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SITUATION 1: A 9 m 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 of the per meter length
along the longitudinal axis.
1. Determine the design moment at the base. Apply the fixed end moment equation wL^2/30 at the top
and wL^2/20 at the base. Assume the EI is constant.
a. 315.9 kN m b. 280.8 c. 164.9 d. 204.6
2. The lateral support at the top of the wall was removed, determine the design moment at the base.
a. 567 kN m b. 854 c. 702 d. 66
3. Determine the resulting base shear if the wall is free at the top.
a. 234 kN b. 316 c. 481 d. 607
SITUATION 2: In the complex truss shown in the figure, (Hint: Substitute member AD with one placed
between E and C)
8. The cross sectional area of each member of the truss shown in the figure is 400 sq mm and E = 200
GPa. Determine the vertical displacement of joint C if a 4 kN force is applied to the truss at C.
a. 0.205 mm b. 0.079 c. 0.186 d. 0.133
SITUATION 3: In this determinate frame shown,
15. This method relates the moments at the ends of a member to the rotations and displacements of its
ends and the external loads applied to the member.
a. Virtual Work b. Slope Deflection c. Three Moment d. Conjugate Beam
16. It refers to loading that is congruent to an axis in its plane if the deflection of the loading
about the axis is identical to the loading itself.
a. Indeterminate b. Prismatic c. Symmetric d. Unsymmetric
17. These are points that undergo unknown displacements of the structure.
a. Determinancy b. Joints c. Nodes d. Sections\
SITUATION 6: A simply supported beam having a span of 6 m carries a triangular load which varies at 12
kN/m at the center to zero at the supports.
SITUATION 7: A simply supported beam is supported at both ends. E = 200 GPa, I = 60 x 10^6 mm^4 . It has
a span of 12 m and subjected to a concentrated load of 8 kN at a distance of 3 m from the right support.
SITUATION 8: The bridge truss shown in the figure is to carry a uniform load of 2 kN/m and a concentrated
load of 20 kN. It is required to determine the maximum tensile and compressive force on member BG by
constructing the influence line for axial force on member BG.
24. Determine the coordinate of the reaction if the unit load is at 12 m from the left support.
a. 0 b. 0.25 c. 0.5 d. 0.75
27. The relative stiffness of a beam or a frame in moment distribution method is the ratio of:
a. Area to moment of inertia c. Modulus of elasticity to area
c. Length to modulus of elasticity d. Moment of inertia to length
28. He proposed the consistent deformation method that involves removing restraints from indeterminate
structures to render the structures determinate.
a. Otto Mohr c. James Maxwell
b. Hardy Cross d. Alberto Castigliano
30. It refers to the representation of the variation of any structural parameters at a specific point
in a member as a concentrated force moves over the member.
a. Shear diagram b. Moment diagram c. Influence lines d. Moment distribution
31. A flexible wire cable weighing 60 N/m over two frictionless pulleys 100 m apart and carrying one
10 kN weight at each end. The weight of the cable is assumed to be uniformly distributed
horizontally. The cable extends 5 m beyond each pulley to the point where they are attached to the
weights. Compute the sag of the flexible wire cable.
a. 7.61 m b. 5.35 c. 8.77 d. 6.84
SITUATION 9: A pin connected circular arch supports a 50 kN vertical load as shown in the figure. Neglect
the weights of the members.
32. Compute the bending moment that act on the cross section at 1-1.
a. 17.8 kN m b. 18.4 c. 21.9 d. 22.6
33. What is the shear force that act on the cross section at 1-1?
a. 5.11 kN b. 9.84 c. 6.23 d. 3.66
34. What is the axial force that act on the cross section at 1-1?
a. 13.66 kN b. 14.04 c. 18.47 d. 16.23
SITUATION 10: From the given frame shown, with different moment of inertias, has fixed supports at A and
C. Use three moment equation.
SITUATION 11: The three hinged arch shown in the figure is loaded with vertical loads only. Distance H =
12 m and s = 4 m.
43. Determine the distance from the left where the flexural stress is zero.
a. 1.75 m b. 2.25 c. 3.0 d. 3.5
44. From the beam shown in the figure, determine the deflection at D.
SITUATION 13: The continuous beam A,B, and C have different moment of inertias. BC is twice that of AB.
45. Determine the value of 6A1a/I1L1 in kN m^2 due to the contribution of the uniform load acting on
span AB to be used in the three moment equation.
a. 4920 b. 5060 c. 5310 d. 5760
46. Determine the value of 6A2b/I2L2 in kN m^2 due to the contribution of the concentrated load acting
on span BC to be used in the three moment equation.
a. 615 b. 525 c. 450 d. 370