civil engineering exam 1 with perfect answers 2024
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Civil engineering eb
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Civil Engineering Eb
These engineers design, plan, and manage construction projects correct answers civil engineers
These engineers deal with the quantity, quality, and transport of water correct answers water resource engineers
Name some examples of civil infrastructure correct answers stormwater management s...
These engineers design, plan, and manage construction projects correct answers civil
engineers
These engineers deal with the quantity, quality, and transport of water correct answers
water resource engineers
Name some examples of civil infrastructure correct answers stormwater management
systems, parks, schools, and other government facilities,
A combination of transportation, water resources, and environmental engineering.
correct answers geotechnical engineers
These engineers design and analyze structures to meet safety constraints while
considering architectural requirements and aesthetics correct answers structural
engineers
An exam required for licensure that includes basic mathematics and science,
engineering fundamentals (statics, mechanics of materials, thermodynamics,
engineering economics, etc.), as well as civil and environmental engineering
fundamentals correct answers fundamentals of engineering exam
The engineers deal with the behavior of earth materials correct answers geotechnical
engineers
Funds used to operate and maintain infrastructure correct answers operation and
maintenance
These engineers prevent, minimize, or remediate the contamination of air, soil, water,
and the associated human and environmental health aspects of such contamination.
correct answers environmental engineers
Funds used to build infrastructure improvements or replacements correct answers
capital funds
These engineers deals with the safe and efficient movement of people and goods
correct answers transportation engineers
An engineered item is designed to function for a certain length of time correct answers
design life
, The average of a data set obtained by dividing the sum of the data entries by the
number entries correct answers mean
A measure of the spread of data relative to a mean value correct answers standard
deviation
The value in a data set that occurs with the most frequency correct answers mode
The mathematical difference between the maximum and minimum value in a data set
correct answers range
The middle number of a data set correct answers median
Scaled down versions of treatment processes correct answers pilot studies
The volume of water that passes a certain point in a given amount of timeThe volume of
water that passes a certain point in a given amount of time correct answers flow rate
return period correct answers recurrence interval
people, planet and profit correct answers triple bottom line
A measure of the void spaces in a geologic formation correct answers porosity
The extent of the world's land area that is required to support a lifestyle correct answers
ecological footprint
paved parking lots, roads, and rooftops that limit infiltration correct answers impervious
surfaces
this occurs at the depth at which a geologic formation is saturated correct answers
water table
a process whereby future uncertainties are incorporated into a plan or design so that if
changes do occur, a strategy is already in place to deal with them correct answers
adaptive management
soaking of rainwater into the soil correct answers infiltration
maximum number of people that the earth can support correct answers carrying
capacity
land along a stream or river that is inundated when the stream or river overtops its
banks correct answers floodplain
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