Name:__________________________________________________Date:__________By: Trisha Llames

Building Technology: Building Materials

1. With particle size of above 75mm

a. Boulders
b. Gravel
c. Coarse Sand

2. Which can be categorized as Geosynthetics

a. Gambion System
b. Riprap
c. Geotextiles

3. A type of termite proofing that employs baiting and monitoring devices, installed where evidence of
infestation is found: on the ground outside the house, on walls, floors, ceilings inside the house.
a. Physical Barriers
b. Chemical Barriers
c. Colony Elimination (Bait) System

4. Cement is First developed by the Romans by mixing slaked lime with _______ (volcanic ash) which
hardened under water.
a. Gypsum
b. Pozzolana
c. Aspdin

Concrete is a proportioned mixture of:

5. C_______________
6. A_______________
and Water.

7. A type of metal which is defined as alloys of iron and carbon which do not contain more than 2%
carbon and which are made in malleable or ingot form.
a. Aluminum
b. Steel
c. Copper

8. Which statement is true about wood used in architecture?

a. Woods are generally classified into softwoods and roughwoods
b. Properties of wood includes hardness, flexibility, weakness and durability
c. Seasoning may be done by air-drying and kiln-drying.

9. Type of glass for concealing the structural elements in curtain wall construction, produced by fusing a
ceramic frit to the interior surface of tempered or heat-strengthened glass.
a. Sheet glass
b. Float Glass
c. Spandrel Glass

10. A type of floor finish that is resilient, waterproof floor covering that consists of a backing covered with
a relatively thick layer of wearing surface. This wearing surface is a mixture that contains oxidized
linseed oil processed in a special way, combined with wood or cork flour, various fillers, stone dust,
whiting, diatomite, resins binders, driers and inert color pigments.
a. Ceramic Tile
b. Vinyl Tile
c. Linoleum Tile