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By Sara Hart

AIA/Architectural Record Continuing Education

Instructions

• Read the article "New Technologies Create New Challenges.'"
• Complete the questions below, then fill in your answers .
• Fill out and submit the AIA/CES education reporting form in the magazine or print the form to receive one AIA learning unit.

Questions:

LU: 1
HSW: 1

1. Design and construction, research and commercial application, are bound together by which?
a. research
b. the architect
c. building process
d. technology

2. Applied research is the search for which?
a. theories
b. test results
c. isolated inquiries
d. commercial applications

3. Expanding knowledge to include advances in material science and engineering is known as which?
a. biomedical engineering
b. technology transfer
c. innovation
d. exploration

4. Gore-Tex products were originally meant to provide solutions for all except which use?
a. protective outerwear
b. cable assemblies for electronics
c. medical implants
d. high-performance fabrics

5. Textiles require details that restrain them along their edges for which reason?
a. to resist raveling
b. to resist compression
c. they can extend for hundreds of yards
d. they have strength in tension

6. A building facade’s framing members can be placed at fewer intervals for which reason?
a. textiles can be continuous up to 300 yards
b. textiles have high-tensile strength
c. textiles are ineffective in compression
d. textiles can close up a building faster than glass-and-metal frame assembly

7. The unusual program of the World Birding Center demanded a design process driven by all except which?
a. restoration
b. demonstration
c. nontraditional materials
d. reclamation

8. Southeast Texas building customs influenced all aspects of the architectural design except which?
a. buildings face south to block the summer sun
b. deep porches and covered circulation
c. buildings clustered to create comfort zones
d. use of engineered wood framing

9. The corrugated-metal, barrel-vaulted roofs on the Birding Center buildings allow for which?
a. slow heat gain
b. maximum water collection
c. grain storage
d. no need for insulation

10. Engineered wood framing was used on the Hawk Tower for the following reasons except which?
a. it has a more natural feel than steel studs
b. it eliminates the potential for rust
c. it is a better use of forest woods than solid stock
d. it does not use preservatives

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