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## Questions | ID | Questions | Question Image | |---|---|---| | 1 | The effective area in resisting shear of rolled and fabricated shaped may be taken as:| | | | ( ) overall depth times the web thickness | | | | ( ) overall depth times the flange thickness | | | | ( ) flange width times over...

## Questions | ID | Questions | Question Image | |---|---|---| | 1 | The effective area in resisting shear of rolled and fabricated shaped may be taken as:| | | | ( ) overall depth times the web thickness | | | | ( ) overall depth times the flange thickness | | | | ( ) flange width times overall depth | | | | ( ) overall flange thickness times width of flange | | | 2 | Piles that are driven at an inclination to resist forces that are not vertical are called: | | | | ( ) batter piles | | | | ( ) spur piles | | | | ( ) slanting piles | | | | ( ) all of the above | | | 3 | a buried plate or block tied to and forming an anchorage for sheet pilling or for a retaining wall is a: | | | | ( ) anchor plate | | | | ( ) block plate | | | | ( ) dead man | | | | ( ) nota | | | 4 | A METHOD USED ADVANTEGEOUSLY IN DRIVING PILES IN SAND, GRAVEL OR SOFT PACKED CLAY DUE TO HIGH RESISTANCE OFFERED BY THIS MATERIAL TO PILES DRIVEN BY HAMMER IS CALLED: | | | | ( ) SPLITTING | | | | ( ) JETTING | | | | ( ) STEAM HAMMER | | | | ( ) NOTA | | | 5 | THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR AFFECTING THE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE IS: | | | | ( ) WATER-CEMENT RATIO | | | | ( ) VOID-CEMENT RATIO | | | | ( ) QUANTITY OF CEMENT | | | | ( ) ALL OF THE ABOVE | | | 6 | THE MILKY LAYER COMPOSED OF CEMENT AND FINE AGGREGATE ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE CONCRETE MASS DURING CURING PROCESS DUE TO AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF WATER USED: | | | | ( ) LAITTANCE | | | | ( ) GROUT | | | | ( ) MORTAR | | | | ( ) PLASTER | | | 7 | the stresses that cause cracks in reinforced concrete beams that are vertical at the center of the span and become more inclined as they approach the supports where they slope at an angle of about 45 degrees: | | | | ( ) shear stress | | | | ( ) diagonal tension | | | | ( ) vertical tension | | | | ( ) torsional stress | | | 8 | A TYPE OF PRESSURE IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF A STRUCTURE, OR A DAM, A ROAD, SLAB, OR A BASEMENT FLOOR: | | | | ( ) BUOYANCY | | | | ( ) HYDRAULIC PRESSURE | | | | ( ) UPLIFT PRESSURE | | | | ( ) ACTIVE PRESSURE | | | 9 | A BEARING PILE SURROUNDED BY EARTH AND SUPPORTED ENTIRELY BY FRICTION: CARRIES NO LOAD AT ITS END: | | | | ( ) LOAD BEARING PILE | | | | ( ) FRICTION PILE | | | | ( ) RAYMOND PILE | | | | ( ) PRE-CAST PILE | | | 10 | THE SLOW VOLUME REDUCTION OF A COHESIVE SOIL (CLAYEY SOIL) UNDER APPLIED LOADS AS IN FOUNDATION: | | | | ( ) SETTLEMENT | | | | ( ) CREEP | | | | ( ) CONSOLIDATION | | | | ( ) NOTA | | | 11 | THE FILLING OF WASTE SPACES, EMBANKMENTS OR CONSTRUCTION CAVITIES BY SEDIMENT OR DEBRIS CARRIED BY WATER OR A PIPE OR A FLUME: | | | | ( ) TREMIE | | | | ( ) PLASTIC FLOW OF CONCRETE | | | | ( ) HYDRAULIC FILL | | | | ( ) NOTA | | | 12 | THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF A SOIL AT WHICH A GIVEN AMOUNT OF COMPACTION PRODUCES THE HIGHEST VALUE OF DRY DENSITY: | | | | ( ) PLASTIC LIMIT | | | | ( ) OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT | | | | ( ) ELASTIC LIMIT | | | | ( ) PLASTICITY INDEX | | | 13 | HAVE THE EFFECT OF DELAYING THE ONSET OF HARDENING AND USUALLY ALSO OF REDUCING THE RATE OF THE REACTION WHEN IT DOES START: | | | | ( ) RETARDANT | | | | ( ) POZZOLAN | | | | ( ) PLASTICIZER | | | | ( ) NOTA | | | 14 | USED TO GIVE PLASTICITY OR COHESION, MAINLY TO MORTARS, BUT SOMETIMES ALSO TO CONCRETE. THEY FUNCTION BY ENTRAINING LARGE AMOUNT OF AIR AND THEY THEREFORE REDUCE STRENGTH: | | | | ( ) PLASTICIZER | | | | ( ) POZZOLANA | | | | ( ) AIR ENTRAINMENT | | | | ( ) NOTA | | | 15 | MEANS OF SPREADING FOUNDATION LOADS OVER A WIDE ARE THUS MINIMIZING BEARING PRESSURES AND LIMITING SETTLEMENTS: | | | | ( ) STRAP FOUNDATION | | | | ( ) MATT FOUNDATION | | | | ( ) COMBINED FOUNDATION | | | | ( ) NOTA | | | 16 | A MEASURE OF THE SIZE IF MINIRAL PARTICLES OF THE SOIL OR ROCK: A PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PARTICLES OF THE SOIL WHICH AFFECTS ITS MECHANICAL PROPERTIES: USED IN CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF SOILS: | | | | ( ) INDEX PROPERTIES | | | | ( ) SIEVE ANALYSIS | | | | ( ) MECHANICAL ANALYSIS | | | | ( ) NOTA | | | 17 | IT IS THE MAXIMUM ANGLE WHICH SOIL PARTICLES MAKE WITH THE HORIZONTAL WITHOUT CAUSING IT TO SLIDE: | | | | ( ) ANGLE OF REPOSE | | | | ( ) ANGLE OF INTERNAL FRICTION | | | | ( ) ANGLE OF FRICTION | | | | ( ) ANGLE OF SHEARING RESISTANCE | | | 18 | IN THE GENERAL COLUMN FORMULA, THE TERM L/r IS KNOWN AS: | | | | ( ) POISSON'S RATIO | | | | ( ) SLENDERNESS RATIO | | | | ( ) RIGIDITY FACTOR | | | | ( ) STIFFNESS RATIO | | | 19 | THE TOTAL LATERAL FORCE OR BASE SHEAR V GIVEN BY V = ZIKCSW WHERE Z IS A NUMERICAL COEFFICIENT THAT DEPENDS ON THE SEISMIC ZONE IN WHICH THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED. THE PHILIPPINES IS IN ZONE 4 WHERE Z HAS THE VALUE OF: | | | | ( ) 3/16 | | | | ( ) 1.0 | | | | ( ) 3/8 | | | | ( ) 1-1/4 | | | 20 | THE FOLLOWING ARE NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTS IN CONCRETE EXCEPT: | | | | ( ) PULSE VELOCITY | | | | ( ) PULL-OUT TEST | | | | ( ) REBOUND HAMMER | | | | ( ) PENETRATION | | | 21 | IN A LONG COULUMN (SLENDERNESS RATIO>160) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAS THE GRATEST INFLUENCE ON ITS TENDENCY TO BUCKLE UNDER A COMPRESSIVE LOAD? | | | | ( ) MODULUS OF ELASTICITY | | | | ( ) COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF THE MATERIAL | | | | ( ) LEGNTH OF COLUMN | | | | ( ) RADIUS OF GYRATION OF THE COLUMN | | | 22 | HONEY COMB IN CONCRETE CAN BE LIMITED BY THE : | | | | ( ) USE OF CHLORDANE CHEMICAL | | | | ( ) USE OF ADMIXTURES IN CONCRETE MIX | | | | ( ) USE OF VIBRATOR | | | | ( ) NOTA | | | 23 | A COLUMN OF GRAVEL OR SAND PUNCHED THROUGH LESS PERVIOUS MATERIAL TO PERMIT WATER TO BLEED OFF: | | | | ( ) FILTER DRAIN | | | | ( ) COLUMN DRAIN | | | | ( ) SAND DRAIN | | | | ( ) CAPALLARY DRAIN | | | 24 | FLEXURAL MEMBERS WILL OVERALL DEPTH TO CLEAR SPAN OF RATIOS GREATER THAN 2/5 FOR CONTINUOUS SPANS, 4/5 SIMPLE SPANS, IS KNOWN AS AND SHOULD BE DESIGNED AS: | | | | ( ) SPANDREL BEAMS | | | | ( ) UPSTAND BEAMS | | | | ( ) DEEP BEAMS | | | | ( ) CROSS GIRDERS | | | 25 | THE STATE OF LIQUIDITY OCCURING GENERALLY IN GRANULAR SOILS: | | | | ( ) SHRINKAGE | | | | ( ) CREEP | | | | ( ) LAHAR | | | | ( ) LIQUEFACTION | |