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CEA PLTW STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ABET - Answer✔️✔️-The recognized accreditor for college and university
programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology.
Aesthetics - Answer✔️✔️-The quality of an object that deals with art, beauty,
and taste.
Allowable Strength - Answer✔️✔️-Nominal strength divided by the safety
factor.
AIA - Answer✔️✔️-The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is the
professional society representing the field of architecture and others
working in the architecture field.
Air Handling Unit (AHU) - Answer✔️✔️-A device used to condition and
circulate air as part of a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC)
system.
Arch - Answer✔️✔️-A curved structure for spanning an opening, designed
to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression.
Architect - Answer✔️✔️-An individual trained in the art and science of
designing and constructing buildings.
Architectural Programming - Answer✔️✔️-Research and decision making
process that identifies the scope of work for a design project.
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Architectural Program - Answer✔️✔️-Written statement setting forth design
objectives, constraints, and criteria for a project, including special
requirements and systems, and site requirements. The program is usually
prepared by the architect with input from the owner regarding the goals,
needs, and function of the project, design expectations, available budget,
and pertinent building code and zoning regulations.
ASCE - Answer✔️✔️-The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is the
professional engineering society representing the field of civil engineering
and others working in the civil engineering field.
ASD - Answer✔️✔️-Allowable Strength Design. A method of designing
structural elements such that the allowable strength is greater than or equal
to the strength necessary to support the required load combinations.
Axial Force - Answer✔️✔️-A force that acts along the longitudinal axis of a
structural member. Axial tension causes elongation of the member. Axial
compression causes shortening of the member.
Balance - Answer✔️✔️-The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or
proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition.
Ballast - Answer✔️✔️-A heavy material installed over a roof membrane to
prevent wind uplift and shield the membrane from sunlight.
Baseline - Answer✔️✔️-A parallel of latitude running through an arbitrary
point chosen as the starting point for all sectionalized land within a given
area.
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Beam - Answer✔️✔️-A structural member, usually horizontal, that carries a
load that is applied transverse to its length.
Beam Analysis - Answer✔️✔️-The use of physical laws and mathematics to
compute internal forces, stresses, and deformations.
Bearing - Answer✔️✔️-A horizontal direction indicated by an angle from
either due north or due south toward either the east or west.
Bearing Walls - Answer✔️✔️-Solid walls that provide support for each other
and for the roof of a structure.
Berm - Answer✔️✔️-A horizontal ledge cut between the foot and top of an
embankment to stabilize the slope by intercepting sliding earth.
Brownfield - Answer✔️✔️-Real property of which the expansion,
redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential
presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
Building Code - Answer✔️✔️-Legal requirements designed to protect the
public by providing guidelines for structural, electrical, plumbing, and
mechanical areas of a structure.
Building Envelope - Answer✔️✔️-The portion of a building that encloses the
treated environment, including the walls, ceiling or roof, and floor.
Built-up Roof (BUR) - Answer✔️✔️-A roof membrane laminated from layers
of asphalt-saturated felt or other fabric, bonded together with bitumen or
pitch.
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CEA PLTW STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ABET - Answer✔️✔️-The recognized accreditor for college and university
programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology.
Aesthetics - Answer✔️✔️-The quality of an object that deals with art, beauty,
and taste.
Allowable Strength - Answer✔️✔️-Nominal strength divided by the safety
factor.
AIA - Answer✔️✔️-The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is the
professional society representing the field of architecture and others
working in the architecture field.
Air Handling Unit (AHU) - Answer✔️✔️-A device used to condition and
circulate air as part of a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC)
system.
Arch - Answer✔️✔️-A curved structure for spanning an opening, designed
to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression.
Architect - Answer✔️✔️-An individual trained in the art and science of
designing and constructing buildings.
Architectural Programming - Answer✔️✔️-Research and decision making
process that identifies the scope of work for a design project.
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,©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Monday, August 19, 2024 10:32 PM
Architectural Program - Answer✔️✔️-Written statement setting forth design
objectives, constraints, and criteria for a project, including special
requirements and systems, and site requirements. The program is usually
prepared by the architect with input from the owner regarding the goals,
needs, and function of the project, design expectations, available budget,
and pertinent building code and zoning regulations.
ASCE - Answer✔️✔️-The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is the
professional engineering society representing the field of civil engineering
and others working in the civil engineering field.
ASD - Answer✔️✔️-Allowable Strength Design. A method of designing
structural elements such that the allowable strength is greater than or equal
to the strength necessary to support the required load combinations.
Axial Force - Answer✔️✔️-A force that acts along the longitudinal axis of a
structural member. Axial tension causes elongation of the member. Axial
compression causes shortening of the member.
Balance - Answer✔️✔️-The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or
proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition.
Ballast - Answer✔️✔️-A heavy material installed over a roof membrane to
prevent wind uplift and shield the membrane from sunlight.
Baseline - Answer✔️✔️-A parallel of latitude running through an arbitrary
point chosen as the starting point for all sectionalized land within a given
area.
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Beam - Answer✔️✔️-A structural member, usually horizontal, that carries a
load that is applied transverse to its length.
Beam Analysis - Answer✔️✔️-The use of physical laws and mathematics to
compute internal forces, stresses, and deformations.
Bearing - Answer✔️✔️-A horizontal direction indicated by an angle from
either due north or due south toward either the east or west.
Bearing Walls - Answer✔️✔️-Solid walls that provide support for each other
and for the roof of a structure.
Berm - Answer✔️✔️-A horizontal ledge cut between the foot and top of an
embankment to stabilize the slope by intercepting sliding earth.
Brownfield - Answer✔️✔️-Real property of which the expansion,
redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential
presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
Building Code - Answer✔️✔️-Legal requirements designed to protect the
public by providing guidelines for structural, electrical, plumbing, and
mechanical areas of a structure.
Building Envelope - Answer✔️✔️-The portion of a building that encloses the
treated environment, including the walls, ceiling or roof, and floor.
Built-up Roof (BUR) - Answer✔️✔️-A roof membrane laminated from layers
of asphalt-saturated felt or other fabric, bonded together with bitumen or
pitch.
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