Questions of The Week November 28, 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. 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

  3. Footings that are continuous around the perimeter of the house are called
    a) Pilasters
    b) Pad footings
    c) Grade beams
    d) Spread footings
    e) Piers

  4. A buttress
    a) Resists vertical forces primarily
    b) Resists lateral thrust
    c) Is used with step footings
    d) Is a type of footings
    e) Is not effective in freezing climates

  5. Which of the following is a truss style?
    a) Lambert
    b) Panel scissor
    c) Briggs & Stratten
    d) Modified Delta
    e) Inverted Belgian

Bonus Question – Write a sentence that ends with the word the.

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Great questions Peter!

Thanks for taking the time to do the QOTW. :+1:

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Great QOTW, Peter. :+1: :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the questions this week Peter.

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

Bonus: “It is not grammatically correct to end a sentence with the word ‘the’.”

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Great questions Peter. :+1:

Thanks for doing these. They help to keep the old guys on their toes, and the young guys like me, sharp. :wink: :laughing:

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Great questions, Peter, :thinking:

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Great questions as usual Pete!

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  1. b
  2. d
  3. d
  4. b
  5. b

When talking about a question it would be this and not the.
You want me to write a sentence that ends in the word the?
as Yoda would say: Force be with, may the

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Bumpity, bump, bump…

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

Bonus: The word the.

(I believe that is a complete sentence). :man_shrugging:

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He wants a sentence ending in the word the. :sweat_smile:

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I did end the sentence with the word the.

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  1. b) Transmit the weight of the house to the soil
  2. d) You cannot predict settlement from a single inspection
  3. d) Spread footings
  4. b) Resists lateral thrust
  5. b) Panel scissor

T-h-e spells the word the.

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What the? :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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That’s not a complete sentence. Has to be…

What in the? :grin:

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That’s a question! :laughing:

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Uhh, yeah. Questions are sentences too birthday boy.

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That was 3 days ago, over half a century old now! :laughing:

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Old fart. I’m only 49 and a few months.

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I don’t know what you guys are in such a big tizzy about over the end word has to be the.

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