MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following is FALSE for frames?

a. Members are not necessarily straight.
b. Loads can be applied at the joints.
c. It cannot contain two-force bodies.
d. All members can be multi-force bodies.

2. Which of the following is TRUE about the method of sections?

a. More than three unknown forces can be determined per FBD.
b. After cutting at a section, the resulting force system can be a parallel force system.
c. The reactions at the supports need to be solved first before cutting at another section.
d. More than three members can be cut in one section. More than three members can be cut in one section.

3. Which is NOT a zero force member on the truss given in Figure 1?

a. AI
b. DI
c. GK
d. CK

4. Trusses made of several simple trusses rigidly connected are known as _________.
a. compound trusses
b. frames
c. static trusses
d. complex trusses

5. Which of the following statement is false?

a. Rigid trusses are not always simple trusses.
b. Simple truss is always made only of triangles.
c. In a simple truss, the total number of members is m = 2n 3 where n is the total number of joints.
d. If the reactions at the supports of the several connected simple trusses involve r unknowns, the condition to be statistically
determinate, rigid and completely constrained is m + r = 2n.

6. Determine which members of the truss are in compression. P1 = P2 = 4 kN.

a. CD, DE, BE
b. BE, BC, BD
c. CB, DB, BA
d. DE, CD, BD

7. Which among the statements is/are FALSE?

1- A two-force member will have its internal forces reduced to an axial force.
2- The maximum point in a bending moment diagram is also the point of zero
shear in a shear diagram.
3- A counterclockwise applied moment causes a negative internal force.
4- When a beam is subjected to concentrated loads only, the bending moment varies linearly between loads.

a. 1 only
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 only
d. 2 and 4

8. Referring to the figure on the right, which of the statements is not true?
a. The structure shown is a frame with one of its members, BE, as a two-force member.
b. The member BE, being a two-force member, exerts a force directly perpendicular to member
AC.
c. FBE has a magnitude of 2.25 kips.
d. The x-component of the reaction at C has a magnitude of 2.25 kips.

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 9. Referring to the figure on the right, which among the statements is false?
a. The bending moment diagram has a cubic curve.
b. The maximum moment occurs at B.
c. The maximum shear occurs at A.
1
d. The magnitude of the maximum shear is 0 .
2

10. If a distributed load of the first degree is applied on a beam, what degree
is the bending moment diagram?
a. 0th order curve
b. 1st order curve
c. 2nd order curve
d. 3rd order curve

PROBLEM SOLVING

1. The portion of truss shown on the right represents the upper part of a
power transmission line tower. For the given loading, determine the
force in each of the members located above HJ. State whether each
member is in tension or compression.

2. A 3-ft-diameter pipe is supported every 16 ft by a small frame like that

shown. Knowing that the combined weight of the pipe and its contents is 500 lb/ft
and assuming frictionless surfaces, determine the components of the reaction at
E and of the force exerted at C on the member CDE.

3. Shown in Figure 2 is a truss supported by a roller at A and a pin support at F. Without solving for the support reactions, determine
the bar forces in members CD and CI using only two (2) equilibrium equations. Each equation must only have one unknown.

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ANSWER KEY Free Body: Joint B:
4 2.21
(+to the right) = + 2.21 (2.29 ) = 0
MULTIPLE CHOICE 5 2.29
1. c 3 0.6
(+upward) = + (0) (2.29 ) = 0
2. d 5 2.29
3. d = 0.600 = 0
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. b
9. c
10. d

PROBLEM SOLVING

1.

Free Body: Joint C:

2.21
(+to the right) = + (2.29 ) = 0
2.29
0.6
(+upward) = 0.600 (2.29 ) = 0
2.29
= 2.21 = 1.2

Free Body: Joint E:

4 2.21
(+to the right) = + 2.21 (2.29 ) = 0
Free Body: Joint A 5 2.29
0.6
1.2 (+upward) = 0.6 (2.29 ) = 0
= = 2.29
2.29 2.29 1.2 = 0 = 1.2
= 2.29 = 2.29
Free Body: Joint F:
1.2 2.
= =
2.29 2.29 1.2
= 2.29 = 2.29
Free Body: Joint D: Free body: 16-ft length of pipe:
2.29
= =
2.29 0.6 2.29
= 2.21 = 0.600

= (500 /)(16 ) = 8
8
= =
3 5 4
= 6
= 10
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Determination of CB = CD
We note that the horizontal
3. Cutting the truss at CD, CI, and JI, and using the left
projection of
+
= horizontal
section:

projection of
3 4
+ = ()
5 5
8
= = = 2(1.5 ) = 3
4

Thus,
Free body: Member ABC:
= 0:
(6 )( 3) = 0 In order to remove FJI, FCI, and A from the equation, sum moments
3 about point J:
= (6 )

For h = 9 ft, (1) MI = -20(2) - FCD(1/sqrt(2))(2) = 0
93 FCD = -28.28 kN or 28.28 kN (compression)
= (6 ) = 4
9
As seen in the cut section above, all forces pass through point J,
except FCI, thus:

(2) MJ = 0: FCI = 0

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beer, Ferdinand P., E. Russell Johnston Jr., David F. Mazurek,

Phillip J. Cornwell. Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics
and Dynamics. 10th ed. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2013

Hibbeler, R.C. Engineering Mechanics: Statics. 10th ed. Pearson

Education, Inc. 2004

Free body: Member CDE:

= 0:
(10 )(7 ) (4 )(6 ) (8 ) = 0
= +5.75
= 0:
3
4 + (10 ) + = 0
5
= 2
= 0:
4
5.75 (10 ) + = 0
5
= 2.25
Final Answers:
=
= .
=
= .

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