FIRST EVALUATION EXAM
1. Which of the following numbers has 6
significant digits?
a. 0.010456
c. 0.00310400
b. 0.012905120 d. 0.0010002
2. A boy is one-third as old as his brother
and 8 years younger than his sister. If
the sum of their ages is 38, how old is
his sister?
a. 6
c. 18
b. 14
d. 20
3. Find the coefficient of the term
containing x9 in the expansion of (x2 +
1/x)12
a. 495
c. 924
b. 792
d. 220
4. What is x in the series of numbers
shown below 1, 2, 10, x, 101, 226, 442?
a. 32
c. 34
b. 26
d. 37
5. A man left 6M to his children and
grandchildren, 7 in all. The children
received 1/3 of it which is P200,000
more a piece than what each of the
grandchildren received. How many
children were there?
a. 2
c. 4
b. 3
d. 1
6. In the previous problem, how much did
each of the grandchildren receive?
a. P600,000
c. P700,000
b. P800,000
d. P500,000
7. At an ordinary rate a man can row the
distance from Pasig to Manila, about 15
kilometers, in 5 hours less time than it
takes him to return. Could he double his
rate, his time to Manila would only be
one hour less than his time to Pasig.
What is his usual rate in still water?
a. 3 kph
c. 4.5 kph
b. 4 kph
d. 3.5 kph
8. What is the rate of Pasig river in the
previous problem?
a. 1 kph
c. 2 kph
b. 1.5 kph
d. 2.5 kph
9. At what price should a department
store owner mark a kiddie camera that
cost P600 in order that he can offer it at
20% discount and still make a profit of
25% on the selling price?
a. P900
c. P1000
b. P950
d. P1100
10. Find two numbers such that their sum
multiplied by the sum of their squares
is equal to 5500 and their difference
multiplied by the difference of their
squares is 352
a. 8, 10
c. 9, 12
b. 7, 9
d. 9, 13
11. A crew can row a certain course
upstream in 84 minutes; they can row
the same course downstream in 9
minutes less than they could row the
same distance in still water. How long
would they take to row down with the
stream?
a. 10 mins
c. 14 mins
b. 12 mins
d. 16 mins
12. A car X left town A for town B at the
same time that another car Y left town
B for town A, each travelling at
constant speeds. They met 80 minutes
later and car X arrived at town B 36
minutes after car Y reached town A.
How long did it take car X to reach town
B?
a. 2.2 hrs
c. 2.8 hrs
b. 2.6 hrs
d. 3 hrs
13. Given the following equations, find y.
2x(3y) = 72
4x(27y) = 46656
a. 1.22
c. 3.1
b. 2
d. 3
14. Three towns are connected by a
triangle of roads all of different lengths.
It is 24km around the circuit. One of the
roads is 11km long and the longest is
11km longer than the shortest. What is
the length of the longest road?
a. 10km
c. 14km
b. 12km
d. 16km
15. A man has lived one-fourth of his life as
a boy, one fifth as a youth, one third as
a man and has spent 13 years in his
dotage. How old is he?
a. 58
c. 62
b. 60
d. 64
22. On what bearing should a line be run
from A in a resurvey to attempt to find
a buried monument at B?
a. S 8800 E
c. S 8830 E
b. N 8800 E d. N 8830 E
Situation: Line AB was measured by a
50 m steel and found to be 680 m at a
temperature of 28C, pull of 4.5 kg
while supported at both ends. The
tape was known to be 0.002 m too
long at a temperature of 30C.
Standard pull of 2.25 kg when fully
supported. The tape weighs 0.8kg and
the unit weight of steel is 7860 kg/m3.
E=2.1136x106 kg/cm2
23. A square lot has a correct are of 4
hectares. If its sides were measured by
a 50 meter tape that is 0.05 meter too
long, what will be the resulting
erroneous area?
a. 40, 080.04 c. 39, 920.12
b. 40, 075.50 d. 39, 832.50
16. Find the standard temperature of the
tape.
a. 27.38C
c. 20.52C
b. 26.55C
d. 31.65C
17. Determine the total correction due to
temperature.
a. 0.01415 m c. 0.01144 m
b. 0.02631 m d. 0.01876 m
18. Compute the total correction due to
pull.
a. 0.0275 m
c. 0.0185 m
b. 0.0356 m
d. 0.0410 m
19. Find the total correction due to sag.
a. 0.87 m
c. 0.95 m
b. 0.79 m
d. 0.62 m
20. Determine the correct length of line AB.
a. 680.117 m c. 680.037 m
b. 679.347 m d. 679.177 m
24. The scale of a map is 1/250000. If the
error in the map = 0.02 mm, find the
error in the ground.
a. 6 m
c. 4 m
b. 5 m
d. 3m
25. Determine the most probable value of
the measurements having different
values based on the number of
measurements as tabulated in the table
shown below.
NO.
OF
DISTANCE
MEASUREMENTS
520.14
520.20
520.18
520.24
a. 520.158 m
b. 520.176 m
1
3
6
8
c. 520.208 m
d. 520.240 m
The distance of line AB is measured five
times and recorded as follows:
TRIALS
LENGTH
1
2
3
4
5
106.87
106.90
106.93
106.89
106.81
Situation: In 1990, a line AB had a
magnetic bearing of S 8830E. The
declination of the needle that time
was 200 W. At present, the
declination is 130 E.
26. What is the most probable value?
a. 106.88 m
c. 106.35 m
b. 105.45 m
d. 107.32 m
21. Find the true bearing of the line
a. S 8800 E
c. S 8830 E
b. N 8900 E d. S 8930 E
27. Det the probable error.
a. 0.0254 m
c. 0.0106 m
b. 0.0329 m
d. 0.0135 m
28. Det the precision.
a. 2.376x10-4
c. 9.918x10-5
-4
b. 1.263x10
d. 3.078x10-4
Situation: A civil engineer used a 100
m tape which is of standard length at
32C in measuring a certain distance
and found out that the length of the
tape
have
different
lengths
at
different tensions were applied as
shown. k=.0000116/C
Length
of Tension
Tape
Applied
99.986 m
10 kg
99.992
14
100.003
20
70%
17.89 kN/m3
34. Determine the specific gravity of solid.
a. 2.74
c. 2.70
b. 2.68
d. 2.64
35. Compute the moisture content.
a. 10.74%
c. 9.25%
b. 11.86%
d. 11.24%
36. Determine the void ratio of the 17.89
kN/m3 soil.
a. 0.447
c. 0.298
b. 0.354
d. 0.536
29. What tension must be applied to the
tape at a temperature of 32C so that it
would be of standard length?
a. 18.36 kg
c. 21.12 kg
b. 24.60 kg
d. 13.75 kg
Situation: A soil mixed with 14.45%
water is compacted to a volume of
0.0857 cu m. The compacted mass is
152.905 kg and Gs=2.65
30. What tension must be applied to the
tape at temperature of 40.6C so that it
would be of standard length?
a. 15.38 kg
c. 17.24 kg
b. 13.39 kg
d. 12.68 kg
37. Find the dry density in kN/cu. m.
a. 16.32
c. 15.29
b. 14.87
d. 17.97
Situation: The max. and min. dry unit
weights of sand were determined in
the laboratory to be 16.5 kN/m 3 and
14.6 kN/m3 respectively. The relative
compaction of the same soil is 96%.
31. Find the dry unit weight of the sand in
place in kN/m3
a. 18.45
c. 14.85
b. 15.84
d. 18.54
32. Compute the relative density
a. 70%
c. 50%
b. 60%
d. 80%
38. Compute the void ratio.
a. 0.5
c. 0.7
b. 0.4
d. 0.6
39. Det the degree of saturation.
a. 67.43%
c. 48.21%
b. 54.70%
d. 71.98%
Situation: The earthdam with a given
cross section and a length of 122m is
to be compacted to a void ratio of
0.78 in place. A borrow pit nearby
contains soil having void ratio of 1.20
a true specific gravity of 2.65 and a
moisture content of 15%
33. What is the moist unit weight at a
moisture content of 10% in kN/m3
a. 14.72
c. 11.47
b. 12.17
d. 17.42
Situation: In a laboratory test, two
samples with the same material were
observed. The soil has a constant
moisture content.
Deg. Of
Dry Unit
Saturation
Weight
40%
14.50 kN/m3
40. Find the total volume of soil to be taken
from borrow pit in cu m.
a. 93, 762
c. 78, 672
b. 82, 556
d. 64, 901
41. Determine the total weight of water
from this volume excavated.
a. 16, 449 tons c. 14, 916 tons
b. 18, 538 tons d. 12, 865 tons
Situation: The wide flange section
shown carries maximum moment of
250kN-m and V=250kN
42. If the cost of moving the soil from
borrow pit to damsite is P20.00 per cu
m what will be the total cost of moving
all the required soil to the damsite?
a. P1,875,240 c. P1,651,120
b. P1,573,440 d. P1,298,020
Situation: A cubic foot of soil mass
has a porosity of 38% and degree of
saturation of 92%. The specific gravity
of solid particles is 2.71.
43. Compute the volume of solid in the
sample.
a. 0.35 cu ft
c. 0.74 cu ft
b. 0.52 cu ft
d. 0.62 cu ft
48. Compute the moment of inertia about
the neutral axis
a. 134.56x106mm4
c.
345.52x106mm4
b. 275.88x106mm4
d.
456.54x106mm4
44. Find the volume of water in the sample.
a. 0.29 cu ft
c. 0.35 cu ft
b. 0.62 cu ft
d. 0.74 cu ft
49. Calculate the maximum flexural stress
(fb) of the beam in MPa.
a. 149.52 MPa c. 128.53 MPa
b. 133.45 MPa d. 96.43 MPa
45. Determine the unit weight of soil.
a. 136 pcf
c. 118 pcf
b. 127 pcf
d. 104 pcf
Situation: A composite beam is made
up of a wide flange with two cover
plates of 320mm x 12mm placed at
the top and at the bottom. The beam
has a simple span of 6m and carries a
total load of 360 kN/m
Allowable bending stress Fb=150 MPa
Properties of the wide flange section
A=0.02m2
tw= 18mm
d= 560mm
I= 1568x106mm4
E= 200,000 MPa
bf = 320mm
tf =12mm
46. Which of the following gives the
section modulus of the section?
a. 7.52x106mm3 c. 5.03x106mm3
b. 9.42x106mm3 d. 2.21x106mm3
47. Is the beam adequate for bending?
a. Yes
c. No
b. Cant solve
d. Math Error
50. Calculate the shear flow at the section
between the web and the flange.
a. 643.65N/mm c. 256.33N/mm
b. 550.23N/mm d.716.34N/mm
51. Calculate the maximum shearing stress
(fv) in Mpa.
a. 57.28 MPa
c.79.96 MPa
b. 22.19 MPa
d. 44.1 MPa
A wide flange section has the following
properties:
bf= 140mm
tw= 10 mm
tf=12mm
d= 300 mm
Fb= 0.66Fy
L=6m
52. Determine the section modulus (Sx)
a. 897.65x103mm3
c.
965.46
x103mm3
b. 581.53 x103mm3
d.
368.87
x103mm3
53. Determine the moment capacity of the
section
a. 73.33kN-m
c. 44.75 kN-m
b. 95.19kN-m
d. 29.64kN-m
54. Determine the safe uniform load that
the section can carry.
a. 9.94kN/m
c. 21.15kN/m
b. 6.59kN/m
d. 16.30kN/m
Situation: A restrained beam 9m long
carries a uniformly distributed load
w= 25kN/m throughout its length. The
beam is W 16x77 with the following
properties:
bf = 260mm
d= 420 mm
tf = 19.3mm
tw= 11.6mm
6
4
Ix = 462.0x10 mm Iy= 57.44x106mm4
55. Calculate the maximum bending stress
in the beam in MPa.
a. 102.7
c. 98.4
b. 85.4
d. 76.7
56. Calculate the average shering stress in
the web in MPa.
a. 28.5
c. 32.9
b. 45.2
d. 23.1
the inside diameter (mm) of the column
if its outside diameter is 200 mm and
the limiting compressive stress is 50
MPa.
a. 165
c. 183
b. 172
d. 188
62. Determine the outside diameter (mm)
of a hollow tube that will carry a tensile
load of 500 kN at a stress of
140MN/m2. Assume the wall thickness
to be one-tenth of the outside diameter.
a. 107
c. 123
b. 112
d. 134
63. A member 10 meters long has an
outside diameter of 100 mm and wall
thickness of 6mm. The modulus of
elasticity
is
200000
MPa.
The
deformation of the member (mm) when
subjected to a tension of 200 kN is
nearest to:
a. 3.26
c. 4.53
b. 3.93
d. 5.64
57. Calculate the maximum bending stress
in the beam in MPa.
a. 25.5
c. 42.1
b. 19.3
d. 38.6
58. A fixed ended beam having a span of
6m and carries a uniform load w
throughout its span. If the moment
capacity is 180kN-m, find w:
a. 40kN/m
c. 60kN/m
b. 50kN/m
d. 80kN/m
Situation: For the steel truss shown,
the cross sectional area of each
member is 1200 mm2.
59. A fixed ended beam having a span of
6m and carries a uniform load w
throughout its span. If the shear
capacity is 180kN, find w:
a. 40kN/m
c. 60kN/m
b. 50kN/m
d. 80kN/m
60. A simple beam having a span of 6m
and carries a uniform load w
throughout its span. If the moment
capacity is 180kN-m, find w:
a. 40kN/m
c. 60kN/m
b. 50kN/m
d. 80kN/m
64. The stress in member DF is nearest to:
a. 132MPa (T)
c. 188MPa (C)
b.188 MPa (T)
d. 132MPa (C)
61. A cast-iron column supports an axial
compressive load of 250kN. Determine
65. The strain in member CE is nearest to:
a. 0.0056
c. 0.0073
b. 0.0062
d. 0.0045
66. The deformation in member BD is
nearest to:
a. 1.11 mm
c. 1.33 mm
b. 1.22 mm
d. 1.44 mm
Situation:
A
reinforced
concrete
column 250 mm in diameter is
designed to carry an axial load of 400
kN. Assume that Ec = 14 GPa and Es =
200GPa
67. If the stress in steel is 100 MPa, the
stress in concrete is nearest to:
a. 5.6 MPa
c. 8.4 MPa
b. 7.0 MPa
d. 9.6 MPa
68. If allowable stresses for concrete and
steel are c = 6 MPa and s= 120MPa
respectively and if the area of
reinforcing steel is 1000 mm2, the safe
load P is nearest to:
a. 374 kN
c. 392 kN
b. 385 kN
d. 395 kN
69. If allowable stresses for concrete and
steel are c = 6 MPa and s= 120MPa
respectively, the required area of
reinforcing steel is nearest to:
a. 1100 mm2
c. 1300 mm2
2
b. 1200 mm
d. 1400 mm2
Situation: The rigid bar AB, attached
to aluminum and steel rods is
horizontal before the load P= 50 kN is
applied. Neglect all weights.
70. Determine the stress in the steel rod.
a.97 MPa
c. 114 MPa
b. 106 MPa
d. 122 MPa
71.
Calculate the
aluminium rod.
a. 1.635 mm
b. 1.786 mm
elongation
in
the
c. 1.886 mm
d. 1.945 mm
72. Find the vertical displacement of point
C.
a. 1.786 mm
c. 1.879 mm
b. 1.886 mm
d. 1.945 mm
Situation: The rigid bar ABC is hinged
at A and supported with a 6mm
diameter steel wire at B. The bar is
horizontal before the load W is
applied at C. Assume the bar and the
wire are weightless.
73. If the allowable stress in the wire is 160
MPa, the maximum load W will not
exceed.
a. 1.2 kN
c. 2.4 kN
b. 1.8 kN
d. 3.0 kN
74. If the allowable downward movement
at C is 9 mm, the maximum load W will
not exceed:
a. 1.6 kN
c. 2.1 kN
b. 1.8 kN
d. 2.8 kN
75. If the allowable stress in the wire is 180
Mpa and the weight of the bar is 80
N/m, the maximum load W is nearest
to:
a. 1.5 kN
b. 1.8 kN
c. 2.0 kN
d. 2.4 kN
b. 768,000
d. 6,000
80. What is n if the nth term is 192,000
a.6
c.24
b. 1
d. 8
81. What is the common ratio?
a. 2
c. 0.6
b. 0.5
d. 5/3
Situation: It is required to find the
resultant R of forces P and T acting on
the dam as shown below.
76. The resultant of the concurrent forces
F,P, and T shown in the figure is zero.
Determine the magnitude of Force F.
a. 122.84 N
c. 212.48 N
b. 224.81 N
d. 184.41 N
82. Calculate the value of in degree.
a. 36.20o
c. 19.11o
o
b. 40.89
d. 28.17o
Situation: The parabola y= ax2 +bx +
c passes through points (1,-9), (-4,94), and (3,-45)
77. The dimensions of the inverted Tsection of a cast-iron beam are shown
in the figure. All units are in millimetres.
How far is the centroid of the area
above the base?
a. 76.8 mm
c. 86.7 mm
b. 67.8 mm
d. 59.9 mm
78. The 98th term of an arithmetic
sequence is -15 and the 116 th term is 93.
Find the sum of the 1st term and 200th
term.
a.6
c. -6
b.152
d. 0
Situation: The 3rd of a geometric
progression is 6,144,000 and the 16th
term is 750
79. Find the 10th term.
a. 48,000
c.24,576,000
85 What is the value of a?
a. -5
c. -6
b. 2
d. 0
c.
86. What is the value of b?
a. -5
c. -6
b. 2
d. 0
c.
87. What is the value of c?
a. -5
c. -6
b. 2
d. 0
Situation: The system of knotted
cords shown below support the
indicated weights
88. What is tensile force in cord A?
a. 846.410 lb
c. 400 lb
b. 914.162 lb
d. 207.055 lb
89. What is tensile force in cord B?
a. 846.410 lb
c. 400 lb
b. 914.162 lb
d. 207.055 lb
90. What is tensile force in cord C?
a. 846.410 lb
c. 400 lb
b. 914.162 lb
d. 207.055 lb
