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FIRST PREBOARD FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERS Preboard Examination

Sunday, August 14, 2022 08:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m.
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MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING & TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED.GOOD LUCK.

NOTE: A times B is represented by A × B or A*B. A raised to the power n is

expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 point each.

1. If the longitude of Tokyo is 1390E and that of Manila is 1210E, what is

the time difference between Tokyo and Manila?
A. 1 hour and 12 minutes C. 1 hour and 8 minutes
B. 1 hour and 5 minutes D. 1 hour and 10 minutes

2. From the figure shown, find the length of AB.

A. 33 cm C. 31 cm
B. 32 cm D. 30 cm

3. Operating and repair costs for some equipment will be P15,000 per year
for the 3-year warranty period. Beginning in year 4, costs will climb by
P2500 per year. The equipment will be retired after 10 years. Find the
present worth of these costs if the firm’s interest rate is 12%.
A. 131,955 C. 113,595
B. 160,739 D. 135,389

4. A manufacturer estimates that 0.25% of his outputs of an electronic

component are defective. The components are marked in boxes of 200 units.
Using Poisson’s distribution, determine the probability that a box
contains 2 defective units.
A. 0.0236 C. 0.0345
B. 0.0654 D. 0.0758

5. The flagship of the US Seventh Fleet guarding the Pacific Ocean is 3km
from the Destroyer, 4km from the Cruiser and 5km from the Battleship. The
flagship is within/inside the triangle formed by the three ships. The
triangle formed by the line connecting the Destroyer, Battleship and the
Cruiser is an equilateral triangle. Determine the area of the equilateral
triangle.
A. 7.42 sq.km C. 16.40 sq.km
B. 12.96 sq.km D. 19.83 sq.km

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6. A trapezoid has parallel sides of 50m and 100m. If the non-parallel sides
make angles with the 100m side of 500 and 800, determine the area of the
trapezoid.
A. 3,693 m2 C. 3,987 m2
B. 3,897 m2 D. 3,720 m2

7. Find the value of m in the equation:

1 + cos x + cos 2x
= m
sin x + sin 2x

A. cos x C. tan x
B. sec x D. cot x

8. The probability that RI instructor is late home from work on any day is
0.4, what is the probability that the instructor is late home twice in a
5-day working week?
A. 0.3546 C. 0.3645
B. 0.3456 D. 0.3564

9. The volume of a closed cylinder is numerically equal to its lateral area.

If the height of the cylinder is 10m, find the total surface area in
square meter.
A. 60π C. 48π
B. 52π D. 32π

10. A symmetrical cross of thickness 12cm is to be cut out from a piece of

cardboard of radius 20cm. What percent of the area of the cardboard is
considered as waste?
A. 36.72% C. 38.58%
B. 28.64% D. 27.12%

11. In triangle ABC, c = 5 cm and a = 7 cm. The distance from the incenter of
the circle to the side BC is 1.477 cm. If the area of the triangle is
16.25 cm2, compute the side b.
A. 12 cm C. 13 cm
B. 15 cm D. 10 cm

12. A father wants to set aside money for his 5-year-old son's future college
education. Money can be deposited in a bank account that pays 8% per year,
compounded annually. What equal deposits should be made by the father, on
his son's 6th through 17th birthdays, in order to provide P5000 on the
son's 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st birthdays?
A. 587.67 C. 678.27
B. 728.76 D. 872.66

13. In a CE review class, there were 120 students. 60 of them are from Luzon,
20 from Visayas, and 30 are from Mindanao. If three students are randomly
selected to get out of the room one after the other, what is the
probability that all three are from Mindanao?
A. 0.75 C. 0.0156
B. 0.0145 D. 0.0126

14. Slick Oil Company is considering the purchase of a new machine that will
last 5 years and cost P50 000; maintenance will cost P6000 the first year,
decreasing by P1000 each year to P2000 the fifth year. If the interest
rate is 8% per year, compounded annually, how much money should the
company set aside for this machine?
A. 61,854 C. 68,458
B. 66,584 D. 16,584

15. Three circles of radii 11 cm, 14 cm, and 22 cm are tangent to each other
externally. Find the area of the triangle formed by joining the centers
of these circles.
A. 288 sq cm C. 329 sq cm
B. 399 sq cm D. 412 sq cm

16. What is the smallest nominal rate to yield an effective rate of 10.15%?
A. 9.67% C. 9.71%
B. 9.45% D. 9.79%
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17. A tree is situated on a hill and at a point P, 23m down the hill from the
tree, the angle subtended by the tree is 18.50. If the height of the tree
is 36.5m, at what angle is the hill inclined with the horizontal?
A. 300 C. 600
B. 450 D. 700

18. Triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle. The measure of angle B is 800 and
angle C is 420. If point P is the midpoint of arc AB, what is angle PAC?
A. 390 C. 790
B. 460 D. 580

19. A lighthouse is 10 units of length northwest of a dock. A ship leaves at

8:00 am and travels west at 12 units of length per hour. At what time
will the ship be 8 units of length from the lighthouse?
A. 9:01 am C. 8:45 am
B. 8:54 am D. 9:10 am

20. In 5 years, P1.8 M will be needed to pay for the building renovation. In
order to generate this sum, a sinking fund consisting of three annual
payments is established now. For tax purposes, no further payments will
be made after 3 years. What payments are necessary if money is worth 15%
per annum?
A. 391,954 C. 518,358
B. 361,654 D. 581,583

21. The first cost of a machine is P1,800,000 with a salvage value of P300,00
at the end of its life of 5 years. Determine the total depreciation after
3 years using Straight Line Method.
A. 550,000 C. 600,000
B. 900,000 D. 800,000

22. In an NBA championship series, the team which wins four games out of seven
will be the winner. Suppose that team A has probability 0.55 of winning
over the team B and both teams A and B face each other in the championship
games. What is the probability that team A will win the series?
A. 0.185 C. 0.292
B. 0.608 D. 0.590

23. An equipment is bought at P420,000 with an economic life of 6 years and

a salvage value of P50,000. The cost of money is 12% per year. Compute the
first year depreciation using Declining Balanced Method.
A. 125,412 C. 124,450
B. 125,450 D. 125,540

24. Find the future worth of P4000 the first year, increasing by P1000 per
year. The interest rate is 8%, and N equals 5.
A. 24,430 C. 34,299
B. 23,343 D. 29,334

25. Assume that a single depth charge has a probability of 1/2 of sinking a
submarine, 1/4 of damage and 1/4 of missing. Assume also that two damaging
explosions sink the sub. What is the probability that 4 depth charges
will sink the sub?
A. 251/256 C. 25/256
B. 51/256 D. 125/256

26. The sides of a spherical triangle ABC are a = 420, b = 680, and c = 830.
A. 104.610 C. 64.680
B. 32.170 D. 40.720

27. A spherical triangle has an area of 327.25 sq. km. What is the radius of
the sphere if its spherical excess is 300?
A. 20 km C. 25 km
B. 22 km D. 28 km

28. Studies have shown that 72.5% of apprehended snatchers in Metro Manila
are drug users. In a random sample of 16 apprehended snatchers, what is
the probability that exactly 10 of them are drug users?
A. 0.142 C. 0.245
B. 0.167 D. 0.139

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29. A circular sector AOB (O is the center and AB is the circular arc) has a
central angle of 600. A line segment AC is drawn from A to side OB of the
sector such that is halfway between O and B. If the area of that part
bounded by arc AB, AC, and CB is 30.709 cm2, find the radius of the sector.
A. 8 cm C. 12 cm
B. 10 cm D. 14 cm

30. Find the value of “a” so that the period of the function y = sin ax is
3π.
A. 3 C. 1/3
B. 2/3 D. 3/2

31. Two sides of a triangle measure 3 cm and 5 cm, respectively, and the
altitude to the third side measure 2.5 cm. Find the circumference of the
circle circumscribing this triangle.
A. 6π C. 6.5π
B. 8π D. 4π

32. An airplane flew from Davao City whose latitude is 140N and longitude of
121.50E on a course of S300W and maintaining uniform altitude. At what
longitude will the plane cross the equator?
A. 110030’E C. 113033’E
B. 122026’E D. 116011’E

33. If Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is 6 A.M., what is the time at a place located
300 East Longitude?
A. 7 A.M. C. 9 A.M.
B. 8 A.M. D. 4 A.M.

34. If a chord is selected at random on a fixed circle what is the probability

that its length exceeds the radius of the circle? Assume that the midpoint
of the chord is evenly distributed over the circle.
A. 0.5 C. 0.866
B. 0.667 D. 0.75

35. Suppose that 1 person in 100,000 has particular rare disease for which
there is a fairly accurate diagnostic test. This test is correct 99% of
the time when given to someone with the disease; it is correct 99.5% of
the time when given to someone who does not have the disease. Find the
probability that someone who tests positive for the disease has the
disease.
A. 0.2% C. 99.9%
B. 19.8% D. 99%

36. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower were observed from points
A and B which lie on a horizontal line passing through the foot of the
tower. B is 5 m. away from the tower. A and B are 8 m. apart. The angle
at B is twice as much as that at A. How high is the tower?
A. 7.12 m C. 8.28 m
B. 6.24 m D. 5.23 m

37. If 2 marbles are removed at random from a bag containing black and white
marbles, the chance that they are both white is 1/3. If 3 are removed at
random, the chance that they all are white is 1/6. How many black balls
are there?
A. 6 C. 5
B. 7 D. 4

38. A machine costs P100,000 with a salvage value of P20,000 at the end of
its life of 8 years. Which of the following gives the depreciation at the
6th year using Sinking Fund Method if money is worth 6% annually?
A. 8208.88 C. 8082.88
B. 56380.63 D. 53680.36

39. A multiple-choice examination has 200 questions, each with 4 possible

answers, of which only one is correct. What is the probability that sheer
guess work yields from 25 to 30 correct answers for 80 of the 200 problems
about which the student has no knowledge?
A. 0.1245 C. 0.1193
B. 0.1321 D. 0.2122

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40. A tennis tournament has 8 players. The number a player draws from a hat
decides his first-round rung in the tournament ladder. See diagram below.
If the best player always defeats the rest of the players and the second
best player always defeats all the rest except the best, what is the
probability that the second best wins the runner-up trophy?

First Second Finals Winner

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

A. 1/2 C. 2/3
B. 4/7 D. 3/7

41. If the radius “r” of a sphere is increased by “x”, then its surface area
is increased by:
A. 4πrx + 8πx2 C. πrx + πx2
B. 8πrx + 4πx2 D. 4π(r + x)2

42. The probability that both stages of a two-stage missile will function
correctly is 0.95. The probability that the first stage will function
correctly is 0.98. What is the probability that the second stage will
function correctly given that the first one does?
A. 0.931 C. 0.969
B. 0.965 D. 0.667

43. One edge of regular hexahedron is 24 cm long. Find the ratio of its volume
to its surface area.
A. 0.5 C. 0.125
B. 4 D. 2

44. In a manufacturing plant it was found that 10% of the output was
substandard. Quality control procedure requires that three items from
each batch of products are selected at random and a batch is deemed
acceptable if at least 2 of the three items are in perfect condition.
Find the probability that a particular batch will be accepted.
A. 0.876 C. 0.90
B. 0.081 D. 0.972

45. A swimming pool is rectangular in shape of length 12m and width 5.5m. It
has a sloping bottom and is 1m deep on one end and 3.6m deep on the other
end. The water from a full cylindrical reservoir 4m in diameter and 10m
deep is emptied into the pool. Find the depth of water at the deep end.
A. 3.204 m C. 3.316 m
B. 3.031 m D. 3.271 m

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