Take The Quiz To Learn About Curtain Wall Design
We welcome you to take this quiz to learn about Curtain wall design. A curtain wall is basically the outer covering of a building. The curtain wall is non - structural and hence can be made from lightweight materials like glass. We sincerely hope our quiz can help you learn more about the concept. All the questions are compulsory, so please make sure to read all the questions carefully before answering. All the very best!
- 1.The two major categories of all curtain wall systems are:
- A.
Storefront Systems and Window Wall Systems
- B.
Fabrication Systems and Stick Systems
- C.
Stick Systems and Unitized Systems
- D.
Thermally Broken Systems and Thermally Improved Systems
- 2.Stick systems arrive at the project site:
- A.
Assembled in pre-built modules
- B.
Broken down into individual components
- C.
In units on a truck ready to be set in place
- D.
Ready to be fabricated and prepped for installation
- 3.An SSG (Structural Silicon Glazed) curtain wall has which main features:
- A.
Concealed sightline operable windows
- B.
Can be thermally broken
- C.
It is fabricated with screw splines attached to shear blocks
- D.
Utilizes silicone to secure the glass and as a weather seal on the exterior instead of a pressure plate and cover
- 4.A major advantage of a Unitized system over a Stick System is:
- A.
Being in modules it requires less space at the project site for staging
- B.
Modules erected in close sequence can enclose a building quickly
- C.
Most of the labor is conducted in a shop environment where rates are less
- D.
All of the above
- 5.Sided SSG curtain wall systems have which main features?
- A.
All covers are custom giving it a one-of-a-kind look
- B.
Exterior glass surface is flush with no projecting pressure plates of covers from the interior mullions
- C.
Glass appears stacked with spider connections between them
- D.
Tempered glass units can be secured with tensioned cables behind them
- 6.Which of the following is not a force that can move water?
- A.
Pressure Differential
- B.
Kinetic
- C.
Seismic
- D.
Capillary
- 7.The Design Principle of "Pressure Equalization" is:
- A.
Balancing the air around each light of glass with the adjacent outside air pressure so that it can weep
- B.
Balancing the air space in the insulated glass unit with the interior air pressure
- C.
Balancing air space around each light of glass with the interior to reduce pressure differential
- D.
All of the above
- 8.The covers on a curtain wall function as a "Rain Screen" which provides which benefits:
- A.
Diverts cascading water from reaching critical joints by serving as a capillary break
- B.
Prevents wind pressure from forcing water back in the weeps and into the system
- C.
The baffle effect shields weeps allowing the system to pressure equalize and weep moisture
- D.
All the above
- 9.New "product-specific testing" is more likely to be required for which level of curtain wall modification?
- A.
Custom project specific system
- B.
Standard curtain wall system
- C.
Modified curtain wall system
- D.
All the above
- 10.Which of the following is not an example of a typical method of anchoring a curtain wall system?
- A.
Edge Angle
- B.
Embed Unistrut
- C.
Expansion Sleeve
- D.
Top of Slab Angle
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