The Design of a Ceiling in a Large Office Building

question 8

Multiple Choice

The design of a ceiling in a large office building calls for a multilevel series of ceiling planes finished with gypsum board. The most likely method for attaching the ceiling to the structure is to

• A)use lay- in acoustical tile.
• B)nail gypsum board directly to the wood light- frame structure.
• C)screw the gypsum board directly to a suspended metal framework.

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