CE Elec 4 – Highway Design and Traffic Safety

Prelim Exam

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Direction: Every item is marked with points you may earn. You budget your time wisely knowing that almost every item has
equal worth. Those who talk to his/her classmates will be given minus points. CHEATING will be dealt accordingly.

1. The last term of an arithmetic progression is 38 and the middle term is 13. If the 8th term is 23, find the sum of all the terms.
2. The scale on the map is 1:x. A lot having an area of 640 sq.m is represented by an area of 25.6 cm 2 on the map. What is the
value of x?
3. The given number are in harmonic progression, compute the value of x. 1, 1/5, 1/9, 1/x.

4. Solve for x if x = √1 − √1 − √1 …
5. In a benefit shoes, a number of a wealthy men agreed that the first one to arrive would pay 10 centavos to enter and each
later arrival would pay twice as much as the preceding man. The total amount collected from all of them was P 104, 857.50.
how many wealthy men paid?
6. When the expression x4 + ax3 +5x2 + bx +6 is divided by (x-2), the remainder is 16. When it is divided by (x+1) the remainder
is 10. What is the value of the constant a?
7. Two numbers have a harmonic mean of 4 and a geometric mean of 8. Find the square root of the product of the arithmetic
mean and the harmonic mean.
8. At 2:00 PM, an airplane takes off at 340 mph on an aircraft carrier, the aircraft carrier moves due south at 25 kph in the
same direction as the plane. At 4:05 PM, the communication between the plane and the aircraft carrier was lost. Determine
the communication range in miles between the plane and the carrier.
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9. Find the 6th term of the expansion of ( − 3)1/6.
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10. A large horizontal ring has 8 hooks around its circumference. In how many ways can 8 different lanterns be hung with one
lantern on each hook?
11. Determine the value of the constant K in the equation 3x2 + 2kx – 5x + 8= 0 if the sum of the roots is 4.
12. The construction cost C is directly proportional to the material input (M) and the square of the investment (I) and
conversely proportional to the Labor input (L). Supposing C = 18, when M = 2, I = 6, and L = 4all in million pesos units, what
will be the construction cost in million pesos when L = 6, I = 4 and M = 3?
13. A man has to be at station C at a fixed time. If he starts from point A at 8:00 A.M. and walks at 2kph, he will be at C 3
minutes earlier. If he starts at 8:30 A.M. and walks at 2kph, he will ne at C 3 minutes earlier. If he starts at 8:30 A.M. and
walks 3kph, he will arrive at C 6 minutes late. What is the distance from A to C?
14. The minute hand of a clock is 120 cm long. Determine the circumferential speed if this hand in cm/min.
15. Four years ago, the sum of the age of Tom and Dick was 45. Six years from now, twice Dick’s age will be 28 more than Tom’s
age then. How old is Tom now?
16. A certain job is to be finished in 50 days. A contractor estimated that he could finish the job on time with 25 workers. He
hired 30 workers in the beginning but 10 quit after 20 days. Five more workers resigned after 30 days. If all workers get paid
P300 per day and the liquidated damages is P20,000 for every full or part of the day of delay, how much is the total cost of
this project, not including material cost?
17. A 40 –gram alloy containing 35% gold is to be melted with a 20-gram alloy containing 50% gold. How much percentage of
gold is the resulting alloy?
18. Determine the value of determinant whose elements are as follows:
│8 3 1 4│
│1 -2 3 0│
│-6 5 0 0│
│2 0 0 0│
1 2
19. Elements of Matrix B = [ ]
0 −5
3 6
Elements of Matrix C= [ ]
4 1
Find the elements of the product of two matrices matrix BC.
20. In the fourth principal of a complex number is equal to 1.495 Cis 13.28˚ , what is the complex number in terms of x + y 𝑖?
21. Eighty two consumers were asked which product they use. The results are:
33 use product A
37 use product B
43 use product C
12 use product A and C
13 use product C and B
10 use product B and A
4 use all 3 products
 1. How many consumers use product A only?
2. How many consumers use product B only?
3. How many consumers use product C only?
4. How many consumers use only one product?
22. A piece of wire 72 cm. long is cut into two segments of unequal lengths. Each segment is bent to form a square. The sum of
the areas of the squares is 194 sq.cm. Find the difference between the sides of the square.
23. A bicyclist averages one speed uphill, one speed on level ground and one speed downhill. She estimates the following
mileage of her three previous rides.

Miles Miles Miles Total

Uphill Level Downhill Time
2 15 5 1.5 hours
6 9 1 1.4 hours
8 3 8 1.6 hours

A. Determine her average speed uphill?

B. Determine her average speed ground level?
C. Determine her average speed downhill?
24. A plane parallel to the base of a right circular cone cuts the cone “y” meter from the vertex. Find the value of “y” in meters
if the volume of the smaller cone is 1/3 times the volume of the big and the height of the big cone is 9 m.
25. A regular square pyramid has a horizontal base 26 cm x 26 cm and an altitude of 50 cm. A plane is passed parallel to the
base and 28 cm from the vertex. What is the lateral area of the part of the pyramid below the plane?
4 4 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐴−𝐶𝑜𝑠 𝐴
26. If tan A = , what is the value of ?
5 3 𝐶𝑜𝑠 𝐴+𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐴
27. Find the ratio of the longest side of a triangle to its shortest side if its area is 2240 m2 and two of the sides are 60m and 78
m long.
28. Determine the biggest interior angle in the triangle whose sides are 16 cm, 24 cm and 12 cm long.
29. In triangle ABC, AB = 14 cm, BC = 28 cm and CA = 18 cm. Determine the length of the angular bisector from vertex C to side
AB.
30. A triangle has a perimeter of 96 m and an area of 138 sq.m. What is the radius of the circle that maybe inscribed in this
triangle.
31. In triangle ABC, AB = 30 cm , BC = 36 cm and CA = 18 cm. Find the radius of the circle tangent to side CA and escribed
outside the triangle.
32. A polygon has 65 diagonals, how many sides does it have?
33. Given the following geographical coordinates, find the distance between Australia and Manila in nautical miles.

Place Latitude Longitude

Australia 14˚ 35’S 140˚ 59’ E

Manila 15˚ 39’ N 120˚ 45’ E

34. In spherical triangle ABC, C = 90˚ , c = 130˚ 41’ and b = 45˚ 48’. Find the value of angle A.
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35. What is the altitude of a circular cone having base diameter of e and a volume 𝑒3 .
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36. A regular pyramid having an altitude of 10 m has a horizontal base in the form of an equilateral triangle. If the volume is 916
m3, what is the lateral area in sq.m?
37. A regular hexahedron has an edge 32 cm long. What is the ratio of its total surface area to its volume?
38. 68 sq. m of sheet metal was used to construct a cylindrical tank with open top. The tanks diameter is 2/3 of its height. Find
the height of the tank.
39. A hexagon that is inscribed in a circle has an area of 158 m 2. What is the area included between the circle and the hexagon
in sq.m?
40. Two equilateral triangles, each with 12 cm sides overlap each other to form a 6 point star of David. Determine the
overlapping area in sq.m.
41. A carpenter chisels a square hole of side 2 inches through a round wooden post 3 inches in radius, the axis of the hole is
intersecting that of the post at right angles. Find the volume of the woodcut out in cu. Inches.
42. At 11:00 A.M the water in a spherical tank was 1.8 deep. At 1:00 P.M the water level dropped by 1.5 m. How much water
was used? Diameter of tank = 4 m.
43. A sphere is whittled down into a spherical sector with a central angle of 53˚ and a volume of 420 cu.cm. What is the radius
of the sphere?
44. The base angles of a quadrangular spherical pyramid are 95˚, 108˚, 128˚ and 162˚. The diameter of the sphere is 24 cm.
What is the volume of the pyramid in cm3?
45. A spherical wedge has a curve surface area of 9.2 m2 and a radius of 2.36 m. Determine its volume in m3.