COSC 153 EXAM 1 2024/2025 WITH
100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
In ancient Egypt, architecture, engineering, and construction were all the
responsibility of one person, called? - Precise Answer ✔✔master builder
5 sectors of the construction industry? - Precise Answer ✔✔residential,
commercial, heavy civil, industrial, & environmental
3 primary players in an construction project? - Precise Answer
✔✔owner, designers, & contractors
apartments, condos, & townhomes are referred to as? - Precise Answer
✔✔multi-family dwellings
what 2 types of professionals are engaged in the construction process? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Architects & engineers
who is the driving force behind the construction industry? - Precise
Answer ✔✔owners
Rule of 6? - Precise Answer ✔✔No more than 6 people communicate
with on one project
, what is a written contract? - Precise Answer ✔✔written on paper
what is a verbal contract? - Precise Answer ✔✔an agreement that is
spoken
3 categories of residential builders? - Precise Answer ✔✔custom, small
value, & production builders
whats an exterior cladding system thats supported entirely by the frame
of the building, rather than being self-supporting or load bearing? -
Precise Answer ✔✔curtain wall
what is NAMC? - Precise Answer ✔✔National Association of Minority
Contractors
What was used to teach people certain skills in the middle ages? -
Precise Answer ✔✔guilds
What are the different levels of knowledge in guilds? - Precise Answer
✔✔master, journeyman, & apprentice
Which civilization was the first to use glass in their buildings? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Rome
a property that is abandoned or underused because of historic
environmental contamination? - Precise Answer ✔✔Brownfield site
100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
In ancient Egypt, architecture, engineering, and construction were all the
responsibility of one person, called? - Precise Answer ✔✔master builder
5 sectors of the construction industry? - Precise Answer ✔✔residential,
commercial, heavy civil, industrial, & environmental
3 primary players in an construction project? - Precise Answer
✔✔owner, designers, & contractors
apartments, condos, & townhomes are referred to as? - Precise Answer
✔✔multi-family dwellings
what 2 types of professionals are engaged in the construction process? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Architects & engineers
who is the driving force behind the construction industry? - Precise
Answer ✔✔owners
Rule of 6? - Precise Answer ✔✔No more than 6 people communicate
with on one project
, what is a written contract? - Precise Answer ✔✔written on paper
what is a verbal contract? - Precise Answer ✔✔an agreement that is
spoken
3 categories of residential builders? - Precise Answer ✔✔custom, small
value, & production builders
whats an exterior cladding system thats supported entirely by the frame
of the building, rather than being self-supporting or load bearing? -
Precise Answer ✔✔curtain wall
what is NAMC? - Precise Answer ✔✔National Association of Minority
Contractors
What was used to teach people certain skills in the middle ages? -
Precise Answer ✔✔guilds
What are the different levels of knowledge in guilds? - Precise Answer
✔✔master, journeyman, & apprentice
Which civilization was the first to use glass in their buildings? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Rome
a property that is abandoned or underused because of historic
environmental contamination? - Precise Answer ✔✔Brownfield site
