F.A.L. CONDUCIVE ENGINEFRiNG REVIEW CENTTR PREBOARD EXAMINATION 3 APPLIED MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING, PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORTATION < HIGHWAY ENGG, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & METHODS INSTRUCTION: Seleét the comect answer for each of the following) questions) Mark onlyone answer for each item by shading’ the box, corresponding kD the letter of your ¢hoice on the answer sheet provided. (STRICTLY, NO’ ERASURES ALLOW 1, whith of thecfollowing duties would normally not’ be a responsibility of the” estimating department within @\ general)\ contractor’ s organization? ‘A. obtaining bid documents B. securing subcéntractor/material quétations C. project cost accounting Da delivering competitive or negotiated proposals 2. A simple curve is to be designed for @ maximum speed of 160 kph. The cosfficient .6f friction between the tires and the pavement is known to Be 0.50, Ifthe supezglevation is to be limited to 108, what should be the degree of curvature? AL 4.€12 Bo 3.412 c. 1932 D. 0.26° 3 The Benj/Azouli are: camped at an casis\ 45 miles west of Tagaba. They decide to dynamive the Trans-Hadranaut railroad: joining Tagaba to Magaba, 60 miles north of the oasis. If the, Azoali can cover 1¢ miles a day, how long will ip take them to veach the railroad? BR. 2.50 daye B. 3,83 days €. 2.00-days DAI days: 4. Ia certadh portion 2000 per year in cach receipts. DUying the 20 years that he expects.to operate\the business, he plans to'deposits the annualcnet proceeds in ‘2 bank ach year, at an interest rate of 8% per year, ompounded-annually. When he retires, on nis (oth birehday, the engineer expects ro invest whatever proceeds plus interest he then has from the business in a long-term saVings plan that pays {0% per 63,000.00 in variable costs. Thus, the total operating costs for the firm now stand at > 598,000.00, By what percentage has 2IT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes) improved as a result of the marketing campaign? A. ae 8. 308, c.Ba8 D. 38%, 89, an elegtric replacement sewage pump isibeing considered for purchase, it is capable of providing 200 hp. The peftinent data are as follows: costeeeeee » 3,200 Maintenances sisscsss P 50.09 Electric efficiency...i... 0.85 Gite expectancy. La years The pump is used for 400 hours per year and the Gost of electricity/is P 0.04 per kilowatt-nr (1 horsbpower = 0+746 ka) « Assuming .the pump will have no salvage value, what will be the monthly cost? ALP 425.10 B. P 520.36 iC. P3504, 4a D. ¥)238.20 90. Informs and® advise (foad users of the diregtions, distances, routes, the location of services fof the read users, and point “of interest.A. traffic signs c. guide sign 3. eegulatory Signs 2. overhead signs 91.0in the méasures of “Congestion of highway capacity, what will happen as\ the density continues: to increase? A. Minium rate flow is eventually reached B. Running speedvand traffic flow is minimum €. The point ig-reached at which spedd declines noticeably D. increase speeds and reduced flow rate 92. anCbrdinaryGawn mower can trina grass field 1 kilometer per holir. Estimate how long it would take one person to mow a football field Af the cutting width of the mower is 0.50 me The football field is 11) m long and 49 m wide. AL 10 cost c. 9 D. 12 93. A telephone company purchased a microwave equipment for P ¢ million with a salvage value ‘0f P 600,000 over a period of.5 years and pay a lump sum of * 400,000 for-maintenance cost. Minimum attractive’ rate) of retuen is 160 annually. Compiite the annual cost of investment of purchasing the microwave equipment. A. P 1,695,453 B. P1346, 121 c. P 1,692,363 DevP 1,803,374 94. highway Gurve has @ radius of 80 m anda length of 90m. If the. required sight distance ds 60 m, Row far off the center of the curve could youallow the bushes to. grow? A. 6.325 m BP 8.254 m c. 54825 m D. 3.125 $8 98. A compahiy wants to°manufacture cylindrical aluminum cans with @ volume of 1000 cn!. Waat Would be the least amount of material to be used in cn? A. 553.58 B. 682.09 GA 701.37 D. 835.56 96. A type of (thermoplastic lane (marking designed to aid\and provide motorist with visual, audio,.and motion‘warning ofthe road. A, regulatory signs B. rumble strip ©. chevron marking D. diagonal marking 97. A proposed mafutacturing plant will require 2 fixed capitaD investmert of P 8 million and) an estimated working capital of ® 1.5 million. The annual profit is #2 millionjand the annual depreciation is to Be 8% of the fixed capital investment. Compute the rate-of return’ of the total, investment» a. 14.328 Ch 21,088 B. 15.688 D. 12,768 98. An automated gandwich-making machine in a food manufacturer’s factory has six major components, with individual reliabilities as follows: Bread slicer. O93 Butter applicator. Wo.97 salad fillers 0192 Meat filler. 0133 Top sliceof brea 0138 Wrapperss+ ofes If one of thesewparts of the production line fails, the system will step working. Determine the reliability of thewnole system. A. 0,341 c. 0.708 3. 0.653, BP 0.296 99. The community af Upper Snéshoe has @xpanded its unter tourtim very rapidly. Three years agop) they built a new, 10,000-KN power plant for 3.4.5 M. The local construction cost index Was 135 at that time, and it has risen to 157\now. In currest dollars, what is the estimated cost of a 16, 000-kW power plant7\Use k= 0.88. A. 897.91 B. $ 5.69™ cS 6.81» D. $5.85 100. The ddcal weather forecaster says “no rain” and hig record is 2/3 accuracy of prediction. But thé Federal:Meteorological Service predicte: raifl and their record is(3/4. With-ne other data available, what is the chance of rain? ‘A. 208 B. 408 cc. 308 D608