EXAC Exam 1 2024/2025 Exam
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Topography effects building design - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Influences building
proportions, wind loads, drainage strategies, floor elevations, sanitary
connections.
2. Work with existing to achieve neutral cut fill
4 factors for site selection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Process for site selection
2. opportunities for urban development
3. opportunity for brownfield
4. Transportation
3 factors when conducting a site evaluation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Physical
2. Cultural
3. Regulator
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,Site Characteristics that Influence Design - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1 -
Geographical latitude / Microclimate
2 -Solar orientation
3 - Wind direction
4 - Topography (bldg proportions, wind loads)
5 - Parcel size / Access
6 - Neighborhood Structures
7 - Soil Characteristics (bldg location)
8 - Groundwater patterns
Daylighting - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Direct
2. Diffused
3. Reflected
Daylighting Rule of Thumb - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Effective lighting depth 2x the
height of window
Allow from 2 directions
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,Static Load vs Dynamic Load - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Static Load: Applied
slowly
2. Dynamic Load: Applied suddenly
6 Types of static loads - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Live load (Occupant / Snow)
2. Dead load (self weight / mech)
3. Settlement loads (diff settlement)
4. Ground pressure (soil mass)
5. Hydrostatic Pressure
6. Impact load
2 Types Dynamic Loads - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Wind
2. Earthquake
Building orientation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1, Elongate building east/west:
minimize east west exposure, maximize south exposure
2. South exposure with shade protection (overhang)
3. Facilitate air movement during hot months
4. Block wind during cold months
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, Two Elements for Passive Solar - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Glass: Cold 30-50%
Temperate 15-25%
2. Thermal mass
3 types of passive solar - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Direct Gain
2. Indirect gain (thermal mass, roof pond, sunspace)
3. Isolated gain
Geotech Report - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Site description
2. Field Investigation
3. Subsurface Condition (soil types, depth)
4. Water table
5. Recommendations (Foundation, slab, parkade, cement mix, asphalt
construction)
Shear Strength Soil - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ability to resist displacement when
forces applied
1 - Cohesive soils (clay, silt) retain strength when unconfined (high angle of
repose)
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 4
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Questions and Verified Answers |
Already Graded A+
Topography effects building design - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Influences building
proportions, wind loads, drainage strategies, floor elevations, sanitary
connections.
2. Work with existing to achieve neutral cut fill
4 factors for site selection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Process for site selection
2. opportunities for urban development
3. opportunity for brownfield
4. Transportation
3 factors when conducting a site evaluation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Physical
2. Cultural
3. Regulator
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 1
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Site Characteristics that Influence Design - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1 -
Geographical latitude / Microclimate
2 -Solar orientation
3 - Wind direction
4 - Topography (bldg proportions, wind loads)
5 - Parcel size / Access
6 - Neighborhood Structures
7 - Soil Characteristics (bldg location)
8 - Groundwater patterns
Daylighting - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Direct
2. Diffused
3. Reflected
Daylighting Rule of Thumb - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Effective lighting depth 2x the
height of window
Allow from 2 directions
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 2
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Static Load vs Dynamic Load - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Static Load: Applied
slowly
2. Dynamic Load: Applied suddenly
6 Types of static loads - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Live load (Occupant / Snow)
2. Dead load (self weight / mech)
3. Settlement loads (diff settlement)
4. Ground pressure (soil mass)
5. Hydrostatic Pressure
6. Impact load
2 Types Dynamic Loads - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Wind
2. Earthquake
Building orientation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1, Elongate building east/west:
minimize east west exposure, maximize south exposure
2. South exposure with shade protection (overhang)
3. Facilitate air movement during hot months
4. Block wind during cold months
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 3
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Two Elements for Passive Solar - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Glass: Cold 30-50%
Temperate 15-25%
2. Thermal mass
3 types of passive solar - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Direct Gain
2. Indirect gain (thermal mass, roof pond, sunspace)
3. Isolated gain
Geotech Report - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Site description
2. Field Investigation
3. Subsurface Condition (soil types, depth)
4. Water table
5. Recommendations (Foundation, slab, parkade, cement mix, asphalt
construction)
Shear Strength Soil - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ability to resist displacement when
forces applied
1 - Cohesive soils (clay, silt) retain strength when unconfined (high angle of
repose)
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 4
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
