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VDA - Dome

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A vaulted structure having a circular plan and usually the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions

a)

Dome

b)

Oculus

c)

Pendentive

d)

Squinch

2.

A circular opening, esp. one at the crown of a dome

a)

Lunette

b)

Oculus

c)

Pendentive

d)

Squinch

3.

An area in the plane of a wall framed by an arch or vault, containing a window, painting, or sculpture

a)

Lunette

b)

Oculus

c)

Pendentive

d)

Squinch

4.

A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan of its supporting structure

a)

Lunette

b)

Oculus

c)

Pendentive

d)

Squinch

5.

An arch or corbeling built acrosd the upper inside corner of a square tower to support the side of a superimposed octagonal structure

a)

Lunette

b)

Oculus

c)

Pendentive

d)

Squinch

6.

A dome built with steel or timber trusses arranged in a radial manner and connected by polygonal rings at various heights

a)

Radial dome

b)

Schwedler dome

c)

Lattice dome

d)

Geodesic dome

7.

A steel dome structure having members that follow the lines of latitude and longitude, and a third set of diagonals completing the triangulation

a)

Radial dome

b)

Schwedler dome

c)

Lattice dome

d)

Geodesic dome

8.

A steel dome structure having members that follow the lines of latitude, and two sets of diagonals replacing the lines of longitude and forming a series of isosceles triangles

a)

Radial dome

b)

Schwedler dome

c)

Lattice dome

d)

Geodesic dome

9.

A steel dome having members that follow three principal sets of great circles intersecting at 60°, subdividing to the dome surface into a series of equilateral spherical triangles

a)

Radial dome

b)

Schwedler dome

c)

Lattice dome

d)

Geodesic dome

10.

A superstructure crowning a roof or dome and having open or windowed walls to let in light and air

a)

Lantern

b)

Cupola

c)

Tambour

11.

A light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere

a)

Lucarne

b)

Cupola

c)

Tambour

12.

The vertical part of a cupola

a)

Lantern

b)

Interdome

c)

Tambour

13.

The space between the inner and outer shells of a dome

a)

Interdome

b)

Lucarne

c)

Whispering gallery

14.

A dormer window in a roof or spire

a)

Interdome

b)

Lucarne

c)

Whispering gallery

15.

A space or gallery beneath a dome or vault in which low sounds produced at any of certain points are clearly audible at certain other distant points

a)

Interdome

b)

Lucarne

c)

Whispering gallery

16.

A cylindrical or faceted construction, often pierced with windows, supporting a dome

a)

Drum

b)

Tholobate

c)

Bandage

d)

Cul-de-four

17.

The substructure supporting a dome or cupola

a)

Drum

b)

Tholobate

c)

Bandage

d)

Cul-de-four

18.

A strap, ring, or chain placed around a structure to secure and gold its parts together, as around the springing of a dome

a)

Drum

b)

Tholobate

c)

Bandage

d)

Cul-de-four

19.

A semidome or quarter-sphere vault, such as one over an apse or niche

a)

Drum

b)

Tholobate

c)

Bandage

d)

Cul-de-four

20.

Half a dome formed by a vertical section, such as one over a semicircular apse

a)

Semidome

b)

Pendentive dome

21.

A spherical dome formed by removing four segments so that it merges with its pendentives and sits on a square plan

a)

Semidome

b)

Pendentive dome