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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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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 vertical support for the middle spans of a bridge. Ex: column - tower - or pillar
Ramp
Beam Bridge
Pier
Arch Bridge
2. A force that tends to lengthen or stretch part of a structure
Ramp
Torsion
Pier
Tension
3. The weight of traffic using the bridge
Live load
Force
Span
Load
4. Has a curved structure. The design provides strength by exerting force downwards and sideways against the abutments.
Arch Bridge
Cable-stayed bridge
Span
Decking
5. An object that holds up a bridge and serves as a foundation
Tower
Environmental Load
Support
Cable
6. A tall - vertical support that carries the main cable of a suspension bridge and cable-stayed bridge
Engineer
Arch Bridge
Tension
Tower
7. 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.
Cantilever Bridge
Arch Bridge
Abutment
Suspension Bridge
8. A type of beam bridge - reinforced by a framework of girders that form triangular shapes.
Bridge
Truss Bridge
Beam Bridge
Tower
9. A structure that provides a way across a barrier. Something that connects - supports - or links one thing to another.
Load
Cable
Live load
Bridge
10. A bundle of wires used to support the decking of a suspension or cable-stayed bridge
Span
Engineer
Truss Bridge
Cable
11. The strain produced when a material is twisted
Arch Bridge
Engineer
Torsion
Truss
12. An inclined section connecting the shore to the deck of the bridge
Beam Bridge
Decking
Ramp
Suspension Bridge
13. Similar to beam bridge. The design gets its support from counterbalanced beams meeting in the middle of the bridge.
Cable-stayed bridge
Torsion
Cantilever Bridge
Engineer
14. A professional who researches and designs bridges and other structures. Types: civil - structural - and environmental
Engineer
Decking
Tension
Abutment
15. A modern design of bridge in which the deck is supported by cables directly attached to towers.
Pier
Cable-stayed bridge
Truss Bridge
Load
16. Trains and heavy trucks that produce high impact (or shock)
Force
Shock Load
Truss Bridge
Cable
17. The section of the bridge between two piers
Roadway
Span
Beam
Cable-stayed bridge
18. A framework of girders - some in tension and some in compression - comprising triangles and other stable shapes
Beam
Arch Bridge
Truss
Dead load
19. The distributions of weights on a structure
Truss
Tension
Support
Load
20. The simplest type of bridge. It is made from a rigid - straight structure resting on supports at either end.
Dead load
Roadway
Bridge
Beam Bridge
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
Live load
Abutment
Span
Cantilever Bridge
22. The weight of the bridge's structure
Dead load
Environmental Load
Decking
Tower
23. Is applied to the bridge in the form of a load
Environmental Load
Live load
Engineer
Force
24. A force that tends to shorten - push or squeeze a structure
Tower
Force
Suspension Bridge
Compression
25. The surface of the bridge that serves as a walkway - roadway or railway
Dead load
Abutment
Decking
Cable
26. Strong winds - ice and snow build-up - earthquakes - or hurricane force winds
Abutment
Environmental Load
Truss Bridge
Torsion
27. The area of the bridge along which traffic travels; it rests on the decking
Engineer
Roadway
Force
Span
28. Rigid - horizontal component of a bridge
Decking
Beam
Span
Compression