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Environmental Control Systems MCQ

Electrolytes serve several purposes in the body including __________

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Correct Answer: Nerve and muscle function and fluid balance

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What does a biotic ecosystem consist of?

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Correct Answer: Biological components

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What is an abiotic ecosystem?

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Correct Answer: An ecosystem that consists of nonliving components

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What are the consequences of greenhouse gases?

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Correct Answer: The greenhouse gases trap heat from the sun and cause the Earth's surface to warm up.

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What is the biosphere?

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Correct Answer: The global ecosystem where all life is interconnected

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What is the geosphere?

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Correct Answer: The part of Earth consisting of the crust and mantle.

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What is the hydrosphere?

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Correct Answer: The water on and surrounding the earth

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How high is the stratosphere from the sea level?

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Correct Answer: 11-30 km

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What is the stratosphere?

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Correct Answer: A layer of Earth's atmosphere between the troposphere and the mesosphere

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What is the inner layer about 11 seal level called?

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Correct Answer: Troposphere

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What is the quality of matter?

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Correct Answer: A measure of how useful a form of matter is to humans as a resource.

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What is the DO model used for?

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Correct Answer: To predict profile of DO concentration downstream from a waste discharge

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What are indicator organisms?

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Correct Answer: Commonly used bacteria to determine the level of pollution in water

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The 5 Kingdoms are Animal, Plates, Fungi, Protista, and _____.

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Correct Answer: Bacteria

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What does TOC stand for?

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Correct Answer: Total organic carbon

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What is the amount of oxygen required to oxidize ammonia to nitrate?

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Correct Answer: Nitrogenous BOD

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What is nitrification?

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Correct Answer: The biological oxidation of ammonia with oxygen into nitrite, then nitrate

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What is the amount of oxygen required for biological decomposition of organic matter?

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Correct Answer: Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

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What is a common chemical in industrial discharge?

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Correct Answer: A known or suspected human health and/or environmental effect.

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Which of the following are major sources of nutrients?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Nitrate is toxic to infants at ____ concentration

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Correct Answer: High

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Maximum acceptable concentration of nitrate for drinking water is ____

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Correct Answer: 10 mg/L

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Maximum acceptable concentration of nitrite for drinking water is ____

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Correct Answer: 1.0 mg/L

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Nitrite is toxic to most fish at what concentration?

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Correct Answer: 0.1 mg/L

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What is the fourth type of nitrogen?

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Correct Answer: Nitrite

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What is acidity?

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Correct Answer: Ability of a water to neutralize bases

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What is the definition of alkalinity?

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Correct Answer: The ability of water to neutralize acids

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What is the pH range of natural water?

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Correct Answer: 6-9

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What does temperature affect?

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Correct Answer: Chemical and biological reaction rates, ecology of a water body and solubility of oxygen

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What is turbidity?

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Correct Answer: A measure of the light that is either absorbed or scattered by particles in water

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What affects subsurface geologic formation?

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Correct Answer: Both surface water and groundwater quality

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What are three watershed characteristics?

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Correct Answer: Topography, vegetation cover, wildlife

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What is Trihalomethane?

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Correct Answer: A reaction between chlorine and organic matter.

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What are the 3 stages in the natural life cycle of water bodies?

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Correct Answer: Oligotrophic, mesotropic, eutrophic

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When water is in the solid state, it is best known as _____.

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Correct Answer: Ice

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What are the three main water uses?

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Correct Answer: Municipal, industrial, agricultural

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Which of the following is not a source of municipal wastewater?

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Correct Answer: Groundwater infiltration

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What does ground water refer to?

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Correct Answer: All the water beneath the land surface

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What is the definition of surface water sources?

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Correct Answer: All water open to the atmosphere and subject to surface runoff

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What is selective absorption?

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Correct Answer: The absorption of a material of only certain wavelengths

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What is the definition of "Reflected Glare?"

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Correct Answer: Reflection of luminance of a task area

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What is the average of a number of intensity figures taken from several directions?

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Correct Answer: Mean spherical candlepower

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What is the percentage of energy end use for space heating?

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Correct Answer: 30%

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What is Luminance?

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Correct Answer: The intensity of light that arrives at the eye from a particular surface or area

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What is the formula for determining the average maintained illuminance on working plane in a room?

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Correct Answer: Lumen Method Calculation

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What does lumen maintenance compare?

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Correct Answer: Amount of light produced from source brand new to amount at a specific time in future

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What is Lumen depreciation?

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Correct Answer: Luminous flux lost over time

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What is the purpose of Local and Supplementary lighting?

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Correct Answer: To provide a restricted area of relatively high intensity

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What is a lighting system?

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Correct Answer: A combination of a particular lamp type and fixture type.

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What is an incident light ray?

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Correct Answer: A ray of light striking a surface

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What is the primary source of illumination for horizontal illuminance?

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Correct Answer: Reflective surfaces

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General diffuse fixtures rely on what to distribute light?

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Correct Answer: Light reflecting onto the walls

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What is the biggest reason for eyestrain?

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Correct Answer: The demanding nature of specific tasks

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What does "exposure time" mean?

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Correct Answer: Time it takes for eye to adjust

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What is the ratio of lumens provided to watts of heat produced by a light source?

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Correct Answer: Efficacy

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What is discomfort glare?

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Correct Answer: Immediate occurrence of light sources or luminance greater than what the eye can adapt to

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What is disability glare?

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Correct Answer: Luminance so intense that it impairs the vision.

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What is the main characteristic of direct lighting?

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Correct Answer: High reflectance

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What is the cause of Direct Glare?

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Correct Answer: Light sources

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What is the main purpose of using direct concentrated down lights?

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Correct Answer: For privacy and dramatic effect

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What is diffuse reflection?

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Correct Answer: Reflection of light from a rough surface in many directions

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What is the ratio of interior illuminance to available outdoor illuminance called?

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Correct Answer: Daylighting Factor

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What is the purpose of task lighting?

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Correct Answer: To provide light in specific areas for tasks

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of a Fluorescent lamp?

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Correct Answer: Switching

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What is brightness?

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Correct Answer: Percieved light amanting from an object

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What are brightness patterns?

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Correct Answer: Patterns of light and shadow

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What is the definition of Adaption?

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Correct Answer: Ability to adjust to various levels of light, see brightness of space in adaption level.

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How is Payback Period calculated?

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Correct Answer: By dividing initial investment by expected yearly savings

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What is the degree day?

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Correct Answer: The difference between the daily average temperature and a given temperature base.

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What type of system is a Unitary System?

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Correct Answer: AHU and cooling compressor contained within a compact enclosure

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What is a Multi-Zone?

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Correct Answer: A central air-handling unit capable of serving 8 zones simultaneously

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What is a delivery system?

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Correct Answer: A device that delivers heat or cooling to the conditioned space.

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What does HVAC stand for?

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Correct Answer: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

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What is a duct?

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Correct Answer: A tube or channel for conducting air.

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What is a hydronic system?

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Correct Answer: A heating/cooling system that uses water to transfer heat

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What is the purpose of a Distribution System?

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Correct Answer: To recirculate treated air to the building

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What is a heat exchanger?

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Correct Answer: A device that transfers heat from one substance to another.

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What is the name of the process that transfers heat from one location to another?

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Correct Answer: Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle

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What is a boiler?

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Correct Answer: Equipment that provides hot water or steam for various uses (plumbing, heating, etc)

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What is the central location of a building's HVAC system called?

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Correct Answer: Plant

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What is HVAC?

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Correct Answer: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

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What is a roof pond?

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Correct Answer: A pond consisting of water contained within large plastic bags located on the roof of a building.

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What is the name given to the solar energy being introduced directly into the space through ordinary fenestration?

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Correct Answer: Direct Gain

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What is the definition of a passive system?

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Correct Answer: Utilizing natural phenomena to change the climate of a building.

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What is the sum of the accumulation of heat from all sources called?

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Correct Answer: Heat Gain

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What is the opposite of Heat Gain?

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Correct Answer: Heat Loss

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Heat loss occurs from a building through which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Convection, conduction, radiation

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What is the thermal load?

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Correct Answer: Heat transferred from walls, doors, ceilings, etc.

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What is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil?

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Correct Answer: Infiltration

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What is the definition of ventilation?

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Correct Answer: The bringing in of fresh air to a building and the expelling of inside gasses.

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What is the capacity of a material to store heat called?

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Correct Answer: Thermal Mass

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What is a thermal bridge?

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Correct Answer: A thermally conductive material that bypasses an insulation system, such as a metal fastener or stud.

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What is the definition of resistance?

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Correct Answer: A material's opposition to the flow of electric current.

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What is the process whereby molecular excitation spreads through a substance or from one substance to another by direct contact called?

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Correct Answer: Conduction

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What is enthalpy?

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Correct Answer: The sum of the sensible and latent heat of a substance

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What is Latent Heat?

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Correct Answer: The energy required for phase changes

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What is heat?

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Correct Answer: Energy that flows from a point at one temperature to another point at a lower temperature

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What is Thermal Radiation?

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Correct Answer: Heat transfer in the form of electromagnetic waves, including light

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What is the DewPoint?

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Correct Answer: The temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins.

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Which of the following is true about the wet-bulb temperature?

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Correct Answer: The air temperature measured by the wet-bulb thermometer of a psychrometer.

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What is the dry bulb temperature?

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Correct Answer: The air temperature measured by the dry-bulb thermometer of a psychrometer.

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What is a psychometric chart?

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Correct Answer: A powerful graphic representation of temperature and relative humidity.

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Relative humidity is defined as the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to what?

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Correct Answer: The maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature

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What is the angle in the horizontal plane between the north-south line and the vertical plane called?

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Correct Answer: Azimuth

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What is solar angle?

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Correct Answer: The angle at which light from the Sun strikes the surface of Earth

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What is the definition of microclimate?

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Correct Answer: Environmental conditions within a small area that differs significantly from the climate of the surrounding area

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