CIVIL ENGINEER BOARD EXAM NOV 2017 PROBLEMS-Chua (updated) “Sa Panahon ngayon, hindi na uso ang tanga’-Lily Cruz (#Wildflower) L MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING 1. (Algebra) Dr. Irving Weiman, who is always in a hurry, walks up an upgoing escalator at the rate of one step per second. “Twenty steps bring him to the top. ‘The Next day, he goes up at two steps per second, reaching thetop in 32 steps. How many steps are there in the escalator? 2. (Trigonometry) Ina room 40 feet long, 20 feet wide and 20 feet high, A Bug sits on an end wall at a point one foot from the other end floor, midway between the sidewalls. Itdecides to go on a journey to a point on the other end wall which is one foot from the ceiling midway between the sidewalls. Having no wings, the bug must make his trip by sticking to the surfaces of the room. What is the shortest route thatthe bug can take? 3. (Plane Geometry) A new kindof atom smasher isto be composed of two tangents and a circular arc, which is concave towards the point of intersection of the two tangents. Each tangent and the arc of the circle is 1 mile long. What is the radius of the circle? 4. (Algebra) Politician stated thavif you elect me to the office, “promise to cut your taxes for each of my first three years in office by 10% each year, for the total reductions of 30 %. * Evaluate the accuracy of the politician's statement.5. (Algebra) The dimension of the football field is 110 meters by 50 meters. 6. (Algebra) 7. (Algebra) 8. (Algebra) 9, (Algebra) Assume the mower moves at 1km/hr. and has a cutting width of 0.5 meters. Estimate how long would it take one person to mow a football field using an ordinary home lawn mower. Apump can fill up a container in 1Ghrs. Together with another pump, they can fill up the container in 6 hours. What is the rate of the second pump? Given that w varies directly as the product of x andyand inversely as the square of z, and that w=4 when x=2,y=6 and 2=3. Find the value of w when x=1,y=4 and z=2. Aplane flies 465 miles with the wind and 345 miles against the ‘wind in the samé length of time. Ifthe speed of the wind ts 20mph, find the speed of the plane in still air, Cebu Pacific airplane with airspeed of 600kph travels in a direction of N 30 Degrees W, If the speed of the wind is 80kph on a direction of N 40 Degrees E, What is the ground speed of the plane?10. (Algebra) Boyle's law states that if the temperature stays the same, the pressure P of a gas is inversely proportional to the volume V. Ifa cylinder ina steam engine has a pressure of 960 kilopascals when the volume is 1.4 cubic meters, Find the pressure when the volume increases to 2.5 cubic meters. HINT: P=k/V 11. (Algebra) An Earthquake is usually measured by the magnitude M on the richter scale. ‘The intensity | of an earthquake and the magnitude M are related by the formula: M=log (1/1) where I, is the intensity of an arbitrary chosen earthquake. The earthquake that hit Kobe, Japan measured 5.7 on the Richter scale. The earthquake that hit baguio, Philippines measured 7.8. How many times stronger is the earthquake that hit Baguio? 12. (Trigonometry) What is 630 degrees in centesimal system? 13, (Trigonometry) Two angles have a ratio of 3 is to 2. When adjacent, forms 40 degrees. What are the two angles?14, (Trigonometry) Which of the following are true? 1. Isosceles triangles two sides are congruent: Angles opposite the sides are congruent. Il, _Isosceles triangles two angles are congruent, sides opposite the angles are congruent. Il, All Equilateral triangles are equiangular triangles IV. All Equiangular triangles are equilateral triangles. A. Land Ill B, land Iv C. None of the above D. Allofthe above 15. (Trigonometry) A swimmer is capable of swimming 0.45m/s in still water. If she aims her body directly across a 75 m wide river whose eurrent is 0.40m/s. How far downstream from point opposite her starting point will she land? 16, (Plane Geometry) A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle, Angle ADC=75 Degrees ‘Angle ACD=45 Degrees Are BC is % of Arc DC Find angle ACB. 17. (Plane Geometry) A cross section through the center of a football is a circle x inches in the circumference. ‘The football is x-8 inches long from tip to to tip and each seam is an are of a circle % x inches in diameter. Solve for x.18. (Plane Geometry) A circular lake is located at a certain barangay in ‘Tagaytay. An existing road runs tangential to the circular lake. 12 km from the point of tangency, along the existing road, A new road of 8km length is constructed to be the Periphery of the lake at B. The new road is extended to cross the lake. Compute the length of the bridge needed to cross the lake. 19, (Solid Geometry) The volume of parallelepiped whose edges are represented by the following vectors. Az 21-3)+4Ie Beit2j-k C= 3if2k Find the volume of parallelepiped. 20. (Solid Geometry) A hemispherical tank with 2.5m radi water. The water in the tank is 1.8 m high. A Solid spherical ball 1.8 m in diameter is then submerged in the tank. Find the increase in depth of water. 21. (Solid Geometry) _ A solid is composed of cone and hemisphere. The base radius of the cone is 12 cm, The radius of the hemisphere is also 12 cm. ‘The Volume of the sphere is % of the Volume of the Cone. The solid is to be cut by a plane into two equal volumes. Find the distance of the location of the cutting plane from the apex.22. (Analytic Geometry) The distance from point A (V6 cos @ v2 sin @) to the center of the ellipse is equals to 2. If the equation of ellipse is 2x? + 6y2=12, Find the value of @ 23, (Analytic Geometry) What is the slope of the 2x"~ 3x? + x1/2 - 290 at x=3? 24. (Differential Calculus) An extension ladder 17 feet in length is leaning against the sidé’of vertical wall. If the top of the ladder is sliding downward the wall at arate of 5 feet per second, How fast is the ladder sliding when the ladder is 8 feet from the ground? 25, (Differential Calculus) Find the directional derivative of z=x?-6y? at P(7,2) at an angle 0=45 Degrees Se cos 0 sin 02x cos 0-12y sin @ 26, (Integral Calculus) Find fe xcos(4x)dx a 27. (Integral Calculus) Find the value of Xo i = 28. (Integral Calculus) Find the centroid bounded by y=9x2, xand y axis in the first quadrant.29. (Differential Equations) The 1986 explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in former Soviet Union sent about 1000 kilograms of radioactive cesium-137 remaining in Chernobyl x years after 1986. If even 100 kilograms of cesium-137 remaining in Chernobyl atmosphere, the area is considered UNSAFE for human habitation. Find f(x), where x is 80 years, to find if Chernobyl will be safe for human habitation by 2066. 30. (Probability) How many different 5 cards can be dealt from a standard 31. (Probability) 32. (Probability) deck of 52 cards? Throughout the history, many people have contributed to the development of Mathematics. ‘These Mathematicians include Pythagoras, Hypatia, Euclid, Euler, Einstein, Fibonacci, Agnesia and Pascal. What is the probability that a mathematician’s name selected at random from those listed will start with either the letter E or the latter A? In Ford Company, there are 3 different sizes of engines. 50% small 40% medium 10% large The probability of small to fail in 2 years is 15%. ‘The probability of medium to fail in 2 years is 10%. The probability of large to fail in 2 years is 5%. What is the probability that a ford engine will fail in 2 years?33. (Probability) The probability that a student earns a final grade of A is 0.4. 34, (Statistics) The probability of earning a B is 0.1 and the probability of earning final grade of Cis 0.3. Find the probability that the student gets at least C. The 70 Highest dams in the world would have an average height of 206 meters with a standard deviation of 35 meters. The Hoover and Grand Coulee dams have heights of 221 and 168 meters respectively. The Russian dams, The Nurek and Charvak have heights with z scores of 2.69 and ~1.13 respectively. List the dams in order of ascending size. A) Grand Coulle, Charvak, Hoover, Nurek B) Grand Coulee, Charvak, Nurek, Hoover C) Grand Coulee, Hoover, Charvak, Nurek D) Charvak, Grand Coulee, Hoover, Nurek E) Charvak, Grand Coulee, Nurek, Hoover 35, (Statistics) Which of the following is True? gomp 1. All Histograms are single peaked Il, All bell shaped curves are normal curves and symmetrical II]. All normal curyes are bell shaped and symmetrical lonly . Honly . I only . Land Il only 36. (Engineering Economy) 10 000 Raffle tickets at 1.5 Dollars each. A Total of 15 000 will be given away for the prizes. ‘The Breakdown of number of draw winners of prizes are as follows: 1 Winner (First Place=3000) 5 Winners (Second Place=2000 each) 2 Winners (Third Place=1000each) How much is the expected total net profit of one person if he buys one ticket?37. (Engineering Economy) A city is considering a new P50 000 machine. The new machine will operate at a savings of 600 per day compared to the present equipment. Assume the MARR is 12% and the machine life is 10 years with zero resale value at that time. How many days per year must the machine be used to justify the purchase? 38. (Engineering Economy) How long must a temporary warehouse last, to be a desirable investment if it costs $360, provides storage space valued at $3600 per year, and if the company MARR is 10%? 39. (Engineering Economy) A Companys considering the purchase of anew machine that will last 5 years with a cost of P50 000. Maintenance will cost P6000 the First year, decreasing by P1000 each year to P2000 the Fifth year, if the interest rate is 8% per year compounded annually, how much money should the company set aside for this machine? 40. (Engineering Economy) A fixed capital investment of P10 M is required for a proposed manufacturing plant and an estimated working capital of P2,000,000. Annual depreciation is 10% of the fixed capital investment. Ifthe annual profit is P2,500 000, What is the rate of return?41. (Physics) 42. (Physics) 43, (Dynamics) 44, (Dynamics) 45. (Surveying) A block weighing 500 Nis dropped from a height of 1.3 m upon a spring whose modulus is 20 N/mm. What velocity wilt the block have at the instant the spring is deformed 100 mm? A person of mass 40kg is standing on a weighing scale fixed to the floor of elevator. The elevator moves up with a constant velocity of 2m/s, Find his weight. A path travels in a straight line where S=1/2 (t'). Determine the velocity after t=2 seconds. ‘You throw a ball straight from a rooftop 180 ft. high with an initial speed of 20fps. ‘The formula h=-16t? + 48t + 160 describes the ball’s height above the ground hin ft, tseconds after you throw it. When will the ball hit the ground? ‘The scale on the map is 1:x. Alot having an area of 640 square meters is represented by an area of 25 square centimeters on the map. What is the value ofx?46, (Surveying) 47. (Surveying) 48, (Surveying) 49. (Surveying) 50. (Surveying) A.50 m. tape weighing 1.075 kg has a standard pull of 8 kg. The tape's cross sectional area and modulus of elasticity are 0.05 cm? and 200 GPa respectively. What pull (normal tension) is required in order that the effect of sag will be eliminated when the tape is supported at the end points only? A distance between points A and B is measured and recorded as 123.456m, using a tape that has a certified length of 29.992 m. What is the true distance between A and B? The horizontal axis of the transit was inclined at 8 Degrees with the horizontal due to non adjustment. ‘The first sight had a vertical angle of 40 Degrees. The next has -20 Degrees. Determine the error in the measured horizontal angle. A differential leveling was conducted from BM1 to BM2 30 km apart. BM1 is at elevation 124.08 m. The backsight distances averages 150 m in length and the foresight distances averages 100 m. The recorded elevation of BM2 was 274.11.m. If the level used Is out of adjustment such that when the bubble was centered the line of sight was inclined 0.003 m upward in distance of 100 m. What would be the corrected elevation of BM2? Three level lines were run over three different routes at different distances. Route Distance from BM1 Elevation of BM2 A 8 45.879m B 6 45. 795m. c 10 45.590m What is the adjusted elevation on BM2?51. (Surveying) The area bounded by the water line of a reservoir and the contours with a contour interval of 2m are as of follows. HINT: V= C (Ai+ Az) / 2 Elevation Area 180 10250m? 182 8350m2 184 5250m? 186 750m? 186 6900m* Calculate the volume of the reservoir using End Area Method. 52. (Surveying) This includes primary, secondary and working control on the objects on the jobsite. A) Referencing Control B) Monumenting Control Cc) Horizontal Control D) Vertical Control 53. (Route Surveying) A spiral 80 m long connects a tangent with a 6.5, Degrees circular curve. Determine the deflection angle at the first quarter point.54. (Route Surveying) The common tangent of a compound curve makes an angle of 12 Degrees from the tangent passing through the P.C and 18 Degrees from the tangent passing through the P.T. If the radius of the second curve is 180m, Find the radius of the first curve if the length of the common tangent is 70m long. 58. (Highway Engineering) The primary consideration in the design of geometric cross section for highways, taxiways and runways is A) Drainage B) Shoulder €) Parking D) None of the above 56. (Transportation Engineering) Whatis the maximum coefficient of friction that can be used for a car ona level curve with radius 85 m and speed of 95kph? 57. (Transportation Engineering) Which of the following are components of Stopping sight distance? Perception Reaction time and Braking Distance Passing Distance and Manoeuvring Distance Sight Distance and Passing Sight Distance Reaction time and Sight Distance pop> 58. (Ports and Harbor) The ratio of the wave height t its wave length is called: A. Wave Period B. Wave Propagation C. Slope D. Steepness59. (Ports and Harbor) What does the abbreviation MLLW stands for? 60. (Ports and Harbor) These are Waves which fall forward since the forward velocity of the crest particles exceeds the velocity of the propagation of the wave itself. In Deep water, this normally occurs when the wavelength L is less than 7 times the wave height, In Shallow water, when the depth is equal tO 1.25H where H is the wave height. *“nothing follows To be updated again soon by Chua CE Ebooks...