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This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Civil Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
_________ culverts have a concrete (sometimes other materials can be used too) floor allowing the water to flow smoothly through it. |
| A. | Box |
| B. | Cylindrical |
| C. | Narrow |
| D. | Long |
| Answer» B. Cylindrical | |
| 2. |
An _________ culvert is normally a low profile culvert. It allows them to be installed without disturbing the causeway as it will span over the entire drainage width. |
| A. | box |
| B. | rectangle |
| C. | arch |
| D. | circular |
| Answer» D. circular | |
| 3. |
The process of removing culverts, which is becoming increasingly prevalent, is known as ___________ |
| A. | outlighting |
| B. | culverting |
| C. | daylighting |
| D. | inlighting |
| Answer» D. inlighting | |
| 4. |
________CULVERTS_HAVE_A_CONCRETE_(SOMETIMES_OTHER_MATERIALS_CAN_BE_USED_TOO)_FLOOR_ALLOWING_THE_WATER_TO_FLOW_SMOOTHLY_THROUGH_IT.?$ |
| A. | Box |
| B. | Cylindrical |
| C. | Narrow |
| D. | Long |
| Answer» B. Cylindrical | |
| 5. |
An _____culvert is normally a low profile culvert. It allows them to be installed without disturbing the causeway as it will span over the entire drainage width? |
| A. | box |
| B. | rectangle |
| C. | arch |
| D. | circular |
| Answer» D. circular | |
| 6. |
The process of removing culverts, which is becoming increasingly prevalent, is known as __________? |
| A. | outlighting |
| B. | culverting |
| C. | daylighting |
| D. | inlighting |
| Answer» D. inlighting | |
| 7. |
A culvert can be used to span over a canyon, or depression, or even over a freeway or roadway. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 8. |
Box culverts can be defined as a passage for water over a natural ground having a deck slab over it as path way for vehicles. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 9. |
Construction or installation at a culvert site generally results in disturbance of the site soil. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 10. |
Culverts cannot be constructed of a variety of materials including cast-in-place or precast concrete. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 11. |
If the span of crossing is greater than 12 feet (3.7 m), the structure is termed as bridge and otherwise is culvert. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 12. |
A structure that carries water above land is known as an _____________ |
| A. | aqueduct |
| B. | aquedant |
| C. | over surface |
| D. | outland |
| Answer» B. aquedant | |
| 13. |
A structure that allows water to flow under a road, railroad, trail, or similar obstruction from one side to the other side is called as ______________ |
| A. | drainage |
| B. | bridges |
| C. | tunnel |
| D. | culverts |
| Answer» E. | |