Arch 2040

Test one

______ Arises from a rich structure of many feedback loops that can work in different ways to restore a system even after a large perturbation

Resilience

What term Identifies how quite reasonable decisions based on the information at hand, may lead to unwanted outcomes due to not understanding enough of the systems elements?

Bounded rationality

What system is a vicious or virtuous circle that can cause healthy growth or runaway destruction ?

Reinforcing feedback systems

Which relationship foils the reasonable expectation that if a little of some cure did a little good, then a lot of it will so a lot of good.

Linear vs. non linear relationships

Sick building syndrome is defined as when more than ___ % of building occupants exhibit headaches, irritated eyes, and/or respiratory problems

20%

Discomfort due to “irritants” increase with the amount of time exposed unlike what other classification where discomfort decreases with the amount of exposure?

Odor

What cancer causing, colorless and odorless, and thus is undetectable by human senses natural occurring gas found in various areas across the United States?

Radon

What does the measurement of 1 OLF correspond to?

Pollution load generated by a sedentary adult in thermal comfort with good hygiene

Requiring no electricity, what component acts as a balancing feedback loop for the intake temperature and humidity for HVAC systems?

Stack effect

A steep roof pitch will collect more rain water than a roof with a shallow pitch, true or false?

False

After effluence leaves a septic tank it must be dispersed in either a ___or ____

Leach field or seepage pit

If a ___ is not installed behind a sink, sewage fumes will enter the house

P-trap

Private septic systems are sized for the number of?

Bedrooms

A seepage pit is a sealed concrete container, below grade, that stores effluence directly from your wastewater line

False

Your proposed residential project is 80’ away from the city sewer main hook up. The inlet has an elevation of 32’. What is the lowest elevation your sewer line can be set at leaving your proposed house?

33.6 ft (1/4 in per ft)

____arises from a rich structure of many feedback loops that can work in different ways to restore a system even after a large perturbation

Resilience

What term identifies how quite reasonable decisions based on the information af hand, may lead to unwanted outcomes due to not understanding enough of the systems elements.

Bounded rationality

What system is a vicious or virtuous circle that can cause healthy growth or runaway destruction?

Reinforcing feedback systems

Which relationship could the reansinsble expectation that if a little of some cure did a little good, then a lot of it will do a lot of good?

Linear vs. non linear relationships

Building codes are developed and governed by the county planning development

false ?

Which of the energy consuming process impact a materials total embodied energy?

Mining through harvesting, production and fabrication, transportation and installation

____involves meeting the needs of todays generation without distracting from the ability of future generations to meet their needs

Sustainable design

Which of these items would be considered micro-climate factors for a potential building ?

A neighbors giant smell trash dumpster is located near your shared property line your building site is in Alaska

The longest day of the year is on the ____

Summer solstice

Which medium does sound travel faster within? Air, water or metal

Metal (solids)

Why do we use a logarithmic scale to determine decibels (dB)?

Sound varies logarithmically not linerally, think that it’s more 3D

What is A-weighting (dBA) and why do we use it?

Form of frequency weighting and the most commonly used of a family of curves defined in the international standard. What human perceive

What size range of wavelengths are audible to the human ear?

17 m to 0.17 (Hertz 20Hz-20,000Hz

You have one speaker producing 60 dBA, what will be the total decibel level if you add a second speaker at 60 dBA?

60dBA

A hydrologic process where water moves for ward from surface water to ground water (aquifer)

Recharging

What represents 50-80% of household wastewater from kitchen sinks, bathroom sinks, tubs and showers

Grey water

What is waste water from toilets, dishwashers, and garbage grinders, can contain food particles, feces, and other human body fluids and is considered hazardous?

Black water

The espoused advantage of ____ is that children who drink this water during the most active stages of tooth development have lower rates of tooth decay

Fluoridation

A ____water heater, heats by quickly raising the water to a desired temperature within a heating coil and immediately sending it to the point of useage

Tankless

The flow rate of a faucet or showerhead is measured in what?

GPM (gallons per min)

An outdoor water faucet protruding from a building at about still height, which usually threaded to accept a hose connection

Hosebib

There is no benefit to installing multiple on demand water heaters in a series, true or false

False

One British thermal unit (BTU) is defined as the amount of energy it takes to

One pound of water per one degree ferenheit

CLO and MET rates have no effect on persons thermal comfort, true and false?

False

When relative humidity reached 100% the ___is reached

Dew point

What three factors are multiplied to determine sensible heat loss

(U)(A)(change in temp)

The coefficient of thermal transmittance is the reciprocal of the____

Sum of all the R values 1/R

A materials density multiplied by its specific heating is called what

Thermal capacity

The estimated heat loss due to infiltration, the ____ calculated the linear edge of all surfaces to aperture

Crack method

The solar heat gain coefficient defines the ratio of heat transmittance through plus radiant heat from at____?

Window unit