Situation 1: A force system is shown below. b. 10.42 kN d. 5.

16 kN

5. Which of the following most nearly gives the angle that the resultant
280 kN force makes with the horizontal?

40 a. asdkjhadskj c. 9.07 kN
b. 10.42 kN d. 5.16 kN
30
6. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum weight of the
concrete block with a factor of safety of 1.25 to prevent uplift?
150 kN
a. 4.09 kN c. 4.45 kN
b. 3.86 kN d. 4.66 kN
1. Which of the following most nearly gives the x-component of the Situation 3: A beam is loaded as shown in the figure.
resultant?

a. 130.49 kN c. 50.08 kN
b. 84.59 kN d. 104.98 kN 5 kN/m
60 kN-m
2. Which of the following most nearly gives the magnitude of the
resultant?
1.0 m 2.0 m 3.0 m
a. 148.21 kN c. 134.82 kN
b. 98.30 kN d. 173.58 kN 7. Which of the following most nearly gives the resultant load?
3. Which of the following most nearly gives the direction of the resultant? a. 100 kN c. 90 kN
b. 80 kN d. 60 kN
a. Alalskj c. 50.08 kN
b. 84.59 kN d. 104.98 kN 8. Which of the following most nearly the location of the resultant load
from the left support?
Situation 2: Two Tension wires are supported by a concrete block a. 8m c. 4m
attached to an anchor ring as shown in the figure. b. 5m d. 7m

3.50 kN
7.0 kN 9. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at the left
support?
15 30
a. 37.50 kN c. 60.00 kN
b. 30.00 kN d. 52.50 kN

Situation 4: The cantilever beam as shown carries a counter-clockwise

W
couple of 60 kN-m acting at 1 m from the fixed support and a
uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/m over the 3 m segment from the
midspan to the free end.
4. Which of the following most nearly gives the resultant force in the
anchor ring? 10. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment at the fixed
support?
a. 7.28 kN c. 9.07 kN
 a. -9.00 kN c. -7.50 kN
b. -10.50 kN d. -6.00 kN 16. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment at the left
support?
11. Which of the following most nearly gives the shear at midspan?
a. 530.77 kN c. 570.94 kN
a. 15 kN c. 12 kN b. 500.00 kN d. 469.23 kN
b. 20 kN d. 18 kN
17. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear?
12. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment at midspan?
a. 530.77 kN c. 570.94 kN
a. -27.50 kN-m c. -25.00 kN-m b. 500.00 kN d. 469.23 kN
b. -20.00 kN-m d. -22.50 kN-m
18. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum moment?

Situation 5: The shear diagram for a beam is given below. a. 2,346.15 kN-m c. 2,900 kN-m
b. 2,100 kN-m d. 2,807.69 kN-m
30 N Situation 7: A rectangular reinforced concrete beam has a width of 350
25 N
mm and an effective depth of 650 mm. The beam is reinforced with 8-
28 mm diameter tension bars. Concrete strength is f c = 20.70 MPa
and steel yield strength is fy = 275 MPa.

19. Which of the following most nearly gives the steel ratio?
-10 N

-20 N a. 2.17% c. 2.35%

b. 2.71% d. 2.53%
2.0 m 2.5 m 1.5 m 2.0 m
13. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum concentrated 20. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the rectangular
load? compression stress block?

a. 10 kN c. 40 kN a. 274.08 mm c. 219.97 mm
b. 50 kN d. 25 kN b. 258.79 mm d. 232.97 mm

14. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum negative 21. Which of the following most nearly gives the ultimate moment
moment in the beam? capacity of the beam?
a. 10 kN-m c. 25 kN-m
b. 15 kN-m d. 30 kN-m a. 625.40 kN-m c. 650.46 kN-m
b. 658.38 kN-m d. 634.72 kN-m
15. Which of the following most nearly gives the location of the point of
contraflexure from the right end of the beam? Situation 8: A square tied column carries an axial dead load of 560 kN
and an axial live load of 750 kN. Assume f c = 28 MPa fy = 275 MPa. Use
a. 3.50 m c. 4.50 m 20 mm diameter bars.
b. 3.25 m d. 4.75 m
22. Which of the following gives the factored load that the column will
Situation 6: A beam 26 m long is simply supported by a roller at carry?
the left support and a hinge at the right support. It carries a
concentrated load of 500 kN 5 m from the left end, a clockwise a. 1,834 kN c. 1,310 kN
moment of 800 kN-m at midspan, and a uniformly distributed load of b. 2,059 kN d. 2,002 kN
50 kN/m over the 10-m segment from the right support.
23. Using reinforcement ratio of 2%, which of the following gives the
minimum required dimension of the column rounded up to the nearest 100
10 mm?
75
a. 290 mm c. 360mm
b. 310 mm d. 340mm
75

24. Which of the following gives the required number of 20-mm diameter 28. Which of the following most nearly gives the shear stress on the bolt
bars? due to the effect of force alone?

a. 6 c. 8 a. 48.89 MPa c. 76.39 MPa

b. 7 d. 9 b. 57.62 MPa d. 68.04 MPa

Situation 9: The connection consists of a plate connected to another 29. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear stress on
plate by five 25-mm diameter rivets. It carries a load P = 60 kN the bolt due to the effect of moment alone?

60 kN
a. 146.83 MPa c. 164.38 MPa
b. 158.70 MPa d. 150.87 MPa
200 mm
75
30. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear stress on
75
the bolt?

a. 164.38 MPa c. 175.80 MPa

b. 168.43 MPa d. 157.09 MPa
100 mm
Situation 11: A propped beam is loaded as shown in the figure. Use
25. Which of the following most nearly gives the shear stress on the bolt Three Moment Equation Method.
due to the effect of force alone?
12 kN 36 kN/m
a. 26.74 MPa c. 27.64 MPa
b. 25.44 MPa d. 24.45 MPa A C
B
26. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear stress on 3.0 m 9.0 m
the bolt due to the effect of moment alone?
31. Which of the following most nearly gives the deflection at the free
a. 74.75 MPa c. 86.76 MPa end?
b. 108.16 MPa d. 93.65 MPa
a. 2,648.50 / EI c. 2,748.50 / EI
27. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear stress on b. 2,848.50 / EI d. 2,949.50 / EI
the bolt?
32. Which of the following most nearly gives the slope at B?
a. 108.16 MPa c. 74.75 MPa
b. 86.76 MPa d. 93.65 MPa
a. 1,039.50 / EI c. 931.50 / EI
b. 911.50 / EI d. 985.50 / EI
Situation 10: The connection consists of a plate connected to another
plate by five 25-mm diameter rivets. It carries a load P = 120 kN
33. Which of the following most nearly gives the slope at A?

200 mm a. 1,039.50 / EI c. 931.50 / EI

120 kN b. 911.50 / EI d. 985.50 / EI
 Situation 12: A propped beam is loaded as shown in the figure. Use a. 7.67 kN (downward)
Three Moment Equation Method. b. 3.67 kN (downward)
c. 9.67 kN (downward)
60 kN d. 6.00 kN (downward)
48 kN/m
Situation 14: A beam is loaded as shown in the figure. Use Three
A C
B Moment Equation Method.
7.0 m 3.0 m
34. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at the fixed end 60 kN/m
support?
B
A C
a. 213.81 kN c. 681.90 kN
5.0 m 3.0 m
b. 141.90 kN d. 326.19 kN

40. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment reaction at C?
35. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at the roller
support? a. 600 kN-m c. 640 kN-m
b. 810 kN-m d. 720 kN-m
a. 213.81 kN c. 681.90 kN
b. 141.90 kN d. 326.19 kN
41. Which of the following most nearly gives the deflection at B?
36. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment at fixed support?
a. 1,957.50/EI c. 1,597.50/EI
a. 213.81 kN-m c. 681.90 kN-m b. 1,975.50/EI d. 1,579.59/EI
b. 141.90 kN-m d. 326.19 kN-m
42. Which of the following most nearly gives the rotation at A?
Situation 13: A continuous beam is loaded as shown in the figure. Use
Three Moment Equation Method. a. 306/EI c. 407/EI
b. 603/EI d. 704/EI

30 kN/m
45 kN Situation 15: A temporary earth retaining wall consisting of planks 300
mm wide, 1 m high, is driven vertically into the ground. The
C muddy earth creates an effective triangular pressure zero at the top
A 2I B I
and 12 kPa at the bottom. Allowable stress in bending and shear are
8.0 m 2.0 m 4.0 m 4.80 MPa and 0.60 MPa, respectively.
37. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment at B?
43. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum moment acting
a. -148.00 kN-m c. -136.00 kN-m on each plank?
b. -112.00 kN-m d. -126.00 kN-m
38. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at A? a. 0.60 kN-m c. 0.50 kN-m
b. 0.80 kN-m d. 1.00 kN-m
a. 104.25 kN (upward)
b. 103.00 kN (upward) 44. Which of the following most nearly gives the thickness of the plank if
c. 106.00 kN (upward) flexural stress governs the design?
d. 101.50 kN (upward)
a. 25 mm c. 50 mm
39. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment at C?
 b. 100 mm d. 75 mm
a. 0.812 MPa c. 0.706 MPa
45. Which of the following most nearly gives the thickness of the plank if b. 0.213 MPa d. 0.566 MPa
shearing stress governs in the design?
50. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shearing stress
a. 10 mm c. 20 mm in the beam?
b. 25 mm d. 15 mm
a. 0.834 MPa c. 0.677 MPa
Situation 16: The truss in the figure is made up of Guijo 100 mm x 150 b. 0.912 MPa d. 0.782 MPa
mm. It is loaded with a downward load of 20 kN at its apex.
51. Which of the following most nearly gives the shearing stress in the
bolts if the timbers are to be bolted together in a single row of 10-mm
Shear parallel to grain = 1.00 MPa diameter bolts spaced 150 mm apart.
Shear longitudinal for joints = 1.45 MPa
Compression parallel to grain = 11 MPa a. 121.42 MPa c. 113.89 MPa
Compression perpendicular to = 5 Mpa b. 101.09 MPa d. 105.57 MPa
grain
Situation 18: A truck trailer combination having the axle loads shown in
20 kN the figure rolls across the simply supported span of 12 m.

10 kN 20 kN 30 kN
0.75m
y
A B 3.0m 5.0m
150mm 12 km
x 1.20m 1.20m x
52. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of the resultant
46. Which of the following most nearly gives the axial stress on member from the 10 kN load?
AC?
a. 5.00 m c. 3.00 m
a. 1.26 MPa c. 1.19 MPa b. 2.50 m d. 2.00 m
b. 1.14 MPa d. 1.07 MPa
53. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear in the
47. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum value of x? beam?

a. 160 mm c. 130.12 mm a. 42 kN c. 45 kN
b. 117.03 mm d. 104.60 mm b. 48 kN d. 36 kN
54. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum moment in the
48. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum value of y? beam?
a. 22.94 mm c. 14.55 mm a. 104.17 kN-m c. 98.17 kN-m
b. 17.08 mm d. 19.45 mm b. 94.17 kN-m d. 108.17 kN-m

Situation 19: Two uniform loads of 112 kN/m acting Downward are
Situation 17: A cantilever beam composed of three 75 mm x 200 mm
supported by a uniform upward pressure of as shown in the figure.
fastened together to form an I beam. It is loaded with 9 kN at the free
end and 3kN/m all throughout the span 2.40m.
112 kN/m 112 kN/m
49. Which of the following most nearly gives the shearing stress in the
glued portion if the timbers are glued together?
 60. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum negative

moment in the beam?
1.0m 1.5m 2.0m 1.5m 1.0m
a. 12 kN-m c. 9 kN-m
55. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear? b. 10 kN-m d. 16 kN-m

a. 24 kN c. 96 kN Situation 21: Timber floor joist of dressed dimensions 40 mm x 190 mm

b. 48 kN d. 72 kN and spaced at 0.30 m on centers carry a floor load of 2.40 kPa
including the weight of joists. The floor joists are supported by girders
56. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum moment? spaced at 3 m on centers. Two joist lengths available are 3 m and 3.50
m.
a. 24 kN-m c. 48 kN-m
b. 84 kN-m d. 42 kN-m
FLOOR
57. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance from the left of a JOIST
point where the moment is zero?

a. 3.50 m c. 4.00 m
b. 3.00 m d. 2.50 m
0.50 0.30
0.30
0.30
61. Which of the following
3.00 most nearly gives the maximum flexural stress
Situation 20: The entrance of a warehouse has a roof that supports a using the 3-m long joist?
uniform load of 8 kN/m as shown. The supports at B and C assumed to
be simply supported. a. 4.58 MPa c. 3.18 MPa
b. 3.37 MPa d. 4.08 MPa
8 kN/m
62. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear stress
C using the 3-m long joist?
A B
a. 0.25 MPa c. 0.21 MPa
b. 0.29 MPa d. 0.33 MPa

63. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum flexural stress
using the 3.50-m long joist?

a. 4.58 MPa c. 3.18 MPa

D b. 4.08 MPa d. 3.37 MPa
58. Which of the following most nearly gives the vertical reaction at C?
Situation 22: The beam shown in the figure carries a triangular Load
a. 43.50 kN c. 22.50 kN which varies from 12 kN/m at A to 0 kN/m at B and a concentrated
b. 37.50 kN d. 18.50 kN
load of 20 kN at C.

59. Which of the following most nearly gives the vertical reaction at the
column support? 12 kN/m
20 kN
a. 16.50 kN c. 43.50 kN
b. 37.50 kN d. 22.50 kN A C
B
6.0 m 2.0 m
64. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at B? Situation 24: A block initially at rest, slides down a inclined plane at an
angle of 300 with the horizontal. The block is placed at a vertical
a. 38.67 kN c. 17.33 kN distance of 6 m above the bottom of the inclined plane. The coefficient
b. 22.33 kN d. 33.67 kN if kinetic friction between the block and the plane is 0.25.
70. Which of the following most nearly gives the acceleration of the block?
65. Which of the following most nearly gives the the distance of the point
of inflection from A? a. 2.87 m/s2 c. 2.46 m/s2
b. 2.64 m/s 2
d. 478 m/s2
a. 2.39 m c. 4.39 m 71. Which of the following most nearly gives the velocity of the block after
b. 1.61 m d. 3.61 m it has travelled 3 m?

66. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum positive a. 3.98 m/s c. 3.84 m/s
moment? b. 4.08 m/s d. 4.15 m/s

a. 14.26 kN-m c. 15.72 kN-m 72. Which of the following most nearly gives the time it takes for the block
b. 11.90 kN-m d. 13.77 kN-m to hit the bottom of the inclined plane?

a. 3.02 s c. 2.89 s
b. 2.94 s d. 3.12 s

Situation 25: Three cylinders having the identical dimensions And

Situation 23: A cable is loaded as shown in the figure. weighing 500 N are shown in the figure. Assume all contact surfaces
are smooth.

6m 11m 7m

1 A
6m
C
B
2 73. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction
16 at A?
35
kN
20 a. 750.00 N c. 144.34 N
67. Which of the kN following most nearly gives the tension b. 288.68 N d. 500.00 N
in segment AB?

a. 23.34 kN c. 17.61 kN 74. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at B?
b. 29.61 kN d. 20.23 kN
a. 750.00 N c. 144.34 N
68. Which of the following most nearly gives the value of angle ? b. 288.68 N d. 500.00 N

a. 49.790 c. 27.050 75. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at C?
b. 19.080 d. 39.760
a. 750.00 N c. 144.34 N
69. Which of the following most nearly gives the length of the cable? b. 288.68 N d. 500.00 N

a. 27.00 m c. 29.48 m Situation 26: A cable is shown in the figure.

b. 25.42 m d. 33.76 m
 a. 261.72 N c. 1,046.88 N
b. 1,015.62 N d. 253.91 N
81. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at B?

a. 261.72 N c. 1,046.88 N
b. 1,015.62 N d. 253.91 N

Situation 28: A concrete slab, 115 mm thick, is supported by beams

300 mm wide with effective depth of 650 mm. The beams are 8 m
long, spaced 4 m on centers, and reinforced with six 25-mm diameter
bars. Use fc = 21 MPa and fy= 350 MPa.

82. Which of the following most nearly gives the effective flange width?
A

2m a. 2,140 mm c. 1,000 mm
h D b. 4,000 mm d. 2,000 mm
B
2m 83. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the compression
C
stress block?
3 kN
8 kN
a. 28.87 mm c. 33.97 mm
2m 2m 1.5 b. 67.94 mm d. 79.93 mm
m
84. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal moment capacity
76. Which of the following most nearly gives the tension is segment CD? of the beam?
a. 6.09 kN c. 6.90 kN a. 628.85 kN-m c. 655.16 kN-m
b. 6.79 kN d. 6.97 kN b. 635.03 kN-m d. 652.53 kN-m
77. Which of the following most nearly gives the tension is segment AB?
Situation 29: A cantilever retaining wall 9 m high is subjected to an
a. 6.09 kN c. 6.90 kN active pressure varying uniformly from 0 kN/m at the top to 52 kN/m
b. 6.79 kN d. 6.97 kN
at the bottom. The flexural rigidity of the wall is constant.
78. Which of the following most nearly gives the value of h?
85. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear on the
wall?
a. 2.74 m c. 2.47 m
b. 2.63 m d. 2.36 m
a. 234 kN c. 324 kN
b. 243 kN d. 342 kN
Situation 27: A ladder 10 m long weighing 35 kg is resting on a
Horizontal floor at A and leaning on a vertical wall at B. The ladder
86. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum moment on the
makes an angle of 60 0 with the floor. The coefficient of friction
wall?
between all contact surfaces is 0.25.
a. 702 kN-m c. 1,026 kN-m
79. Which of the following most nearly gives the farthest distance that a b. 972 kN-m d. 729 kN-m
75-kg man could climb up the ladder without causing the ladder to
slide? 87. If the wall is fixed at the top, which of the following most nearly gives
the moment at the base of the wall?
a. 3.43 m c. 2.17 m
b. 4.51 m d. 4.10 m a. 210.60 kN-m c. 145.80 kN-m
80. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at A?
 b. 97.20 kN-m d. 140.40 kN-m
a. 1.15 s c. 1.44 s
b. 1.29 s d. 1.59 s

93. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance travelled by the
Situation 30: The frame in the figure is acted upon by a force projectile until it had reached the ground surface?
F causing a reaction at support B of 100 kN. a. 12.66 m c. 13.26 m
b. 10.19 m d. 11.70 m

B C 94. Which of the following deals with forces at rest?

a. dynamics c. statics
b. kinetics d. kinematics
F
95. Which of the following is the force which determines whether the body
6m will remain in equilibrium or will have a varying state of motion?
a. impulse c. equilibrant
b. weight d. resultant

96. Which of the following is the retarding force acting opposite a body in
A
motion.
5m a. drag force c. static friction
88. Which of the following most nearly gives the
value of the force F? b. inertia d. kinetic friction

a. 120 kN c. 110 kN 97. Which structural member has a ratio of its unsupported length to at
b. 130 kN d. 100 kN least lateral dimension of not less than 3 and is used primarily to carry
axial loads?
89. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at A? a. pedestal c. column
b. beam d. corbel
a. 164.01 kN c. 148.66 kN
b. 141.42 kN d. 156.20 kN 98. Within the elastic region, the stress is directly proportional to the
strain.
90. Which of the following most nearly gives the angle that the reaction at a. Youngs Modulus c. St Venants Principle
A makes with the horizontal axis measured counter-clockwise? b. Poissons Ratio d. Hookes Law

a. 225.000 c. 227.730 99. In the deformation of axially loaded members, it is the ratio of the
b. 232.430 d. 230.190 lateral strain to the longitudinal strain.
Situation 31: A projectile with a velocity of 10 m/s is fired at a
certain angle such that it can reach the farthest point on a. Youngs Modulus c. St Venants Principle
the ground. b. Poissons Ratio d. Elastic Limit

91. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum height reached 100. Within the elastic range, it is the constant of proportionality that
by the projectile? defines the linear relationship between stress and strain.

a. 1.89 m c. 2.55 m a. Youngs Modulus c. St Venants Principle

b. 2.17 m d. 2.38 m b. Poissons Ratio d. Elastic Limit

92. Which of the following most nearly gives the time for the projectile to
reach the ground surface?