BES 111 L1

Question 1

Civ Eng was coined to incorporate all things civilian

Answer 1

18th Century

Question 2

1st engineering school

Answer 2

National school of bridges and highways

Question 3

1st engineering school was opened

Answer 3

1747 in france

Question 4

Cinstructed the eddystone lighthouse

Answer 4

John Smeaton

Question 5

Group of leaders of the profession who met formally over dinner

Answer 5

Smeatonian society of civ engineers 1771

Question 6

1st eng society was founded in london

Answer 6

1818

Question 7

Institution of civ eng was founded in

Answer 7

LONDON

Question 8

Became the president

Answer 8

Thomas telford 1820

Question 9

Institution received a royal chapter

Answer 9

1828

Question 10

Product of roots

Answer 10

C/a

Question 11

Sum of roots

Answer 11

-b/a

Question 12

arithmetic sequence

Answer 12

a1+(n-1)d

Question 13

Sn

Answer 13

n/2(a1+an)

Question 14

Geometric progression

Answer 14

an=a1(r^n-1)

Question 15

civil engineering is the application of

Answer 15

physical and scientific principles

Question 16

history is linked to knowledge of (8)

Answer 16

structures
material science
geography
geology
soil
hydrology
environment
mechanics

Question 17

1st private college to teach civil engineering

Answer 17

norwich university 1819

Question 18

norwich university

Answer 18

captain alden partridge

Question 19

1st degree in civ eng in the us

Answer 19

Rensselaer polytechnic institute 1835

Question 20

1st degree to be awarded to a woman

Answer 20

nora stanton blatch, 1905
cornell university