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DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
COMPRE1: Comprehensive Examination in Mathematics, Surveying, Hydraulics, and
Geotechnical Engineering

* Required

Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry, and Differential &

POST LECTURE
Integral Calculus
EVALUATION

1. 1.) The sum of the present ages of Angie and her mother is 64. In eight years, * 1 point

Angie will be three-fifths as old as her mother will at that time. Find the
present age of Angie's mother.

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26 y/o

22 y/o

42 y/o

38 y/o

2. 2.) The sum of Jose and Maria’s age is twice the sum of their children’s ages. * 1 point

How many children were in the family if in ten years, the sum of Jose and
Maria’s ages will be equal to the sum of their children’s ages? But, two years
ago, the sum of Jose and Maria’s ages is four times the sum of their children’s
ages.

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3. 3.) At what time between six and seven o’clock are the hands of the clock at * 1 point

right angles for the second time?

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6: 50: 22

6: 49: 05

6: 49: 09

6: 50: 26

4. 4.) If 1000 articles of a given type can be turned out by a first machine in 8 * 1 point

hours, by a second in 5 hours, and by a third in 4 hours, how long will it take
to turn out the articles with all the machines working?

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1.739 hours

5.667 hours

0.575 hours

2.482 hours

5. 5.) If the ratio of the altitude of a right circular cone to its base radius is * 1 point

1.7321. What is the ratio of its lateral area to its base area?

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1.5623

2.5623

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6. 6.) A triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle such that arc AB is 144° and arc AC * 1 point

is 86°. If the radius of the circle is 10cm, find the length of BC.

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12.24 cm

18.13 cm

20.65 cm

15. 32 cm

7. 7.) A surveyor set up his equipment at C on one bank of the river and sighted * 1 point

across the river to point B on the opposite of the bank; then turning through
a 90° angle, he laid off a distance of 225m to point A, where he set up the
equipment then measured ∠CAB is 48°20’. Find the width of the river.

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149.58m

168.08m

200.23m

252.83m

8. 8.) A tower 125ft high is on a cliff on the bank of a river. From the top of the * 1 point

tower, the angle of depression of a point on the opposite bank is 28°40’; and
from the base of the tower the angle of depression of the same point is 18°20’.
Find the height of the cliff.

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125 ft

192.33 ft

293.32 ft

580.41 ft

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9. 9.) A circle is circumscribing a regular nonagon. If the area of the circle is * 1 point

113.1 sq.m., find the area between the circle and the nonagon.

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9.87 sq.m

8.97 sq.m

7.89 sq.m

8.79 sq.m

10. 10.) Evaluate: * 1 point

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Undefined

18

Limit does not exist

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11. 11.) Evaluate: * 1 point

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0.5

Undefined

Limit does not exist

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12. 12.) Find dy/dx of * 1 point

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Option 1 Option 2

Option 3 Option 4

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13. 13.) Determine velocity when acceleration is zero, if * 1 point

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0.167

0.3333

0.6667

0.999

14. 14.) Find the equation of the normal line at point (1,1) to the curve: * 1 point

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x+y-2=0

x+y+2=0

x+y=0

x-y=0

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15. 15.) An inverted conical container has a diameter of 40-in and a depth of 15- * 1 point

in. If water is flowing out of the vertex of the container at a rate of 25π
cu.in/s. How fast is the depth of the water dropping when the height is 5 in?

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0.3158 in/s

9/16 in/s

-0.5625 in/s

-6/19 in/s

Numerical Solutions & Engineering Data

POST LECTURE
Analysis
EVALUATION

16. 1.) Which of the following does not describe the inverse of a matrix: * 1 point

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Matrix B is the inverse of Matrix A, if AB=I

The transpose of the determinant of the cofactor of each element in a matrix.

Matrix A is the inverse of Matrix B, if AB=I

The quotient of the adjoint and the determinant of a matrix.

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17. 2.) Determine the determinant of the given Matrix: * 1 point

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-121

121

-107

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18. 3.) Evaluate the matrix polynomial: * 1 point

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Option 1 290

Option 3 32

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19. 4.) Find the determinant of the adjoint of the matrix: * 1 point

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49

-49

1/49

-1/49

20. 5.) Suppose A is a square matrix of order 3 has a determinant equal to -2, * 1 point

find the determinant of

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-16

-32

-64

-128

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21. 6.) An office building has 9 doors. In how many ways can a person enter * 1 point

and leave by a different door?

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362 880

40 320

72

56

22. 7.) In how many ways can 6 Civil Engineering Students, 3 Mechanical * 1 point

Engineering Students, and an Electrical Engineering student, be seated on a

long bench, if CE students and the EE student must be seated together?

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120 960

86 400

17 280

544

23. 8.) In how many ways can the letters in the word "ENGINEERING" be * 1 point

arranged?

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39 916 800

277 200

92 400

11

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24. 9.) How many ways can 3 men and 3 women be seated in a round table, if * 1 point

two particular women must sit together?

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720

288

120

48

25. 10.) In how many ways can a committee consisting of 3 men and 2 women be 1 point

chosen from 8 men and 6 women?

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2880

1260

840

210

26. 11.) If Sunday = 1, what is the value of Friday? Select the best answer. * 1 point

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25

21

16

13

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27. 12.) The lotto uses the numbers 1 to 42. A winner has to correctly guess 6 * 1 point

different numbers in any order. What is your chance in winning if you bet
on one ticket?

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1 / 4 534 568

1 / 5 245 786

1 / 6 580 668

1 / 2 341 668

28. 13.) A die is constructed so that 1 or a 2 occurs twice as a 3, 4, and 6. A 5 * 1 point

occurs thrice as a 1 or a 2. If the die is tossed once, what is the probability

that an even number will occur?

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1 / 13

2 / 13

3 / 13

4 / 13

29. 14.) Four cards are drawn from a deck of 52 cards. If each card is returned * 1 point

to the deck before the next pack is drawn. Find the probability that all are
clubs.

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1/4

1 / 100

1 / 256

1 / 512

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30. 15.) A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting * 1 point

a ten or a black card.

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0.5385

0.5769

0.0385

Elementary and Higher Surveying

POST LECTURE EVALUATION

SITUATION 1: A line is measured with the tape, suspended on supports, under the pull
of 150N and a mean temperature of 15°C. The lengths of various spans and the
difference in level between two ends of each span is given on the table. The tape is
standardized while being flat under a pull of 100N at 20°C.

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31. 1.) Determine the total correction due to sag. * 1 point

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0.00083

0.01340

0.01327

0.07979

32. 2.) Correction due to slope. * 1 point

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0.00083

0.01400

0.01327

0.07979

33. 3.) What is the correct length of the line measured? * 1 point

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199.57031 m

199.57121 m

199.58362 m

199.58050 m

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34. 4.) The distance between points A and B is measured, 123.456m, by a * 1 point

surveyor using a tape that has a certified length of 29.992m. What is the
correct distance that the surveyor measured?

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123.423 m

123.415 m

123.468 m

123.431 m

35. 5.) What is the distance of the line that an engineer must layout if she is * 1 point

using a tape that has a certified length of 29.989m?

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123.423 m

123.415 m

123.468m

123.431m

36. 6.) A 30m tape is found to be 2mm too long at 20°C is used to measure a * 1 point

rectangular lot. The recorded sides are 144.95m and 113m. What is the true
area of the lot if the average temperature during the measurement is 30°C?

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16379.87 sq.m.

16385.33 sq.m.

16381.53 sq.m.

16378.83 sq.m.

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37. 7.) An engineer is planning to construct a tower at a hill who has a 210m * 1 point

elevation. He wants an average man of 1.6m in height on a 50m hill to see

even the tip of the tower from 90m away. What would be the minimum
height of the tower, if the engineer will consider the effect of curvature and
refraction.

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44.51m

46.83m

47.32m

49.62m

SITUATION 2: The offset distance from point A on a simple curve to a point P which lies
on the forward tangent is 25m. If the angle of deflection from PT to A is 22.62° and the
tangents have an angle of intersection equal to 130°,

38. 8.) Evaluate the radius of the simple curve. * 1 point

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78.0m

84.5m

92.5m

101.6m

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39. 9.) What is the stationing of A, if P.C. is at 2+000. * 1 point

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Sta 2+132

Sta 2+184

Sta 2+119

Sta 2+125

40. 10.) An existing highway with a bearing of N20°E is connected by a 4.5- * 1 point

degree simple curve to another highway of bearing N80°E. What is the

required length of the curve?

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400m

300m

333.33m

266.67m

SITUATION 3: A common tangent of a curve makes an angle of 12° from the tangent
passing thru P.C. and is 18° from the tangent passing thru P.T. if the radius of the second
curve is 180m and the common tangent is 70m.

41. 11.) What is the radius of the first curve? * 1 point

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394.76m

356.78m

287.63m

269.67m

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42. 12.) If the P.C.C. is Sta. 10+200, what is the stationing of P.T? * 1 point

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10+283

10+276

10+267

10+257

43. 13.) What is the stationing of P.I? * 1 point

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10+199

10+266

10+188

10+255

44. 14.) A vertical summit curve has its highest point of the curve at a distance * 1 point

of 48m from the PT. The back tangent and forward tangent has a grade of
+6% and -4%. Determine the length of the vertical summit curve in km.

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120

0.12

18

1.8

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SITUATION 4: A 60m x 40m lot is divided into six parts with 20m spacing which is to be
graded to form a horizontal plane of elevation 10m. The elevation of the ground surface
at each corner of each part are shown on the table.

45. 15.) Determine the volume that is to be excavated to level the elevation in * 1 point

cubic meter.

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66 828

48 828

55 373

36 373

Hydraulics
POST LECTURE EVALUATION

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46. 1.) The weight of 180 cu.ft oil is 9520 pound-force. What is the density of * 1 point

oil?

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52.89 lb/cu.ft

1.64 slug/cu.ft

1.64 lbf/cu.ft

52.89 slug/cu.ft

47. 2.) Calculate the specific gravity of the oil in the previous problem. * 1 point

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0.78

0.8

0.83

0.85

48. 3.) Mercury stands in a glass tube with 2.5mm radius. If surface tension of * 1 point

mercury is equal to 0.32N/m, how high did the mercury stand? sg of Hg is

13.6.

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1.44mm

1.47mm

2.87mm

2.94mm

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49. 4.) SAE 30 oil is sheared between two parallel plates 0.005in apart with the * 1 point

lower plate fixed and the upper plate moving at 13fps. Compute the total
shear stress in the oil if the dynamic viscosity is 9.2 x 10^(-3) lb·s/sq.ft.

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239.20 lb/sq.ft

254.69 lb/sq.ft

287.04 lb/sq.ft

294.87 lb/sq.ft

50. 5.) What is the required difference in pressure to compress glycerin to * 1 point

quarter of its original volume? (Bulk modulus of Elasticity= 4.76GPa).

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1.19 GPa

3.57G Pa

6.35 GPa

19.04 GPa

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51. 6.) The water in the tank is pressurized by air. A multi-fluid manometer as * 1 point

shown in figure measures the pressure. Determine the gage pressure of the air in
the tank.

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3.515 kPa

97.81 kPa

101.33 kPa

199.14 kPa

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52. 7.) The gage pressure of the air in the tank as shown in the figure is measured to * 1 point

be 65kPa. Determine the differential height of the mercury.

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29cm

47cm

78cm

123cm

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53. 8.) Benzene, whose specific gravity is 0.88, is on one side of the multi-fluid * 1 point

manometer and air on the other side. Determine the pressure difference between
points A and B. sg of HG=13.6, sg of kerosene=0.82.

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7.65 kPa

8.52 kPa

9.03 kPa

10.22kPa

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54. 9.) Determine the gage pressure at point A of the multi-fluid manometer. * 1 point

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14.19 kPa abs

22.34 kPa abs

87.13kPa abs

115.52 kPa abs

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55. 10.) A mercury barometer reads 700mmHg at the top of a mountain. At the * 1 point

same time it reads 800mmHg at the bottom. Assuming unit weight of the in
the mountain is 12kN/m^3 and sg of mercury is 13.6. What is the height of
the mountain.

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612m

1111m

1133m

1260m

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56. 11.) A solid brass sphere (sg=13.6) of 30cm diameter is used to hold a 2m * 1 point

long cylindrical buoy, who has a 50cm diameter (sg=0.45), in seawater

(sg=1.03) as shown in the figure. What rise in tide will be required to lift the
sphere off the bottom.

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1.45m

2.91m

3.48m

4.56m

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57. 12.) A 100cm tall, 25cm diameter cylindrical container weighing 65N floats * 1 point

upright on water. How much more weight can be added to the container if
80cm height is still above the waterline.

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31.31 N

313.09 N

32.02 N

320.24 N

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58. 13.) A 75cm diameter cylinder has a mass of 6kN. If it is placed in a tank * 1 point

containing oil ( density of oil = 840kg/m^3) and water , determine the height of
the cylinder not submerged.

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0.96 cm

3.56 cm

35.6 cm

96.43 cm

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59. 14.) A metal block 30cm square and 25cm deep is put in a container with * 1 point

mercury (sg=13.6) at 50cm height and water of 20cm height. The metal
block weighing, 18,840N/m3. Determine the location of the bottom of the
block.

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2.06 cm above the interface

1.24 cm below the interface

21.24 cm the water table

47.94 cm from the bottom of the container

60. 15.) If 1500N is applied on the metal block, at what depth is the bottom of * 1 point

the block located?

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12.69 cm above the interface

13.44 cm above the interface

14.55 cm below the interface

15.31 cm below the interface

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