CE 1000 UMD Final Exam with All Correct & 100%
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Which of the following is a structure?
A. The Statue of Liberty
B. All the other answers
C. A Chair
D. A termite Mound
E. The Eiffel Tower ✔Correct Answer--B
A diving board represents what type of structural form?
A. Shell
B. Cantilever
C. Truss
D. Column ✔Correct Answer--B
Cables are most effetive
A. In compression
B. As arches
C. In tension
D. In bending ✔Correct Answer--C
The Romans used blood and horsehair in their concrete to get desirable properties
True
False ✔Correct Answer--True
Concrete is
A. Made of water, sand, rocks, and cement
B. Is strongest in tension
C. The grey powder used in projects such as sidewalks
D. Weighs more than steel for the same volume ✔Correct Answer--A
To be safe, structures are designed to carry more load than they should actually carry. They are also
designed to fail preferably in what way if they do reach their limit?
A. A brittle failure so that the engineer can precisely predict the failure load
B. By progressive collapse
C. In torsion since it is a brittle failure
D. A ductile failure so their is warning ✔Correct Answer--D
Steel reinforcement is used in concrete to primarily to provide which of the following?
A. Additional tensile capacity
B. Additional compressive capacity
C. Less corrosion
D. A path for the cracks to follow ✔Correct Answer--A
David Billington is
A. an architectural professor at Princeton
, B. A well known sculptor
C. The engineering professor that defined structural art
D. The designer of the Washington Monument ✔Correct Answer--C
Which of the following is true?
A. A structure is considered structural art if is aesthetically pleasing regardless of the cost
B. Structural artists design to meet efficiency, elegance and economy
C. Architects by definition are structural artists
D. Engineers cannot be structural artists since this is the role of only architects ✔Correct Answer--B
Modern engineers can't design a skyscraper to resist the impact of a large commercial airplane.
True
False ✔Correct Answer--False
Why was the industrial Revolution important in developing longer span structures?
A. Engineers now had access to more stone to build heavy arch bridges
B. Metal (iron) became available as a material and power moved from animal driven to steam/coal
driven
C. Iron workers wanted to advertise their skills so they volunteered to work on iron bridges
✔Correct Answer--B
Thomas Telford is most well known for which of the following structures?
A. Craigellachie
B. London Bridge
C. Saltash Bridge (lenticular truss)
D. Iron Bridge ✔Correct Answer--A
Which of the following best describes Thomas Telford?
A. All of his bridges included a significant portion of cast iron
B. He Avoiding critiquing other's works
C. He endeavored to follow the tenants of structural art: Efficiency, Elegance, Economy
D. He suffered from low self-esteem ✔Correct Answer--C
For the same span designed the most efficiently possible for a given material, which would be lighter
weight?
A. A stone bridge
B. An iron bridge
C. Neither- both would weigh the same ✔Correct Answer--B
Which is the more structurally efficient shape for an arch bridge?
A. Parabolic
B. Two parabolas: one above deck and one below
C. Half-circle
D. Elliptical ✔Correct Answer--A
If a beam is supported on each end and begins to bend under gravity loads, which of the following is
true?
A. It can only experience tension
B. The top experiences compression and the bottom experiences tension
C. It can only experience compression
D. The top experiences tension and the bottom experiences compression ✔Correct Answer--B
Verified Answers| Actual Complete Exam |Already
Graded A+
Which of the following is a structure?
A. The Statue of Liberty
B. All the other answers
C. A Chair
D. A termite Mound
E. The Eiffel Tower ✔Correct Answer--B
A diving board represents what type of structural form?
A. Shell
B. Cantilever
C. Truss
D. Column ✔Correct Answer--B
Cables are most effetive
A. In compression
B. As arches
C. In tension
D. In bending ✔Correct Answer--C
The Romans used blood and horsehair in their concrete to get desirable properties
True
False ✔Correct Answer--True
Concrete is
A. Made of water, sand, rocks, and cement
B. Is strongest in tension
C. The grey powder used in projects such as sidewalks
D. Weighs more than steel for the same volume ✔Correct Answer--A
To be safe, structures are designed to carry more load than they should actually carry. They are also
designed to fail preferably in what way if they do reach their limit?
A. A brittle failure so that the engineer can precisely predict the failure load
B. By progressive collapse
C. In torsion since it is a brittle failure
D. A ductile failure so their is warning ✔Correct Answer--D
Steel reinforcement is used in concrete to primarily to provide which of the following?
A. Additional tensile capacity
B. Additional compressive capacity
C. Less corrosion
D. A path for the cracks to follow ✔Correct Answer--A
David Billington is
A. an architectural professor at Princeton
, B. A well known sculptor
C. The engineering professor that defined structural art
D. The designer of the Washington Monument ✔Correct Answer--C
Which of the following is true?
A. A structure is considered structural art if is aesthetically pleasing regardless of the cost
B. Structural artists design to meet efficiency, elegance and economy
C. Architects by definition are structural artists
D. Engineers cannot be structural artists since this is the role of only architects ✔Correct Answer--B
Modern engineers can't design a skyscraper to resist the impact of a large commercial airplane.
True
False ✔Correct Answer--False
Why was the industrial Revolution important in developing longer span structures?
A. Engineers now had access to more stone to build heavy arch bridges
B. Metal (iron) became available as a material and power moved from animal driven to steam/coal
driven
C. Iron workers wanted to advertise their skills so they volunteered to work on iron bridges
✔Correct Answer--B
Thomas Telford is most well known for which of the following structures?
A. Craigellachie
B. London Bridge
C. Saltash Bridge (lenticular truss)
D. Iron Bridge ✔Correct Answer--A
Which of the following best describes Thomas Telford?
A. All of his bridges included a significant portion of cast iron
B. He Avoiding critiquing other's works
C. He endeavored to follow the tenants of structural art: Efficiency, Elegance, Economy
D. He suffered from low self-esteem ✔Correct Answer--C
For the same span designed the most efficiently possible for a given material, which would be lighter
weight?
A. A stone bridge
B. An iron bridge
C. Neither- both would weigh the same ✔Correct Answer--B
Which is the more structurally efficient shape for an arch bridge?
A. Parabolic
B. Two parabolas: one above deck and one below
C. Half-circle
D. Elliptical ✔Correct Answer--A
If a beam is supported on each end and begins to bend under gravity loads, which of the following is
true?
A. It can only experience tension
B. The top experiences compression and the bottom experiences tension
C. It can only experience compression
D. The top experiences tension and the bottom experiences compression ✔Correct Answer--B
