CEBEP Legendary Quiz v1.

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Round 1
General directions. Solve each item carefully, then choose the letter of the correct answer. If
the correct answer is not within the given choices, write E. Only the use of non-programmable
calculators are permitted, and nothing else. You may research or study the topics related to
the questions. Submit your answers (no solutions needed) in any readable form within 2 days
from the release of the questionnaire. Good luck and enjoy solving! ☺

Normal
Each question is worth 2 points.

1. A 50-g soil sample with shrinkage limit of 22 changes volume from 24 cm3 to 18 cm3
after oven-drying. What is the oven-dry mass of the sample?
a. 33.00 g c. 35.89 g
b. 33.50 g d. 36.07 g
2. A line perpendicular to the line 3x + 2y = 6 passes through the point (9, 9). At what point
do these two lines intersect?
a. (1, 3/2) c. (2, 0)
b. (0, 3) d. (2/3, 2)
3. Calculate the initial distance of the metacentre to the center of buoyancy of a cylindrical
ice (SG = 0.93) submerged in seawater (SG = 1.03). The ice is 1 m in diameter and 1 m
high, and its circular base is parallel to the water surface.
a. 56 mm c. 113 mm
b. 69 mm d. 138 mm
4. A thin elliptical pipe with (average) major and minor lengths of 400 mm and 200 mm,
respectively, is to carry an 80 kN-m torque safely such that the allowable shear stress of
108 MPa is not exceeded. What must be the thickness of the pipe?
a. 1.47 mm c. 5.89 mm
b. 5.65 mm d. 6.18 mm
5. ∠ ∠
In ∆ABC, B = 90° and AC = 20 cm. The altitude from B to side AC divides B in the
ratio 5:13. How long is that altitude?
a. 3.57 cm c. 7.66 cm
b. 6.58 cm d. 16.43 cm
Rare
Each question is worth 3 points.

6. For the schedule of activities shown below, which of the following activities can be
delayed, and for how long?
ACTIVITY DURATION PRECEDENCE
1 10 days none
2 9 days none
3 3 days activity 1
4 2 days activity 2
5 5 days activity 3, 4
6 7 days activity 3, 5
7 2 days activity 6
a. Activity 3 for 1 day c. Activity 4 for 2 days
b. Activity 2 for 4 days d. Activity 5 for 3 days
 7. A beam 5 m long is fixed at left end and simply-supported at right end. It has cross-
section of 50 mm x 50 mm and is made of steel with Fy = 415 MPa. How far from the
fixed end should a 20-kN downward point load be applied so that the plastic moment
capacity of the beam is not exceeded?
a. 0.57 m c. 1.11 m
b. 0.77 m d. 1.60 m
8. In a compound curve, the first curve has radius 300 m, while the second curve has radius
250 m. Tangents at the PC, the point of common tangent (PCC) and the PT have
bearings N 60° E, S 75° E and N 30° W, respectively. Tangents at the PC and the PT
intersect at PI with location Sta. 7 + 893.62. Find the location of the PT.
a. Sta. 8 + 40.23 c. Sta. 8 + 158.26
b. Sta. 8 + 63.90 d. Sta. 8 + 178.98
9. The unstretched length of each spring is 600 mm. For the initial setup shown, at what
point from A will the block eventually come to a stop? Note that the block is not
attached to either spring.

a. 720 mm c. 895 mm
b. 756 mm d. 1068 mm
10. A 4-m undisturbed normally consolidated clay layer has a liquid limit of 46, an initial void
ratio of 0.53, a dry unit weight of 17 kN/m3, and a moisture content of 28%. It is given a
60-kPa load at the soil surface. Determine the clay settlement due to secondary
consolidation. For calculating Cs and Cc, use Skempton formulas.
a. 163 mm c. 196 mm
b. 193 mm d. 233 mm
Legendary
Each question is worth 5 points.

11. A simple pipe network consists of pipes AB, BC and AC connected to form a triangular
configuration. Water enters node A at 1 m3/s, and leaves nodes B and C at 0.5 m3/s each.
Pipe AB has diameter ϕ = 100 mm, length L = 300 m and friction factor f = 0.02. Pipe AC
has ϕ = 80 mm, L = 400 m and f = 0.015. Finally, pipe BC has ϕ = 120 mm, L = 500 m and
f = 0.025. Determine the discharge at pipe BC, if nodes A, B and C are of the same
elevations.
a. 132 L/s c. 360 L/s
b. 140 L/s d. 368 L/s
12. Use NSCP 2001. A simple RC beam 7.5 m long has uniform service loads of 20 kN/m
(superimposed dead load) and 25 kN/m (live load). Beam width and thickness are 300
mm and 600 mm, respectively. Concrete cover is 60 mm for tension bars and (if
needed) compression bars. Material properties are ρconcrete = 2400 kg/m3, fc’ = 25 MPa
and fy = 415 MPa. What is the required tension steel area at the point of maximum
moment of the beam?
a. 3090 mm2 c. 3270 mm2
b. 3130 mm2 d. 3430 mm2
13. Touma is thrice as old as Yoshino was when Uchida was twice as old as Touma was
when Yoshino was as old as Uchida is now. If Yoshino is twice as old as Uchida is now,
how old is Touma as compared to Uchida?
 a. same age c. thrice
b. twice d. four times
14. For the built-up section shown below, find the area moment of inertia about the
centroidal x-axis. Neglect the effect of welds.

a. 5.57 x 108 mm4 c. 8.53 x 108 mm4

b. 7.13 x 108 mm4 d. 9.19 x 108 mm4
15. A standard steel tape (A = 5 x 106 mm2, E = 205 GPa, ρ = 7860 kg/m3, α = 11.7 x 10-6/C°)
is exactly 50 m long under the following conditions: supported throughout the length,
tension force of 50 N, temperature of 23°C, and tape in top condition. During a field
survey, the following conditions exist: tape second-hand (such that it is 5 cm too short of
the tape in top condition), tape supported only at ends, tension force of 120 N, and
temperature of 35°C. Results show that the measured length of each side of a square lot
is 100 m. What is the true area of the lot?
a. 10037 m2 c. 10003 m2
b. 10006 m2 d. 9963 m2

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