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Strucl Masangkay Assignment 2 Strucl Elements

This document contains 30 multiple choice questions about structural engineering concepts like trusses, concrete, foundations, beams, columns, and slabs. The questions assess knowledge of structural components, properties of materials, volume calculations, and identification of structural elements from diagrams.

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Strucl Masangkay Assignment 2 Strucl Elements

This document contains 30 multiple choice questions about structural engineering concepts like trusses, concrete, foundations, beams, columns, and slabs. The questions assess knowledge of structural components, properties of materials, volume calculations, and identification of structural elements from diagrams.

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Assignment No.

NAME: ____________________________ SECTION: _________________

1. This truss was patented in 1840 and it includes vertical members and diagonals that
slope towards the center.
a. Fink Truss
b. Howe Truss
c. Gambrel Truss
d. K truss
2. A truss in the form of a K due to the orientation of the vertical member and two oblique
members in each panel.
a. Fink Truss
b. Howe Truss
c. Gambrel Truss
d. K truss
3. A slump Cone use to test freshly mixed concrete is a mold in the form of lateral of lateral
surface of the frustum of a cone with a base diameter 8” and a top diameter of 4”. What
is its height in mm?
a. 150mm
b. 200mm
c. 250mm
d. 300mm
4. It is the most important component in determining the strength of concrete
a. Cement
b. Water
c. Sand
d. Gravel
5. The most important factor affecting the strength of concrete
a. Void – Cement Ratio
b. Water
c. Quantity of Cement
d. Water-Cement Ratio
6. When do you get samples for a Slump Test?
a. At the start of mixer discharge
b. At the middle of mixer discharge
c. At the end of mix
d. At any time of mixer discharge

7. All things being equal, larger aggregates will produce stronger concrete compared with
that using smaller aggregates?
a. True
Assignment No.2

b. False
c. Maybe
d. Doesn’t matter
8. The distance between points of zero moment on a compression member is?
a. Effective length of the column
b. Inflection Point
c. Inflection distance
d. Length of splice

9. Given the beam shown above. Determine the effective depth of the beam.
Width: 300mm
Depth: 500mm
Top bars: 4-Ø25mm
Bot bars: 4-Ø25mm
Clear cover = 40mm
Stirrups: Ø10mm

a. 460mm
b. 437.5mm
c. 420mm
d. 400mm
Assignment No.2

10. Given the beam shown above. What is the length of the stirrups considering 90-degree
bend.
Width: 300mm
Depth: 500mm
Top bars: 4-Ø25mm
Bot bars: 4-Ø25mm
Clear cover = 40mm
Stirrups: Ø10mm

a. 980mm
b. 1037.5mm
c. 1500mm
d. 1520mm

11. Given the beam shown above. Determine the length of the stirrups considering 135-
degree bend.
Width: 300mm
Depth: 500mm
Top bars: 4-Ø25mm
Bot bars: 4-Ø25mm
Clear cover = 40mm
Stirrups: Ø10mm

a. 1400mm
b. 1030.5mm
c. 1500mm
d. 1520mm

6”

12”
8”
Assignment No.2

12. Determine the volume of concrete in the figure above.


a. 576 mm3
b. 576 ft3
c. 576 m3
d. 576 in3

13. Determine the volume of the trapezoidal footing shown below.

t = 200 mm

B1 = 600 mm B2 = 1000 mm

L = 2.0 m

a. 0.32 m3
b. 320,000 mm3
c. 3.32 m3
d. 576 in3

14. Determine the rebars of the isolated footing below.


Assignment No.2

a. 12 bars both ways


b. 24 bars both ways
c. 14 bars both ways
d. 28 bars both ways

15. How many bars are there in the footing shown below?

a. 6 bars both ways


b. 12 bars
c. 12 bars one direction
d. 6 bars along the Width

16. What is the weight in kg of the two (2) No 8 bars, 6 meters long each.
a. 0.32 m3
b. 46.24 kg
Assignment No.2

c. 46,240 kg
d. 4.62 kg

17. The column shown below is:

a. Spiral column
b. Pier
c. Pedestal
d. Short column

18. The slab in Problem 17 is:


a. One-way slab
b. Two-way slab
c. Waffle slab
d. Flat plate

19. What do you call the beam shown below?


a. Simple supported beam
b. Cantilevered beam
c. Perfectly restrained beam
d. Propped beam

20. In the figure below, A is:


Assignment No.2

a. Beam
b. Joist
c. Girt
d. Lintel beam

21. If the base of the footing shown below is a square, what is the volume of excavation if a 150-
mm gravel bed is provided?

a. 6.6 m3
b. 7.8 m3
c. 5.8 m3
d. 5.6 m3

22. A tension member used to limit the deflection of a girt or purlin in the direction of its weak
axis or to limit the sag in angle bracing.
a. Sagrod
b. Reinforcing bars
c. Bracing
d. bolts
23. It is one of a series of sloped structural members (beams) that extend from the ridge or hip to
the wall plate in the roofing system.
a. Truss
b. Rafter
c. Purlin
d. Sagrod
24. The truss shown below is:
Assignment No.2

a. Gambrel truss
b. Warren truss
c. Fink truss
d. K-truss
25. Howe truss was patented in:
a. 1820
b. 1830
c. 1840
d. 1850
26. The foundation in the figure below is :

a. Mat footing
b. Raft footing
c. Floating foundation
d. Ground slab
27. The slenderness ratio kl/r is equal to l/r if the column support is:
a. Rotation free both ends
b. Fixed both ends
c. Free both ends
d. Hinged both ends
28. If the ratio of the effective length to its least lateral dimension exceeds 12;
L/r > 12, the column is
a. Pedestal
b. Short column
c. Intermediate column
d. Long column
29. The slab slown resists bending in both directions.
Assignment No.2

a. One-way slab
b. Two-way slab
c. Waffle slab
d. Flat slab
30. The beam shown is:

a. Simply supported
b. Overhanging beam
c. Cantiveler beam
d. Unsymmetrical beam

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