Occupational Health and Safety Definitions Quiz
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What is the process of wearing away a surface due to friction called?

  • Joint or crack spalling
  • Surface abrasion (correct)
  • Faulting
  • Blowup-localized upward buckling and shattering of the slabs

    • What is the point on the subgrade directly below the edge of the pavement from which the subgrade slopes downward to the point of slope selection called?

  • Hinge point (correct)
  • Subbase
  • Stake points
  • Catch points

    • What is the soil prepared to support a pavement structure or a pavement system called?

  • Base
  • Subgrade (correct)
  • Subbase
  • Skid resistance

    • What is the ability of an asphalt paving surface, particularly when wet, to offer resistance to slipping or skidding called?

    <p>Skid resistance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference in elevation between the joints due to settlement of pavements, erosion of material under the pavement, and change in temperature called?

    <p>Faulting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the course in the asphalt pavement structure immediately below the base course called?

    <p>Subbase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of a great circle (sphere)?

    <p>The largest circle that can be drawn around a sphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of a rational number?

    <p>A number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of an irrational number?

    <p>A number that cannot be expressed as the quotient of two integers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of a complex number?

    <p>A number that is in the form 'a + bi', where a and b are real numbers and 'bi' is imaginary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of a prime number?

    <p>A positive integer that is divisible by only 1 and itself</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of an axiom?

    <p>A statement that is taken to be true without proof</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of leveling a floor or layer of concrete with a straight edge using a back and forth motion while moving across the surface called?

    <p>Screeding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following characteristics of the road environment affects the provision of safety sight distance?

    <p>Road Geometry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following characteristics of the vehicle affects the provision of safety sight distance?

    <p>Eye height of the driver</p> Signup and view all the answers

    As the density of a highway continues to increase, what will happen to the flow rate?

    <p>Minimum rate flow is eventually reached</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When a wave generated in deep water reaches shoaling waters, what happens to the wave period?

    <p>Remain Constant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If players A and B match pennies N times, what happens to the probability of player A winning?

    <p>Remains constant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the application of hot bitumen material to ensure adhesion to old and new road surfaces?

    <p>Tack Coat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When a train passes on curves with no super-elevation, where does it give thrust?

    <p>Inner side of outer rail</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a true procedure in measuring the Zenith angle?

    <p>Leveling the instrument</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are the vertical crosshair positioned to be perpendicular to the horizontal axis?

    <p>Check the level of the instrument</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is not a part of preparing the Critical Path Method?

    <p>Determining the shortest path in the network</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is used in determining the Critical Path Method?

    <p>Network</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'imminent danger' refer to?

    <p>A condition that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious harm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who are considered 'occupational health personnel'?

    <p>Qualified first aiders, nurses, dentists, or physicians engaged by the employer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the project manager?

    <p>To be responsible for the overall technical personnel and actual execution of the construction project</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the responsibilities of the resident engineer?

    <p>To ensure the technical conformance of designs, materials, processes, and work procedures, as well as safety and health on the construction site</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a 'safety and health audit'?

    <p>A regular and critical examination of project sites, safety programs, records, and management performance on safety and health standards</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the company 'Engineers Esplana, Realuy o and Co.' refer to?

    <p>The authors or source of the provided text</p> Signup and view all the answers

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