CM 2501 QUIZZES 1-4 LATEST EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
An arch is best suited for what type of stress? - ANSWER-Compression
The weight of the materials that a structure is built with are considered to be _____
loads. - ANSWER-Dead
Under typical loading, ______ stress is the primary stress. - ANSWER-Bending
At the time the book was written, what was the largest hall in the world? -
ANSWER-Superdome
Did Da Vinci or Galileo have a better understanding of the behavior of a beam
under a load? - ANSWER-Da Vinci
(T/F) The Golden Gate Bridge can sway laterally as much as 11 feet in heavy
winds. - ANSWER-True
(T/F) A cable is best suited for compression. - ANSWER-False
(T/F) Wheels were used in the transporting of blocks for the building of the
pyramids. - ANSWER-False
(T/F) Most of the Egyptian pyramids have sides sloping at an angle of 52 degrees.
- ANSWER-True
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, (T/F) The period of Egyptian Pyramid building lasted over 4000 years. -
ANSWER-False
(T/F) Materials that yield easily are called ductile. - ANSWER-True
(T/F) Steel is more likely to creep than concrete - ANSWER-False
(T/F) Prestressed concrete became practical only after high-strength steel became
available at low prices. - ANSWER-True
A material whose change in shape due to loading rapidly returns to its original
shape when the loads are removed is said to behave - ANSWER-Elastically
A material whose change in shape due to loading remains in its deformed state
when the loads are removed is said to behave - ANSWER-Plastically
(T/F) The materials near the upper and lower extremes of a beam subjected to
bending provides most of the resistance to bending. - ANSWER-True
(T/F) A fixed-end beam will deflect less than an identical beam under identical
load that does not have fixed ends. - ANSWER-True
What structural failure caused the Hartford Civic Center to collapse? - ANSWER-
Buckling
Domed roofs where each layer of stone cantilevers inward from the layer
supporting it are called _____ Domes. - ANSWER-Corbelled
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AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
An arch is best suited for what type of stress? - ANSWER-Compression
The weight of the materials that a structure is built with are considered to be _____
loads. - ANSWER-Dead
Under typical loading, ______ stress is the primary stress. - ANSWER-Bending
At the time the book was written, what was the largest hall in the world? -
ANSWER-Superdome
Did Da Vinci or Galileo have a better understanding of the behavior of a beam
under a load? - ANSWER-Da Vinci
(T/F) The Golden Gate Bridge can sway laterally as much as 11 feet in heavy
winds. - ANSWER-True
(T/F) A cable is best suited for compression. - ANSWER-False
(T/F) Wheels were used in the transporting of blocks for the building of the
pyramids. - ANSWER-False
(T/F) Most of the Egyptian pyramids have sides sloping at an angle of 52 degrees.
- ANSWER-True
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, (T/F) The period of Egyptian Pyramid building lasted over 4000 years. -
ANSWER-False
(T/F) Materials that yield easily are called ductile. - ANSWER-True
(T/F) Steel is more likely to creep than concrete - ANSWER-False
(T/F) Prestressed concrete became practical only after high-strength steel became
available at low prices. - ANSWER-True
A material whose change in shape due to loading rapidly returns to its original
shape when the loads are removed is said to behave - ANSWER-Elastically
A material whose change in shape due to loading remains in its deformed state
when the loads are removed is said to behave - ANSWER-Plastically
(T/F) The materials near the upper and lower extremes of a beam subjected to
bending provides most of the resistance to bending. - ANSWER-True
(T/F) A fixed-end beam will deflect less than an identical beam under identical
load that does not have fixed ends. - ANSWER-True
What structural failure caused the Hartford Civic Center to collapse? - ANSWER-
Buckling
Domed roofs where each layer of stone cantilevers inward from the layer
supporting it are called _____ Domes. - ANSWER-Corbelled
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