WorksheetsChapter 8: Building Layout - Know & Understand
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
True or False? Zoning ordinances often regulate the minimum property setback.
True
False
When establishing a building line with a measuring tape, use the _____ method to establish a square corner.
3-4-5
Squaring
Leveling
Differential
An alternative method to checking a floor system or wall system for square.
Squaring Method
Diagonal Method
Leveling Method
Framing Method
An alternative method to checking a floor system or wall system for square, other than 3-4-5 method and Diagonal Method
Squaring Method
Pythagorean Theorem
Leveling Method
Framing Method
In residential construction, it is important that building lines be accurately established in relation to _____ lines.
Building
Lot
Property
Zoning
Staking a building starts with locating the _____.
building lines
setback lines
property lines
lot lines
Grade leveling is immediately useful to the _____, who must determine how much earth must be removed to dig a basement or trench a foundation footing.
surveyor
excavator
builder
architect
Who is typically responsible for the BIM (Building Information Modeling) program/process?
surveyor
drafter
builder
architect
What does BIM stand for in the construction idustrty?
Building Information Management
Building Information Modeling
Buyers Inquisition Merger
Builder Inequality Maintenance
The quality of being exactly perpendicular or vertical; at a right angle to the horizon or floor.
Plumb
Zoning Ordinance
Lot
Setback
The quality of being exactly perpendicular or horizontal; at a right angle to the vertical.
Plumb
Zoning Ordinance
Level
Setback
What is the difference between level and plumb?
Level is vertical, plumb is horizontal
Level is horizontal, plumb is vertical
Level is straight, plumb is horizontal
Level is vertical, plumb is straight
A law put in place by a governing municipality that regulates land usage.
Zoning Ordinance
Setback
Total Station
Grade
An optical leveling instrument commonly used for building layout.
Transit
Total Station
Lot
Vernier Scale
The line marking where the wall of a structure will be located.
Laser Level
Setback
Building Line
Transit
A drawing that shows the front, rear, and sides of a building. Also, the height of an object above grade.
Line of Sight
Setback
Grade Leveling
Elevation
The minimum distance a building is allowed to be placed to a property line, as established by the local zoning ordinances.
Transit
Setback
Leveling Rod
Fill
The process of finding the difference in the grade between several points or transferring the same level from one point to another.
Elevation
Builder's Level
Auto Level
Grade Level
A long rod marked off with numbered graduations that is used, along with a builder’s level or transit, to sight differences in elevation over long distances.
leveling Rod
Elevation
Property Line
Grade Leveling
A mark on a permanent object fixed to the ground from which grade levels and elevations are taken for construction of a building. Sometimes officially established by government survey. Also known as a "reference point"
Grade Leveling
Laser Level
Benchmark
Cut
An optical device used to determine grade levels and angles for laying out buildings on a site. Also called a dumpy level or an optical level.
lot
line of sight
auto level
builder's level
A leveling instrument that emits a level laser beam over 360° without being attended. A receiver attached to a rod and attended by a rod holder makes a sound when the laser beam strikes it.
Property Line
Building Line
Line of Sight
Laser Level
