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Reviewer Exam Flashcards

1
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What is the vision of CIT?

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A top academic institution continuously developing Values-driven, highly Competent, and Innovative Technologians

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2
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is upholding the common good?

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SPIRIT OF ALTRUISM

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3
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is total quality in any endeavor?

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PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE

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4
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is an uncompromising adherence to moral and ethical principles

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INTEGRITY

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5
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Is accountability over one’s actions

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RESPONSIBILITY

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6
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Is the ability to create new things

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Innovativeness

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7
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Is the promotion of cooperation

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TEAMWORK

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8
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Is the persistent determination

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Tenacity

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9
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Meaning of the gear

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never ending quest for excellence

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10
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What does the 12 teeth represents?

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The original 10 department heads and 2 dynamic personalities

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11
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Who is the founder and first president of CIT?

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Dr. Nicolas G. Escario Sr.

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12
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Who is the 1st Chariman of CIT

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Don. Simplicio A. Lizares

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13
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What does the equilateral triangle means?

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The 3 engineers who laid the groundwork for CIT

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14
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What are the names of the 3 engineers who laid the groundwork?

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Engr. Fidel C. Dagani
Engr. Amancio A. Alcordo
Engr. Jose A. Cavan

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15
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The six icons inside the equilateral means?

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Represents the 6 original programs founded in 1946

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16
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Meaning of Medieval Castle?

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Civil Engineering

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17
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Meaning of kinetic Gear?

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Mechanical Engineering

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18
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Meaning of lighting bolt?

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Electrical Engineering

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19
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Meaning of Retort

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Chemical Engineering

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20
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Meaning of Volute?

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Architecture

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21
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Meaning of Bowl of Hygieia

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Pharmacy

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22
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Perpetual lamp meaning

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Wisdom and knowledge

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23
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is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and built environment including public work is?

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Civil engineering

24
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Most important skills of civil engineering are?

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  1. Technical Skills
  2. project management
  3. Communication Skills
  4. Leadership Skills
  5. Creativity
  6. Visualization
  7. Critical thinking
25
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Is concerned with structural design is called?

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Structural engineering

26
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Studies rock and soil supporting civil engineering systems

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Geotechnical engineering

27
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Is concerned with moving people and goods.

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Transportation Engineering

28
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Is concerned with the collection and management of water

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Water resources engineering

29
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Involves planning and execution

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Construction Engineering

30
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Involves in to design in order to withstand hazardous earthquake exposures is called?

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Earthquake engineering

31
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Concerned with managing coastal ares is called?

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Coastal Engineering

32
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Is the contemporary term for sanitary engineering

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Environmental engineering

33
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Referred to as the “father of civil engineer”

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John Smeaton (1724-1792)

34
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Was known of his the as the “colossus of roads” is?

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Thomas Telford

35
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Greatest engineer of the 19th century is?

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Robert Stephenson

36
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Who is the “father of railways”?

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George Stephenson

37
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Who is the “ father of American civil engineering”

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Benjamin Wright (1770-1842)

38
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Most famously for the Garabit Viaduct

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Alexandre Gustave Eiffel

39
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Who’s the “father of tubular designs”?

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Fazlur Rahman Khan

40
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Who’s the “father of soil Mechanics”?

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Karl Von Terzaghi

41
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Are trained to design “bones and muscles”

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Structural engineering

42
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To analyze plan, and research structural components is?

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Structural engineers

43
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What is the one important tool for earthquake engineering?

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Base isolation

44
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Structural members of a building?

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Beams, Columns, roof trusses, retraining walls, concrete slabs, and footings

45
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Horizontal members which transfer loads and support and Carries pure bending only

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Beams

46
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Vertical members that carry only axial force

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Columns

47
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Members that interconnect and stiffen columns and beams

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Bracing

48
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Load-bearing frames constructed of connected triangular shapes

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Roof trusses

49
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Support soil where a sloping site requires excavation

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Retaining walls

50
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Transfer load from the structure

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Footings

51
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Structure comprising members and connection points or nodes.

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Truss

52
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Carry bending in two directions

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Plates

53
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Derive their strength from their form, and carry forces in compression in two directions

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Shells

54
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Carry forces in compression in one direction

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Arches

55
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Carry transverse forces in pure tension

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Catenaries

56
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Difference of beam and a girder?

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The size of the component

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