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1. _______One of the following is not a factor affecting the workability of fresh concrete.
a) Water content of the mix b) The grading of the aggregate c) The shape and texture of the
aggregate d) minimum size of aggregate e) none
2. _______Which one of the following oxide is found in higher amount in the chemical composition
of Portland cement
a) CaO b) Al2O3 c) SiO2 d) MgO e) Fe 2O3
3. _______Which one the following tasks cannot be done by using Grader?
a) Spreading b) Finishing and Leveling c) Ditch Digging d) Cutting in soft dirt e) none
4. _______Which one of the following compounds in cement liberates a large amount of heat during
the first few days of hardening and also contributes to early-strength development.
a) C3S b) C2S c) C3A d) C4AF e) a & b
5. _______From the following shovel family equipment, select a one which has the longest reach of
all shovel equipment.
a) Face shovel b) Back hoe c) Clamshell d) Dragline e) a & b
6. _______One of the following is/are an advantage of small Dump Truck over the large Dump Truck
a) Balance of Fleet b) More total spotting time c) more difficulty for an excavator to load
d) Reducing the danger of bunching e) a & d
7. ______Which one of the following method is used for measuring the workability of fresh
concrete
a) Slump test b) Compacting factor test c) Jar test d) All e) a & b
8. _______Consider an investment project with the following net cash flow: What would be the value
of X if the project’s IRR is 10%? (5pts)

Year Net Cash Flow(birr)

0 -1500
1 X
2 650
3 X

a) 579.23 birr b) 1059.11 c) 1281.56 d) 425 e) none

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9. ______If quantities per m of fresh concrete are: Cement: 350 kg , Water: 180 litter, Air : 1.5% ,
Bulk specific Gravity of aggregates = 2.65 and Specific gravity of cement = 3.15, what is the
absolute volume of the aggregates
a) 0.694 m3 b) 0.689 m3 c) 0.709 m3 d) 0.311 m3 e) none
10. ______If in the above question (Q. 9) the proportion of the fine to coarse aggregate by weight is 1:
2, what is the quantity of coarse aggregate?
a) 1226 kg b)1839 kg c)614 kg d) 1217.2kg e) none
11. ______You deposit 3,000birr in a savings account that earns 9% simple interest per year. How
many years will it take to double your balance?
a) 6.16 years b)13.11 years c) 11.11 years d) 10.5 years e) none

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12. ______An engineering school has just completed a new engineering complex worth 40 million
birr. A campaign targeting alumni is planned to raise funds for future maintenance costs, which
are estimated at 150,000 birr per year. Assuming that the school can create a trust fund that earns
10% interest annually, how much has to be raised now to cover the perpetual string of 150,000
annual costs?
a) 1,500,000 birr b) 1,250,000 birr c) 4,000,000 birr d) 1,050,000birr e) none
13. ______In computing the equivalent present worth of the following cash flow series at period zero,
which of the following expressions is incorrect?
a) P = 100(P/A, i, 4)(P/F, i, 4) b) P = 100(F/A, i. 4)(P/F, i, 7) c) P = l00(P/A, i, 7) - l00(P/A, i, 3)
d) P = 100[(P/F, i, 4) + (P/F, i, 5) + (P/F, i, 6) + (P/F, i, 7)] e) All are correct
14. ______If 400 birr is deposited in a savings account at the beginning of each year for 15 years and
the account earns 10% interest compounded annually. What will be the balance on the account
the end of the 15 years?
a) 11190birr b)12709 birr c) 6000birr d) 12700birr e) none
15. ______Which one of the following is most commonly used criteria to evaluate public projects
a) Present worth comparisons b) Annual cost & worth comparisons c) Benefit to cost ratio
d) Internal rate of return method e) a & b
16. ______Which one of the following is not a factor should be considered in preparing mix design
a) Sieve analyses of fine and coarse aggregates b) Unit weight of coarse aggregate
c) Bulk specific gravities and absorption of aggregates d) slump required e) none
17. _____ A secondhand bulldozer acquired at the beginning of the fiscal year at a cost of $58.000
has an estimated salvage value of $8,000 and an estimated useful life of 12 years. Determine the
amount of annual depreciation computed by the straight-line method
a) $4166.7 b)$4833.3 c) $5000 d) $5500 e) none
18. _____ For the above question (Q.17), what is the amount of depreciation for the third year using
the double-declining- balance method?
a) $9686 b) $8068.438 c) $6721 d) $5598.5 e) none
19. ______Suppose you want to select construction equipment for excavating excavations which are
above the wheel or grade level, which of the following equipment will meet your requirement
more?
a) Back Shovel b) Face Shovel c) Dragline d) Clamshell e) a & c
20. ______Which one of the following cement is more intended for mass structures such as Gravity
dam where you are going to cast mass of concrete at once?
a) Normal Portland cement b) Moderate Portland cement c) High-Early-Strength Portland
cement d) Low -Heat of Hydration Portland cement e) Sulfate -resisting Portland
cement
21. ______Which one of the following equipment is used more to: load excavated materials to a
hauling unit, excavate soft to medium materials, loading hoppers, stockpiling materials, backfilling
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a) Loader b) Dozer c) Grader d) Scraper e) c & d

22. ______Which one of the following is not a factor which influences the strength of concrete?
a) Effect of Age b) Temperature c) Water/cement ratio d)Humidity e) none
23. ______In choosing of Excavation Equipment for Building Site Excavation which on the following
points one has to consider?
a) Activity time constraints b) Characteristics of haul units c) Size of the job d) Space
constraints e) All of the above
24. ______During hydration of cement , the reaction of C 3A with water is very violent and leads to
immediate stiffening of the paste, to prevent this from happening which one of the following
should be added to the cement clinker
a) Ca(OH) b) CaSO4.2H20 c) CaSO4 d) C4AF e) none
25. ______Suppose two excavators are working on the site for loading dump trucks, if the cycle time
of one dump truck and the cycle time of one excavator are given to be 50 minutes and 2.5 minutes
respectively, Calculate the total number of trucks required to keep the excavating equipment
working at capacity.
a) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) 10 e) none
26. _____The type of brick bond system comprises an alternative header and stretcher and
often used to get good aesthetic view
a. Flemish bond c. Stretcher bond
b. Header bond d. English bond
27. _____A flat slab floor consists of
a. A slab of constant thickness
b. A slab with beam on all four sides of slab panel
c. A slab with drop panels at each column
d. None of the above
28. _____Given a multistory building with a floor-to- floor height 3m and an optimal riser
height of 18cm how many treads would you use for a dog leg shaped stair with a mid-
landing between floors? (the landing is not counted as a tread)
a. 15 b. 16 c. 17 d. 18
29. ______The time at which formwork and false work is removed shall be determined by
consideration of the following criteria except one
a. The concrete strength at the time of removal
b. The stresses that will be induced in the concrete when the formwork/ false work has
been removed
c. The type and size of the reinforcement used in the concrete mix
d. The ambient climate conditions
30. ______Which one of the following is not true about site plan?
a. It is a drawing showing various properties in terms of owner, location elevation or
utility line
b. It provides more information about structural system including thickness of walls

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c. Illustrating building location and orientation of the a plot of land

d. It is a view looking down at a building from above
31. ______The type of foundation that combined two column pads by rigid beam at the bottom
to transmit it unbalance sheer and moment
a. Isolated foundation c. strip foundation
b. Combined foundation d. strap foundation
32. ______Which of the following is not true about sustainable building approach
a. It account environmental, social and economic issues
b. It starts at planning stage of a building and continuous up to commissioning of the
building
c. It portray the industry’s responsibility towards protecting the environment
d. All of the above
33. ______Which of the following is not concept of prefabrication method of building
construction
a. Continuity of production
b. Standardization
c. Integration of the different stages of the whole production
d. Replacing mechanization method by manual labor
34. ______The following are the disadvantage of design build (DB) delivery system except
one
a. The client budget requirement is defined early enough in the development process
b. The tender cost is higher than in the case of design bid build(DBB) delivery system
c. The client will face higher cost of risks
d. The client will have limited supervisory role
35. ______Which of the following is not true about liquidated damages stated in general
condition of contract of PPA 2011 Version
a. The cumulative penalty to be paid by the contractor shall not exceed 10% of the
contract price
b. A penalty of 1% of the value of undelivered service for each day of delay until
actual delivery
c. The client may terminate the contract by giving advance notice to the contractor
without any obligation to wait until the penalty reaches 10% of the value of the
contract
d. All of the above
36. ______If owner of the project agree to pay for consultant 2.5% of the project cost for the
design and supervision service of the project. What type of contract is it?
a. Unit rate contract c. Cost plus percentage
contract
b. Cost plus fixed fee contract d. lump sum contract

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37. ______The following is specification of glazing work for workshop building;

“Glass shall be the best quality and free from bubbles, scratches and other imperfections.
The thickness of glass be 4mm. The glass panes shall be fixed in 15mm rebate of the steel
frame leaving 1.5mm clear gap all round for allowing for expansions. The rebate shall be
painted before glasses are fixed. Putty shall be of best quality made of finely powdered
whiting and linseed oil, kneaded into a stiff past. First a thin layer of putty (back putty)
shall be applied on the rebate, then glass shall be fixed in position by a few small nails and
then putty(front putty) shall be applied and pressed in position and finished off neatly and
in such a manner that no putty projects beyond the rebate. The putty shall be painted with a
coat of paint.”
What type of technical specification is it?
a. Proprietary specification c. Performance Specification
b. Description specification d. Reference specification
38. ______What is the number of hollow concrete block (HCB) required to cover 3m 2 area of
wall
a. 47.5 b. 27.5 c. 37.5 d. 26
39. ______Which one is different from others?
a. Arbitration c. Negotiation
b. Mediation d. Conciliation
40. ______Which of the following is the disadvantage of Gants chart construction scheduling
method?
a. It is difficult to show the interaction among activities of the project
b. Does not show which of the activities are critical or not
c. Does not show the whole operation of the project
d. All of the above
41. ______Which of the following is not true about determination of duration of activities?
a. The duration of each activity will be determined independent from other activities
b. Activity duration of a given project depend on the equipment output
c. The activity duration of a given task can be found by multiplying the total amount of
task by crew and equipment output
d. Materials, labors and equipment are the constrains in determining the duration of
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42. _______Based on the ground floor given below;

What will be the quantity of trench excavation in M 3? Assume working space is 250mm ,
all demission is in mm and no lean concrete under masonry
a. 21.6 m3 b. 18.09 m3 c. 19.44 m3 d. 15.93 m3
43. ______What does the concept of float in construction scheduling tell us?
a. The scheduling flexibility

b. It can tell us that we can shift the staring time of critical activities

c. It tell us we can reduce the project time

d. None of the above

44. _____Which of the following is true about resource leveling?

a. It does not affect the hiring and firing of daily laborers

b. It shift non critical activities of the original scheduling

c. A leveled resource diagram has large peak and valleys in the schedule

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d. None of the above

45. ______Based on the data sheet given below;

Data Sheet

Material Cement:- Price 135 birr/bag & required cement amount 1.15 quintal/m3
Required Sand :- Price 200 birr/m3 & required sand amount 0.26 m3/m3
Water:- Price 8.25 birr/ m3 & required Water amount 0.15 m3/m3
Stone:- Price 300 birr/ m3 & required stone amount 1.25 m3/m3
Labour Engineer:- salary 8500 birr/ month & Utilization factor 10%
Required Forman:- Salary 6000 birr/ month & Utilization factor 25%
Mason:- Salary 200 birr/ day & Utilization factor 100%
Labour: Salary 60 birr/ day & Utilization factor 100%
A crew for the construction of masonry consisted of 1 Engineer, 1 Forman,
2 Masons and 6 daily Laborers. The hourly index for the labour is taken as
1.
Equipment Tools: - Hourly rental cost 10birr/hr for each tools & 4 tools required for
Required the work.
The output of the crew and tools is 0.6 m3/hr
NB: - Assume 26 days per month and 8 hours per day as a working time.
Use 12% for overhead cost and 18% for contractor profit

What is the unit price of masonry construction before VAT?

a. 1150.55 birr b. 1277.35 birr c. 1075.53 birr d. 1468.95 birr

46. ______What is the span of defect liability period lasted?
a. 12 months before the contractor handover the project to the client

b. 12 months after the contractor handover the project to the client

c. 12 months starting from handover of the site to contactor

d. None of the above

47. ______One of the following is not procedure of final acceptance

a. It requested by the contractor and confirmed by the engineer

b. The engineer prepare checklist of all defectives works and inform the

contractor for correction

c. The contractor can request final acceptance before construction complete

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d. The final acceptance can be carried out by all representative of stakeholders

48. ______The following table shows the activities of a given projects

Activity Days Predecessor Project cost

A 2 - 200
B 5 A 500
C 2 B 200
D 7 B 500
E 2 B 200
F 2 B 100

What is the daily cost of the project staring from 7th day of the project up to 9th days?

a) 100 b) 50 c) 321.4 d) 171.4

49. _____As professionals, civil engineers should conform to the following rules as they
perform their duties except one. Select the one that is not applied for
a. Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public.
b. Act for every employer or client as faithful agents or trustees and confront conflict of
interest.
c. Apply to the fullest extent their knowledge and skill to every client’s project.
d. Serve only in their areas of responsibility
50. _____Which risk will not covered by Contractor’s All Risk Insurance (CARI) package?

a. Risk due to nuclear reaction damage

b. Risk due to faulty design

c. Risk due to war or war-like operation

d. All of the above