2007 BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS

STRUCTURAL

1. Situational

Given: footing acting as inverted beam

What is downward force

Upward force

2. Wedge What will be formed

a. dome

b. tunnel

3. .5 below one way slab

4. .5 below two way slab

5. .4 beam two way slab

6. diaphragm

7. Withstand soil pressure

a. retaining wall

b. gravity wall

8. Aggregates

9. use of method section

10. weakness of wood stiffness

11. connection of wood perpendicular to annual rings

12. web members between top chord and bottom chord

13. structural irregularities

14. defects of wood

15. engineered fill

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

1. Used in aligning plastering

a. cross string b. plum bob c. straight edge

2. Situational

3. Cheapest to high cost = materials (3-4 items) and then arrange it

4. Boom Truck

a. jigsaw crane

5. Surveying ( definition)

6. Grout ( definition )

7. Cement ( definition )

8. Admixture - IS USED TO SPEED UP THE INITIAL SET OF CONCRETE.

9. Accelerator / retarder

10. Parts of a dreadblot

11. Eschucheon

12. Choices definition

a. turnstile b. revolving around

13. Curtain wall

14. Definition choices

a. reeling b. aligatoring c. sag and run d. wounkling

15. Used in wiring newel post and moulding

16. Maintain in between board and insulator = air gap

17. Cause of breakage of glass

18. Purlin

19. Easiest window to clean

a. casement b. sliding

20. Basis of building permit fee on plumbing

a. height of pipe b. area

21. Gutter

22. Paint color that reflects most light = yellow

23. Ramp roofing

24. What is the use of gap in skylight = temperature expansion

25. Minimum holes in boring for low cost project

26. Cement given meaning

27. First thing to do in construction - with choices like fencing etc.

28. What to do before staking and layouting = check points

29. Economical way to determine height of building

a. plumb bob b. straight edge c. hose with water

30. Wood used for exterior - a. ply board b. fiber board

31. Wood not used for door = gypsum board

32. compaction of soil

33. Level suitable for paving - a. bed rock b. compacted soil c. finish level

34. Economical way for deep excavation

35. Is hollow block good for sound insulation

36. S4S Meaning

37. Why materials easy madefect for construction

a. storage b. delivery c. materials

38. Epoxy

39. Concrete neutralizer ( paint ) but if with rust paint ?

40. Redoxide used for metal pain

41. Paint Defects

BUILDING UTILITIES

1. Given Plan estimate how many wires in the given circuit

2. Given Plan identify which light will simultaneously open if switch ( 2 way

switch )

3. Sign in plan for more than 6000 sign board

a. Electrical Engineer b. Prof. Elec. Engineer

4. Expiration of permit for plumbing

a. 1 year b. 180 days c. 6 months d. 6 days

5. Connection of hubless pipes = heavy duty coupling

6. Building sewer definition

7. Definition : Choices

a. circuit vent b. loop vent c. Island vent

8. General lighting definition

9. Transmission Loss definition

10. Flutter

11. Echo

12. Definition : choices

a. resonance b. reveberation

13. Given absorption materials and graph choose which is the best

14. Definition : choices

a. solar screen b. mosquito screen

c. vertical blinds d. horizontal blinds

15. Communication color of pipe

16. What is U in UPVC? = a.unplasticized

17. Color of portable water ? = a. blue

18. pipe height = 23 15.3 cm

19. how to measure pipe = inside diameter

20. minimum compartment in septic tank

21. Definiton = a. cross connection

22. Definition = a. cesspool

23. indirect waste pipe = definition

24. classification of fire definition

* combustible

* electrical

25. dry stand pipe - definition

26. metal with zinc - galvanize

27. use of chlorination

a. disinfectant b. water purifier

28. value used for water tank = float value

29. well for 7.5 m deep

30. pneumatic booster pump

31. disadvantage of gravity system

32. definition of:

- soil pipe

- waste pipe

- service drop

-racewayes

- thermostat

- pampers

- circuit breaker

- elevator part buffer

- septic tank

33. minimum water level of septic tank in digestive chamber

34. generator types

35. process of refregiration

36. process of air conditioning

37. placed above the roof = cooling tower

38. used of grounding

39. pipe used for sewer

40. types of cable

a. armor cable b. bx

41. stander or solid = wire

42. 2 way and 3 way switch

43. which is not used as refregirant?

a. ammonia b. water

44. speed of elevator = min and max

45. noise control ( situational )

PROF PRAC / BUILDING CODE

1. 5 Items topography

Given : topography map and chart

Choose best location

2. 5 Items solar path computation

Given : sun path and eaves illustration

3. 5 Items Interior pyramid

Given : illustrations of pyramid of cheops

Height of pyramid of cheops

Lowest part : subterenean chamber

2 pyramid nearest to pyramid of cheops : pyramid of khafra and

menkaura

4. Situational questions regarding fire code for institutional ( 5 items )

5. Given : Description and illustration ( without architect ) name the building

Kuala Lumpur International airport

Bilbao museum

Commonwealth or Lincoln school choices of school under American

regime

Structure in Chicago choices xerox building, trans America

6. Given : description and illustration. Name the architect:

Le Corbusier Visual art school

Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House

Federico Illustre Quezon Memorial Circle

Leandro Locsin UP HOLY SACRIFICE

Renzo Piano

Rem Koolhaus

Kenzo Tange

Dome of the rock - whos the architect?

7. Given : illustration; identify notsimilar

( Insert drawing )

8. Cheapest expensive floor finish ( 3-4 items ) and then vice versa

9. matrix diagram given plan ( 4-5 items )

10. pre-bid -- meaning

11. situational : BP 344 ( 5 ITEMS )

Given : illustration in cdep reviewer p. 11-46

12. Code of intellectual property law

13. ceiling estimate ( 5 items )

14. NBC - Minimum dimension of kitchen

15. Design build architects fee on guaranteed maximum cost

16. qualifications of specs writer

17. what group ? single detached residential

18. fire lane --- given : definition

19. ghetto and enclave - choices

20. scale and proportion

21. means of engress meaning

22. types of garden ( 2 items )

formal

informal

oriental

23.agencies for housing

- for mortgage

- for lending

24. Planting Plan

25. Byzantine Architecture characteristics

26. Imageability - Kelvin Lynch

27. minimum dimension of door for elevator

28. Elizabeth, Jacobean , Stuart, Georgian