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Civil Engineering Building House
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 17 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Engineered materials designed to keep out liquid water and prevent air infiltration while allowing water vapor to escape from inside the home
house wrap
source reduction
stud
sheathing
2. Meeting the needs of society in ways that can continue indefinitely into the future without damage or depleting natural resources = Nachhaltigkeit
sustainability
subfloor
sheathing
house wrap
3. Considering the solar orientation of a building based on the relative position of the sun in order to purposely increase or decrease the amount of light or heat transferred to the building
source reduction
house wrap
subfloor
solar orientation
4. A assembly of structural members joined to form a rigid framework - usually connected to form triangles = (unter-)st
source reduction
house wrap
truss
solar orientation
5. The act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
felt
stud
sustainability
insulation
6. A horizontal structural member used to support other structural members over openings such as doors and windows = Sturz
header
stud
top plate
felt
7. A tar-impregnated paper used for water protection under roofing and siding materials = Baupappe
insulation
sustainability
truss
felt
8. The structural floor joined to the joists that support the finish flooring = Unterboden
stud
floor joists
subfloor
trowel
9. A small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade
insulation
header
trowel
subfloor
10. A horizontal structural member located on top of the studs used to hold the wall together = Kopfbalken
source reduction
mastic
top plate
house wrap
11. A pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
mastic
sill
header
top plate
12. The vertical framing member in frame wall construction = St
stud
solar orientation
trowel
source reduction
13. Horizontal structural members used to carry the floor and ceiling loads = Deckenbalkenlage - Geb
trowel
subfloor
insulation
floor joists
14. A covering placed over exterior studs or rafters that serve as a base below the exterior finish materials = Bretterverkleidung f; Wandverschalung f; Au
felt
sheathing
source reduction
house wrap
15. Reducing waste by changing patterns of production and consumption
trowel
felt
source reduction
top plate
16. Material - such as boards or shingles - used for surfaces the outside walls of a frame building = Au
header
siding
trowel
sheathing
17. A horizontal wood member placed at the bottom of walls and openings in walls. = Schwelle f - Schwellholz n - T
insulation
sill
truss
siding