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MIDTERM PRIODICAL EXAMINATION

CE REVIEW
Intended Learning Outcomes:
1. To be able to review the following subjects: Differential Equations, Advanced Engineering Mathematics,
Probability and Statistics, Surveying 1 and 2, Transportation Engineering and Engineering Economics.
2. To be solve different problems for the subjects identified above with the least possible time.

Instructions: Solve the following problems on a separate sheet of paper. Box your final answer and summarized it
in the table provided in the last page of this test question. No partial point(s) will be given to unrelated
concepts and solution.

1.1. In Nigeria, the rate of deforestation is 5.25% per year. If the decrease in forest in Nigeria is
exponential, how long will it take until only 25% of the current forests are left?

1.2. In the given series of numbers 1, 1, ½, 1/6 1/24…. Find the 7th term.

2.1. An experiment consist of selecting three items from a box of several items. The three items are classified
as defective (D) or non-defective (N) as they are selected. Give the sample space for this experiment. Which
outcomes are in the events A, B, C where A is exactly one defective

a. (DNN, NDN, NND)

b. (NNN, NND, DNN)
c. (DDD, DNN, NDD)
d. (NDD, DND,DDN)

2.2. A box contains 58 red marbles, 14 yellow marbles, 28 blue marbles, all the marbles are of the same size.
Three marbles are drawn at random from the box, first, then a second and then a third. Determine the probability
of getting, one red marble, one yellow marble and one blue marble without replacement.

2.3. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cellphones. A quality control engineer selects 2 cell
phones at random without replacement. What is the probability that neither is defective?

3.1. A father wants to set aside money for his 5 year old son’s future college education. Money can be deposited
in a bank account that pays 8% per year, compounded annually. What equal deposits should be made by the father,
on his son’s 6th through 17th birthday, in order to provide Php 5000 on the son’s 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st
birthdays?

3.2. A small entrepreneur invested a capital of P80,000 for a buy and sell business. He estimated to have a
gross income of P25,000 annually and on operating cost of P6,000 annually. It is assumed the business to have a
life over 10 years. If the rate of interest is 12%, Compute the benefit cost ratio.

3.3. An equipment cost P480,000 and has a salvage value of 10% of its cost at the end of its life of 36,000
operating hours in a period of 5 years. In the first year of service, it was used for 12,000 hours. If at the
end of 2nd year, it was used for 15000 hours, find the depreciation at the end of the second year.

3.4. Determine the appropriate size of annual payment needed to retire P70,000,000. In bonds issued by a city
plan to build a dam. The bonds must be repaid over a 50 year period and at annual rate of 6% compounded
annually.

3.5. A man borrowed Php. 100,000 and promised to pay after 5 months at a simple interest of 8% per month. How
much will the man pay?

a. Php 140,000 c. Php 160,000

b. Php 180,000 d. Php 150,000

3.6. A certain commodity is payable in 90 days but if paid in 15 days there will be a 10% discount. Find the
annual rate of interest.

a. 53.33% c. 51.11%
b. 58.89% d. 56.67%

3.7. A car costing Php 1 million was bought at a down payment of Php 200,000. Php 150,000 is paid after 2 years
and the remaining balance after 5 years. How much was the payment after 5 years if the interest rate is 12%
compounded annually?

a. Php 1,199,134.15 c. Php 1,349,134.15

b. Php 1,999,134.15 d. Php 1,749,134.15

3.8. Which of the following has the greatest effective annual rate of interest?

a. 6.25% compounded semi-annually

b. 6.30% compounded annually
c. 6.20% compounded quarterly
d. 6.10% compounded continuously

3.9. A man borrowed P120, 000 and promised to pay “A” pesos annually for 5 years. If the interest rate is 8%
compounded annually how much the annual will payment be?

a. Php 30,054.77 c. Php 34,005.77

b. Php 30,504.77 d. Php 35,004.77
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3.10. A company produces a certain commodity. The labor and material cost for each item produced is P112. Other
variable cost is P67.00 per unit. The fixed monthly cost is P316,000.00. If each item is to be sold at P425.00,
determine the number of units that must be produced per month in order to break even.

a. 1,285 c. 1582
b. 1258 d. 1825

4.1. Determine the degree of simple curve whose central angle is 26 degrees, if the shortest distance from the
curve to the point of intersection of the tangents is 7.54m. Use arc basis.

4.2. A reversed curve of equal radii connects two parallel tangents 12m apart. The length of the chord from P.C.
to P.T. is 140m. Determine the radius of the curve.

4.3. With the transit at point B line of sight horizontal, the stadia intercept C is 1.15m. If the stadia
interval factor is 100.32 and the stadia constant is 0.3, find the distance BC.

4.4. A line of levels, 6km long is run between A and B with average backsight and foresight distances of 150m.
the average backsight reading is 8.8m and each time it is taken the rod is inclined sidewards from the vertical
by 5 degrees. What is the correct elevation of B if its recorded elevation is 425.15m?

4.5. A student was asked to measure a straight line sing 25m tape which is 0.0021m too long. What is the
required measurement?

4.6. A car travelling at a speed of 65mph approached a hazard and travelled 72.20m during the perception
reaction time. What was the drivers PIEV (perception, identification, emotion and volition) time in seconds?

The cross section notes shown below are for ground excavation for a 10-m wide roadway. Station 16+100

. .
. . .

4.7. What is the cross-sectional area STA 16+100?

a. 64.1125 m2 b. 58.1125 m2 c. 46.1125 m2 d. 52.1125 m2

4.8. A student recorded the following number of paces after walking a distance of 50m repeatedly as 71.50, 72,
70, and 69.50. He wanted to measure the distance between two points C and D. He recorded the following number of
paces from C to D. and back as 465, 468, and 460. What is the distance from C to D?

a. 378.63 b. 462.04 c. 328.15 d. 421.26

The tangents of a simple curve have bearings of N 20° E and N 80° E respectively. The radius of the curve is
200m.

4.9. Solve for the distance from the midpoint of the curve to the midpoint of the long chord joining the
point of curvature and the point of tangency.
4.10. Solve for the stationing of point A on the curve having a deflection angle of 6° from the tangent at P.C.
which is at 1+350.
a. 1+391.89 b. 1+341.89 c. 1+351.89 d. 1+401.89
4.11. The correct distance between E and F is 213.50m. If a 100m tape that is 0.025 m too long is used to measure
EF, what will be the measured distance?
a. 212.765 b. 213.447 c. 213.553 d. 212.659
4.12. The length of the common tangent of a compound curve is 225 m. The first curve has a degree of curve D1=3°
and a central angle of I1=24°. The second curve has a central angle of 44°. Find the degree of the second
curve. Use arc basis.
a. 2.91° b. 4.06 c. 3.22° d. 3.79°

4.13. It is defined as the number of vehicles per unit distance occupying a section of a roadway at a given
instant in time and is usually measured in vehicles per mile or per kilometer.

a. Density c. Flow

b. Capacity d. Volume

4.14. Messages when painted on pavement should be limited to how many words only?

a. 3 words or less c. 5 words or less

b. 4 words or less d. 6 words or less

4.15. What are the four types of pavements and curb markings?

a. longhitudinal lines, transverse lines, other lines and other markings

b. longhitudinal lines, transverse lines, transition lines and stop lines.

c. longhitudinal lines, transverse lines, center lines and stop lines.

d. longhitudinal lines, transverse lines, center lines and lane lines.

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5.1. A barge weighing 350kN when empty is 6m wide, 15m long and 3m high. Floating upright, evaluate the draft of
the barge in meters when transporting 5000bags of cement along a river, each bag having a mass of 40kg. Assume
the specific gravity of water in the river to be 1.02.

5.2. A spherical balloon 6m in diameter is filled with gas weighing 5kN/m3 in standard air weighing 12kN/m3, what
is the maximum load in kN excluding its own weight? That the balloon can lift?

5.3. Determine the pressure in a vessel of mercury at a point 200mm below the liquid surface, express your
answer in kPa absolute.

5.4. Water flows through a rectangular irrigation canal, 5mm deep by 1m wide, with a mean velocity of
2m/s.Determine the rate of flow in m3/min.

5.5. A pressure surge or wave caused when a fluid in motion is forced to stop or change direction suddenly
(momentum change) is referred to as in hydraulics as:

a. Water hammer
b. Potential head
c. Hydraulic jump
d. Hydrodynamics

5.6. When the path lines of the individual particles of a flowing liquid are irregular curves and continually
cross each other and form a complicated network, the flow is called:

a. Turbulent
b. Continuous
c. Laminar
d. Uniform

5.7. A trapezoidal canal has a bottom width of 4m and side slopes of 2 horizontal to 1 vertical. When the depth
of the flow is 1.2m, the flow is 30m3/s. the roughness coefficient n = 0.015. Evaluate the slope of the channel
using Manning’s Formula.

5.8. If the velocity head at one point of a pipeline is 5m, what would be the velocity head, in meters at the
point of the pipeline if the velocity is increased by times?

A rectangular gate 1.5m wide and 3m high is vertically submerged in water with its top edge horizontal and 2
meters below the water surface.

5.9. Evaluate the total force acting on one side of the gate, in kN.

5.10. Obtain the location of force from the center of gravity of the plate in m.

5.11. Obtain the location of force from the liquid surface in meters

A solid block having a specific gravity of 3.5m is placed in a container containing liquid having a specific
gravity of 13.6.

5.12. If the volume of the block is 0.020cu.m., obtain the weight of the block in kN.
5.13. Evaluate the percentage volume of the block that floats above the liquid surface.
5.14. Obtain the downward force in kN required to make it completely submerged in the liquid.

A rectangular irrigation canal 6 meters wide contains water 1m deep. It has a hydraulic slope of 0.001 and a
roughness coefficient of 0.013.

5.15. Evaluate the mean velocity of the water in the canal in m/s.
5.16. Evaluate the discharged in the canal in m3/sec.
5.17. What would have been the depth of the canal, in meters, using the more economical proportions but
adhering to the same discharge and slope?

An open cylindrical vessel 1.3m in diameter and 2.1m high is 2/3 full of water. If rotated about the vertical
axis at a constant speed of 90rpm.

5.18. Determine how high the paraboloid is formed of the water surface in meter.
5.19. Determine the amount of water in liters that will be spilled out.
5.20. What should have been the least height of the vessel so that no water is spilled out?