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Structural Engineering
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 21 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. 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
Weight
Area of Load
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Dynamic Load
2. Forces that act upon a structure
Stactic Load
Load
Materials
Span
3. A structure made from more than 1 or more triangles
Size
Materials
Shape
Truss
4. Thicker than can hold more
Tension
Compression
Size
Stactic Load
5. The only figure that can not change shape without shortening or lengthing a side.
Triangle
Tension
Span
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
6. A force that pushes togeather
Shape
The 5 beam shapes
Compression
Dynamic Load
7. Members start to bend due to increased load
Deflection
The 5 beam shapes
Dynamic Load
Size
8. 1) I 2) T 3) Channel 4) Box 5) Angle
Triangle
The 5 beam shapes
Tension
Truss
9. (1) Compression (2) Tension
Materials
Load
Deformation
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
10. Shorter is stronger
Compression
Span
Load
Dynamic Load
11. A force that pulls apart
Tension
Torsion
The 5 beam shapes
Load
12. Opposing force sliding past each other
Member
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Shear
Torsion
13. Use materials with a good balance of weight and strength
Span
Materials
Shear
Weight
14. Forces that change
Torsion
Compression
Shear
Dynamic Load
15. State of balance where opposing forces are equal
Torsion
Weight
Shape
Equilbarium
16. Forces that don't change
Area of Load
Stactic Load
Triangle
Compression
17. Members bend permeatly out of shape - Cracks may appear
Deflection
Equilbarium
Deformation
Dynamic Load
18. Individual interconnected parts of structure
Truss
Compression
Member
Weight
19. Lighter so that the supports hold less and there is less static load
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Materials
Weight
Span
20. A twisting force
The 5 beam shapes
Materials
Shear
Torsion
21. Combine Horisantal and Vertical members
Area of Load
Member
Materials
Shape