BT 1 2025 Quiz No. 1

TRUE OR FALSE: Since the beginning of human history, construction materials and methods have been a key factor in the development of human dwellings.

• True

• False

A physical property of wood, defined as the increase in diameter by the formation, between the existing wood and the inner bark, of new woody layers which envelop the entire stem, living branches, and roots.

• Heartwood

• Sapwood

• Growth Rings

• Knots

With the first settlements appearing in the middle east, the first construction materials were likely to have

been _________.

• facial clay bricks

• sunbaked clay bricks

• kiln dried clay bricks

• ovenbaked clay bricks

______ are still one of the world’s most common construction materials.

• Stone

• Concrete

• Bricks

• Wood

This material covered the original pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

• Limestone White Tiles

• Limestone White Granite

• Limestone White Marble

• Limestone White Cladding

TRUE OR FALSE: Eden Project and the Beijing National Aquatics Center are examples of the use of ETFE in Architecture.

• True

• False

Hardiflex Boards are also called as?

• MDF

• CLT

• Gypsum

• Fiber Cement

Standard size of Plywood in the PH.

• 4'x8'

• 4 mts. x 8 mts.

• 4"x8"

• 4 cm x 8 cm

This Architect exhibited the use of Reinforced Concrete in his design through the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium.

• Oscar Niemeyer

• Le Corbusier

• Louis Kahn

• Kenzo Tange

TRUE OR FALSE: The use of asbestos as a material has dwindled, since it was shown to cause a range of health problems; it is now outlawed in many countries.

• True

• False