Practical Studies - Final Test on          
"Building & the Pastor"

  1. Why should a Pastor be familiar with building?

  2. What is the first step in building? - second?

  3. What do you call a bid received from a subcontractor?

  4. How many bids should you get?

  5. What do you call the amount the subcontractor thinks
    he can do the job for?
  6. What do you call the steel beams space approx. 5'
    apart that supports the roof?
  7. Why aren't there any screws showing on the outside of
    the building holding the metal on?
  8. What do you call a brick layer?
  9. What do you call the cement pads which the
    building rests on?
  10. What do you call the steel rods within the concrete?

  11. What is the purpose of drain tile & a sump pump?

  12. Why do we need a sewage ejector pit and pump
    in the basement?

  13. Why doesn't the brick match?

14. Why is the rim joist around the perimeter of
      building treated lumber?

15. What size are the floor joist in basement ceiling?
16. How far apart are floor [joist in basement ceiling]?
17. What does the floor joists (and "      " ) rest
      upon?
18. Why are there 3 windows in the basement?

19. Why didn't we build the basement right up
      next to the existing building?

20. Why didn't we just run all the new electrical
      circuits back to the old breaker panel?

21. What is the time rating (fire rating) of the
      building through out?
22. Why did we use metal studs through
      out the building?

23. How far apart are studs normally placed?

24. What is the thickness of the wood floor upstairs?

25. What was the approx. cost of the entire
      project?

26. Explain Lu. 14:28-30.

27. Does a building project normally cost more or
      less than estimated?
28. What is the trade name of the roof structure?

29. What holds the building down to the concrete?

30. What prevents leakage where the old and the
      new building meet?

31. Why do we use fluorescent lighting instead of
      incandescent?

32. How far (approx.) are the sheetrock screws apart?
33. Why did we glue down the floor as well as screw?

34. What do you call the things on the corners of
      sheetrock put down before you mud?
35. Why did we insulate the ceiling of the basement?

36. What is the R-factor of the ceiling?
37. What is the R-factor of the side walls?
38. What is insulation mainly made of?

39. What is the standard step size in church?

40. What is "Tuff R" or thermax?

41. What is the actual size of a 2x4?
42. What is the heating source of building?
42a. How wide is the stairway (main one) and why is
      it that wide.
43. How wide is the East stairway and why is it
      allowed to be narrower?

44. What do you call the hanging ceiling thru out upstairs?

45. Explain the theory of a forced air heating system?

46. What is ductwork?
47. Name 5 things that should be installed B4 sheetrock?

48. What is the slope of the roof?
49. Why is the perimeter walls double sheetrocked?

50. What kinds of windows are in Pastor's office?

Bonus : What size (BTU) are the furnaces?