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EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

1. What is the nature of earthquakes with the largest share?


a. exogenous
b. endogenous
c. superficial
d. marginal

2. Where is the location of the earthquake epicentre?
a. at the crusts surface
b. in the place where the earthquake occurs
c. under the crust
d. in the superior mantle

3. What device is used to measure seismic waves?
a. micrometre
b. dynamometer
c. manometer
d. seismometer

4. What scale can be used to make a quantitative assessment of an earthquake?
a. MSK
b. MM
c. Richter
d. EMS-98

5. Which of the following seismic scales is important for the civil engineer?
a. Richter
b. Rossi-Forell
c. EMS-98
d. Cornell

6. What are the factors which can significantly increase the seismic action at a certain distance
from the epicentre?
a. the fault mechanism
b. the geological structure of the wave trail
c. the focus mechanism
d. the recurrence period

7. What is the spectral value?
a. the maximum response acceleration of a SDOF system subjected to a given load
b. the maximum response acceleration of a MDOF system subjected to a given load
c. the maximum response speed of a MDOF system subjected to a given load
d. the minimum response speed of a MDOF system subjected to a given load

8. The seismic spectral response is a representation of the following relationship:
a. spectral values - time
b. pulsation - frequency
c. spectral values - frequency/period
d. acceleration - time


9. What is a deterministic spectrum?
a. design spectrum
b. the in-situ processing result of an action
c. the processing result of a random action
d. the processing of a recorded action on a shaking table


10. What forces are part of the seismic response?
a. damping, elastic and inertial
b. damping, elastic and external
c. damping, elastic, external and inertial
d. damping force and inertial force


11. What degrees of freedom of a mass are usually considered within a seismic analysis?
a. horizontal translations
b. rotation
c. horizontal translations, vertical translations and rotations
d. vertical translations


12. What is time history?
a. the determination of the seismic response
b. the integration of the differential equation of motion
c. modal analysis
d. the analysis of the maximum response of the system


13. The medium recurring interval for the peak ground acceleration ag is:
a. IMR = 50 years
b. IMR = 150 years
c. IMR = 75 years
d. IMR = 100 years


14. What relationship is frequently used for computing the maximum response of a structure
under seismic action?
a.
1
2
1
max
n
k
k
n
k
k
E
E
E


b.
2
max
1
n
k
k
E E



c.
2
1
1
max n
k
k
E
E


d.
max
1


n
k
k
E E


15. The seismic force at the base of the structure according to P100-1/2006 for the k mode of
vibration is:
a.
,
( )
b k I d k k
F S T m
b.
,
( )
b k I d k i
F S T m
c.
,
( )
b k I k k
F T m
d.
,
( )
b k I k k
F T m


16. Which of the following coefficients is used to take into consideration the damping capacity
of a building?
a.
safety factor,
x


b. behaviour factor, q
c.
importance-exposure factor,
I

d. correction factor,




17. The vibration modes taken into consideration for a design model must fulfil the following
conditions:
a. the sum of the effective modal masses must be greater than 90% of the total mass
b. the sum of the effective modal masses must be lower than 90% of the total mass
c. the sum of the effective modal masses must be lower than 50% of the total mass
d. the sum of the effective modal masses must be greater than 50% of the total mass


18. Which of the following bending moment diagrams produced by the seismic action is
correct?
a.

b.

c.

d.



19. The ductility of a structural element provides:
a. the increase of the strength
b. the increase of the damping capacity
c. the possibility of plastic hinge elimination
d. lowering the energy dissipation capacity


20. What are seismic forces?
a. forces created by external actions
b. inertial forces
c. link forces
d. cohesion forces


21. The design acceleration spectrum
T S
d
is given by the following relationship:
a.


q
T
a T S
g d


b.


g
d
a
T
q T S


c.


q
T
g
a
T S
g
d


d.


d
T
S T q
g




22. The corner period is:
a. a building characteristic
b. a site characteristic
c. a design parameter
d. a characteristic of the seismic action


23. In order to ensure the formation of plastic hinges in the beams of a reinforced concrete
structure the capable moment of the column compared to the sum of capable bending
moments of the concurring beams in the node must be?
a. lower
b. larger
c. equal
d. null


24. The seismic intensity is:
a. the effect produced by an earthquake on the Earths crust, on buildings, humans and on
the environment
b. the local destruction potential of the earthquake
c. the energy produced in the focus of the earthquake
d. the amplitude of seismic waves




25. What is the base shear force in the k mode of vibration?
a. the sum of the horizontal level seismic forces corresponding to the k mode of vibration
b. the sum of seismic forces on the first two levels
c. the sum of seismic forces on the last two levels
d. the resultant of horizontal forces corresponding to the fundamental mode of vibration



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