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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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1. The period of time over which rain is measured. For example in the case of annual rainfall measurements - the duration is one year
Spread Footing
Runoff Coefficent
Moment
Duration
2. A city - town - etc. having its own incorporated government for local affairs
Municipality
SPF (Spray Polyurethane Foam)
Drainage Fixture Unit
Open Web Steel Joist
3. 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
Water Meter
Design Temperature Differential
Keystone
Charette
4. A category used to determine structural requirements based on occupancy of the building
Building Code
Roller (Rocker) Support
Valve
Occupancy Category
5. 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
Shore
Storm Water Wetlands
Elevation
Distribution Panel
6. 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
Plasticity Index
Water Closet
Ground
7. The distance between supports for a beam - girder - truss - or other horizontal structural member; to carry a load between supports
Span
Open Web Steel Joist
Deciduous
Pin Support
8. The maximum angle of a stable slope of a granular material determined by friction - cohesion - and the shapes of the soil particles
Zoning Ordinance
Angle of Repose
Single-ply Membrane
Property Survey
9. The collecting of water - as on a roof - into large puddles or a pond
Hot Water
Repetition
Ponding
Decking
10. The weight of the building or building components
Dead Load
Emphasis
Cast in Place Concrete
Force
11. 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
Exit Discharge
Tributary Area
Dome
Siding
12. 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
Thermal Conduction
Main
Exit Discharge
Brownfield
13. Solid walls that provide support for each other and for the roof of a structure
Simple Beam
Return Period
Fenestration
Bearing Walls
14. A change in the shape of a structure or structural member caused by a load or force acting on the structure
Civil Engineer
Variance
Deformation
Cleanout
15. A heavy material installed over a roof membrane to prevent wind uplift and shield the membrane from sunlight
Impervious
Dead Load
Ballast
Deep Foundation
16. The force exerted upon a body due to gravitational attraction to a planet
Storm Sewer
Weight
Keystone
Closure Error
17. The portion of a building that encloses the treated environment - including the walls - ceiling or roof - and floor
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Building Envelope
Brownfield
Simple Beam
18. The final elevation of the ground surface after excavating or filling
Finish Grade
Switch Leg
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Yield Stress
19. A sheet of plastic - synthetic rubber - or modified bitumen used as a roofing sheet for a low-slope roof
Foresight
Keystone
Water Heater
Single-ply Membrane
20. The electrical conductor from a switch to the electrical device being controlled
Line
Statically Determinate Beam
Switch Leg
Control Survey
21. The number of persons for which the means of egress of a building or portion thereof is designed
Stability
Internal Force
Occupant Load
SPF (Spray Polyurethane Foam)
22. The sole agency authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture in the United States
Drain
Strength
NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board)
Shallow Foundation
23. The numerical value used to indicate the resistance to the flow of heat
Value
R-value
Impervious
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
24. The capacity of a structure to resist the effects of loads
Stakeholder
Finish Grade
Strength
Runoff Coefficent
25. The stress at which a material begins to deform plastically
Initial Point
Shallow Foundation
Strain
Yield Stress
26. A curved structure for spanning an opening - designed to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression
Arch
Pitched Roof
Foundation
Thermal Conduction
27. A single concrete footing that is essentially equal in area to the area of ground covered by the supported structure
Mat (Raft) Foundation
Sanitary Sewer
Pin Support
Keystone
28. A fitting with a removable plug that is placed in plumbing drainage pipe lines to allow access for cleaning out the pipe
Munincipality
Concrete
Well Graded
Cleanout
29. Thin sheet metal folded into a stiff shape and used as a structural member
Header
Light Gauge Steel
Deep Foundation
Moment Diagram
30. A number that indicates the portion of rainwater that will be discharged by a particular surface
Strength
Building Code
Runoff Coefficent
Zoning Ordinance
31. A vertical pipe installed to provide circulation of air to and from any part of the drainage system
Vent Pipe
Design Load
Beam Analysis
Non-Load Bearing Wall
32. The quality of an object that deals with art - beauty - and taste
Column
Compression Strength
Aesthetics
Fine Grained Soil
33. A land survey used to prepare maps showing location of natural and man-made features and elevations of points on the ground
Moment
Truss
Construction Survey
Topographic Survey
34. A reinforced concrete beam that transmits the load from a bearing wall into a spaced foundation such as pile caps or caissons
Low Impact Development
Arch
Ground
Grade Beam
35. 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
Backsight
Hot Water
Tributary Width
Mat (Raft) Foundation
36. The ratio of the total amount of rain (rainfall depth) falling during a given period to the duration of the period
Egress
Drainage
Rainfall Intensity
Shape
37. A permanent on-site pond used to manage storm water in which pollutants are allowed to settle out or be removed by biological activity
Header
Exit Access
Span
Retention Pond (Wet Pond)
38. Any vertical line of soil - waste - vent - or inside conductor piping that extends through at least one story
Stack
Underlayment
Water Distributing Pipe
Drainage System
39. A floor that is above the level of the ground
Ballast
Span
Elevated Floor
Elevation
40. Energy radiated or transmitted as rays or waves - in the form of particles`
Impervious
Potable Water
Exit
Radiant Heat
41. Piping within a building that conveys sewage - rainwater - or other liquid wastes to a point of disposal
Drainage System
Floor Joists
Ballast
Beam
42. The load carrying capacity of a structural member
Stadia
Building Envelope
Nominal Strength
Coniferous
43. A visual principle associated with change made in size - shape - color - or tone of graphic elements
Storm Sewer
Beam Analysis
Angle of Repose
Contrast
44. That portion of the means-of-egress system between the termination of the exit and a public way
Strain
Exit Discharge
Pile
Radiant Heat
45. 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`
Pin Support
Beam
Air Handling Unit (AHU)
Slab-on-Grade
46. A covering placed over exterior studs or rafters that serve as a base below the exterior finish materials
Electric Meter
Sheathing
Vernacular Architecture
Header
47. Something that is the product of mixing two or more different things
Ingress
Hybrid
Building Code
Building Code
48. An individual trained in the art and science of designing and constructing buildings
Riser
Contrast
Architect
House Wrap
49. Force per unit area
Plumbing Fixture
Stakeholder
Building Code
Stress
50. A block of hardened concrete - with or without hollow cores - designed to be laid in the same manner as brick and stone
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Ingress
Subfloor
Concrete Masonry Unit