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CIVIL ENGINEERS Second Preboard Examination

Saturday, September 17, 2022 8:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
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MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING, AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED.GOOD LUCK.

NOTE: A times B is represented by A × B or A*B. A raised to the power n is

expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 point each.

1. A businessman wants to earn 7% on his capital after payment of taxes. If

the income from an available investment will be taxed at an average rate
of 42%, what minimum rate of return before payment of taxes must the
investment offer to be justified?
A. 12.07% C. 7.21%
B. 21.70% D. 10.72%

2. An engineering consultant company must decide between two jobs. The

decision is based on the following information.

Job 1
Probability 0.2 0.8
Outcome Loss of Profit of
Php30,000 Php100,000

Job 2
Probability 0.4 0.6
Outcome Loss of Profit of
Php20,000 Php125,000

Which job has the greater expected profit?

A. Job 2 because it has greater expected profit of Php67,000
B. Job 1 because it has greater expected profit of Php74,000
C. Job 1 because it has greater expected profit of Php67,000
D. Job 2 because it has greater expected profit of Php74,000

3. As shown in the figure, Cars A and B are traveling around the circular
racetrack. At the instant shown, A has a speed of 60 ft/s and is increasing
its speed at the rate of 15 ft/s2 until it travels for a distance of 100π
ft, after which it maintains a constant speed. Car B has a speed of 120
ft/s and is decreasing its speed at 15 ft/s 2 until it travels a distance
of 65π ft, after which it maintains a constant speed. Determine the time
when they come side by side.

A. 66.4 seconds C. 64.6 seconds

B. 46.6 seconds D. 44.6 seconds

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4. An instance of something happening, an unexpected event or occurrence

that doesn’t result in serious injury or illness but may result in
property damage.
A. Accident C. Injury
B. Incident D. Risk

5. Two corridors of widths 5 m and 3 m intersect at right angles. What is

the length of the longest pipe, in meters, that can be carried
horizontally around the corner?
A. 11.7 C. 11.2
B. 6.4 D. 13.2

6. A contractor has 50 men of the same capacity at work on a job. They can
complete the job in 30 days, the working day being. 8 hours, but the
contract expire in 20 days. He decides to put 20 additional men. If all
the men get P3.00 per day for a full or part day and if the liquidated
damages are P100 for every full or part day he requires over his contract.
How many days could he finish the job.
A. 22 C. 20
B. 15 D. 18

7. Determine the percentage uncertainty in the area of a square that is 6.08

 0.01 m on a side.
A. 0.27% C. 0.26%
B. 0.25% D. 0.29%

8. Each plane can carry no more than 80,000 pounds. The bottled water weighs
20 pounds per container and each medical kit weighs 10 pounds. If x
represents the number of bottles of water to be shipped and y represents
the number of medical kits, write an inequality that models this
constraint.
A. 10x – 20y  80,000 C. 20x – 10y  80,000
B. 10x + 20y  80,000 D. 20x + 10y  80,000

9. A ground makes a uniform slope of -5% from Sta.5+350 to Sta.5+440. At

Sta.5+350, the center height of the road is 2.6 m cut and in Sta.5+440,
the center height is 4.5 m fill. What is the grade of the finished roadway?
A. +2.11% C. +2.89%
B. +4.5% D. +5.00%

10. A runner and his trainer are standing together on a circular track of
radius 100 meters. When the trainer gives a signal, the runner starts to
run around the track at a speed of 10 m/s. How fast is the distance
between the runner and the trainer increasing when the runner has run
one-fourth of the way around the track?
A. 9.24 m/s C. 10.0 m/s
B. 7.07 m/s D. 8.66 m/s

11. A certain isotope 14C of carbon occurs in living organisms in a fixed

proportion to ordinary carbon. When that organism dies, its 14C decay
exponentially, and its half-life is 5730 years. Assume that a piece
charcoal from a wood fire was found in a cave and contains only 9% of the
14C expected in the corresponding piece of wood in a live tree. How long
ago was the wood burned to form that charcoal?
A. 19906 years C. 19706 years
B. 19606 years D. 19806 years

12. A 40 m high tower stands vertically on a hillside (sloping ground) which

makes an angle of 18º with the horizontal. A tree also stands vertically
up the hill from the tower. An observer on top of the tower finds the
angle of depression of the top of the tree to be 26º and the bottom of
the tree to be 38º. Find the height of the tree.
A. 10.62 m C. 12.89 m
B. 11.58 m D. 13.45 m

13. Find the centroid of the region bounded by the curves y2 = 4x and x2 = 4y.
A. (1.8, 1.8) C. (1.4, 1.4)
B. (1.6, 1.6) D. (1.2, 1.2)

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14. A freely falling body, starting from rest, falls 16 ft during the 1st
second, 48 ft during the 2nd second, 80 ft during the 3rd second, etc.
Calculate the distance if falls during the 15th second.
A. 644 ft C. 564 ft
B. 446 ft D. 464 ft

15. A circle has its center at (3, -2). It is tangent to the line 3x + 4y –
26 = 0. Compute the point of tangency of the circle.
A. (3,4) C. (6,2)
B. (2,6) D. (3,6)

16. A surveyor is walking at the rate of 4 ft/sec along the diameter of a

circular courtyard. A light at one end of a diameter perpendicular to her
path casts a shadow on the circular wall. How fast is the shadow moving
along the wall when her distance to the center of the courtyard is r/2?
A. 5.8 ft/s C. 6.6 ft/s
B. 6.4 ft/s D. 6.2 ft/s

17. On the first six tests in her Mathematics subject, her scores were 92,
78, 86, 92, 95, and 91. If she took a seventh test and raised the mean of
her scores exactly one point, what was her score on the 7th test?
A. 94 C. 96
B. 97 D. 98

18. Two identical semi-circles having a radius of 3 cm are inscribed in a big

semi-circle having a radius of 6 cm. The centers of the three semi-circles
are collinear with each other. If a smaller circle is placed such that it
will be tangent internally to the big semi-circle and tangent externally
to the two semi-circles, find the area of the smaller circle.
A. 12.57 cm2 C. 14.14 cm2
B. 6.28 cm2 D. 25.13 cm2

19. In still water, your small boat average 8 miles per hour. It takes you
the same amount of time to travel 15 miles downstream, with the current,
as 9 miles upstream, against the current. What is the rate of water's
current?
A. 4 miles/hr C. 2 miles/hr
B. 3 miles/hr D. 5 miles/hr

20. In the expansion of (2x – 1/x)10, find the coefficient of the 8th term.
A. 980 C. 960
B. -960 D. -980

21. The baseball player A hits the baseball at vA = 40 ft/s and θA = 60º from
the horizontal. When the ball is directly overhead of player B he begins
to run under it. If player B is initially 15 ft away from player A,
determine the distance at which B must run in order to make the catch at
the same elevation the ball was hit.
A. 43.03 ft C. 58.03 ft
B. 13.03 ft D. 28.03 ft

22. Find the valve of 102x + 1 if 10x = 4.

A. 180 C. 160
B. 175 D. 170

23. An electric replacement pump is being considered for purchase. It is

capable of providing 200 hp. The pertinent data are as follows:

Cost = P3200
Maintenance cost per year = P50
Electric efficiency = 0.85
Life expectancy = 14 years

The pump is used for 400 hours per year and the cost of electricity is
P0.04 per kilowatt-hour (1 horsepower = 0.746 KW). Assuming the pump will
have no salvage value, what will be the monthly cost?
A. P 283.02 C. P 2858.47
B. P 238.20 D. P 2588.74

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24. An airplane flies roundtrip a distance L kilometers each way. The

velocity with the head wind is 160 kph, while the velocity with tail wind
is 240 kph. What is the average speed of the round trip?
A. 192 kph C. 200 kph
B. 195.96 kph D. 198.78 kph

25. Find the degree of curve of the central curve of an 80 m spiral easement
curve with spiral angle at the SC equal to 12º.
A. 4º C. 6º
B. 5 º D. 7º

26. An Aspin takes 4 leaps to a Labrador's 3; but 2 of the Labrador's leaps

are equivalent to 3 of the Aspin's. The Aspin has a start of 50 leaps.
How many leaps must the Labrador take to catch the Aspin?
A. 300 leaps C. 400 leaps
B. 350 leaps D. 450 leaps

27. The areas in cut of two irregular sections 65 m apart are 36 m2 and 72 m2
respectively. Base width is 10 m, side slope of 3H:2V. Find the corrected
volume of cut in cubic meter, using Prismoidal Correction.
A. 3449.69 m3 C. 3434.09 m3
B. 3446.96 m 3 D. 3459.09 m3

28. Assume that trains from New York and Washington leave each city every
hour on the hour. On its run from Washington to New York, a train will
meet n trains going in opposite direction. If the one-way trip in either
direction requires four hours exactly, what is the value of n?
A. 8 C. 9
B. 7 D. 10

29. A man born in the 20th century will be x yrs old in the forthcoming year
x2 of the 21st century. How old was he in 2000? Note: The 20th century began
on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000
A. 25 yrs old C. 35 yrs old
B. 20 yrs old D. 30 yrs old

30. Find the equation of a curve such that y’’ is always 2 and at the point
(2, 6) the slope of the tangent line is 10.
A. x2 - 6x + 10 C. x2 + 6x - 10
B. x + 2x - 6
2 D. x2 - 2x + 6

31. Engr. Don Romantiko desires to measure the height of a tower by observing
a vertical angle at point A. He then moves 54 m to point B towards the
tower and observes the vertical angle to be twice of that A. He again
proceeds to point C, moving further towards the tower still on the same
line at a distance of 21 m. The observed vertical angle of the tower at
this point is three times that at point A. Determine the angle of elevation
of the tower at B.
A. 19.11º C. 38.21º
B. 22.18º D. 41.23º

32. How long is the curve 24xy = x4 + 48 from x = 2 to x = 4?

A. 17/6 C. 6/16
B. 3/17 D. 17/3

33. The distance from point A [(√6)cosθ, (√2)sinθ] to the center of ellipse
is equal to 2. If the equation of ellipse is 2x 2 + 6y2 = 12, find the
value of θ.
A. 15º C. 45º
B. 30º D. 60º

34. The conveyor belt delivers each 12-kg crate to the ramp at A such that
the crate’s speed is vA = 2.5 m/s, directed down along the ramp. If the
coefficient of kinetic friction between each crate and the ramp is μk =
0.3, determine the smallest incline θ of the ramp so that the crates will
slide off and fall into the cart.

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A. 23.42º C. 25.42º
B. 22.54º D. 24.32º

35. A dome is in the shape of a hemisphere with a radius of 60 ft. The dome
is to be painted with a layer of 0.01 in thickness. Which of the following
most nearly gives the volume of paint required?
A. 226.20 ft3 C. 18.85 ft3
B. 122.53 ft3 D. 10.21 ft3

36. The process of striking off the concrete in order to bring the concrete
surface to the required grade.
A. Finishing C. Screeding
B. Troweling D. Floating

37. Sand falls from a container at the rate of 10 ft3/min and forms a conical
pile whose height is always double the radius of the base. How fast is
the height increasing when the pile is 5 ft high?
A. 0.170 ft/min C. 0.032 ft/min
B. 0.509 ft/min D. 0.021 ft/min

38. The process of moving soil or rock from one location to another and
processing it so that it meets construction requirements of location,
elevation, density and moisture content.
A. Loading C. Earthmoving
B. Hauling D. Grading

39. Find the area bounded by the curve y = x3 – 5x2 + 6x + 5, x = 0, y = 0 and

the line x = 4.
A. 25.33 sq. units C. 26.43 sq. units
B. 27.13 sq. units D. 26.67 sq. units

40. Halley’s comet has an elliptical orbit with eccentricity e = 0.967. The
closest that Halley’s comet comes to the sun is 0.587 AU. Approximate the
maximum distance of the comet from the sun to the nearest 0.1 AU.
A. 17.8 AU C. 18.8 AU
B. 35.0 AU D. 38.0 AU

41. Find the length of arc of the polar curve r = cos3(θ/3) from θ = 0 to θ =
π/2.
A. 1.37 units C. 1.23 units
B. 1.32 units D. 1.43 units

42. ___________ is a type of thermoplastic lane marking designed to aid and

provide motorist with visual, audio, and warning on the road.
A. Chevron markings C. Rumble strips
B. Painted median D. Diagonal markings

43. During a test, a rocket travels upward at 75 m/s, and when it is 40 m

from the ground its engine fails. Determine the maximum height reached by
the rocket if while in motion, the rocket is subjected to a constant
downward acceleration of 9.81 m/s2 due to gravity. Neglect the effect of
air resistance.
A. 287 m C. 278 m
B. 318 m D. 327 m

44. Find the radius of curvature at any point in the curve y + ln(cosx) = 0.
A. cos x C. 1.57
B. sec x D. 1.00

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45. Two particles A and B start from rest at the origin s = 0 and move along
a straight line such that aA = (6t – 3) m/s2 and aB = (12t2 – 8) m/s2,
where t is in seconds. Determine the distance between the two particles
when t = 4 seconds.
A. 40 m C. 152 m
B. 55 m D. 192 m

46. Highway appurtenances designed to prevent vehicular penetration from the

travel way to areas behind the barrier such as to minimize damge to
impacting vehicles and to reduce the risk of injuries to pedestrians and
workers.
A. Traffic cones C. Barriers
B. Delineators D. Temporary curbing

47. During baseball practice, a batter hits a very high fly ball and then
runs in a straight line and catches it. Which of the following statements
is true?
A. The batter and the ball have the same displacement.
B. The batter has a greater displacement than the ball.
C. The ball has a greater displacement than the batter.
D. The ball and the batter have the same distance travelled.

48. The process of removing air voids in concrete as it is placed.

A. Compaction C. Tamping
B. Consolidation D. Contraction

49. The vertices of a triangle has polar coordinates of (0,0º), (6,30º), and
(9,70º). Find the area of the triangle.
A. 27.00 u2 C. 17.36 u2
B. 13.50 u2 D. 25.37 u2

50. The process of widening, enlarging, cleaning or deepening of channels in

harbors, rivers and canals to maintain the idea depth of berthing areas
due to fast siltation rate is known as:
A. Disiltation C. Dredging
B. Meandering D. Excavation

51. A ball is dropped freely at a vertical height of 6 m from the frictionless

floor. If the coefficient of restitution between the floor and the ball
is 0.85, find how high will the ball bounce vertically?
A. 5.10 m C. 8.30 m
B. 4.34 m D. 6.00 m

52. A car weighing 800 kg runs at 60 kph around an unbanked circular curve
with a radius of 100 m. Determine the coefficient of friction between the
tires and road to prevent the car from sliding.
A. 0.360 C. 0.283
B. 0.630 D. 0.382

53. A circle is inscribed in a triangle ABC, and it touches AC at P. If AB =

14, AC = 10 and AP = 4, what is the length of side BC?
A. 12 C. 16
B. 14 D. 18

54. A small cone is cut “y” meters from the vertex of a big cone that is 9 m
tall. The volume of the small cone is one-third the volume of the big
cone. What is the value of “y”?
A. 7.86 m C. 6.24 m
B. 1.14 m D. 2.76 m

55. The process of increasing the density of soil by mechanically forcing the
soil particles closer together, thereby expelling air from the void spaces
in the soil.
A. Compaction C. Contraction
B. Consolidation D. Compression

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56. Using the given data in the traverse shown:

POINTS NORTHINGS EASTINGS

A 75 m 250 m
B 425 m 150 m
C 675 m 450 m
D 675 m 675 m
E 425 m 700 m
F 175 m 550 m

Determine the area enclosed by the straight lines bounded by the points
ABCDEFA in acres. (Note: 1 acre = 4047 m2)
A. 53.55 acres C. 107.10 acres
B. 55.13 acres D. 110.27 acres

57. In a railroad layout, the centerlines of two parallel tracks are connected
with a reverse curve of unequal radii. The central angle of the first
curve is 16º and the distance between parallel tracks is 27.60 m.
Stationing of PC is 15+420 and the radius of the second curve is 290 m.
Compute the stationing of PT.
A. 15+500.98 C. 15+618.96
B. 15+537.98 D. 15+625.96

58. The area bounded by the parabola x2 = 4ay and y = b is revolved about the
y-axis. Find the volume of the paraboloid generated.
A. 2πa2b cu. Units C. πa2b cu. units
B. 2πab cu. Units
2 D. πab2 cu. units

59. Find the volume by integration of the pyramid formed by x + y + z = 1 and

the three coordinate planes.
A. 0.23 cu. units C. 0.13 cu. units
B. 0.17 cu. units D. 0.27 cu. units

60. Kaykay and Benben start their new jobs on the same day. Kaykay’s schedule
is 3 work-days followed by 1 rest-day. Benben’s schedule is 7 work-days
followed by 3 rest-days. On how many of their first 1000 days do both
have rest-days on the same day to have their “you and me” time? :D
A. 50 C. 48
B. 100 D. 72

61. A cubical box has one of its edge equal to 4 cm. Pass a plane to the cube
so that the section form would be a regular hexagon whose vertices are
the midpoints of the sides of the cube. Find the area of the hexagon.
A. 20.78 cm2 C. 10.39 cm2
B. 27.78 cm 2 D. 13.90 cm2

62. A fixed circle in the first quadrant has its center at (6,8) and a radius
of 4. Find the locus of a moving circle if it is always tangent to the x-
axis and the fixed circle.
A. x2 – 6x – 12y + 64 = 0 C. x2 + 6x + 12y + 64 = 0
B. x – 12x – 24y + 84 = 0
2 D. x2 + 12x + 24y + 84 = 0

63. Conjugate hyperbolas are such that the transverse and conjugate axes of
one are respectively the conjugate and transverse axes of the other. If
the eccentricity of one is 1.25, what is the eccentricity of the other?
A. 1.25 C. 1.12
B. 1.67 D. 0.80

64. If one of the roots of the quadratic equation 3x2 + kx – 5 = 0 is 1/3,

what is the other root?
A. -5 C. -3
B. -4 D. 2

65. The chemical reaction between cement and water which produces hardened
cement.
A. Hardening C. Curing
B. Hydration D. Plasticization

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66. There were twice as many tickets sold to non-students than to students
for a basketball game in the UAAP last season. Student tickets were at
P60 while non-student tickets were at P110. If the total revenue for the
game was P15,400, then how many tickets were sold to non-students?
A. 90 C. 100
B. 110 D. 120

67. If the equal sides of an isosceles triangle are given as “a”, what length
of the third side will provide the maximum area?
A. a C. 0.707a
B. 0.50a D. 1.414a

68. Because of the 10% oil price increase, Aaron decided to reduce his fuel
consumption by 10%. By what percent would his fuel expenses be changed?
A. decrease by 10% C. increase by 10%
B. unchanged D. decrease by 1%

69. The circle with the center at (3, 3) and radius of 4 units is revolved
about the line x + 2 = 0. Find the volume generated.
A. 1259.34 cu. units C. 1369.54 cu. units
B. 1579.14 cu. units D. 1439.14 cu. Units

70. An unexpected event which results in serious injury or illness of an

employee and may also result in property damage.
A. Accident C. Injury
B. Incident D. Risk

71. The distance of the highest point of a vertical curve is 70.59 m from the
PC. If the length of curve is 120 m and the slope of the forward tangent
is -1.4%, determine the slope of the back tangent.
A. -2% C. +2%
B. -1% D. +1%

72. The slant height of a cone is 3 cm and is inclined to the base of the
cone at an angle of 60°. Find the surface area of the sphere inscribed in
a cone.
A. 6.28 cm2 C. 3.14 cm2
B. 9.42 cm 2 D. 12.57 cm2

73. The process of the placing temporary shores under slabs or structural
members form have been stripped is called
A. Shoring C. Reshoring
B. Formwork Installation D. Falsework Installation

74. North Central Power & Light has just purchased a generating unit that
comes with a 2-year warranty. Once the warranty expires, repair costs are
expected to average $3500 per year. Find the Equivalent Annual Cost for
the repair costs over the 15-year life of the generating unit. The
interest rate is 7%.
A. 3140.86 C. 2805.21
B. 2491.52 D. 1788.47

75. A student finds the average of 10 positive integers. Each integer contains
two digits. By mistake, the boy interchanges the digits of one number,
say ba for ab. As a consequence, the average becomes 1.8 less than what
it should have been. What was the difference of the two digits a and b?
A. 8 C. 6
B. 2 D. 4

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