AQE 2018 6. It is a test used in measuring the 12.

Are either plastic cords or galvanized

consistency of concrete mix, defined as wires strung across batter boards and
Building Technology Reviewer the state of fluidity of the mix. used to indicate the outline of the
a. Compression test building wall and foundation.
b. Strength test a. Stakes
1. A proportioned mixture of cement, c. Fluid test b. String
aggregate and water, which when d. Slump test c. Batter boards
properly proportioned, is at first a plastic 7. Substances added to cements, mortars, d. None of the above
mass which can be cast or molded into concrete for the purpose of improving or 13. Board nailed horizontally at the stake of
predetermined size or shape. imparting particular properties such as which serves as the horizontal plane
a. Cement workability, durability, etc. where the reference point of building
b. Concrete a. Compounds measurements is established.
c. Lime b. Admixture a. Reference board
d. Shale c. Sahara b. Corner board
2. A concrete strengthened by having steel d. Waterproofing c. Batter boards
embedded is called. 8. It is proportioned mixture of d. None of the above
a. Plain or mass concrete cementitious material (lime, gypsum, or 14. Used to shape and support fresh
b. Plain steel cement), sand and water. concrete until cured and able to support
c. Reinforced concrete a. Concrete mixture itself.
d. None of the above b. Cement mortar a. Shoring
3. A concrete without reinforcement is c. Cement plaster b. Plywood
called. d. None of the above c. Support
a. Plain or mass concrete 9. It is proportioned mixture of cement, fine d. Formwork
b. Plain steel aggregate and water/ 15. Temporary supports designed to carry
c. Reinforced concrete a. Concrete mixture forms for beams and slabs.
d. None of the above. b. Cement mortar a. Shoring
4. Type of aggregate smaller than ¼” in c. Cement plaster b. Plywood
size consist of sand, stone screenings d. None of the above c. Support
or other inert materials of similar 10. Concrete hollow block or CHB d. Formwork
characteristics. international name is. 16. Plywood forms used where smooth
a. Course aggregate a. Slab surface is required; should be
b. Fine aggregate b. Brick waterproof; Grade “A” and at least
c. Gravel c. Concrete masonry unit ________.
d. Stone d. None of the above a. ½” thick
5. Type of aggregate larger than ¼” in size 11. Are wooden sticks used as posts b. ½ mm thick
consist of crush stones, gravel or other sharpened at one and driven into the c. ¼” thick
similar characteristics. ground to serve as boundaries or d. ¾” thick
a. Course aggregate supports of the batter boards. 17. A natural material on which the
b. Fine aggregate a. Stakes construction rest/.
c. Gravel b. String a. Base
d. Stone c. Batter boards b. Foundation bed
d. None of the above c. Support
d. None of the above
18. Lower portions of walls, piers or 24. Refers to the process of lowering a c. Pile foundation
columns which are spread to provide a water table of preventing and excavation d. Deep foundation
safe base. from filling with ground water. 30. Are spread footings supporting free
a. Base a. Siphoning standing columns and piers.
b. Beam b. Dewatering a. Mat foundation
c. Walls c. Drying b. Spread foundation
d. Footing d. None of the above c. Isolated footing
19. Part of a foundation system which 25. It is a strip of reinforced concrete wider d. Column footing
supports the exterior wall of the than the wall which distributes the load 31. It is continuous spread footing of
superstructure and bears directly on the to the soil. foundation walls.
column footing. a. Wall footing a. Isolated footing
a. Grade beam b. Column b. Combined footing
b. Lintel beam c. Base c. Slope footing
c. Cantilever beam d. Pedestal d. Strip footing
d. None of the above 26. Short reinforcing bars of steel which 32. Supporting two or more columns. This
20. Part of the building foundation which extend approximately equally into two type of footing is used where it is not
forms the permanent retaining wall of abutting pieces of concrete, to increase possible to center the footing beneath its
the structure below the grade. the strength of joint. supported column as in the case of
a. Basement a. Stirrup columns located at or near the property
b. Foundation wall b. Ties line.
c. Grade beam c. Dowel a. Combined footing
d. None of the above d. None of the above b. Cantilevered footing
21. Level beneath which soil is saturated 27. A horizontal structural member (such as c. Isolated footing
with groundwater. beam) over an opening which carries d. Slope footing
a. Water line the weight of the wall above it. 33. This type of footing may be used in
b. Water table a. Beam place of a combined footing under the
c. Water supply b. Lintel same conditions. The footing of exterior
d. None of the above c. Cantilever and interior columns are connected by a
22. The critical factoring determining the d. None of the above tie-beam or strap.
bearing capacity of granular soils. 28. It is often called expansion joints. It a. Combined footing
a. Load capacity allows movement to occur between a b. Cantilevered footing
b. Weight capacity concrete slab and adjoining columns c. Isolated footing
c. Density and walls of the building. d. Slope footing
d. None of the above a. Isolation joints 34. This type of foundation is employed on
23. It is the process of digging the earth to b. Construction joints soil with low bearing capacity where
provide a place for the foundation of the c. Crack there is a tendency towards unequal
building. d. None of the above settlement due to unequal loading of
a. Excavation 29. This type of foundation is employed soil.
b. Boring when stable soil of adequate bearing a. Mat foundation
c. Cracking capacity occurs relatively near the b. Continuous footing
d. None of the above ground surface. c. Combined footing
a. Mat foundation d. Isolated footing
b. Spread foundation
35. It is a system of end bearing or friction a. Common bond c. Float glass
piles, pile caps and tie beams for b. English bond d. Tempered glass
transferring building loads down to a c. Flemish bond 48. Highly decorated type of plaster work
suitable bearing stratum. d. None of the above developed in Italy during Rennaisance.
a. Pile foundation 42. Wire- enclosed riprap consisting of mats a. Lime plaster
b. Sheet pile or baskets. b. Gypsum plaster
c. Pile driving a. Riprap c. Portland cement plaster
d. Friction pile b. Gabion system d. Sgraffito
36. Wall having non-structural facing c. Geotextiles 49. Type of soldering in which the operating
attached to but not bonded to a d. Reinforcements temperature are higher-melting alloys
supporting structure. 43. Bond consist of alternate courses of are used to fill the joints.
a. Mass wall stretchers and headers. a. Brazing
b. Plain wall a. Common bond b. Welding
c. Veneered wall b. English bond c. Rivets
d. Low wall c. Flemish bond d. Soldering
37. Siliceous material, as fly ash, that reacts d. None of the above 50. Stones having rough, irregular surfaces
chemically with slated slime. 44. Clouding of lacquer film through and sunken/ beveled joints.
a. Cement precipitation of moisture in the film. a. Rustic
b. Pozzolan a. Moisture blush b. Rubble
c. Concrete b. Alligatoring c. Ashlar
d. Mortar c. Bleeding d. Corbel
38. Concrete proportions for mass concrete d. Chalking 51. Portion of an enclosing wall below first
works. 45. Plaster of paris mixed with clay, lime tier of joist.
a. Class A and other materials in combinations a. Bearing wall
b. Class B covered by trademarks or patents. b. Foundation wall
c. Class C a. Lime plaster c. Retaining wall
d. Class D b. Gypsum plaster d. Curtain wall
39. Irregularities of surface due to uneven c. Portland cement plaster 52. Enclosing wall of an iron or steel
flow of varnish or paint. d. Sgraffito framework or the non-bearing portion of
a. Bleeding 46. Made of small wood particles and base an enclosing wall between piers.
b. Pinholding materials including cotton stalk, rice a. Bearing wall
c. Runs and sags straw, bagasse, conventional wood b. Foundation wall
d. Wrinkling chips and sawdust that have been c. Retaining wall
40. A brick or block masonry extending over pressed and glued together. d. Curtain wall
the thickness of the wall. a. Fiber cement board 53. Minimum suspended slab depth or
a. Header b. Gypsum board thickness.
b. Stretcher c. Particle board a. 100mm
c. Soldier d. Hardboard b. 150mm
d. Shiner 47. Manufacture by pouring molten glass c. 200mm
41. Bond consist of 5 stretcher courses and onto a surface of molten tin and allowing d. 250mm
then a header course. It is generally it to cool slowly. 54. Squared building stones finely dressed
begun with a row of headers at the a. Sheet glass on all faces adjacent to other stones.
bottom course. b. Plate glass a. Rustic
 b. Rubble b. Bleeding a. Bearing wall
c. Ashlar c. Blistering b. Foundation wall
d. Corbel d. Chalking c. Retaining wall
55. Brick or stone projecting from within a 62. Admixture for making a concrete/mortar d. Curtain wall
wall usually to support weight. mix workable with little water. 69. Beam supported only at one end or they
a. Rustic a. Plasticizer may be that portion of beams protecting
b. Rubble b. Air entraining agents beyond its support.
c. Ashlar c. Accelerators a. Simple beam
d. Corbel d. Plastic mix b. Cantilever beam
56. Concrete that has no reinforcement 63. Typed of footing that may be used in c. Continuous beam
a. Hollow concrete place of a combined footing under the d. None of the above
b. Mass concrete same conditions. The footing of the 70. Spread footings supporting free-
c. Soft concrete exterior and interior columns are standing columns and piers.
d. Plain concrete connected by tie beam. a. Strip footing
57. A metamorphic rock, crystallize a. Isolated footing b. Combined footing
limestone consisting mainly of calcite. b. Cantilevered footing c. Cantilevered footing
a. Marble c. Strip footing d. Isolated footing
b. Dolomite d. Combined footing 71. Commonly used in counter tops.
c. Granite 64. Hydrated lime and water a. Marble
d. Cast stone a. First coat b. Dolomite
58. Cement mix used to glue masonry units b. Brown coat c. Granite
to each other, or other surface finishing c. Finish coat d. Cast stone
materials. d. Lime putty 72. Second straightening coat of plaster.
a. Plaster 65. Minimum concrete protective covering a. Scratch coat
b. Cement mortar for slab reinforcement. b. Brown coat
c. Haydite a. 10mm c. Finish coat
d. Mortar b. 20mm d. Lime putty
59. A Portland cement concrete to which a c. 30mm 73. Constructed layer of stones placed to
chemical foam is added to generate d. 40mm prevent erosion of a structure of
gases in the process of deposition. 66. The adhesive property of incompletely embankment.
a. Aerocrete dried coating. a. Riprap
b. Gunite a. Wrinkling b. Gabion system
c. Porete b. Tackiness c. Geotextiles
d. Haydite c. Alligatoring d. Reinforcement
60. Made of several thin plies, or veneers of d. Blistering 74. A Portland cement used for general
wood that have been glued together. 67. Concrete proportions for concrete under construction having none of
a. Plywood water and retaining walls. distinguishing qualities of other types.
b. Hardwood a. Class AA a. Type 1
c. Chipboard b. Class A b. Type 2
d. Gypsum board c. Class B c. Type 3
61. Discoloration of coating caused by d. Class C d. Type 4
soluble color in the underlying surface. 68. Subsurface wall built to resist lateral
a. Alligatoring pressure of internal loads.
75. Loss of luster. May be due to insufficient use in a reinforced concrete slab. The d. Hard board
or defective under coats, most concrete should be delivered and 87. This is a paneling material made by
frequently to improper filling of wood. discharged within what time limit after reducing and refining wood chips into
a. Moisture blush the introduction to water? small, threadlike fibers, and then
b. Alligatoring a. 120 min pressing them under heat in hydraulic
c. Bleeding b. 60 min pressure into dense, smooth, and very
d. Deadening c. 30 min rigid panels.
76. Last masonry unit laid. d. 90 min a. Chip board
a. Closer 82. The Filipino term for bottom chord is b. Particle board
b. Ender ________. c. Gypsum board
c. Unit block a. Moneyka d. Hard board
d. Unit ender b. Estunyo 88. Used to control light transmission, glare
77. Condition appears chiefly to application c. Barakilan and solar radiation.
of few heavy coats for more thin ones. d. Sibe a. Glass
Also may be due to cold weather. 83. The act of water seeping through a b. Glass block
a. Wrinkling porous material, such as soil. c. Glass fibers
b. Tackiness a. Absorb d. Sheet glass
c. Pinholding b. Percolate 89. Used in textiles and for material
d. Moisture blush c. Drain reinforcement.
78. A continuous of strip footing that d. Divert a. Glass
changes levels in stages to 84. An aggregate consists of cinders, blast b. Glass block
accommodate a sloping site or bearing furnace slag, expanded shale or clay, c. Glass fibers
stratum. perlite, vermiculite and sawdust. d. Sheet glass
a. Combined footing a. Fine aggregate 90. Fabricated by drawing the molten glass
b. Strip footing b. Course aggregate from a furnace, or by forming a cylinder,
c. Continuous footing c. Special aggregate dividing it lengthwise, and flattening it.
d. Stepped footing d. None of the above a. Sheet glass
79. Which paint contains binders of oil- 85. An aluminum finishes based on the b. Plate glass
modified resins which dry by oxidation? specific ability of aluminum to develop a c. Float glass
a. Oil protective coating of oxide on its d. Sand blast
b. Latex surface. 91. It is a mixture of cement, marble chip
c. Urethane a. Mechanical finishes aggregates and water laid as a topping
d. Alkyd b. Chemical finishes or as a wall finish, and ground to a fine,
80. The part of foundation bearing directly c. Electrolytic finishes smooth surface.
upon the supporting soil, set below the d. None of the above a. Gypsum
frostline and enlarged to distribute its 86. Made by bonding together wood b. Terracotta
load over a greater area. particles with an adhesive under heat c. Terrazzo
a. Footing and pressure to form a rigid board with a d. Stucco
b. Raft relatively smooth surface, often faced 92. It is a mortar consisting of cement, sand
c. Tie beam with veneer. and water.
d. Wall footing a. Chip board a. Gypsum
81. Truck-mixed concrete governed by b. Particle board b. Terracotta
ASTM C94 is delivered to a job site for c. Gypsum board c. Terrazzo
 d. Stucco
93. Vernacular term for laying CHB.
a. Hulog
b. Palitada
c. Asintada
d. Alahado
94. Wood not used in construction.
a. Palotsina
b. Tanguile
c. Mahogany
d. Coconut
95. Vernacular term for bottom chord.
a. Tirante
b. Reostra
c. Rimata
d. Tabiki
96. Vernacular term for window sill.
a. Caballete
b. Hinang
c. Alero
d. Pasimano
97. Vernacular term for King post.
a. Landrillo
b. Carlo negro
c. Pendulum
d. Prigader
98. Vernacular term for eaves
a. Alero
b. Eskombro
c. Atip
d. Alahado
99. Vernacular term for scaffolding
a. Liyabe
b. Baytang
c. Andamiyo
d. Alulod
100. Vernacular term for beam
a. Hamba
b. Pierno
c. Biga
d. Alahado