CE103 Group 8

Civil Engineering Advancements Quiz

1. Advancements in the Civil Engineering industry emerge continuously with time to increase
the _____ of a construction project.
a. sustainability
b. quantity
c. accuracy
d. all of the above

2. Allows the field of civil engineering to better adapt to the rapidly changing demand of the
modern world.
a. Research
b. Technology
c. Advancements
d. Development

3. The science of civil engineering can be assumed to truly commenced between 4000 and 2000
BC where?
a. Greece
b. Rome
c. Mesopotamia
d. Egypt

4. In Prehistoric and Ancient Civil Engineering Structures, it was mentioned that the Romans
developed extensive structures in their empire including which of the following:
a. Wells
b. Bridges
c. Irrigation systems
d. Watermills

5. It creates opportunities that cause better research and development and substantially speed up
the ______ of innovations resulting in Civil Engineering Advancements.
a. incorporation
b. development
c. production
d. none of the above

6. It is one of the advantages of modular construction that produces less waste, disrupts the site
less, and enables for more precise measurements to be taken throughout the construction process.

a. Greener

b. Faster

c. Smarter
 d. Convenient

7. It is a system that uses moving vehicles to generate kinetic energy, then converts it to usable
electric power.

a. Kinetic vehicle

b. Kinetic roads

c. Photovoltaic Glaze

d. Modular construction

8. It is a technology that enables building site data to be shared remotely and in real time.

a. Microsoft Teams

b. Gmail

c. Cloud collaboration

d. Ring central

9. It is technology that aids buildings in self-generating energy. By converting the whole structure
into a giant solar array.

a. Solar panel

b. Biomass

c. Portable solar

d. Photovoltaic glaze

10. A bridge that was opened in 1937 and during that time was considered as the longest and
tallest bridge of 1937.

a. The Golden Gate Bridge

b. Burj Khalifa Bridge

c. Millau Viaduct

d. Golden State Bridge

11. A concrete that aims to imitate the automatic healing properties of the body when wounded. Which
also aims to decrease the maintenance required with concrete.

a. Healing endowed concrete

 b. Damage-mitigating Concrete

c. Self-healing concrete

d. Reinforced Concrete

12. A software for engineering that aims to make their tools and capabilities more complex while
simultaneously being user friendly. Especially when it comes with 3D designs. Also abbreviated
as CAD.

a. Computer-abbreviated design

b. Computer-aided design

c. Computer-arranged development

d. Computer-abbreviated development

13. A material that when comes into contact with light “captures” the pollution in the air. Transforming
it into inert salts and reducing smog levels.

a. Nemesi

b. Palazzo Italia

c. Italy Pavilion

d. TX Active technology

14. He is a structural engineer known for developing more than 60 software for IBM 1620 to help
engineers calculate different structures.

a. Tung Yen Lin

b. Charles Adler Junior
c. Srinivasa Iyengar
d. Alan Muir Wood

15. All of these are Charles Adler Junior’s innovation except:

a. Automatic Speed control system

b. Eurotunnel
c. Sonically actuated traffic lights
d. Aviation Safety signals

16. Which of the following are Alan Muir Wood’s projects?

a. Eurotunnel
b. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center
c. Moscone Convention Center
 d. Broadgate exchange house

17. Tung Yen Lin is known as a Pioneer of what type of concrete?

a. Precast concrete
b. Prestressed Concrete
c. Reinforced concrete
d. High-Density concrete

18. The science of civil engineering truly commenced between ________ when transportation
gained such importance that it led to the development of the wheel.

a. 3000 and 1000 BC

b. 4000 and 2000 BC
c. 1000 BC and 901 BC
d. None of the above

19. It was in the ______ that the term civil engineering was firstly used independently from the
term military engineering.

a. 18th century
b. 20th century
c. 19th century
d. 17th century

20. Civil engineers use computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacture (CAM) to
achieve an efficient system of construction, including:

a. Manufacture, Fabrication, and Erection

b. Manufacture, Fabrication, and Elevation
c. Manufacture, Formation, and Erection
d. None of the above

21. The first private college in the United States that included Civil Engineering as a separate
discipline was ____ established in the year 1819.

a. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

b. Texas A&M University
c. Arkansas State University
d. Norwich University

22. The following are the focused of the goals given by the US National Academy of Engineers
except:
a. General quality of life
b. Resourcefulness
c. Sustainability
d. Health
23. Pertains to making sure that our planet will stay as a place where we can live.
a. Security
b. Resourcefulness
c. Sustainability
d. General quality of life
24. A latin word where the modern word “engineer” is derived from which means cleverness.
a. ingeniare
b. ingineum
c. inginiere
d. ingenium
25. Which of the following does not belong to the modern aviation safety signals that was
presented?
a. Strobe lights
b. Wing lights
c. Guide lights
d. Taxi lights