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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 synthetic rubber material used in roofing membranes
Shore
Statically Determinate Beam
Fascia
EPDM
2. Drawings - plans - specifications - etc. associated with a construction project
Tributary Area
Unity
Drain
Construction Documents
3. made up of members from the architectural registration boards of the 50 states. Its primary function is to maintain records for state boards - architects - and interns
Header
Fascia
Strain
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
4. Any pipe that carries wastewater or water-borne wastes in a building drainage system
Drain
Universal Design
Structural Engineer
Siding
5. An electric safety switch that automatically opens a circuit when excessive amperage occurs
Nonpotable Water
Circuit Breaker
Axial Force
Switch Leg
6. A tar-impregnated paper used for water protection under roofing and siding materials
Sustainability
Felt
Moment Arm
Vernacular Architecture
7. A specification that indicates by whom or how the structure will be used
Occupancy Group
Water Distributing Pipe
Moment Arm
Land Surveying
8. The difference between a measured or calculated elevation and the true or established elevation
Floor Joists
Closure Error
Seismic Load
Foresight
9. Polyurethane foam sprayed in place on a low-slope roof then covered with a protective coating
Distribution Panel
Free-body Diagram
Footing
SPF (Spray Polyurethane Foam)
10. 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`
Shore
Simple Beam
Moment Diagram
Pin Support
11. The process of determining the difference in height between a plane of sight and a point
Stack
Return Period
Continuous Beam
Differential Leveling
12. A fitting that is used to control the flow of fluid or gas
Thermal Convection
Initial Point
Precast Concrete
Valve
13. The weight of the building or building components
Rod Intercept
Elevated Floor
Allowable Strength
Dead Load
14. Forces or other actions that result from the weight of building materials - occupants and their possessions - and environmental effects
Occupant Load
Force
Load
Shape
15. 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
Color
Watt
Load Bearing Wall
Water Closet
16. Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural - electrical - plumbing - and mechanical areas of a structure
Non-Load Bearing Wall
ABET
Building Code
Statically Determinate Beam
17. Pipes - typically made of sheet metal - used to conduct hot or cold air in the HVAC system
Water Service
Form
Serviceability
Ducts
18. A horizontal ledge cut between the foot and top of an embankment to stabilize the slope by intercepting sliding earth
Sewer
Berm
Force
Thermal Conduction
19. An artistic or decorative design - especially one having a characteristic arrangement and considered as a unit
Lavatory
Electric Meter
Pattern
Floor Joists
20. The lower part of a building - which transfers structural loads from the building to the soil
Main
Masonry
Foundation
Well Graded
21. A structural wall that carries loads other than its own weight
Shallow Foundation
Municipality
Occupancy Category
Load Bearing Wall
22. A basic visual component or building block of designed objects
Thermal Conduction
Allowable Strength
Tributary Width
Element of Design
23. 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
Allowable Strength
Statically Determinate Beam
Distribution Panel
Space
24. A unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds
Kip
Coarse Grained Soil
Axial Force
Shape
25. The portion of a building that encloses the treated environment - including the walls - ceiling or roof - and floor
Geodetic Survey
Building Envelope
Heat Loss
Stadia
26. A storm water management approach that uses green space - native landscaping - and techniques that mimic a site's pre-development water cycle
Egress
Low Impact Development
Stability
Potable Water
27. A reinforced concrete beam that transmits the load from a bearing wall into a spaced foundation such as pile caps or caissons
Civil Engineer
Grade Beam
Backsight
Strain
28. A covering placed over exterior studs or rafters that serve as a base below the exterior finish materials
Shore
Continuous Beam
Sheathing
Geodetic Survey
29. A unit designed to produce forced air or hot water for heating and cooling
Heat Loss
Statically Indeterminate Beam
Heat Pump
Ingress
30. The professional engineering society representing the field of civil engineering and others working in the civil engineering field
Poorly Graded
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Solar Orientation
Low Slope Roof
31. 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
Finish Grade
Felt
Brownfield
Variance
32. A beam which is supported such that the number of unknown reaction forces is equal to the number of equilibrium equations
Statically Determinate Beam
Distribution Panel
Ingress
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
33. A long slender piece of material driven or drilled into the ground to act as an element of a foundation
Lavatory
Roller (Rocker) Support
Pile
SPF (Spray Polyurethane Foam)
34. 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
Solar Orientation
Well Graded
Structural Efficency
Property Survey
35. A structural member - usually horizontal - that carries a load that is applied transverse to its length
Beam
Charette
Egress
Pressure Head
36. A solid - hard material produced by combining Portland cement - aggregates - sand - water and sometimes additional mixtures
Low Impact Development
Shore
Wind Load
Concrete
37. Something that is the product of mixing two or more different things
Tilt-up Construction
Hybrid
Precast Concrete
Curtain Wall
38. The finish board covering the edges of rafters and eaves
Foresight
Fascia
Footing
House Wrap
39. A limited right to make use of a property owned by another
Light Gauge Steel
Datum
Easement
Rod Intercept
40. A concrete surface lying upon - and supported directly by - the ground beneath
Slab-on-Grade
Solar Orientation
Differential Leveling
Heat Pump
41. The collecting of water - as on a roof - into large puddles or a pond
Circuit
Post and Lintel Construction
Ponding
Plasticity Limit
42. An upright structural member acting primarily in compression
Column
Rebar
Riser
Setback
43. The distance between supports for a beam - girder - truss - or other horizontal structural member; to carry a load between supports
Stud
Span
Column
Value
44. 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
Kip
Weight
Duration
Equilibrium
45. A sewer that conveys storm water or other drainage but not sanitary sewage
Rebar
Masonry
Storm Sewer
Universal Design
46. Horizontal structural members used to carry the floor and ceiling loads
Universal Design
Floor Joists
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Grading
47. A beam that is supported on one end by a pin support and supported on the other end by a roller support
Building Envelope
Simple Beam
Heat Loss
Thermal Conduction
48. An instrument used to measure electric power
Electric Meter
Storm Water Wetlands
Span
Wind Load
49. (Quantity of shingles) In roofing - 100 square feet of roofing material
Square
ABET
Main
Egress
50. The force exerted upon a body due to gravitational attraction to a planet
Circuit
Brownfield
Weight
Plastic Limit