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Physics for Architectural Engineers MCQ

What does it mean to "combinate"?

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Correct Answer: To set a combination in a lock, cylinder or key.

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What is a vertical supporting member called?

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Correct Answer: Column

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What is a closer?

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Correct Answer: A spring powered device having a controlling means used to close a door.

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What does the term 'Closing Time' refer to?

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Correct Answer: Time from starting of a door closing until it is at rest fully closed.

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What is the definition of "circuit"?

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Correct Answer: The path for an electric current

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What does a bolt chain do?

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Correct Answer: A locking device that uses a chain to manually pull the bolt open

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What is the meaning of "Borrowed light"?

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Correct Answer: A window for use in an interior partition.

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What is another name for a Bi-pass?

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Correct Answer: Pocket door

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What does the word "blackened" mean?

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Correct Answer: A surface treated to be light absorbing and not reflective.

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What does "flitch" mean in this context?

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Correct Answer: A slab of wood sawn from a log

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What is an awning window?

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Correct Answer: A window whose frame is hinged at the top.

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What is Backfill?

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Correct Answer: Earth replaced around a foundation.

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What is an articulated joint?

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Correct Answer: A joint detail which allows for field variations.

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What does the word "Arris" mean in architecture?

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Correct Answer: A sharp edge formed by the meeting of two flat or curved surfaces.

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What does the word Applied Trim mean?

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Correct Answer: Separate molding, mounted to the face of a frame section.

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What is the definition of "Applied Casing"?

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Correct Answer: Casing fastened to a door frame after the frame has been installed.

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What is the main goal of fire protection engineering?

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Correct Answer: To protect people, property, and their environments from the harmful and destructive effects of fire and smoke.

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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 deflection?

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Correct Answer: The degree to which a part of a structural element is displaced under a load.

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What is the full form of DAMP?

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Correct Answer: Damp proofing

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What is the chresmographion?

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Correct Answer: Chamber between the pronaos and the cella in Greek temples where oracles were delivered

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What is the function of a Chimney?

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Correct Answer: Provide ventilation.

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What is the cella?

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Correct Answer: The inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture.

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What transmits the thrust to a heavy abutment by means of an arch or half-arch?

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Correct Answer: Flying buttress

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What is the purpose of a buttress?

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Correct Answer: To stabilize a wall

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What does Bargeboard mean?

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Correct Answer: A board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof.

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What is a balconet?

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Correct Answer: A false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window.

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What is the purpose of an attic?

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Correct Answer: Small top story within a roof above the uppermost ceiling.

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What is an Arcade Passage?

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Correct Answer: Passageway covered by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns

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What is the meaning of the term "Araeosystyle"?

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Correct Answer: A colonnade in which the intercolumniation is alternately wide and narrow.

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A subsidiary space alongside the body of a building is called what?

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Correct Answer: Aisle

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What is an accolade?

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Correct Answer: A sculptural embellishment of an arch.

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What is the abacus?

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Correct Answer: A flat slab forming the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column.

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What is falsework used for?

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Correct Answer: Large arch structures and bridges

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What is damp proofing?

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Correct Answer: A procedure done to the structure to prevent potential moisture from being absorbed by walls and entering the interior.

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What is the process of creating cut slopes for the installation of railways called?

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Correct Answer: Cut and Fill

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What is cross bracing?

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Correct Answer: A structural component used to improve the endurance of a structure.

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What is the process of changing or modifying an existing commercial space to reach a state of completion called?

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Correct Answer: Construction Build-Out

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What is a concrete slab?

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Correct Answer: Thick horizontal concrete platform

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What is the name of the element that is used in the majority of all structures?

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Correct Answer: Concrete Slab

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What is the least distance between the installed reinforcement and the outer surface of the concrete?

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Correct Answer: Concrete Cover

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Which of the following is used for Cant in architecture?

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Correct Answer: To create a continuous feel to the composition.

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What does "canted" mean in regards to architecture?

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Correct Answer: An oblique or angled line of a surface.

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What are box cribs made of?

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Correct Answer: Wooden bars

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What is the full form of BOQ?

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Correct Answer: Bill of Quantities

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What does BOQ stand for?

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Correct Answer: A bill of quantities

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What is the blocking technique used for?

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Correct Answer: Filling, spacing, joining, or reinforcing structures

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What does the term "blocking" mean in construction?

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Correct Answer: The use of short pieces or off-cuts of lumber in wooden-framed construction.

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What does BIM stand for?

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Correct Answer: Building information modeling

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What is the purpose of using Buttresses in architecture?

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Correct Answer: To provide structural strength

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What does batter mean in architecture?

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Correct Answer: An inward inclination or slope of a wall or structure

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What is wrought iron?

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Correct Answer: Wrought iron is an iron alloy that is less brittle than cast iron.

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What is a tuned mass damper?

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Correct Answer: A mechanical counterweight designed to reduce the effects of motion

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What is a truss?

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Correct Answer: A rigid frame composed of short, straight pieces joined to form a series of triangles or other stable shapes

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What is the purpose of a tower in a suspension bridge?

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Correct Answer: To support the bridge deck

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What is torsion?

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Correct Answer: An action that twists a material

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What is tension?

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Correct Answer: A stretching force that pulls on a material

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What is the definition of Tensile Strength?

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Correct Answer: The ability of a material to withstand tension

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What type of bridge is a suspension bridge?

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Correct Answer: A bridge in which the roadway deck is suspended from cables that pass over two towers

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What is the job of a structural engineer?

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Correct Answer: To investigate the behavior and design of all kinds of structures

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What is steel an alloy of?

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Correct Answer: Iron and carbon

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What is steel?

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Correct Answer: An alloy of iron and carbon that is hard, strong and malleable.

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What is Static Equilibrium?

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Correct Answer: State where the object is in equilibrium and at rest

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What does "span" mean?

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Correct Answer: The distance a bridge extends between two supports

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What is shear?

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Correct Answer: A force that causes parts of a material to slide past one another in opposite directions

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What is the second condition for equilibrium?

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Correct Answer: The sum of all torques is zero.

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What is another name for reinforced concrete?

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Correct Answer: Concrete with steel bars or mesh embedded in it for increased strength in tension

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What is pressure?

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Correct Answer: Pressure is a force applied or distributed per a unit area.

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What is a Movable Bridge?

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Correct Answer: A bridge in which the deck moves to clear a navigation channel

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What is Mechanical Equilibrium?

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Correct Answer: A state of steadiness wherein no physical changes occur.

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What affects load weight distribution throughout a structure?

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Correct Answer: Loads caused by wind, earthquakes, and gravity

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What is the meaning of Live Load?

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Correct Answer: The weight of traffic passing over the bridge

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Which of the following is not true about iron?

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Correct Answer: Iron is one of the most expensive metals

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What is Iron?

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Correct Answer: A chemical element

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What is a girder?

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Correct Answer: A large beam, usually steel or concrete

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What is a Geotechnical Engineer?

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Correct Answer: An engineer who evaluates and stabilizes foundations for buildings, roads, and other structures.

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What is force?

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Correct Answer: Any action that tends to maintain or alter the position of a structure

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What is the first condition for equilibrium?

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Correct Answer: The sum of all forces is zero.

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What does engineering involve?

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Correct Answer: The application of math and natural science to develop ways to utilize the materials and forces of nature

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What is the definition of Dynamic Equilibrium?

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Correct Answer: A state where the object is in equilibrium and in motion

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What is the definition of a deck?

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Correct Answer: Supported roadway on a bridge

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What is the definition of Dead Load?

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Correct Answer: A structure's own weight.

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What is a Continuous Span Beam Bridge?

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Correct Answer: A bridge made by linking one beam bridge to another

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Concrete is a mixture of water, sand, small stones, and what?

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Correct Answer: Cement

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What is Concrete made of?

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Correct Answer: A mixture of water, sand, small stones, and a gray powder called cement

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What is the definition of Compression?

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Correct Answer: A pressing force that squeezes a material together

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What is Cast Iron?

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Correct Answer: An alloy of iron with a high carbon content

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What is a cantilever?

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Correct Answer: A projecting structure supported only at one end

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What is Caisson disease also called?

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Correct Answer: The bends

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What is a caisson?

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Correct Answer: A watertight, dry chamber in which people can work underwater.

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What is a Cable-Stayed Bridge?

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Correct Answer: A bridge in which the roadway deck is suspended from cables anchored to one or more towers.

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What is the definition of Cable?

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Correct Answer: A structural element formed from steel wire bound in strands

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What does it mean when something "buckles"?

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Correct Answer: To bend under compression

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What is the definition of "brittle"?

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Correct Answer: Characteristic of a material that fails without warning; brittle materials do not stretch or shorten before failing

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What is Bedrock?

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Correct Answer: The solid rock layer beneath sand or silt

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What is a beam bridge?

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Correct Answer: A simple type of bridge, composed of horizontal beams supported by vertical posts

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What is a beam?

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Correct Answer: A rigid, usually horizontal, structural element

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What does an arch bridge do?

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Correct Answer: Converts the downward force of its weight into an outward force along its sides and base.

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What is the definition of "Anchorage"?

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Correct Answer: A secure fixing, usually made of reinforced concrete to which the cables are fastened.

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What is the outermost end support on a bridge called?

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Correct Answer: Abutment

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