Seat No.

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Republic of the Philippines
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISION
Manila

BOARD OF SANITARY ENGINEERING

Sanitary Engineering Licensure Examination

January 2023 08:00 a.m - 04:00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one
answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice to the answer
sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 1 only

MULTIPLE CHOICE

41. A flagstaff 17.5 m high casts a shadow of length 40.25 m. The

height of the building, which casts a shadow of length 28.75 m under
similar conditions will be:

a. 10.00 m
b. 12.50 m
c. 17.50 m
d. 21.25 m
e. none of the above

42. How many kilograms of water must be evaporated from 10 kg of an 9%

salt solution to produce a 25% salt solution?

a. 6.6
b. 6.4
c. 6.2
d. 6.0
e. none of the above

43. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-tenth of

that number is:

a. 35
b. 36
c. 45
d. 54
e. none of the above

44. A 50,000 gallon tank receives 250,000 gpdflow. What is the

detention time in hours?
 a. 6.1 hrs
b.5.4 hrs
c. 4.8 hrs
d.4.2 hrs
e. none of the above

45. A right triangle with sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm is rotated the

side of 3 cm to form a cone. The volume of the cone so formed is:
a. 37.70 cm3
b. 47.12 cm3
c. 50.26 cm3
d. 62.83 cm3
e. none of the above

46. A water tank is filled with water to a height of 3.2m above the
orifice which is connected at the side of the tank. If the orifice is
3.5m above the ground find the time for the water to hit the ground?
a. 0.81 sec
b. 0.75 sec
c. 0.85 sec
d. 0.95 sec
e. none of the above

47. A trough having an equilateral triangle and section has sides

equal to 0.4m. If the trough is full of water and is 8m long,
compute the volume of water in the trough.
a. 0.554m3
b. 0.654m3
c. 0.754m3
d. 0.854m3
e. none of the above

48. A stone is projected from the ground with a velocity of 15m/s at

an angle 30 with the horizontal ground. How high in feet will it rise?
Use g = 9.81m /s2

a. 9.40 ft
b. 8.40 ft
c. 7.40 ft
d. 6.40 ft
e. none of the above

49. A pole cast a shadow of 15 meters long when the angle of elevation
of the sun is 61. If the pole has leaned 15  from the vertical
directly toward the sun, what is the length of the pole?

a. 45.23 m
b. 54.23 m
c. 65.23 m
 d. 53.23 m
e. none of the above

50. The surface area of a sphere is 4πr2. Find the percentage

increase in its diameter when the surface area increases by 21%.
a. 5 %
b. 10 %
c. 15 %
d. 20 %
e. 12 %