This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about concrete properties and behavior. It addresses topics like the causes of concrete failure in compression, how concrete grade is determined, how prismatic and tensile strengths are measured, the behavior of concrete and steel in beams under loading, and design considerations for reinforced concrete beams.
This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about concrete properties and behavior. It addresses topics like the causes of concrete failure in compression, how concrete grade is determined, how prismatic and tensile strengths are measured, the behavior of concrete and steel in beams under loading, and design considerations for reinforced concrete beams.
This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about concrete properties and behavior. It addresses topics like the causes of concrete failure in compression, how concrete grade is determined, how prismatic and tensile strengths are measured, the behavior of concrete and steel in beams under loading, and design considerations for reinforced concrete beams.
1. The failure of concrete in axial compression is produced by:
a. Compressive stresses; b. Tensile stresses perpendicular on the direction of the force; c. Tangential stresses parallel with the force 2. The concrete grade depends on: a. Characteristic compressive strength b. Characteristic tensile strength c. Nominal compressive stresses 3. Prismatic strength is determined on: a. cube b. cylinder c. prism 4. The Feret’s relation is: a. Rt=0,3(Rb)2/3 b. Rt=0,3(Rb)2 c. Rt= (Rb)2/3 5. Split tensile strength is determined on: a. cube b. steel c. cylinder or part of prism 6. The breaking of concrete in torsion shows: a. Perpendicular cracks b. Oblique cracks c. Parallel cracks 7. Swelling occurs when concrete hardens in: a. water b. air c. formwork 8. For determining the elasticity modulus of concrete it must know: a. εb, Ab b. σb, Ab c. σb , εb 9. The relation for determining the modulus at failure is: a. Er= tgαr b. Er= tgαo c. Er= tgγr 10. The secant modulus is: a. Eb’=λEb; b. Eb’=(1-λEb c. Eb’=(1-θ)Eb
11. Soft steel has:
a. Visible yielding limit b. Theoretical yielding limit c. Conventional yielding limit 12. Wire rope are realized of: a. Wires or bars b. Wires or strands c. Mesh and bars 13. In the first stage of working of beams the behavior is elastic for: a. Concrete and steel b. concrete c. steel 14. The second stage of working of beams is: a. Plastic stage b. Failure stage c. Service stage 15. The depth of compression zone at beams is noted: a. x b. y c. ho 16. The design of beams is made considering: a. inclined cracked section b. normal cracked section c. inclined section 17. The relation for d is: a. d= h-c-Ф/2 b. d= h-c c. d= h-x-Ф/2 18. The area of reinforcement required to resist moment in rectangular beam is: a. As=Mult/(fs∙z) b. As=Mult/(fs∙x) c. As=Mcr/(fs∙x) 19. The singly reinforced rectangular section has the total compressive force equal to: a. Fc=(αfck /γc)(0.8x) b. Fc=(fck /γc)(0.8xb) c. Fc=(αfck /γc)(0.8xb) 20. How many resultant forces the singly reinforced section has in the 3rd stage: a. 1 resultant forces b. 3 resultant forces c. 2 resultant force