TECH BOWL CONSTRUCTION with Correct Solutions 2024/2025

TECH BOWL CONSTRUCTION with Correct Solutions 2024 A(n) ___ is a type of porch that extends into space and often is unsupported from the ground. - Answer - balcony Beam, Arch, and suspension are the three types of: - Answer -bridges What is the central voussoir at an arch's apex that locks the arch to give it a strong stable structure? - Answer -keystone In 1779, the first iron bridge was made in what country? - Answer -England A longitudinal section of a house runs the ___ of the building. - Answer -length A way of determining the relative spacial locations of points on or near the surface of the earth is: - Answer -surveying ___is joining two pieces of metal by melting a third metal into the gap between the first two. This process is done at high temperatures. - Answer -brazing In the 20th century, R. Buckminster Fuller invented the: - Answer -geodesic dome What is a mixture of clay and straw formed into blocks and is used in many southwestern United States structures? - Answer -adobe bricks What is a common way to prevent a beam bridge from bending? - Answer -use piers What is the name for two or more electrical conductors which are individually insulated and found in a protective sheath? - Answer -cable The first structure with a steel frame was built in Chicago in 1885. What is that structure? - Answer - Home Insurance Building ____floorings are made up of chips or marble, granite, or other colored stone embedded in cement and polished stone. - Answer -terrazo And object's ability to resist tension is its: - Answer -tensile strength When heat is transmitted directly through two or more materials, is it transferred by: - Answer -heat conduction Designer Eero Saarinen created this structure in St. Louis, Missouri. It has a span and rise of over 600 feet. - Answer -Gateway ArchIn a kitchen, what part forms a division to another room yet is open on top? - Answer -penisula What is the power of the government to seize private land for public use? - Answer -eminent domain What determines the size of a hammer? - Answer -weight of the head Which of the following is the largest skyscraper in the world? It is 1454 feel tall. - Answer -Sears Tower in Chicago What are multifamily housing units that are sold called? - Answer -condominiums Supports for a bridge that meet the ground and resist the outward thrust to keep the bridge up are: - Answer -abutments What are the major horizontal support members upon which the flooring is laid? - Answer -floor joists Which of the following has the finest grit for sandpaper - Answer -600 Which of the following windows hinge at the top and open to the outside of a building? - Answer - awning window Which of the following is the world's largest arch-gravity dam? - Answer -Hoover Dam in Colorado Which of the following sciences is the study of 'heat movement'? - Answer -thermodynamics Which of the following is an abbreviation for American Standard Wire Gauge? - Answer -AWG Triangular shaped treads used to turn corner in a stair without using a landing are: - Answer -windings A plate used to reinforce a joint on a truss is a(n): - Answer -gusset Wind mills and wind turbines are used to generate___through wind power. - Answer -electricity An artificial way of watering crops is by: - Answer -irrigation To guard against electrical shorts, building today install___instead of fuses. - Answer -circuit breakers What is the live load to dead load ratio for a structure? - Answer -efficiency rating Which of the following is a popular way of preventing air movement around a door? - Answer -weather stripping What is the refrigerant frequently used in electric cooling units? - Answer -freon A wide-flange steel beam is: - Answer -W Type What type of dam has an upstream face with a slight angle and holds back water because of its weight and shape? - Answer -buttress damLight produced from an object becoming hot is: - Answer -incandescence Of the following, which is the highest quality of veneer? - Answer -A In roofing, the area of a shingle not covered by another shingle is its: - Answer -exposure What is the weight of or force exerted on a structure by objects not part