SPLBE – FLEA AUH 2018

DAY 13 – Warm Up Exam – Structural Conceptualization SET-B

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Group Name: ___________________

Instructions: Encircle the best answer. No Erasures and use the “STAR, BOX, CIRCLE” method.
If there are conflicts between a stated word and number/amount/figure described, the
stated/spelled word shall prevail. Should there be conflicts between two (2) stated
quantities, the higher figure shall prevail.

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1. ________ is a storey whose strength is less than 80% of the strength of the storey?
Structural Notes – Defenition of terms page 10
a. Soft Storey c. Drift Storey
b. Platform d. Weak Storey

2. The minimum cantilevered slab thickness is : (NSCP 409.6.2)

a. L/20 c. L/10
b. L/24 d. L/28

3. In walls and slabs other than concrete joist construction, primary flexural
reinforcement shall not be spaced farther apart than 3 times wall or slab thickness
nor farther than? (NSCP 407.7.5)
a. 375mm b. 450mm c. 500mm d. 300mm

4. Is a component including its attachments having fundamental period less than or equal
to 0.06 sec. (NSCP 208.20)
a. Braced frame c. Rigid Component
b. Bearing wall system d. Flexible Component

5. The minimum clear concrete covering for cast in place slab: (NSCP 407.8.1)
a. 20mm c. 25mm
b. 40mm d. 50mm

6. This is the temporary force exerted by device that introduces tension into
prestressing tendons in prestressed concrete. Structural term 2 -defenition of term
page 18 of 31
a. Design Force c. Lateral Force Resisting System
b. Tensile Force d. Jacking Force

7. What is a concrete beam placed directly on the ground to provide foundation for the
superstructure? Structural Notes – Defenition of terms page 7
a. Strap Beam c. Gerber Beam
b. Grade Beam d. Tie Beam

8. A complete record of test of materials and of concrete shall be available for

inspection during the progress of work and _______ years after completion of the
project and shall be preserved by the inspecting engineer or architect for that
purpose, (NSCP 403.20)
a. 2 years c. 5 years
b. 10 years d. 15 years

9. Before commencing the excavation work, the person making the excavation shall notify
in writing the owner of the adjoining building not less than _____days before such
excavation is to be made. (NSCP 302.2.4)

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DAY 13 – Warm Up Exam – Structural Conceptualization SET-B
a. 15 days b. 30 days c. 10 days d. 60 days

10. It is the intensity of force per unit area. (NSCP 2010, 4-11)
a. Stress c. Force
b. Strain d. Shear

11. The critical point at which a column, carrying its critical buckling load, may
either buckle or remain undeflected. The column is therefore in a state of neutral
equilibrium. Structural Reviewer / Page 7 of 17
a. Critical Buckling Load c. Critical Buckling Stress
b. Bifurcation d. Buckling

12. Groups of parallel reinforcing bars bundled in contact to act as one unit shall
be united to ___ pieces in one bundle. (NSCP 407.7.6.1)
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 5

13. Deep continuous flexural members has overall depth to clear span ratio greater
than: (NSCP 410.8.10)
a. 0.40mm c. 0.75mm
b. 0.60mm d. 0.70mm

14. The allowable deflection for any structural member loaded with live load only.
(NSCP 107.2.2)
a. L/300 c. L/200
b. L/360 d. L/240

15. the property of a material that enables it to undergo plastic deformation

after being stressed beyond the elastic limit and before rupturing. Structural term
01 – Defenition page 2 of 14
a. Toughness c. Elasticity
b. Malleability d. Ductility

16. a watertight, cylindrical or rectangular chamber used to in under water

construction to protect workers from water pressure and soil collapse
a. Coffer Dam c. Chute
b. Caisson d. Diving Bell

17. This is a combination of concrete and steel wherein the steel reinforcement
provides the tensile strength lacking in the concrete. (UAP CDC, Structural
Conceptualization, pg. 20)
a. Mass concrete c. High performance concrete
b. Pre-mixed concrete d. Reinforced concrete

18. For Conduit and Pipe embedded in concrete: they shall not be larger in outside
dimension than ________ the overall thickness of slab, wall, or beam, in which they
are embedded. CDEP Structural Design – embedded in concrete – page 55 (NSCP 406.3)
a. 1/2 c. 1/4
b. 1/3 d. 1/5

19. The minimum bend diameter for 10mm Ø through 25mm Ø bars (NSCP 407.30)
a. 12 db c. 6 db
b. 8 db d. 10 db
20. It is the curvature fabricated into a beam or truss to compensate for
deflection induced by joists. (Structural terms no.)
a. Stress c. Chord Member
b. Camber d. Deformation

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