1.

Dry walls do not require appreciable amount of moisture

and they are customarily finished with
o Pre-casting o Rose window
o Mortar and cement o Pre-tensioning 10. A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens
before the next batch of concrete is placed against it
o Plywood on stud
o Lift slab is
o Lath and plaster o Control joint
o None of the above 6. The boxing in of covering a joist, beam or girder to o Expansion joint
give the appearance of a larger beam is known as o Block out
2. To turn back water whenever joints occur in which
o Beam formworks o Cold joint
dissimilar materials come together, it is necessary to
provide
o Beam blocking
11. An iron alloy usually including carbon
o Flashing material o Grade beam and silicon which has high compressive
None of the above strength but low tensile strength is
o Binding material
o Counter flushing 7. A system of framing a building on which o Cast iron
o expansion joint
floor joists of each storey rest on the top
plates of the storey below and the bearing
o Wrought iron
walls and partitions rest on the subfloor of o Pig iron
3. The part of a foundation system which supports the each storey is known as
o None of the above
exterior walls of a superstructure and bears directly
on the column footing is a
o Balloon framing 12. The capacity of a wall to hold moisture is
important in the design of dwelling units.
o Grade beam o Plank framing Select the best material which will reduce

o Foundation course o Western Framing moisture in a wall when used

o Unitized framing o CHB S-cut joint finish

o Foundation wall o 1” thk. V-cut wood boards
Wall footing
8. Pressure exerted against the underground
o Synthetic Adobe finish on RC wall
portion of a building created by the o None of the above
4. A narrow strip of wood applied to cover a joint along the
presence of water in the soil is known as
edges of two parallel boards in the same plane is a Plaster or plywood ceiling on nailers or joists
o Fillet o Soil bearing pressure 13.
below a ventilated roof space may show “pattern
Cant strip o Hydrostatic pressure staining” on
the ceiling. This can be prevented by
o Batten o Atmospheric pressure o Cleaning
o Wood plank o Pneumatic pressure o Adequate insulation
9. A window which projects outside the
main line of a building and the o Repainting
compartment in which it is located
extends to the floor is known as
o None of the above
5. The stressing of unbounded tendons after concrete has o Bay window
14. Sound or noise between bedrooms may be
cured is o Hopper window reduced by using less expensive materials with
o Post tensioning o Oriel window the application of construction techniques
o double wall plywood on horizontal and vertical
 o
studs with absorbents
solid 6” R.C. wall
o run 23. An expansion joints adjacent parts of a structure
to permit expected movements between them is
rise
called
o sawali on 2” x 2” studs o contraction joint
19. A high-speed rotary shaping hand
o None of the above power tool used to make smooth
o trussjoimt
cutting and curving on solid wood is
15. The staircase of a house has a total run of 3
meters and a total rise of 2.16 meters, the tread
called o construction joint
width is 11 inches and riser is 7 7/8”, therefore, o Surface planer o conduction joint
the stringer length is
o portable hand router
o 3.20 meters o dado place
24. The most important component to determine the
strength of a concrete mix is
o 3.69 meters o lath machine o sand
o 3.75 meters o cement
o 3.35 meters 20. Dressed lumber is referred to o gravel
16. One method of leveling batterboards without the
o covered with plastic for shipment o lime
transit is the use of o lumber of exact measurement
o ¼ Ø plastic hose filled with water
o smoothed or planed lumber
25. A pit in a basement floor made to collect
o eyesight water into which a pump is placed to pump

o Plumb bob o lumber used for fine carpentry works the liquid to the sewer pipe
o Sump
o chalk line o Slump
21. It refers to the occupancy load which either
17. The complete records of test conduction
(slump, compression test, etc.) shall be preserved
partially or fully in place or may not be present at o Drain hole
and made available for inspection during the
all is called
o live load
o None of the above
progress of construction and after completion of
the projects for a period of not less than
o dead load 26. The scientific name for wood is

o 5 years o concentrated load

o 3 years o distributed load o Citem
o Apitong
o 4 years 22. The distance between inflection point in the
o Xylem
column when it breaks is called
o 2 years o pcillariscapilla
o development length
18. The distance from the first to the last riser of a stair
flight is called
o effective length 27. The hardware on a door to accommodate the

o spandrel o cross sectional area knob and lockset keyhole

o pitch o equivalent distance o escutcheon

o embellisher
 o door lock cup 31. A common and cheap masonry finish
wherein dry consistency mortar mix is
o push plate sprayed by mechanical or pneumatic
means. The sprayed cement is left to dry
28. A concrete flooring and finish which transforms and give a rustic finish. Optional paint coat
ordinary plain concrete into an elegant and maybe required
decorative textured surface. This is done by o spraytex
adding dust-on-color pigments to the concrete to o anay finish
give a fast color and imprinted with a patented
pattern and texture while the concrete is still
o stucco finish
plastic to create the look and finish of stone, slate o sandblast
or brick
o impressio-crete
o textfloor-crete
o stucco floor finish
o concrete block cushion
29. A pretreatment of poured concrete such as
walls beams and columns where a thin layer of
lean cement grout mixed with flexible base
additives is splattered by tampico brush or
masonry spoon to the surface to give a “tooth” for
excellent plaster adhesion
o scratch coat
o splash coat
o cement roughing
o concrete roughing by chiseling
30. A special coating system with a high gloss shine
while maintaining the natural wood qualities,
maintenance free, used to finish and topcoat
wood flooring
o polyethylene floor coating
o epoxy floor coating
o tile floor coating
o polyurethane floor coating