Chapter 12 of ATP With Questions and Correct Answers
Define Multiple family dwelling. - Answer-Occupancies that house three or more families.
(pg242)
What are six types of multiple family dwellings? - Answer-- Older apartment buildings
- Newer apartment buildings
- Fire-resistive multiple family dwellings
- Row frame multiple family dwelling
- Brownstone multiple family dwellings
- Garden apartments
(pg243)
What are some significant differences between the older and newer apartment buildings discussed in
this chapter? - Answer-- Older apartment Buildings constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries
have the following unique features: Exterior is typically constructed with brick, Interior is usually
constructed with wood, Typically have two or four apartments per floor.
- Newer apartment buildings build later in the 1900's tend to be taller, wider and deeper than older
apartment buildings. The biggest structural differences is the use of unprotected steel I-beams, which
provide support to sections of the building but may also cause fire to spread to adjoining wings of the
building.
(pg247 - 256)
Define Multiple family dwelling. - Answer-Occupancies that house three or more families.
(pg242)
What are six types of multiple family dwellings? - Answer-- Older apartment buildings
- Newer apartment buildings
- Fire-resistive multiple family dwellings
- Row frame multiple family dwelling
- Brownstone multiple family dwellings
- Garden apartments
(pg243)
What are some significant differences between the older and newer apartment buildings discussed in
this chapter? - Answer-- Older apartment Buildings constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries
have the following unique features: Exterior is typically constructed with brick, Interior is usually
constructed with wood, Typically have two or four apartments per floor.
- Newer apartment buildings build later in the 1900's tend to be taller, wider and deeper than older
apartment buildings. The biggest structural differences is the use of unprotected steel I-beams, which
provide support to sections of the building but may also cause fire to spread to adjoining wings of the
building.
(pg247 - 256)
