CIVIL ENGINEERS LICENSURE EXAM

(EERC Preboard - MANILA) OCTOBER 2019

MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING, AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING 8. The correct distance between points X and Y is 375.50
m. If a 100-m tape that is 0.0115 m too long is used to
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following measure, what will be the measured distance?
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the a. 375.5432 m c. 375.4568 m
box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer b. 375.6221 m d. 375.3997 m
sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil
no. 1 only. 9. A stadia intercept factor of 4.6 m was measured on a
stadia rod by a transit with stadia constant and stadia
MULTIPLE CHOICE interval factor of 0.28 m and 100.92, respectively. If the
line of sight was inclined at an angle of 6°40’ with the
Situation 1: Line AB 70 m long was paced by a surveyor four times horizontal, determine the horizontal distance from the
with the following data: 92, 93, 91 and 95. transit to the rod.
Another line CB was paced for 123, 122, 125 a. 464.5120 m c. 449.0972 m
and 124. b. 458.2534 m d. 461.3730 m

1. Determine the pace factor of the surveyor. 10. A transit has a stadia interval factor of 98.96 and stadia
a. 0.7547 c. 0.5668 constant of 0.30 m. Compute the vertical distance from
b. 3.0189 d. 2.2672 the stadia rod’s middle hair reading to the lens of transit
when the stadia intercept is 0.8 m if the angle of sight

2. Determine the actual length of CB. is 4°50’.

a. 94.33 c. 92.56 a. 6.6958 m c. 6.3201 m

b. 91.89 d. 93.21 b. 6.2158 m d. 6.6721 m

3. If the line AB was at elevation 700 m above sea level, Situation 2: A transit with stadia constant equal to 0.28 is used to

determine the reduced sea level distance. determine the horizontal distance between

a. 69.9923 m c. 69.9889 m points B and C, with a stadia intercept reading

b. 69.9998 m d. 69.8972 m of 2.15 m, the distance BC is equal to 209.55

m

4. Compute the grid distance if the grid factor is 0.9988.

a. 69.9049 m c. 69.9158 m 11. Compute the stadia interval factor of the instrument.

b. 69.8133 m d. 69.9083 m a. 97.3349 c. 100.0221

b. 99.0346 d. 98.0192

5. A line was measured to have 7 tallies, 3 marking pins

and 6 links. How long is the line? 12. If it was also used to determine the difference in

a. 7,306 pins c. 7,306 perch elevation between B and D having a stadia intercept

b. 7,306 feet d. 7,306 vara reading of 2.51 m at D at a vertical angle of +7°30’,

determine the difference in elevation.

6. A line was measured with a 50-m tape. There were 3 a. 32.20 m c. 31.87 m

tallies, 10 pins, and the distance from the last pin to end b. 32.53 m d. 31.65 m

of the line was 13 m. Find the length of the line.

a. 2,013 feet c. 2,013 rod 13. Compute the horizontal distance between B and D.

b. 2,013 meters d. 2,013 vara a. 240.43 m c. 244.62 m

b. 247.06 m d. 242.11 m

7. The distance was measured and was recorded to have a

value of 11 perch, 4 rods and 20 vara. Compute the total Situation 3: A transit with stadia interval factor of 99.8 was set at

distance in meters. C on the line between points A and B, and the

a. 90.93 m c. 92.23 m following stadia readings were observed.

b. 93.67 m d. 91.75 m

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a. N 59°43’ W c. N 59°13’ W
b. N 52°13’ W d. N 52°43’ W
POSITION VERTICAL HAIR READINGS
OF ROD ANGLE
Upper Middle Lower
22. Find the secular variation per year.
At A +12°35’ 1.430 1.185 1.030 a. 0°19’12” c. 0°02’12”

At B -9°08’ 2.072 1.874 1.836 b. 0°02’24” d. 0°19’24”

23. A 50-m tape which is of standard length at a

If the stadia constant is 0.377 m,
temperature of 22° is used to measure a line with a
measured distance of 512 m. During measurement, the
14. What is the horizontal distance between A and B?
temperature was 53°C. If the coefficient of thermal
a. 60.981 m c. 60.825 m
expansion of the tape is 0.0000116/°C, determine the
b. 61.346 m d. 61.725 m
correct length of the line.
a. 511.8159 m c. 512.2091 m
15. What is the difference in elevation between points A and
b. 512.1841 m d. 511.3015 m
B?
a. 12.26 m c. 12.09 m
Situation 6: A close traverse has the following data.
b. 13.01 m d. 13.73 m

LINE LATITUDE DEPARTURE

16. What is the horizontal distance from the transit to the
1-2 +76.30 +43.18
rod held at B?
a. 27.22 m c. 23.33 m 2-3 +33.80
b. 38.39 m d. 35.04 m 3-4 -16.39 -80.58

4-5 +64.12 -31.93

Situation 4: A rectangular lot having a dimension of 238.5 m by
367.2 m was measured by a 30 m tape which is 0.02 m too 5-6 -73.87 +10.72

short. 6-1 +40.22

24. Find the length of line 6-1.
17. Compute the correct length of the lot. a. 93.960 m c. 93.690 m
a. 367.44 m c. 366.82 m b. 93.609 m d. 93.096 m
b. 366.96 m d. 367.51 m

25. Find the bearing of line 6-1.

18. Find the error in the area. a. N 25°35’46” E c. N 25°35’46” W
a. 116.8085 m2 c. 116.6645 m2 b. S 25°35’46” W d. S 25°35’46” E
b. 116.7307 m2 d. 116.5091 m2

Situation 7: A bag contains 3 white, 5 black and 4 yellow balls.

19. If the same tape was used to set a baseline with length
of 700 m, determine the distance to be laid out. 26. If three balls are drawn in succession without
a. 700.4670 m c. 699.3913 m replacement, what is the probability that the drawn balls
b. 699.5333 m d. 700.5715 m are all white?
a. 1/110 c. 2/55
Situation 5: In 1993, the magnetic bearing of line AB measured b. 3/220 d. 1/220
by a compass instrument was N 60°13’ W. The
declination of the needle at that time was 4°30’ 27. If three balls are drawn in succession without
E. replacement, what is the probability that the drawn balls
of different colors?
20. Compute the true bearing of the line. a. 1/22 c. 7/22
a. N 64°43’ W c. N 55°43’ W b. 5/11 d. 3/11
b. N 55°23’ W d. N 64°13’ W 28. A bowl contains 4 red, 5 green and 6 blue balls. What
is the probability of not getting a red ball in the first
21. If the declination when year 2018 was 3°30’ W, draw?
determine the magnetic bearing of the same line during a. 11/15 c. 2
that year. b. 1.5 d. 4/15

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Situation 10: A provincial chapter of a rotary club held a lottery
Situation 8: Eleven coins were tossed. to raise funds for their organization, with P
10,000.00 top prize and with 2,000 tickets
29. Find the probability of getting nine heads. printed and sold.
a. 0.106 c. 0.033
b. 0.027 d. 0.041 38. What is the mathematical expectation of a member if he
bought 10 tickets?
30. Find the probability of getting at least seven heads. a. P 50.0 c. P 110.5

a. 0.106 c. 0.333 b. P 89.0 d. P 101.3

b. 0.274 d. 0.411
39. What is the mathematical expectation of a member if

31. Find the probability of getting at most six tails. one ticket is worth P 100.00?

a. 0.726 c. 0.185 a. P 67.1 c. P 55.4

b. 0.556 d. 0.471 b. P 60.0 d. P 49.5

32. A family has 5 children. Find the probability that among Situation 11: When testing 1000 soldered joints, 4 failed during
the children, 3 are girls. a vibration test and 5 failed due to having a high resistance.

a. 7/16 c. 3/16
b. 5/16 d. 9/16 40. Determine the probability of a joint failing due to
vibration or high resistance.

33. A cat has a litter of seven kittens. If the probability is a. 0.001 c. 0.005
0.52 that a kitten will be female, what is the probability b. 0.004 d. 0.009

that exactly two of the seven will be male?

a. 0.078 c. 0.144
b. 0.184 d. 0.233 41. Determine the probability of a joint failing due to
vibration and high resistance.
34. An archer hits 70% of all his targets. What is the a. 0.00003 c. 0.00004
probability that he will hit exactly 5 of his next 12 shots? b. 0.00002 d. 0.00001
a. 0.0824 c. 0.0595
b. 0.0619 d. 0.0291 42. A standard deck of 52 cards is well shuffled. Find the
probability that the first four cards dealt are the aces.
Situation 9: A baseball match consists of 12 innings. A a. 4 x 10-6 c. 8 x 10-6
league has a chance of winning that is twice of b. 6 x 10 -6
d. 2 x 10-6
losing and a chance of having a draw that is
twice of losing. 43. A card is chosen from a pack of cards. Determine the
probability that it is either a black or a picture card.
35. Find the probability of a league that they will have six a. 8/13 c. 10/13
wins and three losses. b. 17/26 d. 19/26
a. 0.0111 c. 0.0388
b. 0.0456 d. 0.0556 44. From three standard decks of cards, what is the
probability of getting a diamond from the first deck, an
36. Find the probability of a league that they will have seven ace from the second deck and an ace of heart from the
wins. third deck?
a. 0.7112 c. 0.2931 a. 1/850 c. 1/550
b. 0.1009 d. 0.4300 b. 1/3300 d. 1/2704

37. Find the probability of a league that they will have at 45. One bowl contains four cards numbered 1, 3, 5 and 6.
most seven wins. Another box contains three cards numbered 2, 4 and 7.
a. 0.9427 c. 0.7556 One card is drawn from each bag. Determine the
b. 0.2345 d. 0.8889 probability that the sum is even.
a. 5/7 c. 5/12
b. 7/12 d. 3/7

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46. In a dice game, one fair die is used. The player wins P30 54. If the population variance is 4200, how many data are
if he rolls either a 1 or a 6. He losses P20 if he turns up involved?
any other face. What is the expected winning for one a. 20 c. 10
roll of the die? b. 15 d. 25
a. 6.667 c. 3.333
b. -3.333 d. -6.667 55. What is the sample standard deviation?
a. 74.34 c. 108.01
47. Nikki and Mayrose each throw two dice. If Nikki gets a b. 66.14 d. 86.60
sum of 5, what is the probability that Mayrose will get
less? 56. If the mean is 75, what is the relative variability?
a. 1/7 c. 1/4 a. 0.669 c. 0.903
b. 1/12 d. 1/6 b. 0.864 d. 0.724

48. Two fair dice are thrown. What is the probability that Situation 15: In a certain engineering school approximately 11%
the sum shown is divisible by 5? of people are left – handed. Total population of the school is
a. 1/9 c. 1/12 1,100.
b. 7/36 d. 1/4

57. What is the probability that at least 130 students are left
Situation 12: A class of 40 students took an examination. The – handed?
mean of their scores is 70 and the standard deviation is 10. a. 0.2311 c. 0.0809
b. 0.0514 d. 0.1929
49. If 10% of the class will be awarded with a grade of A,
what is the minimum score a student must get to have 58. What is the probability that at most 100 students are
that grade? left – handed?
a. 82.82 c. 83.12 a. 0.2081 c. 0.0155
b. 81.45 d. 84.03 b. 0.0215 d. 0.1830

50. If 25% of the class failed the exam, what should be the 59. What is the probability that between 90 and 140
minimum score of a student in order to pass? students are left – handed?
a. 60.32 c. 57.20 a. 0.451 c. 0.912
b. 67.55 d. 63.26 b. 0.965 d. 0.309

60. Find the Laplace transform of 3 when s = 0.5.

Situation 13: Refer to the given data set below.
x, 7, 10, 18, 20, 21, x2 a. 3.0 c. 1.0
b. 6.0 d. 1.5

51. If the range is 20, what is the mean?

61. Find the Laplace transform of cos(1.4t) when s = 2.
a. 15.14 c. 11.06
a. −50/149 c. 35/149
b. 12.57 d. 17.45
b. −35/149 d. 50/149

52. What is the interquartile range?

a. 17 c. 23 62. Find the Laplace transform of e-2tcos(3t) when s = 1.5.

b. 11 d. 14 a. 14/85 c. −14/85
b. 2/37 d. −2/37

53. What is the 9th decile?

a. 14 c. 16 63. Find the inverse Laplace of (–2s + 6)/(s2 + 4).

b. 25 d. 21 a. –3cos(2t) + 2sin(2t)
b. –2cos(t) + 3sin(t)

Situation 14: The sum of all the product of the individual c. –2cos(2t) + 3sin(2t)

frequency and the square of the difference of the datum and d. –3cos(t) + 2sin(t)

mean is 105,000.

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64. A man borrowed P75,000 on September 18, 1898 and
promised to pay on May 17, 1904 at a simple interest 72. A fixed circle with center at (8, 6) has a radius of 5 units.
of 12% per annum. How much will be the total interest? Find the equation of the locus of points connecting the
a. P50,957.83 c. P50,827.87 center of circles tangent to the given fixed circle and the
b. P50,817.24 d. P50,967.12 x-axis.
a. x2 – 16x – 22y + 75 = 0

Situation 16: An engineer makes an annual deposit of P5,000.00 b. x2 – 16x + 22y + 75 = 0

for 5 years. The interest rate is 10% compounded annually. c. x2 – 16x – 22y – 75 = 0
d. x2 – 16x + 22y – 75 = 0

65. How much is his account after 5 years.

a. P30,525.50 c. P41,091.61 73. Find the equation of the locus of the center of circles

b. P32,667.01 d. P44,710.55 that are tangent to the circle x2 + y2 – 12x – 8y + 43 =

0 and to the y-axis.

66. How much is his account after 10 years. a. y2 – 8y – 18x – 43 = 0

a. P49,161.62 c. P44,692.38 b. y2 + 8y – 18x + 43 = 0

b. P54,077.79 d. P38,556.01 c. y2 – 8y – 18x + 43 = 0

d. y2 + 8y – 18x – 43 = 0

67. To prepare his retirement for 20 years, a self-employed

engineer deposits P6,000 every end of 3 months in a 74. Find the distance from the origin to the point (5, 6, 7).

fund that earns 10% compounded quarterly. How much a. 9.70 units c. 10.49 units

could he get after his retirement? b. 10.25 units d. 11.18 units

a. P1,856,288.05 b. P2,002,497.00
c. P2,300,319.54 d. P1,490,296.28 75. Find the distance between the points A(3, -5, 0) and B(-
2, 4, -6).

68. A man deposits P50,000 annually to an account earning a. 7.87 units c. 11.92 units

6% compounded continuously. How many years will it b. 10.86 units d. 12.04 units

take him to accumulate P1,000,000?

a. 12.34 yrs c. 11.34 yrs
b. 14.32 yrs d. 13.42 yrs

69. A man paid a 10% down payment of P200,000 for a

house and lot and agreed to pay the balance of monthly
installments for 5 years at an interest rate of 15%
compounded monthly. What was the monthly
installment?
a. P40,389.82 c. P36,490.32
b. P38,105.76 d. P42,821.87
70. At 6%, find the capitalized cost of a bridge whose cost
is P250 M and life is 20 years, if the bridge must be
partially rebuilt at a cost of P100 M at the end of each
20 years.
a. P213.27 M c. P295.31 M
b. P163.27 M d. P245.31 M

71. A company uses a type of truck which costs P2,000,000,

with life of 3 years and final salvage value of P320,000.
How much could the company afford to pay for another
type of truck for the same purpose, whose life is 4 years
with a final salvage value of P400,000, if money is worth
4%?
a. P2,805,120 c. P2,718,480
b. P2,585,870 d. P2,642,320

ENGR. ERICKNEIL D. REALUYO, MSCE, ME-1. SO, MP