ENGINEERING MECHANICS -STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

Assignment No. 1
1. The steepest angle at which a sloping surface formed of a particular loose
material is stable. It varies locally according to the mechanics and strength.

a. Angle of repose
b. Angle of friction
c. Acute angle
d. 300 angle
2. It is the SI unit of a force required to give a mass of 1 kg an acceleration of 1
m/s2 and is equivalent to 100,000 dynes.

a. Pascal or Pa
b. Load
c. Mass
d. Newton or N

3. It is the strength of the structure that resists the external applied forces. It is
also the pressure or tension exerted on a material object. NSCP defines it as
force per unit area.

a. Hardness
b. Durability
c. Stress
d. Rigidity

4. What stress is developed when the force applied tends to shorten the structure?

a. Axial stress
b. Shear stress
c. Compressive stress
d. Flexural stress
5. A hinge support has two reaction components for 2-dimentional axes; how
may reaction components for 3-dimentional axes?

a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1
6. The distance between two structural supports of a roof truss is called span
length; What do you call the spacing between trusses?

a. Effective length
b. clear distance
c. Span length
d. Bay length

7. A 6-meter simply supported beam carries a uniformly distributed load of 1000

N/m throughout its span. It is supported by a roller at the leftmost end and
hinge at the rightmost end. What is the maximum reaction in kN.

a. 4 kN
b. 6 kN
c. 2 kN
d. 3 kN

8. A force F is 30 kN acting North-East at an angle of 30 0 with the horizontal.

What is the Y- component of the force?

F = 30kN

θ = 300

a. Fy = 15 kN
b. Fy = 25.98kN
c. Fy = 0.06 kN
d. Fy = 30 kN

9. Why is it that long-spanned trusses are cambered?

a. For longer life span

b. Aesthetics design to look good
c. To minimize or prevent deflection
d. NSCP requirement

10. What is the centroidal moment of inertia, I, of a rectangular beam section

whose base, b is 200mm and height, h is 400mm

a. 46 x 106 mm4
b. 64 x 10-6 mm4
c. 6.4 x 106 mm4
d. 1067 x 106 mm4
 11. Each vertical load at the top chord of the truss is 20 kN and each ceiling load
is 10 kN. The truss has a span length of 8 m and the king post height is 3 m.
A horizontal force (H) is 25 kN is applied. Determine the X-component of the
reaction in B.

a. 20 kN
b. 15 kN
c. 10 kN
d. 25 kN

H
3m

A B

4 panels @ 2 m = 8 m

12. These structures are generally compressed, as such, they are considered
“compression members”.

a. Truss members
b. Beams
c. Columns
d. Footings

13. The angle between the total reaction and the normal force when limiting
friction is acting is called:
a. Angle of friction
b. Angle of repose
c. Angle of contact
d. Coefficient of friction

14. Newton (N) is the SI unit of Force and was named after Isaac Newton in
recognition of his contributions to the field of Mechanics. It is denoted by N
and is expressed in
a. kg. m2/s2
b. kg.m/s2
c. kg.m/s
d. kg.m2/s

15. A type of stress developed when the force applied tends to elongate the
structure.
 a. Axial stress
b. Flexural stress
c. Shear stress
d. Tensile stress
e. None of the above

16. The deformation of a material from stress. It is simply a ratio of the change in
length to the original length.

a. Strain
b. Elongation
c. Tensile stress
d. Deflection

17. This Law states that “the stress is proportional to strain”.

a. Law of Supply and Demand
b. Law of Gravity
c. Pascal’s law
d. Hooke’s law

18. The distance between two structural supports is called:

a. Bay length
b. Span length
c. Overhang
d. Development length

19. A simply supported beam, L meters long, carrying a uniformly distributed

load of w (N/m) throughout the span, has a maximum reaction of:
a. wL
b. 1/8 w L2
c. 1/384 wL4
d. ½ wL

20. What is the purpose of the truss?

a. Acts as rain shield
b. Aesthetics
c. Supports roofing materials & ceiling loads
d. None of the above

21. The _______ of a body is the point where there is equal volume on all sides. For a
solid body made from a single material it is the center of its mass.

a. Centroid
b. Plate center
c. Moment center
 d. Middle
e. None of the above

22. For a force system to be in equilibrium, the algebraic sum of acting and reacting
forces must be:
a. 100%
b. maximum
c. minimum
d. Zero
e. None of the above

23. They are forces whose lines of action meet at a common point.
a. Applied forces
b. Parallel forces
c. Concurrent forces
d. Couple
e. None of the above

24. Law of equilibrium condition: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction.”

a. Newton’s Third Law of Motion

b. Pascal’s Law
c. Varignon’s Theorem
d. Law of Supply and Demand
e. None of the above

25. It is the ratio of the stress in a body to the corresponding strain (as in bulk
modulus and shear modulus). It is also called Young's modulus.

a. Elastic Limit
b. Modulus of Elasticity
c. Yield Point
d. Proportional Limit

26. The maximum tensile stress that a material can withstand before rupture.

a. Rigidity
b. Yield Strength
c. Ultimate Strength
d. Rupture Strength

27. It is defined as the stress at specified environmental conditions (temperature,

humidity and sometimes chemical environment) to produce rupture in a fixed
amount of time usually given in hours.
 a. Rigidity
b. Yield Strength
c. Ultimate Strength
d. Rupture Strength

28. If Stress is Force per unit Area, determine the stress in a material whose cross
section is 100mm x 100mm when subjected to a load of 10,000N.

a. 1 MPa
b. 5 MPa
c. 10 MPa
d. 15 MPa

29. The shape of an object is the geometrical description of the part of the space
occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundaries. A change in
shape/size due to the application of force is known as _____.

a. Deflection
b. Elongation
c. Shortening
d. Deformation

30. It is the deviation from the original undeflected position of structural

element subjected to transverse load/s.

a. Deflection
b. Elongation
c. Shortening
d. Deformation