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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. Water at a temperature greater than or equal to 110
Grading
Moment Arm
Floor Joists
Hot Water
2. Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution - including liquids containing chemicals in solution
Sewage
Free-body Diagram
Air Handling Unit (AHU)
Aesthetics
3. A unit designed to produce forced air or hot water for heating and cooling
Ingress
Heat Pump
Tilt-up Construction
Ingress
4. An electrical connection to the earth
Switch Leg
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Ground
Underlayment
5. An instrument used to measure electric power
Design Storm
Runoff Coefficent
Plastic Limit
Electric Meter
6. A structural member - usually horizontal - that carries a load that is applied transverse to its length
Drainage Fixture Unit
Datum
Drainage Fixture Unit
Beam
7. A measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures
Structural Engineer
Source Reduction
Rod Intercept
Drainage Fixture Unit
8. Survey that establishes a network of horizontal and vertical monuments that serve as a reference framework for other surveys
Bench Mark
Electric Meter
Control Survey
Duration
9. The various conductors - connections - and devices found along the path of electric flow from the source through the components and back to the source
Circuit
Coarse Grained Soil
Grading
Radiant Heat
10. A method of designing structural elements such that the allowable strength is greater than or equal to the strength necessary to support the required load combinations
Tributary Width
Rhythm
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Water Distributing Pipe
11. A roof membrane laminated from layers of asphalt-saturated felt or other fabric - bonded together with bitumen or pitch
Storm Water Wetlands
Return Period
Electric Meter
Built-up-Roof
12. 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
Free-body Diagram
Ground
Design Storm
Arch
13. 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
Low Slope Roof
Stack
Deep Foundation
Liquid Limit
14. Concrete that is poured in its final location
Grading
Design Temperature Differential
Cast in Place Concrete
Top Plate
15. A structural member - usually horizontal - that carries a load that is applied transverse to its length
Moment
Cast in Place Concrete
Beam
Fa
16. Material - such as boards or shingles - used for surfacing the outside walls of a frame building
Heat Pump
Architect
Roller (Rocker) Support
Siding
17. Any pipe that carries wastewater or water-borne wastes in a building drainage system
Continuous Beam
Drain
Stack
Plane Survey
18. A long cylindrical reinforced concrete foundation element formed by drilling into firm soil and pouring concrete into the hole
Caisson
Backsight
Land Surveying
Grading
19. A sheet of plastic - synthetic rubber - or modified bitumen used as a roofing sheet for a low-slope roof
Source Reduction
Siding
Single-ply Membrane
Charette
20. A wall that does not carry vertical load other than its own weight
Non-Load Bearing Wall
Water Distributing Pipe
Plasticity Limit
Truss
21. An instrument used to measure electric power
Exit Access
Balance
Electric Meter
Roller (Rocker) Support
22. An electric safety switch that automatically opens a circuit when excessive amperage occurs.
Lintel
Drainage System
Circuit Breaker
Structural Efficency
23. A beam which is supported such that the number of unknown reaction forces is greater than the number of equilibrium equations
Occupancy Category
Statically Indeterminate Beam
Soil Pipe
Unity
24. The load carrying capacity of a structural member
Balance
Nominal Strength
Shape
Post and Lintel Construction
25. (Quantity of shingles) In roofing - 100 square feet of roofing material
Square
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Shape
Return Period
26. The lowest - widest part of the foundation that distributes the load over a broad area of the soil
Footing
Slab-on-Grade
Munincipality
Circuit
27. A user-friendly approach to design in the living environment where people of any culture - age - size - weight - race - gender - and ability can experience an environment that promotes their health - safety - and welfare today and in the future
Ballast
Tributary Area
Universal Design
Egress
28. Heat transmission by the circulation of a liquid or a heated gas or air
Wind Load
Thermal Convection
Elevation
Equilibrium
29. An engineer that is licensed to design the structural systems for a building
Structural Engineer
Water Closet
Liquid Limit
ABET
30. 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 failure
Movement
Cleanout
Stability
Footing
31. The rules that describe how designers might put together various design elements to create an aesthetic finished product
Cleanout
Design Principles
Stress
Moment Arm
32. Steel bar used to reinforce concrete
Solar Orientation
Rebar
Finish Grade
Low Slope Roof
33. Piping within a building that conveys sewage - rainwater - or other liquid wastes to a point of disposal
Tensile Strength
Drainage System
Egress
Dome
34. The vertical distance from the datum to the line of sight of the instrument
Height of Instrument
Voussoir
Thermal Convection
Hybrid
35. A number that indicates the portion of rainwater that will be discharged by a particular surface
Runoff Coefficent
Deep Foundation
Water Heater
Plane Survey
36. Soil in which more than 50 percent - by weight - of the soil passes the Number 200 sieve. In other words - more than 50 percent of the soil is composed of silt and/or clay
Reinforced Concrete
Fine Grained Soil
Electric Meter
Span
37. Drawings - plans - specifications - etc. associated with a construction project
Ingress
Circuit Breaker
Ponding
Construction Documents
38. A foundation that transfers building loads into the earth well below the building structure
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Underlayment
Deep Foundation
Strain
39. A load on a structure caused by movement of the Earth relative to the structure during an earthquake
Light Gauge Steel
Seismic Load
Siding
Keystone
40. Nominal strength divided by the safety factor
Drainage Fixture Unit
Air Handling Unit (AHU)
Circuit Breaker
Allowable Strength
41. The science of determining relative positions of points on or near the Earth's surface
Rhythm
Closure Error
Source Reduction
Land Surveying
42. A vertical pipe installed to provide circulation of air to and from any part of the drainage system
Ground
Circuit Breaker
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Vent Pipe
43. A basic visual component or building block of designed objects
Grading
Concrete
Element of Design
Coarse Grained Soil
44. 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
Footing
Source Reduction
NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board)
Brownfield
45. The numerical value used to indicate the resistance to the flow of heat
Thermal Convection
Low Slope Roof
R-value
Axial Force
46. Five broad categories of construction found in the International Building Code that are based on the fire-resistive capabilities of the materials used
Drainage Fixture Unit
Column
Coarse Grained Soil
Construction Type
47. An upright structural member acting primarily in compression
Lintel
Outlet
Pattern
Column
48. Thin sheet metal folded into a stiff shape and used as a structural member
Kip
Light Gauge Steel
Subfloor
Strength
49. Five broad categories of construction found in the International Building Code that are based on the fire-resistive capabilities of the materials used
Floor Joists
Lavatory
Potable Water
Construction Type
50. Open web - parallel chord - load-carrying members suitable for the direct support of floors and roof decks in buildings
Continuous Beam
SPF (Spray Polyurethane Foam)
Open Web Steel Joist
Thermal Conduction