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Ch. 16 Construction Fundamentals

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of structure is usually stick built?
a)
civic
b)
commercial
c)
residential
d)
retail
2.

Residential Construction...

a)

Provides places where people live, including apartment buildings and single family homes.

b)

Includes office structures, shopping malls, and factories.

c)

Creates large structures for public use, such as hospitals and schools.

d)

Builds railways, communication systems, and roads.

3.

Commercial/ Industrial Construction...

a)

Provides places where people live, including apartment buildings and single family homes.

b)

Includes office structures, shopping malls, and factories.

c)

Creates large structures for public use, such as hospitals and schools.

d)

Builds railways, communication systems, and roads.

4.

Construction systems include...

a)

Inputs

b)

Processes

c)

Outputs

d)

All of the above

5.

These are places that are considered warehouses to provide storage for large amounts of products.

a)

Commercial

b)

Residential

c)

Target

d)

Industrial

6.

This part of the structure is seen above the ground. This is called the ________.

a)

Foundation

b)

Superstructure

c)

structure

d)

Substructure

7.

What are the four (4) main classification of buildings?

a)

Educational, Industrial, Commercial, Promotional

b)

Agricultural, Residential, Government, Greater Works

c)

Commercial, Residential, Industrial, Public Works

d)

Religious, Transport, Power plants, Residential

8.

Soft tunnels

Rock tunnels

Underwater tunnels

a)

They are the kinds of tunnels.

b)

They are steps to construct a tunnel.

c)

They refer to History of tunnels.

9.

What is a canal?

a)

A river that connects different regions of the country

b)

Any body of water used for trade

c)

A man made river that connects existing bodies of water

d)

A large lake

10.

What two bodies of water does the Panama Canal connect?

a)

Mediterranean Sea & Red Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean & Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean & Arctic Ocean

11.

What do you call the area where water is stored behind a dam?

a)

reservoir

b)

generator

c)

refuge

d)

turbine

12.

A wall across a river that controls the flow of river water

a)

dam

b)

flood

c)

floodway

d)

levee

13.

Buildings that are constructed for people to live in are called ________.

a)

Commercial

b)

Industrial

c)

Agricultural

d)

Residential

14.

These are places that people spend money in, such as the ice cream shop

a)

Residential

b)

Industrial

c)

Commercial

d)

None

15.

Different parts connected together to complete a task is called __________

a)

Technological system

b)

Science

c)

Subsystem

d)

none

16.

Construction Technology is all about building houses

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Building a hospital is an example of this constuction

a)

residential

b)

commerical

c)

industrial

d)

public works

18.

Which are examples of public works projects?

a)

fire station

b)

amusement park

c)

library

d)

movie theater

19.

The knowledge and techniques used to build structures.

a)

Floor Frame Skeleton

b)

Commercial Construction

c)

Super Structure

d)

Construction Technology

20.

A highway that MAY connect 2 different interstate highways and CREATES A SHORTCUT through a city or helps drivers avoid the congestion of other roads.

a)

spur

b)

loop

c)

bypass

d)

auxiliary route