PE Civil Engineering Exam Prep
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Daily, roads are constructed, houses are designed and dreams are brought to life. Shelters are provided, built project are maintained and sustained for optimal functioning, damaged ones are reconstructed. Transportation is made possible via air, rail, water and all other possible methods, the knowledge of Civil engineering is put to play. How much do you know about civil engineering? Get drilled.
- 1.Which of these buildings is the oldest work of civil engineers?
- A.
Egyptian pyramids
- B.
Appian Way
- C.
Parthenon
- D.
Qanat
- 2.Who coordinated the construction of the Great Wall of China?
- A.
General Xiping
- B.
General Meng
- C.
General Feng
- D.
General Xi
- 3.Which of these structures is not peculiar with foremost Roman civil engineers?
- A.
Harbors
- B.
Stadium
- C.
Insulae
- D.
Aqueduct
- 4.What university pioneered the study of civil engineering?
- A.
Norwich University
- B.
University of New Brunswick
- C.
University of Capetown
- D.
University of London
- 5.Who was the first woman to receive a degree in civil engineering?
- A.
Nora Blatch
- B.
Patricia Jacobs
- C.
Sharon Dufresne
- D.
Nelly Craig
- 6.Which of these concepts is not taught in civil engineering?
- A.
Mathematics
- B.
Design
- C.
Chemistry
- D.
Project management
- 7.Which of these suspension bridges is the longest in the world?
- A.
Xihoumen Bridge
- B.
Brooklyn Bridge
- C.
Akashi Kaikyō Bridge
- D.
Golden Gate Bridge
- 8.What branch of civil engineering is concerned with the ground?
- A.
Environmental engineering
- B.
Geotechnical engineering
- C.
Transportation engineering
- D.
Structural engineering
- 9.What kind of civil engineer works against the dangers flooding and erosion pose?
- A.
Costal engineer
- B.
Marine engineer
- C.
Construction engineer
- D.
Transportion engineer
- 10.Which of these is a sub- discipline of structural engineering?
- A.
Costal engineering
- B.
Earthquake engineering
- C.
Environmental engineering
- D.
Marine engineering
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