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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 force exerted upon a body due to gravitational attraction to a planet
Stability
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Trap
Weight
2. Forces or other actions that result from the weight of building materials - occupants and their possessions - and environmental effects
Load
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Foundation
Tributary Area
3. The portion of a building that encloses the treated environment - including the walls - ceiling or roof - and floor
Berm
Plane Survey
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Building Envelope
4. A panel laid over a subfloor or subsurface to create a smooth - stiff surface for the application of a finish
Underlayment
Girder
Sewer
Pin Support
5. A vertical pipe installed to provide circulation of air to and from any part of the drainage system
Vent Pipe
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
Berm
Column
6. A roof that is pitched at an angle so near to horizontal that it must be made waterproof with a continuous membrane rather than shingles; commonly and inaccurately referred to as a flat roof
Low Slope Roof
Load
Non-Load Bearing Wall
Light Gauge Steel
7. An exterior building wall that is supported entirely by the frame of the building - rather than being self-supporting or load bearing
Curtain Wall
Space
Outlet
SPF (Spray Polyurethane Foam)
8. A sheet of plastic - synthetic rubber - or modified bitumen used as a roofing sheet for a low-slope roof
Tensile Strength
Egress
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Single-ply Membrane
9. Drawings - plans - specifications - etc. associated with a construction project
Sole Plate
Construction Documents
Drain
Water Heater
10. 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)
Color
Poorly Graded
Statically Determinate Beam
Value
11. Culturally and climatically relevant architecture using locally available materials and traditional building techniques
Electric Meter
Vernacular Architecture
Equilibrium
Topographic Survey
12. A single concrete footing that is essentially equal in area to the area of ground covered by the supported structure
Mat (Raft) Foundation
Closure Error
Design Principles
Precast Concrete
13. Something that is the product of mixing two or more different things
Balance
Hybrid
Munincipality
Circuit Breaker
14. A reinforced concrete beam that transmits the load from a bearing wall into a spaced foundation such as pile caps or caissons
Light Gauge Steel
Zoning Ordinance
Drainage System
Grade Beam
15. 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
Plumbing Fixture
Electric Meter
Color
Pin Support
16. A block of hardened concrete - with or without hollow cores - designed to be laid in the same manner as brick and stone
Heat Loss
Concrete Masonry Unit
Tributary Width
Differential Leveling
17. Heat transmission by the circulation of a liquid or a heated gas or air
Weight
Thermal Convection
Main
Elevation
18. A roof membrane laminated from layers of asphalt-saturated felt or other fabric - bonded together with bitumen or pitch
Architect
Shallow Foundation
Built-up-Roof
Foundation
19. A permanent on-site pond used to manage storm water in which pollutants are allowed to settle out or be removed by biological activity
Rhythm
Retention Pond (Wet Pond)
Pile
Stadia
20. An individual trained in the art and science of designing and constructing buildings
Architect
Lintel
Arch
Yield Stress
21. The lowest - widest part of the foundation that distributes the load over a broad area of the soil
Moment Arm
Footing
Value
Shear Force
22. Pressure from the wind that can cause lateral loads as well as uplift on the roof or downward pressure
Siding
Cast in Place Concrete
Wind Load
Safety Factor
23. A measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures
Dead Load
Drainage Fixture Unit
Foresight
Structural Engineer
24. The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition
Balance
Solar Orientation
Plumbing Fixture
Stadia
25. The distance a beam or structure deforms under loading - typically due to bending in a beam
Drainage
Property Survey
Nominal Strength
Deflection
26. A curved structure for spanning an opening - designed to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression
Load
Arch
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Height of Instrument
27. A floor that is above the level of the ground
Prevailing Winds
Reinforced Concrete
Source Reduction
Elevated Floor
28. The numerical value used to indicate the resistance to the flow of heat
Circuit Breaker
Lateral Load
R-value
Top Plate
29. Force per unit area
Shear Force
Stress
Ducts
Elevated Floor
30. An agent that causes stress in an object
Force
Roller (Rocker) Support
Wind Load
Outlet
31. A structural wall that carries loads other than its own weight
Force
Load Bearing Wall
Non-Load Bearing Wall
Exit Discharge
32. A land survey that provides points and elevations for building civil engineering projects. Often called engineering survey
Ingress
Construction Survey
Force
Post and Lintel Construction
33. A water-flushing plumbing fixture - such as a toilet - that is designed to receive and discharge human excrement
Continuous Beam
Water Closet
Source Reduction
Shear Diagram
34. Material used to restrict the flow of heat - cold - or sound from one surface to another
Wind Load
Spread Footing
Insulation
Stability
35. A beam supporting the weight above a door or window opening
Lintel
ABET
Span
Moment
36. A heavy material installed over a roof membrane to prevent wind uplift and shield the membrane from sunlight
Compression Strength
Ballast
Form
Distribution Panel
37. Solid walls that provide support for each other and for the roof of a structure
Field Notes
Stud
Bearing Walls
Yield Stress
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
Source Reduction
Foresight
Design Temperature Differential
Distribution Panel
39. The final elevation of the ground surface after excavating or filling
Circuit
Hybrid
Square
Finish Grade
40. Ratio of the maximum design load to the weight of the structure
Structural Efficency
Foresight
Pile
Liquid Limit
41. Water not safe for drinking - personal - or culinary utilization
Liquid Limit
Circuit
Nonpotable Water
Water Meter
42. Any heating appliance or equipment that heats potable water and supplies such water to the potable hot water distribution system
Watt
Water Heater
Element of Design
Height of Instrument
43. Forces or other actions that result from the weight of building materials - occupants and their possessions - and environmental effects
Stadia
Load
Plane Survey
R-value
44. The science of determining relative positions of points on or near the Earth's surface
Water Meter
Rod Intercept
Setback
Land Surveying
45. A horizontal ledge cut between the foot and top of an embankment to stabilize the slope by intercepting sliding earth
Lintel
Deep Foundation
Berm
Hybrid
46. Reducing waste by changing patterns of production and consumption
Water Distributing Pipe
Trap
Building Code
Source Reduction
47. The distance between supports for a beam - girder - truss - or other horizontal structural member; to carry a load between supports
Span
Shallow Foundation
Building Code
Stability
48. A support condition in which translation of a structural member is restricted in only one direction and rotation is not restricted. A roller support provides one reaction force when the member is loaded
Circuit Breaker
Construction Survey
Insulation
Roller (Rocker) Support
49. The relative lightness or darkness of a color
Value
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
Vernacular Architecture
Internal Force
50. A plot of the shear force in a beam versus the position along the axis of the beam
Single-ply Membrane
Shear Diagram
Balance
Backsight