Civil Engineering
The application of physical and scientific principles for the design, development and maintenance of the constructed and natural environment.
What is civil engineering?
This is the color of stripes on taxiways.
What is yellow?
This is the term for the amount of aircraft within a given space
What is air traffic?
This is what the abbreviation PAPI/VASI stands for.
What is Precision Approach Path Indicator/Visual Approach Slope Indicators?
(Both correct, 100 point bonus)
This is who is responsible for the plans, designs, and building of airport infrastructure.
What are civil engineers?
This is the number of the different types of civil engineering.
What is 7 types?
What is compressed gravel?
This is what the abbreviation "ATC" stands for.
What is air traffic control?
This is the purpose of VASI lights.
Provides visual descent information during a landing approach.
This is the location of the busiest airport in the world.
What is Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport?
This type of engineering is responsible for finding solutions to planetary health issues.
What is environmental engineering?
What is "go"?
ATC towers are typically this height (meters).
What is over 100 meters?
This PAPI light sequence indicates that the pilot is flying too low.
What is 4 red lights?
In airport design, many standards must be met. This is an example of a standard that must be met.
What is (any of the choices below):
Airfield pavement
Airport lighting
Marking
Signs
Safety during construction
Detection systems
This is an example of the kinds of infrastructure that construction engineers design.
What is (any of the choices below):
Roads
Railroads
Bridges
Tunnels
Facilities
Ports
Dams
This is the requirement for the thickness of runway foundations.
What is 2 meters?
This is an example of the purpose of ATC towers.
What is (any of the choices below):
monitor takeoffs, landings, ground traffic, and aircrafts in flight
This is the side of the runway where you can find VASI lights.
What is the left side?
This is an example of requirements for airfield pavements.
What is (any of the choices below):
Good friction characteristics
High strength
Stability
Durability
Weather proof surface
No loose material or sharp edges that might endanger aircraft
Resistance to fuel spillage and jet blast
Facilitation of economic maintenance
In airports, this is an example of what civil engineers are responsible for.
What is (any of the choices below):
Airports
Runways
ATC towers
PAPI/VASI Lights
Taxiways
Terminal buildings
Electronic systems
These are the names of the two main types of taxiways.
What is entrance taxiways and parallel taxiways?
This is the reason most ATC towers are built to be so tall.
What is visibility and surveillance?
Pilots use this phrase when they are landing over full red VASI lights.
What is "red over red, could be dead"?
This is something airfield pavements must be resilient to.
What is fuel spillage and jet blast?