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Civil Engineering Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The pipe from the water main or other supply to the water-distributing pipes
Truss
Single-ply Membrane
Load
Water Service
2. Something that is the product of mixing two or more different things
Decking
Soil Pipe
Hybrid
Truss
3. Entrances or a means to enter
Occupancy Category
Field Notes
Ingress
Electric Meter
4. The difference between the rod readings at the stadia wires
Rod Intercept
Pin Support
Statically Indeterminate Beam
Return Period
5. A visual principle associated with change made in size - shape - color - or tone of graphic elements
Contrast
Mat (Raft) Foundation
Stadia
Fascia
6. The reading on a rod held at a point whose elevation is to be determined
Pile
Foresight
Moment
Occupancy Category
7. A reinforced concrete beam that transmits the load from a bearing wall into a spaced foundation such as pile caps or caissons
Structural Engineer
Cast in Place Concrete
Nonpotable Water
Grade Beam
8. A horizontal ledge cut between the foot and top of an embankment to stabilize the slope by intercepting sliding earth
Fixed Support
Lintel
Load Bearing Wall
Berm
9. The use of physical laws and mathematics to compute internal forces - stresses - and deformations
Backsight
Beam Analysis
Dead Load
Grading
10. An instrument used to measure electric power
Slab-on-Grade
Moment Diagram
Dome
Electric Meter
11. The load carrying capacity of a structural member
Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Nominal Strength
Circuit Breaker
Exit
12. A beam which is supported such that the number of unknown reaction forces is equal to the number of equilibrium equations
Nonpotable Water
Thermal Convection
Statically Determinate Beam
Lintel
13. A heavy material installed over a roof membrane to prevent wind uplift and shield the membrane from sunlight
Hybrid
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Drainage System
Ballast
14. (Quantity of shingles) In roofing - 100 square feet of roofing material
Color
Air Handling Unit (AHU)
Square
Spread Footing
15. A horizontal beam that supports other beams; a very large beam - especially one that is built up from other sections
Plumbing Fixture
Column
Pile
Girder
16. An electric safety switch that automatically opens a circuit when excessive amperage occurs.
Reinforced Concrete
Circuit Breaker
Circuit
Moment Arm
17. The ability of a structure to maintain its appearance - durability - comfort for occupants - proper function of equipment - and ease of maintenance
Shear Diagram
Ground
Return Period
Serviceability
18. The difference between a measured or calculated elevation and the true or established elevation
Closure Error
Ingress
Coniferous
Municipality
19. The numerical value used to indicate the resistance to the flow of heat
Curtain Wall
Circuit
R-value
Strain
20. The number of persons for which the means of egress of a building or portion thereof is designed
Building Envelope
Aesthetics
Occupant Load
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
21. Exits or a way out
Egress
Height of Instrument
Compression Strength
Grade Beam
22. Movement characterized by a patterned repetition or alteration of formal elements or motifs in the same or a modified form
Hot Water
Moment Arm
Elevation
Rhythm
23. A measure of the heat transmission through a building part (as a wall or window) or a given thickness of a material (as insulation) with lower numbers indicating better insulating properties
U-factor
Plumbing Fixture
Top Plate
Sewer
24. A material used to span across beams or joists to create a floor or roof surface
Keystone
Tilt-up Construction
Circuit
Decking
25. A selected storm event - described in terms of the probability of occurring once within a given number of years - for which drainage or flood control improvements are designed and built
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Ducts
Elevated Floor
Design Storm
26. An assembly of structural members joined to form a rigid framework - usually connected to form triangles
Span
Truss
Felt
Design Principles
27. The finish board covering the edges of rafters and eaves
EPDM
Variance
Initial Point
Fascia
28. A limited right to make use of a property owned by another
Deep Foundation
Form
Easement
Moment Diagram
29. A sewer that conveys storm water or other drainage but not sanitary sewage
Value
Space
Circuit
Storm Sewer
30. A device used to measure the amount of water that goes through the water service
Internal Force
Fa
Water Meter
Load
31. Five broad categories of construction found in the International Building Code that are based on the fire-resistive capabilities of the materials used
Heat Pump
Strain
Tributary Width
Construction Type
32. A curved structure for spanning an opening - designed to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression
Nonpotable Water
Arch
Sanitary Sewer
Egress
33. A pipe - normally underground - that carries wastewater and refuse
Air Handling Unit (AHU)
Low Slope Roof
Tributary Width
Sewer
34. Direction from which the wind most frequently blows in a given area of the country
Drain
Strength
Well Graded
Prevailing Winds
35. Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution - including liquids containing chemicals in solution
Brownfield
Shallow Foundation
Sewage
Ducts
36. A pipe that carries water from the service to the point of use
Fenestration
Pitched Roof
Ground
Water Distributing Pipe
37. A basic visual component or building block of designed objects
Element of Design
Return Period
Load
Impervious
38. A principle where some graphic elements are repeated throughout the entire design
Repetition
Light Gauge Steel
Lintel
Prevailing Winds
39. The applied load determined by the required load combinations
Building Code
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Ingress
Design Load
40. Thin sheet metal folded into a stiff shape and used as a structural member
Potable Water
Municipality
Light Gauge Steel
Universal Design
41. Concrete into which steel reinforcing bars have been embedded to impart tensile strength to the construction
Load
Construction Type
Sole Plate
Reinforced Concrete
42. A box in which the wires from the meter are connected to individual circuit breakers - which are connected to separate circuits for distribution to various locations throughout the building
Distribution Panel
Elevated Floor
Beam
Solar Orientation
43. Incapable of being penetrated
Span
Impervious
Drainage Fixture Unit
Structural Efficency
44. A wall that does not carry vertical load other than its own weight
Non-Load Bearing Wall
EPDM
Live Load
Girder
45. Horizontal structural members used to carry the floor and ceiling loads
Lintel
Moment
Floor Joists
Building Code
46. A long cylindrical reinforced concrete foundation element formed by drilling into firm soil and pouring concrete into the hole
Caisson
Stadia
Ponding
NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board)
47. Soil in which 50 percent or more - by weight - of the soil is retained on the Number 200 sieve. In other words - 50 percent or more of the sample is composed of sand and/or gravel
Coarse Grained Soil
Deformation
Occupant Load
Source Reduction
48. Concrete cast and cured in a position other than its final position in the structure
R-value
Coniferous
Water Meter
Precast Concrete
49. The force exerted upon a body due to gravitational attraction to a planet
Rod Intercept
Weight
Vernacular Architecture
Property Survey
50. A roof that is pitched at an angle so near to horizontal that it must be made waterproof with a continuous membrane rather than shingles; commonly and inaccurately referred to as a flat roof
Form
Low Slope Roof
Easement
Low Impact Development