D21 – Innovations for Long Lasting, Smooth, and Safe Highways
Q.1
The presenter, Dr. Sang Soo Kim, Associate Professor Ohio University, discussed that Civil Engineering is one of the oldest types of engineering and there were famous early land surveyors. Of the following, who was not one of those early surveyors?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abe Lincoln
Q.2
Dr. Kim discussed how Civil Engineers designed the Panama Canal so that ships would no longer have to travel 10,000 miles around South America. How long is the Panama Canal?
50 miles
51 miles
52 miles
55 miles
Q.3
Where does crude oil come from?
Asphalt
Algae
Coal
Kerosene
Q.4
What is one solution to building more heavy duty highways?
Adding polymers to asphalt
Using only cement
Adding an extra layer of asphalt
None of the above
Q.5
Which of the following is not is one of the products that Civil Engineers are using to support sustainability and lessen the amount of natural resources consumed?
Recycled asphalt pavement
Recycled asphalt shingle
High performance concrete
Low polymer asphalt