Civil Board Exam Terms (Practice)
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Standard sign shape for warning signs. 0/1
Equilateral Triangle
Circle
Rectangle
Octagon
Correct answer
Equilateral Triangle
The number of vehicles moving in a specified direction on a given lane or 0/1
roadway that pass a given point during specified unit time.
Tra@c Density
Basic Capacity
Tra@c Volume
Tra@c Capacity
Correct answer
Tra@c Volume
Is the breaking away of the hardened concrete surface of a slab to a depth 0/1
of about 1.6 to 4.8 mm. It usually occurs at an early stage of the slab.
Dusting
Spalling
Scaling
Crazing
Correct answer
Scaling
Signs that instruct road users to meet certain traffic rule requirements on 0/1
road condition.
Regulatory Signs
Guide Signs
Special instruction Signs
Warning Signs
Correct answer
Special instruction Signs
One of the following foundation conditions does not affect the bearing 1/1
capacity of the supporting soil
Position of ground water table
Depth of founding of footings
Unit weight of the soil
Load imposed into the soil
In many parts of the world, the high waters reach their greatest height and 1/1
the low waters at the least height, soon after the time of full moon and new
moon. These tides are called:
Spring tide
Flood tide
Neap tide
Ebb tide
Standard sign shape for GIVE WAY sign. 0/1
Octagon
Rectangle
Equilateral Triangle
Circle
Correct answer
Equilateral Triangle
Standard sign shape for facility information signs, instruction signs, guide 1/1
signs and destinations of point of interest.
Rectangle
Equilateral Triangle
Circle
Octagon
Looking at the possibility of Injury or harm occurring to a person if exposed 1/1
to a hazard.
Risk Assessment
Risk Control
Hazard IdentiVcation
Injury Reports
An instrument use to measure the intensity of wind. 1/1
Buchanan’s scale
Fiboracci scale
Beuforts scale
Antwerp scale
Signs that inform road users of the traffic laws and regulations which is 1/1
disregarded will constitute constitute an offense.
Warning Signs
Regulatory Signs
Overhead Signs
Guide Signs
A mixture of cementitious materials and water, with or without aggregate, 1/1
proportioned to produce a creamy consistency.
Grout
Filler
White Cement
Primer
The originating earthquake source of the elastic waves inside the earth 1/1
which cause shaking of ground due to earthquake.
Wave Fronts
Hypocenter
Fault
Epicenter
_____________ deals with all aspects of health and safety in the workspace 1/1
and has a strong focus on primary prevention of hazards.
Occupational Safety and Health
Safety Measures
Risk Control
Hazard Control
The average height of the sea for all stages of the tide obtained from 1/1
systematic observations of sea levels at equal intervals over a long period
of time along a given coastline.
mean ocean level
mean low water
mean lower low water
mean sea level
Is the occurrence of a powdery material on the surface of a newly 1/1
hardened concrete slab.
Spalling
Scaling
Crazing
Dusting
The pressure against a vertical wall due to waves. 1/1
Wave Decay
Dynamic Pressure
Rankines Active Pressure
Clapotis
It is anything that can cause harm 1/1
Risk
Severity
Hazard
Accidents
Section 302.2.2 of the National Structural Code of the Philippines provides 1/1
that the slope of cut surfaces of the ground is safe for the intended use
and shall be no steeper than:
1 to 1.5
1 to 3
1 to 1
1 to 2
Ideal capacity of road is: 1/1
1800 vph
2000 vph
2500 vph
1400 vph
Means any traffic device marked on the surface of the carriageway used to 1/1
regulate traffic or to warn or guide road users.
Road Markers
Delineators
Chevron Signs
Barriers
It occurs as concrete hardens, being greater in wet mixes. Curing helps to 1/1
limit effects and therefore concrete in the actual structure should be
thoroughly and continuously moistened for some considerable period after
placing.
Compaction
Shrinkage
Moisture content
Concrete
Device mounted on a fixed support (permanent signs) or portable support 1/1
(temporary signs) whereby a specific message is conveyed by means of
words or symbols placed or erected for the purpose regulating, warning or
guiding traffic.
Special Instruction signs
Roadwork signs
Overhead signs
Tra@c signs
The reaction time used for road safety design is: 1/1
2.5 sec
1.5 sec
1.0 sec
2.0 sec
It refers to how easily freshly mixed concrete can be placed, consolidated 1/1
and finished with minimal loss of homogeneity.
Consistency
Concrete Mix
Fluidity
Workability
Joints placed in concrete pavements, which are usually placed 1/1
transversely, at regular intervals, to provide adequate expansion space for
the slab to expand when the pavement is subjected to an increase in
temperature.
Hinge Joint
Construction Joint
Contraction Joint
Expansion Joint
The falling tide is known as: 1/1
Ebb tide
Flood tide
Neap tide
Spring tide
Signs used to guide drivers through a change in horizontal alignment of the 1/1
road.
Chevron Signs
Delineators
Guide Signs
Supplementary Signs
Waves formed by moving ship or boats are called: 1/1
Wakes
Swell
Breaking waves
Seiching
A general term relating to the character of a mix with respect to its fluidity. 1/1
Concrete Mix
Slump
Workability
Consistency
Material other than the basic ingredient of concrete mix immediately 1/1
before or during mixing to modify one or more of the specific properties of
concrete in the fresh hardened states.
Curing Compound
Accelerator
Admixture
Retarder
The purpose of installing edges lines is generally based on the following: 1/1
I. To discourage travel on road shoulders.
II. To make driving safer and more assured particularly at night and during
inclement weather conditions.
III. To act as a guide past objects which are close to the edge of the
pavement and which constitute a hazard.
IV. To prevent parking at or near intersections.
All of the above
II, III and IV only
I, II and III only
I, III and IV only
Signs which warn or advise temporary hazardous conditions that could 1/1
endanger road users or the men and equipment engaged on roadworks.
Roadwork Signs
Guide Signs
Warning Signs
Overhead Signs
Standard sign shape for stop sign. 1/1
Heart
Equilateral Triangle
Circle
Octagon
Bringing of a concrete surface to true grade with enough mortar to produce 1/1
the desired finish.
Floating
Leveling
Troweling
Screeding
Tides which occurs only one high tide a day is called: 1/1
Diurnal tide
Neap tide
Spring tide
Semi-diurnal tide
Light retro-reflecting devices mounted at the side of the roadway, in series, 1/1
to indicate roadway alignment.
Tra@c Cones
Flashing Lamps
Flexible post or Bollard
Delineators
It is a construction operation that concrete should be protected so that 1/1
moisture is not lost during the early stages of hydration and also protect
against injury from subsequent construction activities.
Sprinkling
Testing
Ponding
Curing
It refers to the physical environmental conditions of work or employment, 1/1
which substantially comply with the provisions of this Standards.
Approved
Health
Safety
Recognized Hazards
Standard sign shape for regulatory signs. 0/1
Equilateral Triangle
Octagon
Circle
Rectangle
Correct answer
Circle
A maximum wave height and wave period of the maximum wave height in 1/1
the wave train.
Transitional Wave
Highest Wave
SigniVcant Wave
Equivalent Depth Wave
A wave at a point where the depth is equal to ½ of the wavelength or 1/1
greater to be expressed in terms of the parameters of significant wave.
Deep Water Wave
Highest Wave
SigniVcant Wave
Equivalent Depth Wave
Signs which inform and advise road users of directions, distances, routes 1/1
and the location of services for road users and point of interest.
Overhead Signs
Guide Signs
Roadwork Signs
Warning Signs
The provision of safety sight distance depends on the characteristics of 1/1
the road environment such as:
I. Road geometry - grade and curvature sight limitations
II. Road Surface - sealed and unsealed, smooth and rough
III. Road illumination at night.
IV. Road topography.
I, II and III only
All of the above
II, III and IV only
I, III and IV only
It is an impervious membrane applied to concrete pavements rapid 1/1
evaporation of water from the mix.
Admixture
Accelerator
Curing Compund
Retarder
_________ is the process of bringing earthwork to the desired shape and 1/1
elevation.
Ground modiVcation
Grading
Trimming
Earthworks
The speed limit appropriate on lower standard expressways. 1/1
80 or 90 kph
90 or 100 kph
60 or 75 kph
50 or 60 kph
Warning devices used to supplement other controls and devices necessary 1/1
to alert motorists of construction and maintenance activities or
obstructions in the roadway.
Delineators
Flashing Lamps
Barriers
Tra@c Cones
Slumps for concrete should not be: 1/1
less than 15 mm or more than 60 mm
less than 50 mm or more than 100 mm
less than 25 mm or more than 100 mm
less than 30 mm or more than 75 mm
The provision of safety sight distance depends on the characteristics of 1/1
the vehicle such as:
I. Type of vehicle - car and truck
II. Friction between the tire and the road.
III. Eye height of the driver.
IV. Speed of vehicles.
II, III and IV only
I, II and III only
All of the above
I, III and IV only
Roadwork devices consisting of precast concrete sections, sandbag and 1/1
others which may be used to guide traffic at the construction site.
Barriers
Temporary Curbing
Flashing Lamps
Delineators
__________ is the process of removing air voids in concrete as it is placed. 1/1
Contraction
Tamping
Compaction
Consolidation
It is the kind of test that determines the consistency of concrete. 1/1
Normal consistency test
Abrasion test
SpeciVc gravity test
Slump test
Waves which occur in water having a depth less than one half of the wave 1/1
length and the influence of the bottom changes the form or orbital motion
from circular to elliptical or near elliptical.
Shallow Water Wave
Deep Water Wave
SigniVcant Wave
Highest Wave
__________ is pneumatically placed concrete, used primarily for swimming 1/1
pools and other in ground and above ground free form structures and for
repairing damaged concrete.
Pumpcrete
Slip forming
Shotcrete
Tremie
The process of bringing each roadway layer to its final grade. 1/1
Grading
Ground modiVcation
Earthworks
Trimming
The maximum number of passenger cars that can pass a given point on a 0/1
lane or roadway during one hour without traffic density being so great as to
cause unreasonable delay, hazard, or restrictions to the driver's freedom to
maneuver under traffic conditions.
Tra@c Capacity
Basic Capacity
Practical Capacity
Possible Capacity
Correct answer
Practical Capacity
The maximum number of passenger cars that can pass a given point on a 1/1
lane or roadway during one hour under the most nearly ideal roadway and
traffic conditions which can possibly be attained.
Basic Capacity
Tra@c Capacity
Possible Capacity
Practical Capacity
The surface of a newly placed concrete is struck off by moving a 1/1
straightedge back and forth with a saw like motion across the top of the
forms and screeds.
Leveling
Troweling
Floating
Screeding
The periodic rise and fall of sea level in response to the gravitational 1/1
attraction of the sun and moon as modified by the earth’s rotation.
Rotational Tides
Storm Surge
Gravitational Tide
Astronomical Tide
The process of giving natural soils enough abrasive resistance and shear 1/1
strength to accommodate traffic or design loads.
Ground modiVcation
Trimming
Grading
Earthworks
Standard sign shape for additional information. 1/1
Rectangle
Circle
Equilateral Triangle
Octagon
Owing to retardation of the tidal wave in the ocean by frictional force, as 1/1
the earth revolves daily around its axis and as the tide tends to follow the
direction of the moon, the highest tide for each location is not coincident
with conjunction and opposition but occurs at some constant time after
new and full moon. This interval which may amount to as much as two and
a half days is known as:
Diurnal tide
Lunar tide
Age of the tide
Semi-diurnal tide
Standard sign shape for directional signs, roadwork signs, signs for special 1/1
purposes, and supplementary plates for warning signs.
Octagon
Rectangle
Equilateral Triangle
Circle
Is done on slabs that are to be left exposed or to recieve thin finishes, such 1/1
as resilient flooring, carpet, tile, or paint.
Floating
Troweling
Finishing
Screeding
A hazardous physical condition or circumstance which could directly 1/1
permit the occurrence of an accident.
Unsafe Condition
Unsafe Act
Accident
Risk
Standard sign shape for pedestrian and school crossing sign. 1/1
Rectangle
Pentagon
Equilateral Triangle
Octagon
Devices which may be conical in shape or tubular shaped capable of 1/1
performing channelization of traffic which may be set on the surface of the
roadway or rigidly attached for continued use
Tra@c Cones
Flexible post or Bollard
Flashing Lamps
Delineators
The regular periodic rise and fall of the surface of the seas, observable 1/1
along their shores.
wave
tide
period of wave
Current
The ability of a roadway to accommodate traffic volume. It is expressed as 1/1
the maximum number of vehicle in a lane or a road that can pass a given
point in unit time.
Tra@c Density
Tra@c Capacity
Basic Capacity
Tra@c Volume
It is the probability of harm actually being done. 1/1
Hazard
Accidents
Risk
Severity
A hypothetical wave having a wave height and period equal to average 1/1
values of the wave height and period of the largest 1/3 of all waves in the
train as counted in the order of greater wave height.
Deep Water Wave
Gravity Wave
SigniVcant Wave
Equivalent Depth Wave
Device used in place of rigid cones with a minimum of 450 mm by 50 mm 1/1
wide with alternate bands of contrasting color as seen by approaching
traffic for delineation of traffic.
Delineators
Barriers
Temporary Curbing
Bollard
It is defined as the number of vehicles per unit distance occupying a 1/1
section of roadway at a given instant time.
Density
Flow
Volume
Capacity
Recognizing of things which may cause injury of harm to a person. 1/1
Injury Reports
Risk Assessment
Hazard IdentiVcation
Risk Control
Signs which provide means of displaying essential traffic information on 1/1
wide multi-lane roads, where some degree of lane use control is required or
where side of road clearance is insufficient to accommodate a road side
sign.
Warning Signs
Overhead Signs
Roadwork Signs
Guide Signs
The distance that the wind blows over the sea in generating the waves is 1/1
known as:
clapotis
wakes
seiche
Fetch
Primary causes of poor concrete performance: 1/1
I. Excessive Slump
II. Consequent Bleeding
III. Incorrect aggregate sizing
IV. Segregation
V. Weather Condition
II, III and IV only
I, II and V only
All of the above
I, II and IV only
Slumps for concrete should not be: 1/1
less than 50 mm or more than 100 mm
less than 15 mm or more than 60 mm
less than 25 mm or more than 100 mm
less than 30 mm or more than 75 mm
Highway appurtenances designed to prevent vehicular penetration from 1/1
the travel way to areas behind the barrier such as to minimize damage to
impacting vehicles and their occupants, and to reduce the risk of injuries to
pedestrians and workers.
Tra@c Cones
Delineators
Barriers
Temporary Curbing
The PPA (Philippine Ports Authority) requires that water level that 1/1
guarantees about water depth for safety of the ships berthing on a certain
ports and harbor, below mean lower low water should be equal to:
0.12 m - 0.40m
0.15 m - 0.30m
0.15 m - 0.40m
0.12 m - 0.50m
Constitute that portion of the written requirements for a building 1/1
construction project that are contained in the divisions of a project manual.
Construction Plans
Shop Drawings
SpeciVcations
Contract
It is a violation of an accepted safe procedure which could permit the 1/1
occurrence of an accident
Unsafe Condition
Accident
Risk
Unsafe Act
A very long standing wave on a large but limited body of water generally 1/1
occurring when a storm dies down after producing a wind tide.
Seiche
Shoal
Ebb
Skewd
Waves formed by the frictional drag of wind across the water surface. 1/1
Shallow Water Wave
Transitional Wave
SigniVcant Wave
Gravity Wave
Rule ____ is the guidelines regarding Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). 1/1
1080
1090
1040
1070
Is the occurrence of numerous fine hair cracks in the surface of a newly 1/1
hardened slab to surface shrinkage.
Scaling
Spalling
Crazing
Dusting
Waves generated by storms, which occur outside area of observation. 1/1
Swells
Shoal
Skewd
Ebb
Introduction of measures which will eliminate or reduce the risk of a 1/1
person being exposed to a hazard.
Injury Reports
Risk Control
Risk Assessment
Hazard IdentiVcation
The datum line for design of port facilities in accordance with charts which 1/1
being used by Philippines Ports Authority.
HWL
MLLW
RWL
LWL
When the lines connecting the earth with the sun and the moon form a 1/1
right angle, that is the moon is in its quarters, then the actions of the moon
and sun are subtractive, and the lowest tides of the month occur, this is
called:
Neap tide
Lunar tide
Diurnal tide
Ebb tide
The maximum number of passenger cars that can pass a given point on a 0/1
lane or roadway during one hour under prevailing roadway and traffic
conditions.
Practical Capacity
Basic Capacity
Possible Capacity
Tra@c Capacity
Correct answer
Possible Capacity
HGE 23 of 24 points
Who is the Father of Modern Soil Mechanics? 1/1
R. Peck
K. Terzaghi
W. Rankine
K. Policarpio
Type of flow in which the density of the fluid particles rotate about their 1/1
own axis while flowing along the streamlines.
steady fow
incompressible fow
irrotational fow
rotational fow
A line joining the points of highest elevation of water in a series of vertical 1/1
open pipes rising from a pipeline in which water flows under pressure is
referred to as:
hydraulic head
hydraulic gradient
hydraulic jump
hydraulic loss
The fraction of solids passing which sieve number is used for Atterberg 1/1
Limits tests of solids:
30
60
40
50
The vena contracta of a circular orifice is approximately ____ diameter 1/1
downstream from the inner face of the orifice plate.
2/3
1/4
1/3
1/2
A fluid property that measures the fluid's resistance to shear stress 1/1
viscosity
surface tension
bulk modulus of elasticity
density
Type of flow where at any time, the discharge or flow rate at every section 1/1
of the stream is the same.
critical fow
uniform fow
steady fow
continuous fow
A cohesionless soil is considered dense if the SPT "N" value is between: 1/1
30 to 50
4 to 10
0 to 4
10 to 30
What is the largest grain that passes a no. 200 sieve in millimeter? 1/1
0.064
0.020
0.074
0.0054
When the path lines of the individual particles of a flowing liquid are 1/1
irregular curves and continually cross each other and form a complicated
network, the flow is called:
uniform
turbulent
continuous
laminar
Type of flow where the mean velocity of flow for a given length or reach is 1/1
the same at every cross section.
laminar fow
uniform fow
steady fow
continuous fow
Type of flow in which, for a fixed rate of flow, the specific energy is 1/1
minimum.
steady fow
continuous fow
subcritical
critical fow
An increase in soil density of a cohesive soil resulting from the expulsion 1/1
of water from the soil's void spaces.
Tamping
Compaction
Consolidation
Contraction
The process of increasing the density of the soil be mechanically forcing 1/1
the soil particles closer together, thereby expelling air from the void spaces
in the soil.
Consolidation
Contraction
Compaction
Tamping
A force within the surface layer of a liquid that causes the layer to behave 1/1
as an elastic sheet.
celerity
capillarity
buoyant force
surface tension
A type of shock where the flow undergoes a sudden transition from swift 1/1
flow to tranquil flow.
non-uniform fow
hydraulic jump
water hammer
celerity
Uninterrupted flow in a fluid near solid boundary in which the direction of 1/1
the flow at every point remain constant.
laminar fow
continuous fow
uniform fow
steady fow
A cohesionless soil is considered very loose if the SPT "N" value is *1/1
between:
10 to 30
0 to 4
30 to 50
4 to 10
When the ship's metacenter and center of gravity coincide at same point 1/1
then the vessel is said to be in:
equilibrium
neutral equilibrium
stable equilibrium
unstable equilibrium
A cohesionless soil is considered loose if the SPT "N" value is between: 1/1
4 to 10
30 to 50
0 to 4
10 to 30
Type of flow in which the density of the fluid is constant from one point to 1/1
another.
incompressible fow
steady fow
compressible fow
continuous fow
Type of flow where the flow rate does not change over time. 0/1
laminar fow
uniform fow
continuous fow
steady fow
Correct answer
steady fow
A pressure surge or wave caused when a fluid in motion is forced to stop 1/1
or change direction suddenly (momentum change) is referred to in
hydraulics as:
potential head
hydrodynamics
water hammer
hydraulic jump
If the ground water table in the soil formation rises as a resulting of 1/1
flooding, the bearing capacity of the soil
increases
decreases
unaffected
depends on
SEC 15 of 15 points
It is the distance between the Center of Rigidity and Center of Mass. 1/1
Offset
Story Displacement
Eccentricity
Story Drift
Occurs when the structure's center of mass does not coincide with its 1/1
center of rigidity.
Out of plane offset
In-plane Discontinuity
Diaphragm Discontinuity
Torsional Shear Stress
It refers to the flexibility of the structure. 1/1
Reciprocal of Stiffness
Resonance
Rupture Strength
Reciprocal of Defection
The ability of the material to absorb energy and plastically deform without 1/1
fracturing.
Resilience
Ductility
Malleability
Toughness
When a material is subjected to repeated cycles of stress or strain, what 1/1
causes its structure to breakdown ultimately leading to fracture?
Creep
Fatigue
Yielding
Plasticity
The point through which the resultant of the restoring forces of a system 1/1
acts.
Center of Stiffness
Center of Rigidity
Center of Mass
Center of Gravity
When a material has to support a load for a long period of time, what 1/1
causes it to continue to deform until a sudden fracture occurs?
Creep
Yielding
Fatigue
Plasticity
When yielding has ended, an increase in load can be supported by the 1/1
specimen, until it reaches a maximum stress referred to as the ultimate
stress.
Plasticizing
Strain Hardening
Necking
Yielding
The ability of the material to deform under tensile stress. 1/1
Ductility
Malleability
Resilience
Toughness
It is described herein loss of stress that takes place with the passage of 1/1
time as concrete is held at a constant strain.
Post-Tension
Proportional Limit
Pre-Tension
Relaxation
In what condition is a material when it breaks down and deforms 1/1
permanently even due to slight increase in stress above the elastic limit?
Yielding
Creep
Fatigue
Plasticity
Just after ultimate stress, the cross-sectional area will begin to decrease in 1/1
a localized region of the specimen, until the specimen breaks at the
fracture stress.
Strain Hardening
Necking
Plasticizing
Yielding
It is the point through which the resultant of the resistance to the applied 1/1
lateral force acts.
Center of Pressure
Center of Gravity
Center of Mass
Center of Rigidity
The ability of the material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically 1/1
and release that energy upon loading.
Malleability
Resilience
Toughness
Ductility
A Lateral Displacement of one level relative to the level above or below 1/1
called ______.
Offset
Story Drift
Eccentricity
Story Displacement
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