1. A phenomenon where the urban 7. Wind direction of Habagat.

temperature is hotter than rural a) NW

temperature. b) SE
a) Albedo Effect c) SW
b) Urban Heat Island d) NE
c) Wind Shadow
d) Azimuth 8. The temperature of the outside air in
contact with a shaded wall or roof which
2. The tendency of air or gas in a shaft or would give the same rate of heat transfer
other vertical space to rise when heated, and the same temperature gradient as the
creating a draft that draws in cooler air or combined effect of solar radiation and air
gas from below. temperature.
a) Coriolis force a) Dry-Bulb Temperature
b) Chimney Effect b) Wet-Bulb Temperature
c) Thermal Mass c) Sol-Air Temperature
d) Uniform Heat Emission d) Surface Temperature

3. The total amount of rain, hail, snow, 9. Measured by a pyranometer, on an

dew, measured in rain gauges and unobstructed horizontal surface and
expressed in mm per unit time (day, recorded either as the continuously varying
month, year) irradiance (W/m2), or through an
a) Cloud Cover electronic integrator as irradiance over the
b) Precipitation hour of the day.
c) Humudity a) Cloud Cover
d) Air Movement b) Sunshine Duration
c) Dry-bulb Temperature
4. Wind direction of Amihan. d) Solar Radiation
a) NW
b) SE 10. Integration in time of weather
c) SW conditions, characteristics of a certain
d) NE geographical location.
a) Climate
5. Any cool mass that is available for the b) Temperature
absorption of excess heat, including water c) Weather
bodies, the ground, and massive building d) Season
materials.
a) Heat Sink 11. Maximum solar heat factor for roofs in
b) Water Features warm humid tropics.
c) Cooling Breezes a) 3%
d) Radiant Cooling b) 4%
c) 5%
6. Instrument used for measuring relative d) 6%
humidity
a) Thermometer
b) Hygrometer
c) Vane anemometer
d) Pyranometer
12. Regional climate 18. What is the annual mean temperature
a) Mesoclimate if the highest DBT of the year is 37oC and
b) Macroclimate the lowest DBT is 16oC?
c) Microclimate a) 53oC
d) Diurnal b) 26.5oC
c) 35oC
13. Flow of heat through a material by d) 17.5oC
transfer from warmer to cooler molecules
in contact with each other. 19. What will be the center of the comfort
a) Evaporation range of the above in E.T.oC?
b) Conduction a) 23
c) Convection b) 23.5
d) Radiation c) 23.82
d) 24
14. Which of the following statements is
not true? 20. Rate of heat transfer that occurs
a) Heat gain in the tropics is due mainly to through a unit thickness of material for a
solar radiation at the building surface. unit area subjected to a unit difference in
b) In hot climates, heat gains are highest temperature.
when there are low wind speeds. a) Conduction
c) Relative humidities in the tropical b) Conductivity
regions are very low. c) Resistance
d) Absorptivity of the surface to solar d) Resistivity
radiation is of primary importance in
tropical regions. 21. What is the conductivity of the wall
with a thickness of 15cm, an area of 10sqm
15. Transfer of heat from one place to and temperature difference of 5oC? in
another by the flow of molecules from one W/moC
place to another a) 0.003
a) Evaporation b) 0.3
b) Conduction c) 13.33
c) Convection d) 0.133
d) Radiation
22. As a rough guide, the wind shadow will
16. Maximum solar heat factor for walls in be _____ times the height of the building
warm humid tropics. including the pitched roof.
a) 4% a) 3
b) 5% b) 4
c) 6% c) 5
d) 7% d) 6

17. Range under which most people feel

comfortable
a) “U” Value
b) Thermal Heat Capacity
c) Comfort Zone
d) Lowest DBT of the Year
23. Wind speed increases rapidly as the 28. Heat gain in the tropics is mainly due
percentage opening area in walls increases to what?
from 0 to _____%. a) High Air Temperatures
a) 10 b) Solar Radiation
b) 20 c) High Humidity
c) 30 d) Evaporation
d) 40
29. Which of the following is true?
24. Conductivity is equivalent to which of a) Resistivity is Proportional to
the following? Conductivity
a) Per meter thickness / (area*temp b) Resistivity is Inversely Proportional to
difference) Conductivity
b) Per meter thickness / (volume*temp c) Resistivity is Equal to Conductivity
difference) d) Resistivity is the Ability to Resist
c) Area / (per meter thickness*temp Radiation.
difference)
d) Volume / (per meter thickness*temp 30. Wind speed __________ with the
difference) increase in height above the ground.
a) Increases
25. The rate of flow of radiant heat from b) Decreases
the sun can be found from the ________ c) Is not Affected
when it is placed over the sun path d) Deflects
diagram.
a) Electromagnetic Waves 31. What is the “U” value of a wall with an
b) Conductivity external surface resistance of 0.05, wall
c) Radioactive Waves layers with total resistance of 0.21 and
d) Radiation Overlay internal surface resistance of 0.12 and a
wall thickness of 0.25m? (resistance in m2
26. Angle of the sun above the horizon, oC / W)
measured from the horizon. a) 0.38
a) Azimuth b) 0095
b) Sun Path c) 10.52
c) Latitude d) 2.63
d) Altitude
32. What is the resistance of a brickwork
27. What is the resistivity of the wall with wall layer if the thickness is 20cm and
a thickness of 10cm, an area of 15sqm and resistivity is 0.83m oC / W? (in m2 oC / W)
temperature difference of 3oC? in moC/W a) 16.6
a) 0.5 b) 0.166
b) 0.03 c) 0.042
c) 450 d) 4.15
d) 4.5
33. What is the rate of heat flow Q through 37. What is the resistivity of the wall with
a wall if there is a steady temperature a thickness of 10cm, an area of 15sqm and
difference of 15oC between the inside and temperature difference of 3oC? in m2oC/W
outside of such a wall and the area of the a) 4.5
wall is 40sqm and a “U” value of 2.2 W / b) 0.45
m2oC and a wall thickness of 20cm? (in c) 450
Watts) d) 45
a) 6600
b) 66
c) 264
d) 1320

34. Results from the movement of

molecules by pumps, fans, or other
movement caused by external forces.
a) Hot Air Rising
b) Conductance
c) Natural Convection
d) Forced Convection

35. What is the sol-air temperature if the

outside wall surface resistance is 0.05m2
oC / W. a maximum radiation of 500 W/
m2; an absorptivity of 0.35; an outside
temperature of 25oC; and thickness of wall
of 20cm? (in oC)
a) 33.75
b) 6.75
c) 168.75
d) 13.75

36. Angle of the position of the sun along

the horizon, measured to the east or west
from true south.
a) Azimuth
b) Altitude
c) Latitude
d) Sun path