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Civil Engineering Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The distance a beam or structure deforms under loading - typically due to bending in a beam
Outlet
Element of Design
Beam Analysis
Deflection
2. The recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science - computing - engineering - and technology
ABET
Post and Lintel Construction
Curtain Wall
Built-up-Roof
3. The stress at which a material begins to deform plastically
Circuit Breaker
Yield Stress
House Wrap
Stud
4. The vertical distance from a datum to a point or object
Exit Access
Elevation
Exit Discharge
Vent Pipe
5. The exterior face of a building
Internal Force
Fa
Bearing Walls
Shallow Foundation
6. Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that are long - thin - and needle-like
Thermal Conduction
Coniferous
Drainage
Shape
7. The rules that describe how designers might put together various design elements to create an aesthetic finished product
Ducts
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Grading
Design Principles
8. A device used to measure the amount of water that goes through the water service
Berm
Riser
Water Meter
Tilt-up Construction
9. Brickwork - concrete block work - and stonework
Non-Load Bearing Wall
Serviceability
Masonry
Drainage Fixture Unit
10. 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
Sheathing
Cleanout
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Coarse Grained Soil
11. The difference between the rod readings at the stadia wires
Rod Intercept
Shear Force
Design Principles
Vernacular Architecture
12. A material used to span across beams or joists to create a floor or roof surface
Truss
Decking
Beam
Non-Load Bearing Wall
13. Exit or a way out
Bearing Walls
Egress
Slab-on-Grade
Water Meter
14. The width of floor or roof along the length of a beam - measured perpendicular to the beam - representing the portion of surface from which an applied uniform load is assumed to transfer to that beam
Occupancy Group
Circuit Breaker
Tributary Width
Exit Access
15. 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
Retention Pond (Wet Pond)
Tributary Area
Post and Lintel Construction
Ducts
16. An electric safety switch that automatically opens a circuit when excessive amperage occurs
Circuit Breaker
Cleanout
Ducts
Curtain Wall
17. An assembly of structural members joined to form a rigid framework - usually connected to form triangles
Return Period
Truss
Universal Design
Aesthetics
18. Ratio of the maximum design load to the weight of the structure
Emphasis
Stadia
Shear Diagram
Structural Efficency
19. A system for disposal of domestic sewage by means of a septic tank cesspool mechanical treatment to serve a single establishment or building
Shape
Sustainability
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Initial Point
20. A city - town - etc. having its own incorporated government for local affairs
Lintel
Grading
Storm Water Wetlands
Municipality
21. An engineer that is licensed to design the structural systems for a building
Line
Civil Engineer
Structural Engineer
Fenestration
22. A horizontal wood member placed at the bottom of walls and openings in walls
Strain
Ingress
Watt
Sill
23. A curved structure for spanning an opening - designed to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression
Masonry
Liquid Limit
Structural Engineer
Arch
24. Concrete into which steel reinforcing bars have been embedded to impart tensile strength to the construction
Truss
Felt
Berm
Reinforced Concrete
25. Incapable of being penetrated
Roller (Rocker) Support
R-value
Repetition
Impervious
26. The perpendicular distance from a reference point to the line of action of the force
Column
Moment Arm
Fa
Setback
27. Entrances or a means to enter
Rafter
Nonpotable Water
Ingress
Return Period
28. Concrete cast and cured in a position other than its final position in the structure
Top Plate
Span
Precast Concrete
Soil Pipe
29. A land survey that provides points and elevations for building civil engineering projects. Often called engineering survey
Ingress
Outlet
Construction Survey
Building Code
30. The feel - appearance - or consistency of a surface - substance - or fabric
Texture
Egress
Coniferous
Trap
31. The aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue - lightness - and saturation for objects and hue - brightness - and saturation for light sources
Color
Civil Engineer
Drain
Stadia
32. A concrete surface lying upon - and supported directly by - the ground beneath
Initial Point
Slab-on-Grade
Subfloor
Strength
33. A covering placed over exterior studs or rafters that serve as a base below the exterior finish materials
Wind Load
Occupancy Group
Sheathing
Closure Error
34. The vertical framing member in frame wall construction
Lintel
Stud
Drainage
Electric Meter
35. The professional society representing the field of architecture and others working in the architecture field
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Potable Water
Cleanout
Load Bearing Wall
36. Culturally and climatically relevant architecture using locally available materials and traditional building techniques
Vernacular Architecture
Square
Ballast
Invert Elevation
37. That portion of the means-of-egress system between the termination of the exit and a public way
Stud
Spread Footing
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Exit Discharge
38. An instrument used to measure electric power
Vernacular Architecture
Electric Meter
Stack
Duration
39. Movement characterized by a patterned repetition or alteration of formal elements or motifs in the same or a modified form
Retention Pond (Wet Pond)
Footing
Well Graded
Rhythm
40. The collecting of water - as on a roof - into large puddles or a pond
Seismic Load
Ponding
Load Bearing Wall
Lintel
41. 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
Water Closet
Shallow Foundation
Subfloor
Design Storm
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
Subfloor
Distribution Panel
Concrete
Sanitary Sewer
43. An electrical connection to the earth
Exit Access
Grading
Contrast
Ground
44. The reading on a rod held at a point of known or assumed elevation
Backsight
Fenestration
Stud
Field Notes
45. A soil that does not contain a good representation of all particle sizes. A poorly graded soil may contain a narrow range of particle sizes (uniformly graded) or may not contain one or more ranges of particle sizes (gap graded)
Well Graded
Geodetic Survey
Poorly Graded
Shape
46. The minimum moisture content - expressed as a percentage of the oven dry soil weight - at which the soil will begin to flow when subjected to a small shearing force. The liquid limit is determined using a standard liquid limit device
Prevailing Winds
Equilibrium
Liquid Limit
Bench Mark
47. Surveys to determine relative positions of widely spaced points which require consideration of the size and shape of the Earth
EPDM
Geodetic Survey
Differential Leveling
Bench Mark
48. A plot of the internal moment in a beam versus position along the axis of the beam
Moment Diagram
Roller (Rocker) Support
Hybrid
Grade Beam
49. A long slender piece of material driven or drilled into the ground to act as an element of a foundation
Egress
Compression Strength
Electric Meter
Pile
50. A beam supporting the weight above a door or window opening
Lintel
Repetition
Felt
Moment