Civil Engineering EOC Review

What is the definition of a civil engineer?

• A person who builds stuff.

• An engineer trained in the design and construction of public works, such as bridges dams, and other large facilities.

• An engineer who works with aquatic substances, such as the ocean or rivers, and makes structures which work in the environment.

• A person who estimates the cost of building projects, such as sheds or larger buildings.

What is the importance of the Parthenon in Civil Engineering?

• An arrangement of several arches whose bases from a circle and the tops meet in the center.

• The first use of a substance similar to concrete.

• The measure of a force.

• An example of post-and-lintel construction.

What was the effect of road systems?

• Used gravity to bring fresh water from the mountains.

• Helped to get from point a to point b faster.

• Made travel possible.

• Made travel more safer and more comfortable.

What kind of force does reinforced concrete increase?

• Compressive

• Tensional

• Gravitational

• Friction

How was architecture created?

• When people began using natural resources.

• When the wheel was invented.

• When people began to live in constructed dwellings and within communities.

• When people began to make specific and artistic choices for other people's buildings.

A bearing wall supports the weight of itself and the weight of another object.

• True

• False

When did we start making cast iron bridges?

• After the fall of Rome.

• At the dawn of Greece.

• After Columbus found America.

• After people found iron.

Who invented water supply?

• The Egyptians

• The Romans

• The Greek

• The English

What did structural steel do?

• Helps us make military bases.

• Helps us make earth quake bunkers.

• Helps us make tall buildings.

• Helps us make wide buildings.

A _____ is a continuation of an arch.