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Civil Engineering Architecture
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Instructions:
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. A pipe that carries water from the service to the point of use
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Statically Indeterminate Beam
Water Distributing Pipe
Switch Leg
2. A solid - hard material produced by combining Portland cement - aggregates - sand - water and sometimes additional mixtures
Load Bearing Wall
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
Concrete
Static Head
3. Steel bar used to reinforce concrete
Cleanout
Water Closet
Vernacular Architecture
Rebar
4. Ratio of the maximum design load to the weight of the structure
Water Heater
Decking
Munincipality
Structural Efficency
5. A pond that collects storm water - temporarily stores - and then slowly releases the water into the municipal storm water system
Well Graded
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Lintel
Poorly Graded
6. Force per unit area
Duration
Grading
Stress
Cast in Place Concrete
7. A curved structure for spanning an opening - designed to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression
Bearing Walls
Arch
Dome
Stud
8. A block of hardened concrete - with or without hollow cores - designed to be laid in the same manner as brick and stone
Color
Exit
Air Handling Unit (AHU)
Concrete Masonry Unit
9. Water free from impurities present in amounts sufficient to cause disease or harmful physiological effects and conforming to the regulations of the public health authority having jurisdiction
Potable Water
Water Service
Low Impact Development
Building Code
10. Any surface to which elevations are referred (for example - mean sea level)
Safety Factor
Strength
Stadia
Datum
11. Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that are long - thin - and needle-like
Coniferous
Voussoir
Force
Shape
12. A beam that is supported on one end by a pin support and supported on the other end by a roller support
Water Service
Beam
Circuit
Simple Beam
13. Surveys for which the curvature of the Earth is ignored and measurements are treated as if taken on a plane surface
Brownfield
ABET
Easement
Plane Survey
14. A horizontal structural member used to support other structural members over openings such as doors and windows
Construction Survey
Shallow Foundation
Exit Discharge
Header
15. An upright structural member acting primarily in compression
Electric Meter
Emphasis
Occupancy Category
Column
16. A fitting that is used to control the flow of fluid or gas
Valve
Built-up-Roof
Design Load
Decking
17. A system for disposal of domestic sewage by means of a septic tank cesspool mechanical treatment to serve a single establishment or building
Elevation
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Main
Line
18. The lower part of a building - which transfers structural loads from the building to the soil
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Foundation
Storm Water Wetlands
Element of Design
19. A user-friendly approach to design in the living environment where people of any culture - age - size - weight - race - gender - and ability can experience an environment that promotes their health - safety - and welfare today and in the future
Tributary Area
Ballast
Universal Design
Fa
20. A water-flushing plumbing fixture - such as a toilet - that is designed to receive and discharge human excrement
Water Closet
Rafter
Open Web Steel Joist
Deep Foundation
21. One who is involved in or affected by a course of action
Tensile Strength
Stakeholder
Fine Grained Soil
Spread Footing
22. An arrangement of several arches whose bases form a circle and whose tops meet in the center
Charette
Water Closet
Dome
Property Survey
23. A foundation that transfers building loads into the earth well below the building structure
Deep Foundation
Land Surveying
Angle of Repose
Drainage
24. Concrete cast and cured in a position other than its final position in the structure
Precast Concrete
Tributary Width
Hot Water
Continuous Beam
25. The numerical value used to indicate the resistance to the flow of heat
R-value
Water Distributing Pipe
Drain
Ingress
26. The principal pip artery to which branches are connected
Shallow Foundation
Moment Arm
Main
Reinforced Concrete
27. An intensive workshop in which various stakeholders and experts are brought together to address a particular design issue
Static Head
Sewer
Charette
Design Temperature Differential
28. The pipe from the water main or other supply to the water-distributing pipes
Repetition
Hot Water
Runoff Coefficent
Water Service
29. Consideration of 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
Solar Orientation
Decking
Sanitary Sewer
Property Survey
30. A unit of measure of power
Watt
Low Impact Development
Rafter
Shallow Foundation
31. A diagram used to isolate a body from its environment - showing all external constraints and forces acting upon it and all geometric measurements necessary to model the body
Stress
Free-body Diagram
Berm
Field Notes
32. The distance between supports for a beam - girder - truss - or other horizontal structural member; to carry a load between supports
Span
Color
Load
Zoning Ordinance
33. The lowest - widest part of the foundation that distributes the load over a broad area of the soil
Drainage System
Pattern
Footing
Tilt-up Construction
34. A permanent on-site pond used to manage storm water in which pollutants are allowed to settle out or be removed by biological activity
Retention Pond (Wet Pond)
Load
Simple Beam
Insulation
35. A device used to measure the amount of water that goes through the water service
Bearing Walls
Water Meter
Outlet
Movement
36. A method of constructing concrete walls in which panels are cast and cured flat on a floor slab then tilted up into their final position
Tilt-up Construction
Safety Factor
Pressure Head
Element of Design
37. The energy needed to warm outside air leaking into a building through cracks around doors - windows - and other areas
Fa
Electric Meter
Unity
Heat Loss
38. The perpendicular distance from a reference point to the line of action of the force
Elevated Floor
Decking
Moment Arm
Building Code
39. The pressure of water at a given point in a pipe arising from the pressure in it
Berm
Pressure Head
Topographic Survey
Easement
40. The use of physical laws and mathematics to compute internal forces - stresses - and deformations
Circuit Breaker
Distribution Panel
Light Gauge Steel
Beam Analysis
41. The area of floor or roof representing the surface area from which an applied uniform load is assumed to transfer to a supporting structural member
Statically Determinate Beam
Cleanout
Tributary Area
Heat Pump
42. The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition
Thermal Conduction
Rod Intercept
Land Surveying
Balance
43. Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution - including liquids containing chemicals in solution
Emphasis
U-factor
Sewage
Live Load
44. The professional society representing the field of architecture and others working in the architecture field
Strain
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Geodetic Survey
Pitched Roof
45. Drawings - plans - specifications - etc. associated with a construction project
Construction Documents
Easement
Nonpotable Water
Slab-on-Grade
46. A heavy material installed over a roof membrane to prevent wind uplift and shield the membrane from sunlight
Ballast
Stakeholder
Statically Determinate Beam
Drainage System
47. Forces or other actions that result from the weight of building materials - occupants and their possessions - and environmental effects
Open Web Steel Joist
Load
Ingress
Nominal Strength
48. A sloping roof
Pin Support
Pitched Roof
Column
Property Survey
49. An artistic or decorative design - especially one having a characteristic arrangement and considered as a unit
Low Slope Roof
Pattern
Well Graded
Fenestration
50. The portion of a building that encloses the treated environment - including the walls - ceiling or roof - and floor
Line
Stud
Grading
Building Envelope