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CIVIL ENGINEERING
GEOMETRY
1.
How many sides are in polygon if each interior angle
is 165?
A. 12
C. 20
B. 24
D. 48
11. A point P (x, 3) is equidistant from the point A (1, 5),
B (-1, 2). Find x
A. 2/5
C. -3/4
B. 3/4
D. -2/5
2.
The distance between the centers of three circles
which are mutually tangent to each other externally
are 10, 12, and 14 units. Find the area of the largest
circle.
A. 72
C. 23
B. 64
D. 16
12. Find the distance between parallel lines 8x + 15y +
18 = 0 and 8x + 15y + 1 = 0.
A. 2
C. 4
B. 3
D. 1
3.
4.
In a circle with a diameter of 10 cm, a regular five
pointed star touching its circumference is inscribed.
What is the area of the part not covered by the star?
A. 60.2
C. 45.24
B. 50.48
D. 71.28
Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one
triangle is 3 units more than its base and the altitude
of the other is 3 units less than its base. Find the
altitude, if the areas of the triangle differ by 21
square units.
A. 6 & 12
C. 3 & 9
B. 5 & 11
D. 4 & 10
13. Find the equation of a line that passes thru (6,-8)
and parallel to the line 2x 7y 5 = 0.
A. 4x 6y 56 = 0
C. 2x + 6y + 49 = 0
B. 2x 7y 68 = 0
D. 7y 2 = 2x
14. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are A(-3,1), B(5,3), and C(2,-8).
A. 34 sq. units
C. 36 sq. units
B. 38 sq. units
D. 32 sq. units
15. Find the center and radius of the circle whose
2
2
equation is x + y 4x 6y 12 = 0.
A. C (2,-3) r = 4
C. C (2, 3) r = 5
B. C (2,-3) r = 5
D. C (-2,-3) r = 4
2
5.
6.
In a rectangle ABCD,
AD = 1, P is on
AB, and
DB
trisect ADC. What is the perimeter of
and DP
BDP?
3
A.
3 + 3
B.
2+
4 3
3
C. 2 + 22
D.
3+
3 5
2
A circle with radius 6 cm has half its area removed
by cutting off a border of uniform with. Find the width
of the border.
A. 1.76 cm
C. 1.98 cm
B. 1.35 cm
D. 2.03 cm
7.
If the surface area of the sphere is increased by
21%, its volume is increased by:
A. 13.31%
C. 21%
B. 33.1%
D. 30%
8.
In trapezoid ABCD we have
AB and CD
with AB
+ CD
=
= 7.
perpendicular to AD
BC , and AD
x CD
?
What is AB
A. 12
C. 12.5
B. 12.25
D. 12.75
9.
Given three points A (-1, 1), B (5,-1), C (4, 3), find
the angle made by the segment AB and AC.
A. 40.236
C. 63.409
B. 30.57
D. 57.3
16. A curve has the equation 16x + 9y 32x 128 = 0.
Its eccentricity is:
A. 0.88
C. 0.66
B. 0.77
D. 0.55
2
17. Find the vertex of the curve x 2x 8y 15 = 0.
A. (2,-3)
C. (2, 1)
B. (2,-3)
D. (1,-2)
18. Find the equation of the curve, center (2, 0) focus (2,
3) eccentricity = 3.
2
2
A. 2y - x +4x 10 = 0
2
2
B. x - y +5y +3 = 0
C. 2x - y - 4x 1 = 0
2
2
D. x - y + 4x - 15 = 0
19. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two
partially overlapping identical circles. Each circle has
a radius of 9 m and each passes through the center
of the other. Find the area of the swimming pool.
2
2
A. 380 m
C. 400 m
2
2
B. 390 m
D. 410 m
20. A parabolic arc has a height of 20 ft. and a width of
36 ft. at the base. If the vertex of the parabola is at
the top of the arc at what height above the base is it
18 ft. wide?
A. 12
C. 14
B. 13
D. 15
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10. Consider points M, N, and P with coordinates (3,-4),
(1, p), and (-5, 4) respectively. If M, N, and P are
collinear, what is the value of p?
A. 1
C. -1
B. 2
D. -2
21. A circle having an area of 452 m is cut into two
segments by a chord which is 6 m from the center of
the circle. Compute the area of the bigger segment.
2
2
A. 354.89 m
C. 378.42 m
2
2
B. 363.68 m
D. 383.64 m
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22. Square ABCD has side length 2. A semicircle with
diameter
AB constructed inside the square, and the
line tangent to semicircle from C intersects side AD
at E. What is the length of CE ?
A.
2+5
2
B. 5
C. 6
D.
5
2
23. Circles A, B, and C are externally tangent to each
other and internally tangent to circle D. Circles B and
C are congruent. Circle A has radius 1 and passes
through the center of circle D. What is the radius of
circle B?
A.
B.
2
3
3
2
C.
D.
7
8
8
9
24. The volume of a sphere is 904.78 cu. m. find the
volume of the spherical segment of height 4m.
3
3
A. 234.57 m
C. 145.69 m
3
3
B. 256.58 m
D. 124.58 m
25. The diameters of two spheres are in the ratio 2:3. If
the sum of their volumes is1260 cu. m, the volume of
the larger sphere is:
3
3
A. 972 m
C. 856 m
3
3
B. 927 m
D. 865 m
26. The base of a truncated prism is a triangle with sides
8cm, 12cm, and 10cm. If the heights are 20cm,
18cm and 12cm respectively, compute the volume in
cc.
A. 341.23
C. 661.43
B. 531.13
D. 361.63
27. A piece of thin card board in the form of a sector of a
circle of radius 36 cm is rolled into a cone. Find the
volume of the cone if the angle of the sector is 60.
A. 35.50 cc
C. 1338.3 cc
B. 37.70 cc
D. 3355.6 cc
28. The upper base of the frustum of a regular triangular
pyramid is an equilateral triangle with an edge of
3
3m. The volume of the frustum is 84.44 m and its
altitude is 5m. What is the lower base edge in
meters?
A. 8 m
C. 6 m
B. 9 m
D. 5 m
29. A closed conical vessel has diameter of 2.4m across
the top and a height of 4.8m. It contains water at a
depth of 2.4m. If the vessel is inverted, how deep is
the water inside?
A. 0.56 m
C. 0.92 m
B. 0.21 m
D. 0.45 m
30. Find the inclination of the line 2x + 5y = 10.
A. 140.236
C. 158.2
B. 130.57
D. 157.3
31. Find the area of a polygon whose vertices are (3, 5),
(-1,-7), (-2, 4), and (5,-6).
A. 124 sq. units
C. 142 sq. units
B. 62 sq. units
D. 71 sq. units
32. Given the end points of the diameter of the circle (5,
2), (-1, 2). Find its equation.
2
2
2
2
A. x + y + 2x + 5 = 0
C. x + y -2x+5y +3= 0
2
2
2
2
B. x + y - 4x 4y 1 = 0 D. x + y +4x4y 1= 0
2
33. Given the curve 16x + 25y 64x 50y 311 = 0,
determine its latus rectum.
A. 32/5
C. 46/5
B. 13/5
D. 23/5
2
34. Given the equation of the curve 9x + 25y - 144x +
200y + 751 = 0. Find the distance between the foci.
A. 6
C. 8
B. 10
D. 12
35. A car headlight reflector is cut by a plane along its
axis. The section is a parabola having the light
center at the focus. If the distance of focus from the
vertex is 3/4cm and if the diameter of the reflector is
10cm, find its depth.
A. 23/3
C. 28/3
B. 22/3
D. 25/3
