ASCE
Equations For Civil Engineers
Question to Decide Who Plays First
Famous Infrastructure
General Knowledge
100
What is the oldest National Engineering society ?
What is ASCE
100
Sir Issac Newton formulated this equation in 1687 and it has become the "go-to" equation for many engineers and physicists
F = ma
What is Newton's Second Law of Motion
100
What famous engineer has the most US patents and how many ?
Who is Thomas Edison, 1093
100
This prison island was named after brown pelicans by Spanish explorers in 1775.
What is Alcatraz island.
100
You must be under this age to officially be considered an ASCE Younger Member
What is 36
200
Who is the current president of ASCE ?
Who is Dr. Marsha Anderson Bomar
200
When water flows through a full pipe, the water is fastest in what part of the pipe ?
- Top
-Middle
-Flows the same throughout
What is Middle part. The edge of the pipe has friction.
200
Who is "The father of soil mechanics" ?
Who is Karl Terzaghi
200
What is the tallest monument in the US ?
What is the Gateway Arch is St. Louis, Missouri
200
How many student chapters are there in ASCE ?
-207
-302
-408
-501
What is over 400
300
How many regions are there in ASCE ?
What is 10
300
This simplified equation is very useful in water resource engineering; it states that every point in a steady fluid has its own unique static and dynamic pressure.
What is the Bernoulli Equation
300
A bearing of a line is known as ?
-Magnetic Bearing
-True Bearing
-Azimuth
-Reduced Bearing
What is an azimuth
300
In what country would you find a 436 feet tall lighthouse that was completed in 1990 ?
-US
-Saudi Arabia
-Canada
-Scotland
What is Saudi Arabia (Jeddah Light)
300
This is the infrastructure grade in the 2021 National ASCE Report Card
What is a C-
400
This is the year ASCE was founded in
What is 1852
400
This equation, often used in but not limited to structural engineering, is a measure of the deformation of a material in directions perpendicular to the direction of loading.
What is Poisson's Ratio
400
What is the SI unit for surface tension ?
What is N/m
400
In what famous tower can you dine in the skypod's 360 restaurant and see hills 75 miles away ?
-CN Tower
-Space Needle
-Eiffel Tower
-John Hancock Tower
What is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada
400
The first construction cranes were invented by who ?
-Greeks
-Romans
-Chinese
-Egyptians
What are Greeks
500
The number of ASCE members in the world is about equal to the population of what US city ?
What is Dayton, OH (population ~140,000)
500
This equation, often used in structural engineering, describes the tensile stiffness of a solid material, typically a beam.
What is Young's Modulus of Elasticity
500
Blue designates what utility line ?
What is potable water
500
What is the largest inhabited castle in the world ?
-Inveraray Castle
-Edinburgh Castle
-Windsor Castle
-Alcazar Castle
What is Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England.
500
How many Canons are there in the ASCE Code of Ethics ?
What is 8