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WorksheetsMaterials of Construction [Quiz No. 2]
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 26mins
Classifies inorganic soils for suitability as sub-grade materials in terms of good drainage and bearing capacity:
AASHTO Soil Classification System
USCS United Soil Classification System
All of the above
None of the above
Tests performed on soils passing the No. 40 sieve are called:
Attenberg Limits
Liquid Limits
Plastic Limits
Soil Limits
Any soil, crushed stone, and sand used to raise an existing grade, or as a man-made-deposit, generally used under spread footings, pavers, or concrete slabs on grade is called:
Fill materials
Granular fill
Borrow fill
All of the above
The Tagalog equivalent of earth fill is:
estaka
banda y banda
escombro
larga masa
These are stone-filled wire baskets used to stabilize soil and prevent erosion:
Geo synthetics
Geonets
Gabions
Geomembranes
A built-up construction or combination of building materials as clay, concrete, or stone set in mortar or plain concrete is known as:
Masonry
Riprap
Wall
Fence
A hollow masonry unit with two or three cells or cores made form Portland cement, water, and various types of aggregates:
concrete hollow block
structural clay
structural brick
brick
Purpose of CHB cells
To make it lightweight
To make it stronger
To make it cheaper
To allow heat insulation
A two-core block made from fiber and cement and is lightweight is called:
Jackbilt Block
CHB
Durisol Block
Ramrod Block
A generic term that refers to any of a number of cementitious substances that are applied to a asuface in paste form after which it hardens into a solid material:
gypsum
plaster
concrete
mortar
A kind of brick used for high temperature
Fly-ash brick
Firebrick
Thermal brick
Cinder block
Standard size of a common brick
3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 8"
3 x 2 1/2 x 8"
3 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 8"
3 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 8"
This is a proportioned mixture of cement, fine aggregate and water
Cement mortar
Concrete
Lean concrete
CHB
Together with wood and clay, also one of the basic building materials of man:
stone
brick
soil
cement
Which among the following is not a classification of stone?
Igneous Rock
Obsidian Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Igneous rock is formed by the crystallization of:
shale
molten magma
sediments
volcanic ash
Stone cut to specific size, squared to dimensions and to specific thickness is called:
rubble stone
stone veneer
dimension stone
brick
Stone delivered from the quarries in rough and irregular shape that has at least one good face for exposure in wall is called:
dimension stone
stone veneer
rubble stone
ashlar
A building stone of igneous origin and composed of quartz, hornblende and mica is a:
limestone
granite
slate rock
serpentine
It is also known as gypsum partition blocks, are usually made of gypsum, vegetable fibers as binders and reinforcement. Used for furring and fireproofing columns:
plaster block
shale block
clay block
mortar block
This is a type of metamorphic rock, characterized by its vein structure which is actually a recrystallized limestone used for facades, floors and walls:
(a)
It means "fired earth" and is a clay product which has been used for architectural decorative purposes, since Ancient Greece and Rome.
(a)
Steel bars used for reinforcement of concrete are:
structural steel bars
zee bars
billet steel bars
tee bars
What is the standard weight of a 25mm diameter hot-rolled weldable deformed or plain steel bar per meter length?
343 kilos
4.833 kilos
3.853 kilos
2.466 kilos
These are narrow thin strips of wood or metal used as a building material supporting structures for plaster, shingles or tiles:
expanded metal laths
gypsum laths
metal straps
gypsum laths and expanded metal laths
gypsum laths and metal straps
What metal is made with chromium or a combination of nickel and chromium used in buildings for exterior wall panels, frames for doors, expansion joints, flashings, copings, fascia and gravel stops?
Aluminum
Stainless Steels
Steel
Chromium
It is a steel element such as a wire, cable, bar, rod or strand or a bundle of such elements, used to impart pre stress to conrete
Tenon cables
Tendons
Pre stressing cables
Reinforcements
An iron alloy usually including carbon and silicon which has high compressive strength but low tensile strength is
Wrought iron
Black iron
Cast iron
Pig iron
A ferrous metal that offers great resistance to abrassion and finds important use in the cutting edges of heavy digging tools is a:
Alloy steels
Nickel steel
Weathering steel
Manganese steel
The metal that has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity and is ductile, malleable and non-magnetic is:
Tin
Copper
Lead
Aluminum
Standard gauge of tie wires?
Ga 16
Ga 20
Ga 18
Ga 22
1 kilo of tie wire is equivalent to how many meters?
45
35
53
48
Identify:
sagrod
turnbuckle
eyebolt
weighing hook
A composition of two or more metals fused together usually to obtain a desired property
(a)
A traditional building material that is easily worked, has durability and beauty and has freedom from rust and corrosion and is comparatively lightweight is:
(a)
