1.

What is the ratio of the

transverse strain to the
corresponding axial strain in a
body subjected to uniaxial
stress?

5. What refers to a slender

9. What refers to the stress in the 13. Within elastic limit, the
member which prevents parts of material at the elastic limit?
volumetric strain is proportional
a structure moving towards each
to the hydrostatic stress. What is
other under compressive force?
A. Working stress
the constant that relates these
B. Yield stress
two quantities called?
A. Tie
C. Ultimate stress
A. Poissons ratio
B. Column
D. Maximum stress
A. Modulus of rigidity
B. Eulers ratio
C. Strut
B. Modulus of elasticity
C. Refractive index
D. Arch
10. Which of the following
C. Youngs modulus
D. Dielectric index
materials has the least modulus
D. Bulk modulus
6. What refers to the point in
of elasticity?
2. What are the four basic forms which the bending moment
14. What is another term for
of deformation of solid bodies?
changes sign through a zero
A. Steel
modulus of rigidity?
value?
B. Glass
A. Tension, compression,
C. Copper
A. Shear modulus
bending and twisting
A. Critical point
D. Aluminum
B. Youngs modulus
B. Tension, compression,
B. Point of inflection
C. Bulk modulus
elongation and bending
C. Point of contraflexure
11. Within elastic limit, the shear
D. Modulus of elasticity
C. Tension, compression,
D. Point of zero stress
stress is proportional to shear
plastic and elastic
strain. What is the constant of
15. How many times greater is
D. Tension, compression,
7. What is the unit of strain?
propotionality of this statement the plastic range of strain as
elongation and torsion
called?
compared to the elastic range of
A. Pascal
strain?
3. What is a structural member
B. Unitless
A. Modulus of rigidity
supported horizontally and
C. N-m
B. Modulus of elasticity
A. 100
carries transverse loading?
D. N-m/s
C. Youngs modulus
B. 200
D. Bulk modulus
C. 300
A. Beam
8. Volumetric stain is the:
D. 400
B. Column
12. What is the unit of the
C. Arch
A. change in volume per unit modulus of elasticity?
16. What does it means when the
D. Shaft
time
material is said to be yielding?
B. square root of difference of
A. N-m
4. What refers to a slender
original volume and change in
B. Unitless
A. The material has pass
member which prevents parts of volume
C. Pa
through plastic range and enter
a structure moving towards each
C. original volume minus
D. N-m/s
the elastic range
other under compressive force? change in volume
B. The material has pass
D. ratio of change in volume to
through elastic range and enter
A. Tie
original volume
the plastic range
B. Column
C. The material is in the elastic
C. Panel
range only
D. Strut
D. The material is in the plastic
range only

17. What refers to the parallel

20. Stiffness is:
24. ____ is the stress beyond
axis theorem for second moment
which the material will not return
of area?
A. ratio of force to deformation to its original shape when
B. ratio of force to modulus of unloaded but will retain a
A. Mohrs theorem
elasticity
permanent deformation.
B. Steiners theorem
C. ratio of product of crossC. Maxwells theorem
sectional area and initial length
A. Elastic limit
D. Youngs theorem
to deformation
B. Proportional limit
D. ratio of initial length to
C. Yield limit
18. The elastic deformation of a cross-sectional area
D. Yield strength
material is:
21. Which of the following
25. All are methods of
A. directly proportional to
substances has the least average determining the bar force of a
cross-sectional area of the
coefficient of linear thermal
truss member except one. Which
material
expansion?
one?
B. inversely proportional to the
modulus of elasticity of material
A. Copper
A. Method of joints
C. inversely proportional to the B. Concrete
B. Method of section
force acting on the material
C. Steel
C. Method of virtual work
D. inversely proportional to the D. Tin
D. Maxwell diagram
initial length of the material
22. Steel has a modulus of
26. Determine the force required
19. The strain energy of a
elasticity of _____ MPa.
to punch a inch hole on a 3/8
member is:
thick plate if the ultimate
A. 200
shearing strength of the plate is
A. inversely proportional to the B. 2,000
50,000 psi.
square of the force acting on the
C. 20,000
member
D. 200,000
A. 23,562 lbs
B. directly proportional to the
B. 19,450 lbs
modulus of elasticity
23. What is the maximum
C. 20,550 lbs
C. inversely proportional to the moment of a beam supported at
D. 15,422 lbs
cross-sectional area of the
both ends and carries a uniform
member
load of w throughout its entire
D. inversely proportional to the length?
initial length of the member
A. wL / 2
B. wL / 8
C. wL2 / 8
D. wL2 / 4

27. A simply supported beam, 10

m long carries a uniform
distributed load of 20 kN/m.
What is the value of the
maximum moment of the beam
due to the load?
A. 10,000 kN-m
B. 5,000 kN-m
C. 2,000 kN-m
D. 250 kN-m
28. A cylindrical water tank is 8
m in diameter and 12 m high. If
the tank is to be completely
filled, determine the minimum
thickness of the tank plating if
the stress is limited to 40 MPa.
A. 11.77 mm
B. 13.18 mm
C. 10.25 mm
D. 12.60 mm
29. The stress in a 90-cm
diameter pipe having a wall
thickness of 9.5 cm and under a
static head of 70 m of water is
A. 325 kPa
B. 32.5 kPa
C. 32.5 MPa
D. 3.25 MPa

30. A 30-m long aluminum bar is

subjected to a tensile stress of
175 MPa. Determine the
elongation if E = 69116 MPa.
A. 78 mm
B. 76 mm
C. 74 mm
D. 72 mm

33. A steel railroad rails 10 m

36. A solid shaft 2.0 m long is
39. A 19-foot beam 10 inches
long are laid with clearance of 3 transmitting 27 kN-m torque. If wide and 20 inches high supports
mm at a temperature of 15oC. At the shear modulus of the shaft
1500 lb/ft on two supports 14
what temperature will the rails
material is 85 GPa and the
feet apart. The right end of the
just touch? If there were no initial allowable shearing stress is 70
beam extends 2 feet past the
clearance Assume: alpha = 11.7 MPa, determine the angle of twist support. What is the shearing
micro m/m deg.C and E = 200
between the two ends of the
stress midway between
GPa.
shaft.
supports?
A. 46.90 deg
B. 56.06 deg
C. 50.36 deg
D. 40.64 deg

A. 1.52o
B. 1.02o
C. 1.44o
D. 1.32o

31. Determine the load capacity

in kN on a 25 mm diameter x
1200 mm long steel shaft if its
maximum elongation shall not
exceed 1 mm. Assume E =
34. A cylinder of diameter 1.0 cm 37. Determine the maximum
200,000 MPa.
at 30oC is to be slide into a hole shearing stress in a helical steel
on a steel plate. The hole has a spring composed of 20 turns of
A. 88.2 kN
diameter of 0.99970 cm at 30oC. 20 mm diameter wire on mean
B. 78.3 kN
To what temperature the plate
radius of 80 mm when the spring
C. 83.2 kN
must be heated? Coefficient of
is supporting a load of 20 kN?
D. 81.8 kN
linear expansion for steel is 1.2 x
10^-5 per oC.
A. d529 Gpa
32. An iron steam pipe is 200 ft
B. 370 Pa
long at 0oC. What will be its
A. 62oC
C. 25 kPa
increase in length when heated
B. 55oC
D. 121 MPa
to 100oC? Coefficient of linear
C. 48oC
expansion is 30 x 10^-6 per oC.
D. 65oC
38. A 14-ft simple beam
uniformly loaded with 200
A. 0.18 ft
35. A certain steel tape is known pounds per foot over its entire
B. 0.12 ft
to be 100,000 ft long at a
length. If the beam is 3.625 in
C. 0.20 ft
temperature of 70oF. When the wide and 7.625 in deep, what is
D. 0.28 ft
tape is at a temperature of 10oF, the maximum bending stress/
what tape reading corresponds to
a distance of 90,000 ft? Assume
A. 7974 lbf/in2
a coefficient of thermal
B. 8205 lbf/in2
expansion equal 65 x 10^-7 per
C. 6332 lbf/in2
oF.
D. 1674 lbf/in2
A. 90,035 ft
B. 89,965 ft
C. 90,225 ft
D. 89,775 ft

A. 1.0 psi
B. 10 psi
C. 67 psi
D. 2.0 psi
40. A long beam of length L has a
formula which is 48Ely = w
(2x^4 5Lx^3 + 3(L^2 )(x^2));
where does the maximum
deflection occur?
A. 0.675L
B. 0.578L
C. 0.987L
D. 0.876L
41. A steel support must connect
to 30,000 pound tensile loads
separated by 200 inches. The
maximum allowable stress is
10,000 psi and the maximum
elongation is 0.020 inch. What is
the required area? E(steel) = 3 x
10^7 psi
A. 30.5 mm2
B. 47.1 in2
C. 55 mm2
D. 10 in2

42. High strength steel band saw, 45. What uniform load will cause 48. An elevator weighs 1000
20 mm wide and 0.8 mm thick
simple beam which is 10 ft long pounds and is supported by a
runs over the pulley 600 mm in to deflect 0.3 in. ft it supported 5/16 inch diameter cable, 1500
diameter of pulleys can be used (in addition to the supports) by a feet long. When the elevator
without exceeding the flexural
spring at the beam mid-point.
carries a 1500 lb, the cable
stress of 400 MPa? Note: E = 200 The spring constant of 30,000
elongates 6 inches more. What is
GPa.
lbf/in. Assume the beam is steel, the modulus of elasticity of the
10 in. deep, rectangular, and withcable?
A. 250 cm
a centroidal moment of inertia of
B. 325 mm
100 in4 .
A. 4.35 x 10^7 psi
C. 400 mm
B. 5.87 x 10^7 psi
D. 150 in.
A. 3550 lbf/ft
C. 3.42 x 10^7 psi
B. 6445 lbf/ft
D. 2.34 x 10^7 psi
43. What weight in pounds can
C. 2250 lbf/ft
be lifted by a screw that has an
D. 5440 lbf/ft
49. A hallow shaft has an inner
efficiency of 80% if it is operated
diameter of 0.035 m and an
by a 50 lb force at the end of a 46. During the stress strain test, outer diameter of 0.06 m.
30 inched lever and the pitch of the unit deformation at a stress Compute the torque if the shear
the screw is inch?
of 35 MN/m2 it was 667 x 10^-6 stress is not exceed 120 MPa.
mm. If the proportional limit was
A. 15,080
MN/m2, what is the modulus of
A. 4,500 N-m
B. 15,500
elasticity?
B. 4,300 N-m
C. 10,000
C. 5,500 N-m
D. 12,000
A. 10 x 10^8 N/cm2
D. 3,450 N-m
B. 5.8 x 10^6 N/in2
44. What is the stress in an 8C. 2.1 x 10^5 N/mm2
50. A spherical tank with 10
inch round x 16-inch high
D. 35 x 10^6 N/mm2
inches inside diameter contains
concrete cylinder (E = 2.5 x
oxygen gas at 2,500 psi.
10^6 psi) when the unit
47. A 2.5 in. diameter shaft is 2 Calculate the required wall
deformation is 0.0012 inch/inch? ft. long. Its maximum shear
thickness in (mm) under stress of
stress is 10,000 psi. What is the 28,000 psi.
A. 500 psi
angular deflection in degrees?
B. 8100 psi
A. 6.12 mm
C. 210 psi
A. 0.96o
B. 5.66 mm
D. 3000 psi
B. 0.45o
C. 4.88 mm
C. 0.78o
D. 7.21 mm
D. 0.56o