Questions Of The Week April 24, 2023

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  1. The function of a footing is to
    a) Provide lateral support for foundation walls
    b) Transmit the weight of the house to the soil
    c) Provide support for the basement floor slab
    d) Prevent leakage into the basement
    e) Resist hydrostatic pressure

  2. Footing failures can be most positively diagnosed by
    a) Sagging floors
    b) Basement leakage
    c) Vertical cracking in foundation walls
    d) Horizontal cracking above windows
    e) Bowing foundation walls

  3. Where you have found evidence of footing settlement, how can you predict whether there will be further settlement?
    a) Count the number of planes of movement
    b) Determine the type of foundation material
    c) Determine when cracks were repaired last
    d) You cannot predict settlement from a single inspection
    e) Determine the depth of the footing

  4. When installing a basement walkout an important consideration often overlooked is
    a) Undermining footings
    b) Potential for termite infestation
    c) Frost penetration below the footings
    d) Handrail for stairs
    e) Damage to foundation walls on the original building

  5. Differential settlement is
    a) Settlement that occurs at a control joint
    b) When one part of the house settles and the rest does not
    c) The cause of all horizontal foundation cracks
    d) Associated with shrinkage cracks
    e) Never a problem in organic soils

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great questions sir…

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Great questions, Peter! :+1: :wink:

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  1. b
  2. c
  3. d
  4. b (That said, you have to get all of a-e right depending on climate).
  5. b
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Great questions as usual Pete!

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1 - b
2 - c
3 - d
4 - c
5 - b

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1 - b
2 - c
3 - d
4 - d
5 - b

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Some really good head scratchers there.

Great questions Peter!! :+1:

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Yes sir, great questions, Peter! :cowboy_hat_face:

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Nice, Great questions, Peter. :thinking:

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Good questions Peter, thank for your time.

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don’t You mean Footers ??? :flushed: :joy: :rofl:

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Footers are used to support hot water heaters. :wink:

Great questions Peter!

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Great questions, I wrote them down
Did I win yet?

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  1. B
  2. C
  3. D
  4. E
  5. B
    Thanks
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My answers are:

  1. B
  2. C
  3. D
  4. A
  5. B

Sorry I emailed them and wasn’t supposed to.

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Yes, YOU can take a shot at the answers… :+1:

We have great prizes to choose from…IF you win. :grin:

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If it’s not too late, here are my answers
1 - B
2 - C
3 - D
4 - None of the above. Most overlooked consideration is fire egress, and how that affects whether the space can be counted in the SQft of the home or not.
5 - B

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I’ll go with Marcel’s answers this time. Did I win? :laughing:

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Yes JR, you did win…Nothing…so sorry. :rofl:

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