Building Systems Final Exam Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest Update
QUESTION
The distance between the peak of one sound wave and the peak of the next is called
Answer:
Wavelength
QUESTION
Which of the following is defined as the persistence of sound after the source of the sound has
ceased, as a result of repeated reflections
Answer:
Reverberation
QUESTION
Which of the following describes the condition when sounds are reflected from a concave surface
and converge, greatly reinforced, at a single point
Answer:
Focusing
QUESTION
Which of the following best describes the acoustic absorption of a material?
Answer:
It increases with the porosity of the material
QUESTION
Which of the following is the most sound-absorbent way to install acoustically absorbent
materials
Answer:
Hang large shapes of absorbant materials freely in the space
QUESTION
Which of the following is a measure of the performance of a building material or construction
assembly in preventing transmission of airborne sound, when tested in laboratory?
Answer:
Transmission Loss (TL)
, QUESTION
Elevators can be designed as passenger or freight elevators or a combination of the two. Elevator
types, number, speed , size and load carrying capacity are dependent on the type of occupancy,
amount of people/objects to be carried , speed needed, and vertical distance to be traveled (T/F)
Answer:
True
QUESTION
What is the most common type of arrangement for escalators?
Answer:
Crisscross
QUESTION
According to ASME A17.1 there is a provision that allows for the use of benches in an elevator
cab. (T/F)
Answer:
False
QUESTION
Elevators might stop at each floor of a building or operate as a high speed express to specific
upper floors , these arrangements of low and high speed elevator groupings allow for more
efficient transporting in structures that 100 feet or less in height. (T/F)
Answer:
False
QUESTION
A small box freight elevator is also called a dumbwaiter. (T/F)
Answer:
True
QUESTION
If the inside minimum elevator car dimensions for an accessible elevator are : Side to side : 60"
Back wall to front return: 60" Back Wall to face of the door: 60" Then the door location can be?
Answer:
Any Location
Solutions | Latest Update
QUESTION
The distance between the peak of one sound wave and the peak of the next is called
Answer:
Wavelength
QUESTION
Which of the following is defined as the persistence of sound after the source of the sound has
ceased, as a result of repeated reflections
Answer:
Reverberation
QUESTION
Which of the following describes the condition when sounds are reflected from a concave surface
and converge, greatly reinforced, at a single point
Answer:
Focusing
QUESTION
Which of the following best describes the acoustic absorption of a material?
Answer:
It increases with the porosity of the material
QUESTION
Which of the following is the most sound-absorbent way to install acoustically absorbent
materials
Answer:
Hang large shapes of absorbant materials freely in the space
QUESTION
Which of the following is a measure of the performance of a building material or construction
assembly in preventing transmission of airborne sound, when tested in laboratory?
Answer:
Transmission Loss (TL)
, QUESTION
Elevators can be designed as passenger or freight elevators or a combination of the two. Elevator
types, number, speed , size and load carrying capacity are dependent on the type of occupancy,
amount of people/objects to be carried , speed needed, and vertical distance to be traveled (T/F)
Answer:
True
QUESTION
What is the most common type of arrangement for escalators?
Answer:
Crisscross
QUESTION
According to ASME A17.1 there is a provision that allows for the use of benches in an elevator
cab. (T/F)
Answer:
False
QUESTION
Elevators might stop at each floor of a building or operate as a high speed express to specific
upper floors , these arrangements of low and high speed elevator groupings allow for more
efficient transporting in structures that 100 feet or less in height. (T/F)
Answer:
False
QUESTION
A small box freight elevator is also called a dumbwaiter. (T/F)
Answer:
True
QUESTION
If the inside minimum elevator car dimensions for an accessible elevator are : Side to side : 60"
Back wall to front return: 60" Back Wall to face of the door: 60" Then the door location can be?
Answer:
Any Location
