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9. CE Board May 2017
MAY 2017
1. CE Board May 2017
Find the area of a trapezoid if the bases have
lengths 7.3 and 2.7 and the altitude has length
3.8.
2. CE Board May 2017
An earth satellite has an apogee of 2450 miles
and a perigee of 410 miles. Assuming that the
earth’s radius is 400 miles, what is the value of
the eccentricity of ellipse, which form with the
center of the earth at one focus and whose
apogee and perigee satisfy the condition
above?
3. CE Board May 2017
A father and his son can dig a well if the father
works 6 hours and his son works 12 hours or
they can do it if the father works 9 hours and
the son works 8 hours. How long will it take for
the father to dig the well alone?
4. CE Board May 2017
A descending grade of 4.2% intersects an
ascending of 3% grade at station 12 + 125 at
elevation 14.2 m. These two grades are to be
connected by a 260 m. vertical parabolic
curve. A reinforced concrete culvert pipe with
overall diameter of 105 cm is to be
constructed with its top 30 cm below the
subgrade. What will be the invert elevation?
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This should always be shown on site plans for
orientation purposes. Displaying it prominently
is the standard practice.
a) vicinity map
b) scale
c) North directions
d) Legends and symbols
6. CE Board May 2017
A 100 kg body initially at rest is acted upon by
a constant force of 80 N for 5 sec. after which
an opposite force of 54 N is applied. In what
additional time in seconds will the body come
to rest?
7. CE Board May 2017
Five points are located in or on the perimeter
of an equilateral triangle with 9-inch sides. If d
is the distance between the closest pair of
points, what is the maximum possible value of
d?
8. CE Board May 2017
A trainee in a computer company takes 0.9
times as long to assemble each computer as
he took to assemble the preceding computer.
If it took him 30 minutes to assemble the first
computer, find how long it takes him to
assemble the fifth computer.
What is the max. speed at which an
automobile can round a curve of 24 m. radius
of a level road if the coefficient of friction
between the tires and the road is 0.30?
10. CE Board May 2017
Which one of the following is a better buy: a
large pizza with 16-inch diameter for $15 or a
medium pizza with an 8-inch diameter for
$7.50? What is the cost per square inch of the
better buy pizza?
a) Medium pizza; $0.07/sq.in
b) Large pizza; $0.07/sq.in.
c) Medium pizza; $0.15/sq.in
d) Large pizza; $0.15/sq.in.
11. CE Board May 2017
P180,000 was spent on the project that yields
annual benefit of P60,000 for a period of 8
years without any salvage value. Determine
the benefit cost ratio considering the cost of
money to be 7%.
12. CE Board May 2017
In November 1994, Intel announced that a
“subtle flaw” in its Pentium chip would affect 1
in 9 billion division problems. Suppose a
computer perform 20 million divisions (a not
reasonable number) in the course of a
particular program. What is the probability of
no error? Of at one error?
13. CE Board May 2017
The surface area of a cylindrical aluminum can
is a measure of how much aluminum the can
requires. If the can has radius r and height h,
its surface area A and its volume V are given
by the equations: A = 2πr2 + 2πrh and
V = πr2h. The volume V of a 12 oz cola can is
355 cm3. A cola can is approximately
cylindrical. Express its surface area A as
function of its radius r where r is measured in
centimeters.
It takes a force of 130 Newtons to stretch a
spring 50 cm. Find the work done in stretching
the spring 20 cm beyond its natural
(unstretched) length.
15. CE Board May 2017
Every year, an engineering consultant pays a
bonus of P300 to his most industrious
assistant, and P75 each for the rest of his
staff. After how many years would his outlay
be exactly P600 if all but two of his staff had
merited the P300 bonus, but none of them
more than twice?
16. CE Board May 2017
A savings bank offers long-term savings
certificate at 7½% per year, compounded
continuously. If a 10-year certificate costs
P1000, what will be its value at maturity?
17. CE Board May 2017
Find the horizontal asymptote of the curve
2x 4
y= 4 .
x - 3x 2 - 1
18. CE Board May 2017
A ship leaves port and travels 36 miles due
west. It then changes course and sails 24
miles on a bearing of S 33˚W. How far is it
from port at this point?
19. CE Board May 2017
What is the least number of links that must be
disengaged from a 23-link chain so that any
number of links from 1 to 23 can be obtained
by taking one or more of the pieces?
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20. CE Board May 2017
Find the area of the given cross-section if the
width of roadway is 12 m.
Left Center Right
9.8 0 11.2
3.2 2.8 4.21
21. CE Board May 2017
A rotating vessel coming to rest makes 300
revolutions in the first minutes and in each
minute thereafter makes 2/5 as many
revolutions as the preceding minutes. Find
how many revolutions the wheel makes before
it comes to rest.
22. CE Board May 2017
The wave length of a depth water wave during
the typhoon at the port of Cagayan de Oro is
310 m. The depth of still water is located 0.90
m below the centerline of the rotation of the
wave. If the steepness of the wave is 0.16,
determine the vertical distance of the wave
through from the bottom of the ocean if its
depth of still water is 40 m. above the bottom
of the ocean.
23. CE Board May 2017
If a radioactive element has a half-life of 3
hours, then x grams of the element dwindles
to x/2 grams after 3 hours. If a nuclear reactor
has 400 grams of that radioactive element,
find the amount of radioactive material after 12
hours.
24. CE Board May 2017
A company vice president has to visit four of
the twelve subsidiaries that the company
owns. How many sets of four companies are
there from which the vice president can pick
one set to visit?
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Find the value of x + y in the equation
The following data were taken on five cars (x +yi)(1 – 2i) = 7 – 4i.
A machine has a probability of producing a
transversing a 2.4-kilometer highway.
defective equal to 0.05 every time it produces
a product. If three of its products are selected
Car Time (minutes 29. CE Board May 2017 randomly and independently during a shift,
A 1.3 what is the probability that a quality engineer
B 1.1 Find two angles such that the angles are will find no defective in the three?
C 1.4 supplementary and the larger is twice the
D 1.0 smaller.
F 1.2
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Determine the space mean speed. 30. CE Board May 2017 Given the following cross-section notes for a
road grading work:
If a force of 86 pounds is required to push a
safe up a ramp that is inclined 10˚, then what -3.2 1.2 1.2 2.8
26. CE Board May 2017 is the weight of the safe? + + +
x1 0 3.5 x2
A spring stretches 0.150 m. when a 0.300 kg The road bed is 9 m wide and the side slope
mass is hung from it. The spring is then 31. CE Board May 2017 for cut is 1:1 and for fill is 1.5:1. Determine the
stretched an additional 0.100 m. from this area of cut of the section.
equilibrium point and released. Determine the The repair costs for some handheld equipment
spring stiffness. in the office of NAIA is estimated to be P120
for the first year, increasing by P30 per year in 35. CE Board May 2017
subsequent years. Determine the amount that
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the office will need to deposit into a bank A geosynchronus satellite is one that stays the
account, paying 4% interest, to provide for the same point on the quarter of the earth.
To make a peg adjustment, the following notes
repair costs for the next five years? Determine the height above the earth’s
were taken.
Present worth factor (P/A, 4%, 5) = 4.4518 surface such a satellite must orbit.
Sinking fund factor (A/F, 4%, 5) = 0.1846 G = 6.67 x 10-11 N.m2/kg2, mass of earth,
Wye level Wye level
Capital recovery factor (A/P, 4%, 5) = 0.2246
at 1 at 2 ME = 5.98 x 1024 kg.
Uniform gradient series factor
Rod reading
0.632 1.867 (P/G, 4%, 5) = 8.55
at P
Rod reading
2.543 3.432
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at Q
32. CE Board May 2017 It is known that the probability that a bulb will
Point 1 is on the line PQ and midway between last beyond 100 hours is 0.7 and the
P and Q. The length of a summit vertical curve is 200 m. probability that it will last beyond 150 hours is
Point 2 is on the same line as P and Q but not Tangent grades for the vertical curves are 0.28. Given that a bulb lasts beyond 100
between them.0 +3% and -2%. Compute the radius of the hours, determine the probability that it will last
Point 2 is 30 m and from P and 230 m. from Q. summit curve. beyond 150 hours.
With the wye level at point 1, what is the rod
reading at Q for a level sight?
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37. CE Board May 2017
The distance from A to B taken at elevation
1200 m above sea level is 6,750 m. Determine
the sea-level distance. Assume that the
average radius of earth is 6400 km.
38. CE Board May 2017
A man pulls a rope attached to a sled with a
force of 100 lb. The rope makes an angle of
27˚ with the ground. Find the force which the
man must exert so that the effective force
tending to move the sled along the ground is
100 lb.
39. CE Board May 2017
What is the angle between zero-based
vectors: V1 = ( ) (
3 , 1 and V2 = 2 3 , 2 ) 9% per year, compounded annually on such
40. CE Board May 2017
Determine the time of oscillation of a
pendulum having a length of 12 m. long in
minutes.
41. CE Board May 2017
The centrifuge rotor is accelerated from rest to
20,000 rpm in 5.0 minutes. What is its average
angular acceleration?
42. CE Board May 2017
P is a point on BC of the triangle ABC such
that AB = AC = BP. If PA = PC, find the value
of the angle ABC.
43. CE Board May 2017
Two parallel sides of a rectangle are being
lengthened at the rate of 2 in/sec, while the
other two sides are shortened in such a way
that the figure remains rectangle with a
constant area A = 50 in2. What is the rate of
change of the perimeter P when the length of
an increasing side is at 5 in?
44. CE Board May 2017
The number of defective welds in a length of
pipe is 0 through 6 with the following
probabilities.
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(X) .6 .3 .05 .02 .01 .01 .01
Find the expected value of the number of
defective welds.
45. CE Board May 2017
Compute the present worth index if a certain
investment of the Phil. Rock Corporation.
Investment = P30,000
Annual net savings = P12,600
Useful life: n = 9 years
MARR = 12%
Present Worth Factor: (P/A, 12%, 9) = 5.3283
Compound Amount Factor: (F/A, 12%, 9) = 14.776
Capital Recovery Factor: (A/P, 12%, 9) = 0.1877
Uniform Gredient Present Worth Factor:
(P/G, 12%, 9) = 8.226
46. CE Board May 2017
The cost C producing x number of scientific
calculators is given by C = 4.50x + 3000 and
revenue R from selling them is given by
R = 16.50x. Find the number of calculators
that must be sold to break even.
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One leg of a right triangle is 20 inches and the A ball dropped from a height of 10 feet. It
hypotenuse is 10 inches longer than the other rebounds one-half the distance on each
leg. Find the length of the hypotenuse. bounce. What is the total distance it travels?
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In a common carnival game, a player tosses a They are normally parabolas centered about
penny from a distance of about 5 feet onto the the point of intersection of the vertical tangents
surface of a table ruled in 1-inch squares. If they join.
the penny (3/4 inch in diameter) falls entirely a) Grade
inside a square, the player receives 5 b Elevation
centavos but does not get his penny back; c) Vertical Tangent
otherwise he loses his penny. If the penny d) Vertical Curve
lands on the table, what is his chance to win?
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A man has deposited P50,000 in a retirement
Assume that any distance of 100 ft. can be
income plan with a local bank. The bank pays
taped with an error of ±0.02 ft. if certain
techniques are employed. Determine the error
deposits. What is the maximum amount that
in taping 5000 ft. using these skills.
the man can withdraw at the end of each year
and still have fund, which lasts for 12 years?
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Present Worth Factor: (P/A, 9%, 12) = 0.3555
Sinking Fund Factor: (A/F, 9%, 12) = 0.0497 Compute the thickness of a rigid pavement
Capital Recovery Factor: (A/P, 9%, 12) = 0.13965 with a wheel load capacity of 54 kN, if the
Gredient Uniform Series: (A/G, 9%, 12) = 4.491 allowable tensile stress of concrete is 1.6
MPa. Neglect the effects of dowels.
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A mine cable weighing 60 N/m is unwound 57. CE Board May 2017
from a cylindrical drum. If the lower end of the
cable is initially 15 m below the drum, how Two angles whose sum is 360˚.
much work is done by gravity as an additional a) Conjugate angle
100 m are unwound? b) Compliment angle
c) Supplement angle
51. CE Board May 2017 d) Reflection angle
The angle of intersection of a circular curve is
45˚ 30’ and its radius is 198.17 m. PC is at
Sta. 0 + 700. Compute the right angle offset
from Sta. 0 + 736.58 on the curve to tangent
through PC.
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56. CE Board May 2017
Assuming the sun rises at 6:00 A.M., sets at
6:00 P.M. and moves at a uniform rate, how
can a lost boy scout determine the sout by
means of a clock on a cloudless day?
a) Align the hour hand with the sun’s
azimuth, and south will be midway
between the hour hand and 3.
b) Align the hour hand with the sun’s
azimuth, and south will be midway
between the hour hand and 6.
c) Align the hour hand with the sun’s
azimuth, and south will be midway
between the hour hand and 9.
d) Align the hour hand with the sun’s
azimuth, and south will be midway
between the hour hand and 12.
58. CE Board May 2017
Given the geometric relationships, which of
these statements are true?
I. At the PC (point of curvature) and PT
(point of tangency), the radius and
tangents are perpendicular.
II. The angles between the tangent and the
long chords originating at the PC (point
of curvature) or PT (point of tangency) is
equal to one half of I (angle of PI).
III. The curvature at the center of the circle
that subtends the arc between the PC
(point of curvature) and the PT (point of
tangency) is called the central angle, its
value is te same as the I angle.
a) All of the above
b) II and III only
c) II only
d) I and III only
59. CE Board May 2017
Sports utility vehicle (SUV) sales in the United
States have increased since 1995. The
function f(x) = - 0.005x2 + 0.377x + 1.71 can
be used to approximate the number of SUV
sales during years 1995-2004, where z is the
number of years after 1195 and f(x) is the SUV
sales (in millions). Approximate the number of
SUVs sold in 2003. Round answers to the
nearest tenth of a million.
60. CE Board May 2017
Find the area of a parallelogram if the area is
is represented by x2 – 4, the length of a side
by x + 4 and the length of the altitude to the
side by x – 3.
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61. CE Board May 2017
You and a friend spot a loose P20 bill
simultaneously and agree on auction in which
you write your bids and compare them. High
bidder gets the P20 and pays you the other
amount of the higher bid. The bidders split the
P20. How much do you bid?
62. CE Board May 2017
In a certain network, there are 4 nodes and 4
regions. How many arcs are there in the
network?
6 store. Customers will have to push grocery
63. CE Board May 2017
Eight eligible bachelors and seven beautiful
models happen randomly to have purchased
single seats in the same 15-seat row of a
theater. On the average, how many pairs of
adjacent seats are ticketed for marriageable
couples?
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With wireless internet (WiFi) gaining The moon’s nearly circular orbit around Earth
popularity, the number of public wireless has a radius of about 384,000 km and a period
internet access points (in thousands) is T of 27.3 days. Determine the acceleration of
projected to grow from 2003 to 2008 according the moon toward the Earth.
to the equation – 66x + 2y = 84, where x is the
number of years after 2003. Find the slope
and y-intercept of the line equation.
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65. CE Board May 2017 An inverted conical container has a diameter
of 42 in. and a depth of 15 in. If water is
flowing out of the vertex of the container at a
Bottled water and medical supplies are to be
rate of 35π in3/sec., how fast is the depth of
shipped to victims of an earthquake by plane.
the water dropping when the height is 5
Each container of bottled water will serve 10
inches?
people and each medical kit will aid 6 people.
If x represents the number of bottles of water
to be shipped and y represents the number of
medical kits, write the objective function that 69. CE Board May 2017
models the number of people that can be
helped. The price of a dress is reduced by 40%. When
the dress still does not sell, it is reduced by
40% of the reduce price. If the price of the
66. CE Board May 2017 dress after both reductions is P72, what is the
original price?
The following are the step-by-step procedures
for calculating azimuths clockwise. 70. CE Board May 2017
I. Plan and prepare
II. Perform the calculation AB and CD are two buildings of height H and h
III. Repeat the calculation respectively. The angle of elevation of A from
IV. Check the calculation C and D are θ and 45˚, respectively. Find the
V. Calculate the azimuths clockwise height H.
traverse
VI. Calculate azimuths counter-
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clockwise traverse
Which of these procedures are true? In the design of a supermarket, there are to be
several ramps connecting different parts of the
a) I, II, IV, V and VI only
b) I, II, III and IV only carts up the ramps. An engineer has done a
c) All of the above survey and found that almost no one
d) II, IV and VI only complains if the force is no more than 50 N.
With slope θ = 5˚, what force must a person
exerts, assuming a 30 kg grocery cart (full of
groceries)? Assume friction (wheels against
ground, wheel on the axle and so on), can be
accounted for by a coefficient, µk = 0.10.
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72. CE Board May 2017

Water is draining at the rate of 48π ft3/s from a
conical tank whose diameter at its base is 40
feet and whose height is 60 ft. At what rate in
ft/sec is the radius of the water in the tank
shrinking when the radius is 16 feet?

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The radius of a sphere is r when the time is t
seconds. Find the radius when the rate of
change of the surface area and the rate of
change of the radius are equal.

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74. CE Board May 2017
There are four towns at the corners of a
square. Four motorists set out, each driving in
the next (clockwise) town, and each man but
the fourth going 8 km/hr faster than the car
ahead – thus the first car travels 24 km/hr
faster than the fourth. At the end of one hour
the first and third cars are 204 km and the
second and fourth 212 (beeline) km apart.
How fast is the first car traveling?