BT QUIZ 2 NAME: ________________________________________ SECTION: _______

1. Which among the following foundation failures produce the most severe structural damage?
a. Uniform settlement b. Differential settlement c. No settlement d. Off-court settlement
2. A road shall be excavated for flood control. Steel sheeting shall be used to retain the earth abutting the excavated area.
What is the best method for bracing the steel sheeting?
a. Crosslot bracing b. Rakers c. Tiebacks d. Slurry wall
3. In deep foundations, drilling into the ground and pouring concrete into the drilled hole is what is known as
a. Augers b. Caissons c. Tremie d. Piles
4. The widened part of the foundation that spreads a load from the building across a broader area of soil.
a. Bedding b. Mat c. Footing d. Raft
5. The earth or earthen material used to fill the excavation around a foundation.
a. Slurry b. Backfill c. Topsoil d. Tamp
6. A large and/or heavy object buried in the ground as an anchor.
a. Anchor blocks b. Gravity retaining wall c. Deadman d. Rock anchor
7. A synthetic cloth used beneath the surface of the ground to stabilize soil or promote drainage.
a. Mastic b. Polyethylene foam c. Geotextile d. Rubber mat
8. Planks placed between soldier beams to retain earth around an excavation.
a. Lagging b. Walers c. Sheeting d. Slurry walls
9. A pit designed to collect water for removal from an excavation or basement.
a. Sump b. Cesspool c. Dewatering d. Swale
11. A large funnel with a tube attached, used to deposit concrete in deep forms or beneath water or slurry.
a. Tremie b. Clam shell c. Pumpcrete d. Shotcrete
12. The process of placing new foundations beneath an existing structure.
a. Underpinning b. Float foundation c. Shoring d. Reshoring
13. A foundation used in yielding soil, having for its footing a raft placed deep enough that the weight of the excavated soil
is equal to or greater than the weight of the construction supported.
a. Floating foundation b. Shallow foundation c. Deep foundation d. Pile foundation
14. Foundation is an activity in construction that must be comprehensively addressed for a building to safely stand. Which
of the following accurately states the function of “foundation”?
a. To support the load of the building b. To transfer the load of the building to the ground
c. To stabilize the building’s structural components d. To prevent building settlement if ground is weak
15. A perforated pipe in coarse gravel is placed at the bottom perimeter of a foundation wall. What is the purpose of this
installation?
a. To drain ground water, thereby reducing pressure on the foundation wall. c. Both “a” and “b”
b. To prevent ground water from penetrating through the foundation wall. d. None of the above
16. Basically, there are four major foundation types: pads, strips, rafts, and piles. A single isolated footing for each column
in a typical house construction demonstrates which type of foundation?
a. Pads b. Strips c. Rafts d. Piles
17. Which soil type is conveniently described as “a soil particle requiring only a thumb and forefinger to lift”?
a. Boulder b. Cobble c. Gravel d. Sand
18. The various foundation loads can be diagrammatically exhibited into vertical, horizontal and/or inclined forces. Which
among the following structures demonstrates inclined forces?
a. Basement wall b. Domes c. Post and lintel d. Floor slab
19. Sheeting is the most common method for supporting a slope in an excavated area. Sheeting is temporary installation, but
it could be left permanent as a wall support. Which of the following method is intentionally installed for permanence?
a. Soldier beams and lagging b. Steel sheet piling c. Precast concrete sheet piling d. Slurry wall
20. For bracing the sheeting supports, which type of bracing provides an unobstructed area for construction work?
a. Crosslot bracing b. Rakers c. Walers d. Tiebacks
21. In preparation for construction, the concerns for staking-out a building involve the ff. precision issues: level, plumb,
aligned and square. Which precision issues apply to the function of the batter board and the attached lining cord?
a. Level, plumb & aligned b. Level, aligned & square c. Level, plumb, & square. d. Plumb, aligned & square
22. A tractor unit that has a blade attached to the machine's front.
a. Crawler b. Dozer c. Grader d. Loader e. Scraper
23. It is an earthmoving equipment that does the loading, hauling, dumping and spreading all by itself. In cut-and-fill work,
this equipment is important as it goes back and forth between cut and fill activities.
a. Crawler b. Dozer c. Grader d. Loader e. Scraper
24. Which of the following is not an excavator?
a. Backhoe loader b. Forklift c. Front Shovel d. Hoe e. Loader
25. As equipment, the primary purpose of a truck is
a. Dumping b. Grading c. Hauling d. Loading e. All of the above
26. The failure of retaining walls where the bottom portion of the wall slides first.
a. Undermining b. Sliding c. Shearing d. Overturning
27. Foundation work where a building’s superstructure already proceeds before substructure is totally completed.
a. Lift-slab construction b. Up-down construction c. Tilt-up construction d. Top out construction
28. Dewatering an excavated area with a high water table presents a challenging solution. The solution is to bore a hole
using a pipe, where water can be pumped out once the pipe reaches the water table. The bored hole is called
a. Needle point b. Well point c. Table point d. Access point
29. Which of the following is a finishing equipment?
a. Compactor b. Crawler c. Dozer d. Grader e. Scraper
30. Which of the following is not a finishing equipment?
a. Compactor b. Gradall c. Grader d. Scraper e. Trimmer