Test Bank Sample: Civil Engineering vs Architecture & Key Concepts | Môn American Civilization - Trường Đại học Quốc tế, Đại học Quốc gia Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

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1. What is the main difference between civil engineering and architecture?
a. Civil engineering focuses only on the design while architecture focuses on building activities
b. Civil engineering includes design, build, supervise, operate, and maintain while
architecture is the design or style of a building or buildings
c. Civil engineering only focuses on build while architecture focuses on the detailed design d. All answers are correct
2. Which are famous architectural places in Vietnam that most people visit? a. One Pillar Pagoda in HaNoi
b. The Dragon Bridge in Danang
c. Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica in Ho Chi Minh d. All are correct
3. The force in BD of the truss shown in below figure is: a. 500 N compressive b. 500 N tensile c. 1500 N tensile
d. 1500 N compressive
4. The maximum frictional force, which comes into play, when a body just begins to slide
over the surface of the other body, is known as a. Static friction b. Kinetic friction c. Limiting static friction d. Coefficient of friction lOMoAR cPSD| 59085392
5. Provide an explanation of the concept of stress a. Force per unit length b. Force per unit volume c. Force per unit area d. None of these.
6. Coefficient of friction depends upon a. Area of contact only b. Nature of surface only c. Both (A) and (B) d. None of these
7. Two forces of 6 N and 8 N which are acting at right angles to each other, will have a resultant of a. 5 N b. 8 N c. 10 N d. 12 N
8. The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into
threads 3 mm in diameter, is known a. Liquid limit b. Plastic limit c. Shrinkage limit d. Permeability limit.
9. What is the value of the determinant of the matrix below? 1 2 1 ( ) 0 3 4 3 1 4 a. 22 b. 23 c. -22 lOMoAR cPSD| 59085392 d. 33
10. A surface level usually taken as the midpoint between a mean low and mean high tide at
a particular location from which elevations are measured a. Equator b. Mean sea level c. International Date Line d. Greenwich Prime Meridian
11. Which of the following are considered as fluids? a. Liquids and gases b. Solids and gases c. Liquids and solids d. Only solids
12. A body of weight W is required to move up on rough inclined plane whose angle
ofinclination with the horizontal is α. The effort applied parallel to the plane is given by
(where μ = tanφ = Coefficient of friction between the plane and the body.) a. P = W tanα b. P = W tan(α + φ) c. P = W (sinα + μcosα) d. P = W (cosα + μsinα)
13. A type of coordinate system in which the features of the earth are “transferred” onto a flat surface. a. Polar coordinate system
b. Cartesian coordinate system
c. Projected coordinate system
d. Geographic coordinate system
14. Degree of saturation of a natural soil deposit having water content 15%, specific gravity
2.50 and void ratio 0.5, is a. 50% b. 60% c. 75% lOMoAR cPSD| 59085392 d. 80%
15. Which principle describes the static pressure at any point in a confined incompressiblefluid? a. Pascal’ Law b. Archimedes’ Law c. Newton second’ Law d. Equation of state
16. Which type of dams is the most popular in Viet Nam? a. Reinforced concrete dams b. Rock filled dams c. Earth dams d. All of above dams
17. Two players, Sangeet and Rashmi, play a tennis match. The probability of Sangeet
winning the match is 0.62. What is the probability that Rashmi will win the match? a. 0.28 b. 0.38 c. 0.48 d. 0.68
18. The effective length of a compression member of length L held in position at both ends
but not restrained in direction, is a. L b. 0.67 L c. 0.85 L d. 1.5 L
19. If dry density, water density and specific gravity of solids of a given soil sample are 1.6
g/cm3, 1.84 g/cm3 and 2.56 respectively, the porosity of the soil sample, is a. 0.375 b. 0.370 c. 0.380 d. 0.390 lOMoAR cPSD| 59085392 20.
A member is in pure tension or compression when on every cross-sectional plane of
themember, the internal forces consist of: a. Normal force only
b. Shear force and normal force
c. Torsional moment and normal force
d. Bending moment and normal force. 21.
When a body is subjected to two equal and opposite pushes, as a result of which
thebody tends to reduce its length, the stress and strain induced is compressive. a. True b. False
22. The cantilever is having one side of it as fixed while the other one is _________ a. Hinged b. Roller supported c. Pinned d. Free
23. For a cantilever beam of length L, subjected to a uniformly distributed load q (as shown
below), determine the bending moment at the midpoint of the beam a. -q.L2 b. -q.L2/2 c. q.L/2 d. -q.L2/8
24. When equal and opposite forces applied to a body, tend to elongate it, the stress so produced, is called a. Shear stress b. Compressive stress c. Tensile stress lOMoAR cPSD| 59085392 d. Transverse stress.
25. The surveying instrument shown in the figure below is called what? a. Theodolite b. Microscope c. Chaining pin d. Telescope