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MANILA – CEBU – DAVAO

FIRST EVALUATION EXAMINATION REVIEW FOR NOVEMBER 2020 CE BOARD EXAM

1. TP1 has an elevation of 115.15m and the foresight taken the pathway directly facing the flagpole, the flagpole
at the point is 0.30m. If the BS taken at BM is 1.42m, what subtends the same angle as the pedestal. What is the
is the elevation of BM? width of the pathway?
A. 114.03 m C. 113.98 m A. 5.29 m C. 4.47 m
B. 115.21 m D. 113.82 m B. 6.12 m D. 5.39 m

2. A line of levels 12 km long is run from BM1 to BM2 with 9. Two runners A and B started from the same point on a
average backsight and foresight distances of 150 m and circular track 20m in radius and ran at the same rate of 2
100 m respectively. Elevation of BM1 was found out to be m/s; A running towards the center and B along the
100 m and that at BM2 is 125.382 m. During the leveling circumference. How far apart are they after 8 seconds?
process, the line of sight is inclined downward by 0.004 A. 17.45 m C. 15.57 m
m in a distance of 10 m. What would be the corrected B. 14.75 m D. 16.12 m
elevation of BM2?
A. 124.422 m C. 126.342 m Situation 2. A man owns a triangular lot on the corner of two
B. 224.422 m D. 226.342 m intersecting streets which intersects at an angle of 62 0.
The frontage of one street is 200m and on the other side
3. An agricultural land was measured using a 100 m tape is 150m.
which was actually 0.02 m short. If the recorded area was 10. Determine the perimeter of these lot.
3600 m2, compute the error in the recorded area. A. 552.93 m C. 592.52 m
A. 0.72 m2 C. 2.16 m2 B. 555.32 m D. 535.29 m
B. 2.88 m 2 D. 1.44 m2 11. If the land is worth P1000 per sq.m. and the man has
P1.2million with which to increase the size of the lot, by
Situation 1. A civil engineer used a 100 m tape which is of how much can he lengthen the 150 m frontage?
standard length at 32°C in measuring a certain distance A. 13.53 m C. 13.59 m
and found out that the length of the tape have different B. 19. 35 m D. 15.39 m
lengths at different tensions were applied as shown. K =
0.0000116/°C. 12. If logx 2 = 1.2a and logx 3 = 1.5a, find logx 12 .
A. 2.7a C. 2.1a
LENGTH OF TAPE TENSION APPLIED
B. 1.35a D. 1.95a
99.986 m 10 kg
99.992 m 14 kg
100.003 m 20 kg 13. Simplify the radical shown: a a a
4. What tension must be applied to the tape at a
A. a7/8 C. a1/2
temperature of 32°C so that it would be of standard B. a3/8 D. a1/3
length?
A. 18.36 kg C. 21.12 kg 14. The resistance of the flow of electricity through a wire
B. 24.60 kg D. 13.75 kg
depends on the length and thickness of the wire. The
5. What tension must be applied to the tape at temperature
resistance R is measured in ohms and varies directly as
of 40.6°C so that it would be of standard length?
A. 15.38 kg C. 13.39 the length and inversely as the square of the diameter d.
B. 17.24 kg D. 12.68 If a wire 200 ft long with diameter of 0.16 inch has a
resistance of 64 ohms, how much resistance will there be
6. From a point A on the level ground, the angle of elevation if only 50 ft. of wire is used?
of the top D and bottom B of a flagpole situated on top of A. 12 ohms C. 16 ohms
B. 14 ohms D. 18 ohms
a hill are measured as 47054’ and 39045’. Find the height
of the hill if the height of the flagpole is 115.5 ft. 15. Which of the following is equivalent to 2020(20202020)?
A. 546.22 ft C. 349.27 ft A. 20202021 C. 40804002020
B. 419.96 ft D. 454.29 ft B. 40402020 D. 2024080400

7. A speedboat has a velocity in still water of 25kph and 16. Aedan pays an online course a fixed monthly fee plus an
heading of N 450 E. If its resultant direction is N 54.90 E, hourly charge for viewing videos. His April bill was
what is the rate of the current which is moving due south? $12.48, but in May his bill was $17.54 because he watched
A. 2.25kph C. 5.52kph twice as much videos as in April. What is the fixed
B. 5.25kph D. 2.52kph monthly fee?
A. $2.53 C. $7.42
8. A flagpole 3m high stands at the top of a pedestal 2m high B. $5.06 D. $6.24
located at one side of a pathway. At the opposite side of
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17. What rate of interest compounded monthly is equivalent indicates that the fertilizer is completely dry. Merchant B
to an interest rate of 14% compounded quarterly? sells the 10 kg bag for 400 and the bag indicates that the
A. 18.34% C. 14.38% fertilizer has a water content equal to 20%. If the farmer
B. 13.84% D. 14.83% wishes to buy the least expensive solid constituents,
which merchant should he buy from?
18. What is the effective annual interest rate of a nominal rate
28. If the farmer wishes to buy the least expensive soil, which
compounding at 14% continuously?
merchant should he buy from?
A. 13.05% C. 15.03%
B. 10.35% D. 35.03% A. Merchant A
B. Merchant B
C. Same Price for both merchants
19. With interest rate of 9% compounded continuously, what D. None of the above
is the present worth of a perpetuity of P8000 payable 29. The maximum and minimum dry unit weights of a sand
monthly? were determined in the laboratory to be 17.5 kN/m 3 and
A. 80,000 C. 1,699,206.23 14.8 kN/m3. What would be the relative compaction in
B. 1,602,699,26 D. 1,062,699.26 the field if the relative density is 70%?
A. 82.9% C. 94.8%
20. If an investment of 1000 pesos is paid 1 year from now, B. 89.2% D. 98.4%
find the its value at the end of 3 years from now. Use i = 30. Following are the results for the backfill material used in
12% compounded quarterly. a vibroflotation project:
A. 1266.77 C. 1060.9 D10 = 0.11 mm
B. 1425.76 D. 1092.727 D20 = 0.19 mm
D50 = 1.3 mm
21. An annuity of 1000 is paid every year for 5 years. How
Determine the suitability number and its rating as a
much money is accumulated 5 years from now? Interest
backfill.
rate is 12% A. 18.00 (Good) C. 18.00 (Fair)
A. 5000 C. 2365.58 B. 10.59 (Good) D. 10.59 (Fair)
B. 6352.85 D. 5050.21
31. A mercury barometer at the base of a mountain reads 736
Situation 3. 171,900 m3 of soil are removed from a highway
mm. At the same time, another barometer at the top of the
cut in which the void ratio is 1.22.
mountain reads 590 mm. Assuming air weighs 12 N/m3,
22. How many cubic meters of fill having a void ratio of 0.78
the height (m) of the mountain is nearest to:
can be constructed? A. 1849 C. 1623
A. 214,392 C. 241,923 B. 2708 D. 2017
B. 137,830 D. 173,380
23. If the true specific gravity of the soil is 2.70 and it contains 32. An open tank contains a liquid 5 m deep of unit weight 7
10% moisture, how many meganewtons of dry soil will kN/m3. Water, of unit weight 9.81 kN/m3, is poured over
have to be moved? the liquid and the total depth of both liquids is 8 m. Obtain
A. 2562 C. 2510 the gage pressure in kPa at the point 6 m from the surface.
B. 2256 D. 2051
A. 44.8 C. 50.4
24. How many meganewtons of water will be in the soil? B. 64.4 D. 29.4
A. 251 C. 256
B. 205 D. 225 33. A barometer reads 76 cm Hg and a pressure gage attached
Situation 4. A sample of clay is brought back from the field, to a tank reads 38 cm of Hg. Determine the absolute
extruded from the Shelby tube, and trimmed to the pressure (kPa) in the tank.
A. 152 C. 148
following dimensions: height = 150 mm, diameter = 75 B. 164 D. 170
mm. It weighs 13.2 N. The water content has been
determined to be 25%. Find the following parameters for 34. A capillary tube of a uniform bore is dipped vertically in
the clay, assume the unit weight of solids is 27 kN/m3: water which rises 7 cm in the tube. Find the radius of the
25. Natural unit Weight capillary, in mm, if the surface tension is 0.07 N/m.
A. 15.94 kN/m3 C. 19.92 kN/m3 A. 0.4 C. 0.6
B. 18.24 kN/m3 D. 17.22 kN/m3 B. 0.2 D. 0.8
26. Degree of Saturation
A. 99.1% C. 92.7% 35. If the Philippine Trench is observed to be 10.5 km deep.
B. 82.6% D. 87.4% The pressure on the trench is greater than the
27. Porosity atmospheric pressure. What is the gage pressure, in atm,
A. 69% C. 58% at the bottom of the ocean at that location? Use specific
B. 37% D. 41%
gravity of water = 1.03.
Situation 5. A farmer wants to buy a 10 kg bag of fertilizer A. 968 C. 1017
B. 997 D. 1047
(organic soil). He has the choice between two merchants.
Merchant A sells the 10 kg bag for P500 and the bag

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36. 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, what
is the pressure in the air space?
A. 10.2 C. 12.9
B. 11.7 D. 9.01

Situation 6. A vertical triangular plate with base horizontal

and 3.6 m high is submerged in water. The distance
between the center of gravity and the center of pressure
is 20 cm.
37. How deep is the water from the tip of the triangle, in
meter(s)? 43. Determine the slope at B (in degrees).
A. 1.2 C. 1.8 A. 62.98° C. 57.36°
B. 3.6 D. 0.6 B. 31.49° D. 28.68°
38. If the total force acting on one side of the triangle is 79.46 44. Determine the length of the shortest cable.
kN, find the base width of the triangle, in meter(s)? A. 253.1 m C. 307.1 m
A. 1.25 C. 2.50 B. 334.1 m D. 280.1 m
B. 3.75 D. 7.50 45. Determine the corresponding vertical distance H.
39. Find the depth of water to the center of pressure, in A. 68.4 m C. 109.2 m
meter(s). B. 90.8 m D. 131.6 m
A. 4.4 C. 6.2
B. 3.8 D. 3.2 Situation 9. Determine the determinacy of the given
structure:
Situation 7. The boom is intended to support two vertical 46.
loads F1 and F2. Neglecting the size of the collars at D and
B and if the cable CB can sustain a maximum load of 1500
N before it fails,

A. unstable
B. stable and determinate
C. statically indeterminate to the 1st degree
D. statically indeterminate to the 2nd degree
47.

A. unstable
B. stable and determinate
C. statically indeterminate to the 1st degree
D. statically indeterminate to the 2nd degree
48.
40. Determine the critical load F1 (in N) if F1 is twice the value
of F2.
A. 1,226 C. 613
B. 1,448 D. 724
41. Determine the critical load F2 (in N) if F1 is twice the value
of F2.
A. 1,226 C. 613
B. 1,448 D. 724
42. Determine the maximum reaction at pin A (in N) if F 1 is
twice the value of F2. A. statically indeterminate to the 8th degree
A. 1,272 C. 1,749 B. statically indeterminate to the 9th degree
B. 939 D. 1,524 C. statically indeterminate to the 10th degree
D. statically indeterminate to the 11th degree
Situation 8. The cable shown carries the uniformly
distributed load w0 = 80 N/m, where the distance is Situation 10. A simple beam has a span of 8 m and
measured along the horizontal. If the cable tension does supports a total concentrated load (including its own
not exceed 10,000 N. weight) at midspan is 60 kN.

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Properties of W 460 x 97:
RC-04
A = 12300 mm2 Ix = 445 x 106 mm4
bf = 193 mm tw = 11.4 mm
SHEAR AND MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
tf = 19 mm d = 466 mm
49. Calculate the maximum shear in the beam in kN. Positive Moment
A. 20 C. 15 End spans:
B. 30 D. 25 Discontinuous end
50. Calculate the average web shear stress in the beam. unrestrained .............................................................. wuln²/11
A. 4.57 MPa C. 5.65 MPa
B. 6.22 MPa D. 6.94 MPa Discontinuous end integral
51. Calculate the maximum shear stress in the beam in MPa. with support ............................................................... wuln²/14
A. 6.25 C. 6.76
B. 5.76 D. 7.12 Interior spans ...................................................................... wuln²/16

Situation 11. Refer to RC-04, and Figure RCF-002 for the
layout of a reinforced concrete floor system.
DATA:
Girder and beam width = 300mm
Girder and beam depth = 500mm below the 100mm thick slab
All columns = 500mm x 500mm
Floor dead load = 3.2 kPa (slab included)
Floor live load = 4.8 kPa
Unit weight of concrete = 24 KN/m3
Factored load, U = 1.2D + 1.6L
S = 2.5 m, L1 = 6 m, and L2 = 7.0 m
Negative Moment at exterior face of first interior support
Two spans ................................................................... wuln²/9
More than two spans .............................................. wuln²/10
Negative Moment at other faces of
interior supports ...................................................... wuln²/11
Negative Moment at interior face of exterior supports for
members built integrally with supports
Where support is a spandrel beam ................. wuln²/24
When support is a column.................................... wuln²/16

52. Which of the following most nearly gives the total Shear in end members at face of first
factored uniform load (kN/m) carried by beam GHI. interior support ........................................................ 1.15 wuln/2
A. 33.12 C. 40.52 Shear at face of all other
B. 23.60 D. 15.84 supports ....................................................................... wuln/2
53. Determine the maximum factored moment (kN-m) for
beam GHI. Note: ln = clear span for positive moment or shear and
A. 132.5 C. 203.5 average of adjacent clear spans for negative moment
B. 173.1 D. 211.2
54. If girder CI will not provide any rotational restraint,
determine the maximum factored positive moment (kN- Situation 12. A cantilever beam has a span of 5 m and
m) for beam EF. Assume ln = 6.85 m. supports a total uniformly distributed load of 10 kN/m.
A. 111.00 C. 141.28 Properties of W 610x82:
B. 97.13 D. 172.85 A = 10500 mm2 Ix = 560.0 x 106 mm4
bf = 178 mm tw = 10 mm
tf = 12.8 mm d = 599 mm
55. Calculate the maximum moment in the beam in kN-m.
A. 100 C. 125
B. 150 D. 175
56. Calculate the maximum bending stress in the beam.
A. 65.1 MPa C. 74.4 MPa
B. 66.9 MPa D. 81.1 MPa
57. Calculate the bending stress at a point 100 mm from the
N.A.
A. 11.7 C. 24.8
B. 17.56 D. 22.3

Figure RCF-002

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Situation 13. The rigid bar ABC weighing 120 N/m is hinged
at A and supported with a 6mm diameter steel wire at B.
The bar is horizontal before the load W is applied at C.
Assume the wire to be weightless.

A 4m 2m
C
B

W
58. If the allowable tensile force in the steel wire is 4.8 kN, the
minimum value of h (in m) due to a load W of 1.2 kN is
very near to:
A. 2.72 C. 2.42
B. 2.88 D. 2.23
59. If h = 3m and if the allowable downward movement at C
is 9 mm, the maximum load W (in kN) is very near to:
A. 1.25 C. 1.55
B. 1.40 D. 1.70
60. If h = 3m and if the allowable stress in the wire is 160 MPa
and the weight of the bar is 80 N/m, the maximum load W
(in kN) is very near to:
A. 1.25 C. 1.65
B. 1.45 D. 1.75

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