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CE 8502 Structural Analysis I

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
Steel bar wound continuously round the main bars of cylindrical concrete column or pile instead of links.
a)
Spiral Reinforcement
b)
Slump testing cylinder
c)
Bored pile driver
d)
Matt foundation
2.
A post carrying compressive force
a)
Column
b)
Scaffolding
c)
Rafter
d)
Concrete pedestal
3.
A material other than aggregate, water or hydraulic cement use as ingredient of concrete and added during its mixing to modify the properties.
a)
Admixture
b)
Inert material
c)
Waterproofing
d)
Accelerator
4.
The sharp bending or buckling when column is loaded heavily.
a)
Crippling
b)
Sagging
c)
Elongation
d)
Fatigue
5.
Usual failure of long column
a)
Crippling
b)
Buckling
c)
Corrosion
d)
Crushing
6.
Advantage of steel over concrete
a)
Elasticity
b)
Brittleness
c)
Non corrosive
d)
None of the above
7.
Large beam supporting smaller beam.
a)
Girder
b)
Lintel beam
c)
Bottom chord
d)
Scaffolding
8.
Load that is movable or transferable.
a)
Live load
b)
Transfer load
c)
Wind load
d)
Seismic load
9.
.
a)
Concrete
b)
Admixture
c)
Stone laminate
d)
Formica
10.
It is one in which the story strength is less than 80% of  the story above.
a)
Weak story
b)
Soft story
c)
True story
d)
none of the abo
11.
It is one in which the lateral stiffness is less than 70% of the stiffness of the story above.
a)
Weak story
b)
Soft story
c)
Story shear
d)
None of the above
12.
.
a)
Structure
b)
Concrete building
c)
Steel bridge
d)
Steel beam
13.
.
a)
Retaining wall
b)
Shear wall
c)

Exterior wall

d)
Curtain wall
14.
.
a)
dead load
b)
live load
c)
gravity
d)
soil pressure
15.

If the flexibility matrix is as shown above what is the stiffness matrix....

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Which statement is correct....

a)

Flexibility and stiffness matrix are same..

b)

Flexibility is directly proportional to stiffness matrix

c)

flexibility matrix of a structure is defined as the inverse of the stiffness matrix.

d)

Stiffness matrix is inversly proportional to flexibility matrix

17.

If the structure is not initially determinate,it has to be made determinate by releasing the redundants.Then the structure is konwn as.....

a)

Indeterminate structure

b)

flexible structure

c)

compatible structure

d)

Primary structure

18.

1.Carry over factor when far end is Simply supported...

2.Stiffness factor for intermediate support....

a)

0.5,4EI/L

b)

0,4EI/L

c)

0,3EI/L

d)

0.5,3EI/L

19.

What is the formula for a fixed beam subjected to UDL throughtout.....

a)

+/- wl2/8

b)

+/- wl/8

c)

+/- wl2/12

d)

+/- wl2/24

20.

Degree of indeterminacy of a propped cantilever beam is....

a)

1

b)

3

c)

2

d)

0

21.

Kinematic Indeterminacy of the Hinged,Roller,Fixed supports is.....

a)

2,1,0

b)

1,2,0

c)

1,0,2

d)

2,1,3

22.

Static indeterminacy of a Pin jointed frame is ......

a)

S.I=m-2j+r

b)

S.I=m-2j-r

c)

S.I=m-2r+j

d)

SI=R-r

23.
18. The point at which a structure collapses because of a load is known as _______________________.
a)
dead load
b)
live load
c)
critical load
d)
wind load
24.
What is often the weakest part of a structure?
a)
columns
b)
beams
c)
foundations
d)
joints
25.
What is used to strengthen a joint or to provide support to a structure?
a)
shell
b)
frame
c)
insulation
d)
brace
26.

Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a force method?

a)

Slope deflection method

b)

Column analogy method

c)

Moment distribution method

d)

None of the above

27.

Principle of superposition is applicable when

a)

Deflections are linear functions of applied forces

b)

Material obeys Hooke's law

c)

The action of applied forces will be affected by small deformations of the structure

d)

None of the above

28.

The Castigliano's second theorem can be used to compute deflections

a)

In statically determinate structures only

b)

For any type of structure

c)

At the point under the load only

d)

For beams and frames only

29.

If in a pin-jointed plane frame (m + r) > 2j, then the frame is

a)

Stable and statically determinate

b)

Stable and statically indeterminate

c)

Unstable

d)

None of the above

30.

shear equation for ABCD Frame

a)

HB+HC=0

b)

HB+HC==0

c)

HA+HD+P=0

d)

HA+HC=0

31.

sway conditions in frame

a)

unsymmetrical in loading

b)

symmetrical loading

c)

regular geometry

d)

even loading

32.

fixed end moment formula for point load

a)

WL2/12

b)

WL/8

c)

WL2/10

d)

WL2/10

33.

In AB span MFAB direction is

a)

clock wise

b)

anticlockwise

c)

both

d)

nothing above

34.

Fixed end moment formula for UDL load

a)

WL2/12

b)

WL2/8

c)

WL2/6

d)

WL2/10

35.
What is the weight of the structure itself (columns, beams, nuts, bolts) called?
a)
dead load
b)
live load
c)
critical load
d)
wind load
36.
The weight of the things ON or INSIDE the structure is what kind of load?
a)
dead load
b)
live load
c)
critical load
d)
wind load
37.
What is the name for the criteria that a design needs to meet?
a)
considerations
b)
complications
c)
constraints
d)
complexities
38.
What makes a strong and stable structure?
a)
wide base
b)
triangles
c)
decreasing perimeter
d)
all of these
39.
What kind of engineer designs bridges?
a)
biomedical engineer
b)
environmental engineer
c)
structural engineer
d)
computer engineer 
40.
What is the first version of a design called?
a)
proposal
b)
prototype
c)
provision
d)
prospect
41.
What is the force that squeezes materials together?
a)
compression
b)
tension
c)
shear
d)
torsion
42.
This picture is an example of ________________________.
a)
Joint
b)
truss
c)
arch
d)
brace
43.
What is the force that stretches a material apart?
a)
compression
b)
tension
c)
shear
d)
torsion
44.
What is the final step in the engineering design process?
a)
imagine
b)
ask
c)
improve
d)
create
45.
Strong gusts of air are examples of ____________________.
a)
dead load
b)
live load
c)
critical load
d)
wind load