NOVEMBER 2010

MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING & TRANSPORTATION ENG’G

1. AB is directly proportional to BC and BC is directly proportional to CD. The ratio of AB to BC and BC to

CD is 13/17. Find AB when CD=26.
A. 15.204 C. 16.932
B. 12.219 D. 10.334

2. Given that x varies inversely with y. If x=8 when y=2, find x when y=4.
A. 2 C. 6
B. 4 D. 1

3. An airplane flying with the wind took 1.5 sec to travel 500m and 1.6 sec flying against the wind. What
is the speed of the airplane in still air?
A. 1198.2 kph C. 1237.4 kph
B. 1162.5 kph D. 1032.5 kph

4. An observer measured the angle of elevation of a building form X on a level ground as 32°. Moving
100m closer to the building, the angle of elevation was 47°. Find the height of the building.
A. 157.23 m C. 132.98 m
B. 149. 74 m D. 165.22 m

5. From the third floor window of 9m above the ground, an observer measured the angle of elevation of
the top of a nearby building to be 68° and the angle of depression of its base to be 8°. What is the height
of the building?
A. 162.3 m C. 167.5 m
B. 154.9 m D. 136.8 m

6. From a point A 20m above the ground, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 29.33°. From a
point B on the ground 150 m horizontally from A, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 63.56°.
What is the height of the tower?
A. 232.98 m C. 216.89 m
B. 267.32 m D. 210.16 m

7. An observer measured the angle of elevation of a mountain from a point on a level ground as 8.23°.
Moving 450m closer to the mountain, the angle of elevation is 9.44°. All points are on the same vertical
plane. What is the height of the mountain?
A. 500.32 m C. 621.78 m
B. 534.22 m D. 574.93 m

8. A chord of a circle 0.65m from the center is 1.25 meters long. What is the area of the circle?
A. 2.555 m² C. 3.672 m²
B. 6.236 m² D. 4.975 m²

9. A sphere having a volume of 7238 cm² is cut by a plane 7.2cm from the center. Find the area of the
circle formed by the cutting plane.
A. 128.98 cm² B. 378.76 cm²
C. 254.23 cm² D. 289.52 cm²

10. The slope-intercept form of a line is y=mx+b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Find the
slope of the line for the following conditions:
If x=7.5, y=12.5
If x=12.5, y=20.6
A. 1.32 C. 1.62
B. 1.85 D. 1.54

11. The strength of a rectangular beam varies directly to the product of its width and the square of its
depth. Find the depth of the strongest beam that can be cut from a log of whose cross-sectional area is
4212cm².
A. 23.98 cm C. 78.32 cm
B. 59.79 cm D. 103.89 cm

12. A circle having an area of 50.27 is tangent to the coordinate axes. Find the area of the smaller circle
that is tangent to the given circle and to the coordinate axes.
A. 1.02 sq. units C. 1.98 sq. units
B. 2.45 sq. units D. 1.48 sq. units

13. Two balls A and B, 1200m apart are moving towards each other. Ball A has an initial velocity of 40m/s
and acceleration of 0.5m/s². Ball B has an initial velocity of 15m/s and an acceleration of 1.3 m/s². A third
ball C travels continuously back and forth from A to B at uniform speed of 50m/s until balls A and B
collide. What is the total distance travelled by C? Neglect the sizes of the balls.
A. 1021.23 m C. 957.54 m
B. 876.54 m D. 921.23 m

14. The side of a regular hexagon is 9.74cm long. Find the area between the circles inscribed in the
hexagon and the circle circumscribed about the hexagon.
A. 67.32 cm² C. 98.32 cm²
B. 74.51 cm² D. 103.99 cm²

15. The side of a square is 65 cm. Find the area between the circumscribed and inscribed circles of the
square.
A. 3318.21 cm² C. 3845.43 cm²
B. 3265.21 cm² D. 2011.77 cm²

16. A marksman fires a bullet to a target. He heard the bullet hit the target 2.5 seconds later. If the speed
of the bullet is 900 m/s and the speed of sound is 300 m/s, how far is the target?
A. 512.9 m C. 562.5 m
B. 498.3 m D. 678.3 m

17. Two missiles are fired simultaneously at different directions. The angle between their directions is
61.2°. If their velocities are 64.54m/s and 76.98m/s, how far apart are the missiles after 0.75 seconds?
A. 67.32 m C. 89.33 m
B. 43.98 m D. 54.62 m
18. A Quonset hut 18 meters long has a parabolic cross. Its base is 16.3 meters wide and its height at the
center is 12.4 meters. A flat horizontal ceiling 12.2 meters wide is constructed inside the hut. How high is
the ceiling above the base?
A. 5.28 m C. 5.01 m
B. 5.75 m D. 4.84 m

19. A solid spherical steel ball has a volume of 1500cm³. Find the thickness of hallow spherical steel ball
of the same volume and with inside diameter equal to the diameter of the solid ball.
A. 3.98 cm C. 3.72 m
B. 4.32 m D. 4.12 m

20. The sides of a triangle measures 59, 42, and 64. Find the radius of the inscribed circle.
A. 13.65 C. 13.87
B. 15.89 D. 14.61

21. A rectangular lot is 12m long and 5m wide. The outside perimeter of the lot is to be provided with a
pathway of uniform width. If the area of the pathway is 11.2 square meter, what is its width?
A. 0.272 m C. 0.318 m
B. 0.344 m D. 0.376 m

22. A line was measured on a sloping ground to be 15.94 m long. The vertical distance between the ends
of the line is 0.78m, what is the corrected length of the line?
A. 15.892 m C. 16.034 m
B. 15.921 m D. 15.743 m

23. A 20-m chord of a simple curve subtends an angle of 2.65°. What is the radius of the curve?
A. 402. 34 m C.432.46 m
B. 387.34 m D. 417.98 m

Situation 1- Two sides of a triangle measure 2.56 m and 3.54m and their included angle is 48.8°

24. What is the measure of the third side of the triangle?

A. 2.673 m C. 2.834 m
B. 2.563 m D. 2.338 m

25. What is the angle facing the 3.54m side?

A. 46.2° C. 82.3°
B. 53.9° D. 85.1°

26. What is the angle facing the 2.56m side?

A. 82.3° C. 46.1°
B. 85.1° D. 53.9°

SITUATION 2- A solid steel weighing 155 kg is remoulded into a wire of uniform diameter and length of
1500m. Density of steel is 8.53 grams per cubic centimetre.

27. What is the volume of steel in cubic centimetre?

A. 18,456.2 B. 18,171.2
C. 17,834.8 D. 18,945.5

28. What is the cross-sectional area of the wire in square millimeters?

A. 12.11 C. 18.37
B. 15.24 D. 13.68

29. What is the diameter of the wire in mm?

A. 3.93 C. 4.41
B. 4.17 D. 4.84
HYDRAULICS & GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

SITUATION 1- A cylindrical tank, 1m in diameter and 3m tall weighs 3.24KN.

1. What weight of lead (lead=110KN/m³) must be placed inside in order for the cylinder to float with 2.5
meters below the water surface?
A. 15.45 KN C. 16.76 KN
B. 16.02 KN D. 18.32 KN

2. What weight of lead must be fastened to the outside bottom in order for the cylinder to float with 2.5
meters below the water surface?
A. 19.4 KN C. 17.6 KN
B. 15.3 KN D. 23.2 KN

3. What additional load can be placed on top of the cylinder for it to be submerged completely in water?
A. 19.9 KN C. 19.1 KN
B. 21.3 KN D. 18.3 KN

SITUATION 2- Water flows on a straight 150m pipe, 600mm in diameter. The velocity of flow is 1.8m/s.
Pipe thickness is 16mm. Bulk modulus of elasticity of water is 2.2x10⁹. Modulus of elasticity of pipe
material is 1.4x10¹¹ Pa.

4. What is the composite modulus of elasticity of water?

A. 1.112X10⁹ Pa C. 1.678 X10⁹ Pa
B. 1.291 X10⁹ Pa D. 1.384 X10⁹ Pa

5. Determine the celerity of pressure wave of water.

A. 1177 m/s C. 1421 m/s
B. 1256 m/s D. 1382 m/s

6. Determine the water hammer pressure assuming instantaneous closure.

A. 2118 kPa C. 1935 kPa
B. 2365 kPa D. 1876 kPa

SITUATION 3- A rectangular canal is 6.2 meters wide and 1.2 meters depth. The canal laid on a uniform
slope of 0.002 and roughness coefficient is 0.013.
7. Calculate the discharge on the canal, in m³/S
A. 23.24 C. 20.34
B. 25.76 D. 21.21

8. What savings in lining per meter length of canal could have been effected if the most efficient
rectangular section were used for the same discharge and slope?
A. 1.1 square meter C. 0.67 square meter
B. 1.8 square meter D. 2.2 square meter

9. What savings in earth excavation per meter length of canal could have been effected if the most
efficient rectangular section were used for the same discharge and slope?
A. 0.21 cubic meter B. 0.45 cubic meter
C. 0.67 cubic meter D. 0.39 cubic meter

SITUATION 4- Water is pumped into a reservoir at 600m³ every 4 hours. The demand every 4 hour
interval is as follows:
Time` Demand
0400 200
0800 800
1200 1100
1600 700
2000 500
2400 300
10. Determine the minimum reservoir capacity in cubic meter.
A. 500 C. 900
B. 800 D. 600

11. What is the minimum requirement from the reservoir in cubic meter?
A. 600 C. 500
B. 700 D. 400

12. If the volume of water in the tank at 0800hrs is 700m³, what is the volume at 2000hrs?
A. 300 cubic meter C. 200 cubic meter
B. 100 cubic meter D. 400 cubic meter

SITUATION 5- A sample of saturated soil taken from the field weighs 1,350 grams. After oven drying for
24 hours, the soil weighs 975 grams. Laboratory test shows the soil particles have specific gravity of 2.70.

13. Determine the nearest value to the moisture content of the soil in percent.
A. 32.7 C. 43.2
B. 40.6 D. 38.5

14. What is the void ratio of the soil in percent?

A. 104 C. 108
B. 112 D. 95

15. What is the porosity of the soil in percent?

A. 34 C. 59
B. 51 D. 65

SITUATION 6- Given the following soil properties of a road grading works

Moist unit weight=1900kg/m³
Moisture content=12%
Specific gravity of solids=2.66
Void ratio at its densest state=0.44
Void ratio at its loonsest state=0.62

16. Determine the dry unit weight of the soil in kn/m³

A. 18.34 C. 18.63
B. 16.98 D. 17.67
17. Determine the in situ void ratio of the soil.
A. 59.3% C. 56.8%
B. 68.1% D. 62.3%

18. Determine the relative density of the soil in percent.

A. 28.9 C. 22.2
B. 32.7 D. 43.8

SITUATION 7- A triaxial test was conducted on a cohesionless soil. At failure plane, the normal stress is
400 kPa and the shearing stress is 300 kPa.

19. What is the nearest value to the angle of internal friction of the soil?
A. 43.2° C. 39.5°
B. 32.8° D. 36.9°

20. What is the nearest value to the angle of failure plane?

A. 55.9° C. 76.5°
B. 65.7° D. 63.4°

21. What is the nearest value to the maximum principal stress in kPa?
A. 900 C. 1100
B. 1000 D. 800

SITUATION 8- A group of friction piles is shown in the

figure. The total load on the pile less the soil displaced by
the footing is 1600 Kn. L1=1.7Mm, L2=1.8m,
L=9m,qu=180kPa,FS=3

22. Compute for the overburden pressure, that is the

effective pressure at the midheight of the consolidating
clay layer, in kPa.
A. 145.5
B. 167.2
C. 131.7
D. 157.5

23. Compute for the compression inside of the clay.

A. 0.33
B. 0.45
C. 0.23
D. 0.28

24. What is the approximate settlement of the foundation?

A. 123 mm D.
B. 99 mm 130 mm
C. 157 mm
SITUATION 9- A 5.5 meter thick sand is overlying a very thick clay layer. The water table is 2.5m below
the ground (sand) surface. The sand have void ratio of 52% and the degree of saturation above water
table is 37%. The clay has moisture content of 42%. Assume specific gravity of solids for both sand and
clay equal to 2.65

25. Compute for the value of the unit weight of sand above water table.
A. 19.32 kn/m³ C. 18.97 kn/m³
B. 17.45 kn/m³ D. 18.35 kn/m³

26. Compute for the value of the total stress at a depth of 10m from the ground surface, in kPa.
A. 189.3 kPa C. 210.2 kPa
B. 167.4 kPa D. 173.5 kPa

27. Compute for the value of the effective stress at a depth of 10m from the ground surface, in kPa.
A. 115.74 kPa C. 104.98 kPa
B. 127.82 kPa D. 138.32 Kpa

SITUATION 10- A confined aquifer underlies an unconfined aquifer as shown in the figure.
GIVEN THE FOLLOWING: d1=52M, D2=47m, H1=35m,H2=30m,K1=28m/day, K2=25m/day,L=2km.

28. Calculate the equivalent coefficient of permeability in horizontal direction

A. 27.93 m/day C. 26.62 m/day
B. 22.12 m/day D. 25.45 m/day

29. Calculate the hydraulic gradient.

A. 0.25 C. 0.025
B. 2.5 D. 0.0025

30. Calculate the flow of water from one stream to another per meter width.
A. 3.76 m³/day C. 2.66 m³/day
B. 3.29 m³/day D. 4.21 m³/day

STUCTURAL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION

SITUATION 1- Two tension wires are supported by a concrete block shown in Figure 002. The tension in
the wires are T1=3KN and T2=7.5KN.

1. What is the resultant of the forces in the wires, in KN?

A. 5.78 C. 5.23
B. 6.32 D. 4.87

2. At what angle will the resultant make with the horizontal?

A. 46.2° C. 67.3°
B. 58.4° D. 51.5°

3. Minimum weight W to prevent uplift with a factor of safety of 1.25

A. 5.12 KN C. 5.66 KN
B. 8.98 KN D. 6.78 KN

SITUATION 2- The ring moulding shown in Figure 004 is 2m in diameter and supported by six steel cables
spaced equally along its perimeter. The ring weighs 2.5 kn//m along its circumferential length.

4. Determine the force in each cable in KN.

A. 3.45 C. 2.12
B. 2.76 D. 4.56

5. What is the minimum diameter of cable if its allowable stress is 124 MPa?
A. 6 mm C. 7 mm
B. 5 mm D. 4 mm

6. Determine the vertical displacement of moulding if the diameter of the cable wire is 10mm.
A. 1.17 mm C. 0.59 mm
B. 1.34 mm D. 0.98 mm
SITUATION 3- The concrete slab shown in Figure 005 is subjected to uniform loads

7. Determine the maximum shear in the slab.

A. 58 KN C. 50 KN
B. 62 KN D. 48 KN

8. Determine the maximum moment in the slab.

A. 38 KN-m C. 40 KN-m
B. 36 KN-m D. 42 KN-m

9. Determine the location of zero bending moment measured from the left end of the slab.
A. 3.5 m C. 1 m
B. 2.5 m D. 1.75 m

SITUATION 4- The timber floor joist shown in the figure has dressed dimension of 40mm x 190mm and
spaced 0.3m o.c. The girders are spaced 3 meters on centers. The joists to be used have lengths of 3m
and 3.5 m. The superimposed load on the floor due to ceiling, floor finish (including weight of joint) is
2.4 kPa.

10. What is the maximum bending stress in the beam using 3-m long joist?
A. 5.45 MPa B. 3.37 MPa
C. 6.74 MPa D. 4.32 MPa

11. What is the maximum bending stress in the beam using 3.5-m long joist?
A. 1.78 MPa C. 3.18 MPa
B. 2.65 MPa D. 5.43 MPa

12. What is the maximum shearing stress in the beam using 3-m long joist?
A. 0.21 MPa C. 0.45 MPa
B. 0.67 MPa D. 0.32 MPa

SITUATION 5- The channel shown in Figure 001 is used as a purlin on a roof truss with slope of 3H to 1V.
The trusses are spaced 3 meters on centers. The roof loads are as follows:
Dead load pressure…………………..…..1200 Pa
Live load pressure…………………….…...1000 Pa
Wind pressure……………………………….1400 Pa
Wind pressure coefficients:
Windward……………………………0.2
Leeward……………………………..0.60
Channel properties:
Sx=48.8x10³ mm³
Sy=11.8x10³ mm³
Weight, w=71N/m

Allowable bending stress, Fbx=Fby=138 MPa

13. Determine the value of interaction equation due to dead load and live load.
A. 0.94 C. 1.32
B. 0.86 D. 1.02

14. Determine the value of interaction equation due to load combination 0.75(DL+LL+WL)
A. 0.87 C. 0.56
B. 0.98 D. 0.72

15. Determine the value of interaction equation due to dead load and live load if sag rods are provided at
the midspan of each purlin.
A. 0.58 C. 0.87
B. 0.45 D. 0.71

SITUATION 6- A 6 meter long simply supported reinforced concrete beam has a width of 350mm and an
overall depth of 400mm. The beam is reinforced with 2.28mm compression bars on top and 4.28 mm
tension bars at the bottom, each located 70mm from the extreme concrete fiber. Concrete strength
f’c=20.7 MPa, and steel yield strength fy=415 MPa.

16. Depth of compression block assuming both tension and compression steel yields.
A. 83 C. 98
B. 71 D. 132

17. What is the ultimate moment capacity of the beam in KN-m?

A. 312 C. 387
B. 453 D. 532

18. Determine the additional concentrated live load that can be applied at midspan if the dead load
including the weight of the beam is 20 kn/m.
A. 123 KN C. 73 KN
B. 45 KN D. 86 KN

SITUATION 7- An 8-m long steel column is pinned at the top and fixed at the bottom. The column is
provided with lateral support at midheight of its weak axis. The Euler critical load is P=πEI/(Le)² where Le
is the effective length of the column.
The properties of the column section are as follows:
 Iy= 18.8x10⁶ mm⁴
Ix= 178.1x10⁶ mm⁴
A= 8129 mm²
Effective length factors:
Pin at both ends………………………………………………………1.0
Fixed at both ends……………………………………………….…..0.5
Fixed and one end and pin on the other end…………..0.70

19. What is the critical effective slenderness ration of the column?

A. 78 C. 98
B. 83 D. 118

20. What is the critical load P that will cause an initial buckling?
A. 1980 KN C. 3170 KN
B. 2750 KN D. 2320 KN

21. Determine the maximum length of the column if the proportional limit is 320 MPa.
A. 6.5 m C. 9.3 m
B. 7.6 m D. 11.8 m

SITUATION 8- The steel beam shown in Figure 006 is resting on a 200-mm thick concrete wall. The wall is
provided with 300mmx200mmx25mm steel base plate. The steel are A-36 with Fy=248MPa. Concrete
strength Fx= 24 MPa. Allowable bearing strength of concrete is 0.35 f’c. Allowable compressive stress in
the web at the toe of fillet is 0.66Fy. Allowable bending stress of steel base plate is 0.75Fx
Properties of beam:
B=225mm t=12mm
D=600mm k=36mm
T=18mm

22. Determine the beam reaction based on bearing on concrete wall.

A. 576 KN C. 504 KN
B. 372 KN D. 456 KN

23. Determine the mean reaction based on bending at a distance k from the X axis of the web.
A. 179 KN C. 198 KN
B. 153 KN D. 112 KN

24. Determine the beam reaction based on web crippling at a distance N+25k
A. 430 KN C. 620 KN
B. 510 KN D. 570 KN
SITUATION 9- Concrete column, 450mm x 450mm, reinforced with 8.28mm bars spaced evenly on all
sides. Concrete protective cover is 40mm, stirrup used is 12mm in diameter, f’c=21MPa, fy=415 MPa.

25. Determine the nominal axial load capacity of the column, in KN.
A. 4185 C. 4890
B. 4415 D. 4620

26. Determine the nominal balanced load of the column in KN.

A. 1190 C. 1530
B. 1850 D. 1480

27. Determine the nominal balanced moment of the column in KN-m

A. 380 C. 560
B. 270 D. 440

SITUATION 10- The slab shown in Figure 007 carries uniform factored load of 12.36 kPa including its own
weight. It is required to determine the moment in girder BEHK

28. What is the factored load included by beam BEF at E in girder BEHK?
A. 154.3 KN C. 174.7 KN
B. 211.6 KN D. 198.2 KN

29. What is the factored load by beam GHI t H in girder BEHK?

A. 174.7 KN C. 211.6 KN
B. 198.2 KN D. 154.3 KN

30. What is the maximum positive moment in beam BEHK in KN/m?

A. 176 C. 234
B. 146 D. 194