Thursday, April 9, 2009

Quiz Set 2 Results


NOTE: Quiz set 3 will be uploaded shortly.


Quiz set 2 results

1.Vijay Sundar (past student,PSG Tech)
2.Thulasi Rajan (Thiagarajar College of Engineering,Madurai)
3.Balaji (3rd year,PSG College of technology, Coimbatore)

A special mention for
Balaji Sivaramakrishnan,

University of Texas at Austin, USA



College Points table

1.PSG College of Technology.................................30
2.Mepco Schlenk, Sivakasi.....................................15
3.Thanthai Periyar Inst..........................................10
4.Thiagarajar College of Engineering,Madurai.......10

Quiz set 2 along with the answers


Questions:

1. The US Navy developed it in the 1950s when it was trying to find an efficient way for organizing the building of submarines and later while building nuclear submarines. What am i taking about????

Answer:The Critical Path Method, abbreviated CPM, or Critical Path Analysis


2. These three dams are named after three former US Presidents. Who are they?? Answer:
Hoover dam,
Coolidge Dam
Theodore Roosevelt Dam

3. who wrote the book "Work, Wages, and Profits" and what is
his contribution to construction project management????

Answer: Henry Gantt, he developed the bar chart

4. The picture show below was taken after a major natural
disaster which caused another disaster. Name both

Answer : The fires that followed the San Franscisco Earthquake

5. What is this???

"In case you build a new house, you must also make a parapet for your roof, that you may not place bloodguilt upon your house because someone falling might fall from it."

Answer:
The Bible book of Deuteronomy, chapter 22 verse 8, which contains the law of Moses.The Law of Moses stipulated a specific construction requirement which is also an early form of a building code.

6. The flags of some countries are shown alongside some name of
regulating and rating agencies. For what buildings do these
organizations give their rating???

  • Flag of Brazil AQUA
  • Flag of Canada LEED Canada
  • Flag of the People's Republic of China GBAS
  • Flag of France HQE
  • Flag of Germany DGNB
  • Flag of India GRIHA National Rating System developed by TERI /LEED India
  • Flag of Portugal Portugal: Lider A
  • Flag of South Africa South Africa: Green Star SA
  • Flag of the United States United States: LEED
  • Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom: BREEAM
Answer: Green Buildings

7._______________ is a movement for the design and construction of expressive buildings whose layout and lines borrow from natural (i.e.: biological) forms.

Answer: Bionic Architecture