SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Civil Engineering Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
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. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Adhesion
Axial Load
Sanitary Sewer
Compaction
2. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Potable Water
land use
Compaction Test
Acidic
3. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
parkway
Overflow Manhole
Aeration
Adsorption
4. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Collection Main
ecology
Artesian
Check Valve
5. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Manhole Bedding
Water Table
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Wastewater Facilities
6. British thermal units; the quantity of thermal energy required to raise one pound of water at its maximum density - 1 degree F. One BTU is equivalent to .293 watt hours - or 252 calories. One kilowatt hour is equivalent to 3412 BTU Back Pressure (wat
Manhole
B T U
Seasonal Water Table
environmental inventory
7. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Bearing Wall
Collection Main
Storm Water Inlet
Select Bedding
8. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
Bearing
Combined Sewer
Chain of Custody
landscape contractor
9. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Adhesion
Bearing Wall
Invert
hardscape
10. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Laundering Weir
grade
Caisson
National Park Service (NPS)
11. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
Earth Shift
Secondary Treatment
Absorption
Bedding
12. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Curb Stop
Deadend Manhole
Roof Leader
historic preservation
13. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
view
Lateral Sewer
Manhole Vents
Vault
14. A wastewater pumping station that lifts the wastewater to a higher elevation when continuing the sewer at reasonable slopes would involve excessive depths of trench. Also - an installation of pumps that raise wastewater from areas too low to drain in
landscape architecture
Lift Station
Lateral Sewer
Grease Trap
15. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Wastewater Collection System
Interconnector
Lateral Sewer
Rubble - Coursed
16. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
built environment
drainage
Clear Well
conservation
17. A network of pipes - manholes - cleanouts - traps - siphons - lift stations and other structures used to collect all wastewater and wastewatercarried wastes of an area and transport them to a treatment plant or disposal system. The collection system
Surface Runoff
Collection System
drainage
Earth Shift
18. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Angle Post
Backfill
Hydrostatic Pressure
Lateral Sewer
19. Water or wastewater flowing from a higher elevation to a lower elevation due to the force of gravity. The water does not flow due to energy provided by a pump. Wherever possible - wastewater collection systems are designed to use the force of gravity
Grade
Gravity Flow
Interconnector
Hydrostatic Pressure
20. Railing support at landings or other breaks in the stairs. If an angle post projects beyond the bottom of the strings - the ornamental detail formed at the bottom of the post is called the drop.
Angle Post
Runoff
Handhole Trap
Grade
21. A holding basin in which variations in flow and composition of a liquid are averaged. Such basins are used to provide a flow of reasonably uniform volume and composition to a treatment unit. Also called a balancing reservoir.
Check Valve
Equalizing Basin
Capillary Action
natural resources
22. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Potable Water
Liquefaction
landscape
Rubble - Ordinary
23. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
topography
Saturated Soil
Liquefaction
Trunk Sewer
24. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
Curb Stop
agronomy
planned unit development (PUD)
building (construction) permit
25. In landscape architecture - the organization of areas of land for specific aesthetic or functional purposes. This can range from creating small backyard patios to huge urban plazas.
Subsidence
contour
manipulation of space
air rights
26. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Wasteline Vent
Combined System
Storm Water
Wasteline Cleanout
27. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
Handhole Trap
Aquifer
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Terminal Manhole
28. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Interceptor
Catch Basin
Runoff
easement
29. A material - other than aggregate - cementitious material or water - added in small quantities to the mix in order to produce some (desired) modifications - either to the properties of the mix or of the hardened product.
Admixture
Manhole Bedding
Chain of Custody
Aquifer
30. A sewer installed to connect two separate sewers. If one sewer becomes blocked - wastewater can back up and flow through the interconnector to the other sewer.
Trunk Sewer
Day Tank
Interconnector
cost-benefit analysis
31. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Wasteline Cleanout
agronomy
natural resources
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
32. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Trunk Sewer
Baluster
Adhesion
Splash Pad
33. Material used for backfilling a trench or excavation which was not the original material removed during excavation. This is a common practice where tests on the original material show it to have poor compactability or load capacity. Also called BORRO
Imported Backfill
Impermeable
Interconnector
Curb inlet
34. An opening in pipes or sewers designed for rodding or working a snake into the pipe in either direction. Twoway cleanouts are most often found in building lateral pipes at or near a property line.
Two-Way Cleanout
Aeration
Potable Water
land use
35. Legal right to use the property of others for a specific purpose. For example - a utility company may have a fivefoot easement along the property line of a home. This gives the utility the legal right to install and maintain a sewer line within the e
Storm Water Inlet
historic preservation
landscape architect
Easement
36. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Riprap
Outlet
Bedding
Easement
37. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
scenic easement
Combined Wastewater
greenbelt
ecology
38. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
hardscape
Datum Line
Select Backfill
ecology
39. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Lateral Cleanout
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Groundwater
Retention
40. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Rubble - Ordinary
base plan
Adsorption
Manifold
41. Installation of pumps to lift wastewater to a higher elevation in places where flat land would require excessively deep sewer trenches. Also used to raise wastewater from areas too low to drain into available collection lines. These stations may be e
environmental design professions
Manhole
Pump Station
Wasteline Cleanout
42. The change to an area's natural resources - including animal and plant life - resulting from use by man. Some projects may require conducting of an 'environmental impact study' before development can proceed.
Manhole Bedding
environmental impact
Surcharge Manhole
Rubble - Ordinary
43. A separate pipe - conduit or open channel (sewer) that carries runoff from storms - surface drainage - and street wash - but does not include domestic and industrial wastes. Storm sewers are often the recipients of hazardous or toxic substances due t
Seasonal Water Table
Hydrostatic Pressure
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Storm Sewer
44. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Interconnector
Subsidence
Caisson
45. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Capillary Action
Septic Tank
Cross Braces
Main Sewer
46. The precipitation that cannot be absorbed by the soil and flows across the surface by gravity. The water that reaches a stream by traveling over the soil surface or falls directly into the stream channels - including not only the large permanent stre
landscape architect
Manifold
Capillary Action
Surface Runoff
47. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
B T U
land use
Secondary Treatment
Handhole Trap
48. A manhole in which the rate of the water entering is greater than the capacity of the outlet under gravity flow conditions. When the water in the manhole rises above the top of the outlet pipe - the manhole is said to be 'surcharged.'
Axial Load
reclamation
Surcharge Manhole
Splash Pad
49. A legal form of land-use control and building regulations usually exercised by a municipal authority; usually involves setting aside of distinct land areas for specific purposes - such as commercial - educational or residential development.
zoning
Roof Leader
Service Pipe
Riprap
50. Most plumbing codes require a vent pipe connection of adequate size and located downstream of a trap in a building wastewater system. This vent prevents the accumulation of gases or odors and is usually piped through the roof and out of doors.
Rubble - Random
Surface Runoff
Wasteline Vent
Storm Water