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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. A complete record of all measurements made during the survey with sketches and narration - where necessary - to clarify the notes
Well Graded
Field Notes
Building Envelope
Ballast
2. The capacity of a structure to resist the effects of loads
Caisson
Strength
Girder
Yield Stress
3. A sloping roof
Footing
Structural Efficency
Ingress
Pitched Roof
4. A specification that indicates by whom or how the structure will be used
Occupancy Group
Circuit Breaker
Design Temperature Differential
Tilt-up Construction
5. The shape and structure of something as distinguished from its substance or material
Form
Span
Circuit
Space
6. 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
Stud
Distribution Panel
Weight
Open Web Steel Joist
7. The vertical distance from the datum to the line of sight of the instrument
Rod Intercept
Height of Instrument
Precast Concrete
Load
8. The professional society representing the field of architecture and others working in the architecture field
Stress
Aesthetics
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Egress
9. A foundation that transfers building loads into the earth well below the building structure
Pin Support
Liquid Limit
Sewage
Deep Foundation
10. One who is involved in or affected by a course of action
Egress
Element of Design
Stakeholder
Repetition
11. The distance between supports for a beam - girder - truss - or other horizontal structural member; to carry a load between supports
Impervious
Egress
Building Code
Span
12. Meeting the needs of society in ways that can continue indefinitely into the future without damaging or depleting natural resources
Egress
Electric Meter
Design Storm
Sustainability
13. The internal force - usually in a beam - which acts in the plane of the cross-section of the beam
Shear Force
Foundation
Single-ply Membrane
Setback
14. A soil that displays a good representation of all particle sizes. For instance - well-graded sand will contain a fairly even distribution of coarse - medium - and fine sand
Well Graded
Elevated Floor
Design Temperature Differential
Square
15. The vertical distance from a datum to a point or object
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Footing
Elevation
Kip
16. A sewer that conveys sewage but excludes storm - surface - and ground water
Equilibrium
Nonpotable Water
Sanitary Sewer
Structural Engineer
17. The feel - appearance - or consistency of a surface - substance - or fabric
Sewer
Coarse Grained Soil
Texture
Line
18. The load carrying capacity of a structural member
Axial Force
Nominal Strength
Water Service
Floor Joists
19. A unit designed to produce forced air or hot water for heating and cooling
Electric Meter
Heat Pump
Drainage Fixture Unit
Post and Lintel Construction
20. A long slender piece of material driven or drilled into the ground to act as an element of a foundation
Force
Lavatory
Munincipality
Pile
21. A limited right to make use of a property owned by another
Circuit
Easement
Lintel
Drainage System
22. The pipe from the water main or other supply to the water-distributing pipes
Grade Beam
Water Service
Concrete Masonry Unit
Beam
23. The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition
Setback
Balance
Tributary Area
Watt
24. The reading on a rod held at a point of known or assumed elevation
Circuit Breaker
Zoning Ordinance
Backsight
Truss
25. Something that is the product of mixing two or more different things
Hybrid
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Span
Fixed Support
26. A system for disposal of domestic sewage by means of a septic tank cesspool mechanical treatment to serve a single establishment or building
Plastic Limit
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Tensile Strength
Pin Support
27. A land survey that establishes property corners - boundaries - and areas of land parcels. Also called land surveys - cadastral surveys - and boundary surveys
Munincipality
Property Survey
Load Bearing Wall
Building Envelope
28. 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
Plastic Limit
Water Service
Insulation
Stud
29. That portion of the means-of-egress system between the termination of the exit and a public way
Potable Water
Impervious
Datum
Exit Discharge
30. A pipe - normally underground - that carries wastewater and refuse
Subfloor
Grading
Foundation
Sewer
31. The relative lightness or darkness of a color
Drainage System
Tributary Area
Value
Land Surveying
32. A unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds
Kip
Duration
Finish Grade
Geodetic Survey
33. The pressure of water at a given point in a pipe arising from the pressure in it
Pressure Head
Structural Engineer
Open Web Steel Joist
Pitched Roof
34. The difference between a measured or calculated elevation and the true or established elevation
Equilibrium
Impervious
Closure Error
Cleanout
35. A water-flushing plumbing fixture - such as a toilet - that is designed to receive and discharge human excrement
Tilt-up Construction
Continuous Beam
Water Closet
Ingress
36. The process of heat transfer through a solid by transmitting kinetic energy from one molecule to the next
Thermal Conduction
Vent Pipe
Fa
Girder
37. 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
Cast in Place Concrete
Yield Stress
Universal Design
Stability
38. 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
House Wrap
Deflection
Watt
39. Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural - electrical - plumbing - and mechanical areas of a structure
Hot Water
Stack
Rainfall Intensity
Building Code
40. Entrances or a means to enter
Angle of Repose
Statically Determinate Beam
Egress
Ingress
41. A concrete surface lying upon - and supported directly by - the ground beneath
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Slab-on-Grade
ABET
Ducts
42. A beam supporting the weight above a door or window opening
Foundation
Lintel
Keystone
Field Notes
43. 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)
Geodetic Survey
Poorly Graded
Design Load
Load
44. A material used to span across beams or joists to create a floor or roof surface
Span
Ducts
Egress
Decking
45. A city - town - etc. having its own incorporated government for local affairs
Elevation
Municipality
Charette
Exit Discharge
46. A horizontal structural member used to support other structural members over openings such as doors and windows
Ducts
Header
Nonpotable Water
Riser
47. An individual trained in the art and science of designing and constructing buildings
Nominal Strength
Built-up-Roof
Architect
Sewer
48. An assembly of structural members joined to form a rigid framework - usually connected to form triangles
Outlet
Low Slope Roof
Truss
Closure Error
49. A fitting with a removable plug that is placed in plumbing drainage pipe lines to allow access for cleaning out the pipe
Light Gauge Steel
Cleanout
Beam
Statically Indeterminate Beam
50. That portion of the means-of-egress system that leads from any occupied portion in a building or structure to an exit
Occupancy Category
Header
Datum
Exit Access