Dock and Harbor Engineering

Dock and harbor engineering is a specialized field within civil engineering that focuses on the planning, design, construction and maintenance of facilities related to marine transportation and coastal infrastructure.

  • Surf zone is _____ ?

    A. The coast line attacked by the waves
    B. The swell of the sea breaking on the shore or reefs
    C. The fathom line of 10 m depth
    D. The fathom line of 5 m depth

  •  The shore line survey includes ____ ?

    A. depicting the prominent details on shore line
    B. depicting the high water line
    C. depicting the shore line
    D. all the above

  • The heaviest line is used to democrate ____ ?

    A. the limit of swamps
    B. the direction of current
    C. the high water line
    D. the low water line

  • The fixed mooring does not require ____ ?

    A. capstan
    B. anchors
    C. mooring post
    D. bollard

  • The floating mooring does not require:

    A. bollard
    B. buoy
    C. cables
    D. anchors

  • The dock wall is checked for stability and developed as a gravity retaining wall :

    A. maximum water pressure from the dock without any back fill
    B. maximum water pressure from the dock without any back fill
    C. back fill pressure when the dock is empty
    D. all of the above

  • The shape of docks and basins is generally kept:

    A. diamond shape gauys
    B. inclined gauys
    C. rectangular ways
    D. all of these

  • Who docks a ship ?

    A. berth
    B. Pilots
    C. Water
    D. None

  • What means by harbour ?

    A. a place of safety and comfort
    B. the locks of dock gate are operated by means of heavy bascule bridges and connected machinery
    C. diamond shape gauys
    D. None of them

  • What is a dock ?

    A. a structure built out over water in a port along which ships can land to load and unload
    B. he substructure of a building or infrastructure that transfers the structure’s loads to the soil below
    C. Both a and b
    D. None of them