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56 Cards in this Set
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Bearing-Walls Are?
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Solid Walls that support themselves
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Skeleton Frame is?
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An Open Frame wall to which a covering is attached to
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Post-and-lintel is?
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The first solution to the problem of making an opening in a supporting wall without sacrifing the support
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Many Arches in a circle form a what?
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Dome
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The Keystone is?
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The supporting stone in the arch
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What is the term of a double-pitched roof?
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Gambrel Roof
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Name four Architectural Styles that developed in colonial America?
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1. New England
2. Mid-Atlantic 3. Dutch-Colonial 4. Southern-Colonial |
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The development of what material made it possible to construct high-rise Buildings?
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Steel
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A Buttress is..?
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Is the name for a protruding structure used to add support to a wall or arch
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Name Four European Styles that have had the most influence on American architecture?
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1. English
2. french 3. Spanish 4. Italian |
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What is Another name for Mid-Atlantic style Architecture?
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Classic Revievel
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Form Follows?
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function
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The term used to describe the center of attention in design is called?
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Focal Point
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Name three primary colors
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Red, Blue, Yellow
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If you combine two primary, you get a ?
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Secondary
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What term is used to describe lightness and darkness of a color?
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Value
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What is the term for colors opposite one another on a color wheel?
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Compamentary
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Combining a primary color with a secondary color gives you?
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a tertiary color
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Another term for shape
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form
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Another term for roughness?
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texture
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What creates a sense of wholeness?
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Unity
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What creates a sense of flowing movement
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Curved Line
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What creates a sense of height?
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A line
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Name three scales used to prepare architectural drawings?
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1. Architects Scale
2. Cilvial enginers Scale 3. Metric Scale |
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Which type of scale has all increments shown along its length?
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fully divided scale
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To What scale are residential floor plans and elevations often drawn to?
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1/4 Inch = 1 Foot
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What basic units are used in architecture?
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Meters and millimeters
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What type of triangle can be used to create the most angles?
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30 60 90 Traingle
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On what paper are most archetitural drawings prepared on>
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Vaemul, Tracing Paper
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Which instrument can serve as an architects scale, protractor, T-square, or parallel slide?
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Drafting machine
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Which instrument is used to draw small circles?
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Bow Compass
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Which instrument is used to divide an area into equal parts?
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Dividers
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Are Dimensions included in a rendering?
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Nope
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Which type of lines permits dimensioning at a distance from a structure?
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Extension
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What is used to reference a door or window on a plan to a door or window schedule?
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Callout
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Which type of drawing gives a birds eye view?
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Plan
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Drawing used during the building process are called?
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working drawings
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under the coding system, which letter is used to identify a set of interior design drawings
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I
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What very heavy lines are used to show where an area is to be sectioned?
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Cutting Plane
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What lines are used to connect a note or dimension to a drawing?
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leader Lines
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What coding system is used to organize and mark arcitecture drawings consistently?
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AIA
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Another name for a pictorial Drawing?
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Rendering
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Which type of drawing is done to reveal precise information about construction methods or materials
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Detail
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What Line is:
________ _ _ ___________ _ _ ___ |
Phantom Line
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What Line is:
_;--;___;-;__;------;___;--- |
Short Break Line
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What Line is:
--Vw----Vw----Vw-- |
Long Break Line
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What Line is:
__ _ _ _______ _ _ ___ I I v v |
Cutting Plane Line
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What Line is:
- - - - - - - - - - - - |
Center Line
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What Line is:
__________________ |
Hidden/Visible Line
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What Line is:
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Dimension Line
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What is the name of the tablet that accepts commands and translates them to create graphic entities in a drawing file?
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Digitizing Tablet
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What term is used to describe the crosshair input device used to pick points on a tablet?
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Puck
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Which type of solar design system used mechanical or electrical devices to control the energy?
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Active
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What is the term for positioning structures in a relation to the environmental conditions?
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Orientation
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ASCII Stands for?
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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ISO
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International Standards Organization
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