TEST - Finishing work technician

The test has been developed so that you can perform a self-assessment and test your knowledge for the qualitative performance of the job duties of the Finishing Work Technician profession. When you complete the test and press the SEND button. The submitted answers will appear on the screen (just roll down the page!).

Self-assessment questions are from 1 to 13. Knowledge test questions are from 14 to 34, and the correct answers to these questions will be marked with a symbol:

The test has been developed within the Erasmus+ program KA210-VET project "Identifying and improving the skills of workers in the construction sector" (Skills4Construction), project No. 2022-2-LV01-KA210-VET-000095676. Disclaimer: Funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed reflect the personal views of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA accepts responsibility for the views expressed.

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  1. How do you rate your professional competence as a finishing work technician?

    • Very good
    • Good
    • Weak
    • Very weak

  2. What practical competences do you think you would need to acquire in order to increase your professional qualification?

    • Surface preparation for finishing
    • Ways of applying finishing materials
    • Application of decorative plaster
    • Construction of dry structures
    • Tile gluing
    • Wallpaper pasting
    • Laying of floors
    • Facade decoration
    • Elimination of defects in finishing work
    • Selection, labeling, application of personal protective equipment (skin, head, feet, sight, hearing and respiratory tract)

  3. What theoretical knowledge should you acquire in order to increase your competence as a finishing work technician?

    • Reading the construction project, specifications, technical drawings and the symbols used in them
    • Physico-chemical, mechanical and technological properties of building materials and construction products, their compatibility
    • Calculation of the amount of finishing materials for a specific area
    • Photo fixation techniques
    • Markings of finishing materials
    • Characteristics of internal and external finishing materials, their application
    • Principles of operation of equipment, devices, tools used in finishing works

  4. What means of collective protection should the company improve in order to make the work environment safe for health?

    • Demarcation of the workplace
    • Ventilation
    • Placement of safety signs
    • Lighting
    • Other

  5. What type of finishing work would you like/do you need to learn in addition to the job performance?

    • Facade insulation and decoration
    • Window, door decoration
    • Laying of floors
    • Laying of "floating" floors
    • Floor design modeling
    • Wallpaper design modeling
    • Room interior modeling

  6. Do you want to learn to raise the level of professional qualification in finishing work?

    • Yes
    • No
    • I do not know

  7. What kind of qualification improvement do you want?

    • Learn in courses
    • Attend seminars on innovations in the field of finishing work
    • Visit thematic exhibitions
    • Take training from qualified colleagues
    • Participate in dealer-organized training sessions on the use of innovative finishing materials

  8. Is the delivery of materials from the warehouse timely and sufficient for the performance of work tasks?

    • Yes
    • No
    • Sometimes late
    • Always late

  9. Do you always have a clear task?

    • Yes, always
    • Almost always
    • No

  10. What improvements should be made in the workplace so that the work task is completed as efficiently as possible?

    • The range of collective protection measures should be improved.
    • The supply of materials should be improved
    • Communication between the employee and the direct manager should be improved.
    • A rest room for employees should be created.
    • Better quality personal protective equipment should be purchased.

  11. Do you have a formal qualification of finishing work technician?

    • Yes
    • No

  12. Your work experience as a finishing work technician?

    • 1-5 years
    • 5-10 years
    • 10-15 years
    • 15 years and more

  13. Have you attended courses/exhibitions/seminars on the latest trends in the industry in the last year?

    • Yes
    • No

  14. Name the layers of plaster and their processing techniques!

    • binding layer, base layer, finishing layer
    • binding layer, finishing layer, decorative layer
    • base coat, finish coat, paint coat

  15. What are the three functions of surface priming? (multiple choices possible)

    • ensuring adhesion of materials
    • decorative function
    • strengthening of bases
    • dust removal
    • ensuring surface smoothness
    • stabilization of the absorption capacity of the surface

  16. What designation is used for floor tiles?

    • A
    • G
    • R

  17. For which finishing works is a local price estimate prepared?

    • for each type of work
    • finishing works of each room
    • for all building finishing works

  18. What are the three main direct cost items in the estimate?

    • costs of preparing the estimate, costs of construction materials and construction products, fuel costs
    • labor costs, costs of construction materials and construction products, costs of mechanisms
    • labor costs, costs of suppliers of materials for finishing works, costs of mechanisms

  19. What is the minimum temperature to start gluing wallpaper in a room?

    • 0 degrees
    • +10 degrees
    • +5 degrees

  20. What is the minimum temperature to start gluing wallpaper in a room?

    • 0 degrees
    • +10 degrees
    • +5 degrees

  21. Properly insulated exterior walls...

    • contributes to the formation of mold inside the walls
    • increases the energy efficiency of the house
    • provides building ventilation

  22. Which of the named materials is the most effective heat insulator?

    • glass wool (thermal conductivity 0.031 W/(m·K));
    • wood (thermal conductivity 0.13 W/(m·K))
    • mineral wool (thermal conductivity 0.040 W/(m·K))

  23. What is the direction of heat transfer?

    • from warmer to cooler
    • from cooler to warmer

  24. Thermal bridges are called…

    • deficiencies in building structures and their insulation
    • air circulation at the heat source
    • the space between the window and the door

  25. What is the minimum layer thickness of thermoset floor covering?

    • 5mm
    • 3 mm
    • 8 mm

  26. A “floating floor” is a floor structure…

    • which is not related to the other building structures and technical involvements
    • which does not require a connecting layer
    • which has a layer of waterproofing incorporated

  27. Which of the following is not a component of paints and varnishes?

    • binders
    • lubricants
    • fillers
    • pigments

  28. Alkyd paints are applied…

    • in a thin layer 2-4 times
    • thick layer 2 times
    • thick layer 1 time

  29. What does the given wallpaper icon mean?

    • wallpaper glue must be prepared in daylight
    • wallpaper glue should be applied with circular movements
    • good wallpaper resistance to light

  30. In what cases is glue for gluing wallpaper applied to the wall?

    • applying glue on the wall is used for those wallpapers whose dimensions change after applying the glue
    • the application of glue on the wall is used for wallpapers with permanent dimensions and which do not become soft after applying the glue
    • applying glue on the wall is used in cases where there is a small space

  31. Who develops the work organization project?

    • contractor of construction works
    • author of the design of the building object
    • the author of the construction project

  32. Who develops the work project?

    • contractor of construction works
    • the author of the design of the construction object
    • the author of the construction project

  33. Finishing work can be started indoors if the minimum air temperature is...

    • +5 degrees
    • +10 degrees
    • 0 degrees

  34. Do not use to extinguish electrical appliances...

    • foam fire extinguisher
    • carbonic acid fire extinguisher
    • dry sand

  35. When hand-held cutting tools are used, workers use a cover for protection …

    • legs
    • feet
    • palms
 
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