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NOVEMBER 2022 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER ALEJANDRO 7

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for 7. A hexagram formed by overlapping two equal
each of the following questions. Mark only equilateral triangles, is inscribed in a
one answer for each item by shading the box circle of radius 6.928. Find the sides of
corresponding to the letter of your choice the equilateral triangle.
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO A. 10 C. 12
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. B. 11 D. 14

NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or 8. A chain was used to check the distance
A*B. A raised to the power n is between two control points on a large
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 building project. The distance was measured
point each. and recorded as 600.172 m. After the work
was finished, it was decided to check that
chain at the location baseline. Upon
1. During Typhoon Ondoy, due to strong winds, checking, the chain was actually 29.992 m
it causes a wave length of a shallow water rather than 30 m. What is the actual length
wave of 80 m long. If the wave period (the between two control points?
time for two consecutive crests to pass a A. 600.102 m C. 600.012 m
given point) is 7.2 sec., determine the depth
of water at that point assuming it to be B. 599.986 m D. 600.036 m
uniform.
A. 28.16 C. 16.38 9. An engineer designs simple curve at a
B. 32.75 D. 20.85 certain point of a highway. The data for the
simple curve are:
2. A tsunami also called seismic sea wave of I = 440 R = 400 ft.
tidal wave is a catastrophic ocean wave, PC = 11+10.57 PI = 12+72.18
usually caused by a submarine earthquake PT = 14+17.75
occurring less than 50 km beneath the sea
floor, with a magnitude greater than 6.5 on Compute the deflection of station 13+00.
the Richter Scale. Under water or coastal A. 27.130 C. 13.570
landslides or volcanic eruptions also may B. 25.23 0 D. 12.620
cause a tsunami. The term tidal wave is more
frequently used for such a wave, but it is a
misnomer, for the wave has no connection with 10. ABC is a triangle having an angle A equal
the tides. If the depth of water at a certain to 800. Point D is a point inside the
point in the ocean is 1200 m, determine the triangle. If BD and CD are bisectors of angle
velocity of the wave propagation in kph. B and C respectively, find the angle BDC.
A. 220.36 kph C. 200.18 kph A. 500 C. 1300
B. 322.72 kph D. 300.56 kph B. 60 0 D. 1200

3. Tropical typhoon “Yolanda” hits the 11. Mines in a harbor during wartime are so
country with an estimated wind speed of 140 placed that ship going to a certain port
kph. This causes a storm surge in Tacloban within the harbor, to avoid hitting them must
City with a period of 7.47 sec. in a point follow a path which is at all times
having a depth of 9 m. Compute the height of
the wave if it has a steepness of 0.14. equidistant from a point 9 km north of
Hint: L = 1.56T2 another port and a line whose bearing is due
A. 12.19 m C. 9.89 m east. One point of this line is 3 km south
B. 10.96 m D. 13.78 m of port. Considering the port as the origin.
Find the equation of the path of the ship.
4. The offset distance from PC to PT of a A. x2 – 12y + 28 = 0
simple curve is 18 m. The angle of B. x2 – 24y + 36 = 0
intersection of the tangents is 240. If the C. x2 – 24y + 72 = 0
stationing of PT is 45+158.32, what is the D. x2 – 12y + 35 = 0
stationing of PI?
A. 45+114.07 C. 45+125.63 12. A wave at a point where the depth is
B. 4+071.11 D. 45+115.36 equal to ½ of the wavelength or greater to
be expressed in terms of the parameters of
5. Find the length of the conjugate axis of significant wave.
the equilateral hyperbola xy = 16. A. Deep Water Wave
A. 5.66 C. 11.31 B. Highest Wave
B. 4 D. 8 C. Significant Wave
D. Equivalent Depth Wave
6. A semi-ellipse and a parabola rest on the
same base 60m wide and 20m high. Using the 13. A hypothetical wave having a wave height
common base as x-axis, determine the and period equal to average values of the
difference of ordinates at a point 25m from wave height and period of the largest 1/3 of
the center of the base. all waves in the train as counted in the
A. 1.16 C. 4.95 order of greater wave height.
B. 6.11 D. 11.06 A. Deep Water Wave
B. Gravity Wave
C. Significant Wave
D. Equivalent Depth Wave

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NOVEMBER 2022 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER ALEJANDRO 7
14. A maximum wave height and wave period of 25. When the lines connecting the earth with
the maximum wave height in the wave train. the sun and the moon form a right angle, that
A. Transitional Wave is the moon is in its quarters, then the
B. Highest Wave actions of the moon and sun are subtractive,
C. Significant Wave and the lowest tides of the month occur, this
D. Equivalent Depth Wave is called:
A. Neap tide C. Diurnal tide
15. Waves which occur in water having a depth B. Lunar tide D. Ebb tide
less than one half of the wave length and
the influence of the bottom changes the form 26. Owing to retardation of the tidal wave
or orbital motion from circular to in the ocean by frictional force, as the
elliptical or near elliptical. earth revolves daily around its axis and as
A. Shallow Water Wave the tide tends to follow the direction of
B. Deep Water Wave the moon, the highest tide for each location
C. Significant Wave is not coincident with conjunction and
D. Highest Wave opposition but occurs at some constant time
after new and full moon. This interval which
16. Waves formed by the frictional drag of may amount to as much as two and a half days
wind across the water surface. is known as:
A. Shallow Wave A. Diurnal tide C. Age of the tide
B. Transitional Wave B. Lunar tide D. Semi-diurnal tide
C. Significant Wave
D. Gravity Wave 27. Tides which occurs only one high tide a
day is called:
17. The pressure against a vertical wall due A. Semi-diurnal tide C. Neap tide
to waves. B. Diurnal tide D. Spring tide
A. Wave Decay
B. Dynamic Pressure 28. The periodic rise nad fall of sea level
C. Rankines Active Pressure in response to the gravitational attraction
D. Clapotis of the sun and moon as modified by the
earth’s rotation.
18. The distance that the wind blows over A. Rotational Tides
the sea in generating the waves is known as: B. Storm Surge
A. clapotis C. seiche C. Gravitational Tide
B. wakes D. Fetch D. Astronomical Tide

19. The regular periodic rise and fall of 29. Waves formed by moving ship or boats are
the surface of the seas, observable along called:
their shores. A. Wakes C. Breaking waves
A. wave C. period of wave B. Swell D. Seiching
B. tide D. Current
30. The average height of the sea for all
20. The falling tide is known as: stages of the tide obtained from systematic
A. Ebb tide C. Neap tide observations of sea levels at equal
B. Flood tide D. Spring tide intervals over a long period of time along a
given coastline.
21. Waves generated by storms, which occur A. mean ocean level
outside area of observation. B. mean low water
A. Swells C. Skewd C. mean lower low water
B. Shoal D. Ebb D. mean sea level

22. A very long standing wave on a large but

limited body of water generally occurring
when a storm dies down after producing a wind
tide.
A. Seiche C. Ebb
B. Shoal D. Skewd

23. An instrument use to measure the

intensity of wind.
A. Buchanan’s scale C. Beuforts scale
B. Fiboracci scale D. Antwerp scale

24. In many parts of the world, the high

waters reach their greatest height and the
low waters at the least height, soon after
the time of full moon and new moon. These
tides are called:
A. Spring tide C. Neap tide
B. Flood tide D. Ebb tide

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