PE Civil Practice Test 9

10 free PE Civil practice questions in the real exam format, covering the official content areas, with an explanation for every answer.

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Structural

A one-story wood-framed building 100 ft long has a flexible roof diaphragm supported by three transverse shear-wall lines at 0 ft, 40 ft and 100 ft along its length, as shown. The diaphragm receives a uniform transverse wind load of 0.4 kip/ft along its full length. The lateral force delivered to the interior shear-wall line is most nearly:

Roof plan
w = 0.4 kip/ftLine 1Line 2Line 340 ft60 ft
Not to scale. Heavy lines are shear walls.