Construction Jeopardy

1. Construction Jeopardy

2. What agency will teach you to write a resume for free? Answer Job Search - 10 points

3. What is the largest Job Search database in the state of Texas? Answer Job Search - 20 points

4. What is the nation’s largest industry? Answer Job Search - 30 points

5. What is a key skill when searching for a job? Answer Job Search – 40 points

6. What is a resume’s primary purpose? Answer Job Search – 50 points

7. Who provides scholarships to attend entry – level training programs in construction? Answer Training & Materials – 10 points

8. What is a Nationally Recognized Credential for Construction? Answer Training & Materials – 20 points

9. What is the minimum education required to become a unionized Plumber or steamfitter? Answer Training & Materials – 30 points

10. What is a scaffold? Answer Training & Materials – 40 points

11. What is the “bird cage” on a construction site? Answer Training & Materials – 50 points

12. What government agency in the Department of Labor promotes to maintain a safe and healthy work environment? Answer Safety – 10 points

13. What should you do if chemicals, cement, or lime get in your eyes? Answer Safety – 20 points

14. Which safety orientation is commonly used to work in Chemical plants in Houston? Answer Safety – 30 points

15. What agency was founded in 1970 As part of the Occupational Safety And Health Act and is tasked with research And recommendation of health and safety Standard? Answer Safety – 40 points

16. What act guarantees a worker’s right to be paid fairly? Answer Safety – 50 points

17. How many woods studs (16” on center) are on a 100 foot long wall? Answer Construction / Miscellaneous – 10 points

18. What is the bond called in which all joints, both vertical and horizontal line up? Answer Construction / Miscellaneous– 20 points

19. The loop found at either end of a sling are referred to as? Answer Construction / Miscellaneous– 30 points

20. If someone asked you to create a “Swail” what would you do? Answer Construction / Miscellaneous– 40 points

21. What is the mixture of refractory materials used in refractory mason called? Answer Construction / Miscellaneous– 50 points

22. What is a Construction Boilermaker? Answer Who am I? – 10 points

23. The Millwright trade was developed from which trade? Answer Who am I? – 20 points

24. Mosaics are by which trade? Answer Who am I? – 30 points

25. People who have filled their apprenticeship are called? Answer Who am I? – 40 points

26. What tradesperson would use a headache ball? Who am I? – 50 points

27. Workforce Solutions Job Search – 10 points

28. www.workintexas.com Job Search – 20 points

29. Construction is one of the nation’s largest industries with 8.3 million workers Job Search – 30 points

30. Networking, keep a list of contacts Job Search – 40 points

31. To get you an interview, not the job Job Search – 50 points

32. GREAT Campaign (Gulf Rebuilding Education And Training) Training & Materials – 10 points

33. National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Training & Materials – 20 points

34. Grade 12 or GED Training & Materials – 30 points

35. A structure surrounding a building on a construction site Training & Materials – 40 points

36. Where outer strands form a cage and displace the core Training & Materials – 50 points

37. (OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health Administration Safety – 10 points

38. Flush with clean water Safety – 20 points

39. Basic Plus Safety – 30 points

40. (NIOSH) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Safety – 40 points

41. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Safety – 50 points

42. 75 Construction & Miscellaneous – 10 points

43. Stack bond Construction Miscellaneous - 20 points

44. Eyes Construction Miscellaneous – 30 points

45. Create a run off for water, a ditch you can drive through Construction Miscellaneous – 40 points

46. Grog Construction Miscellaneous – 50 points

47. A tradesperson who builds, erects, repairs, tests boilers and pressure vessels Who am I? – 10 points

48. Carpenter Who am I? – 20 points

49. Tile Who am I? – 30 points

50. Journey persons Who am I? – 40 points