Psad

Question 1

It is the process of bringing earthwork to the desired shape and elevation

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Grading

Question 2

It is the process of giving a chiral soils and off abrasive resistance and shear strength to accommodate traffic or design loads

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Soil stabilization

Question 3

It is the process of bringing each roadway layer to its final grade

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Trimmings

Question 4

It is the process of increasing the density of a soil by mechanically forcing the soil particles closer together there by expelling the air from the void spaces in the soil

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Compaction

Question 5

It is the process of increasing the density of a cohesive soil from the expulsion of water from the soil void spaces

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Consolidation

Question 6

Complete or partial dismantling of a building or structure by pre-planned & control methods or procedures

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Demolition

Question 7

The action of flattening poured concrete into a smooth flat layer prior to finishing the surface

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Screeding

Question 8

It is the bringing of a concrete surface to true grade with enough mortar to produce the desired finish

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Leveling

Question 9

It is the measure of the materials ability to resist indentation or penetration

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Hardness

Question 10

It is the ability of a material to deform in the plastic range without breakage or or the ability to undergo considerable plastic deformation under tensile load before actual rapture

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Ductility

Question 11

It is the ability of a material to absorb energy before fracture takes place

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Toughness

Question 12

It is the ability of a material to recover its shape and size after deformation

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Resilience

Question 13

When material has to support a load for a long period of time what causes it to continue to deform until a sudden fracture occurs?

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Creep

Question 14

When a material is subjected to repeated cycles of stress or strain what causes its structure to breakdown ultimately leading to fracture

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Fatigue

Question 15

It is the point where the object suffers note or by the effect of the gravitational force acted upon it

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Center of gravity

Question 16

It is point through which the resultant of the resistance to the applied lateral force acts

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Center of rigidity

Question 17

It is point through which the applied seismic force acts

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Center of mass

Question 18

It is the distance between the center of rigidity and center of mass

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Eccentricity

Question 19

It is the displacement of 1 level relative to the level above or below

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Story drift

Question 20

Lateral displacement of the story relative to the base

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Story displacement

Question 21

A measure of energy released in an earthquake

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Magnitude

Question 22

A measure of strength of shaking during earthquake

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Intensity

Question 23

It is the point deep below the earth’s surface where the earthquake originated

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Hypocenter

Question 24

It is the point on earth’s surface directly above the focus

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Epicenter

Question 25

A device used to anchor tendons on prestressed concrete members

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Anchorage

Question 26

It is a branch of mechanics which studies the effects and distributions of forces of rigid bodies which are and remain at rest

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Statics

Question 27

If two forces are in equilibrium they are ___________

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Equal, collinear, and oppositely directed

Question 28

A contact resistance by one body when the second body moves or tends to move past the first body

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Friction

Question 29

The friction force always acts__________

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Opposite to the motion or to the tendency to move

Question 30

The branch of mechanics that deals with bodies in motion

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Dynamics

Question 31

The term is used to define the motion of a particle or body without consideration of the forces causing the motion

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Kinematics

Question 32

The branch of mechanics that relates the force acting on the body to its mass and acceleration

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Kinetics

Question 33

A body at rest will remain to be at rest or in motion will be remain in motion along a straight path unless acted upon by an unbalanced force

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Newton first law of motion

Question 34

A particle acted upon by an unbalanced force system has an acceleration in line with and directly proportional to the resultant of the four system and inversely proportional to its mass

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Newton’s second law of motion

Question 35

In every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction

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Newton’s third law of motion

Question 36

The motion of a rigid body in which a straight line passing through any two of its particle always remain to be parallel to its initial position

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Translation

Question 37

The motion of a rigid body in which the particles move in circular paths with their centers on a fixed straight line called the axis of rotation

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Rotation

Question 38

The motion of a rigid body in which all particles in the body remain at a constant distance from a fixed reference plane

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Plane motion

Question 39

Mixture of sand, gravels and other aggregates and held together in a rock line mass with paste of cement and water

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Concrete

Question 40

This test is used to test the workability of the concrete

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Slump test

Question 41

It is performed by submerging the specimen underwater this is done in order to prevent moisture loss

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Curing