Which of the following best describes the tensile strength of concrete?

What is the supported at only one end and is rigidly held in position at the end?

What is supported at three or more joints?

The proper way to breach a masonry wall is to open which of the following shaped holes?

What is lumber that is eight inches or more in its smallest dimension called?

Often wood chips are glued together to make flat sheets. ______is/are sometimes used for flooring of mobile homes. They are water-soluble and may dissolved in fires.

Failure of a gusset plate will cause tensile loads to do which of the following?

What is the covering that is applied directly to the studs or framing of the structure?

Bricks laid so that the long side is visible compose which of the following?

Stone cut in rectangular units.

Structural steel will fail at approxiamately which of the following temperatures?

Two stairways are frequently found in the same shaft. If there is a standpipe, the outlets will be alternative stairways, floor by floor. These stairways are known as ____stairways.

What is the fire resistance of floors and walls concerned with?

What describes a passageway, usually vertical, that is cut into a masonry wall for a pipe or conduit?

What is the weight of a building and any equipment permanently attached to it or built in the building called?

A very heavy load located at one point in a building is known as which of the following?

What is a measure of the ability of a material to yield and return to its original shape?

Which of the following is any beam, of any material, that supports other beams?

A material that returns to its original shape after a load is removed is said to be within its ______ range?

A material that is permanently deformed after the load is removed is said to have exceeded its _________ range.

What is the top membr of the truss called?

What is the bottom member of a truss known as?

To benfit from the most support, wood beams are placed....

Loads that are delivered in a short time are termed as which of the following?

Which of the following describes a beam that spans an opening in a masonry wall?

The process of covering a masonry wall with a thin coat of concrete is known as which of the following?

A bearing wall common to two structures. If structural members of both buildings are located in common sockets, fire can extend through the opening. This is a problem area of a _____ wall.

Which of the following beams would support its load longer while burning?

What is a vertical section of a wall, one brick or masonry unit thick called?

Veneer walls, curtain walls and partition walls are example of what type of walls?

What is used to limit the movement of fire through relatively small concealed passages such as under stairs and inside walls?

The main common characteristic of ordinary construction is that the exterior walls are made of which of the following?

Cutting the end of a beam at an angle so that the beam can fall out of the wall during a fire is called which of the following?

What term is used to describe the loss of surface material when concrete is subjected to heat?

Row houses, town houses, and condominiums are examples of:

What is a method of construction known as where all of the concrete in a building is properly bonded together to be like one piece of stone?

What are the two prestressing methods used with concrete construction?

*NFPA 20 requires that an ______ flow test of the pump assembly be performed to determine its ability to continue to attain satisfactorily performance at shutoff, rated flow, and peak poads. It also requires that pumps designed to turn on in response to drops in water pressure shall be started _____.

What is the temporary structure called that is erected to support concrete work in the course of construction?

A heated steel beam that is not past the point of strain (elastic range) will do which of the following when cooled with streams of water?

A heated beam that is past the point of strain (plastic range) will do which of the following when cooled with streams of water?

What represents the potential fuel available to a fire?

Precast beams often have the word "____" cast in the top of the beam because the reinforcing rods are in the top of the beam.

There are two types of concrete construction. They are:

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A common truss used for steep roofs would be a:

Which of the following is represented by the ratio of the strength of the material just before failure, to the safe working stress?

What are steel pipes called that are filled with concrete in order to increase their load-carrying capacity?

What is the covering that is applied directly to the studs or framing of the structure?

What type of force is perpendicular to the plane of the section under consideration but does not pass through the center of the section?

Structural steel will fail at approxiamately which of the following temperatures

Aircraft hangers are usually built of unprotected steel and are equipped with ____ sprinklers systems.

Sprinkler heads rated for the Ultra High temperatures classification are color coded:

Which of the following sprinkler system components is used to limit water flow to one direction?

Which of the following should be used by fire inspectors that will allow them to function within the normally-accepted legal guidelines?

Which National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard provides the minimum design and installation requirements of sprinkler systems found in most buildings?

The pressure above the clapper valve in a wet pipe will be _____ than the pressure below the clapper valve.

On a wet-pipe sprinkler system with an alarm check valve, the _____ is _____ to test the alarm without unseating the alarm check valve

How often should the alarms of the sprinkler system be tested?

How often should wet pipe system alarms be tested