CE GREAT MINDS

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

INSTRUCTION: Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each
item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only.

Notes: For structural provisions, see NSCP 2010 and NSCP 2001.

SITUATION 1: The width of the rectangular beam is 300 mm. The depth of the compression block for a
balanced condition is 255 mm. If f’c = 28 MPa, fy = 414 MPa, Es = 200000 MPa. Use 70 mm as steel
covering. Unit weight of concrete is 24 kN/m^3.

1. Determine the total depth of the beam for a balanced condition.

a. 510 mm b. 580 c. 600 d. 450

2. Compute its area of reinforcement.

a. 4100 mm^2 b. 3500 c. 4400 d. 4000

3. Determine the factored super imposed uniform load that a 6 m simple span beam could support
for a balanced condition.
a. 114.98 kN/m b. 134.27 c. 155.47 d. 184.21

SITUATION 2: A hollow circular pole 6 m thick, with 300 mm outside diameter and height of 3 m. weighs
150 N/m. The pole is subjected to the following vertical load P = 3 kN at an eccentricity e = 100 mm
from the centroid of the section, lateral force H = 0.45 kN at the top of the pole.

4. Determine the maximum compressive stress at the base due to the loads.
a. 1.29 MPa b. 1.55 c. 1.78 d. 2.12

5. Determine the maximum tensile stress at the base due to vertical and lateral loads.
a. 3.66 MPa b. 4.05 c. 2.48 d. 3.58

6. If the hollow hole is replaced by a solid wood pole of 250 mm diameter, determine the maximum
shear stress at the base.
a. 0.007 MPa b. 0.012 c. 0.025 d. 0.004

7. A simply supported girder of a bridge spans 25 m. The standard truck load (H load) consists of
two moving loads, P1 = 142.4 kN and P2 = 35.6 kN spaced at 4.3 m apart. Calculate the maximum
moment in the girder.
a. 1037.3 kN m b. 1154.6 c. 1286.9 d. 1520.8

SITUATION 3: A concrete block of weight W, holds a ring anchor bolt to which are fastened two guy
wires as shown in Figure JLS.

8. Calculate the resultant force acting on the bolt.

a. 11.6 kN b. 8.8 c. 10.9 d. 7.5

9. Determine the angle which the resultant pull makes with the horizontal.
a. 26.8° ` b. 44.7° c. 54.5° d. 61.2°

10. To prevent uplift, what is the minimum weight of the concrete block W if the required factor
of safety is 1.3?
a. 12.75 kN b. 15.50 c. 10.11 d. 11.53

11. A simply supported beam with a span of 6.0 meters carries a vertical load that decreases
uniformly from zero at the left end to a maximum value of 9 kN/m at the right end. The larger
reaction occurs at the right and has a value of:
a. 27 kN b. 18 c. 45 d. 9
SITUATION 4: In the figure shown that DL = 5 kN/m , LL = 3.5 kN/m , P = 0, C1 to C4 = 0, H1 = 3 m, H2
= 6 m and L1 = L2 = 4 m.

12. Solve the axial force at AC.

a. 55.7 kN b. 33.8 c. 42.5 d. 56.3

13. Compute the maximum shear at CD.

a. 42.5 kN b. 57.6 c. 83.5 ` d. 33.2

14. What is the maximum moment at CDE?

a. 79 kN m b. 110 c. 66 d. 85

SITUATION 5: A block having a weight of 400 N moves at a velocity of 1.5 m/s at point A, slides
vertically along the surface of a smooth cylinder 2.4 m in radius. It leaves the surface at B.

15. Determine the angle at which the block leaves the surface of the cylinder.
a. 33.18° b. 45.69° c. 55.12° d. 60.56°

16. Find the velocity of the block as it leaves the surface.

a. 2.12 m/s b. 1.77 c. 5.19 d. 4.06

17. Find the distance that the block will move horizontally measured from the center of the
cylinder before it strikes the ground.
a. 5.36 m b. 6.64 c. 8.18 d. 12.79

18. A beam is fixed at both ends and has an internal hinge along the span. Classify the
determinancy of the beam.
a. 1° indeterminate b. unstable c. 2° indeterminate d. determinate

SITUATION 6: A rectangular footing is subjected to the following service loads:

Axial loads – DL = 580 kN LL = 420 kN

Moment along x-axis – DL = 105 kN m LL = 45 kN m
Moment along y-axis – DL = 140 kN m LL = 110 kN m

Height of earthfill along the footing = 1.5 m

Soil unit weight = 17 kN/m^3 Concrete unit weight = 24 kN/m^3

19. Calculate the maximum soil pressure.

a. 325 kPa b. 350 c. 360 d. 400

20. Calculate the minimum soil pressure.

a. 10.77 kPa b. 8.34 c. 6.79 d. 5.18

21. Calculate the required soil bearing capacity.

a. 364.9 kPa b. 412.6 c. 318.5 d. 601.2

SITUATION 7: Given the truss shown in the figure,

 22. Compute the force AC.
a. 4 kN (C) b. 4 kN (T) c. 5.66 kN (C) d. 0

23. Compute the force BE.

a. 4 kN (C) b. 4 kN (T) c. 5.66 kN (C) d. 0

24. Compute the force BD.

a. 2 kN (C) b. 0 c. 4 kN (C) d. 5.66 kN (T)

SITUATION 8: Two A 36 L 150 x 90 x 10 angles are used with a 10 mm gusset plate to create a top chord
of a truss. The long legs are back to back making the short legs unstiffened elements.

25. Determine the radius of gyration along the y axis.

a. 44.78 mm b. 35.69 c. 53.53 d. 61.02

26. Determine the actual slenderness ratio,kL/r.

a. 82.02 b. 77.06 c. 64.85 d. 56.04

27. Determine the axial force of the column.

a. 319 kN b. 447 c. 490 d. 568

28. A project has been bid out by DPWH. The approved agency estimate is P 500 million. The results
of responsible bidders are as follows:
Bidder A = P 550.234 million
Bidder B = P 610.346 million
Bidder C = P 454.219 million
Bidder D = P 389.123 million
Bidder E = p 284.758 million

Which of the following gives the bidder to which the award can be made? Please refer to PD
1594 for the provisions.
a. D b. C c. A d. E

SITUATION 9: A steel moment resisting frame is shown having the different loads for each storey, Ct =
0.0853. The building was designed to have a base shear of 2400 kN.

29. Compute the period of vibration of the structure.

a. 0.665 sec b. 0.745 c. 1.156 d. 1.515
 30. Compute the lateral force acting on the 3rd floor.
a. 418.20 kN b. 520.76 c. 573.48 d. 600.21

31. Compute the moment of the structure.

a. 55132.11 kN m b. 44581.12 c. 30812.60 d. 24556.18

SITUATION 10: The four gears are attached to a steel shaft that is rotating at 2 Hz. Gear B supplies
70 kW of power to the shaft. Of that power, 20 kW are used by gear A, 20 kW by gear C, and 30 kW by
gear D. Use G = 83 GPa for steel.

32. Determine the torsion along segment BC.

a. 3979 N m b. 2248 c. 4523 d. 1988

33. Determine the uniform shaft diameter if the shear stress in the shaft is not exceeded to 60
MPa.
a. 55 mm b. 70 c. 115 d. 90

34. If a uniform shaft diameter of 100 mm is specified, determine the angle by which one end of
the shaft lags behind the other end.
a. 0.277° b. 0.332° c. 0.448° d. 0.519°

35. It was devised by Otto Mohr in 1915 that applies to the analyses that uses the relation of the
slope and deflection of the indeterminate structures.
a. Three Moment Equation c. Slope Deflection Method
b. Conjugate Beam Method d. Influence Lines

SITUATION 11: Define the following in materials engineering.

36. In the system of designating wrought aluminium alloys, the letter F that follows the number
indicates what condition of the alloy?
a. As fabricated b. Strain hardened c. Annealed d. Artificially aged

37. The commercial size designation of width and depth, in standard sawn lumber and glued
laminated lumber grades somewhat larger than the standard size of dressed number.
a. nominal size b. rough size c. normal size d. dressed size

38. It is generally a sand which consists of particles that will pass through No. 4 sieve.
a. Coarse aggregate b. Fine aggregate c. Sand d. Gravel

SITUATION 12: In the given beam shown,

39. Calculate the shear at B considering the left side.

a. 11.5 kN b. 10.6 c. 17.4 d. 14.5

40. Compute the maximum moment.

a. 22.8 kN m b. 16.6 c. 20.7 d. 31.8

SITUATION 13: A T section has a flange thickness of 125 mm with an effective depth of 437.5 mm. The
width of the stem is 400 mm. The beam carries a negative moment of 610 kN m. f’c = 27.6 MPa, fy =
414.6 MPa. Balanced steel ratio is 0.0285. Use steel covering for top and bottom bars if any is 62.5
mm.

41. Determine the maximum moment capacity of the section as singly reinforced.
a. 318.6 kN m b. 684.9 c. 555.6 d. 494.9

42. Determine the total steel area needed for tension.

a. 4233 mm^2 b. 4461 c. 4567 d. 4819

43. Determine the steel area needed for compression if the maximum moment capacity of the beam is
not sufficient. Assume steel in compression will yield.
a. 695 mm^2 b. 788 c. 822 d. 1061
SITUATION 14: A 76 x 76 x 6 mm angular section is welded to a gusset plate having a thickness of 8 mm
as shown in the figure. The length L1 equals to 125 mm and L2 = 65 mm. The angular section has a cross
sectional area of 929 mm^2 , Fy = 248 MPa and Fu = 400 MPa.

44. Find the tensile force P based on gross area.

a. 101.48 kN b. 138.24 c. 133.16 d. 156.49

45. Find the tensile force based on net area, if the strength reduction factor is 0.85.
a. 177.46 kN b. 157.93 c. 138.19 d. 101.43

46. Find the tensile force based on block shear.

a. 375 kN b. 393 c. 304 d. 313

SITUATION 15: A beam is formed by connecting two timber joists each 100 x 400 mm with a steel plate 12
x 300 mm placed symmetrically between them. The beam is subjected to a moment of 50 kN m. the ratio of
Young’s modulus for steel to that of timber is 2:1.

47. Compute the moment of inertia for the system.

a. 94 x 10^6 mm^4 b. 116 x 10^6 c. 175 x 10^6 d. 152 x 10^6

48. Determine the maximum stress in steel.

a. 64.7 MPa b. 55.4 c. 79.0 d. 85.9

49. Determine the maximum stress in timber.

a. 7.2 MPa b. 8.7 c. 3.9 d. 10.6

SITUATION 16: The cross section shown of a hollow beam with effective depth of 400 mm. The beam is
reinforced with 4 – 16 mm ϕ bars placed 60 mm from the center of the bottom of the beam. If f’c = 7
MPa, fs = 124 MPa and n = 12, at 6 m span with a concentrated load of 8 kN.

50. Compute the moment capacity of the concrete.

a. 95.59 kN m b. 41.27 c. 88.21 d. 83.74

51. Compute the moment capacity of steel.

a. 23.89 kN m b. 54.27 c. 40.17 d. 35.15

52. Compute the total uniform load (includes own weight) could the beam carry.
a. 5.14 kN/m b. 3.77 c. 6.84 d. 11.71

53. A stone is dropped from the deck of a bridge. The sound of the splash reaches the deck 3
seconds later. The speed of the sound is 342 m/s in still air. Find the height of the deck
above the water.
a. 24.7 m b. 40.6 c. 33.1 d. 55.2

54. Concrete hollow blocks are tested for its:

a. compression b. absorption c. dimension d. All of these
SITUATION 17: In the figure shown,

55. Determine the centroid along the x – axis.

a. 77.1 mm b. 48.2 c. 33.9 d. 81.8

56. Compute the moment of inertia along the y – axis.

a. 39.42 x 10^6 mm^4 b. 53.23 x 10^6 c. 84.44 x 10^6 d. 49.12 x 10^6

57. Compute the product of inertia at v axis using Mohr’s circle.

a. 275 x 10^6 mm^4 b. 308 x 10^6 c. 258 x 10^6 d. 347 x 10^6

SITUATION 18: Built up column 10 m long consists of W 350 x 90 with two plates 12 mm thick welded to
form a box section with respect to x axis column is fixed, y axis column is braced at mid height.

Properties of WF section:

A = 11,540 mm^2 bf = 250 mm

Ix = 2.66 x 10^8 mm^4 tr = 16 mm
Iy = 0.44 x 10^8 mm^4 tw = 10 mm
Fy = 248 MPa

58. Compute the effective slenderness ratio with respect to x axis.

a. 55.19 b. 37.64 c. 44.27 d. 49.15

59. Compute the effective slenderness ratio with respect to y axis.

a. 36.02 b. 50.27 c. 58.13 d. 61.24

60. Compute the Compressive stress of the column.

a. 188.21 MPa b. 119.21 c. 164.29 d. 133.14

SITUATION 19: From the figure shown,

61. Find the area of M/EI diagram for the entire span of a given beam shown.
a. 0.0033 b. 0.0049 c. 0.0068 d. 0.0021

62. Determine the deviation of the left support.

a. 7.55 mm b. 6.21 c. 2.22 d. 3.84

63. Determine the slope at maximum.

a. 0.044° b. 0.079° c. 0.095° d. 0.029
 64. In this technique, a plain or reinforced concrete slab is overlaid on top of the existing
slabs or beams to increase the section dimension in order to increase flexural strength.
a. Over Slabbing b. Shotcreting c. Steel Bonding d. Extrenal Prestressing

65. One span of a continuous reinforced concrete beam subjected to gravity loading of 44 kN/m is
shown in the figure. Neglect the effect of compression reinforcement. F’c = 27.6 MPa and fy =
414.7 MPa. Find the length of L2.

a. 3.53 m b. 4.27 c. 3.66 d. 3.08

SITUATION 20: A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 300 mm and an effective depth of 520 mm is
reinforced for tension with 4 – 28 mm ϕ bars. The beam is subjected to an ultimate shear force of 220
kN and a factored moment of Mu = 56 kN m.

66. Determine the nominal shear strength using detailed calculations.

a. 177.21 kN b. 156.29 c. 184.77 d. 141.80

67. Determine the spacing of the 10 mm ϕ web reinforcement.

a. 200 mm b. 150 c. 275 d. 150

68. Find the minimum area of the shear reinforcement required.

a. 56.25 mm^2 b. 70.70 c. 59.92 d. 84.73

SITUATION 21: The cross section of a beam is formed by gluing two pieces of wood together as shown.

69. Determine the moment of inertia of the section shown.

a. 10.57 x 10^6 mm^4 b. 11.77 x 10^6 c. 15.55 x 10^6 d. 13.91 x 10^6

70. Find the shear stress at the neutral axis.

a. 3.77 MPa b. 3.28 c. 4.55 d. 5.19

71. Find the shear stress on glue joint.

a. 24.7 MPa b. 22.9 c. 31.8 d. 39.2

72. Quality control testing in DPWH projects is the responsibility of the:

a. Structural engineer c. Owner
b. Contractor d. Architect
SITUATION 22: If each cable can withstand a maximum tension of 1000 N in the figure shown,

73. Find the tension in the cable AD.

a. 57.99 N b. 218.23 c. 500 d. 1000

74. Find the largest mass of the cylinder for equilibrium.

a. 90.3 kg b. 88.2 c. 57.9 d. 98.1

75. Determine the vertical displacement of joint A in the figure shown. Each bar is made of steel
and has a cross sectional area of 600 mm^2. Use E = 200 GPa and solve via virtual work method.

a. 0.536 mm b. 0.456 c. 0.237 d. 0.188