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This section includes 25 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Civil Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
As a tree grows, lower branches often die, and their bases may become overgrown and enclosed by subsequent layers of trunk wood, forming a type of imperfection known as an excreta. |
| A. | False |
| B. | True |
| Answer» B. True | |
| 2. |
____________ is wood that as a result of a naturally occurring chemical transformation has become more resistant to decay. |
| A. | Sapwood |
| B. | Knot |
| C. | Bark |
| D. | Heartwood |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
_______________ is very hard wood and has a dark reddish brown color. It is fragrant and close grained. It is hard to work and takes high polish. Used in musical instruments, piano cases, tool handles, art projects, veneers and furniture. |
| A. | Walnut |
| B. | Sandalwood |
| C. | Mahogany |
| D. | Rosewood |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Which type of bond is shown in the below figure? |
| A. | Single basket weave bond |
| B. | Double basket weave bond |
| C. | Herringbone bond |
| D. | Della Robbia bond |
| Answer» C. Herringbone bond | |
| 5. |
All bricks in this bond are headers, but for the lap-generating quoin three-quarter bat which offsets each successive course by half a header, this bond is called __________ |
| A. | Flemish stretcher bond |
| B. | Stretcher, or running bond |
| C. | Header bond |
| D. | Raking stretcher bond |
| Answer» D. Raking stretcher bond | |
| 6. |
The ________________ is used for the application of the mortar between and around the stones as they are set into place. |
| A. | hammer |
| B. | tray |
| C. | chisel |
| D. | masonry trowel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
The basic tools for shaping the stone are a mallet _________ and a metal straight edge. |
| A. | trowel |
| B. | knife |
| C. | chisels |
| D. | ruler |
| Answer» D. ruler | |
| 8. |
_____________ is used as a protective and decorative covering for interior or exterior walls and surfaces. |
| A. | Plaster |
| B. | Stone veneer |
| C. | Paint |
| D. | Putty |
| Answer» C. Paint | |
| 9. |
There are two main types of sedimentary stone used in masonry work, limestone and ______________ |
| A. | limestone |
| B. | gravel |
| C. | sandstones |
| D. | marble |
| Answer» D. marble | |
| 10. |
____________ specialize in the fixing of stones onto buildings, using lifting tackle, and traditional lime mortars and grouts. |
| A. | Rigid masons |
| B. | Raw masons |
| C. | Fixer masons |
| D. | Head mason |
| Answer» D. Head mason | |
| 11. |
______________ are workshop-based and specialize in working the stones into the shapes required by a building’s design, this set out on templets and a bed mould. |
| A. | Fixer mason |
| B. | Advance mason |
| C. | Stone mason |
| D. | Banker masons |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
The craft of _______________ involves creating buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone from the earth. |
| A. | brick masonry |
| B. | cement masonry |
| C. | sculpture masonry |
| D. | stonemasonry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
____________is wood that as a result of a naturally occurring chemical transformation has become more resistant to decay.$ |
| A. | Sapwood |
| B. | Knot |
| C. | Bark |
| D. | Heartwood |
| Answer» B. Knot | |
| 14. |
_______________ is very hard wood and has a dark reddish brown color. It is fragrant and close grained. It is hard to work and takes high polish. Used in musical instruments, piano cases, tool handles, art projects, veneers and furniture?$ |
| A. | Walnut |
| B. | Sandalwood |
| C. | Mahogany |
| D. | Rosewood |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Glued engineered wood products are manufactured by bonding together wood strands, veneers, lumber. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 16. |
English garden wall bond course of headers bond has three courses of stretchers between every course of stretcher. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 17. |
Stone walls are usually made of local materials varying from limestone and flint to granite and sandstone. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 18. |
All bricks in this bond are headers, but for the lap-generating quoin three-quarter bat which offsets each successive course by half a header, this bond is called _________? |
| A. | Flemish stretcher bond |
| B. | Stretcher, or running bond |
| C. | Header bond |
| D. | Raking stretcher bond |
| Answer» D. Raking stretcher bond | |
| 19. |
The ________________is used for the application of the mortar between and around the stones as they are set into place |
| A. | hammer |
| B. | tray |
| C. | chisel |
| D. | masonry trowel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
The basic tools for shaping the stone are a mallet, _________, and a metal straight edge. |
| A. | trowel |
| B. | knife |
| C. | chisels |
| D. | ruler |
| Answer» D. ruler | |
| 21. |
_____________is used as a protective and decorative covering for interior or exterior walls and surfaces. |
| A. | Plaster |
| B. | Stone veneer |
| C. | Paint |
| D. | Putty |
| Answer» C. Paint | |
| 22. |
There are two main types of sedimentary stone used in masonry work, limestone and______________ |
| A. | limestone |
| B. | gravel |
| C. | sandstones |
| D. | marble |
| Answer» D. marble | |
| 23. |
____________specialize in the fixing of stones onto buildings, using lifting tackle, and traditional lime mortars and grouts. |
| A. | Rigid masons |
| B. | Raw masons |
| C. | Fixer masons |
| D. | Head mason |
| Answer» D. Head mason | |
| 24. |
______________are workshop-based, and specialize in working the stones into the shapes required by a building’s design, this set out on templets and a bed mould.$ |
| A. | Fixer mason |
| B. | Advance mason |
| C. | Stone mason |
| D. | Banker masons |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
The craft of _______________involves creating buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone from the earth. |
| A. | brick masonry |
| B. | cement masonry |
| C. | sculpture masonry |
| D. | stonemasonry |
| Answer» E. | |