QUIZ: CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Select common building materials used in construction projects.

• Cement

• Aggregates

• Stone masonry

• Timber

• Steel

What is the correct materials used to produce concrete

• Cement

• Fine Aggregate

• Course Aggregate

• Flour

• Water

Construction materials are basically the substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made. Select suitable structures where materials are employed to design and build them.

• Tower

• Bridge

• Housing

• Retaining wall

• Dam

Mortar is a mixture of ________, ________ and _____________.

• cement, sand, water

• sand, gravel, water

• cement, concrete, water

A mixture of cement, sand, ________ and water is known as concrete

• gravel

• mortar

• clay

Identify the correct types of Portland Cement.

• Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC)

• Chloride - Resistance Portland Cement (RHPC)

• Slow Hardening Portland Cement (SHPC)

• Low Heat Portland Cement (LHPC)

• Sulphate – Resistance Portland Cement (SRPC)

Concrete can handle the higher compression stresses as compared to tension

• False

• True

Select some of the disadvantages of using concrete

• Easy to handle over specially now there is plants that give you ready mix concrete.

• Concrete expands and contracts with the changes in temperature.

• Easy to disintegrate by alkali and sulfate attack

• Needs another material to reinforce it against excessive shear and tension

• Lack of ductility, disadvantageous with respect to earthquake resistant design.

Select some of the advantages of steel as construction material

• Very strong in compression

• High ductility - Steel can undergo large plastic deformation before failure

• Highly suitable for prefabrication and mass production

• High fire resistant - high strength in fire if protected by paint.

• Steel can be reused after a structure is disassembled

Choose the common types of steel used in construction

• High Yield Steel

• Mild Yield Steel

• Soft Yield Steel