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Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name

Class

Date

Any action that tends to maintain or alter the position of a structure is called:

Span

Stress

Force

Contraction

A force which acts to shorten the thing it is acting on is called:

Tension

Compression

Gravity

Motion

A force which acts to expand or lengthen the thing it is acting on is called:

Stretch

Tension

Failure

Breaking Point

Weight distribution throughout a structure is called:

Truss

Pier

Cantilever

Load

Three types of basic bridges are:

Beam, Arch and Suspension

Golden Gate, Hudson and Chattahoochie

Brooklyn, London and Ambassador

George Washington, Mackinac and Seven Mile

The distance between two bridge supports, whether they are columns, towers or the wall of a canyon is called:

Truss

Load

Force

Span

A projecting structure supported only at one end, like a shelf bracket or a diving board is known as a:

Bridge Bracket

Bridge Board

Load Support

Cantilever

The ability to resist collapse and deformation; characteristic of a structure that is able to carry a realistic load without collapsing or deforming significantly is known as:

Uniform

Stability

Gravity

Viscosity

A rigid frame composed of short, straight pieces joined to form a series of triangles or other stable shapes is called a:

Pier

Beam

Truss

Bridge

10.

This condition exists when the force of compression overcomes an object's ability to handle compression.

Buckling

Snapping

Dissipate

Transfer

11.

The first bridges in history were:

Roman Arch Bridge

Natural Bridges

Suspension Bridges

Warren Truss Bridges

12.

The Brooklyn Bridge and the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge are examples of what types of bridges?

Beam Bridge

Arch Bridge

Suspension Bridge

Truss Bridge

13.

The force of squeezing a material together is...

compression

tension

torsion

bending

14.

The force that twists materials is...

tension

torsion

compression

shear

15.

The force that cause parts of a material to slide past one another in opposite directions is...

compression

torsion

tension

shear

16.

Which of the following are examples of a live load?

cars

trucks

trains

trusses

17.

Which of the following are examples of dead loads?

cars

people

the weight of the bridge and all its parts

trucks

18.

True or false: temperature can cause a bridge to shrink and expand.

True

False

19.

Which of the following is considered to be the strongest bridge building material?

concrete

steel

wood

reinforced concrete

20.

Which shape is considered to be the strongest for construction?

rectangles

arches

triangles

parallelograms

21.

This bridge consists of series of triangles.

beam bridge

truss bridge

arch bridge

suspension bridge

22.

Beams that turn rectangles into two triangles are referred to as _________________________.

diagonals

decks

chords

posts

23.

The "column" of a bridge; usually vertical member.

Member

Girder

Pier

Column

24.

Arrange the jumbled letters:

EDIRSGB

(a)

25.

When ... is added to cement and it begins to set.

water

powder

concrete

reinforcement

26.

Gravel is ...

fine aggregate

coarse aggregate

plasticizer

retarder

27.

Sand is ...

fine aggregate

coarse aggregate

reinforcement

additive

28.

After concrete has set, it structural strenght is reached in ...

14 days

20 days

28 days

32 days

29.

In-situ means ...

precast

cast at a factory

wet concrete

cast in final position

100 %

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Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

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