Arc 482 Environmental Design Final
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The solar radiation spectrum includes:
1. ultraviolet and visible components
2. infrared and visible components
3. ultraviolet, visible, and infrared components
4. only visible radiation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3. ultraviolet, visible, and infrared
components
The difference between a code and a standard is essentially:
1. a code is not legally mandated
,2. a standard is enforced by the government
3. a code is enforced by the government
4. more weight is given to standard requirements than to code
requirements - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3. a code is enforced by the government
Exterior shading devices are generally more effective than comparable
interior shading devices:
1. because exterior devices can be easily coated with selective surface
coatings
2. because exterior devices block shortwave radiation and interior devices
block longwave radiation
3. because exterior devices can intercept solar radiation before it enters a
building
4. because exterior devices are more durable - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3. because
exterior devices can intercept solar radiation before it enters a building
The "design conditions" for a building are important to consider when
initiating the design process because:
1. they accurately measure the potential for occupant interference with a
building's automated mechanical systems
,2. they are useful in determining whether a building needs an elevator
3. they consider statistical extremes that may occur at the building site
4. they will predetermine building materials - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3. they
consider statistical extremes that may occur at the building site
Clock time differs from solar time for all of the following reasons, except:
1. daylight savings time
2. the earths daily rotation
3. equation of time
4. location within a time zone - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔2. the earths daily rotation
To make a site cooler you should...
1. all of the above
2. extensive use of shade trees
3. use ground cover or turf rather than paving
4. use overhangs, trellis and canopies - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. all of the above
A "microclimate" is best described as:
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, 1. a summary of climate conditions that is based upon only 1-2 years of
actual data
2. climate conditions that briefly occur and then quickly dissipate
3. the thermal conditions on a localized area of a building material
4. climate conditions in a relatively small area, such as directly surrounding
a building - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔4. climate conditions in a relatively small area,
such as directly surrounding a building
Which statement about fossil fuels is accurate?
1. high BTU per unit volume and finite resource
2. finite resource and renewable
3. renewable and contributes to pollution
4. renewable and storable - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. high BTU per unit volume
and finite resource
Deciduous vegetation can play a large role in building design as a result of
its ability to:
1. reduce heat gain during summer months
2. increase interior lighting levels
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | Already Graded A+
The solar radiation spectrum includes:
1. ultraviolet and visible components
2. infrared and visible components
3. ultraviolet, visible, and infrared components
4. only visible radiation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3. ultraviolet, visible, and infrared
components
The difference between a code and a standard is essentially:
1. a code is not legally mandated
,2. a standard is enforced by the government
3. a code is enforced by the government
4. more weight is given to standard requirements than to code
requirements - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3. a code is enforced by the government
Exterior shading devices are generally more effective than comparable
interior shading devices:
1. because exterior devices can be easily coated with selective surface
coatings
2. because exterior devices block shortwave radiation and interior devices
block longwave radiation
3. because exterior devices can intercept solar radiation before it enters a
building
4. because exterior devices are more durable - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3. because
exterior devices can intercept solar radiation before it enters a building
The "design conditions" for a building are important to consider when
initiating the design process because:
1. they accurately measure the potential for occupant interference with a
building's automated mechanical systems
,2. they are useful in determining whether a building needs an elevator
3. they consider statistical extremes that may occur at the building site
4. they will predetermine building materials - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3. they
consider statistical extremes that may occur at the building site
Clock time differs from solar time for all of the following reasons, except:
1. daylight savings time
2. the earths daily rotation
3. equation of time
4. location within a time zone - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔2. the earths daily rotation
To make a site cooler you should...
1. all of the above
2. extensive use of shade trees
3. use ground cover or turf rather than paving
4. use overhangs, trellis and canopies - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. all of the above
A "microclimate" is best described as:
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, 1. a summary of climate conditions that is based upon only 1-2 years of
actual data
2. climate conditions that briefly occur and then quickly dissipate
3. the thermal conditions on a localized area of a building material
4. climate conditions in a relatively small area, such as directly surrounding
a building - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔4. climate conditions in a relatively small area,
such as directly surrounding a building
Which statement about fossil fuels is accurate?
1. high BTU per unit volume and finite resource
2. finite resource and renewable
3. renewable and contributes to pollution
4. renewable and storable - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. high BTU per unit volume
and finite resource
Deciduous vegetation can play a large role in building design as a result of
its ability to:
1. reduce heat gain during summer months
2. increase interior lighting levels
