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Problems
1. A board of length (3x4 + 6x2 – 18) meters is to be cut into 11. The United States has the world’s only “large deck” aircraft
three pieces of the same length. Find the length of each piece. carriers which can hold up to 72 aircraft. The Enterprise
A. x4 + 2x2 – 6 meters C. x4 - 2x2 – 6 meters class carrier is the longest in length while the Nimitz class
B. x - 2x + 6 meters
4 2 D. x4 + 2x2 + 6 meters carrier is the second longest. The total length of these two
carriers is 2193 feet while the difference in their length is
2. In the study of economics, the demand D for a product is only 9 feet. Find the length of each class carrier.
often related to its selling price p by an equation of the form A. The Enterprise is 1401 feet long and the Nimitz is 1192
log a 𝐷 = log a 𝑐 − 𝑘 log a 𝑝 feet long.
where a, c, and k are positive constants. Solve for the B. The Enterprise is 1101 feet long and the Nimitz is 1092
equation for D. feet long.
A. D =c/pk C. D = cpk C. The Enterprise is 1201 feet long and the Nimitz is 1192
B. D = c/p k D. D = kcp feet long.
D. The Enterprise is 1301 feet long and the Nimitz is 1192
3. In 2010, The population of Cebu was approximately feet long.
9,939,000 and decreasing according to the formula y = yoe-
0.003t. Assume that the population continues to decrease 12. The United States has an aircraft which can hold up a total
according to the given formula. Predict how many years after volume of supplies that does not exceed 6000 cu.ft and can
which the population of Cebu will be 9,500,000. carry no more than 80,000 pounds. Each water bottle is 1
A. 10 years C. 15 years cu.ft. weighs 20 pounds and each medical kit also has a
B. 26 years D. 20 years volume of 1 cu.ft weighs 10 pounds. Each container of bottle
will serve 10 people and each medical kit will aid 6 people.
4. The population of Manila in the year 2002 was 10,751,000 Determine how many bottles of water and how many
and 2 years earlier, it was 10,268,000. How many years will medical kits should be sent on each plane to maximize the
it take to reach the 15,000,000 population? number of earthquake victims who can be helped.
A. 16.5 C. 15.5 A. 2000 bottles of water and 4000 medical kits
B. 14.5 D. 17.5 B. 3000 bottles of water and 5000 medical kits
C. 1000 bottles of water and 1000 medical kits
5. If A = -3i – j + 4k and B = 2i +14j + 5k, find the dot product D. 2000 bottles of water and 5000 medical kits
A·B.
A. 0 C. -6i – 14j + 20k 13. An engineering company prepares an estimate for a job. The
B. 1i D. 1 cost of preparing the estimate is P10,000. The amount of the
profit over and above the P10,000 is P25,000. If their
6. To earn A in a course, you must have a final average of at estimate is accepted, the probability that their estimate is
least 90%. On the first four examinations, you have grades accepted is 0.7 and the probability that their estimate will
86%, 88%, 92%, and 84%. If the final examination counts as not be accepted is 0.3. What is the expected cost?
two grades, what must you get on the final exam to earn an A. P15,500 C. P15,400
A in the course? B. P14,500 D. P14,000
A. 90% C. 88%
B. 95% D. 85% 14. A membership in Superfit, a fitness club is P500 per year.
The club charges P1 for each hour used. A competing club.
7. A gravel supply company charges P1200 for delivery plus Healthy Bodies, charges P440 yearly plus P1.75 per hour for
P200 per cubic meter. Find a formula for the function g such its use. The yearly cost of using each club for x hours can be
that g(x) is the price for x cubic meters of gravel with the modeled by the following formulas:
number between 0 and 1200 as the domain. For Superfit: y = 500 + x
A. g(x) = 200 + 1200x C. g(x) = 200 – 1200x For Healthy Bodies: y = 440 + 1.75x
B. g(x) = 1200 – 2x D. g(x) = 1200 + 200x How many hours of each year will result in identical yearly
cost for the two fitness club?
8. A home-owner budgets from P300 to P600 for trees and A. 40 hours C. 60 hours
bushes landscape his yard. After shopping around, he finds B. 50 hours D. 80 hours
that good trees cost P150 each and mature bushes cost P75
each. What combination of trees and bushes can he buy? 15. A glider was towed 1000 meters into the air and then let go.
A. (0,4), (1,2), (4,2), (0,2) C. (0,4), (1,2), (2,1), (3,2) It descended 70 meters into a thermal (rising bubble of a
B. (5,1), (1,2), (4,2), (0,2) D. (5,1), (0,3), (4,2), (0,2) warm air), which took it up 2100 meters. At this point it
dropped 230 meters into a second thermal. Then it rose
9. A parametric estimate of the cost of a house consisting of 1200 meters. What was its altitude at that point?
1500 m², two porches and a garage. Using factors of P40/m², A. 2000 m C. 1000 m
P2000/porch and P3000/garage. What is the estimated B. 4000 m D. 1500 m
cost?
A. P76,000 C. P87,000 16. On what days of the week can the first day of century fall?
B. P67,000 D. P78,000 (The first day of the twentieth century was Jan. 1, 1901)
A. Monday C. Thursday
10. Two planes leave the same airport at the same time flying in B. Tuesday D. Saturday
opposite directions. The rate of the faster plane is 300 mph.
The rate of the slower plane is 200 mph. After how many 17. Victor flies from Manila to Davao via Cebu. He takes Unified
hours will the planes be 1000 km apart? Airlines from Manila to Cebu, Beta Airlines from Cebu to
A. 1 C. 3 Davao. The probability that a Unified plane lands safely is
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0.9998. What is the probability that Victor lands safely in 24. An open box with sides x and height h has a volume of 4 cu.m.
both Cebu and Davao? Find the surface area in terms of x.
A. 0.9939 C. 0.9899 A. S(x) = x² +19/x C. S(x) = x² +16/x
B. 0.9983 D. 0.9993 B. S(x) = x² +17/x D. S(x) = x² +18/x

18. During the development stage of a new rectangular keypad
for a security system, it was decided that the area of the
rectangle should be 285 square centimeters and the
perimeter should be 68 centimeters. Find the dimensions of
the keypad.
A. 19 cm by 15 cm C. 17 cm by 13 cm
B. 18 cm by 16 cm D. 15 cm by 13 cm
19. An architect is allowed no more than 15 sq.m. to add a small
bedroom to a house. Because of the room’s design in relation
to existing structure, the width of its rectangular floor must
be 7 meters less than twice the length. Find the precise
length and width of the rectangular floor of maximum area
that the architect is permitted.
A. L = 5 m, w = 3 m C. L = 8 m, w = 4 m
B. L = 7 m, w = 3 m D. L = 6 m, w = 3 m
20. Three farmers, Adams, Brown and Clark all have farms
containing the same number of acres. Adams' farm is most
nearly square, the length being only 8 miles longer than the
width. Clark has the most oblong farm, the length being 34
miles longer than the width. Brown's farm is intermediate
between these two, the length being 28 miles longer than the
width. If all the dimensions are in exact miles, what is the size
of each farm?
A. Adam = 40 mi × 48 mi, Brown = 32 m × 60 mi, Clark = 30
mi × 64 mi
B. Adam = 60 mi × 38 mi, Brown = 30 m × 60 mi, Clark = 30
mi × 64 mi
C. Adam = 50 mi × 38 mi, Brown = 20 m × 60 mi, Clark = 30
mi × 64 mi
D. Adam = 60 mi × 38 mi, Brown = 60 m × 60 mi, Clark = 30
mi × 64 mi
25. A 4 in diameter hole in a metal with 1 foot height is to be
rebored to a diameter of 4.12 in. Find the volume of metal
removed.
A. 2.88π in³ C. 4.12π in³
B. 1.88π in³ D. 4.00π in³
26. A pot is in the shaped of a frustum of a cone with open top
diameter one half of its base diameter. The two-cup mark of
the pot is along its mid height. Where should the three-cup
mark be located?
A. 6% of the way down from the top of the pot
B. 5% of the way down from the top of the pot
C. 2% of the way down from the top of the pot
D. 3% of the way down from the top of the pot
27. Southern Star Realty is an established real estate company
that has enjoyed constant growth in sales since 2000. In
2002, the company sold 200 houses and in 2007, the
company sold 275 houses. Predict the number of houses this
company will sell in the year 2016.
A. 400 C. 340
B. 430 D. 410
28. During the Russia-Ukraine war, Mines in the black sea were
seized by Russia in Crimea, mines in a harbor during
wartime are so placed that ship going to a certain port within
the harbor, to avoid hitting them must follow a path which is
at all times equidistant from a point 9 km north of another
port and a line whose bearing is due east. One point of this
line is 3 km south of the port. Considering the port as the
origin, find the equation of the path of the ship.
A. x2 – 24y + 72 = 0 C. x2 – 24y – 72 = 0
B. x + 24y + 72 = 0
2 D. x2 + 24y – 72 = 0

21. There are four towns at the corners of a square. Four 29. The sides of an equilateral triangle have a length which are
motorists set out, each driving to the next (clockwise) town, increasing at the rate of 27 cm/s. How fast is the triangle’s
and each man but the fourth going 8 mi./hr. faster than the area is increasing when its side is 18 cm long?
car ahead-thus the first car travels 24 mi./hr. faster than the A. 425.89 cm²/s C. 430.89 cm²/s
fourth. At the end of one hour the first and third cars are 204, B. 420.89 cm²/s D. 435.89 cm²/s
and the second and fourth 212 (beeline) miles apart. Which
of the following equation can be used to solve for the speeds 30. A side of a cubic bin is to be measured 30 cm with a probable
and distance between towns? error of ±0.02 cm. What is the approximate maximum error
A. X² + [X – (2R – 32)]² = 212² in the volume of the bin?
B. X² + [X + (2R + 32)]² = 204² A. ±51 cm³ C. ±53 cm³
C. X² + [X – (2R + 32)]² = 204² B. ±52 cm³ D. ±54 cm³
D. X² + [X – (2R – 16)]² = 212²
31. A Toyota Landcruiser drive east from point A at 30 kph.
22. Find the area of the triangle ABC, given c = 23, A = 20°, B = Another car, BMW, starting from B at the same time, drives S
15°. 30° W toward A at 60 kph. B is 30 km away from A. How fast
A. 37 cm² C. 47 cm² in kph is the distance between two cars changing after 30
B. 31 cm² D. 41 cm² minutes?
A. 45 C. 55
23. A construction surveyor measured the length between two B. 50 D. 60
control monuments with a 50-meter chain. One point was at
the bottom of a hill and the other was on the side of the hill. 32. A particle moves according to the parametric equations x =
A slope measurement was made by holding the zero end of t³ and y = 2t². What is the distance covered by the particle
the chain at the center of the instrument and reading 45.290 when t = 2 sec?
meters at the point. A zenith angle 75° was made to the point. A. 10.16 units C. 12.17 units
Find the horizontal distance. B. 12.31 units D. 11.52 units
A. 44.747 m C. 45.747 m
B. 43.747 m D. 46.747 m 33. The total cost of producing x radio sets per day is (x²/4 + 35x
+ 25) pesos, and the price at which they may be sild is (50 –

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x/2) pesos. What should be the daily output to obtain a each). What is the breakeven value of a statistical live (VSL)
maximum total profit? needed to justify a highway project if i is 8%?
A. 5 C. 10 The death rate on a particular three-lane road is 8 per 100
B. 8 D. 7 million vehicle-miles. Adding a lane would reduce this to 5
per 100 million, and other accidents would be reduced
34. Find the area of the region that is bounded by the spiral r = proportionately. The lane would cost $1.5M per mile to
θ, θ ≥ 0 between the rays θ = 0 and θ = 7π/4. build, and annual maintenance would be 3% of the first cost.
A. 26.50 sq. units C. 25.60 sq. units Assume that the lane would last 40 years. The road carries
B. 27.70 sq. units D. 20.70 sq. units 10,000 vehicles per day. Use reduction factor of 3/8 for all
accidents.
35. What is the angular speed of a machine that contains a wheel A. 537,926 C. 935,726
diameter of 3 m, rotating at a rate of 1600 rpm? B. 359,726 D. 735,926
A. 3200π rad/min C. 3000π rpm
B. 1600π rpm D. 2000π rpm 42. Lines of levels are run from station A to station B over these
different routes. The route length and difference in elevation
36. The mean distance from the earth to the sun is 1.496×108 km between A and B are given in the following table:
and the period of its motion about the sun is 1.00 year. The Diff. in
period of Jupiter’s motion about the sun is observed to be Route Length (km) elevation
11.86 years. Determine the mean distance from the sun to (m)
the Jupiter. Hint: (s1/s2)³ = (T1/T2)²
A. 787×106 mi C. 484×106 mi 1 6.2 425.34
B. 887×10 mi6 D. 488×106 mi 2 5.8 424.12
3 3.8 426.45
37. An aluminum wire is stressed at 34.5 MPa in tension. What Determine the most probable value of the elevation B if A is
temperature increase is required to change its length by the at elevation of 42.635 m and B is higher than A.
same amount? Modulus of elasticity, E = 70 GPa, Coefficient A. 468.112 C. 469.365
of thermal expansion, α = 22.5×10-6/°C. B. 468.256 D. 469.186
Change in length due to tension = PL/AE
Change in length due to temperature change = α(ΔT)L. 43. Determine the mean of the measurements with respective
A. 25°C C. 35°C frequencies shown on the given table:
B. 22°C D. 32°C No. of
Distance
measurement
38. A copper wire has a nominal breaking strength of 300 MPa 520.14 1
and a reduction of area of 77%. Calculate the true tensile
strength. [Hint: True tensile strength = breaking load/true 520.20 3
area]. 520.18 6
A. 1304 MPa C. 1203 MPa 520.24 8
B. 1403 MPa D. 1230 MPa A. 520.12 C. 520.15
B. 520.21 D. 520.51
39. An engineering consulting firm purchases design services
for P20,000 per year. Those costs are expected to inflate at 44. Calculate the bearing and direction of the following sets of
6% per year, while the economy’s inflation rate is 4%. What coordinates:
is the inflation adjusted cost of these service in each of the Point Coordinates
next five years? 1 N-1500 E - 600
A. P21,649 C. P20,800 2 N - 200 E – 400
B. P20,400 D. P21,225 A. S 8°44’46” W C. N 8°44’46” W
B. W 8°44’46” S D. S 8°44’46” E
40. Calculate the benefit-cost ratio for a highway project with
the following benefits and costs. The project life is 40 years, 45. Vehicles arrive at a stop sign at an average rate of 300 per
the interest rate is 10%, and the project’s right of way is hour. Average waiting time at the stop sign is 10 s per
worth $5M in 40 years. vehicle. If both arrivals and departures are exponentially
Construction Cost (includes acquiring right of way) = $20M distributed, what are the average queue length and the
Annual maintenance = $350 K average delay per vehicle? Queue is an M/M/1 queue.
Repaving every 8 years = $3M A. 0.94 min C. 0.89 min
Annual values of lives saved (1 per year) = $1M B. 0.61 min D. 0.83 min
Times savings commercial traffic = $1.25M
$20 0.25 hr 250,000 trips 46. Calculate the volume of plastic concrete that will be
⋅ ⋅ produced by the mix design given in the table.
hr trip year
Time savings for computer and recreational traffic/year = Component Specific Gravity Quantity (kg)
$1M
$5 0.25 hr 800,000 trips Cement 3.15 154
⋅ ⋅ Sand (SSD) 2.65 426
hr trip year Gravel (SSD) 2.66 549
A. 1.65 C. 1.23
Water 1.00 95
B. 1.78 D. 1.56
A. 0.43 m3 C. 0.65 m3
41. Data over the last 5 years indicate that for each fatality, there B. 0.51 m3 D. 0.19 m3
are 40 non-fatal injury accidents ($15000 present cost each)
and 300 property damage accidents ($2000 present cost
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47. A wheel tractor-scraper weighing 91 t is being operated on a Limestone
haul road with a tire penetration of 5 cm. What is the total 2.820 2.650 13.7
dust
resistance kg and effective grade when the scraper is Sand 2.650 2.905 30.4
descending a slope of 5%? Hint: Rolling resistance factor
(kg/t) = 20 + (6 × cm penetration). Gravel 2.650 2.873 49.6
A. R = 9,100 kg, G = 10% C. R = 0 kg, G = 0% What is the asphalt absorption?
B. R = 10,000 kg, G = 10% D. R = 10,000 kg, G = 0% Hint:
𝐺𝑠𝑒 − 𝐺𝑠𝑏
48. A wheel tractor-scraper weighing 91 tons is being operated 𝑃𝑏𝑎 = 100𝐺𝑏
𝐺𝑠𝑒 𝐺𝑠𝑏
on a haul road with a tire penetration of 5 cm. What is the A. 2.81% C. 1.35%
total resistance (kg) and effective grade when the scraper is B. 3.51% D. 2.18%
ascending a slope of 5%?
%? Hint: Rolling resistance factor (kg/t) = 20 + (6 × cm 51. What is the usual practice reaction time suggested by
penetration) AASHTO?
A. R = 9,100 kg, G = 10% C. R = 0 kg, G = 0% A. 2.0 s C. 2.5 s
B. R = 10,000 kg, G = 10% D. R = 10,000 kg, G = 0% B. 1.5 s D. 1.0 s
49. Estimate the hourly production in loose volume (LCM) of a 52. The color of No Loading/Unloading Zone marking.
2.68-m3 wheel loader excavating sand and gravel (average A. white C. black
material) from a pit and moving it to a stockpile. The average B. gold D. red
haul distance is 200 ft (61 m), the effective grade is 6%, the
bucket fill factor is 1.00, and job efficiency is 50 min/h. 53. It is a type of thermoplastic lane marking designed to aid and
Basic cycle time = 0.5 min (Table 6) provide motorists with visual, audio and motion warnings
Travel time = 0.30 min (Figure 16) on the road.
A. Rumble strips C. Painted median
Hint: Production = volume × cycle per hour B. Chevron markings D. Diagonal markings
Table 6. Basic loader cycle time 54. _____ to level a floor or layer of concrete with a straight edge
Basic Cycle Time (min) using a back and forth motion while moving across the
surface.
Loading Articulated
Track Loader A. Troweling C. Floating
Conditions Wheel Loader
B. Screeding D. Finishing
Loose materials 0.35 0.3
Average materials 0.50 0.35 55. It is a measure of a material’s ability to withstand cyclic
Hard materials 0.65 0.45 (repeated) stresses.
A. Toughness C. Elasticity
B. Resilience D. Fatigue resistance
Figure 16
56. _____ is nothing more than a column driven into the soil to
support a structure by transferring building loads to a
deeper and stronger layer of soil or rock.
A. Piles C. Shoring
B. Caisson D. Pier

57. Is anything (unsafe act, unsafe condition, substance,

material, process, chemical, etc.) that has the potential to
cause harm, damage, or adverse health effect on people.
A. Hazard C. Chemicals
B. Risk D. Hazing

58. It is the chance or probability that a person will be harmed

or experience an adverse health effect if exposed to a hazard.
A. Hazard C. Chemicals
B. Risk D. Hazing

59. One of the provisions of safety sight distance depends on the

A. 146 LCM/h C. 116 LCM/h characteristics of the vehicle which are as follows:
B. 117 LCM/h D. 168 LCM/h I. Type of vehicles, car or truck
II. Friction between the tire and road
50. The specific gravity of a void-less mixture (i.e., the maximum III. Eye height of the driver
theoretical specific gravity of an asphalt concrete is 2.550. IV. Speed of vehicle
The components are specified as follows: A. I only C. IV only
Apparent B. II and III only D. All of the above
Specific % by
Materials specific
Gravity weight 60. The provision of safety sight distance depends on the
gravity
characteristics of the road environment such as:
Asphalt
1.020 - 6.3 I. Road geometry
cement
II. Road surface
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III. Road illumination at night 69. It is the signs used to guide drivers through a change in
IV. Road topography horizontal alignment of the road.
A. I and II only C. I, II, and IV only A. Rumble signs C. Painted signs
B. I, II and III only D. All of the above B. Chevron signs D. Diagonal signs

61. In horizontal angle layout, this is a procedure that involves 70. Delineation of the road alignment needs to be considered as
turning the angle twice and making the line of sight each part of the design process to ensure that adequate guidance
time at the point. If two lines result, an average is established is provided to road users. Delineation is generally provided
to create the line. Typically, it is not used on every point, it is by the use of the following devices:
used on the critical points as needed. I. Pavement Markings
A. Double Meridian C. Double Parallel II. Signs
B. Double Centering D. Diversion III. Guide posts
IV. Reflective delineators
62. A project can be any series of activity and task that: V. Lighting
I. Have a specific objective to be completed within VI. Curb or other physical devices
certain specifications. A. I, II, II and IV only C. I, IV, V and VI only
II. Have definite start and end dates. B. II, III, IV and VI only D. All of the above
III. Monitored project planning
IV. Have following limits (if applicable)
V. Consume resources (i.e. money, people, equipment)
A. I, II, and IV only C. III only
B. II only D. All of the above

63. Which of the following will not cause a contract change?

A. a change in owner requirements
B. unforeseen conditions
C. Design error
D. Poor jobsite productivity

64. Which of these structural properties are key part of

structural material selection process for harbor and coastal
construction?
I. Specific gravity
II. Material strength
III. Resistance to cyclical impact loading
IV. Resistance to seismic forces
V. Material flexibility
VI. Structural size
A. All of the above C. II and IV only
B. V only D. I only

65. If the standard deviation of a set of observations is 0, you can

conclude that:
A. There is no relationship between the observations.
B. The average value is 0.
C. All observations are the same
D. A mistake in arithmetic has been made.

66. It is considered to be the basic unit of travel behavior. It also

involve movement from single origin to a single destination
and are usually described in terms of their origins,
destinations, purposes, time of occurrence, travel modes and
routes.
A. density C. trip
B. volume D. traffic

67. It is the timing of signals in relation to one another so that

vehicles travelling at a determined speed can pass through
the greens of successive signals.
A. time coordination C. signal cooperation
B. signal coordination D. timing

68. It represents the components of vehicle’s weight which acts

parallel to an inclined surface.
A. rolling resistance C. normal resistance
B. grade resistance D. friction

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