Civil Engineering Department

Structural Engineering Stream Model Exit Exam

General Direction: T his is a five item test having 29 overall question, read each instructions carefully written in every item of test
and complete the whole test with the time provided.

1. Write your full name *

Neguse Solomon

Test Item One: Reinforced Concrete Structures-I

Instructions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the blank space provided at the left side of the question

2.
When shear stress exceeds the permissible limit in slab, then it can be reduced by  *
(1 Point)

Increasing t he dept h

Providing shear reinforcement

Using high st rengt h st eel

Using t hinner bars but more in number

3. A reinforced concrete beam, supported on columns at ends, has clear span of 5m and
0.5m effective depth. it carries a total uniformly distributed load of 100kN/m. The design
*
shear force for the beam is (1 Point)

250kN

200kN

175kN
 150kN

4. Spacing of stirrups in a rectangular beam is (1 Point) *

Kept const ant t hroughout t he lengt h

Decreased towards t he cent re of t he beam

Increased at t he ends

Increased at t he cent re of t he beam.

5. As compare to an over reinforced section, an under reinforced section is preferred

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because (1 Point)

T here is less chance of failure

It is more economical

It causes only compression failure for which t he chances are least

It cause t ension failure for which t he chances are generally less

6. In case of a T-beam, the position of neutral axis (1 Point) *

Always lies somewhere in t he web area

Always lies somewhere in t he flange area

Is always out side t he cross-sect ional area

May be anywhere in t he cross-sect ion

7. Doubly reinforced beam used when , (1 Point) *

When ext ra safet y factor is required

 When dept h of beam is more t han t he widt h

When t he dept h and widt h of beam rest rict ed

A large moment resist ance desired

Test Item Two: Reinforced Concrete Structures-I

Instructions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the blank space provided at the left side of the test
question.

8. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Is a member in which, the steel is stressed after hardening of the

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concrete. (1 Point)

Pre t ensioned

Post t ensioned

Reinforced concret e

All

9. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pick up the correct statement from the following: (1 Point) *

Lat eral reinforcement in R.C.C. columns is provided to prevent t he longit udinal reinforcement from
buckling

Lat eral reinforcement prevent s t he shearing of concret e on diagonal plane

Lat eral reinforcement stops breaking away of concret e cover, due to buckling

Lat eral reinforcement in R.C.C. columns, is kept not less t han 5 mm diamet er

All t he above.

10. All are useful properties of Yield Lines in proposing possible collapse mechanisms,
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except. (1 Point)

Yield lines are generally st raight and t hey must end at a slab boundary:
 To sat isfy compat ibilit y of deformat ions, t he yield line dividing t wo plat es must int ersect t he int er‐
sect ion of t he axes about which t hose plat es are rot at ing

Axes of rot at ion lie along t he line of support s. T hey can pass over a column at any angle.

none

11. Which one of the following is true about doubly reinforced concrete? (1 Point) *

Reinforcement is only needed at t he compression zone

Reinforcement is needed at t he t ension zone

Reinforcement is needed on t ension and compression zone

None of t he above

12. Let’s given to you an assignment to reinforce a concrete. So, how can you reinforce the
given concrete to produce free from cracking and buckling? (1 Point) *

At t he compression zone

At t he t ension zone

At bot h

None

Test Item Three: Steel and Timber Sructure

Instructions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the blank space provided at the left side of the test
question.

13. Among which of the following is the location of plastic hinge? (1 Point) *

At cent er for uniformly dist ribut ed load

At point s away from concent rat ed load

 At support s

At cent er of beam

14. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Web crippling generally occurs at the point where (1 Point) *

Bending moment is maximum

Shearing force is minimum

Concent rat ed load act s

Deflect ion is maximum

All of t he above

15. Which one of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion
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occurs? (1 Point)

Angle sect ion

Channel sect ion

Box t ype sect ion

Any of t he above

16.                      A circular column section is generally not used in actual practice because
*
(1 Point)

It is economical

It cannot carry t he load safet y

It is difficult to connect beams to t he round sect ions

 All of t he above

17. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The ratio of plastic section modulus to elastic section

*
modulus (1 Point)

Is equal to 1

Is always less t han 1

Is always great er t han1

Can be less t han 1

18. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ In rolled steel beams, shear force is mostly resisted by

*
(1 Point)

Web only

Flanges only

Web and flanges toget her

None of t hese

All of t he above

Test Item Four: Fundamentals of Bridge Design

Instructions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the blank space provided at the left side of the test
question.

19.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   Lineal water way width of bridge is the way between the
extreme edges of water surface at H.F.L. measured at *
(1 Point)

45° to t he abut ment face

90° to t he abut ment face

 30° to t he abut ment face

0° to t he abut ment face

20. In which of the following elements of bridge project, design standards are established
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and data is collected? (1 Point)

A. feasibilit y phase

B. Assembly of design crit eria phase

C. design phase

D. const ruct ion phase

21. Which one of the following is correct about bridge piers?

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(1 Point)

A. Piers should be locat ed in such a manner t hat t hey can provide t he required lineal wat erway and
navigat ional clearance.

B. Piers should be locat ed to cause a minimum of obst ruct ion to t he flow.

C. Piers and abut ment s should be locat ed to make t he best use of t he foundat ion condit ions available.

D. All

22. In design of bridge, wind and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ loads shall not be considered to act
*
simultaneously. (1 Point)

A. Longit udinal

B. Lat eral

C. Seismic
 D. Cent rifugal

23. Which one of the following is bridge transient load (1 Point) *

A. horizont al eart h pressure load

B. eart h surcharge load

C. dead load of wearing surfaces

D. vehicular braking force

24. SPan bridges are usually used to a maximum span of (1 Point) *

A. 3m

B. 6m

C. 9m

D. 12m

Test Item Five: Structural Design

Ins tructions : Choos e the letter of the correct a ns wer a nd write it on the bla nk s pa ce provided a t the left s ide of the tes t
ques tion.

25. Which one of the following is not the dependent variable for wind forces?

A. Geographical locat ion

B. Mass of t he building

C. Height of t he st ruct ure

D. Topography of t he area

26. Which of the following statement is false

 A. Cent re of mass is t he point where t he ent ire mass of t he floor act s

B. Cent re of rigidit y is t he point where t he ent ire st iffness of t he building act s

C. Mass is majorly cont ribut ed by walls and roofs

D. st iffness is majorly cont ribut ed by t he columns and shear walls of t he building

27. For a fixed-end beam of length L and central point load of W, what will be the value of W at
collapse? (Note: plastic moment capacity of beam = Mp)

A. 6 Mp/L

B. 10 Mp/L

C. 9 Mp/L

D. 8 Mp/L

28. The plastic modulus of a section is 5 x 10-4 m3. Its shape factor is 1.2 and the plastic
moment capacity is 120kNm, what is the value of the yield stress of the material?

A. 100 N/mm2

B. 200 N/mm2

C. 240 N/mm2

D. 288 N/mm2

29. An arbitrarily assumed mechanism the load factor is either exactly right or is wrong and is
too large, leading a designer to think that the frame can carry more load than is actually
possible. This theorem is known as .

A. Lower bound t heorem

B. Upper bound t heorem

 C. Uniqueness t heorem

D. Medium bound t heorem

30. The strip along the unsupported edge acts as a support for the strips at right angles. Such
strips have been referred to as

A. St rong band

B. Int egral beam

C. Reinforcement concent rat ed slab

D. All

Test Item I: Highway I

Ins tructions : Choos e the letter of the correct a ns wer a nd write it on the bla nk s pa ce provided a t the left s ide of the tes t
ques tion.

31.  Which one of the following factor is considered in determination of transition curve
length?

A) T he radius of t he curve

B) T he rat e of change of radial accelerat ion

C) Rat e of super elevat ion

D) T he rat e of t ime

E) All of t he above

32. the length of vehicle affects

 Ext ra widt h of pavement and minimum t urning radius

widt h of t raffic lane

 Widt h of shoulder and parking facilit ies

Clearance to be provided under st ruct ures

E) Noon of t he above

33.  Which of the following lighting layout is economical and suitable for narrow roads?

Cent ral light ing syst em

St aggered light ing syst em

Single side light ing

None of t he above

34. Channelization island should have

 Large ent ry and exit radius

Large ent ry and small exit radius

 Small ent ry and large exit radius

 Equal radius at ent ry and exit

35.  Which one of the following is not type of transition curve used? *

Parabolic

Clot hoid

Lemniscat e

Cubic parabola
36. Select the purpose of transition curves in the geometric alignment of the road? *

Enable gradual int roduct ion of super elevat ion

 Avoid abrupt change of t he curvat ure of t he road

 Improve t he aest het ic appearance of t he road

 Enable gradual int roduct ion of st eering gradually

 All of t he above

37. Which one of the following is true about preliminary survey in highway design? *

 It is use to est imat e t he cost of alt ernat ive alignment

It also used to collect t he necessary physical informat ion and det ails of topography, drainage and soil
propert ies

 It used in finalising of t he best alignment alt ernat ive

All of t he above

38. 1.      Which one of the following is the correct sequence of survey in road project? *

Topographic, Preliminary, Reconnaissance and Det ailed

Reconnaissance , Topographic, Preliminary and Det ailed

Topographic, Reconnaissance, Preliminary and Det ailed

Preliminary, Reconnaissance, Topographic and Det ailed

39. Which one of the following is the correct order of the pavement structure of the road
with respect to the construction sequences? *

 Sub-soil, Sub-grade, Capping, Sub-base, Base Course and Wearing Course

  Sub-base, Capping, Wearing Course, Base Course, Sub-grade and Sub-soil

 Sub-soil, Wearing Course, Base Course, Sub-grade, Capping and Sub-base

Wearing Course, Base Course, Sub- base, Capping, Sub-grade, Sub-soil

40. Traffic volume is

*

 Maximum number of vehicles passing a given road sect ion in unit t ime in one direct ion

Number of vehicles per unit lengt h of road

Number of vehicles passing t hrough a sect ion of road in eit her direct ion in unit t ime

All of t he above

41.  In which angle of parking can have maximum number of vehicles can be parked? *

10° angle parking

 30° angle parking

 45° angle parking

 90° angle parking

42. The instrument used to study spot speed in traffic engineering is *

Enoscope

 Enomet er

 Speed recorder
 Speedomet er

43. Which one of the following is not information sign? *

 Name of dest inat ion

 Cross road ahead

 Name of road

Speed limit

44. The most common shape of Warning signs plates is _ _ _ _ _ .

*

 Circular

 Rect angular

Triangular

Square

Geotechnical Engineering Stream Model Exit Exam

Test Item One: Soil Mec hanic s I

45. For a sand, the maximum and minimum possible void ratios were determined in the
laboratory to be 0.94 and 0.33 respectively. What is the value of the relative density of the
sand if it is compacted in the field at a void ratio of 0.57? *

57.9%

 72.5%

 60.6%
  42.3%

46. Which of the following doesn’t happen when compaction is done?

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 Permeabilit y decreases

Wat er cont ent increases

 Shear st rengt h decreases

Compressibilit y decreases

47. According to Darcy’s law:

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q = IA

 q = KA

 q ∞ IA

q = KA

48. The mass of moist soil is 20kg, and its volume is 0.011 . After
drying in an oven, the mass was reduced to 16.5kg. What is the moisture content of the
soil? *

 12.5%

 36.2%

 21.2%

 82.5%
49. For the soil above, what is the value of the dry density?
*

1818.18 kg⁄m^3

1500 kg⁄m^3

2000 kg⁄m^3

1725 kg⁄m^3

50. Coarse particles are those particles with size coarser than _ _ _ _ mm diameter.
*

 60

 0.002

 4.75

 0.075

Test Item Two: Soil Mechanics II

Ins tructions : Choos e the letter of the correct a ns wer a nd write it on the bla nk s pa ce provided a t the left s ide of the tes t
ques tion.

51. When drainage is permitted throughout the triaxial test, the test is known as: *

 Quick t est

 Drained t est

 Consolidat ed undrained t est

 None of t he above
52. Columb’s equation for shear strength can be represented as:
*

 C=S+σ t an⁡ 〖∅^' 〗

C=S-σ t an⁡ 〖∅^' 〗
S=σ+C t an⁡ 〖∅^' 〗
S=C-σ t an⁡ 〖∅^' 〗

53. The bearing capacity of soil supporting a footing size of 3m x 3m will not be affected by
the presence of water if the water table is located at a _ _ _ _ _ meter below the base of
the footing. *

1 met er

 1.5 met er

3 met er

 6 met er

54. 1) The inclination of the failure plane behind a vertical wall in the passive pressure case
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is inclined to the horizontal at

〖45〗^0- ∅⁄2
〖45〗^0+ ∅⁄2
〖45〗^0- ∅
〖45〗^0+ ∅

55. If a uniform surcharge of  is placed on the backfill with , the

*
increase in pressure is:
 12 kN⁄m^2

30 kN⁄m^2

40 kN⁄m^2

120 kN⁄m^2

Test Item Three: Foundation I

Ins tructions : Choos e the letter of the correct a ns wer a nd write it on the bla nk s pa ce provided a t the left s ide of the tes t
ques tion.

56. Which of the following, is a type of shallow footing?

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Spread foot ing

 Pile foundat ion

 Pier foundat ion

Well foundat ion

57. Which one of the following method use for soil boring?
*

Percussion drilling

Wash boring

 Rot ary drilling

 All of t he above

58. Which of the below is a footing that covers the entire area beneath a structure and
supports all the columns? *
 St rap foot ing

Spread foot ing

Combined foot ing

Raft foot ing

59. When two column loads are unequal, which of the most possible footing can be
provided? *

St rap foot ing

Raft foot ing

Trapezoidal combined foot ing

Mat foot ing

60. Retaining walls should be designed to provide adequate stability against

*

Foundat ion bearing failure

Sliding st abilit y

Overt urning st abilit y

All of t he above

61. Which of the following soil sample type represent the in-situ soil structure and are
required for determining reliable information on shearing resistance and stress-
deformation characteristics of a deposit? *

 Int errupt ed sample

  Undist urbed sample

Dist urbed sample

 Good sample

Test Item Four: Foundation II

Ins tructions : Choos e the letter of the correct a ns wer a nd write it on the bla nk s pa ce provided a t the left s ide of the tes t
ques tion.

62. A sheet pile walls that derive their support from a combination of interaction with the
surrounding soil and one (or more) mechanical devices which inhibit motion at an isolated
point known as: *

A. Precast concret e sheet pile wall

B. Cant ilever sheet pile wall

C. St eel sheet pile wall

D. Anchored sheet pile wall

63. Which one of the following isn’t the advantage of driven piles?
*

A. Used in a places where it is advisable not to drill holes for fear of meet ing ground wat er under
pressure.

B. Piles can be precast to t he required specificat ions.

C. Requires light equipment for handling and driving.

A pile can be driven into granular soil to compact t he adjacent soil mass

64. A modification of soil property with the help of additional chemicals or admixtures is
*
______

A. Compact ion
 B. Mechanical st abilizat ion

C. Drainage

Part icle size dist ribut ion

65. The downward drag acting on a pile due to the movement of the surrounding is called:
*

A. Negat ive skin frict ion

B. Skin frict ion

C. Frict ional force

D. None of t he ment ioned

66. The load carrying capacity of a pile can be determined by which of the following
methods? *

A. Dynamic formulae

B. St at ic formulae

C. Plat e load t est

D. All of t he ment ioned

67. Which of the following affect the properties of a soil under compaction
*

A. Wat er cont ent

B. Swelling
 C. Placement condit ion

D. Permeabilit y

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