2.6 Structural Engineering Quiz

What types of forces can affect a building's primary superstructure?

• Gravity, weather elements, earthquakes, and occupation

• Only gravity and earthquakes

• Only weather elements and occupation

• Only earthquakes and occupation

What is the difference between live loads and dead loads?

• Live loads are static, dead loads are variable

• Dead loads are static, live loads are variable

• Both are static

• Both are variable

What role do beams and columns play in a structural frame?

• Beams carry loads to the foundations, columns transfer loads to beams

• Beams transfer loads to columns, columns carry loads to the foundations

• Columns transfer loads to beams, beams carry loads to the foundations

• Beams and columns both carry loads to the foundations

What is compression in the context of forces?

• A twisting force applied by rotation

• A force 'crushing' a material

• A 'tearing apart' force

• The amount of force and its distance from the reaction point

What type of force is torsion?

• A 'tearing apart' force

• A force 'crushing' a material

• A twisting force applied by rotation

• The amount of force and its distance from the reaction point

Which force acts on ties and struts in a roof?

• Compression

• Tension

• Bending

• Shear

What is the 'bending moment'?

• A twisting force applied by rotation

• A 'tearing apart' force

• The amount of force and its distance from the reaction point

• A force 'crushing' a material

What happens when a bolt grips two structural members together?

• It can be sheared in half by any axial force

• It experiences a 'tearing apart' force

• It undergoes a twisting force

• It is compressed

Which type of force is applied when an object is being pushed together?

• Compressive Force

• Tensile Force

• Shear Force

• Gravitational Force

What type of force is experienced when an object is being pulled apart?

• Compressive Force

• Tensile Force

• Shear Force

• Magnetic Force