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2. Highway overpasses contain concrete. Which of the B The material should be elastic.
following statements describes how engineers increase .
tensile strength when building a highway overpass? C The material should be
A They use concrete that sets more quickly. . expandable.
.
D The material should be
B They put steel bars within the concrete. . compressible.
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C They add a layer of asphalt on top of the concrete. 5. When winds blow around a skyscraper at high speeds,
. the air pressure outside some parts of the building
becomes lower than the air pressure inside the building. If
D They reduce the amount of water in the concrete Bernoullis principle was not considered when designing
. mixture. this building, which of the following problems might occur?
A The roof might cave in.
3. The amount of commercial development that the local .
government allows in a certain part of a city is limited by
which of the following? B Some windows might pop out.
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A zoning laws
. C The building might catch on fire.
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B building codes
. D Some elevator shafts might
. collapse.
C OSHA regulations
.
6. A steel cable helps move an elevator from one floor to
D board of health another, as shown in the diagram below.
. requirements
C torsion B friction
. .
D vibration C shear
. .
D torsion
7. The drawing below shows a doghouse. .
Use the right tool for the right task is an important c. Describe a task for which a rubber mallet is better
safety rule in any situation. suited than a steel hammer. Explain your reasoning.
a. Describe a task for which the right tool to use is a
wrench but not pliers. Explain your answer.