CIVIL ENGINEERING QUIZ SHOW 2012

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ELIMINATION ROUND JUNIOR LEVEL

The world population is 8 billion and it is increasing at the rate of about 2

percent per year. If it continues to increase at this rate, what will be the
population after 3 years?

NAME: ________________________________________________________

SCORE

YEAR & SECTION: ____________________________________________

2.

Two CE students are solving a problem leading to a quadratic equation. One

student made a mistake in the coefficient of the first-degree term, got roots

INSTRUCTIONS:
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of 2 and -3. The other student made a mistake in the coefficient of the
constant term, got roots of -1 and 4. What is the correct equation?

Write your name, year, and section at the top of the questionnaire and
scratch paper. Make sure that your questionnaire contains 2 sheets. Do not
separate the sheets of the questionnaire. Also, you must be provided with 3

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letter-size scratch paper; use it for your solutions.

Fill in the box following each item with your final answer. Please write

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legibly. Anything written outside the boxes will be treated as scratch.

A test has 42 questions. Each question is worth 2 points or 3 points. A

perfect score is 100 points. How many 3-point questions are there?

Should you wish to change your answer, cross your previous answer out
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and write your final answer within the box.

Only complete answers with proper units will merit full credit. Incomplete
answers shall be considered wrong answers.

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4.

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 sq. cm. on the map. What is the value of x?

You are allowed to bring your own scientific calculator provided they are
submitted to the Quiz Contest Committee for inspection. All memory in the
calculator will be cleared.

5.

On Rounding-off, the computer way of round-off will be used. No roundingoff is allowed in between calculations.

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xx

=7

5.

Solve for x:

6.

When the 3-digit numbers 5a4 and 3b4 are added together, the sum is

Focus on your own questionnaire. Any form of cheating will automatically

mean disqualification.

7.

The exam is good for 1 hour and 30 minutes. An examinee is not allowed to
leave the room once the questionnaire is given.

8.

At the end of the exam, leave the questionnaire together with the scratch

divisible by 9. What is the maximum value of a+b?

paper on your seat. Please make sure that your questionnaire is intact.
9.

Point system:
Easy

Average

3 points

Difficult

5 points

2 points

There will be no deduction for a wrong answer.

EASY ROUND (10 QUESTIONS, 2 PTS EACH)

7.

If x + y = m, and xy = n, what is the value of x 2 + y2 ?

8.

A polygon having 70 sides is called ______________.

9.

Given three angles A, B, and C whose sum is 180.

if tanA + tanB + tanC = x, find the value of
tanA x tanB x tanC.
DIFFICULT ROUND (5 QUESTIONS, 5 PTS EACH)

10. Gerald and Leslie can do a certain job in 3 hrs. On a given day, they worked

1.

Find the partial derivatives with respect to x of the function:

xy2 5y + 6

together for 1 hour then Leslie left and Gerald finishes the rest of the work
in 8 more hours. How long will it take for Gerald to do the job alone?
2.

Resolve the 600-lb horizontal force shown in the figure into components
acting along the u and v axes and determine the magnitudes of these
components.

AVERAGE ROUND (5 QUESTIONS, 3 PTS EACH)

1.

A petal is formed by the intersection of the two circles of radius 4 with

centers at (0,4) and (4,0). Find the area of the petal.

2.

A diving board weighing 280N is 3m long. It is supported at a point 1.0m

from the end and a diver weighing 500N stands at the free end. Determine
the magnitude of the force acting on the point of support.
3.

3.

A solution was prepared by dissolving 5.8g sodium sulfate in water to make

Determine the area of a parallelogram if three of its corner points are located
at (-4,1,0); (3,2,-1); (2,0,3).

100mL solution. Find the molality of the solution if MMsol = 142 g/mol and
= 1.2 g/mL.
4.

A box contains 8 white balls, 15 green balls, 6 black balls, 8 red balls, and 13
yellow balls. How many balls must be drawn to ensure that there will be three

4.

How many integers between -2002 and +2002 are divisible by 3 or 4 but

balls of the same color?

not by 5?

5.
5.

The letters of the alphabet have been assigned numerical values so that

Ax

A freight train four hundred meters long goes through a tunnel that is two

C = B, B x D = C, C x E = D, , X x Z = Y. If A + B = 2002 and B is not

kilometres long. If the train is travelling at a speed of 10 m/s, how long

equal to 0, what is the value of Y + Z ?

does it take the train to pass through the tunnel?