Engineering Mechanics
What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the
study of stationary rigid body?
A. Statics
B. Kinetics
C. Kinematics
D. Dynamic - AnswersA. Statics
What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the
study of rigid body in motion under the action of forces?
A. Statics
B. Strenght of materials
C. Kinematics
D. Dynamics - AnswersD. Dynamics
What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the
study of rigid body in motion without reference to the force that
causes the motion?
A. Statics
B. Kinetics
C. Kinematics
D. Dynamics - AnswersC. Kinematics
What refers to the force that holds part of the rigid body together?
A. Natural force
B. External force
C. Internal force
D. Concentrated force - AnswersC. Internal force
What refers to a pair of equal, opposite and parallel forces?
A. Couple
B. Moment
C. Torque
,D. All of the above - AnswersA. Couple
What is a concurrent force system?
A. All forces act at the same point.
B. All forces have the same line of action.
C. All forces are parallel with one another.
D. All forces are in the same plane. - AnswersA. All forces act at
the same point.
When will a three-force member be considered in equilibrium?
A. When the sum of the two forces is equal to the third force.
B. When they are concurrent or parallel.
C. When they are coplanar.
D. All of the above - AnswersB. When they are concurrent or
parallel.
A roller support has how many reactions?
A. None
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3 - AnswersB. 1
A link or cable support has how many reactions?
A. None
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3 - AnswersB. 1
A build-in, fixed support has how many reactions and moment?
A. 1 reaction and 1 moment
B. 2 reactions and 1 moment
C. 1 reaction and 2 moments
D. 2 reactions and no moment - AnswersB. 2 reactions and 1
moment
,Which support has one moment?
A. Frictionless guide
B. Pin connection
C. Fixed support
D. Roller - AnswersC. Fixed support
What is the science that describes and predicts the effect on bodies
at rest or in motion by forces acting on it?
A. Engineering Mechanics
B. Theory of Structures
C. Mechanics of Materials
D. Strength of Materials - AnswersA. Engineering Mechanics
What refers to a negligible body when compared to the distances
involved regarding its motion?
A. Particle
B. Atomic substance
C. Element
D. Quarks - AnswersA. Particle
The resulting force of a distributed load is always acting at:
A. the center of the beam subjected to the distributed load
B. the centroid of the area of the loading curve
C. the 1/3 point from the higher intensity side of the loading curve
D. the 2/3 point from the higher intensity side of the loading curve -
AnswersB. the centroid of the area of the loading curve
The resultant force of a distributed load is always equal to:
A. twice the area under the loading curve
B. half the area under the loading curve
C. the area under the loading curve
D. one-fourth the area under the loading curve - AnswersC. the
area under the loading curve
, When a body has more supports than are necessary to maintain
equilibrium, the body is said to be _____.
A. in static equilibrium
B. in dynamic equilibrium
C. statically determine
D. statically indeterminate - AnswersA. in static equilibrium
When does an equation be considered "dimensionally
homogeneous"?
A. When it is unitless
B. When the dimensions of the various terms on the left side of the
equation is not the same as the dimensions of the various terms on
the right side.
C. When the degree of the left side of the equation is the same as
the right side.
D. When the dimensions of various terms on the left side of the
equation is the same as the dimensions of the various terms on the
right side. - AnswersD. When the dimensions of various terms on
the left side of the equation is the same as the dimensions of the
various terms on the right side.
What refers to the branch of mathematics which deals with the
dimensions of quantities?
A. Unit analysis
B. Dimensional analysis
C. System analysis
D. Homogeneity analysis - AnswersB. Dimensional analysis
What is a "simple beam"?
A. A beam supported only at its ends.
B. A beam supported with a fixed support at one end and non on
the other end.
C. A beam with more than two supports.
What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the
study of stationary rigid body?
A. Statics
B. Kinetics
C. Kinematics
D. Dynamic - AnswersA. Statics
What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the
study of rigid body in motion under the action of forces?
A. Statics
B. Strenght of materials
C. Kinematics
D. Dynamics - AnswersD. Dynamics
What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the
study of rigid body in motion without reference to the force that
causes the motion?
A. Statics
B. Kinetics
C. Kinematics
D. Dynamics - AnswersC. Kinematics
What refers to the force that holds part of the rigid body together?
A. Natural force
B. External force
C. Internal force
D. Concentrated force - AnswersC. Internal force
What refers to a pair of equal, opposite and parallel forces?
A. Couple
B. Moment
C. Torque
,D. All of the above - AnswersA. Couple
What is a concurrent force system?
A. All forces act at the same point.
B. All forces have the same line of action.
C. All forces are parallel with one another.
D. All forces are in the same plane. - AnswersA. All forces act at
the same point.
When will a three-force member be considered in equilibrium?
A. When the sum of the two forces is equal to the third force.
B. When they are concurrent or parallel.
C. When they are coplanar.
D. All of the above - AnswersB. When they are concurrent or
parallel.
A roller support has how many reactions?
A. None
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3 - AnswersB. 1
A link or cable support has how many reactions?
A. None
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3 - AnswersB. 1
A build-in, fixed support has how many reactions and moment?
A. 1 reaction and 1 moment
B. 2 reactions and 1 moment
C. 1 reaction and 2 moments
D. 2 reactions and no moment - AnswersB. 2 reactions and 1
moment
,Which support has one moment?
A. Frictionless guide
B. Pin connection
C. Fixed support
D. Roller - AnswersC. Fixed support
What is the science that describes and predicts the effect on bodies
at rest or in motion by forces acting on it?
A. Engineering Mechanics
B. Theory of Structures
C. Mechanics of Materials
D. Strength of Materials - AnswersA. Engineering Mechanics
What refers to a negligible body when compared to the distances
involved regarding its motion?
A. Particle
B. Atomic substance
C. Element
D. Quarks - AnswersA. Particle
The resulting force of a distributed load is always acting at:
A. the center of the beam subjected to the distributed load
B. the centroid of the area of the loading curve
C. the 1/3 point from the higher intensity side of the loading curve
D. the 2/3 point from the higher intensity side of the loading curve -
AnswersB. the centroid of the area of the loading curve
The resultant force of a distributed load is always equal to:
A. twice the area under the loading curve
B. half the area under the loading curve
C. the area under the loading curve
D. one-fourth the area under the loading curve - AnswersC. the
area under the loading curve
, When a body has more supports than are necessary to maintain
equilibrium, the body is said to be _____.
A. in static equilibrium
B. in dynamic equilibrium
C. statically determine
D. statically indeterminate - AnswersA. in static equilibrium
When does an equation be considered "dimensionally
homogeneous"?
A. When it is unitless
B. When the dimensions of the various terms on the left side of the
equation is not the same as the dimensions of the various terms on
the right side.
C. When the degree of the left side of the equation is the same as
the right side.
D. When the dimensions of various terms on the left side of the
equation is the same as the dimensions of the various terms on the
right side. - AnswersD. When the dimensions of various terms on
the left side of the equation is the same as the dimensions of the
various terms on the right side.
What refers to the branch of mathematics which deals with the
dimensions of quantities?
A. Unit analysis
B. Dimensional analysis
C. System analysis
D. Homogeneity analysis - AnswersB. Dimensional analysis
What is a "simple beam"?
A. A beam supported only at its ends.
B. A beam supported with a fixed support at one end and non on
the other end.
C. A beam with more than two supports.
