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MCQ in GEAS PDF
MCQ in GEAS PDF
ans: Acceleration
b. Compression d. Distance
ans: Accuracy
a. Lever c. Measurement
b. Area d. Bend
ans: . Area
5. The rate of change of angular displacement with respect to time.
b. Load d. Brittle
b. Force d. Beam
ans: Beam
b. Brace d. Buckle
8. To curve; bending occurs when a straight material becomes curved; one side
squeezes together in compression, and the other side stretches apart in tension
a. Tension c. Buckle
a. Biomechanics c. mechanics
ans: Biomechanics
a. Brittle c. Brace
b. Cable d. Cantilever
ans: Brace
11. Characteristic of a material that fails without warning; brittle materials do not
stretch or shorten before failing
b. Brace d. Brittle
ans: Brittle
a. Brittle c. bend
b. compression d. Buckle
ans: Buckle
13. A structural element formed from steel wire bound in strands; the suspending
element in a bridge; the supporting element in some dome roofs
a. Beam c. Brace
b. Cable d. Compression
ans: Cable
14. A projecting structure supported only at one end, like a shelf bracket or a diving
board
a. Cantilever c. Cable
b. Equilibrium d. Irreversible
ans: Cantilever
15. A condition in which a chemical reaction is occurring at equal rates in its forward
and reverse directions, so that the concentrations of the reacting substances do
not change with time.
b. Equilibrium d. Pile
a. force c. steel
b. Compression d. modulus
ans: . Compression
17. Central region of a skyscraper; usually houses elevator and stairwell
ans: Core
a. dimension c. deformation
b. deform d. instantaneous
ans: deform
19. Is a numerical description of how far apart objects are at any given moment in
time. In physics or everyday discussion, distance may refer to a physical length,
a period of time, or estimation based on other criteria. In mathematics, distance
must meet more rigorous criteria.
a. Force c. mass
b. Distance d. deformation
ans: Distance
a. Mechanics c. Engineering
ans: Engineering
22. Equilibrium - A condition in which all acting influences are canceled by others,
resulting in a stable, balanced, or unchanging system.
b. Equilibrium d. Gravitation
ans: Equilibrium
23. The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active
power: the force of an explosion.
a. Inertia c. Lever
b. Quantity d. Force
ans: Force
24. Is a natural phenomenon by which all objects with mass attract each other? In
everyday life, gravitation is most commonly thought of as the agency that gives
objects weight.
ans: Gravitation
25. Is a physical constant involved in the calculation of the gravitational attraction
between objects with mass? It appears in Newton's law of universal gravitation
and in Einstein's theory of general relativity
26. Is the measurement of vertical distance, but has two meanings in common use. It
can either indicate how "tall" something is, or how "high up" it is.
a. magnitude c. distance
ans: Height
27. Is a topic of science and engineering dealing with the mechanical properties of
liquids. Hydraulics is part of the more general discipline of fluid power.
ans: Hydraulics
28. The tendency of a body to resist acceleration; the tendency of a body at rest to
remain at rest or of a body in straight line motion to stay in motion in a straight
line unless acted on by an outside force.
a. Inertia c. force
ans: Inertia
29. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay
a. volume c. Instantaneous
ans: Instantaneous
30. Is the same for all frames of reference? A mass for a particle is m in the equation
a. mass c. force
ans: Irreversible
32. A device connecting two or more adjacent parts of a structure; a roller joint allows
adjacent parts to move controllably past one another; a rigid joint prevents
adjacent parts from moving or rotating past one another
a. energy c. force-field
b. velocity d. joint
ans: joint
33. Is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (known also by its
French-language initials “SI”).
a. mass c. weight
b. measurement d. kilogram
ans: kilogram
34. Is the long dimension of any object? The length of a thing is the distance
between its ends, its linear extent as measured from end to end.
b.rigid d. length
ans: length
35. A simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to
transmit force, as in raising or moving a weight at one end by pushing down on
the other.
a. Inertia c. Lever
b. Quantity d. Force
ans: lever
b. Load d. Brittle
ans: load
37. A property by which it can be larger or smaller than other objects of the same
kind; in technical terms, an ordering of the class of objects
a. magnitude c. distance
ans: magnitude
a. mass c. weigth
b. measurement d. kilogram
ans: mass
39. Is commonly defined as the substance of which physical objects are composed,
not counting the contribution of various energy or force-fields, which are not
usually considered to be matter per se.
a. mass c. matter
ans: matter
40. Science of the action of forces on material bodies. It forms a central part of all
physical science and engineering.
ans: mechanics
41. Is the estimation of the magnitude of some attribute of an object, such as its
length or weight, relative to a unit of measurement?
a. mass c. weight
b. measurement d. kilogram
ans: measurement
42. Is the product of the mass and velocity of an object? Motion - The act or process
of changing position or place.
ans: momentum
43. The three laws proposed by Sir Isaac Newton to define the concept of a force
and describe motion, used as the basis of classical mechanics.
44. A long, round pole of wood, concrete, or steel driven into the soil by pile drivers
b. Equilibrium d. Pile
ans: Pile
45. Is a collection of masses, taken to be one. For example, a cricket ball can be
considered an object but the ball also consists of many particles.
a. magnitude c. quantity
ans: quantity
b. rigid d. length
ans: rigid
48. Is the effort to understand, or to understand better, how nature works, with
observable physical evidence as the basis of that understanding
b. science d. load
ans: science
49. A force that causes parts of a material to slide past one another in opposite
directions
a. force c. shear
b. stress d. momentum
ans; stress
50. Is a stress state where the stress is parallel or tangential to a face of the material,
as opposed to normal stress when the stress is perpendicular to the face
51. Solid concrete walls that resist shear forces; often used in buildings constructed
in earthquake zones
ans: shear-walls
52. Sediment particles ranging from 0.004 to 0.06 mm (0.00016 to 0.0024 inch) in
diameter.
a. silt c. shear
b. stress d. momentum
ans; silt
53. Is often used to describe the measurement of the steepness, incline, gradient, or
grade of a straight line. A higher slope value indicates a steeper incline.
a. shear c. slope
ans: slope
a. stable c. stiff
ans: stable
55. Characteristic of a structure that is able to carry a realistic load without collapsing
or deforming significantly.
a. steel c. stiff
b. stability d. stable
ans: stability
56. An alloy of iron and carbon that is hard, strong, and malleable.
a. stable c. stiff
a. steel c. stiff
b. stability d. stable
ans: stiff
58. Defined as force per unit area, is a measure of the intensity of the total internal
forces acting within a body across imaginary internal surfaces, as a reaction to
external applied forces and body forces.
a. silt c. shear
b. stress d. momentum
ans; stress
a. surface c. silt
b. vector d.volume
ans: surface
60. A bridge in which the roadway deck is suspended from cables that pass over two
towers; the cables are anchored in housings at either end of the bridge
a. tension c. tensile
62. Is the stress state leading to expansion; that is, the tensile stress may be
increased until the reach of tensile strength, namely the limit state of stress.
a. tension c. tensile
a. tension c. tensile
ans: tension
64. A support ring that resists the outward force pushing against the lower sides of a
dome.
a. tension c. tensile
a. tension c. torque
ans: torque
66. A rigid frame composed of short, straight pieces joined to form a series of
triangles or other stable shapes.
a. truss c. torque
ans: truss
a. unbalanced c. truss
b. torque d. stress
ans: unbalanced
68. A directed line segment. As such, vectors have magnitude and direction. Many
physical quantities, for example, velocity, acceleration, and force, are vectors.
Vectors are widely used in mathematical physics.
ans: vector
69. Of a solid object is the three-dimensional concept of how much space it
occupies, often quantified numerically. One-dimensional figures and two-
dimensional shapes are assigned zero volume in the three-dimensional space.
a. volume c. Instantaneous
ans: volume
a. mass c. weight
b. measurement d. kilogram
ans: weight