MAY 2018 C.E BOARD EXAM CHUA The Questions are like fruits and the sources of questions are like trees. Some look for the fruits, Chua hunt for the trees. MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PART 1 of 2 1. (Algebra) “The intensity of the earthquake and the Reference intensity are related by the formula: . ‘An earthquake in San Francisco in 1989 was reported to have a Richter number of 6.90. How does the intensity of the earthquake compare with the reference Intensity? 2. (Geometry) An icicle forming from a dripping gutter is in the shape of a cone five times as long as it is width (at the top). A Few hours later it has doubled in length and the generating angle has also doubled. How does its present weight compare with its previous weight? 3. (Physics) During Baseball practice, a batter hits a very high fly ball and ‘then runs in a straight line and then catches it. Which had the greater displacement, the player or the ball? ‘A) The batter and the ball has the same displacement. B) The batter has greater displacement than the ball C) The ball has agreater displacement than the batter. D) The ball and the batter have the same distance travelled. 4. (Traffic Engineering) The purpose of installing edge lines is generally is based on the following except: 1 Te Discourage travel en road shoulders I To make diving safer and more assured, particulady at night and during inclement weather by a continuous guide for the driver. WL To act a5 a guide past objects which are close to the ‘edge of the pavement and which constitute a hazard IV. Te prevent parking at or near intersections 5. (Engineering Economy) —_Given the following data: FC=P600 000 ‘SV=P60 000 Life=5 years. Using the Modified Acccelerated Cost Recovery System Mezhod (MACRS). Compute the depreciation on the 3" year6. (Algebra) Strontium-90 is a waste product from nuclear reactors. As a consequence of fallout from atmospheric nuclear tests, we all have measurable amount of strontium-90 in our bones. ‘The half life of strontium-90 is 28 years, meaning that after 28 years a given amount of substance will have decayed to half the original amount ‘Suppose that a nuclear accident occurs and releases 60 grams of Strontium-90 into the atmosphere, How long will it take for strontium-90 to decay to a level of 10 grams? T. (Algebra) The Galapagos Islands, tying 600 miles west of the equador, are famed for their extraordinary wildlife. ‘The function (A)=28.5 / models the number of plant species, {(A), on the various islands of the Galapagos chain in terms of, the area, A, in square miles of a particular island ee ee EE has an area of 8 square miles: 5 alge SRE tl Frnt reas en, ratiaeSve aaa carried through the atmosphere. ‘One immediate concer was the impact that the debris had on the milk supply. The percent y of the radioactive material in raw milk after t days is estimated by y=100(2.7) @"! Estimate the expected percemt of radioactive material in the milk after 30 days. 9. (Algebra) Given that the half-life of T of radium is 1690 years. How much will the remain of one gram of radium after 1000 years?10. (Algebra) The maximum weight that a rectangular beam can support varies jointly as its width and the square of the height and inversely as its length Ia beam % foot wide, 1/3 foot high and 10 feet long can support 12 tons, Find how much a similar beam can suppor if the beam is 2 foot wide ‘4 foot high and 16 feet long. 11. (Algebra) Acme cor rental agency charges $4 a day pus $0.15 per rile, jereas Interstate rental agency charges $20 a day and $0.05 vo mie, How many miles must be driven to make the daily cost of an Acme rental a better deal than an Interstate rental? 12. (Algebra) The intensity of the radiation passing through a lead shield is reduced to 3% of the original intensity if the value of k is 2.1. Use the formuta In I/la= 4: Find its depth. 13. (Algebra) Athow many minutes after 3 p.m. will the hands of the clock be perpendicular to each other for the first time after 3 p.m.? 14. (Algebra) A local computer store is having a sale. After 30% price reduction, You purchase a new computer for $980. What was the computer's price before reduction? 15. (Algebra) America West Airlines has 3 models of Boeing aircraft in their fleet. The 737-300 contains 21 more seats than the 737-200. The 757-200 contains 36 less seats than twice the number of seats in 737-200. Find the number of seats for each aircraft if the total number of seats for the three models is 437.16. (Algebra) Rolls of carpet are stacked in 20 rows with 3 rolls in the top Tow, 4 rolls in the next row, and so on, forming an arithmetic sequence. Find the number of capital rolis if there are 22 roils in the bottom row. 47. (Trigonometry) New York and Los Angeles are 2450 mi. apart. ‘The radius of the earth is 3960 miles Find the angle that the arc between these two cities subtends at the cemer of the earth. 18. (Spherical Trigonometry) A spherical triangle ABC has an angle C=90 degrees and sides a=50 degrees and c=80 degrees. Find the angle of side b in degrees. 19. (Plane Geometry) Three circles with radii 5,7 and 11 cmare mutually tangent. Find the area of the triangle formed connecting their center. 20. (Plane Geometry) ABCD is a square of side 10 cm. Four congruent isosceles are cut off from the four ‘comers so that the remaining portion is a regular octagon. Compute the equal sides of isosceles triangle. 21. (Plane Geometry) A sector of a circle has a central angle of 50 degrees and an area of 605 cm?. Find the radius of the circle. 22. (Plane Geometry) Two perpendicular chords both 5 cm from the center of a drdle divide the circle into 4 parts. If the radius of the circle is 13cm, Find the area of the smallest part.23. (Solid Geomeiry) The height of cone is N. It contains water to a depth of 28h. What is the ratio of the volume of water to that of the cone? 24. (Analytic Geometry) The coordinate axes are the asymptote of the equilateral hyperbola whose vertex in the first ‘quadrant is 3V2 units from the origin. Determine the equation of the hyperbola. 25. (Differential Calculus) Given the equation: x=2 arc. cos (2t) and y=4 arc sin (2t) Find y’ 26. (Differential Calculus) An inverted conical container has a diameter of 42 inches and a depth of 15 inches_ If water is flowing out of the vertex of the container at a rate of 35 TT in cubic inches per second, How fast is the depth of the water dropping when the height is 5 inches? 27. (Probability) Eleven Books consisting of 5 engineering books, 4 math books and 2 physics books are arranged in a shelf at random. What is the probability that books of each kind are all together? 28. (Probability) lta chord is selected at random on a fixed circle, What is the probability that its length exceeds the radius of the circle? HINT: Assume that the midpoint of the chord is evenly distributed over the interior of the circle.29. (Probability) If a stick is broken in two atrandom, Whar is the average Jength of the smaller piece? What is the average ratio of the smaller length to the larger? 30. (Permutations) In a certain city in the Philippines, all telephone numbers begin with 350. How many telephone numbers maybe assigned to that city if the Jast four digits should not begin or end in zero? 31. (Engineering Economy) FC=1, 800, 000 ‘sv=300 000 n=5 Using the Sum of Years Depreciation Method, Compute the total depreciation on the 3% year. 32. (Engineering Economy) An engineer is thinking of starting a part-time ing busi iness next September 5, on his 40" birthday. He expects the business will require an inifial cash outlay of $5000, fo come from his savings, and will cost $500 per year to operate; the business ought to generate $2000 per year in cash receipts. During the 20 years that he expects to operate the business, he plans to deposit the annual net proceeds in a bank each year, at an interest rate of 8% per year, compounded annually. ‘When ne retires, on his 60th birthday, the engineer expects to invest whatever proceeds plus interest he then has from the business in a long-term savings plan that pays 10% per year, ‘compounded annually. What is The maximum amount he could withdraw from the savings Plan each year during his retirement and still have the funds last 15 years?33. (Physics) Objects A and B with the same mass m=2kg undergo a direct central impact. Ais moving to the right with a velocity of 4nv2 and B Is stationary. Determine the velocity of A after impact if the impact is ‘perfectly elastic. 34. (Physics) A block weighing W=500 Ib rests on a ramp inclined 11.2 Degrees with the What minimum force must be applied to keep the block from sliding down the ramp? Neglect the friction. 35. (Surveying) A closed traverse has the following data LINE BEARING DISTANCE AB 44.47 BC _ 137.84 co N1°45'E 12.83 DE N72? 10°E 64.86 EA S48 13E 107.72 Find the bearing of BC 36. (Surveying) A school has the following dimensions COURSE BEARING DISTANCE 412 N57? 39° W 145 16m, 23 2 iv a4 ‘S42 45E 82.10m_ 41 N3Pi6E 300.00m Find the length of line 2-3.37. (Surveying) The observed interior angles of a quadrilateral and their corresponding number of observation are as follows: ‘Comer Angle No. of Observation 7 67 Degrees 5 a 732 Degrees b 3 ‘96 Degrees: 3 4 68 Degrees 4 Determine the corrected angle at comer 3 38. (Surveying) With the geometry of the vertical curves shows, some iminary computations are required before the vertical ‘curves themselves can be computed ‘Stationing of P¥1=44 + 00 Elevation of PV1=686.45 feet L1=600 feet Q1=-3.34% 12=400 feet 02=+123% Caiculate the stationing and elevation of at PV1A 39. (Route Surveying) A simple curve is to be designed fora maximum speed of 90kph. ‘The coeffiecient of friction between the tires and pavement is 0.40. If the superelevation is limited to 12 %, Determine the degree of curvature. Use Arc Basis 40. (Route Surveying) If 1=44 Degrees with radius=400. Find the deflection per feet.41, (Route Surveying) An existing highway with bearing of N 20 Degrees E is to be connected to another highway with a bearing of N 80 Degrees E, by a 4 Degrees simple curve. What length of curve is required? 42. (Route Surveying) On a railroad, a +0.8% grade meets a -0.4% grade at station 2+700 and at elevation 30 m. ‘The maximum allowable change in grade per station is 02%. Determine the length of the curve. 43, (Route Surveying) Determine the minimum length of a sag vertical curve between a -0.7% grade and a +0.5% grade for road with 110 kph design speed. The vertical curve must provide 220m-headiight sight distance. 44. (Highway Engineering) Applying full brakes at a speed of 60 kph, the car travelled 40 m until it stopped. Find the average skid resistance. 45. (Traffic Engineering) Road Signs that wam read users of condition on or adjacent to the road that may be unexpected or hazardous. 46. (Traffic Engineering) \tis defined as the ability of roadway to accommodate traffic volume. It is expressed as the maximum number of vehide ina lane or a road that can pass a given point in unit time, usually an hour. Itis usually expressed as vehicles per hour per laneAT. (Traffic Engineering) Itis defined as the number of vehicles moving in ‘specified direction on a given lane or roadway that passes a given point during specified unit time. Its usualy exvessed as vehicles per hour or vehicles per day. 48. (Traffic Engineering) Itis defined as The maximum number of passengers cars that can pass a given point on lane or roadway during one hour under the most nearly ideal roadway and traffic conditions which can possible be attained. 49. (Traffic Engineering) Itis defined as The maximum sustained 15 min. rate of flow which can be accommodated by a uniform freeway segment under prevailing traffic and roadway conditions in one direction. Itis also expressed in passengers car per hour per lane. ‘50. (Ports and Harbor) Waves under the influence of the winds than generated them“"="to be updated by ebooks ce chua if you're resourceful enough to look for it, The problems are from foreign books or message chua ebooks. 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