AS Reviewer 3

Question 1

One of the constituent parts into which a structure may be resolved by analysis, having a unitary character and exhibiting a unique behavior under an applied load.

Answer 1

Structural Member

Question 2

A major spatial division, usually one of a series, marked or partitioned off by the principal vertical supports of a structure.

Answer 2

Bay

Question 3

Of a pertaining to a structure or structural member having a load-carrying mechanism that acts in one direction only.

Answer 3

One-way

Question 4

Any condition, as fracturing, buckling, or plastic deformation, that renders a structural assembly, element, or joint incapable of sustaining the load-carrying function for which it was designed.

Answer 4

Structural Failure

Question 5

A point, surface, or mass that supports weight, esp. the area of contact between a bearing member, as a beam or truss, and a column, wall, or other underlying support.

Answer 5

Bearing

Question 6

A structural member essential to the stability of a structural whole.

Answer 6

Primary Member

Question 7

The load on a structural element or member collected from its tributary area.

Answer 7

Tributary Load

Question 8

A means for binding a structural member to another or to its foundation, often to resist uplifting and horizontal forces.

Answer 8

Anchorage

Question 9

A slender rod driven through holes in adjacent parts to keep the parts together or to permit them to move in one plane relative to each
other.

Answer 9

Pin

Question 10

A structural support that allows rotation but resist translation in a direction perpendicular into or away from its face.

Answer 10

Roller Support

Question 11

A wall of treated timber, masonry or concrete for holding in place a mass of earth.

Answer 11

Retaining Wall

Question 12

A wall supporting no load other than its own weight.

Answer 12

Non-bearing Wall

Question 13

A finish or protective cap or course to an exterior wall, usually sloped or curved to shed water.

Answer 13

Coping

Question 14

A foundation wall that encloses a usable area under the building.

Answer 14

Basement Wall

Question 15

Any wall within a building, entirely surrounded by exterior wall.

Answer 15

Interior Wall

Question 16

A beam supporting the weight above a door or window opening.

Answer 16

Lintel

Question 17

A retaining wall of reinforce concrete or reinforce concrete masonry, cantilevered from and securely tied to a spread footing that is shaped to resist overturning and sliding.

Answer 17

Cantilever Wall

Question 18

A galvanize wire basket filled with stones and used in constructing an abutment or retaining structure.

Answer 18

Gabion

Question 19

Yard lumber 5” or more in the least dimension.

Answer 19

Timbers

Question 20

Softwood lumber intended for general building purpose, including boards, dimension lumber, and timber.

Answer 20

Yard Lumber

Question 21

A check that extends completely through a board or wood veneer

Answer 21

Split

Question 22

The presence of bark or absence of wood at a corner or along an edge of a piece.

Answer 22

Wane

Question 23

A vertical laminated wood beam made by fastening together 2 or more smaller members with bolts, lag screws, or spikes, equal in
strength to the sum of the strengths of the individual pieces if none of the laminations are spliced.

Answer 23

Built-up Beam

Question 24

A building material made of wood or other plant fibers compressed with a binder into rigid sheets.

Answer 24

Fiberboard

Question 25

A pitched truss having tension members extending from the foot of each top chord to an intermediate point of the opposite top chord.

Answer 25

Scissors Truss

Question 26

Yard lumber less than 2” thick and 2” or more wide.

Answer 26

Boards

Question 27

A plate for uniting structural members meeting in a single plane.

Answer 27

Gusset

Question 28

A structural frame based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of linear members subject only to axial tension or compression.

Answer 28

Truss

Question 29

A joint that physically separates two adjacent building masses so that free vibratory movement in each can occur independently of the other

Answer 29

Seismic Joint

Question 30

The ability of a structure, when disturbed from a condition of equilibrium by an applied load, to developed internal forces or moments that restore the original condition.

Answer 30

Stability

Question 31

A cable anchorage that allows rotation but resists translation only in the direction of the cable.

Answer 31

Cable Support

Question 32

Yard lumber from 2” – 4” thick and 2” or more wide.

Answer 32

Dimension Lumber

Question 33

The potential high-shearing stress developed by the reactive force of a column on a reinforce slab.

Answer 33

Punching Shear

Question 34

A butt splice made by arc-welding the butted ends of two reinforcing bars.

Answer 34

Welded Splice

Question 35

Any of the U-shaped or closed-loop bars placed perpendicular to the longitudinal reinforcement of a concrete beam to resist the vertical component of diagonal tension.

Answer 35

Stirrup

Question 36

The integral system of members connecting the upper and lower chords of a truss.

Answer 36

Web

Question 37

An imaginary line passing through the centroid of the cross section of a beam or other member subject to bending, along which no bending stress occur.

Answer 37

Neutral Axis

Question 38

The perpendicular distance a spanning member deviated from true course under transverse loading, increasing with load and span, and decreasing with an increasing in the moment of inertia of the section or the modulus of elasticity of the material.

Answer 38

Deflection

Question 39

The extent of space between two supports of a structure.

Answer 39

Span

Question 40

A projecting beam supported at only one fixed end.

Answer 40

Cantilever Beam

Question 41

The buckling of a structural member induced by compressive stresses acting on a slender portion insufficiently rigid in the lateral direction.

Answer 41

Lateral Buckling

Question 42

A graphical representation of the variation in magnitude of the bending moments present in a structure for given set of transverse loads and support conditions.

Answer 42

Moment Diagram

Question 43

A beam resting on a simple supports at both ends, which are free to rotate and have no moment resistance.

Answer 43

Simple Beam

Question 44

A point at which a structure changes curvature from convex to concave or vice versa as it deflects under a transverse load: theoretically an internal hinge and therefore a point of zero moment.

Answer 44

Inflection Point

Question 45

A slight convex curvature intentionally built into a beam, girder, or truss to compensate for an anticipated deflection.

Answer 45

Camber

Question 46

The center-to-center distance between the supports of a span.

Answer 46

Effective Span

Question 47

A rigid structural member designed to carry and transfer transverse loads across space supporting elements.

Answer 47

Beam

Question 48

An upright, relatively slender shaft or structure, usually of brick or stone, used as a building support or standing alone as a monument.

Answer 48

Pillar

Question 49

The lowest division of a building or other construction, partly or wholly below the surface of the ground, designed to support and anchor the superstructure and transmit its load directly to the earth.

Answer 49

Foundation

Question 50

A long slender column of wood, steel, or reinforced concrete, driven or hammered vertically into the earth to form part of a foundation system.

Answer 50

Pile

Question 51

The part of foundation bearing directly upon the supporting soil, set below the frostline and enlarged to distribute its load over a greater area.

Answer 51

Footing

Question 52

A continuous or strip footing that changes levels in stages to accommodate a sloping site or bearing stratum.

Answer 52

Stepped Footing

Question 53

A graphical representation of the variation in magnitude of the external shears present in a structure for a given set of transverse load and support conditions.

Answer 53

Shear Diagram

Question 54

A thick, slablike footing or reinforced concrete supporting a number of columns or an entire building.

Answer 54

Mat

Question 55

The actual pressure developed between a footing and the supporting soil mass, equal to the quotient of the magnitude of the forces transmitted and the area of contact.

Answer 55

Soil Pressure

Question 56

The gradual reduction in the volume of a soil mass resulting from the application of a sustained load and an increase in compressive stress.

Answer 56

Consolidation

Question 57

A reinforced concrete beam distributing the horizontal forces from an eccentrically load pile cap or spread footing to other pile caps or footings.

Answer 57

Tie Beam

Question 58

A foundation system that extends down through unsuitable soil to transfer building loads to a more appropriate bearing stratum well below the superstructure.

Answer 58

Deep Foundation

Question 59

One of several piles or post for supporting a structure above the surface of land and water

Answer 59

Stilt

Question 60

A load extending over the length or area of the supporting structural element.

Answer 60

Distributed Load

Question 61

The forces exerted on a structure by an earthquake.

Answer 61

Earthquake Load

Question 62

The gradual subsiding of a structure as the soil beneath its foundation consolidates under loading.

Answer 62

Settlement

Question 63

A load acting on a very small area or particular point of a supporting structural element.

Answer 63

Concentrated Load

Question 64

A reinforced concrete slab or mat joining the heads of a cluster of piles to distribute the load from a column or grade beam equally among piles.

Answer 64

Pile Cap

Question 65

The moment of a force system that causes or tends to cause rotation.

Answer 65

Torque

Question 66

A load applied slowly to a structure until it reaches its peak value without fluctuating rapidly in magnitude or position.

Answer 66

Static Load

Question 67

A wall occurring below the floor nearest grade designed to support and anchors the superstructure.

Answer 67

Foundation Wall

Question 68

An applied force producing or tending to produce shear in a body.

Answer 68

Shear Force

Question 69

The twisting of an elastic body about its longitudinal axis caused by two equal and opposite torques, producing shearing stresses in the body.

Answer 69

Torsion

Question 70

The maximum tensile, compressive, or shearing stress a material can be expected to bear without rupturing or fracturing.

Answer 70

Ultimate Strength

Question 71

Length required for 180 deg Hook.

Answer 71

4D

Question 72

Curing temperature for concrete.

Answer 72

22.8 deg C

Question 73

Who decides if Footing on Piles is needed for a building?

Answer 73

Soil Mechanics

Question 74

Minimum effective depth of pile cap?

Answer 74

300mm

Question 75

Minimum controudment of pile on pile cap?

Answer 75

100mm

Question 76

Which of the following is not how to determine the spacing of a tie bar of a column?

Answer 76

40D (rebar)

Question 77

Minimum concrete cover of a column exposed in air / atmosphere.

Answer 77

40mm

Question 78

Minimum concrete cover of column pedestal exposed in underground soil.

Answer 78

70mm

Question 79

Length required for 90 deg hook.

Answer 79

12D

Question 80

ACI code: Minimum column dimension.

Answer 80

200mm

Question 81

ACI code: Minimum gross area of a column.

Answer 81

60,000mm2

Question 82

Induce cracking at preselected location.

Answer 82

Control Joints

Question 83

The stress beyond which a marked increase in strain occurs in a material without a concurrent increase in stress.

Answer 83

Yield Point

Question 84

A joint between 2 parts of a building or structure permitting thermal or moisture expansion to occur without damage to either part.

Answer 84

Expansion Joint

Question 85

The breaking of a material resulting from the rupturing of its atomic bonds when stressed beyond its ultimate strength.

Answer 85

Fracture

Question 86

The act of shortening or state of being pushed together, resulting in a reduction in size or volume of an elastic body.

Answer 86

Compression

Question 87

Length required for 135 deg hook.

Answer 87

6D

Question 88

The deformation of a body under the action of an applied force.

Answer 88

Strain

Question 89

Allow movement between slab and fixed parts of the building such as columns, walls, and machinery bases.

Answer 89

Isolation Joints

Question 90

The resistance of a material to longitudinal stress, measure by the minimum amount of longitudinal stress required to rupture the material.

Answer 90

Tensile Strength

Question 91

The axial stress that develops at the cross section of an elastic body to resist the collinear compressive forces tending to shorten it.

Answer 91

Compressive Stress

Question 92

The property of a material that enables it to retain its appearance and integrity when exposed to the effects of sun, wind, moisture, and changes in temperature.

Answer 92

Weatherability

Question 93

A joint between two successive placement of concrete, often keyed or doweled to provide lateral stability across the joint.

Answer 93

Construction Joint

Question 94

The elongation of a unit length of material produced by a tensile stress.

Answer 94

Tensile Strain

Question 95

An internal force tangential to the surface on which it acts, developed by a body in response to a shear force.

Answer 95

Shearing Force

Question 96

A high-strength steel strand or bar for prestressing concrete.

Answer 96

Tendon

Question 97

A structural steel column thoroughly encased in concrete reinforced with both vertical and spiral reinforcement.

Answer 97

Composite Column

Question 98

Any of the longitudinal bars serving as tension reinforcement in the section of a concrete beam or slab subjected to a negative movement.

Answer 98

Top Bar

Question 99

The depth of a concrete section measured from the compression face to the centroid of the tension reinforcement.

Answer 99

Effective Depth

Question 100

A concrete section in which the tension reinforcement reaches its specified yield strength before the concrete in compression reaches its assumed ultimate strain.

Answer 100

Underreinforced Section