The lowest division of a building or other construction, partly or wholly below the surface of the ground, designed to support and transmit its loads directly to the earth
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Foundation
Shallow foundation
Footing
Settlement
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A foundation system placed directly below the lowest part of a substructure and transferring building loads directly to the supporting soil by vertical pressure
Foundation
Shallow foundation
Footing
Settlement
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The part of a foundation bearing directly upon the supporting soil, set below the frost line and enlarged to distribute its load over a greater area
Foundation
Shallow foundation
Footing
Settlement
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The gradual subsiding of a structure as the soil beneath its foundation consolidates under loading
Foundation
Shallow foundation
Footing
Settlement
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The gradual reduction in the volume of a soil mass resulting from the application of a sustained load and an increase in compressive stresses
Primary consolidation
Differential settlement
Secondary consolidation
Consolidation
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A reduction in volume of a soil mass under the action of a sustained load, due chiefly to a squeezing out of water from the voids within the mass and a transfer of the load from the soil water to the soil solids
Primary consolidation
Differential settlement
Secondary consolidation
Consolidation
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A reduction in volume of a soil mass under the action of a sustained load, due chiefly to adjustment of the internal structure of the soil mass after most of the load has been transferred from the soil water to the soil solids
Primary consolidation
Differential settlement
Secondary consolidation
Consolidation
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