QUIZ # 5 - GMNT 8.

Aside from screw and nuts, what material is also used in

BUILDING TECH – 20 ITEMS joining steel?
HISTORY – 30 ITEMS a. acetylene torch
THEORY – 20 ITEMS b. CW nails
PLANNING – 20 ITEMS c. contact cement
PLUMBING – 20 ITEMS d. cement mortar
ELECTRICAL – 20 ITEMS 9. What kind of window wherein in the morning, exterior can be
MECHANICAL & AUXILIARY – 15 ITEMS viewed and at night, reflection of yourself can be seen?
PROF. PRAC. – 20 ITEMS a. clear glass
BLDG. LAWS – 20 ITEMS b. tempered glass
STRUCTURAL – 20 ITEMS c. plate glass
d. reflective glass
BUIDLING TECHNOLOGY
1. What material/s is used for countertops? 10. Which material has a five year warranty?
a. Granite a. roof deck waterproofing
b. Vinyl b. t & b waterproofing
c. Pebbles c. laminated flooring
d. Rough Concrete d. glass window
2. A building will be erected on a hilltop, what roofing system
and materials will be used? 11. Which is not used in joining concrete?
a. Use Roof Shingles a. dowel
b. Protruding roof eaves b. anchor bolt
c. Metal roofing c. expansion bolt
d. Reinforced Concrete Roof Deck d. steel wires

3. What door is used for kitchen? 12. What is the best thickness of gravel bedding?
a. Glass Door a. 100 mm
b. Double action door b. 200 mm
c. Flush Door c. 150 mm
d. Panel Door d. 300 mm

4. If you are to renovate a glass building, what should be used 13. Used for bonding ceramic tiles on walls and floors?
in order to minimize the heat generated inside the building? a. contact cement
a. Use tinted glass b. tile adhesive
b. Use CHB all over the building c. grout
c. Use CHB and minimal glass d. lead
d. Use wired glass
14. Used in doors to prevent smoke from entering the room?
5. What lock is used for toilet and bath? a. astragal
a. Double lock b. batidura
b. Lock inside c. hulog
c. Lock outside d. palitada
d. Single lock
15. Used in doors to prevent smoke from entering the room?
6. Upon application of Building Permit, what activity can be a. 6” CHB
done that is allowed by the OBO? b. bearing wall
a. Bending of Bars c. dry wall
b. Excavation d. shear wall
c. Layout of columns
d. Layout of footings 16. What kind of glass can redirect the suns reflection?
a. glass blocks
7. Why should you put primer on steel before painting? b. float glass
a. For adhesion c. plate glass
b. To prevent rust d. tempered glass
c. For easy welding
d. To prevent blistering 17. What should you use as a partition of T&B at second floor
to reduce the sound generated from flushing of toilet in
bedrooms?
 a. Use 6” CHB wall 26. Is a term applied to certain aluminum products and refers
b. Use drywall w/ acoustic material in between gaps to the protective coating (cladding) applied, primarily for
c. place the closet adjacent to t & b corrosion resistance, to thin sheets of an alloy whose corrosion
d. use non-load bearing wall resistance has been decreased by the constituents added to
give strength and other characteristics. Cladding improves the
18. Where is the best location of the soil stack in the building? appearance of the alloy
a. inside columns a. ALCLAD
b. in between openings b. Cladding
c. away from exterior wall c. Alloy
d. in the exterior wall d. Metals

19. Wood not used as construction materials? 27. Aluminum used for roofing, flashing, gutter, etc.
a. palotsina a. aluminum foil
b. mahogany b. aluminum sheet and strip
c. coconut c. structural aluminum
d. yacal d. aluminum

20. What lock is used in the main door? 28. This is rigidized sheet fabricated of special aluminum alloys
a. single lock specifically developed for roofing and siding purposes. It
b. double lock usually consists of an aluminum alloy core of one type cladwith
c. lock inside another highly corrosion-resistant aluminum.
d. lock outside a. aluminum foil
b. corrugated aluminum
21. A building will be erected on a coastal area. What roofing? c. structural aluminum
a. use protruding eaves d. rib aluminum
b. provide big balcony
c. use roof deck 29. Aluminum finished that a can be obtained by grinding
d. use ribbed type roofing polishing, scratching, sandblasting, embossing, or other
treatment of the surface to achieve a desired effect or to
22. Used in vertical alignment? provide a base for other finishes.
a. astragal a. Mechanical finishes
b. batidura b. Chemical Finishes
c. hulog c. Electrolytic finishes
d. metros d. Electroplating

23. Where should you put the heat roofing material? 30. Aluminum finishes that are based on chemical reactions with
a. under the rafter the aluminum surface to achieve one of the following results:
b. under the ceiling (a)Floor Panel Wall Panel Ornamental Aluminum, Aluminum Mesh
c. over the rafter and Wire Cloth Pig Iron etching, cleaning, or polishing of the
d. on ceiling surface to remove any oxide film or surface irregularity and
provide a design, a clean surface texture, or a polished effect; and
24. Glass used in commercial establishments. (b) oxidizing of the surface with aluminum or other metallic oxides
a. float glass that protect the surface or serve as a base for subsequent
b. tempered glass treatment, or both. Chemical finishes permit only limited colors
c. reflective glass that are not as satisfying as the color films obtained on
d. plate glass electrolytically-applied (anodized) oxide films
a. Mechanical finishes
25. Is a soft, nonmagnetic silvery metal characterized by its b. Chemical Finishes
light weight (onethird that of iron, brass or copper), low c. Electrolytic finishes
melting point high thermal and electricalconductivity d. Electroplating
(surpassed only by silver and copper), and moderately high
coefficientof expansion.
a. brass
b. copper
c. metals
d. aluminum
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
1. What is the World’s Largest Pyramid?

a. Saint
b. Titus Flavius Clemen’s Private Home
a. Pyramid of Cholula (Tlachihualtepetl) c. Burial Chamber of Roman Emperors
b. The Pyramid of Altun Hua d. A hill
c. Pyramid of Cheops
d. Pyramid of Lubaantun 6. What is the World’s Largest Brick Gothic Church?

2. If a greek temple has a total of 14 columns with a breakdown

of 4 in front, 4 at the back and the rest at both sides, what type
of temple is this?
a. Peripteral
b. Prostyle
c. amphiprostyle
d. dipteral
a. San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
3. If Pantheon has the World’s Largest Single, Unreinforced b. Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain
Concrete. Which has the Largest Reinforced Concrete Dome? c. San Sebastian Cathedral, Burgos, Spain
d. St. Mary’s Church, Gdansk, Poland

7. What is the name of this building?

a. Araneta Coliseum, The Big Dome, Quezon City Philippines

b. Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines c. Norfolk
Scope, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
d. Rungnado May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea

a. 550 Madison Ave.

b. AT & T Building
c. 660 Madison Ave.
d. 770 Madison Ave.

8. Area reserved for entertaining guests in bahay kubo?

a. dulang
4. IDENTIFY FIGURE A. b. caida
a. Groin c. sala
b. Lierne d. bulwagan
c. Boss
d. Ridge 9. What was the World’s Biggest Menhir?

5. According to Christian Tradition, Basilica di San Clemente

was built on top of?
 a. Grand Menhir Brise, France was built from 1906 to 1912. It is popularly known as the La
b. Menhir of Cuesta del Molina, Spain Pedrera meaning the Quarry. In 1984, it was declared a World
c. Great Stone Cold Heritage Site by UNESCO. What is its other name?
d. Great Menhir of Scotland a. Casa Mila
b. Casa Batlo
10. Identify the architectural style. c. Park Guell
d. Casa Vicens

16. It is the first important building of Antoni Gaudi.

a. Casa Mila
b. Casa Batlo
c. Park Guell
d. Casa Vicens

17. Which work of Antoni Gaudi has an undulating façade

decorated with a colorful mosaic of broken ceramic tiles, the
roof is arched and likened to the back of a dragon or dinosaur
and has a unique chimney. A common theory about the
a. Art deco building is that it represents the lance of St. George which has
b. art noveau pierced the back of the dragon.
c. rococo a. Casa Mila
d. baroque b. Casa Batlo
c. Park Guell
11. How did romans create structures with great spans? d. Casa Vicens
a. use of arch
b. use of stone pile together 18. Most sculptured building of Antoni Gaudi
c. stone corbel system a. ParcGuell
d. large column and stone beams b. Casa Mila
c. Casa Batlo
12. A church “built for all times” after previous churches was d. Sagrada Familia
damaged by earthquakes in 1863 and 1880.
a. San Sebastian Church 19. The Shard is an 87 storey skyscraper in London that at a
b. Paoay Church height of 306m is the tallest building in the European Union.
c. Loboc Church The architect designed the building as a spire sculpture
d. San Agustin Church emerging from the River Thames and was inspired by the
railway lines next to the site, the spires depicted by Canaletto
13. This church was a former Roman Catholic located in and the masts of sailing ships. However the building was
Germany. It is sometimes referred to as a Cathedral due to its criticized by English Heritage and called it “a shard of glass
great size but it is not because it has never been the seat of a through the heart of historic London”, hence the name of the
bishop. Now, it is a Lutheran Church. Construction of the building – The Shard. Who is the architect of this building?
church began in 1377 and was finished in 1890. To this day it a. Louis Kahn
remains as the world’s tallest church (161.5 m.) b. Renzo Piano
a. Cologne Cathedral c. Richard Rogers
b. Ulm Minister d. Norman Foster
c. Rouen Cathedral
d. Our Lady if Peace Basilica 20. Many architects became very active during the renaissance
period. Andrea Palladio has become famous among them. What
characterizes the Palladian Style of Architecture?
a. ornate and decorative
b. unpredictable proportions
c. asymmetry
14. The third phase of gothic architecture? d. proportionality
a. rayonnant
b. flamboyant 21. A Roman rectangular temples stood on a?
c. lancet a. crepidoma
d. consonnant b. stylobate
c. podium
15. This structure was the last civil work of Antoni Gaudi and d. pedestal

22. How do Romanesque and gothic architecture differ in
terms in openings?
a. gothic has triangular arch while Romanesque has circular
openings
b. gothic has bigger openings compared to Romanesque
c. gothic has circular openings while Romanesque has
triangular arch
d. gothic has smaller openings compared to Romanesque
27. What is the traditional Filipino Architecture technique that
could withstand earthquakes in the Philippines?
a. Putting of rosaries and religious artifacts beneath the
foundation
b. Putting stones that serve as rollers beneath the foundation
c. Making use of sturdy and heavy trunks of wood for columns
foundation
d. Bambo posts running through roof connected on central
apex placed slanted around the exterior

23. In 1774, Fr. Miguel Murguia originally built a church on this 28. Which does not belong?
site. However, the church was severely damaged by a typhoon a. art noveau
on 17 January 1875. In 1884, a new church was erected. This b. le modern
church was built of coral blocks and is approximately 70 m long c. rayonnant
x 25 m. wide and 18 m in height. Its walls are about 3 m. thick. d. jugenstijl
It has the largest church bell in the country, weighing more
than 10 tonnes – crafted from about 70 sacks of coins donated 29. Which of the following is not a project of Skidmore, Owings
by the parishioners. In 1997, the church was officially declared & Merrill (SOM) in Manila?
a National Historical Landmark by the NHCP. Where is this a. Rockwell Center, Makati
church? b. PBCOM Tower, Makati
a. Malolos, Bulacan c. Zuellig Building, Makati
b. Panay, Capiz d. G. T. International Tower, Makati
c. Magdalena, Laguna
d. Balangiga, Samar 30. Who was the Architect of Manila City Hall?
a. Antonio Toledo
24. What is the most striking feature of the Barasoain Church in b. Juan Arellano
Malolos, Bulacan? c. Ralph Harrington Doane
a. Belltower d. Daniel Burnham
b. Pediment
c, Columns
d. Façade

25. What style was used in the columns in the facade of the
Barasoain Church?
a. Baroque
b. Romanesque
c. Gothic
d. Renaissance

26. This indigenous people of the Northern Philippines are part

of the collective group of people known as the Igorot people.
They live in the western Mountain Province, northern Benguet
and Southeastern Ilocos Sur. Their traditional house is called
the Binangiyan – a single room dwelling raised about 1.50 m .
whose floor made of hardwood like narra, rests on 3 floor joists
which in turn were supported by traverse girders.
a. bontoc
b. ibaloi
c. isneg
d. kankanay
26. What is the raw/natural material that traditional Filipino
Architecture used as motifs in the design of their homes?
a. egg shells
b. capiz shells
c. mud bricks
d. hand-cut stones
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 7. Who is the Architect of the Trump Tower in Manila?
1. The style used for the Paoay Church is? a. Jason Pomeroy
a. Romanesque b. Der Scutt
b. Baroque c. Erwin Cantor
c. Gothic d. Ed Koch
d. Byzantine
ITEMS 8-10
2. If the color yelow stimulates gaiety, how will you use it? Situation: This architectural firm was established at Hong Kong
a. School Bus in October 1988 by young architects who had their diversified
b. at danger zones practice under Hong Kong’s top architectural firms from 1976
c. warning sign to 1988. In 1990, a Philippine office was opened and it wasn’t
d. energize a lazy person long before they became prominent architects here. Some of
their notable projects are the Philippine Plaza, ABS-CBN
3. What is the name of the Building? (May 2018) Complex, Kingswood Gardens, One & Two Lafyette Square,
Salcedo Park and the Pacific Plaza Towers. In 1977, the firm
was awarded the prestigious title Firm of the Year by the
Philippine Institute of Architects.

8. What was this firm called?

a. Palafox & Archietcts
b. Manosa Architects
c. Recio + Casas
d. GF and Partners
a. Proposed New Building of the Supreme Court of
the Philippines
9. After 20 years, a partner left the firm. Who was this
b. Proposed New Building of the Senate of the Philippines architect?
c. Proposed New Building of Metro Manila Development a. Karima Patricia Palafox
Authority
b. Manuel Manosa
d. Proposed New building of Laguna Lake Development c. Jose Pedro Recio
Authority
d. Camerlo Casas

4. Which theory of proportion uses the diameter of the column 10. What was the current name of the firm today?
as basic unit of dimension?
a. Palafox Associates
a. Golden Section
b. Francisco Manosa and Partners
b. Golden Rectangles
c. Casas + Architects
c. Fibonacci Series
d. Recio + Architects
d. Classical Orders
11. Which of the following indicates the brightness of a color?
ITEMS 5-7
a. intensity
5. The owner of the new Building originally promised to b. value
donate the Art Deco exterior limestone bas-relief sculptures of c. chroma
semi –nude goddesses, as well as the massive ornate above the
d.hue
old building’s entrance which were apprised at over USD
200,000 to the Metropolitan Museum of art. However, the new 12. "A house is a machine to live in".
owner decided to destroy them instead because of a possible 10-
a. Le Corbusier
day construction delay due to the works of art as junk. Robert
b. Walter Gropius
Miller, the gallery owner, lamented that such things can
c. Frank Lloyd Wright
“never be made again”. Who is the owner of the building?
d. Mies Van de Rohe
a. Ed Koch
b. Donald Trump
c. Der Scutt 13. What art principle shows the relationships between the
various parts of an object/structure/groups of objects and
d. Erwin Cantor
structures?
a. size
6. What is the official name of its structure?
b. volume
a. Trump building
c. proportion
b. Trump Tower
d. scale
c. Republican Building
d. Democratic Building
14. A style in the architecture Italy I the second half of the 16th 20. He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for
century and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Europe. It uses living".
classical elements in an unconventional manner.
a. Illusionism
b. Mannerism
c. Palladianism
d. Abstract

15. First president and founder of PAS.

a. Juan Nakpil
b. Felipe Mendoza
c. Jose Herrera
d. Cesar Concio

16. The architect who said that the exterior of the building is
the result of the interior.
a. Le Corbusier
b. William Ruskin
c. Mies van de Rohe
d. Frank Lloyd Wright a. Marcel Breuer
b. Louis Sullivan
17. What manifestation in a structure that identifies it as a c. Buckminster Fuller
work of architecture shows the adequate scheme or structural d. Le Corbusier
arrangement, effective choice of materials, and effective
construction system?
a. structural stability
b. utility
c. aesthetic sense
d. economic quality

18. The Chrysler Building located in Manhattan at 1,046 ft. was

the world’s tallest building before it was surpassed by the
Empire State Building in 1931. It held the title for 11 months. It
is still the tallest brick building in the world. Considered by
many contemporary architects to be one of the finest buildings
in New York City, it is a classic example of which architectural
style?
a. Brutalism
b. Art Deco
c. art noveau
d. modernism

19. "The man of learning… can fearlessly look down upon the
troublesome accidents of fortune. But he who thinks himself
entrenched in defense not of learning but of luck, moves one
slippery path, struggling though life unsteadily and insecurely."
a. A New Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright
b. The Poetry of Architecture by John Ruskin
c. Space, Time and Architecture by Sigfried Gideon
d. Ten books of Architecture by Marcus Vitruvius
PLANNING
1. A tool used to control the manner in which raw land is 9. This code mandates that all Local Government Units shall
subdivided and placed on the market for residential prepare their comprehensive land use plans and enact them
development. through zoning ordinances.
a. zoning regulation a. HLURB Code
b. deed of restriction b. Local Government Code
c. subdivision regulation c. Civil Code
d. housing regulation d. Land use Planning
2. Planning for roads, bridges, schools, parking structures,
public buildings, water supply, land waste disposal facilities. 10. Written document to transfer the property to one person
a. capital facilities planning to another.
b. utilities planning a. Transfer Certificate Title
c. physical planning b. Deed
c. transport planning c. Clearance
d. Equity
3. The rough equivalent of the present tenement cities that
existed in ancient Rome, which resulted from the population 11. A wide area of parks of undeveloped land surrounding a
growth of the city and the congestion that existed in streets. community.
a. Tenema a. park
b. Insula b. open space
c. Agoras c. greenbelt
d. Domus d. plaza

4. The orderly arrangement of urban streets and public spaces. 12. In the Philippines, this type of land use planning
a. City Planning emphasizes the proper management of land resources to
b. Open Space Planning ensure that the present generation can benefit from its
c. Street Planning continued use without compromising future generations.
d. Spatial Planning a. coastal resource planning
b. land use planning
5. _____ of land, a contiguous land area which is considered as c. sustainable land use planning
a unit, which is subject to a single ownership, and which is d. strategic planning
legally recorded as a single piece.
a. Platting 13. A locale with a sizeable agglomeration of people having
b. Partition characteristics of an urban being.
c. Parcel a. city
d. TCT b. composite city
c. chartered city
6. The government arm responsible for the development and d. independent city
implementation of low cost housing in the Philippines.
a. National Housing Authority 14. First Planner and developed the Gridiron.
b. HLURB a. Marcus Vitruvius Poll
c. HUDCC b. Hippodamus of Miletus
d. Housing Agencies c. Mesopotamians
d. Daniel Burnham
7. Phrase used to characterize development that meets the
needs of the present generation without compromising the 15. A 20th century problem emanating from rapid urbanization
needs of the future generations. of areas surrounding a city which eats up the remaining
a. planned development adjacent rural open spaces.
b. sustainable development a. urban development
c. development-oriented b. urban sprawl
d. sectoral development c. urban gentrification
d. urban blight
8. A habitable room for 1 family only with facilities for living, 16. He conceptualized the 'City Beautiful Movement'.
sleeping, cooking, and eating. a. Le Corbusier
a. Single-detached unit b. Ebenezer Howard
b. dwelling unit c. Frank Lloyd Wright
c. living unit d. Daniel Burnham
d. housing unit
17. The container of man, which consists of both the natural PLUMBING
and man-made or artificial element. 1. When water comes out as soon as the fire sprinkler is
a. networks activated, the system is
b. links a. wet pipe
c. physical settlement b. pre-action
d. structures c. deluge
d. dry pipe
18. A type of planning which emphasizes that the proper role 2. When there is a low pressure from the water main, what will
of the planner is not to serve the general public interest but you use to supply higher levels?
rather to serve the interests of the least fortunate or least well a. booster pump
represented groups in society. b. sump pump
a. advocacy planning c. pneumatic pump
b. social planning d. jet pump
c. strategic planning 3. What type of material used for the base of a septic tank?
d. sectoral planning a. mass concrete
b. reinforced concrete
19. A profession which falls between planning and architecture. It c. lightweight concrete
deals with the large-scale organization and design of the city, with d. earth base
the massing and organization and the space between them, but 4. What is the typical slope of a waste pipe?
not with the design of the individual buildings. a. 1%
a. city planning b. 2%
b. urban design c. 3%
c. urban theorist d. 4%
d. city administration 5. Water enters through an open rim, as though a bucket of
water were dumped into the bowl, filling the front trapway and
20. Niemeyer believed that relating large areas to each other is creating siphon action. This model provides quick removal of
freedom as in the planned city of___. water with minimum water rise. Small water surface makes the
a. Chandigarh model more vulnerable to soiling and clogging. This is the least
b. Stalingrad efficient and most noisy type but lowest in cost.
c. Chicago
d. Brasilia

a. wash down
b. siphon jet
c. reverse trap
d. siphon vortex

6. Water enters through diagonal punching around the rim of

the bowl, creating a vortex that draws the water down into the
rear trap with a swirling action that scours the walls of the
bowl. Water strikes two parallel ridges and folds over forming a
jet, producing siphonic action. Large water surface provides a
very efficient and clean process, and the flushing is extremely
quiet. This model is mostly of one-piece construction with a
low profile. Expensive.

a. wash down
b. siphon jet
c. reverse trap
d. siphon vortex
7. used to connect the two ends of two pipes, neither of which resulting in quick withdrawal of water from the bowl. A water
can be turned jet is located at the inlet of the trapway. Most of the bowl
a. coupling surface is covered with water. This model is efficient but
b. caulking moderately noisy. Its cost is reasonably low.
c. nipple
d. tread
8. This material is used to threaded pipe connections to a. wash down
prevent leakage
b. siphon jet
a. Teflon tape
b. solvent
c. reverse trap
c. fitting d. siphon vortex
d. pipe
9. The standard water pressure from nawasa, maynilad, manila
water etc.
a. 20 psi
b. 40 psi
15. Plumbing permit shall be invalid if works not commenced
c. 60 psi after a period of
d. 80 psi a. 120 days
10. The principal artery of the venting system to which vent b. 200 days
branches may be connected c. 1 year
a. main vent d. 2 years
b. loop or circuit vent 16. It is added to water to reduce salinity
c. local vent a. disinfectant
d. group cent b. solvent
c. electrolysis
11. The extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest d. salt purifier
horizontal drain connected to the stack horizontal drain, the
17. Is the lowest portion of the inside of any pipe or conduit
uppermost end above the roof that is not vertical
a. unit vent a. invert
b. stack vent b. based
c. relief vent c. under
d. dry vent d. over
18. Is the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances
12. Strong flushing action is created by a jet of water directed into the distributing pipes of a supply of water from any source
into the rim and jet. The force of the jet draws the bowl other than its intended source
contents into the rear trap. It doesn't use siphonic action but a. back siphonage
relies on the driving force of jet action. At flush valve 25 psi is b. back pressure
needed with 1.5-in. inlet spud. Large water surface and large c. back flow
trapway size make this model efficient and suitable for d. behind flow
commercial use. Flushing is very noisy. Expensive.
19. Is the extended portion of a pipe that is closed at one end to
which no connections are made on the extended portion
a. last line
a. wash down b. dead end
b. pressure/tankless c. first line
c. pressure/tank d. second end
d. siphon vortex
20. Is the backflow of used, contaminated or polluted water
from a plumbing fixture due to negative pressure
a. back siphonage
13. Refers to any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures b. back pressure
which discharge into a common horizontal waste or soil branch c. back flow
a. circuit of fixture d. behind flow
b. group of fixture
c. battery of fixture
d. develop of fixture
14. Water enters through rim punchings and through a jet that ELECTRICAL
fills the rear trapway completely, creating a siphon action and 1. One on which the circuit interaction occurs in air.
 a. air circuit breaker b. ceiling plug
b. fuse c. ground
c. branch circuit d. plug
d. parallel circuit
2. A material that permits many electrons to move through it. 12. Machine that converts electric power to mechanical
Copper, silver, and aluminum are examples of materials that are a. electric fan
good conductors. Also used generically to refer to a wire, cable, b. DC motor
or bus bar that is made from a conducting material. c. motor
a. metal a. AC motor
b. semi-conductor 13. Insulating media for transformers (no longer allowed)
c. conductor a. mineral oil
3. Rated continuous current capacity of a conductor or device. b. askarel
(electrical devices should not exceed 12 amperes, or else it will c. Gatorade
burn) d. foam
a. capacity 14. Metal pipe in which electrical powers may be drawn; has
b. ampacity conditions (like wall is thinner than conduit)
c.amphere rating a. metal straw
d. volt b. steet pipe
4. A device that can be used to open or close a circuit manually c. electrical metal tubing
and can also open a circuit automatically when current is d. pipe
excessive. 15. XHHN in wire specification means?
a. air circuit breaker a. Moisture and Heat Resistant-Cross-Linked
b. circuit breaker Thermosetting
c. branch circuit b. Moisture resistant, in wet and dry location
d. group circuit c. Heat resistant in dry and wet location
5. A cable provided with wrapping of metal (steel wire) for d. Moisture and Heat Resistant- Linked Thermosetting
mechanical protection. 16. A high intensity discharge lamp in which the light is
a. steel cable produced by the radiation from a mixture of a metallic vapor,
b. super cable similar to that of a mercury lamp in construction.
c. armored cable a. mercury lamp
d. thick cable b. metal halide lamp
6. Where you connect the wires? c. tungsten halogen lamp
a. junction box d. high-pressure-sodium lamp (HPS)
b. match box 17. A type of lamp popular for lighting commercial interiors,
c. Johnson box uses argon gas to ease starting, it produces light by means of
d. carbon box an electric discharge in mercury vapor.
7. It is illegal because it bypasses the meter a. mercury lamp
a. hacker b. metal halide lamp
b. bumper c. tungsten halogen lamp
c. tracker d. high-pressure-sodium lamp (HPS)
d. jumper 18. A type of lamp which produces light by means of the
8. Circuit conductor between electric device and the outlet reaction of halogen additive in the bulb reacts with chemically
a. air circuit breaker with tungsten.
b. circuit breaker a. mercury lamp
c. branch circuit b. metal halide lamp
d. group circuit c. tungsten halogen lamp
9. Over current protective device (like a circuit breaker) d. high-pressure-sodium lamp (HPS)
a. bulb 19. In a lightning protection system, the combination of a
b. fet metal rod and its brace or footing, on the upper part of a
c. fuse structure
d. transformer a. ground rod
10. One with contact separate in air b. air terminal
a. air circuit breaker c. lighting rod
b. air switch d. protective assembly
c. conductor 20. TW in electrical wire specification means.
d. fuse a. Moisture and Heat Resistant-Cross-Linked
11. The third protruding metal stick in a plug Thermosetting
a. grounding plug b. Moisture resistant, in wet and dry location
 c. Heat resistant in dry and wet location c. limit switch
d. Moisture and Heat Resistant- Linked Thermosetting d. current overload safety switch
9. In elevator, it makes the buzzer alarm when the car is
MECHANICAL, AUXILIARY & ACOUSTIC & LIGHTING overloaded and the door remains open until overloading is
1. This type of perimeter detector uses both the Passive eliminated.
infrared and Ultrasonic or Microwave system. a. safety shoe
a. microwave b. weighing device
b. passive infrared with ultrasonic (or microwave) c. fascia plate
` c. proximity / capacitance d. sheave
d. ultrasonic 10. An assembly consisting of a pulley wheel, side plates, shaft,
2. In escalators, this is located at the bottom truss of the and bearings over which a cable or roped is passed
escalator and provided with on and off positions to stop or a. governor
prevents the escalator from starting during maintenance b. weighing device
service. c. fascia plate
a. circuit breaker d. sheave
b. handrail guard switches 11. It prevents passengers from falling into the hoistway when
c. limit switch they try to get out of the car which is stopped between the
d. disconnect switch floors.
3. ___ of a partition, the number of decibels by which sound is a. safety shoe
reduced in transmission through it; a measure of the sound b. weighing device
insulation value of the partition, the higher the number, the c. fascia plate
greater the insulation value. d. sheave
a. transmission loss 12. The cooling effect obtained when 1 ton of ice at 32 oF (0
b. audible transmission oC) melts to water at the same temperature in 24 hrs.
c. sabin (equivalent to 12,000 Btu/hr)
d. decibel drop a. HP of refrigeration
4. The number of cycles per unit time of a wave or oscillations b. Ton of Ventilation
expressed in hertz of cycles per second. c. Ton of Refrigeration
a. wavelength d. HP of Ventilation
b. frequency 13. In elevator, these prevent the excessive car travel at the
c. sine wave highest and lowest floor.
d. sound wave a. disconnect switch
5. This switch cuts off all current supply to the escalator for b. knife switch
inspection, maintenance, or repairs. c. limit switches
a. disconnect switch d. current overload safety switch
b. knife switch
c. limit switch 14. A type of lamp which produces light by means of the
d. current overload safety switch reaction of halogen additive in the bulb reacts with chemically
with tungsten.
6. In elevator, it detects the obstacles during the door closing, a. mercury lamp
and reopens the door if there is something. Photocell can be b. metal halide lamp
used together with this. c. tungsten halogen lamp
a. safety shoe d. high-pressure-sodium lamp (HPS)
b. weighing scale
c. fascia plate 15. This device, in escalators, is provided at the drive unit
d. handrail guard location to protect against accidental movement of the
escalator during inspection of the drives or during general
7. This device, in escalators, stops the escalator automatically if maintenance.
an abnormal current is supplied to the motor. a. mechanical maintenance locking device
a. disconnect switch b. knife switch
b. knife switch c. limit switch
c. limit switch d. disconnect switch
d. current overload safety switch

8. In escalators, these stop the escalator if a foreign object

becomes wedged at the guard.
a. disconnect switch
b. handrail guard switches
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 9. Contract Documents under Article 19: discharging, removal
1. Guarantee to pay all obligations arising from the contract of inefficient employee
(15% of contract amount upon contract signing) a. character of workmen
a. payment bond b. superintendence and supervision
b. performance bond c. labor force
c. guarantee bond d. work
d. proposal bond
10. Contract Documents under Article 20: protecting &
2. Guarantee workmanship and quality of materials and replacing markers
equipment for 1 year (30% of contract amount) a. laying out the work
a. payment bond b. inspection of work
b. performance bond c. defective work
c. guarantee bond d. work during an emergency
d. proposal bond
11. Contract Documents under Article 20: not involving cost
3. The following statement are works of contractor except: and change in concept
a. furnish a. changes ordered by the architect
b. install b. inspection of work
c. provide c. changes ordered by owner
d. propose d. change of sub-surface conditions

4. Contract Documents under Article 3: Cost arising from 12. Contract Documents under Article 20: caused by
discrepancies in information instructions from architect or owner; delays in owner-supplied
a. clarification of meaning materials- within 15 days
b. discrepancies in drawings- a. claims for extra cost
c. coordination of drawings and specifications b. use of completed portions of work
d. copies of drawings and specifications c. search for causes of defects or faults
d. use of completed portions of work
5. Contract Documents under Article 4: setting drawings,
templates, patterns at contractor’s expense 13. Which of the following is not part of the construction
a. schedule for submission of detail and shop drawings team?
b. discrepancies in drawings- a. owner
c. supplementary drawings and instructions b. architect
d. copies of drawings and specifications c. contractor
d. real estate broker
6. Contract Documents under Article 3: necessary adjustments
to produce first class work 14. The following are daily inspection reports except:
a. clarification of meaning a. weather conditions
b. discrepancies in drawings b. manpower availability/distribution
c. coordination of drawings and specifications c. construction activities
d. copies of drawings and specifications d. all of the above

7. Contract Documents under Article 10: properly labelled; for
approval; pre-paid transportation cost
a. trade name materials and substitutes
b. storage and stockpiling of materials
c. quality of materials
d. samples of materials
8. Contract Documents under Article 10: cost of removal and
replacement
a. defective materials
b. storage and stockpiling of materials
c. quality of materials
d. samples of materials
15. It prepares forms for contract letting, documents for
bidding and for construction, assists owner in obtaining
proposals from contractors, decides on claims of owner and
contractor, periodically visits the project site to monitor general
progress and issues Certificates of Payment
a. schematic design phase
b. construction phase
c. contract documents phase
d. development phase
16. Which of the following is not a method of compensation?
a. multiple of direct personnel expenses
b. professional fee plus expenses
c. lump sum or fixed fee
d. all of the above
17. The following are under the Schematic Design Phase BUILDING LAWS
EXCEPT: 1. 1. The purpose of the NBC is to provide for all buildings and
a. ascertain project requirements structures, a framework of standards and requirements which
b. prepare schematic studies leading to a is the
recommended solution a. maximum b. minimum
c. submit probable construction cost c. regular d. definite
d. submits a further statement of probable
construction cost – (under design developement) 2. Under the NBC abutment on lot lines are allowed only in
a. R-1 zones
18. It prepares plans, elevations and other drawings, outline b. R-2 & R-3 zones
specifications, illustrate the size and character of the project c. Fire zones
and submits a further statement of probable construction cost d. prohibited zones
a. schematic design phase
b. design development phase 3. Under the NBC, every corridor and exterior exit balcony
c. contract documents phase servings as a required exit for an occupant load of more than
d. development phase ten width shall not be less than
a. 1.10 mts b. 1.20 mts
19. Projects involving extensive detail such as furniture design, c. 1.40 mts d. 1.50 mts
built-in equipment, special fittings, screens, counters, interiors
and other detailed parts of appurtenances of buildings or 4. Under the NBC, the vertical distance between landings shall
structures and landscaping designs not be more than
a. Group X a. 2.5 mts b. 3.00 mts
b. Group IX c. 3.30 mts d. 3.60 mts
c. Group VIII
d. Group V 5. Under the NBC, open spaces for corners and through lots is
a. 10% b. 20%
20. The practice of the act of managing, administering, c. 40% d. 50%
directing, coordinating, supervising and giving general 6.Under the NBC, open spaces inside lots is
administration and responsible direction to the operation and
a. 20% b. 30%
maintenance of buildings and their utility systems and
c. 40% d. 50%
equipment, in order to enhance their usefulness
7.Under the NBC, space required for interior lots is
a. building administration and management
b. administrative function a. 20% b. 30%
c. technical staff c. 40% d. 50%
d. consultant
8. Under the NBC, the minimum dimension for court or near
yard from the property line to the face of the building is
a. 1.50 mts b. 2.00 mts
c. 2.50 mts d. 3.00 mts

9. Under the NBC, a building in R-1 zone shall comply with the
open space requirement in the form of
a. 3.00 mts b. 4.00 mts
c. 5.00 mts d. 6.00 mts

10. Under the NBC, clearance between established grade of the

street and/ or sidewalk and the lowest under surface of any
part of the balcony shall not less than
a. 2.10 mts b. 2.40 mts
c. 3.00 mts d. 3.60 mts

11. Under the NBC, the interior lots shall have an access road
with a minimum width of
a. 1.50mts b. 2.40 mts
c. 3.00 mts d. 3.60 mts
12. Under the NBC, gasoline filling and service stations shall STRUCTURAL
classified under what occupancy classification? 1.) Allowable stresses for tension in structural steel in terms
a. accessory of gross area:
b. assembly a. 0.60 of the specified minimum yield stress
c. industrial b. 0.50 of the specified minimum yield stress
d. business & mercantile c. 0.45 of the specified minimum yield stress
d. 0.66 of the specified minimum yield stress

13. Under the NBC, display windows or wall signs within how 2.) Allowable shear stress on structural steel on the cross
many meters above the sectional area effective in resisting shear:
sidewalk a. 0.40 Fy
a. 2.40 mts b. 2.70 mts b. 0.50 Fy
c. 3.00 mts d. 3.30 mts c. 0.60 Fy
d. 0.90 Fy
14. Under the NBC, areas where adequate parking lots/ multi-
floor parking garages are available within 200 mts. of the 3.) The effective area in resisting shear of rolled and
proposed building / structures only what percent of the parking fabricated shaped may be taken as:
requirements maybe provided within the premises? a. overall depth times the web thickness
a. 10 % b. overall depth times the flange thickness
b. 15% c. flange width times overall depth
c. 20% d. overall flange thickness times width of flange
d. 25%
15. Under the NBC, general units of measurement on 4.) For structural carrying live loads which induce impact, the
consonance with the current worldwide practice follow the assumed live load shall be increased sufficiently to provide
a. Uniform Construction Index for same. For supports of elevators the increase shall be
b. International Standard __________:
c. System International a. 100%
d. English System b. 30%
16. Under the NBC, the minimum requirements for a parking c. 33%
space is d. 50%
a. 600 mm b. 750 mm
c. 900 mm d. 1000 mm 5.) The lateral force on the crane runaways to provide for the
17. Under the NBC, for Group A Dwellings, stairs shall have a effect of moving crane trolleys, shall be _______% of the
clear width of at least sum of the weights of the lifted load and the crane trolley
a. 2.30x4.70 b. 2.50x5.00 but exclusive of other parts of the crane:
c. 2.80x5.50 d. 3.00x6.00 a. 20%
18. Under the NBC, mezzanine floors shall have a clear ceiling b. 30%
height not less than how many? c. 10%
a. 1.80 mts b. 2.00 mts d. 15%
c. 2.10 mts d. 2.40 mts
19. Under the NBC, hospitals shall have one parking slot for 6.) Piles that are driven at an inclination to resist forces that are
every how many beds? not vertical are called:
a. 15 b. 20 a. batter piles
c. 25 d. 30 b. spur piles
20. Under the NBC, all inner courts shall be connected to a c. slanting piles
street or yard either by a pass d. all of the above
with a minimum width of
a. 1.20 mts b. 1.50 mts 7.) A buried plate or block tied to and forming an anchorage for
c. 1.80 mts d. 2.00 mts sheet piling or for a retaining wall is a:
a. Anchor Plate
b. Block Plate
c. Dead Man
d. NOTA

8.) An instrument which measures the velocity and acceleration

of an earthquake in the ground:
a. Accelerograph
b. Accelerator
c. Accelerometer
 d. All of the above c. restraint of volume change
d. all of the above
9.) A bridge carrying a road of a railway across a valley:
a. Aqueduct 17.) The section of a beam at which the bending moment
b. Viaduct changes from positive to negative and at this section, the
c. Skew bridge magnitude of the bending moment is zero is called the:
d. NOTA a. inflection point
b. reflection point
10.) A method used advantageously in driving piles in sand, c. deflection point
gravel or soft packed clay due to high resistance offered by this d. NOTA
material to piles driven by hammer is called:
a. Jetting 18.) The cast-in-place reinforced concrete floor systems can be
b. Splitting classified under the following general types:
c. Steam Hammer a. one-way slab and beam
d. NOTA b. one-way ribbed or joist or two-way solid slab and
beam
11.) The practice of Civil Engineering in the Philippines is c. two-way flat plate, flat slab or waffle slab
provided for in: d. all of the above
a. P.D. 223
b. P.D. 1096 19.) The graded portion of a highway within top and side
c. R.A. 1364 slopes, prepared as a foundation for the pavement structures
d. P.D. 1594 and shoulders is called:
e. NOTA a. roadway
b. subgrade
12.) The most important factor affecting the strength of c. road bed
concrete is: d. all of the above
a. Void-Cement Ratio
b. Water-Cement Ratio 20.) The total decrease in height of an embankment from the
c. Quantity of Cement time it is put in place until it becomes stabilized is called:
d. All of the above a. shrinkage
b. subsidence
13.) The section of the beam at which the bending moment c. settlement
changes from positive to negative is called: d. all of the above
a. Critical Point
b. Deflection Point
c. Reflection Point
d. NOTA

14.) The term in working stress design, refers to reinforced

concrete beam in which the cross-sectional areas of concrete
and steel are of such dimensions that each develops its full
allowable stress simultaneously:
a. Balanced Design
b. Over reinforced
c. Under reinforced
d. Elastic Theory

15.) The first step in the construction of a highway, which is the

removal of trees, bushes and debris from the entire area to be
excavated:
a. reconnaissance
b. clearing and grubbing
c. final survey
d. location survey

16.) Cracking of concrete in general is the result of:

a. high flexural stress due to bending
b. excessive deflection