CIVIL ENGINEER BOARD EXAM NOV 2017-CHUA “But got smarter, | got harder in the nick of time-Taylor Swift” PROBLEMS PART 1: 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. Next day, he goes up at two steps per second, reaching the top in 32 steps. How many steps are there in the escalator? 2... (Trigonometry) In a 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 floor, midway between the sidewalls. It decides to go on a joumey 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 that the bug can take? 3. (Plane Geomeiry) A new kind of Atom smasher is to be composed of two tangents and a circular arc, which is concave toward 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) A Politician stated that “If 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. Assume the mower moves at 1km/hr. and has a cutting width of 0.5 meters. Estimate how long it would take one person to mow a football field using an ordinary home lawn mower. 6. (Algebra) A pump can fill up a container in 16 hrs. Together with another pump, they can fill up the container in 6 hours. What is the rate of second pump? 7. (Algebra) Given that w varies directly as the product of x and y and inversely as the square of z, and that w=4 when y=6, and 2=3. Find the value of w when x=1,y=4 and 7=2 8. (Algebra) A plane flies 465 miles with the wind and 345 miles against the wind in the same length of time. If the speed of the wind is 20mph, find the speed of the plane in stil air. 9. (Algebra) Cebu Pacific Airplane with airspeed of 600kph travels in a direction of N30 Degrees W. If the speed of 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 in inversely proportional to the volume V. Ita cylinder in a steam engine has a pressure of 960 Kilopascals when the volume is 1.4 cubic meters, HINT: KV Find the pressure when the volume increases to 2.5 cubic meters. 11. (Trigonometry) What is 630 degrees in centissimal system?12. (Trigonometry) Two angles have a ratio of 3 is to 2. When Adjacent, forms 40 Degrees. What are the two angles? 13. (Trigonometry) Which of the following are true about isosceles and Equilateral Triangle? 1. _Isosceles triangles two sides are congruent; Angles opposite the sides are congruent M —_Isosceles triangles two angles are congruent; sides opposite the angles are congruent 1m, All Equilateral triangles are equiangular triangles IV. _ All Equiangular triangles are equilateral triangles Vand Ill land Iv None of the above All of the above com> 14. (Trigonometry) A swimmer is capable of swimming 0.45mis in still water | she aims her body directly across a 75 m wide river whose current is 0.40mls, How far downstream from point opposite her starting point will she land? 15. (Plane Geometry) A Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle. ‘Angle ADC=75, Angle ACD=45 ‘Arc BC is Ye of Arc DC Find angle ACB 16. (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 tip and each seam is an arc of a circle % x inches in diameter. Solve for x.17. (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, 18. (Solid Geometry) Find the volume of parallelepiped whose edges are represented by the following vectors, 3j+4k pop> eo 19. (Analytic Geometry) What is the slope of the 2x" - 3x2 + x" — 290 at x=3 20. (Analytic Geometry) The distance from point A (Cos Theta Sin Theta) to the center of the ellipse is equal to 2. The equation of ellipse is 2x? + 6y%=12. Find the value of theta 21. (Differential Calculus) An extension ladder 17 feet in length is leaning against the side of a vertical wall. If the top of the ladder is sliding downward the wall at a rate of 5 feet per second, Ifthe top of the ladder is sfiding downward the wall at a rate of § feet per second, How fast is the ladder sliding when the ladder is 8 Feet from the ground? 22. (Integral Calculus) Find 0 Jf, xeoscanyax aie23. (Integral Calculus) Find the value of 24, (integral Calculus) Find the centroid bounded by y=9., x and y axis in the first quadrant 25. (Differential Equations) The 1986 explosion at Chemoby! nuclear power plant in former Soviet Union sent about 1000 kilograms of radioactive cesium-137 into the atmosphere. ‘The function f(%)=1000(0.5)"*" describes the amount f(x) in kilograms of cesium-137 remaining in Chernobyl x years after 1986. 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 wi be safe for human habitation by 2066. 26. (Probability) How many different 5 card hands can be dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards? 27. (Probability) 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 letter A?28. (Probability) n Ford Company, there are three 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% Whats the probability that a ford engine will fail in 2 years? 29. (Statistics) 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 Coulee, Charvak, Hoover, Nurek 8) Grand Coulee, Charvak, Nurek, Hoover C) Grand Coulee, Hoover, Charvak, Nurek D) Charvak, Grand Coulee, Hoover, Nurek E) Charvak, Grand Coulee, Nurek, Hoover 30. (Statistics) Which of the following is true? com> 1. Allhistograms are single peaked 1. All bell shaped curves are normal curves and symmetrical WM. Allnormal curves are bell shaped and symmetrical only only only Vand It only 31. (Engineering Economy) A city is considering a new $50,000 machine. The new ‘machine will operate at a savings of $600 per day, compared to the equipment presently being used. Assume the MARR is 12% and the machine's 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?32. (Engineering Economy) A Fixed capital investment of 10 000 000 is required for a proposed manufacturing plant and an estimated working capital of 2000 000. ‘Annual Depreciation is 10% of the fixed capital investment. If the annual profit is 2 500 000, What is the rate of return? 33. (Dynamics) A path travels in a straight line where S=1/2(0) Determine the velocity after t=2 seconds. 34. (Dynamics) You throw a ball straight from a rooftop 180 ft. high with an initial speed of 20fps. The formula h= -762 + 48t + 160 describes the ball's height above the ground h in ft.,t seconds after you throw it ‘When will the ball hit the ground? 35. (Surveying) The scale on the map is 1: x. A Lot having an area of 640 square meters is represented by an area of 25.6 cm? on the map. What is the value of x? 36. (Elementary Surveying) A 50m 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? 37. (Elementary Surveying) 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 had -20 Degrees. Determine the error in the measured horizontal angle.38. (Elementary Surveying) A Differential leveling was conducted from BM to BM2 30km apart. BM1 is at elevation 124.08m. The backsight distance averages 150 m in length and the foresight distance averages 100m. The recorded elevation of BM2 was 274.11 m. If the level used is out of adjustment’such that when 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? 40. (Higher Surveying) The area bounded by the water line of a reservoir and the contours with a contour interval of 2m are as follows: HINT: V=C.(Av+ As) 2 Elevation ‘Area 780 To260m" 182 8350nr 184 5250m 186 750m | 186, 690m Calculate the volume of the reservoir using End area Method 41. (Elementary Surveying) Three level lines were run over three different routes at different distances, Distance | Elevation of Route | from BM1 BM2 A 8 45. 879m B 6 45. 795m, Cc 10 45.590m What is the adjusted elevation on BM2?42. (Higher Surveying) This includes primary, secondary and working control on objects the jobsite A) Referencing control B) Monumenting control C) Horizontal Control D) Vertical Control 43. (Route Surveying) A spiral 80 m long connects a tangent with a 6.5 Degrees circular curve. Determine the spiral angle at the first quarter point. 44, (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. 45. (Highway Engineering) The primary consideration in the design of geometric cross section for highways, runways and taxiways A) Drainage B) Shoulder C) Parking D) None of the above 46. (Transportation Engineering) What is the maximum coefficient of friction that can be used for a car on a level curve with radius 85m and speed of 95kph. 47. (Transportation Engineering) Which of the following are two components of a Stopping Sight distance? ‘A. Perception Reaction time and Braking distance B. Passing distance and Maneuvering distance C. Sight distance and Passing sight distance D. Reaction time and Sight distance 48. (Ports and Harbor) The ratio of the wave height to its wave length is called ‘A. Wave Period B. Wave Propagation C. Slope D. Steepness49. (Ports and Harbor) What does the abbreviation MLLW stands for? 50. (Ports and Harbor) Waves, which fall forward since the forward velocity of the creast particles exceeds the velocity of propagation of the wave itself In deep water, this normally occurs when the wave length L is less than 7 times the wave height (L < 7H). In shallow water, When the depth d is approximately equal to 1.25 H(where H is the wave height). What do you call these type of waves? A. Intermediate water waves B. Breaking waves C. Shallow-water waves D. Significant waves b.. to be updated by Ebooks CE Chua “Pressure creates diamond. Fire refines Gold. Be Indestructible.”