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Delta Works - Exam
  • 1. What country is the Delta Works located in?
A) Netherlands
B) Germany
C) France
D) Belgium
  • 2. Which province in the Netherlands is home to the Delta Works?
A) Utrecht
B) Zeeland
C) North Holland
D) South Holland
  • 3. Who was the chief engineer responsible for designing the Delta Works?
A) Jan Blanken
B) Johan van Veen
C) Cornelis Lely
D) Pieter Caland
  • 4. Which river in the Netherlands poses the greatest flood risk and led to the creation of Delta Works?
A) Elbe
B) Danube
C) Seine
D) Rhine
  • 5. The Delta Works project was a response to which major natural disaster?
A) Super Typhoon Haiyan
B) Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
C) North Sea Flood of 1953
D) Hurricane Katrina
  • 6. In what year did the Delta Works officially become operational?
A) 1960
B) 1995
C) 1975
D) 1986
  • 7. Which Delta Works structure is known as the 'Storm Surge Barrier'?
A) Oosterscheldekering
B) Volkerakdam
C) Maeslantkering
D) Haringvlietdam
  • 8. What is the highest of the Delta Works dams?
A) Oosterscheldekering
B) Maeslantkering
C) Brouwersdam
D) Volkerakdam
  • 9. Which Dutch government body oversaw the planning and construction of Delta Works?
A) Rijkswaterstaat
B) Delta Commission
C) Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
D) Deltacommissie
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