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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. The two-dimensional contour that characterizes an object or area
Wind Load
Shape
Sole Plate
Prevailing Winds
2. The sole agency authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture in the United States
Sanitary Sewer
NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board)
Exit
Low Impact Development
3. A wide shallow footing usually constructed of reinforced concrete
Valve
Nominal Strength
Bearing Walls
Spread Footing
4. A fixture that is designed for washing hands and face - usually found in a bathroom
Backsight
Lavatory
SPF (Spray Polyurethane Foam)
Statically Determinate Beam
5. An electric safety switch that automatically opens a circuit when excessive amperage occurs.
Ducts
Line
Occupancy Category
Circuit Breaker
6. 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
Electric Meter
Main
Wind Load
Free-body Diagram
7. Engineered materials designed to keep out liquid water and prevent air infiltration while allowing water vapor to escape from inside the home
Moment Diagram
House Wrap
Height of Instrument
Control Survey
8. 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
Exit
Return Period
Rod Intercept
Rhythm
9. Nominal strength divided by the safety factor
Ingress
Stability
Allowable Strength
Color
10. A long slender piece of material driven or drilled into the ground to act as an element of a foundation
Pile
Building Envelope
Stability
Storm Water Wetlands
11. The feel - appearance - or consistency of a surface - substance - or fabric
Ducts
Lintel
Stack
Texture
12. Any of the wedge-shaped units in a masonry arch or vault - having side cuts converging at one of the arch centers
Storm Water Wetlands
Footing
Voussoir
Sill
13. 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
NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board)
Fine Grained Soil
Ballast
ABET
14. Something that is the product of mixing two or more different things
Column
Ducts
Hybrid
Sewage
15. The ability of a structure to maintain its appearance - durability - comfort for occupants - proper function of equipment - and ease of maintenance
Element of Design
Concrete Masonry Unit
Dead Load
Serviceability
16. The edge or contour of a shape
Line
Vernacular Architecture
Cast in Place Concrete
Sill
17. Piping within a building that conveys sewage - rainwater - or other liquid wastes to a point of disposal
Nonpotable Water
Circuit Breaker
Post and Lintel Construction
Drainage System
18. 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
Sheathing
Trap
Occupancy Category
Property Survey
19. Wall construction utilizing a framework of vertical posts and horizontal beams to carry floor and roof loads
Initial Point
Post and Lintel Construction
Property Survey
Ground
20. A water-flushing plumbing fixture - such as a toilet - that is designed to receive and discharge human excrement
Retention Pond (Wet Pond)
Deflection
Water Closet
Simple Beam
21. The portion of a building that encloses the treated environment - including the walls - ceiling or roof - and floor
Building Envelope
Property Survey
Form
Header
22. The distance between supports for a beam - girder - truss - or other horizontal structural member; to carry a load between supports
Egress
Reinforced Concrete
Span
Drainage System
23. The elevation of the bottom of the inside of the pipe wall
Invert Elevation
Square
Construction Type
Egress
24. The difference between the rod readings at the stadia wires
Allowable Strength
Rod Intercept
Sole Plate
Egress
25. 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
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
Rhythm
Pattern
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
26. The exterior face of a building
Equilibrium
Ground
Fa
Valve
27. A factor intended to compensate for uncertainties in design and analysis by reducing the theoretical strength of a member for use in design
Drainage System
Rainfall Intensity
Electric Meter
Safety Factor
28. A single beam that is supported by more than two supports such that it has at least two distinct spans
Movement
Continuous Beam
Masonry
Column
29. 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
Deciduous
Statically Indeterminate Beam
Sanitary Sewer
30. Brickwork - concrete block work - and stonework
Sheathing
Masonry
Sustainability
Bench Mark
31. The finish board covering the edges of rafters and eaves
Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Fascia
Potable Water
Pin Support
32. A roof that is pitched at an angle so near to horizontal that it must be made waterproof with a continuous membrane rather than shingles; commonly and inaccurately referred to as a flat roof
Top Plate
Low Slope Roof
Ground
Felt
33. A pipe - normally underground - that carries wastewater and refuse
Stability
Storm Water Wetlands
Sewer
Return Period
34. A panel laid over a subfloor or subsurface to create a smooth - stiff surface for the application of a finish
Lavatory
Moment
Underlayment
Source Reduction
35. The recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science - computing - engineering - and technology
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Stability
Static Head
ABET
36. The force exerted upon a body due to gravitational attraction to a planet
Compression Strength
Exit Discharge
Weight
Egress
37. Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural - electrical - plumbing - and mechanical areas of a structure
Ducts
Building Code
Closure Error
Water Heater
38. A horizontal wood member placed at the bottom of walls and openings in walls
Sill
Rafter
Low Slope Roof
Coarse Grained Soil
39. A plot of the shear force in a beam versus the position along the axis of the beam
Shear Diagram
Strength
Continuous Beam
Circuit
40. The principal pip artery to which branches are connected
Main
Heat Loss
Plasticity Index
Water Distributing Pipe
41. 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`
Keystone
Sanitary Sewer
Plane Survey
Pin Support
42. 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
Universal Design
Value
Design Temperature Differential
Civil Engineer
43. Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that are long - thin - and needle-like
Fine Grained Soil
Coniferous
Live Load
Cleanout
44. The lowest - widest part of the foundation that distributes the load over a broad area of the soil
Footing
Prevailing Winds
Storm Water Wetlands
Column
45. A storm water management approach that uses green space - native landscaping - and techniques that mimic a site's pre-development water cycle
Shear Diagram
Hybrid
Setback
Low Impact Development
46. All areas (including the frames) in the building envelope that let in light - including windows - plastic panels - clerestories - skylights - glass doors that are more than one-half glass - and glass block walls. A skylight is a fenestration surface
Fenestration
Height of Instrument
Balance
Kip
47. A relatively permanent object - natural or artificial - bearing a marked point whose elevation above or below the adopted datum is known or assumed
Deformation
Load Bearing Wall
Bench Mark
Form
48. A device used to measure the amount of water that goes through the water service
Plasticity Limit
Water Meter
Sewage
Shear Diagram
49. Pressure of a fluid due to the head of fluid above some reference point
R-value
Static Head
Pile
Architect
50. The difference between the liquid limit and the plastic limit
Ground
Compression Strength
Beam
Plasticity Limit