Assignment

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Assessment requirements

Provide short answers to the following questions:

1. What is the difference between underlay and underlayment?
   
   
2. What does DPC stand for, and what is its purpose?
   
   
3. Briefly describe the characteristics of a 'stiffened raft' concrete slab.
   
   
4. Name two structural flooring products commonly used in platform floors.
   
   
5. Why do builders sometimes use a 'cut-in' floor system?
   
   
6. List four different types of hard underlay.
   
   
7. Fill in the correct terms in the drawing below.
   
8. What type of flooring system is shown in the drawing above?

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