The 'Disaster and Failure Final' quiz evaluates knowledge on structural engineering, focusing on bridge design and the impact of disasters like the Tay Bridge Disaster. It covers material choices, bridge types, and critical safety considerations, essential for aspiring engineers.
The forces caused by things that interact with the bridge
How the materials will react to the forces over the life of the bridge
The force of gravity
Aesthetically pleasing architecture
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Wood, stone, concrete, steel
Stone, steel, concrete, wood
Wood, concrete, steel, stone
Stone, steel, wood, concrete
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Suspension
Arch
Cable-stayed
Cantilever
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Use of poor steel quality
Use of pier and beam bridge where a truss bridge was called for
Lack of inspection during construction as well as after the bridge went into service
The hiring of an incompetent job foreman
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Attempts to cut construction costs
Lack of on site experience personal
Use of substandard quality materials
Failure to test design changes
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Tear structures apart (like two people pulling your arms in opposite directions)
Push structures in on themselves (like the crushing effect of a head-on car collision)
Twist structures apart (like having the top half of your body twisted in one direction and the bottom half twisted in the opposite way)
Tear structures like ripping pages
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Equal force pushing in opposite directions that exactly balance each other
Balance achieved with electromagnetic forces
Are stronger than gravitational forces
Result from the dead load of a bridge
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It was the worst bridge disaster in US history
It was sort of, but not exactly, a suspension bridge
It was aggravated by heavy Christmas Traffic
The resulting bridge inspection program continues to ensure safe bridge today
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The use of excessively wide deck spans
The construction material was too light
Ice build up around the piers in cold weather
The difficulty in securing the 2 cantilever arms
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Plan
Fact
Theory
Law of nature
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Some limitation in the data collection process
Some uniform problems in the data collection
Improper measurement techniques
A problem with the system being observed
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How we build things
The quality of our technical education system
Our understanding of science
Insight into ourselves
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30%
50%
70%
Can't decide on the basis of the data provided
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Advancing our understanding of natural phenomena
Only accepting what can be proven true
Application of knowledge to solve problems
Arguing the absolute truth of strongly held beliefs
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Using better equipment
Rounding the least significant measured digits
Taking fewer measurements
Taking more measurements
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Modify the hypothesis to account for the new behavior discovered in testing
Abandon the hypothesis for being wrong
Use a different set of test for the hypothesis
Ignore the data not fitting the hypothesis
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68%
80%
95%
99%
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Perform a simulation of the problem
Report the problem in scholarly journals in the hope that someone else has solved it
Use of models or prototypes
Use of well-accept scientific laws
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5
.5
.05
.005
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Capsule tiles loosened during liftoff
Human error during a guidance maneuver
Loss of battery power in the lunar module
The explosion of 1 of 2 oxygen tanks
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Mercury, gemini, Apollo
Mercury, Apollo, Gemini
Gemini, Mercury, Apollo
Gemini, Apollo, Mercury
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A effort of limited engineering success
Provided great insight into interplanetary flight
Be costly to than earlier launch vehicles
A string of disasters similar to those of Apollo
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Flying a capsule to Edwards AFB
Parachuting a capsule to an ocean landing
Parachuting a capsule onto land
Parachuting a capsule onto an aircraft carrier
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Lacking talented engineers and scientists
Fixing problems after they arise rather than avoiding them in the first place
Over reliance on outside review panels
"Sweeping problems under the rug"- that is, ignoring them until it is too late
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Erroneously shows the crew circling the moon
Is fairly accurate in depicting actual events
Fails to show the ground crew incompetence
Hints of sabotage by Earth day advocates
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The Challenger shuttle disaster
The Apollo 9 disaster
The Columbia shuttle disaster
The Apollo 1 fire
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The bulkiness of the space suits then in use
The lack of available fire fighters
The use of pure 02 capsule environment
Overconfidence on the part of astronauts
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Launched first satellite
Launched first manned satellite
First to land man on the moon and return
First to land man on mars and return
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Apollo
Shuttle
Mercury
Gemini
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Behave like a ballistic missile
Escape the pull of earth's gravity
Continue to accelerate forever
Ignite (burn out) on reentry
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The offer ample room to develop agriculture
Launches are easier due to reduced gravity
They provide a long term stable platform
All of the above
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An astrological sign
Leaked energy output
Lost extraterrestrial object
Low earth orbit
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Dangerous
Difficult to operate
Too limited in its capacity and range
All of the above
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Russia's failure to deliver quality equipment
Changing policies and requirements
Its excessively high orbit
All of the above
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Problems with the ceramic heat tiles
The pure oxygen cabin environment
Lack of O-ring flexibility in cold weather
Poorly designed external fuel tanks
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It is overly complex and attempted to much
It has been understaffed
Its altitude is too high
Too little return on its investment cost
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The weight of the fuel it uses
It's easier to stop and restart liquid fuel rockets
The cost of the fuel
The shelf life (max storage of time) of liquid fuel
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Too expensive to develop and support
Their inability to gather useful information
Resistance to the idea by the military and others
Lack of ground based support facilities
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Poorly trained scientists and engineers
Lack of shuttle flights after 2010
Changing policies and priorities
Lack of ground based support facilities
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Service and control lines were cross connected
Control valves left off during maintenance
Tired and overworked staff
Reactor water level can't be measured directly
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A chemical reaction
Nuclear fission or fusion
To apply mechanical energy, e.g. movement
To compress or heat a substance
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The use of PWR reactors
The use of more difficult fusion disasters
A failure to SCRAM the reactor
Lack of containment building
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PWR
BWR
HWR
FBR
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PWR
BWR
HWR
FBR
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PWR
BWR
HWR
FBR
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The application of energy
Potential or stored energy
Kinetic or moving energy
Transfer of energy from 1 system to another
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As a source of nuclear fuel
To stop or slow the reactor's chain-reaction
To control other elements such as water level
As a substitute for human controllers due to the dangers involved
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Electromagnetic force
Static force
Strong and weak nuclear bonding fore
Gravitational force
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