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Civil Engineering Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Distribution Panel
Texture
Universal Design
Value
2. Forces or other actions that result from the weight of building materials - occupants and their possessions - and environmental effects
Exit Access
Value
Main
Load
3. A curved structure for spanning an opening - designed to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression
Built-up-Roof
Light Gauge Steel
Deciduous
Arch
4. A structural member - usually horizontal - that carries a load that is applied transverse to its length
Beam
Stack
Setback
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
5. The maximum compressive stress a material can withstand without failure
Tributary Width
Building Code
Well Graded
Compression Strength
6. Entrance or means to enter
Design Temperature Differential
Cleanout
Ingress
Building Code
7. The lower part of a building - which transfers structural loads from the building to the soil
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Ducts
Foundation
Beam
8. The pressure of water at a given point in a pipe arising from the pressure in it
Heat Pump
Zoning Ordinance
Truss
Pressure Head
9. An engineer trained in the design and construction of public works - such as bridges or dams - and other large facilities
Lintel
Civil Engineer
Stadia
Foresight
10. The electrical conductor from a switch to the electrical device being controlled
R-value
Switch Leg
Shear Force
Water Distributing Pipe
11. 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
Plastic Limit
Shallow Foundation
Statically Indeterminate Beam
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
12. A pond that collects storm water - temporarily stores - and then slowly releases the water into the municipal storm water system
Water Heater
Detention Pond (Dry Pond)
Seismic Load
Setback
13. Exits or a way out
Egress
Ground
Grading
Exit Discharge
14. The weight of movable objects such as people - furnishings - machines - vehicles - and goods in or on a building
Control Survey
Live Load
Lintel
Heat Pump
15. The finish board covering the edges of rafters and eaves
Header
House Wrap
Plasticity Limit
Fascia
16. Energy radiated or transmitted as rays or waves - in the form of particles`
Radiant Heat
Span
Potable Water
Easement
17. Material used to restrict the flow of heat - cold - or sound from one surface to another
Color
Mat (Raft) Foundation
Curtain Wall
Insulation
18. A horizontal structural member located on top of the studs used to hold the wall together
Slab-on-Grade
Top Plate
Tensile Strength
Duration
19. A force acting generally in a horizontal direction - such as wind - earthquake - and soil pressure against a structure
Static Head
Lateral Load
Retention Pond (Wet Pond)
Pressure Head
20. The process of heat transfer through a solid by transmitting kinetic energy from one molecule to the next
Beam
Tilt-up Construction
Thermal Conduction
Soil Pipe
21. The load carrying capacity of a structural member
Exit Discharge
Nominal Strength
Safety Factor
Unity
22. A plot of the shear force in a beam versus the position along the axis of the beam
Radiant Heat
Source Reduction
Static Head
Shear Diagram
23. Incapable of being penetrated
Impervious
Beam
Design Load
Solar Orientation
24. A long slender piece of material driven or drilled into the ground to act as an element of a foundation
Pile
Seismic Load
Floor Joists
Wind Load
25. The area of floor or roof representing the surface area from which an applied uniform load is assumed to transfer to a supporting structural member
Moment Diagram
Invert Elevation
Safety Factor
Tributary Area
26. The principal pip artery to which branches are connected
Construction Survey
Ducts
Footing
Main
27. A land survey that establishes property corners - boundaries - and areas of land parcels. Also called land surveys - cadastral surveys - and boundary surveys
Stress
Prevailing Winds
Property Survey
Ducts
28. Two horizontal cross wires that are equidistant from the center crosshair in the sight
Stadia
Tilt-up Construction
Impervious
Occupancy Category
29. Direction from which the wind most frequently blows in a given area of the country
Curtain Wall
Plastic Limit
Prevailing Winds
Texture
30. Wall construction utilizing a framework of vertical posts and horizontal beams to carry floor and roof loads
Hot Water
Tributary Area
Post and Lintel Construction
Foundation
31. Any heating appliance or equipment that heats potable water and supplies such water to the potable hot water distribution system
Exit Discharge
Main
Solar Orientation
Water Heater
32. A heavy material installed over a roof membrane to prevent wind uplift and shield the membrane from sunlight
Open Web Steel Joist
Ballast
Drainage Fixture Unit
Bearing Walls
33. The shape and structure of something as distinguished from its substance or material
Deciduous
Storm Sewer
Form
Design Load
34. The vertical distance from the datum to the line of sight of the instrument
Drainage
Internal Force
Decking
Height of Instrument
35. Material - such as boards or shingles - used for surfacing the outside walls of a frame building
Siding
Munincipality
Design Storm
Rod Intercept
36. A force that acts along the longitudinal axis of a structural member. Axial tension causes elongation of the member. Axial compression causes shortening of the member
Plasticity Index
Live Load
Axial Force
Design Principles
37. A block of hardened concrete - with or without hollow cores - designed to be laid in the same manner as brick and stone
Building Code
Concrete Masonry Unit
Fenestration
Stability
38. A vertical pipe installed to provide circulation of air to and from any part of the drainage system
Vent Pipe
Column
Footing
Sewer
39. A device used to condition and circulate air as part of a heating - ventilating - and air-conditioning (HVAC) system
Plane Survey
Setback
Cast in Place Concrete
Air Handling Unit (AHU)
40. A measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures
Finish Grade
Drainage Fixture Unit
Topographic Survey
Height of Instrument
41. Any vertical line of soil - waste - vent - or inside conductor piping that extends through at least one story
Design Storm
Stack
Bearing Walls
Main
42. The difference between the liquid limit and the plastic limit
Valve
Stability
Ingress
Plasticity Index
43. The sole agency authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture in the United States
Topographic Survey
Lavatory
Grading
NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board)
44. An instrument used to measure electric power
NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board)
Nominal Strength
Serviceability
Electric Meter
45. An agent that causes stress in an object
Force
Design Load
Impervious
Fixed Support
46. The two-dimensional contour that characterizes an object or area
Keystone
Rebar
Arch
Shape
47. Concrete cast and cured in a position other than its final position in the structure
Circuit
Deflection
Duration
Precast Concrete
48. A device used to measure the amount of water that goes through the water service
Construction Documents
Egress
Force
Water Meter
49. 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
Free-body Diagram
Drainage Fixture Unit
Deep Foundation
Kip
50. Culturally and climatically relevant architecture using locally available materials and traditional building techniques
Span
Vernacular Architecture
Value
Moment