UAPGA MOCK

TEST
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
 This is a secondary effect in shears and
especially moments of frame members
induced by vertical loads acting on laterally
displaced building frame.
P-delta effect
Orthogonal Effect
Vertical Effect
Irregularity Effect
 A storey whose strength is less than 80% of
the strength of the storey above is considered
as __________.
Soft Storey
Weak Storey
Overdesigned Storey
None of these
 Hospitals, Communication Centers, and
others, which are necessary for emergency
post-earthquake operations, are classified as
___________.
Hazardous Facilities
Distribution Facilities
Seismic Facilities
Essential Facilities
 A horizontal or nearly horizontal system
acting to transmit lateral forces to the vertical
resisting system including the horizontal
bracing system.
Diaphragm
Diaphragm Strut
Brace
Platform
 This is essentially a vertical truss system
provided to resist lateral forces of a building.
Shear wall system
Skeletal Frame
Braced Frame
Platform
 Constructing a high- rise building requires
concrete that can easily be pumped. What type of
admixture in concrete the contractor will provide
which can reduce the requirement of mixing
water and produce a flowing concrete that does
not segregate and needs very little vibration
Retarder
Plasticizer
Accelerator
Air entraining agent
 The records of test material and of concrete
must be preserved after the completion of the
project for at least _________.
2 years
1 year
15 years
3 years
 What is the weight of 1 cu. m. of steel?
2400 KN
2400 Kg
7850 KN
7850 Kg
 A type of gunite mixed with an accelerating
admixture with aggregate larger than 10mm
originally sprayed under high air pressure of
lining tunnels.
Shotcrete
Pnuematic Gunite
Early Strength Gunite
Pnuematic mortar
 If a structure is judged under the condition
either to be no longer useful for its intended
function or to unsafe, it has reached its
__________.
Limit state
Rupture state
Ultimate strength
Fracture State
 A phenomenon of failure or damage that may
result in sudden and brittle fracture of a
ductile material due to reversals of stresses
applied to a body repeatedly or a great
number of times.
Torsional rupture
Metal Fatigue
Limit Stage
Inelastic failure
 ??? act parallel to each other (offset to each
other, a distance “d” apart), of the same
magnitude but ???
Equilibrant
Couple
Resultant
Moment
 The load at which a perfectly straight member
under compression assumes a deflected
position.
Eccentric load
Axial load
Deflecting load
Buckling load
 It is a point within the structure at which a
member (beam/column) can rotate slightly to
eliminate all bending moment in the member
at that point.
Contraflexure point
Roller
Hinge
Support
 It is a beam type supported by a hinge/roller
at one end and the other end is projecting
beyond a fixed support.
Semi-continuous beam
Simply supported beam
Fixed beam
Continuous beam
 Floors in office buildings and in other
buildings where partition locations are subject
to change shall be designed to support in
addition to all other loads, a uniformly
distributed load equal to __________.
1000 Pa
500 Pa
1500 Pa
2000 Pa
 The upward pressure against the bottom of
the basement floor of a structure or road slab
caused by the presence of water.
Hydraulic pressure
Bearing pressure
Hydrodynamic pressure
Uplift pressure
 The particular type of pin-connected tension
member of uniform thickness with forged
loop or head of greater width than the body,
with is proportioned to provide approximately
equal strength both in the head and the body.
Eyebar
Tunbuckle
Rocker
Bolt
 A revetment consisting of rough stones of
various sizes placed compactly to protect the
banks or bed of a river from the eroding
effects of the flowing water.
Sheet pile
Cofferdam
Riprap
Caisson
 A three-dimensional spatial structure made up
of one or more curved slabs or folded
plateshose thicknesses are small compared to
their other dimensions.
Bearing all system
Funicular structure
Thin shell
Geodesic dome
 It refers to a piece or pair of diagonal braces
to resist wind or other horizontal forces on a
building.
Buckling moment
Overturning moment
Carry over moment
None of these
 It refers to a piece or pair of diagonal braces
to resist wind or other horizontal forces on a
building.
Sway brace
Knee brace
Chevron bracing
Stiffener
 This is designed as special foundation for
intense column loads on a platform consisting
usually of two layers of rolled steel joists, one
on top of other, at right angles.
Mat foundation
Floating foundation
Raft foundation
Grillage foundation
 Referring to any artificial method of
strengthening the soil to reduce its shrinkage
and ensure that it will not move. Common
methods are mixing the soil with cement or
compaction
Sand drain
Soil investigation
Soil Stabilization
Soil Evaluation
 A pit dug in the basement floor during
excavation made to collect water into which a
pump is placed the liquid to the sewer pipe.
Sump
Septic tank
Cofferdam
Cistern
 It is a long, straight beam which by the
inspection if two hinges in alternate spans,
functions essentially as a cantilever beam.
Strap beam
Grade beam
Tie beam
Gerber beam
 An instrument which measures the actual
displacement of the ground with respect to a
stationary point during an earthquake.
Deflectometer
Seismograph
Accelerograph
Seismometer
 The behavior of sandy soil to weaken its
capacity to carry imposed loads when
subjected to vibration such as earthquake
particularly when water table saturates this
layer.
Liquefaction
Liquidity
Compaction
Settlement
 It is a beam especially provided over an
opening for a door or window to carry the
wall over opening.
Transom beam
Spandrel beam
Lintel beam
Grade beam
 For any given granular material, the steepest
angle with horizontal, a heaped soil surface
will make in normal condition that will not
slide.
Angle of inclination
Angle of repose
Angle cohesion
Angle of surface tension
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