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MATHEMATICS AND
University of Eastern Philippines
SURVEYING
College of Engineering SET - A
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Prepared by:
University Town, Northern Samar Engr. JONATHAN C. BULAGAO

PROBLEM 1 PROBLEM 7
Find the loudness of a sound that has an intensity 10,000 Your local computer store is having a sale. After 30%
times the threshold of hearing for the average human ear. price reduction, you purchase a new computer for
Hint: L = 10 log (I/I0) P53,900. What was the computer’s price before the
a. 20 c. 30 reduction?
b. 10 d. 40 a. P77,000 c. P85,000
PROBLEM 2 b. P82,000 d. P75,000
An earthquake in San Francisco in 1991 was reported to PROBLEM 8
have a Rithcher number of 6.90. How does the intensity How many minutes after 3P.M. will the hands of the clock
of the earthquake compare with the reference intensity? be perpendicular with each other for the first time?
a. 8.562 x 106 c. 7.943 x 106 a. 32.73 c. 34.61
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b. 4.326 x 10 d. 9.478 x 106 b. 35.42 d. 37.36
PROBLEM 3 PROBLEM 9
Rolls of carpet are stacked in 20 rows with 3 rolls in the A sector of a circle has a central angle of 50° and an area
top row, 4 rolls in the next row, and so on, forming an of 825 cm2. Find the radius of the circle.
arithmetic sequence. Find the total number of carpet rolls a. 32.58 cm c. 48.25 cm
if there are 22 rolls in the bottom row. b. 51.24 cm d. 43.48 cm
a. 297 c. 250 PROBLEM 10
b. 273 d. 322 The distance between Los Angeles and New York City is
PROBLEM 4 4505 miles. Find the central angle to the nearest tenth of
Find the partial sum of the given sequence: S 4 if a1 = 6 a degree that intercepts an arc of 4505 miles on the surface
and r = 3. Hint: Use the formula Sn = a1(rn – 1)/(r – 1) of the earth (radius 3950 miles).
a. 320 c. 240 a. 62.58° c. 46.36°
b. 280 d. 420 b. 65.35° d. 75.89°
PROBLEM 5 PROBLEM 11
America West Airlines has 3 models of Boeing aircraft in The height of the cone (vertex up) is H. It contains water
their fleet. The 737-300 contains 21 more seats than 737- to a depth of 2/3H. What is the ratio of the volume of
200. The 757-200 contains less 36 seats than twice the water to that of the cone?
number of seats in 737-200. Find the number of seats for a. 27:26 c. 19:27
each aircraft if the total number of seats for the 3 models b. 8:27 d. 26:27
is 437. PROBLEM 12
a. 737-200 has 113, 737-300 has 134, 757-200 has 190 The position function of an object that moves on a
b. 737-200 has 103, 737-300 has 124, 757-200 has 210 coordinate line is S(t) = t2 – 6t where S is measured in
c. 737-200 has 133, 737-300 has 154, 757-200 has 150 centimeters and t in seconds. Find the distance travelled
d. 737-200 has 93, 737-300 has 114, 757-200 has 230 in the time interval [0, 9].
PROBLEM 6 a. 36 cm c. 27 cm
The maximum weight that a rectangular beam can support b. 18 cm d. 45 cm
varies jointly as its width and the square of its height and
PROBLEM 13
inversely as its length. If a beam ½ foot wide, 1/3 foot
A body moves along a horizontal line according to s = f(t)
high and 10 ft long can support 12 tons, find how much a
= t3 – 9t2 + 24t. Find the total distance travelled in the first
similar beam can support if the beam is 2/3 foot wide, ½
5 seconds of motion.
foot high and 18 feet long.
a. 28 c. 32
a. 22.5 tons c. 24.0 tons
b. 20 d. 18
b. 20.0 tons d. 25.5 tons

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SURVEYING
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CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Prepared by:
University Town, Northern Samar Engr. JONATHAN C. BULAGAO
PROBLEM 14 Compute the depreciation on the 3 rd year using the
In a certain city, all seven-digit telephone numbers begin modified accelerated cost recovery system method.
with 350. How many telephone numbers maybe assigned a. 115,200 c. 110,000
to that city if the last four digits should not begin or end b. 135,000 d. 153,600
in zero? PROBLEM 19
a. 8900 c. 9200 An existing highway with bearing of N 20° E is to be
b. 8100 d. 7980 connected to another highway, with bearing of N 75° E,
PROBLEM 15 by a 4-degree simple curve. What length of curve is
Daily sales records for an engineering consulting firm required?
shows that will attract 0, 1, or 2 consulting jobs per day a. 275 m c. 350 m
with probabilities as given below. b. 250 m d. 300 m
Consulting jobs 0 1 2 PROBLEM 20
Probability 0.1 0.75 0.15 Given I = 44° and R = 400 feet. Determine the
Find the probability that it will attract 2 consulting jobs in deflection/foot.
a two-day period, assuming the number of consulting jobs a. 0.071620°/ft c. 0.021760°/ft
are independent from day to day. b. 0.071260°/ft d. 0.021670°/ft
a. 0.6325 c. 0.5275
PROBLEM 21
b. 0.5925 d. 0.7125
A simple curve is to be designed for max. speed of 90 kph.
PROBLEM 16 The coefficient of friction between the tires and the
An engineer is thinking of starting a part-time consulting pavement is 0.40. If the super elevation is to be limited to
business next September 5, on his 40 th birthday. He 10%, what would be the degree of curvature? Use arc
expects the business will require an initial cash outlay of basis.
$5000, to come from his savings, and will cost $500 per a. 9.54° c. 10°
year to operate; the business ought to generate $2000 per b. 9° d. 11.36°
year in cash receipts. During the 20 years that he expects
PROBLEM 22
to operate the business, he plans to deposit the annual net
On a railroad, a +0.8% grade meets a -0.4% grade at
proceeds in a bank each year, at an interest rate of 8% per
station 2+700 and at elevation 30 m. The maximum
year, compounded annually. When he retires, on his 60th
allowable change in grade per station is 0.2%. Determine
birthday, the engineer expects to invest whatever
the length of the curve.
proceeds plus interest he then has from the business in a
a. 120 m c. 80 m
long-term savings plan that pays 10% per year,
b. 160 m d. 100 m
compounded annually. What is the maximum amount he
could withdraw from the savings plan each year during PROBLEM 23
his retirement and still have the funds last 15 years? The maximum sustained 15-minute rate of flow,
a. $5,960.59 c. $5,456.54 expressed in passenger cars per hour per lane, which can
b. $6,204.25 d. $7,254.85 be accommodated by a uniform freeway segment under
PROBLME 17 prevailing traffic and roadway conditions in one direction
The first cost of a machine is P1,800,000 with a salvage is called:
value of P400,000 at the end of its life of 5 years. a. Density c. Capacity
Determine the total depreciation after 3 years using Sum b. Traffic Flow d. Design hourly volume
of the Year’s Digit Method. PROBLEM 24
a. P1,200,000 c. P1,120,000 Warn road users of condition on or adjacent to the road
b. P280,000 d. P1,300,000 that may be unexpected or hazardous.
PROBLEM 18 a. Roadwork signs c. Traffic signs
Given: First cost, FC = P800,000 b. Warning signs d. Guide signs
Salvage value, SV = P80,000
Life, n = 5 years
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SURVEYING
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University Town, Northern Samar Engr. JONATHAN C. BULAGAO
PROBLEM 25 a. 62.3 miles c. 58.7 miles
A ball dropped from a height of 12 feet. It rebounds one- b. 55.7 miles d. 56.9 miles
half the distance on each bounce. What is the total PROBLEM 32
distance it travels? The bases of a trapezoid have lengths of 7.6 cm and 2.9
a. 40 ft c. 32 ft cm, and its altitude is 4 cm. Compute the area.
b. 36 ft d. 25 ft a. 28 c. 38
PROBLEM 26 b. 19 d. 21
A flywheel coming to rest makes 270 revolutions in the PROBLEM 33
first minute and in each minute thereafter makes 2/5 as The area of parallelogram is represented by x2 – 4. If the
many revolutions as the preceding minutes. Find how length of a side by x + 4 and the length of the altitude to
many revolutions the wheel makes before it comes to rest. that side by x – 3, what is the area of the parallelogram?
a. 650 c. 750 a. 64 c. 70
b. 450 d. 550 b. 60 d. 80
PROBLEM 27 PROBLEM 34
AB and CD are two buildings of heights H and h A man pulls a rope attached to a sled. If the rope makes
respectively. The angle of elevation of A from C and D an angle of 32° with the ground, determine the force the
are respectively, θ and 45°. Express the height of building man must exert on the rope so that the effective force
AB in terms of the height of building CD. tending to move the sled along the ground is 150 N.
a. H = h(1 – tan θ) c. H = h/(1- tan θ) a. 156 N c. 177 N
b. H = h tan θ d. H = h/(1 + tan θ) b. 182 N d. 165 N
PROBLEM 28 PROBLEM 35
Four towns are located at the corners of a square highway In the design of a supermarket, there are to be several
network. Four motorists set out from each town, each ramps connecting different parts of the store. Customers
driving to the next town (in clockwise direction), and each will have to push grocery carts up the ramps. An engineer
man but the fourth going 8 kph faster than the car ahead- has done a survey and found that almost no one complains
thus the first car travels 24 km/hr faster than the fourth. if the force is no more than 50 N. With slope θ = 5°, what
At the end of one hour the first and third cars are 204 km, force must a person exert, assuming a 25 kg grocery cart
and the second and fourth 212 (beeline) km apart. What (full of groceries)? Assume friction (wheels against
is the rate of the first car? ground, wheel on the axis, and so on), can be accounted
a. 50 kph c. 26 kph for by a coefficient pf 0.10.
b. 42 kph d. 34 kph a. 52 N c. 49 N
PROBLEM 29 b. 55 N d. 46 N
Find the value of x – y in the equation (x + yi)(1 – 2i) = 7 PROBLEM 36
– 4i. The following are the step-by-step procedures for
a. 5 c. 3 calculating azimuths clockwise.
b. 1 d. 2 I. Plan and prepare
PROBLEM 30 II. Perform the calculation
Compute the hypotenuse of a right triangle if one leg is III. Repeat the calculation
20 cm and the hypotenuse is 10 cm longer than the other IV. Check the calculation
leg. V. Calculate the azimuths clockwise traverse
a. 15 c. 20 VI. Calculate azimuths counter-clockwise
b. 20 d. 25 traverse
PROBLEM 31 Which of these procedures are true?
A cruise ship leaves a port and sails 35 miles due west. It a. I, II, IV & V c. I, II, III & IV
then changes course and sails 30 miles on a bearing S 32° b. II, III, V & VI d. III, IV, V & VI
W. How far is it from the port at this point?

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SURVEYING
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CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Prepared by:
University Town, Northern Samar Engr. JONATHAN C. BULAGAO
PROBLEM 37 PROBLEM 42
What is the maximum speed at which an automobile can The following data were taken on five cars traversing a
round a curve of 28 m radius on a level road if the 2.6-kilometer highway in SRP.
coefficient of friction between the tires and the road is Car Time (minutes)
0.40? A 1.1
a. 10.93 m/s c. 9.25 m/s B 1.4
b. 9.56 m/s d. 10.48 m/s C 1.3
PROBLEM 38 D 1.2
The angle of intersection of a circular curve is 45°30’ and E 1.5
its radius is 192.54 m. PC is at sta. 0 + 700. Compute the Compute the space mean speed.
right angle offset from sta. 0 + 732.24 on the curve to a. 110 m/s c. 100 m/s
tangent through PC. b. 120 m/s d. 130 m/s
a. 3.25 m c. 3.62 m PROBLEM 43
b. 4.55 m d. 2.69 m Compute the thickness of a rigid pavement with a wheel
PROBLEM 39 load capacity of 56 kN if the allowable tensile stress of
Assume that any distance of 100 ft can be taped with an concrete is 1.6 MPa. Neglect the effect of dowels.
error of ±0.02 ft if certain techniques are employed. a. 159 mm c. 423 mm
Determine the error in taping 5000 feet using these skills. b. 225 mm d. 324 mm
a. ±0.153 ft c. ±0.141 ft PROBLEM 44
b. ±0.194 ft d. ±0.163 ft An urban bus route has a patronage of 500 passengers per
PROBLEM 40 hour and a cycle of 2.5 h. It is operated with buses having
To make a peg adjustment, the following notes were a seating capacity of 50 passengers. The operating cost is
taken: P60/nus-h and the transit operator believes that
passengers value waiting time at P10/h. The ratio of
Wye level at 1 Wye level at 2
maximum load to the total number of passengers boarding
Rod reading at
0.632 1.867 is 0.60 and the operator’s maximum load factor is 1.20.
P
Determine the capacity headway.
Rod reading at
2.543 3.432 a. 20 min c. 18 min
Q
b. 15 min d. 12 min
Point 1 is in the line PQ and midway between P and Q
Point 2 is on the same line as P and Q but not between PROBLEM 45
them The wave length of a deep-water wave during typhoon
Point 2 is 30 m from P and 230 m from Q. Vinta at the port of Iligan is 310 m. The of still water is
With wye level at point 1, what is the rod reading at P for located 0.95 m below the centerline of the rotation of the
a level sight? wave. If the steepness of the wave is 0.16 m, determine
a. 2.625 m c. 0.805 m the vertical distance of the wave through from the bottom
b. 0.854 m d. 2.716 m of the ocean if its depth of still water is 50 m above the
bottom of the ocean.
PROBLEM 41
a. 29.65 m c. 26.15 m
This should always be shown on site plans for orientation
b. 30.10 m d. 22.30 m
purposes. Displaying it prominently is the standard
practice. PROBLEM 46
a. North direction c. Legends and Symbols What is the least number of links that must be disengaged
b. Scale d. Vicinity Map from a 23-link chain so that any number of links from 1
to 23 can be obtained by taking on or more of the pieces?
a. 3 c. 2
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SURVEYING
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University Town, Northern Samar Engr. JONATHAN C. BULAGAO
PROBLEM 47 PROBLEM 54
When you divide a 3-digit number by the sum of the An equipment was bought for a price of P55M with a
digits, the value is 26. If the digits are reversed, it will salvage value of P0.5M at the end of its life after 18 years.
exceed the original number by 198. Find the ten’s digit. Determine the number of years at which the book value
a. 2 c. 4 of P21M.
b. 3 d. 5 𝑚(2𝑛−𝑚+1)
Hint: 𝐷𝑚 = (𝐹𝐶 – 𝑆𝑉) [ ]
2×𝑆𝑢𝑚
PROBLEM 48 Sum = (n/2)(n + 1)
A company purchases an asset for P1,800,000 and plans a. 7 yrs c. 8 yrs
to keep it for 5 years. If the salvage value is P500,000 at b. 9 yrs d. 6 yrs
the end of the 5th year, what is the depreciation in the third
PROBLEM 55
year? Use the sum-of-years digits depreciation.
A hemispherical tank of radius 1.2 m contains a liquid
a. P296,000 c. P224,000
with unit weight f 54.5 kN/m3 to the brim. Compute the
b. P260,000 d. P258,000
value of work done by pumping the liquid to a point 0.6
PROBLEM 49 m from the top.
Four groups with different number of trials measured a. 88.76 kN-m c. 95.52 kN-m
distance as follows: b. 62.52 kN-m d. 72.52 kN-m
Ave. Distance No. of Trials
PROBLEM 56
A 352.514 6
Transform the following equation to its rectangular form:
B 254.525 2
r2 sin (2a) = y
C 352.345 1 a. ½ c. 3/5
D 352.111 8 b. 2/3 d. 4/7
Find the weight mean.
PROBLEM 57
a. 335.923 m c. 352.551 m
Find the exponential form of 5 + 12i.
b. 341.512 m d. 368.425 m
a. 15<62.42 c. 11<63.45
PROBLEM 50 b. 13<67.38 d. 18<69.42
Given: 12, 13, 14, 15, 15
PROBLEM 58
Find the first quartile.
What is the value of 5i raised to 5?
a. 12.5 c. 14.5
a. i5 c. 55i
b. 15.6 d. 13.4
b. 5i d. -1
PROBLEM 51
PROBLEM 59
Given the equation of a sphere x2 + y2 + z2 – 2x + 8y + 6z
Park started walking from point O at uniform speed of 3.5
= 0, find the center.
kph. After 3 hours, Lee started walking from the same
a. (1, -4, -3) c. (2, 6, -5)
point and walked 3.5 km in the first hour, 4 km in the
b. (-2, 1, 4) d. (4, 2, -7)
second hour, and so on, increasing 0.5 km per hour. How
PROBLEM 52 many hours after Park left point O will he be caught by
Find the angle between 8x + 5y – z + 46 = 0 and 6x + 5y Lee?
– 5z = 0. a. 12 hrs c. 8 hrs
a. 27.56º c. 34.51º b. 10 hrs d. 16 hrs
b. 19.28º d. 46.32º
PROBLEM 60
PROBLEM 53 Transform the value of xy =1.
Find the equation of the circle passing through the center a. x’(2) – y’(2) = 1 c. y’(2) – x’(2) = 1/2
of 5x2 + 4y2 – 20 = 0 and the points (0, 8) and (4, 5). b. x’(2) – y’(2) = 2 d. y’(2) – x’(2) = 1
a. x2 + 2y2 – x + 40y = 0 c. 4x2 + 4y2 – x – 32y =
0
b. 2x2 + y2 + x – 28y = 0 d. 2x2 + 2y2 + x – 56y =
0
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PROBLEM 61 PROBLEM 67
Given the following traverse notes taken by a survey A politician’s states, “If you elect me to office, I promise
party, find the area assuming that given values are to cut your taxes for each of my first three years in office
balanced. by 10% each year, for a total reduction of 30%.” Evaluate
LINE BEARING DISTANCE the accuracy of the politician’s statement.
AB N 45º20’ E 400 m a. 27.10% c. 29.99%
BC S 65º10’ E 600 m b. 28.29% d. 30%
CD N 80º15’ W 590 m PROBLEM 68
DA S 62º27’04” W 279.2 m A swimmer is capable of swimming 0.45 m/s in still
a. 62,494.6 m2 c. 63,592.8 m2 water, if she aims her body directly across a 75-m wide
b. 61,294.3 m2 d. 64,154.6 m2 river whose current is 0.40 m/s, how far down stream will
PROBLEM 62 she land? (from a point opposite her starting point).
Find the 6th term in the series whose sum of n terms is a. 70 m c. 75 m
given by (n2 – 1)/3. b. 65 m d. 67 m
a. 11/3 c. 8/5 PROBLEM 69
b. 5/4 d. 15/7 Which of the following is/are correct?
PROBLEM 63 I. If two sides of a triangle are congruent, the angles
Using AASHTO specifications, what is the minimum opposite these sides are congruent.
required length of curve a sight distance of 100 m if II. If two angles of a triangle are congruent, the sides
driver’s eye above pavement is 1.1 m and obstruction opposite these angles are congruent.
ahead is 0.15 m high. Let g1 = +4% and g2 = -6%. III. An equilateral triangle is equiangular.
a. 224.43 m c. 245.42 m IV. An equiangular triangle is equilateral.
b. 240.23 m d. 242.43 m a. I, II and III only c. III and IV only
b. II and III only d. All of the above
PROBLEM 64
A spherical ball having a diameter of 30 cm is immersed PROBLEM 70
in oil contain in the cylinder making a 10 cm rise of the A new kind of atom smasher is to be composed of two
oil. Find the diameter of the cylinder. tangents and a circular arc which is concave towards the
a. 42.43 cm c. 65.34 cm point of intersection of the two tangents. Each tangent and
b. 25.67 cm d. 30.58 cm the arc of the circle is 1-mile long. What is the radius of
the circle?
PROBLEM 65
a. 1473.45 ft c. 1437.45 ft
How many four-number combination can be formed out
b. 1347.54 ft d. 1374.54 ft
of numbers 0 to 9?
a. 230 c. 240 PROBLEM 71
b. 340 d. 210 A closed cylindrical container has a volume of 1000ft3. If
the lateral area costs P25 per square foot and the top and
PROBLEM 66
bottom costs P20 per square foot. Determine the
Dr. Irving Weiman, who is always in a hurry, walks up an
minimum cost.
upgoing escalator at the rate of one step per second.
a. P13,563.20 c. P10,963.60
Twenty steps bring him to the top. Next day he goes up at
b. P12,847.50 d. P11,254.70
two steps per second, reaching the top in 32 steps. How
many steps are there in the escalator? PROBLEM 72
a. 50 c. 40 A 17-foot ladder is sliding down a wall at a rate of -5
b. 80 d. 60 feet/sec. When the top of the ladder is 8 feet from the
ground, how fast is the foot of the ladder sliding away
from the wall?
a. 8/3 ft/s c. 17/3 ft/s
b. 7/8 ft/s d. 17/5 ft/s

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PROBLEM 73 b. Drainage d. Parking Space
What are the components of stopping sight distance? PROBLEM 75
a. Reaction distance and maneuver distance The maximum number of vehicles, passengers,
b. Reaction distance and braking distance pedestrians or the like, which can be accommodated by a
c. Maneuver distance and braking distance
given facility under a given level of service.
d. Reaction time and sight distance
a. capacity c. volume
PROBLEM 74 b. traffic d. density
Primary consideration in the design of geometric cross-
section of highways runways and taxiways.
a. Shoulder c. Railway