PDD Short Quiz 4

Which water distribution system may be more susceptible to piping freezing?

An architecture firm is in the programming phase of a small residential project. Which cost estimating method would be most appropriate to use at this stage?

Which of the following beams is the heaviest?

Which of the following construction materials has the highest coefficient of linear thermal expansion?

What is true regarding the simplified parapet detail shown below?

The thrust of an arch on its abutments is ____________ to the rise.

According to the 2018 IBC, how must a handrail extend beyond the bottom of a single-run ramp?

Which sprinkler system should one use in a data center building in Springfield, FL?

The Wright family wants to build a new museum in Phoenix. This new space is almost identical to another museum built 4 years ago in Chicago by the same Wright Foundation, for a total cost of $3,123,000. If the construction cost indexes of Chicago and Phoenix are 104 and 92, respectively, and assuming an annual inflation of 2%, how much will the new museum cost?

Which of the following cable distribution systems would be the most appropriate for an office area where flexibility and the use of displacement ventilation are the most important driving factors?

Which of the following Best Management Practices – BMPs – would you recommend for a 4-acre civic center site with large surface-parking areas? Cost and reliability of water-pollutants removal are the driving factors that should take precedent.

What elements are typically drawn in a reflected ceiling plan? Select all that apply.

Charlie is designing a medium-sized spec office building with a 6” metal deck floor (including finished floor) and a steel structural system with 22” deep beams. The owner’s main wish is to maximize rentable area, but she also requested that the glazing height must be tall enough to provide reasonable daylight penetration. The building is set to have a floor-wide above-ceiling horizontal distribution of services, hidden in a plenum that extends all the way to the façade’s spandrel panels. If the building height is limited to 100’, what is the correct number of floors that satisfies the client’s needs?

A __________ is designed to resist only the tendency of one member to slide past the other.

Per the 2018 CSI MasterFormat, in which of the following sections are located the Instructions to Bidders?

During the construction phase of a multifamily housing project, the construction manager notices that the contract documents do not show control joints on a 500-ft long masonry wall. She decides to send you an RFI. How would you respond to the RFI if the wall is 14-ft tall and has a dozen 5-ft wide windows spaced evenly? Choose 3 that apply.

Which of the following sentences are incorrect? Select 2.

Per the US National CAD Standards, which of the following is not represented by any of the symbols below? Select all that apply.

If the specifications of a given project are organized per the 2018 CSI MasterFormat, what would you most likely find in Division 09?

Select three options that apply. Hardwoods are made from…