Tower Power (2nd Test)

What are two types of loads that engineers design for when creating structures?

• live and dead

• tension and compression

• shear and torison

• bending and compression

People represent which type of load?

• Dead Load

• Live Load

• Moving Load

• Active Load

Live loads are variable loads, which one of the following is not a live load?

• Weight of furniture

• Number of people in a building

• wind

• Weight of the structure

Which type of load does not change and is a dead load?

• Weight of furniture

• Wind

• Earthquakes

• Weight of the Structure

What is the measure of the amount of force placed on a structure?

• Tension

• Compression

• Torsion

• Stress

The amount a structure changes under stress is called?

• Tension

• Compression

• Shear

• Strain

How many types of stress are there when studying structures?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 6

Which stress type is when a material is pushed or squashed?

• Tension

• Shear

• Bending

• Compression

When a material is pulled apart it is ________.

• Strain

• Compression

• Stress

• Tension

When a material is divided by two opposing forces then it is this type of stress?

• Torsion

• Shear

• Compression

• Tension