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1. A deposit of P110, 000 was made for 31 days. The net interest after deducting 20% withholding tax is P890.36.
Find the rate of return annually.
2. P5, 000 is borrowed for 75 days at 16% per annum simple interest. How much will be due at the end of 75 days?
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Mr. J de la Cruz borrowed money from a bank. He received from the bank P1, 340.00 and promised to pay
P1, 500.00 at the end of 9 months. Determine the following
3. Simple interest rate.
4. The corresponding discount rate or often referred to as the “Bankers Discount”.
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John borrowed P50, 000.00 from the bank at 25% compounded semi-annually.
5. What is the equivalent effective rate of interest?
6. How much must he pay if he pay after 5 years?
7. When will the money double ?
8. If he pay 10,000 after 1 year and 10,000 on the next year , how much must he pay on the 3rd year to wipe out
his loan?
9. Convert the interest rate to compounded quarterly
10. Convert the interest rate to compounded monthly.
11. Convert the interest rate to compounded continuously .
12. Find the present worth of a future payment of P100, 000 to be made in 10 years with an interest of 12%
compounded quarterly.
13. If P5, 000.00 shall accumulate for 10 years at 8% compounded quarterly. Find the compounded interest at the
end of 10 years.
14. By the condition of a will, the sum of P2, 000 is left to a girl to be held in trust fund by her guardian until it
amounts to P50, 000, when will the girl received the money if the fund is invested at 8% compounded quarterly?
15. A Mechanical Engineer wishes to accumulate a total of P10, 000 in a savings account at the end of 10 years. If
the bank pays only 4% compounded quarterly, what should be the initial deposit?
Mr X borrowed P 100,000 at en effective interest of 8% in a bank. He will pay the loan monthly for 5 years
16. Convert interest to compounded monthly
17. What should be the monthly payment?
18. If he decides to pay on a quarterly basis, convert the interest rate to compounded quarterly.
19. What must be the quarterly payment?
20. If he decides to pay on a semiannual basis, convert the interest rate to compounded seminannually.
21. What should be the semiannual payment?
22. Convert the interest rate to compounded continuously.
Mr Y deposited P 1,000 at the end of every month in an account that earns 12% effective interest.
23. What is the monthly interest rate?
24. What will be the amount of money after 5 years?
25. If Mr Y deposited P 1,000 at the beginning of each year, what will be the amount in 5 years. (There will be only
60 deposits )
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Mr Z borrowed P 300,000 from a bank. The bank charges 16% effective interest.
26. What is the equivalent monthly interest rate?
27. What is the monthly amortization if he will pay at the end of each month for 5 years?
28. What will be the monthly amortization if he delays his payment by 6 months (his 1st payment happened at the
end of 6 months ) .
29. What is the monthly amortization if he pays at the beginning of each month for 5 years.
30. Which is the biggest interest rate?
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Given the series of payments at the end of each year:
Year 1 2000
Year 2 5000
Year 3 8000
and so on until year 20, If i = 12% per annum
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Find the present value of a perpetuity of P 15,000 payable semiannually if money is worth 8% compounded
quarterly
47. The interest rate every six months is
48. The present value of the given perpetuity is
2
49. A man invest in a medium scale business that cost him P 57,000.00. The net annual return is estimated at P
14,000 for each of the next 8 years. Find the benefit cost ratio if annual interest rate is 8%.
54. At 6% , find the capitalized cost of a bridge whose cost is 250 M and life is 20 years if the bridge must be
partially rebuilt at a cost of 100 M every 20 years.
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A machine cost P 150,000 and will have a scrap value of P 10,000 when retired at the end of 15 years. If money is
worth 4%
55. Find the annual investment
56. The Capitalized Cost is
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57. The cost of producing a certain commodity consist of P 45 per unit for labor and material cost and P 15 per unit
for other variable cost. The fixed cost per month is P 450,000. If the commodity is sold at P 250 per unit
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A man inherited a regular endowment of P 100,000 every end of 3 months for 10 years. However he may elect to
get a single lump sum after 4 years.
64 . How much is the lump sum if the cost of money is 14% compounded quarterly?
65. What is the present worth of the endowment?
66. A debt of x pesos with interest rate of 7% compounded annually will be retired at the end of 10 years through the
accumulation of deposit in a sinking fund invested at 6% compounded semiannually. The deposit in the sinking fund
every end of the six months is P 21,962.68. The value of x is
67. A man paid 10% downpayment of P 200,000 for a house and lot and agreed to pay the balance on a monthly
installments for 60 months at an interest rate of 15% compounded monthly. Determine the required monthly
payment.
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Determine the break even point in terms of the number of units produced per month. Cost are in pesos per unit
Selling Price Per unit P 600
Labor Cost P 115
Cost of Materials P 76
Other Cost P 2.32
Total Monthly Overhead Cost 428,000
68. The break even point is
69. Determine the profit/loss if it sells 1000 units.
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Given the bank deposits in an account that earns 3% per annum.
End of :
Year 1 5,000
Year 2 6,000
Year 3 7,200
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A 3 deg simple curve is used to connect two highways whose bearings are S 110 W and S 470 W . Use arc basis.
76. The radius of the curve is
77. The length of the curve is
78. The external distance is
4
80. The tangent distance is
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A simple curve has a degree of 6 deg and length of 140 m. What is the central angle of the curve. Use Chord
Basis.
81. The radius of the curve is
82. The central angle is
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A 40 simple curve have tangents with bearings of N 200 E and N 600 E. The stationing of PI is 3 + 980
83. The radius of the curve is
84. The tangent distance is
85. The stationing of PC is
86. The length of the curve is
87. The stationing of the PT is
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A reversed curve consists of two curves of equal radius has the following properties
D1 = 3 deg I1 = 18 deg
D2 = 2 deg I2 = 24 deg
Stationing Of PT is 32 + 121 Use Chord Basis
88. The radius of curve 1 is
89. The radius of the 2nd curve is
90. The stationing of PC is
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A vertical sag parabolic curve is to connect a -2% grade to a 3% grade. The change in grade per meter station is
0.2%. The PT of of the curve is at station 25 + 325 and elevation 25.42.
91. The length of the curve is
92. The stationing of the PC of the curve is
93. The stationing of the lowest point of the curve is
94. The elevation of the PC is at
95. The elevation of the lowest point of the curve is at
96. The elevation of PI is at
97. The stationing of the PI is at
98. The elevation at station 25 + 075 is
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Given the following cross section notes for a road in cut
x 0 7.8
+2.5 +c +y
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The road has a width of 10 m and have a slope of 2: 1 (horizontal: vertical ) . The area of the cross section is 47.4
m2
99. The value of x is
100. The value of y is
101. The value of c is
a. 4.23 m
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PREBOARD EXAM
TOLENTINO AND ASSOCIATES
MATHEMATICS SURVEYING AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
1. The radius of the cone is increased by 2.7% and its height is reduced by 0.9%. Determine the
percentage change in its volume.
a. 4.52% b. 6.89% c. 7.90% d. 8.34%
Situation 1:
2. Where is the center of the circle 3x2+ 3y2 + 2x – 4y – 21 = 0
a. ( -1/8, 2/4) b.( -1/3, 2/3) c. ( -1/4, 3/3) d. ( -1/8, 1/3)
4. The 1st term of a GP is 160 and the common ratio is 3/2. How many consecutive terms must be
taken to give a sum of 2110?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 4
5. A company sells 80 units and makes P80 profit. It sells 110 units and makes P 140 profit. If the
profit is a linear function of the number of units sold, what is the average profit per unit if the
company sells 250 units?
a. P 1.76 b. P 1.68
c. P 1.66 d. P 1.86
6. Given
Station Elevation (m) Distance (km )
Alpha 680 m Alpha to Bravo = 12 km
Bravo 645 m Bravo to Charlie = 15 km
Charlie 620 m
Situation 2
6. Compute the elevation of the line of sight at station at station Bravo with the instrument placed
at station Alpha such that station Charlie would be visible from station Alpha considering the effect
of curvature and refraction correction.
a. 641.27 b. 758.33 c. 822.03 d. 856.66
7. Assuming that station Bravo will obstruct the line of sight from station Alpha while observing
station Charlie and a 4 meter tower is constructed on top of station Bravo, compute the height of
equal towers at station Alpha and station Charlie in order that both 3 stations will still be
intervisible.
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a. 8.992 b. 7.727 c. 6.042 d. 5.673
Situation 3
From the closed traverse shown
Lines Bearings Distances
1-2 S 100 00 E 485
2-3 N 560 00 E 780
3-4 N 630 00 W 975
4-5 ------------- -----
5-1 S 33000 W 890
11. A man leaves his house at 8:00 AM and traveling at an average speed of 2 kph, arrives at his
office 3 min ahead of the expected time. Had he left his house at 8:30 am and traveled at an
average speed of 3kph, he will arrive 6 min late of the expected time. Find the distance that he had
traveled.
a. 2.4 km b. 1.8 km
c. 2.1 km d. 2.4 km
12. A ball is dropped from a height of 120ft and continuously rebounds to 2/3 of the distance it
falls. What is the total distance traversed by the ball when it comes to rest?
a. 1000ft b. 600 ft
c. 800ft d. 750 ft
13. A cask containing 20 liters of wine was emptied 1/5 of its contents and then filled with water. If
this is done 6 times, how many liters of wine will remain in the cask?
a. 5.242liters b. 5.811 liters
c. 6.242liters d. 6.134 liters
14. A train , one hour after starting, meets with an accident which detains it an hour , after which it
proceeds at 3/5 of its former rate and arrived 3 hrs after the time. Had the accident happened 50 km
farther on the line, it would have arrived 1.5hrs sooner. Find the length of the journey.
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a. 87.91 km b. 92.23 km
c. 88.89 km d. 83.34 km
SITUATION 4
15. The length of a simple curve having a degree of 40 is 210 m.
The middle ordinate of the curve is nearest to
a. 24.08 m b. 19.03 m c. 17.67 m d. 16.55 m
SITUATION 5
A compound curve has a common tangent of 84.5 m which makes an angle of 160 and 200 with the
tangents of the 1st and the 2nd curve respectively. The length of the tangent to the 2nd curve is 42 m.
18. The radius of the 1st curve is closest to
a. 205.5 m b. 302.4 m c. 409.2 m d. 506. m
SITUATION 6
A symmetrical parabolic summit curve connects two grades of 6% and -4%. It is to pass thru point
P on a curve at station 25 + 140 having an elevation of 98.134 m. If the elevation of the grade of
intersection is 100 with stationing of 25 + 160 ,
20. The length of the curve is
a. 120 m b. 140 m c. 160 m d. 112 m
SITUATION 7
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The center height of the road at station 7 + 110 is 2 m fill while at station 7 + 160 is 1.2 m cut. From
station 7 + 110 to the other station , the ground makes a uniform slope of 4.8%.
23. The slope of the new road is
a. 0.016 b. 1.442 c. 2.641 d. 3.124
24. Distance in which the fill is extended is
a. 31.25 m b. 33.42 c. 35.26 d. 38.46
26. The resistance of a wire varies directly with its length and inversely with its area. If a certain
piece of wire 10 m long and 0.1 cm in diameter has a resistance of 100 ohms, what will be the
resistance if it is uniformly stretched so that its length becomes 12 m.
a. 120 b. 130 c. 140 d. 150
27. A stack of bricks has 61 in the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks in the 3 rd
layer and so on until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How many bricks are there altogether
a. 510 b. 529 c. 639 d. 71
28. The base of a truncated prism is a rectangle with length twice its width. The corner edges have
heights of 12 m, 12 m , 16 m and 16 m respectively. If the volume of the prism is 8,200 cu m, find
the length of the base.
a.33.24 m b. 34.23 m c. 35.25 m d. 36.34 m
29. The perimeter of a triangle ABC is 400. If angle A is 300 and angle B is 580, find the measure of
side AC.
a. 170.285 b. 180.214 c. 190.546 d. 193.472
30. A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle having an area of 150 cm2. Find the area of the
circle not covered by the hexagon.
a. 27.326 cm2 b. 29.344 cm2 c. 31.253 cm2 d. 33.642 cm2
31. The sum of the digits of a 3 digit number is 14. The hundreds digit being 4 times the unit digit. If
594 is subtracted from the number, the order of the digits will be reversed. Find the ten’s digit of
the number.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
32. An arch 18 m high has the form of a parabola with vertical axis. The length of a horizontal
beam placed across the arch 8 m from the top is 64 m. Find the width of the arch at the bottom.
a. 69.674 b. 72.442 c. 74.267 d. 76.987
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33. How much of a 7% solution should be mixed with an appropriate amount of a 12% solution to
get 5 liters of a 10% solution?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
38. Find the volume of the solid generated by rotating the curve
𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔along the line 4x + 3y = 20.
a. 1184.34 u3 b. 3482.32 u3 c. 6713.37 u3 d. 8913.84 u3
39. Two cars begin a trip from the same point P. If car A travel north at 30 kph and car B travel
west at 40 mph, how fast is the distance changing 2 hrs later.
a. 45 mph b. 50 mph b 55 mph d. 60 mph
40. Determine the equation of the line passing ( -1, 3) and perpendicular to the line 4x – y + 5 = 0.
a. x + 4y = 11 b. x + 4y = 14 c. x + 4y = 16 d. x + 4y = 18
41. If steel ball is immersed in an 8 cm diameter cylinder, it displaces water to a depth of 2.25 cm. What is
the radius of the ball?
a. 3.098 cm b. 4.762 c. 5.196 cm d. 6.462 cm
SITUATION 8
Studies show that 90% of married women claim that their husband’s mother is the biggest bone of
contention in their marriages ( sex and money are lower rated areas of contention). Suppose that 6
women are having coffee together one morning.
42. What is the probability that no more than three of them dislike their mother in law?
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Solution:
a. 0.01585 b. 2.01932 c. 3.12983 d. 4.98212
43. What is the probability that at least 3 of them dislike their mother in law?
a. 0.9987 b. 2.3427 c. 3.7844 d. 4.3477
SITUATION
𝝅 𝝅
iF. If 𝐬𝐢𝐧−𝟏 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟐 and 𝐜𝐨𝐬 −𝟏 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟑 ,
44.x is
a. 1 b. 3 c. 5 d. 7
45. y is
a. ¼ b. ½ c. 1/3 d. 1/8
46. 𝐬𝐢𝐧−𝟏(𝒙 − 𝒚)
a. π/7 b. π/5 c. π/6 d. π/8
47. A curve f(x) is concave upward at (-1,3) , concaves up and concave downward at ( 3, 7). Which of the
following is true?
a. f(5) > 0 , max point at x = 5
b. f’(1) < 0, min points at x = 1
c. f’(3) > 0, point of inflection is at x = 3.
d. f’’(3) < 0, point of inflection is at x = 3.
48. A hemispherical tank having a top diameter of 40 ft is filled with oil having a density of 52.4 lb/ft3. Find
the work done in pumping all the water to the top of the tank.
a.. 7,234,668.2 ftlbs b. 6,584,778.2 ftlbs c. . 5,523,228.2 ftlbs d. .4,524,733.2 ftlbs
Solution:
SITUATION 9
Given triangle ABC, how many possible triangles can be formed from the following conditions?
Solution:
49. AB = 25 AC = 36 angle A = 280
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
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a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
SITUATION 10
The following points are at the terminal sides of the angles in standard position. Determine the required
trigonometric function.
Solution:
52. Terminal point at (8,1). sin θ = ?
Solution:
a. 0.124 b. 2.342 c. 4.987 d. 6.239
53. Terminal point at ( 3, -8) cos θ = ?
Solution:
a. 0.3511 b. 3.209 c. 4.287 d. 2.439
54. Terminal Point at ( 3, -8) tan θ =?
Solution:
a. -8/3 b. -8/7 c. -7/2 d. 6/2
SITUATION 11
A tank has the form of a segment of a sphere of diameter 40 m. Its upper base is 8 m from the center and its
lower base is 14 meter from the center of the sphere. Determine the following.
55. The area of the upper base.
a. 1055.57 b. 1409.57 c. 1723.57 d. 2343.42
56. The curved surface of the tank.
a. 2,764.60 m2 b. 5,254.60 m2 c. 6,544.64 d. 7,982.21
57. The volume of the tank in cubic meters.
a. 24,236.34 m3 b. 25,903.34 m2 c. 26,283.35 m2 d. 27,225.77 m2
SITUATION 12
58-60
𝟏𝟒
Give the binomial 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒙−𝟐 .
Determine:
58. 3rd term of the expansion.
a.𝟏𝟐𝟒𝒙𝟖 b.𝟐𝟑𝟒𝒙𝟖 c. 𝟑𝟔𝟒𝒙𝟖 d. 𝟒𝟐𝟓𝒙𝟖
59. numerical coefficient of the 5th term.
a. 12,223 b.16,106 c. 18, 103 d. 19,674
60. The sum of exponents.
a. 105 b.-105 c. 109 d. -109
SITATIUON 13
One of the diameters of a frustum of a sphere is 9.8 cm while the other is 10.4 cm. If the thickness of the
frustum of a sphere is 4.2 cm, find the following:
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61. volume of the frustum
a. 234.77 b. 301.18 c.375.59 d. 456.09
65.Two measurements for angle of elevations were made on the top of an inaccessible cliff, one from point A
and another from point B. Point B is 425 nearer to the cliff than A but 25.6 m lower in elevation. If the angles
of elevation from A and B are 18.650 and 36.20 respectively, find the elevation of the top of the cliff if A has an
elevation of 625.4m.
a. 674.355 m b. 785.322 m c. 842.566 m d. 913.506 m
66. A certain bacteria grows and multiplies exponentially and follows the formula 𝑨 = 𝑨𝟎 𝒆𝟎.𝟓𝟖𝟒𝒕where A
is the final number of bacteria after time t. 𝑨𝟎 is the initial number of bacteria and t is the time elapse. If
there were originally 4 bacteria , in how many hours will the bacteria increased to 2500?
a. 13.033 hrs b. 12.229 hrs c. 11.024 hrs d. 10.088
67. The height of a rectangular box is 10 cm. The length increase at the rate of 2 cm/s, its width decreases
at the rate of 4 cm/s. When the length is 8 cm and the width is 6 cm, the rate in cm3/s at which the volume is
changing is ?
SITUATION 14
Electrical Resistance of metal are dependent on temperature. For a certain given wire at t deg C, the
resistance R in ohms may be computed by
𝑹 = 𝑹𝟎 (𝟏+∝ 𝒕)where𝑹𝟎 is the resistance at 00 C and a is the temperature coefficient of resistance in /degC.
68. Solve the value of 𝑹𝟎 in ohms if R = 30 ohms at 500C and R = 35 ohms at 1000C.
a.19 b. 25 c. 33 d. 41
69. Find ∝
a. 0.004 b. 2.009 c. 3.002 d. 4.212
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𝟑
70. At what point on the graph 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙𝟐 is its tangent line perpendicular to the line 2x + 3y = 6 ?
Solution:
a. ( 1/2, 1/4) b. ( 1/4,1/4) c. ( 3/5, 1/4). d. ( 4/4, 1/4).
71. Find the volume generated when the region bounded by 𝒚 = 𝒙 , the lines x = 1 and x = 4 is
revolved around the x axis.
𝟏𝟓𝝅 𝟏𝟔𝝅 𝟏𝟕𝝅 𝟏𝟖𝝅
a. 𝟐
b. 𝟐
c. 𝟐
d. 𝟐
72. A 4.2 cm by 4.2 cm square pyramid has sloping edges of 15 cm each.
Find the total surface area.
a. 452.2 cm2 b. 312.3 cm2 c. 255.3 cm2 d. 142.4 cm2
SITUATION 15
LED lamps are packages in boxes of 200. If production is known to produce 1.5% defective lamps on the
average, determine the probability that a box chosen at random will contain
78.no defective lamps.
a. 3.224 b. 2.235 c. 1.789 d. 0.0487
79. 2 defective led lamps.
a. 0.2246 b. 1.8923 c. 2.6753 d. 3.8672
80. more than 3 defective lamps.
a. 5.2219 b. 4.0921 c. 2.0912 d. 0.5785
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SITUATION 16
Light bulbs having a mean life of 2400hrs and standard deviation of 62 hrs are used for a consignment of
4000 bulbs.
81. Determine the number of bulbs likely to have a life in excess of 2500 lbs.
a. 5.2313 b. 4.2286 c. 2. 1233 d.0.05338
82. Determine the percentage of bulbs with a life between 2300 hrs to 2500 hrs.
a. 5.8841 b. 4.2217 c. 2.7632 d. 0.8923
83. In a certain triangle ABC, A = 950, B = 500 and C = 350. Which of the following expression correctly
defines the lengths of the sides of a triangle?
a. AB< BC < CA
b. AC< BC < AB
c. AB< AC < BC
d. BC< AC < AB
84. Find the angle between the curves 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 and 𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓 at the point of intersection of
which x and y are positive.
a. 23.76 deg. b. 30.76 deg. c. 32.76 deg. d. 37.76 deg.
𝟑𝒙𝟐 −𝟔𝒙−𝟗
85. If 𝒇 𝒙 = , give horizontalasymptotes
𝒙𝟐 −𝒙−𝟐
a. y = 1 b. y = 2 c.y = 3 d. y = 4
86. Ernie earned P 2,000 commission on a big deal raising his average commission by P100. Ernie’s new
average commission is 900. How many sales has he made so far?
a. 10 b. 12 c. 14 d. 16
87. The rate of population growth of a country is proportional to the number of inhabitants. If the
population of a certain country now is 40 million and 50 million in 10 years time,What will the population 20
years from now?
a. 53.2 m b. 62.5 m c. 65.2 m d. 66.5 m
88. A certain type of bacteria, given a favorable growth medium, doubles in population every6.5 hours.
Given that there were approximately 100 bacteria to start with, how many bacteria will there be in a day and
a half?
a. 4647.74 b. 3155.32 c. 2756.12 d. 1266.23
89. A boat makes 25 mph in still water. It is headed N 450 E. Find the direction of the course of the boat.
a. N 54.930 E b. N 44.920 E c. N 41.900 E d. N 40.830 E
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90. A circle having a radius of 9 cm circumscribes a right triangle with area of 43.23 sq m. If one of the
side is 18 cm long, what is the length of the other side?
a. 16.03 b. 17.29 c. 23.11 d. 25.64
91. The distance S meters from a fixed point of a vehicle travels in a straight line with a constant
𝟏
acceleration a and is given by: 𝑺 = 𝒖𝒕 + 𝟐 𝒂𝒕𝟐 S is in m, u in m/s and t is in seconds.
Given S = 42 when t = 2 and S = 144 when t = 4s, Determine the acceleration.
a. 15 m/s2
b. 16 m/s2
c. 18 m/s2
d. 20 m/s2
92. Find the equation of the tangent line,normal line at P(-1,-4) and ordinate of the vertex of the curve
𝒚 = 𝒙 + 𝟐 (𝒙 − 𝟑)at P(-1,-4).
a. 3y + y + 8 = 0 b. 2 + y + 7 = 0 c. 3y + x + 6 = 2 d. 3x + y + 7 = 0
SITUATION 18
Two towers A and B are placed at 100 m apart horizontally. The height of tower A is 40 m and that of B is 30
m.
90. At what distance above the ground will the intersection of the lines forming the angles of elevation of the
two
94. towers are observed from the bases of the towers A and B respectively.
a. 16.22 b. 17.14 c. 18.23 d. 19.15
95. At what distance horizontally is this point located from the tower A?
a. 57.14 b. 60.23 c. 62.73 d. 68.12
Consider the curve 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 + 𝒙 and the chord AB joining the points A( -4, 0) and B( 0,2).
96. Find the coordinates of the point on the curve where the tangent line is parallel to the chord AB.
a. (4,-2) b. (3, -1) c. (2,-3 ) d. (1,-6)
SITUATION 19
Consider the curve defined by 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟕.
97. . Find the points on the curve where the lines tangent to the curve are vertical.
a. (6, -3) b. (5, -2) c. (4,-1) d. (3, 0)
98.The curve is
a. parabola b.circle
c.hyperbola d.elipse
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99. The eccentricity is
a. 4.22 b. 3.05 c. 2.81 d. 1.41
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PREBOARD
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
TOLENTINO AND ASSOCIATES
(Note There are few questions whose answers are not in the choices. Just Answer E. )
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Given the figure shown.
1. Reaction at A is
a. 400N b. 445 N c. 457 N d. 479 N
2. The Reaction at B is
a. 89 N b. 100 N c. 110 N d. 114 N
3. The tangential deviation of B with respect to a tangent drawn at A.
a. 1672/EI b. 1967/EI c. 2011/EI d. 2311/EI
4. The slope at B is
a. 89.58/EI b. 87.33/EI c. 85.23/EI d. 82.55/EI
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Given the beam shown. The 100 kN load acts on the centroid of the cross section.
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The 3 hinged arc shown is subjected to the two concentrated forces shown.
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A truck and a trailer combination crossing a 12 m span has axle loads as given.
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The 10 meter ladder weighing 35 kg is resting on a horizontal floor at A and on the wall at B making
an angle of 60 deg from the horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the ladder and the wall (
and the ground and the ladder ) is 0.25 .
A man of mass 72 kg climbs the ladder.
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A simply supported beam 10 m long has an overhang of 2 m at the left support. If a highway uniform
load of 9.35 kN/m and a concentrated load of 116 kN passes trough the beam, compute the following
based on the influence line on the maximum shear at midspan.
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A 9 meter high retaining wall is laterally supported at the top and fixed at the base. The wall resists
active earth pressure increasing from 0 at the top to 52 kN/m at the base per meter length along the
longitudinal axis.
The entrance of a warehouse has a roof that supports a roof load of 8 kN/m. The supports B and C are
considered simply supported.
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A water tank 3 meter in diameter and 6 meter high is made of steel having a thickeness of 12 mm.
40. When the tank is filled with water, determine the circumferential stress.
a. 7.36 Mpa b. 9.82 Mpa c. 11.23 Mpa d. 12.66 Mpa
41. Determine the longitudinal stress when it is filled with water.
a. 2.41 Mpa b. 3.68 Mpa c. 4.76 Mpa d. 5.54 Mpa
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A hollow circular pole 6 mm thick with a 300 mm ouside diameter and a height of 3 meter weighs
150 N/m. The pole is subjected to the following loads.
P = 3 kN and e = 100 mm from the centroid of the section. Lateral force of 0.45 kN acts at the top of
the pole.
42. The maximum compressive stress at the base due to the vertical load plus the weight of the pole.
a. 4.22 Mpa b. 3.66 Mpa c. 2.09 Mpa d.1.37 Mpa
43. The maximum tensile stress at the base due to lateral and vertical loads and the weight of the
pole.
a. 2.41Mpa b. 3.51 Mpa c. 4.89 Mpa d. 5.77 Mpa
44. BONUS-----If the hollow pole is replaced by a solid wood pole of 250 mm diameter, determine the
maximum shear stress in the pole.
a.3.091 Mpa b. 1.781 Mpa c. 0.012 Mpa d. 0.000
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A barge shown diagramatically supports a load of W1 and W2 for every one meter strip along the
longitudinal section.
44.Bonus!--- Find total legth L so that the upward pressure is uniform and that the barge remains
horizontal
a. L = 8 m b. L = 3 m c. L = 15 m d. L = 17 m
45. The shear at 3 meter from the left end when upward pressure q = 72 kN/m.
a. 1.03 kN b. 1.67 kN c. 219 kN d. 241 kN
46. Distance from the left end where Shear = 0 when q = 87 kN/m
a. 3 m b. 4 m c. 5 m d. 6 m
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The tensile member shown is 50 mm by 75 mm and subjected to a load of P = 200 kN. The plane AA
makes an angle of 150 with the a axis.
47. The tensile stress at section AA.
a. 41.98 Mpa b. 44.11 Mpa c. 49.76 Mpa d. 52.11 Mpa
48. The shear stress on Plane AA.
a. 10.31 Mpa b. 11.98 Mpa c. 13.33 Mpa d. 15.02 Mpa
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A load W is to be lifted using the crane shown. x1 = 10 m, x2 = 8 m . Weight of the crane is 2 kN.
49. The force at cable AC is
a. 19.34 kN b. 24.91 kN c. 27.98 kN d. 29.12 kN
50. The reaction at B
a. 33.11 kN b. 43.35 kN c. 46.11 kN d. 48.21 kN
51. Largest force that can be lifted if maximum force AC= 50kN
a. 40.11kN b. 42.15 kN c. 45.12 kN d. 47.12 kN
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A simply refinforced concrete beam reinforced for tension has a width of 300 mm and a total depth of
600 mm. It is subjected to external Moment Mu = 540kN m.
fc’ = 28 Mpafy = 280 MpaEs = 200 Gpa
52. The balanced steel ratio is
a. 3.981% b. 4.926% c. 6.011% d. 7.221%
53. The depth ‘a’ in terms of d if = 1/2 balance Use = 0.9
a. 22.11% b. 25.45% c. 28.11% d. 30.71%
54. The minimum effective depth is
a. 583.21 mm b.421.44 mm c. 341.22 mm d. 301.29 mm
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The beam is to be analyzed using moment distribution.
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A W 420 x 85 steel beam is fully restrained with a uniformly distributed load of 25 Kn/m. The beam
has a span of 10 m.
Properties:
A = 10839 mm2
bf = 180 mm
tf = 18 m
tw = 11 mm
d = 420 mm
59. The actual uniform load carried by the beam ( include its weight )
a. 25.834kN/m b. 26.878 kN/m c. 27.451 kN/m d. 28.221 kN/m
60. The maximum moment carried by the beam.
a. 312.11 kN m b. 289.56 kN m c. 266.77 kN m d. 215. 28 kN m
61. The maximum bending stress
a. 244.11 Mpa b. 213.41 Mpa c. 199.12 Mpa d. 145.84 Mpa
62. The maximum web shear stress fv = V/( d tw )
a. 27.96 Mpa b. 31.22 Mpa c. 34.11 Mpa d. 37.22 Mpa
63.The maximum horizontal shear stress
a. 30.22 Mpa b. 33.09 Mpa c. 35.32 Mpa d. 38.22 Mpa
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Given the figure shown.
64. The tensile stress in the body of the bolt.
a. 62.11 Mpa b. 67.22 Mpa c. 70.64 Mpa d. 77.41 Mpa
65. The Tensile stress at the root of the threads
a.91.22Mpa b. 94.11 Mpa c. 99.47 Mpa d.106.22 Mpa
66. Find the compressive stress at the head as the bolt bears on the surface to resist the tensile load.
a. 36.21 Mpa b. 40.33 Mpa c. 43.51 Mpa d. 47.23 Mpa
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The pin jointed assembly supports a billboard 2 m high x 4 n wide on each end. The total weight of
the billboard is 24 kN. H = 1 m and = 600.
Wind pressure q = 1.44 KpA
Wind pressure coefficient C = 1.2
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The figure shows a semicircular arc with the given load.
73. The shear at D is
a. 0.03 kN b. 0.84 kN c. 1.44 kN d. 2.42 kN
74. The moment at D is
a. 4.77 kN m b. 3.12 kN m c. 2.14 kN m d. 1.12 kN m
75. The axial force at D is
a. 1.12 kN b. 2.44 kN c. 4.12 kN d. 4.98 kN
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When the columns at E and H of the floor framing plan are deleted, girder BEHK becomes a one span
fixed ended beam supporting DEF and beam GHI at H. The following loads on girder BEHK are as
follows.
Concentrated load at E = 266 kN
Concentrated load at H = 266 Kn
Uniform load throughout its length = 5Kn/m
Hint: Consider BK as beam fixed at B and K with the given loads.
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The suspended girder shown is supported by a series of hangers uniformly spaced along the parabolic
cable.
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A 5 kg block is at rest at time t = 0 and is acted upon by a horizontal force P that varies with time as
shown.
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The rectangular reinforced concrete beam with a width of 200 mm and an effective depth of 500 mm
is subjected to a service moment of 120 kN m. The beam is reinforced with 4 25 mm diameter bars
with n= 8.
95. The distance from the neutral axis from the top of the beam.
a. 461.452 mm b. 342.123 mm c.301.411 mm d. 212.507 mm
96. The maximum stress in concrete is
a. 13.518 Mpa b.15.221 Mpa c. 21.412 Mpa d. 22.881 Mpa
97.The maximum stress in steel is
a. 104.221 Mpa b. 142.406 Mpa c. 177.231 Mpa d. 190.241 Mpa
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For the given set of system shown:
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The force acting per meter length of the dam are shown.
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To prevent excessive deflection of a 3 m long cantilever beam subjected to a load of 2 Kn/M. Its free
end is attached to a tension rod.
Beam properties are as follows.
A = 1900 mm2 I = 5.12 x 106 mm4 E = 200 Gpa
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The bridge truss shown on the figure carries a concentrated load of 20 kN and a uniform load of 2
kN/m.
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The beam shown in the figure carries a triangular load as shown.
89. The reaction at A is
a. 17.333kN
90. The reaction at B is
a. b. 38.667 kN
91. The location of the zero shear from A is
a. 1.6795 m
92. The maximum positive bending moment is
a. b. 13.766 kN m
93. The location of the point of inflection from point A is
a. 3.615 m
94. The maximum negative moment is
a. b. 40 kN m
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A rectangular footing 2.5 meter wide along the y axis, 3 m long along the x axis supports a circular
pedestal 0.45 m in diameter. The horizontal force acting at the top of the pedestal along the x axis of
the footing is 144 kN. The total axial load from the pedestal is 1200 kN. Thickness of the footing is 0.7
m, height of backfill on top of the footing is 1.5 m, depth from the top pedestal to the base of the
footing is 2.5 m. Concrete unit weight = 24 kN/m3 Unit weight of soil = 17 Kn/m3
95. The maximum soil pressure is
a. 256 kPa b. 276 kPa c. 298 kPa d. 321 kPa
96. The minimum soil pressure is
a. 61 kPa b. 64 kPa c. 67 kPa d. 71 kPa
97. The required soil bearing capacity is
a. 201.1 kPa b.244.1 kPa c. 298.3 kPa d. 308.4 kPa
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From the given frame shown using CANTILEVER method.