Building Construction Related to the Fire Service (2nd Edition)
All Chapter Terms-Quiz #1
17 questions

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1) Flat sheet glass made by rolling a mesh of wires into a sheet of hot glass.

2) Alternative practices that are acceptable for meeting a minimum level of code mandated fire protection.

3) Construction type featuring exterior and interior walls and their associated structural members that are of noncombustible or limited combustible heavy timber materials.

4) Chemical process in which concrete changes to a solid state and gains strength.

5) (1) Metal strip used to tie masonry wall to the wood sheathing. (2) Device used to tie two sides of a form together.

6) Thick slab beneath the entire area of a building.

7) Phenomenon of a strong air draft moving from ground level to the roof level of a building.

8) Joist composed of steel with bars in the vertical web space.

9) Footing consisting of layers of beams placed at right angles to each other and usually encased in concrete.

10) Temporary support for formwork or structural components.

11) That part of the building which rests on the bearing soil and is wider than the foundation wall.

12) Forces developed by earthquakes.

13) Load used as an estimate of the total potential heat release to which a building maybe subjected if full involvement of all combustibles occurred.

14) Stress resulting when two forces act on a body in opposite directions in parallel adjacent planes.

15) Covering applied to the framing of a building to which siding is applied.

16) Supporting section of wall between two openings.

17) Structural product that has an external surface material over an inner core.