PAST BOARDS

Question 1

Which of the following deals with forces at rest?

A. Impact
B. Kinetic
C. Static
D. Dynamic

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following forces determines whether a body will be at rest or in motion?

A. Resultant
B. Equilibrant
C. Impulse
D. Impact

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Energy by virtue of velocity

A. Potential
B. Kinetic
C. Work
D. Momentum

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Within proportional limit, the stress is directly proportional to strain

A. Elastic limit
B. Young’s Modulus
C. Poisson’s Ratio
D. Hooke’s Law

Answer 4

D

Question 5

The ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain

A. Hooke’s Law
B. Poisson’s Ratio
C. Young’s Modulus
D. Elastic Limit

Answer 5

B

Question 6

Within elastic range, the slope of the straight line portion of the stress-strain curve

A. Young’s Modulus
B. Elastic Limit
C. Hooke’s Law
D. Poisson’s Ratio

Answer 6

A

Question 7

What will develop of the center of mass and center of rigidity of a structure does not coincide?

A. In-plane offset
B. Flexural stress
C. Out-of-plane offset
D. Torsional shear stress

Answer 7

D

Question 8

A building which has a floor which is less than 70% as stiff as the floor immediately above it, or less than 80% as stiff as the average stiffness of the three floors above it

A. Soft storey
B. Hard storey
C. Shear wall
D. Bearing walls

Answer 8

A