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PART 1 d. Placeability
e. Strength
1. The primary purpose of a slump test is to
meet which following concrete quality 7. A steel strand used for prestressing a
requirements? concrete member.
a. Durability a. Tendon
b. Surface Quality b. Cable
c. Strength c. Anchorage
d. Workability d. Tie

2. Consolidation is defined as the process of 8. Stirrups are placed in concrete beam

reducing the volume of entrapped air in a reinforcement to resist.
fresh cementitious mixture. Which of the a. Bursting stress
following mechanical inputs does not b. Compression
contribute to consolidation? c. Moment
a. Boning d. Shear
b. Compaction e. Tension
c. Rodding
d. Tamping 9. The correct proportioning of ingredients for
e. Vibration the mixture of concrete is done by
a. Bags
3. What type of portland cement is employed b. Rule of thumb
in the construction of massive concrete c. Volume
structures such as gravity dams? d. Weight
a. Type l: Normal
b. Type ll: Moderate 10. A steel reinforcing bar that projects from a
c. Type lll: High Early Strength foundation a tie it to a column or wall, or
d. Type lV: Low Heat from section of a concrete slab or wall to
e. Type V: Sulfate Resistant another.
a. Rough in
4. Concrete left in its natural state after b. Stirrup
formwork is removed, especially when the c. Tie
concrete surface reflects the texture, joints d. Dowel
and fasteners of a board form?
a. Architectural concrete 11. A vertical loop of steel bar used to reinforce
b. Beton Brut a concrete beam against diagonal tension
c. Dry-shake finish forces.
d. Exposed aggregate finish a. Dowel
b. Stirrup
5. Concrete that is poured in its final location. c. Tie
a. Cast-in-place d. Yoke
b. Precast
c. Slab on grade 12. Manufacturing cement involves a process
d. Slab starting from a raw materials and ending as
fine powder. Raw materials are crushed,
6. With regards to concrete proportioning, ground, proportioned and blended, then
which of the following characteristics is of passed through high temperature rotating
utmost concern if mass concrete is kiln to produce this intermediate material,
produced? which when finally ground further and
a. Consistency combined with gypsum, produces the
b. Durability cement powder.
c. Heat Generation a. Clinker
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b. Ore
c. Silica 18. Which of the following is not a one-way
d. Slag sitecast concrete framing system?
a. Ribbed slab
13. The inherent strength of concrete depends b. Solid slab with slab bands
on the quality of its c. Wide-module joist system
a. Cement d. Flat plate
b. Aggregate
c. Admixture 19. Concrete that is exposed as an interior or
d. Water exterior surface in the completed structure.
a. Architectural concrete
14. The comparative strength of concrete is b. Rough concrete
primarily dependent on the amount of c. Beton brut
cement in the mix and the water-cement d. Stucco
ratio. Which of the following statements
speaks true about water-cement ratio? 20. In concrete terminology, an agent is a
a. More water than cement in the mix general term for a material that may be
produces stronger concrete. used either as an addition to cement or as
b. More cement than water in the mix an admixture in concrete. Form oil is an
produces stronger concrete. example for a
c. Equal weight of water and cement a. Bonding agent
produces stronger concrete. b. Curing agent
d. Does not matter. The strength of c. Release agent
concrete will depend on the quality of d. Surface-active agent
its aggregates. e. Wetting agent

15. What is the purpose of concrete curing? 21. Among the following, which is a lightweight
a. To avoid concrete segregation aggregate?
b. To ensure consolidation of concrete a. Barite
c. To allow a time period for removing b. Magnetite
formworks c. Vermiculite
d. To slow the loss of moisture in concrete d. Steel shot
e. To speed up the loss of moisture in e. Wetting agent
concrete
22. If concrete pouring is stopped and to
16. A stiff straightedge of wood or metal that resume the next day, what kind of
establishes the level the surface to which admixture is used to address the problem?
concrete will be placed. a. Set-accelerating admixture
a. Darby b. Retarding admixture
b. Screed c. Air-entraining admixture
c. Trowel d. Water-reducing admixture
d. Bull Float
23. The following are the desired properties of
17. Inserting temporary supports under hardened concrete except one.
concrete beams and sabs after the a. Appearance
formwork has been removed, to prevent b. Durability
overloading prior to full curing of the c. Strength
concrete. d. Workability
a. Needling
b. Shoring
c. Reshoring
d. Underpinning
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24. Which of the following is not a two-way 30. The earth or earthen material used to fill
sitecast concrete framing system? the excavation around a foundation.
a. Ribbed slab a. Slurry
b. Flat plate b. Backfill
c. Flat slab c. Topsoil
d. Waffle slab d. Tamp

25. Voids left in concrete due to failure of the 31. A large and/or heavy object buried in the
mortar to effectively fill the spaces among ground as anchor.
coarse-aggregate particles. a. Anchor blocks
a. Bug holes b. Gravity retaining wall
b. Entrained air c. Deadman
c. Efflorescence d. Rock anchor
d. Honeycomb
e. Laitance 32. A synthetic cloth used beneath the surface
for the ground to stabilize soil or promote
26. Which among the following foundation drainage.
failures produce the most severe structural a. Mastic
damage? b. Polyethylene foam
a. Uniform settlement c. Geotextile
b. Differential settlement d. Rubber mat
c. No settlement
d. Off-court settlement 33. Planks placed between soldier beams to
retain earth around an excavation.
27. A road shall be excavated for floor control. a. Lagging
Steel sheeting shall be used to retain the b. Waters
earth abutting the excavated area. What is c. Sheeting
the best method for bracing the steel d. Slurry walls
sheeting?
a. Crosslot bracing 34. A pit designed to collect water for removal
b. Rakers from an excavation or basement.
c. Tiebacks a. Slump
d. Slurry wall b. Cesspool
c. Dewatering
28. In deep foundations, drilling into the ground d. Swale
and pouring concrete into the drilled hole is
what is what is known as 35. A large funnel with a tube attached, used to
a. Augers deposit concrete in deep forms or beneath
b. Caissons water or slurry.
c. Tremie a. Tremie
d. Piles b. Clam shell
c. Pumpcrete
29. The widened part of the foundation that d. Shotcrete
spreads a load from the building across a
broader area of soil. 36. The process of placing new foundation
a. Bedding beneath an existing structure.
b. Mat a. Underpinning
c. Footing b. Float foundation
d. Raft c. Shoring
d. Reshoring

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37. A foundation used in yielding soil, having for
its footing a raft placed deep enough that 42. The various foundation loads can be
the weight of the excavated soil is equal to diagrammatically exhibited into vertical,
or a greater than the weight of the horizontal and/or inclined forces. Which
construction supported. among the following structures
a. Floating foundation demonstrates inclined forces?
b. Shallow foundation a. Basement wall
c. Deep foundation b. Domes
d. Pile foundation c. Post and lintel
d. Floor slab
38. Foundation is an activity in construction
that must be comprehensively addressed 43. Sheeting is the most common method for
for a building a safely stand. Which of the supporting a slope in an excavated area.
following accurately states the function of Sheeting is temporary installation, but it
“foundation” could left permanent as a wall support.
a. To support the load of the building Which of the following method is
b. To transfer the load of the building to intentionally installed for permanence?
the ground a. Soldier beams and lagging
c. To stabilize the building’s structural b. Steel sheet piling
components c. Precast concrete sheet piling
d. To prevent building settlement if ground d. Slurry wall
is weak
44. For bracing the sheeting supports, which
39. A perforated pipe in coarse gravel is placed type of bracing provides an unobstructed
at the bottom perimeter of a foundation area for construction work?
wall. What is the purpose of this a. Crosslot bracing
installation? b. Rakers
a. To drain ground water, thereby reducing c. Walers
pressure on the foundation wall. d. Tiebacks
b. To prevent ground water from
penetrating through the foundation 45. In preparation for construction, the
wall. concerns for staking-out a building involve
c. Both “a” and “b” the ff. precision issues: level, plumb, aligned
d. None of the above and square. Which precision issue apply to
the function of the batter board and the
40. Basically, there are four major foundation attached lining cord?
types: pads, strips, rafts, and piles. A single a. Level, plumb & aligned
isolated footing for each column in a typical b. Level, aligned & square
house construction demonstrates which c. Level, plumb, & square
type of foundation? d. Plumb, aligned & square
a. Pads
b. Strips
c. Rafts 46. A tractor unit that has a blade attached to
d. Piles the machine’s front.
a. Crawler
41. Which soil type is conveniently described as b. Dozer
“a soil particle requiring only a thumb and c. Grader
forefinger to lift”? d. Loader
a. Boulder e. Scraper
b. Cobble
c. Gravel 47. It is an earthmoving equipment that does
d. Sand the loading, hauling, dumping and
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spreading all by itself. In cut-and-fill work,
this equipment is important as it goes back
and forth between cut and fill activities. 53. Which of the following is a finished
a. Crawler equipment?
b. Dozer a. Compactor
c. Grader b. Crawler
d. Loader c. Dozer
e. Scraper d. Grader
e. Scraper
48. Which of the following is not an excavator?
a. Backhoe loader 54. Which of the following is not a finishing
b. Forklift equipment?
c. Front Shovel a. Compactor
d. Hoe b. Gradall
e. Loader c. Grader
d. Scraper
49. As equipment, the primary purpose of a e. Trimmer
truck is.
a. Dumping 55. Which among the following is not a cold-
b. Grading working steel process?
c. Hauling a. Forging
d. Loading b. Annealing
e. All of the above c. Tempering
d. Extrusion
50. The failure of retaining walls where the
bottom portion of the wall slides first. 56. It is the process of squeezing a material
a. Undermining through a shaped orifice (called a die) ro
b. Sliding produce a linear element with the desired
c. Shearing cross section. Aluminum profiles are the
d. Overturning most common product of this process.
a. Moulding
51. Foundation work where a building’s b. Die casting
superstructure already proceeds before c. Extrusion
substructure is totally completed. d. Forging
a. Lift-slab construction
b. Up-down construction 57. Which of the following is least appropriate
c. Tilt-up construction for joining steel members?
d. Top out construction a. Bolts
b. Rivets
52. Dewatering an excavated area with a high c. Screws
water table presents a challenging solution. d. Welds
The solution is to bore a hole using a pipe,
where water can be pumped out once the 58. A type of metal decking where two sheets,
pipe reaches the water table. The bored one corrugated and one flat, are welded
hole is called together and can be made sufficiently stiff
a. Needle point to support normal floor loads without
b. Well point structural assistance from the concrete fill
c. Table point that is poured over it to produce a level
d. Access point floor.
a. Cellular decking
b. Composite decking
c. Form decking
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d. Roof decking c. Castellated beam
d. Built – up section
59. Among the different methods of stabilizing
the frame of buildings, which one produces 64. There are many ways to shape metals.
the most rigid frame? Among the following shaping processes
a. Diagonal Bracing listed in the choices below, which one tends
b. Diaphragm to produce a weaker metal?
c. Moment Connections a. Casting
d. Shear Panels b. Forging
e. Cladding c. Drawing
d. Rolling
60. Structural steel usually have markings or
designations as assigned by ASTM, such as 65. What is the letter designation for I-beam?
A36 or A325. What does the letter “A” in a. C
these markings mean? b. L
a. “A” stands for alloy. c. S
b. “A” means first-class type of steel d. W
material
c. Being the primary metal material in 66. It is actually a trademark for a brand of steel
construction, “A” is designed for steel. pipe column, usually filled with concrete.
d. “A” means that it passed through ASTM a. HSS column
standard. b. Kern section
e. “A” refers to the strength of the steel c. Lally column
material. d. Young’s modulus
e. Terne metal
61. Which is the heaviest among the following
metals? 67. What is the main component of stainless
a. Chromium steel.
b. Lead a. Chromium
c. Steel b. Manganese
d. Titanium c. Nickel
d. Zinc
62. Arrange in ascending order the following e. Terne metal
carbon steels in terms percentage carbon
content.
a. Spring steel – Medium steel – Mild steel 68. What is the main alloy has lead as primary
– Hard steel ingredient?
b. Spring steel – Mild steel – Medium steel a. Brass
– Hard steel b. Bronze
c. Mild steel – Medium steel – Spring steel c. Muntz metal
– Hard steel d. Red brass
d. Mild steel – Medium steel – Hard steel – e. Terne metal
Spring steel
69. Iron with very high carbon content.
63. A steel beam fabricated by the dividing the a. Alloy
web of a wide-flange section with a b. Steel
lengthwise zigzag cut, then welding both c. Wrought iron
halves together at the peaks, thus d. Cast iron
increasing its depth without increasing its
weigth. 70. Iron with a controlled amount of carbon,
a. Open web steel joist generally less than 1.7%.
b. Box girder a. Alloy
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b. Cast iron a. Space frame
c. Wrought iron b. Staggered truss system
d. Steel c. Vierendeel truss
d. Howe truss
71. Able to return to its original size or shape
after removal of stress. 79. Distortion from shrinkage of sawn lumber
a. Elastic depends on the position of the piece of
b. Plastic lumber occupied in the tree. Which sawing
c. Malleable method produces the most pronounced
d. Rigid distortion?
a. Bandsawn
72. A weld at the inside intersection of two b. Plainsawn
metal surfaces that meet at right angles. c. Quartersawn
a. Butt weld d. Rotary sawn
b. Groove weld
c. Puddle weld 80. A lumber that has been worked with a
d. Fillet weld tongue on one edge of each piece and
groove on the opposite edge.
73. The application of zinc coating to steel as a. Dressed lumber
means of preventing corrosion. b. Matched lumber
a. Anodizing c. Shiplapped lumber
b. Galvanizing d. Patterned lumber
c. Oxidation
d. Priming 81. Which type of wood siding is suitable for
both horizontal and vertical installation?
74. A measure of thickness of sheet material. a. Plain bevel
a. Gauge b. Rabbeted bevel
b. Grade c. Tongue and groove
c. Plate d. Shiplap
d. Sheet
82. Where a rafter is provided with eaves, what
75. The American standard beam section. will be the cut at the underside of the rafter
a. I-beam to bear on the top of the wall below it?
b. Wide flange a. Check cut
c. Cee section b. Seat cut
d. Structural tee c. Bird’s mouth
d. Top cut
76. To strengthen or toughen a metal by
reheating at a lower temperature and 83. Which of the following lengthening joints is
slowly cooling the material. the simplest?
a. Anneal a. Finger joint
b. Forge b. Fish joint
c. Temper c. Scarf joint
d. Cold-roll d. Square splice

77. Flat rolled metal less than ¼” in thickness. 84. Wooden strips laid upon a concrete slab to
a. Ingot provide a means of attaching wood floors.
b. Plane a. Sill
c. Sheet b. Sleeper
d. Slag c. Nailer
d. Battens
78. A truss that spans with two-way action.
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85. Nailing to the surface at an angle. 92. Among wood beams, which one has steel
a. Blind nail component?
b. Face nail a. Flitch beam
c. End nail b. I-joist
d. Toe nail c. Built-up beam
d. Box beam
86. To bond together in layers.
a. Joint 93. The finish piece that covers the joint
b. Laminate between a window stool and made the wall
c. Glue finish.
d. Seal a. Sash
b. Casing
87. Which is the strongest among non- c. Sill
veneered wood panel products? d. Apron
a. Plywood panels
b. Composite panels 94. Pieces of wood inserted tightly between
c. Oriented strand board joists, studs, or rafters in a building frame to
d. Waferboard stabilize the structure, inhibit the passage of
e. Particleboard fire, provide a nailing surface for finish
materials, or retain insulation.
88. A viscous, dough-like adhesive substance, a. Blocking
formulated for different purposes such as b. Bridging
sealants, adhesives, glazing compounds, or c. Firestop
roofing cements. d. Let in
a. Glue
b. Mastic 95. A nail driven through the side of one piece
c. Mortar of lumber and into the end of another.
d. Epoxy a. Blind nail
b. Toe nail
89. These are manufactured wood components c. Face nail
that are made of wood shreds oriented d. End nail
parallel to the long axis of each piece and
bonded together with adhesive. 96. A complex polymeric carbohydrate of which
a. LVL (Laminated veneer lumber) the structural fibers in wood are composed.
b. MDF a. Xylem
c. OSB (Oriented Strand Board) b. Cambium
d. PSL (Parallel Strand Lumber) c. Lingnin
d. Cellulose
90. Which is the most efficient slicing for
veneer panel production. 97. A flattening of a longitudinal edge of a solid
a. Flat slicing member on a plane that lies at an angle
b. Quarter slicing 45 t̊ o the adjoining planes.
c. Rift cutting a. Bevel
d. Rotary slicing b. Chamfer
c. Miter
91. Which lengthening joint has better tension d. Fillet
resistance?
a. Square splice 98. Bracing installed between steel or wood
b. End joint joists at midspan to stabilize them against
c. Scarf joint buckling and permit adjacent joists to share
d. Finger joint loads.
a. Blocking
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b. Bridging large surface for the glue bond, to allow it
c. Let in to develop the full tensile strength of the
d. Ledger wood that it connects.
a. Butt joint
99. Exposed to view, or a material that is b. Finger joint
exposed to view. c. Scarf joint
a. Finish d. Mortise and tenon
b. Hardware
c. Roughing in 106. The horizontal bottom portion of a window
d. Face material or a door.
a. Sill
100. A thin piece of material placed between two b. Apron
components to adjust their relative position c. Threshold
as they are assembled. d. Ledger
a. Mortar
b. Spline 107. The strip of wood that lies immediately on
c. Thrust block top of a concrete or masonry foundation in
d. Shim wood frame construction.
a. Sill
101. A sloping end cut on a wood beam or joist b. Sole plate
where it enters a masonry wall, whose c. Top plate
purpose is to allow the wood member to d. Ledger
rotate out of the wall without prying the
wall apart. 108. The horizontal piece of dimension lumber at
a. Bevel the bottom of the studs in a wall in a light
b. Plumb cut frame building.
c. Firecut a. Sill
d. Diagonal joist b. Sole plate
c. Top plate
102. Smooth, lying on a single plane. d. Ledger
a. Abutment
b. Course 109. The sloping wood or steel member that
c. Flush supports the treads of a stair.
d. Level a. Coping
b. Carriage
103. A heavy U-shaped staple used to tie the c. Railing
ends of heavy timbers together. d. Stringer
a. U-bolt
b. U-stirrup 110. The loadbearing surface beneath a finish
c. Bird’s mouth floor.
d. Iron dog a. Floor joist
b. Substrate
104. A building type with exterior masonry c. Subfloor
bearing walls and an interior framework of d. Underlayment
heavy timbers and solid timber decking.
a. Ordinary construction 111. A panel laid over a subfloor to create a
b. Mill construction smooth, stiff surface for application of finish
c. Western construction flooring.
d. Cabin construction a. Sheathing
b. Subfloor
105. A glued end connection between two pieces c. Substrate
of wood, using a sloping cut to create a d. Underlayment
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118. A substance used to join masonry units,
112. A wood panel made by binding together consisting of cementitious materials, fine
large, flat flakes of wood. aggregate, and water.
a. Laminated wood a. Filler
b. Plyboard b. Grout
c. Particleboard c. Mortar
d. Waferboard d. Plaster
e. Stucco
113. A system of framing a building in which the
studs are continuous to roof supporting 119. Which burned clay unit is the most
second floor joists. impervious?
a. Post and beam a. Brick
b. Western framing b. Ceramic tile
c. Balloon framing c. Quarry tile
d. Platform framing d. Terra cotta
e. Vigan tile
114. Which cement mortar type is graded as
very-low strength mortar suitable only for 120. Sun-dried brick made of clay and straw,
use in interior non-loadbearing wall where commonly used in countries with little
permitted by building code? rainfall.
a. Type K a. Adobe
b. Type M b. Bisque
c. Type N c. Pise
d. Type O d. Quarry tile
e. Type S e. Terra cotta

115. Squared stonework 121. A brickwork or masonry bond successive

a. Ashlar courses of stretchers with all head joints
b. Fieldstone aligned vertically.
c. Flagstone a. Common bond
d. Rubble b. English bond
e. Stone course c. Garden wall bond
d. Running bond
116. Brickwork consisting entirely of stretchers. e. Stack bond
a. Common bond
b. Construction bond 122. Flashing is a common feature in masonry
c. English bond construction, especially where there are
d. Flemish bond cavity walls. Where is counterflashing
e. Running bond usually applied?
a. At the base of a masonry wall
117. Masonry walls can be carried by beams, if b. At the window sill
available, to reduce the load borne by the c. At the lintel of door or window
wall below. What is the convenient support d. At a recess or projection in a wall
member attached to the beam to bear the e. At the parapet.
load of the masonry wall?
a. Anchors 123. Brickwork laid with each course consisting
b. Corbel of alternating headers and stretchers.
c. Shelf angle a. Common bond
d. Spandrel b. Flemish bond
e. Ties c. English bond
d. Running bond
e. Stack bond
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130. A vertical layer of masonry that is one
124. Brickwork laid with alternating courses each masonry unit thick.
consisting of alternating headers and a. Course
stretchers. b. Rowlock
a. Common bond c. Soldier
b. Flemish bond d. Stretcher
c. English bond e. Wythe
d. Running bond
e. Stack bond 131. A brick laid where its broadcast surface is
horizontal and its length is parallel to the
125. Which of the following does not fall under surface of the wall.
the category of masonry? a. Header
a. Dimension stone b. Rowlock
b. Glass blocks c. Sailor
c. Stone cladding d. Shiner
d. CHB e. Stretcher
e. Terrazzo
132. A brick laid on its long edge, with its end
126. A spanning device in which masonry units in exposed in the face of the wall.
successive courses are cantilevered slightly a. Header
over one another. b. Rowlock
a. Cantilever c. Sailor
b. Corbel d. Shiner
c. Overhang e. Stretcher
d. Quoin
e. Spandrel 133. A brick laid horizontally on the longer edge
with the broad face exposed.
127. A horizontal layer of masonry units one unit a. Header
high is known as b. Rowlock
a. Course c. Sailor
b. Lead d. Shiner
c. Lift e. Stretcher
d. Tier
e. Wythe 134. Which of the following is not a troweled
joint?
128. Which of the following is not a burned clay a. Flush joint
tile? b. Raked joint
a. Ceramic tile c. Struck joint
b. Brick d. Vee joint
c. Terra cotta e. Weathered joint
d. Terrazzo
e. None. All are burned clays 135. Which among the following joint profiles for
brickwork are most suitable for outdoor
129. This the term for the material that fills the use?
cavities found in between wythes or a. Weathered joint and struck joint
masonry walls. b. Raked joint and stripped joint
a. Back plaster c. Flush point and troweled joint
b. Bond d. Concave joint and vee joint
c. Grout e. Any of the above
d. Joint
e. Mortar 136. In masonry terminology, it is the act of
filling or finishing the surface of a masonry
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joint with mortar after the masonry unit has 142. Where a rafter is provided with eaves, what
been laid, either to finish the joint or to will be the cut at the underside of the rafter
repair a defective joint. to bear on the top of the wall below it?
a. Clipping a. Cheek cut
b. Pointing b. Seat cut
c. Tucking c. Bird’s mouth
d. Tooling d. Top cut
e. Troweling
143. The roof member that supports the rake
137. In unit masonry, which among the following overhang.
joints lie parallel to the wall? a. Soffit
a. Bed point b. Jack
b. Clip joint c. Lookout
c. Collar joint d. Spandrel
d. Head joint
e. Shoved joint 144. When a gable or hip roof is not provided
with a ceiling joist, what alternative
138. What is the term for the exterior angle of a structural element is provided to maintain
masonry wall, or one of the stones or bricks stability for the rafters?
forming such an angle, usually a. King post
differentiated from adjoining surfaces in b. Knee wall
terms of material, texture, color, size or c. Ridge beam
projection? d. Collar beam
a. Cordon
b. Cornerstone 145. A structure protruding through the plane of
c. Embrasure a sloping roof usually containing a window
d. Prepend & having its own smaller roof.
e. Quoin a. Attic
b. Bay
139. Which type of roof shape uses knee wall as c. Dormer
part of its structural frame? d. Lookout
a. Shed roof
b. Gable roof 146. A vertical pipe for conducting water from a
c. Gambrel roof roof to a lower level.
d. Hip roof a. Downspout
b. Gutter
140. This term for a material installed over a roof c. Riser
membrane to prevent wind uplift and shield d. Scupper
the membrane from sunlight.
a. Ballast 147. The exposed vertical face of an eave.
b. Topping a. Fascia
c. Batten b. Gutter
d. Coping c. Header
d. Stringer
141. Which among the following trusses has no
vertical web? 148. A rafter in a rake overhang.
a. Belgian truss a. Cripple
b. Howe truss b. Lookout
c. King truss c. Jack rafter
d. Pratt truss d. Fly rafter

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149. A roof consisting of two oppositely sloping overlaps the upturn of the next in the same
planes that intersect at a level ridge. course.
a. Gabel roof a. Mission tile
b. Hip roof b. Pantile
c. Gambrel roof c. Spanish tile
d. Mansard roof d. Arris tile

150. A membrane roof assembly in which the 157. Which of the following insulating materials
thermal insulation lies above the for low-slop (flat) roofs is fire resistant and
membrane. therefore compatible with hot bitumens
a. Inverted roof (asphalt)
b. Interstitial ceiling a. Polystyrene foam board
c. Roof sheathing b. Polyisocyanurate foam board
d. Underlayment c. Polyurethane foam board
d. Perlitic board
151. A shortened rafter that joins a hip or valley
rafter. 158. A trough formed by the intersectkon of two
a. Jack rafter roof slopes.
b. Fly rafter a. Gutter
c. Cripple b. Hip
d. Lookout c. Ridge
d. Valley
152. A short wall under the slope of a roof.
a. Collar 159. Which kind of roof is most appropriate for
b. Bird’s mouth using shingles?
c. Knee wall a. Gable roof
d. Parapet b. Flat roof
c. Steep roof
153. The sloping edge of a steep roof. d. Shed roof
a. Eave
b. Rake 160. A roof membrane laminated form layers of
c. Soffit asphalt-saturated felt or other fabric,
d. Shed bonded together with bitumen.
a. Built-up roof
154. The horizontal edge at the low side of a b. Flat roof
sloping roof. c. Inverted roof
a. Soffit d. Fluid-applied roof
b. Rake
c. Gutter 161. A strip of material with a sloping face used
d. Eave to ease the transition from the horizontal to
a vertical surface at the edge of a
155. The underside of a horizontal element of a membrane roof.
building, especially the underside of a roof a. Coping
overhang. b. Can’t strip
a. Soffit c. Wood curb
b. Rake d. End flashing
c. Gutter
d. Eave 162. The horizontal edge at the low side of a
sloping roof.
156. A roofing tile having ang S-shaped cross a. Soffit
section, laid so the downturn of one b. Rake
c. Gutter
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d. Eave a. Dust accumulation on wall surfaces
actually reflects heat away from the
163. The underside of a horizontal element of a house.
building, especially the underside of a roof b. Light-colored exterior walls effectively
overhang. reflect heat away.
a. Soffit c. Sheet of aluminum foil attached to
b. Rake underside of the roof serves to reflect
c. Gutter heat.
d. Eave d. White latex coating applied on existing
roof.
e. Reflective coatings applied to the
164. When determining values for insulation surface of the window help reduce heat
materials, the letter symbol to look for is. entry.
a. “C”
b. “K”
c. “R” 169. There are four factors that affect heat
d. “U” accumulation in a home. Which of the
e. “W” following is not included?
a. Air leakage
165. Metal roof decking must be carefully b. Internal heat gain
installed, and one must anticipate how the c. Solar heat gain
deck is incorporated to the whole roofing d. Temperature difference
system used, as the metal deck could later e. Thermal mass
cause weathertightness issues. Which of the
following weathertightness issues is metal 170. Every component of a building assembly
roof decking most prone to? contributes in some measure to its overall
a. Air infiltration/exfiltration thermal resistance. Which of the following
b. Thermal bridging materials have the lowest thermal
c. Pressure difference resistance?
d. Vapor permeance a. Concrete
e. Water penetration b. Masonry
c. Steel
166. A wall system that is intended to manage all d. Wood
water at the exterior surface. e. Plastic
a. Barrier wall
b. Cavity wall 171. Among the following materials used as
c. Cladding vapor retarder, which one is the most
d. Curtain wall efficient?
e. EIFS a. Cork
b. Polyethylene
167. When warm air in a room rises and forces c. Plasticized PVC
the cooler air down, what manner of d. Asphalt
thermal activity is taking place? e. Aluminum foil
a. Conduction
b. Convection 172. When a condition implies “not quite dry”, it
c. Evaporation refers to the term
d. Induction a. Damp
e. Radiation b. Humid
c. Moist
168. The following statements are correct d. Wet
practices for reflecting heat away from a e. All of the above
house except one.
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173. Which of the following accounts for the temperature, the amount of water vapor
most heat gain/loss inside a building? the air actually contains, divided by the
a. Ceiling maximum amount of water vapor it could
b. Roof contain, is the “relative humidity “of the air.
c. Wall If a mass of air at 50% relative humidity is
d. Window cooled, what will happen?
e. Floor a. Relative humidity rises
b. Relative humidity falls
174. When condition implies “less wetness than c. Relative humidity is unchanged
wet”, it refers to the term. d. Dew point is reached
a. Damp e. Condensation occurs
b. Humid
c. Moist 180. Among the following rigid insulating
d. Wet materials, which one is fire resistant?
e. All of the above a. Cellulose fiber board
b. Glass fiber board
175. Which type of insulating material is most c. Polystyrene foam board
heat-resistant? d. Polyurethane foam board
a. Aluminum foil e. Insulating batt/blanket
b. Batt or blanket
c. Loose fill/fibers 181. It is a piece of equipment that test air
d. Foamed in place leakage. This equipment is designed to
e. Rigid board measure the air-tightness of a building and
to help locate air leakage areas. It consists
176. What type of gypsum board has the of a calibrated fan for measuring an airflow
equality to eliminate that need for a rate, and a pressure sensing device to
separate vapor retarder in wall assemblies? measure the air pressure created by the fan
a. Coreboard flow. The combination of pressure and fan-
b. Foil-backed gypsum board flow measurements are used to determine
c. High-impact gypsum board the building’s air-tightness. The air-
d. Type X gypsum board tightness if a building is a useful knowledge
when trying to increase energy
177. When a condition implies “high level of conversation or decrease indoor air
water in air”, refers to the term. pollution, or control building pressures.
a. Damp a. Blower door
b. Humid b. Exhaust fan flow meter
c. Moist c. Firestopping
d. Wet d. Flow hood
e. All of the above e. Smoke meter

178. It is produced by providing wind scoops, 182. Thermal insulation for low-slope roofs may
swamp coolers, and exposed water (e.g. be installed in any of three positions:
fountains, mist sprays, waterfalls). A) below the structural deck,
a. Convective air movement B) between the deck and the roof
b. Earth coupling membrane, or
c. Evaporative cooling C) Above the roof membrane.
d. Passive cooling Which of the three does not require
e. Thermal bridge additional use of a vapor retarder?
a. “A”
179. Air always contains water vapor. The higher b. “B”
the temperature of the air, the more water c. “C”
vapor it is capable of containing. At a given d. None of the three
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e. All of the three b. Artificial lighting is about half as efficient
as natural lighting.
183. The space between the ceiling of a room & c. Artificial lighting is about twice as
the structural floor above, used as passage efficient as natural lighting.
for ductwork, piping & wiring. d. Artificial lighting is just about 20% as
a. Access flooring efficient as natural lighting.
b. Crawl space e. Natural lighting is just about 20% as
c. Plenum efficient as artificial lighting.
d. Substructure
e. Suspended ceiling 188. Firestop components include, among
others, the following materials except one.
184. This term refers to the fire-resistant a. Intumescents
material inserted into a space between a b. Cementitious mortars
curtain wall and a spandrel beam or c. Silicone & rubber caulks
column, to retard the passage of fire d. Wrapped mineral fibers
through the space. e. Batts
a. Sleeve
b. Firestopping 189. Which type of mechanical ventilation
c. Safing system causes the lowering of air pressure
d. Penetrant inside the house such that outdoor air is
e. Fireproofing drawn in?
a. Balanced system
185. A vertical panel of non-combustible or fire b. Convection system
resistive material attached to and extending c. Exhaust-only system
below the bottom chord of the roof trusses, d. Evaporative cooling system
to divide the underside of the roof into
separate compartments so that heat and 190. These materials have substances that swell
smoke will be directed upwards to a roof as a result of heat exposure thus increasing
vent. in volume and decreasing in density. In
a. Cavity wall passive fire protection systems, these
b. Curtain board materials are used in a form of coating or
c. Drywall mastic that expands to form a stable,
d. Fireblock insulating char when exposed to fire. These
e. Firewall materials are said to be
a. Ablative
186. Once occupied, units in medium – and high- b. Endothermic
rise residential buildings are eventually c. Intumescent
fitted out according to a unit owner’s d. Perlitic
preference. Which fit-out activity presents e. Vermiculite
the least possible changes, if none at all?
a. Ceiling work 191. During a fire test, materials like gypsum
b. Electrical works wallboards or concrete walls are sacrificial
c. Plumbing and become “spent” over time while
d. Flooring exposed to fire. Given sufficient time under
e. Wall partitions fire or heat conditions, these products char
away, crumble, and disappear. The idea is
187. Which of the following speaks true of the to put enough of this material in the way of
efficiency relationship between natural the fire that a level of fire-resistance rating
lighting and artificial (measured in terms of can be maintained. Concrete and gypsum
“cool white fluorescent” or CWF) lighting? materials are described as
a. Artificial lighting is as efficient as natural a. Ablative
lighting. b. Endothermic
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c. Intumescent 197. What is the minimum fire resistive rating for a
d. Perlitic firewall under BP 220?
e. Vermiculite a. 1 hour
b. 2 hours
c. 3 hours
192. These materials usually have a large
d. 4 hours
concentration of organic matte that is
e. No provision
reduced by fire to ashes. In the cases of
silicone, organic options, but is very crude 198. An open metal framework for supporting
and aesthetically unpleasant. Morever, if insulated electrical conductors.
the environment is corrosive in nature, then a. Busway
this option is not advisable, as there is the b. Cable tray
possibility of water seeping due to its c. Conduit
porous nature, and thus difficult to monitor d. Duct
for corrosion. What is the type of e. Raceway
fireproofing?
199. Which kind of sprinkler system through which
a. Ablabtive
water flow is controlled by a valve operated by
b. Endothermic
fire-detection devices more sensitive than those
c. Intumescent in the sprinkler heads. This type of sprinkler
d. Perlitic system is used when an accidental discharge
e. Vermiculite could damage valuable materials.
a. Deluge system
193. A louver shaped so as to distribute air about a b. Dry-pipe system
room. c. Fusible link system
a. Damper d. Preaction system
b. Diffuser e. Wet-pipe system
c. Grille
d. Plenum 200. The installation of mechanical, electrical, and
e. Register plumbing components that will not be exposed
to view in the finished building.
194. A steel or plastic tube through which electrical a. Firestopping
wiring is run. b. Pre-entry
a. Chase c. Roughing-in
b. Conduit d. Unfinished work
c. Piping e. Utility installation
d. Raceway
e. Runner 201. What is the purpose of “close boarded
hoarding”?
195. This is the term that refers to a component or a. To prevent the pavement from becoming
mastic installed in a n opening through floor or dirty.
wall to retard the passage of fire. b. To prevent break-in from burglary, theft or
a. Sleeve pilferage.
b. Firestopping c. To prevent accidents due to falling
c. Safing materials.
d. Penetrant d. To provide support for shoring, scaffolding,
e. Fireproofing and workers.
e. To cover the construction works from
196. A continuous path of travel from any point in a outside view.
building to the outside at ground level.
a. Area of refuge 202. Metal curtain wall systems can be classified
b. Exit access according to their mode of assembly at the time
c. Exit discharge of installation on the building. Which of the
d. Fire escape following systems is assembled in place on the
e. Means of egress building?
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b. Unit system a. Sill
c. Unit and mullion system b. Apron
d. Stick system c. Threshold
d. Ledger
203. What is the purpose of placing a drip groove
and/or capillary break at the bottom of a 210. A vertical framing member in a panel door.
window sash, along with a corresponding a. Header
weatherstrip placed at bottom interior side of b. Stile
the same sash? c. Mullion
a. To provide pressure equalization chamber d. Muntin
b. To prevent abrasion between sash and sill
c. To repel water caused by gravitational entry 211. A curtain wall system consisting entirely of
d. To prevent insect penetration prefabricated panel units.
a. Composite system
204. A door dived horizontally so that the upper or b. Stick system
lower part can be opened or closed separately. c. Unit system
a. Combination door d. Unit and mullion system
b. Dutch door
c. Jib door 212. A ribbon of resilient, brushlike or springy
d. Louvered door material used to reduce air infiltration thru the
e. Kalamein door crack around a sash or door.
a. Shim
205. The wall area between the head of a window on b. Weatherstrip
one story and the sill of a window on the floor c. Threshold
above. d. Neoprene
a. Clerestory
b. Soffit 213. The cylindrical, projecting joint of a hinge
c. Spandrel through which the pin passes,
d. Transom a. Gain
b. Leaf
206. The term “low-e” in a window system refers to c. Knuckle
a. A glass coating mounted on the glass panel. d. Pintle
b. Space in between two panels of an
insulated window. 214. It is the process of squeezing a material through
c. Chemical content added to glass to enhance a shaped orifice (called a die) to produce a
its emission resistance. linear element with the desired cross section.
d. The sandwiched fil in a laminated glass. Aluminum profiles are the most common
e. The insulation features of a window system. product of this process.
a. Moulding
207. The application of a sealant to a joint, crack, or b. Die casting
crevice. c. Extrusion
a. Bead d. Forging
b. Caulk
c. Firestop 215. Dimension from plane of face of door to plane
d. Safing of face of frame.
e. Weatherstrip a. Door backset
b. Door buck
208. A vertical bar between adjacent window or door c. Door clearance
units. d. Door opening
a. Mullion e. Door sweep
b. Muntin
c. Stile 216. Door frame of rough material to which the
d. Sash finished door frame is attached.
a. Door backset
209. The horizontal bottom portion of a window or a b. Door buck
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d. Door opening d. Neoprene
e. Door sweep e. Silicone

217. The margin of clearance around the edge of 224. A compound used to fill and seal a joint or
door, between door and frame. opening.
a. Door backset a. Butyl
b. Door buck b. Caulk
c. Door clearance c. Mastic
d. Door opening d. Sealant
e. Door sweep e. Silicone

218. To install glass. 225. What class of plastic material is one that cannot
a. Annealing be remelted after manufacture?
b. Glazing a. Elastomeric plastic
c. Sash works b. Thermosetting plastic
d. Glass works c. Polymeric plastic
d. Thermoplastic plastic
219. Which of the following locksets cannot be
installed on the door edge? 226. Which of the following plastics can be produced
a. Cylinder lock in forms either thermoplastic or thermosetting?
b. Rim lock a. Polyethylene
c. Mortise lock b. Polyurethane
d. Unit lock c. Polycarbonate
d. Polyvinyl chloride
220. Which type of insulating material is most heat-
resistant? 227. Coating materials, such as paints, are
a. Batt or blanket formulated to include four basic types of
b. Loose fill/fibers ingredients: vehicles (binder), solvents,
c. Foamed in place pigments, and additives. The various types of
d. Rigid board coatings can be defined by the relative
proportions of these ingredients. Which of the
221. A synthetic rubber having physical properties following best fit the definition as that “coating
closely resembling those of natural rubber. It is material having a very high proportion of
made by polymerizing chloroprenes, which is solvent”?
produced from acetylene and hydrogen a. Flat paint
chloride. b. Enamel paint
a. Butyl c. Stains
b. Caulk d. Varnish
c. Mastic
d. Neoprene 228. Among the plastics listed in the choices below,
e. Silicone which one is thermosetting?
a. Polyamides (nylon)
222. A non-hardening compound formed by the b. Polyesters
copolymerization of isobutylene with isoprene. c. Polythylene
a. Butyl d. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
b. Caulk
c. Mastic 229. What is the most important pigment? It is white
d. Neoprene in color and used to provide hiding in paint.
e. Silicone a. Kaolin (China clay)
b. Lithopone
223. A material that, after application as thin layer, is c. Titanium oxide
converted to solid protective, decorative & d. White lead
functional adherent film. e. Zinc oxide
a. Butyl
b. Caulk
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230. Coatings applied to a surface to provide a firm c. Solvent
bond between the substrate and subsequent d. Additive
coats.
a. Lacquers 237. For painting the edge of a wall, the painter uses
b. Primers a brush while for the rest of the wall a roller.
c. Sealers Here, the brushed “cut-in” area must not be left
d. Undercoaters to dry when the wall is rolled. Otherwise, a
paint failure would occur, called:
231. The popular or common name for mineral spirit a. Chalking
is b. Efflorescence
a. Alchohol c. Hatbanding
b. Naphthaline d. Stippling
c. Paint thinner
d. Rugby 238. Moisture dissolves salts in masonry and draws
e. Varnish them to the surface by the heat of the sun,
leaving white deposits that must be removed so
232. The following choices are definitive of the use that when applying paint, this paint failure can
of sealers except one. be prevented.
a. To provide a firm bond between the a. Chalking
substrate and subsequent coats. b. Efflorescence
b. To block materials from penetrating into or c. Hatbanding
leaching out of a substrate. d. Door opening
c. To prevent subsequent coatings from being e. Stippling
absorbed by the substrate.
d. To prevent harm to subsequent coatings by
materials in the substrate. 239. When paint is applied too thick, the surface of
the paint film dries first, with the rest of the film
233. Opaque or semi-transparent coatings that are (underside) taking longer to dry than normal.
formulated to change the color but not conceal Once the underside of the paint finally dries, it
the pattern or texture. shrinks, causing the top of the film to pull apart
a. Primers and crack. This kind of paint failure is called:
b. Stains a. Alligatoring
c. Lacquers b. Efflorescence
d. Varnishes c. Hatbanding
d. Stippling
234. Which of the following is the best resin
ingredient for latex paints? 240. Alkyd is basically made of
a. Acrylic a. Acrylic
b. Alkyd b. Latex
c. Natural latex rubber c. Nitrocellulose
d. Polyester d. Petroleum
e. Polyvinyl acetate e. Polyester

235. Extremely high temperatures could cause a 241. Which of the following coatings contains
paint film to dry before it has a chance to nitrocellulose?
adhere to the surface. What kind of paint failure a. Enamel
would happen in this situation? b. Lacquer
a. Alligatoring c. Latex
b. Chalking d. Stain
c. Sagging e. Varnish
d. Peeling
242. Which of the following description describes
236. Of the four basic ingredients, which one painting in its solid application?
provides the paint its hiding power? a. Rolled
a. Vehicle b. Brushed
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d. Sprayed on contain plasticizers to give them flexibility.
e. None of the choices When two surfaces containing plasticizers come
in contact with each other, they can have the
243. Paint without pigment. tendency to stick. This condition will generally
a. Lacquer occur during the early curing time of the
b. Primer coating, but it can continue for some time. It
c. Stain can also occur on double-hung windows and
d. Varnish garage doors. The easiest way to prevent it is to
e. Acrylic use alkyd base paint in areas where it may
occur. The paint failure described above is
244. Which of the following reflects a behavior known as:
characteristic of paint? a. Blistering
a. Anisotropic b. Blocking
b. Autogenous c. Cracking
c. Hydroplastic d. Lapping
d. Isotropic e. Stippling
e. Thixotropic
250. Which of the following floors would require the
245. Where do you find fluorocarbons? highest quality of levelness and flatness?
a. Cookware a. Gymnasium floors
b. Refrigerants b. Ice or skating rink
c. Solvents c. Movie/TV studios
d. Textile d. Warehouse w/ air pallets
e. All of the above e. Carpet floors for office/ comm’l bldgs.

246. It is colorless, volatile oil obtained from conifer 251. Which of the following does not constitute the
tress and used as thinner and solvent for paints types of basement wall structures?
and varnishes. a. Drained
a. Alkyd b. Externally tanked
b. Linseed oil c. Internally tanked
c. Nitrocellulose d. Retaining
d. Tung oil e. Waterproof
e. Turpentine
252. A shingle-type roofing tile approximately semi-
247. Having color that will not fade or run with cylindrical in shape laid in courses with units
washing, age, or exposure to light, or non- having their convex side alternately up and
fading in prolonged exposure to light, especially down.
sunlight. a. Pantile
a. Colorfast b. Mission tile
b. Enamel c. Roman tile
c. Hiding power d. Spanish tile
d. Photochromic e. Tegula
e. Thixotropic
253. A twisting force is called
248. A common paint film defect where progressive a. Torsion
powdering from the surface inward occurs. b. Shear
a. Alligatoring c. Moment
b. Blistering d. Axial
c. Chalking e. Centrifugal
d. Efflorescence
e. Hatbanding 254. Lumber specification for S4S means
a. Smooth for surfacing
249. Latex paints contain chemicals called b. Square on four sides
plasticizers that allow proper film formation and c. First-class lumber
keep the coating flexible. Many vinyl and plastic d. Smooth on four sides
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balcony and forms a composition with the story
255. A column feature projecting from a corner of a beneath it.
building. a. Blindstory
a. Canton b. Piano nobile
b. Engaged column c. Half story
c. Pier d. Loft
d. Pilaster e. Mezzanine
e. Quoin
262. The visible rings in a cross section of a tree.
256. What is the simplest unit of a space frame, a. Heartwood
having only 6 structural members? b. Sapwood
a. Dodecahedron c. Springwood
b. Hexahedron d. Summerwood
c. Loosahedron e. Cambium
d. Octahedron
e. Tetrahedron 263. A plate structure composed of thin, deep
elements joined rigidly along their boundaries
257. The failure of retaining walls where the top and forming sharp angles to brace each other
portion of the wall slides first. against lateral buckling.
a. Drifting a. Continuous plate
b. Sliding b. Folded plate
c. Shearing c. Isostatic plate
d. Overturning d. Lamella roof
e. Undermining e. Space frame

258. A cantilever steel beam requires what kind of 264. Which among the masonry wall types connects
connection? to a structural frame such as wood or metal
a. ASIC Type 1 stud walls?
b. ASIC Type 2 a. Masonry veneer
c. ASIC Type 3 b. Grouted masonry
d. ASIC Type 4 c. Cavity wall masonry
e. ASIC Type 5 d. Hollow unit masonry
e. Solid masonry
259. This kind of admixture is added to a concrete
mix to act as “microreinforcing”. Its most 265. A brick laid on its long edge, with its end
common use is to reduce plastic shrinkage exposed in the face of the wall.
cracking that sometimes occurs during curing of a. Header
slabs. GFRC, which is used for cladding panels, b. Stretcher
also makes use of this admixture. c. Soldier
a. Air-entraining admixture d. Rowlock
b. Fly ash e. Sailor
c. Fibrous admixtures
d. Extended set-control admixtures 266. If poured concrete passes a cylinder test at
e. Superplasticizers 1,400 psi, what is its expected compressive
strength?
260. Metal decking that serves as permanent a. 1,400 psi
formwork for a reinforced concrete deck. b. 2,100 psi
a. Cellular deck c. 2,800 psi
b. Composite deck d. 3,000 psi
c. Form deck e. 3,500 psi
d. Roof deck
e. Steel deck 267. The vernacular term for vertical stud is.
a. Tabike
261. A low or partial story between two main stories b. Pabalagbag
of a building, especially one that projects as a c. Kostilyahe
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e. Pilarete 274. Diaphragm Actions is defined as a bracing action
that derives from the stiffness of a thin plane of
268. A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens material when it is loaded in a direction parallel
before the next batch of concrete is placed to the plane. Which of the following does not
against it. characterize diaphragm action?
a. Block out a. Wall panels
b. Cold joint b. Sheathing
c. Control joint c. Metal decking
d. Isolation joint d. Basement wall
e. Contraction joint e. Truss

269. The abbreviation “HSS” refers to 275. The major ingredient of glass is
a. Heavy steel structure a. Dolomite
b. High-strength steel b. Glass cullet
c. Hollow structural steel c. Limestone
d. Horizontal shear section d. Silica sand
e. Hot-worked structural steel e. Soda ash

270. Prior to designing a foundation for a building 276. Double-strength glass is

larger than a typical residential house, it is a. 2.5 mm thick
necessary to determine the soil and water b. 3 mm thick
conditions beneath the site. What is the initial c. Monolithic
investigation that can be undertaken? d. Double-glazed
a. Core test e. Laminated
b. Cylinder test
c. SPT 277. Single-strength glass is
d. Test boring a. 2.5 mm thick
e. Test pit b. 3 mm thick
c. Monolithic
d. Double-glazed
271. At present, the steel construction industry uses e. Laminated
5 major welding processes. Which is a popular
process called “stick” welding? 278. Which of the following is not a high-range
a. Electroslag welding (ESW) sealant?
b. Flux cored arc welding (FCAW) a. Acrylic foam
c. Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) b. Butyl
d. Submerged arc welding (SAW) c. Polysulfide
e. Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) d. Polyurethane
e. Silicone
272. The lateral deflection of structure is called
a. Buckling 279. Concrete (or sometimes mortar) conveyed
b. Camber through a hose and pneumatically projected at
c. Drift high velocity onto a surface, as a construction
d. Fatigue technique.
e. Flexure a. Air lift
b. Blowpipe
273. Building multistory site-cast concrete walls with c. Gunite
forms that rise up the wall as construction d. Pumpcrete
progresses. e. Shotcrete
a. Lift slab
b. Slip form 280. Resistant to high temperatures.
c. Up-down a. Adiabatic
d. Tilt-up b. Autogenous
e. Top-out c. Isotropic
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d. Strip
281. Among the paint ingredients, which is volatile? e. Wire
a. Pigment
b. Binder 288. Which of the following is not a bituminous
c. Solvent material?
d. Additive a. Asphalt
e. All of the choices. b. Asphaltene
c. Bentonite
282. Portland cement concrete (PCC) that contains d. Pitch
less portland cement paste than a typical PCC. e. Tar
a. Dry concrete
b. Lean concrete 289. The cost of construction.
c. Pervious concrete a. First cost
d. Wet concrete b. Life-cycle cost
e. Zero-slump concrete c. Estimated cost
d. Project cost
283. Term of steel metal shapes such as angles, e. Total cost
channels, flats, rounds, squares, etc. that are
used for shaping into different products. 290. Placing the last member in a building frame.
a. Billet a. First cost
b. Formed steel b. Shell-out
c. Merchant bars c. Superstructure
d. Reinforcing bars d. Topping-out
e. Steel bars e. RFO

284. Aside from corrosion resistance as its most 291. Which of the following locksets cannot be
telling benefit, what is the second most installed on the door edge?
important benefit that stainless steel impart? a. Cylinder lock
a. Aesthetics b. Reversible lock
b. Ease of fabrication c. Mortise lock
c. Fire/heat resistance d. Unit lock
d. Hygiene e. Rim lock
e. Long term value
292. Which of the following paving systems fall
285. What is the best type of hinge to install for a under flexible paving?
door between a kitchen and a dining area? a. Asphalt paving
a. Double acting gravity hinge b. Grasscret
b. Drop-leaf hinge c. Interlocking precast concrete
c. Continuous hinge d. Stamped concrete paving
d. Pivot hinge e. Stone paving
e. Concealed hinge
293. Overlay of portland cement concrete (PCC) over
286. Distortion from shrinkage of sawn lumber an existing flexible pavement such as hot mix
depends on the position of the piece of lumber asphalt (HMA).
occupied in the tree. Which sawing method a. Full-depth asphalt
produces the least distortion? b. Macadam
a. Plainsawn c. Reblocking
b. Quartersawn d. Superpave
c. Quarter sliced e. Whitetopping
d. Rotary sliced
e. Rotary sawn 294. A critical path shows logic diagrams of activities
and their relationships. What kind of activity
287. Metal with maximum width of 0.005 inches. flow requires one activity to be complete before
a. Foil the next activity starts?
b. Plate a. Dummy activities
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c. Pre-bid activities d. When temperature increases
d. Restraining activities e. When there is rain
e. Sequential activities
301. What is difference between nominal and actual
295. A critical path shows logic diagrams of activities dimensions for dimension lumber 8” and
and their relationships. What kind of activity above?
flow requires one activity to be carried out a. 1/4“
independently of others at the same time? b. 3/8”
a. Dummy activities c. 1/2“
b. Parallel activities d. 3/4"
c. Pre-bid activities e. 1”
d. Restraining activities
e. Sequential activities 302. The Filipino term for rabbet
a. Asintada
296. A critical path shows logic diagrams of activities b. Palitada
and their relationships. Where all activities do c. Vaciada
not have to wait for the preceding activities to d. Zocalo
be finished before they can be started, what is e. Tabika
this kind of activity flow?
a. Dummy activities 303. Instrument or tool capable of vertical and
b. Parallel activities horizontal line check is called
c. Pre-bid activities a. Plumb bob
d. Restraining activities b. Spirit level
e. Sequential activities c. Try square
d. Caliper
297. Which of the following equipment can perform e. Ruler
both excavation and finishing
a. Backhoe-loader 304. What is the appropriate paint material for G.I.
b. Dozer sheet roofing?
c. Gradall a. Alkyd type
d. Grader b. Enamel type
e. Scraper c. Latex type
d. Lacquer type
298. This type of forming system, used to form walls e. Urethane type
and slabs that are concreted in one operation,
are suitable for repetitive use, such as those 305. What kind of shrinkage in logs is most
found in high-rise residential projects, and pronounced?
particularly for cellular-type construction such a. Longitudinal shrinkage
as hotels, office buildings and hospitals. b. Parallel-to-grain shrinkage
a. Drawer forms c. Radial shrinkage
b. Ganged forms d. Tangential shrinkage
c. Modular forms e. Perpendicular-to-grain shrinkage
d. Table forms
e. Tunnel forms 306. A high-speed rotary shaping hand power tool
used to make smooth cutting and curving on
299. A heavy-duty lifting machine that raises itself as solid wood is called
the building rises. a. Surface planer
a. Climbing crane b. Dado plane
b. Luffing boom crane c. Router
c. Hammerhead boom crane d. Lathe machine
d. Mobile crane
307. Dressed lumber is described as
300. Wood expands… a. Lumber covered with plastic for shipment
a. When humidity decreases b. Smoothed or planed lumber
b. When humidity increases c. Lumber of exact measurement
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d. Larga Masa
308. The term for removing concrete forms from the e. Lastilyas
cured concrete.
a. Stripping 315. Calcium sulfate dihydrate.
b. Clearing a. Cement
c. Reshoring b. Fly ash
d. Deforming c. Gypsum
e. Finishing d. Lime
e. Sand
309. A type of “hands of door” where the doorknob
is at the left and the door leaf swings outside of 316. A beam that, if loaded to failure without lateral
the room. bracing of the compression flange, would fail by
a. Right hand reverse buckling rather than in flexure.
b. Right hand a. Drop-in beam
c. Left hand reverse b. Edge beam
d. Left hand c. Simple beam
d. Slender beam
310. What type of joint is used to install a glass into a e. Spandrel beam
lite of a French window?
a. Dado 317. Which is the most appropriate curtain wall
b. Rabbet panel for a high-rise residential building?
c. Tenon a. Gypsum sheathing
d. Mortise b. Glass curtain wall
e. Butt c. Metal and glass
d. Precast concrete
311. Which of the following does not pertain to e. Masonry
lumber as having achieved a seasoned quality?
a. Air-dried 318. Brickwork laid with each courses consisting of
b. Kiln-dried alternating headers and stretchers.
c. Oven dry a. Flemish bond
d. Surfaced dry b. English bond
e. None. All qualify c. Running bond
d. Common bond
312. For direct illumination (general lighting), what is e. Stack bond
the appropriate distance of light fixtures from
the wall using downlights (e.g. pinlights) 319. Brickwork laid with alternating courses each
a. 40 cm from the wall consisting entirely of headers and stretchers.
b. Equal to the height of the room a. Flemish bond
c. 1/2 the height of the room b. English bond
d. 1/3 the height of the room c. Running bond
e. 1/4 the height of the room d. Common bond
e. Stack bond
313. What is the act of excavating or filling of earth
or any sound material or combination thereof, 320. Wall claddings are designed to allow the
in preparation for a finishing surface such as structural frame of a building and the exterior
paving? skin (cladding) of the building to move
a. Cut and fill independently of one another. Soft sealant
b. Grading joints in the skin panels make these
c. Benching attachments possible. Under which type of
d. Site preparation movement joint do you classify this kind of
e. Backfill attachment?
a. Building separation joints
314. The vernacular term for earthfill is b. Surface divider joints
a. Eskombro c. Working construction joints
b. Macadam d. Structure/enclosure joints
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321. A beam that runs along outside edge of a floor b. About 5 times
or roof. c. About 10 times
a. Girt d. About 20 times
b. Tie beam e. Concrete is stronger
c. Grade beam
d. Spandrel beam 328. The most common material used as interlayer in
e. Canteliver laminated glass.
a. Polyvinyl butyral
322. A column whose load capacity is limited by b. Polyvinyl chloride
buckling rather than strength. c. Polyurethane
a. Composite column d. Ethyl vinyl acetate
b. Long column e. Celluloid
c. Short column
d. Slender column 329. A short rafter, running perpendicular to the
e. Tied column other rafters in the roof, which supports a rake
overhang.
323. What is the general term for a slab other than a. Cripple
slab-on-grade? b. Fly rafter
a. Cast-in-place c. Jack rafter
b. Reinforced slab d. Lookout
c. Slabjacking e. Girt
d. Superslab
e. Suspended slab 330. A ceiling with sufficient structural strength to
support workers safely as they install and
324. With regards to concrete proportioning, which maintain mechanical and electrical installations
of the following characteristics considers water- above the ceiling.
cement ratio as its measuring device? a. Access flooring
a. Consistency b. Suspended ceiling
b. Durability c. Substructure
c. Heat generation d. Interstitial ceiling
d. Placeability e. Plenum
e. Strength
331. What is the main component in the production
325. The performance of a concrete slab-on-grade of glass mirrors?
depends on the integrity of both the soil a. Chromium
support system and the slab. What is the b. Mercury
recommended method for evaluating the ability c. Silver
of the soil-support system to withstand loading? d. Tin
a. Grade course e. Zinc
b. Proof-rolling
c. Soil boring test 332. A vertical bar between adjacent window or door
d. SPT units.
e. Tamping a. Astragal
b. Mullion
326. What is a joint between two concrete c. Muntin
placement where shrinking is a consideration? d. Stile
a. Control joint e. Sash
b. Contraction joint
c. Construction joint 333. What is the purpose of placing a drip groove
d. Expansion joint and/or capillary break at the bottom of a
e. Isolation joint window sash, along with a corresponding
weatherstrip placed at bottom interior side of
327. The compressive strength of steel the same sash?
reinforcement is how many times greater than a. To provide a pressure equalization chamber
that of normal-strength concrete? b. To prevent abrasion between sash and sill
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d. To prevent insect penetration d. Anchor plate
e. To compensate for expansion e. Washer

334. The opening through a parapet through which 341. Which of the following reflects the visual
water can drain over the edge of a flat roof. characteristic of wood?
a. Gutter a. Anisotropic
b. Scupper b. Autogenous
c. Plinth c. Hygroscopic
d. Roof drain d. Isotropic
e. Stack vent e. Thixotropic

335. The vernacular term for joist is 342. A process for preserving wood by impregnating
a. Biga the cell with creosote under pressure.
b. Bolada a. Bethell process
c. Kostilyahe b. Boliden salt process
d. Suleras c. Boucherie process
e. Guililan d. Kyanizing
e. Rueping process
336. A piece of steel welded to the top of a steel
beam or girder so as to become embedded in 343. Glue-laminated (Glulam) timber column is
the concrete fill over the beam and cause the a. Box column
beam and the concrete to act as a single b. Built-it column
structural unit. c. Solid column
a. Anchor belt d. Spaced column
b. Shear stud e. Tapered column
c. Moment stirrup
d. Spandrel 344. This type of drill, powered by compressed air or
e. Spline hydraulic fluid, breaks rock into small particles
by impact from repeated blows.
337. A tall, narrow window alongside a door. a. Abrasion drill
a. Ribbon window b. Churn drill
b. Bay window c. Core drill
c. Mullion d. Percussion drill
d. Narrow light e. Shot drill
e. Sidelight
345. This is a type of drill designed for obtaining
samples of rock from a hole, usually for
338. Which of the following is not a fire-rated glass? exploratory purposes.
a. Polished wired glass a. Abrasion drill
b. Ceramic glass b. Churn drill
c. Specially tempered glass c Core drill
d. transparent wall units d. Percussion drill
e. Fritted glass e. Downhole drill

339. Individual pieces of glass are known as 346. The rotary drill consisting of a steel-pipe drill
a. Lites stem on the bottom of which is a roller-bit. As
b. Panels the bit rotates, it grinds the rock.
c. Panes a. Blasthole drill
d. Plates b. Core drill
e. Sheets c. Directional drilling
d. Percussion drilling
340. A flat steel plate used to connect the members e. Rotary drilling
of a truss.
a. Baseplate 347. This term refers to the fire-resistant material
b. Stiffener inserted into a space between a curtain wall
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and a spandrel beam or column, to retard the a. Beam-and-slab floor
passage of fire through the space. b. Concrete flatwork
a. Sleeve c. Continuous slab
b. Firestopping d. Drop panel
c. Safing e. Flat plane
d. Penetrant
e. Fireproofing 354. Concrete culverts, pipes and poles are examples
of which category of concrete?
348. Any of a number of devices for hoisting building a. Architectural concrete
materials on the end of a rope or cable. b. Central-mixed concrete
a. Crane c. Centrifugally-cast concrete
b. Derrick d. Cyclopean concrete
c. Lewis e. Roller-compacted concrete
d. Boom
e. Lift 355. Concrete in which large stones, each of 50kg or
more, are placed and embedded in the concrete
349. The temporary formwork for a n arch, dome, or as it is deposited.
vault. a. Cyclopean concrete
a. Centering b. Dense concrete
b. Scaffolding c. Heavyweight concrete
c. Staging d. Mass concrete
d. Underframing e. Rubble concrete
e. Anchoring
356. Concrete of high cement content
350. The vernacular term of purlin is a. Lean concrete
a. Kilo b. Monolithic concrete
b. Barakilan c. Negative-slump concrete
c. Reostra d. Rich concrete
d. Tahilan e. Zero-slump concrete
e. Gililan
357. White rust is usually seen in
351. These materials have substances that swell as a a. Concrete curing
result of heat exposure thus increasing in b. Chrome faucets
volume and decreasing in density. In passive fire c. G.I sheets
protection systems, these materials are used in d Paint chalking
a form of coating or mastic that expands to e. Welded metal
form a stable, insulating char when exposed to
fire. These materials are said to be 358. Which of the following is not a semi-finished
a. Ablative steel product?
b. Endothermic a. Billet
c. Inflammable b. Bloom
d. Intumescent c. Clinker
e. Thixotropic d. Ingot
e. Slab
352. Refers to properties that are the same
regardless of the direction that is measured, or 359. When a provision of specification requires
properties that are the same everywhere. action on the Contractor’s part, what is the
a. Adiabatic operative word to use?
b. Endothermic a. ‘may’
c. Inflammable b. ‘must’
d. Intumescent c. ‘shall’
e. Thixotropic d. ‘shal either…. or’
e. ‘will’
353. A reinforced-concrete system in which a slab is
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360. In specification, if the Contractor is allowed to d. Top out
exercise an option, what is the operative word e. Turn-key
to use?
a. ‘may’ 366. An axonometric projection of a three-
b. ‘must’ dimensional object inclined to the picture plane
c. ‘shall’ in such a way that two of its principal axes are
d. ‘shal either…. or’ equally foreshortened and the third appears
e. ‘will’ longer or shorter than the other two.
a. Dimetric projection
361. In specification, when limited alternatives are b. Isometric projection
available to the Contractor, what is the c. Oblique projection
operative word to use? d. Orthogonal projection
a. ‘may’ e. Trimetric projection
b. ‘must’
c. ‘shall’ 367. The complete records of test conduction
d. ‘shal either…. or’ (slump, compression test, etc.) shall be
e. ‘will’ preserved and made available for inspection
during the progress of construction and after
362. When the specification cites informational completion of the project for a period of not
statements that involve the Owner, the less than
operative word to use is a. 5 years
a. ‘may’ b. 4 years
b. ‘must’ c. 3 years
c. ‘shall’ d. 2 years
d. ‘shal either…. or’ e. 1 year
e. ‘will’
368. When a product, system, or process is specific,
363. “Structural Conceptualization” means the act of especially when one with a registered
conceiving, choosing and developing the type, trademark, it is described as
disposition, arrangement and proportioning of a. Branded
the structural elements of an architectural b. Copyrighted
work. Which of the following is not included in c. Name-specific
the considerations afforded for the above d. Non-variant
statement? e. Proprietary
a. Aesthetics
b. Cost-effectiveness 369. In specification, this word shall mean to place in
c. Functionality position, incorporate in the work, adjust, clean,
d. Safety and make fit for use.
e. Technical expertise a. Deliver
b. Furnish
364. In BP 344, which among the building’s facilities c. Install
and features is not required as d. Provide
“accessible/barrier-free”? e. Render
a. Elevators
b. Floor finishes 370. Plaster devoid of sand.
c. Seating accommodations a. Grout
d. Doors b. Lean plaster
e. Windows c. Neat plaster
d. Rich plaster
365. Of or pertaining to project scheduling in which e. Stucco
the design and construction phases of a building
project overlap to compress the total time 371. Ceramic tile can be classified according to water
required for completion. absorption. What is the water absorption
a. CPM classification for vitreous tile?
b. Cross-over a. 0% water absorption
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c. 0.5% to 3.0% 378. If steel is the material for framing a tall building,
d. 3.0% to 7.0% the building’s lateral rigidity will depend much
e. More than 7% on which structural system?
a. Raft foundation
372. Any of the wedge-shaped units in a masonry b. Moment connection framing
arch or vault, having side cuts converging at one c. Firewalls
of the arch centers. d. Spandrels
a. Extrados e. Floor diaphragm
b. Intrados
c. Keystone 379. In structural steel construction, who is the
d. Springer entity that produces the shop and erection
e. Voussoir drawings?
a. Erector
373. The process of forming brick and structural tile b. Fabricator
by extruding plastic clay through a die and c. Specifier
cutting the extrusion to length with wires d. Steel detailer
before firing. e. Structural engineer
a. Baked-mud process
b. Cold-form process 380. Which type of adhesive for engineered wood is
c. Dry-press process least resistant to water?
d. Soft-mud process a. Melamine formaldehyde resin (MF)
e. Stiff-mud process b. Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)
c. Phenol formaldehyde resin (PF)
374. Rammed earth wall, it is a stiff mixture of clay, d. Polyurethane resin (PU)
sand or other aggregate, and water, e. Urea formaldehyde resin (UF)
compressed and dried within the wall forms.
a. Adobe 381. Which of the following is not used as dimension
b. Bisque lumber?
c. Mudbrick a. LSL
d. Pise b. LVL
c. OSB
375. A steel or cast iron plate having a waffelike d. OSL
pattern, usually used as metal floor for vehicles e. PSL
and workshops.
a. Backplate 382. Which of the following is a fire-retardant wood?
b. Checkered plate a. Engineered wood
c. Hardware cloth b. Glass wood
d. Terneplate c. Glulam
e. Web plate d. Pressure-treated wood
e. Stucco
376. The portion of the joint where the members
closest to each other shall be welded. 383. Which of the following wood preservatives is
a. Bead commonly used as preservative for furniture?
b. Pass a. Creosote
c. Root b. Linseed oil
d. Toe c. Tung oil
e. Throat d. White spirit
e. Wolmanized
377. Screw with no head.
a. Cap screw 384. It is popularly called “synthetic stucco”.
b. Set screw a. DAFS
c. Self-tapping screw b. EIFS
d. Thumbscrew c. EPS
e. None d. ETICS
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385. To provide a hard, non-corrosive, electrolytic, 392. Which of the following is a metamorphic rock?
oxide film on the surface of a metal, particularly a. Granite
aluminum, by electrolytic action. b. Limestone
a. Anneal c. Marble
b. Anodize d. Sandstone
c. Galvanize e. Slate
d. Glaze
e. Weld 393. What is the standard size overlap for corrugated
G.I roofing?
386. Which of the following is an insulating glass a. 1 corrugation
unite (IGU)? b. 1 – 1/2 corrugations
a. Double-glazed window c. 2 corrugations
b. Laminated glass d. 2 – 1/2 corrugations
c. Low-e coated glass e. 3 corrugations
d. Reflective coated glass
e. All of the above 394. Of or pertaining to a flat or pitched truss having
vertical web members forming a series of
387. Which of the following is a tinted glass? equilateral triangles.
a. Laminated glass a. Belgian truss
b. Low-e coated glass b. Fink truss
c. Reflective coated glass c. Howe truss
d. Self-cleaning glass d. Pratt truss
e. None. All are coated e. Warren truss

388. ASTM classifies dimension stone into six groups, 395. Of or pertaining to a flat or pitched truss having
two of which is “quartz based stone”. Which of vertical web members in compression and
the following is not part of the first four groups? diagonal members in compression.
a. Granite a. Belgian truss
b. Limestone b. Fink truss
c. Marble c. Howe truss
d. Sandstone d. Pratt truss
e. Slate e. Warren truss

389. ASTM classifies dimension stone into six groups, 396. When a building has a roof of complex
sixth of which is “other stones”. Travertine falls geometry such as hyperbolic paraboloid shell,
under which group? what roofing membrane approach would be
a. Granite best chosen?
b. Limestone a Built-up roof(BUR)
c. Marble b. Elastomeric roofing
d. Sandstone c. Fluid-applied roofing
e. Slate d. Protected membrane roof
e. Single-ply roofing
390. Which of the following is an igneous rock?
a. Granite 397. What is the primary purpose of roof sheathing?
b. Limestone a. To provide diaphragm support for the
c. Marble overall roof system.
d. Sandstone b. To provide a roof membrane.
e. Slate c. To provide a base for the installation of
roofing material
391. Which of the following is a sedimentary rock? d. To provide thermal and moisture protection
a. Granite e. All of the choices
b. Limestone
c. Marble 398. What is the purpose of roof underlayment?
d. Sandstone a. To provide diaphragm support for the
e. Slate overall roof system.
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c. To provide a base for the installation of 404. A system of reinforcement in flat-slab
roofing material construction comprising bands of bars parallel
d. To provide thermal and moisture protection to two adjacent edges and also to both
e. All of the choices diagonals of a rectangular slab.
a. Curtain reinforcement
399. Large prefabricated units of formwork b. Distribution-bar reinforcement
incorporating supports, and designed to be c. Two-way reinforcement
moved form place to place. d. Four-way reinforcement
a. Climbing form e. Web reinforcement
b. Flying forms
c. Ganged forms 405. Transverse reinforcement, usually applied to
d. Moving forms ties, hoops and spirals in columns and column-
e. Slipform like members.
a. Auxiliary reinforcement
400. A composite structural material comprising thin b. Distribution-bar reinforcement
sections consisting of cement mortar reinforced c. Dowel-bar reinforcement
by a number of very closely spaced layers of d. Lateral reinforcement
steel wire mesh. e. Shear reinforcement
a. Ferrocement
b. Lath and plaster 406. To avoid cracks on concrete slab-on grade,
c. Furring where should temperature and shrinkage
d. Sandwich panel reinforcement be positioned for maximum
e. Veneer effectiveness?
a. At the upper third of slab thickness
401. A prefabricated panel that is layered composite, b. At the middle of slab thickness
formed by attaching two thin facings to a c. At the bottom third of slab thickness
thicker core. For example, a precast concrete d. Anywhere within the slab thickness
panel consisting of two layers of concrete e. Does not matter if control joints are sawn
separated by a nonstructural insulating core. on the hardened slab.
a. Ferrocement
b. Lath and plaster 407. Which building technique is the simplest?
c. Furring a. Concrete construction
d. Sandwich panel b. Light-gauge steel frame construction
e. Veneer c. Masonry construction
d. Steel frame construction
402. Voids left in concrete due to failure of the e. Wood light frame construction
mortar to effectively fill the spaces among
coarse-aggregate particles. 408. Which of the following glass types offers the
a. Bug holes least noise reduction?
b. Entrained air a. Double-strength glass
c. Efflorescence b. Laminated glass
d. Honeycomb c. Insulating glass
e. Laitance d. Transparent wall units
e. Double-glazed glass
403. A layer of weak material derived from
cementitious material and aggregate fines 409. In cases where substantial noise reduction is
either carried by bleeding to the surface or required for sealed windows, which type of
separated from the mixture and deposited on glazing is the most sensible choice?
the surface or internal cavities. a. Solid single glazing
a. Bug holes b. Laminated single glazing
b. Entrained air c. Transparent plastic glazing (e.g. high-
c. Efflorescence compact polycarbonate)
d. Honeycomb d. Double glazing
e. Laitance e. Triple glazing

410. The vertical framing member in a panel door.

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a. Header
b. Jamb 417. It is the process of isolating an object, such as a
c. Mullion piece of equipment, from the source of
d. Muntin vibration.
e. Stile a. Isolation Padding
b. Damping
411. A curtain wall system that is largely assembled c. Vibration Isolation
in place. d. Oscillation
a. Composite system
b. Mullion system 418. An acoustical ceiling element that can be hung
c. Stick system vertically or horizontally in ceilings to help
d. Unit system reduce ambient noise in a space.
e. Unit-and-mullion system a. Ceiling barrier
b. Ceiling baffles
412. Which of the following processes revolutionized c. Acoustical Panels
the production of glass? d. Ceiling Cloud
a. Autoclave process
b. Crown process 419. A local pioneer in the manufacture of load
c. Cylinder process bearing concrete hollow blocks.
d. Float process a. Jackbilt Industries, Inc.
e. Lehr process b. Dubricon Manufacturing Corp.
c. Supreme ABF construction
413. A larger door consisting of horizontal, d. A.F.G Construction
interlocking metal slats guided by a track on
either side, opening by coiling about an 420. It is used to protect potable water supplies from
overhead drum at the head of the door contamination or pollution due to backflow.
opening. a. Foot Valve
a. Accordion door b. Pressure Valve
b. Double-acting door c. Check Valve
c. Overhead door d. Backflow preventer
d. Revolving door
e. Rolling door 421. Minimum thickness of footing according to the
National Building Code.
414. SPT stands for a. 350 mm
a. Soil penetration test b. 300 mm
b. Soil pit test c. 250 mm
c. Soil pressure test d. 200 mm
d. Standard penetration test
e. Standard Proctor test 422. It is the water and wastewater services provider
of cities and municipalities that form the West
415. Soil test are undertaken by Zone of the Greater Metro Manila Area.
a. Geodetic engineer a. National Water and Sewerage Authority
b. Geotechnical engineer (NAWASA)
c. Sanitary engineer b. The Manila Water Company
d. Structural engineer c. Maynilad Water Services, Inc.
e. Surveyor d. The Local Water Utilities Administration
(LWUA)
416. In large-scale projects, site management
considers possible transport of excavated earth 423. A beam composed of two or more dissimilar
or materials within, into, and out of the site. materials joined together to act as a unit.
What is the proper term for this activity? a. Reinforced Beam
a. Cut-and-fill b. Composite Beam
b. Earthworks c. Built-up beam
c. Earthmoving d. Tilt-up beam
d. Hauling
e. Tipping

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424. A heavy construction equipment consisting of a c. Concrete shrinks a little during the curing
boom, dipper, bucket, and a cab on a rotating stage due to the evaporation of water.
platform. Also called “Power Shovel”. d. Aggregates comprises 60% if the concrete
a. Backhoe mix.
b. Excavator
c. Bulldozer 432. What is usually the wastage percentage applied
d. Grader in estimating concrete?
a. 15%
425. A gutter used to carry off water in between two b. 12%
intersecting roof planes. c. 10%
a. Special gutter d. 7.5%
b. Inside gutter
c. Valley gutter 433. Ratio of mortar mixture
d. Hip gutter a. 2 parts sand, 4 parts cement
b. 1 part sand, 3 parts cement
426. Used to connect straight pipes. c. 2 parts cement, 4 parts sand
a. Bushing d. 1 part cement, 3 parts sand
b. Nipple
c. Coupling 434. What will you provide to let the hot air rise and
d. Fitting exit thru the roof?
a. Exhaust fan
427. What does the horizontal and vertical b. Ventilating fan near the ceiling
reinforcements in CHB wall resist? c. Air extractor in the roof
a. Lateral Load d. Hole on the roof
b. Vertical Load
c. Compression 435. How soon can formworks be stripped for beam
d. Tension soffit?
a. 14 days
428. The main reason/advantage why long span GI b. 7 days
roof is widely used. c. 1 day
a. Aesthetic d. 5 days
b. Ease of installation
c. Economical 436. How soon can formworks be stripped for
d. Quality columns and beams?
a. 1 day
429. What will happen if a soil pipe was provided b. 3 days
with a 4% slope? c. 2 days
a. Efficient discharge of wastewater d. 8 days
b. Faster discharge of human waste
c. Slow discharge if human waste 437. What is primarily used in estimating rebars?
d. Inefficient discharge of wastewater a. Weight
b. Length
430. For a typical Filipina wife, what is the c. Diameter
recommended height of a kitchen counter? d. No. of pieces
a. 900 mm
b. 850 mm 438. What is the meaning of FACP?
c. 800 mm a. Fire Alarm Control Panel
d. 750 mm b. Forward Air Command Post
c. Forward Air Control Post
431. Which of the following is true? d. Forward Air Control Party
a. Cement is a composite material composed
of coarse aggregates bonded together with 439. What is the meaning of ECC?
water that hardens overtime. a. Energy Compliance Certificate
b. The term Cement and Concrete can be used b. Environmental Clearance Certificate
interchangeably. c. Environmental Compliance Certificate
d. Energy Clearance Certificate

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c. HVAC
440. What is the meaning of EER which determines d. Split type
the performance of an air conditioner?
a. Energy Efficiency Ratio 448. How is the cost for paint labor remunerated?
b. Energy Efficiency Rating a. Per square meter with multiplier
c. Equipment Evaluation Report b. Fixed rate
d. Electrical Equipement Rack c. Daily rate
e. Enlisted Evaluation Report d. Per litter

441. What is the minimum diameter of rebars for 449. How is the cost for labor for a small residential
CHB wall? construction remunerated?
a. 10 mm a. Per square meter
b. 12 mm b. Fixed rate
c. 16 mm c. Daily rate
d. 9 mm d. Per cubic meter

442. For a door with a latch bolt, which of the 450. How to you order a door jamb considering its
following can be added for an additional width?
security? a. Inside width
a. Deadbolt b. Outside width
b. Barrel bolt c. Width of door
c. Hasp d. Top width
d. Door chain
451. How do you order a door jamb considering its
443. What is the term applied for materials which height?
are like glass in appearance? a. Inside height
a. Glazed b. Outside height
b. Vitreous c. Height of door
c. Laminated d. Corner of door
d. Obscure
452. A sanitary pipe, which is earthquake resistant,
444. Which type of paint can also be used as a usually used for buildings 30 meters or higher.
waterproofing? a. PP
a. Epoxy b. HDPE
b. Elastomeric c. cPVC
c. Latex d. Copper pipe
d. Enamel
453. A brand of acoustic panels
445. Formed metal or sheeting secured on or into a a. Armstrong
wall to cover and protect the upper edge of a b. Durock
base flashing. c. Hardiflex
a. Counterflashing d. SCG
b. Gutter
c. Side flashing 454. Light recommended to be used for desk lamp
d. for reading.
a. CFL
446. Which of the following is not a ceiling b. LE
component? c. LBE
a. Main tee d. CCE
b. Trim
c. Hanging wire 455. How many core holes a concrete hollow block
d. Wall angle have?
a. 2
447. An air conditioner usually mounted on the floor. b. 3
a. WACU c. 3.50
b. Cabinet type d. 4

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456. Height of shower glass partition.
a. 1.50m
b. 1.70m
c. 1.90m
d. 2.40m
e. 2.10m

457. Maximum length of a ramp

a. 12m
b. 30m
c. 36m
d. 50m
e. 60m

458. Inclination of an escalator.

a. 18deg
b. 20deg
c. 25deg
d. 30deg
e. 35deg

459. Ceiling for a conference room.

a. Flat
b. Convex
c. Concave
d. Inclined
e. Open to the sky

460. Artificial stone made up of water, cement, sand,

gravel. What type of concrete?
a. Simple
b. Mixed
c. Rough
d. Plain
e. Regular

461. Ceiling for a conference room.

a. Sand Cement Gravel
b. Water Cement Aggregate
c. Water Cement Sand
d. Water Sand Gravel

462. How to connect GI Pipes

a. Threading
b. Heat Fusion
c. Solvent Cement
d. Welding

463. How to connect HDPE pipes

a. Threading
b. Heat Fusion
c. Solvent Cement
d. Welding

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