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1. What is an Ortman key?

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

A German WWI tank

The first operational jet fighter

A type of artillery

Answer

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

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2. What is Monocoque?

A country in Europe

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

The capital of France

A type of aircraft

Answer

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

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3. What is a load-bearing wall?

A wall that is an active structural element of a building

A wall that is not an active structural element of a building

A wall that does not support any weight

A wall that supports the weight of the roof

Answer

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

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4. What is a Kee Klamp?

A structural pipe fitting

A barrier

A type of pipe

A handrail

Answer

Correct Answer: A structural pipe fitting

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5. What is a jetty?

A body of water formed by the joining of two rivers.

A structure that projects from land out into water.

A small boat used for fishing.

A tourist attraction.

Answer

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

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6. What is interval estimation?

The use of experimental data to estimate an interval of plausible values of a parameter of interest.

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

The use of observational data to estimate an interval of plausible values of a parameter of interest.

The use of theoretical reasoning to estimate an interval of plausible values of a parameter of interest.

Answer

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

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

Free-floating space structures

Evacuated space structures

Inflatable space structures

Rigid space structures

Answer

Correct Answer: Inflatable space structures

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8. What is an infill wall?

A wall between two buildings

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

A wall that is not load-bearing

A wall that is not attached to the foundation of a building

Answer

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

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9. What is a hollow structural section?

A type of wood profile with a solid cross section

A type of metal profile with a solid cross section

A type of wood profile with a hollow cross section

A type of metal profile with a hollow cross section

Answer

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

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10. What is a brick hod?

A box for carrying bricks or other building materials, often mortar.

A three-sided box for carrying bricks.

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

A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other building materials.

Answer

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

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11. What is a hip roof?

A roof with a flat top

A roof supported by columns

A roof where all sides slope upwards to the chimney

A roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls

Answer

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

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12. What is the carbon content of carbon steel?

0-0.05 percent

0.05-2.1 percent

5-10 percent

2.1-5 percent

Answer

Correct Answer: 0.05-2.1 percent

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13. What is Grout?

A device used to measure humidity

A type of tile adhesive

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

A mixture of cement, water, and sand

Answer

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

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14. What is a green roof?

A roof of a building made of metal

A roof of a building made of glass

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

A roof of a building made of bricks

Answer

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

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15. What is a gable?

A type of roofing material

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

A window in a gable

A wall that supports the roof

Answer

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

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16. What is framing in construction?

The process of creating a picture frame

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

The study of frame structures in art

The practice of putting a frame around something

Answer

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

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17. What is a flitch beam?

A type of wood

A machine that cuts wood

A process of construction

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

Answer

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

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

The term used for the installation of the Framework of a building.

The term used for the installation of the windows of a building.

The term used for the installation of the doors of a building.

The term used for the installation of the roof of a building.

Answer

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

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

Fascia

Cornice

Soffit

Eaves

Answer

Correct Answer: Fascia

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20. What is the purpose of engineering bricks?

Construction

Support

Strength, low water porosity or acid resistance

Decoration

Answer

Correct Answer: Strength, low water porosity or acid resistance

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21. What is the endurance time method?

A method for predicting the location of an earthquake.

A method for determining the strength of an earthquake.

A dynamic structural analysis procedure for seismic assessment of structures.

A method for calculating the amount of time a structure can withstand an earthquake.

Answer

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

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22. What is ductility?

The ability to absorb vibrations and shocks.

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

The ability of a material to resist being pulled apart.

A measure of how easily a material can be deformed under compression.

Answer

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

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23. What is a dragon beam?

A type of mythical creature

A large flying lizard

Breath of fire

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

Answer

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

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24. What is a deployable structure?

A type of wall

A type of door

A type of roof

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

Answer

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

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25. What is density defined as?

The amount of space between particles of a substance

The object's mass

The amount of matter in an object

The substance's mass per unit of volume

Answer

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

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26. What does deformation refer to in engineering?

The study of objects in motion.

The process of designing and creating machines.

The change in size or shape of an object.

The science of designing structures.

Answer

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

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27. What is a structural load?

A force applied to a non-structural element.

An acceleration applied to a non-structural element.

A force, deformation, or acceleration applied to structural elements.

A deformation applied to a non-structural element.

Answer

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

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28. What is vibration?

A light waves

A mechanical phenomenon whereby oscillations occur about an equilibrium point.

The process of making something

A type of energy that travels through the air

Answer

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

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29. What is damp proofing?

A type of waterproofing membrane used in construction

A construction technique used to prevent water damage

A type of sealant used to waterproof buildings

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

Answer

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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30. What is a dam?

A French river

A type of tree

A unit of measure

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

Answer

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

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

Curved motion

Curvilinear motion

Spiral motion

Angular motion

Answer

Correct Answer: Curvilinear motion

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32. What does cross bracing mean in construction?

When two beams intersect

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

When two foundations are built on top of one another

When the supports of a structure are placed at random

Answer

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

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33. What is a crane used for?

Cutting grass

Lifting heavy objects and transporting them to other places.

Digging holes

Planting trees

Answer

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

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34. What is corrosion fatigue?

A process that occurs when two different metals touch in an electrolyte solution

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

A type of metal

When a material is exposed to environment-induced stress

Answer

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

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35. What is Corrosion?

The act of rusting

The gradual destruction of metal

The process of wearing down

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

Answer

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

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36. What is a concrete pump used for?

Cutting concrete

Transfering liquid concrete by pumping

Mixing concrete

Lifting concrete

Answer

Correct Answer: Transfering liquid concrete by pumping

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37. What is a CMU?

A tool used in construction

A masonry unit

A type of concrete

A rectangular building block used in construction

Answer

Correct Answer: A rectangular building block used in construction

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38. What is concrete composed of?

Fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement.

Cement, water, and sand

Cement, water, and gravel

Bricks and mortar

Answer

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

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39. What is computer-aided design?

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

A type of software used to create 2D and 3D models

A type of software used to create 3D models

The process of using computers to create models and designs

Answer

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

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40. What is a rafter?

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

A tool used for gardening

The front part of a roof

A large farm animal

Answer

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

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41. What is a collar beam?

A type of roofing material

A support beam in a house

The highest point of a roof

A horizontal member between two rafters

Answer

Correct Answer: A horizontal member between two rafters

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42. What is cement render also known as?

Cement plaster

Cementitious render

Cement mix

Mortar mix

Answer

Correct Answer: Cement plaster

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43. What is a cement?

A tool

A machine

A building

A binder, a chemical substance used for construction

Answer

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

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44. What is a cavity wall?

A type of wall made of one skin

A type of wall made of two skins

A type of wall that has a hollow center

A type of wall that does not have a hollow center

Answer

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

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45. What is the carbon content of cast iron?

Greater than 0.8%

Greater than 2%

Less than 2%

Equal to 2%

Answer

Correct Answer: Greater than 2%

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46. What is carbon steel?

A steel without carbon content

A steel with carbon content more than 2.1 percent

A steel with carbon content less than 0.05 percent

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

Answer

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

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47. What is a cantilever?

A beam supported at both ends

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

An element that is supported only at one end

A type of simple machine

Answer

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

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48. What does the cant of a railway track refer to?

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

The width of the track

The height of the track

The distance between the two rails

Answer

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

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49. What is a camber beam?

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

A piece of timber cut archwise, and steel bent or rolled, with an acute angle in the middle

Answer

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

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50. What are calcium aluminate cements used for?

Small-scale, specialized applications

Large-scale, unspecialized applications

Large-scale, specialized applications

Small-scale, unspecialized applications

Answer

Correct Answer: Small-scale, specialized applications

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51. What are calcium aluminate cements?

Cements consisting of hydraulic calcium aluminates

Cements without hydraulic calcium aluminates

Cements consisting predominantly of hydraulic calcium aluminates.

Cements with less hydraulic calcium aluminates

Answer

Correct Answer: Cements consisting predominantly of hydraulic calcium aluminates.

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52. What does the bulk modulus of a substance measure?

How resistant to tension the substance is.

How resistant to compression the substance is.

How resistant to torsion the substance is.

How resistant to shearing the substance is.

Answer

Correct Answer: How resistant to compression the substance is.

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53. What is the primary purpose of a BRBF frame?

To provide support for a structure

To increase the seismic activity of a structure

To provide lateral resistance to buckling

To resist wind forces

Answer

Correct Answer: To provide lateral resistance to buckling

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54. What is the definition of a brittle material?

A material that is weak and deforms easily under stress

A material that is strong and deforms easily under stress

A material that is strong and does not deform easily under stress

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

Answer

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

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55. What is a course?

A wall composed of brick and mortar.

A layer of bricks stacked on top of each other in a wall.

A layer of mortar between rows of bricks in a wall.

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

Answer

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

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56. What is brickwork?

Masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar

A form of concrete

A decorative wall finish

A temporary wall

Answer

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

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57. What is brick used for?

To make windows

To make doors

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

To make roofs

Answer

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

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58. What is a bent?

A type of bread

A place where bison live

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

The past tense of the verb "to bend"

Answer

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

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

Arches

Bents

Girders

Spans

Answer

Correct Answer: Bents

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60. What are bents?

A type of steel

A type of plastic

A type of glass

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

Answer

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

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

Bearing capacity

Ground capacity

Soil capacity

Load capacity

Answer

Correct Answer: Bearing capacity

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62. What is the use of structural elements?

To split a complex structure into simple elements

To identify the mode shapes of a system

To calculate the load on each member of a truss

To predict the motion of a system

Answer

Correct Answer: To split a complex structure into simple elements

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63. What is the primary purpose of a beam?

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

To allow movement

To resist compression

To support a structure

Answer

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

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64. What is Prestressed concrete?

A form of concrete used in construction.

A process used in construction.

A tool used in construction.

A machine used in construction.

Answer

Correct Answer: A form of concrete used in construction.

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65. What is a Barrier Cable?

A steel strand used to reinforce concrete

A cable used for internet

A cable used for television

A cable used to provide electrical power

Answer

Correct Answer: A steel strand used to reinforce concrete

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66. Barrier cable is used for __________

Vehicular or pedestrian restraint system

In ships

Prestressing of concrete

Construction of bridges

Answer

Correct Answer: Vehicular or pedestrian restraint system

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67. What does cargo refer to?

Bulk goods that are conveyed by water and air.

Bulk goods conveyed by water, air, or land.

Bulk goods conveyed by water, air, land, or space.

Goods that are conveyed by water, air, and land.

Answer

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

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68. What is ballast used for?

To calculate

To provide weight

To measure

To provide stability to a vehicle or structure

Answer

Correct Answer: To provide stability to a vehicle or structure

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

Carbon steel

Austenite

Structural test

Iron-carbides

Answer

Correct Answer: Austenite

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70. What is Austenitization?

A measure of the hardness of Austenitized iron-based metals.

The process of heating iron-based metal to a temperature where it changes crystal structure from martensite to austenite.

The process of cooling iron-based metal to a temperature where it changes crystal structure from austenite to ferrite.

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

Answer

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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71. What is a cuboid?

A three-sided solid

A five-sided solid

A four-sided solid

A six-faced solid

Answer

Correct Answer: A six-faced solid

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72. What is masonry?

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

A type of brick

A fraternity

The study of Freemasonry

Answer

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

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73. What is the definition of Ashlar?

Roughly shaped stone

Finely dressed stone that has been squared

Stone that has not been worked

A type of mortar

Answer

Correct Answer: Finely dressed stone that has been squared

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74. What is Moulding used for?

To cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration.

To fix door frames

For sound proofing

To make floors

Answer

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

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75. What is the architrave?

A support beam in a roof

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

The roof of a building

A type of column

Answer

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

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76. What is the architrave also called?

The column

The lintel

The beam

The epistyle

Answer

Correct Answer: The epistyle

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77. What is the product of architecture?

The process of planning

Constructing

Designing

Buildings or any other structures

Answer

Correct Answer: Buildings or any other structures

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78. What is an arch dam?

A concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan.

A concrete dam that is curved downstream in plan.

A wooden dam that is curved upstream in plan.

A stone dam that is curved upstream in plan.

Answer

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

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79. What does the acronym "ANSI" stand for?

American Naval Systems Institute

American Nuclear Standards Institute

American National Standards Institute

American National Science Institute

Answer

Correct Answer: American National Standards Institute

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80. What are Zintl phases?

Compounds of metalloids with metals

Chemical elements

Alloys depending on bond types

Transition metal oxides

Answer

Correct Answer: Alloys depending on bond types

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81. What is an alloy?

A combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.

A material consisting of two or more elements as an intermetallic compound

A combination of metals or of a metal and another element.

A solid solution of two or more metals

Answer

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

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82. What does aggregate refer to?

A tool used in construction

Construction material including sand, gravel, and crushed stone

The study of construction

The process of construction

Answer

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

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83. What is gravel?

A loose aggregation of rock fragments

A type of dance

A mineral

A animal

Answer

Correct Answer: A loose aggregation of rock fragments

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84. What is sand?

A colorless, transparent, odorless gas

A thick, viscous liquid

A hard, brittle, silvery-white Transition metal

A granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.

Answer

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

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85. What is the purpose of aggregate in a composite material?

To provide support

To resist compressive stress and provide bulk

To resist shear stress

To resist tensile stress

Answer

Correct Answer: To resist compressive stress and provide bulk

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86. What is Adhesion?

The tendency of similar particles or surfaces to cling to one another.

Adhesion is when two objects collide.

Adhesion is the force between molecules that are attracted to each other.

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

Answer

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

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87. What is a jackscrew?

A tool used to measure the depth of a hole

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

A screw used to fasten two pieces of wood together

A type of drill used to create holes in wood

Answer

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

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88. What is an Acrow prop?

A unit of measurement

A type of cheese

A piece of construction equipment

A musical instrument

Answer

Correct Answer: A piece of construction equipment

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89. How many square feet are in an acre?

640

10,000

4,840

43,560

Answer

Correct Answer: 43,560

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90. What is the SI unit of area?

Square kilometre

Hectare

Square metre

Acre

Answer

Correct Answer: Square metre

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91. What is a bridge?

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

The way underneath

A structure built to block the way underneath

A physical obstacle

Answer

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

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92. What does span refer to?

The length of a structure

The width of a structure

The height of a structure

The distance between two intermediate supports for a structure

Answer

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

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93. What is an abutment?

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

A large rock in a river

A device used to support a bridge superstructure

The span of a bridge

Answer

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

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94. What is Structural engineering?

It is the study of the structure and behavior of molecules

It is the study of the physical structure of the Universe

Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering

It is the study of the deformation of solids

Answer

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

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Architectural Engineering MCQs | Topic-wise

MCQ on Architectural and Engineering Drawing	MCQ on Architectural design
MCQ on Art and design	MCQ on Basic Architectural Engineering
MCQ on Building Materials and Construction	MCQ on Building construction
MCQ on Built environment and space culture	MCQ on Climatology
MCQ on Communications and HVAC	MCQ on Computer Programming and Numerical Analysis
MCQ on Computer and technology	MCQ on Drawing communication
MCQ on Electrical Systems for Buildings	MCQ on Energy systems and fire safety
MCQ on Engineering Mathematics	MCQ on Environmental Control Systems
MCQ on Foundation Engineering	MCQ on Geotechnical Engineering
MCQ on History of Building Technology	MCQ on History of architecture
MCQ on Hydraulics for Architectural Engineers	MCQ on Introduction to Architectural Engineering
MCQ on Introduction to Computing	MCQ on Lighting and Illumination
MCQ on Lighting and acoustics	MCQ on Mechanical Systems for Buildings
MCQ on Mechanics and Statistics	MCQ on Mechanics of Structures
MCQ on Model workshop	MCQ on Physics for Architectural Engineers
MCQ on Professional practice	MCQ on Sociology
MCQ on Structural Design	MCQ on Surveying
MCQ on Technical Report Writing	MCQ on Theory of architecture
MCQ on Theory of structures	MCQ on Town planning
MCQ on Urban issues	MCQ on Water Supply and Sanitation System for Building
General Architectural Engineering MCQs