PREBOARD

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION S-3

TOLENTINO AND ASSOCIATES Given the beam shown. The 100 kN load acts on the centroid of the cross section.
(Note There are few questions whose answers are not in the choices. Just Answer E. )

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Given the figure shown.

1. Reaction at A is 10. The flexular stress at A.

a. 400N b. 445 N c. 457 N d. 479 N a. 64.95 Mpa b. 66.31 Mpa c. 68.22 Mpa d. 70.03 Mpa
2. The Reaction at B is 11. The axial stress at A
a. 89 N b. 100 N c. 110 N d. 114 N a. 3 Mpa b. 5 Mpa c. 7 Mpa d. 9 Mpa
3. The tangential deviation of B with respect to a tangent drawn at A. 12. The total normal stress at A
a. 1672/EI b. 1967/E I c. 2011/EI d. 2311/EI a. 55.23 Mpa b. 57.21 Mpa c. 69.95 Mpa d. 73.55 Mpa
4. The slope at B is 13. The shearing stress at A
a. 89.58/EI b. 87.33/EI c. 85.23/EI d. 82.55/EI a. 9.743Mpa b. 11.412 Mpa c. 12.455 Mpa d. 13.111 Mpa
14. The principal stress at A
S-2 a. 67.41 Mpa b. 71.33 Mpa c. 76.22 Mpa d. 79.28 Mpa
15. The angle that the principal stress makes with the horizontal
The beam shown weighs 30 N/m. a. 5.67 deg b. 7.78 deg c. 8.91 deg d. 9.89 deg

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The 3 hinged arc shown is subjected to the two concentrated forces shown.

5. The vertical reaction at A

a. 422 N b. 322 N c. 201 N d. 246 N
6. The tension at B
a. 308 N b. 352 N c. 442 N d. 588 N 16. The vertical reaction at C is
7. The Horizontal Reaction at A. a. 7.312kN b. 6.234 kN c. 5.231 kN d. 4.348 kN
a. 409.22 N b. 390.44 N c. 372.41 N d. 345.11 N 17. The horizontal reaction at C is
8. The Resultant reaction at A a. 3 kN b. 4 kN c. 5 kN d. 6 kN
a. 427.41 N b. 477.47 N c. 489.22 N d. 502.41 N 18. The reaction at B
9. The angle that Reaction at A makes with the horizontal. a. 16.12 kN b. 18.33 kN c. 24.44 kN d. 27.11 kN
a. 31.010 b. 34.220 c. 37.410 d. 3.770
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A truck and a trailer combination crossing a 12 m span has axle loads as given. 31. The value of the maximum positive bending moment at the midspan.
a. 389.212 kN m b. 406.875 kN m c. 412.441 kN m d. 422.412 kN m

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A 9 meter high retaining wall is laterally supported at the top and fixed at the base. The wall resists active
earth pressure increasing from 0 at the top to 52 kN/m at the base per meter length along the longitudinal
axis.

32. The design moment at the base is

a. 455.5 kNm b. 423.1 kNm c. 301.2 kNm d. 280.8 kNm
33. The lateral support from the top
19. The distance of the resultant load from the 10 Kn load is a. 46.8kN b. 49.2 kN c. 51.9 kN d. 58.1 kN
a. 2 m b. 3 m c. 4 m d. 5 m 34. If the lateral support at the top is removed, the design moment is
20. The maximum shear developed in the beam. a. 622 kNm b. 688 kNm c. 702 kNm d. 710 kNm
a. 30 kN b. 33 kN c. 39 kN d. 45 kN
21. The maximum moment in the beam is The entrance of a warehouse has a roof that supports a roof load of 8 kN/m. The supports B and C are
a. 78.22 kNm b. 82.36 kNm c. 96.12 kNm d. 104.17 kNm considered simply supported.

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The 10 meter ladder weighing 35 kg is resting on a horizontal floor at A and on the wall at B making an angle
of 60 deg from the horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the ladder and the wall ( and the ground
and the ladder ) is 0.25 .
A man of mass 72 kg climbs the ladder.

22. Determine the Normal reaction at the wall.

a. 25.176 kG b. 27.441 kG c. 29.417 kG d. 32.114 kG
23. Determine the resultant reaction at the wall.
a. 233.41 N b. 254.58 N c. 266.29 N d. 287.11 N
24. Determine the normal reaction at the ground.
a. 89.267 kG b. 100.706 kG c. 115.241 kG d. 132.221 kG
25. Determine the resultant reaction at the ground.
a. 1018.33 N b. 1233.75 N c. 1342.41 N d. 1661.22 N
26. Determine the distance x from the from the bottom of the ladder to which the man cal climb without
causing the ladder to slip at its lower end A. 35. The vertical reaction at the column is
a. 4.5 m b. 5.2 m c. 5.8 m d. 6 m a. 37.5 kN b. 39.98 kN c. 41.26 kN d. 44.11 kN
36. The vertical reaction at C is
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A simply supported beam 10 m long has an overhang of 2 m at the left support. If a highway uniform load of 37. Maximum negative moment at AC.
9.35 kN/m and a concentrated load of 116 kN passes trough the beam, compute the following based on the a. 7 kNm b. 9 kNm c. 11 kN m d. 13 kNm
influence line on the maximum shear at midspan. 38. Maximum positive moment at AC.
a. 25.58 kNm b. 31.64 kNm c. 33.01 kN m d. 36.22 kNm
39. Location of the point of inflection at AC from A.
a. 1.092 m b.1.567 m c. 1.872 m d. 1.987 m

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A water tank 3 meter in diameter and 6 meter high is made of steel having a thickeness of 12 mm.
40. When the tank is filled with water, determine the circumferential stress.
27. The ordinate of the IL for max shear at midspan 4 m from A. a. 7.36 Mpa b. 9.82 Mpa c. 11.23 Mpa d. 12.66 Mpa
a. -0.2 b. -1.7 c. 2.4 d. 3.1 41. Determine the longitudinal stress when it is filled with water.
28. The length of the beam where uniform load can produce maximum positive shear in the beam at the a. 2.41 Mpa b. 3.68 Mpa c. 4.76 Mpa d. 5.54 Mpa
midspan.
a. 4 b. 7 c. 8 d. 11 S- 10
29. The maximum positive shear at the midspan. A hollow circular pole 6 mm thick with a 300 mm ouside diameter and a height of 3 meter weighs 150
a. 71.56 kN b. 61.22 kN c. 58.21 kN d. 42.88 kN N/m. The pole is subjected to the following loads.
30. The ordinate of the influence line for the maximum bending moment at the midspan 4 m from A.
P = 3 kN and e = 100 mm from the centroid of the section. Lateral force of 0.45 kN acts at the top of the pole. The tensile member shown is 50 mm by 75 mm and subjected to a load of P = 200 kN. The plane AA makes
an angle of 150 with the a axis.
47. The tensile stress at section AA.
a. 41.98 Mpa b. 44.11 Mpa c. 49.76 Mpa d. 52.11 Mpa
48. The shear stress on Plane AA.
a. 10.31 Mpa b. 11.98 Mpa c. 13.33 Mpa d. 15.02 Mpa

42. The maximum compressive stress at the base due to the vertical load plus the weight of the pole.
a. 4.22 Mpa b. 3.66 Mpa c. 2.09 Mpa d.1.37 Mpa
43. The maximum tensile stress at the base due to lateral and vertical loads and the weight of the pole.
a. 2.41Mpa b. 3.51 Mpa c. 4.89 Mpa d. 5.77 Mpa
44. BONUS-----If the hollow pole is replaced by a solid wood pole of 250 mm diameter, determine the
maximum shear stress in the pole. S - 13
a.3.091 Mpa b. 1.781 Mpa c. 0.012 Mpa d. 0.000 A load W is to be lifted using the crane shown. x1 = 10 m, x2 = 8 m . Weight of the crane is 2 kN.

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A barge shown diagramatically supports a load of W1 and W2 for every one meter strip along the
longitudinal section.

49. The force at cable AC is

44.Bonus!--- Find total legth L so that the upward pressure is uniform and that the barge remains horizontal a. 19.34 kN b. 24.91 kN c. 27.98 kN d. 29.12 kN
a. L = 8 m b. L = 3 m c. L = 15 m d. L = 17 m 50. The reaction at B
45. The shear at 3 meter from the left end when upward pressure q = 72 kN/m. a. 33.11 kN b. 43.35 kN c. 46.11 kN d. 48.21 kN
a. 1.03 kN b. 1.67 kN c. 219 kN d. 241 kN 51. Largest force that can be lifted if maximum force AC= 50kN
46. Distance from the left end where Shear = 0 when q = 87 kN/m a. 40.11kN b. 42.15 kN c. 45.12 kN d. 47.12 kN
a. 3 m b. 4 m c. 5 m d. 6
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S -12 A simply refinforced concrete beam reinforced for tension has a width of 300 mm and a total depth of 600
mm. It is subjected to external Moment Mu = 540kN m.
fc’ = 28 Mpafy = 280 MpaEs = 200 Gpa
52. The balanced steel ratio is
a. 3.981% b. 4.926% c. 6.011% d. 7.221%
53. The depth ‘a’ in terms of d if  = 1/2 balance Use  = 0.9
a. 22.11% b. 25.45% c. 28.11% d. 30.71%
54. The minimum effective depth is
a. 583.21 mm b.421.44 mm c. 341.22 mm d. 301.29 mm
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The beam is to be analyzed using moment distribution.

55. The Fixed End Moment at D for span CD is

a. 7.11kNm b. 8.23 kN m c. 9.28 kN m d. 11.21 kN m
56. The Distribution Factor at C for member BC is
a. 0.667 b. 2.031 c. 3.331 m d. 4.127 m 64. The tensile stress in the body of the bolt.
a. 62.11 Mpa b. 67.22 Mpa c. 70.64 Mpa d. 77.41 Mpa
65. The Tensile stress at the root of the threads
57. Using Three Moment Equations , the bending Moment Equations a.91.22Mpa b. 94.11 Mpa c. 99.47 Mpa d.106.22 Mpa
the
6𝐴𝑏̅
for member CD if you consider span BCD is 66. Find the compressive stress at the head as the bolt bears on the surface to resist the tensile load.
𝐿 a. 36.21 Mpa b. 40.33 Mpa c. 43.51 Mpa d. 47.23 Mpa
a. 85.33kN m2 b. 80.12 kN m2 c. 78.44 kN m2 d. 73.11 m2
58. The bending moment at B is
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a. 11.41 kN m b. 12.86 kN m c. 15.22 kN m d. 18.21 kN m
The pin jointed assembly supports a billboard 2 m high x 4 n wide on each end. The total weight of the
billboard is 24 kN. H = 1 m and  = 600.
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Wind pressure q = 1.44 KpA
A W 420 x 85 steel beam is fully restrained with a uniformly distributed load of 25 Kn/m. The beam has a
Wind pressure coefficient C = 1.2
span of 10 m.

Properties:
A = 10839 mm2
bf = 180 mm
tf = 18 m
tw = 11 mm
d = 420 mm

59. The actual uniform load carried by the beam ( include its weight )
a. 25.834kN/m b. 26.878 kN/m c. 27.451 kN/m d. 28.221 kN/m
60. The maximum moment carried by the beam.
a. 312.11 kN m b. 289.56 kN m c. 266.77 kN m d. 215. 28 kN m
61. The maximum bending stress
a. 244.11 Mpa b. 213.41 Mpa c. 199.12 Mpa d. 145.84 Mpa
62. The maximum web shear stress fv = V/( d tw )
a. 27.96 Mpa b. 31.22 Mpa c. 34.11 Mpa d. 37.22 Mpa
63.The maximum horizontal shear stress
a. 30.22 Mpa b. 33.09 Mpa c. 35.32 Mpa d. 38.22 Mpa

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Given the figure shown. a. 13.824 kN b. 15.214 kN c. 17.226 kN c. 20.112 kN
68. The axial force at AB is
a. 12.41 kN b. 14.21 kN c. 16.02 kN d. 18.21 kN
69. The axial force at BC is
a. 28.12 kN b. 31.98 kN c. 34.21 kN d. 37.77 kN
70. The vertical reaction at A is
a. 7.21 kN b. 8.01 kN c. 9.81 kN d. 11.31 kN
71. The horizontal reaction at C is
a. 27.7 kN b. 33.1 kN c. 37.2 kN d. 39.1 kN
72. If the strut AB is replaced by 16 mm diameter cable, determine the normal stress in the cable.
a. 66.12 Mpa b. 69.34 Mpa c. 72.11 Mpa d. 79.68 Mpa

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The figure shows a semicircular arc with the given load.

76. Compute the reactive moment at B.

a. 466.67 kN m b. 489.12 kN m c. 522.11 kN m d. 534.29 kN m
77. Compute the reactive moment at K.
a. 378.48 kN m b. 466.67 kN m c. 522.11 kN m d. 531.88 kN m
78. The maximum shear in the beam
a. 201.49kN b. 284.75 kN c. 304.88 kN d. 387.11 kN
73. The shear at D is 79. The maximum positive bending moment in the beam.
a. 0.03 kN b. 0.84 kN c. 1.44 kN d. 2.42 kN a. 605.44 kN m b. 672.88 kN m c. 700.16 kN m d. 741.41 kN m
74. The moment at D is
a. 4.77 kN m b. 3.12 kN m c. 2.14 kN m d. 1.12 kN m
75. The axial force at D is
a. 1.12 kN b. 2.44 kN c. 4.12 kN d. 4.98 kN S -21

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When the columns at E and H of the floor framing plan are deleted, girder BEHK becomes a one span fixed
ended beam supporting DEF and beam GHI at H. The following loads on girder BEHK are as follows.
Concentrated load at E = 266 kN
Concentrated load at H = 266 Kn
Uniform load throughout its length = 5Kn/m
Hint: Consider BK as beam fixed at B and K with the given loads.

P1 = 1.8 kN P2 = 0.9 kN P3 = 0.45 kN  = 300  = 450

80. The magnitude of the resultant of the 3 forces.

a. 2.455 kN b. 3.412 kN c. 4.791 kN d. 5.012 kN
81. The angle that the resultant makes with the horizontal
a. 56.120 b. 59.650 c. 67.110 d. 71.410
82. The vertical reaction at B.
a. 1.06 kN b. 2.41 kN c. 3.01 kN d. 3.78 kN
83. The horizontal component of the reaction at B.
a. 5 b. 3 c. 1 d. 0

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The suspended girder shown is supported by a series of hangers uniformly spaced along the parabolic cable.

92. The initial acceleration of the block is

a. 8.37 m/s2 b. 3.41 m/s2 c. 4.44 m/s2 d. 4.89 m/s2
84. The minimum tension is 93. The velocity of the block after 5 seconds
a. 160 kN b. 170 kN c. 180 kN d. 190 kN a. 22.441 m/s b. 34.917 m/s c. 36.428 m/s d. 41.221 m/s
85. The maximum tension is 94. The distance travelled after 5 sec is
a. 101.412 kN b. 134.211 kN c. 178.885 kN d. 189.412 kN a. 97.438 m b. 103.442 m c. 105.321 m d. 110.228 m
86. The safe uniform load that the cable can support if maximum tension is 250kN.
a. 13.976kN/m b. 16.221 kN/m c. 18.412 kN/m d. 19.661 kN/m S-25
87. The length of the cable is The rectangular reinforced concrete beam with a width of 200 mm and an effective depth of 500 mm is
a. 11.232 m b. 13.441 m c. 16.644 m d. 18.412 m subjected to a service moment of 120 kN m. The beam is reinforced with 4 25 mm diameter bars with n= 8.

95. The distance from the neutral axis from the top of the beam.
S-23 a. 461.452 mm b. 342.123 mm c.301.411 mm d. 212.507 mm
A concrete mixture has a ratio of 1:2:4 by mass. The water requirements is 24 liters per bag of cement. 96. The maximum stress in concrete is
Weight of Cement = 40 kg/bag. a. 13.518 Mpa b.15.221 Mpa c. 21.412 Mpa d. 22.881 Mpa
Materials SG 97.The maximum stress in steel is
cement 3.33 a. 104.221 Mpa b. 142.406 Mpa c. 177.231 Mpa d. 190.241 Mpa
sand 2.5
gravel 2.67 S -26
For the given set of system shown:
88. The volume of cement per bag
a. 0.012 m3 b. 1.441 m3 c. 2.455 m3 d. 3.011 m3
89. The volume of sand for 1 bag of cement
a. 3.451 m 3 b. 2.411 m3 c. 1.442 m3 d. 0.032 m3
90. The volume of gravel for 1 bag of cement is
a. 2.44 m3 b. 2.04 m 3 c. 1.44 m3 d. 0.06 m3
91. The total volume of concrete is
a. 0.128 m 3 b. 1.331 m3 c. 2.412 m3 d. 3.331 m3

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A 5 kg block is at rest at time t = 0 and is acted upon by a horizontal force P that varies with time as shown.
98. The magnitude of the resultant of the force system shown.
a. 77.14 N b. 81.21 N c. 84.22 N d. 87.55 N
99. The angle that the resultant makes with the + x axis is
a. 44.220 b. 48.420 c. 52.220 d. 54.770
100. The moment of all forces with respect to 0.
a.204.17 Nm b. 231.11 Nm c. 369.69 Nm d. 412.41 Nm 78. The bearing pressure at A is
BONUS!----. The x intercept of the resultant force is a. 163.2716Kpa
a. 4.221 m ` b. 5.092 m c. 6.063 m d. 7.551 m 79. The bearing pressure at B is
BONUS!--The y intercept of the resultant force is a. b. 108.025 kPa
a. -7.823 m b. 7.829 m c. 6.612 m d.-6.421 m 80. The distance from B where the resultant applied forces intersect base AB.
a. 2.883 m
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A beam 100 mm by 200 mm has a simple span of 5 m. It carries a uniform load of a. b. 1.386
5 kN/m.
92. The shear force 1 m from the left support is S -28
a. b. 7.5 kN To prevent excessive deflection of a 3 m long cantilever beam subjected to a load of 2 Kn/M. Its free end is
93. The shear stress at 30 mm from the top of the beam at a section 1 meter from the left support. attached to a tension rod.
a. b. 0.287 Mpa Beam properties are as follows.
94. The shear force carried by the section from the top to 30 mm below the top at a section where shear is A = 1900 mm2 I = 5.12 x 106 mm4 E = 200 Gpa
maximum.
a. b. c. 0.7593 kN 82. The maximum deflection before attaching the tension rod is
a. 19.78 mm
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The force acting per meter length of the dam are shown. a. b. 3 kN m
84. The maximum positive moment in the beam if the tension in the rod is 2.5kN.
a. b. 1.5625 kN m
 89. The reaction at A is
a. 17.333kN
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90. The reaction at B is
The bridge truss shown on the figure carries a concentrated load of 20 kN and a uniform load of 2 kN/m.
a. b. 38.667 kN
91. The location of the zero shear from A is
a. 1.6795 m
92. The maximum positive bending moment is
a. b. 13.766 kN m
93. The location of the point of inflection from point A is
a. 3.615 m
94. The maximum negative moment is
a. b. 40 kN m

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A rectangular footing 2.5 meter wide along the y axis, 3 m long along the x axis supports a circular pedestal
0.45 m in diameter. The horizontal force acting at the top of the pedestal along the x axis of the footing is 144
kN. The total axial load from the pedestal is 1200 kN. Thickness of the footing is 0.7 m, height of backfill on
top of the footing is 1.5 m, depth from the top pedestal to the base of the footing is 2.5 m. Concrete unit
weight = 24 kN/m3 Unit weight of soil = 17 Kn/m3
A unit load moves along the span AE .
85. The force at BG when the unit load is at B is
a. +0.3536 kN
86. The force at BG when the unit load is at C
a. b. -0.707
87. The maximum value of the tensile force at BG due the given applied loads is
a. 9.9kN
88. The maximum value of compressive force at BG due to the given applied loads.
a. b. 24.45 kN

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The beam shown in the figure carries a triangular load as shown.
 100. The moment at D is
a. 4.41 kN b. 5.22 kN m c. 6.21 kN m d. 7.06 kN m

95. The maximum soil pressure is

a. 256 kPa b. 276 kPa c. 298 kPa d. 321 kPa
96. The minimum soil pressure is
a. 61 kPa b. 64 kPa c. 67 kPa d. 71 kPa
97. The required soil bearing capacity is
a. 201.1 kPa b.244.1 kPa c. 298.3 kPa d. 308.4 kPa

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From the given frame shown using CANTILEVER method.

98. The location of the centroid from the leftmost column is

a. 6.667 m b. 7.411 m c. 8.761 m d. 9.231 m
99. The axial load at AD is
a. 1.044 kN b. 2.534 kN c. 3.142 kN d. 4.231 kN