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Architectural and Engineering Drawing MCQ

What does access mean?

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Correct Answer: A means of approach, e.g., a road, street, or walk.

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What is the main purpose of an Acceptance Test?

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Correct Answer: To determine if the material, devices, or equipment delivered conforms to the purchase contract specifications.

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What is the acceptable range of air quality according to the given definition?

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Correct Answer: Free of harmful concentrations of contaminants

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What is the purpose of accent lighting?

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Correct Answer: To emphasize a particular object or draw attention to a particular area.

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What is acceleration stress?

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Correct Answer: The additional stress imposed as a result of the acceleration of the load.

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What is the value of acceleration of gravity on the surface of the Earth?

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Correct Answer: 9.80665 meters per second square

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What is the purpose of Accelerated Weathering?

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Correct Answer: To determine the weather resistance of a paint film or other exposed surface.

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Which of the following is not a factor that causes accelerated aging?

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Correct Answer: Material exposure to X-rays

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What does ACB stand for?

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Correct Answer: Asbestos-cement board

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What does the word 'Acanthus' refer to?

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Correct Answer: A plant of the Mediterranean

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What is the common plant of the Mediterranean whose leaves form the characteristic decoration of capitals of Corinthian and Composite orders?

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Correct Answer: Acanthus

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What is an AC Generator?

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Correct Answer: A generator which produces alternating current when driven by a prime mover.

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What is the meaning of "abutting"?

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Correct Answer: To touch or border upon

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What is the meaning of "abut"?

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Correct Answer: To border on or adjoin

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What does the term "abuttals" refer to?

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Correct Answer: Those boundaries of one piece of land that abut on adjacent pieces.

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What does an abutment do?

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Correct Answer: It receives the thrust of an arch, vault, or strut.

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What is an absorption-type liquid chiller?

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Correct Answer: Equipment that cools water or other secondary liquids using absorption techniques.

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What is an absorption-type liquid chiller used for?

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Correct Answer: To cool water or other secondary liquid using absorption techniques.

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What does an Absorption Trench allow to flow through it?

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Correct Answer: Septic-tank effluent

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What is the purpose of an absorption system?

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Correct Answer: To take up refrigerant gas evolved in the evaporator

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What is the weight of water absorbed when a brick is partially immersed for one minute?

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Correct Answer: Absorption Rate

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What is a septic tank?

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Correct Answer: Effluent disposal system for houses not connected to a sewerage network

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What is an absorption bed used for?

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Correct Answer: To absorb the effluent of a septic tank

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What is the definition of absorption?

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Correct Answer: The increase in weight of a porous solid body resulting from the penetration of liquid into its permeable pores.

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What is the ratio of the absorbed flux to the incident flux called?

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Correct Answer: Absorptance

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What is the definition of Absorptance?

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Correct Answer: The ratio of the absorbed flux to the incident flux.

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What is the other name for an Absorbing Well?

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Correct Answer: Dry Well

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What is the primary function of an absorber in a solar collector?

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Correct Answer: To absorb radiant solar energy

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A material which owing to an affinity for certain substances extracts one or more such substances from a liquid or gas is known as:

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Correct Answer: Absorbent

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What is another term for "absorbed moisture"?

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Correct Answer: Absorption

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What is the definition of absolute volume?

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Correct Answer: The total volume of the particles, including the permeable and impermeable voids, but excluding the spaces between the particles.

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What is the sum of the gauge pressure plus atmospheric pressure called?

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Correct Answer: Absolute Pressure

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What is Absolute Humidity?

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Correct Answer: The mass of water vapor per unit volume of air.

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What is the abscissa?

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Correct Answer: The horizontal coordinate of a point on a plane

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What does the acronym ABS stand for?

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Correct Answer: Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene

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What does ABS stand for?

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Correct Answer: Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene

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What is the purpose of an abreuvoir?

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Correct Answer: To be filled with mortar or cement.

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What is Abrum?

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Correct Answer: A red ocher used to stain mahogany.

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Hard substances used for polishing and grinding are called _________.

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Correct Answer: Abrasives

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What is Abrasion Resistance Index?

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Correct Answer: A measure of the abrasion resistance of a vulcanized material or synthetic rubber compound

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What does the Abrasion Resistance Index measure?

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Correct Answer: The abrasion resistance of a vulcanized material or synthetic rubber compound

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What does Abrasion Resistance measure?

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Correct Answer: The ability of a surface to resist being worn away

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What is abrasion?

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Correct Answer: A surface discontinuity caused by roughening or scratching.

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For a mixture of workable consistency, the strength of concrete is determined by what ratio?

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Correct Answer: Amount of water to the amount of cement

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What is the strength of concrete provided by the mixture determined by?

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Correct Answer: The ratio of the amount of water to the amount of cement.

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What is the definition of "abrade"?

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Correct Answer: To wear away or scrape off a surface, especially by friction.

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What is the volume of a building measured from?

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Correct Answer: Average adjoining grade level to the average roof level

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What is an Abney Level used for?

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Correct Answer: Measuring vertical angles

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What does "ABC" stand for in the context of Aggregate Base Course?

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Correct Answer: Associated Builders and Contractors

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What does the word "Abbey" mean?

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Correct Answer: A monastery or convent

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What is a sound reflector in a church called?

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Correct Answer: Abatvoix

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What does abaton mean?

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Correct Answer: A sanctuary not to be entered by the public

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What is the meaning of Abatjour?

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Correct Answer: A skylight

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What is 'abatement'?

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Correct Answer: The wastage of wood when lumber is sawed or planed to size

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What is the wastage of wood called when lumber is sawed or planed to size?

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Correct Answer: Abatement

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What does "abated" mean?

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Correct Answer: Cut away or beaten down to show a pattern or figure in low relief

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What does it mean when a surface is said to be "abated"?

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Correct Answer: The surface has been cut away or beaten down to show a pattern or figure in low relief.

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What does it mean to abate?

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Correct Answer: To remove material, as in stone carving.

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What does "abat-sons" mean?

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Correct Answer: Descriptive of a surface said to reflect sound downward.

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What is a buttress?

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Correct Answer: A second wall added to strengthen another

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What is the abacus?

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Correct Answer: The uppermost member of the capital of a column

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What is the uppermost member of the capital of a column called?

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Correct Answer: Abacus

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What is a small abacus called?

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Correct Answer: Abaciscus

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What is a tessera?

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Correct Answer: A small abacus

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What does ABA stand for?

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Correct Answer: Architectural Barriers Act

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What does Aaron's Rod consist of?

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Correct Answer: A straight rod from which pointed leaves or scroll work emerge on either side, at regular intervals.

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What does the AA in AA Abbr. stand for?

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Correct Answer: Architectural Association

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What does A/W stand for?

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Correct Answer: All-weather

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What is the A/F in a portland cement mixture?

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Correct Answer: Molar or weight ratio of aluminum oxide to iron oxide

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What does the abbr. A/E stand for?

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Correct Answer: Architect engineer

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What does "a.d." stand for?

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Correct Answer: "air dried."

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What does the A-weighting in A-weighted sound level do to the sensitivity of the sound-level meter?

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Correct Answer: Alters the sensitivity of the sound-level meter with respect to frequency

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What is a class-A door?

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Correct Answer: A door carrying a certification from the Underwriters’ Laboratories,Inc.that it meets the requirements

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What is the A-frame?

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Correct Answer: A three piece rigid structural frame in the shape of the upright capital letter A.

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What is the meaning of the term "web"?

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Correct Answer: The middle part of the block that forms two cells when the block is laid in a wall

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What does the term "Ajouré" mean?

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Correct Answer: Pierced, perforated, or cut out to form a decorative opening in wood, stone,metal, or other material.

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What does green building refer to?

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Correct Answer: Creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle

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What is a zero net energy building?

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Correct Answer: A building with zero net energy consumption

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Specifications are often a part of the what?

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Correct Answer: Contract Documents

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What is a specification?

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Correct Answer: A detailed description of requirements, composition and materials for a proposed building.

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What is an elevation?

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Correct Answer: A view of a building seen from one side

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In a section view, everything cut by the section plane is shown as a _____ line.

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Correct Answer: Bold

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What does a permit set consist of?

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Correct Answer: Floor plans, four elevations, and a section or two

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Construction drawings represent which type of design?

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Correct Answer: Final design

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What is an As-built Drawing?

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Correct Answer: A drawing or print of a home which depicts the actual conditions of the structure as it exists.

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A site plan shows ________.

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Correct Answer: The site boundaries, dimensions, and locations of all buildings and structures

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What is the purpose of Bulk Plain Regulations?

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Correct Answer: To establish the maximum size of structures on a lot and the location where a building can be

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What is the maximum size of structures on a lot?

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Correct Answer: Bulk

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What caused a downward spiral for Bitcoin value?

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Correct Answer: Musk's statement

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Why was Tesla suspending vehicle purchases using Bitcoin?

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Correct Answer: Use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transaction

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What is the meaning of Set Back?

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Correct Answer: The minimum distance required by code or ordinance between a building and a property line or other reference

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What does "Set Back" mean?

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Correct Answer: The minimum distance required by code or ordinance between a building and a property line or other reference.

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A property survey report generally contains an illustration of which of the following?

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Correct Answer: The physical features of the property

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An easement is an authorization by a property owner for the use of what?

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Correct Answer: A designated part of the property by others for a specified purpose

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What is the standard ceiling height for a volume space?

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Correct Answer: 9’

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What is volume space?

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Correct Answer: Space enclosed by ceilings

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How can zones be created in a home?

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Correct Answer: With walls, level changes, halls, distance and various design elements.

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What does redlining refer to?

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Correct Answer: Marking up the drawings with changes

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How many units of length are on an architect's scale?

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Correct Answer: Multiple units

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What is an architect's scale used for?

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Correct Answer: To facilitate the drafting and measuring of architectural drawings.

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What is the next step after design development?

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Correct Answer: Final set of construction drawings

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What is design development?

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Correct Answer: A drawing step between preliminary sketches and the final set of construction drawings.

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What is the main purpose of the schematic design phase?

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Correct Answer: To define the general scope and conceptual design of the project including scale and relationships between building components.

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What does a bubble diagram visually represent?

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Correct Answer: Information in the form of a series of bubbles

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What is a bubble diagram?

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Correct Answer: A bubble diagram is a diagram which represents information visually in the form of a series of bubbles.

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What is a charrette?

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Correct Answer: An intense and focused design session incorporating collaboration from multiple sources and decision makers.

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What is the "program" in architecture?

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Correct Answer: A wish list of what the client wants, needs, and is willing to pay for

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