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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. 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
Drainage System
Space
Exit Discharge
Fenestration
2. A structural member - usually horizontal - that carries a load that is applied transverse to its length
Beam
Construction Type
Topographic Survey
Prevailing Winds
3. Water not safe for drinking - personal - or culinary utilization
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Water Meter
Pattern
Nonpotable Water
4. Material used to restrict the flow of heat - cold - or sound from one surface to another
Grading
Stability
Insulation
Header
5. Meeting the needs of society in ways that can continue indefinitely into the future without damaging or depleting natural resources
Foundation
Square
Drain
Sustainability
6. A support condition in which translation of a structural member is restricted in two perpendicular directions and rotation is restricted. A fixed support provides two perpendicular reaction forces and a reaction moment when the member is loaded
Felt
Emphasis
Fixed Support
Footing
7. Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural - electrical - plumbing - and mechanical areas of a structure
Low Impact Development
Tilt-up Construction
Aesthetics
Building Code
8. An electrical connection to the earth
Ground
Tributary Width
Rebar
Runoff Coefficent
9. A continuous system of structural elements that transfer an applied load to the supporting soil
Elevated Floor
Load Bearing Wall
Civil Engineer
Load Path
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
Coarse Grained Soil
Subfloor
Circuit
Wind Load
11. A unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds
Fenestration
Continuous Beam
Kip
EPDM
12. A sloping roof
Deep Foundation
Pitched Roof
Cast in Place Concrete
EPDM
13. Entrances or a means to enter
Ingress
Top Plate
Thermal Conduction
Well Graded
14. Minimum distance that the zoning ordinance requires must be maintained between a structure and property lines or between two structures
Setback
Exit
Geodetic Survey
Return Period
15. A structural wall that carries loads other than its own weight
Seismic Load
Pin Support
Load Bearing Wall
Girder
16. The maximum compressive stress a material can withstand without failure
Compression Strength
Load
Beam
Building Code
17. A measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures
Main
Drainage Fixture Unit
Span
Ingress
18. (Quantity of shingles) In roofing - 100 square feet of roofing material
Load Bearing Wall
Design Load
Tensile Strength
Square
19. 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)
Water Service
Structural Engineer
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Poorly Graded
20. The difference between a measured or calculated elevation and the true or established elevation
Low Slope Roof
Closure Error
Emphasis
Design Temperature Differential
21. Any surface to which elevations are referred (for example - mean sea level)
Arch
Datum
NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board)
Beam Analysis
22. Energy radiated or transmitted as rays or waves - in the form of particles`
SPF (Spray Polyurethane Foam)
Radiant Heat
Construction Type
Light Gauge Steel
23. The process of determining the difference in height between a plane of sight and a point
Differential Leveling
Shore
Initial Point
Field Notes
24. A roof membrane laminated from layers of asphalt-saturated felt or other fabric - bonded together with bitumen or pitch
Line
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
Built-up-Roof
Header
25. A prop for preventing sinking or sagging (noun). To support by a shore (transitive verb)
Unity
Exit
EPDM
Shore
26. Movement characterized by a patterned repetition or alteration of formal elements or motifs in the same or a modified form
Outlet
Balance
Rhythm
Finish Grade
27. A structural member - usually horizontal - that carries a load that is applied transverse to its length
Siding
Open Web Steel Joist
Setback
Beam
28. A condition of a frame or structure in which a slight disturbance in the loads or geometry of the structure does not produce large displacements or fai
Zoning Ordinance
Stability
Dead Load
Water Closet
29. The edge or contour of a shape
Line
Well Graded
Land Surveying
Ground
30. The difference between the rod readings at the stadia wires
Nonpotable Water
Rod Intercept
Safety Factor
Occupant Load
31. 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
Moment Diagram
Design Load
Stress
Plastic Limit
32. Ratio of the maximum design load to the weight of the structure
Switch Leg
Column
Structural Efficency
Thermal Conduction
33. The recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science - computing - engineering - and technology
Individual Sewage Disposal System
ABET
Outlet
Impervious
34. 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
Tributary Area
Floor Joists
Force
Balance
35. The vertical distance from a datum to a point or object
Elevation
Construction Type
Ground
Drainage System
36. An intensive workshop in which various stakeholders and experts are brought together to address a particular design issue
Charette
Building Code
Exit Discharge
Fine Grained Soil
37. Stress or prominence given to an element of a composition by means of contrast - anomaly - or counterpoint
Easement
Texture
Plasticity Limit
Emphasis
38. A measure of the heat transmission through a building part (as a wall or window) or a given thickness of a material (as insulation) with lower numbers indicating better insulating properties
Load
Deflection
U-factor
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
39. A floor that is above the level of the ground
Elevated Floor
Line
Distribution Panel
Air Handling Unit (AHU)
40. A measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Bearing Walls
Shallow Foundation
Drainage Fixture Unit
41. Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural - electrical - plumbing - and mechanical areas of a structure
Variance
Unity
Axial Force
Building Code
42. Open web - parallel chord - load-carrying members suitable for the direct support of floors and roof decks in buildings
Distribution Panel
Shape
Form
Open Web Steel Joist
43. 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
Plane Survey
Elevated Floor
Water Distributing Pipe
44. The professional society representing the field of architecture and others working in the architecture field
Space
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Variance
Liquid Limit
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`
Static Head
Repetition
Pin Support
Fa
46. 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
House Wrap
Drainage System
Trap
Square
47. Five broad categories of construction found in the International Building Code that are based on the fire-resistive capabilities of the materials used
Design Temperature Differential
Construction Type
Municipality
Pile
48. A diagram used to isolate a body from its environment - showing all external constraints and forces acting upon it and all geometric measurements necessary to model the body
Unity
Well Graded
Continuous Beam
Free-body Diagram
49. Any pipe that carries wastewater or water-borne wastes in a building drainage system
Slab-on-Grade
Drain
Sanitary Sewer
Emphasis
50. The state of a body such that the sum of all the external forces acting on the body equals zero and the sum of all external moments acting on the body equals zero
Thermal Convection
Equilibrium
Deep Foundation
Ponding