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APRIL 2024 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER PSAD 20

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for 8. What is the deformation (in mm)?
each of the following questions. Mark only A. 0.41 C. 0.18
one answer for each item by shading the box B. 0.35 D. 0.22
corresponding to the letter of your choice
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO 9. What is the applied load, P, (in kN)
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. if the measured strain is 0.0002 mm/mm?
A. 2850 C. 5030
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or B. 2200 D. 3840
A*B. A raised to the power n is
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 Situation 4. The column of a special
point each. moment-resisting frame is shown in the
figure below. Clear cover to the 12 mm
Situation 1. A 10-meter-long steel round diameter transverse reinforcement is
bar 25 mm in diameter is suspended from 40 mm. Longitudinal bar diameter is 25
the roof of the atrium of a shopping mm. Use f’c = 27.5 MPa, fyl = 415 MPa,
mall. Unit weight of steel is 77 kN/m^3 and fyt = 275 MPa. Design axial load
and modulus of elasticity, E = 200 GPa. Pu = 2200 kN and design shear force,
Vu = 700 kN. Refer to RC-04.1 and RC-
1. Find the deformation of the bar (in 04.2.
mm) due to its own weight.
A. 0.038 C. 0.046 700
B. 0.023 D. 0.019

2. Determine the total deformation of the

bar (in mm) if it is subjected to a 10
Vu
500
kN downward load.
A. 1.04 C. 1.24
B. 0.96 D. 1.10

3. If the diameter is reduced by 20% at

failure, what is the ductility in 10. What is the required spacing of
percent? transverse reinforcement (in mm) that
A. 20 C. 64 will carry the shear force, Vu?
B. 36 D. 80 A. 125 C. 90
B. 110 D. 80
Situation 2. A 12-meter-long precast pile
segment is to be lifted from a trailer 11. Compute the maximum allowed spacing of
down to the ground and then set in transverse reinforcement according to
place prior to driving by a crane. NSCP provisions for seismic design.
A. 125 C. 150
4. If two slings are to be used in lifting B. 100 D. 175
the pile to the ground, at what
distance from the ends must the slings 12. Determine the required spacing of
be placed for minimum bending due to transverse reinforcement over a length
its own weight? lo according to NSCP provisions for
A. 3.0 m C. 2.48 m seismic design.
B. 3.51 m D. 7.03 m A. 65 C. 70
B. 63 D. 78
5. At what distance from the ends must
the slings be placed for minimum shear Situation 5. A 400 mm x 400mm column is
due to its own weight? supported by a 3.2 m square footing on
A. 1.66 m C. 3.51 m five piles as shown in Fig. ST-05. The
B. 7.03 m D. 3.0 m piles have a diameter of 300 mm.
Ultimate pile capacity is 320 kN.
6. Using one sling to set the pile in a Consider 600 mm effective depth for all
vertical position before driving at calculations.
what distance from one end must the
sling be placed for minimum bending due Given:
to its own weight?
A. 3.51 m C. 1.66 m Loads:
B. 2.48 m D. 4.34 m D & L: Pu = 1250 kN
D, L, & E: Pu = 1200 kN
Situation 3. A 3-meter-long heavy-duty Mu = 180 kN-m
steel pipe 400 mm in diameter and 50
mm thick is tested in compression. Strength reduction factors:
Shear – 0.75
7. If the applied force is 1500 kN, what Bending – 0.90
is the compressive stress (in MPa)?
A. 21.50 C. 11.94
B. 27.28 D. 38.20
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APRIL 2024 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER PSAD 20
13. Determine the critical beam shear
stress (in MPa).
A. 0.40 C. 0.43
B. 0.35 D. 0.38

14. Determine the critical punching shear

stress (in MPa).
A. 0.53 C. 0.56
B. 0.62 D. 0.89

15. Determine the minimum required nominal

flexural strength of the footing (in
kN m).
A. 444 C. 400
B. 456 D. 507

RC-04.2

RC-04.1

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