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Civil Engineering Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A load on a structure caused by movement of the Earth relative to the structure during an earthquake
Color
Water Closet
Land Surveying
Seismic Load
2. The structural floor joined to the joists that support the finish flooring
Drainage System
Prevailing Winds
Subfloor
Distribution Panel
3. Force per unit area
Stress
Curtain Wall
Ingress
Circuit
4. A fitting or device that provides a liquid seal to prevent the emission of sewer gases without materially affecting the flow of sewage or wastewater through the trap
Storm Sewer
Space
Continuous Beam
Trap
5. Entrances or a means to enter
Building Code
Ingress
Free-body Diagram
Deciduous
6. The relative lightness or darkness of a color
Design Temperature Differential
Precast Concrete
Value
Statically Indeterminate Beam
7. A device that is connected to the water distribution system and demands a supply of water; discharges wastewater - liquid-borne waste material - or sewage to the drainage system; or requires both a water supply connection and a discharge to the drain
Truss
Land Surveying
Return Period
Plumbing Fixture
8. The use of physical laws and mathematics to compute internal forces - stresses - and deformations
Water Closet
Beam Analysis
Subfloor
Cleanout
9. A sewer that conveys storm water or other drainage but not sanitary sewage
Sheathing
Masonry
Storm Sewer
Control Survey
10. The feel - appearance - or consistency of a surface - substance - or fabric
Texture
Fixed Support
Duration
Drainage System
11. A curved structure for spanning an opening - designed to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression
Dome
Poorly Graded
Construction Type
Arch
12. Piping within a building that conveys sewage - rainwater - or other liquid wastes to a point of disposal
Emphasis
Drainage System
Caisson
Ducts
13. Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that are long - thin - and needle-like
Fine Grained Soil
Coniferous
Pitched Roof
Datum
14. A vertical pipe installed to provide circulation of air to and from any part of the drainage system
Vent Pipe
Radiant Heat
Occupancy Category
Load
15. The portion of a building that encloses the treated environment - including the walls - ceiling or roof - and floor
Plasticity Limit
Building Envelope
Value
Stakeholder
16. Forces or other actions that result from the weight of building materials - occupants and their possessions - and environmental effects
Load
Outlet
Footing
Lavatory
17. A city - town - etc. having its own incorporated government for local affairs
Pressure Head
Ponding
Coarse Grained Soil
Munincipality
18. The vertical distance from a datum to a point or object
Elevation
Masonry
Invert Elevation
Ingress
19. A pipe that carries water from the service to the point of use
Storm Sewer
Water Distributing Pipe
Span
Live Load
20. The lower part of a building - which transfers structural loads from the building to the soil
Foundation
Dead Load
Shallow Foundation
Subfloor
21. The pressure of water at a given point in a pipe arising from the pressure in it
Exit
Thermal Convection
Soil Pipe
Pressure Head
22. A horizontal structural member used to support other structural members over openings such as doors and windows
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Poorly Graded
Sole Plate
Header
23. The professional engineering society representing the field of civil engineering and others working in the civil engineering field
Setback
Zoning Ordinance
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
ABET
24. The minimum moisture content at which the soil can be rolled into a thread one-eighth of an inch in diameter without crumbling and is determined by trial and error
Stud
Plastic Limit
Post and Lintel Construction
Repetition
25. Thin sheet metal folded into a stiff shape and used as a structural member
Design Temperature Differential
Light Gauge Steel
Hybrid
Building Code
26. The rules that describe how designers might put together various design elements to create an aesthetic finished product
Circuit Breaker
Masonry
Liquid Limit
Design Principles
27. Pipes - typically made of sheet metal - used to conduct hot or cold air in the HVAC system
Occupancy Category
Ducts
Girder
Lavatory
28. The distance between supports for a beam - girder - truss - or other horizontal structural member; to carry a load between supports
Siding
Property Survey
Deflection
Span
29. The lower part of a building - which transfers structural loads from the building to the soil
Sole Plate
Drainage Fixture Unit
Foundation
Egress
30. The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition
Arch
Cast in Place Concrete
Balance
Drainage System
31. An instrument used to measure electric power
Electric Meter
Sole Plate
Seismic Load
Equilibrium
32. A wedge-shaped stone placed in the crown of an arch
Truss
Keystone
Civil Engineer
Spread Footing
33. The vertical framing member in frame wall construction
Radiant Heat
Stud
Aesthetics
Ingress
34. A foundation that transfers building loads into the earth well below the building structure
Brownfield
Girder
Free-body Diagram
Deep Foundation
35. Heat transmission by the circulation of a liquid or a heated gas or air
Thermal Convection
Fixed Support
Solar Orientation
Liquid Limit
36. All areas (including the frames) in the building envelope that let in light - including windows - plastic panels - clerestories - skylights - glass doors that are more than one-half glass - and glass block walls. A skylight is a fenestration surface
Fenestration
Exit Access
Datum
Plasticity Limit
37. A unit of measure of power
Source Reduction
Deflection
Non-Load Bearing Wall
Watt
38. 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
Top Plate
Distribution Panel
Thermal Conduction
Structural Efficency
39. A block of hardened concrete - with or without hollow cores - designed to be laid in the same manner as brick and stone
Nominal Strength
Concrete Masonry Unit
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Moment
40. 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
Girder
Potable Water
Shear Diagram
Strain
41. 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
Brownfield
Static Head
Finish Grade
Continuous Beam
42. A prop for preventing sinking or sagging (noun). To support by a shore (transitive verb)
Ducts
Shore
Drain
Square
43. An upright structural member acting primarily in compression
Grading
Nonpotable Water
Column
Deflection
44. 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
Moment
Stadia
Trap
Heat Loss
45. A horizontal beam that supports other beams; a very large beam - especially one that is built up from other sections
Angle of Repose
Dome
Element of Design
Girder
46. A concrete surface lying upon - and supported directly by - the ground beneath
Slab-on-Grade
Tensile Strength
Arch
Space
47. A reinforced concrete beam that transmits the load from a bearing wall into a spaced foundation such as pile caps or caissons
Grade Beam
Fa
Safety Factor
Ingress
48. Minimum distance that the zoning ordinance requires must be maintained between a structure and property lines or between two structures
Ducts
Setback
Force
Value
49. That portion of the means-of-egress system that leads from any occupied portion in a building or structure to an exit
Construction Type
Distribution Panel
Exit Access
Dome
50. The perpendicular distance from a reference point to the line of action of the force
Brownfield
Live Load
Hybrid
Moment Arm