
B. drift pin
- C.
C. driftbolt
- D.
D. band ring
- 11.Narrow battens or wood strips attached to the joints of T&G sheathing. Wood strips are lumber less than 4” wide. (CDEP VII-147)
- A.
A. Batten and Board
- B.
B. T &G siding
- C.
C. Corrugated siding
- D.
D. Batten siding
- 12.A short flat piece of lumber which is bolted, nailed, or screwed to two butting pieces I order to splice them together. (CDEP VII-127)
- A.
A. fishplate
- B.
B. scarf
- C.
C. scab
- D.
D. none of the above
- 13.A wood or metal piece used to fasten together the ends of two members with nails or bolts. (CDEP VII-127)
- A.
A. fishplate
- B.
B. scarf
- C.
C. scab
- D.
D. none of the above
- 14.Continuous horizontal beams which tie the sheet piles in place. (CDEP VII-113)
- A.
A. lagging
- B.
B. rakers
- C.
C. wales
- D.
D. tie backs
- 15.are diagonals which support the wales and soldier piles bearing on heel blocks or footing. (CDEP VII-113)
- A.
A. lagging
- B.
B. rakers
- C.
C. wales
- D.
D. tie backs
- 16.Secured to rock or soil anchors are resorted to when crossbracing or rakers would interfere with the excavation procedure. (CDEP VII-113)
- A.
A. lagging
- B.
B. rakers
- C.
C. wales
- D.
D. tie backs
- 17.Shallow depressions formed by the intersection of two ground slopes, designed to direct or divert the runoff of surface water. (CDEP VII-115)
- A.
A. ponds
- B.
B. swales
- C.
C. area drain
- D.
D. absorption trench
- 18.The act of water seeping through a porous material, such as soil. (CDEP VII-115)
- A.
A. drain
- B.
B. absorb
- C.
C. percolate
- D.
D. divert
- 19.It is a process where girders are used in cases where part or all of the weight of the wall has to be carried, as when the old footing is removed and the wall carried down to a new footing at a greater depth. (CDEP VII-115)
- A.
A. underpinning
- B.
B. piling
- C.
C. shoring
- D.
D. lagging
- 20.An excavator used for general digging which is usually mounted on either the crawler or truck frame. (CDEP VII-109)
- A.
A. trencher
- B.
B. front-end loader
- C.
C. backhoe
- D.
D. grader
- 21.A special kind of excavator which dogs long, narrow ditches for pipelines or cables
- A.
A. trencher
- B.
B. front-end loader
- C.
C. backhoe
- D.
D. grader
- 22.A large shoveling machine that can scoop or deposit a large amount of material.
- A.
A. trencher
- B.
B. front-end loader
- C.
C. backhoe
- D.
D. grader
- 23.Is a special type of handsaw that has a very thin bade and makes very straight cuts such as those on trims and moldings.
- A.
A. backsaw
- B.
B. ripsaw
- C.
C. crosscut saw
- D.
D. hacksaw
- 24.Mortar containing a considering amount of water so that it has the consistency of a viscous liquid, permitting it to be poured or pumped into joints, spaces, and cracks within masonry walls and floors, between pieces of ceramic tiles, and into joints between performed roof deck units.
- A.
A. grout
- B.
B. reinforcement
- C.
C. plaster
- D.
D. Wythe
- 25.These are obtainable with depths ranging from 6” to 16” and are now commonly used instead of built-up columns in steel skeleton construction. (CDEP VII-231)
- A.
A. starred angles
- B.
B. built-up columns
- C.
C. latticed columns
- D.
D. rolled H-columns
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