RESIDENTIAL

CONSTRUCTION METHODS
(RCM10BE)
Revision Quiz
Lecturer: Miss Nolwazi Qumbisa
Tel.: 051-507 3661
E-mail: nqumbisa@cut.ac.za
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1.Which activities are prevalent within the built environment?

2.Beams are rigid structural members designed to carry and

transfer sloping loads across space to support elements. Beams
fail as a result of deflection. Explain what is deflection.

3. Name 5 types of residential development commonly found in

the market.
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4. How many stories are in the following buildings:

Low rise/small apartments
Medium rise/ residential and commercial buildings
High rise/ found in big cities

5. There are various colors used in zoning maps to illustrate the various land
uses. Which colors are commonly used for the following land uses.
Residential
Public open spaces
Commercial zones
Industrial zones
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6. Name the 5 dominant types of construction.

7. Briefly explain the following construction drawings:
Locality map
Site plan
8. Name the following types of hatchings used to represent materials.
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9. Briefly explain what is multi- family construction.

10. What is a SHE PLAN?

11. What is an occupational hazard?

12. What are the 3 main ingredients used to form concrete?

13. What are admixtures?

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14. What is formwork in the context of concrete?

15. What are the two main categories of metal?

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1. – Domestic/residential construction, commercial/civil construction, utilities, landscaped

areas, communication infrastructure.

2. Deflection is the perpendicular distance a spanning member deviates from a true course
under transverse loading, increasing with load and span, and decreasing with an increase
in the moment of inertia (inactivity) of section of the modulus of elasticity of the material.

3. Detached production house, specialty house, modular/panelized house, townhouse,

mobile house, high rise or duplex homes.
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4. Low rise buildings: up to 4 stories

Medium rise buildings: 4-10 stories
High rise buildings: more than 10 stories

5. Colors used for various land uses:

Residential - yellow
Public open spaces- green
Commercial zones - blue
Industrial zones – purple

6. Types of construction
Residential building construction, Industrial construction, Commercial building construction,
Institutional construction and Heavy civil construction.
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7. Explanation of construction drawings:

Locality map: Identifies the site and locates the outline of a building in
relation to a town plan. Shows us where the site is located.

Site plan: This type of location drawing is used to enable;

Site and Building location
Definition of site levels,
Identification of parts of the site such as roads, footpaths, and boundaries,
Appropriate setting out dimensions of for the site and the building being
situated upon such site
These drawings are usually drawn to a scale not less than 1:2 500.
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8. Hatchings

9. Multifamily construction: multiple single family homes on several floors on a

particular site. Due to the multi-occupancy nature of these buildings, the use of
special design and construction approaches become imperative such as fire
safety and ventilation, acoustical privacy.
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10. SHE plan is a Safety Health and Environmental Plan which has a record of
all of the site, activity or project specific documented plan in accordance with
the Client’s health and safety specifications.

11. What is an occupational hazard?

A hazard is something that can cause harm if not controlled. The outcome is the
harm that results from an uncontrolled hazard. A risk is a combination of the
probability that a particular outcome will occur and the severity of the harm
involved. Hazard”, “risk”, and “outcome” are used in other fields to describe
e.g. environmental damage, or damage to equipment.
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12. Main ingredients for concrete:

Water
Cement
Fine & coarse aggregates

13. Admixtures are ingredients besides cement, aggregates, and water that are often added to
concrete to modify its properties in a variety of ways.

14. Formwork is used to shape and support concrete until it has cured enough to support itself.
Formwork is usually made of wood, metal or plastic.

15. Two categories of metal:

Ferrous metals with iron compounds
Non ferrous metals with no iron compunds