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1. 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
Plasticity Limit
Beam
Watt
Trap
2. Law that specifies how and for what purpose each parcel of private real estate may be used. Also called zoning code
Stress
Heat Loss
Zoning Ordinance
Exit Discharge
3. Pipes - typically made of sheet metal - used to conduct hot or cold air in the HVAC system
Ducts
Ground
Well Graded
Design Principles
4. Two horizontal cross wires that are equidistant from the center crosshair in the sight
Stadia
Ground
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Water Distributing Pipe
5. A reinforced concrete beam that transmits the load from a bearing wall into a spaced foundation such as pile caps or caissons
Beam
Grade Beam
Force
Prevailing Winds
6. The number of persons for which the means of egress of a building or portion thereof is designed
Sewer
Riser
Arch
Occupant Load
7. The feel - appearance - or consistency of a surface - substance - or fabric
Outlet
Texture
Stack
Voussoir
8. An assembly of structural members joined to form a rigid framework - usually connected to form triangles
Sole Plate
Bearing Walls
Slab-on-Grade
Truss
9. 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
Stability
Thermal Conduction
Field Notes
Air Handling Unit (AHU)
10. The science of determining relative positions of points on or near the Earth's surface
Structural Engineer
Pile
Load Bearing Wall
Land Surveying
11. 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
Egress
Color
Movement
Statically Determinate Beam
12. Any pipe that carries wastewater or water-borne wastes in a building drainage system
Drain
Cleanout
Tensile Strength
Exit Discharge
13. Minimum distance that the zoning ordinance requires must be maintained between a structure and property lines or between two structures
Movement
Setback
Field Notes
Ingress
14. Piping within a building that conveys sewage - rainwater - or other liquid wastes to a point of disposal
Easement
Moment Diagram
Shape
Drainage System
15. 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
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Runoff Coefficent
Charette
Fixed Support
16. Culturally and climatically relevant architecture using locally available materials and traditional building techniques
Property Survey
Electric Meter
Vernacular Architecture
Field Notes
17. A foundation that transfers building loads into the earth well below the building structure
Drain
Pressure Head
Deep Foundation
Datum
18. 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
Pitched Roof
Roller (Rocker) Support
Spread Footing
Ponding
19. Any of the wedge-shaped units in a masonry arch or vault - having side cuts converging at one of the arch centers
Valve
Decking
Movement
Voussoir
20. The distance between supports for a beam - girder - truss - or other horizontal structural member; to carry a load between supports
Span
Angle of Repose
Footing
Grade Beam
21. A number that indicates the portion of rainwater that will be discharged by a particular surface
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Impervious
Runoff Coefficent
Dead Load
22. The relative lightness or darkness of a color
Contrast
Topographic Survey
Value
Spread Footing
23. Force per unit area
Low Slope Roof
Brownfield
Stress
Stakeholder
24. A measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures
Drainage Fixture Unit
Shear Diagram
Easement
Low Slope Roof
25. The moving of soil to affect the elevation of land at a construction site`
Dome
Occupant Load
Stadia
Grading
26. The portion of a building that encloses the treated environment - including the walls - ceiling or roof - and floor
Invert Elevation
Angle of Repose
Building Envelope
Line
27. A pipe - normally underground - that carries wastewater and refuse
Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Distribution Panel
Sewer
Grade Beam
28. The elevation of the bottom of the inside of the pipe wall
Invert Elevation
Drain
Circuit Breaker
Circuit
29. A selected storm event - described in terms of the probability of occurring once within a given number of years - for which drainage or flood control improvements are designed and built
Design Storm
Footing
Single-ply Membrane
Footing
30. Direction from which the wind most frequently blows in a given area of the country
Moment Arm
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Prevailing Winds
Emphasis
31. 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
ABET
Aesthetics
Water Distributing Pipe
Free-body Diagram
32. An arrangement of several arches whose bases form a circle and whose tops meet in the center
Drainage Fixture Unit
Rebar
Low Impact Development
Dome
33. Any surface to which elevations are referred (for example - mean sea level)
Datum
EPDM
Spread Footing
Charette
34. The difference between the rod readings at the stadia wires
Plastic Limit
Exit Discharge
Rod Intercept
Runoff Coefficent
35. A vertical pipe installed to provide circulation of air to and from any part of the drainage system
Vent Pipe
Slab-on-Grade
Backsight
Deep Foundation
36. A solid - hard material produced by combining Portland cement - aggregates - sand - water and sometimes additional mixtures
Ducts
Column
Concrete
Elevated Floor
37. Removal of groundwater or surface water - or of water from structures - by gravity or pumping
Drainage
Sewage
Elevated Floor
Stress
38. A panel laid over a subfloor or subsurface to create a smooth - stiff surface for the application of a finish
Easement
Underlayment
Open Web Steel Joist
Stability
39. The electrical conductor from a switch to the electrical device being controlled
Nonpotable Water
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
U-factor
Switch Leg
40. The exterior face of a building
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
Lateral Load
Fa
Occupancy Category
41. A system for disposal of domestic sewage by means of a septic tank cesspool mechanical treatment to serve a single establishment or building
Tensile Strength
Column
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Construction Documents
42. Horizontal structural members used to carry the floor and ceiling loads
Pattern
Concrete Masonry Unit
Compression Strength
Floor Joists
43. A storm water management approach that uses green space - native landscaping - and techniques that mimic a site's pre-development water cycle
Low Impact Development
Tensile Strength
Well Graded
Wind Load
44. The stress at which a material begins to deform plastically
Yield Stress
Angle of Repose
Duration
Foundation
45. A unit of measure of power
Axial Force
Curtain Wall
Yield Stress
Watt
46. The distance a beam or structure deforms under loading - typically due to bending in a beam
Reinforced Concrete
Deflection
NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board)
Property Survey
47. The recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science - computing - engineering - and technology
Underlayment
ABET
Texture
Stud
48. A pond that collects storm water - temporarily stores - and then slowly releases the water into the municipal storm water system
Lintel
Duration
Pressure Head
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
49. The length of time - on average - over which an event (or an event of greater magnitude) is expected to occur not more than one time. For example - a Category 3 hurricane may have a return period of 100 years - which means that a Category 3 hurricane
Yield Stress
Return Period
Differential Leveling
Precast Concrete
50. Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural - electrical - plumbing - and mechanical areas of a structure
Return Period
Sill
Building Code
Pressure Head
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