DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY – DASMARIŇAS

Dasmariñas, Cavite
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING

PROGRAM: ME LAWS, CONTRACTS SPECS & ETHICS SEMESTER/SY: 2nd/2018-19 DATE: May ___, 2019
SUBJECT: MEET 524 MEE51 FINAL EXAM ROOM: _________
NAME: ______________DORIA__________________________________________ SET B
INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Encircle the correct answer for each question; 2) Refrain from talking or coaching to each other;
3) No cellphone and keep it silent; 4) For correction, draw line across the wrong answer.
1. A requirement specifies a vacuum pressure of the tank and the specification given indicates a positive
pressure, what type of requirement does this refers to?
a) Definite requirements b) Indefinite requirements
c) Standard requirements d) Non-standard requirement
2. What would be more desirable for certain bidders to submit bids other than the detailed plans and
specifications?
a) Their company’s profile and client references.
b) Financial status of the company.
c) Special plans and specifications that embodies their own ideas and practice.
d) Awards and Accomplishments
4. Which statement is FALSE?

a) The more complete the knowledge of the subject, the better the specification.
b) The experienced engineer will foresee the necessary materials and methods to be employed.
c) There’s no need for an extended study, observation and investigation that precede the
preparation of any specification.
d) Both b) and c)
5. What constitute a correct description of the technical requirements?
a) A proper specification of fundamental materials, supplies and processes, united together in a
complete and consistent whole.
b) Engineering or architectural work is made up of a series of elements.
c) No specifications more difficult to prepare than those for fundamental materials and processes.
d) All of the above
6. By what means, the purchaser protects his interest when securing the product which from his
investigation seems most likely to give the results?
a) By preparing an indefinite specification.
b) By endeavoring in an investigation and tests.
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above
7. Where the material or process required is only a small portion of the complete construction, the
specifications need not be ___________.
a) Simple b) Complex c) Detailed d) Elaborate
8. Why is it that the simple name of a material is usually quite insufficient as a basis for a bid or contract?
a) Every material has more or less impurities besides the basic material signified by its name.
b) Iron and steel does not vary widely in characteristics in accordance with the variation in the
constitutional elements.
c) Every materials has its sub-atomic structures that changes when heat treated.
d) Both a) and b).
12. In the control of the desired results, what is the way the Engineer chose to effect the desired outcome?
a) By inspection b) By tests c) By observation d) Both a) and b)
16. What type of specification wherein machines are designed by the manufacturer and
made to order and special?
 a) Design Specification b) Detailed Specification c) General Specification d) Test required
18. Who get not only the information of the nature and amount of the work they will be called upon to
do if this bid is accepted, but they may also form some idea of the fairness of the parties who have
prepared the plans and specifications?
a) Bidders b) Tenderers c) Procurement d) Auditor
20 What will not only prevent disputes but will add to the efficiency and effectiveness of supervision and
inspection.?
a) Brevity and concise b) Understanding and complete c) Clearness and exact language
d) Correctness and truthful
21. In contracts and specifications, the word having the exact meaning should be used ________
as necessary.
a) As seldom b) As rarely c) As needed d) As frequently
22. Which statement is True?
a) Specification also serve as the instructions to superintendents and inspectors as to what
requirements they are not bound to enforce.
b) Specifications describe the character of the work that the contractor must perform and that the
owner must accept.
c) An inspector has the prerogative, unless the same has been especially delegated by his superior.
d) None of the above
23 Which statement is True?
a) It is also important and essential for clearness that such description shall be as brief as consistent
with a complete and exact description.
b) Characteristics and features in specification should not be specified to come with the results desired.
c) The introduction of clauses in the specification which specify perhaps the accurate knowledge of the
Engineer on the material or labor
d) All of the above
24. What kind of Specification wherein information are sometimes inserted with dishonest or vicious intent?
a) Definite specification b) Indefinite specification
c) Indeterminate specification d) Inordinate specification
25. Which statement is an example of an objectionable practice for a small work?
a) The engineer may prescribed the thickness of the arch, the length and thickness of the stone forming
the arch which is laid in mortar for small amount of work
b) The Engineer allows the Foremen to prescribed materials and proportion to make a concrete.
c) "Concrete is to be made of such material and in such proportions as to material and in such manner
as the engineer shall direct."
d) None of the above
26. When an engineer usurped the prerogatives of the client, what kind of specification this refers to?
a) Ambiguous Specification b) Indeterminate specification c) Confrontational specification
d) Arbitrary Specification
27. In drawing specifications for a material only the average requirements which characterize a good material
of the class desired should usually be embodied. What kind of specification this refers to?
a) Unnecessary severity b) Unfair specification c) Arbitrary Specification
d) Confrontational Specification
28. By what means the engineer must know the nature of the material and processes best adapted to the
particular case at hand?
a) By experience b) By investigation c) Both a) and b). d) None of these
29. What type of specification that may require only a plain and exact statement of the conditions that exist
and the general nature of the machine or structure required to satisfy those conditions?
a) Complex specification b) Simple specification
c) Detailed Specification d) Conservative Specification
30 As the project becomes more elaborate and details increase, it becomes more and more essential that the
specifications be complete and in detail.
a) Detailed Specification b) Simple specification
 c) Detailed Specification d) Conservative Specification
31. Which statement is TRUE?
a) Specifications may not bind the contractor to perform his work in a certain manner and to furnish
material of a certain grade.
b) Unnecessary requirements and restrictions as to the quality or character of material and supplies will
add unnecessarily to the expense involved and are a serious error.
c) Referenced specifications may not hold true in the existing work as other factors are not
in conformity to what would be expected.
d) None of the above.
32. If a machine or material is found more or less unsuited for the purpose for which it is used, what would
the user/s do?
a) Its user/s will soon demand such changes in its qualities as will make it more satisfactory.
b) Its users would examine if he or she committed an error in their specification.
c) Both a) and b).
d) None of the above
33. In terms of securing manufacturer’s responsibility, which is the better way in purchasing an article /
product from them?
a) Purchase a standard article from a manufacturer of known repute, from whom the engineer is aware
he can secure a machine which will give certain well-known results.
b) To purchase a similar article under unusual guarantee from unknown parties and then forego the test
on account of the expense involved.
c) Both a) and b).
d) None of the above
34. In the preparation of specification for machinery, what is desirable for the Engineer for his specification to
be more explicit on the basis of his requirement for certain specific features?
a) Elaborated b) Concise c) Definite d) Simple
35. For the young or inexperienced engineer, what is essential, especially, for the general requirements which
should be embodied in the specifications for the machine or apparatus under consideration.
a) To prepare a list b) To prepare a data sheet
c) To prepare an outline. d) All of the above
36. What is synonymous with the term “Extent of Work”?
a) Scope of services b) Scope of Work c) Scope of limitations c) All of the above
37. What should be the parameter when flow rate, output rate, and speed are required in the
specification?
a) Service b) Capacity c) Weight d) Efficiency
38. When writing specification for pump accessories such as impeller, volute, fittings, etc., What parameters
are these?
a) Capacity b) Design c) Furnishing d) Components
39. Generally, the design of any machine should let its working parts be accessible for ______________.
a) Inspection and repair b) for lubrication c) for troubleshooting d) for Maintenance
40. The structure must be safe and the degree of safety must be measured by the possible disastrous results
of ________.
a) Failure b) Fatality c) Collapse d) Cracks
41. What is based upon the consideration of first cost, the cost of maintenance, and in certain cases, the cost
of operation as well?.
a) Maintenance b) Quality c) Designs d) Estimates
42. Which statement is FALSE?
a) High grade machinery and difficult maintenance must not be trusted to incompetent men.
b) Where an efficient assistants were not utilized for such design purposes.
c) The simplicity of design is highly essential.
d) None of the above
43. The financial success depends on the____________ of such works and the works must be financed on
the basis of these estimates.
 a) Actual costs b) Quality c) Performance d) None of the above
44. Which statement is TRUE?
a) Those who have had experience the difficult and expensive work will underestimate the cost of work.
b) Those who have few difficulties or contingencies are involved, and the reverse is equally true and
more dangerous to the estimator.
c) Those who have devote less their time performing work in a professional manner deserves
recognition.
c) None of the above.
45. When the manufacturer is presenting a newly designed and untried machine, what requirement is often
advisable?
a) Production of the material list b) Production of detailed plans
c) Equipment Schedule d) All of the above.
46. What would happen to an Engineer when he / she yields to necessity or persuasion and fails to secure the
proper information.
a) He / She is nevertheless blamed for any trouble and expense which may follow.
b) He / She might be re-assigned to another project with less responsibility.
c) He /She is bound to be reprimanded and destined for demotion.
d) All of the above
47. What does experience demonstrate whenever such an attempt is made to apply short cuts in some
project activities?
a) It usually put strain in the relationship between the Engineer and the Client.
b) It usually results in unnecessarily increased cost.
c) It usually affects the quality of the works performed.
d) All of the above
48. What statement/s involves time and costs in a certain project?
a) Determining the quality and quantity of the various kinds of material to be encountered.
b) Showing the plans, drawings and definite specifications.
c) Showing the skills and experiences of the project engineering staff.
d) All of the above
49. What is large expense item in the excavation of trenches, tunnels, etc.?
a) The cost of handling the water in the soil that may be encountered.
b) The type of soil present in the trenches.
c) The cost of shoring for safety purposes.
d) All of the above
50. Who becomes relieve in the removal or reduction of the risk thus reducing the price bid for the work?
a) The Owner b) The Safety Officer c) The Insurance Company d) The Contractor