CM 2501 Quizzes 1-4 With Correct
Answers
An arch is best suited for what type of stress? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Compression
The weight of the materials that a structure is built with are considered
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to be _____ loads. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Dead
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Under typical loading, ______ stress is the primary stress. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Bending
At the time the book was written, what was the largest hall in the
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world? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Superdome
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Did Da Vinci or Galileo have a better understanding of the behavior of a
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beam under a load? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Da Vinci
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(T/F) The Golden Gate Bridge can sway laterally as much as 11 feet in
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heavy winds. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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, (T/F) A cable is best suited for compression. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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False
(T/F) Wheels were used in the transporting of blocks for the building of
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the pyramids. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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(T/F) Most of the Egyptian pyramids have sides sloping at an angle of 52
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degrees. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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(T/F) The period of Egyptian Pyramid building lasted over 4000 years. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False |
(T/F) Materials that yield easily are called ductile. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
(T/F) Steel is more likely to creep than concrete - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
(T/F) Prestressed concrete became practical only after high-strength
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steel became available at low prices. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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A material whose change in shape due to loading rapidly returns to its
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original shape when the loads are removed is said to behave - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Elastically
Answers
An arch is best suited for what type of stress? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Compression
The weight of the materials that a structure is built with are considered
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to be _____ loads. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Dead
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Under typical loading, ______ stress is the primary stress. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Bending
At the time the book was written, what was the largest hall in the
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world? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Superdome
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Did Da Vinci or Galileo have a better understanding of the behavior of a
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beam under a load? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Da Vinci
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(T/F) The Golden Gate Bridge can sway laterally as much as 11 feet in
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heavy winds. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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, (T/F) A cable is best suited for compression. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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False
(T/F) Wheels were used in the transporting of blocks for the building of
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the pyramids. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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(T/F) Most of the Egyptian pyramids have sides sloping at an angle of 52
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degrees. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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(T/F) The period of Egyptian Pyramid building lasted over 4000 years. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False |
(T/F) Materials that yield easily are called ductile. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
(T/F) Steel is more likely to creep than concrete - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
(T/F) Prestressed concrete became practical only after high-strength
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steel became available at low prices. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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A material whose change in shape due to loading rapidly returns to its
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original shape when the loads are removed is said to behave - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Elastically
