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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark ONLY ONE ANSWER for each 11. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum steel area?
item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO A. 3321.68 mm2 B. 3241.79 mm2
ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only. C. 3038.62 mm 2
D. 2942.21 mm2
12. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal moment capacity of the beam?
SITUATION I.
A. 455.87 kN-m B. 473.16 kN-m
A rectangular reinforced concrete beam has a width of 350 mm and an effective depth of 650 mm. The beam is
reinforced with 8-28 mm diameter tension bars. Concrete strength is f’c = 20.70 MPa and steel yield strength is fy = C. 506.52 kN-m D. 525.73 kN-m
275 MPa.
1. Which of the following most nearly gives the steel ratio? SITUATION V.
A. 3.73% B. 2.79% A rectangular concrete beam has a width of 400 mm and an effective depth of 700 mm. It is reinforced with five 28-mm
diameter bars for tension only. Concrete strength is f’c = 21 MPa and steel yield strength is fy = 275 MPa.
C. 2.17% D. 1.62% 13. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the rectangular compression stress block?
2. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the rectangular compression stress block? A. 188.15 mm B. 151.93 mm
A. 391.21 mm B. 258.79 mm
C. 139.51 mm D. 118.58 mm
C. 219.97 mm D. 174.08 mm 14. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of the neutral axis from the extreme compression concrete?
3. Which of the following most nearly gives the ultimate moment capacity of the beam? A. 139.51 mm B. 151.93 mm
A. 731.53 kN-m B. 658.38 kN-m
C. 118.58 mm D. 188.15 mm
C. 621.80 kN-m D. 548.65 kN-m 15. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal moment capacity of the beam?
A. 542.46 kN-m B. 488.22 kN-m
SITUATION II.
A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 300 mm and effective depth of 400 mm. Use f’c = 28 MPa, fy = 280 MPa C. 433.97 kN-m D. 406.84 kN-m
and Es = 200 GPa.
4. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of N.A. from the topmost fiber of the beam if the strain of SITUATION VI.
concrete (εc = 0.003) and strain of steel will be reached at the same time? A simply supported rectangular reinforced concrete beam has a span of 6 m, width of 250 mm, effective depth of 500
A. 272.73 mm B. 289.66 mm mm and a total depth of 600 mm. The beam is reinforced with three 25-mm diameter tension bars. The concrete
strength is f’c = 28 MPa and the steel yield strength is fy = 415 MPa. In addition to live load and the beam’s own
C. 230.50 mm D. 245.33 mm 3
weight, it carries a 150-mm thick concrete slab that is 5 m wide. The unit weight of concrete is 24 kN/m .
5. Which of the following most nearly gives the compressive force in the concrete? 16. Which of the following most nearly gives the total service (unfactored) uniform dead load?
A. 7372.27 kN B. 3761.89 kN A. 9.30 kN/m B. 15.80 kN/m
C. 1655.18 kN D. 6570.23 kN C. 21.60 kN/m D. 30.70 kN/m
6. Which of the following most nearly gives the value of ρbalance? 17. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal moment capacity of the beam?
A. 0.0145 B. 0.0493 A. 246.76 kN-m B. 274.18 kN-m
C. 0.0124 D. 0.1254 C. 241.78 kN-m D. 268.64 kN-m
18. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum uniform service (unfactored) live load acting over the entire
SITUATION III. span that the beam can carry?
A rectangular concrete beam having a width of 300 mm is reinforced for tension only. The beam carries a factored A. 11.38 kN/m B. 17.44 kN/m
moment of 540 kN-m. Concrete strength is f’c = 28 MPa and steel yield strength fy = 280 MPa.
7. Which of the following most nearly gives the balanced steel ratio? C. 18.13 kN/m D. 14.47 kN/m
A. 0.0493 B. 0.0439
SITUATION VII.
C. 0.0394 D. 0.0349 A singly reinforced concrete beam has a width of 250 mm and an effective depth of 500 mm. Concrete strength is 28
8. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum effective depth using a steel ratio equal to half the MPa and steel yield strength is 280 MPa.
balanced steel ratio? 19. Which of the following gives the balanced reinforcement ratio?
A. 675.38 mm B. 640.91 mm A. 0.0263 B. 0.0348
C. 611.15 mm D. 582.50 mm C. 0.0415 D. 0.0493
9. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum effective depth using the maximum steel ratio permitted by 20. Which of the following gives the maximum allowable steel area in accordance with the NSCP strength design
the code? specifications?
A. 497.21 mm B. 518.67 mm A. 4618.25 mm2 B. 6162.50 mm2
C. 541.20 mm D. 568.18 mm C. 2465.63 mm2 D. 3262.50 mm2
21. If the design moment at ultimate loads is 430 kN-m, which of the following gives the required number of 25-mm
SITUATION IV. diameter tension bars?
A rectangular reinforced concrete beam has a width of 300 mm and an effective depth of 500 mm. It is reinforced with A. 7 B. 8
six 25-mm diameter bars. The compression strength of concrete is f’c = 28 MPa and the steel yield strength is fy = 415
MPa. C. 9 D. 10
10. Which of the following most nearly gives the balanced steel ratio?
A. 2.62% B. 2.70%
C. 2.88% D. 2.95%

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SITUATION VIII. It is reinforced with 8-32 mm diameter tension bars with an effective depth of 700 mm. Use f’c = 27.60 MPa and fy =
A rectangular concrete beam has a width of 300 mm and an effective depth of 550 mm. The beam is simply supported 413.70 MPa
over a span of 6 m and is used to carry a uniform dead load of 25 kN/m and a uniform live load of 40 kN/m. Assume f’c 31. Which of the following most nearly gives the area of the concrete compression stress block?
= 21 MPa and fy = 312 MPa. Compression reinforcement if necessary shall be placed at a depth of 80 mm from the A. 90677.94 mm2 B. 95312.15 mm2
extreme compression concrete. C. 101325.52 mm 2
D. 113458.58 mm2
22. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum tension steel area for singly reinforced beam? 32. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the concrete compression stress block?
A. 3810.50 mm2 B. 3959.17 mm2 A. 209.88 mm B. 175.22 mm
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C. 4223.11 mm D. 4751.04 mm2 C. 158.03 mm D. 144.79 mm
23. Which of the following most nearly gives the required tension steel area? 33. Which of the following most nearly gives the ultimate moment capacity of the given beam?
A. 3743.38 mm2 B. 3626.05 mm2 A. 1635.45 kN-m B. 1471.90 kN-m
C. 3324.24 mm2 D. 2915.15 mm2 C. 1306.77 kN-m D. 1213.72 kN-m
24. Which of the following most nearly gives the required number of 25-mm diameter tension bars?
A. 6 B. 7 SITUATION XII.
C. 8 D. 9 A T-beam for the floor system shown in the figure carries a dead load moment of 270 kN-m and a live load moment of
460 kN-m. Use f’c = 20.70 MPa and fy = 345 MPa. The beams have a simple span of 5.50 m.
SITUATION IX.
A reinforced concrete T-beam has the following properties: flange width, bf = 1370 mm; flange thickness, tf = 130 mm;
width of web, bw = 300 mm; effective depth, d = 610 mm; area of tension steel, A s = 2950 mm2. Concrete strength is f’c
= 28 MPa and steel yield strength is fy = 414 MPa.
25. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the compression stress block from top of beam?
A. 44.07 mm B. 37.46 mm
C. 174.67 mm D. 137.33 mm
26. Which of the following most nearly gives the total compressive force in the concrete?
A. 1221.3 kN B. 1436.82 kN
C. 915.98 kN D. 1080.50 kN
27. Which of the following most nearly gives the ultimate moment capacity of the beam?
34. Which of the following gives the required effective flange width of an interior beam as specified by the Code?
A. 781.08 kN-m B. 722.12kN
A. 1375 mm B. 1575 mm
C. 649.91 kN-m D. 584.27 kN
C. 1650 mm D. 1800 mm
35. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of the neutral axis from the extreme compression concrete?
SITUATION X.
A T-beam has the following properties: A. 159.27 mm B. 170.51 mm
C. 187.28 mm D. 200.06 mm
Effective Flange Width, beff = 800 mm 36. Which of the following most nearly gives the required tension steel area?
Flange Thickness, tf = 100 mm A. 6631 mm2 B. 6870 mm2
Width of Web, bw = 300 mm C. 7055 mm2 D. 7204 mm2
Effective depth, d = 700 mm
SITUATION XIII.
It is reinforced with As = 8000 mm2 tension bars. Use f’c = 21 MPa and fy = 275 MPa.
28. Which of the following most nearly gives the area of concrete compression stress block?
A rectangular concrete beam 450 mm wide and reinforced for tension by 5-32 mm diameter bars and for compression
by 3-28 mm diameter bars has the following properties:
A. 142433.90 mm2 B. 123249.30 mm2
2 Effective depth of tension bars, d = 650 mm
C. 116460.72 mm D. 102367.55 mm2
29. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the concrete compression stress block? Effective depth of compression bars, d’ = 70 mm
A. 231.55 mm B. 244.16 mm Concrete strength, f’c = 20.7 MPa
C. 287.25 mm D. 302.56 mm Reinforcing steel yield strength, f y = 344.8 MPa
30. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal moment capacity of the beam? 37. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the rectangular stress block?
A. 1573.35 kN-m B. 1335.75 kN-m A. 113.38 mm B. 110.50 mm
C. 1202.18 kN-m D. 1022.81 kN-m C. 94.67 mm D. 88.37 mm
38. Which of the following most nearly gives the stress on the compression bars?
SITUATION XI. A. 222.90 MPa B. 276.94 MPa
A T-beam has the following properties: C. 309.58 MPa D. 334.28 MPa
39. Which of the following most nearly gives the ultimate moment capacity of the beam?
Effective flange width, bf = 750 mm
A. 735.38 kN-m B. 751.67 kN-m
Flange thickness, tf = 100 mm
C. 817.24 kN-m D. 835.82 kN-m
Width of web, bw = 350 mm
Overall depth, h = 800 mm
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SITUATION XIV. 50. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal moment capacity if the beam is singly reinforced with
A 12 m simply supported beam is provided with an additional support at its midspan. The beam has a width of 300 mm maximum steel reinforcement?
and an overall depth of 450 mm. It is reinforced with four 25-mm diameter at the tension side and two 25-mm diameter A. 162.91 kN-m B. 216.19 kN-m
bars at the compression side. Concrete covering is 70 mm to the centroid of the bars. Concrete strength f’c = 30 MPa C. 240.22 kN-m D. 310.82 kN-m
and steel yield strength fy = 415 MPa. 51. Which of the following most nearly gives the total area of tension steel required to support the total factored load?
40. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the rectangular compression stress block?
A. 2016.88 mm2 B. 2783.60 mm2
A. 91.24 mm B. 106.52 mm 2
C. 3955.70 mm D. 4445.55 mm2
C. 110.19 mm D. 125.32 mm
41. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal moment capacity of the beam? SITUATION XVIII.
A. 239.62 kN-m B. 266.25 kN-m A square tied column carries an axial load of 560 kN and an axial live load of 750 kN. Assume f’c = 28 MPa and fy =
C. 274.75 kN-m D. 293.88 kN-m 275 MPa. Use 20 mm diameter bars.
42. Which of the following most nearly gives the total factored uniform load including the beam weight that the beam 52. Which of the following most nearly gives the factored load that the column will carry?
can carry? A. 1310 kN B. 1827 kN
A. 59.17 kN-m B. 56.49 kN-m C. 2059 kN D. 2200 kN
C. 53.25 kN-m D. 50.15 kN-m 53. Using a reinforcement ratio of 2%, which of the following most nearly gives the minimum required dimension of
the column rounded up to the nearest 10 mm?
SITUATION XV. A. 275 mm B. 305 mm
A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 300 mm and an effective depth of 450 mm. The beam is reinforced with 6- C. 360 mm D. 340 mm
32 mmØ bars at the bottom and 2-28 mmØ bars at 65 mm from the top. Use fc’ = 34.5 MPa and fy = 345 MPa. 54. Which of the following most nearly gives the required number of 20-mm diameter bars?
Assume that the contribution of the compression steel may not be neglected and that the compression steel yields. A. 6 B. 7
43. Which of the following gives the balanced steel ratio?
C. 8 D. 9
A. 0.0441 B. 0.0489
C. 0.0531 D. 0.0597 SITUATION XIX.
44. Which of the following gives the depth of compression stress block? A spiral column has a diameter of 600 mm and a clear concrete cover of 40 mm. Using a minimum spiral hoop
A. 127.58 mm B. 140.94 mm diameter of 10 mm, f’c = 21 MPa and fy = 275 MPa,
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C. 177.35 mm D. 388.91 mm 55. Which of the following most nearly gives the area of concrete core in mm ?
45. Which of the following gives the nominal moment capacity of the beam? A. 212371.66 B. 282743.34
A. 634.16 kN-m B. 398.4 kN-m C. 246300.86 D. 321699.09
C. 568.2 kN-m D. 713.4 kN-m 56. Which of the following most nearly gives the percentage of spiral ratio?
A. 1.139% B. 1.246%
SITUATION XVI. C. 1.744% D. 2.151%
A rectangular concrete beam is reinforced with 5-25 mm diameter tension bars. It has a width of 280 mm and an 57. Which of the following most nearly gives the required spacing of spiral hoops?
effective depth of 530 mm. Compressive strength of concrete f’c = 20.7 MPa and steel yield strength f y = 276 MPa.
A. 53 mm B. 36 mm
46. Which of the following most nearly gives the ultimate moment capacity of the beam?
C. 75 mm D. 62 mm
A. 312.46 kN-m B. 281.21 kN-m
C. 298.16 kN-m D. 268.34 kN-m SITUATION XX.
47. If 2-25 mm diameter top bars with effective depth of 65 mm placed for stirrups anchorage, which of the following A rectangular column 350 mm by 600 mm is reinforced with 6-28 mm diameter bars with three bars along each 350
most nearly gives the ultimate moment capacity of the beam considering the contribution to the flexural strength mm side. The center of the bars is located 65 mm from the column edge. Assume fy = 414 MPa and f’c = 20.7 MPa.
of the top bars? Assume all steel yields.
A. 323.64 kN-m B. 291.39 kN-m 58. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal axial load capacity of the column that can be applied at an
C. 305.16 kN-m D. 279.44 kN-m eccentricity of 450 mm from the neutral axis along the longer side?
48. Which of the following most nearly gives the percent increase in the ultimate moment capacity of the beam when A. 1659 kN B. 1581 kN
the top bars are considered? C. 1374 kN D. 1146 kN
A. 4.14 % B. 3.62 % 59. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal load capacity of the column for balanced condition?
C. 3.19 % D. 2.35 % A. 1489 kN B. 1657 kN
C. 1374 kN D. 1958 kN
SITUATION XVII. 60. Which of the following most nearly gives the balanced eccentricity of the column?
A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 250 mm and an effective depth of 400 mm. The beam is simply supported A. 382.3 mm B. 432.8 mm
over a span of 5.50 m and carries a service live load of 36 kN/m and a service dead load of 15 kN/m (including the
weight of beam). Concrete strength is f’c = 20.7 MPa and steel yield strength is fy = 276 MPa. If compression steel is C. 328.5 mm D. 465.1 mm
required, it will be placed 75 mm from the extreme compression concrete.
49. Which of the following most nearly gives the total factored uniform load acting on the beam?
A. 82.2 kN/m B. 75.9 kN/m
C. 67.2 kN/m D. 54.8 kN/m

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SITUATION XXI. Slabs with spans not exceeding 3 m and beams where ratio of sum of column stiffness to beam stiffness exceeds
The column shown is reinforced with ten-25 mm diameter vertical bars. Concrete strength f’c = 28 MPa and steel yield eight at each end of the span ………………………………………………………… wuLn2/12
strength fy = 345 MPa.
Negative moment at interior face of exterior support for members built integrally with supports
When support is a spandrel beam …………………………………………………… wuLn2/24
When support is a column ……………………………………………………………. wuLn2/16
Shear in end members at face of first interior support …………………………………... 1.15wuLn/12
Shear at face of all other supports ………………………………………………………… wuLn/2
Figure RCD-OWS-105 shows a four-span beam having span lengths AB = 8 m, BC = 9 m, CD = 8 m, and DE = 7 m.
The total factored dead load is 7 kN/m and factored live load is 8 kN/m. The beam is built into a girder at the masonry
wall at A which does not offer restraint to beam AB. The beam is also built integrally with a stiff column at E.

61. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal compressive strength of the column?
A. 7136.75 kN B. 7431.49 kN
C. 7924.09 kN D. 7431.49 kN
62. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of the plastic centroid from the y-axis?
A. 209.92 mm B. 228.83 mm 64. Which of the following most nearly gives the approximate factored moment, MBA?
C. 251.13 mm D. 272.47 mm A. −108.375 kN-m B. −120.417 kN-m
63. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of the plastic centroid from the x-axis? C. −98.523 kN-m D. −77.411 kN-m
A. 209.92 mm B. 228.83 mm 65. Which of the following most nearly gives the approximate factored moment, MED?
C. 251.13 mm D. 272.47 mm A. −45.94 kN-m B. +45.94 kN-m
C. −30.62 kN-m D. +30.62 kN-m
SITUATION XXII. 66. Which of the following most nearly gives the approximate factored moment at midspan of beam DE?
In lieu of frame analysis, the following approximate moments and shears are permitted for design of continuous beams A. +45.9 kN-m B. +30.6 kN-m
and one-way slabs (slabs reinforced to resist flexural stresses in only one direction), provided:
C. +66.8 kN-m D. +52.5 kN-m
a. There are two or more spans;
b. Spans are approximately equal, with the larger of two adjacent spans not greater than the shorter by more SITUATION XXIII.
than 20 percent; When the columns at E and H of the floor framing plan shown in Figure RCD-OWS-101 are deleted, girder BEHK
c. Loads are uniformly distributed; becomes a one span fixed ended beam supporting beam DEF at E and beam GHI at H. The following loads on girder
d. Unit live load does not exceed three times the unit dead load; and BEHK are as follows:
e. Members are prismatic. Concentrated load at E = 266 kN
Positive Moment Concentrated load at H = 266 kN
End Spans Uniform load throughout its length = 5 kN/m
Discontinuous end unrestrained ……………………………………………………… wuLn2/11 67. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear?
Discontinuous end integral with support …………………………………………….. wuLn2/14
A. 466.77 kN B. 284.75 kN
Interior spans …………………………………………………………………………… wuLn2/16
C. 272.25 kN D. 233.39 kN
Negative Moment 68. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum positive moment?
Negative moment at exterior face of first interior support A. 466.77 kN-m B. 614.55 kN-m
Two spans ………………........................................................................................ wuLn2/9 C. 233.39 kN-m D. 284.75 kN-m
More than two spans ………………………………………………………………….. wuLn2/10 69. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum negative moment?
Negative moment at other faces of interior supports ……………………………………. wuLn2/11 A. 466.77 kN-m B. 614.55 kN-m
Negative moment at face of all supports for: C. 233.39 kN-m D. 284.75 kN-m
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75. Which of the following most nearly gives the design moment at critical section for bending along the long direction
of the footing?
A. 99.56 kN-m B. 127.35 kN-m
C. 141.86 kN-m D. 231.07 kN-m

SITUATION XXVI.
A square footing is to support a 400 mm square tied column that carries a service dead load of 880 kN and a service
live load of 710 kN. The base of footing is 1.5 m below the ground surface. The allowable soil pressure is 235 kPa. The
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unit weight of soil above the footing is 15.6 kN/m and the unit weight of concrete is 23.5 kN/m . Compressive strength
of concrete is f’c = 27.5 MPa and steel yield strength is fy = 275 MPa.
76. If the total depth of footing is 600 mm, which of the following most nearly gives the effective soil pressure?
A. 187.50 kPa B. 206.86 kPa
C. 220.69 kPa D. 263.14 kPa
77. Which of the following most nearly gives the required dimension of the footing rounded up to the nearest 0.1 m?
A. 2.4 m  2.4 m B. 2.6 m  2.6 m
Figure RCD-OWS-101 C. 2.8 m  2.8 m D. 3.1 m  3.1 m
78. Which of the following most nearly gives the effective depth of footing based on one-way shear?
SITUATION XXIV.
A. 355 mm B. 398 mm
A 450 mm x 450 mm column supports a dead load of 1000 kN and a liveload of 780 kN. The allowable soil pressure is
240 kPa. The base of the footing is 1.5 m below the ground. Assume weight of concrete to be 24 kN/m 3 and that of soil C. 421 mm D. 445 mm
to be 18 kN/m3. The total depth of footing is 600 mm with steel covering of 100 mm. 79. Which of the following most nearly gives the effective depth of footing based on two-way shear?
70. Which of the following most nearly gives the effective soil pressure? A. 355 mm B. 398 mm
A. 270.60 kPa B. 198.60 kPa C. 421 mm D. 445 mm
C. 209.40 kPa D. 187.80 kPa 80. Which of the following most nearly gives the required number of 25-mm bars along one side of the footing?
71. Which of the following most nearly gives the dimension of the isolated square footing? A. 11 B. 13
A. 2.26 m B. 2.51 m C. 15 D. 17
C. 2.92 m D. 3.10 m
72. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment at critical section for two-way shear? SITUATION XXVII.
A. 432.91 kN-m B. 452.88 kN-m A 600 mm  600 mm column carries a total live load of 1200 kN and a total dead load of 1500 kN. The column is to be
supported by a rectangular spread footing whose width is limited to 3 m and whose bottom is 2 m from the ground
C. 256.45 kN-m D. 619.67 kN-m
surface. Allowable soil bearing capacity at the base of the footing is 230 kPa. Unit weight of soil above footing is 16
kN/m3 and unit weight of concrete is 23.5 kN/m 3. Compressive strength of concrete is f’c = 28 MPa and yield strength
SITUATION XXV.
of steel is fy = 275 MPa.
A 300 mm  300 mm square column is supported by a 2.2 m  0.9 m rectangular footing. The effective depth of footing 81. If thickness of footing is assumed to be 700 mm, which of the following most nearly gives the effective soil bearing
is 300 mm. Allowable soil pressure = 240 kPa. Concrete strength f’ c = 27.60 MPa and steel yield strength f y = 414.7 capacity of soil?
MPa.
A. 174.38 kPa B. 192.75 kPa
Column Axial Loads
C. 210.27 kPa D. 226.55 kPa
Dead Load = 220 kN
82. Which of the following most nearly gives the required length of footing rounded up to the nearest 0.1 m?
Live Load = 137 kN A. 3.8 m B. 4.4 m
Column Moment Loads
C. 4.7 m D. 5.0 m
Dead Load = 12 kN-m 83. Which of the following most nearly gives the effective depth of footing based on wide-beam shear?
Live Load = 16 kN-m A. 580 mm B. 655 mm
Seismic Load = 8 kN-m C. 530 mm D. 615 mm
The strength of the footing is based on the load combinations: 84. Which of the following most nearly gives the effective depth of footing based on punching shear?
A. 515 mm B. 530 mm
MU  1.3MD  1.1ML  1.1ME C. 550 mm D. 605 mm
PU  1.4PD  1.7PL 85. Which of the following most nearly gives the required number of 28-mm diameter bars along the short direction?
A. 16 B. 18
73. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal wide beam shear stress at critical section one-way shear?
C. 20 D. 22
A. 0.80 MPa B. 0.88 MPa
C. 0.72 MPa D. 0.65 MPa
74. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal punching shear stress at critical section for two-way shear?
A. 1.75 MPa B. 0.88 MPa
C. 0.65 MPa D. 0.72 MPa

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SITUATION XXVIII. SITUATION XXXI.
A wall footing supports a 300 mm thick reinforced concrete wall with a dead load of 292 kN/m and a live load of 220 The piles are arranged to carry a compressive load P = 1900 kN, acting on the centroid of the pile group, and the given
kN/m. The weight of the footing and soil is assumed to be 20% of the dead load. The soil bearing capacity of the soil is moments Mx = 150 kN-m and My = 200 kN-m, as shown in the figure.
150 kPa. Concrete strength is f’c = 27.60 MPa and steel yield strength is fy = 276 MPa.
86. Which of the following most nearly gives the width of the footing rounded up to the nearest 0.10 m?
A. 3.50 m B. 3.70 m
C. 3.90 m D. 4.10 m
87. If the centroid of the main bars is 80 mm from the bottom of the footing, which of the following most nearly gives
the thickness of the footing rounded up to the nearest 10 mm?
A. 470 mm B. 500 mm
C. 530 mm D. 550 mm
88. Which of the following most nearly gives the required area of tension reinforcement per meter length of the wall
footing?
A. 2819.58 mm2/m B. 3274.03 mm2/m
C. 3627.12 mm2/m D. 3771.96 mm2/m

SITUATION XXIX.
A reinforced concrete square footing supports a 400 mm  400 mm square column carrying a total dead load of 700 kN
and a total live load of 1100 kN. The footing dimension is 3 m  3 m and is supported by 9 piles spaced 1 m apart on 3
 3 formation. The effective depth of the footing is 600 mm. Compressive strength of concrete is f’c = 30 MPa and fy =
375 MPa.
89. Which of the following most nearly gives the factored load on each pile?
A. 200.00 kN B. 266.67 kN
96. Which of the following most nearly gives the pile load at A?
C. 316.67 kN D. 333.33 kN
A. 179.44 kN B. 166.11 kN
90. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal wide beam shear stress to be resisted by the footing?
A. 0.53 MPa B. 0.62 MPa C. 137.22 kN D. 125.15 kN
97. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum pile load?
C. 0.97 MPa D. 1.24 MPa
A. 125.16 kN B. 137.22 kN
91. Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal punching shear stress to be resisted by the footing?
A. 1.39 MPa B. 1.24 MPa C. 166.11 kN D. 179.44 kN
98. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum pile load?
C. 0.97 MPa D. 0.62 MPa
A. 125.16 kN B. 137.22 kN
92. Which of the following most nearly gives the factored moment to be resisted by the footing?
A. 845 kN-m B. 760 kN-m C. 166.11 kN D. 179.44 kN
C. 670 kN-m D. 548 kN-m

SITUATION XXX.
A 2.5-m square footing is used to support a square concrete column 500 mm on each side. The column supports an
axial load of 1200 kN and an axial live load of 950 kN. The effective depth of footing above the top reinforcement is 510
mm. Assume f’c = 27 MPa and fy = 415 MPa.
93. Which of the following most nearly gives the factored shear force at the critical section of one-way shear? “Having a rough time?
A. 524.12 kN B. 645.82 kN
C. 759.89 kN D. 981.91 kN Place your hand over your heart.
94. Which of the following most nearly gives the factored shear force at the critical section for two-way shear? Feel that???
A. 2076.96 kN B. 2594.48 kN
C. 2757.20 kN D. 3163.25 kN That’s called purpose.
95. Which of the following most nearly gives the ultimate shear capacity at the critical section for two-way shear?
You’re doing this for a reason.
A. 3033.41 kN B. 2877.11 kN
C. 1516.70 kN D. 938.56 kN NEVER GIVE UP !!!”

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ANSWER KEY:

1 C 26 A 51 C 76 B
2 C 27 C 52 C 77 C
3 B 28 B 53 C 78 A
4 A 29 B 54 C 79 D
5 C 30 B 55 A 80 B
6 B 31 D 56 A 81 B
7 A 32 A 57 A 82 C
8 D 33 B 58 C 83 A
9 A 34 A 59 B 84 C
10 C 35 C 60 A 85 D
11 B 36 B 61 B 86 C
12 C 37 B 62 A 87 B
13 D 38 B 63 D 88 D
14 A 39 A 64 A 89 C
15 A 40 B 65 A 90 B
16 C 41 B 66 D 91 B
17 B 42 C 67 B 92 B
18 D 43 C 68 C 93 B
19 D 44 B 69 A 94 C
20 A 45 A 70 C 95 A
21 C 46 B 71 C 96 B
22 B 47 B 72 B 97 D
23 A 48 B 73 A 98 B
24 C 49 A 74 D
25 B 50 C 75 C

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