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What does FEMA stand for? |
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Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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Federal Engineering Management Agency |
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Federal Emergency Management Association |
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None of the above |
| 2. |
Walls of hollow concrete masonry are frequently used to resist earthquake forces in residential construction. |
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True |
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False |
| 3. |
______________ is defined as the tendency of a force applied to one part of an element to cause sliding relative to the remainder of the element along a plane parallel to the force. |
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Shear |
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Friction |
| 4. |
Chord is the term used as a synonym for flange of a diaphragm or shear wall. |
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True |
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False |
| 5. |
What does NEHRP stand for? |
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National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program |
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National Engineering Hazards Reduction Program |
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National Earthquake Hazards Repair Program |
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None of the above |
| 6. |
_____________ is a force causing the pulling apart of one element from another or causing elongation of a material. |
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Tension |
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Ductility |
| 7. |
Aspect Ratio is defined as the ratio of the length to width of a horizontal diaphragm. |
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True |
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False |
| 8. |
______________ is the displacement of the top of the wall relative to the fixed bottom of the same wall. |
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Deflection/Drift |
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Earthquake |
| 9. |
What does HUD stand for? |
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Housing and Urban Development |
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Housing and Universal Development |
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Head and Urban Development |
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None of the above |
| 10. |
Houses built on unstable, questionable terrain may by vulnerable to damage due to ground failure as well as earthquake shaking in any seismic risk area. |
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True |
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False |
| 11. |
______________ is a particular hazard where poorly compacted fill has been placed on a hillside slope. |
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Landsliding |
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Ground Failure |
| 12. |
______________ is a phenomenon where loose saturated sandy soil loses bearing capacity and becomes like quicksand during earthquake shaking. |
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Liquefaction |
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Impact |
| 13. |
What does UBC stand for? |
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Uniform Building Code |
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Universal Building Code |
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Uniform Building Criteria |
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None of the above |
| 14. |
Dwellings should not be located directly on an active earthquake fault due to the possibility of surface fault rupture and abrupt shearing displacement occurring along the fault during an earthquake. |
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True |
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False |
| 15. |
______________ can be described as the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest and a body in motion to remain in motion. |
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Inertia |
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Viscosity |
| 16. |
Drilled-in-place concrete-filled piers with grade beams spanning between the piers are suitable for compressible soils, loose landfills, and known weak soil conditions. |
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True |
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False |
| 17. |
What does SBCCI stand for? |
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Southern Building Code Congress International |
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Southern Building Council Congress International |
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State Building Code Congress International |
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None of the above |
| 18. |
The force causing pushing of one element on another or causing shortening of material is called ______________. |
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Compression |
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Buckling |
| 19. |
Diaphragm Ratio is defined as the ratio of the height to width of a shear wall. |
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True |
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False |
| 20. |
To prevent the building from sliding off of its foundation when exposed to earthquake shaking, the sills must be bolted to footings. |
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True |
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False |
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