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JAYDEE’S CE CLASSICAL TOURNAMENT MOCK EXAM

Rules:

1. All commented “pasali” will be registered.


2. The difficulty will be Normal, Lumberjacks, Hardcore, and Extreme.
3. Point system as follows:
Normal : 1 pt for correct ones
Lumberjacks: 2 pts for correct and -1 for incorrect
Hardcore: 3 pts for correct and -2 for incorrect
Extreme: 5 pts for correct, -3 for incorrect and -1 for no answer
4. All answers should be submitted including to the photos of your solutions to Civil Engineering
Board Exam Problems – Philippines Facebook page. No solution, considered as no answer.

NORMAL ROUND

1. CE LAWS
According to Republic Act 1582 , known as Civil Engineering Law , a roster showing the names and
places of all businesses of all registered civil engineers shall be prepared by the Commissioner of
PRC periodically but at least _____________ .

2. FLUID MECHANICS
A crane is used to lower the weights into the sea (density = 1025 kg/m^3 for an underwater
construction project. Determine the tension in the rope of the crane due to rectangular 0.4 x 0.4
x 3 m concrete block when completely immersed in water.

3. ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (Incomplete answers are incorrect)


Solve for x: |3x – 5 | = 7

4. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING (Incomplete answers are incorrect)


Determine the magnitude and direction measured counterclockwise from the positive x axis of
the resultant force of the three forces acting on the ring A as shown. Take F1 = 500 N and θ = 20°.
5. ENGINEERING ECONOMY
A loan of P 5,000 is made for a period of 15 months, at a simple interest rate of 15%. What future
amount is due at the end of the loan period?

LUMBERJACKS ROUND

1. STRUCTURAL STEEL
A double angle tension member , 100 x 100 x 8 mm is subjected to a tensile load P = 210 kN. The
Diagonal member is on slope 2V:H and is connected to the supporting beam by a wide tee:
S1 = 38 mm , S2 = 75 mm , S3 = 100 , t1 t2 and t3 = 16 mm
Allowable strength and stresses:
Yield strength, Fy = 248 MPa , Ultimate strength Fu = 400 MPa , Bolt shear strength Ft = 150 MPa,
Bolt tensile stress,Ft = 195 MPa , Bolt bearing stress = Fp = 1.2Fu
Determine the diameter of the four bolts in tension connecting the wide tee to the flange of the
supporting beam.
2. ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
Find the integral:

cos
1 − sin

3. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
Which of the following is/are one of the types of environmental impacts of highway
development?
a. Temporary b. direct and indirect c. short and long term
d. right of way e. cumulative

4. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
A vane 11.25 cm long and 7.5 cm in diameter was pressed into soft clay at the bottom of a
borehole. Torque was applied to cause failure of soil. The shear strength of clay was found to be
37 kPa. Determine the torque applied.

5. REINFORCED CONCRETE
A cantilever beam 300 x 400 mm deep is 3 m long is designed with tension reinforcement only.
Superimposed dead load = 12 kN/m
Live load at free end = 20 kN
Concrete unit weight = 23.5 kN/m^3
Concrete f’c = 30 MPa
Steel fy = 415 MPa
Assume 70 mm concrete cover to the centroid of the tension reinforcement. Use 2001 NSCP.
Calculate the Ultimate strength in kN m of the section if the tension reinforcement consists of 4 -
25 mm∅ .

HARDCORE ROUND

1. STEEL DESIGN
Compute the available strength of the compression member as shown in the figure. Two angles 5
x 3 x 1/2 are oriented with long legs back to back (2L5 x 3 x 2 LLBB) and separated by 3/8 inch. The
effective length KL is 16 feet and there are three fully tightened intermediate connectors. A36 is
used and rely to LFRD.
2. GEOMETRY
In an acute triangle ABC, point H is the intersection of altitude CE at AB and altitude BD to AC. A
circle with DE as its diameter intersects AB and AC at points F and G , respectively. FG and AH
intersect at point K. If BC = 25 , BD = 20 and BE = 7 , find the length of AK.

3. HYDRAULICS
Water enters a rotating lawn sprinkler through its base at the steady rate of 1000 ml/s as shown.
The exit area of each of the two nozzles is 30 mm^2 and the flow leaving each nozzle is in the
tangential direction. The radius from the axis of rotation to the centerline of each nozzle is 200
mm. Determine the speed of the sprinkler if no resisting torque is applied.

4. SURVEYING
To determine the difference in level between two stations A and B, 4996.8 m apart, the reciprocal
trigonometric levelling was performed and the readings in Table 3.15, were obtained. Assuming
the mean earth’s radius as 6366.20 km and the coefficient of refraction as 0.071 for both sets of
observations, compute the observed value of the vertical angle of A from B and the difference in
level between A and B.

5. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Following are the results of the standard penetration test in sand. Determine the corrected
standard penetration number at 7.5 meters.
EXTREME ROUND

1. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (Incomplete answers are incorrect)


A 5000 lb load is places on two tires, which are then locked in place. A force of 2400 lb is necessary
to cause the trailer to move at 20 mph. Determine the value of the skid number. If treaded tires
were used , characterize the pavement type.

2. PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
A prestressed I beam of one of the beams of the proposed Robinsons Galleria is prestressed with
a bonded tendons having an area of Aps = 2350 mm^2 and the effective prestress after losses fse
= 1100 MPa. , fpu = 1860 MPa , fc’ = 48 MPa. The beam is subjected to a dead load moment of
430 kN m and live load moment of 1000 kN m. The centroid of all the prestressing steel placed at
a distance of 115 mm above the bottom of the beam as shown. Determine the ultimate moment
capacity.

3. FOUNDATION ENGINEERING (Careful, not all parameters is used)


For the drilled shaft with bell given,
Thickness of the active zone Z = 9 m
Dead load = 1500 kN , live load = 0 , Diameter of the shaft = 1 m
Zero swell pressure for the clay in the active zone = 600 kPa
Average angle of plinth soil friction = 20°
Average undrained cohesion of the clay around the bell = 150 kPa
If an additional requirement is that the factor of safety against the uplift is at least 4 with the dead
load on , what should be the diameter of the bell?
4. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (Incomplete answers are incorrect)
Determine the force in members BE, DF, and BC of the space truss and state if the members are
in tension or compression as shown.

5. PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS


What is the probability that a ten digit number that is a number chosen at random between
1,000,000,000 and 9,999,999,999 inclusive will have ten different digits? Answer in 5 significant
figures.
N1 Answer – Once a Year

N2 Solution © Cengel

N3 Solution © Torculas

N4 © Hibbeler
N5 Solution © Tiong

L1 Solution © Besavilla

L2 Solution © Schaum’s
L3 Answer – BCE © Handbook of Highway Engineering

L4 Solution © Murthy

L5 Solution © Besavilla
Mu = 0.9(225.5) = 202.95 kN m

H1 Solution © Segui
H2 Solution © Hainan Olympiad
H3 Solution © Munson
H4 Solution © Chandra
H5 Solution © Das

E1 Solution © Hoel

E2 Solution © Besavilla
E3 Solution © Das
E4 Solution © Hibbeler

E5 Solution: © Wells

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