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Structures
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 28 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A bundle of wires used to support the decking of a suspension or cable-stayed bridge
Tension
Live load
Cable
Arch Bridge
2. An object that holds up a bridge and serves as a foundation
Environmental Load
Load
Compression
Support
3. The weight of the bridge's structure
Arch Bridge
Dead load
Environmental Load
Shock Load
4. A force that tends to lengthen or stretch part of a structure
Pier
Cable
Tension
Support
5. A structure that provides a way across a barrier. Something that connects - supports - or links one thing to another.
Abutment
Bridge
Compression
Cable
6. The section of the bridge between two piers
Span
Dead load
Decking
Pier
7. The distributions of weights on a structure
Load
Support
Arch Bridge
Compression
8. A type of beam bridge - reinforced by a framework of girders that form triangular shapes.
Arch Bridge
Cable-stayed bridge
Support
Truss Bridge
9. Is applied to the bridge in the form of a load
Dead load
Pier
Force
Cable-stayed bridge
10. The strain produced when a material is twisted
Decking
Arch Bridge
Torsion
Beam Bridge
11. The area of the bridge along which traffic travels; it rests on the decking
Pier
Roadway
Truss Bridge
Abutment
12. A vertical support for the middle spans of a bridge. Ex: column - tower - or pillar
Beam
Force
Pier
Span
13. Rigid - horizontal component of a bridge
Beam
Arch Bridge
Torsion
Tension
14. A professional who researches and designs bridges and other structures. Types: civil - structural - and environmental
Engineer
Beam
Cantilever Bridge
Arch Bridge
15. A type of bridge in which the deck hangs from wires attached to thick cables. The cables pass over towers and are securely anchored in concrete anchorages.
Compression
Suspension Bridge
Ramp
Support
16. An inclined section connecting the shore to the deck of the bridge
Span
Tension
Ramp
Roadway
17. A tall - vertical support that carries the main cable of a suspension bridge and cable-stayed bridge
Beam
Tower
Span
Environmental Load
18. Trains and heavy trucks that produce high impact (or shock)
Truss
Shock Load
Ramp
Beam Bridge
19. The weight of traffic using the bridge
Shock Load
Force
Live load
Truss
20. Similar to beam bridge. The design gets its support from counterbalanced beams meeting in the middle of the bridge.
Live load
Beam
Cantilever Bridge
Span
21. The mass of rock or concrete at either end of an arch bridge that keeps the ends of the arch securely in place so they do not separate and cause the bridge to fall
Compression
Pier
Truss
Abutment
22. A framework of girders - some in tension and some in compression - comprising triangles and other stable shapes
Truss
Span
Shock Load
Force
23. A force that tends to shorten - push or squeeze a structure
Engineer
Compression
Truss
Tower
24. A modern design of bridge in which the deck is supported by cables directly attached to towers.
Tension
Cable-stayed bridge
Truss
Support
25. Has a curved structure. The design provides strength by exerting force downwards and sideways against the abutments.
Cable-stayed bridge
Bridge
Arch Bridge
Truss Bridge
26. The surface of the bridge that serves as a walkway - roadway or railway
Decking
Arch Bridge
Live load
Shock Load
27. The simplest type of bridge. It is made from a rigid - straight structure resting on supports at either end.
Beam Bridge
Environmental Load
Pier
Abutment
28. Strong winds - ice and snow build-up - earthquakes - or hurricane force winds
Roadway
Environmental Load
Beam
Cable-stayed bridge