1. In a building, to provide ultimate comfort to occupants ________ can be used.
Correct : B. HVAC
2. How many types of ventilation are there?
Correct : C. 2
3. A fire detector cannot detect:
Correct : C. Light
4. While calculating the handling capacity of lift, the weight of a person is taken as 65kg.
Correct : B. False
5. Which of the following is not a benchmark for environmental performance assessment?
Correct : D. Gini coefficient
6. Which of the following parameters does not affect the lift waiting time?
Correct : D. Handling capacity
7. The term _________ is used to mean the free passage of clean air in a structure.
Correct : B. Ventilation
8. For comfortable working, the ___________ content should be limited to about 0.6% by
volume.
Correct : D. Carbon dioxide
9. Where people are working, there has to be ______________ to cause proper ventilation of
the premises.
Correct : A. Air change
10. The rate of amount of water vapour present to the amount it would have contained, had it
been saturated, is known as the ___________
Correct : A. Relative humidity
11. The_______________ plays an important role in the comfort of persons affected by
ventilation system.
Correct : B. Purity of air
12. It is quite evident that the incoming air for ventilation should be ________ in summer and
________ in winter before it enters the room.
Correct : A. cool, warm
13. In ______________ system, the use is made of doors, windows, ventilators and skylights to
make the room properly ventilated.
Correct : C. Natural ventilation
14. Exhaust system, supply system, air conditioning, etc. comes under ________ type of
ventilation system.
Correct : B. Mechanical
15. The term __________ is used to indicate the science of controlling air with respect to
humidity, temperature, movement of air, bacteria content, etc.
Correct : A. Air conditioning
16. _____________ is the process by which the required amount of moisture is added in the air.
Correct : B. Humidification
17. the maximum rate of air change is ______
Correct : D. 60 per hour
18. Viscous type filters are made of screens of spilt wire and coated with non-drying viscous oil in
order to catch and remove the dust particles from the incoming air.
Correct : A. True
19. The type of wiring depends on ............................
Correct : D. All of the above
20. The types of internal wiring used in domestic installations are ..........................
Correct : D. All the above
21. .................. type of wiring uses insulated cables supported in porcelain cleats
Correct : A. Cleat
22. In cleat wiring. cleats shall be fixed at distances not greater than.................. cm apart and at
regular intervals.
Correct : B. 60
23. Which is the most type of wirings used in domestic applications?
Correct : A. Conduit wiring
24. What is the property of insulating materials?
Correct : A. Prevents the unwanted flow of current
25. A shorter center distance is always preferred in belt drives.
Correct : A. Yes due to stability
26. ________________ Gas hampers oxygen from reaching the brain.
Correct : B. Carbon monoxide
27. ____________________ gas overestimates the rate of breathing and it is thus responsible for
increasing the intake of other toxic gases.
Correct : C. Carbon dioxide
28. During fire, the human body can withstand temperature upto __________
Correct : B. 120°C
29. The content of oxygen is normally ________% in air.
Correct : D. 21
30. The hazard with concerns damage or destruction of building itself is known as the __________
Correct : A. Internal hazard
31. It is found that _______ are not seriously affected until very high temperature of 1200°C to
1300°C is reached.
Correct : D. Brick
32. Noise is
Correct : D. all of the above
33. Sound is measured in
Correct : A. Hertz
34. What is called for the collection of rainwater for use?
Correct : B. Rainwater harvesting
35. What is called for the method of removing dust and other particles from water using filters?
Correct : A. Filtration
36. How many methods of rainwater harvesting are there?
Correct : B. Two
37. Why should people implement rainwater harvesting?
Correct : B. In order to use during scarcity of water
38. Rainwater harvesting increases the groundwater levels.
Correct : A. True
39. When does Green building take place?
Correct : A. During the design phase of the building’ s development
40. Green building considers environmental, social, and _______ impacts of a building.
Correct : B. economic
41. Which of the following practice applied in sustainable planning?
Correct : B. Site appraisals
42. Sustainable building design does not include...
Correct : C. Town Planning.
43. What does LEED stand for?
Correct : B. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
44. Building which utilizes solar energy such as solar film effectively ________heat gain during the
winter, and ________ heat gain during the summer.
Correct : A. increases; reduces
45. ________ ventilation requires less energy, capital and maintenance costs, and contributes less
GHG emissions.
Correct : B. Natural
46. Which of the following is not considered a renewable energy source?
Correct : C. Coal
47. A _______ building material can be made into new products again and again.
Correct : A. recyclable
48. When does Sustainable Construction take place?
Correct : B. During the construction phase of a building’ s development
49. Sustainable construction considers the ____________ and ____________ impacts of
construction activities on the surrounding neighborhood.
Correct : C. environmental; social
50. In a ventilator, top edge of shutter opens,
Correct : B. Inside
51. Economy can be achieved in doors, windows, ventilator by:
Correct : C. Steel frames
52. MCB stands for
Correct : A. Miniature Circuit Breaker
53. RCCB stands for
Correct : B. Residual Current Circuit Breaker
54. Advantages of Cleat Wiring:
Correct : D. All of above
55. Batten Wiring also called
Correct : C. Both a and b
56. Repairing and maintenance is easy in
Correct : A. Conduit wiring
57. There are additional types of conduit wiring according to Pipes installation
Correct : C. Both a and b
58. Cleat wiring system is a temporary wiring system?
Correct : A. Yes
59. In direct current (DC), the electric charge (current) only flows in ___direction.
Correct : B. One
60. AC means
Correct : A. Alternate current
61. DC means
Correct : C. Direct current
62. DC current flows in one direction, while ac current rises from zero to a maximum, then falls to
zero in one direction, then rises to a maximum, then falls to zero in the opposite direction.
Correct : A. True
63. DC current transfers better over longer distances than ac current.
Correct : B. False
64. An ac wave shape could be a sine wave, square wave, or saw tooth wave.
Correct : A. True
65. 2 way switching means having two or more switches in different locations to control _____
lamp
Correct : A. One
66. In a single phase power supply, the power is supplied through two wires called
Correct : C. Both a and b
67. The voltage of single phase supply is ____
Correct : A. 230 v
68. The voltage of three phase supply____
Correct : B. 415 v
69. For a gold LEED certification, how many points are required?
Correct : B. 60-79
70. Which of the below green building in India has received a platinum LEED certification?
Correct : D. Suzlon One Earth, Pune
71. Which of the below is a global scale environmental issue?
Correct : C. Climate change
72. LEED is a building rating system developed and maintained by
Correct : D. The US Green Building Council
73. Green building practices include
Correct : D. All of these
74. the difference of temperature between the outside air and inside air tends to the deposition
of moisture in the room surfaces known as ___________
Correct : C. Condensation
75. the ________________ plays an important role in the comfort of persons affected by
ventilation system.
Correct : B. Purity of air
76. Wastewater from different sources like bathrooms, kitchens and wash basins is called ______
Correct : C. Sullage
77. Which of the following conditions is not suitable for the disposal of excreta or sewage?
Correct : C. It should be accessible for children
78. In urban cities like Bangalore, which of the water carriage system is used?
Correct : A. Separate system
79. The relatively clean wastewater from baths, sinks, washing machines and other kitchen
appliances is called ________
Correct : A. Grey water
80. The overall purpose of sanitation is to maintain the green environment alone.
Correct : B. False
81. The direction of water in filter beds is reversed for ______
Correct : B. Cleaning
82. Rapid filtration is used as the _______ clarifying step in municipal water treatment plants.
Correct : D. Final
83. _______ indicates the freshness of grey water.
Correct : B. Color
84. The type of wastewater from the flushing operation of toilet is __________
Correct : C. Black water
85. The full form of BOD is __________
Correct : C. Biochemical oxygen demand
86. Which of the following actions may best help maintain human comfort even in an increased
indoor temperature?
Correct : A. Lowering the humidity
87. Combination system consists of supply system and __________ system.
Correct : C. Exhaust
88. In horizontal belt, the loose side is generally kept on the bottom.
Correct : B. False
89. For ventilation Which action is required?
Correct : C. both
90. The systems installed in buildings to make them comfortable, functional, efficient and safeis
called _________________
Correct : D. Building Services
91. Objectives of Building Services
Correct : D. all of above
92. Apartments, flats, Bungalows are _________type of building
Correct : A. Residential Building
93. Building structures which are used for the storage, handling, manufacture of materials which are liable to burn with extreme rapidity and prove hazardous to health building or building contents are called ____________
Correct : B. Hazardous building
94. Air conditioning is one type of
Correct : A. Mechanical system
95. Oxygen and Nitrogen gas in hospitals is one type of