MYANMAR ENGINEERING COUNCIL Ss Engineering Assessment Written Examination (Part-I) Morning Session (09:30 AM — 11:30 AM) Date: 28-7-2019 ‘Time Allowed: (2) hours Fundamentals of Engineering Examination (F Aultiple Choi sstions (M! Othe Answer (20) questions aut of 24) questions In choosing the answer of MCQ from calculation, it is needed to include a draft calculation. If the draft calculation is not included, the marks cannot be given although the answer is correct, (Closed Book) 1, A professional engineer shall not use the advantage of a _ to compete unfairly with the other professional engineer. a) Higher education Experiences (@) Personality. 2. A professional engineer shall act with prime regard to the in spite of the responsibility to his employer and to his profession. (a) Company interest (b) Government interest (c) Client interest (d) Public interest 3, A professional engineer shall not accept any professional commission from persons other than his employers to an extent prejudicial to his salaries position which would result in a (a) Corruption (b) Bribery (€) Conflict of interest (d) Guilty 4, A professional engineer shall not publicise his practice in a manner which is likely to decline confidence in the engineering profession. @ Client (b) Authority (©) Consultant (d) Public Page 1 of B$. Analuminium bar AB is attached to a support by a pin with a 16 mm diameter as shown inthe figure. The bar thickness t= 15 mm and width b = 40 mm. If the allowable tensile stress in the bar is 125 MPa, and the allowable shear stress in the pin is 7$ MPa, the maximum allowable tensile load will be : (@) 75000 N (b) 750. kN (©) 30159. N (@) 1079.7 a 200 GPa and I = 6.66 The magnitude of the 6, A Sigel beam ABC is loaded as shown inthe following figure, assume x 10° mm, The beam is rectangular cross-section with height of 600 mm. maximum bending stress will be (a) 540.6 MPa (b) 54.06 MPa (©) 270.3 MPa (@) 27.03 MPa 7. ASTM A36 steel is a that exhibits good strength coupled with formability. (a) high carbon steel (b) low carbon steel (6) high strength steed (4) low steength steel 8 test can be done at lab or at site to check the gradation of aggregate, (a) Sieve analysis (b) Fineness Modulus (©) Bulking Pane 2 of 89. For the plane truss shown, the axial foree (kips) in member AH is almost nearly ... 4.0 kips, C 1s (compression ) kips (tension ) 3s ( compression ) kips ( tension ) ysis of a beam ABCD shown below results in the following joint moments: Mpa = 65.5 k-ft ( clockwise ) Mpc = 65.5 keft (counterclockwise ) Mes =209.0 k-ft (clockwise ) Mep = 209.0 k-fi ( counterclockwise ) fo ye pep} ae _} The vertical reaction at B is most nearly 12.8 kips (b) 19.1 kips (©) 26.4 kips (@) 32.0 kips Poge 30f 811. For the truss shown below, the member force (kips) in member DI is most nearly + ii + + 4 (a) 22 kips ( compression ) (b) 22 kips (tension ) (c) 39 kips (compression ) (d) 39 kips (tension ) 12. For the simply. supported beam AB, distributed load is applied as show load w (Ib/ft ) in addition to self weight of the beam will be almost reactions at A and B $800 Ib cach. Self weight of the beam is 150 Ib/tt, in figure. The applied . for support upward W (Ib/fl) ALL TT TT TDS (a) 200.1b (b) 400 Ib (©) 600 1b (A) 800 Ib 134i) In reinforced concrete members, the development I. is the length of embedment necessary to develop the full _ of the beam controlled by either pullout or splitting, (a) tensile strength (b) shear strength (c) torsional strength (4) compr Strength (ii) ACI code requires that every bar should be continued at least a distance equal to the of the beam or 12 times bar diameter, whichever is larger beyond the point at which it theoretically no longer required to resist stress. th, th (a) d (b) wi (0) effeotive depth (@)_ one-fourth of span Poged of 814. (i) Any amount of water in excess of that required for produces pores in the cement paste, (a). compaction (b)_ shrinkage (©). hydration (d) elasticity (i) In reinforced concrete design works, low strength steels are more: than the higher- strength steels, (a) duetile (b) brittle (c) relaxation (@) fatigue 15. (i) The chief danger during is that of segregation, which is the tendeney of the individual Components of the concrete to separate because of dissimilarity (a) compaction (b) curing (c)_ mixing of concrete (d) conveying (ii) From the aspect of amount of reinforeement, reinforced eonerete shrinks plain conerete. (a) 25% of (b) more than (c)_ less than, (A) same as 16. (i) of all reinforcing steels are about the same, (a) The moduli of elasticity (b) The elongation (©) The tensile strength (4) The compression on strength (ii) As is added, the plasticity and fluidity of the mix increases (i,c, its workability improves) (a) more cement (b)_ more fine aggregate (6) less cement (a). more water Page 5 of 817. Please select 5 relevant items associated with braced excavation from the list below. (6) Earth berm (b) Hydraulic jacks (c) Strus. (@) Strain gauges (©) Inclinometer ry trench les with timber lagging (h) Ground anchors (i) Soil nail (i) Sandblasting 18. Monitoring of instrumentation during deep excavation work is compulsory requirement. The design consultant normally set 3 levels of limit to monitor and control of temporary retaining structure movement which ean be obtained from periodic readings of instruments’ readings or report. They are set orderly as (normal) safe working limit, alert level & Work suspension level. (i What action shall be taken by the site supervision engineer when monitoring report shows it has reached alert level? (ii) What action shall be taken by the site Supervision engineer when monitoring report shows it has breached alert level? (Gii) What action shall be taken by the site supervision engineer when monitoring report shows it has reaelied work suspension level? the following work activities in correct order, ( (b) Site investigation and report (c) Construction Drawing issuance (ct (a) Design review (¢) Topographic surv (A) Precondition surv (g) Architectural design (b) Structural design (i) MEP design G), Submission to relevant authority and approval 19, Please organi: sultant to client/contractor) ing and report ww and report 20. The authority is planning to redevelop a low income housing project developed 20 years ago, The replacement cost of each unit will be 187.2 lakh kyat. What will be the monthly payment for the apartment owner if the authority arrange a financial package with 20% cash down at 12% interest for 15 years repayment plan, (a) 0.84 laktvunit/month (b) 1,08 lakh/unit/month (c) 1.83 lakh/unit‘month (@) 2.74 lakivunit‘month Page 6 of 821, What is the shear strength in terms of effective stress on a plane within a saturated soil mass at a point where the total normal stress is 295-kN/m? and the pore water pressure is 120 kN/m?? The shear sirength parameters of the soil are e” = 12 kN/m? and g' = 30°. (a) 113 N/m? (b) 133 kN/m? (6) 153 kN/m? (@) 173 kN/n? 22. A laboratory consolidation test was performed on a 2.5 em thick sample of the clay, During the fest, water was allowed to drain out only through the top of the sample, The time required for 5% consolidation ywas found to be 35 minutes. Determine the coeflicient of consolidation, (Ty = 0,197 for U = 50%) (a). 0.035 em?/min (b) 0.045 cm?/min (e) 0,055 cm?/min (6) 0,065 em*/min 23. The Hydraulic crane was equipped with a diesel engine rated at 106 H.P operating at a factor of 50%. As a guide to fuel Consumption, a diesel engine is slightly more efficient at 0,04 gallons of fuel for cach Horse power-hour, Calculated the fuel consumption for this crane.. (a) 1.32 gal/hour (b) 1.89 gal/hour (©) 2.12 gal/hour (@) 4.24 galhour 24. A reinforcing steel quantity takeoff has been completed for a 30-ft-long wall footing with the ross scetion shown. You have been asked to check the work. The total weight of reinforcing steel (Ib) required for the footing is most nearly: (a) 2,368 (b) 2.438 (eo) 2,634 (d) 2,864 Quanthiy Take-off to Check Kem Number | Length Unit Weight Weight (} Ib/ft) (Ib) Transverse #6 60 53 02 495.66 Longit #4 14 29.5 0.668, 275.88 BF Wall #7 119 45 2.044 1,094.56 FF Wall #4 30 3.83 0.668 767.53 [Total weight 2633.60, Page 7of 847 @ Bin, BACK FACE. #4 12in. FRONT FACE > 42in TRANSVERSE #6 @ 6 in. 7 = 4 TOP & BOTTOM 19%0 TOP AND BOTTOM Gin HOOK 424n, HOOK. [REESE 6h Bar Size Weight (Ub/ft) Py 0376 a4 0.668 #5 1.043 6 1.502 #7 #8 #9 Poge 8 of &