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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the 10. If one root of the quadratic equation with integer
following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by coefficients is 3 + 4i, what is the constant term of the
shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on equation?
the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES A. 22 C. 24
ALLOWED.GOOD LUCK. B. 25 D. 21

NOTE: A times B is represented by A × B or A*B. A raised 11. Find the coefficient of the term involving x3 in the
to the power n is expressed as A^n. All problems expansion of (x - 3x-1)9.
are 1 point each. A. 2148 C. -2148
B. 2268 D. -2268
PART 1 – APPLIED MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING,
PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORTATION AND 12. How many different value(s) of 𝑥 from 0° to 180°
HIGHWAY ENGINEERING, satisfies the equation (2 sin 𝑥 − 1)(cos 𝑥 + 1) = 0?
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND A. 1 C. 3
METHODS B. 2 D. 0

1. If 5𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 3, what is the value of 81! /243" ? PART 2 – HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL

A. 270 C. 1/27 ENGINEERING
B. 1/520 D. 84
13. A container half-filled with water is exposed to the
atmosphere. If the pressure at points A, B and C as
2. In the expansion of (𝑥 + 𝑦)# , find the coefficient of the
shown are Pa, Pb and Pc respectively, which one of the
9th term given that the coefficients of the 5th and the 12th
following will be the relation connecting the three?
terms are equal.
A. Pa > Pb = Pc C. Pa < Pb < Pc
A. 5,005 C. 6,435
B. Pa > Pb > Pc D. Pa < Pb = Pc
B. 11,440 D. 12,870

Situation 1. Two sides of the triangle ABC have side AB

= 22 cm and side AC = 8 cm.

3. Compute the probable perimeter of the triangle.

A. 60 cm C. 44 cm
B. 61 cm D. 45 cm

4. Compute the probable area of the triangle from the

previous problem.
A. 72.65 cm2 C. 34.98 cm2 Situation 2. Following are the result of a field density
B. 68.03 cm2 D. 31.12 cm2 test performed on the same soil by means of the sand
cone method:
5. You are given the equation: 81^(x + 2) = 27^(5x + 4).
Find the value of x. Calibrated dry density of Ottawa sand = 1570 kg/m3
A. –2/9 C. –3/2 Calibrated mass of Ottawa sand to fill the cone =
B. –4/11 D. –9/5 0.545 kg
Mass of jar + cone + sand (before use) = 7.59 kg
Mass of jar + cone + sand (after use) = 4.78 kg
6. The denominator of a certain fraction is three more than
Mass of moist soil from hole = 2.835 kg
twice the numerator. If 7 is added to both terms of the
Moisture content of moist soil = 10.2%
fraction, the resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the original
fraction.
14. Determine the in situ dry density of the soil?
A. 8/5 C. 13/5
A. 2046.4 kg/m3 C. 1965.1 kg/m3
B. 5/13 D. 3/5 B. 1647.5 kg/m3 D. 1783.2 kg/m3

7. Find the product of two numbers such that twice the 15. If the maximum dry density is 1885.24 kg/m3.
first added to the second equals 19 and three times the Determine the relative compaction in the field?
first is 21 more than the second. A. 96.11% C. 94.59%
A. 16 C. 24 B. 95.88% D. 92.87%
B. 18 D. 20
16. Determine the minimum dry unit weight of the soil if
8. If sin2x + y = m and cos2x + y = n, find y. relative density is 93.67%?
A. (m + n + 1)/2 C. (m + n – 2)/2 A. 9.58 kN/m3 C. 9.46 kN/m3
B. (m + n – 1)/2 D. (m + n + 2)/2 B. 9.71 kN/m 3 D. 9.29 kN/m3

9. If x is 40% less than y and y is 25% greater than z. 17. A beaker of height 100 mm is half-filled with water and
Express x in terms of percentage of z? half-filled with oil. At what distance (in mm) from the
A. x is 35% of z C. x is 75% of z base will the pressure be half the pressure at the base of
B. x is 85% of z D. x is 25% of z the beaker.
A. 43.75 C. 55
B. 45 D. 56.25

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18. A barometer reads 76 cm Hg and a pressure gage rounded. To simplify the solution, assume that the
attached to a tank reads 38 cm of Hg. Determine the corners are sharp.
absolute pressure (kPa) in the tank? A. 157,600 kN/m C. 155,200 kN/m
A. 152 C. 148 B. 310,400 kN/m D. 315,200 kN/m
B. 164 D. 170
26. Sections are tension-controlled if the net tensile strain in
Situation 3. A sample of clay is brought back from the the extreme tension steel, εt, is equal to or greater than
field, extruded from the Shelby tube, and trimmed to _____ when the concrete in compression reaches its
the following dimensions: height = 150 mm, assumed strain limit of 0.003.
diameter = 75 mm. It weighs 13.2 N. The water A. 0.002 C. 0.004
content has been determined to be 25%. Find the B. 0.003 D. 0.005
following parameters for the clay, assume the unit
weight of solids is 27 kN/m3: 27. A cantilever steel pipe pole, 3 meters high, has a
diameter of 300mm and thickness of 6mm. A rigid
19. Natural unit Weight. beam, 1m long, is attached on the side of the pole on
A. 15.94 kN/m3 C. 19.92 kN/m3 top, at the end of which, a horizontal load of 25 kN is
B. 18.24 kN/m3 D. 17.22 kN/m3 applied. The shear modulus of the pipe material is 80
GPa. Determine the distance through which the end of
20. Degree of Saturation. the beam displaces due to torsion.
A. 99.1% C. 92.7% A. 10.17 mm C. 1.17 mm
B. 82.6% D. 87.4% B. 10.35 mm D. 1.35 mm

21. Porosity. 28. The type of beam section that has a ductile failure and
A. 69% C. 58% will provide ample warning of failure with its
B. 37% D. 41% noticeable deflection and cracking.
A. Balance section
22. The gas constant of chlorine gas at 25°C and an absolute B. Over-reinforced section
pressure of 600 kPa is 117 N-m/kg-K. Calculate its C. Compression-controlled
specific weight (N/m3). D. Under-reinforced
A. 161 C. 176
B. 169 D. 181 Situation 4. As shown in Fig. MEC-101, the eyebolt is
subjected to three forces A, B, and C.
23. A closed tank contains 1.5 m of oil, 1 m of water, 20 cm
of mercury, and an air space on top. If pbottom = 60 kPa, Given: A = 6.0 kN B = 2.4 kN
what is the pressure (kPa) in the air space. θ = 30º
A. 12.8 C. 11.7
B. 14.1 D. 13.2
A
24. For the inverted manometer shown, if pB - pA = 97 kPa,
what must the height “H” be in cm? B
θ
A. 22.5 C. 18.6
B. 20.3 D. 25.8
β C

29. How much is the angle β, in degrees, if the resultant of

the three forces is 3.6 kN and acts along the y-axis?
A. 41.7 C. 48.3
B. 75.5 D. 14.5

30. If C = 4.6 kN and β = 45º, how much is the resultant, in

kN, of the three forces?
A. 3.6 C. 2.4
B. 6.0 D. 4.8

31. If the resultant of the three forces is 7.0 kN and acts

PART 3 – PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS along the x-axis, how much is the force C, in kN, if β =
AND DESIGN 45º?
A. 5.3 C. 12.2
B. 1.8 D. 10.5
25. Calculate the axial stiffness of a 3m long steel square
hollow section (SHS) column, 200 mm on a side having
Situation 5. A cylindrical steel water tank is to be
a wall thickness of 6 mm. The modulus of elasticity for
steel, E = 200 GPa. Hint: Corners of SHS are commonly fabricated from 1.2 meter wide by 2.4m long steel
sheets with a tensile strength of 414 MPa. The design
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diameter of the tank is 7.64 m and the design height 39. Compute the allowable moment in kN-m.
including a freeboard of 0.6 m is 4.8 m. A. 681.1 C. 456.6
B. 265.4 D. 542.3
32. Find the minimum number of steel sheets required for
the wall of the tank. 40. Determine the allowable concentrated load that could
A. 35 C. 40 be applied at the midspan in kN.
B. 45 D. 50 A. 145 C. 157
B. 201. D. 264
33. Determine the pressure at the bottom of the tank at the
design capacity. Situation 8. Data of a beam section is given below.
A. 35.32 kPa C. 47.09 kPa
B. 23.54 kPa D. 41.20 kPa B×H = 250 mm × 600 mm
Bar diameter = 16 mm
34. If after 15 years, the tank material is expected to corrode Clear concrete cover to 10 mm
on the outside by 30% of the original thickness, diameter ties = 40 mm
determine the minimum thickness in order to maintain Concrete fc’ = 35 MPa
a safety factor for hoop stress of at least 4.5 at 15 years. Steel fyl = 415 MPa
A. 2.5 mm C. 2.25 mm ϕ=0.90
B. 2.0 mm D. 2.80 mm
The beam is simply supported with a span of 6m. It will carry
Situation 6. Data of a beam section is given below. an 8.6 kN/m total factored dead load and 11.4 kN/m
factored live load.
Beam width = 300 mm
Effective depth = 420 mm 41. Which of the following most nearly gives the critical
Concrete fc’ = 35 MPa factored moment (kN-m).
Steel fyl = 420 MPa A. 90.0 C. 231.0
Bar diameter = 20 mm B. 128.5 D. 186.5

35. Based on the given dimensions and properties of 42. Determine the required number of tension bars.
materials, the code requires to provide a tension steel A. 2 C. 4
area (mm2) of at least? B. 3 D. 5
A. 425 C. 590
B. 385 D. 444 43. If a 20 kN service live load is added at midspan,
determine the required number of tension bars.
36. For the beam to be singly-reinforced, tension- A. 3 C. 5
controlled, the tension area (mm2) must not exceed? B. 4 D. 6
A. 3,169 C. 2,773
B. 2,677 D. 2,946 Situation 9. A hoist beam, 1.5m long, is pin-connected to
a column of an industrial building. To stabilize the
37. If the factored bending moment is 180 kN-m, determine system against the effect of the load W including the
the required number of tension bars. dynamic effects during lifting, the beam is provided
A. 2 C. 4 with a 16mm diameter steel tension rod sloping by θ
B. 3 D. 5 = 30 ° as shown in the figure below. Use E = 200 GPa.
If the allowable axial strain in the rod is 0.0002
Situation 7. A cover plated steel simple beam spans over mm/mm,
a length of 10m and to carry a total uniform load of
7.5 kN/m. Fb = 138 MPa.

Properties of WF:
A= 12,700 mm2 tw = 10 mm
d = 415 mm Ix = 398 x 106 mm4
bf = 260 mm
30°
300 mm
12 1.5m
mm W

44. Determine the allowable stress for the rod.

A. 40.0 MPa C. 40.9 MPa
B. 40.2 MPa D. 40.45 MPa

45. Determine the allowable elongation for the rod.

12 A. 0.354 mm C. 0.346 mm
mm B. 0.348 mm D. 0.350 mm
38. Find the moment of inertia of the section in mm4.
A. 613.6 x 106 C. 802.7 x 106 46. If the dynamic effect of the load is taken into
B. 703.6 x 106 D. 726.3 x 106 consideration by multiplying the lifted weight by 1.25,
find the maximum weight that can be lifted.
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A. 512.3 kg C. 409.9 kg 53. Calculate the statical moment of the area at the N.A
B. 327.9 kg D. 329.5 kg (mm3).
A. 110500 C. 320400
Situation 10. A wide flange section has the following B. 470500 D. 931500
properties:
54. Calculate the shear flow at N.A (N/mm).
bf = 150 mm tw = 9 mm A. 119 C. 62
tf = 12 mm d = 350 mm B. 73 D. 94
Fy = 250 MPa
55. What is the degree of indeterminacy?
47. Determine the safe uniform load that the section could
carry if length of the beam is 10 m based on shear if Fv
= 0.4Fy.
A. 77.1 kN/m C. 67.3 kN/m
B. 99.6 kN/m D. 63.0 kN/m

48. Determine the moment capacity of the section if Fb = A. 1 C. 3

0.6Fy. B. 2 D. 4
A. 188 kN-m C. 110 kN-m
B. 123 kN-m D. 92.5 kN-m 56. What is the classification of the structure?
49. Determine the shear flow of the portion of the flange 25
mm from the edge if V = 267840 N.
A. 105 N/mm C. 133 N/mm
B. 152 N/mm D. 128 N/mm

Situation 11. The force system shown consists of the

couple C and four forces. If the resultant of this
system is a 500 lb-in. counterclockwise couple,
determine:
A. unstable
B. determinate
C. indeterminate to the second degree
D. indeterminate to the third degree

57. What is the degree of indeterminacy of the frame?

50. the value of P, in lb.

A. 200 C. 260
B. 130 D. 50 A. 5 C. 7
B. 6 D. 8
51. the value of Q, in lb.
A. 200 C. 260 58. What is the degree of indeterminacy of the structure?
B. 130 D. 50

52. The value of C, in lb-in.

A. 1440 C. 852
B. 1944 D. 180

Situation 12. A simple beam has a span of 10 m and

supports a total uniformly distributed load of 12
kN/m.

Properties of W 480 x 86:

A = 10800 mm2 Ix = 383.13 x 106 mm4
bf = 180 mm tw = 12 mm
tf = 15 mm d = 480 mm
A. 8 C. 10
B. 9 D. 11
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59. What is the degree of indeterminacy?

A. 0 C. 2
B. 1 D. 3

60. What is the classification of the structure?

A. unstable C. determinate
B. partially stable D. indeterminate

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