Exam 4: Civil Engineering Drafting and Piping

The ____ of a line is the direction it takes on a compass, determined by the quadrant in which it is located and the angle it makes with the north-south baseline.

Performing quantity takeoffs for construction projects that include ____ involves determining the number and type of items such as steel columns, beams, lintels, mullions, base plates, anchor bolts, beam seats, and beam connecting plates.

____ is used most frequently for underground applications--to transport water, gas, and sewage.

____ help engineers determine how much earth must be moved and how much land must be purchased when a road is to be built.

One of the broad classifications of fittings, ____, are used in piping applications, such as high-pressure and high-temperature systems, that require permanent fittings and joints.

The fundamentals of ____ drafting include the following: location, direction, and distance; legal descriptions; plot plans; contour lines; highway and road plans; and site preparation and earthwork.

Used in wood construction calculations, one ____ equals 144 cubic inches of wood.

CAD technicians who perform quantity takeoffs are called upon to determine the ____ of steel reinforcing bars needed for the project.

When a structure of any kind is going to be built, ____ are created; these document the concept but are not sufficient to actually build the structure.

____ is a measurement concept that makes use of an infrared or laser light beam to measure the distance from a specific source point to a specific target point.

____ are used on topographical maps to connect points of elevation; these lines tell whether the land in question is flat or hilly, gently sloped, concave, or convex.

Magnetic declination is ____.

In civil engineering terms, _____ is the angular relationship between two lines.

A set of plans for a commercial building or a residential dwelling must contain a ____, which locates the building and other key features on the piece of property in question.

Legal descriptions are word pictures that describe parcels of land. The three most widely used types are ____.

Briefly describe the process of cut and fill.

A method used for laying out highways and roads that uses bearings and distances to lay out the straight portions of lines and curve radii for creating the curves is known as the ____.

____ refers to a summary of the amount of specific structural materials that will be required to build the building or other kind of structure in question.

List six common applications of geographic information systems (GIS).

Consider this scenario. Assume that you want to buy a box of apples. You have the box you plan to fill up and you know that apples cost 10 cents each. How can you determine what the box of apples is going to cost you? This scenario is analogous to ____ in structural engineering.