SAMPLE 100 ITEMS EXAM

1. It is a tool used to determine geometric features of a new road during road design.

A. Traffic Barriers
B. Road Alignment
C. Design Speed
D. None of the above

2. It is the portion of a highway provided for vehicular use and it includes both carriageway and
shoulders.

A. Road way
B. Clear Zone
C. Highway Median
D. None of the above

3. It is the position occupied by the center line of a road in plan.

A. Traffic Barriers
B. Road Alignment
C. Design Speed
D. None of the above

4. It is an unobstructed, traversable roadside area that allows a driver to stop safely, or regain control of
a vehicle that has left the roadway.

A. Road way
B. Clear Zone
C. Highway Median
D. None of the above

5. It is a strip of land that is granted, through an easement other mechanism, for transportation
purposes, such as for a trail, driveway, rail line or highway.

A. Grade separation
B. Right of way
C. Grade line
D. Median

6. Islands provided at regular bus stops and similar places for the protection of passengers.
A. Divisional Islands
B. Channelizing islands
C. Pedestrian loading islands
D. Rotary islands

7. Are either signalized or regulated by means of a roundabout or traffic signs.

A. Uncontrolled intersection
B. Manually controlled intersection
 C. Highway intersection
D. Controlled intersection

8. It is a line or slope used as a longitudinal reference for a railroad or highway.

A. Grade separation
B. Right of way
C. Grade line
D. Median

9. Used to divide highway into two roadways to eliminate head on collision and reduce accident.
A. Divisional Islands
B. Channelizing islands
C. Pedestrian loading islands
D. Rotary islands

10. It is commonly known as crossroad and critical aspect of street design as the point where motorist,
bicycle, and pedestrian movements converge.
A. Road segment
B. Highway intersection
C. Traffic control
D. Box junction

1. What is the Concrete Proportion for Class AA?

1 1
a) 1: 1 : 3 b) 1:2:4 c) 1: 2 : 5 d) 1:3:6
2 2

2. It is applied to minimize plastic shrinkage cracking until finishing operations are complete.
a) Ponding and Immersion b) Fogging and Sprinkling
c) Saturated Wet Coverings d) Steam Curing

3. Method Placing a concrete

a) Prevent segregation
b) Thermal contraction of concrete
c) Stripping of formwork

4. Is it necessary that framework should be left for a long period of time before removing?
a) No, it may cause significant risk damage if we left it for a long period of time.
b) Yes, in order to achieve its stiffness and trueness.

5. In testing requirements for CTB, a common moisture requirement is to be within how many percent
of the laboratory established optimum moisture content (ASTM D558)?
a) 5% b) 2% c) 8% d) 15%

6. Subgrade soils are characterized in terms of their engineering properties, except:

a) Gradation (sieve analysis)
b) Gas limit
c) Plasticity index
d) Mineralogy
7. What does DPWH stand for?
a) Department of Private Works and Highways
b) Department of Partial Woolly Highways
c) Department of Public Works and Highways
d) Development of Public Works and Highways

8. It is responsible for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure especially
the national highways, flood control and water resources development system.
a) Civil Engineers b) Government
c) DPWH d) Quality Engineer

9. The behavior of concrete pavement that is expose to loading and environmental effect entirely
depends upon the following EXCEPT:
a) Quality of concrete b) Underlying sub-grade
c) Base course d) Underlying subbase

10. A longitudinal joint is required in all pavements wider than __ feet.

a) 6 b) 10 c)26 d) 16

1. Pavements having a low or negligible flexural strength and are flexible in their structural action
under the loads are known as?
a. Rigid Pavement
b. Flexible Pavement
c. Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement
d. Continuously Reinforced Pavement

2. It is provided as an additional layer when existing soil is of poor quality.

a. Subbase Course
b. Base Course
c. Subgrade Course
d. Surface Course

3. These are short bars that provide a mechanical connection between slabs without restricting
horizontal joint movement.
a. Temperature steel
b. Reinforcing steel
c. Tie bars
d. Dowel bars

4. It is another type of joints which control the cracks happening due to shrinkages.
a. Contraction joints
b. Construction joints
c. Expansion joints
d. Dummy joints
5. Is a hardened material obtained by mechanically compacting a mixture of finely crushed soil, water,
and a quantity of Portland Cement that will make the mixture meet certain durability requirements.
a. Cement-Stabilized Soil
b. Cement-Modified Soil
c. Plastic Soil Cement
d. Soil Cement

6. Is a semi hardened or unhardened mixture of water, Portland cement, and finely crushed soil. This
mixture has less cement than soil-cement mixture.
a. Cement-Stabilized Soil
b. Cement-Modified Soil
c. Plastic Soil Cement
d. Soil Cement

7. Is related to the physical condition of the pavement with respect to factors that have a negative
impact on the capability of the pavement to carry the traffic load.
a. Functional Performance
b. Traffic Load
c. Structural Performance
d. Drainage

8. Consists of combination of mineral aggregate with bituminous binder ranging from inexpensive
surface treatment ¼ in or less thick to asphaltic concrete.
a. Rigid Pavement
b. Surface Course Materials
c. Pavement
d. Bituminous Pavement

9. Is the discharge of water and subgrade materials through joints, cracks, and along the pavement
edges.
a. Drainage
b. Traffic
c. Pumping
d. Dust Proofing

10. It is based on a combination of theoretical studies, results of model, and full-scale tests, and
experience gained from the performance of concrete pavements.
a. AASHTO Method
b. PCA Design Method
c. USCS Method
d. USACE Method
1.) A permanent drainage structure to carry roadway or railway track over small stream or channels.

a. Ditches c. Culvert
b. Pipes d. Side ditch

2.) A type of culvert that serves a dual purpose. Generally, rectangular in shape and constructed on
rivers and canals.

a. Arch Culvert c. Box culvert

b. Bridge Culvert d. Pipe culvert

3.) It is simple to build and to maintain toward the downhill side of the road
a. Outsloping c. Insloping
b. Oversloping d. Crowned Surface

4.) Significantly reduces sediment delivery from road surfaces by increasing the transverse road surface
grade.
a. Sloping c. Crowning
b. Sliding d. both a and c

5.) It collects road water and lead it onward to outlet ditches

a. Water Bag c. Drum

b. Side ditches d. Roadway surface
6.) Standard slope in percent for a ditch

a. 12%- 15% c.25%-50%

b. 50%-95% d. 75%- 95%

7.) The removal of rainwater from the surface of the road.

a. Dewatering c.Culvert
b. Side Ditch d. All of the above

8.) The recommended cross fall for gravel roads

a. 5% c. 3%
b. 3% and 5% d. none of the above

9.) Dewatering is consists of the following elements:

a. Ditch Shoulder c. Cross fall
b. both a and c d. none of the above

10.) A culvert that has an artificial floor. It is widely used for narrow passages.
a. Arch Culvert c. Box Culvert
b. Pipe Culvert d. Bridge Culvert
1.This is a form of treatment to ensure stability where a concrete or masonry gravity structure is used to
retain the unstable rock mass.

A. Scaling
B. Construct buttress support
C. Dentition
D. Rock bolt/nail

2.Another form of treatment to ensure stability where an exposed soft material in a rock face be
trimmed back and the resulting slot be filled with filter material and protected by masonry or concrete
to prevent erosion.

A. Construct buttress support

B. Dentition
C. Sprayed concrete
D. Rock bolt/nail

3.__________ protection on slopes are commonly used to reduce rainwater infiltration and to prevent
erosion of the slope-forming materials and can be done by shotcrete and stone pitching.

A. Rock Slope Surface

B. Soft Surface
C. Rigid Surface
D. Hydro seeding

4.It is an angle that maintains naturally to a safe equilibrium by the composing material of a slope.

A. Angle of Rotation
B. Angle of Incidence
C. Angle of Refraction
D. Angle of Repose

5.These are types of retaining wall designs except one

A. Cantilevered
B. Precast Panel
C. Gravity
D. Bored Pile

6.These are geological conditions affecting the stability of a slope

A. Nature and depth of its subsoil
B. Location of fracture
C. Degree of decomposition
D. All of the above

7.A surface drainage system usually consists of these except one

A. Weep holes
B. Surface channel
C. Stepped or trapezoidal channel
D. Catch pit

8.These are common failure modes of a retaining wall

A. Torsional Failure
B. Bearing Capacity Failure
C. A&B
D. None of the above

9.__________ are driven into the ground and are composed of a variety of material including steel,
vinyl, aluminum, fiberglass or wood planks.

A. Cantilever/gravity mixed type retaining wall

B. Anchored walls
C. Earth-reinforced retaining wall
D. Sheet pile walls

10.Inspection should be carried out regularly to determine the conditions of a slope. These inspections
can be sub-divided into how many levels/categories?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

1.) The restoring or betterment of roadway such as resurfacing.

A.) Maintenance
B.) Rehabilitation
C.) Restoring
D.) Recycling
2.) The routine work performed to keep a pavement, under normal conditions of traffic and normal
forces of nature, as nearly as possible in it as constructed condition.

A.) Maintenance
B.) Rehabilitation
C.) Restoring
D.) Recycling

3.) Highway maintenance operation includes the following except,

A.) Road Surface

B.) Bridges
C.) Tunnels
D.) Patching

4.) Bituminous surfaces repairing includes the following except,

A.) Patching
B.) Scarifying
C.) Blading
D.) Sealing

5.) Can mean a lot of things, ranging from simple cleaning or restriping up to fixing severe distresses like
potholes and washouts.

A.) Pavement Rehabilitation

B.) Pavement Maintenance
C.) Pavement Recycling
D.) None of the Above

6.) Common culprit in developing cracks in the asphalt.

A.) Base erosion

B.) Sun
C.) Both A and B
D.) None of the above

7.) Are used to increase pavement structural capacity.

A.) Structural Overlays

B.) Non-structural Overlays
C.) Fine Milling
D.) Coarse Milling
8.) Are designed to add or replace the existing pavement wearing course.

A.) Structural Overlays

B.) Non-structural Overlays
C.) Fine Milling
D.) Coarse Milling

9.) A method in which the existing pavement is heated and softened, and then sacrificed/milled to a
specified depth.

A.) Cold-in-place Recycling

B.) Hot-in-place Recycling
C.) Full Depth Reclamation
D.) Hot recycling

10.) Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) materials are combined with new materials, sometimes along
with a recycling agent, to produce hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures.

A.) Cold-in-place Recycling

B.) Hot-in-place Recycling
C.) Full Depth Reclamation
D.) Hot recycling

1.) These are designs to add structural support to the existing pavement and because of this, they are
structurally designed.

A. Structural Overlays
B. HMA Overlays
C. In-place Recycling
D. Rehabilitation

2.) It is a new alignment, full adherence to AASHTO design standards, major projects.

A. Construction
B. Reconstruction
C. Rehabilitation
D. Maintenance

3.) It is an activity to decrease the rate of deterioration, repairs, and remedial work at spot locations.

A. Construction
B. Reconstruction
C. Rehabilitation
D. Maintenance
4.) It is the major adjustments of alignment, grades and geometries for existing routes, adherence to
AASHTO standards.

A. Construction
B. Reconstruction
C. Rehabilitation
D. Maintenance

5.) These are designs to add or replace the existing pavement wearing course. Because of this, they
contribute very little to the pavement structure and are generally assumed to provide no additional
structural support.

A. Structural Overlays
B. HMA Overlays
C. In-place Recycling
D. Non-Structural Overlays

6.) It is a consideration that deals with the cost, or worth, of a pavement that can be defined in two
ways: (1) present worth (PW), or the present value, and (2) equivalent uniform annual costs (EUAC).

A. Environmental Consideration
B. Economic Consideration
C. Energy Consideration
D. None of the above

7.) Even though recycling of pavements was performed as early as 1915, it was not until the mid1970s
that widespread attention was paid to recycling because of the oil embargo. What kind of consideration
is this?

A. Environmental Consideration
B. Economic Consideration
C. Energy Consideration
D. None of the above

8.) It is typically involves milling and resurfacing of the existing asphalt pavement to mitigate the effects
of per ride rutting, cracking, and other distresses.

A. Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation

B. Asphalt Pavement Rehabilitation
C. Optimizing Pavement Rehabilitation
D. Traffic Management during Rehabilitation

9.) Many agencies are using life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis to help them rationally select the best
rehabilitation technique. However, the inability to properly account for user delay costs is a major
limitation of LCC analysis.

A. Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation

B. Asphalt Pavement Rehabilitation
 C. Optimizing Pavement Rehabilitation
D. Traffic Management during Rehabilitation

10.) It is the upgrading of services on existing routes, minor changes in alignment, no ROW takings,
“expedient" standards, low cost.

A. Structural Overlays
B. HMA Overlays
C. In-place Recycling
D. Rehabilitation

1. A two- dimensional representation of a three-dimensional flow field, and as such it has limitations.

a. Topographic Map
b. Contour Map
c. Mass Diagram
d. None of the above

2. A detailed representation of the natural and man-made features of the earth's surface.

a. Topographic Map
b. Contour Map
c. Mass Diagram
d. None of the above

3. A contour map that connects the places having the same value of some measurable quantity of
geographical or meteorological.

a. Isohyet
b. Isobar
c. Isopleth
d. Isotherm

4. It indicates the points of equal rainfall of an area in the given time.

a. Isohyet
b. Isobar
c. Isopleth
d. Isotherm
5. A type of imaginary contour lines on a map of chart that connects all the points having same depth
below water surface like ocean, sea and lake.

a. Isobath
b. Isopleth
c. Isotherm
d. Isobar
6. A type of contour lines on a map which connects the point of equal salinity in the water body.

a. Isobath
b. Isopleth
c. Isoline
d. Isobar

7. A type of contour lines Isotach that connects the places of equal duration of sunshine for a given
period.

a. Isobath
b. Isopleth
c. Isohel
d. Isohume

8. A type of contour lines on a map that connects all the points of equal relative humidity of a specific.

a. Isobath
b. Isopleth
c. Isohel
d. Isopleth

9. A line that connects all points of equal wind speed.

a. Isotach
b. Isobath
c. Isohel
d. Isopleth

10. A contour map connects all the points within the earth having the same mean temperature.

a. Isogeotherm
b. Isobath
c. Isohel
d. Isotach

1. The following are primary uses of Profile Leveling except:

A. Highways
B. Sewers
C. Houses
D. Fences
2. How much do we normally assign for elevation to the datum rather than using the mean sea level
elevation.

A. 150.00
B. 100.00
C. 200.00
D. 1000.00

3. These are lines of levels or short profiles made perpendicular to the center line of the project.

A. Cross Section
B. Profile Leveling
C. Profile Elevation
D. Surveying

4. A surveying method that yields elevations at definite points along a reference line.

A. Cross Section
B. Profile Leveling
C. Profile Elevation
D. Surveying

5. Is “To render an accurate and fast solution to the problems of finding out their needed data in profile
leveling specially in computing the output of the measurements done in actual site” an objective of
Profile Leveling?

A. True
B. False

6. A _________ is a horizontal surface to within the accuracy of the survey methods.

A. Cross Section
B. Backsight
C. Schematic
D. Surveying datum

7. It is a compact EDM particularly useful in building construction and other Civil Engineering works,
where distance measurements are less than 500 m.

A. Transit
B. Geodimeter
C. Leveling Rod
D. Theodolite
8. It is a flexible ruler and used is to measure distances.

A. Ruler
B. Leveling Rod
C. Measuring Steel Tape
D. T-square

9. The following are Reference Lines except:

A. Straight segments joined by curves

B. Series of connected straight segments which changes direction at angle points
C. Zigzag lines
D. Single straight segment

10. A _______ is taken on a bench mark to establish the height of instrument.

A. Foresight
B. Backsight
C. Dumpsite
D. Worksite

1.) ________ Is the area of the mass diagram representing the number of cubic yard stations of haul
between balance points divided by the ordinate of the mass which the yardage is hauled?
A) Haul
B) Average haul
C) Overhaul
D) Free haul
2.) The authorized hauling of excavation beyond the specified free-haul distance.
A) Haul
B) Average haul
C) Overhaul
D) Free haul
3.) Average hauls for project that is free
A) Haul
B) Average haul
C) Overhaul
D) Free haul

4.) Mass diagrams determine the average haul, free haul, and overhaul on a given segment of roadway

A) True B.) False

5.) A graphical representation of the cumulative amount of earthwork moved along the centerline and
distances over which the earth and materials are to be transported
A.) Mass Diagram
B.) Mass Ordinate
C.) Mass Properties
D.) Mass

6.) It is the cumulative total of the excavation and embankment on the project.
A.) Mass Diagram
B.) Mass Ordinate
C.) Mass Properties
D.) Mass

7.) Transportation of excavated material from its original position to is final location in the work or other
disposal area. This is also known as authorized haul.
A.) Haul
B.) Average haul
C.) Overhaul
D.) Free haul

8.) Which is NOT TRUE?

A.) Earthworks is costly.
B.) Earthworks is process that requires moving earth from one place to another.
C.) Earthworks involves hauling.
D.) Earthworks does not require cut and fill.

9.) Shrinkage is only increases during compaction.

A.) True
B.) False
C.) Maybe
D.) I don’t know

10.) For the given mass diagrams which statement(s) are correct?

A.) A & B are deficit earthwork operations

B.) C is an excess earthwork operation
C.) D is the balanced earthwork operation
D.) All above statements (A, B, C) are correct