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SECOND PREBOARD FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERS Preboard Examination

Saturday, September 16, 2023 8:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
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Applied Mathematics, Surveying, Principles of Transportation
SET A
and Highway Engineering, Construction Management and Methods

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. Ashley attends a review center in which each class meets only once a week.
She is deciding between 30 non-overlapping classes. There are 6 classes
to choose from for each day of the week, Monday through Friday. Alice
decides to register for 7 randomly selected classes out of the 30, with
all choices equally likely. What is the probability that she will have
classes every day, Monday through Friday?
A. 0.11936 C. 0.30239
B. 0.06366 D. 0.23873

2. A power-shift crawler tractor has a rated blade capacity of 7.65 LCM. The
dozer is excavating loose common earth and pushing it a distance of 61 m.
Maximum reverse speed in third range is 8 km/h. Estimate the production
of the dozer if the job efficiency is 50 min/hr.

Hint: Fixed time =0.05 min. Dozing Speed =4.0 km/hr.

A. 217 LCM/hr. C. 271 LCM/hr.

B. 211 LCM/hr. D. 277 LCM/hr.

3. The salary of an employee's job has five levels, each one is 5% greater
than the one below it. Due to circumstances, the salary of the employee
must reduce from the top (fifth) level to the second level, which results
in a reduction of $122 per month. What is the employee's present salary
per month?
A. $440 C. $680
B. $570 D. $900

4. Pile capacity usually increases after period of time following driving.

The increase in capacity is referred to as:
A. Soil freeze C. Pile freeze
B. Soil relaxation D. Pile relaxation

5. A five-digit number (having all different digits) is formed using the

digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The probability that the formed
number either begins or ends with an odd digit is equal to
A. 5/6 C. 1/3
B. 1/6 D. 2/3

6. CJ considers that he can drink and drive: usually he believes he has a

negligible chance of being involved in a road crash, whereas he believes
that if he drinks two bottles of beer, his chance of being involved in a
road crash on the way home is only one in five hundred. If he drives home
from Xylo every night, having drunk two bottles of beer, what is the
chance that he is involved in at least one road crash in one year? Always
remember to not drink and drive. Assume that each drive home is
independent of any other drive home.
A. 0.5814 C. 0.5184
B. 0.9800 D. 0.8900

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7. Three babies are given a weekly health check at the 878 Health Clinic,
and then unfortunately, returned randomly to their mothers. What is the
probability that at least one baby goes to the right mother?
A. 1/3 C. 1/4
B. 2/3 D. 3/4

8. Two vertices of a rectangle are on the positive x-axis. The other two
vertices are on the line y = 4x and y = -5x + 6. What is the maximum
possible area of the rectangle?
A. 4/5 C. 5/4
B. 5 D. 4

9. Find the positive number x that exceeds its square by the largest amount.
A. 1/4 C. 4
B. 1/2 D. 2

10. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y = 2ex at the point (0,
2).
A. y = 2x + 2 C. y = 2x - 2
B. y = -2x – 2 D. y = -2x + 2

11. In a geometric sequence of real numbers, the sum of the first two terms
is 11 and the sum of the first six terms is 77. Find the sum of the first
four terms of the progression.
A. 22 C. 33
B. 55 D. 44

12. A 10-cubic-meter pool is filled by two pipes A and B. Pipe A delivers 1.5
m3 per hour of water. When pipes A and B are both open, they can fill the
empty pool in 4 hours. What discharge pipe B delivers?
A. 1.2 m3/hour C. 1.3 m3/hour
B. 1.1 m3/hour D. 1.0 m3/hour

13. How many times in a day are the minute hand and the hour hand of the clock
be in a line?
A. 22 C. 44
B. 48 D. 24

14. For the function f(x) = (x2 - 9x + 14) / (x2 – 11x + 24). Which of the
following cannot be in the domain of f(x)?
A. 8 and 3 C. 7 and 2
B. 8 and 2 D. 7 and 3

15. P is a point on BC of the triangle ABC such that AB = AC = BP. If PA =

PC, find the value of the angle ABC.
A. 480 C. 720
B. 240 D. 360

16. A structure used to provide all around lateral support to an excavation.

A. caisson C. pile
B. pier D. earthwork

17. A 100m tape weighing 6.12kg was used to measure a line. It was supported
at the endpoints, midpoint, and quarter point and the tension applied is
80 Newtons. If the total measured distance is 2345.76m, what is the
correct distance of the line?
A. 2341.56 m C. 2342.33 m
B. 2340.66 m D. 2343.41 m

18. How long would it take for a man bicycling at 30 kph to overtake his
girlfriend bicycling at 12 kph along the same path if her girlfriend had
1-hour head start?
A. 1 hour & 10 minutes C. 50 minutes
B. 40 minutes D. 1 hour & 20 minutes

19. A little past 3PM a man decided to take a 20-minute coffee break. When he
returned, the minute hand was as much ahead of the hour hand as it was
before behind it. What was the time when he decided to take a break?
A. 3:07.47 C. 3:06.36
B. 3:06.45 D. 3:07.33

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20. In a racing contest there were 240 cars with fuel provisions that will
last for 15 hours. If 8 cars will withdraw from the race every hour after
the first, for how long will the fuel provisions last?
A. 21 C. 23
B. 25 D. 27

21. A car travels from P to Q at 36 kph and returns from Q to P at 24 kph.

Find the average velocity.
A. 30.2 kph C. 28.8 kph
B. 30.0 kph D. 0
22. One day I told one of my daughters, “I was your age now when you were
born”. If I am now 58 years old, how old was my daughter two years ago?
A. 26 C. 27
B. 28 D. 29

23. Find the missing distance AB from the given technical descriptions of lot
ABCD.

LINE BEARING DISTANCE

AB ----- -----
BC S 320 E 120.62 m
CD S 880 W -----
DA N 300 E -----
AC S 680 E 220.82 m

A. 142.18 m C. 147.10 m
B. 145.20 m D. 150.11 m

24. A 40 m high tower stands vertically on a hillside (sloping ground) which

makes an angle of 180 with the horizontal. A tree also stands vertically
up the hill from the tower. An observer on top of the tower finds the
angle of depression of the top of the tree to be 260 and the bottom of
the tree to be 380. Find the height of the tree.
A. 10.62 m C. 12.89 m
B. 11.58 m D. 13.45 m

25. A circle has its center at (3, -2). It is tangent to the line 3x + 4y –
26 = 0. Compute the point of tangency of the circle.
A. (3, 4) C. (6, 2)
B. (2, 6) D. (3, 6)

26. 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

27. The distance from point A [(√6)cosθ, (√2)sinθ] to the center of ellipse
is equal to 2. If the equation of ellipse is 2x2 + 6y2 = 12, find the
value of θ.
A. 150 C. 450
B. 300 D. 600

28. The vertices of a triangle has polar coordinates of (0,00), (6,300), and
(9,700). Find the area of the triangle.
A. 27.00 u2 C. 17.36 u2
B. 13.50 u2 D. 25.37 u2

29. A small cone is cut “y” meters from the vertex of a big cone that is 9 m
tall. The volume of the small cone is one-third the volume of the big
cone. What is the value of “y”?
A. 7.86 m C. 6.24 m
B. 1.14 m D. 2.76 m

30. It is a violation of an accepted safe procedure which could permit the

occurrence of an accident.
A. Accident C. Unsafe Act
B. Risk D. Unsafe Condition

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31. A fixed circle in the first quadrant has its center at (6,8) and a radius
of 4. Find the locus of a moving circle if it is always tangent to the x-
axis and the fixed circle.
A. x2 – 6x – 12y + 64 = 0 C. x2 + 6x + 12y + 64 = 0
2
B. x – 12x – 24y + 84 = 0 D. x2 + 12x + 24y + 84 = 0

32. To make a peg adjustment, the following notes were taken:

Wye Level at 1 Wye Level at 2

Rod Reading at P 0.75 1.906
Rod Reading at Q 2.766 3.798

Point 1 is on the line PQ and midway between P and Q.

Point 2 is on the same line as P and Q but not between them. Point 2 is
25m from P and 230m from Q.

With the wye level at point 2, what is the rod reading at P for a level
sight.
A. 1.891 m C. 2.016 m
B. 2.127 m D. 1.921 m

33. Consider a continuous function y = f(x) with the properties that it is

concave up on the interval [–1, 3] and concave down on the interval [3,
5]. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. f”(2) > 0 and f”(4) < 0
B. f”(3) > 0 and x = 3 is a point of inflection
C. f’(2) < 0 and f”(4) > 0
D. None of the above

34. Conjugate hyperbolas are such that the transverse and conjugate axes of
one are respectively the conjugate and transverse axes of the other. If
the eccentricity of one is 1.25, what is the eccentricity of the other?
A. 1.25 C. 1.12
B. 1.67 D. 0.80

35. A man bought a government bond, which cost P1000 and will pay P50 interest
each year for 20 years. The bond will mature at the end of 20 years and
he will receive the original P1000. If there is a 2% annual inflation
during this period, what rate of return will the investor receive after
considering the effect of inflation.
A. 3.24% C. 5.62%
B. 2.94% D. 6.78%

36. Two perpendicular chords both 5cm from the center of a circle divide the
circle into four parts. If the radius of the circle is 13cm, find the
area of the smallest part.
A. 30 cm2 C. 32 cm2
B. 31 cm2 D. 33 cm2

37. ___________ is a type of thermoplastic lane marking designed to aid and

provide motorist with visual, audio, and warning on the road.
A. Chevron markings C. Rumble strips
B. Painted median D. Diagonal markings

38. If the areas of a regular pentagon and regular decagon are equal, what is
the ratio of their perimeters?
A. 0.94 C. 1.06
B. 0.67 D. 1.25

39. Three spheres made of steel having a radius of r, 2r, and 4r respectively
are melted to form a new sphere of radius R. The ratio of the volume to
the surface area of the new sphere is equal to 4.18. Compute the radius
r.
A. 2.09 C. 4.18
B. 5 D. 3

40. In the well-known song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, a person gives his
sweetheart k gifts on the kth day for each of the 12 days of Christmas.
The person also repeats each gift identically on each subsequent day.
Thus, on the 12th day the sweetheart receives a gift for the first day,

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2 gifts for the second, 3 gifts for the third, and so on. How many gifts
were given?
A. 364 C. 360
B. 78 D. 82

41. It is defined as the number of vehicles per unit distance occupying a

section of roadway at a given instant time.
A. Density C. Flow
B. Capacity D. Volume

42. The traffic characteristics which has the greatest effect on highway
design.
A. Density of Traffic C. Volume of Traffic
B. Mean Speed D. Traffic Capacity

43. The number of accidents for 6 yrs. recorded in a certain section of a

highway is 5432. If the average daily traffic is 476, what is the accident
rate per million entering vehicles?
A. 5211 C. 5002
B. 5106 D. 5010

44. A rectangular field was measured using a 100m tape, which was actually
10cm too short. The recorded area was 4500m2. What is the true area of
the field?
A. 4504.50 m2 C. 4509.0035 m2
B. 4495.50 m2 D. 4491.0045 m2

45. Pavement markings shall only be applied and/or removed by ____.

A. LTO C. DPWH
B. PNP D. DOTC

46. A trapezoid has parallel sides equal to 120m and 60m. If the trapezoid is
divided into two parts such that the bigger part is adjacent to the
smaller side occupying 60% of the total area of the trapezoid, what would
be the length of the dividing line parallel to either given side?
A. 100.4 m C. 94.5 m
B. 90.6 m D. 97.4 m

47. Compute the braking distance for a car moving at an initial velocity of
60kph and a final velocity of 40kph. Given slope of roadway is +5%,
Coefficient of friction between the road pavement and tires = 0.15 and
Perception-reaction time = 0.75sec.
A. 70.79 m C. 51.83 m
B. 39.33 m D. 43.25 m

48. The locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances from
two fixed points (3,0) and (-3,0) is always equal to 10. Determine the
length of the latus rectum.
A. 5.00 C. 12.80
B. 6.40 D. 20.00

49. A circle has the equation x2 + y2 – 6x + 12y + 9 = 0. What is the distance

from the center of the circle to the line y = 2x + 10.
A. 9.84 units C. 7.89 units
B. 10.12 units D. 8.34 units

50. A hazardous physical condition or circumstance which could directly permit

the occurrence of an accident.
A. Hazard C. Unsafe Act
B. Risk D. Unsafe Condition

51. Using the given data in the traverse shown:

POINTS NORTHINGS EASTINGS

A 75 m 250 m
B 425 m 150 m
C 675 m 450 m
D 675 m 675 m
E 425 m 700 m
F 175 m 550 m

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Determine the area enclosed by the straight lines bounded by the points
ABCDEFA in acres. (Note: 1 acre = 4047 m2)
A. 53.55 acres C. 107.10 acres
B. 55.13 acres D. 110.27 acres

52. If the stationing of PT is at 15+480.14, what is the stationing of PCC?

D1=4°, D2=5°, I1=30°, I2=36°
A. 15+630.14 C. 15+336.14
B. 15+624.14 D. 15+330.14

53. Determine the degree of simple curve whose central angle is 260 if the
shortest distance from the curve to the point of intersection of the
tangents is 7.54m. Use arc basis.
A. 4.10 C. 3.90
B. 4.00 D. 3.80

54. A conical pendulum has a length of 50 cm. Its bob of mass 100 g performs
a uniform circular motion in a horizontal plane in a circle of radius 30
cm. Find the centripetal acceleration of the bob in m/s2.
A. 4.95 C. 2.21
B. 1.49 D. 7.36

55. A wheel tractor-scraper weighing 91 tons is being operated on a haul road

with a tire penetration of 5 cm. What is the total resistance (kg) and
effective grade when scraper is ascending a slope of 5%.

Rolling Resistance Factor = 20 +(6 x cm)

Effective grade= grade (%) +RRF/10

A. 9100 kg, 10% C. 0 kg, 0%

B. 9100 kg, 0% D. 0 kg, 10%

56. The cost of equipment is P500,000 and the cost of installation labor,
taxes and miscellaneous expenses is P30,000. If the salvage value is 10%
of the cost of equipment at the end of its life of 5 years, compute the
book value at the end of 3rd year using MACRS METHOD.
A. 122,640 C. 460,122
B. 622,124 D. 126,422

57. An investment of P8.5 M is expected to yield an annual income of P2.8 M.

Determine the recovery period in years based on the following estimates.

Annual depreciation=Php. 1.0 M

Operational Expenses= Php 0.6 M
Taxes and insurance=Php 0.2 M
Miscellaneous expenses=50,000

A. 9.8 years C. 9.4 years

B. 4.9 years D. 8.9 years

58. Two lovers are at different points along the incline of Mt. Ulap which is
inclined 45° from the horizontal. Kayro determines that the angle of
elevation of a hot air balloon to be 60°. At the same instant, Benjie
measures the angle of elevation of the same hot air balloon to be 75°. If
Kayro is 225 m down the hill from Benjie, find the distance between Benjie
and the hot air balloon.
A. 62.47 m C. 467.25 m
B. 97.60 m D. 225.00 m

59. A cigarette vendor borrowed P2400 and agreed to pay P3000 after 30 days.
What is the simple interest rate per annum?
A. 100% C. 300%
B. 200% D. 400%

60. Find the area inside the cardiod r = 1 + cosθ

A. 1.5π sq. units C. π sq. units
B. 2π sq. units D. 2.5 π sq. units

61. The CELE consists of multiple-choice questions, each having five possible
answers. Suppose that a taker, Anniel, reckons that he has a probability
0.75 of knowing the answer to any question that may be asked and that, if

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he does not know, he intends to guess an answer with probability 1/5 of

being correct. What is the probability you will give the correct answer
to a question?
A. 0.5 C. 0.7
B. 0.6 D. 0.8

62. Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving about the x – axis the
area bounded by the curves y = 4/x and y = (x – 3)2.
A. 2π/25 C. 27π/2
B. 2π/27 D. 27π/5

63. Calculate the region bounded by the curve y = x3 – 6x2 + 8x and the x –
axis.
A. 4 C. 6
B. 2 D. 8

64. The appearance of powdery material on the surface of a newly hardened

concrete slab.
A. Troweling C. Scaling
B. Crazing D. Dusting

65. A 55-kg skier starts from rest at the top of a ski jump, point A in the
figure, and travels down the ramp. If friction and air resistance can be
neglected, determine the distance s to where she strikes the ground at C.

A. 116 m C. 62 m
B. 101 m D. 58 m

66. A machine is to be purchased for 155,000, it has an estimated life for 8

years and a salvage value of P6000. A sinking fund is to be established
so money will be available to purchased a replacement when the first
machine wears out at the end of 8 years. An amount of P13,030 is to be
deposited at the end of each year during the lifetime of the first machine
into this sinking fund. What interest rate(%) that this fund must earn to
produce sufficient fund to purchase the replacement machine at the end of
8 years?
A. 10% C. 30%
B. 20% D. 40%

67. A golf ball rolls off the top of a flight of concrete steps of total
vertical height 4.00 m. The ball hits four times on the way down, each
time striking the horizontal part of a different step 1.00 m lower. If
all collisions are perfectly elastic, what is the bounce height on the
fourth bounce when the ball reaches the bottom of the stairs?
A. 1 m C. 2 m
B. 3 m D. 4 m

68. The roof and ceiling of a commercial building will be insulated by blown-
in insulation, which can be specified in 1-inch-depth increments. The
minimum amount of insulation that will meet code is 6 inches, and the
maximum amount that will fit is 12 inches. What is the optimal depth of
this insulation? The firm uses an interest rate of 8% and a 30-year
building life. The installed cost of the insulation for the 10,000-square-
foot ceiling is $1.75 per cubic foot. Thicker insulation will reduce the
capacity of the HVAC equipment and the annual heating and cooling costs.

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With 6 inches of insulation, the annual bill for heat gains and losses
through the roof will be $1200.

Insulation Thickness HVAC First Cost

6” $10,000
7” $9,643
8” $9,375
9” $9,167
10” $9,000
11” $8,864
12” $8,750

A. 8’’ C. 7’’
B. 10’’ D. 9’’

69. Estimate the production in loose cubic meter per hour for a medium weight
clamshell excavating loose earth. Heaped capacity is 0.75 m3. The soil is
common earth with a bucket fill factor of 0.95. Estimated cycle time is
40 s. Job efficiency at 50 min/hr.
A. 53 LCM/hr C. 33 LCM/hr
B. 35 LCM/hr D. 55 LCM/hr

70. Act in the opposite manner to retarders. That is, they decrease setting
time and increase the early strength of concrete.
A. Pozzolans C. Accelerators
B. Hydration D. Workability agents

71. Agent Bond is standing on a bridge, 15 m above the road below, and his
pursuers are getting too close for comfort. He spots a flatbed truck
approaching at 25 m/s, which he measures by knowing that the telephone
poles the truck is passing are 25 m apart in this region. The roof of the
truck is 3.5 m above the road, and Bond quickly calculates how many poles
away the truck should be when he drops down from the bridge onto the
truck, making his getaway. How many poles is it?
A. 1.0 pole C. 2.0 poles
B. 1.5 poles D. 2.5 poles

72. A and B travel from Angeles to Guagua and back. A starts 2 hours after B
has started and overtakes B at a point 4 km from Guagua. He then meets B
3 hours and 12 minutes thereafter. If A reaches Angeles 4 hours and 40
minutes ahead of B, find the distance between Angeles and Guagua.
A. 6 km C. 8 km
B. 10 km D. 12 km

Situation 1. Columns for a midrise structure was designed with a cross section
of 500 mm by 500 mm and a height 3 m. The mixture to be used for the
column is a type A mixture of proportion 1:2:4 by volume. It was determined
that 25 liters of water is need per bag of cement. The components to be
used has specifications as follows:

Component Absolute Unit Bulk Unit Weight

Weight (kg/m3)
(kg/m3)
Cement 3100 2450
Sand 2650 2100
Gravel 2800 1900

If 12 concrete columns is to be poured, determine the following:

73. Bags of cement needed.

A. 68 C. 54
B. 64 D. 58
74. Quantity of gravel required in m3.
A. 5.1 C. 3.1
B. 6.1 D. 4.1
75. Unit weight of the concrete mixture in kg/m3.
A. 2935 C. 2539
B. 2953 D. 2395

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