CX |Ipha Review Center BUILDING DREAMS. BUILDING LIVES. Applied Mathematics, Surveying Principles of Transportation Highway Engineering, Construction Management, and Methods ‘Subject: Pre-Board MSTE Problem 1: ‘On the richter scale, the magnitude R, of an earthquake of intensity I is given by R = log /1, where I, is the intensity of a barely felt zero-level earthquake. If the intensity of an earthquake is 1000/, What scale? is its magnitude on the Richter b.2 4 al Problem 2: Boyle's law says that the temperature stays the same, the pressure P of a gas is inversely proportional to the volume V. Ifa cylinder in a stream engine has a pressure of 960 kPa when the volume is 14 cubic meters, find the pressure when the volume increases to 2.5 cubie a, 456.3 kPa , 632.5 kPa Problem Given that “w" varies directly as the product of "x" and “y” and inversely as the square of “2” and that w = 4 when x b. 597.6 kPa, 4. 587.9 kPa = 2, y= 6 and z~ 3. Find the value of sw" when x= I, y=4and2=2 a4 b.s 3 a2 Problem é: If one pump can fill the tank in 16 hours, two pumps can fill the tank in 6 hours, how fast can the other pump fill the tank? a. 9.6 hrs b. 6.5 brs e82hs 6.76 40° to centesimal system. a, 800 grads b. 600 grads €.700 grads. 750 grads Problem 6: Cebu Pacific airplane travels in a direction of N30°W at an air speed of 600 kph, if the wind has a speed of 80 kph in a direction of N40°E, what is the ground speed of the plane? a. 683.51 kph b. 685.31 kph ©. 638.15 kph 4. 631.85 kph ‘An ordinary home lawn mower can trim fa grass field 1 kilometer per hour Estimate how long it would take one person to mow a football field if the cutting width of the mower is 0.5m, The football field is 110m long and 49m wide. a. 10 hrs b.9hrs ©. 11 hrs d. 12 brs Problem 8: A plane flies 465 miles with the win and 345 miles against the wind in the same length of time. If the speed of the wind is 20 mph, find the speed of the plane in still air a.125mph —_b. 155 mph ©.165 mph —d. 135 mph. Problem 9: During a hurricane, a brick breaks loose from the top of @ chimney, 38 feet above the ground. As the brick falls, ts distance from the ground after “t” seconds is given by d(t) =~ 160" + 38. Find the equation of d(t) ret? + 43 ast? +33 16t? + 53 a6t* +23 Problen A swimmer is capable of swimming 0.45 m/s in still water, if she aims h body directly across a 75m wide river whose current is 0.40 m/s, how far downstream will she land? (From a point opposite her starting point) a. 70m b. 65m ©. 75m 4. 67m Problem 11 A new Kind of atom smasher is to be composed of two and a circular are which is concave towards the point of intersection of the two tangents. Each tangent and the arc of the circle is 1 mile long. What is the radius of the circle? tangents a, 1473.45 fb, 1347.54 ft 6.143745 fd. 1374.54 ft Problem 12: Across section through the center of an american football is a circle "x" inches in cirumference. The football is “x-8" inches long from the top and each seam is an are of a circle °% x" inches in diameter. Find *%". 21.55 in —b.20.12in €.22.15in 4.20.69 in Problem 13: A circular lake is located at a certai barangay in Davao. An existing road runs tangential to a circular lake. 12 kilometers from the point of tangency, along the existing road, a new road of Skim length is constructed to the periphery of the lake at B. The new road is extended to cross the lake. Compute the length of the bridge needed to cross the lake a. 10 km b, 12 km 14 km 4. 16 km Problem 14 If two angles are in the ratio of 3:2, find the angles if they are adjacent and form fan angle measuring 40" fa. 16" and 24” », 10° and 30" 18° and 22° d, 15° and 25" Problem 15: Dr. Irving Wiseman, who is always in a hurry, walks up an upgoing escalator at the rate of one step per second, ‘Twenty steps bring him to the top. Next day he goes up at two steps per second, reaching the top in 32 steps. How many steps are there in the escalator? a. 50 ». 50 ©. 40 4.60 Problem 16: The ratio of the areas of 2 similar triangles is 5/7. If the length of on side of the smaller triangle is Sem, find the exact corresponding side length of the larger triangle. 9.633 em —b. 9.466 em ©.9.822cm — .6.542em Problem 17: The 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the former Soviet Union sent about 1000 Kilograms of radioactive cosium-137 into the atmosphere. The function Fo) = 1000.5)" describes the amount, fix, in kilograms, of cesium-137 remaining in Chernobyl “x” years after 1986. If even 100 kilograms fof cesium-137 remain in Chernobyl’satmosphere, the area is considered unsafe for human habitation. Find the remaining amount of cesitm-137 particles after 80 years 142.78 kg b. 245.96 ke ©.157.49 kg 4. 168.98 ke Problem 18: Find the value of mo 2.3259 (b.2.425 £208 ©. 2.708 Problem 19: A politician states, “If you elect me to office, I promise to cut your taxes for each of my first three years in office by 10% cach year, for a total reduction of 30%", Evaluate the accuracy of the politician's statement, a.27.10% —b, 28.20% ©.29.99% 30% Problem 20: A boat's speed in still water is gy = 1-85 m/s. If the boat is to travel north directly across a river whose westward current has a speed of Yys= 1.20 m/s, at what upstream angle must the boat head? a. 40.44° b. 45.21" ©. 53.65" 4.49.56" Problem 21 ‘A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in circle. The angle ADC = 75° and angle ACD = 45°, If the are BC is only one-half of arc CD, find the value of angle BCA, a. 30° v.45" ©. 50° . 60" Problem 2 In a room, 40 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 20 feet high, a bug sits on an end wall at a point one foot from the other floor, midway between the sidewalls. He decides to go on a journey to a point on the other end wall which is one foot from the ceiling midway between the sidewalls, Having no wings, the bug must take his trip by sticking to the surface of shortest route in ft, that the bug can take? the room. What is the 40 b. 60 ©. 58 4.62 Problem 23: A solid consists of a right circular cone of height “h’ and a hemisphere at its base with a common radius of 12cm The volume of the hemisphere is % that of the cone. The solid is cut into two equal parts by a plane parallel to the base of the cone such that the upper half is a right circular of height *y" Find the value of y” 8, 30.6 cm, ©.31.2¢m b. 32cm 4. 28.4.em Hemispherical bowl 2.5m radius is filled with water to a depth of 1.8m. A solid spherical ball 1.8m in diameter is placed in the bowl. Find the rise of water in the bowl a. 0.1871, ©. 0.245m Problem 2 b.0.207m .0.166m. a Evaluate the integral J xcos(4x)dx 1/2 b.-1/4 1/8 d. 0.308 Problem 27: Find the directional derivative of z= 6y" at P(7,2) in the direction ° cos + 2sin8 a 5 b.- 72 c.— 2 d.— 32 1¢ midpoint of PQ, find the coordinates of M if the coordinates of P and Q are P(3, 4) and Q(5, 8) a. (4, 6) ».(5, 6) ©.(6.4) 4. (6, 5) Problem 29: Find the equation of the line with a slope of 4 through (-1, 3) Calewlate the slope of the curve ys trt—3r $x!" — 290 atx=3, a 197.71 b. 135.29 198.29 d.234.29 Problem 31. ‘The distance from point A Gl6cos 0, \2sin 8) to the center of the ellipse is equal to 2. If the equation of ellipse is 2x" + 6y" = 12, What is theta? a. 40° b. 45° ©. 50° . 60° Problem 32: A 17-foot ladder is sliding down a wall at a rate of -5 feet/sec. When the top of the ladder is 8 fect from the ground, how fast is the foot of the ladder sliding away from the wall in feet/sec? a. 8/3 v.7/8 17/3 ai7/s Problem A closed cylindrical container has a volume of 1000 cubic feet, Ifthe lateral -a cost $25 per square foot and the top and bottom cost $20 per square foot. Determine the minimum cost. a. 1263.20 b, 12847.50 c. 1096360 4. 11254.70 Problem 34: Find the centroid of the region in the first quadrat by the graph y= 9-2, the x-axis, and the y-axis, Vint: ‘Area bounded, A = 18 Moment about y-axis, M, 6 Moment about x-axis, M_= 324/5 a. (18/5, 9/8). (9/8, 18/5) ©. (9/7, 18/7) 4. (18/7, 9/7) Problem 35: What are the positive and negative co-terminal angles of 10° a. 370", 730", -350°, -710° b, 350°, 710", -370", -730° ©. 360°, 720°, ~360°, -720° , 380°, 700", -380", -700° Problem 36: Which of the following are correct: 1. If two sides of a triangle are congruent, the angles opposite these sides are congruent. 2. If two angles of a triangle are congruent, the sides opposite these angles are congruent, ‘An equilateral triangle is equiangular. 4. An equiangular triangle is equilateral a1,2and3 b.2and3 c.3and4 4, Allofthem Problem 37 Find the volume of the parallelepiped whose edges are represented by the A=2+3/4 4k B=it2—k C= 3+ 2k a2 b7 ell 10Problem 38: ‘The 70 highest dams in the world have an average height of 206 meters with a standard deviation of 35 meters. The Hoover and Grand Coulee dams have heights of 221 and 168 meters, respectively. The Russian dams, The Nurek and Charvak, have heights with zscores of | +2.69 “1.13, respectively. List the dams in order of ascending size. and fa. Charvak, Coulee, Hoover, Nurek >. Charvak, alee, i, Hoover ©. Coulee, Charvak, Hoover, Nurek d. Coulee, Charvak, — Nurck, Hoover Problem 39: Which of the following is true? 1. All histograms are single peaked 2. All bell-shaped curves are normal curves and symmetrical 3. All normal curves are bell shape and symmetrical al b.2 63 d. Tand 2 Problem 40: ‘The probabilities that a student will receive an A, Band C grades are 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 respectively. Find the probability that a student will receive at least a C grade, 0.50 b, 0.80 €.0.70 4.0.40 Problem 41: Gensan City is considering a new SSM street cleaner. The new machine will operate at a savings of $60,000 per day compared to the present equipmen Assume that MARR is 12%, and the machine life is 10 years with zero resale value at the time. How many days per year must the machine be used to justify the investment, a. 10days —b. 15 days c.12days 4. 13 days Problem 42: ‘Suppose a poker hand is dealt to an engineer at a casino and the engineer would like to know how many poker hands are possible when 5 cards are dealt from 52, How many different poker hands that the engineer could be dealt? a, 2598690 . 2598960 b, 31187520 4. 311875200 Problem 43: ‘Throughout history many people have contributed to the development of Mathematics. These mathematicians include Pythagoras, Hyptia, Euclid, Buler, Einstein, Fibonacci, Amnesia and Pascal. What is the probability that a mathematician’s name selected at random from those listed will start with either the letter E or A? als b.12 6.0.5 4.0.2 Problem 44: A Ford engine in three sizes, Of the Ford cars sold, 50% have the smallest engine, 40% have the medium engine, and 10% have the largest. Of the cars with the smallest engine, 15% fail an emissions test within two years of purchase. The failure figure for medium size engines is 10%, and the failure figure for the largest engines is 5%. What is the probability that this Ford will fail the emission test within two years? a.0.12 ».0.20 6.0.18, 4.0.22 Problem 45: A raffle offers a first prize of $3000, 5 second prizes of $1000, and 20 third prizes of $100 each. If $10000 tickets are gold at $1.5 each, find the expected ‘winnings for a person buying 1 ticke a. -0.50 . -0.60 ©.0.70 4.0.40 Problem 46: Slick of] company is considering the purchase of a new machine that will last 5 years $5000; maintenance will cost $6000 the first year, decreasing by $1000 each year to $2000 the fifth year. If the interest rate is 8% per year, compounded annually, how much money should the company set aside for this machine? and cost Hint: (A/P, 8%, 5) = 0.25046 (A/G, 8%, 5) = 1.8465 8. 6358649 b, 65683.49 ©, 66583.84 — d. 68349.86 Problem 47: ‘A 65 kg woman descends in an elevator that briefly accelerates at 0.20g downward. She stands on a scale that reads in kg. What does the scale read when the elevator descends at a constant speed of 2.0 m/s. a. 65 ke b. 52 keg ©. 55 kg, 4.78 ke Problem 48: How long must a temporary warehouse last to be a desirable investment if it costs Php1.6M to build, has annual maintenance and operating costs of Php36000, provides storage space valued at Php360000 per year, and if the company MARR is 10%? a. 20 b.8 15 4.36 Problem 49: ‘The motion of a particle at starting rest is given by the function s = 0.5, where “t" is in seconds and "s" is in meters, What is the velocity after 2 seconds? a4 bs 6 a7 Problem 50: A ball is thrown downward from the top of a 180 foot building with an initial velocity of 20 feet per second. The height of the ball *h” after “t” seconds is, given by =the equation =~ 16¢?— 201 + 180, How long after the ball is thrown will it strike the ground? Round the result to the nearest tenth of a second, a24s b.498 328 4288 Problem 51 How long will it take for a vehicle to accelerate form 80 kph to 110 kph if it is capable of accelerating at 1.6 m/s"? a48s 2.3.48 6.38 4528 Problem A propeller with a radius of 1.9m revolves at 400 rpm. Find the velocity in m/s of @ point on the tip of the propeller, a. 96.3 b, 62.4 CAB 4.79.6 Problem 53: ‘The scale of a certain map is 1:X. A lot having an area of 640 square meters is represented by an area of 25.6 cm" on the map. What is the value of x? 25 ». 50 ©. 500 ¢. 100 Problem 54: How large must the coefficient of static friction be between the tires and the pavement if the vehicle can round a level curve of radius 85m at a speed of 95 kph? a. 0.785 ©. 0.625 0.875 4.0.835A SOON object was dropped from height of 1.3m to a spring with k = 20 N/mm. What is the velocity in m/s of the object when the spring deflected 100mm? 0.4.45 b. 5.05 4.85 4. 4.65 Problem 56: To operate an instrument well, a field engineer needs to understand its construction. ‘There among a transit, an optical theodolite, and the new electronic theodolites or total stations; but geometrically, they fare all the same. All instruments are Gesigned around the same fundamental relationships or principle lines. Which of the following are correct geometric relationships? 1. The vertical axis should be perpendicular to the axis of the plate levels, 2. The vertical crosshair should lie in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal axis. 3. The line of sight should be perpendicular to the horizontal fare differences 4. The axis of the telescope should be perpendicular to the line of sight a.1,2and3 b.land2 c.Allofthem 4. 2and 3 Problem 57: A vertical photograph was exposed with a 6 inches focal length camera at a flying height of 10000 ft above the datum, What is the photo scale at point “AY if its elevation on the ground is 2500 ft above the datum? fa. 1:15000 b. 1:10000 ©.1:20000 4. 1:30000 Problem $8: A 50m tape weighing 1.075kg has a standard pull of 8kg. The tape’s cross-sectional area and modulus of lasticity are 0,05 em? and 200 GPa, respectively. What pull (normal tension) is required in order that the effect of ‘sag will be eliminated when the tape is supported at the end point only? a.2148N — b, 163.5N c145.8N 4,197.4 N Problem 59: A differential leveling was conducted from BMI to BM2 30km apart, BMI is at elevation 124.08m. The backsight distances averages 150m in length and the foresight distances averages 100z, ‘Tne recorded elevation of BM2 was 274.11m. If the level used is out of adjustment such that when the bubble was centered the line of sight was inclined 0.003m upwards in distance of 100m, What would be the corrected elevation of BM2? 2.273.93m —b. 274.29m 6.273.16m 274.56 Problem 60: Given the latitudes and departures of a certain traverse, ‘aide Dre Determine the adjusted direction and distance of line CD. a 690.068m, N79°3'SS"E », 690.521m, N78°54'12"E ©. 690.254m, N79°24"15"E d. 690.892m, N79°2'5 blem 61 ‘A chain was used to check the distance between two control points on a large building project. The distance was measured and recorded as 600.172m. After the work was finished, it was decided to check that chain at the location baseline. Upon checking, it was found that the chain was actually 29.992 rather than 30m. What is the actual length between the two control points? 1,600,012 —_b, 600.332 ©.600.052 600.212 Problem 62: ‘A common tangent of a compound curve makes an angle of 12° from the tangent passing through the PC and 18° from the tangent passing through PT. If the radius of the 180m, find the radius of the first curve if the length of the common tangent is 70m long, a. 412.7 ©. 965.4 Problem 63: What are the components of stopping sight distance? a. Reaction second curve is Distance and Maneuver distance b, Reaction distance and braking distance ©. Maneuver distance and Braking distance d. Reaction time and sight distance Problem 64: A +3% grade is connected to a -2% grade by a vertical summit curve having a length of 300m. Find the radius of the summit curve. a. 4000 , 6000 ©. 7000 4. 5000 Problem 65: Compute the deflection angle at the first quarter point of the spiral if the length of spiral is 80m with a degree of curve of the central curve of a spiral easement curve is 6.5" a. 0.342° b, 0,458" 0.271" 4. 0.813° Problem 66: Primary consideration in the design of geometric cross-section of highways, runways and taxiway, a. Shoulder b. Drainage Railway 4, Park space Problem 67: The maximum number of vehicles, passengers, pedestrians or the like, which can be accommodated by a given facility under a given level of service, a. Capacity. Traffic e.Volume —d. Density Problem 68: ‘This is commonly identified as primary, secondary and working control on the jobsite a. Referencing control », Vertical control . Monumentation control d, Horizontal control Problem 69: Waves which fall rb forward velocity of the crest particles exceeds the velocity of propagation of the wavelength L is less than 7 times the wavelength (L < 7H). a. Intermediate water waves , Breaking waves, ©. Shallow-water waves d, Significant waves Problem 70: ‘The ratio of the wave length height to its wavelength is called: a. Wave period . Wave propagation «. slope 4. Steepness forward sinceProblem 71: What is the meaning of MLLW? a. Lower Mean Lower Water b. Mean Lower Low Water , Mean Low Level Water 4, Mean Lower Level Water Problem 72: Determine the volume of the depression that will be filled from the contour map with the following data. The contour interval is 2 meters. Contour (Meters) Area of Contour 122 125 120 7 18 32 116 20 14 10 a. 426 m? b. 578 m° c. 354m" 4. 393 m! Problem 73: This should always be shown on site plans for orientation purposes. Displaying it the standard practice. a. North Direction b, Seale cc. Legends and Symbols 4. Vieinity Map. Problem 74: Find the area of the given cross-section ifthe width of the roadway is 12m. Left Center Right prominently is 98 0 12 32 29 421 a 58.42m° ——b, 52.68m" © 63.21m> — d. 44.58m" Problem 75: ‘They are normal parabolas centered about the point of intersection of the vertical tangents they join. a. Vertical curve ». Vertical segment . Spiral curve 4. Grade FRIENDLY REMINDER: “A MOMENT OF PAIN IS WORTH A LIFETIME OF GLORY”