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SECOND EVALUATION EXAMINATION REVIEW FOR NOVEMBER 2021 CE BOARD EXAM

Part 1: Mathematics, Surveying & Transportation B. 20.86 m D. 19.95 m
Engineering 8. A small square 5 m by 5 m is cut out of one corner of a
1. How long must a temporary warehouse last to be a rectangular cardboard 20 cm wide by 30 cm long. How
desirable investment if it costs P2,100,000 to build, has far, in cm from the uncut longer side, is the centroid of the
annual maintenance and operation cost of P36,000, remaining area?
provides storage space-value at P360,000 per year and if A. 8.49 C. 10.02
the company MARR is 10%. B. 9.67 D. 8.12
A. 9 C. 13
B. 11 D. 15 9. A circle whose area is 452 cm2 is cut into two segments by
a chord whose distance from the center of the circle is 6
2. A small entrepreneur invested a capital “P” for a buy and sell cm. Find the area of the larger segment in cm2.
business. He estimated to have a gross income of P25,000 A. 311 C. 389
annually and an operating cost of P6000 annually. It is B. 324 D. 364
assumed the business to have a life of 10 years. Rate of
interest is 12%. If the investment yields to a benefit cost Situation 1. The perimeter of a triangle is 584 cm. The
ratio of 1.34, determine the capital. interior angles measure 500, 600, and 700 respectively.
A. 70,000 C. 90,000 10. What is the length of the shortest side of the triangle?
B. 80,000 D. 100,000 A. 173.95 C. 181.06
B. 143.44 D. 164.12
3. An additional investment for a new equipment worth 11. What is the area of the triangle?
P100,000 will yield to a savings of P30,000. For the A. 15,998 C. 17,891
equipment to operate, a total of P12,000 additional B. 16,073 D. 14,432
annual expenses are needed. If the equipment will be 12. What is the radius of the largest circle that can be cut from
worthless after 20 years, determine the recovery period this triangle?
if i=10%. (hint: recovery period is the inverse of rate of A. 52 C. 58
B. 55 D. 61
return)
A. 5.55 years C. 6.15 years 13. What is the probability of getting at least one 1 in two
B. 7.25 years D. 4.95 years
throws of a die?
4. A rectangular tank 6m wide 12m long and 18m high is 2/3 A. 5/6 C. 11/36
B. 5/18 D. 25/36
full of water. If 120m3 of water is added, how much (in
percent) is the tank filled with water?
14. In a certain barangay, 80% of the population have
A. 75.93% C. 66.67%
B. 79.53% D. 76.67% cellphone. Two people from the barangay were selected
at random. Find the probability that one has cellphone
5. If the time now in the Philippines (1200 E) is 9:00 A.M., and the other has none.
what is the time in Iraq at longitude of 900 E? A. 0.64 C. 0.08
A. 12:00 Noon C. 6:00 A.M. B. 0.08 D. 0.32
B. 12:00 Midnight D. 7:00 A.M.
15. An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is
6. Benjie is standing on a vertex A of a triangle ABC, with AB the probability of getting 1 black and 1 white ball in two
= 3, BC = 5 and CA = 4. Benjie walks according to the consecutive draws from the urn?
following plan: He moves along the altitude-to-the- A. 0.35 C. 0.48
hypotenuse until he reaches the hypotenuse. He has now B. 0.53 D. 0.84
cut the original triangle into two triangles; he now walks
along the altitude to the hypotenuse of the larger one. He 16. On a certain trip, Edgar drive 231 km in exactly the same
repeats his process forever. What is the total distance time as Erwin drive 308 km. If Erwin's rate exceeded that
Benjie walks? of Edgar by 13 kph, determine the rate of Erwin.
A. 12 C. 10 A. 52 kph C. 36 kph
B. 14 D. 16 B. 25 kph D. 63 kph

7. From a point outside an equilateral triangle, the distances 17. If 8 men take 12 days to assemble 16 machines, how many
to the vertices are 20 m, 18 m, and 10 m respectively. days will it take 15 men to assemble 50 machines?
A. 18 C. 20
What is the length of one side of a triangle? B. 22 D. 24
A. 18.97 m C. 21.02 m

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18. Divide 253 into 4 parts proportional to 2, 5, 7, 9. What is Wsand to fill cone + hole = 4.621 kg
the value of largest part? Wdry soil = oven-dried soil obtained from the hole = 3.017 kg
A. 88 C. 77 28. Determine the water content of the soil.
B. 111 D. 99 A. 10.5% C. 13.5%
B. 11.5% D. 12.5%
Situation 2. Two trains A and B are travelling in the same 29. Determine the volume of the hole.
direction, with train A behind train B. Train A, 65 meters A. 1.72x10-3 m3 C. 1.62x10-3 m3
long, is travelling at 240 kph. Train B, 85 meters long, is B. 1.82x10-3 m3 D. 1.52x10-3 m3
travelling at 120 kph. At a certain instant, the trains are 30. Determine the field dry unit weight of the soil.
200 m apart (clear distance) A. 17.2 kN/m3 C. 18.3 kN/m3
19. Find the time when train A starts to overtake train B. B. 16.2 kN/m3 D. 19.5 kN/m3
A. 6.5 sec C. 6 sec
B. 5 sec D. 7 sec 31. A cube of timber 0.40 m on each side floats in water. The
20. Find the time when train A completely overtakes Train B. specific gravity of the timber is 0.60. Find the submerged
A. 11.5 sec C. 10.5 s depth (m).
B. 10 sec D. 11 sec A. 0.26 C. 0.24
21. Find the distance travelled by train A when it completely B. 0.28 D. 0.30
overtakes train B.
A. 700 m C. 600 m 32. A barge is loaded with 135 metric tons of coal. The weight
B. 650 m D. 550 m of the empty barge is 30 metric tons. If the barge is 5.5 m
wide, 16 m long, and 2.7 m high, what is the draft (m) in
water?
Part 2: Hydraulics and Geotechnical Engineering A. 1.875 C. 1.565
Situation 3. Dry soil is mixed with 18% by weight with B. 2.045 D. 2.575
water and then compacted. The moist soil has a volume of
1 x 10-3 m3 and a mass of 1.6 kg. The soil solids have 33. A barrel containing water weighs 1260 N. What will be
specific gravity of 2.72. the reading on the scale (N) if a 5 cm by 5 cm piece of
22. What is the dry unit weight of the soil? wood is held vertically in the water to a depth of 0.60 m?
A. 13.3 C. 14.8 A. 1274.7 C. 1245.3
B. 13.6 D. 15.4 B. 1260.0 D. 1254.6
23. What is the void ratio of the soil?
A. 94.84% C. 100.63% Situation 6. A 10-cm diameter solid cylinder of height 10 cm
B. 96.69% D. 105.24% weighing 0.40 kg is immersed in liquid (sp. weight =
24. What is the degree of saturation of the soil? 0.0008 kg/cm3) contained in a tall metal cylinder having
A. 33.61% C. 48.65% a diameter of 13 cm. Before immersion, the liquid was 8
B. 39.82% D. 54.26% cm deep.
34. What is the submerged depth in cm?
Situation 4. The results of a field unit weight determination A. 4.48 C. 7.21
of a soil sample using sand cone method is as follows: B. 5.09 D. 6.37
Volume of soil = 0.001338 m3 35. What is the increase in the depth of water in the container
Mass of soil = 2300 grams in cm?
Dry mass of soil = 1910 grams A. 3.77 C. 1.99
B. 2.48 D. 4.36
In a laboratory, this soil yields a dry density of 1.495 g/cc
36. At what level from the bottom will the cylinder float in
at optimum moisture content of 20.8%. The specification
cm?
requires that the compacted unit weight of the soil to be A. 4.11 C. 6.00
95% ± 2% of the maximum laboratory value. B. 5.40 D. 3.62
25. What is the field unit weight of the soil in kN/m3?
A. 16.86 kN/m3 C. 17.51 kN/m3 Situation 7. A piece of rock weighs 350 N in air and when
B. 17.94 kN/m3 D. 16.19 kN/m3 submerged in water weighs 240 N.
26. What is the in situ water content of soil? 37. Evaluate the volume of the rock, in m3.
A. 16.7% C. 18.9% A. 0.0163 C. 0.0112
B. 20.4% D. 22.5% B. 0.0201 D. 0.0173
27. What is the relative compaction of the soil, and did it 38. Evaluate the unit weight of the rock, in kN/m3?
comply with the specification? A. 29.3 C. 31.2
A. 97.9%, no C. 92.8%, no B. 25.4 D. 27.0
B. 96.6%, yes D. 95.5%, yes 39. Evaluate the specific gravity of the rock.
A. 3.30 C. 2.70
Situation 5. The field sand cone test was performed, and the B. 2.90 D. 3.18
following data were obtained:
γsand = calibrated unit weight of sand = 16.2 kN/m3
Vcone = calibrated volume of cone = 0.974 × 10−3 m3
Wwet soil = wet soil obtained from the hole = 3.425 kg
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Part 3: Structural Engineering and Construction S = 4 m, L1 = 6.0 m, and L2 = 6.0 m
Situation 8. Refer to RC-04, and Figure RCF-002 for the 43. Which of the following most nearly gives the total
layout of a reinforced concrete floor system. factored uniform load (kN/m) carried by beam GHI.
A. 30.48 C. 26.16
DATA: B. 43.57 D.
Girder and beam width = 300mm 17.40
Girder and beam effective depth = 550 mm
Girder and beam depth = 500mm below the 100mm thick slab
44. Determine the maximum factored moment (kN-m) for
All columns = 500mm x 500mm beam GHI.
Floor dead load = 3.2 kPa (slab included) A. 146.45 C. 102.45
Floor live load = 2.4 kPa B. 92.20 D.
Unit weight of concrete = 24 KN/m3 121.92
Factored load, U = 1.2D + 1.6L 45. Determine the factored shear (kN) of beam GH at face of
Strength reduction factor for shear = 0.75 column H.
S = 2.5 m, L1 = 6 m, and L2 = 7.0 m A. 83.82 C. 137.79
40. Which of the following most nearly gives the total B. 105.16 D. 96.39
factored uniform load (kN/m) carried by beam GHI. RC-04
A. 33.12 C. 40.52
SHEAR AND MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
B. 23.52 D.
15.84
Positive Moment
41. Determine the maximum factored moment (kN-m) for
End spans:
beam GHI. Discontinuous end
A. 132.50 C. 79.05 unrestrained ............................................................... wuln²/11
B. 94.08 D.
110.41
Discontinuous end integral
42. If girder CI will not provide any rotational restraint, with support ............................................................... wuln²/14
determine the maximum factored positive moment (kN-
m) for beam EF. Assume ln = 6.85 m. Interior spans ...................................................................... wuln²/16
A. 100.33 C. 141.28
B. 78.83 D. 172.85 Negative Moment at exterior face of first interior support
Two spans ................................................................... wuln²/9
More than two spans .............................................. wuln²/10

Negative Moment at other faces of

interior supports ...................................................... wuln²/11

Negative Moment at interior face of exterior supports for

members built integrally with supports
Where support is a spandrel beam ................. wuln²/24
When support is a column .................................... wuln²/16

Shear in end members at face of first

interior support ........................................................ 1.15 wuln/2
Shear at face of all other
supports ....................................................................... wuln/2

Note: ln = clear span for positive moment or shear and

average of adjacent clear spans for negative moment

Situation 10. As shown in Fig. MEC-101, cylinders C and D

are attached to the end of the cable which supports a steel
Figure RCF-002
girder with a mass per unit length of 50 kg/m. If cylinder
D has a mass of 600 kg,
Situation 9. Refer to RC-04, and Figure RCF-002 for the
46. Determine the required mass of cylinder C.
layout of a reinforced concrete floor system.
A. 478 kg C. 459 kg
DATA: B. 440 kg D. 450 kg
Girder and beam width = 300mm 47. Determine the maximum sag h of the cable.
Girder and beam effective depth = 550 mm A. 0.47 m C. 0.54 m
Girder and beam depth = 500mm below the 100mm thick slab B. 0.62 m D. 0.83 m
All columns = 500mm x 500mm
Floor dead load = 3.2 kPa (slab included)
48. Determine the total length of the cable between the
Floor live load = 2.4 kPa pulleys A and B.
Unit weight of concrete = 24 KN/m3 A. 13.7 m C. 13.2 m
Factored load, U = 1.2D + 1.6L B. 13.4 m D. 13.5 m

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53. Determine the maximum beam reaction based on
bending of the base plates at a distance k from the axis of
the web in kN.
A. 74 C. 85
B. 78 D. 92
54. Determine the maximum beam reaction based on web
yielding stress over a distance N+2.5k.
A. 594 C. 552
B. 572 D. 621

Situation 13. Situation: A W12x120 column that has a length

MEC-101 of 4.9m. Use A36 steel. The ends are pinned. Properties of
W12x120: A=22774mm2 rx= 103.2mm ry=79.5mm.

Situation 11. Situation 2: Referring to Figure MEC-102, if yB According to Section 4.5.1.3.1 of NSCP, on gross section of
axially loaded compression members whose cross-
= 1.5 ft, and neither cable segments AB, BC, or CD is
sections meet with the provisions of the code, when KL/r,
subjected to a tension that exceeds 200 lb.
the largest effective slenderness ratio of any unbraced
segment, is less than Cc:

 (KL/r) 2  Fy
Fa = 1 − 
 2Cc 2  FS
3
5 3  KL/r  1  KL/r 
FS = + −
3 8  Cc  8  Cc 

where: 2π 2E
Cc =
Fy
On gross section of axially loaded compression member,
MEC-102 when KL/r exceeds Cc:
12π 2E
49. Determine the largest weight of the crate to be carried by Fa =
the ropes. 23(KL/r) 2
A. 275.6 lb C. 247.5 lb
B. 261.4 lb D. 254.5 lb 55. Find the critical effective slenderness ratio of the column.
A. 47.5 C. 61.6
50. Determine the placement x of the crate. B. 78.4 D. 68.4
A. 2.54 ft C. 0.46 ft
B. 0.43 ft D. 2.57 ft 56. Using NSCP, determine the allowable compressive stress
51. Determine the tension in segment BC. in MPa.
A. 158.1 lb C. 176.8 lb A. 119 C. 188
B. 200.0 lb D. 178.9 lb B. 251 D. 146
57. Using NSCP, determine the allowable compressive load in
Situation 12. A wide flange beam is supported by a wall 300 kN.
mm thick using steel bearing plates 400 mm x 200 mm x A. 2710 C. 4282
B. 5716 D. 3325
20 mm. All steel are A-36 with Fy = 250 MPa. Concrete
Strength f’c = 24 MPa. Assume the allowable bearing
Situation 14. A36 steel beam having a simple span of
strength of concrete is 0.35f’c. Allowable compressive
stress in the web at the toe of fillet is 0.66F y. Allowable 7m is laterally unsupported and the section has the
bending stress of steel base plate is 0.75Fy. following properties:
Properties of the wide flange: bf = 210 mm d = 530 mm
bf = 225 mm tw = 12 mm tf = 16 mm tw = 18 mm
d = 600 mm tf = 18 mm
k = 40 mm The beam is restrained against lateral buckling only
52. Determine the maximum beam reaction based on bearing at the
on concrete wall in kN. supports.
A. 742 C. 852
B. 672 D. 921 According to Section 4.5.1.4 of NSCP states the following
bending of laterally unsupported beam.

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The larger value computed by formula (4.5-6a) or (4.5-6b)
and (4.5.7), as applicable (unless a higher value can be
justified on the basis of more precise analysis), but not more
than 0.60Fy

When 703x10 3 Cb  L 3520x10 3 Cb

Fy r  Fy
t
2 Fy(L/r ) 2 
Fb =  − t Fy (4.5 - 6a)
 3 10.55x10 6 Cb 
 

When L 3520x10 3 Cb

r Fy
t
1170x10 3 Cb (4.5-6b)
Fb =
(L/rt ) 2

Or, when the compression flange is solid and approximately

rectangular in cross section and its area is not less than of
the tension flange:
83000Cb
Fb =
L(d/Af) (4.5-7)

In the foregoing:
rt – radius of gyration of a section comprising the
compression flange plus 1/3 of the compression web area,
taken about an axis in the plane of the web, mm
Cb = 1.75 + 1.05(M1/M2) + 0.30(M1/M2)2 but not more than
2.3

58. Find rt
A. 42.24mm C. 46.43mm
B. 50.52mm D. 55.34mm

59. Find the slenderness ratio

A. 126.49 C.165.72
B. 150.76 D. 138.57

60. Find the allowable bending stress.

A. 75.17 MPa C. 148.8 MPa
B. 60.94 MPa D. 126.7 MPa

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