Review Innovations - MANILA November 2023 – Eval Exam 2

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the 10. In a spherical triangle ABC, A = 116°19’, B = 55°30’, and
following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by C = 80°37’. What is the value of side a.
shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice A. 112.27° C. 113.21°
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES B. 115.57° D. 116.12°
ALLOWED.GOOD LUCK.
11. An airplane flew from Manila (14°36’N, 121°05’E) at a
course of S30°E maintaining a certain altitude and following
PART I. Applied Mathematics, Surveying, Principles of a great circle path. If its groundspeed is 350 knots, after how
Transportation and Highway Engineering, Construction many hours will it cross the equator.
Management and Methods A. 2.12 hrs C. 2.87 hrs
B. 3.51 hrs D. 1.79 hrs
1. At a certain instant, a lighthouse is 4 miles north of a ship
which is traveling directly east. If after 10 minutes, the 12. A spherical triangle ABC has an angle C = 90 0 and sides
bearing of the lighthouse is found to be North 21 degrees 15 a = 500 and c = 800. Find the value of side b.
minutes West, find the speed of the ship in miles per hour. A. 73.340 C. 74.330
A. 11.3 mph C. 9.3 mph B. 74.440 D. 73.430
B. 10.3 mph D. 8.3 mph
13. A sum of 1000.00 is invested now and left for eight
2. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two years, at which time the principal is withdrawn. The
overlapping identical circles having a radius of 9 m and each interest that has accrued is left for another eight years. If the
circle passes through the centers of each other. Find the effective annual interest is 5%, what will be the withdrawal
area common to the two circles. amount at the end of 16th year.
A. 99.50 m2 C. 120.08 m2 A. 705.42 C. 726.34
B. 88.34 m 2 D. 81.56 m2 B. 742.05 D. 734.26

3. If the one side of a rectangle is increased by 25%, what is 14. The engineering group of Review Innovation must
the effect on the other side to maintain the same area? decide to spend 90,000 on the new project The project will
A. decreased by 80% C. increased by 80% cost 5000 per year operations and it will increase revenues
B. decreased by 20% D. increased by 20% by 20,000 annually. Both costs and revenues will continue
for 10 years. How much interest is incurred in this project?
4. A square of perimeter 20 is inscribed in a square of A. 9.56% C. 11.56%
perimeter 28. What is the greatest distance between a B. 10.56% D. 12.33%
vertex of the inner square and a vertex of the outer square?
A. √58 C. √65 15. Arteezy has asked three banks for a loan of $15,000.
B. 8 D. 5√3 Each bank has its own rate and compounding interval, but
each loan would be paid back by a single, lump-sum
5. Find the area of a quadrilateral whose sides are 10 cm, 8 payment of principal and interest at the end of 5 years.
cm, 16 cm, and 20 cm, if the sum of two opposite interior Which loan has the smallest payment? How much better
angles is 225°. than the next best is this?
A. 140.33 cm2 C. 150.33 cm2 -First Federal Bank: Annual compounding at 10% per year
2
B. 145.33 cm D. 155.33 cm2 -Second State Bank: Monthly compounding at a nominal 9%
per year
6. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the -City Credit Union: Quarterly compounding at a nominal 8%
rope is 40 ft long and the goat can reach 1 ft farther than the per year
rope length, what is the maximum area the goat can cover?
A. 5281 ft 2 C. 3961 ft 2 A. The First federal bank is the most attractive, and its final
B. 4084 ft 2 D. 4970 ft 2 payment is $2000 lower than Second State bank.
B. The Second State bank is the most attractive, and its final
Situation 1: payment is $2000 lower than the City Credit Union
The perimeter of a triangle is 584 cm. The interior angles C. The City Credit Loan is the most attractive, and its final
measure 500, 600, and 700 respectively. payment is $1200 lower than the Second State Loan.
7. What is the length of the shortest side of the triangle? D. The First federal bank is the most attractive and its final
A. 173.95 C. 181.06 payment is $1200 lower than the Second State Loan
B. 143.44 D. 164.12
8. What is the radius of the largest circle that can be cut from 16. Northern Construction and Engineering plans on
this triangle? opening an office in Duluth. Over the next 25 years, the
A. 52 C. 58 office is expected to have a positive cash flow of Php.
B. 55 D. 61 250,000 per year. What is the equivalent present worth if
the first 12 years has an annual interest rate of 12% and the
next 13 years has 15% compounded monthly.
9. If the time is 8:00 A.M. GMT +0, what is the time in A. 1.89 M C. 1.96 M
Philippines, which is located 120° East longitude? B. 1.77 M D. 1.65 M
A. 8:00 P.M. C. 4:00 A.M.
B. 8:00 A.M. D. 4:00 P.M.

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17. Jade, Ferry and Vincent are an engineering design firm 27. If the gate is hinged at the bottom, evaluate the force
considering the purchase and installation of a network of normal to the gate at its vertex that will be required to open
computer workstations for Php 90,000. The expected life of it in kN.
a system is 8 years when it will have a salvage value of Php. A. 1.45 C. 3.45
18,000. Using straight line method, calculate the annual B. 2.45 D. 4.45
depreciation.
A. 8000 C. 6000 Situation 4:
B. 9000 D.3000 An object weighs 275 N when fully immersed in water and
325 N when fully immersed in oil of specific gravity 0.9.
18. An equipment costing 250,000 has an estimated life of 28. Evaluate the weight in N.
15 years with a book value of 30,000 at the end of the A. 425 C. 775
period. Compute the constant rate and its book value after B. 545 D. 655
10 years using declining balance method. 29. Evaluate the volume of the object, in m3.
A. 0.87 C. 0.13 A. 0.02 C. 0.20
B.0.78 D. 0.31 B. 0.05 D. 0.50
30. Evaluate the specific gravity of the object.
Situation 2: A. 1.58 C. 1.11
From a building across, the angle of depression of the base B. 2.17 D. 1.34
of the front edifice is 23.50 and the angle of elevation of its
top is 52.780. The height of observation is 14 m. Situation 5:
19. What is the height of the edifice? A surface load of 60 kPa is applied on the ground surface
A. 56.39 m C. 59.36 m over a large area. The soil profile consists of a sand layer 2
B. 53.69 m D. 59.69 m m thick, the top of which is the ground surface, overlying a
20. How far is the building from the said edifice? 4 m thick clay layer. An impermeable boundary is located at
A. 22.30 m C. 35.62 m the base of the clay layer. The water table is 1 m below the
B. 32.20 m D. 25.18 m ground surface. If the pre-consolidation for a sample of soil
21. What is the angle of elevation of the top of the edifice from the midpoint of the clay layer is 60 kPa. The sand layer
from the foot of the building? has a dry density of 1.6 g/cc and saturated density of 1.9
A. 58.230 C. 56.150 g/cc, while the clay layer has saturated unit weight of 1.65
B. 60.27 0 D. 62.180 g/cc, e = 1.5, Cc = 0.6 and Cr = 0.1.
31. Find the effective overburden pressure.
A. 37.3 kPa C. 97.3 kPa
PART II. Hydraulics and Geotechnical Engineering B. 39.6 kPa D. 99.6 kPa
22. What length of 80 mm by 310 mm timber (sg = 0.50) 32. Find the over consolidation ratio.
will support a 445 N man in salt water (sg = 1.025) if he A. 1.78 C. 1.61
stands on the timber? B. 2.14 D. 1.42
A. 3.5 m C. 3.25 m 33. Settlement of clay layer.
B. 3.0 m D. 2.75 m A. 269 mm C. 222 mm
B. 235 mm D. 245 mm
23. A barge is loaded with 135 metric tons of coal. The
weight of the empty barge is 30 metric tons. If the barge is Situation 6:
5.5 m wide, 16 m long, and 2.7 m high, what is the draft (m) The Atterberg limits of a given soil are as follows:
in water? LL = 68% PL = 37% SL = 22%
A. 1.875 C. 1.565 If the natural water content of this soil at the site is 42%,
B. 2.045 D. 2.575 determine:
34. Plasticity Index.
24. A square lamina (each side equal to 2m) is submerged A. 36% C. 31%
vertically in water such that the upper edge of the lamina is B. 27% D. 39%
at a depth of 0.5 m from the free surface. What will be the 35. Consistency index.
total water pressure (in kN) on the lamina? A. 0.84 C. 0.92
A. 19.62 C. 58.86 B. 0.79 D. 0.69
B. 39.24 D. 78.48 36. Rating based on liquidity index.
A. Brittle Solid C. Liquid
Situation 3: B. Semi Solid D. Plastic
A triangular gate of height 1.2 m and base 0.9 m is installed
in a position that its plane is inclined 60 degrees with the Situation 7:
horizontal with its vertex at the top and the base is parallel The result of a constant-head permeability test for a fine
to the water surface. The vertex is at a depth of 2 m sand sample having a diameter of 150 mm and a length of
vertically below the water surface. Freshwater is on one 300 mm are as follows:
side of the gate. Constant-head difference = 500 mm
25. Evaluate the total hydrostatic force on the gate in kN. Water collected in 5 mins = 350 cm3
A. 12.7 C. 14.3 Void Ratio of sand = 0.61
B. 10.5 D. 16.9 37. Hydraulic Conductivity in cm/sec.
26. Locate the point of action of the total hydrostatic force A. 3.78 x 10-3 C. 4.13 x 10-3
from the vertex on the plane of the gate. B. 3.82 x 10-3 D. 3.96 x 10-3
A. 0.826 C. 0.902 38. Discharge Velocity in cm/sec.
B. 0.879 D. 0.965 A. 6.60 x 10-3 C. 6.37 x 10-3
B. 6.88 x 10 -3 D. 6.30 x 10-3
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39. Seepage Velocity in cm/sec.

A. 0.017 C. 0.021 A. 156 kg C. 384 kg
B. 0.019 D. 0.023 B. 167 kg D. 373 kg

Situation 10:
PART II. Principles of Structural Analysis and Design Given 𝐸𝐼 = 29𝑥109 𝑘𝑁. 𝑚𝑚2 , determine the following:

Situation 8:
The cable shown carries the uniformly distributed load w o
= 80 N/m, where the distance is measured along the
horizontal. If the cable tension does not exceed 10 000 N,

46. What is the theoretical deflection at the free end if the

spring will be removed?
A. 6.4 m C. 7.8 m
B. 5.1 m D. 1.3 m
47. What is the deflection of the spring?
A. 5.44 mm C. 22.35 mm
B. 19.76 mm D. 25.61 mm
48. Determine the moment at the fixed support.
A. 554.04 kN.m C. 1255.8 kN.m
B. 945.01 kN.m D. 501.92 kN.m
40. Determine the slope at B (in degrees).
A. 62.98° C. 57.36° Situation 11:
B. 31.49° D. 28.68° Given the inclined force below:
41. Determine the length of the shortest cable.
A. 253.1 m C. 307.1 m
B. 334.1 m D. 280.1 m
42. Determine the corresponding vertical distance H.
A. 68.4 m C. 109.2 m
B. 90.8 m D. 131.6 m

Situation 9:
The shear diagram of a 9m beam is given below. AB = BC =
CD = 3m.
49. What is the vertical reaction at B?
A. 43.94 kN C. 52.91 kN
50 kN
B. 49.66 kN D. 40.69 kN
17.5 kN 50. What is the rotation at the hinge?
20 kN
B A. 893.88/EI C. 996.84/EI
A -12.5 kN C D B. 2681.64/EI D. 2578.68/EI
51. What is the displacement at B in mm, if E=200GPa and
-22.5 kN I=500x10^6 mm^4?
-52.5 kN A. 19.655 C. 23.454
B. 21.996 D. 17.878
43. Determine the value of the uniform load.
A. 17.5 kN/m C. 12.5 kN/m Situation 12:
B. 10.0 kN/m D. 22.5 kN/m A 6m reinforced concrete simply supported beam is 300
44. The point of contraflexure is located at what distance mm wide with an effective depth of 400 mm. Use f’c= 21.5
from the right support? Hint: The point of contraflexure is a MPa and fy = 415 MPa. The section is reinforced with
point at which the moment in a beam changes sign (from 6– ϕ20mm tension bars. Use 2010/2015 NSCP.
positive to negative and vice versa). 52. At failure, determine the stress in the tension steel.
A. 1.75 m C. 5.69 m A. 527 MPa C. 378 MPa
B. 3.31 m D. 2.69 m B. 830 MPa D. 415 MPa
53. Calculate the design flexural strength (kN-m) of the
45. A weighing scale is supported by two springs on a level section.
pad, one inner and one outer, with the outer spring being A. 257.1 C. 179.4
10mm taller than the inner. Considering the following B. 212.6 D. 231.4
properties, determine the maximum weight that the scale 54. Determine the factored live load (kN/m) the beam can
can carry without exceeding an allowable shearing stress of support if total factored dead load is 20 kN/m.
50 MPa. A. 17.0 C. 19.8
Outer: Inner: B. 27.2 D. 31.4
d = 12 mm d = 20 mm
D = 150 mm D = 100 mm
G = 83 GPa G = 83 GPa
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Situation 13:
A T-beam section has a flange width of 600 mm, flange
thickness of 100 mm, width of web of 350 mm, effective depth
of 480 mm and a total depth of 550 mm. Use f’c = 21 MPa and
fy = 415 MPa. Tensile reinforcement is 4 - 28mm. Use 0.90
as a strength reduction factor. Use 2010/2015 NSCP.
55. Calculate the depth (mm) of the concrete rectangular
stress block.
A. 110.87 C. 122.21
B. 67.56 D. 95.44
56. Determine the design flexural strength (kN-m) of the
concrete beam section.
A. 441.85 C. 577.34
B. 397.66 D. 267.55
57. Determine the total factored uniform load that the beam
can support, if the beam is 8m, simply supported.
A. 55.23 C. 72.16
B. 49.70 D. 33.44

Situation 14:
According to Section 4.5.1.4 of NSCP states the following
bending of laterally unsupported beam.
The larger value computed by formula (4.5-6a) or (4.5-6b)
and (4.5-7), as applicable (unless a higher value can be
justified on the basis of more precise analysis), but not more
than 0.60Fy
703x103 Cb L 3520x103 Cb
When  
Fy r Fy
t
2 Fy(L/r ) 2 
Fb =  − t Fy (4.5 - 6a)
 3 10.55x10 6 Cb 
 

When L 3520x10 3 Cb
r 
t Fy
1170x10 3 Cb (4.5-6b)
Fb =
(L/rt )2
Or
83000Cb
Fb = (4.5-7)
L(d/Af)
In the foregoing:
Cb = 1.75 + 1.05(M1/M2) + 0.30(M1/M2)2 but not more
than 2.3

A steel beam having a simple span of 8.5m is subjected to a

moment M at the left end (Clockwise) and 30% of M at the
right end (Counterclockwise). The beam is laterally
unsupported and the wide flange section has the following
properties:
bf = 210 mm rt = 54 mm
d = 530 mm Ix = 550 x 106 mm4
tf = 16 mm tw = 18 mm

58. Find the slenderness ratio.

A. 64.3 mm C. 138.9 mm
B. 144.9 mm D. 157.4 mm
59. Determine the allowable bending stress
A. 68.94 MPa C. 95.89 MPa
B. 148.8 MPa D. 90.38 MPa
60. Compute the allowable value of M.
A. 143.1 kN-m C. 199.0 kN-m
B. 308.8 kN-m D. 187.6 kN-m
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