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Building Bridges Pretest

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Friction in which two surfaces are not moving past each other.

a)

Fluid

b)

Sliding

c)

Rolling

d)

Static

2.

The unit of force is _______.

a)

kg

b)

s

c)

m

d)

N

3.

A _______ is a push or pull.

a)

mass

b)

speed

c)

force

d)

time

4.

If the forces acting on an object are unbalanced, what happens?

a)

the object remains at rest.

b)

the object will not move.

c)

the object moves in constant motion.

d)

the object accelerates.

5.

Which of the following is the load on a bridge caused by a truck moving across the bridge?

a)

settlement load

b)

live load

c)

dead load

d)

thermal load

6.

Which of the following is the load on a bridge caused by the weight of the bridge materials?

a)

settlement load

b)

live load

c)

dead load

d)

thermal load

7.

Which bridge type consists of a platform supported by columns underneath at specific intervals?

a)

arch

b)

beam

c)

suspension

d)

load

8.

Which bridge type consists of a platform supported by cables from above?

a)

arch

b)

beam

c)

suspension

d)

load

9.

Which engineering step would most likely include the building of a three-dimensional prototype?

a)

Ask

b)

Imagine

c)

Plan

d)

Create

10.

After testing a prototype in relation to its requirements, which of the following engineering steps would you do next if you wanted to build a new prototype?

a)

Ask

b)

Imagine

c)

Create

d)

Improve

11.

Which engineering step would most likely involve each person in a group presenting his or her ideas?

a)

Ask

b)

Imagine

c)

Plan

d)

Create

e)

Improve

12.

Testing, evaluating, and modifying a solution or product most likely occurs at which stage of the engineering design process?

a)

Ask

b)

Imagine

c)

Plan

d)

Create

e)

Improve

13.

Which of the following are used to transform ideas into practical solutions?

a)

modeling

b)

testing

c)

evaluating

d)

none of the above

e)

all of the above

14.

Which of the following activities would most likely not be used in the Improve engineering step?

a)

modeling

b)

testing

c)

evaluating

d)

creating

15.

What is ideation?

a)

the process of patenting a product

b)

the process of gathering feedback to improve a system

c)

the process of coming up with new ideas and ways to solve problems

d)

the process of breaking a system down into subsystems

16.

Ideation can occur in any step of the engineering design loop, but it most often occurs at what step?

a)

Ask

b)

Imagine

c)

Plan

d)

Create

e)

Improve