Building Construction and Services
Question 1
BCS520S
For each of the following statements indicate whether it is ‘TRUE’ OR ‘FALSE’. Each correct answer
carries 1 mark.
(20)
a) Purlin is the roof member which is placed horizontally to support common rafter of a sloping
roof.
b) The traditional set-up of the building team in the construction industry includes the
employer and architect only.
Any foundation may fail as a result of subsidence due to mining underground and increase in
the water table only.
d) The device for providing flushing of water and receiving of excrement is known as Water
Closet (WC).
e) The performance requirements of any building include among others its appearance, sound
control, dimensional suitability, weather exclusion and fire protection.
f) System building (Closed system Building) refers to a method of erecting a building based on
the form of construction in which the component parts of the building fabric are partly
factory produced.
g) Mastic Asphalt hardens and shrinks in direct sunlight and this causes “crazing”.
h) In building construction working on sloping sites refers to ‘reducing floor analyses’.
Building components will develop damages whenever the stress in the component exceeds
its strength.
j) Party wall refers to a wall separating two detached properties that are in separate ownership
such as in terraced houses.
Second Opportunity Examination
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January 2020