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WASSCE 2023
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CONSTRUCTION 1
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THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2023
SC 2023 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 1 45 minutes

OBJECTIVE TEST
[40 marks]
Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you are waiting, write your name and index number
in the spaces provided at the top right-hand comer of this booklet and thereafter, read the following instructions
carefully.
1. Use HB pencil throughout.

2. If you have got a blank answer sheet, complete its top section as follows.
(a) In the space marked Name, write in capital letters your surname followed by your other names.
(b) In the spaces marked Examination, Year, Subject and Paper, write ‘WASSCE (SC)’, ‘2023’
‘BUILDING CONSTRUCTION and ‘1’ respectively.
(c) In the box marked Index Number, write your index number vertically in the spaces on the left-hand
112side. There are numbered spaces in line with each digit. Shade carefully the space with the same
number as each digit.
(d) In the box marked Paper Code, write the digits 402112 in the spaces on the left-hand side. Shade the
corresponding numbered spaces in the same way as for your index number.
(e) In the box marked Sex, shade the space marked M if you are male, or F if you are female.
3. If you have got a pre-printed answer sheet, check that the details are correctly printed, as described in
2 above. In the boxes marked Index Number, Paper Code and Sex, reshade each of the shaded spaces.
4. An example is given below. This is for a male candidate whose name is Chinedu Oladapo DIKKO,
whose index number is 4251102068 and who is offering Building Construction 1.
2023
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
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Answer all the questions.
Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find the correct option for each
question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet, the answer space which bears the same
letter as the option you have chosen. Give only one answer to each question. An example is
given below
A sub-structural wall may be referred to as a

A. parapet wall
B. garden wall
C. sleeper wall
D. boundary wall.
The correct answer is sleeper wall, which is lettered C, and therefore answer space C
would be shaded.
[A] [B] [C] [D]
Think carefully before you shade the answer spaces; erase completely any answer(s) you
wish to change.
Do all rough work on this question paper.
Now answer the following questions.
1 A residential building is used for

A. storing goods.
B. selling stationery
C. office works.
D. dwelling purposes.
2. One function of a clerk of works is to

A. prepare bills of quantities
B. prepare account for clients
C. represent architect on site.
D. organize work on site.
3. A potential danger to workers on a construction site is the

A. use of unstable scaffold
B. proper guarding of equipment
C. provision of ad equate lighting
D. stable stacking of materials
4. The eye goggle Is wom during

A. digging of trenches.
B. welding of metals.
C. casting of concrete.
D. fixing of scaffold.
5. The tool used to check the vertical alignment of a formwork is

A. boning rod.
B. plumb bob.
C. ranging pole.
D. wooden float.

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6 An example of earth moving equipment used on a building construction site is
A. crane.
B. hoist.
C. paver
D. scraper
7. A contractual agreement for a building project is between the client and the
A. contractor
B. foreman.
C. project officer
D. site personnel
8 One instrument used to ensure the horizontal alignment of a wall is

A. chalk line
B. measuring tape
C. plumb bob
D. spirit level.
9. The first step in setting out a building is to

A. erect the profile board
B. establish the building line
C. dig the foundation trench
D. support the foundation trench
Figure 1
10. The symbol shown in figure 1 represents a

A. bath.
B. shower.
C. sink
D. toilet.
11 A scale of 1:100 is interpreted to mean

A. one on plan equal hundred on ground.
B. one on ground equals one on plan
C. hundred on ground equals one on ground
D. hundred on plan equals one on ground.
12 A method by which sides of excavation are prevented from collapsing is called

A. hoarding.
B. shoring.
C. timbering.
D. underpinning.
13. The most suitable equipment used for evacuating a foundation trench is a
A. backactor.
B. bulldozer
C. scraper
D. skimmer.

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Figure 2
14. The type of foundation shown in figure 2 is a

A. pad foundation
B. pile foundation
C. raft foundation
D. wide strip foundation
15 The choice of a foundation type for a building depends on the

A clients taste
B. experience of contractor
C. nature of soil
D. type of contract.
16. One functional requirement of a solid ground floor is

A allowing passage of heat
B. resistance to fire
C. moisture penetration.
D. passage of sound
17 One material used for hardcore filling is

A. broken bricks.
B. clayey soil
C. fly ash
D. lateritic soil
18 A suitable material used for constructing an upper floor is

A. lateritic soil.
B. lime mortar
C. mass concrete
D. reinforced concrete
19. One function of cement in concrete production is for

A. binding the concrete materials.
B. filling the voids in the concrete material
C. coating the concrete materials.
D. segregating the concrete
20. A type of concrete made of cement and coarse aggregate is called

A. all-in concrete
B. no-fine concrete
C. reinforced concrete
D. precast concrete

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21. The correct sequence of mass concrete production is
A. mixing, batching, transporting and placing
B batching, mixing, placing and transporting
C mixing, batching, placing and transporting
D. batching, mixing, transporting and placing
22. The type of closer shown in figure 3 is

A. bevelled closer
B. king closer
C. mitred closer.
D. queen closer.
23. A type of bonding in which bricks show alternate header and stretcher in a course is
A. English bonding
B. Flemish bonding.
C. Header bonding
D. Stretcher bonding.

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THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

SC 2023 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 1 45 minutes

1. Use HB pencil throughout.

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A sub-structural wall may be referred to as a

[A] [B] [C] [D]

Do all rough work on this question paper.

Now answer the following questions.

1 A residential building is used for

2. One function of a clerk of works is to

3. A potential danger to workers on a construction site is the

4. The eye goggle Is wom during

5. The tool used to check the vertical alignment of a formwork is

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8 One instrument used to ensure the horizontal alignment of a wall is

9. The first step in setting out a building is to

10. The symbol shown in figure 1 represents a

11 A scale of 1:100 is interpreted to mean

12 A method by which sides of excavation are prevented from collapsing is called

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14. The type of foundation shown in figure 2 is a

15 The choice of a foundation type for a building depends on the

16. One functional requirement of a solid ground floor is

17 One material used for hardcore filling is

18 A suitable material used for constructing an upper floor is

19. One function of cement in concrete production is for

20. A type of concrete made of cement and coarse aggregate is called

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22. The type of closer shown in figure 3 is

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