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Question 1

Question
Which one below is more likely to cause flanking in a room?
Answer
  • Cricket
  • Acoustic Panel
  • Plenum
  • Reverberation

Question 2

Question
Which of the following building scenarios is expected to perform better during a potential earthquake?
Answer
  • A wood frame, single-story, single-family house.
  • A steel frame, three-story library building.
  • A concrete frame, two-story office building.
  • A single-story, concrete frame motel building with masonry partitions.

Question 3

Question
If the ground conditions are unknown and the lateral stress caused by the elevator on the structure should be minimized, which of the following elevator type below would be the best solution for a low-rise passenger elevator?
Answer
  • Geared traction
  • Single-jack roped hydraulic
  • Single-jack hole-less hydraulic
  • Twin-jack hole-less hydraulic

Question 4

Question
Which exit configurations below cannot be accepted as a means of egress? Check the two that apply.
Answer
  • Door to a private office that leads to a general office area which leads to the exit corridor.
  • The door from the gift shop of a museum into the main gallery leads to the main exit doors.
  • An office door that opens to a firework manufacturing space with a discernible path of egress travel to an exit.
  • A restaurant manager's office door opens to the restaurant's kitchen, which leads to the exit corridor.

Question 5

Question
Which one below is not a reason why wetlands are crucial for environmental sustainability?
Answer
  • They can provide wildlife habitat.
  • They serve as filters of groundwater.
  • They help to flood control.
  • They can be converted into agricultural areas easily.

Question 6

Question
A business owner is looking for rental spaces for a potential daycare facility that he is planning to open. The owner comes to the architect with four possible rentable space options, and his main priority is to keep the facility’s occupancy group educational. Which of the following rental space options below should be recommended by the architect? https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IBC2018
Answer
  • Having more than 16 but less than 100 occupants, double story, fully sprinklered building with three total exits.
  • Having more than 5 but less than 50 occupants, building with all of the classrooms located on level of exit discharge.
  • Regardless of the number of occupants, 2 1/2 years or less of age, building with all of the classrooms located at level of exit discharge.
  • Having more than 5 but less than 100 occupants, 2 1/2 years or less of age, building with all of the classrooms located on the level of exit discharge and each classroom has an exit door directly to the exterior.

Question 7

Question
Buildings are required to resist lateral forces as well as gravitational. Select the major structural lateral force resisting systems below, which can either be used alone or in combination in building design. Check the three that apply.
Answer
  • Shear Wall System
  • Braced Frame System
  • Moment (Rigid) Frame System
  • Diaphragm System
  • Plane Frame System

Question 8

Question
A client wants to power her new house by utilizing the sun’s energy as much as possible; however, she is worried about the limited roof surface and the lot that the house is located in. Besides, her design intends to keep the house as minimalistic as possible and avoid any visual conflicts. Which type of PV system best serves the client’s needs?
Answer
  • Grid System
  • Stand-Alone System
  • BIPV
  • DAPV

Question 9

Question
Which masonry wall below can be a load-bearing wall for a larger buildings?
Answer
  • Concrete masonry units
  • Steel reinforced CMU
  • Single wythe brick walls
  • Double wythe brick walls

Question 10

Question
Which building type below is more likely to be a skin-loaded building?
Answer
  • A single-family house
  • A college campus library
  • A hospital
  • An office tower

Question 11

Question
During the design documentation phase of a new theater building, the owner decides to increase the occupant load significantly. Due to this change, the mechanical engineer reports to the architect that the plenum spaces need to be increased 2 to 4 inches throughout the building. The owner and the architect agree to keep the interior ceiling height as before and reduce the floor thicknesses to provide room for the new plenum depth. Which of the structural scenarios below provides the best solution to this problem?
Answer
  • Precast, pre-stressed concrete solid slab
  • Site-cast concrete joist slab
  • Waffle slab
  • Any of the concrete ribbed systems

Question 12

Question
Drag & drop the given lamp types below to the lighting family they belong to accordingly. Not all of the given family types are relevant or correct. Drag & drop the letter “X” across the lighting family that you think is irrelevant.
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Answer
  • Incandescent
  • X
  • Fluorescent
  • LED

Question 13

Question
Due to existing site conditions, an architect aims to minimize the site disturbance at his new project. Which of the structural systems or scenarios below serves this purpose the best? Check the three that apply.
Answer
  • Considering long-span structural systems, such as glue-laminated wood beams.
  • Considering short-span systems.
  • Choosing off-site, prefabricated structures.
  • Choose column and beam systems supported on point footings such as wood or steel systems.
  • Considering on-site from easily formed systems and materials.

Question 14

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Which one below is the shear diagram of the beam above with two reaction forces, R1 and R2, and a 200 ft/lb distributed load?
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Answer
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV

Question 15

Question
Which of the following direct water heating system is the best way to save the water but not as great on saving the energy?
Answer
  • Centralized water‐heater storage tank system
  • Centralized water‐heater storage tank system with recirculating pump
  • Decentralized system
  • Central solar water heater/decentralized tank-less heating coil combination

Question 16

Question
According to the adjacency matrix of a one-story public library building below, select all of the following options that are correct. Check the two that apply.
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Answer
  • The book-hall is close-by to staff lockers.
  • The private meeting room is adjacent to the book-hall.
  • The restrooms are adjacent to the staff lockers.
  • The stack area is close-by to the restrooms.
  • The staff lockers are adjacent to the main entry.

Question 17

Question
Select the daylighting design strategies that provide the most equally distributed daylight in space. Check the two that apply.
Answer
  • Unilateral lighting
  • Bilateral lighting
  • Place windows low on walls
  • Place windows high on walls

Question 18

Question
An architect is looking for different building methods for his client who wants to build a “green home” out of the city. The client wants an off-grid home that utilizes solar panels for both power and hot water needs. Using passive heating/cooling methods is also a top priority. The house is in a temperate climate and will be built on a one-acre land that receives ample south sun and is subject to the strong northern wind during winter months. The client expects the architect to “think out of the box” and deliver a unique solution. Which of the following scenarios can answer the client’s concerns?
Answer
  • Heavy timber frame with thick masonry walls that has high insulation values.
  • Site cast rigid frame concrete with CMU and brick veneer cavity walls to provide higher thermal performance.
  • Straw bale construction with wide roof overhangs.
  • Adobe construction with large south/north openings and a flat roof for a minimalist effect.

Question 19

Question
An architect is working on a 14,600 SF post office project in Davis, California. What is the number of parking spaces required for the project to meet the local zoning code requirements? Click on the “Material” tab above to access the Zoning Code excerpt[blank_start].[blank_end] https://arequestions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Davis-California_Zoning-Code-Excerpt.pdf https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IBC2018
Answer
  • 37

Question 20

Question
What is the R-value of a 4″ thick fiberglass insulation board if the board’s conductivity (k) is 0.25?
Answer
  • 16
  • 0.0625
  • 4
  • 1
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