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MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING & TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED.GOOD LUCK.

NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or A*B. A raised to the power n is

expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 point each.

1. If log10 x = -1/n, solve for x.

A. 10n - 1 C. 10n
B. 10-1/n D. n10

2. A triangle has the vertices A(1,3), B(7,0), and C(4,6). Locate the
orthocenter of the triangle.
A. (5,2) C. (2,1)
B. (4,6) D. (3,4)

3. A fixed circle in the first quadrant has its center at (6,8) and a
radius of 4. Find the locus of a moving circle if it is always
tangent to the x-axis and the fixed circle.
A. x2 – 6x – 12y + 64 = 0 C. x2 + 6x + 12y + 64 = 0
B. x – 12x – 24y + 84 = 0
2 D. x2 + 12x + 24y + 84 = 0

ò csc x cotx dx
6
4. Evaluate
1 1
A. csc6x + C C. - csc7x + C
6 7
1 1
B. - csc6 x + C D. csc7x + C
6 7
5. A contractor is selecting materials for a state-subsidized housing
development. The buildings will be maintained for at least 75
years, and the agency uses an i of 6%. Which of the following two
grades of shingles and metal roofing is the most cost-effective?
All costs are per square (equals 100 square feet).

A. Min quality shingles C. Metal roofing

B. Max quality shingles D. Both shingles

6. A wooden block having a weight of 50 N is placed at a distance of

1.5 m from the center of a circular platform rotating at a speed
of 2 rad/s. Determine the minimum coefficient of friction of the
blocks so that it will not slide. The radius of the circular
platform is 3 m.
A. 0.55 C. 0.61
B. 0.58 D. 0.65

7. For 40 years, Wishbone Hill has been notorious for the accidents
that have occurred there. Railings, signs, wider shoulders, etc.
have only managed to keep the increasing level of traffic from
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increasing the rate of accidents. The highway department uses an
interest rate of 6% and a study period of 40 years. What is the
EAC (equivalent annual cost) for building another two-lane road to
separate the traffic by direction? Purchasing the right-of-way is
expected to cost $15M, and construction is expected to cost $60M.
Snowplowing, painting, repair of guardrails, and periodic pavement
work is expected to cost $3M per year.
A. $7.50M C. $6.99M
B. $7.99M D. $8.50M

8. A series of perpendicular offsets were taken from a transit line

to a curved boundary line. These offsets were taken 9 meters apart
and were taken in the following order: 2m, 3.2m, 4m, 3.5m, 5m,
4.5m, 6m and 7m. Compute the difference in area between Simpson’s
One Third Rule and Trapezoidal Rule.
A. 5.40 m2 C. 6.50 m2
B. 4.50 m2 D. 5.60 m2

9. From the figure shown, angle ABC = 180 and angle

BAD = 360. If the radius of the circle is 12cm,
compute the area of AOD. Point O is the center
of the circle.
A. 68.48 cm2 C. 66.48 cm2
B. 58.25 cm2 D. 55.25 cm2

10. A rectangular field was measured using a 100m

tape, which was actually 10cm too short. The
recorded area was 4500m2. What is the true area
of the field?
A. 4504.50 m2 C. 4509.0035 m2
B. 4495.50 m2 D. 4491.0045 m2

11. The length of the spiral curve is 82 m and the radius of the central
curve of the spiral curve is 260 m. Compute the length of throw.
A. 4.31 m C. 2.16 m
B. 1.08 m D. 0.54 m

12. In triangle ABC, c = 30, a = 36 and b = 18. Find the radius of the
circle tangent to the side c and escribe outside the triangle.
A. 22.45 C. 18.17
B. 20.12 D. 23.65

13. A circle is inscribed in a triangle ABC, and it touches AC at P.

If AB = 14, AC = 10 and AP = 4, what is the length of side BC?
A. 12 C. 16
B. 14 D. 18

14. In triangle ABC, AB = 30 m, BC = 36 m and AC = 48 m. The perpendicular

bisectors of the sides intersect at point P. How far is P from side
BC?
A. 24.03 m C. 7.96 m
B. 12.02 m D. 15.92 m

15. If a diameter of the ellipse 9x2 + 4y2 = 36 has the equation 3x +

4y = 0, what is the slope of the conjugate diameter?
A. 4/3 C. -4/3
B. 3 D. -3

16. If the stationing of PT is at 15+480.14, what is the stationing of

PCC? D1=4°, D2=5°, I1=30°, I2=36°
A. 15+630.14 C. 15+336.14
B. 15+624.14 D. 15+330.14

17. A lighthouse is 10 units of length northwest of a dock. A ship

leaves at 8:00 am and travels west at 12 units of length per hour.
At what time will the ship be 8 units of length from the lighthouse?
A. 9:01 am C. 8:45 am
A. 8:54 am D. 9:10 am

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18. Given the ellipse 4x2 + 9y2 = 144. What is the equation of the
diameter bisecting the chords having equal slope of –2/3?
A. 2x – 3y = 0 C. 3x – 2y = 0
B. 3x + 2y = 0 D. 2x + 3y = 0

19. Ship Atlantis started sailing N 40032’ E at a rate of 3 mph. After

2 hours, ship Potomac started from the same point going S 450 18’
E at a rate of 4 mph. What would be the direction of Potomac from
Atlantis 3 hours after Potomac start from the same port?
A. S 3031’ W C. S 2041’ W
B. S 4 11’ W
0 D. S 5018’ W

20. Highway appurtenances designed to prevent vehicular penetration

from the travel way to areas behind the barrier such as to minimize
damge to impacting vehicles and to reduce the risk of injuries to
pedestrians and workers.
A. Traffic cones C. Barriers
B. Delineators D. Temporary curbing

21. In triangle ABC, AB = 15m, BC = 18m, and CA = 24m. How far is the
point of intersection of the angular bisectors from the vertex C?
A. 4.73 m C. 9.46 m
B. 14.30 m D. 15.12 m

22. Devices which may be conical in shape or tubular shaped capable of

performing channeization of traffic whic may be set on the surface
of the roadway or rigidly attached for continued use.
A. Traffic cones C. Bollard
B. Delineators D. Flashing Lamps

23. The coordinates (x,y) in meters of a moving particle P is given by

x = cost -1 and y = 2sint + , where t is the time in seconds. At
what extreme rates in m/s is P moving along the curve?
A. 3 and 2 C. 2 and 0.5
B. 3 and 1 D. 2 and 1

24. Device used in place of rigid barrier posts or traffic cones with
a minimum of 450 mm by 50 mm wide with alternate bands of
contrasting color as seen by approaching traffic for delineation
of traffic.
A. Barriers C. Temporary curbing
B. Delineators D. Bollard

25. The world population at the beginning of 1970 was 3.6 billion. The
weight of the earth is 6.586 ´ 1021 tons. If the population
continuous to increase exponentially, with a growth constant k =
0.02 and with time measured in years, in what year will the weight
of all the people equal the weight of the earth, if we assume that
the average person weighs 120 pounds? (Note: 1 ton = 2000 pounds)
A. 2015 C. 3523
B. 2870 D. 3647

26. A type of thermoplastic lane marking designed to aid and provide

motorist with visual, audio and motion warnings on the road.
A. Chevron markings C. Pedestrian crossing markings
B. Diagonal markings D. Rumble strips

27. Find the positive value of x so that x, (x2 - 5), 2x will be in

harmonic progression.
A. 2 C. 3
B. 4 D. 5

28. The process of widening, enlarging, cleaning or deepening of

channels in harbors, rivers and canals to maintain the idea depth
of berthing areas due to fast siltation rate is known as:
A. Disiltation C. Dredging
B. Meandering D. Excavation

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29. The overall track structure for a railroad typically consists of
the following except one.

I. Subgrade IV. Ties

II. Ballast V. Rails
III. Spikes VI. Rail
fastening

A. V C. IV
B. III D. VI

30. Pavement markings shall only be applied and/or removed by ____.

A. LTO C. DPWH
B. PNP D. DOTC

31. The half life of radium is 1690 years. If 10 percent of an original

quantity of radium remains, how long ago was the radium created?
A. 5614 years ago C. 5416 years ago
B. 5261 years ago D. 5752 years ago

32. Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving about the x – axis
the area bounded by the curves y = 4/x and y = (x – 3)2.
A. 2π/25 C. 27π/2
B. 2π/27 D. 27π/5

33. Calculate the region bounded by the curve y = x3 – 6x2 + 8x and the
x – axis.
A. 4 C. 6
B. 2 D. 8

34. The population of Russia in 1980 was 255 million and growing
exponentially with a growth constant of 0.012. The population of
the United States in 1980 was 225 million and growing exponentially
with a growth constant of 0.007. When will the population of Russia
be twice as large as that of the United States?
A. 2069 C. 2042
B. 2021 D. 2093

35. An engineers level uses level tube with a radius of curvature of

4m. During observation the bubble is off centered through 4 spaces.
What is the error on the observed vertical distance on a station
120m away if one space on the tube is 0.5mm long?
A. 0.06 m C. 0.04 m
B. 0.05 m D. 0.03 m

36. How long is the curve 24xy = x4 + 48 from x = 2 to x = 4?

A. 17/6 C. 6/16
B. 3/17 D. 17/3

37. Find the area bounded by the two curves y = 2x2 – 2 and y = x2 + x.
A. 2/9 C. 9/2
B. 9/4 D. 4/9

38. A body rotates according to the relation α = 3t2 + 4, displacement

being measured in radians and time in seconds. If its initial
angular velocity is 4 rad/s and the initial angular displacement
is zero, find the angular velocity for the instant when t = 3
seconds.
A. 43 rad/s C. 39 rad/s
B. 33 rad/s D. 30 rad/s

39. A pick-up truck is travelling forward at 25 m/s. The bed is loaded

with boxes whose coefficient of friction with the bed is 0.4. What
is the shortest time that the truck can be brought to a stop such
that the boxes do not shift?
A. 2.35 s C. 5.45 s
B. 4.75 s D. 6.37 s

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40. What is the angle between an asymptote of the hyperbola x2 – 4y2 –
2x – 63 = 0 and the x-axis?
A. 26.570 C. 53.140
B. 63.430 D. 31.720

41. Warning devices used to supplement other controls and devices

necessary to alert motorists of construction and maintenance
activities or obstructions in the roadway.
A. Traffic cones C. Barriers
B. Delineators D. Flashing Lamps

42. The arithmetic mean of two positive numbers exceeds their geometric
mean by 2. Find the first number if it is 40 less than the second
number.
A. 79 C. 121
B. 81 D. 100

43. Light retro-reflectong devices mounted at the side of the roadway,

in series, to indicate the roadway alignment.
A. Traffic cones C. Flexible post
B. Delineators D. Flashing Lamps

44. The following notes are for irregular cross-section. Compute the
cross-sectional area. Width of roadway is 12 m with side slopes of
1V:2H.

C2.67 C8.00 C4.00 C2.83 C2.33 C1.67

11.34 8.00 4.00 0 5.00 9.34
A. 43.14 m2 C. 34.41 m2
B. 67.14 m2 D. 76.41 m2

45. A plane dropped a bomb at an elevation of 1000 m from the ground,

intended to hit the target at an elevation of 200 meters from the
ground. If the plane was flying at a velocity of 300 kph, at what
distance from the target must the bomb be dropped to hit the target?
Ignore air resistance.
A. 1,024.2 m C. 1,075.5 m
B. 1,055.6 m D. 1,064.2 m

46. A 40-g rifle bullet is fired into a ballistic pendulum of mass 5

kg suspended from a chord 1 m long. The bullet remains embedded in
the pendulum. Compute the initial velocity of the bullet if the
center of gravity of the pendulum is observed to rise a vertical
distance of 30 cm.
A. 305.69 m/s C. 320.08 m/s
B. 261.22 m/s D. 282.98 m/s

47. A married civil engineer with two young children was killed on a
job site when a crane’s load shifted and fell. Punitive damages
will be assessed if and when negligence by a contractor’s employee
is established. Compensation to the family for loss of income will
be made using an interest rate of 6%, even if negligence is not
proven. The engineer was 35, and retirement at age 65 is to be
assumed. The engineer’s salary at death was $45,000. If the salary
was expected to increase $1000 per year in constant-value dollars,
what is the present worth of the family’s lost income?
A. $619,600 C. $761,800
B. $685,400 D. $805,800

48. A projectile is fired with a speed of 60 m/s at an angle of 60°

from the ground surface. A second projectiles is then fired with
the same speed 0.50 seconds later. Which of the following most
nearly gives the time, relative to the first projectile, that the
collision will happen?
A. 7.88 s C. 6.92 s
B. 6.37 s D. 7.40 s

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49. Find the equation of a curve such that y’’ is always 2 and at the
point (2, 6) the slope of the tangent line is 10.
A. x2 - 6x + 10 C. x2 + 6x - 10
B. x + 2x - 6
2 D. x2 - 2x + 6

50. The position of a particle that moves along the x-axis is defined
by the equation x = -3t2 + 12t - 6, where x is in feet and t is in
seconds. For the time interval t = 0 to t = 3 seconds, which of
the following most nearly gives the distance traveled by the
particle?
A. 6 ft C. 18 ft
B. 9 ft D. 15 ft

51. Find the radius of curvature of the parabola y2 - 4x = 0 at point

(4, 4).
A. 22.36 units C. 20.33 units
B. 25.78 units D. 15.42 units
πx
tan
52. Evaluate: lim (2 - x) 2
x → 1
A. e2π C. 0
B. e2/π D. ∞

53. A helicopter is rising vertically from the ground at a constant

rate of 4.5 m/s. When it is 75 m above the ground, a jeep passed
beneath the helicopter, traveling in a straight line at a constant
rate of 80 kph. Determine how fast the distance between them is
changing after 1 second.
A. 12.34 m/s C. 11.10 m/s
B. 10.32 m/s D. 9.85 m/s

54. Find the equation of the normal to the curve x2 + y2 = 25 at (4,

3).
A. 5x + 3y = 0 C. 3x + 4y = 0
B. 3x – 4y = 0 D. 5x – 3y = 0

55. Water is running into a hemispherical bowl having a radius of 10

cm at a constant rate of 3 cm3/min. When the water is x cm deep,
the water level is rising at the rate of 0.0149 cm/min. What is
the value of x?
A. 3 C. 4
B. 2 D. 5

56. Mary was 4 times as old as Ann 4 years ago and if Mary will be
twice as old as Ann 4 years hence, how old is Ann?
A. 8 C. 12
B. 10 D. 14

57. At any distance x from the source of light, the intensity of

illumination varies directly as the intensity of the source and
inversely as the square of x. Suppose that there is a light at A,
and another at B, the one at B having an intensity 8 times that of
A. The distance AB is 4 m. At what point from A on the line AB will
the intensity of illumination be least?
A. 2.15 m C. 1.50 m
B. 1.33 m D. 1.92 m

58. Car A moves due east at 30 kph at the same instant car B is moving
S30°E, with a speed of 60 kph. The distance from A to B is 30 km.
How fast is the distance between them separating after one hour?
A. 36 kph C. 40 kph
B. 38 kph D. 45 kph

59. If 1/x = a + b and 1/y = a - b, compute the value of x - y.

a
A. a2 - b2 C. 2
b - a2
2b b2 - a2
B. 2 D.
b - a2 a
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60. A chemical engineer is proposing a process change that will save
$2500 per year at essentially no cost. The refinery has a remaining
life of 20 years. If the firm’s interest rate is 15%, what is this
savings worth in the long run?
A. $256,109 C. $220,530
B. $297,025 D. $279,025

61. Given the Fourier equation:

f(t) = 5 cos (20pt) + 2 cos (40pt) + cos (80pt)

What is the frequency?

A. 10 C. 40
B. 20 D. 30

62. Which of the following correctly defines the 500 N force that
passes from A(4, 0, 3) to B(0, 6, 0)?
A. 256i – 384j + 192k N C. –384i + 192j – 256k N
B. –256i + 384j – 192k N D. 384i – 192j + 256k N

63. A thermometer reading 75 deg F is taken out where the temperature

is 20 deg F. The thermometer reading is 30 deg F 4 minutes later.
Find the time (in minutes) taken for the reading to drop from 75
deg F to within half degree of the air temperature.
A. 22.72 C. 11.03
B. 40.72 D. 43

64. What is the largest number of pigeonholes that can be occupied by

100 pigeons if each hole is occupied, but no two holes contain the
same number of pigeons?
A. 12 C. 14
B. 13 D. cannot happen

65. A binomial probability distribution involves 60 trials with a

probability of failure of 0.26. Find the standard deviation of
this probability distribution.
A 15.6 C. 6.66
B. 3.4 D. 11.5

66. The local hospital has just implemented a totally automated

switchboard that cost $205,000 to install. The switchboard replaced
four operators who were paid $15K annually. Fringe benefits
(vacation, sick leave, insurance, etc.) cost the hospital 42% of
each annual salary. Determine the payback period for the new
switchboard.
A. 3.42 years C. 13.67 years
B. 9.62 years D. 2.41 years

67. A marksman fires a target 420 m away and hears the bullet strikes
the target 2 seconds after he pulled the trigger. An observer 525
m away from the target and 455 m away from the marksman hears the
bullet strikes the target 1 second after he hears the report of
the rifle. What is the velocity of the bullet?
A. 525 m/s C. 550 m/s
B. 350 m/s D. 325 m/s

68. A man drives from station A to station B 60 km away at an average

speed of 30 kph and return to A at an average speed of 20 kph.
What was the average speed of the man in the whole journey?
A. 20 kph C. 25 kph
B. 24 kph D. 22 kph

69. A man can finish the job in 10 days. A boy can finish the same
job in 15 days. If a man, a boy, and a girl can finish the same
job in 5 days. How long will it take the girl to finish the job
alone?
A. 28 days C. 32 days
B. 24 days D. 30 days

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70. The group of engineering examinees plans to have an excursion trip.
They hired a minibus for P56,000, but for unknown reasons, two of
them were not able to join the trip and the share of each remaining
in the group is increased by P3,200. How many were there in the
original group?
A. 7 C. 9
B. 8 D. 10

71. Using a powerful air gun, a steel ball is shot vertically upward
with a velocity of 80 m/s, followed by another shot after 5 seconds.
Find the initial velocity of the second ball, in m/s, in order to
meet the first ball 150 m from the ground.
A. 65.3 C. 56.2
B. 45.1 D. 61.3

72. From the time 6:15 PM to the time 7:45 PM of the same day the
minute hand of a standard clock describes an arc equal to:
A. 340° C. 240°
B. 540° D. 140°

73. Given the following cross-section notes for a road grading work:

Station 3+140
-3.2 +1.2 +1.2 +2.8
X1 0 3.5 X2

The roadbed is 9m wide and the sideslope for cut is 1:1 and for
fill is 1.5:1. Determine the area of cut of the section.
A. 11.127 m2 C. 9.404 m2
B. 10.621 m2 D. 8.151 m2

74. Kenjie and Bayro are both engineers. In 2015, their combined income
was P1.2M. How much does their income need to be in 2021 to have
the same purchasing power, if economy’s inflation is 3%?
A. 1.6M C. 1.8M
B. 1.7M D. 1.9M

75. The eccentricity of an ellipse having its major axis parallel to

the x-axis and center at (0, 0) is equal to 0.60. The distance
between the foci of the ellipse is equal to 12. Compute the distance
between directrices.
A. 16.67 units C. 8.34 units
B. 33.33 units D. 25.34 units

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