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Civil Engineering Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A roof membrane laminated from layers of asphalt-saturated felt or other fabric - bonded together with bitumen or pitch
Built-up-Roof
Building Envelope
Charette
Value
2. The use of physical laws and mathematics to compute internal forces - stresses - and deformations
Line
Movement
Beam Analysis
Kip
3. 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
Texture
Spread Footing
Finish Grade
Solar Orientation
4. A relatively permanent object - natural or artificial - bearing a marked point whose elevation above or below the adopted datum is known or assumed
Ballast
Watt
Bench Mark
Building Code
5. Entrances or a means to enter
Drainage System
Ingress
Cleanout
Sill
6. An upright structural member acting primarily in compression
Water Distributing Pipe
Pin Support
Plumbing Fixture
Column
7. A unit designed to produce forced air or hot water for heating and cooling
Heat Pump
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
Shear Diagram
Ingress
8. A horizontal beam that supports other beams; a very large beam - especially one that is built up from other sections
Beam
Girder
Kip
Cast in Place Concrete
9. Material - such as boards or shingles - used for surfacing the outside walls of a frame building
Column
Plastic Limit
Siding
Balance
10. Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural - electrical - plumbing - and mechanical areas of a structure
Square
Cast in Place Concrete
Building Code
Switch Leg
11. The lower part of a building - which transfers structural loads from the building to the soil
Shore
Sewer
Foundation
Compression Strength
12. Any surface to which elevations are referred (for example - mean sea level)
Water Closet
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Datum
Property Survey
13. Any heating appliance or equipment that heats potable water and supplies such water to the potable hot water distribution system
Water Heater
Rod Intercept
Hybrid
Roller (Rocker) Support
14. A device used to measure the amount of water that goes through the water service
Water Meter
Zoning Ordinance
Closure Error
Berm
15. An electrical connection to the earth
Exit Discharge
Valve
Watt
Ground
16. A sloping roof
Kip
Moment Diagram
Subfloor
Pitched Roof
17. The dimensions of height - depth - and width within which all things exist and move
Pattern
Balance
Space
Angle of Repose
18. A long cylindrical reinforced concrete foundation element formed by drilling into firm soil and pouring concrete into the hole
Retention Pond (Wet Pond)
Free-body Diagram
Distribution Panel
Caisson
19. A pond that collects storm water - temporarily stores - and then slowly releases the water into the municipal storm water system
Angle of Repose
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
ABET
Occupancy Group
20. An electrical connection used to plug in devices. A duplex outlet - with two outlets - is the typical wall plug
Outlet
Drainage System
Balance
Load Path
21. A fixture that is designed for washing hands and face - usually found in a bathroom
Ballast
Lavatory
Contrast
Internal Force
22. The science of determining relative positions of points on or near the Earth's surface
Land Surveying
Allowable Strength
Emphasis
Plasticity Index
23. The force exerted upon a body due to gravitational attraction to a planet
Occupant Load
Weight
Pile
Easement
24. A water supply pipe that extends vertically one story or more to carry water to fixtures
Riser
Strength
Deep Foundation
Grading
25. An electrical connection to the earth
Internal Force
Drainage
Masonry
Ground
26. (Quantity of shingles) In roofing - 100 square feet of roofing material
Drainage
Color
Concrete Masonry Unit
Square
27. A single beam that is supported by more than two supports such that it has at least two distinct spans
Truss
Fenestration
Fascia
Continuous Beam
28. Open web - parallel chord - load-carrying members suitable for the direct support of floors and roof decks in buildings
Plastic Limit
Open Web Steel Joist
Built-up-Roof
Initial Point
29. The difference between the liquid limit and the plastic limit
Egress
Fixed Support
Plasticity Limit
Line
30. The tendency of a force to rotate an object about point P. It is equal to the product of the magnitude of the force acting on the object and the perpendicular distance from the point P to the force
Storm Sewer
Moment
Switch Leg
Ballast
31. 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
Building Code
Tributary Area
Radiant Heat
Tilt-up Construction
32. Thin sheet metal folded into a stiff shape and used as a structural member
Stress
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Light Gauge Steel
Structural Engineer
33. The shape and structure of something as distinguished from its substance or material
Aesthetics
Beam
Form
Girder
34. The difference between the indoor temperature in winter and the outdoor design temperature in winter. The design temperature differential or design range is used in calculating the space heating requirements of a dwelling unit under the engineering-b
Geodetic Survey
Zoning Ordinance
Design Temperature Differential
Construction Type
35. The ability of a structure to maintain its appearance - durability - comfort for occupants - proper function of equipment - and ease of maintenance
Charette
Serviceability
Valve
Rebar
36. The portion of a building that encloses the treated environment - including the walls - ceiling or roof - and floor
Seismic Load
Hot Water
Mat (Raft) Foundation
Building Envelope
37. The rules that describe how designers might put together various design elements to create an aesthetic finished product
Reinforced Concrete
Exit Access
Design Principles
Drainage
38. A number that indicates the portion of rainwater that will be discharged by a particular surface
House Wrap
Runoff Coefficent
Control Survey
Lateral Load
39. Pipes - typically made of sheet metal - used to conduct hot or cold air in the HVAC system
Berm
Ducts
Live Load
Universal Design
40. A support condition in which translation of a structural member is restricted in two directions but rotation is not restricted. A pin support provides two perpendicular reaction forces when the member is loaded`
Thermal Convection
Exit Discharge
Pin Support
Non-Load Bearing Wall
41. The pipe from the water main or other supply to the water-distributing pipes
Liquid Limit
Water Service
Impervious
Ducts
42. Real property of which the expansion - redevelopment - or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance - pollutant - or contaminant
Load Bearing Wall
Beam
Color
Brownfield
43. Soil in which more than 50 percent - by weight - of the soil passes the Number 200 sieve. In other words - more than 50 percent of the soil is composed of silt and/or clay
Value
Fine Grained Soil
Structural Efficency
Space
44. The various conductors - connections - and devices found along the path of electric flow from the source through the components and back to the source
Circuit
Truss
Continuous Beam
Moment
45. Brickwork - concrete block work - and stonework
Heat Pump
Weight
Tributary Area
Masonry
46. A fitting with a removable plug that is placed in plumbing drainage pipe lines to allow access for cleaning out the pipe
Beam Analysis
Cleanout
Duration
Ducts
47. The recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science - computing - engineering - and technology
ABET
Contrast
Riser
Ballast
48. Energy radiated or transmitted as rays or waves - in the form of particles`
Circuit Breaker
Element of Design
Radiant Heat
Building Code
49. Pressure of a fluid due to the head of fluid above some reference point
Return Period
Static Head
Finish Grade
Ballast
50. A plot of the internal moment in a beam versus position along the axis of the beam
Voussoir
EPDM
Load Path
Moment Diagram