Wood is technically, known as?

A method of construction employing the use of two upright posts and a beam.

It is referred to as lumber having at least one smooth surface.

A wide piece of lumber having 2” to 5” thickness.

It refers to the term applied to wood after it has been sawed or sliced into boards, planks, sticks,

etc.

It is called the principal beam extending from wall to wall that supports the beams and floor

joists.

These are parts of the floor system placed on the girders where the floor rest.

A structural member placed on top of the rafters or top chord of a truss that supports the

roofing material.

It is the art of building with stone, brick, concrete blocks and similar materials.

It is the term used referring to the arrangement of bricks.

The fourth material added to concrete other than water, cement, and aggregates.

Are inert materials that when bound together into conglomerated mass by Portland cement and

water form a concrete, mortar, or plaster?

Workability of concrete pertains to the following EXCEPT.

Concrete curing is divisible by from and to?

The purpose of this structural member is to transmit the collective building load to the ground.

Fabricated post made up of steel pipe in – filled with concrete.

A method of testing concrete wherein a specimen is crushed by a UTM and records the

maximum stress required before it ruptures.

Layman’s term for a ceiling joists.

Layman’s term for vertical studs.

Layman’s term for concrete slab.

The process of extracting earth from the ground to obtain the desired depth or grade for

building construction.

The following are ways to fasten G.I. corrugated roofing onto a purlin, except.

The term used for both rivets and bolts is called.

Shallow excavation extends deep to the ground at a maximum depth of how many meters?

Are short, transverse wood members that are used as spacers and stiffeners of the floor joists.

These are commonly laid in a staggered manner.

The type of foundation that uses a pad to transmit load to the ground is termed as?

The hardening of concrete due to the chemical reaction between cement and water is termed

as?

The method of testing concrete specimen while the mixture is still fresh is called?

What is the cement – gravel – sand proportion for a class A concrete mixture?

What is the term given where a circular concrete core is enclosed by spirals with vertical and

longitudinal bars?

This refers to the beam which is ONLY supported on one end and the other end is projecting

outward?

What is the standard size of plywood?

The following are parts of a truss EXCEPT ONE.

What instrument is used to check the verticality of a material, object or structure?

A small structural member in timber construction used as a support to prevent purlins from

sliding down the rafter.

The ideal spacing of vertical and horizontal wood stud is.

A timber framing system that employs a non-continuous post from the pier to the roof beam of

a multi-storey structure.

The most widely used materials resembling large bricks that are molded from sand and cement

is called.

The type of wood framing system where the floor levels are constructed one a time. The most

noticeable feature of this framing is that the studs are not continuous to the whole height of the

building. What do you call this wood framing system?

A type of bolt that is embedded on a concrete pedestal in an upside down manner.

A material used to cover the gaps between the floor and the wall is called?

An ornamental molding, usually of wood or plaster, running around the walls of a room just

below the ceiling.

A system of framing a wooden building; all vertical structural elements of the exterior bearing

walls and partitions consist of single studs which extends the full height of the frame, from the

top of the soleplate to the roof plate; all floor joists are fastened by nails to studs.

The art of joining two or more pieces of wood together in a skillful manner is termed as?