REVIEW INNOVATIONS

BAGUIO - CEBU – DAVAO - MANILA

PHILIPPINES

SECOND PREBOARD FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERS Preboard Examination

Saturday, March 9, 2024 8:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
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Applied Mathematics, Surveying, Principles of Transportation
SET A
and 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. A weightless bar that is 5 m long rests against a slope as shown in the

figure. If point A is moved 10 mm to the right as indicated, how far will
point B move up the slope?

A. 10.00 mm C. 7.12 mm
B. 9.24 mm D. 8.96 mm

2. Using the given data in the traverse shown:

POINTS NORTHINGS EASTINGS

A 75 m 250 m
B 425 m 150 m
C 675 m 450 m
D 675 m 675 m
E 425 m 700 m
F 175 m 550 m

Determine the area enclosed by the straight lines bounded by the points
ABCDEFA in acres. (Note: 1 acre = 4047 m2)
A. 53.55 acres C. 107.10 acres
B. 55.13 acres D. 110.27 acres

3. Drei’s girlfriend is jealous of his last ex-girlfriend, Dicky. In one of

their dates, he confessed to her girlfriend that he had nine ex-
girlfriends, but he truly loved only five of them. He then accidentally
revealed that before her, his chance of truly loving a girlfriend was
40%. To assure his current girlfriend and to save their relationship,
what is the probability that Drei did not truly love Dicky?
A. 44.4% C. 83.3%
B. 60.0% D. 90.7%

4. Points A, B, and C are on a circular track with AB as a diameter of the

track. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical pole standing at
A as observed from B is 25°. If the horizontal angle subtended by BC at
A is 30°, what is the angle of elevation of the top of the pole as observed
from C?
A. 21.5° C. 22.7°
B. 28.3° D. 26.6°

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5. The locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances from
two fixed points (3,0) and (-3,0) is always equal to 10. Determine the
length of the latus rectum.
A. 5.00 C. 12.80
B. 6.40 D. 20.00

6. Two projectiles A and B are launched simultaneously in the same vertical

plane with the initial positions and velocities shown in the figure. If
the projectiles collide 8 seconds after launch, determine the initial
velocity of A.

A. 189.0 C. 180.9
B. 198.0 D. 190.8

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

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

8. In a railroad layout, the centerlines of two parallel tracks are connected

with a reverse curve of unequal radii. The central angle of the first
curve is 160 and the distance between parallel tracks is 27.60m. Stationing
of PC is 15+420 and the radius of the second curve is 290m. Compute the
stationing of PT.
A. 15+500.98 C. 15+618.96
B. 15+537.98 D. 15+625.96

9. The time for mixing of ingredients for a concrete cement road should be
done for at least:
A. 2.5 min. C. 1.5 min.
B. 3 min. D. 2 min.

10. Find the equation of the line passing through the points of intersection
of the circles:

x2 + y2 – 4x – 6y + 4 = 0
x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y + 1 = 0

A. 6x + 10y – 3 = 0 C. 6x + 10y + 3 = 0
B. 6x - 10y - 3 = 0 D. none of these

11. A hyperbola with center at origin and vertices on the x-axis passes
through the point (2, 3). If one of its asymptotes has the equation y =
3x, find the distance between its foci.
A. 5.48 C. 10.95
B. 6.12 D. 12.24

12. On the first six tests in her Mathematics subject, her scores were 92,
78, 86, 92, 95, and 91. If she took a seventh test and raised the mean of
her scores exactly one point, what was her score on the 7th test?
A. 94 C. 96
B. 97 D. 98

13. A 100m tape weighing 6.12kg was used to measure a line. It was supported
at the endpoints, midpoint, and quarter point and the tension applied is
80 Newtons. If the total measured distance is 2345.76m, what is the
correct distance of the line?
A. 2341.56 m C. 2342.33 m
B. 2340.66 m D. 2343.41 m

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14. The polar equation of the curve is expressed as:

r = 2(sin θ + cos θ)

Compute the total length of the curve.

A. 12.57 C. 8.89
B. 4.44 D. 6.29

15. If the ratio of the altitude of a right circular cone to its base radius
is 1.732, what is the ratio of its lateral area to its base area?
A. 2 C. 3
B. 1.5 D. 4

16. A parabolic concrete arch spans a width of 40ft with a 20ft wide road
passing under the bridge. The minimum vertical clearance over the roadway
must be 10ft. What is the height of the smallest such arch that can be
used?
A. 12.22 ft C. 14.50 ft
B. 13.33 ft D. 15.00 ft

17. An instance of something happening, an unexpected event or occurrence

that doesn’t result in serious injury or illness but may result in
property damage.
A. Accident C. Injury
B. Incident D. Risk

18. The measure of the electrical resistance of a wire is proportional to the

measure of its length and inversely proportional to the square of the
measure of its diameter. Suppose that the resistance of a wire of given
length is computed from a measurement of the diameter with a possible 2
percent error. Find the possible percent error in the computed value of
the resistance.
A. ±4% C. ±2%
B. ±3% D. ±1%

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

20. If the areas of a regular pentagon and regular decagon are equal, what is
the ratio of their perimeters?
A. 0.94 C. 1.06
B. 0.67 D. 1.25

21. A student finds the average of 10 positive integers. Each integer contains
two digits. By mistake, the boy interchanges the digits of one number,
say ba for ab. As a consequence, the average becomes 1.8 less than what
it should have been. What was the difference of the two digits a and b?
A. 8 C. 6
B. 2 D. 4

22. One side of an equilateral triangle lies on the line 3x + 4y – 12 = 0

while the opposite vertex is on the line 3x + 4y + 20 = 0. What is the
area of this triangle?
A. 23.65 C. 25.68
B. 25.20 D. 24.92

23. A contractor has 50 men of the same capacity at work on a job. They can
complete the job in 30 days, the working day being. 8 hours, but the
contract expire in 20 days. He decides to put 20 additional men. If all
the men get P3.00 per day for a full or part day and if the liquidated
damages are P100 for every full or part day he requires over his contract.
How many days could he finish the job.
A. 22 C. 20
B. 15 D. 18

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

25. 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

26. Each plane can carry no more than 80,000 pounds. The bottled water weighs
20 pounds per container and each medical kit weighs 10 pounds. If x
represents the number of bottles of water to be shipped and y represents
the number of medical kits, write an inequality that models this
constraint.
A. 10x – 20y £ 80,000 C. 20x – 10y £ 80,000
B. 10x + 20y £ 80,000 D. 20x + 10y £ 80,000

27. The radius of a sphere is increasing at the rate proportional to its

radius. If the radius is 4 initially, and the radius is 10 after two
seconds, what will be the radius after three seconds?
A. 16.00 C. 18.6
B. 13.2 D. 15.8

28. Side AB and AD of a corner lot ABCD are on two streets intersecting at an
angle of 750. AB = 12m while AD = 16m. Side BC is perpendicular to AB and
CD is perpendicular to AD. Find the area of the lot.
A. 123.15 m2 C. 141.14 m2
B. 132.12 m2 D. 145.27 m2

29. The population of mosquito in a certain area increases at a rate

proportional to the current population, and in the absence of other
factors, the population doubles every two days. If there are 20,000
mosquitoes in the area initially, how many mosquitoes are there after 8
days?
A. 240,000 C. 160,000
B. 320,000 D. 480,000

30. A bridge across a river is in the form of an arc of a circle. A boy

walking across the bridge finds that 27 feet from the shore, the bridge
is 9 feet above the water. He continues on to the center of the span and
finds that the bridge is now 10 feet above the water. How long is the
river?
A. 60 ft C. 40 ft
B. 100 ft D. 80 ft

31. A freely falling body, starting from rest, falls 16 ft during the 1st
second, 48 ft during the 2nd second, 80 ft during the 3rd second, etc.
Calculate the distance if falls during the 15th second.
A. 644 ft C. 564 ft
B. 446 ft D. 464 ft

32. Find the area inside the cardiod r = 1 + cos θ.

A. 1.5π sq. units C. π sq. units
B. 2π sq. units D. 2.5 π sq. units

33. In the expansion of (2x – 1/x)10, find the coefficient of the 8th term.
A. 980 C. 960
B. -960 D. -980

34. Water is pouring into a conical tank at the rate of 3.14 cubic meters per
minute. The base radius of the tank is 5 meters and its vertex is 10
meters above the center of its base. How fast is the water level rising
when the water stands 7.5 meters above the base?
A. 0.98 m/min C. 0.64 m/min
B. 0.52 m/min D. 0.73 m/min

35. A prism has a cross-section consisting of a square section ABCD and a

circular arc APB. APB is a circular arc with center at M, the midpoint of

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side CD, having a radius equal to AM. If one of the sides AB = 15 cm long,
determine the length of arc APB.
A. 16.66 cm C. 16.96 cm
B. 15.55 cm D. 15.90 cm

36. In still water, your small boat average 8 miles per hour. It takes you
the same amount of time to travel 15 miles downstream, with the current,
as 9 miles upstream, against the current. What is the rate of water's
current?
A. 4 miles/hr C. 2 miles/hr
B. 3 miles/hr D. 5 miles/hr

37. An Aspin takes 4 leaps to a Labrador's 3; but 2 of the Labrador 's leaps
are equivalent to 3 of the Aspin's. The Aspin has a start of 50 leaps.
How many leaps must the Labrador take to catch the Aspin?
A. 300 C. 400
B. 350 D. 450

38. Assume that trains from New York and Washington leave each city every
hour on the hour. On its run from Washington to New York, a train will
meet n trains going in opposite direction. If the one-way trip in either
direction requires four hours exactly, what is the value of n?
A. 8 C. 9
B. 7 D. 10

39. A small cone is cut “y” meters from the vertex of a big cone that is 9 m
tall. The volume of the small cone is one-third the volume of the big
cone. What is the value of “y”?
A. 7.86 m C. 6.24 m
B. 1.14 m D. 2.76 m

40. A machine is to be purchased for 155,000, it has an estimated life for 8

years and a salvage value of P6000. A sinking fund is to be established
so money will be available to purchased a replacement when the first
machine wears out at the end of 8 years. An amount of P13,030 is to be
deposited at the end of each year during the lifetime of the first machine
into this sinking fund. What interest rate(%) that this fund must earn to
produce sufficient fund to purchase the replacement machine at the end of
8 years?
A. 10% C. 30%
B. 20% D. 40%

41. Make the curve y = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d pass through (-1, -1) and have at
(1, 3) an inflection point with inflectional tangent 4x – y = 1. What is
the value of a?
A. 1/2 C. -1/2
B. 5/2 D. 3/2

42. A wheel tractor-scraper weighing 91 t is being operated on a haul road

with tire penetration of 5 cm. What is the total resistance and effective
grade when the scraper is ascending a slope of 5%? Hint: RRF = 20 + (6 ×
cm penetration) GRF = 10 × grade (%)
A. 9100 kg and 0% C. 10 kg and 10%
B. 0 kg and 0% D. 9100 kg and 10%

43. Of the total customers who shop at Wilcon Builders Supply along Quezon
Avenue, Quezon City, 30% are business owners while 70% shop for personal
use. Of the business owners, 80% spend more than P1500 per visit and 20%
spend P1500 or less. Of the customers who shop for personal use, 15% spend
more than P1500 per visit and 85% spend P1500 or less. A purchase is
chosen at random and it showed a total sale of more than P1500. What is
the probability that this purchase was made by a business owner?
A. 0.2400 C. 0.6957
B. 0.3612 D. 0.5318

44. The altitude of a certain right circular cone is the same as the radius
of the base, and is measured as 20 cm with a possible error of 0.08 cm.
Find approximately the percentage error in the calculated value of the
volume.
A. 1.3% C. 2.1%
B. 1.2% D. 3.1%

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45. A tank initially contains 400 gallons of brine in which 100 pounds of
salt are dissolved. Pure water is running into the tank at the rate of
20 gallons per minute, and the mixture (which is kept uniform by stirring)
is drained off at the same rate. How many pounds of salt remain in the
tank after 30 minutes?
A. 25.47 pounds C. 28.42 pounds
B. 36.14 pounds D. 22.31 pounds

46. The 25-kg box is launched from the position shown along the rough
horizontal plane with the velocity of 8 m/s. Determine the distance x
that the box will travel before the spring stops the forward motion. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the plane is µk = 0.2,
and the spring constant is k = 150 N/m.

A. 10.03 m C. 2.03 m
B. 10.68 m D. 2.68 m

47. Suppose the preboard exam scores of 2000 RI reviewees have a mean of
69.3%. with a standard deviation of 3.2%. Assuming the scores to have a
normal distribution, predict the number of reviewees with scores between
65% and 70%.
A. 200 C. 965
B. 841 D. 999

48. Differentiate y = x, with respect to x2.

A. 1 C. x
B. 1/x D. 1/2x

49. Find the value of 102x + 1 if 10x = 4.

A. 180 C. 160
B. 175 D. 170

50. What is the ideal capacity of a road in veh/hr?

A. 1500 C. 2200
B. 2000 D. 2500

51. The circle with the center at (3, 3) and radius of 4 units is revolved
about the line x + 2 = 0. Find the volume generated.
A. 1259.34 cu. units C. 1369.54 cu. units
B. 1579.14 cu. units D. 1439.14 cu. units

52. A man will be x yrs old in the year x2 of the 21st century. How old was
he in 2000? Note: The 21st century began on January 1, 2001 and will end
on December 31, 2100.
A. 25 yrs old C. 35 yrs old
B. 20 yrs old D. 30 yrs old

53. The length of rod is 4 m, and the linear density of the rod at a point x
meters from one end is (5 + 2x) kg/m. Find the center of mass of the rod.
A. 2.30 m C. 2.40 m
B. 2.20 m D. 2.60 m

54. Find the volume by integration of the pyramid formed by x + y + z = 1 and

the three coordinate planes.
A. 0.23 cu. units C. 0.13 cu. units
B. 0.17 cu. units D. 0.27 cu. units

55. Many credit cards charge interest at 1 1/2% per month. What are the
nominal and effective interest rates?
A. 18% C. 22%
B. 20% D. 16%

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56. Two cars A and B are traveling in the same direction along a straight
highway. At a certain instant, car A is 400 ft behind car B, where the
speeds of the cars are 30 ft/s for A and 60 ft/s for B. At the same
instant, car A accelerates at the constant rate of 4 ft/s2, while car B
decelerates at the constant rate of 2 ft/s2. How long will it take for
car A to overtake car B, in seconds? Neglect the length of the cars.
A. 7.6 C. 17.6
B. 8.5 D. 23.5

57. A motorist entering the exit ramp of a highway at 40 km/h immediately

applies the brake so that the magnitude of the acceleration of the car at
A is 1.5 m/s2. If the tangential acceleration is maintained, how far will
the car travel before coming to a stop?

A. 41.1 m C. 72.4 m
B. 31.8 m D. 50.0 m

58. The next generation of miniaturized wireless capsules with active

locomotion will require two miniature electrica1 motors to maneuver each
capsule. Suppose 10 motors have been fabricated but that, despite tests
performed on the individual motors, 2 will not operate satisfactorily
when placed into a capsule. To fabricate a new capsule, 2 motors will be
randomly selected (that is, each pair of motors has the same chance of
being selected). Find the probability that both motors will operate
successfully in the capsule.
A. 0.266 C. 0.726
B. 0.622 D. 0.762

59. The 6-kg spiked pendulum is released in position 1. When the pendulum
reaches position 2, the spike “spears” the 2-kg parcel and carries it to
position 3 before stopping momentarily. Determine the angle θ in position
3.

A. 23.79º C. 27.23º
B. 29.73º D. 22.73º

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60. A power-shift crawler tractor has a rated blade capacity of 7.65 LCM. The
dozer is excavating loose common earth and pushing it a distance of 61 m.
Maximum reverse speed in third range is 8 km/h. Estimate the production
of the dozer is job efficiency is 50 min/h.

Hint: Production = Volume per cycle x Cycle per hour x Efficiency

Fixed time = 0.05 min and Dozing speed = 4 km/h

A. 271 LCM/h C. 277 LCM/h

B. 217 LCM/h D. 211 LCM/h

61. A car travels from P to Q at 36 kph and returns from Q to P at 24 kph.

Find the average speed.
A. 30.2 kph C. 28.8 kph
B. 30.0 kph D. 0

62. A large construction job will take 4 years to complete. The costs of the
many required inspections can be reduced by purchasing a voice recognition
system to act as the “front end” for a word processor. Then, inspectors
can be trained to record their comments and revise the written output of
an automated form.

The firm’s interest rate is 12%. What is the PW of the cash flows for the
voice recognition system? The first cost for purchase and training is
$100K. Savings are estimated at $30K, $40K, $65K, and $35K for the 4 years
of construction.
A. $27.2 K C. $77.2 K
B. $22.2 K D. $72.2 K

63. Review Innovations University must choose from three plans for a new
classroom.

MSTE PLAN:
Spending Php 21 M now will meet the needs of the next 10 years.

HGE PLAN:
Spending 13 M now will meet the needs of the next 6 years. After 6
years, $12M would be spent on another building to meet the needs of the
last 4 years.

PSAD PLAN:
For 15 M now, the new building can be designed for expansion later at a
cost of 7M.

If Review Innovations U uses an interest rate of 5%, Which of the

following is the most economical using Present Worth?
A. MSTE PLAN at 21 M C. PSAD PLAN at 20 M
B. HGE PLAN at 19 M D. Tinitigan ko

64. It is the measure of how busy the system is and how close a system is to
capacity.
A. Peak Hour Capacity C. Traffic Intensity
B. Traffic Flow D. Traffic Volume

65. Naloaem is a recent civil engineering graduate. One of her first jobs is
to calculate a large pump’s cost using the following data. The first cost
will be Php 54,000, the annual operating costs for energy and maintenance
cost will be Php 18,000, the expected life is 10 years, the expected
salvage value is 0, and the firm’s interest rate is 9%. What is EAC?
A. Php 24.61 K C. Php 22.51 K
B. Php 26.41 K D. Php 28.31 K

66. The 20-g bullet B hits the 10-kg stationary block A with a horizontal
velocity of 600 m/s. The kinetic coefficient of friction between the block
and the horizontal surface is 0.25. Determine the total distance moved by
the block after the impact.
A. 0.229 m C. 0.992 m
B. 0.922 m D. 0.292 m

67. A Toyota Land Cruiser drives east from point A at 30 kph. Another car,
Ford Expedition, starting from B at the same time, drives S30°W toward A

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at 60 kph. B is 30 km from A. How fast in kph is the distance between two

cars changing after 30 minutes? Hint: Use the Cosine Law.
A. 70 kph C. 55 kph
B. 80 kph D. 60 kph

68. A loan Php8000 is borrowed to be repaid with uniform periodic payments at

a nominal rate of 12% over the 5 years. What is the payment if made
annually?
A. Php 1245 C. 2219
B. Php 1129 D. 1425

69. Given is the initial value of money to be invested compounded continuously

at a certain interest. P=3000, How long will it take to double for an
interest of 3%?
A. 23.1 years C. 25.1 years
B. 24.1 years D. 26.1 years
Situation 1. A -2.0% grade meets an 8.0% grade near an underpass. To maintain
minimum clearance allowed under the bridge, and at the same time introduce
vertical transition curve in the grade line, it is necessary to use a
curve that lies 400 m on one side and 240 on the other. The station at
beginning of curve (400 m side) is 10 + 000 and its elevation 200 m.
70. Determine the stationing of the lowest point on the curve.
A. 10 + 200 C. 10 + 231
B. 10 + 213 D. 10 + 233
71. Determine the elevation at station 10 + 080.
A. 198.56 m C. 198.75 m
B. 198.70 m D. 198.80 m
72. Determine the elevation of PVT.
A. 192 m C. 211 m
B. 200 m D. 240 m

Situation 2. The table below shows the list of activities in undertaking a

small engineering project:

Predecessor Duration Normal Cost

Activity
Activity (Days) (PHP)
A - 4 12,500
B A 4 10,600
C A 4 8,300
D A 5 14,200
E C 5 16,200
F B 3 7,400
G CD 9 18,400
H E 3 8,200
I F 5 13,200
J GHI 3 11,100

73. Determine the early start date for activity F.

A. 10 days C. 11 days
B. 8 days D. 13 days
74. Determine the late finish date for activity F.
A. 13 days C. 8 days
B. 10 days D. 11 days
75. Determine the total float for activity F.
A. 3 days C. 2 days
B. 4 days D. 5 days

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