PLTW CEA EOC Review - Semester
Exam Questions and Answers
The maximum compressive stress a material can withstand without failure. -
-Compression Strength
- A solid, hard material produced by combining Portland cement,
aggregates, sand, water and sometimes additional mixtures. - -Concrete
- The difference between the indoor temperature in winter and the outdoor
design temperature in winter. The design temperature differential or design
range is used in calculating the space heating requirements of a dwelling
unit under the engineering-based methodology. - -Design Temperature
Differential
- The finish board covering the edges of rafters and eaves. - -Fascia
- The lowest, widest part of the foundation that distributes the load over a
broad area of the soil. - -Footing
- The lower part of a building, which transfers structural loads from the
building to the soil. - -Foundation
- The energy needed to warm outside air leaking into a building through
cracks around doors, windows, and other areas. - -Heat Loss
- Energy radiated or transmitted as rays or waves, in the form of particles. -
-Radiant Heat
- Member of a roof structural frame that supports the sheathing and other
roof loads. - -Rafter
- Steel bar used to reinforce concrete. - -Rebar
- The numerical value used to indicate the resistance to the flow of heat. - -
R-Value
- The plate placed at the bottom of a wall. - -Sole Plate
- In roofing, 100 square feet of roofing material. - -Square (Quantity of
Shingles)
- The maximum stress a material subjected to a stretching load can
withstand without tearing. - -Tensile Strength
, - The process of heat transfer through a solid by transmitting kinetic energy
from one molecule to the next. - -Thermal Conduction
- Heat transmission by the circulation of a liquid or a heated gas or air. - -
Thermal Convection
- Heat loss/gain resulting from the conduction of heat through the building
envelope. - -Transmission Load
- A measure of the heat transmission through a building part (as a wall or
window) or a given thickness of a material (as insulation) with lower numbers
indicating better insulating properties. - -U-Factor
- the quality of an objects that deals with art, beauty, and taste - -
Aesthetics
- a curved structure for spanning an opening, designed to support a vertical
load primarily by axial compression - -Arch
- an individual trained in the art and science of designing and constructing
buildings - -Architect
- the pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements
in a design or composition - -Balance
- solid walls that provide support for each other and for the roof of a
structure - -Bearing Walls
- an engineer trained in the design and construction of public works, such as
bridges or dams, and other large facilities - -Civil Engineering
- aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be
described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation - -Color
- a visual principle associated with change made in size, shape, color, or
tone of graphic elements - -Contrast
- Rules that describe how designers might put together various design
elements to create an aesthetic finished product - -Design Principles
- an arrangement of several arches whose bases form a circle and whose
tops meet in the center - -Dome
- a basic visual component or building block of designed objects - -Element
of Design
Exam Questions and Answers
The maximum compressive stress a material can withstand without failure. -
-Compression Strength
- A solid, hard material produced by combining Portland cement,
aggregates, sand, water and sometimes additional mixtures. - -Concrete
- The difference between the indoor temperature in winter and the outdoor
design temperature in winter. The design temperature differential or design
range is used in calculating the space heating requirements of a dwelling
unit under the engineering-based methodology. - -Design Temperature
Differential
- The finish board covering the edges of rafters and eaves. - -Fascia
- The lowest, widest part of the foundation that distributes the load over a
broad area of the soil. - -Footing
- The lower part of a building, which transfers structural loads from the
building to the soil. - -Foundation
- The energy needed to warm outside air leaking into a building through
cracks around doors, windows, and other areas. - -Heat Loss
- Energy radiated or transmitted as rays or waves, in the form of particles. -
-Radiant Heat
- Member of a roof structural frame that supports the sheathing and other
roof loads. - -Rafter
- Steel bar used to reinforce concrete. - -Rebar
- The numerical value used to indicate the resistance to the flow of heat. - -
R-Value
- The plate placed at the bottom of a wall. - -Sole Plate
- In roofing, 100 square feet of roofing material. - -Square (Quantity of
Shingles)
- The maximum stress a material subjected to a stretching load can
withstand without tearing. - -Tensile Strength
, - The process of heat transfer through a solid by transmitting kinetic energy
from one molecule to the next. - -Thermal Conduction
- Heat transmission by the circulation of a liquid or a heated gas or air. - -
Thermal Convection
- Heat loss/gain resulting from the conduction of heat through the building
envelope. - -Transmission Load
- A measure of the heat transmission through a building part (as a wall or
window) or a given thickness of a material (as insulation) with lower numbers
indicating better insulating properties. - -U-Factor
- the quality of an objects that deals with art, beauty, and taste - -
Aesthetics
- a curved structure for spanning an opening, designed to support a vertical
load primarily by axial compression - -Arch
- an individual trained in the art and science of designing and constructing
buildings - -Architect
- the pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements
in a design or composition - -Balance
- solid walls that provide support for each other and for the roof of a
structure - -Bearing Walls
- an engineer trained in the design and construction of public works, such as
bridges or dams, and other large facilities - -Civil Engineering
- aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be
described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation - -Color
- a visual principle associated with change made in size, shape, color, or
tone of graphic elements - -Contrast
- Rules that describe how designers might put together various design
elements to create an aesthetic finished product - -Design Principles
- an arrangement of several arches whose bases form a circle and whose
tops meet in the center - -Dome
- a basic visual component or building block of designed objects - -Element
of Design
