Top 150+ Solved Structural Design 2 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The phenomena of development of internal tensile stresses in a concrete member by means of tensioning devices are called as
a. pre-tensioning
b. post-tensioning
c. prestressing of concrete
d. thermoelectric prestressing
Q. In reinforced concrete members the prestress is commonly introduced by
a. tensioning the steel reinforcement
b. tendons
c. shortening of concrete
d. rings
Q. Which of the following basic concept is involved in the analysis of prestressed concrete members?
a. combined and bending stresses
b. principle stresses
c. shear stresses
d. overhead stresses
Q. The prestressing of concrete member is carried out to reduce
a. compressive stresses
b. tensile stresses
c. bending stresses
d. shear force
Q. The earliest examples of wooden barrel construction by force-fitting of metal bands and shrink-fitting of metal tiers of wooden wheels indicate the art of
a. prestressing
b. tensioning
c. stress
d. straining
Q. The concept is used in many branches of civil engineering and building construction?
a. reinforced concrete
b. prestressed concrete
c. steel concrete
d. lump sum concrete
Q. The attempt to introduce permanently acting forces in concrete to resist the elastic forces is
a. prestressing
b. loading
c. pre-straining
d. bending
Q. In reinforced concrete members, the prestress commonly introduced is
a. tensioning steel reinforcement
b. tensioning wood reinforcement
c. tensioning rings
d. tensioning plates
Q. Development of early cracks in reinforced concrete is due to
a. strains of steel
b. stresses of steel
c. ultimate load
d. bending of steel
Q. The significant observations which resulted from the pioneering research on prestressed concrete were
a. high strength steel and losses of prestress
b. high strength tendon and losses of creep
c. high strength bars and losses of strain
d. high strength rings and losses of shrinkage
Q. The necessity of high strength concrete in prestressed concrete is due to
a. shear and bonding
b. loading and unloading
c. cracking
d. bending
Q. In the zone of anchorages the material preferred to minimize costs is
a. high strength steel
b. high strength bars
c. high strength tendons
d. high strength concrete
Q. The length of the prestressing tendon between the end of the member and the point where the steel attains its stress is called
a. anchorage
b. de bonding
c. cracking load
d. transmission length
Q. In cab cable, the curved portion of the tendon and anchors lie in
a. compression and tension zone
b. cracking zone
c. tension and compression zone
d. loading zone
Q. The load at which the prestressed member develops its first crack is called as
a. transfer load
b. creep load
c. bending load
d. cracking load