Acoustics

What is a repetitious reflective sound due to parallel walls?

a. echo – delayed sound heard a fraction of a second after the direction of sound is heard
b. flutter
c. noise – unpleasant or unwanted sound

What is the study of reactions of humans to audible sound?

a. psycho acoustics
b. environmental acoustics – study of effects on environment upon audible sound
c. electro acoustics – study of sound generated by equipment

What is the distance between two similar points in succession waves traveling in one cycle?
a. sound – a sensation felt by the brain resulting from the distance of molecules in the air
b. frequency – rate of repetition of a periodic phenomenon
c. wavelength

What is the amount of sound energy produced by the source?

a. magnitude
b. decibel – unit of loudness of sound
c. velocity – at speed of sound normal temperature and pressure

What is the reflected sound that gathers in a central portion of the room?
a. dead room – one characterized by large amounts of absorption
b. live room – characterized by very small amounts of absorption
c. sound foci

What is the persistence of sound after the source of sound has stopped?
a. reverberation
b. resonance – state existing in a system which is set into oscillation
c. pure tone – simplest kind of sound composed entirely of sound waves of a single frequency

Electrical
What is a utilization equipment which is generally industrial built in?
a. alternator – a generator of alternating current
b. ammeter – device used to measure rate of flow of electricity
c. appliances
d. capacitor – device for storing electric energy

What is a surface, material, device, or object that scatters light or sound from a source?
a. dimmer – controls intensity of light
b. diffuser
c. rectifier – device used to transform AC to DC
d. illumeter – device that indicates light intensity in Footcandle

What is a flexible armored conduit used to encase electrical wiring?

a. regulator – controls the flow of current to the distribution elements
b. entrance cap – cap that receives the service drop
c. utility box – box used for maintaining light control devices
d. greenfield

What is an electromagnetic force flowing between the positive and negative terminals?
a. flux
b. voltage – electromotive force
c. phase – number of AC that flow in a conductor
d. watt – rate or measure of power used or consumed

What is an electric device having a resistance which can be adjusted?

a. regulator – controls the flow of current to the distribution elements
b. ohmmeter – instrument used to measure the resistance of a conductor
c. rheostat
d. insulator – materials that resist the flow of electric current

What is the unit for quantity of electricity?

a. ohm – unit of resistance
b. coulomb
c. volts – unit of electromotive force
d. candela – unit of candlepower
Furniture Design
What do you call the study that deals with human measurements?
a. anthropometrics
b. ergonometrics – deals with space planning in relationship with man’s activities
c. ergonomics – human factor engineering
d. carpentry – is a process by which woodworks are manufactured and produced

Which Philippine furniture is specifically designed for giving birth?

a. kapiya – is a modified church pew
b. comoda – is an exquisite chest drawers
c. butaca
d. gallinera – is a wooden sofa that features a cabinet compartment below the seat

Which Philippine furniture is usually used to store pillows and mats?

a. almario
b. aparador – refers to a wardrobe with mirror attached to the door
c. paminggalan – is used to store food and utensils
d. diban – is a daybed

What is escritoire?
a. arm chair with closed arms – is called bergere
b. a writing desk
c. hanging or standing shelves – is called the etagere
d. crowning ornament on furniture – is called finial

Who designed the “Barcelona Chair”?

a. Le Corbusier – designed the adjustable chaise lounge
b. Alvar Aalto – designed the cantilevered chair
c. Ludwig Mies van de Rohe
d. Marcel Bruer – designed the cesca cantilevered chair

It is a chair made of molded fiberglass rest on a cast aluminum pedestal

a. tulip chair
b. chaise – is made of nylon stretch fabric over urethane foam
c. ribbon chair – is made of tubular steel frame cobered with rubber webbing and pre-foamed latex foam
d. gyro chair – is made of reinforced molded fiberglass

Materials and resources

In fabric construction, what kind of weave requires an intricate series of hole-punched cards that tell the machine
which threads to drop?
a. twill weaves – are those in which 2 or more thread pass over or under set of threads, skipping at regular
intervals to produce irregular effect
b. pile weaves – are produced by loops of tuffs of yarn that stand out from the surface of the fabric
c. satin weave – has a few interlacing and long floats
d. jacquard weave

In general finishes, what do you call the finishing process applied to fabrics for the purpose of removing fuzz of
protruding fibers?
a. gassing
b. beetling – is the process of closing the weave and creating a heavy and compact appearance
c. crabbing – is a wool finishing process to prevent creases of other forms of uneven shrinkage in later
stages of finishing
d. fulling – is a finish applied to wool fabrics, it is a pre-shrinking process

In special finishes, what do you call the finish that is given to loosely constructed fabric or fabric with low thread
count?
a. slip-resistant finish
b. napping – is a mechanical finish of subjecting the surface of a fabric to a brushing process to raise the
fiber ends
c. antiseptic finish – is a chemical treatment designed to make a fabric bacteria resistant
d. drip-dry finish – also known as wash and wear, it dries smoothly and need a little or no ironing after
washing

In fabric design, it is a kind of applied design in which the block is pressed down firmly by hand on the fabric until
the color and design are transferred.
a. roller printing – is a machine counterpart of block printing, designs are engraved on rollers
b. stencil painting – is method of fabric painting in which the design is cut on a cardboard wood or metal
then color is applied, penetrating only the cut portions
c. block printing
d. discharge printing – is another method of fabric design wherein the color is removed from the fabric
using chemicals, thus, creating design
It is a kind of shade that consist of two rows of lightweight fabric seamed to fall into deep scallops.
a. roman shades – have a flat surface when extended down, drawn upward by a cord and the surface
overlaps in horizontal folds
b. pleated fabric shades – are factory manufactured and can be insulated, also called accordion shades
c. honeycombed shades – have smaller pleats and are usually made of a heavy polyester fabric
d. Austrian shades

What do you call the horizontal bars separating the glass pane?
a. casing – is the fittings into the wall
b. mullions
c. frame – is the wide molding covering the casing and the framing
d. muntins – are the vertical bars separating the glass pane

Mechanical
What is also known as a synthetic chemical refrigerant?
a. ammonia – gas used as refrigerant with water
b. freon
c. plenum – an air compartment or chamber
d. effluent – liquid which is discharged as a waste

A material which stops the transfer of heat is also known as?

a. humidifier – device used only to add humidity in the air
b. conduction – heat is transferred through materials
c. insulation
d. evaporator – a process which refrigerant from liquid to gas

What is a cooling or heating element which is made of pipe or tubing?

a. damper – device used to vary the volume of air passing a duct
b. coil
c. freon – synthetic chemical refrigerant
d. relay – device to control the thermostat

It is a platform or car for hoisting or lowering passenger or freight.

a. governor – stops car and grips counterweight in case of emergency
b. sprocket assembly – where the endless belt of steps pass around during operation of an escalator
c. elevator
d. relay – device to control the thermostat

What is a closed vessel in which liquid is heated or vaporized?

a. closed nipple – pipe fitting with outside threads use for connecting pipes
b. condenser – vessel where vapor is liquefied by removal of heat
c. damper – device used to vary the volume of air passing aduct
d. boiler

It consists of DC motors and the shaft of which is connected directly to the brake wheel and driving sheave.
a. gearless traction
b. hydronics – the art and practice of heating and cooling with water
c. governor – stops car and grips counterweight in case of emergency
d. hoistropes – steel wires used to compensate cars and counterweights

Sanitary
The receptacle in which liquid is retained for deposition of sediment is called?
a. drain – pipe for wastewater
b. dip - lowest portion of a trap
c. catch basin
d. effluent – liquid waste

These are vertical pipes which receive discharge from water closets.
a. standpipe – vertical pipe used for the storage of water
b. septic tank – receptacle for organic discharge
c. sludge – accumulated or settled solid waste
d. soil stack

It is a loud thumping noise that results from a sudden stoppage of the flow in water lines.
a. back siphonage – backflow due to negative pressure
b. water hammer
c. escutcheon – a flange used on a pipe to cover a hole
d. spigot – end of a pipe that fits into a bell
What do you call a vertical pipe installed primarily for the purpose of providing circulation of air to and from any
part of the drainage system?
a. soil stack – vertical pipes which receive discharge from water closets
b. fumigant – gas, fume or vapor used for the destruction or control of insects
c. standpipe – vertical pipe used for the storage of water
d. vent stack

It automatically closes to prevent the flow of fluid in a reverse direction.

a. closed nipple – pipe fitting used for connecting pipes
b. check valve
c. cistern – reservoir for liquid
d. flush valve – valve for controlling the flushing of fixtures

It is the method of rendering a pipe fitting waterproof by using oakum or lead

a. caulking
b. disinfections – process of injecting chlorine gas into the water
c. escutcheon – a flange used on a pipe to cover a hole
d. fumigant – gas, fume or vapor used for the destruction or control of insects

Structural
What is known as the deformation in which parallel planes slide relative to each other so as to remain parallel?
a. fatigue – periodic reversal of stresses
b. shear
c. strain – elongation of material subject to axial force
d. deflection – deformation that accompanies bending of a beam

A column that is subjected to both direct axial stress and bending stress is known as?
a. equilibrium – state of a body in which the forces acting on it are equally balanced
b. cantilevered – projected beyond it supports
c. eccentrically loaded
d. long column – concrete column whose load capacity must be reduced, according to code requirements,
because of its slenderness

What is known as an imaginary line in a beam, shaft, or other bending, where there is no tension nor compression
and where no deformation takes place?
a. neutral axis
b. maximum moment – bending magnitude wherever the shear passes through zero
c. torque – the product of the force and lever arms which tends to twist the body
d. yield point – unit stress at which deformation increases without any increase in the load

Unit stress in a bar just before it breaks is called?

a. vertical shear – tendency of one part of a beam to move vertically with respect to an adjacent part
b. ultimate strength
c. yield point – unit stress at which deformation increases without any increase in the load
d. working stress – in the design of structures, the maximum unit stress permitted under working loads by
codes and specifications

It is the tendency of a force to cause rotation about a given point or axis.

a. shear – a deformation in which parallel planes slide relative to each other so as to remain parallel
b. stiffness – ratio of the force applied to a structure to the corresponding displacement
c. moment
d. inertia – state of rest or motion

It is a method of concrete building construction in which floor (and roof) slabs are cast usually at ground level and
then raised into position by jacking.
a. lift slab
b. flatslab – concrete floor system which has no beam
c. cupping – distortion of the board in which the face convex or concave across the board
d. seasoning – kiln drying