2026_2027 - ARCC ES Mock up Exam

A projecting beam supported at only one fixed end.

Cantilever Beam

A graphical representation of the variation in magnitude of the bending moments present in a structure for given set of transverse loads and support conditions.

Moment Diagram

A point, surface, or mass that supports weight, esp. the area of contact between a bearing member, as a beam or truss, and a column, wall, or other underlying support.

Bearing

A point at which a structure changes curvature from convex to concave or vice versa as it deflects under a transverse load: theoretically an internal hinge and therefore a point of zero moment.

Inflection Point

A slight convex curvature intentionally built into a beam, girder, or truss to compensate for an anticipated deflection.

Camber

A structural member essential to the stability of a structural whole.

Primary Member

The lowest division of a building or other construction, partly or wholly below the surface of the ground, designed to support and anchor the superstructure and transmit its load directly to the earth.

Foundation

An assemblage of framing members designed to support gravity loads and resist lateral forces

Structure

A continuous or strip footing that changes levels in stages to accommodate a sloping site or bearing stratum.

Stepped footing

Minimum building story requiring geotechnical report

2 story

A graphical representation of the variation in magnitude of the external shears present in a structure for a given set of transverse load and support conditions

Shear diagram

Allowable deflection for any structural member loaded with live load only.

L/360

A structural support that allows rotation but resist translation in a direction perpendicular into or away from its face.

Roller Support

Is the purpose for which a buiding or other structures or part thereof is used or intended to be used

Occupancy

A wall supporting no load other than its own weight.

Nonbearing Wall

What is the unit weight of soil

15 kN/m3

Upright compression member with a ratio of unsupported height to average least lateral dimension of less than three (3m)

pedestal

Any wall within a building, surrounded by exterior wall.

Interior Wall

High Yeild Strength Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel Plate, Suitable for Welding

ASTM A514

Is a single force which acting alone will produce the same effect as the force system

Resultant

What is the unit weight of concrete

23.54 kN/m3

A means for binding a structural member to another or to its foundation, often to resist uplifting and horizontal forces.

Anchorage

A complete record of test materials and of concrete shall be available for inspection and preservation up to.

2 years

High-early strength concrete shall be maintained above 10 degrees Celcius and in a moist condition for at least first 7 days after placement

Curing

It represents a quantity of matter in an object and is expressed in kilograms

Mass

Formula for stress

S = P/A

A slender rod driven through holes in adjacent parts to keep the parts together or to permit them to move in one plane relative to each other.

Pin

Formula for calculating footing area

A = p/q

How many bore holes that is required for soil testing for an area of less than or equal to 50 m^2

1

One of the constituent parts into which a structure may be resolved by analysis, having a unitary character and exhibiting a unique behavior under an applied load.

Structural Member

How to calculate total h of beam

h = ℓ/12

The perpendicular distance a spanning member deviated from true course under transverse loading, increasing with load and span, and decreasing with an increase in the moment of inertia of the section or the modulus of elasticity of the material.

Deflection

How to classify one-way slab

m = s/ℓ < 0.5

Wood treated with an approved preservative

Treated Wood

How to classify two-way slab

m = s/ℓ ≥ 0.5

Open building is a structure having all walls open at least.

80%

How to calculate beam width (estimate)

b = ½ h

Combination of concrete and steel

Reinforced concrete

Hook extension in ties.

6db

A major spatial division, usually one of a series, marked or partitioned off by the principal vertical supports of a structure.

Bay

A plate for uniting structural members meeting in a single plane.

Gusset

What shall be the diameter of the tie bar for the longitudinal bar 32 diameter and smaller

10mm

Lateral displacement of one level above or below

Storey drift

It is part of any wall entirely above the roof line

Parapet wall

If the forces is in equilibrium, the resultant of the force system is equal to.

Zero

Formula for modulus of elasticity (E)

E = S/ε

Minimum cantilever slab thickness

t = L/10

Minimum diameter bend for 32mm diameter bar

8 db

Of a pertaining to a structure or structural member having a load-carrying mechanism that acts in one direction only

One-way

Concrete cover inside building

40mm

The ability of a structure, when disturbed from a condition of equilibrium by an applied load, to develop internal forces or moments that restore the original condition.

Stability

Round type of column

Spiral

An imaginary line passing through the centroid of the cross section of a beam or other member subject to bending, along which no bending stress occur.

Neutral Axis

Mean roof height less than or equal to 18 m.

Low rise building

Is a panel of laminated veneers conforming to Philippine National Standard.

Plywood

Loads that are applied slowly to structure

Static loads

Driven pile 200mm diameter or less

Micro

_______ is granular material, such as sand, gravel, crushed stone and iron blast-furnace slag, and when used with a cementing medium forms a hydraulic cement concrete or mortar.

Aggregate

Cast in place/bored piles minimum f’c

20.7 mpa

Secondary moment on a column

P Delta effect

A structural frame based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of linear members subject only to axial tension or compression.

Truss

First stirrups should be placed ______mm from the face of the support.

50mm

Any condition, as fracturing, buckling, or plastic deformation, that renders a structural assembly, element, or joint incapable of sustaining the load-carrying function for which it was designed.

Structural Failure

Also called Working Stress Design

ASD

Minimum number of longitudinal bars in compression members shall be 3 for bars within triangular ties, 4 for bars within rectangular or circular ties, while ____ for bars enclosed by spirals

6

Concrete mixture of 1:2:4

Class A

Type of foundation that uses pile cap.

Pile

Removal of side forms (at least)

2 days

Strength reduction factor for flexure.

0.9

A galvanize wire basket filled with stones and used in constructing an abutment or retaining structure.

Gabion

Depth of footing above bottom reinforcement shall not be less than ____mm for footings on soil.

150mm

Vertical load due to permanent weight

Dead

Horizontal or nearly horizontal systems acting to transmit lateral forces to the vertical resisting element.

Diaphragm

Basic wind speed Zone III Mindanao NSCP 2001

125kph

To prevent column main bars from buckling outward

Ties

A building material made of wood or other plant fibers compressed with a binder into rigid sheets.

Fiberboard

Spacing maximum rebars for walls and slab 3x the wall or slab thickness

450mm

A thick column subject to failure by crushing.

Short column

A storey whose strength is less than 80% of the strength of the storey

Weak storey

Minimum one way slab thickness both end continous

L/28

______ is earth material acquired from an off-site location for use on grading on a site.

borrow

Minimum live loads for parking garages and ramp

4.8 kPa

________ is an inclined ground surface the inclination of which is expressed as a ratio of vertical distance to horizontal distance.

Slope

Is a portion of structure common to intersecting members

Joints

Bundled bars shall be limited to ___ Bars in 1 bundle.

4

Minimum building code requirement for residential live loads

1.9 kPa

Driven pile diameter not less than.

200 mm

Low rise buildings is an enclosed ok partially enclose w/ mean roof height less than or equal to ____m.

18

Any of the U-shaped or closed-loop bars placed perpendicular to the longitudinal reinforcement of a concrete beam to resist the vertical component of diagonal tension.

Stirrup

Concrete compression failure.

Crushing

The depth of a concrete section measured from the compression face to the centroid of the tension reinforcement.

Effective Depth

The forces exerted on a structure by an earthquake.

Earthquake load

A load acting on a very small area or particular point of a supporting structural element

Concentrated Load

The gradual subsiding of a structure as the soil beneath its foundation consolidates under loading.

Settlement

Removal of forms for slab and under beam (at least)

14 days