Civil Engineering- Pre-Assessment

Many projects that civil engineers design are used to control natural resources.

• True

• False

A bicycle frame is a type of structure.

• True

• False

_____ is the study of forces that cause motion on physical objects.

• Torsion

• Equilibrum

• Statics

• Dynamics

The three most common types of bridges are _____, arch, and suspension.

• movable

• pier

• beam

• column

Suspension bridges utilize _____ forces rather than compression forces.

• torsion

• tension

• bending

• shear

The world’s first two skyscrapers were built in _____ and Chicago.

• Boston

• San Francisco

• New York City

• Washington DC

_____ is the process of taking and using measurements to determine the exact size and shape of a piece of land.

• Troubleshooting

• Land Surveying

• Shape Dimensioning

• Ultrasonic Testing

Who is the largest employer of civil engineers?

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

• Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

• American Planning Association (APA

• US Army Corp of Engineers

Tension is ...

• The action of twisting one end of an object/material relative to the other end.

• The strength a material has to resist being pulled apart. If you glue something to the ceiling, the weight of the object tests the glue’s tensile strength.

• A material is in compression when its particles are being pushed together.

Compression is ...

• The strength a material has to resist being pulled apart. If you glue something to the ceiling, the weight of the object tests the glue’s tensile strength.

• A material is in compression when its particles are being pushed together.

• The action of twisting one end of an object/material relative to the other end.