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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A block of hardened concrete - with or without hollow cores - designed to be laid in the same manner as brick and stone
Element of Design
Grading
Concrete Masonry Unit
Ground
2. Material used to restrict the flow of heat - cold - or sound from one surface to another
Siding
Live Load
Insulation
Control Survey
3. 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)
Poorly Graded
NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board)
Vernacular Architecture
Foresight
4. A relatively permanent object - natural or artificial - bearing a marked point whose elevation above or below the adopted datum is known or assumed
Bench Mark
Kip
Nonpotable Water
Height of Instrument
5. The exterior face of a building
Ballast
Moment Arm
Shape
Fa
6. Culturally and climatically relevant architecture using locally available materials and traditional building techniques
Footing
Vernacular Architecture
Emphasis
Shallow Foundation
7. A sheet of plastic - synthetic rubber - or modified bitumen used as a roofing sheet for a low-slope roof
Single-ply Membrane
Grading
Sheathing
Trap
8. A solid - hard material produced by combining Portland cement - aggregates - sand - water and sometimes additional mixtures
Concrete
Invert Elevation
Grade Beam
Rafter
9. A land survey used to prepare maps showing location of natural and man-made features and elevations of points on the ground
Main
Load Bearing Wall
Setback
Topographic Survey
10. Nominal strength divided by the safety factor
Topographic Survey
Pin Support
Drain
Allowable Strength
11. A plot of the shear force in a beam versus the position along the axis of the beam
Siding
Brownfield
Stud
Shear Diagram
12. 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
Compression Strength
Wind Load
Fine Grained Soil
Floor Joists
13. Any surface to which elevations are referred (for example - mean sea level)
Datum
Lavatory
Thermal Conduction
Pitched Roof
14. The state or quality of being combined into one - as the ordering of elements in an artistic work that constitutes a harmonious whole or promotes a singleness of effect
Siding
Unity
Design Load
Shallow Foundation
15. The professional engineering society representing the field of civil engineering and others working in the civil engineering field
Bearing Walls
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Vent Pipe
Wind Load
16. The distance between supports for a beam - girder - truss - or other horizontal structural member; to carry a load between supports
Closure Error
Fixed Support
Span
Free-body Diagram
17. A fitting with a removable plug that is placed in plumbing drainage pipe lines to allow access for cleaning out the pipe
Heat Pump
Cleanout
Aesthetics
Statically Indeterminate Beam
18. The process of heat transfer through a solid by transmitting kinetic energy from one molecule to the next
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
Thermal Conduction
Moment Diagram
Low Impact Development
19. The maximum compressive stress a material can withstand without failure
Deep Foundation
Compression Strength
Axial Force
Roller (Rocker) Support
20. A water-flushing plumbing fixture - such as a toilet - that is designed to receive and discharge human excrement
Underlayment
Zoning Ordinance
Berm
Water Closet
21. A pond that collects storm water - temporarily stores - and then slowly releases the water into the municipal storm water system
Zoning Ordinance
Water Meter
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Truss
22. A visual principle associated with change made in size - shape - color - or tone of graphic elements
Contrast
Deflection
Initial Point
Compression Strength
23. The difference between a measured or calculated elevation and the true or established elevation
Masonry
Shear Force
Beam Analysis
Closure Error
24. The two-dimensional contour that characterizes an object or area
Drainage
Foresight
Shape
Well Graded
25. Pressure from the wind that can cause lateral loads as well as uplift on the roof or downward pressure
Potable Water
Wind Load
Cleanout
Water Heater
26. Force per unit area
Retention Pond (Wet Pond)
Deciduous
Sill
Stress
27. One who is involved in or affected by a course of action
Bench Mark
Ingress
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Stakeholder
28. The electrical conductor from a switch to the electrical device being controlled
Coarse Grained Soil
Texture
Switch Leg
Mat (Raft) Foundation
29. A tar-impregnated paper used for water protection under roofing and siding materials
Felt
Statically Determinate Beam
Light Gauge Steel
Prevailing Winds
30. The energy needed to warm outside air leaking into a building through cracks around doors - windows - and other areas
Brownfield
Riser
Liquid Limit
Heat Loss
31. (Quantity of shingles) In roofing - 100 square feet of roofing material
Property Survey
Stack
Decking
Square
32. The dimensions of height - depth - and width within which all things exist and move
Space
Compression Strength
Moment Diagram
Pin Support
33. A specification that indicates by whom or how the structure will be used
Top Plate
Occupancy Group
Rebar
Arch
34. A panel laid over a subfloor or subsurface to create a smooth - stiff surface for the application of a finish
Underlayment
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
Structural Engineer
Sustainability
35. A plot of the internal moment in a beam versus position along the axis of the beam
Moment Diagram
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Drainage System
Distribution Panel
36. A long slender piece of material driven or drilled into the ground to act as an element of a foundation
Pile
Footing
Safety Factor
Valve
37. A beam that is supported on one end by a pin support and supported on the other end by a roller support
Drainage System
Simple Beam
Cast in Place Concrete
SPF (Spray Polyurethane Foam)
38. Any pipe that carries wastewater or water-borne wastes in a building drainage system
Geodetic Survey
Rebar
Drain
Drainage System
39. Survey that establishes a network of horizontal and vertical monuments that serve as a reference framework for other surveys
Control Survey
Ballast
Moment Diagram
Free-body Diagram
40. The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition
Fenestration
Keystone
Cleanout
Balance
41. The distance a beam or structure deforms under loading - typically due to bending in a beam
Deflection
Moment
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
Return Period
42. 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
Closure Error
Top Plate
Internal Force
Liquid Limit
43. 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
Bench Mark
Distribution Panel
Safety Factor
Construction Type
44. 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
Heat Loss
Dome
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Water Heater
45. A system for disposal of domestic sewage by means of a septic tank cesspool mechanical treatment to serve a single establishment or building
Masonry
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Built-up-Roof
Statically Indeterminate Beam
46. The width of floor or roof along the length of a beam - measured perpendicular to the beam - representing the portion of surface from which an applied uniform load is assumed to transfer to that beam
Munincipality
Tributary Width
Force
Non-Load Bearing Wall
47. A permanent on-site pond used to manage storm water in which pollutants are allowed to settle out or be removed by biological activity
Water Closet
Ingress
Retention Pond (Wet Pond)
Poorly Graded
48. Surveys to determine relative positions of widely spaced points which require consideration of the size and shape of the Earth
Runoff Coefficent
Geodetic Survey
Ground
Tributary Width
49. A measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures
Drainage Fixture Unit
Ground
Ponding
Square
50. Polyurethane foam sprayed in place on a low-slope roof then covered with a protective coating
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Foresight
Strain
SPF (Spray Polyurethane Foam)