RHFAC Glossary Exam Questions and Answers
Amenity - Anything that adds to a person's comfort or convenience.
Amenity zone - A designated area, adjacent or connected to an accessible route, that
provides amenities and services (e.g., street furniture, mailboxes, telephones) and can
include utili...
Amenity - Anything that adds to a person's comfort or convenience.
Amenity zone - A designated area, adjacent or connected to an accessible route, that
provides amenities and services (e.g., street furniture, mailboxes, telephones) and can
include utilities such as light posts, hydrants, etc.
Area of Refuge - An area separate from the general floor area by a fire separation
having a fire-resistance rating at least equal to that required for an exit, that is smoke
protected and served by an exit or a firefighters elevator.
Barrier - A condition that prevents someone's full participation in the activities of daily
living.
Barrier: Attitudinal - An assumption or perception about a disability, held by oneself or
others, either purposefully or inadvertently, that may limit or prevent someone's full
participation in their communities.
Barrier: Awareness - A lack of understanding of the extent of social, health, and
economic impacts of disability and of motivation to care and take action.
Barrier: Education - A lack of appropriate access — whether physical or attitudinal — to
educational experiences and/or training and skills development.
Barrier: Employment - A lack of access to meaningful, relevant, and economically self-
sustaining work.
Barrier: Health - A lack of cures and care that contribute to an individual's state of well-
being in body and/or mind.
Barrier: Physical - A feature of a site, structure, technology, system, space or an
environment that may prevent or limit someone's ability to fully participate in that
designed environment.
Blended transition - A connection with a slope of 1:20 (5%) or less between the level of
a pedestrian walkway and the level of a vehicular path of travel.
Bollard - Usually a 900 mm high post to mark pedestrian path from vehicular traffic.
, Braille - • A system where raised dots are used to represent letters and words. Unified
English Braille (UEB) is the braille standard for Canada. Note: In the CSA Standard,
unless stated otherwise, "braille" indicates uncontracted braille.
• A system of small raised dots that are read using the fingertips. Braille can represent
everything from words to mathematical symbols to music.
• There are two main types of braille: uncontracted and contracted. Just as sighted
people have shorthand, some people impacted by blindness use a contracted version of
braille that is space-saving and allows for rapid reading and writing. Note that not all
braille readers know contracted braille, so it is not always appropriate in the built
environment.
Building - • A permanent or temporary structure of any size that accommodates
facilities to which people have access. A site accommodating sanitary facilities may
include a toilet block in a public park or shower facilities at a campsite.
• A temporary building may include portable toilet facilities such as those provided at
outdoor events.
Building user - A person regardless of age, size, ability, or disability using facilities in a
site or associated external environment.
Cane-detectable - Any object or a change in surface texture that falls within the
detection range of a long white cane.
Colour contrast - A significant contrast in colour between the foreground and the
background of an element, e.g., light on dark background or dark on a light background.
Crosswalk - That portion of a pedestrian crossing that is within the vehicular right-of-
way.
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