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Department of Civil Engineering

Test for Faculty Competency

Course Code:15CE4161 Faculty Name:

Course Name: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Time: 20 Minutes

1) Types of seismic waves

A) Body waves
B) Surface waves
C) Both
D) None
2) Love wave is a type of
A) Surface wave
B) Body wave
C) Both
D) None of the above
3) Highest magnitude earthquake recorded in Richter scale till date
A) 10
B) 8.5
C) 9.5
D) 12
4) Body waves can transfer through
A) Solids
B) Liquids
C) Gases
D) All the above
5) Surface waves can transfer through
A) Solids
B) Liquids
C) Gases
D) All the above
6) Compressional wave is also called as
A) Shear wave
B) P wave
C) S wave
D) Love wave
7) Transverse wave is also called as
A) Shear wave
B) P wave
C) S wave
D) Love wave
8) The distance between epicenter to observer is called as
A) focal distance
B) Epicentral distance
C) Hypocentral distance
D) All the above
9) The distance between focus to observer is called as
A) focal distance
B) Epicentral distance
C) observer distance
D) None of the above
10) The point on the ground surface directly above the focus is called as
A) hypocenter
B) Epicenter
C) Observer
D) All the above
11) Footing wall remains constant and Hanging wall moves downward
A) Strike-Dip Fault
B) Normal Fault
C) Reverse Fault
D) None
12) Footing wall remains constant and Hanging wall moves upward
A) Strike-Dip Fault
B) Normal Fault
C) Reverse Fault
D) None
13) It is defined as a fracture or a zone of fractures in rock along which displacement has occured.
A) Strike
B) Dip
C) Fault
D) seismic wave
14) Is is the azimuth of a horizontal line drawn on fault plane
A) Strike
B) Dip
C) Fault
D) seismic wave
15) Perpendicular to Strike
A) Strike
B) Dip
C) Fault
D) seismic wave
16) A fault that is located at transform boundary
A) Normal fault
B) Reverse fault
C) Transform fault
D) Thrust fault
17) A reverse fault where the dip is less than or equal to 45 degree
A) Normal fault
B) Reverse fault
C) Transform fault
D) Thrust fault
18) It is an instrument that records the motion of the earths surface due to seismic waves ganerated by
earthquake
A) Seismogram
B) Logathimgraph
C) Seismograph
D) All the above
19) Alfred Wegner proposed the following theory
A) Plate tectonics
B) Elastic rebound theory
C) Contiental drift
D) Big Band theory
20) Pangaea break up into
A) Laurasia
B) Gondwanaland
C) Both D) None of the above