Tech Draft Quiz

It is a type of wall, which supports any load other than its own weight

• Wall loading

• Wall carrying

• Wall bearing

• Wall holding

The other term for the underside of a beam, lintel or reveal

• Ceiling

• Soffit

• Threshold

• Cellar

The term for a partial intermediate floor in any storey or room of a building having an area of not more than ½ of the area of the room or space in which it is constructed

• Second floor

• Intermediated floor

• Mezzanine floor

• Adjacent floor

The term for a mixture of Portland cement, lime, water, aggregate and other approved materials

• Plaster

• Pilaster

• Concrete

• Concrete hollow blocks

The type of beam or girder that is placed over an opening in a wall, which supports the walls above

• Camber beam

• Light beam

• Linter beam

• Window beam

The term for a horizontal structural piece, which supports the end of the floor beams or joists or walls over opening

• Slab

• Stairs

• Girder

• Column

The term for the portion of the foundation of a structure which spreads and transmits loads directly to the soil or the pile

• Footing

• Column

• Grade beam

• Footing the beam

The term used for all the portions of the building or structure below the footing; the earth upon which the structure rests

• Grade

• Foundation

• Soil

• Gravel

The portion of a building between floor and ceiling which is wholly or partly below grade and so located the vertical distance from grade to the floor equal to or greater than the vertical distance from grade toe ceiling

• Storey

• Submerged floor

• Embedded floor

• Cellar

It is a T shaped instrument used for drawing or testing right angles

• Triangle

• Scale

• T square

• Straight edge