CM 2501 Clicker Quiz 1 and 2
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1. True or False: False
Materials that yield easily are called brittle.
2. True or False: True
Steel is less likely to creep than wood is.
3. True or False: True
Prestressed concrete became practical only after
high-strength concrete became available at low prices.
4. A material whose change in shape due to loading, Elastically.
rapidly returns to its original shape when the loads are
removed is said to behave.
5. True or False: True
The material near the upper and lower extremes of a
beam subjected to bending provide most of the resis-
tance to bending.
6. True or False: False
A fixed-end beam will deflect more than identical beam
section under identical load that does not have fixed
ends.
7. What structural failure caused the roof of the Hartford Buckling
Civic Center to collapse?
8. Domed Roofs where each layer of stone cantilevers Corbelled
inwards form the layer supporting it are called ____
Domes.
9. Adobe is a mixture of ____ and ____. Straw and Clay.
10. An arch is best suited for which type of stress? Compression
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1. True or False: False
Materials that yield easily are called brittle.
2. True or False: True
Steel is less likely to creep than wood is.
3. True or False: True
Prestressed concrete became practical only after
high-strength concrete became available at low prices.
4. A material whose change in shape due to loading, Elastically.
rapidly returns to its original shape when the loads are
removed is said to behave.
5. True or False: True
The material near the upper and lower extremes of a
beam subjected to bending provide most of the resis-
tance to bending.
6. True or False: False
A fixed-end beam will deflect more than identical beam
section under identical load that does not have fixed
ends.
7. What structural failure caused the roof of the Hartford Buckling
Civic Center to collapse?
8. Domed Roofs where each layer of stone cantilevers Corbelled
inwards form the layer supporting it are called ____
Domes.
9. Adobe is a mixture of ____ and ____. Straw and Clay.
10. An arch is best suited for which type of stress? Compression
1/2
