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Types of Bridges Quiz

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of bridge is seen as the strongest?

a)

Arch Bridge

b)

Beam Bridge

c)

Suspension Bridge

d)

Truss Bridge

2.

What is the most expensive type of modern bridge?

a)

Truss Bridge

b)

Cable-stayed Bridge

c)

Suspension Bridge

d)

Arch Bridge

3.

What is the main load-bearing element of a beam bridge?

a)

Abutments

b)

Towers

c)

Deck area

d)

Cables

4.

What is the main load-bearing element of a suspension bridge?

a)

Abutments

b)

Towers

c)

Deck area

d)

Cables

5.

Which type of bridge is known for its use of triangular structures?

a)

Arch Bridge

b)

Cable-stayed Bridge

c)

Truss Bridge

d)

Suspension Bridge

6.

What is the most common type of bridge?

a)

Cable-stayed Bridge

b)

Truss Bridge

c)

Beam Bridge

d)

Arch Bridge

7.

What is the best type of bridge from the point of view of strength?

a)

Arch Bridge

b)

Beam Bridge

c)

Cable-stayed Bridge

d)

Truss Bridge

8.

Which type of bridge is dependent upon towers/pylons as the load-bearing element?

a)

Suspension Bridge

b)

Beam Bridge

c)

Arch Bridge

d)

Cable-stayed Bridge

9.

What is the most common type of arch bridge?

a)

Viaduct

b)

Suspension Bridge

c)

Cantilever Bridge

d)

Tied Arch Bridge

10.

What is the main reason why suspension bridges tend to be so expensive?

a)

Size of the towers

b)

Spanning huge distances

c)

All of the above

d)

Materials used

11.
What are the steel wires used to suspend the main supports called?
a)
span
b)
abutment
c)
pier
d)
cable
12.
What are the two ends of a bridge that support its weight?
a)
span
b)
abutment
c)
cable
d)
pier
13.
Which type of bridge is this?
a)
suspension
b)
arch
c)
truss
d)

Bascule

e)

Beam

14.
Which type of bridge is this?
a)
suspension
b)
truss
c)
arch
d)
beam
15.
Which type of bridge is this?
a)
suspension
b)
truss
c)
arch
d)
beam
16.
Which type of bridge is this? 
a)
suspension
b)
truss
c)
arch
d)
beam
17.
Which bridge is this?
a)
London Tower Bridge
b)
Tappan Zee Bridge
c)
San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge
d)
Sydney Harbor Bridge
18.
The part of the bridge used for transportation.  It could be for vehicles or for walking.
a)
piers
b)
abutments
c)
deck
d)
span
19.
The simplest bridge to build is a
a)
Beam
b)
Arch
c)
Truss
d)
Suspension
20.
This bridge shares the load by using triangle shapes
a)
Suspension
b)
Arch
c)
Truss
d)
Beam
21.
_________ bridges are very strong and are good for spanning long distances. However they are expensive and complex to build.
a)
Cable Stay
b)
Arch
c)
Truss
d)
Suspension
22.
This Italian stone bridge is known to tourists as a symbol of undying love
a)
Rialto Bridge
b)
Ponte Vecchio
c)
Brooklyn Bridge
d)
Charles Bridge
23.
Which bridge, connecting two boroughs of New York, was opened in 1883?
a)
Tower Bridge
b)
Rialto Bridge
c)
Brooklyn Bridge
d)
Golden Gate Bridge
24.
Frommer's describes it as the most photographed bridge in the world
a)
Golden Gate Bridge
b)
Brooklyn Bridge
c)
Tower Bridge
d)
Sydney Harbour Bridge
25.
Which bridge, completed in 1912, is held together with dovetailed wood?
a)
Chengyang Bridge
b)
Khaju Bridge
c)
Tsing Ma Bridge
d)
Akashi Kaikyō Bridge
26.

Gaoliang bridge is this type of bridge

(a)  

27.

infinity bridge in Stockton -on Tees is this type of bridge

a)

arch

b)

tied arch

c)

beam

d)

suspension

e)

cable stayed

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