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FINAL PREBOARD FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERS Preboard Examination

Thursday, November 2, 2023 08:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
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Applied Mathematics, Surveying, Principles of Transportation and

SET A
Highway Engineering, Construction Management and Methods

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. Assume a population of fish grows exponentially. A pond is stocked

initially with 500 fish. After 6 months, there are 1000 fish in the pond.
The owner will allow his friends and neighbors to fish on his pond after
the fish population reaches 10,000. When will the owner’s friends be
allowed to fish?
A. 17 months C. 23 months
B. 13 months D. 26 months

2. In a certain barangay, 80% of the population have cellphone. Two people

from the barangay were selected at random. Find the probability that one
has cellphone and the other has none.
A. 0.64 C. 0.08
B. 0.08 D. 0.32

3. 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

4. A vertical curve is 120 m long. At the point of beginning of vertical

curve (BVC), the gradient is +2% and the elevation is 19.89 m. At 60 m,
measured horizontally from BVC, the elevation of the curve is 20.56 m.
What is the location, measured horizontally from BVC, of the summit of
the curve?
A. 92.76m C. 72.69m
B. 67.92m D. 27.96m

5. Poor construction management practices, on the other hand, often result

in one or more of the following:

I. Project delays that increase labor and equipment cost and the
cost of borrowed funds.
II. High material costs caused by poor purchasing procedures,
inefficient handling, and/or loss.
III. Increased subcontractor cost and poor contractor-
subcontractor relations.
IV. High insurance costs resulting from material and equipment
loss or damage or a poor safety record.
V. Low profit margin or a loss on construction volume.

A. I, II, IV and V C. I, IV and V

B. III and IV only D. All of the above

6. What is the equation of the tangent to the curve y = 3x3 – 15 at x = 2?

A. 36x – y + 63 = 0 C. 36x – y – 63 = 0
B. 36x + y + 63 = 0 D. 36x + y – 63 = 0

7. Find the new coordinates of the points (3, -5) if the axes are translated
to the new origin at (-4, 6).
A. (7, -11) C. (5, -10)
B. (6, -12) D. (4, -12)

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8. There were some people on a train. 19 people get off the train at the
first stop and 17 get on the train. Now there are 63 people on the train.
How many people were on the train to begin with?
A. 65 C. 59
B. 61 D. 63

9. The model P = 3.32√t + 68.6 describes the percentage, P, of Filipinos

ages 25 and older who completed at least for years of high school t years
after 1980. To the nearest tenth, determine the percentage of Filipinos
that completed at least four years of high school in 2015?
A. 87.67 C. 88.24
B. 87.96 D. 88.97

10. A surveying instructor sent out six groups of students to measure a

distance between two points on the ground. The students came up with the
following six different values: 360.52, 360.35, 360.89, 361.02, 359.98
and 360.78. Assuming these values are equally reliable and that variations
results from accidental errors, determine the most probable value of the
distance measured.
A. 360.67 C. 360.95
B. 361.59 D. 360.59

11. Coast Guard station A is 200 miles directly east of another station B. A
ship is sailing on a line parallel to and 50 miles north of the line
through A and B. Radio signals are sent out from A and B at the rate of
980 ft/µsec (microsecond). If, at 1:00 pm, the signal from B reaches the
ship 400 microseconds after the signal from A, locate the position of the
ship at that time.
A. (50,42) C. (42,50)
B. (50,30) D. (30,50)

12. Two wheels in the same plane are mounted on shafts 13 inches apart. A
belt goes around both wheels to transmit power from one to the other. The
radii of the two wheels and the length of the belt not in contact with
the wheels at any moment are all integers. How much larger is one wheel
than the other?
A. 3 inches C. 4 inches
B. 5 inches D. 6 inches

13. Indirect Mail Inc. had been mailing out coupons for a clearance sale at
a constant rate for 4 days, when they counted the coupons, they still had
mail out and discovered they had 120,000 left. After 7 total days of work
they had 75,000 left. At what rate are they mailing coupons out?
A. 11,000 coupons per day C. 17,000 coupons per day
B. 13,000 coupons per day D. 15,000 coupons per day

14. Geologist took measurements at
of elevation from B to the top
elevation from C to B is 8040’
32030’. It is known that the
elevation at A?
A. 2821.18 m
B. 2592.87 m
two points B and C, 928 m apart. The angle
of the mountain A is 47010’. The angle of
and the angle of elevation from C to A is
elevation at C is 1537 m. What is the
C. 2621.45 m
D. 2762.91 m

15. Line A has a slope of -4 and passes through (-25,-10). Line B has x-
intercept of 10 and y-intercept of 25. What is the point of intersection
of Line A and B?
A. (-80,240) C. (-80,250)
B. (-90,250) D. (-90,240)

16. The width of expansion joint gap is 24 mm in a cement concrete pavement.

If the laying temperature is 12° C and the maximum slab temperature is 50°
C, calculate the spacing between expansion joints. Assume coefficient of
thermal expansion of concrete to be 9.5 x 10-6 per C°. The expansion joint
gap should be twice the allowable expansion in concrete.
A. 33.24 C. 27.73
B. 66.48 D. 55.46

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17. A metal sphere with specific gravity of 3 originally weighs 34 kg. It

underwent a process of recasting and was formed into a solid cone with a
base having a radius of 6 cm. Assuming 12% of the metal was lost in the
process, what is the perpendicular height of the new cone?
A. 258.12 cm C. 264.55 cm
B. 200.16 cm D. 241.04 cm

18. A circular hole 4 inches in diameter and 1 ft deep in a metal block is

rebored to increase the diameter to 4.12 inches. Estimate the amount of
metal removed.
A. 8.89 in3 C. 9.18 in3
B. 9.98 in3 D. 8.19 in3

19. The deflection angles of two intermediate points A and B along the simple
curve are 3° 30’ and 8° 30’ respectively from PC. If the chord distance
between A and B was 40 m, determine the radius of the curve.
A. 286.48 C. 229.47
B. 190.99 D. 254.32

20. When the angle of elevation of the sun is 640, a telephone pole that is
tilted at an angle of 90 directly away from the sun casts a shadow 21 feet
long on level ground. Approximate the length of the pole.
A. 35.54 m C. 29.67 m
B. 25.43 m D. 32.91 m

21. The action of flattening poured concrete into a smooth, flat layer prior
to finishing the surface.
A. Finishing C. Smoothing
B. Plastering D. Screeding

22. From the measured values of distance AB, the following trials were
recorded.

TRIALS DISTANCE
1 120.76
2 120.68
3 120.84
4 120.64

Find the standard error.

A. ±0.030 C. ±0.044
B. ±0.089 D. ±0.091

23. In the measures of congestion of highway capacity, what will happen as

the density continues to increase?
A. Minimum rate flow is eventually reached
B. Increase speeds and reduced flow rate
C. The point is reached at which speed declines noticeably
D. Running speed and traffic flow is minimum.

24. A manned NASA shuttle going to the moon has reached a position that is 5
mi above its surface. If the radius of the moon is 1080 mi, how far to
the horizon can the crew members see?
A. 104 mi C. 108 mi
B. 106 mi D. 110 mi

25. An earthquake in San Francisco in 1989 was reported to have a Richter

Number of 6.9. How did its intensity compare to the reference intensity?
A. 10 million times C. 8 million times
B. 16 million times D. 12 million times

26. The design element which is the most affected by the volume of traffic.
A. Number of Traffic Lanes C. Type of Pavement
B. Mean Speed D. Time of Travel

27. What is the inverse function of f(x)= x3+1?

A. x3-1 C. (x-1)1/3
B. 1-x3 D. 1/(x3+1)

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28. This view has elevation as its vertical axis and horizontal distance,
measured perpendicular to the centerline, as its horizontal axis.
A. Profile C. Plan View
B. Geometric Cross-Section D. Topographic

29. Jade the greatest economist of all time has predicted that there will be
7% per year inflation prices during the next 10 years. If this proves to
be correct, an item that presently sells for $10 would sell for what price
10 years hence.
A. $16.79 C. $10.69
B. $17.69 D. $19.67

30. It refers to establishment of horizontal and vertical alignments and

cross-section, based on considerations such as operating characteristics
of vehicles, design standards and drainage.
A. Plans C. Topographic
B. Geometric Design D. Contouring

31. Capacity for two-lane highways ranges from:

A. 1000 to 1500 passenger car equivalents per hour
B. 1500 to 2000 passenger car equivalents per hour
C. 2000 to 2800 passenger car equivalents per hour
D. 2800 to 3000 passenger car equivalents per hour

32. An appellate court has 9 justices. The justices voted 6 to 3 in favor of

the defendant on a certain case. In how many ways could this have happened?
A. 84 C. 504
B. 96 D. 142

33. It refers to the physical or environmental conditions of work or

employment, which substantially comply with the provisions of this
Standards.
A. Approved C. Health
B. Safety D. Recognized Hazards

34. A large number of test results produce a standard deviation (s) a 1.5
N/mm2, average strength 10 N/mm2. If 5% of the results are permitted to
fail, what should be the minimum design strength of the mix?
HINT: Minimum crushing strength= average crushing strength-2x standard
deviation
A. 6.07 N/mm^2 C.6.7 N/mm^2
B. 7.06 N/mm^2 D.7.60 N/mm^2

35. A couple sell their home. In addition to cash, they take a mortgage on
the house. The mortgage will be paid off by monthly payments of $450 for
$50 months. The couple decides to sell the mortgage to a local bank. The
bank will buy the mortgage, but it requires a 1 percent per month interest
rate on its investment. How much will the bank pay for the mortgage?
A. $17,368.20 C. $17,638.20
B. $16,738.20 D. $16,378.20

36. CELE Electronics provided the following daily records about the number of
assembly line workers absent and the number of defective parts produced
for 6 days. Determine the correlation coefficient between the number of
workers absent and the number of defective parts produced.

Day 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of workers absent 3 5 0 1 2 6
Number of defective parts 15 22 7 12 20 30

A. 0.299 C. 0.922
B. 0.929 D. 0.992

37. Assume that the length of time for a horseback ride on the trail at Triple
R Ranch is normally distributed with a mean of 3.2 hours and a standard
deviation of 0.4 hour. What percent of horseback rides last between 2.8
hours and 4.0 hours?
A. 15.87% C. 51.78%
B. 81.85% D. 97.72%

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38. Anne Mae is a recent civil engineering graduate. One of her first job is
to calculate a bridge cost using the following data. The first cost will
be $54,000, the annual operating costs for energy and maintenance will be
$18,000, the expected life in 10 years, the expected salvage value is 0
and the firm’s interest rate is 9%. What is EAC?
A. 14.62K C.24.61 K
B. 16.42K D. 26.41 K

39. Estimate the actual bucket load in bank cubic meters for loader bucket
whose heaped capacity is 3.82 m3. The soil’s bucket fill factor is 0.9
and its load factor is 0.8.
A. 2.57 BCM C. 2.75 BCM
B. 3.75 BCM D. 3.57 BCM

40. Find the expected production in loose cubic meters per hour of a 2.3 m3
hydraulic shovel equipped with a front -dump bucket. The material is
common earth with a bucket fill factor of 1.0. The average angle of swing
is 75 degrees and job efficiency is 0.8

CYCLES OUTPUT=150 cycles/h

Swing=1.05
HINT: PRODUCTION (LCM/h)=CxSxVxBxE

A. 200 LCM/h C. 299 LCM/h

B. 290 LCM/h D. 209 LCM/h

41. The primary consideration in the design of geometric cross sections for
highways, runways and taxiways is _______.
A. Elevation C. Slope
B. Drainage D. Carriageway

42. Suppose that a certain savings is expected to be $10 M at the end of year
3 and to increase $1M each year until the end of year 7. If the minimum
attractive rate of return (MARR) is 20%, what is present equivalent worth?
A. 24.17 M C. 21.74 M
B. 27.14 M D. 21.47 M

43. The maintenance of Yamaha diesel engine is expected to be $160 at the end
of first year and it is expected to increase $40 each year the following
years. What is the sum of money should be set aside now to pay the
maintenance for the eight year period?

Assume MARR=6%
Present worth factor(P/A, 6%, 8)=6.2098
Sinking fund factor(A/F, 6%,8)=0.1010
Compound Amount factor(F/A, 6%,8)=9.897
Uniform gradient factor(P/G, 6%,8)=19.845

A. 1657 C. 2124
B. 1787 D. 2421

44. A boy is 25 years younger than his father. In 10 years, his father will
be twice his age. Find the age of the boy.
A. 15 C. 10
B. 13 D. 8

45. _________ requires installing aluminum hydraulic or other types of

supports to prevent soil movement and cave-ins.
A. Shoring C. Trenching
B. Benching D. Sloping

46. A crash cushion is to be placed along the elevated SCTEX to safely

decelerate a 2000 kg car traveling at 90 kph. Laboratory studies have
indicated that a dynamic force of 50 kN is required to crush one barrel
from its original diameter of 0.6 m. to approximately 0.20 m. Determine
the number of barrels used as crush cushion that will stop the car.
A. 30 C. 32
B. 36 D. 34

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47. If the equal sides of an isosceles triangle are given, what length of the
third side will provide maximum area?
A. equal to the given sides C. 𝟐√𝟐 times the length
B. 2 times the length D. √𝟐 times the length

48. The following are the prices of nine stocks on the New York Stock Exchange.
Determine the standard deviation of the prices.

$17, $28, $32, $36, $50, $52, $66, $74, $104

A. $26.01 C. $27.01
B. $36.01 D. $37.01

49. The probability that a tree planted by Dakay landscaping company will
survive is 0.8. Determine the probability that none of four trees will
survive.
A. 0.0016 C. 0.0023
B. 0.0032 D. 0.0061

50. It takes 2 hours to row 9 miles with the current and 6 hours to return
against the current. Determine the rate of the current.
A. 1.5 mi/hr C. 2.5 mi/hr
B. 3 mi/hr D. 2 mi/hr

51. Monique plans to remove a tree from her backyard. She needs to know the
height of the tree. Monique is 6 ft tall and determines that when her
shadow is 9 ft long, the shadow of the tree is 45 ft long. How tall is
the tree?
A. 30 ft C. 40 ft
B. 20 ft D. 45 ft

52. At a game of chance, the expected value is found to be - $1.50, and the
cost to play the game is $4.00. Determine the fair price to play the game.
A. $2.50 C. $4.00
B. $6.50 D. $13.75

53. Stations A and B are 120 miles apart on a single-track railroad' At the
same time that a train leaves A for B at 25 mph, a train leaves B for A
at l5 mph. Just as the first train leaves A, a South American botfly flies
from the front of the engine straight toward the other train at 1OO mph.
On meeting the second train it immediately turns back and flies straight
for the first train. It continues to fly back and forth with undiminished
speed until it is crushed in the eventual collision. How far had the fly
flown ?
A. 300 miles C. 400 miles
B. 200 miles D. 100 miles

54. The maximum volume that can be placed in the bucket without spillage based
on a specified angle of repose for the material.
A. Heaped Volume C. Waterline Capacity
B. Bank Volume D. Struck Capacity

55. A geologist uses a simple pendulum that has a length of 37.10 cm and a
frequency of 0.8190 Hz at a particular location on the Earth. What is the
acceleration of gravity at this location? Hint: g = [(2πf)^2 l]
A. 9.824 m/s2 C. 9.779 m/s2
B. 9.810 m/s2 D. 9.799 m/s2

56. Represents the travel time required for a unit to haul material to the
unloading site and return.
A. Fixed Time C. Variable time
B. Cycle time D. Loading Time

57. A job can be done in 14 days by a crew of 10 men working 10 hours a day.
How long will it take a crew of 7 men working 8 hours a day to complete
the job?
A. 20 days C. 25 days
B. 30 days D. 32 days

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58. Some ways in which productivity can be increased and costs minimized
during construction include the following:

I. Good work planning

II. Carefully selecting and training workers and managers.
III. Efficiently scheduling labor, materials, and equipment
IV. Properly organizing work.
V. Using laborsaving techniques, such as prefabrication and
preassembly.
VI. Minimizing rework through timely quality control
VII. Preventing accidents through good safety procedures.

A. I,II, III, VI and VII C. I, IV, VI, VII

B. I ,II , IV, VII D. All of the above

59. Involves dropping a heavy weight from a crane onto the ground surface to
achieve soil densification.
A. Dynamic Compaction C. Soil stabilization
B. Vibratory Compaction D. Dropping Compaction

60. Find the 10th term of a geometric progression in which the first term is
12 and the common ratio is 1/2.
A. 3/256 C. 3/128
B. 3/64 D. 3/2048

61. _________ means a method of protecting workers from cave-ins by excavating

the sides of an excavation to form one or a series of horizontal levels
or steps, usually with vertical or near-vertical surfaces between levels.
A. Shielding C. Shoring
B. Benching D. Sloping

62. Machine X has an initial cost of $10,000, an annual maintenance cost of

$500 per year and no salvage value at the end of its 4 year useful life.
Machine Y cost $20,000 and first year, there is no maintenance cost.
Maintenance is $100 the second year, and its increases $100 per year
thereafter. The machine has an anticipated $5000 salvage value at the end
of its 12 year useful life. If the minimum attractive rate of return
(MARR) is 8 percent, which machine should be selected.
A. Machine X C. Both X and Y
B. Machine Y D. Neither of them.

63. What is the exponential form of the complex number 5 + 12i?

A. 17 e^0.587i C. 13 e^1.176i
B. 17 e^1.176i D. 13 e^0.587i

64. If one third of the air in the tank is removed by each stroke of an air
pump, what part of the total air will be removed in 6 strokes?
A. 91.22% C. 62.38%
B. 84.72% D. 73.54%

65. Water flows at a constant rate of 5 Liters/sec into a conical tank 2 m

across the top and 3 m deep. How fast is the water surface rising when
there is 1 m deep of water in the tank?
A. 1.55 cm/s C. 1.89 cm/s
B. 1.43 cm/s D. 1.12 cm/s

66. An engineer selects a sample of 5 iPods from a shipment of 100 that

contains 5 defectives. Find the probability that the sample contains at
least one defective.
A. 0.23 C. 0.83
B. 0.43 D. 0.63

67. From a point A on a level ground, a toy balloon was released and rises
vertically at a uniform rate of 1.2 m/s. How fast is its distance from
point B (on the ground) changing when the balloon is 24 meters high? Point
B is 18 meters from A.
A. 0.54 m/s C. 0.96 m/s
B. 1.42 m/s D. 1.16 m/s

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68. The population of the Philippines at a time t is given by the equation

P = 200,000e0.1t

where t is time in years after 1950. How fast was the population increase
in 2009 in persons/year?
A. 8,125,320 C. 7,560,250
B. 6,875 420 D. 7,300,750

𝟓𝒙𝟐 %𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙*𝟑

69. Evaluate the 𝐥𝐢𝐦 ' (.
𝒙→𝟎 𝟐𝒙
A. 1 C. 0
B. ¥ D. 2

70. What is the radius of curvature of the curve y = x3/2 + 2x – 6 at x = 9?

A. 965.7 C. 1256.8
B. 1014.5 D. 1137.7

71. Given the vector A = 3i - 6j + 2k. Compute the angle which the vector
makes with the x-axis
A. 48.5° C. 53.4°
B. 64.6° D. 57.8°

72. Find the angle between the planes 4x + y + 8z + 33 = 0 and 2x – 3y + z +

2 = 0.
A. 67° 25’ C. 67° 01’
B. 67° 30’ D. 67° 17’

73. An engineering company prepares an estimate for a job. The cost of

preparing the estimate is P10,000. The amount of profit over the above
the P10,000 is 25,000 if their estimate is accepted. The probability that
their estimate will not be accepted is 0.3. What is the expected profit?
A.13,250 C. 14,250
B.14,500 D. 15,000

74. What is the probability of getting at least 1 one in 2 throws of a die?

A. 5/6 C. 11/36
B. 5/18 D. 25/36

75. Conner’s rare coin collection is made up of 8 silver dollars, 7 quarters,

and 5 dimes. Conner plans to sell 8 of his 20 coins to finance part of
his college education. If he selects the coins at random, what is the
probability that 3 silver dollars, 2 quarters, and 3 dimes are selected?
A. 239/4199 C. 392/4199
B. 293/4199 D. 329/4199

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