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The interrupter gear solved the problem of:
a. bullets hitting the propeller b. pilots falling out of the cockpit c. landing gear locking d. reaching the pedals |
a. bullets hitting the propeller
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The old Spad fighter of WWI has something in common with the F-16:
a. crowded cockpit b. poor vision c. tailspins d. twin tails |
c. tail spins
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Most of the population of the world are:
a. shrinking in height b. growing in height c. staying the same d. shrinking and growing in height |
b. growing in height
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How many times do people change positions when they sleep at night?
a. 6 b. 10 c. 10-20 d. 20-60 |
d. 20-60
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Bedrooms are generally:
a. too large b. too small c. too long d. too short |
b. too small
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Women who don't sit down in public toilets express a fear of:
a. soiling clothes b. trichomonas c. being watched d. constipation |
b. trichomonas
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The presslit erogsit is designed to make going to the toilet:
a. more sanitary b. more comfortable c. easier to release feces d. more stylish |
c. easier to release feces
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When one misses the stray droppings while going to the space toilet, the end up on:
a. the floor b. the ventilation screen c. your diaper d. the ceiling |
b. the ventilation screen
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A tendency to excuse the hardware and blame and blame human error is called a belief in:
a. human factors b. anthropometry c. ergonomics d. the right stuff |
d. the right stuff
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A good PDR study always includes:
a. costs b. POEs c. references d. drawings |
b. POEs
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The institutional POEs came about when government and other agencies:
a. hired knowledge persons b. passed regulations c. all started doing them d. forced the AIA to do them |
a. hired knowledgeable persons
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The "designer's intentions controversy" is a real problem in POEs because:
a. most buildings are not designed by architects b. architects don't know what they want c. both a and b d. neither a or b |
a. most buildings are not designed by architects
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In doing POEs it is the custom to use
a. only one method b. just observations c. only two methods d. three or more methods |
d. three or more methods
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The "walkaway" system means architects:
a. walk through the building b. don't get involved c. walk around the building d. have to refinance |
b. don't get involved
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Temple 1 at Tikal, along with Temple 2 and other buildings make up:
a. a true city b. a temple and a tomb c. a center city d. a ceremonial center |
d. a ceremonial center
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The Great Pyramid at Giza is:
a. just a tomb b. a tomb-temple c. a ceremonial center d. an observatory |
b. a tomb-temple
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One feature of the medieval city, as in Bruges, was that housing for the poor:
a. was provided b. was outside the city c. was in the city center d. was only for servants |
a. was provided
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The rise of "coketown" in the industrial age provided:
a. better housing b. the same housing as before c. a step down in housing d. a mixed situation |
c. a step down in housing
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The US cities are characterized a "hole" cities but the exception was:
a. Washington b. Chicago c. New York d. Boston |
b. Chicago
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Mumford predicted megalopolis and he has been shown to be:
a. absolutely right b. partly right c. some right, some wrong d. wrong |
d. wrong
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The best way to classify cities by looking up:
a. employment records b. tax records c. age of housing d. age of people |
c. age of housing
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Deinstitutionalization produced the first crowds of:
a. mental patients b. homeless c. unemployed nurse aids d. drug addicts |
b. homeless
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An important side effect of neuroleptic drugs is:
a. happiness b. depression c. tardive dyskinesia d. drowsiness |
c. tardive dyskinesia
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Fairweather took patients right off the ward into:
a. mental health centers b. halfway houses c. prisons d. motels |
d. motels
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Rosenhan's study showed psychiatrists couldn't tell who was:
a. crazy b. sane c. sick d. retarded |
b. sane
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Zimbardo's study demonstrated even normal people could be cruel:
a. if put in a prison situation b. if forced to be c. if threatened d. if paid to be |
a. if put in a prison situation
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A radial design for hospitals means that nurses spend:
a. more time with patients b. less time on paper work c. less time with patients d. more time sleeping |
a. more time with patients
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When people get tired in a museum they show it by:
a. snoozing b. stopping at one place c. making fewer stops d. eating |
c. making fewer stops
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Wells believes that the closer you are to a window in the workplace:
a. the lower your status b. the higher you status c. the harder you work d. the more you procrastinate |
b. the higher your status
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The number of foot candles required to read is:
a. 50 b. 100 c. 150 d. 200 |
b. 100
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The open office has been shown to be:
a. a roaring success b. a reasonable success c. no improvement d. an expensive failure |
c. no improvement
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Taylor's management style is best characterized as:
a. scientific b. top down c. bottom up d. flat on |
b. top down
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Deming's management style is best characterized as:
a. scientific b. top down c. bottom up d. flat on |
c. bottom up
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Employers are looking mostly for:
a. specialists b. generalists c. motivated people d. bright people |
b. generalists
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Controlling supervisors make for:
a. contented workers b. secure workers c. hard workers d. dissatisfied workers |
d. dissatisfied workers
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Despite popular notions about destinations as the determiner of recreation, studies show it is more:
a. social b. economic c. accessible in nature d. random |
a. social
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In the past recreation has been used by governments as a tool for:
a. social release b. control c. release of aggression d. escape |
b. control
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Csikszentmihalyi has been used by governments as a tool for:
a. recreation b. older people c. work d. leisure |
c. work
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The modern trend in recreation is to increase:
a. the number of hours b. the number of people together c. paid recreation d. free time |
c. paid recreation
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According to the biophilia hypothesis, recreation in a natural setting should:
a. have a stimulating effect d. make you sleep c. keep you from getting excited d. have a restorative effect |
d. have a restorative effect
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A form of recreation that is seen as the last refuge of male superiority is:
a. chess b. football c. hunting d. archery |
c. hunting
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The place where most recreation takes place is in the:
a. parks b. beaches c. mountain d. home |
d. home
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One of the most important ways humans cause desertification is:
a. through salinization b. by lack of rain c. by pig farming d. by building roads |
a. through salinization
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Putting houses close together in hot climates increases:
a. heat b. shade c. air circulation d. cost |
b. shade
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The reason parka hoods should be lined with wolf hide is:
a. to keep warm b. to use up the surplus of wolf hides c. to look good d. the oil in the hair |
d. the oil in the hair
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SAD stands for:
a. seasonal affective depression b. seasonal affective disorder c. sadness and depression d. sorrow acting disease |
b. seasonal affective disorder
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The primary determinant of climatological zones in Alaska is:
a. latitude b. snowfall c. nearness to water d. human habitations |
a. latitude
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The most important aspect of housing design for families in extreme climates is the:
a. size of bedrooms b. TV reception c. separation of children and adults d. amount of insulation |
c. separation of children and adults
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Extreme attitudes can only be endured by developing physical changes such as:
a. thicker legs b. shorter necks c. polycythemia d. soroche |
c. polycythemia
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The Montessori policy is to avoid:
a. designing b. adults have their choice c. lots are drawn d. new additions are added |
b. adults have their choice
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