Questions for work experience student

1. What is the main Act governing building regulations?
a) Party Wall etc Act 1996
b) Public Health Act 1961
c) Building Act 1984
What is a Building Notice?
a) An application
b) An inspection request
c) A notification
What is efforvescence?
a) White stains on brickwork
b) An indegestion tablet
c) Soluble salts
What is concrete?
a) Portland Cement
b) Cement and graded aggregate
c) Cement and sand
What is an eccentric foundation?
a) A mad footing
b) A strip foundation
c) A foundation design
What is the neutral axis?
a) A point of equilibrium
b) A point of maximum tension
c) A point of maximum compression
What is a U value?
a) A point of zero stress
b) A unit of luminence
c) A measure of thermal insulation
What is kelvin?
a) A boys name
b) A unit of coefficient
c) A unit of temperature
What is lux?
a) A soap
b) A unit of temperature
c) A unit of luminance
What is a newton?
a) A unit of weight
b) A unit of force
c) A unit of tension
What is a cantilever?
a) A beam
b) A lintol
c) A swing
What is a RC lintol?
a) A beam made from portland cement
b) A beam made from steel
c) A beam made from steel and concrete
What is prestressed?
a) Loaded up
b) Tensioned before casting
c) Tensioned after casting
What is a starter bar?
a) The first place visited
b) The end of the rod
c) Bars left sticking out
What is a DPC?
a) Draft proof curtain
b) Drain perimeter circuit
c) Damp proof course
What is a levelling staff?
a) A measuring staff
b) A spirit level
c) A plumb rod
What is a ranging rod?
a) A measuring staff
b) A plumb rod
c) A levelling station
What is a cowley level?
a) A type of ranging instrument
b) A spirit level
c) A type of theodolite
What is a jamb stone?
a) The top stones on a wall
b) The stones at the side of a window
c) The stones at the corner of a wall
What is stretcher bond?
a) A type of ambulance
b) A type of brickwork bond
c) A type of bricklayers fellowship
What is a parapet?
a) A type of wall
b) The top part of a wall?
c) A type of retaining wall
What height should a DPC be above ground level?
a) 100mm
b) 200mm
c) 150mm
What is the maximum pitch of a domestic stair?
a) 42 degrees
b) 45 degrees
c) 38 degrees
What is the minimum height of a balustrade on a balcony?
a) 1.1 m
b) 1.0 m
c) 0.9m
What is the minimum height of a ceiling in a house?
a) 2.3m
b) 2.0m
c) None
What is the minimum width of a domestic stair?
a) 600mm
b) 800mm
c) None
What is the maximum gradient of a ramp?
a) None
b) 1 in 20
c) 1 in 12
What is the minimum width of a doorway?
a) None
b) 800mm
c) 900mm
What is the minimum height of a sill?
a) None
b) 400mm
c) 800mm
What is the minimum height of a door?
a) None
b) 2.0m
c) 2.1m