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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the 9. A baseball diamond is a square 90 ft on each side. A
following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by player is running to the first base at the rate of 30
shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on ft/sec. When he has run halfway, at what rate is his
the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES distance from the second base changing?
ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only. a. 5√6 ft/sec c. 6√5 ft/sec
b. -5√6 ft/sec d. −6√5 ft/sec
1. A sphere of radius 2 inches is dropped into a conical
vessel full of water. Find the altitude of the smallest 10. The safe capacity of piles driven by powered hammers
cone that will permit the sphere to be entirely is based on the following data:
submerged.
a. 6 inches c. 10 inches I. Average penetration per blow, last six blows
b. 12 inches d. 8 inches II. Energy of hammer
III. Weight of hammer
2. A trainee in a computer company takes 0.85 times as IV. Weight of pile including appurtenances
long to assemble each computer as he took to assemble V. Coefficient of restitution depending on the
the preceding computer. If it took him 45 minutes to weight of piles
assemble the first computer, how long will it take him
to assemble until the fifth computer. a. I, II, III only c. II, III, V only
a. 167 c. 10 b. I, III, IV only d. All of the above
b. 123 d. 24
11. The ratio of the sum of the first seven terms to the sum
3. In a certain year, January had exactly four Tuesdays of the first eleven terms of an arithmetic progression
and four Saturdays. On what day did January 1 fall that of natural numbers is 6/11. If the seventh term lies
year? between 130 and 140, determine the 10 th term of the
a. Monday c. Wednesday sequence.
b. Saturday d. Sunday a. 171 c. 180
b. 162 d. 278
4. The salary of an employee’s job has five levels, each
one 5% greater than the one below it. Due to 12. How many times in a day are the minute hand and the
circumstances, the salary of the employee must be hour hand of the clock be coinciding?
reduced from the top (fifth) level to the second level, a. 44 c. 48
which results in a reduction of $122.00 per month. b. 22 d. 24
What is the employee’s present salary per month?
a. $570 c. $900 13. The specific location of turnouts shall be determined
b. $440 d. $680 taking into consideration the following conditions:
5. Ten students solved a total of 35 problems in a contest I. Turnout shall be placed at locations/poblacions
(each problem solved by only one student). At least where pedestrians are normally concentrated.
one student solved only one problem, at least one II. A turnout may be placed at least 15.0 meters after
student solved exactly 2 problems, and at least one a road intersection.
student solved exactly 3 problems. At least how many II. Minimum distance between two consecutive
problems did the student who solved the most turnouts in one direction shall not be less than
problems solve? 500 m in cities/urban centers. In other areas, the
a. 23 c. 11 minimum distance shall not be 1 km.
b. 4 d. 5 III. Turnouts shall be placed on or adjacent to
horizontal and vertical curves that limits the sight
6. What is the rank of the matrix A? distances in either direction.
1 1 0 1 a. I and II only c. I, III, and IV only
𝐴 = [3 1 1 −1] b. I, II, and III only d. All of the above
0 1 −1 1
2 0 1 −2
14. A chord measuring 1.25 m is 0.65 m from the center of
a. 0 c. 2 a circle. Determine the area of the circle.
b. 1 d. 3 a. 2.55 m2 c. 4.33 m2
2
b. 5.68 m d. 6.23 m2
7. Which number has four significant figures?
a. 0.0014 c. 0.01414 15. An alternating current is given by 𝑖 = 30 sin(100𝜋𝑡 +
b. 1.4140 d. 0.141 0.27) amperes. Determine the periodic time.
a. 30 ms c. 15 ms
8. Two men can cut a log into three equal logs in 40 b. 20 ms d. 50 ms
minutes. How many minutes can three men cut the
same log into 5 equal logs? 16. The sum of five consecutive even integers is 1,280.
a. 53.3 mins c. 120 mins Find the product of the lowest and largest integers.
b. 44.4 mins d. 100 mins a. 62,520 c. 65,024
b. 64,512 d. 65,532
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17. A stadia intercept of 0.28 m was recorded for an 25. When xy = 2 is rotated about the origin at 45°
inclined sight of 3° from the horizontal. If the stadia counterclockwise, what is the new equation?
interval factor is 100 and an internal focusing a. 𝑥² − 𝑦² = 2 c. 𝑥² + 𝑦² = 2
telescope was used, the horizontal distance should be b. 𝑥𝑦 = 0 d. 𝑦² − 𝑥² = 2
a. 28.27 m c. 28.00 m
b. 27.92 m d. 27.96 m 26. An existing highway with bearing N 20° E is to be
connected to another highway with bearing of N 80° E
18. Four measurements of a distance were recorded as by a 4° simple curve. What length of the curve is
352.45, 352.04, 351.89, and 353.12 m, and given required?
weights of 2, 5, 1, and 6, respectively. Determine the a. 125 m c. 300 m
weighted mean. b. 150 m d. 250 m
a. 352.38 m c. 353.01 m
b. 352.55 m d. 353.28 m 27. A closed traverse has the following data:

19. A music school produced a number of musicians which Course Distance (m) Bearing
includes 3 drummers, 4 trumpet players, and 5 AB 110.8 N 32° 27’ E
pianists. How many different jazz trios can be formed BC 83.6
from this batch of musicians if each trio consists of a CD 126.9 S 08° 51’ W
drummer, a trumpet player, and a pianist? DE S 73° 31’ W
a. 20 c. 30 EA 90.2 N 18° 44’ W
b. 60 d. 40
Compute the distance of line DE.
20. An insurance company charges $800 annually for a car a. 64.0 m c. 84.0 m
insurance, the policy specifies that the company will b. 74.0 m d. 94.0 m
pay $1000 for a minor accident and $5000 for a major
accident. If the probability of a motorist having a minor 28. These are circumstances or deviation from standard
accident during a year is 0.2 and of having a major condition which could permit an occurrence of
accident is 0.05, how much can the insurance company accident or incident.
expect to make on a policy. a. Unsafe Condition
a. $250 c. -$250 b. Risk
b. $350 d. -$350 c. Hazard
d. Unsafe Act
21. In a city, streets run north and south, and avenues run
east and west. Streets and avenues are 850 feet apart. 29. What are the capacity requirement for all scaffoldings?
The city plans to construct a straight freeway from the a. At least four times its own weight
intersection of 25th street and 8th avenue to the b. At least six times its own weight
intersection of 115th street and 64th avenue. How c. At most four times its own weight
long will the freeway be? d. At most six times its own weight
a. 13 miles c. 15 miles
b. 11 miles d. 17 miles 30. As a result of a nuclear accident, radioactive debris
was carried through the atmosphere. One immediate
22. A line measures 10,000 m at an average elevation of concern was the impact that the debris has on the milk
500 m. If the average radius of curvature in the area is supply. The percent “y” of radioactive material in raw
7,000 km, determine the sea level reduction factor. milk after “t” days is estimated by 𝑦 = 100(2.7)−0.1𝑡 .
a. 0.999922 c. 0.999999 Estimate the expected percent of radioactive material
b. 0.999929 d. 0.999992 in the milk after 30 days.
a. 9% c. 7%
23. A differential leveling was conducted from BM1 to BM2 b. 3% d. 5%
30 km apart. BM1 is at elevation 124.08 m. The
backsight distances averages 150 m in length and the 31. A triangle is inscribed in a circle with radius 12 inches.
foresight distances averages 100 m. The recorded If the arc subtended by each side of the triangle are
elevation of BM2 was 274.11 m. If the level used is out 82°, 134° and 144°. What is the area of the triangle?
of adjustment such that when the bubble was a. 140 in² c. 120 in²
centered, the line of sight was inclined 0.003 m b. 110 in² d. 130 in²
upward in distance of 100 m. What would be the
corrected elevation of BM2? 32. Suppose that 30% of the employees in a large factory
a. 275.01 m c. 273.21 m are smokers. What is the probability that there will be
b. 273.93 m d. 274.29 m exactly two smokers in a randomly chosen five-person
working group?
24. Find the diameter of a circle that is tangent to the lines a. 0.3087 c. 0.3267
3x − 4y + 20 = 0 and 3x − 4y − 5 = 0. b. 0.3671 d. 0.2557
a. 3.67 c. 7.67
b. 4.00 d. 5.00 33. A sphere with radius 6 inches will be cut 2 inches from
the center. What is volume of the smaller segment?
a. 234.57 in3 c. 257.34 in3
b. 273.45 in 3 d. 245.73 in3
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34. Determine the value of c so that 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑐|𝑥 − 𝑦| 43. The rate of increase of a population of a bacteria is
represents joint probability distributions of the proportion to its current population. If at first there
random variables x and y, if the random numbers are were only 10,000 and after 15 minutes there were
𝑥 = −2, 0, 3 and 𝑦 = 2, 3. 15,000, how long does it take for the bacteria to
a. 1/3 c. 1/5 become 100,000?
b. 1/15 d. 1/8 a. 88.351 min c. 83.518 min
b. 85.183 min d. 81.835 min
35. The top and the base area of a truncated pyramid are
22.5 cm² and 40.0 cm² respectively. If the distance 44. George left his house at 2:00 PM and rode his bicycle
between them is 24 cm. What is the volume of the down Main Street at a speed of 12 mi/h. When his
truncated pyramid? friend Joseph arrived at his house at 2:10 PM, George’s
a. 760 cm³ c. 780 cm³ mother told him about the direction in which George
b. 720 cm³ d. 740 cm³ had gone, and Joseph cycled after him at a speed of 16
mi/h. At what time did Joseph catch up with George?
36. Naperian logarithms have a base closest to which a. 2:30 PM c. 2:40 PM
number? b. 2:50 PM d. 2:20 PM
a. 2.72 c. 100
b. 3.14 d. 2.17 45. Determine the degree of simple curve whose central
angle is 26° if the shortest distance from the curve to
37. Differentiate 𝑦 = (𝑒 −𝑥 )(𝑙𝑛 𝑥) the point of intersection of the tangents is 7.54 m. Use
a. 𝑦 = (𝑒 −𝑥 )(1/𝑥 − 𝑙𝑛 𝑥) arc basis.
b. 𝑦 = (𝑒 −𝑥 )(1/𝑥 + 𝑙𝑛 𝑥) a. 3.8° c. 4.0°
c. 𝑦 = (𝑒 −𝑥 )(−1/𝑥 + 𝑙𝑛 𝑥) b. 4.3° d. 4.5°
d. 𝑦 = (𝑒 −𝑥 )(−1/𝑥 − 𝑙𝑛 𝑥)
46. Find the value of “b” so that the period of the function
38. An engineer wants to measure the width of a river. In 𝑦 = sin 𝑏𝑥 is 3𝜋.
one side of the river, he measured two points. If AC is a. 3 c. 3/2
16 meters and BC is 13 meters such that AB is the side b. 1/3 d. 2/3
perpendicular with the river. What is the width of the
river if the angle C formed is 72 degrees? 47. In a certain town, there are 1000 married couples.
a. 14.891 m c. 19.148 m Two-thirds of the husbands who are taller than their
b. 18.914 m d. 11.489 m wives are also heavier and three-quarters of the
husbands who are heavier than their wives are also
39. There are 20 seats in the front row in the theater. In taller. If there are 120 wives who are taller and heavier
every row, it has 2 more seats that the row in front. If than their husbands, how many husbands are taller
there are actually 21 rows in the theater. What is the and heavier than their wives?
maximum capacity of the theater? a. 480 c. 880
a. 840 seats c. 902 seats b. 320 d. 380
b. 780 seats d. 722 seats
48. Slick Oil Company is considering the purchase of a new
40. I have a collection of 50 coins. I have 5 less nickels than machine that will last 5 years and cost Php 50,000;
twice the number of dimes and I have 5 less pennies maintenance will cost Php 6,000 the first year,
that twice the number of nickels. How much do I have? decreasing by Php 1,000 each year to Php 2,000 the
a. $ 2.25 c. $ 2.00 fifth year. If the interest rate is 8% per year,
b. $ 1.75 d. $ 2.50 compounded annually, how much money should the
company set aside for this machine?
41. It occurs as concrete hardens, being greater in wet
mixes. Curing helps to limit effects and therefore Hint:
concrete in the actual structure should be thoroughly (A/P, 8%, 5) = 0.25046
and continuously moistened for some considerable (A/G, 8%, 5) = 1.8465
period after placing.
a. Moisture Content a. Php 63,586.49 c. Php 66,583.49
b. Shrinkage b. Php 65,683.49 d. Php 68,349.86
c. Concrete
d. Compaction 49. Find the general solution of the differential equation:
𝑦′′ + 4𝑦′ + 4𝑦 = 𝑒 2𝑥
42. A lighthouse shows successive one-second flashes of a. 𝑦(𝑥) = (𝐶1 + 𝐶2 𝑥)𝑒 −2𝑥 + 1/16𝑒 2𝑥
red, white, green, white, red. A second lighthouse does b. 𝑦(𝑥) = 𝐶1 + 𝐶2 𝑥𝑒 −2𝑥 − 1/16𝑒 2𝑥
the same only with two-second flashes. The six-second c. 𝑦(𝑥) = (𝐶1 + 𝐶2 𝑥) 𝑒 −2𝑥 − 1/16𝑒 2𝑥
sequence of the lighthouse is repeatedly steadily as in d. 𝑦(𝑥) = 𝐶1 + 𝐶2 𝑥𝑒 −2𝑥 + 1/16𝑒 2𝑥
the twelve-second sequence of the other lighthouse.
What fraction of the time do the two lights show the 50. Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the sequence:
same color if the given sequences start at the same 7,19,31, 43...
time? a. 4973 c. 5080
a. 1/5 c. 1/3 b. 2540 d. 2420
b. 1/6 d. 1/4
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51. Determine the general equation of and ellipse whose 60. The temperature of an object is raised by 90 °C. This is
end points of its major axis are (2,2) and (8,2) and end equivalent to an increase in the Fahrenheit Scale of:
points of its minor axis are (5,3) and (5,1). a. 194° c. 50°
a. 𝑥 2 − 9𝑦 2 − 10𝑥 − 27𝑦 + 12 = 0 b. 162° d. 130°
b. 𝑥 2 + 9𝑦 2 + 15𝑥 − 36𝑦 + 54 = 0
c. 𝑥 2 − 9𝑦 2 − 10𝑥 − 27𝑦 − 32 = 0 61. Chemistry magazine stakes 30% of failure due to
d. 𝑥 2 + 9𝑦 2 − 10𝑥 − 36𝑦 + 52 = 0 operator error. What is the probability of no more than
4 out of 20 is not an operator failure?
52. I have invested some money at 12% and some at 8%. a. 0.000352 c. 5.6E-6
If my total invested money is Php 2,000,000 and my b. 0.2375 d. 0.00026
total annual income from the investments is Php
180,000.00. How much did I invest in the 12%? 62. On his 6th birthday, a boy is left an inheritance. The
a. Php 750,000 c. Php 500,000 inheritance will be paid in a lump sum of Php 10,000
b. Php 1,500,000 d. Php 1,250,000 on his 21st birthday. What is the present value of the
inheritance as of the boy's 6 th birthday if the interest is
53. The clearance to an obstruction of a simple curve 4% compounded annually?
having a radius of 420 m is 6.5 m. Determine the sight a. Php 5,640.58 c. Php 5,340.98
distance of the horizontal curve. b. Php 5,456.98 d. Php 5,552.64
a. 180.45 m c. 172.62 m
b. 147.78 m d. 162.45 m 63. What is the speed of light through a water whose index
of refraction is 1.33?
54. Geologist took measurements at two points B and C, a. 1.8 x 10^8 m/s
928 m apart. The angle of elevation from B to the top b. 2.79 x 10^8 m/s
of the mountain A is 47°10′. The angle of elevation c. 2.51 x 10^8 m/s
from C to B is 8°40′ and the angle of elevation from C d. 2.26 x 10^8 m/s
to A is 32°30′. It is known that the elevation at C is
1,537 m. What is the elevation at A? 64. A tank contains 50 gallons of a solution composed of
a. 2,762.91 m c. 1,225.91 m 90% water and 10% alcohol. A second solution
b. 2,777.07 m d. 1240.07 m containing 50% water and 50% alcohol is added to the
tank at the rate of 4 gallons per minute. As the second
55. A formal or legally binding agreement between two solution is being added, the tank is being drained at a
parties is referred to as _______________. rate of 5 gallons per minute. The solution in the tank is
a. Memorandum of Understanding stirred constantly. How much alcohol is in the tank
b. Non-Disclosure Agreement after 10 minutes?
c. Contract a. 33.6% c. 36.3%
d. Grant b. 23.6% d. 26.3%

56. The DMD of line BC is equal to 426.20. The departure 65. Find the volume of the parallelepiped whose edges are
of the previous line AB is 117.56. What is the departure represented by
of the line BC? 𝐴 = 2𝑖 − 3𝑗 + 4𝑘
a. −191.08 c. −308.64 𝐵 = 𝑖 + 2𝑗 − 𝑘
b. 191.08 d. 308.64 𝐶 = 3𝑖 − 𝑗 + 2𝑘

57. It is an informal group discussion that focuses on a a. 12 c. 11

particular safety issue. These can be used daily to b. 7 d. 10
promote department safety culture as well as to
facilitate health and safety discussions on job site. 66. In order to find the elevation of point B, a stadia is set-
a. Safety Meeting up at a point A whose elevation is 134.21 m. The height
b. Pre-work Meeting of the instrument is 1.52 m. The stadia intercept with
c. Construction Meeting the rod at B was taken as 1.82 m with the vertical angle
d. Toolbox Meeting of 4°30’ at 2.1 m. The stadia constant is 99.5 and the
value of stadia constant (f+c) is negligible. What is the
58. Three side of a certain spherical triangle measures to elevation of point B in meters?
be 50°, 80°, 74°. Determine the spherical excess. a. 147.79 m c. 151.99 m
a. 24.0° c. 38.8° b. 149.89 m d. 152.07 m
b. 25.3° d. 36.0°
67. Stations 5+100 and 5+120 are stations with regular
59. The degree of the central curve is 5.22° and the central trapezoidal sections (level sections) with base width
angle is 84.79°. It is to be connected to two tangent of 12 m and sideslope 2:1. The area at station 5+120
roads through a spiral transition having a length of is 66.5 m2. What is the top width of the section at
317.14 meters. Determine the station of CS if the station 5+100 if the volume between stations is 985
station of PI is Sta. 9+726. m3?
a. 9+991.59 c. 9+282.73 a. 20 m c. 24 m
b. 10+763.25 d. 10+147.69 b. 18 m d. 22 m
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68. A topographic surveying map using a scale 1 cm = 40

m, and with contour interval of 1.0 m. The distance
scaled on the map between two adjacent contours is
15 mm. Determine the slope of the ground in percent.
a. 1.66% c. 1.76%
b. 1.77% d. 1.67%

69. If a simple pendulum takes 4 seconds to swing in each

direction, determine the length of the pendulum.
a. 15.90 m c. 7.95 m
b. 3.98 m d. 2.59 m

70. This should always be shown on site plans for

orientation purposes. Displaying it prominently is the
standard practice.
a. North Direction
b. Scale
c. Legends and Symbols
d. Vicinity Map

71. Given I = 44° and R = 400 feet, determine the

deflection/foot.
a. 0.071620°/ft c. 0.021760°/ft
b. 0.071260°/ft d. 0.021670°/ft

72. A ream of paper containing 500 sheets is 5 cm thick.

Approximately, how many sheets of this type of paper
would there be in a stack 7.5 cm high?
a. 550 c. 250
b. 750 d. 667

73. The fraction halfway between 1/5 and 1/3 (on the
number line) is
a. 1/4 c. 2/15
b. 4/15 d. 53/200

74. Two forces of 17.5 and 22.5 lb act on a body. If their

directions make an angle of 50°10′ with each other,
fine the angle that the resultant force makes with the
larger force.
a. 25°30′ c. 21°40′
b. 40°21′ d. 30°25′

75. A projectile is fired with an initial speed of 196 m/s at

an angle 30.0° above the horizontal from the top of a
cliff 98.0 m high. Determine the time to reach
maximum height. Hint: 𝑣𝑦 = 𝑣𝑦𝑜 − 𝑔𝑡
a. 10.0 s c. 11.0 s
b. 10.5 s d. 11.5 s