Mechanics of Structures MCQs
Mechanics of Structures MCQs
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1: What is Structural engineering?
A. It is the study of the structure and behavior of molecules
B. It is the study of the physical structure of the Universe
C. Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering
D. It is the study of the deformation of solids
2: What is an abutment?
A. The substructure at the ends of a bridge span or dam supporting its superstructure.
B. A large rock in a river
C. A device used to support a bridge superstructure
D. The span of a bridge
3: What does span refer to?
A. The length of a structure
B. The width of a structure
C. The height of a structure
D. The distance between two intermediate supports for a structure
4: What is a bridge?
A. A structure built to span a physical obstacle without blocking the way underneath.
B. The way underneath
C. A structure built to block the way underneath
D. A physical obstacle
5: What is the SI unit of area?
A. Square kilometre
B. Hectare
C. Square metre
D. Acre
6: How many square feet are in an acre?
A. 640
B. 10,000
C. 4,840
D. 43,560
7: What is an Acrow prop?
A. A unit of measurement
B. A type of cheese
C. A piece of construction equipment
D. A musical instrument
8: What is a jackscrew?
A. A tool used to measure the depth of a hole
B. A type of jack that is operated by turning a leadscrew.
C. A screw used to fasten two pieces of wood together
D. A type of drill used to create holes in wood
9: What is Adhesion?
A. The tendency of similar particles or surfaces to cling to one another.
B. Adhesion is when two objects collide.
C. Adhesion is the force between molecules that are attracted to each other.
D. The tendency of dissimilar particles or surfaces to cling to one another.
10: What is the purpose of aggregate in a composite material?
A. To provide support
B. To resist compressive stress and provide bulk
C. To resist shear stress
D. To resist tensile stress
11: What is sand?
A. A colorless, transparent, odorless gas
B. A thick, viscous liquid
C. A hard, brittle, silvery-white Transition metal
D. A granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.
12: What is gravel?
A. A loose aggregation of rock fragments
B. A type of dance
C. A mineral
D. A animal
13: What does aggregate refer to?
A. A tool used in construction
B. Construction material including sand, gravel, and crushed stone
C. The study of construction
D. The process of construction
14: What is an alloy?
A. A combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
B. A material consisting of two or more elements as an intermetallic compound
C. A combination of metals or of a metal and another element.
D. A solid solution of two or more metals
15: What are Zintl phases?
A. Compounds of metalloids with metals
B. Chemical elements
C. Alloys depending on bond types
D. Transition metal oxides
16: What does the acronym "ANSI" stand for?
A. American Naval Systems Institute
B. American Nuclear Standards Institute
C. American National Standards Institute
D. American National Science Institute
17: What is an arch dam?
A. A concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan.
B. A concrete dam that is curved downstream in plan.
C. A wooden dam that is curved upstream in plan.
D. A stone dam that is curved upstream in plan.
18: What is the product of architecture?
A. The process of planning
B. Constructing
C. Designing
D. Buildings or any other structures
19: What is the architrave also called?
A. The column
B. The lintel
C. The beam
D. The epistyle
20: What is the architrave?
A. A support beam in a roof
B. The lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns.
C. The roof of a building
D. A type of column
21: What is Moulding used for?
A. To cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration.
B. To fix door frames
C. For sound proofing
D. To make floors
22: What is the definition of Ashlar?
A. Roughly shaped stone
B. Finely dressed stone that has been squared
C. Stone that has not been worked
D. A type of mortar
23: What is masonry?
A. The building of structures from individual units, which are often laid in and bound together by mortar.
B. A type of brick
C. A fraternity
D. The study of Freemasonry
24: What is a cuboid?
A. A three-sided solid
B. A five-sided solid
C. A four-sided solid
D. A six-faced solid
25: What is Austenitization?
A. A measure of the hardness of Austenitized iron-based metals.
B. The process of heating iron-based metal to a temperature where it changes crystal structure from martensite to austenite.
C. The process of cooling iron-based metal to a temperature where it changes crystal structure from austenite to ferrite.
D. The process of heating iron-based metal to a temperature where it changes crystal structure from ferrite to austenite.
26: What is the name of the open structure that is able to absorb carbon?
A. Carbon steel
B. Austenite
C. Structural test
D. Iron-carbides
27: What is ballast used for?
A. To calculate
B. To provide weight
C. To measure
D. To provide stability to a vehicle or structure
28: What does cargo refer to?
A. Bulk goods that are conveyed by water and air.
B. Bulk goods conveyed by water, air, or land.
C. Bulk goods conveyed by water, air, land, or space.
D. Goods that are conveyed by water, air, and land.
29: Barrier cable is used for __________
A. Vehicular or pedestrian restraint system
B. In ships
C. Prestressing of concrete
D. Construction of bridges
30: What is a Barrier Cable?
A. A steel strand used to reinforce concrete
B. A cable used for internet
C. A cable used for television
D. A cable used to provide electrical power
31: What is Prestressed concrete?
A. A form of concrete used in construction.
B. A process used in construction.
C. A tool used in construction.
D. A machine used in construction.
32: What is the primary purpose of a beam?
A. To resist loads applied laterally to the beam's axis.
B. To allow movement
C. To resist compression
D. To support a structure
33: What is the use of structural elements?
A. To split a complex structure into simple elements
B. To identify the mode shapes of a system
C. To calculate the load on each member of a truss
D. To predict the motion of a system
34: What is the capacity of soil to support the loads applied to the ground?
A. Bearing capacity
B. Ground capacity
C. Soil capacity
D. Load capacity
35: What are bents?
A. A type of steel
B. A type of plastic
C. A type of glass
D. The building blocks that define the overall shape and character of a structure.
36: What is the overall shape and character of a structure defined by?
A. Arches
B. Bents
C. Girders
D. Spans
37: What is a bent?
A. A type of bread
B. A place where bison live
C. A structural element made of wooden piles, timber framing, steel framing, or concrete
D. The past tense of the verb "to bend"
38: What is brick used for?
A. To make windows
B. To make doors
C. To make walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.
D. To make roofs
39: What is brickwork?
A. Masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar
B. A form of concrete
C. A decorative wall finish
D. A temporary wall
40: What is a course?
A. A wall composed of brick and mortar.
B. A layer of bricks stacked on top of each other in a wall.
C. A layer of mortar between rows of bricks in a wall.
D. A layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall.
41: What is the definition of a brittle material?
A. A material that is weak and deforms easily under stress
B. A material that is strong and deforms easily under stress
C. A material that is strong and does not deform easily under stress
D. A material that fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation
42: What is the primary purpose of a BRBF frame?
A. To provide support for a structure
B. To increase the seismic activity of a structure
C. To provide lateral resistance to buckling
D. To resist wind forces
43: What does the bulk modulus of a substance measure?
A. How resistant to tension the substance is.
B. How resistant to compression the substance is.
C. How resistant to torsion the substance is.
D. How resistant to shearing the substance is.
44: What are calcium aluminate cements?
A. Cements consisting of hydraulic calcium aluminates
B. Cements without hydraulic calcium aluminates
C. Cements consisting predominantly of hydraulic calcium aluminates.
D. Cements with less hydraulic calcium aluminates
45: What are calcium aluminate cements used for?
A. Small-scale, specialized applications
B. Large-scale, unspecialized applications
C. Large-scale, specialized applications
D. Small-scale, unspecialized applications
46: What is a camber beam?
A. A piece of timber cut archwise, and steel bent or rolled, with an obtuse angle in the middle
B. A piece of timber cut archwise, and steel bent or rolled, with an acute angle in the middle
47: What does the cant of a railway track refer to?
A. The rate of change in elevation (height) between the two rails or edges.
B. The width of the track
C. The height of the track
D. The distance between the two rails
48: What is a cantilever?
A. A beam supported at both ends
B. A rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is supported at only one end.
C. An element that is supported only at one end
D. A type of simple machine
49: What is carbon steel?
A. A steel without carbon content
B. A steel with carbon content more than 2.1 percent
C. A steel with carbon content less than 0.05 percent
D. A steel with carbon content from about 0.05 up to 2.1 percent by weight.
50: What is the carbon content of cast iron?
A. Greater than 0.8%
B. Greater than 2%
C. Less than 2%
D. Equal to 2%
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