Mechanics of Structures MCQ

What is an Ortman key?

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Correct Answer: A coupling device used to secure two adjacent cylindrical segments of a pressure vessel

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What is Monocoque?

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Correct Answer: A structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin

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What is a load-bearing wall?

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Correct Answer: A wall that is an active structural element of a building

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What is a Kee Klamp?

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Correct Answer: A structural pipe fitting

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What is a jetty?

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Correct Answer: A structure that projects from land out into water.

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What is interval estimation?

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Correct Answer: The use of sample data to estimate an interval of plausible values of a parameter of interest.

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What is the term for structures which use pressurized air to maintain shape and rigidity?

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Correct Answer: Inflatable space structures

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What is an infill wall?

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Correct Answer: The supported wall that closes the perimeter of a building constructed with a three-dimensional framework structure.

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What is a hollow structural section?

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Correct Answer: A type of metal profile with a hollow cross section

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What is a brick hod?

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Correct Answer: A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other building materials, often mortar.

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What is a hip roof?

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Correct Answer: A roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls

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What is the carbon content of carbon steel?

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Correct Answer: 0.05-2.1 percent

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What is Grout?

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Correct Answer: A dense fluid which hardens to fill gaps or used as reinforcement in existing structures.

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What is a green roof?

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Correct Answer: A roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium

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What is a gable?

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Correct Answer: The generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.

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What is framing in construction?

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Correct Answer: The fitting together of pieces to give a structure support and shape.

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What is a flitch beam?

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Correct Answer: A compound beam used in the construction of houses, decks, and other primarily wood-frame structures.

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What does "First fix" refer to in the construction industry?

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Correct Answer: The term used for the installation of the Framework of a building.

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What is the architectural term for a vertical frieze or band under a roof edge?

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Correct Answer: Fascia

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What is the purpose of engineering bricks?

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Correct Answer: Strength, low water porosity or acid resistance

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What is the endurance time method?

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Correct Answer: A dynamic structural analysis procedure for seismic assessment of structures.

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What is ductility?

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Correct Answer: A mechanical property commonly described as a material's amenability to drawing.

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What is a dragon beam?

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Correct Answer: A horizontal, diagonal beam in the corner(s) of some traditional timber framed buildings.

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What is a deployable structure?

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Correct Answer: A structure that can change shape so as to significantly change its size.

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What is density defined as?

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Correct Answer: The substance's mass per unit of volume

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What does deformation refer to in engineering?

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Correct Answer: The change in size or shape of an object.

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What is a structural load?

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Correct Answer: A force, deformation, or acceleration applied to structural elements.

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What is vibration?

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Correct Answer: A mechanical phenomenon whereby oscillations occur about an equilibrium point.

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What is damp proofing?

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Correct Answer: A type of moisture control applied to building walls and floors to prevent moisture from passing into interior spaces.

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What is a dam?

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Correct Answer: A barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams.

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What is the name for the motion of an object moving in a curved path?

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Correct Answer: Curvilinear motion

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What does cross bracing mean in construction?

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Correct Answer: A system to reinforce building structures in which diagonal supports intersect.

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What is a crane used for?

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Correct Answer: Lifting heavy objects and transporting them to other places.

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What is corrosion fatigue?

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Correct Answer: It is the mechanical degradation of a material under the joint action of corrosion and cyclic loading.

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What is Corrosion?

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Correct Answer: A natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide.

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What is a concrete pump used for?

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Correct Answer: Transfering liquid concrete by pumping

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What is a CMU?

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Correct Answer: A rectangular building block used in construction

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What is concrete composed of?

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Correct Answer: Fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement.

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What is computer-aided design?

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Correct Answer: The use of computers to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.

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What is a rafter?

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Correct Answer: A sloped structural member that extends from the ridge or hip to the wall plate

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What is a collar beam?

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Correct Answer: A horizontal member between two rafters

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What is cement render also known as?

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Correct Answer: Cement plaster

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What is a cement?

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Correct Answer: A binder, a chemical substance used for construction

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What is a cavity wall?

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Correct Answer: A type of wall that has a hollow center

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What is the carbon content of cast iron?

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Correct Answer: Greater than 2%

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What is carbon steel?

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Correct Answer: A steel with carbon content from about 0.05 up to 2.1 percent by weight.

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What is a cantilever?

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Correct Answer: A rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is supported at only one end.

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What does the cant of a railway track refer to?

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Correct Answer: The rate of change in elevation (height) between the two rails or edges.

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What is a camber beam?

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Correct Answer: A piece of timber cut archwise, and steel bent or rolled, with an obtuse angle in the middle

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What are calcium aluminate cements used for?

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Correct Answer: Small-scale, specialized applications

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What are calcium aluminate cements?

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Correct Answer: Cements consisting predominantly of hydraulic calcium aluminates.

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What does the bulk modulus of a substance measure?

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Correct Answer: How resistant to compression the substance is.

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What is the primary purpose of a BRBF frame?

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Correct Answer: To provide lateral resistance to buckling

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What is the definition of a brittle material?

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Correct Answer: A material that fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation

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What is a course?

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Correct Answer: A layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall.

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What is brickwork?

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Correct Answer: Masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar

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What is brick used for?

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Correct Answer: To make walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.

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What is a bent?

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Correct Answer: A structural element made of wooden piles, timber framing, steel framing, or concrete

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What is the overall shape and character of a structure defined by?

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Correct Answer: Bents

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What are bents?

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Correct Answer: The building blocks that define the overall shape and character of a structure.

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What is the capacity of soil to support the loads applied to the ground?

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Correct Answer: Bearing capacity

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What is the use of structural elements?

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Correct Answer: To split a complex structure into simple elements

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What is the primary purpose of a beam?

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Correct Answer: To resist loads applied laterally to the beam's axis.

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What is Prestressed concrete?

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Correct Answer: A form of concrete used in construction.

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What is a Barrier Cable?

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Correct Answer: A steel strand used to reinforce concrete

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Barrier cable is used for __________

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Correct Answer: Vehicular or pedestrian restraint system

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What does cargo refer to?

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Correct Answer: Bulk goods conveyed by water, air, or land.

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What is ballast used for?

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Correct Answer: To provide stability to a vehicle or structure

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What is the name of the open structure that is able to absorb carbon?

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Correct Answer: Austenite

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What is Austenitization?

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Correct Answer: The process of heating iron-based metal to a temperature where it changes crystal structure from ferrite to austenite.

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What is a cuboid?

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Correct Answer: A six-faced solid

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What is masonry?

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Correct Answer: The building of structures from individual units, which are often laid in and bound together by mortar.

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What is the definition of Ashlar?

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Correct Answer: Finely dressed stone that has been squared

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What is Moulding used for?

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Correct Answer: To cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration.

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What is the architrave?

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Correct Answer: The lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns.

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What is the architrave also called?

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Correct Answer: The epistyle

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What is the product of architecture?

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Correct Answer: Buildings or any other structures

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What is an arch dam?

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Correct Answer: A concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan.

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What does the acronym "ANSI" stand for?

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Correct Answer: American National Standards Institute

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What are Zintl phases?

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Correct Answer: Alloys depending on bond types

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What is an alloy?

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Correct Answer: A combination of metals or of a metal and another element.

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What does aggregate refer to?

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Correct Answer: Construction material including sand, gravel, and crushed stone

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What is gravel?

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Correct Answer: A loose aggregation of rock fragments

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What is sand?

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Correct Answer: A granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.

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What is the purpose of aggregate in a composite material?

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Correct Answer: To resist compressive stress and provide bulk

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What is Adhesion?

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Correct Answer: The tendency of dissimilar particles or surfaces to cling to one another.

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What is a jackscrew?

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Correct Answer: A type of jack that is operated by turning a leadscrew.

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What is an Acrow prop?

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Correct Answer: A piece of construction equipment

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How many square feet are in an acre?

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Correct Answer: 43,560

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What is the SI unit of area?

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Correct Answer: Square metre

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What is a bridge?

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Correct Answer: A structure built to span a physical obstacle without blocking the way underneath.

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What does span refer to?

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Correct Answer: The distance between two intermediate supports for a structure

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What is an abutment?

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Correct Answer: The substructure at the ends of a bridge span or dam supporting its superstructure.

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What is Structural engineering?

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Correct Answer: Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering

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