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TEST 1 C. Maximize the angle of elevation
1. Which of the following relationship between dynamic and static D. The tangent function of the angle of trajectory must be
friction is correct? equal to one*
A. static friction<<dynamic friction
B. static friction<dynamic friction 13. The moment of inertia of a plane figure, ____.
C. static friction=dynamic friction A. increases as distance of the axis moves farther from the
D. static friction>dynamic friction* centroid*
B. is maximum at the centroidal axis
2. Planets orbiting the sun sweep out equal areas in equal time C. is zero at the centroidal axis
according to D. decreases as the distance of the axis moves farther from
A. Kepler’s First Law the centroid
B. Kepler’s Second Law*
C. Kepler’s Third Law 14. When a body remains at a state of rest or continues to move
D. Coulomb’s Law with constant velocity, unless an unbalanced external force acts
on it; the body acts according to
3. The moment of inertia of any plane figure can be expressed in A. Newton’s first law of motion*
units of length to the B. Newton’s second law of motion
A. First power C. Newton’s third law of motion
B. Second power D. Einstein’s theory of relativity
C. Third power
D. Fourth power* 15. A measure of a resistance of the body it offers to any change in
it’s angular velocity, determined by its mass and distribution of
4. The second moment of area of a rectangle with respect to its its mass about the axis rotation is known as ________.
base is ______ times greater that its moment about the A. moment of inertia *
centroidal axis. B. friction
A. 4* C. torsion
B. 2 D. angular acceleration
C. 3
D. 12 16. Whenever a net force acts on a body, it produces acceleration
in the direction of the resultant force, an acceleration that is
5. The second moment of area of a triangle with respect to its base directly proportional to the mass of the body. This theory is
is ______ times greater that its moment about the centroidal popularly known as
axis. A. Newton’s Second Law of Motion*
A. 4 B. Newton’s First Law of Motion
B. 2 C. Hooke’s Law of Equilibrium
C. 3* D. Faraday’s Law of Forces
D. 36
17. Centrifugal force is __________ .
6. Which of the following is not a vector quantity? A. directly proportional to the radius of the curvature
A. velocity B. directly proportional to the square of the tangential velocity*
B. speed * C. inversely proportional to the square of the tangential
C. acceleration velocity
D. momentum D. directly proportional to the square of the weight of the
object
7. Which of the following is Newton’s second law of motion?
A. the law of inertia 18. Varignon’s theorem is used to determine ______.
B. the law of acceleration * A. location of centroid*
C. the law of action and reaction B. moment of inertia
D. the law of planetary motion C. mass moment of inertia
D. moment of area
8. The single vector which represents the sum of a group of force
vectors is called 19. When the total kinetic energy of a system is the same as before
A. magnitude and after collision of two bodies, it is called
B. sum A. Plastic collision
C. resultant* B. Inelastic collision
D. force polygon C. Elastic collision*
D. Static collision
9. A collision in which the total Kinetic energy after collision is less
than before collision is called 20. In a polar coordinate system, the length of the ray segment from
A. off center collision a fixed origin is known as ______.
B. inelastic collision * A. amplitude
C. straight line collision B. radius vector *
D. elastic collision C. hypotenuse
D. minimum point
10. Momentum is the product of mass and ______.
A. acceleration 21. Momentum is a property related to the object’s ______.
B. velocity* A. motion and mass*
C. force B. mass and acceleration
D. time C. motion and weight
D. weight and velocity
11. What is the standard acceleration due to gravitational force?
A. 32 ft/sec/sec* 22. The study of motion without reference to the force that causes
B. 980 ft/sec/sec the motion is known as ______.
C. 32 m/sec/sec A. statics
D. 98 ft/sec/sec B. dynamics
C. kinetics
12. To maximize the horizontal range of the projectile, which of the D. kinematics*
following applies?
A. Maximize velocity
B. Maximize the angle elevation and velocity

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23. According to this law, “ The force between two charges varies 34. When a mass is rotating in a plane about a fixed point, its
directly as the magnitude of each charge and inversely as the angular momentum is directed along:
square of the distance between them”. A. the radius
A. Law of Universal Gravitation B. a line at an angle of 45° to the plane of the rotation
B. Coulomb’s Law* C. the tangent to orbit
C. Newton’s Law D. the axis of rotation *
D. Inverse Square Law
35. Which of the following is not a scalar quantity?
24. The periodic oscillations either up or down or back and fourth A. time
motion in the straight line is known as_______. B. work
A. transverse harmonic motion C. temperature
B. resonance D. displacement *
C. rotational harmonic motion
D. translational harmonic motion * 36. Which of the following has the highest moment of inertia when
each of them has the same mass and the same radius?
25. A freely falling body is a body in rectilinear motion and with A. A hollow sphere about one of its diameters.
constant_____. B. A solid sphere about one of its diameters.
A. velocity C. A disc about its central axis perpendicular to the plane of
B. speed the disc
C. deceleration D. All of the above have the same moment of inertia *
D. acceleration *
37. When a planet moves around the sun,
26. What keeps an earth satellite moving on its orbit? A. the angular momentum remains conserved *
A. Gravitational attraction between satellite and earth * B. the angular speed remains constant
B. Ejection gases from the exhaust of the satellite C. the linear velocity remains constant
C. burning of fuel D. the linear momentum remains constant
D. Gravitational attraction of sun
38. If the mass of an object could be doubled, then its inertia would
27. The value of universal gravitational constant G depends upon: be
A. nature of material of two bodies A. halved
B. heat content of two bodies B. doubled *
C. acceleration of two bodies C. unchanged
D. None of these * D. quadrupled

28. It shows the forces acting on an isolated object. 39. Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
A. force diagram A. force
B. schematic diagram B. energy *
C. free body diagram * C. weight
D. force polygon D. velocity

29. When the total kinetic energy of the system is the same as 40. A wagon is uniformly accelerating from rest. The net force
before and after the collision of two bodies, it is called acting on the wagon is
A. Static collision A. zero
B. Elastic collision * B. increasing
C. Inelastic collision C. constant *
D. Plastic collision D. decreasing
41. If the mass of an object were doubled, its acceleration due to
30. What is the charge in the gravitational attraction between an gravity would be
orbiting object and the earth if the distance between them is
doubled? A. doubled also
A. no change B. unchanged *
B. one half C. halved
C. double D. fivefold
D. one fourth*
42. The momentum of an object is the product of its
31. With reference to the thermodynamic diagram of temperature – A. mass and displacement
entropy (TS), what is represented by the area under the B. mass and velocity *
diagram? C. force and displacement
A. work done D. force and time
B. enthalpy
C. temperature difference 43. The maximum number of components that a single force may
D. heat transferred* be resolved into is
A. one
32. Which of the following collisions is an elastic collision? B. two *
A. Two bodies move towards each other, collide and then C. three
move away from each other. There is a rise in temperature D. four
B. Two bodies collide and the sound of collision is heard by a
blind man 44. As the angle between two concurrent forces decreases from
C. Two steel balls collide such that their kinetic energy is 180o, their resultant
conserved * A. decreases
D. A man jumps on to a moving cart B. increases *
C. unchanged
33. A mass is revolving in a circle which is in the plane of paper. D. cannot be determined
The direction of centripetal acceleration is along the radius:
A. away from the center radius 45. The resultant of two concurrent forces is minimum when the
B. toward the center angle between them is
C. at right angle to angular velocity * A. 0 degree
D. none of the above B. 90 degrees
C. 45 degrees
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46. A solid iron sphere A rolls down an inclined plane, while an 57. One Newton is equivalent to
identical hollow sphere B slides down the plane in a frictionless A. kg-m/s
manner. At the bottom of the inclined plane, the total kinetic B. kg – m/m/s
energy of sphere A is: C. kg – m/s/s *
A. less than that of B D. m/s2 per kilogram
B. more than that of B *
C. equal to that of B 58. These are forces whose lines of action all pass through a
D. sometime more and sometimes less common point.
A. collinear forces
47. The moment of inertia of a triangle with respect to the line B. couple
passing through its centroid is how many time its moment of C. coplanar forces
inertia with respect to its base. D. concurrent forces *
A. 1/2
B. 1/3 * 59. The radial distance from the axis to the point of application of
C. 1/4 the force is called
D. 5 A. radius vector
B. lever arm *
48. When a body moves away from its displaced state after being C. normal
moved from its original equilibrium position, the state which D. displacement
exists is called
A. unstable equilibrium* 60. In circular motion, the work done by the centripetal force
B. stable equilibrium A. maximum
C. neutral equilibrium B. depends on the velocity
D. dynamic equilibrium C. Be zero*
D. None of these
49. If the direction of an object’s momentum is west, the direction of
the velocity of the object is 61. If a ball swinging in a circle on a string is moved twice as fast,
A. east what will happen to the force on the string?
B. west * A. Becomes twice as great
C. north B. Becomes four times as great *
D. south C. Becomes one-half as much
D. Becomes one-fourth as much
50. The direction of an object’s momentum is always the same as
the direction of the object’s 62. Which of the following force has infinite range
A. inertia A. gravitational*
B. mass B. nuclear strong force
C. weight C. nuclear weak force
D. velocity D. body force

51. When to objects collide, which of the following is always true? 63. A cable carrying a constant uniform load per unit length with
A. the velocity of each object does not change respect to the horizontal axis will hang in a form of
B. there is no change in the displacement of each object A. straight line
C. there is no net change in the kinetic energy of each object B. parabola*
D. there is no net change in the total momentum of the C. catenary
objects* D. hyperbola

52. The study of motion with reference to the force that causes the 64. A ball is swinging in a circle on a cord when the cord length is
motion is doubled. At the same velocity, the force on the cord will be
A. ballistics A. twice as great
B. kinematics * B. four times as great
C. kinetics C. one-half as much *
D. dynamics D. one-fourth as much

53. What is the moment of inertia of a circle of radius r? 65. A cable carrying a constant uniform load per unit length along
A. πr4/4 * the length of the cable will have the shape of a
B. πr4/12 A. straight line
C. πr4/15 B. parabola
D. πr4/16 C. catenary*
D. hyperbola
54. The moment of inertia of a triangle with respect to its base “b” is
A. b2h2/12 66. What makes hurricane flow counterclockwise in the northern
B. bh3/6 hemisphere?
C. bh3/12 * A. gravity
D. bh3/3 B. tangential force
C. normal force
55. The moment of inertia of a circle with respect to its tangent is D. Coriolis force*
how many times its moment of inertia with respect to its
centroidal axis? 67. The stability of equilibrium defined by d2 V/dA2 = 0 is called
A. 2 A. Stable Equilibrium
B. 3 B. Marginally Unstable Equilibrium
C. 4 C. Unstable Equilibrium
D. 5 * D. Neutral Equilibrium *

56. Moment of inertia is also called 68. Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
A. Moment of mass A. Torque
B. Moment of center B. Angular momentum
C. second moment of area * C. Potential gradient
D. moment of volume D. work*

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69. When a body returns to its original equilibrium position after 81. In mechanics, the study of the motion and the forces causing
being moved from it, the state which exists is called the motion of the body is called
A. unstable equilibrium A. dynamics
B. stable equilibrium* B. kinematics
C. neutral equilibrium C. kinetics*
D. dynamic equilibrium D. indeterminant statics

70. Which of the following support or connection has two 82. The force of the plane reaction in the analysis of friction
unknowns? calculations is
A. Roller Support A. tangential force
B. Rocker Support B. normal force*
C. Short Link C. centripetal force
D. Hinge Support * D. centrifugal force

71. The most universal of all the basic forces in nature is 83. A body at rest on an inclined plane with coefficient of friction µ
A. gravitational force * will not slip until one of the following conditions is reached.
B. electromagnetic force A. tan θ> µ*
C. weak nuclear interaction B. sin θ> µ
D. strong nuclear interaction C. cos θ> µ
D. (1-tan θ)> µ
72. In a perfectly elastic collision , the coefficient of restitution has a ‘
value of 84. When a body undergoes an acceleration
A. -1 A. its velocity increases
B. 0 B. its speed increases
C. 1* C. it falls toward the earth
D. positive infinity D. a force acts upon it *

73. In a perfectly inelastic collision , the coefficient of restitution has 85. The stability of equilibrium defined by dV/dA =0 and d2 V/dA2 <
a value of 0 is called
A. negative infinity A. Stable Equilibrium
B. -1 B. Marginally Unstable Equilibrium
C. 0* C. Unstable Equilibrium *
D. 1 D. Neutral Equilibrium

74. How many basic units are there in the S.I. system? 86. A system of two equal and opposite parallel forces is called:
A. 7* A. couple *
B. 10 B. moment
C. 5 C. torque
D. 11 D. torsion

75. The stability of equilibrium defined by dV/dA =0 and d2 V/dA2 > 87. When a body undergoes an acceleration
0 is called A. its velocity increases
A. Stable Equilibrium* B. its speed increases
B. Marginally Unstable Equilibrium C. it falls toward the earth
C. Unstable Equilibrium D. a force acts upon it *
D. Neutral Equilibrium
88. The condition of equilibrium of a body will remain unchanged if a
76. If the inertial force is included in the static equilibrium equation, force acting at a given point of the rigid body is replaced by a
then the body is in dynamic equilibrium. This is known as force of the same magnitude and same direction, but acting at a
A. Newton’s second law of motion different point but having the same line of action is known as
B. Newton’s third law of motion __________.
C. Einstein’s theory of relativity A. Torque
D. D’ Alembert’s principle* B. Transmissibility *
C. Moment
77. The number of coordinates required to completely specify the D. Moment Arm
dynamic state of an object is the
A. degree of static indeterminancy 89. The physical quantity which produces angular acceleration is
B. degree of static determinancy called
C. number of spatial coordinates A. Angular momentum
D. number of degrees of freedom* B. Centripetal force
C. Centrifugal force
78. The maximum angle of an incline above which motion will D. Torque*
commence.
A. Angle of inclination 90. When a body remains in its displaced state after being moved
B. Angle of repose* from its original equilibrium position, the state which exists is
C. Superelevation called
D. Track angle A. unstable equilibrium
B. stable equilibrium
79. The acceleration due to gravity: C. neutral equilibrium*
A. has the same value everywhere in space D. dynamic equilibrium
B. has the same value everywhere on the earth
C. varies with latitude on the earth * 91. Which of the following has the highest coefficient of static
D. is greater on the moon owing to its smaller diameter friction?
A. Steel on steel*
80. The escape velocity from the earth’s surface is B. Aluminum on steel
A. 1.7 km/sec C. Wood on wood
B. 1.2 km/sec D. Copper on steel
C. 11.2 km/sec *
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92. Two bodies with velocities v1 and v2 collide and thereafter move 3. Shearing stress is also known as
with a common velocity. The coefficient of restitution between
A. Simple stress
the bodies is
B. Shearing stress
A. 1
C. Tangential stress*
B. Zero *
D. Normal stress
C. e1 + e2
D. e1 - e2
4. Stress caused by forces perpendicular to the areas on which they
act is called
93. The minimum velocity of projection to go out from the earth’s
gravitational full is known as A. Simple stress
A. projectile velocity B. Shearing stress
B. escape velocity * C. Tangential stress
C. angular velocity D. Normal stress*
D. terminal velocity
5. What type of stress is produced whenever the applied load cause
94. Kinetic friction is independent of the sliding velocity. This is one section of a body to tend to slide past its adjacent section?
known as A. normal stress
A. Amonton’s First Law B. sliding stress
B. Amonton’s Second Law C. shearing stress*
C. Amonton’s Third Law D. bearing stress
D. Coulomb’s Law of friction*
6. The actual stress that the material has when under load is called
95. What is the minimum number of unequal forces whose vector
sum can equal to zero is A. Working stress*
A. 2 B. True stress
B. 1 C. allowable stress
C. 3 * D. Normal stress
D. 4
7. The maximum safe stress a material may carry is called
96. “If three forces act on a particle in equilibrium, each is A. Working stress
proportional to the sine of the angle between the other two”. B. True stress
This is known as: C. allowable stress*
A. Law of triangle of forces D. Normal stress
B. Law of parallelogram of forces
C. Lamy’s theorem * 8. Stress caused by forces acting along or parallel to the area
D. Law of polygon of forces resisting the forces is known as

97. The study of friction is called A. Simple stress

A. Tribology* B. Shearing stress*
B. Ballistics C. Tangential stress
C. Kinetics D. Normal stress
D. Kinematics
9. The stress beyond which the material will not return to its original
98. In static analysis of bodies at rest, the maximum force that can shape when unloaded is called
be applied to body before motion will commence is known as A. elastic limit*
A. traction* B. maximum stress
B. B. critical force C. ultimate stress
C. C. torque D. allowable stress
D. D. reaction force
10. The point on the stress-strain diagram at which there is an
99. Which of the following states that “The force of friction is appreciable elongation or yielding of the material without any
directly proportional to the applied load”? corresponding increase of load is called
A. Amonton’s First Law*
A. yield point*
B. Amonton’s Second Law
B. elastic limit
C. Amonton’s Third Law
D. Coulomb’s Law of friction C. ultimate stress or ultimate strength
D. proportional limit
100. What law states that “The force of friction is independent of the
11. The straight-line portion of the stress-strain diagram has slope
apparent area of contact.
A. Amonton’s First Law equal to the _____________of the material.
B. Amonton’s Second Law*
A. modulus of rigidity
C. Amonton’s Third Law
D. Coulomb’s Law of friction B. compressibility
C. modulus of elasticity*
TEST 2
D. shear modulus

1. The condition under which the stress is constant or uniform is 12. The ratio of the unit lateral deformation to the unit longitude
known as deformation is called

A. Simple stress* A. compressibility

B. Shearing stress B. bulk modulus
C. Tangential stress C. shear modulus
D. Normal stress D. Poison ratio*

2. The highest ordinate on the stress-strain curve is called 13. It describes the length elasticity of the material.
A. rupture stress A. Bulk modulus
B. elastic limit B. Young’s modulus or tensile modulus*
C. ultimate stress or ultimate strength* C. Modulus of Compressibility
D. proportional limit D. Shear modulus

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14. It describes the volume elasticity of the material. 26. The property of metals that allows them to be drawn into thin
A. Bulk modulus* wires beyond their elastic limit without being ruptured is called:
B. Young’s modulus or tensile modulus
A. ductility
C. Modulus of Compressibility
B. malleability *
D. Shear modulus
C. elasticity
D. hardness
15. The reciprocal of bulk modulus is
A. Bulk modulus
27. Solids which break above the elastic limit are called:
B. Young’s modulus or tensile modulus A. brittle *
C. Compressibility*
B. ductile
D. Shear modulus
C. adhesion
D. malleable
16. It describes the shape elasticity of the material.
A. Bulk modulus
28. The property of some elementary particles that causes them to
B. Young’s modulus or tensile modulus
exert force on one another is known as:
C. Compressibility
A. potential difference
D. Shear modulus*
B. charge *
C. specific charge
17. The fractional deformation resulting from a stress.
D. nucleon interaction
A. Bulk modulus
B. Strain*
29. The tendency of a body to return to its original size or shape after
C. Compressibility
having been deformed is called:
D. Shear modulus
A. elastance
B. elasticity *
18. At the highest or lowest point on the moment diagram
C. elastivity
A. maximum shear occur
D. anelastivity
B. shear is zero *
C. maximum moment is twice the shear
30. If the properties of a body are the same in all directions, it is
D. shear is negative called:
A. isodynamic
19. The ratio of the ultimate stress to the allowable stress of the
B. isotropic *
material is called
C. isogonic
A. Elastic limit
D. isotopic
B. Strength
C. Factor of safety *
31. Refers to the sum of the strains in the three orthogonal directions
D. Modulus of elasticity
(εx, εy, εz) in accordance with Poisson’s ratio
A. Hooke’s law
20. Modulus of elasticity is also known as B. the modulus of elasticity
A. Rigidity
C. dilation*
B. Shear modulus
D. the shear modulus
C. Young’s modulus *
D. Bulk modulus
32. The progressive decrease of a property as a result of repeated
stress is called:
21. The modulus of elasticity in shear is also known as
A. debility
A. Strain B. rigidity
B. Young’s modulus
C. elastic deformation
C. Hooke’s modulus
D. fatigue *
D. Modulus of rigidity*
33. A shearing stress acting on a body changes its
22. The modulus of elasticity of steel is
A. shape*
A. 200 GPa *
B. length
B. 225 MPa
C. volume
C. 350 Gpa D. area
D. 500 GPa
34. The volume strain for a constant applied force increases directly
23. The moment produced by two equal and opposite and collinear with an increase in
forces is known as a
A. volume
A. Resultant
B. compressibility*
B. Couple* C. surface area
C. Torque
D. bulk modulus
D. Equilibrant
35. The amount of force required to produce a unit deformation in a
24. Which of the following is a method of determining the bar force of given material is called
a truss member.
A. method of section
A. modulus of elasticity
B. method of joints B. normal stress
C. method of virtual work
C. shear stress
D. All of the above*
D. stiffness*
25. Who introduced the modulus of elasticity (also known as Young’s 36. The unit of relative stiffness or rigidity is
modulus) in 1807?
A. newtons
A. William Young B. newtons/meter
B. James Young C. newton-meters
C. Lord Young D. dimensionless*
D. Thomas Young*

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37. What is the thermal stress in a bar that is allowed to expand freely 47. A circular steel shaft subject to torsion will develop:
under high temperature?
A. tensile stress
A. large and positive
B. compressive stress
B. small and positive
C. hearing stress*
C. zero*
D. bending stress
D. small and negative
38. Which of the following requires a material with low values of 48. A vertically loaded beam, fixed at one end and simply supported
thermal expansion? at the other is indeterminate to what degree?
A. first*
A. Pyrex glassware*
B. second
B. barometers
C. third
C. thermometers
D. fourth
D. railroad rails
39. When applied normal and shear stresses are resolved in such a 49. A simply supported beam , fixed at the other end and vertically
manner that the shear stresses become, the resulting normal loaded is indeterminate to what degree?
stresses are called the A. first*
B. second
A. main stresses
C. third
B. normal stresses
C. extreme shear stresses D. fourth
D. principal stresses*
50. Under which type of loading does fatigue occur?
A. static load
40. Like the Soderberg criterion, the Goodman criterion should be
B. plane load
used with all the following materials except
C. high load
A. steel D. repeated load*
B. aluminum
C. titanium 51. Which of the following may be the Poisson’s ratio of a material?
D. cast iron* A. 0.45*
B. 0.50
41. In a beam of rectangular cross section, the maximum shear C. 0.55
stress _______ higher than the average shear stress is D. 0.60
A. 86%
B. 50% * 52. For normal stress, the constant of proportionality is called
C. 33% A. modulus of elasticity or Young’s modulus*
D. 60% B. modulus of rigidity or shear modulus
C. bulk modulus
42. In a beam of circular cross section, the maximum shear stress D. modulus of resilience
____ higher than the average shear stress is
53. For shear stress, the constant of proportionality is called
A. modulus of elasticity or Young’s modulus
A. 150% higher B. modulus of rigidity or shear modulus*
B. 50% higher C. bulk modulus
C. 33% higher* D. modulus of resilience
D. 50% lower
43. For ductile materials, what is the material stress in the calculation 54. The amount of force required to cause a unit of deformation and
of allowable stress from the formula? is often referred to as spring constant.

Allowable stress = material stress/factor of safety A. Rigidity

B. Resilience
A. yield strength* C. Stiffness*
B. ultimate strength D. Toughness
C. endurance strength
D. mean stress 55. The surface area and volume generated by revolving a curve
around a fixed axis can be solve using
44. For brittle materials, what is the material stress in the calculation A. Theorems of Pappus-Guldinus*
of allowable stress from the formula? B. Varignon’s theorem
C. Circular ring method
Allowable stress = material stress/factor of safety D. Circular disk method

A. yield strength 56. The moment of inertia is also known as

B. ultimate strength*
C. endurance strength A. First moment of area
B. Second moment of area*
D. mean stress
C. Centroidal moment of area
D. Varignon’s principle
45. The ratio of the unsupported length to the least radius of gyration
of a column is called
57. The moment of inertia of a plane area about an axis normal to the
plane is equal to the sum of the moment of inertia about any two
A. Poisson’s ratio
B. Slenderness ratio* mutually perpendicular axes lying in the plane and passing
C. Modulus of elasticity through the given axis. This is best known as
A. Parallel axis theorem
D. Strain
B. Perpendicular axis theorem*
C. Transfer inertia
46. The linear portion of the stress-strain diagram of ductile material
D. Pappus theorem
is known as

A. modulus of elongation
B. plastic range
C. irreversible range
D. elastic range*

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58. What should be used to graphically determine the moment of 69. A material with a high Poisson’s ratio value is
inertia about the principal axes?
A. Cork
A. Mohr’s circle* B. Steel
B. Goodman’s line C. Rubber*
C. Soderberg line D. Glass
D. Polar coordinates
70. The property of a material that resist elastic deformation.
59. If a load is applied through the centroid of a tension or
A. Modulus of elasticity*
compression member’s cross section, the loading is said to be
B. Modulus of rigidity
A. Torsion C. Modulus of toughness
B. Axial or concentric* D. Bulk modulus
C. Direct shear
D. Eccentric 71. A material with a very high value of bulk modulus is
A. compressible
60. The type of loading which occurs when the load is not applied
B. incompressible*
through the centroid.
C. soft
A. Torsion D. hard
B. Axial or concentric
C. Direct shear 72. A material with a low value of modulus of elasticity is
D. Eccentric *
A. Weak
B. Soft*
61. A cylindrical tank is considered to be thin-walled if its diameter is
C. Hard
more than ____ times the wall thickness.
D. Tough
A. 5
B. 2 73. A material which exhibits a low value of ultimate strength is
C. 10* A. Weak*
D. 7 B. Strong
C. Hard
62. A graph which relates the yield strength and the endurance limit D. Soft
in ductile materials.
A. Mohr’s circle 74. A material with a high value of modulus of elasticity is
A. Strong
B. Goodman’s line
B. Hard*
C. Soderberg line*
C. Weak
D. Euler’s line
D. Soft
63. A graph which relates the yield strength and the endurance limit
75. Material strength divided by the factor of safety is
in ductile materials, but has the disadvantage of requiring the
A. Allowable stress*
ultimate strength to be known.
B. Working stress
A. Mohr’s circle
C. Applied stress
B. Goodman’s line*
D. Rupture stress
C. Soderberg line
D. Euler’s line
76. What is used to determine the actual stress experienced on the
surface of a member?
64. The region immediately adjacent to the point of maximum
bending moment of the beam is called A. Seismograph
B. Barometer
A. dangerous section of the beam* C. Pitot tube
B. critical section of the beam D. Strain gage*
C. safe section of the beam
D. Strong section of the beam 77. It is an inert, inactive load, primarily due to the structure’s own
weight.
65. An overload condition that occurs near large concentrated loads. A. Live load
A. Creep B. Dead load*
B. Fatigue C. Natural load
C. Local buckling* D. Working load
D. Lateral buckling
78. The weight of all non-permanent objects, including people and
66. A beam failure that occurs when a long, unsupported member furniture, in the structure.
rolls out of its normal plane. A. Live load*
B. Common load
A. Creep C. Dead load
B. Fatigue D. Critical load
C. Local buckling
D. Lateral buckling* 79. A very short compression members are known as
A. Beam
67. The inelastic or plastic failure of the beam is called B. Piers*
A. Dilation C. Girder
B. translation D. Column
C. Rotation*
D. Torsion 80. Long compression members are known as
A. Beam
68. The factor of safety for steel is in the range B. Piers
C. Girder
A. 1.5 - 2.5* D. Column*
B. 2.1 – 3.2
C. 1.0 – 5.0
D. 2.5 – 3.5

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81. The load at which a column fails is known as 92. A mathematical model describing the response of brittle
A. Live load materials such as concrete, or rubble piles, to shear stress as
B. Common load well as normal stress.
C. Dead load A. Von Mises theory
D. Critical load or Euler load* B. Mohr-Coulomb theory*
C. Drucker–Prager yield criterion
82. Once the centroidal moment of inertia is known, the mass D. Bresler-Pister yield criterion
moment of inertia about any parallel axis can be found using
A. Parallel axis theorem* 93. A pressure-dependent model for determining whether a material
B. Varignon’s theorem has failed or undergone plastic yielding.
C. Pappus theorem A. Von Mises theory
D. Guldinus theorem B. Mohr-Coulomb theory
C. Drucker–Prager yield criterion*
83. For materials operating in the nonlinear region, the instantaneous D. Bresler-Pister yield criterion
ratio of stress to strain is called:
A. Secant modulus* 94. The _______ yield criterion is a function that was originally
B. Modulus of toughness devised to predict the strength of concrete under multiaxial stress
C. Modulus of resilience states.
D. Modulus of rigidity A. Von Mises
B. Mohr-Coulomb
84. For any specific material, the percentage decrease in diameter is C. Drucker–Prager
known as D. Bresler-Pister*
A. lateral strain*
B. axial strain 95. The area under the entire stress-strain curve of a material is
C. normal strain A. Modulus of resilience
D. shear strain B. Modulus of toughness*
C. Young’s modulus
85. What do you call the ratio of the lateral strain to the axial strain? D. Modulus of rigidity
A. Poisson’s ratio*
96. The SI unit of modulus of toughness is
B. Froude number
A. J/m3*
C. Mach number
B. J/m
D. Abbe number
C. J/m2
86. A material that deforms and elongates a great deal before failure D. J/m2/s
is said to be
97. Which of the following is a unit of toughness of a material?
A. ductile * A. Pascal
B. brittle B. Psi
C. malleable C. J/m3
D. plastic D. All of the above*

87. The ratio of the ultimate failure strain to the yielding strain is 98. The value of strain rate sensitivity in which a material tends to
called________. exhibit super plasticity behavior
A. Ductility* A. 0.5*
B. Malleability B. 0.25
C. Rigidity C. 0.43
D. Poisson’s ratio D. 0.7

88. The modulus of rigidity of a material is roughly ______ of its 99. The modulus of elasticity of steel is:
modulus of elasticity. A. 150 GPa
A. 50% B. 200 GPa*
B. 40%* C. 50 GPa
C. 25% D. 400 GPa
D. 15%
100. Which of the following metal has the highest value of modulus of
89. The energy per unit volume stored in a deformed material is elasticity?
called A. Steel
A. Stored energy B. Tungsten*
B. Strain energy* C. Titanium
C. Distortion energy D. Aluminum
D. Stiffness

90. What do you call a material which is able to absorb and release
strain energy without permanent deformation?

A. resilience material*
B. plastic material
C. flexible material
D. tough material

91. Distortion energy theory is also known as

A. Von Mises theory*
B. Mohr-Coulomb theory
C. Drucker–Prager yield criterion
D. Bresler-Pister yield criterion

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