History of Building Technology MCQ
1. Who wrote the first surviving treatise on architecture?
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Vitruvius
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2. How much is known about Roman building construction?
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An enormous amount
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3. What is the oldest construction drawing?
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The Temple of Apollo at Didyma
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4. Who is credited with inventing the lathe?
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The ancient Egyptians
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5. What is the study of Ancient Egyptian technology called?
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Egyptology
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6. How did the Egyptians achieve their extraordinary feats of engineering?
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With relatively primitive technology
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7. What was the material used for construction of grand buildings?
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8. Where is the Ramesseum located?
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9. What is Adobe construction?
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Sun-baked mud brick construction
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10. How many visitors does the Louvre Museum get per year?
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11. What is the name of the largest museum in Iran?
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Tehran archaeological museum
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12. What is the Susa?
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A city in the lower Zagros Mountains
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13. Arch is a term associated with which of the following?
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Vertical curved structure
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14. What was used for pavement?
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Fired bricks and stone
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15. What is a brick?
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A type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.
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16. What is Adobe?
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A building material made from earth and organic materials
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17. What was the chief building material in ancient times?
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Mud-brick
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18. What is firebrick?
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A kind of brick used for high temperature
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19. What is the span distance?
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The distance between two structural supports
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20. What is a Hip Roof?
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Roof that has four sloping sides
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21. What is Rip-rap Stone?
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Stone placed on a slope to prevent erosion
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22. What is the process of removing concrete forms from the cured concrete called?
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Stripping
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23. What is a Filipino term for the bottom chord?
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24. What is the Filipino term for plastered course?
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Kusturada
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25. What is the Filipino term for rabbet?
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26. What is the Filipino term for floor joist?
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27. What is a Cold Joint?
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Joint formed when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch of concrete is placed against it
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28. What is an expansion joint?
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A joint used for adjoining existing building to new building
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29. What is the purpose of an eaves?
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To protect the walls and foundation of the house from rainwater
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30. What is a cantilever beam?
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A beam that projects beyond one or both of its supports
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31. What is a Hybrid Girder?
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A plate girder consisting of tees, angles and multiple web
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32. What does HGS stand for?
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Hybrid Girder Special
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33. For which purpose was the Intramuros wall built?
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Fortification
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34. What is a baluster?
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Vertical member in a railing used between a top rail and bottom rail or the stair treads
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35. What is the definition for "backset"?
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Horizontal distance from the face of a lock or latch to the center of the knob or lock cylinder
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36. What is the definition of an alloy?
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Composition of two or more metals fused together usually to obtain a desired property
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37. What is a Tryolean Finish?
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Rough plaster finish obtained by flinging plaster on a wall with a hand operated machine
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38. What is Balloon Framing?
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A system of framing a building in which the studs are continuous to roof supporting second floor joints
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39. What is Foundation Wall?
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Part of the building foundation which forms the permanent retaining wall of the structure below grade
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40. What is a Dado Groove?
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A groove cut into a board to receive the edge of a connecting board
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41. What is the shape of a Pantile Roofing tile?
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42. What is a hand plane?
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A tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting blade over the wood surface.
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43. What is the name of the new woodworking tool?
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Hand-plane
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44. What is steel made up of?
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Iron with typically a few tenths of a percent of carbon
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45. What is the purpose of tempering?
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To increase the toughness of iron-based alloys
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46. When did the Iron Age take place?
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1200 BC to 50 BC
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47. Iron tools and weapons were first used in which cultural period?
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48. What is a beehive tomb?
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A tomb with a corbelled arch
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49. What is the name of the new tool developed in the copper age?
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50. What is the process of creating bronze sculptures?
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Bronze is cast into desired shapes
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51. Which metal came into use first, copper or bronze?
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52. What is the difference between bronze and brass?
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Bronze is an alloy made when tin is added to copper, and brass is copper with zinc.
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53. What is the Bronze Age?
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The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC
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54. What is the Copper Age?
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The early part of the Bronze Age
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55. What is the Copper Age characterized by?
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Regular human manipulation of copper
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56. What is the Copper Age also called?
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The Chalcolithic
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57. How many years ago was Eridu first inhabited?
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Archaeological site
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58. What are Neolithic villages large enough to have rural and urban features called?
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Proto-cities
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59. What is a land surveying professional called?
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A land surveyor.
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60. What is tongue and groove used for?
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Fitting similar objects together, edge to edge
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61. What is a mortise and tenon joint?
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A joint that connects two pieces of wood or other material.
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62. What is the name of the building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them?
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Post and lintel
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63. What is the process known as when woodhenge is translated into stone?
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Petrification
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64. What is Woodhenge?
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A Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument
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65. Where is Stonehenge located?
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Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
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66. What is the most remarkable Neolithic structure in Western Europe?
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Stonehenge
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67. What is the time period of Neolithic architecture?
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10,000 to 2,000 BC
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68. In archaeology, what is a posthole?
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A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone
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69. What was the Neolithic long house?
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A long, narrow timber dwelling built by the first farmers in Europe
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70. What was the largest structure of the Neolithic period?
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Neolithic long house
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71. What is Jericho?
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A Palestinian city in the West Bank
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72. Where were the first mud bricks found?
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73. What is the earliest date mudbricks are known from?
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74. What is a mudbrick?
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A brick made of a mixture of loam, mud, sand, and water.
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75. When was Skara Brae built?
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Neolithic
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76. What is the Scottish term for dry stone?
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77. What is Vernacular architecture?
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Building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance.
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78. What is the state of being in which a person or organization needs little or no help from others?
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Self-sustainability
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79. What is a hut?
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A small dwelling, which may be constructed of various local materials.
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80. What is a cave dweller also known as?
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Troglodyte
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81. What is a rock shelter?
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A shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff.
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82. What is a troglodyte?
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A human being who inhabits a cave or the area beneath the overhanging rocks of a cliff.
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83. What are historic roads?
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Paths or routes that have historical importance due to their use over a period of time.
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84. What is a bridge?
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A structure built to span a physical obstacle without blocking the way underneath.
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85. When were the first bridges made by humans?
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Wooden logs across a stream
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86. What were some of the building materials used in the past?
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Bones, hide, stone, metal, bark, bamboo, clay, lime plaster, and more
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87. What is the name of the tool that was used to scrape or chop?
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Flake tool
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88. What is a stone tool?
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A tool made either partially or entirely out of stone.
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89. What can be used to create a bone tool?
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90. What is a bone tool?
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A tool created from bone
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91. What was the first material used to make tools?
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92. What did the tools available during the Stone Age primarily consist of?
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Natural materials
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93. What is the Old World archaeological period that immediately follows the Stone Age?
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Neolithic period
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94. What is the art and technique of designing and building called?
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Architecture
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95. What is history?
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The study and documentation of the past.
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96. What is the definition of urban sprawl?
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The spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city.
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97. Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with what?
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The design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment
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98. What is the main purpose of structural engineering?
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To design the 'bones and muscles' that create the form and shape of man-made structures.
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99. What is the history of construction related to?
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Structural engineering, civil engineering, city growth and population growth
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