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Building Technology 1: Building Materials

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Type of wood that comes from conifers which have needles instead of leaves

a)

Hardwood

b)

Softwood

c)

Plywood

d)

Boardwood

2.

Type of wood that comes from broad-leaved or deciduous trees.

a)

Hardwood

b)

Softwood

c)

Plywood

d)

Boardwood

3.

Which is not a characteristic of a hardwood?

a)

Heavy

b)

Less environmental impact

c)

Darker color

d)

More expensive

4.

Central core of a log

a)

Sapwood

b)

Heartwood

c)

Trunk

d)

Annual rings

5.

Defect of wood: Caused by the attacked of fungi.

a)

Checks

b)

Shakes

c)

Decay

d)

Knots

6.

Defects of wood: these are cracks between and parallel to the annual rings of growth.

a)

Decay

b)

Knots

c)

Shakes

d)

Checks

7.

Defects of wood: These are irregular growths in the body of a tree which interrupt the smooth curve of the grain. The fibers of the tree are turned from their normal course and grow around the knot at that point of the tree

a)

Pitchpockets

b)

Wane

c)

Knots

d)

Shakes

8.

Defects of Wood: These are well-defined openings between annual rings containing solid or liquid pitch.

a)

Knots

b)

Pitchpockets

c)

Wane

d)

Checks

9.

Refers to wood cut radially to the annual rings of growth parallel to the rays or, in commercial practice, cut with the annual growth rings at an angle 45 to 90 degrees

a)

Plainsawn

b)

Quartersawn

c)

Riftsawn

d)

Jigsawn

10.

lumber is preferable when a pleasing pattern is required, as in wall paneling.

(a)  

11.

What is the board feet of a piece of 1"x8"x10" lumber?

a)

4

b)

7

c)

9

d)

10

12.

Most common wood composite made of several thin plies or veneers of wood that have been glued together.

a)

Lumber

b)

Plywood

c)

Hardboard

d)

Flyboard

13.

Hardboard is sometimes known as

(a)  

14.

Made by bonding together wood particles with an adhesive under heat and pressure to form a rigid board with a relatively smooth surface, often faced with veneer.

a)

Plywood

b)

Hardwood

c)

Chipboard

d)

Particleboard

15.

It is dense, flat, stiff, has no knots and is easily machined. Its fine particles provide a material without a recognizable "grain".

(a)  

16.

Use to hide imperfections of corners between the wall and floor

a)

crown

b)

dado

c)

baseboard

d)

apron

17.

a proportioned mixture of cement, aggregate, and water.



(a)  

18.

How many kg is a bag of cement. (Philippines)

a)

30

b)

40

c)

50

d)

65

19.

(aggregates smaller than 6mm (¼”) in size) consist of sand, stone screenings or other inert materials of similar characteristics

a)

Fine

b)

Pebble

c)

Coarse

d)

Grain

20.

(aggregate larger than ¼” in size) consists of crushed stones, gravel or other inert materials of similar characteristics.

a)

Fine

b)

Pebbles

c)

Coarse

d)

Grain

21.

Concrete Proportions: for concrete under water, retaining walls

a)

Class AA

b)

Class A

c)

Class B

d)

Class C

22.

Concrete Proportions: for suspended slabs

a)

Class AA

b)

Class A

c)

Class B

d)

Class C

23.

Concrete Proportions: for reinforced concrete slabs on fill

a)

Class AA

b)

Class A

c)

Class B

d)

Class C

24.

Admixture: use to speed up setting time of concrete

(a)  

25.

Admixture: use to slow down the hydration of cement

(a)  

26.

What is an igneous rock?

a)

Marble

b)

Basalt

c)

Chalk

d)

Sandstone

27.

What is not a Sedimentary rock?

a)

Sandstone

b)

Basalt

c)

Shale

d)

Chalk

28.

What is a metamorphic rock

a)

Basalt

b)

Kimberlite

c)

Marble

d)

Slate

29.

This is the stone masonry type where stones

employed are either undressed or roughly

dressed.

(a)  

30.

In ashlar masonry, square or rectangular blocks

that are used are dressed and have an

extremely fine bed and end joints.

(a)  

31.

Identify

(a)  

32.

Vernacular Term: Ceiling

(a)  

33.

Vernacular Term: Ceiling Joist

(a)  

34.

Vernacular Term: CHB Laying

(a)  

35.

Vernacular Term: Collar Plate

(a)  

36.

Identify

(a)  

37.

Vernacular Term: Crushed Stone

(a)  

38.

English Term: Abang

(a)  

39.

English Term: Tubo de Banada

(a)  

40.

Identify

(a)