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Tower Power (2nd Test)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

live and dead

b)

tension and compression

c)

shear and torison

d)

bending and compression

2.

People represent which type of load?

a)

Dead Load

b)

Live Load

c)

Moving Load

d)

Active Load

3.

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

a)

Weight of furniture

b)

Number of people in a building

c)

wind

d)

Weight of the structure

4.

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

a)

Weight of furniture

b)

Wind

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Weight of the Structure

5.

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

a)

Tension

b)

Compression

c)

Torsion

d)

Stress

6.

The amount a structure changes under stress is called?

a)

Tension

b)

Compression

c)

Shear

d)

Strain

7.

How many types of stress are there when studying structures?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

4

d)

6

8.

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

a)

Tension

b)

Shear

c)

Bending

d)

Compression

9.

When a material is pulled apart it is ________.

a)

Strain

b)

Compression

c)

Stress

d)

Tension

10.

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

a)

Torsion

b)

Shear

c)

Compression

d)

Tension

11.

When a material is twisted then it is this type of stress?

a)

Compression

b)

Tension

c)

Shear

d)

Torsion

12.

Bending is a result of these two stresses?

a)

Compression and Tension

b)

Tension and Shear

c)

Tension and Torsion

d)

Shear and Torsion

13.

What are the strongest shapes?

a)

Triangles

b)

Arches

c)

Both

14.

This picture is an example of which of the following?

a)

Beams

b)

Girders

c)

Columns

15.

This picture is an example of which part?

a)

Columns

b)

Girders

c)

Beams

d)

Braces

16.

Girders are horizontal that connect _______ and transfer the force of the loads to the ____________.

a)

Girders

b)

Beams

c)

Columns

d)

Braces

17.

Beams are used to connect ________.

a)

Braces

b)

Beams

c)

Columns

d)

Girders

18.

A brace is a part that distribute weight and strengthen the structure, which direction does it face?

a)

Vertical

b)

Horizontal

c)

Diagonal

19.

Girders are placed in which direction?

a)

Vertical

b)

Horizontal

c)

Diagonal

20.

Columns are placed in which direction?

a)

Horizontal

b)

Vertical

c)

Diagonal