STRUCTURAL

Quiz No. 4

1. What is the Modulus of Elasticity of concrete, if the weight is specified (not normal weight
concrete)?
a. Ec = w1.5(0.043)√ fc ' in MPa
b. Ec = 4000√ fc ' in MPa
c. Ec = 400√ fc ' in GPa
d. Ec = 200 GPa

2. A compression member that fails by crushing, not by buckling.

a. Long column
b. Footing
c. Pile
d. Short column

3. It is a process of joining two pieces of metal by heating their surfaces to a plastic or fluid
state and allow the parts to fuse together usually with the addition of other molten metal.

a. Bolted connection
b. Welding
c. Construction joint
d. Connection

4. What is the yield strength of Grade 40 bar in Imperial System?

a. 40 psi
b. 40 ksi
c. 40 MPa
d. 40 GPa

5. Water–cement ratios of 0.45 to 0.60 are more typically used. For higher-strength

concrete, lower ratios are used, along with a plasticizer to increase flowability. Too much
water will result in segregation of the sand and aggregate components from the cement
paste and may result what type of slump, which indicates that the concrete lacks
cohesion?
a. True slump
b. Collapse
c. Shear slump
d. Zero slump

6. What is a steel element such as wire, cable, bar, rod or strand or a bundle of such
elements used to impart pre-stress to a concrete structural member?
 a. Tendons
b. Deformed bars
c. Bundled bars
d. Reinforcing Steel Bars

7. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a
result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
a. Soil Fault
b. Seismicity
c. Earthquake
d. Volcanic earthquake

8. Intensity refers to the severity of effect of earthquake shaking as assessed using a

descriptive scale – the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. While the Magnitude is a
quantitative measure of the size of the earthquake at its source. What instrument
measures the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake.
a. Vibration Scale
b. Mercalli Intensity Scale
c. Richter Magnitude Scale
d. Accelerograph
9. In concrete or steel construction, an exterior beam extending from column to column
usually carrying an exterior wall load is known as:
a. Spandrel beam
b. None spandrel beam
c. Girder
d. Overhanging beam

10. It is a substance used to block the passage of fluids through the surface or joints or
openings in materials, a type of mechanical seal. In building construction, it is
sometimes synonymous with caulking and also serve the purposes of blocking dust,
sound and heat transmission.
a. Sealant
b. Water proofing materials
c. Cement
d. Grout

11. A beam with two or more spans is considered continuous beam and is considered:
a. Statically determinate
b. Statically indeterminate
c. Flexible
d. Portal structure
12. What is the commercial size designation of width and depth in standard sawn lumber
and glued laminated lumber grades which is somewhat larger than the standard net size
of dressed lumber in accordance with standards for sawn lumber?
a. Nominal size
b. Over size
c. Under size
d. Rough size
13. What is a method of pre-stressing in which tendons are tensioned before concrete is
cast in place?
a. Pre-tensioning
b. Post tensioning
c. Cast-in placing
d. Pre-casting

14. What do you call a structural member which is supported at one end and the other end
is projecting beyond the support or wall?
a. Cantilever beam
b. Simple beam
c. Semi-continuous beam
d. Propped beam

15. What is the deepened portion of a column or rafter designed to accommodate the higher
bending moments at such points and usually occurs at the column and rafter
connection?
a. Haunch
b. Base
c. Apex
d. Mid-section

16. In solid lumber joists, rafters and beams, it shall not exceed one-sixth of the depth of the
member, shall not be longer than one-third of the depth of the member and shall not be
located in the middle one-third of the span.
a. Haunch
b. Joint
c. Notch
d. Bolt

17. A propped beam is indeterminate to what degree?

a. 1st degree
b. 2nd degree
c. 3rd degree
d. 4th degree

18. What do you call the distance from the centroid of the tension bars of the beam towards
the remotest compression fiber?
a. Effective breadth
b. Thickness
c. Effective length
d. Effective depth

19. This includes "dead", or permanent load, which is the weight of the structure, including
its walls, floors, finishes, and mechanical systems, and "live", or temporary load and
imposed load, which is the weight of a structure's contents and occupants, including the
weight of snow.
a. Impact Load
 b. Dead Load
c. Gravity Load
d. Live Load

20. The minimum clear spacing between parallel bars in a layer shall be equal to db, but not
less than ____, or 4/3 the maximum nominal size of coarse aggregate, whichever is
larger.
a. 25mm
b. 36mm
c. 16mm
d. 28mm

21. For compression members, the clear distance between longitudinal bars shall be not
less than ______ nor 40 mm nor 4/3 the maximum nominal size of coarse aggregate.
a. 1.5db
b. 2db
c. 2.5db
d. 3db

22. Groups of parallel reinforcing bars bundled in contact to act as a unit shall be limited to how
many bars in any one bundle?
a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2

23. Members along wall and diaphragm edges strengthened by longitudinal and transverse
reinforcement. These members do not necessarily require an increase in the thickness
of the wall or diaphragm. If required, edges of openings within walls and diaphragms
shall be provided with boundary members
a. Lateral Force Resisting System
b. Standard Facilities
c. Boundary Elements
d. Collectors Elements

24. A continuous bar having a hook not less than 135 deg with at least a six-diameter
extension at one end but not less than 75 mm, and a hook not less than 90 deg with at
least a six-diameter extension at the other end. The hooks shall engage peripheral
longitudinal bars. The 90 deg hooks of two successive cross ties engaging the same
longitudinal bars shall be alternated end for end.
a. Longitudinal bars
b. Stirrups
c. Lateral ties
d. Cross tie

25. Walls designed   to resist combinations of shears, moments, and axial forces induced by
earthquake motions. A shear wall is a structural wall.
a. Structural Wall
b. Load Bearing Wall
c. CHB Wall
 d. Retaining Wall

26. Yield strength of welded plain wire reinforcement shall be considered developed by
embedment of two cross wires with the closer cross wire not less than 50 mm from the
point of the critical section.
a. Development length of welded plain wire reinforcement in tension
b. Length of embedment
c. Bend bars
d. Lap splices

27. Minimum concrete cover for bundled bars shall be equal to the equivalent diameter of
the bundle, but need not be greater than 50 mm. If there are 2 bars in a bundle with d b of
20mm, what is the equivalent diameter?
a. 28.3mm
b. 30mm
c. 30.2mm
d. 50mm

28. A Grade Beam reinforced with 4-16mm dia bars has a minimum concrete cover of:
a. 100mm
b. 40mm
c. 50mm
d. 75mm

29. In a water-cement ratio of 0.4, 10 parts represent cement and what 4 parts represent
what?
a. Aggregates
b. Water
c. Cement paste
d. Hydraulic Cement

30. The densification of soil is done by compacting the soil to at least 95% of the required
maximum soil density. The densification is done with every ____ layer of embankment.
a. 50mm
b. 100mm
c. 200mm
d. 500mm