07.02.2024 BT

a pit in a basement floor made to collect water into which a pump is placed to pump the liquid to the sewer pipe

• drain hole

• slump

• sump

• none of these

when the soil beneath the building is not exceptionally well drained and it is necessary to exclude dampness, the best material to use which is installed beneath the concrete slab is

• plastic sheet

• gravel coarse

• pitch or bituminous felt

• aluminum foil

auger is part of

• bearing tool

• guiding testing tool

• rough facing tool

• fasterner tool

an expansion joint on adjacent parts of a structure to permit expected movements between them is called

• truss joint

• construction joint

• contraction joint

• conduction joint

a vault springing from an abutment higher at one side than the other

• conical

• annular

• rampant

• barrel

a climatic factor that is considered in the structural and architectural design of tall buildings

• humidity

• lightning

• gusts

• thunderstorm

the section of which the moment changes from positive to negative is called

• neutral axis

• section of zero shear

• maximum moment

• inflection point

glass block are included in what division of the master specs

• glazing

• masonry

• thermal and moisture protection

• wood and plastic

one method of leveling batterboards without the transit is the use of

• eyesight

• plumbob

• meter stick

• 1/4 dia. plastic hose filled with water

a system of framing a building on which floor joist of each storey rest on the top plates of the storey below and the bearing walls and partitions rest on the subfloor of each storey is known as the

• western framing

• balloon framing

• flank framing

• floor framing