MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

1 These are angles whose sum is 360°

a. complement b. suplement c. explement d. adjacent

2 A ship sailing due east when a light is observed bearing N 62° 10’ E. After the ship has travelled 2250 m, the light
bears N 48° 25’ E. If the course is continued, how close will the ship approach the light?
a. 2945m b. 2943 c. 2950 d. 2934

3 The Father of Trigonometry.

a. Archimedes b. Hipparchus c. Pythagoras d. Napier

4 Using the law of tangents, find to the nearest degree, the measure of the other two angles of a triangle in which a
= 14 , b = 11 , C = 56°. Find angle A.
a. 76.22° b. 81.77° c. 90.16° d. 74.72°

5 Compute the distance between the directrices of the curve 9x^2 – 25y^2 – 54x – 250y + 481 = 0.
a. 15 b. 12.5 c. 10 d. 7.5

6 A hyperbola has the equation x^2 – 8x – 4y^2 + 64y = 256, find the center of hyperbola.
a. (8,4) b. (-8,4) c. (4,8) d. (-4,8)

7 Two lines are represented by the equations -1/2 y = 6x + 10 and y = mx. Find the value of m such that the lines will
be parallel.
a. 12 b. -12 c. 6 d. -6

8 The surface area of an open cylinder tank is 68 sq m. If the diameter is 2/3 of its height, compute the height of the
tank.
a. 5.58 m b. 5.28 c. 5.15 d. 4.97

9 Find the volume of a cone to be constructed from a sector having a diameter of 72 cm and a central angle of 210°

a. 11450 b. 13500 c. 15510 d. 12270

10 Find the volume of the regular polyhedron with an edge of 3 m

a. 5.74 m3 b. 6.18 c. 3.18 d. 7.33

11 Find the area bounded by the curves x^2 = y and y^2 = x.

a. 0.5 b. 0.667 c. 0.25 d. 0.333

12 Determine the radius of gyration of the area into the first quadrant bounded by the line y = 0, x = 3 and the curve
x^2 = 3y with respect to y axis.
a. 4.77 b. 3.88 c. 3.07 d. 2.32

13 Evaluate the integral of 24 dx / (5 + 3x^2) from x = 0 to x = 1.

a. 21.27 b. 19.65 c. 31.18 d. 44.72

14 The temperature of a body changes at a rate that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the
outside medium and the body.
 Simple chemical Newton’s Law of
a. Charles’ Law b. conversion c. Gay-Lussac’s Law d. Cooling

15 An object moves along the x axis in such a way that its position t > 0 is dx/dt + (t – t^-1)x = t^2. If the object was at
position x = 2 at time t = 1, where will it be at time t = 3?
a. 2.915 b. 3.055 c. 3.125 d. 3.285

16 Find the magnitude of the vector 4i + 7j – 5k.

a. 9.487 b. 10.377 c. 11.637 d. 17.412

17 (FIGURE 1) Given the determinant, find the minor of -4.

a. 4 b. -4 c. -6 d. 6

SITUATION 1: A four cornered lot has the following azimuth and distances with unknown non-adjacent sides.
Boundary Azimuth Distance
1-2 12 ᵒ 300m
2-3 128ᵒ -------
3-4 192ᵒ 150m
4-1 260ᵒ -------

18 Compute the missing side 4-1.

a. 181.42m b. 116.79 c. 191.83 d. 147.54

19 Compute the area of the lot in acres.

a. 12.55 acres b. 9.35 c. 11.56 d. 18.31

20 If the lot is to be subdivided in to two lots having a ratio of 2:3, the smaller lot being on the southeast portion,
compute the dividing line.
a. 347 m b. 479 c. 198 d. 251

SITUATION 2: The superhighway is designed to have a roadway capacity of 100 vpm. But due to some resurfacing
portion of the highway , the roadway capacity is reduced to 30 vpm. The traffic arrival rate is 60 vpm and then
resume after 40 mins.

21 Compute the maximum length of the queue.

a. 1150 b. 1200 c. 1500 d. 1000

22 What is the average delay per vehicle due to some resurfacing of the portion of the highway.
a. 15 mins b. 10 c. 8 d. 5

23 What is the longest time any vehicle spent in the queue?

a. 15 mins b. 50 c. 60 d. 20

24 An engineer promised to pay P 36,000 at the end of 90 days. He was offered 10% discount if he pays in 30 days.
Find the rate of interest.
a. 82.10% b. 34.70% c. 51.60% d. 66.60%

25 An urban bank has a mortgage offers of 12% compounded continuously. What is the effective annual interest?
 a. 12.36% b. 12.55% c. 12.75% d. 12.68%

26 A parent on the day of the child is born wishes to determine what lump sum would have to be paid into an
account annually, in order to withdraw P 20,000.00 each on the child’s 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st birthdays?
P 25,941.73
a. P 35,941.73 b. P 33,941.73 c. 30,941.73 d.
27 For a given function f(t) = f(-t). What type of symmetry does f(t) have?
a. odd b. even c. rational d. quarter-wave

28 Solve for x: |x - 2| + 1 = x
a. 1/4 b. 2/5 c. 3/2 d. 4/7

29 FIGURE 2: Resolve into partial fraction of the following, Compute the value of B.
a. 5 b. 3 c. 2 d. 0

30 Find the summation of (5K – 3) from K = 1 to K = 16.

a. 632 b. 705 c. 790 d. 847

FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2
 HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
SITUATION 1: A hollow cylinder 1.0 m in diameter and 2.8 m long weighs 3.84 kN.
1 Determine the weight of lead (unit weight = 110 kN/m3)must be fastened to the outside bottom to make the
cylinder float vertically with 2.3 m submerged in fresh water.
a. 18.55 b. 15.25 c. 12.7 d. 17.54

2 Determine the weight of lead must be placed inside the cylinder to make the cylinder float vertically with 2.3 m
submerged in fresh water.
a. 13.88 b. 17.96 c. 12.7 d. 14.54

3 Calculate the additional load assuming the lead is placed inside the cylinder to make the top of the cylinder
flushed with the water surface?
a. 3.85 kN b. 5.7 c. 8.36 d. 7.33

SITUATION 2: If 12 m^2 of nitrogen at 30° C and 125 kPa absolute pressure is expanded isothermally to 30 m^3,
use k = 1.40 and constant = pV^k for an isentropic condition.
4 Find the resulting pressure.
a. 75 kPa b. 50 c. 45 d. 30

5 Find the pressure in an isentropic condition.

a. 34.7 kPa b. 44.1 c. 50 d. 62.4

6 Find the temperature in an isentropic condition. Use T2/T1 = (p2/p1)^(k-1)/k

a. -30ᵒC b. 30 c. -63 d. 63

SITUATION 3: A concrete dam retaining water is shown in FIGURE 1. If unit weight of concrete is 23.5 kN/cu m,
7 Calculate the hydrostatic force.
a. 184.75 b. 176.2 c. 155.26 d. 194.17

8 Calculate the factor of safety against overturning. Use μ = 0.4

a. 3.42 b. 2.75 c. 1.86 d. 1.54

9 Calculate the minimum pressure intensity.

a. 56.9 kPa b. 64.7 c. 73.4 d. 82.6

SITUATION 4: In the figure and the table shown (FIGURE 2), it is desired to pump 3,411,000 L/day of water from a
stream to a pool. If the combined pump and motor efficiency is 70% ,
10 Determine the total pumping head in meters.
a. 55.7 b. 69.8 c. 81.6 d. 101.9

11 Determine the power required by the pump.

a. 38.614 kW b. 41.554 c. 56.212 d. 61.001

12 If the electricity is P 6.00 per kW-hr, and operating for 24 hr , assuming 1 month = 30 days, compute the monthly
power cost.
166,812.48
a. P 98,445.19 b. 112,273.15 c. 133,218.85 d.

SITUATION 5: Two pipes are connected in parallel between two reservoirs L1 = 2600 m, D1 = 1.3 m, C = 90 ; L2 =
2400 m, D2 = 0.9 m, C = 100. For a difference in elevation of 3.8 m,
 SITUATION 5: Two pipes are connected in parallel between two reservoirs L1 = 2600 m, D1 = 1.3 m, C = 90 ; L2 =
2400 m, D2 = 0.9 m, C = 100. For a difference in elevation of 3.8 m,
13 Determine the velocity in pipe 1.
a. 1.218 m/s b. 1.318 c. 1.109 d. 1.213

14 Determine the velocity in pipe 2.

a. 1.020 m/s b. 1.116 c. 1.307 d. 1.064

15 Determine the total flow of water.

a. 4.77 m/s b. 3.64 c. 2.91 d. 2.12

SITUATION 6: A uniform soil deposit has a dry unit weight of 15.6 kN/m3 and a saturated unit weight of 17.2
kN/m3. The ground water table is at a distance of 4 m below the ground surface. Point A is at depth of 6 m below
the ground surface.

16 Compute the effective stress at A.

a. 51.02 kPa b. 48.45 c. 54.27 d. 42.39

17 If the water table goes up by 3.5 m find the effective stress at A.

a. 44.34 kPa b. 41.02 c. 47.46 d. 48.12

18 In comparison to 1 and 2, what will happen to the effective stresses at A if the ground water surface will rise up
the ground surface?

a. Increase b. Remain c. Decrease d. Cannot be determined

SITUATION 7: A soil sample was determined in the laboratory to have a liquid limit of 41% and a plastic limit of
21.1%. If the water content is 30%,
19 Determine the plasticity index
a. 21.1 b. 19.9 c. 9.9 d. 11.1

20 Determine the liquidity index

a. 0.507 b. 0.608 c. 0.394 d. 0.447

21 What is the characteristic of soil?

a. Brittle b. Liquid c. Dense d. Plastic

SITUATION 8: A consolidated drained tri-axial test was conducted on a normally consolidated clay. The results as
follows:

Chamber confining pressure: 138 kPa Deviator Stress = 258 kPa

22 Compute the friction angle of the soil.

a. 32.55° b. 21.07° c. 28.89° d. 35.15°

23 Compute the normal stress at failure.

a. 204.68 kPa b. 212.59 c. 278.87 d. 255.15

24 Compute the shear stress at failure.

a. 137.15 kPa b. 112.95 c. 108.53 d. 111.31
 SITUATION 9: A confined aquifer underlies an unconfined aquifer as shown in the figure 3.
25 Compute the equivalent horizontal coefficient of permeability.
a. 34.17 m/day b. 36.25 c. 38.19 d. 40.01

26 Compute the hydraulic gradient.

a. 0.0075 b. 0.008 c. 0.01 d. 0.035
27 Compute the flow rate in cu m per day per meter.
a. 13.76 b. 11.65 c. 10.83 d. 12.91

SITUATION 10: A liquid limit test conducted on a soil sample in the cup device, gave the following results:

28 Two determinations for the plastic limit gave water contents of 20.3% and 20.8%. Determine the liquidity index if
the natural water content is 27.4%.
a. 0.76 b. 0.57 c. 0.39 d. 0.5

29 Determine the void ratio if the sp gr is 2.70.

a. 1.03 b. 1.17 c. 1.21 d. 1.31

30 What is the characteristic of soil?

a. Brittle b. Dense c. Liquid d. Plastic

FIGURE 1 FIGURE 3

FIGURE 2

EL. 90
m

2
 2

1 3

EL. 47
m
 STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
SITUATION 1: The mass of the boat and its passengers is 1180 kg. The boat moves on a circular path of R = 24 m.
at a constant speed of 6m/s.
1 What is the tangent component of the total force acting on the boat?
a. 6 kN b. 3.5 c. 2.5 d. 0

2 What if the normal component of total force acting on the boat?

a. 1.77 kN b. 2.35 c. 3.7 d. 0.98

3 If the boat is moving at a speed of 6 6 m/s at current instant and is increasing its speed at 2 m/s^2 , what is the
magnitude of the sum of the external forces acting on the boat that includes its weight?
a. 2.84 kN b. 2.95 c. 3.17 d. 1.48

SITUATION 2: A rigid plate of negligible mass rests on a central spring which is 20 mm higher than the
symmetrically located outer springs. Each of the outer springs consists of 18 turns of 10 mm wire on a mean
diameter of 100 mm. The central spring has 24 turns of 20 mm wire on a mean diameter of 150 mm. if a load P = 5
kN is now applied to the plate, use G = 83000 MPa.

4 Determine the load carried by the central spring.

a. 3754 kN b. 4031 c. 3573 d. 3348

5 Determine the shearing stress of the central spring.

a. 115.8 Mpa b. 170.5 c. 156.4 d. 137.9

6 Determine the shearing stress of the outer spring.

a. 318.7 b. 220.9 c. 196.4 d. 234.7

SITUATION 3: A 9 m high retaining wall is laterally supported at the top and fixed at the base. The wall resists
active earth pressure increasing from 0 at the top to 52 kN/m at the base of the per meter length along the
longitudinal axis.

7 Determine the design moment at the base. Apply the fixed end moment equation wL^2/30 at the top and
wL^2/20 at the base. Assume the EI is constant.
a. 315.9 KN.m b. 280.8 c. 164.9 d. 204.6

8 The lateral support at the top of the wall was removed, determine the design moment at the base.
a. 702 kN b. 506 c. 481 d. 66

9 Determine the resulting base shear if the wall is free at the top.
a. 234 kN b. 316 c. 481 d. 607

SITUATION 4: A 450 mm square interior column carries a dead load of 825 kN and a live load of 668 kN. A
rectangular footing is required to carry the column loads such that the length of the long side must be equal to
twice the width of the short side. Assume base of footing is 1.5 m below the ground surface. Allowable bearing
pressure is 192 kPa. fc' = 27.6 MPa, fy = 415 MPa, γsoil = 15.74 kN/m^3, γconc = 23.5 MPa and thickness of footing
is 0.60 m.
10 Calculate the ultimate upward soil pressure.
a. 224.76 Mpa b. 196 c. 207.78 d. 245.51

11 Calculate the ultimate punching shear.

a. 1533 kN b. 1845 c. 1988 d. 2157

12 Determine the dimensions of the footing in meters.

a. 2.44 x 1.22 x 0.6 b. 2.14 x 4.28 x 0.60 c. 2.00 x 4.00 x 0.6 d. 2.57 x 5.14 x 0.60

SITUATION 5: A W 420x85 steel beam is fully restrained with a uniformly distributed super imposed load of 25
kN/m. The beam has a span of 10 m.

Properties of W 420 x 85:

A = 10839 sq mm bf = 180 mm tf = 18 mm Tw = 11 mm d = 420 mm Ix = 310 x 10^6 mm^4

13 Compute the bearing stress in MPa.

a. 188.64 Mpa b. 116.54 c. 145.83 d. 136.29

14 Compute the maximum web shear stress in Mpa

a. 12.88 b. 16.77 c. 15.79 d. 18.26

15 Compute the maximum horizontal shearing stress in Mpa

a. 19.41 b. 22.56 c. 25.76 d. 28.1

SITUATION 6: A prestressed concrete beam is 250 x 450 mm. The initial prestressing force is 600 kN. Assume that
there is loss of prestress of 15% at service loads.

16 Find the final compressive stress in the beam if the prestressing force is applied at the centroid of the beam?

a. -5.33 Mpa b. -4.53 c. -4.8 d. -5.65

17 Compute the final compressive stress in the beam if the prestressing force is applied at 100 mm below the
centroid of the beam?
a. -1.51 Mpa b. -12.44 c. -11.2 d. -10.58

18 Find the maximum eccentricity at which the prestressing force can be applied without producing tensile stress of
the beam?
a. 100 mm b. 125 c. 150 d. 75

19 These involves determination of project scope and economic and technical evaluation of feasible alternatives as
an civil engineer.

Study and Report

a. Phase b. Construction Phase c. Operation Phase d. Preliminary Design

20 A 20 m diameter cylindrical tank is to be used to store gas. The shell plating is 10 mm thick and the working stress
of the material is 125 MPa. Calculate the maximum permissible gas pressure?
 A 20 m diameter cylindrical tank is to be used to store gas. The shell plating is 10 mm thick and the working stress
of the material is 125 MPa. Calculate the maximum permissible gas pressure?
a. 0.75 Mpa b. 0.5 c. 0.25 d. 0.33

21 Steel bar for concrete reinforced is tested for its:

a. Tensile b. Compressive c. Yield d. Both A and C

SITUATION 7: A 6 m span beam having a cross section of 200 mm x 500 mm carries a uniformly distributed load
throughout its span. The wood used is 80% stress grade Apitong whose properties relevant to this problem
depicted below:

Bending and tension parallel to grain = 16.5 MPa, Modulus of elasticity = 7,310 MPa,
Shear parallel to grain = 1.73 MPa, Weight of wood = 7.5 kN/m^3

22 Find the slenderness factor

a. 11.75 b. 12 c. 12.11 d. 12.37

23 Determine the maximum superimposed uniformly distributed load that the beam could carry?
a. 29.07 b. 27.6 c. 27 d. 25.96

SITUATION 8: The continuous beam A,B, and C have different moment of inertias. BC is twice that of AB.

24 Determine the value of 6A1a/I1L1 in kN m^2 due to the contribution of the uniform load acting on span AB to be
used in the three moment equation.
a. 4920 b. 5060 c. 5310 d. 5760

25 Determine the value of 6A2b/I2L2 in kN m^2 due to the contribution of the concentrated load acting on span BC
to be used in the three moment equation.
a. 615 b. 525 c. 450 d. 370

26 Find the moment at B.

a. -289.15 kN m b. -261.88 c. -220.16 d. -195.55
27 Compute the vertical reaction of this system.
 a. 300 kN b. 250 c. 230 d. 175

28 It refers to the representation of the variation of any structural parameters at a specific point in a member as a
concentrated force moves over the member.
a. Shear diagram b. Moment diagram c. Influence lines d. Moment distributio

29 A flexible wire cable weighing 60 N/m over two frictionless pulleys 100 m apart and carrying one 10 kN weight at
each end. The weight of the cable is assumed to be uniformly distributed horizontally. The cable extends 5 m
beyond each pulley to the point where they are attached to the weights. Compute the sag of the flexible wire
cable.

a. 7.61 m b. 5.35 c. 8.77 d. 6.84

30 What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the study of stationary rigid body?
a. Statics b. Kinetics c. Kinematics d. Dynamics
 MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
1 Solve for x: |x - 2| + 1 = x
a. 1/4 b. 2/5 c. 3/2 d. 4/7

2 FIGURE 1: Resolve into partial fraction of the following, Compute the value of B.
a. 5 b. 3 c. 2 d. 0

3 Find the summation of (5K – 3) from K = 1 to K = 16.

a. 632 b. 705 c. 790 d. 847

4 These are angles whose sum is 360°

a. complement b. suplement c. explement d. adjacent

5 A ship sailing due east when a light is observed bearing N 62° 10’ E. After the ship has travelled 2250 m, the light
bears N 48° 25’ E. If the course is continued, how close will the ship approach the light?
a. 2945m b. 2943 c. 2950 d. 2934

6 The Father of Trigonometry.

a. Archimedes b. Hipparchus c. Pythagoras d. Napier

7 An urban bank has a mortgage offers of 12% compounded continuously. What is the effective annual interest?

a. 12.36% b. 12.55% c. 12.75% d. 12.68%

8 A parent on the day of the child is born wishes to determine what lump sum would have to be paid into an
account annually, in order to withdraw P 20,000.00 each on the child’s 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st birthdays?
P 25,941.73
a. P 35,941.73 b. P 33,941.73 c. 30,941.73 d.

9 For a given function f(t) = f(-t). What type of symmetry does f(t) have?
a. odd b. even c. rational d. quarter-wave

10 Using the law of tangents, find to the nearest degree, the measure of the other two angles of a triangle in which a
= 14 , b = 11 , C = 56°. Find angle A.
a. 76.22° b. 81.77° c. 90.16° d. 74.72°

11 Compute the distance between the directrices of the curve 9x^2 – 25y^2 – 54x – 250y + 481 = 0.
a. 15 b. 12.5 c. 10 d. 7.5

12 A hyperbola has the equation x^2 – 8x – 4y^2 + 64y = 256, find the center of hyperbola.
a. (8,4) b. (-8,4) c. (4,8) d. (-4,8)

13 An engineer promised to pay P 36,000 at the end of 90 days. He was offered 10% discount if he pays in 30 days.
Find the rate of interest.
a. 82.10% b. 34.70% c. 51.60% d. 66.60%

14 An urban bank has a mortgage offers of 12% compounded continuously. What is the effective annual interest?
 a. 12.36% b. 12.55% c. 12.75% d. 12.68%

15 A parent on the day of the child is born wishes to determine what lump sum would have to be paid into an
account annually, in order to withdraw P 20,000.00 each on the child’s 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st birthdays?
P 25,941.73
a. P 35,941.73 b. P 33,941.73 c. 30,941.73 d.

16 The surface area of an open cylinder tank is 68 sq m. If the diameter is 2/3 of its height, compute the height of the
tank.
a. 5.58 m b. 5.28 c. 5.15 d. 4.97

17 Find the volume of a cone to be constructed from a sector having a diameter of 72 cm and a central angle of 210°

a. 11450 b. 13500 c. 15510 d. 12270

18 Find the volume of the regular polyhedron with an edge of 3 m

a. 5.74 m3 b. 6.18 c. 3.18 d. 7.33

SITUATION 1: The superhighway is designed to have a roadway capacity of 100 vpm. But due to some resurfacing
portion of the highway , the roadway capacity is reduced to 30 vpm. The traffic arrival rate is 60 vpm and then
resume after 40 mins.

19 Compute the maximum length of the queue.

a. 1150 b. 1200 c. 1500 d. 1000

20 What is the average delay per vehicle due to some resurfacing of the portion of the highway.
a. 15 mins b. 10 c. 8 d. 5

21 What is the longest time any vehicle spent in the queue?

a. 15 mins b. 50 c. 60 d. 20

SITUATION 2: A four cornered lot has the following azimuth and distances with unknown non-adjacent sides.
Boundary Azimuth Distance
1-2 12 ᵒ 300m
2-3 128ᵒ -------
3-4 192ᵒ 150m
4-1 260ᵒ -------

22 Compute the missing side 4-1.

a. 181.42m b. 116.79 c. 191.83 d. 147.54

23 Compute the area of the lot in acres.

a. 12.55 acres b. 9.35 c. 11.56 d. 18.31

24 If the lot is to be subdivided in to two lots having a ratio of 2:3, the smaller lot being on the southeast portion,
compute the dividing line.
a. 347 m b. 479 c. 198 d. 251
25 (FIGURE 2) Given the determinant, find the minor of -4.
a. 4 b. -4 c. -6 d. 6

26 Find the area bounded by the curves x^2 = y and y^2 = x.

a. 0.5 b. 0.667 c. 0.25 d. 0.333

27 Determine the radius of gyration of the area into the first quadrant bounded by the line y = 0, x = 3 and the curve
x^2 = 3y with respect to y axis.
a. 4.77 b. 3.88 c. 3.07 d. 2.32

28 Evaluate the integral of 24 dx / (5 + 3x^2) from x = 0 to x = 1.

a. 21.27 b. 19.65 c. 31.18 d. 44.72

The temperature of a body changes at a rate that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the
outside medium and the body.
29 Simple chemical Newton’s Law of
a. Charles’ Law b. conversion c. Gay-Lussac’s Law d. Cooling

30 Two lines are represented by the equations -1/2 y = 6x + 10 and y = mx. Find the value of m such that the lines will
be parallel.
a. 12 b. -12 c. 6 d. -6

FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2
 HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
SITUATION 1: A hollow cylinder 1.0 m in diameter and 2.8 m long weighs 3.84 kN.
1 Determine the weight of lead (unit weight = 110 kN/m3)must be fastened to the outside bottom to make the
cylinder float vertically with 2.3 m submerged in fresh water.
a. 18.55 b. 15.25 c. 12.7 d. 17.54

2 Determine the weight of lead must be placed inside the cylinder to make the cylinder float vertically with 2.3 m
submerged in fresh water.
a. 13.88 b. 17.96 c. 12.7 d. 14.54

3 Calculate the additional load assuming the lead is placed inside the cylinder to make the top of the cylinder
flushed with the water surface?
a. 3.85 kN b. 5.7 c. 8.36 d. 7.33

SITUATION 2: A liquid limit test conducted on a soil sample in the cup device, gave the following results:

4 Two determinations for the plastic limit gave water contents of 20.3% and 20.8%. Determine the liquidity index if
the natural water content is 27.4%.
a. 0.76 b. 0.57 c. 0.39 d. 0.5

5 Determine the void ratio if the sp gr is 2.70.

a. 1.03 b. 1.17 c. 1.21 d. 1.31

6 What is the characteristic of soil?

a. Brittle b. Dense c. Liquid d. Plastic

SITUATION 3: If 12 m^2 of nitrogen at 30° C and 125 kPa absolute pressure is expanded isothermally to 30 m^3,
use k = 1.40 and constant = pV^k for an isentropic condition.

7 Find the resulting pressure.

a. 75 kPa b. 50 c. 45 d. 30

8 Find the pressure in an isentropic condition.

a. 34.7 kPa b. 44.1 c. 50 d. 62.4

9 Find the temperature in an isentropic condition. Use T2/T1 = (p2/p1)^(k-1)/k

a. -30ᵒC b. 30 c. -63 d. 63

SITUATION 4: A confined aquifer underlies an unconfined aquifer as shown in the figure 1.

10 Compute the equivalent horizontal coefficient of permeability.
a. 34.17 m/day b. 36.25 c. 38.19 d. 40.01
11 Compute the hydraulic gradient.
a. 0.0075 b. 0.008 c. 0.01 d. 0.035
12 Compute the flow rate in cu m per day per meter.
a. 13.76 b. 11.65 c. 10.83 d. 12.91

SITUATION 5: A concrete dam retaining water is shown in FIGURE 2. If unit weight of concrete is 23.5 kN/cu m,
13 Calculate the hydrostatic force.
a. 184.75 b. 176.2 c. 155.26 d. 194.17

14 Calculate the factor of safety against overturning. Use μ = 0.4

a. 3.42 b. 2.75 c. 1.86 d. 1.54

15 Calculate the minimum pressure intensity.

a. 56.9 kPa b. 64.7 c. 73.4 d. 82.6

SITUATION 6: A consolidated drained tri-axial test was conducted on a normally consolidated clay. The results as
follows:

Chamber confining pressure: 138 kPa Deviator Stress = 258 kPa

16 Compute the friction angle of the soil.

a. 32.55° b. 21.07° c. 28.89° d. 35.15°

17 Compute the normal stress at failure.

a. 204.68 kPa b. 212.59 c. 278.87 d. 255.15

18 Compute the shear stress at failure.

a. 137.15 kPa b. 112.95 c. 108.53 d. 111.31

SITUATION 7: In the figure and the table shown (FIGURE 3), it is desired to pump 3,411,000 L/day of water from a
stream to a pool. If the combined pump and motor efficiency is 70% ,
19 Determine the total pumping head in meters.
a. 55.7 b. 69.8 c. 81.6 d. 101.9

20 Determine the power required by the pump.

a. 38.614 kW b. 41.554 c. 56.212 d. 61.001

21 If the electricity is P 6.00 per kW-hr, and operating for 24 hr , assuming 1 month = 30 days, compute the monthly
power cost.
166,812.48
a. P 98,445.19 b. 112,273.15 c. 133,218.85 d.

SITUATION 8: A soil sample was determined in the laboratory to have a liquid limit of 41% and a plastic limit of
21.1%. If the water content is 30%,
22 Determine the plasticity index
a. 21.1 b. 19.9 c. 9.9 d. 11.1
 Determine the liquidity index
23 a. 0.507 b. 0.608 c. 0.394 d. 0.447
24 What is the characteristic of soil?
a. Brittle b. Liquid c. Dense d. Plastic
SITUATION 9: Two pipes are connected in parallel between two reservoirs L1 = 2600 m, D1 = 1.3 m, C = 90 ; L2 =
2400 m, D2 = 0.9 m, C = 100. For a difference in elevation of 3.8 m,
Determine the velocity in pipe 1.
25 a. 1.218 m/s b. 1.318 c. 1.109 d. 1.213

26 Determine the velocity in pipe 2.

a. 1.020 m/s b. 1.116 c. 1.307 d. 1.064

27 Determine the total flow of water.

a. 4.77 m/s b. 3.64 c. 2.91 d. 2.12
SITUATION 10: A uniform soil deposit has a dry unit weight of 15.6 kN/m3 and a saturated unit weight of 17.2
kN/m3. The ground water table is at a distance of 4 m below the ground surface. Point A is at depth of 6 m below
the ground surface.

Compute the effective stress at A.

a. 51.02 kPa b. 48.45 c. 54.27 d. 42.39

If the water table goes up by 3.5 m find the effective stress at A.

a. 44.34 kPa b. 41.02 c. 47.46 d. 48.12

In comparison to 1 and 2, what will happen to the effective stresses at A if the ground water surface will rise up
the ground surface?
a. Increase b. Remain c. Decrease d. Cannot be determined

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EL. 47
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 STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
1 Compute the vertical reaction of this system.

a. 300 kN b. 250 c. 230 d. 175

2 It refers to the representation of the variation of any structural parameters at a specific point in a member as a
concentrated force moves over the member.
a. Shear diagram b. Moment diagram c. Influence lines d. Moment distributio

3 A flexible wire cable weighing 60 N/m over two frictionless pulleys 100 m apart and carrying one 10 kN weight at
each end. The weight of the cable is assumed to be uniformly distributed horizontally. The cable extends 5 m
beyond each pulley to the point where they are attached to the weights. Compute the sag of the flexible wire
cable.

a. 7.61 m b. 5.35 c. 8.77 d. 6.84

4 What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the study of stationary rigid body?
a. Statics b. Kinetics c. Kinematics d. Dynamics

SITUATION 1: The continuous beam A,B, and C have different moment of inertias. BC is twice that of AB.

5 Determine the value of 6A1a/I1L1 in kN m^2 due to the contribution of the uniform load acting on span AB to be
used in the three moment equation.
a. 4920 b. 5060 c. 5310 d. 5760

6 Determine the value of 6A2b/I2L2 in kN m^2 due to the contribution of the concentrated load acting on span BC
to be used in the three moment equation.
a. 615 b. 525 c. 450 d. 370

7 Find the moment at B.

a. -289.15 kN m b. -261.88 c. -220.16 d. -195.55
 SITUATION 2: A 6 m span beam having a cross section of 200 mm x 500 mm carries a uniformly distributed load
throughout its span. The wood used is 80% stress grade Apitong whose properties relevant to this problem
depicted below:

Bending and tension parallel to grain = 16.5 MPa, Modulus of elasticity = 7,310 MPa,
Shear parallel to grain = 1.73 MPa, Weight of wood = 7.5 kN/m^3

8 Find the slenderness factor

a. 11.75 b. 12 c. 12.11 d. 12.37

9 Determine the maximum superimposed uniformly distributed load that the beam could carry?
a. 29.07 b. 27.6 c. 27 d. 25.96

10 These involves determination of project scope and economic and technical evaluation of feasible alternatives as
an civil engineer.
Study and Report
a. Phase b. Construction Phase c. Operation Phase d. Preliminary Design

11 A 20 m diameter cylindrical tank is to be used to store gas. The shell plating is 10 mm thick and the working stress
of the material is 125 MPa. Calculate the maximum permissible gas pressure?
a. 0.75 Mpa b. 0.5 c. 0.25 d. 0.33

12 Steel bar for concrete reinforced is tested for its:

a. Tensile b. Compressive c. Yield d. Both A and C

SITUATION 3: A prestressed concrete beam is 250 x 450 mm. The initial prestressing force is 600 kN. Assume that
there is loss of prestress of 15% at service loads.
13 Find the final compressive stress in the beam if the prestressing force is applied at the centroid of the beam?

a. -5.33 Mpa b. -4.53 c. -4.8 d. -5.65

14 Compute the final compressive stress in the beam if the prestressing force is applied at 100 mm below the
centroid of the beam?
a. -1.51 Mpa b. -12.44 c. -11.2 d. -10.58

15 Find the maximum eccentricity at which the prestressing force can be applied without producing tensile stress of
the beam?
a. 100 mm b. 125 c. 150 d. 75

SITUATION 4: A W 420x85 steel beam is fully restrained with a uniformly distributed super imposed load of 25
kN/m. The beam has a span of 10 m.

Properties of W 420 x 85:

A = 10839 sq mm bf = 180 mm tf = 18 mm Tw = 11 mm d = 420 mm Ix = 310 x 10^6 mm^4

 SITUATION 4: A W 420x85 steel beam is fully restrained with a uniformly distributed super imposed load of 25
kN/m. The beam has a span of 10 m.

Properties of W 420 x 85:

A = 10839 sq mm bf = 180 mm tf = 18 mm Tw = 11 mm d = 420 mm Ix = 310 x 10^6 mm^4

16 Compute the bearing stress in MPa.

a. 188.64 Mpa b. 116.54 c. 145.83 d. 136.29

17 Compute the maximum web shear stress in Mpa

a. 12.88 b. 16.77 c. 15.79 d. 18.26

18 Compute the maximum horizontal shearing stress in Mpa

a. 19.41 b. 22.56 c. 25.76 d. 28.1

SITUATION 5: A 450 mm square interior column carries a dead load of 825 kN and a live load of 668 kN. A
rectangular footing is required to carry the column loads such that the length of the long side must be equal to
twice the width of the short side. Assume base of footing is 1.5 m below the ground surface. Allowable bearing
pressure is 192 kPa. fc' = 27.6 MPa, fy = 415 MPa, γsoil = 15.74 kN/m^3, γconc = 23.5 MPa and thickness of footing
is 0.60 m.

19 Calculate the ultimate upward soil pressure.

a. 224.76 Mpa b. 196 c. 207.78 d. 245.51

20 Calculate the ultimate punching shear.

a. 1533 kN b. 1845 c. 1988 d. 2157

21 Determine the dimensions of the footing in meters.

a. 2.44 x 1.22 x 0.6 b. 2.14 x 4.28 x 0.60 c. 2.00 x 4.00 x 0.6 d. 2.57 x 5.14 x 0.60

SITUATION 6: A 9 m high retaining wall is laterally supported at the top and fixed at the base. The wall resists
active earth pressure increasing from 0 at the top to 52 kN/m at the base of the per meter length along the
longitudinal axis.

22 Determine the design moment at the base. Apply the fixed end moment equation wL^2/30 at the top and
wL^2/20 at the base. Assume the EI is constant.
a. 315.9 KN.m b. 280.8 c. 164.9 d. 204.6

23 The lateral support at the top of the wall was removed, determine the design moment at the base.
a. 702 kN b. 506 c. 481 d. 66

24 Determine the resulting base shear if the wall is free at the top.
a. 234 kN b. 316 c. 481 d. 607

SITUATION 7: A rigid plate of negligible mass rests on a central spring which is 20 mm higher than the
symmetrically located outer springs. Each of the outer springs consists of 18 turns of 10 mm wire on a mean
diameter of 100 mm. The central spring has 24 turns of 20 mm wire on a mean diameter of 150 mm. if a load P = 5
kN is now applied to the plate, use G = 83000 MPa.
 SITUATION 7: A rigid plate of negligible mass rests on a central spring which is 20 mm higher than the
symmetrically located outer springs. Each of the outer springs consists of 18 turns of 10 mm wire on a mean
diameter of 100 mm. The central spring has 24 turns of 20 mm wire on a mean diameter of 150 mm. if a load P = 5
kN is now applied to the plate, use G = 83000 MPa.

25 Determine the load carried by the central spring.

a. 3754 kN b. 4031 c. 3573 d. 3348

26 Determine the shearing stress of the central spring.

a. 115.8 Mpa b. 170.5 c. 156.4 d. 137.9

27 Determine the shearing stress of the outer spring.

a. 318.7 b. 220.9 c. 196.4 d. 234.7

SITUATION 8: The mass of the boat and its passengers is 1180 kg. The boat moves on a circular path of R = 24 m.
at a constant speed of 6m/s.

28 What is the tangent component of the total force acting on the boat?
a. 6 kN b. 3.5 c. 2.5 d. 0

29 What if the normal component of total force acting on the boat?

a. 1.77 kN b. 2.35 c. 3.7 d. 0.98

30 If the boat is moving at a speed of 6 6 m/s at current instant and is increasing its speed at 2 m/s^2 , what is the
magnitude of the sum of the external forces acting on the boat that includes its weight?
a. 2.84 kN b. 2.95 c. 3.17 d. 1.48