SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Structural Engineering
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
engineering
Instructions:
Answer 21 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A twisting force
Materials
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Torsion
Deformation
2. (1) Compression (2) Tension
Tension
Stactic Load
Weight
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
3. Individual interconnected parts of structure
Deformation
Member
Shear
Triangle
4. The only figure that can not change shape without shortening or lengthing a side.
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Torsion
Triangle
Stactic Load
5. Lighter so that the supports hold less and there is less static load
Compression
Shear
Weight
Triangle
6. Opposing force sliding past each other
Load
Stactic Load
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Shear
7. State of balance where opposing forces are equal
Dynamic Load
Deformation
Area of Load
Equilbarium
8. A structure made from more than 1 or more triangles
Truss
Shear
Deflection
Stactic Load
9. Shorter is stronger
Stactic Load
Truss
Size
Span
10. A force that pulls apart
Area of Load
Compression
Tension
Deformation
11. 1) I 2) T 3) Channel 4) Box 5) Angle
Triangle
Member
Dynamic Load
The 5 beam shapes
12. Members start to bend due to increased load
Stactic Load
Member
Compression
Deflection
13. Members bend permeatly out of shape - Cracks may appear
Tension
Shape
Area of Load
Deformation
14. Forces that don't change
Truss
Torsion
Load
Stactic Load
15. Forces that act upon a structure
Load
Size
Span
Shear
16. Pushing down in 1 spot at the middle of the bridge is more stressful to the structurethan if the same force is spread out. One heavy trucj in the middle of a bridge has more effect than several cars that are spread out but total the same weight
Tension
Area of Load
Truss
Span
17. Thicker than can hold more
Size
Area of Load
Weight
Shear
18. A force that pushes togeather
Triangle
Weight
Span
Compression
19. Use materials with a good balance of weight and strength
The 5 beam shapes
Shape
Size
Materials
20. Combine Horisantal and Vertical members
Deformation
Shape
Deflection
Span
21. Forces that change
The 5 beam shapes
Size
Dynamic Load
Truss