Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises MINCKS GROUP OF SCHOOLS Building Construction Paper 1 Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme) 2023. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE Building Construction Paper 1 examination.

  • Duration: 2½ hours
  • Number of Questions: 15

  It covers the following topics:

  • Roofing types and components (flat roofs, pitched roofs, collar roofs, clay roofing tiles)
  • Evolution of housing (traditional houses vs. caves)
  • Arches and building fixings (cornice, dado rail)
  • Damp proof courses and wall cladding
  • Paints, painting tools, and finishes
  • Scaffolding (timber vs. steel)
  • Timber house construction procedures and finishes
  • Mortar materials and properties
  • Site preparation and setting out trenches (using a boning rod)
  • Engineering drawing (orthographic and oblique projections)
  • Foundation construction (bearing capacity, concrete depth, consolidation, pegging)
  • Wall finishes (rough cast applications)
  • Fixing timber door frames to masonry walls
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

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