Intern Exam Questions
In an enclosed room with an electric fan running, this is what happens to the temperature.
What is it increases?
What was the main language spoken in the Roman Empire?
What is Latin?
Leading cause of construction fatalities
What are falls
Standard age for verifying concrete design strength
What is 28 days
Pierce College is one of this many colleges in the LACCD.
What is 9?
The chemical formula for water.
What is H2O?
What is the human body’s largest organ?
What is skin?
Fall protection trigger height in construction
What is 6 feet
Lowering the water-cement ratio generally does this to strength and durability.
What is increase them?
The year Pierce College was established.
What is 1947?
The temperature at which water freezes, in degrees Fahrenheit.
What is 32°F?
What is the capital city of Australia?
What is Canberra
Trenches 4 feet or deeper need egress within this lateral distance.
What is 25 feet
For insulation, a material's R-value measures this.
What is the material's resistance to heat flow?
President Aguiar has been leading Pierce College for this many years.
What is 4 years?
In a vacuum, a hammer and a feather are dropped from the same height at the same time. This is which one hits the ground first.
What is neither? They land at the same time.
What does the car company BMW stand for in English?
What is Bavarian Motor Works?
Guardrail top rail height
What is 42 inches
When owner and contractor delays overlap, courts often grant time but not this
What are delay damages (money)?
The size of the campus in acres
What is 426 acres
This law of motion says that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law?
What is the smallest unit of memory in computers?
What is a bit
Under multi-employer policy, the employer with general supervisory authority over the site.
What is the controlling employer
This doctrine, from a 1918 U.S. Supreme Court case, says the owner impliedly warrants the adequacy of its plans and specs.
What is the Spearin doctrine?
As Pierce College president from 1999 to 2004, Darroch "Rocky" Young led this turnaround, growing enrollment about 51%.
What is the "Miracle on Winnetka"?