Jimma University

Jimma Institute of Technology

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty
Structural Engineering Chair
Exit Exam Sample Questions on Reinforced concrete Structure I
Prepared By: Abebech Deme and Haymanot G/Silassie April, 2023

1. The advantage of reinforced concrete is due to

a) Monolithic character
b) Fire resisting and durability
c) Economy
d) Moulding in any shape
e) All the above
2. Among the following which on is a demerits of reinforced concrete?
a) Difficulty to inspect once poured
b) It requires formwork expensive
c) It is difficult to demolish in case of repair of modification
d) All the above
3. Why Cube compressive strength is larger than the Cylinder compressive Strength
a) The different length to diameter ratios for cubes and cylinders.
b) The compressive testing machine’s top platen has greater surface area to interface
with the cube than the cylinder, increasing confinement to the cube specimen.
c) Thus, because there is more confinement for the cubes by platens of the compressive
testing machine, the cube sample will require higher stress to fail compared to the
cylinder.
d) The cube’s overall height is affected by the restraint caused by friction between the
specimen and the platens
e) All
4. What is compression failure
5. Why concrete and steel are compatible materials used together in construction industry
widely
6. If a concrete gives more strength than the design value
a) Cement content is reduced
b) Water percentage is increased
c) Proportion of sand is changed
d) Water cement ratio is changed
7. ---------- is the slow deformation of material over considerable lengths of time at constant
stress or load.

a. Shrinkage b. Creep c. Flexure d. Shear

8. -------------is the decrease in either length or volume of a concrete resulting from changes
in moisture content or chemical changes.

a. Creep b. Shrinkage c. Bending d. Shear stress

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 Jimma University
Jimma Institute of Technology
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty
Structural Engineering Chair
Exit Exam Sample Questions on Reinforced concrete Structure I
Prepared By: Abebech Deme and Haymanot G/Silassie April, 2023
9. The load stress of a section can be reduced by
a) Decreasing the lever arm
b) Increasing the total perimeter of bars
c) Replacing larger bars by greater number of small bars
d) Replacing smaller bars by greater number of greater bar
10. Which of the following is true about the maximum size of coarse aggregate
a) Maximum aggregate size should be less than or equal to 1/5th of minimum
dimension of the form works
b) Maximum aggregate size should be less than or equal to 1/3rd of depth of slab.
c) Maximum aggregate size should be less than or equal to 3/4th of reinforcing bars
d) All
11. The process maintaining of an adequate moisture content and temperature in the concrete
at early ages so that it can develop properties that the mixture was designed to achieve is
known as-----------------.
a) Curing
b) Casting
c) Compression test
d) Workability
12. What are the factors affects the compressive strength of concrete at an age t depends on ,
a) Type of cement,
b) Temperature
c) Curing conditions.
d) All
13. Water cement ratio in concrete is non-influenced by the method of
a. Batching b. Mixing c. Placing d. Compaction
14. The ultimate strain of reinforcing steel under bending is
a) 0.002
b) 0.01
c) 0.1
d) 0.0035
15. Explain the following terms
a. Partial safety factor for loads
b. Partial safety factor for material strength.
16. The initial tangent elastic modulus of steel is
a) 150KN/mm2
b) 250 KN/mm2
c) 200KN/mm2

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Jimma Institute of Technology
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty
Structural Engineering Chair
Exit Exam Sample Questions on Reinforced concrete Structure I
Prepared By: Abebech Deme and Haymanot G/Silassie April, 2023
d) 275KN/mm2
17. In favorable circumstances a 15cm concrete cube after 28 days, attains a maximum
crushing strength
a) 200kg/cm2
b) 400kg/cm2
c) 100kg/cm2
d) 300kg/cm2
18. If the maximum shear stress at the end of a simply supported RCC beam of 6m effective
span is 10kg/cm2 , the shear stirrups are provided for a distance x from either end where x
is
a) 100cm
b) 50cm
c) 150cm
d) 200cm
19. The weight of reinforced concrete is generally taken as
a) 2200kg/m3
b) 2300kg/m3
c) 2400kg/m3
d) 2500kg/m3
20. --------------deals with a strength, overturning, buckling of structural members.
a) Serviceability
b) Working Stress method
c) Limit state of collapse
d) Ultimate strength design method
21. If d is the diameter of a bar, ft is allowable tensile stress and fb is allowable bond stress,
the bond length is given by

22. The section of a reinforced concrete beam where most distant concrete fibre in
compression and tension in steel attain permissible stresses simultaneously is called

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Jimma Institute of Technology
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty
Structural Engineering Chair
Exit Exam Sample Questions on Reinforced concrete Structure I
Prepared By: Abebech Deme and Haymanot G/Silassie April, 2023
a) Balanced section
b) Economical section
c) Critical section
d) All the above
23. The neutral axis of a T-beam exists
a) Within the flange
b) At the bottom edge of the slab
c) Below the slab
d) All the above
24. Design of R.C.C cantilever beams, is based on the resultant force at
a) Fixed end
b) Free end
c) Mid span
d) Mid span and fixed support
25. The length of lap in tension reinforcement should not be less than the bar diameter
multiply by bond length if it is more than
a) 16 bar diameters
b) 24 bar diameters
c) 34 bar diameters
d) 30 bar diameters
26. As the percentage of steel increases
a) Depth of neutral axis increases
b) Depth of neutral axis decreases
c) Lever arm increases
d) Lever arm decreases
27. For solid slab
a) Center spacing between support not greater than 400mm
b) the minimum link bar size is 6mm
c) slab supported by column
d) all the above
28. The design of a two way slab simply supported on edges and having no provision to
prevent the corners from lifting is made by
a) Rankine formula
b) Marcus formula
c) Rankine Grashoff formula
d) Grashoff formula

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 Jimma University
Jimma Institute of Technology
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty
Structural Engineering Chair
Exit Exam Sample Questions on Reinforced concrete Structure I
Prepared By: Abebech Deme and Haymanot G/Silassie April, 2023
29. If the depth of slab is 10cm, width of web 30cm, depth of web cm, centre to centre
distance of beams 3m, effective spans of beams 6m, the effective width of the beam is
a) 200cm
b) 150cm
c) 300cm
d) 100
30. The amount of reinforcement for main bars in a slab, is based upon
a) Minimum bending moment
b) Maximum shear force
c) Maximum bending moment
d) Maximum torsional moment
31. A T beam behaves as a rectangular beam of a width equal to its neutral axis
a) Remains within the flange
b) Remains below the slab
c) Coincides the geometrical centre of the beam
d) None of these
32. A reinforced concrete cantilever beam is 3.6m long, 25cm wide and has its lever arm
40cm. It carries a load of 1200Kg at its free end and vertical stirrups carry 1800kg.
assuming concrete to carry one third of the diagonal tension and ignoring the weight of the
beam, the number of shear stirrups required is
a) 30
b) 35
c) 45
d) 40
33. The shear reinforcement in R.C.C. is provided to resist
a) Vertical shear
b) Horizontal shear
c) Diagonal compression
d) Diagonal tension
34. Distribution reinforcement in a simply supported slab is provided to distribute
a) Load
b) Temperature stress
c) Shrinkage stress
d) All the above
35. In a singly reinforced beam, the effective depth is measured from its compression edge to
a) Tensile edge
b) Tensile reinforcement
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Jimma Institute of Technology
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty
Structural Engineering Chair
Exit Exam Sample Questions on Reinforced concrete Structure I
Prepared By: Abebech Deme and Haymanot G/Silassie April, 2023
c) Neutral axis of the beam
d) Longitudinal central axis
36. If the depth of actual neutral axis of a doubly reinforced beam
a) Is greater than the depth of critical neutral axis, the concrete attains its maximum
stress earlier
b) Is less than the depth of critical neutral axis, the steel in tensile zone attains its
maximum stress earlier
c) Is equal to the depth of critical neutral axis, the concrete and steel attains their
maximum stresses simultaneously
d) All the above
37. What are the conditions in the provision of doubly reinforced concrete
a) When the applied moment is less than the moment resisting capacity of singly
reinforced beam.
b) When the dimensions b and d of the sections are restricted due to architectural,
structural and construction purpose
c) When the beams are subjected to concentric loadings.
d) All the above
38. In a singly reinforced beam, if the permissible stress in concrete reaches earlier than that in
steel, the beam section is called
a) Under- reinforced section
b) Over- reinforced section
c) Economic section
d) Critical section
39. A rectangular reinforced concrete beam of 250mm width and 400mm depth is reinforced
with 2ф20 bars located 50mm from the compression face. If C30 and S-400, what is the
beam design moment capacity, for the following tensile steel area: (a) 3ф 32 placed in
single layer,(b) 6ф 32 bars placed in two layers. Assume 25mm concrete cover and ф6mm
stirrups are used.
40. A monolithically reinforced concrete floor composed of rectangular panel with plan
design are shown figure below, the web are 300mm width the floor shall carrier live load
of 5KN/m3. Determine the design moment of panel for material characteristics are C20/25,
S-300.
41. Determine the moment resistance of the doubly reinforced concrete sectio shown in figure
below, the material characterstics values are C25/30, S-400, assume concrete cover 25mm
and the link bar 6mm diameter

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 Jimma University
Jimma Institute of Technology
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty
Structural Engineering Chair
Exit Exam Sample Questions on Reinforced concrete Structure I
Prepared By: Abebech Deme and Haymanot G/Silassie April, 2023

42. Design rectangular beam having the cross section 300x 600mm, d=550mm and the design
moment after moment redistribution with 20% is 240KNm. Material data concrete C25/30
and steel grade S-460. Find the amount of tension and compression reinforcement
required.
43. A tensile reinforced beam has a width of 250mm and effective depth of 500mm. determine
the maximum design moment which the section and the steel provided can safely sustain,
ehen the section is reinforced with a) 2ф24, b) 5ф30 the beam is made using C-30 and S-
300.

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