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Building Technology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When a safety hazard cannot be

eliminated, students should

a)

avoid the hazard

b)

ignore the hazard

c)

guard or mark off the hazard

d)

share the information with

other students

2.

4. Personal protective equipment (PPE)

must be maintained by the

a)

Worker

b)

Employer

c)

Safety officer

d)

Work supervisor

3.

14. The role of a quantity surveyor is to

a)

Prepare working drawings

b)

Set out a building site

c)

Prepare a bill of qualities

d)

Manage the finances of a construction project

4.

15. Which of the following members of

the building team carries the greatest

level of responsibility on a

construction site?

a)

Trade foreman

b)

Project manager

c)

Contractor

d)

Civil engineer

5.

16. A technical worker in construction and

manufacturing industries is paid more

than a skilled or semi-skilled worker

because they have

a)

A better position

b)

Highly academic qualifications

c)

Higher levels of knowledge

and skills

d)

Greater production output

6.

The role of civil and structural

engineering is to produce buildings for

a)

Domestic use only

b)

The banking sector

c)

Industrial use

d)

A public use

7.

The major components of a home’s basic or underlying structure are the;

a)

foundation and footing

b)

walls and roof

c)

footing and walls

d)

foundation and frame

8.

Which of the following are standards used in building construction?

a)

ANSI, BSI, ISO standards

b)

Building regulation, ABNSI, BSI

c)

CUBIC, CARIFORUM, ISO standards

d)

ANSI, CUBIC, ISO standards

9.

Which of the following is NOT a form of pictorial drawing?

a)

Orthographic

b)

Isometric

c)

Oblique

d)

Cavalier

10.

Which of the following are used for developing and presenting project work?

a)

PowerPoint & Autocad

b)

Prezi & Excel

c)

PowerPoint & Prezi

d)

Excel & AutoCad

11.

A wall can be define as

a)

a barrier into and out of a building

b)

separating the space inside and outside a building

c)

providing privacy for a building

d)

protections inside and outside a building

12.

All these are different types of walls except

a)

Load - bearing internal walls

b)

Load - bearing external walls

c)

non - load - bearing construction walls

d)

non - load - bearing external walls

13.

All these are aggregates used to make mortar EXCEPT?

a)

Cement

b)

Gravel

c)

Sand

d)

Water

14.

All these are masonry joints used forming a building except?

a)

Flush joint

b)

Weather - struck joint

c)

Half - round joint

d)

Recessed joint

e)

Arris Joint

15.

Give the term used for this definition, " The method used in masonry work to avoid continuous vertical joints, which can make a wall unstable when loads are uneven."

a)

Masonry Joints

b)

External walls

c)

Bonding

d)

Lintel

16.

Give the term used for this definition, " is a beam that spans across a horizontal opening and supports the load just above the opening."

a)

Horizontal Beam

b)

Lintel

c)

Column

d)

Vertical Beam

17.

State the name of this type of joint, " is a joint where mortar joint is level with the masonry, that gives a flat appearance."

a)

Half - round joint

b)

Flush Joint

c)

Reccessed joint

d)

Weather - struck joint

18.

State the type of bonding, "you make this bond by laying the bricks lengthwise across the wall, resulting in the header being visible."

a)

Header bond

b)

Stretcher bond

c)

English bond

d)

Flemish bond

19.

Base on the technical words used in brick laying give the word used for this, " the edge of a brick"

a)

Bat

b)

Arris

c)

Bed

d)

Face

20.

Base on the technical words used in brick laying give the word for this, 'the horizontal distance that one brick overlaps the one below it."

a)

Quoin

b)

Closer

c)

Lap

d)

Bed joint