MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING, AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

INSTRUCTION: Select the best 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. Use pencil no. 2 only.

1. Light bulbs having a mean life of 2400 hours and standard deviation of 62 hours are used
for a consignment of 4000 bulbs. Determine the percentage of bulbs with a life between
2300 and 2500 hours.
a. 87.44% b. 89.23 % c. 88.18% d. 84.25%

2. At elevation 2402 m., the distance BC is 18 658.2 m. Find the sea level distance if the
average radius of curvature is 25,184 m.
a. 16,878.62 m. b. 16,854.49 c. 16,881.19 d. 16,820.56

3. Messages when painted on pavement should be limited to how many words only?
a. Five b. Four c. Three d. Six

4. Evaluate the integral of 3^x / e^x dx as approaches from 0 to 1.

a. 1.090 b. 1.051 c. 2.193 d. 2.110

5. At what time will the hands of the clock be in a straight line between 7 o clock and 8 o
clock in the morning ?
a. 7:5 5/11 b. 7:38 2/11 c. Both A and B d. None

6. Compute the eccentricity of the curve 9x^2 + 25y^2 + 54x – 250y + 481 = 0 .
a. 0.80 b. 0.75 c. 0.50 d. 0.64

7. A businessman buys a property which is worth P 2,000,000. He paid a downpayment of P

500,000 at the end of the first year he paid another P 1,000,000 and the remaining
balance he paid at the end of third year. How much is the balance to be paid on the third
year if money is worth 24% compounded semi annually?
a. P 1.224 M b. P 1.399 M c. P 1.576 M d. P 1.387 M

8. A rectangular sheet of paper measures 16 cm x 24 cm. Circles are to be cut from the paper
each with a radius of 4 cm. How much area is thrown away?
a. 115.59 cm^2 b. 82.40 c. 77.25 d. 96.13

9. A machine costing P 720000 is estimated to have a life of 10 years. If the annual rate of
depreciation is 25%, determine the total depreciation using a constant percentage of the
declining balance method.
a. P 674,112.90 b. P 679,454.27 c. P 670,207.15 d. P 677,212.56

10. Find the minor of 5 in the following matrices:

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a. 10 b. 8 c. 4 d. 12

11. A highway curve has a super elevation of 7°. Find the radius of the curve so that there
will be no lateral pressure between the tires and the roadway at a speed of 40 mph?
a. 265.71 m b. 227.48 c. 256.80 d. 292.20

12. Find the length of the curve of the polar equation r = 4(1 – sin A).
a. 32 b. 16 c. 20 d. 8

13. The expression (xt – x) is defined to be absolute error x, where xt is the true value of a
quantity and x is measured value in a computer. If the true value of a quantity is 3.5,
and the absolute error is ± 0.05, determine the acceptable values.
a. 3.45 < x < 3.55 b. 3.45 > x > 3.55 c. 3.45 < x > 3.55 d. 3.45 > x < 3.55

14. A parabolic curve having a forward tangent of -3% intersects a back tangent of 6.5% at
station 10 + 800 whose elevation is 5260 m. If the length of the curve is 400 m.,
determine the distance of the summit (highest point) from PC .
a. 228.20 m. b. 252.86 c. 273.68 d. 290.17
15. Two runners A and B compete for stretched of 1000 m long. It took 130 secs for A to reach
the finish line and B 138 secs to reach the finish line. How far was B behind A when A
reaches the finish line?
a. 55.16 m b. 53.18 c. 54.26 d. 58.02

16. The first cost of an equipment is P 150,000 with salvage value of P 20,000 at the end of
its life of 10 years. Using Declining Balance method, compute the book value at the end
of 6 years.
a. P 48,124.93 b. P 41,215.89 c. P 44,776.95 d. P 43,212.85

17. Find the acute angle in radians between the plane 2x – 4y – z + 5 = 0 and 3x + 4y + 5z +
6 = 0.
a. 1.77 rad b. 1.09 c. 1.26 d. 1.02

18. The configuration and roughness of the ground is referred to as:

a. contour b. relief c. hachure d. topography

19. Find the differential equations of the family of lines passing through the origin.
a. x dx + y dy = 0 b. x dx – y dy = 0 c. x dy + y dx = 0 d. x dy – y dx = 0

20. What is the latus rectum of the curve x^2 = 16y?

a. 8 b. 16 d. 2 d. 4

21. In which kind of polygon does the sum of the measurements of the interior angles equals
the sum of the measurements of the exterior angles?
a. Pentagon b. Triangle c. Quadrilateral d. None

22. Given the following descriptions of a four sided lot:

LINE BEARING DISTANCE

AB N 30° 30’ E 56.5 m
BC N 75° 30’ W 46.5 m
CD S 45° 30’ W 87.5 m
DA ___________ ___________

What is the bearing of the line DA?

a. N 78° 02’ E b. S 75° 15’ W c. N 77° 15’ E d. S 79° 8’ E

23. If 8 men can chop 28 trees in one day, how many trees can 20 men chop down in one day?
a. 70 b. 50 c. 75 d. 45

24. A deposit of P 110,000 was made for 31 days. The net interest after deducting 20%
withholding tax is P 890.36. Find the rate of return annually.
a. 12.36% b. 11.75% c. 15.33% d. 10.61%

25. A structure used to prevent scouring and erosion and the carrying away of river banks.
a. revetments b. jetty c. levee d. dikes

26. A horizontal force of 250 N pushes a flat bottomed 600 N block on a horizontal surface
from rest to a velocity of 22 m/s after travelling 120 m. What is the coefficient of
friction between the block and the surface?
a. 0.16 b. 0.35 c. 0.21 d. 0.44

27. What is the equivalent value of 405 degrees into mils?

a. 6400 b. 7000 c. 7200 d. 8000

28. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls area drawn in succession without
replacement, what is the probability that both balls are in the same color?
a. 5/14 b. 13/28 c. 10/14 d. 3/7

29. Evaluate log_6 845 = x .

a. 4.11 b. 4.79 c. 3.88 d. 3.76u

30. Evaluate the expression (tan x)(cos x) / sin x

a. cot x b. tan^2 x c. 0 d. 1

31. A conic has an equation of an asymptote equal to 3x = 4y. Find the equation of the conic
having its center at (0,0) and its transverse axis equal to y = 0.
a. 9x^2 – 16y^2 = 144 b. 9x – 16y = 12 c. 9x^2 – 16y = 144 d. 9x – 16y^2 = 12
32. A at certain point on the ground , the tower at the top of a 20 m high building subtends
at an angle of 45° . At another point on the ground 25 m closer the building, the tower
subtends an angle of 45° . Find the height of the tower.
a. 124.75 m b. 87.45 c. 154.32 d. 101.85

33. Evaluate the following subject to the functional relation x = t^3 and y = t^2.
a. 99 b. 100 c. 150 d. 96

34. The MRT system runs from North Ave to Taft Ave for a total distance of 15 km. The cost of
electric energy consumed by a train per hour is directly proportional to the cube of its
speed and is P 250 per hour at 50 kph. Other expenses such as salaries, depreciations,
damages to technical glitches, etc… amounts to P 1687.50 per hour. Find the most
economical speed of the train in kph.
a. 75 b. 80 c. 65 d. 60

35. Determine the length of the line in meters if there were 3 tallies, 8 pins and the last
pin is 9 m from the end of the line. The tape used is 50 m long.
a. 1879 b. 1509 c. 1909 d. 2009

36. The _____ refers to the highest derivative of the differential equation.
a. Degree b. Exponent c. Variable d. Order

37. A balloon is rising vertically over a point A on the ground at the rate of 15 ft/sec. A
point B on the ground is level with and 30 ft from A. When the balloon is 40 ft from A,
at what rate is its distance from B changing?
a. 15 ft/s b. 20 c. 12 d. 10

38. The rational expression 130x/(100 – x) describes the cost, in millions of dollars, to
inoculate x percent of the population against a particular strain of flu. For what value
of x is the expression undefined?
a. 100 b. -100 c. 0 d. 130

39. The capacity of the roads can be affected by the following EXCEPT:
a. Number of lanes b. Lane and shoulder width
c. Traffic situation d. Intersection capacity

40. A base line AB was measured accurately using a subtense bar 1 m long. From a point C near
the centre of the base, the lengths AC and CB were measured as 9.375 m and 9.493 m,
respectively. If the standard error in the angular mesurement was ± 1″, determine the
error in the length of the line.
a. ± 0.75 mm b. ±0.61 c. 0.84 d. 0.90

41. A tin pan 2 ft high , with a spherical bottom, has its sides flared out 60° from the
vertical. The bottom measures 4 ft across. How much tin does it take to make it?
a. 77.211 ft^2 b. 90.579 c. 73.592 d. 84.777

42. A feasibility study shows that a fixed capital investment of P10,000,000 is required for
a proposed construction firm and an estimated working capital of P2,000,000. Annual
depreciation is estimated to be10% of the fixed capital investment. Determine the rate of
return on the total investment if the annual profit is P3,500,000.
a. 28.33% b. 29.17% c. 30.12% d. 30.78%

43. Find the distance from the line x = 3y – 12 to the point (5,-1).
a. 5.078 b. 5.299 c. 5.945 d. 6.324

44. Determine the standard error for the following group of six measurements: 11,249.71 ft;
11,250.06 ft; 11,249.86 ft; 11,249.99 ft; 11,250.01 ft; 11,249.98 ft.
a. ±0.13 ft b. 0.12 c. 0.10 d. 0.08

45. A solid wooden cube 30 cm on each edge, can be totally submerged in water if it is pushed
downward with a force of 54 N. What is the density of the wood?
a. 800 kg/m^3 b. 500 c. 540 d. 1000

46. In how many ways can three people be seated in a room that consists of 7 seats?
a. 450 b. 900 c. 210 d. 350

47. Find the area inside one loop of the lemniscate r^2 = cos 2x.
a. 1/2 b. 1 c. 1/3 d. √3 / 2

48. For parking facilities , it refers to the use of a single parking space for 1 hour.
a. Turnover b. Load c. Duration d. Space hour
49. Hugo plays a game: he places a chess piece on the top left square of a 20 x 20 chessboard
and makes 10 moves with it. On each of these 10 moves, he moves the piece either one
square horizontally (left or right) or one square vertically (up or down). After the last
move, he draws an X on the square that the piece occupies. When Hugo plays this game over
and over again, what is the largest possible number of squares that could eventually be
marked with an X?
a. 55 b. 36 c. 45 d. 90

50. A manufacturer has been shipping his product (moderately heavy machines), mounted only on
skids without comlete crating. To avoid crating he must ship in freight cars which
contain only his machines. To do this he must pay freight on a car capacity load of 42
tons regardless of whether or not the car is completely full. In the past he actually has
shied only 30 tons in each car. The car load freight rate is P4.10 per hundred pounds. If
the machines are crated so that they can be shied in mixed car lots, along with other
merchandise, they can be shied at a rate of P4.20 per hundred pounds with the freight
bill computed only on the actual weight shied. The cost of crating would be P25.00 per
machine and would increase the shipping weight from 1,200- 1220 pounds per machine. How
much the shipping without using cranes is cheaper?
a. P 507.48 b. P 456.20 c. P 404.80 d. P 516.94

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