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Structural elements

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are pilars

a)

Are round or rectangular

b)

Are cylindrical and usually have a decorative as well as structural function

c)

Sit on pillars and transfer the weight of the slabs or the roof

2.

Arches are a bulb using a temporary structure called a centring

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Vaults are built by using a series of arches in a line

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

4.

Joists :Are used to create open spaces between columns for openings,windows or doors in walls .They were also called architraves in classical architecture.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

What are pilasters

a)

does not exist

b)

Sit on pillars and transfer the weight of the slabs or the roof

c)

are columns or pillars which are part of the wall

6.

There are two or three dimensional narrow

elements

a)

True

b)

False

7.

the process in them resist compression street and so are usually made of materials like...

a)

minerals

b)

stone

c)

cement

d)

nothing

8.

In ancient times, stone was the most common construction material ,

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

lintels could not be very ...

a)

Long

b)

small

10.

We have had the structures 1 divided into 4 parts, columns, beams and ...

a)

Stone

b)

Arches

c)

triangulated

11.

What is this

a)

Arches

b)

Vaults

c)

Buttresses

12.

What is this

a)

Vaults

b)

Beams

c)

Joists

13.

Lintels are used to create open spaces

a)

True

b)

False

14.

There are 3 types of columns

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Buttress is an exterior arch wich bears lateral loads loads

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE