What is masonry?
Stones, concrete blocks and bricks
True or False
Steel is the strongest building material?
True
True or False
Wood is the second most common used building material today?
False it's number 1
What do almost all buildings contain?
Glass
Whats a warning sign of a wood structure about to collapse?
Sagging or bowing
Does Masonry burn?
No
Is Steel fire resistant?
No
What is a firefighter most worried about when it comes to wood?
Combustibility
How is laminated glass made?
By placing a thin sheet of plastic between two pieces of glass.
Whats a warning sign you can think of a collapse?
Open response
Masonry is a good conductor of heat? True or false
False
What temperature does steel start to melt?
Over 2,000 degrees
True or False
Wood can be treated to make it completely non combustible?
False
Can heat break glass?
Yes
What caused the Hyatt Regency walkway in Kansas
A. Design flaw
B. Fire
C. Bomb
D. Car crash
A. Design Flaw
Where is concrete often used?
Foundation
What metal is primarily used for coating material?
A. Zinc
B. Copper
C. Potassium
D. Aluminium
A. Zinc
What type of wood is a bunch of wood chips held together?
A. Hardwood
B. Birch Ply
C. Oak
D. Plywood
D. Plywood
What glass is best for heat?
A. Glass Blocks
B. Wired Glass
C. Tempered glass (temp)
D. Mosaic
B. Wired Glass
Which is not a type of structural failure
A. Buckling
B.Bending
C.Subsidence
D.Shearing
C. Subsidence
What is the process of chipping or pitting of masonry surfaces?
A. pistoling
B. fragmentation
C. Spalling
D. Siphonication
C. Spalling
Out of these 4 metals copper, steel, iron, aluminium which one is the best conductor of electricity?
Copper
Why does density matter when it comes to wood and fires?
Heavy dense wood is harder to ignite
Specially formulated fire rated glass
Whats the worst type of collapse?
A. Lean over
B. Progressive
C. V shaped
D. Pancake
B. Progressive