Deck 5: Building Materials and Construction Techniques

Question 1

Which of the below should be avoided in brick masonry?

A)Horizontal joints
B)Queen closer
C)Brick bat
D)Vertical joints

Answer 1

Vertical joints

Question 2

_________ bond is better in appearance than English bond.

A)Flemish
B)Double Flemish
C)Single Flemish
D)Poly Flemish

Answer 2

Double Flemish

Question 3

Flemish bond is expensive than English bond.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In Herringbone bond, bricks are placed at _________ angle from __________ line in both directions.

A)600, central
B)600, vertical
C)450, central
D)450, vertical

Question 5

The portion of bricks cut across the width in half is called:

A)Half split
B)Half closer
C)Half bed
D)Half bat

Question 6

What should be placed at the beginning of every header course in English bond to avoid vertical joint?

A)Queen closer
B)Half bat
C)Three fourth bat.
D)Three fourth bat

Question 7

The bricks used for corners of walls of a structure are called:

A)Spalls
B)Quoins
C)Hearting
D)Side

Question 8

Which bond comprises of one course of a header to three or five courses of stretchers?

A)Dutch bond
B)Zig-zag bond
C)English garden-wall bond
D)Facing bond

Question 9

How many components are mainly used to prepare concrete?

A)5
B)3
C)2
D)4

Question 10

Which of the below is the most common alternative to cement in concrete?

A)Slag
B)Fly ash
C)Asphalt
D)Lime

Question 11

What is the ideal water-cement ratio to be used while hand mixing?

A)0.4-0.5
B)0.5-0.6
C)0.6-1
D)1.6-2

Question 12

Retarders are used for:

A)Construction of high rise building
B)Repair works
C)Cold weather conditions
D)Grouting deep oil wells

Question 13

_________ is added to make white concrete.

A)Fly ash
B)Metakaolin
C)Rise husk
D)Pigments

Question 14

As water cement ratio increases, ________ also increases.

A)Compressive strength
B)Tensile strength
C)Bleeding
D)Workability

Question 15

Which of the below is an example of plasticizer?

A)Hydroxylated carboxylic acid
B)Fluoro-silicate
C)Gypsum
D)Surkhi

Question 16

Which component of concrete gives it desired compressive strength?

A)Water
B)Cement
C)Aggregates
D)Admixture

Question 17

What is the ratio of the component in grade M20 concrete?

A)1:3:6
B)1:1.5:3
C)1:1:2
D)1:2:4

Question 18

The most common type of door is:

A)Double leaf door
B)Louvred door
C)Single leaf door
D)Battened door

Question 19

A casement window hung horizontally is called:

A)Hopper
B)Awning
C)Pivot
D)Tr

Question 20

Light, a term used in windows, is:

A)Area between outer parts of a window
B)Glazed part of the window
C)Area between inner parts of a window
D)Opening of the window allowing light

Question 21

If a door swings towards the person opening it, it is called:

A)Left handed
B)Reverse
C)Normal
D)Right handed

Question 22

Which of the below material of window has life span of 50 years?

A)PVC
B)Steel
C)UPVC
D)Aluminum

Question 23

________ door swings both ways.

A)Mead
B)Dutch
C)Garden
D)French

Question 24

The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is:

A)Dip
B)Strike
C)Declination
D)Bearing

Question 25

In the triangulation method, the whole area is divided into:

A)Scale triangles
B)Triangles
C)Obtuse triangles
D)Well-conditioned triangles