CIVIL ENGINEERING QUIZ SHOW 2012 1.

The world population is 8 billion and it is increasing at the rate of about 2

ELIMINATION ROUND JUNIOR LEVEL percent per year. If it continues to increase at this rate, what will be the
population after 3 years?

NAME: ________________________________________________________ SCORE

YEAR & SECTION: ____________________________________________

2. Two CE students are solving a problem leading to a quadratic equation. One
student made a mistake in the coefficient of the first-degree term, got roots
INSTRUCTIONS:
of 2 and -3. The other student made a mistake in the coefficient of the

1. Write your name, year, and section at the top of the questionnaire and constant term, got roots of -1 and 4. What is the correct equation?

scratch paper. Make sure that your questionnaire contains 2 sheets. Do not
separate the sheets of the questionnaire. Also, you must be provided with 3
letter-size scratch paper; use it for your solutions.

2. Fill in the box following each item with your final answer. Please write 3. A test has 42 questions. Each question is worth 2 points or 3 points. A
legibly. Anything written outside the boxes will be treated as scratch. perfect score is 100 points. How many 3-point questions are there?
Should you wish to change your answer, cross your previous answer out
and write your final answer within the box.

3. Only complete answers with proper units will merit full credit. Incomplete 4. The scale on the map is 1:x. A lot having an area of 640 sq. m. is
answers shall be considered wrong answers. represented by an area of 25.6 sq. cm. on the map. What is the value of x?
4. You are allowed to bring your own scientific calculator provided they are
submitted to the Quiz Contest Committee for inspection. All memory in the
calculator will be cleared.

5.
x
x

On Rounding-off, the computer way of round-off will be used. No rounding- xx

5. Solve for x: x =7
off is allowed in between calculations.

6. Focus on your own questionnaire. Any form of cheating will automatically

mean disqualification.

7. The exam is good for 1 hour and 30 minutes. An examinee is not allowed to 6. When the 3-digit numbers 5a4 and 3b4 are added together, the sum is
leave the room once the questionnaire is given. divisible by 9. What is the maximum value of a+b?

8. At the end of the exam, leave the questionnaire together with the scratch
paper on your seat. Please make sure that your questionnaire is intact.

9. Point system: 7. If x + y = m, and xy = n, what is the value of x 2 + y2 ?

Easy 2 points
Average 3 points
Difficult 5 points 8. A polygon having 70 sides is called ______________.
There will be no deduction for a wrong answer.
EASY ROUND (10 QUESTIONS, 2 PTS EACH)
9. Given three angles A, B, and C whose sum is 180. DIFFICULT ROUND (5 QUESTIONS, 5 PTS EACH)
if tanA + tanB + tanC = x, find the value of 1. Find the partial derivatives with respect to x of the function:
tanA x tanB x tanC. xy 5y + 6
2

10. Gerald and Leslie can do a certain job in 3 hrs. On a given day, they worked 2. Resolve the 600-lb horizontal force shown in the figure into
together for 1 hour then Leslie left and Gerald finishes the rest of the work components acting along the u and v axes and determine the magnitudes of
in 8 more hours. How long will it take for Gerald to do the job alone? these components.

AVERAGE ROUND (5 QUESTIONS, 3 PTS EACH)

1. A petal is formed by the intersection of the two circles of radius 4 with
centers at (0,4) and (4,0). Find the area of the petal.

3. Determine the area of a parallelogram if three of its corner points

2. A diving board weighing 280N is 3m long. It is supported at a point 1.0m are located at (-4,1,0); (3,2,-1); (2,0,3).
from the end and a diver weighing 500N stands at the free end. Determine
the magnitude of the force acting on the point of support.
4. A box contains 8 white balls, 15 green balls, 6 black balls, 8 red
3. A solution was prepared by dissolving 5.8g sodium sulfate in water to make balls, and 13 yellow balls. How many balls must be drawn to ensure that there
100mL solution. Find the molality of the solution if MMsol = 142 g/mol and will be three balls of the same color?
= 1.2 g/mL.

5. The letters of the alphabet have been assigned numerical values

4. How many integers between -2002 and +2002 are divisible by 3 or 4 but so that A x C = B, B x D = C, C x E = D, , X x Z = Y. If A + B = 2002 and
not by 5? B is not equal to 0, what is the value of Y + Z ?

5. A freight train four hundred meters long goes through a tunnel that is two
kilometres long. If the train is travelling at a speed of 10 m/s, how long
does it take the train to pass through the tunnel?