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Fire Inspector 2 Block 3 questions withcorrect answers.
What are the 4 basic properties for building materials? ANS - 1) combustibility (not flammability)
2) thermal conductivity
3) rate of thermal expansion
4) variation of strength w/ temperature
What are some advantages for wood material? ANS - Cheap to produce and renewable
What are some disadvantages for wood material? ANS - Never dimensionally true and combustibility
drawbacks
What treatment can reduce but do not eliminate the ability of the product to burn? ANS - Fire
retardant chemicals
What solid lumber has a nominal thickness of 2 inches or less? ANS - Boards
What solid lumber has a nominal thickness of 2 to 4 inches? ANS - Dimension lumber
What solid lumber has a nominal thickness of 5 inches or more? ANS - Timbers
What are some advantages for laminated members? ANS - SIZES and SHAPES can be produced that are
NOT available from solid pieces cut from trees
Manufactured members ANS - Prefabricated from components then shipped to construction site for
erection
, What permits greater quality control and more sufficient use of materials than assembly at the
construction site? ANS - Manufactured members
Can be applied to wood to greatly reduce its combustibility ANS - Fire retardant treatment
What is permitted by building codes for certain applications within fire resistive and noncombustible
type construction ANS - Fire retardant treatment
Does treated wood have increased or decreased fire endurance when compared with non treated
wood? ANS - Increased
What are the advantage for pressure impregnation? ANS - Produces a treatment that is PERMANENT
when used under proper conditions
Fire retardant lumber shows a ____ to ____ percent strength reduction in design calculations. ANS - 10
to 20
What are some advantages with Mansonry? ANS - Inherently resistant to fire and insects
What are some disadvantage for Mansonry? ANS - Basic construction technique of laying individual
units by hand is LABOR INTENSIVE
What are four main advantages for Mortar? ANS - 1) inherent part of Mansonry construction
2) primary function -- bond individual units into solid mass
3) serves to cushion
4) provides seal between units
What are the 3 most common forms of Mortar? ANS - 1) brick
2) concrete block
3) stone
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