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Which ancient structure remained the largest man- a) The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
made structure for millennia and was considered an b) The Parthenon in Athens
1- c) The Great Wall of China
unsurpassed feat in architecture until the 19th
d) The Great Pyramid of Giza
century AD?
a) Claude-Louis Navier
Who developed the theory of elasticity in a b) Robert Hooke
2-
mathematically usable form? c) Isaac Newton
d) Galileo Galilei
a) Galileo
Who provided the first scientific understanding of b) Robert Hooke
3-
elasticity of materials and their behavior under load? c) Isaac Newton
d) Gottfried Leibniz
a) Burj Khalifa, Dubai
What is the tallest building of the following b) Shanghai Tower, China
4- towers? c) One World Trade Center, New York
d) Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower, Saudi
Arabia
What is the name of the tallest building in Egypt a) Cairo tower
b) Iconic Tower
5- and Africa (as of May 2024)? c) The Great Wall of China
d) Nile business city Tower
What reaction occurs when Portland cement is a) Oxidation
b) Hydration
6- mixed with water? c) Sublimation
d) Precipitation
What material was primarily used in the a) Stones
construction of the Great Hypostyle Hall in Karnak b) Wood
7- c) Dried clay bricks
Temple?
d) Iron
a) Greece
Where is the Pont du Gard located? b) France
8- c) England
d) Egypt
a) To carry and transport water
What was the primary function of the Pont du b) To facilitate trade
9-
Gard? c) To provide shelter
d) To serve as a fortification
a) Steel
What material that Joseph Aspdin patent its b) Portland cement
10-
manufacturing process in 1824? c) Iron
d) Glass
Which engineer developed the process to produce a) Henry Bessemer
b) Claude-Louis Navier
11- steel known as the Bessemer process? c) Joseph Aspdin
d) Robert Hooke
a) Ethiopian Railway
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Which railway system was first established in Africa b) Egyptian Railways
12- and the Middle East? c) South African Railways
d) Moroccan Railways

In which century was the Great Pyramid of Giza a) 20th century AD

b) 26th century BC
13- constructed? c) 10th century BC
d) 3rd century AD
a) 1200
When was the first Institution of Civil Engineers b) 1571
14- founded in London? c) 1818
d) 2002
a) 1246
In which year did Joseph Aspdin patent the basic b) 1824
15-
process for manufacturing Portland cement? c) 1964
d) 2024
a) Concrete
What material was predominantly used in the b) Wood
16-
construction of the Forth Bridge? c) Stone
d) Steel
a) Civil engineering
Which of the following is considered the oldest b) Mechanical engineering
17-
engineering discipline? c) Electrical engineering
d) Aerospace engineering
What does BIM stand for in the context of civil a) Building Information Management
b) Building Integration Model
18- engineering and construction technology? c) Building Information Modeling
d) Building Inspection Methodology
a) Fishing
What is Lake Nasser primarily used for? b) Tourism
19- c) Agriculture
d) Water storage
What is the process of measuring dimensions on or a) Cartography
b)
20- near the Earth's surface called?
Geology
c) Geography
d) Surveying
Which engineering discipline deals with the a) Environmental engineering
b) Structural engineering
21- treatment of chemical, biological, or thermal c) Materials engineering
wastes? d) Geotechnical engineering
a) Environmental engineering
Which discipline deals with the structural design b) Structural engineering
22- and analysis of various types of structures? c) Transportation engineering
d) Materials engineering
What is civil engineering primarily concerned a) Military defense systems
with? b) Software development
23- c) Design, construction, and maintenance
of the built environment
d) Hospitals and Medical equipment
How does the waterwheel system raise water? a) By pulling ropes
b) By animal rotation
24- c) By wind power
d) By solar energy
a) Aristotle
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Who later developed the screw pump invented by b) Archimedes
the Mesopotamians? c) Leonardo da Vinci
25- d) Isaac Newton

Who initiated the construction of the Old Delta a) Napoleon Bonaparte

b)
26- Barrages?
Mohammad Ali
c) Cleopatra
d) Ramses II
When was the New Suez Canal project a) 1848
b)
27- constructed?
1923
c) 1956
d) 2015
a) Scheduling
What does 2D BIM primarily focus on? b) Cost estimation
28- c) Plans and drawings
d) Facility management
a) Tourism development
What is the purpose of the New Delta megaproject? b) Environmental conservation
29- c) Agricultural expansion
d) Urbanization efforts
What dimension does 5D BIM incorporate into the a) Time
b) Cost
30- model? c) Material specifications
d) Equipment data
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1 Early humans primarily constructed shelters from stones and tree branches
2 Stone was never used as a material for construction in Ancient Egypt
3 Ancient Egyptian houses were primarily made from sun-dried clay bricks
4 The Pont du Gard in France was built in the third century AD
5 The Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed in the 8th century BC.
6 The Forth Bridge, built in 1889, was primarily made of wood.
7 Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin designed the Eiffel Tower in 1889.
8 The development of powerful computers has recently complicated the structural analysis
9 The term "civil engineering" was coined in the 18th century to distinguish it from electrical
engineering
10 Civil engineering is the oldest engineering discipline
11 The first institution for teaching civil engineering was established in France in 1580
12 Norwich University was the first private college to teach civil engineering in the US
13 The Old Delta Barrages were constructed to improve irrigation and navigation along the
Nile Delta
14 Lake Nasser is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, formed by the Aswan High
Dam
15 The shaduf consists of a long pole with a bucket on one end and a counterweight on the
other
16 The Great Hypostyle Hall in Karnak Temple covers an area of 1000 m2
17 The waterwheel works by animal, rotating pottery vessels to collect and pour water
18 Suez Canal is considered the fastest sea passage between South Asia and Europe
19 The Bronze Age introduced high-temperature furnaces and cast iron technology
20 Sinai was the Pharaonic civilization's birthplace