1.    Duration: 2.5 hours

2.    Closed-notes/book (1 sheet of notes is allowed).

3.    Suggested textbook(s) for study: basic "Strength of Materials" textbooks (e.g.,  Mechanics of Materials by Gere and Timoshenko; or, Beer, Johnston,  and De Wolf)

4.    Topics covered: Stress and strain, basic material properties, transformation of stress and strain, torsion, pure bending, transverse loading, and deflection of beams.

5.    Topics not covered: Energy methods and plastic deformation.

6.    Nature of exam: mainly problems (up to 4 problems), applications, some "concepts." Calculators are allowed.