Earthquake Engineering

What is the study of earthquakes and movement of seismic waves through the earth called?

• Meteorology

• Seismology

• Volcanology

• Geology

Which type of seismic waves travel through the interior of the Earth?

• Body Waves

• P-waves

• S-waves

• Surface Waves

Which type of seismic waves have movement of particles perpendicular to the direction of wave travel?

• Love waves

• Rayleigh waves

• S-waves

• P-waves

What is the composition of the Earth's Outer Core?

• Ni-Fe material

• Molten Fe

• Aluminum-silicate minerals

• Silicate compounds

Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory in the early 1900s?

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wagener

What type of plate boundary involves plates moving apart from each other?

• Spreading Ridge Boundaries

• Convergent Boundaries

• Subduction Zone Boundaries

• Transform Fault Boundaries

What type of fault movement is associated with a Normal Fault?

• Elastic Rebound Theory

• Dip slip Movement

• Faulting

• Strike slip Movement

Which type of earthquake is associated with volcanic activity?

• Tectonic Earthquake

• Volcanic Earthquake

• Induced Earthquake

• Artificial Earthquake

What is the quantitative measure of earthquake size and fault dimensions called?

• Hypocenter

• Magnitude

• Intensity

• Epicenter

What is the term used to describe the alteration of seismic waves as they travel from the source to the site of civil engineering works?

• Distance and Travel Path Effects

• Site Resonance Effect

• Ground Effects

• Surface Rupture