Summative Assessment 3:

Title: Comprehensive Exam

Student Name: Nikyco Clarence R. Cruz

ARC1417 SEC 4
Student’s output: Online Exam
Submission deadline: Saturday of Week 17 until 11:59 PM

Instruction: Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer (1 pt each).

1. Printed documents stipulating the procedural and administrative aspects of the

contract. Sets the rights, responsibilities and relationship of the parties involved.
a. General Conditions
b. Supplementary Conditions
c. Conditions of the Contract
d. Special Provisions
2. It is a large rectangular brick used in construction.
a. Concrete Masonry Unit
b. Mortar
c. Aggregates
d. Sand
3. Division 31-35 of the current MasterFormat
a. Site and Infrastructure Subgroup
b. Facility Construction Subgroup
c. Facility Services Subgroup
d. Process Equipment Subgroup

4. ____ cements are similar to masonry cements, but they have lower air contents than
masonry cements, and the mortar cement specification includes a minimum bond
strength requirement.
a. Blended hydraulic
b. Mortar
c. Masonry
d. Portland
5. ____ used for masonry construction should be clean and well graded.
a. Water
b. Mortar
c. Aggregates
d. Sand
6. Plug attached to the dead-end in a pipe draining waste form one or more fixtures,
which has a removable plug making it possible to clean the system if it gets clogged.
a. Tee
b. Cleanout
c. Trap
d. Plumbing Fixture

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7. Fittings that allow a branch to be connected to the longitudinal or main pipe line.
Double T’s, double sanitary T’s and double sanitary Y’s are also available for back-to-
back branch connections.
a. Tee
b. Cleanout
c. Trap
d. Plumbing Fixture
8. Retains water at its curved section to block obnoxious sewer gasses and prevent
them from coming into the room. A trap fitting is not used in a water closet because it
is already incorporated in the construction of the plumbing fixture
a. Tee
b. Cleanout
c. Trap
d. Plumbing Fixture
9. Any of various receptacles for receiving water from a water system and discharging
the liquid waste into the drainage.
a. Tee
b. Cleanout
c. Trap
d. Plumbing Fixture
10. ____ cements are produced from Portland cement or Portland cement clinker and
pozzolans or slags.
a. Blended hydraulic
b. Mortar
c. Masonry
d. Portland
11. ____ a cementitious mixture used to fill cores or cavities in masonry construction.
a. Grout
b. Lime
c. Admixture
d. Cement
12. Under this method, reference is made to established standards to which the specified
products and processes shall comply or conform.
a. Reference Standard Specifying
b. Descriptive Specifying
c. Proprietary Specifying
d. Performance Specifying
13. Under this method, required results are specified and the criteria are specified by
which the performance will be verified. The Contractor is free to provide any material
complying with the performance criteria.
e. Reference Standard Specifying
f. Descriptive Specifying
g. Proprietary Specifying
h. Performance Specifying

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14. Under this method, exact properties of materials and methods of installation are
described in detail without using proprietary names (manufacturers’ trade names).
i. Reference Standard Specifying
j. Descriptive Specifying
k. Proprietary Specifying
l. Performance Specifying

15. Under this method, actual brand names, model numbers, and other proprietary
information are specified.
m. Reference Standard Specifying
n. Descriptive Specifying
o. Proprietary Specifying
p. Performance Specifying
16. This concrete mixture ratio is used for beams, columns, slabs, arches, stairs,
walls of 100mm thickness.
a. Class A
b. Class AA
c. Class B
d. Class C
17. It provides air within the installation to prevent suction-locking in a fixture drain, thus
allowing water waste to flow freely thru the pipes, help prevents waste from upper
floor receptacles from backing up into lower floor fixtures by releasing back pressure
within pipes.
a. Vent pipe
b. Waste pipe
c. Stack
d. Soil pipe
18. A pipe which carries liquid waste but not toilet sewage. The pipes draining used water
from the shower, bath tub, lavatory and kitchen sink are waste pipes
a. Vent pipe
b. Waste pipe
c. Stack
d. Soil pipe
19. A vertical sanitary pipes extending from floor to floor or floor to roof of the building. It
may serve as a soil, vent or waste installation.
a. Vent pipe
b. Waste pipe
c. Stack
20. Facilitates the change of direction of the piping installation. The pipe can run can be
deflected to any desired course by using any of the combination of these fittings.
a. Vent pipe thru roof
b. Coupling//socket
c. Elbow/Bend
d. Stack
21. These are constructed to strengthen the masonry walls against the forces that may
induce tension in the wall such as earthquake forces or wind forces.
a. Post-tensioned masonry
b. Composite masonry walls
c. Hollow masonry walls

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 d. Reinforced masonry walls
22. These walls are constructed with two or more units such as stones or bricks and
hollow bricks.
a. Post-tensioned masonry
b. Composite masonry walls
c. Hollow masonry walls
d. Reinforced masonry walls
23. A pipe thru which the sewage discharge from the water closet passes
a. Vent pipe
b. Waste pipe
c. Stack
d. Soil pipe
24. Division 40-48 of the current MasterFormat
a. Site and Infrastructure Subgroup
b. Facility Construction Subgroup
c. Facility Services Subgroup
d. Process Equipment Subgroup
25. Division 02-14 of the current MasterFormat
e. Site and Infrastructure Subgroup
f. Facility Construction Subgroup
g. Facility Services Subgroup
h. Process Equipment Subgroup
Part 2: True or False (1 pt each)
False 1. General Conditions represent part of the contract documents which supplements and may
also modify provisions of the general conditions. These supplements or modifications may
be needed to provide requirements unique to a specific project, ex. wage rate.
True 2. In Specification, standard must be recognized as authoritative in the industry. Standard
must be available to all parties concerned. Specifier should know the standard.
False 3. Excavation and backfilling are measured in square meters in estimating these particular
site works. In estimating gravel bed, it is expressed in cubic meters, which is always
congruent to the area of the footing, whether for wall and column.
False 4. Concrete mixture of Class B is 1:2:4.
True 5. Concrete mixture of Class A is 1:2:4.
False 6. Concrete mixture of Class AA is 1:2:4.
False 7. Concrete mixture of Class C is 1:2:4.
True 8. Rebar diameters are often specified by the number of steel diameter.
False 9. Rebar diameter of #3 is 6mm.
True 10. Masonry is measured as “net in place” with deductions for openings such as doors,
windows, ventilation etc.
False 11. For different types of mortar, or mortar with different types of admixtures are
measured separately. These are measured in volume such as square meter or square
feet.
True 12. One way of estimating materials in masonry is by Fundamental Method.
True 13. In labor unit method A basic unit is defined as the unit amount of total performance
time expressed in hours determined to be consumed under favorable conditions, normal
productivity and no lost time, applicable to given times of material.
True 14. Pricing per-point where each fixture such as a power point, light, fan, switch, sensor
etc is classed as a point with a common dollar value is added and multiplied for each
point.

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True 15. Overhead costs include all indirect costs incurred during the life of a project, such as
utilities for the office and marketing costs. Accurately estimating overhead costs is
extremely important, as an underestimated cost can lead to the project becoming
unprofitable for the contractor and may even end up costing the contractor money.

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