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21 Cards in this Set
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Name 3 ceiling types.
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1. Exposed (no ceiling really)
2. Tightly attached 3. Suspended ceiling |
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___________ ceilings tend to save vertical space (shorter bldgs) and money on finishes (labour + materials).
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Exposed
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Name 3 types of suspended ceilings, and a point or two about each.
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1. Acoustic ceiling: economic, lightweight, standardized.
2. Suspended plaster ceiling: heavy, wet. 3. Suspended plasterboard: thin plasterboard good for curved ceiling surfaces. |
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________ paint can masks imperfections in surface and provide acoustical treatment.
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Textured
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Name 4 functions of finished flooring.
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1. Enhances comfort - only surface we touch normally
2. Contributes to lighting 3. Helps control acoustics 4. Primary wearing surface - cleaning & maintenance |
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Name 3 attributes of hard flooring.
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Top resistance to wear and moisture.
Rigid and unyielding, not comfortable. Create live, noisy acoustical conditions. |
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Name 5 types of hard flooring
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Concrete
Quarry tile Ceramic and porcelain tile Stone Terrazzo |
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__________________ flooring consists of marble or granite chips combined with colored portland cement.
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Terrazzo
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Name 3 types of resilient flooring.
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Wood
Laminate Vinyl composition tile (VCT) Carpet |
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What are two common wall bases?
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Vinyl cove base
Carpet cove base |
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____________ & _________ lighting have low initial cost and nice warm light, but a short life and wastes a lot of energy on heat (low efficacy).
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Incandescent, halogen
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Fluorescent lights have a ________ that starts and operates the lamp.
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ballast
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Name 3 advantages and 2 disadvantages of LED lights.
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Very long life
High efficacy Gives off little heat Highest initial cost, Poor, cold light color |
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What is the inverse square law?
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Principle that light radiates outward from source and loses concentration exponentially w/ distance.
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Office light requirements is normally about __________ lux.
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500
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Which type of ceiling is most common in commercial interiors?
Tightly attached Exposed Suspended None |
Suspended
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Suspended ceilings represent the lower extent of the ___________, or space between the ceiling and the underside of the deck above.
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plenum
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The correct order of the layers that make up a suspended plaster ceiling are hanger wires, runner channels, furring channels, metal lath and three-coat plaster.
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TRUE
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A key difference between quarry tile and ceramic and porcelain tiles is that the latter type are:
Square or rectangular Made of clay Thin-set into bed of mortar Glazed None of these |
Glazed
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he acronym for the resilient flooring type that is installed in square pieces without grout joints is ___ (hint: three letters).
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VCT
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The type of commercial lamp that tends to have the lowest efficacy is _______________.
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incandescent
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