Quiz #5

Forensic engineering #2 quiz

1) As a forensic engineer in your field, your job is to determine “what happened in the accident”. Your job is not to try to win or lose a case. That’s the attorney’s job.

  a) True
b) False

2) In case # 1 the flood damage was caused by Hurricane:

  a) Katrina
b) Charley
b) Frances

3) In case #2 hurricane Katrina completely destroyed a house in Mississippi

  a) True
b) False

4) Case #3 is about hurricane damage to a house
  a) True
b) False

5) Case # 4 is about hurricane Frances and Jeanne damage to a country club
  a) True
b) False

6) In case #5 the foundation movement of the house was caused by the flood.
  a) True
b) False

7) The following factors can contribute to foundation movement of a house.

  • Natural soil movement and soil expansion and shrinkage due to the
    amount of moisture in the soil during the seasons.

  • Mature trees in the property and their distance from the house.

  • Foundation movement between the additions to a house and original house structure.

  • Any plumbing leak underneath the foundation that could cause the soil to expand.
  a) True
b) False

8) Case #6 is about discovering termite damage in a newly purchased house.
  a) True
b) False
 
9) In case # 6 the termite damage had compromised the structural integrity of the house.
  a) True
b) False

10) In case # 11 the main crack damage on top of the acrylic half circle dome above the
foyer was caused by:

  a) Attempted break-in to the high school
b) Hail damage
c) Expansion and contraption of acrylic material due to temperature gradient during the seasons.


11) In case #12 the cracks on the wall of the church was caused because:

  a) Soil movement due to seasonal variation in the soil moisture content underneath the church causing the foundation to move.
b) Hurricane Charley
c) Bad drywall material

12) In case #13 all the damage to the roof of the warehouse was caused by

  a) True
b) False

13) In case # 15 the pier was never hit by a ship.
  a) True
b) False

14) When clay base soil is wet, it swells and the foundation rises. When it’s dry, clay soil shrinks and the foundation settles. The repeated expansion and shrinkage of the soil underneath the foundation will cause the structure to get loaded under it’s own weight in tensile and compression. At the same time all these expansion and shrinkage will cause the soil to lose it’s bearing capacity.

  a) True
b) False

15) In case #7 (of Ethics section); It was alleged that Dr. Smith conducted an engineering inspection for his client in December 1998; but did not provide his client with his inspection report until February 2000. This Indicated that he was not acting as a faithful agent for his client and his actions were not in keeping with generally accepted engineering standards and procedures. The Board accepted a Consent Order signed by Dr. Smith for a formal reprimand.

  a) True
b) False

 

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16) 16- In case #11 (of Ethics section); It was alleged that Mr. Doe, a Texas PE engineer, altered boundary information on Survey plats for a subdivision that had been prepared by a license surveyor, affixed a copy of the surveyor’s seal to the plats and submitted the plats to county officials for approval without knowledge of the surveyor. The Board reportedly suspended his license for one year and fined him $1000.00

  a) True
b) False

17) 17- In case # 15 (of Ethics section); It was alleged that Jim, the company’s president, designed seven swimming pools and affixed a copy of a Texas Professional engineer’s seal and signature that he had obtained from another source to the plan sheets which were submitted to a city for permitting. Board records did not show that Jim was licensed as a professional engineer in Texas nor that his company had Texas professional engineer as a regular full-time employee. The Board accepted an Agreed Board Order signed by Jim to cease and desist from any and all representations that his company can offer and/or perform engineering services and from the actual performance of engineering services until such time as the company hires a Texas licensed professional engineer as a regular full time employee, and to immediately discontinue the use of the Texas professional engineer’s seal and signature on any and all documents. Jim also agreed to hire a Texas professional engineer to perform after the fact engineering inspections and issue certification reports for the five swimming pools that were permitted and constructed. The company was also ordered to pay a $5000.00 administrative penalty.
  a) True
b) False

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