Quiz No.

1 Score:
Republic of the Philippines
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES Structural Theory I
University Town, Northern Samar
Email: ueppres06@gmail.com Telefax: (055)-

Name: ______________________________________ Student #: _____________ Date: ________________

Instructions: Answer the following questions. For problems requiring solutions, show your solutions in
an A4 Size Bond Paper. You must box your final answer. Send your answers and solutions in a PDF
Format in Messenger.

Part I. Identify the following definitions:

1. An edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined
together in some definite manner.
2. A discipline of civil engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist
loads insuring the safety of the structures against natural forces.
3. A registered Civil Engineer with special qualification in the practice of Structural Engineering as
recognized by the Board of Civil Engineering of the Professional Regulation Commission or by the
Specialty Division of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) together with the Association of
Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP) and Institution of Specialist Structural Engineers of the
Philippines (ISSEP).
4. Buildings, towers and other vertical structures that are intended to remain operational in the event of
extreme environmental loading from wind or earthquakes.
5. An assemblage of framing members designed to support gravity loads and resist lateral loads.
6. Consist of the weight of all materials of construction incorporated into the building or other structure,
including but not limited to walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, stairways, built-in partitions, finishes, cladding
and other similarly incorporated architectural and structural items, and fixed service equipment,
including the weight of cranes.
7. The maximum loads expected by the intended use or occupancy but in no case shall be less than the
loads required by the NSCP 2015.
8. Members that are generally vertical and resist axial compressive loads.
9. Members that are generally vertical and resist bending moment.
10. A slab or deck that is supported such that it delivers its load to the supporting members by one-way
actions.

Part II. Determine the Category of the following facilities:

1. Convention Halls
2. Northern Samar Colleges Building
3. Catarman Doctor Hospital
4. Barangay Clinic
5. Hotel with 50 or 100 persons
6. Cell Site Tower
7. Aviation Control Tower
8. Landfill
9. Carport over 1.5 m high
10. Radio Active Power Plant

Part III. Determine the following Uniform Live Loads of the following occupancy:
1. Theaters with fixed seats
2. Light Manufacturing Floor Area
3. Lobbies of an Office Building
4. Roof Deck of a Residential Building
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UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES Structural Theory I
University Town, Northern Samar
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5. Restaurants
6. Wards and Rooms of a Hospital
7. Heavy Storage Room
8. Classrooms
9. Retail Store
10. Storage of a Residential House

Part IV. Solve the following problems:

1. A barrier is commonly used during highway constructions. Determine its weight per linear length it is
made from plain stone concrete.

2. The floor of the office building is made of 120 mm thick reinforced concrete. If the office floor is a slab
having a length of 5 m and width of 4 m, determine the load at member BF.

3. From the previous problem, determine the load at member CG.

4. From the previous problem, determine the load at member HL.
5. From the previous problem, determine the load at member FG.
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Republic of the Philippines
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES Structural Theory I
University Town, Northern Samar
Email: ueppres06@gmail.com Telefax: (055)-

Part V. Classify each of the following structures as statically determinate, statically indeterminate or unstable.
(Each group will select a representative to classify the following structures)

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