1.

The center of mass and centroid will _______________ if the mass of the building is uniformly
distributed in plane.

Drift away

Be zero

Coincide

None of these

2. Natural time period of a multi-story building can be approximated as number of stories divided by
_______________.

10

12

15

3. The soft story phenomenon can be avoided by ___________________.

Adding bracings

Adding external buttresses

Adding bracings and Adding external buttresses

None of these

4. If for a system, c <2 mω n the system is _________________.

Underdamped

Overdamped

Critically damped

Normally damped

5. Approximate natural time period of an 8 story building would be _______________.

0.08 sec

0.8 sec

0.008 sec

8 sec

6. For a cantilever beam, if all other parameters are kept the same and length of the beam is doubled,
the lateral stiffness is __________________.
Doubled

Halved

Decreased 6 times

Decreased 8 times

7. _______________ is the likelihood that the things we value will be harmed in case of a hazardous
event.

Hazard

Risk

Vulnerability

Exposure

8. Applied forces at a structure is more attracted to _______________ elements.

(a): Stiffer (b): flexible (c): vulnerable (d): none of these

9. Number of independent variables required to completely determine the positions of all parts of a
system at any instant of time is called as ________________.

Number of unknowns

Static indeterminacy

Degree of freedom

Redundancy

10. The distance between center of stiffness and mass center is known as __________________.

(a): concentricity (b): perpendicular distance (c): eccentricity (d): leverage

11. When subjected to a strong ground motion, the acceleration produced in a base isolated structure
is______________ than that of fixed base structure.

Less

Greater

Equal to

Zero

12. Equation for angular frequency can be written as ω n=¿_________________.

2π
f
2 πT
2 πf
f
2π
13. Discontinuity in shear walls results in _________________ at the point of discontinuity.

Overstressing

Under-stressing

Balance stressing

Low demand

14. For a mass attached to a spring system, if the mass is increased the frequency _______________.

Increases

Decreases

Remains unchanged

May increase or decrease

15. System having infinite number of DOF is called ___________________ system.

Discrete

Infinite

Distributed

Lumped mass parameter

16. An undamped system in vibration _______________________________________.

Come to rest after some time

Will continue vibration until stopped by an external force

Dissipate energy at a faster rate

None of these

17. __________________ Vibrations are the type in which some energy is dissipated in friction or other
resistance during vibration.

Undamped

Damped
Free

Periodic

18. The DOF for the given lumped mass system is ________________.

19. Stiffness of simply supported beam with load P at mid-point is K=______________.

P L3
48 EI
48 EI
L3
3 EI
L3

P L3
3 EI
20. Wind, earthquake and traffic usually produce __________________ vibrations in a system.

Periodic

Low

Harmonic

Random
21. The equivalent stiffness of two springs connected in parallel can be written as K e =¿
_____________.

K1+ K2

1 1
+
K1 K2

K1 K2

1
¿¿
22. The equivalent stiffness of two springs connected in series can be written as K e =¿ _____________.

K1+ K2

1
¿¿
(K ¿ ¿ 1+ K 2 )
¿
( K 1 K 2)

(K ¿ ¿ 1 K 2)
¿
(K 1 + K 2)

23. Stiffness of a cantilever beam loaded with load P at free end is K=______________.

P L3
48 EI
48 EI
L3
3 EI
L3

P L3
3 EI
dv
24. When plotted on v-t graph, the slope of dynamic force is ______________.
dt
Zero

Nonzero

Infinite

Constant
25. When a multi-story structure is subjected to ground shaking, acceleration ________________ along
the height of building.

Increases

Decreases

Remains same

May increase or decrease

26. Which type of soil is more likely to cause seismic wave amplification?

Hard rock

Soft soil

Compacted soil

Soft Rock

27. Re-entrant corners result in _________________.

Torsion

Tearing off effect at corners

Stress concentration at corners

Torsion, tearing off, and stress concentration at the corners

28. ______________ joint simulates fixed support, resulting in larger moments at joint.

Strong beam-weak column

Weak beam-strong column

Weak beam-weak column

Strong beam-strong column

29. A truck is standing on a bridge with engine on causes _________________ force.

Impact

Static

Dynamic

Periodic

30. A truck is moving on a bridge with a constant velocity assuming rough road causes
_________________ force.

Impact
Static

Dynamic

Periodic

31. Seismic _____________belong to structures and, therefore, can be reduced by appropriate design
and construction.

Vulnerability

Hazard

Risk

Exposure

32. What is the rotational stiffness of given beam? M= 300 in-k, l =120 in, E=3000 ksi and I= 2000 in4

150 k-in/rad

150,000 k-in/rad

300 k-in/rad

300,000 k-in/rad

33. A mass of 100 kips is equal to_______________ slugs.

10.19

100

3106

6212

34. A spring of stiffness kspring= 200 lb/ft is acted upon by a harmonic force p(t) = 20 sin (40t) kips, the
amplitude of static deflection is equal to ______________ inches.

0.1

1.2

2.4
0.01

35. For an undamped system, the amplitude of dynamic displacement is always less amplitude of static
deflection for r ω ____________.

Greater than 1

Less than 1

Greater than √ 2

Less than √ 2

35. For a damped system, the total response is equal to __________________ response after few initial
cycles.

Transient

Steady-state response

Summation of transient and steady-state response

Difference between transient and steady-state response

36. For a damped system, if frequency ratio is around 2 or above, the deformation response factor
tends to ____________.

Infinity

Zero

√2
37. The natural time period of a spring mass system (k = 90625 lb/ft and m = 31.06 slug) is
________seconds.

0.114

8.74

54.91

1.14

38. An automatic door is an example of ________________system.

Undamped

Overdamped

Underdamped

Critically damped
38. The response of a civil engineering structure decays from 2 inches to 1 inches in two successive
cycles, what would be the approximate value of the damping ratio:

1.59 %

5.00 %

10.00 %

6.28 %

39. The source(s) of damping in a reinforced concrete structure are:

Springs

Viscous fluids

Opening and closing of micro cracks

Dashpot

39. A single bay two story frame has ________ DOFs if the relative stiffness of beams is much greater
than columns.

40. A single bay two story frame has ________ DOFs if the relative stiffness of beams is NOT much
greater than columns.