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1. It is excavating equipment which consists of a digging bucket or a scoop attached at the end of its
articulated hydraulic arms.
2. It is either self-propelled or towed, it consists of a wagon with a gate having a blade at the bottom.
The blade scrapes the earth and collect it to the wagon until it is full.
3. It is a construction equipment used for digging trenches especially for laying pipes, electric cables,
installation of drainage or preparation for trench warfare.
4. It is a heavy equipment used to move construction or load materials aside such as asphalt, demolition
debris, dirt, snow, feed, gravel, etc. or load them to another type of machinery such as dump truck.
5. It is a mechanical handling equipment used to move materials from a location to another. It is useful
for transportation of heavy and bulky materials and can transport wide varieties of materials as well.
6. It is an equipment used to transport materials for construction over rough roads. It consists of a
tractor and trailer connected through a pivoted bar.
7. It is is a type of machine used to both lift and lower a material and to move them horizontally. It
consists of hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves.
9. It can be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven by chain to lift or lower a load by
means of a drum or lift-wheel which rope or chain is wrapped.
10. A device that mixes cement, water, and aggregates to form concrete. For smaller volume works,
portable mixers are available so that the concrete may be made at site.
11. A machine used to reduce the voids in waste material or soil through compaction; it is also used for
compacting crushed rock as base layer underneath concrete or stone foundations or slabs.
12. It is an equipment used to lay asphalt on roadways. It works together with dump truck to load it, and
roller to smoothen the road surface.
13. A temporary structure outside a building during construction which is usually made up of wooden
planks or bolted metal poles. It ables the workers to build, repair, and clean a building.
14. A product of trees and any fibrous plants wherein when pressed or cut may be used as a light weight
structural member in the form of timber.
16. A construction material commonly used as structural frameworks for larger buildings and for
external surface covering. It is strong, flexible, and if refined well may last a long time.
17. It is generally made from mixtures of sand and silicates and is very brittle. Clear windows have been
always present since the invention of this.
18. Its aesthetic properties makes it a good covering for different parts of buildings such as ceramic
floors, walls, counter-tops and even ceilings.
19. These products are made of hydrated cement paste that binds wood or alike particles or fibers to
make precast building components.
20. It is the arrangement of pores and fissures (porosity) within a matrix of solid materials (soil particles
and organic matter).
1. A 11. D
2. C 12. B
3. B 13. C
4. A 14. A
5. B 15. D
6. C 16. C
7. D 17. B
8. C 18. A
9. D 19. C
10. A 20. A