MSTE (TERMINOLOGIES) 22.

Signs used to guide drivers through a

change in horizontal alignment of the road.
MATH 1 A. Chevron signs
15. Device mounted on a fixed support B. Supplementary signs
(permanent signs) or portable support C. Guide signs
(temporary signs) whereby a specific message D. Delineators
is conveyed by means of words or symbols
placed or erected for the of 23. The reaction time used for road safety
regulating, warning or guiding traffic. design is:
A. Roadwork signs A. 1.0 sec
B. Traffic signs B. 1.5 sec
C. Overhead signs C. 2.0 sec
D. Special instruction signs D. 2.5 sec

16. Signs that inform road users of the 24. The purpose of installing edges lines is
traffic laws and regulations which is generally based on the following:
disregarded will constitute an offense. I. To discourage travel on road
A. Warning Signs shoulders.
B. Regulatory Signs II. To make driving safer and more assured
C. Overhead Signs particularly at night and during inclement
D. Guide Signs weather conditions.
III. To act as a guide past objects which
17. Signs that instruct road users to meet are close to the edge of the pavement and
certain traffic rule requirements on road which constitute a hazard.
condition. IV. To prevent parking at or near
A. Special Instruction Signs intersections.
B. Regulatory Signs A. II, III and IV only
C. Warning Signs B. I, II and III only
D. Guide Signs C. I, III and IV only
D. All of the above
18. Signs which warn road users of condition
on or adjacent to the road maybe unexpected 25. The provision of safety sight distance
or hazardous. depends on the characteristics of the
A. Overhead Signs vehicle such as:
B. Roadwork Signs I. Type of vehicle – car and truck
C. Warning Signs II. Friction between the tire and the road
D. Guide Signs III. Eye height of the driver
IV. Speed of vehicles
19. Signs which warns or advise temporary A. I, II and III only
hazardous conditions that could endanger B. I, III and IV only
road users or the men and equipment engaged C. II, III and IV only
on roadworks. D. All of the above
A. Overhead Signs
B. Roadwork Signs 26. The provision of safety sight distance
C. Warning Signs depends on the characteristics of the road
D. Guide Signs environment such as:
I. Road geometry – grade and curvature
20. Signs which provide means of displaying sight limitations
essential traffic information on wide multi II. Road surface – sealed and unsealed,
lane roads, where some degree of lane use smooth and rough
control is required or where side of road III. Road illumination at night
clearance is insufficient to accommodate a IV. Road topography
road side sign. A. I, II and III only
A. Overhead Signs B. I, II and IV only
B. Roadwork Signs C. II, III and IV only
C. Warning Signs D. All of the above
D. Guide Signs
MATH 2
21. Signs which inform and advise road users
of directions, distances, routes and the 13. Standard sign shape for STOP sign.
location of services for road users and point A. Octagon
of interest. B. Circle
A. Overhead Signs C. Heart
B. Roadwork Signs D.Equilateral triangle
C. Warning Signs
D. Guide Signs
14. Standard sign shape for GIVE WAY sign. 22. The datum line for design of port
A. Octagon facilities in accordance with charts which
B. Circle being used by Philippine Ports Authority.
C. Equilateral triangle A. LWL
D. Rectangle B. RWL
C. HWL
15. Standard sign shape for regulatory D. MLLW
signs.
A. Octagon 23. The speed limit appropriate on lower
B. Circle standard expressways.
C. Equilateral triangle A. 50 or 60 kph
D. Rectangle B. 60 or 75 kph
C. 90 or 100 kph
16. Standard sign shape for additional D. 80 or 90 kph
information.
A. Octagon 24. Ideal capacity of a road is:
B. Circle A. 2000 vph
C. Equilateral triangle B. 1800 vph
D. Rectangle C. 1400 vph
D. 2500 vph
17. Standard sign shape for warning signs.
A. Octagon 25. It refers to the physical or
B. Circle environmental conditions of work or
C. Equilateral triangle employment, which substantially comply with
D. Rectangle the provisions of this Standards.
A. Approved
18. Standard sign shape for directional B. Safety
signs, roadwork signs, signs for special C. Health
purposes, and supplementary plates for D. Recognized Hazards
warning signs.
A. Octagon 26. __________ deals with all aspects of
B. Circle health and safety in the workplace and has a
C. Equilateral triangle strong focus on primary prevention of
D. Rectangle hazards.
A. Hazard Control
19. Standard sign shape for facility B. Risk Control
information signs, instruction signs, guide C. Occupational Safety and Health
signs and destinations of point of interest. D. Safety Measures
A. Octagon
B. Circle MATH 3
C. Equilateral triangle
D. Rectangle 13. Highway appurtenances designed to
prevent vehicular penetration from the
20. Standard sign shape for pedestrian and travel way to areas behind the barrier such
school crossing sign. as to minimize damage to impacting vehicles
A. Octagon and their occupants, and to reduce the risk
B. Pentagon of injuries to pedestrians and workers.
C. Equilateral triangle A. Traffic Cones
D. Rectangle B. Delineators
C. Barriers
21. The PPA (Philippine Ports Authority) D. Temporary Curbing
requires that water level that guarantees
about water depth for safety of the ships 14. Warning devices used to supplement other
berthing on a certain ports and harbor, below controls and devices necessary to alert
the mean lower low water should be equal to: motorists of construction and maintenance
A. 0.15m – 0.30m activities or obstructions in the roadway.
B. 0.12m – 0.40m A. Traffic Cones
C. 0.15m – 0.40m B. Delineators
D. 0.12m – 0.50m C. Barriers
D. Flashing Lamps
15. Light retro-reflecting devices mounted 22. Introduction of measures which will
at the side of the roadway, in series, to eliminate or reduce the risk of a person
indicate the roadway alignment. being exposed to a hazard.
A. Traffic Cones A. Injury Reports
B. Delineators B. Risk Assessment
C. Flexible post or Bollard C. Risk Control
D. Flashing Lamps D. Hazard Identification

16. Devices which may be conical in shape or 23. Rule is the guidelines regarding
tubular shaped capable of performing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
channelization of traffic which may be set A. Rule 1040
on the surface of the roadway or rigidly B. Rule 1080
attached for continued use. C. Rule 1070
A. Traffic Cones D. Rule 1090
B. Delineators
C. Flexible post or Bollard 24. It is an impervious membrane applied to
D. Flashing Lamps concrete pavement before its initial setting
that prevents rapid evaporation of water
17. Roadwork devices consisting of precast from the mix.
concrete sections, sandbag and others which A. Admixture
may be used to guide traffic at the B. Retarder
construction site. C. Accelerator
A. Barriers D. Curing Compound
B. Delineators
C. Temporary Curbing 25. It is a construction operation that
D. Flexible post or bollard concrete should be protected so that
moisture is not lost during the early stages
18. Device used in place of rigid cones with of hydration and also protect against injury
a minimum of 450 mm by 50 mm wide with from subsequent construction activities.
alternate bands of contrasting color as seen A. Testing
by approaching traffic for delineation of B. Curing
traffic. C. Sprinkling
A. Barriers D. Ponding
B. Delineators
C. Temporary Curbing 26. A mixture of cementitious materials and
D. Bollard water, with or without aggregate,
proportioned to produce a creamy
19. Means any traffic control device marked consistency.
on the surface of the carriageway used to A. Filler
regulate traffic or to warn or guide road B. White cement
users. C. Primer
A. Chevron Signs D. Grout
B. Delineators
C. Lane Line MATH 4
D. Road Markers
13. It is defined as the number of vehicles
20. Looking at the possibility of injury or per unit distance occupying a section of
harm occurring to a person if exposed to a roadway at a given instant time.
hazard. A. Density
A. Injury Reports B. Capacity
B. Risk Assessment C. Flow
C. Risk Control D. Volume
D. Hazard Identification
14. The number of vehicles moving in a
21. Recognizing of things which may cause specified direction on a given lane or
injury or harm to a person. roadway that pass a given point during
A. Injury Reports specified unit time.
B. Risk Assessment A. Traffic Volume
C. Risk Control B. Traffic Capacity
D. Hazard Identification C. Traffic Density
D. Basic Capacity

15. The ability of a roadway to accomodate

traffic volume. It is expressed as the
maximum number of vehicle in a lane or a road
that can pass a given point in unit time.
A. Traffic Volume B. Workability
B. Traffic Capacity C. Fluidity
C. Traffic Density D. Concrete Mix
D. Basic Capacity
23. It is anything that can cause harm.
16. The maximum number of passenger cars that A. Hazard
can pass a given point on a lane or roadway B. Risk
during one hour under the most nearly ideal C. Severity
roadway and traffic conditions which can D. Accidents
possibly be attained.
A. Possible Capacity 24. It is the probability of harm actually
B. Practical Capacity being done.
C. Traffic Capacity A. Hazard
D. Basic Capacity B. Risk
C. Severity
17. The maximum number of passenger cars that D. Likelihood
can pass a given point on a lane or roadway
during one hour under prevailing roadway and 25. It is a violation of an accepted safe
traffic conditions. procedure which could permit the occurrence
A. Possible Capacity of an accident.
B. Practical Capacity A. Accident
C. Traffic Capacity B. Risk
D. Basic Capacity C. Unsafe Act
D. Unsafe Condition
18. The maximum number of passenger cars that
can pass a given point on a lane or roadway 26. A hazardous physical condition or
during one hour without traffic density circumstance which could directly permit the
being so great as to cause unreasonable occurrence of an accident.
delay, hazard, or restrictions to the A. Hazard
driver’s freedom to maneuver under traffic B. Risk
conditions. C. Unsafe Act
A. Posible Capacity D. Unsafe Condition
B. Practical Capacity
C. Traffic Capacity MATH 5
D. Basic Capacity
12. Joints placed in concrete pavements,
19. It is a kind of test that determines the consistency of which are usually placed transversely, at
concrete. regular intervals, to provide adequate
A. Normal Consistency Test expansion space for the slab to expand when
B. Abrasion Test the pavement is subjected to an increase in
C. Slump Test temperature.
D. Specific Gravity Test A. Hinge Joint
B. Contraction Joint
20. A general term relating to the character C. Construction Joint
of a mix with respect to its fluidity. D. Expansion Joint
A. Workability
B. Slump 13. Joints placed in concrete pavements,
C. Concrete Mix which are usually placed transversely
D. Consistency regular intervals across the width of the
pavement to release some of the tensile
21. Material other than the basic ingredient stresses that are due to a decrease in
of concrete mix immediately before or during temperature.
mixing to modify one or more of the specific A. Hinge Joint
properties of concrete in the fresh hardened B. Contraction Joint
states. C. Construction Joint
A. Admixture D. Expansion Joint
B. Retarder
C. Accelerator
D. Curing Compound

22. It refers to how easily freshly mixed 14. Joints placed in concrete pavements,
concrete can be placed, consolidated and which are usually placed transversely across
finished with minimal loss of homogeneity. the pavement width to provide suitable
A. Consistency transition between concrete placed at
different times or on different days. B. Simply Reinforced Concrete Pavement
A. Hinge Joint C. Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement
B. Contraction Joint D. Flexible Concrete Pavement
C. Construction Joint
D. Expansion Joint 22. A type of rigid pavement having dowels
for the transfer of traffic loads across
15. Joints placed in concrete pavements at joints.
right angles to the center line of the A. Plain Concrete Pavement
pavement is called: B. Simply Reinforced Concrete Pavement
A. Transverse Joint C. Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement
B. Longitudinal Joint D. Flexible Concrete Pavement
C. Construction Joint
D. Expansion Joint 23. A type of rigid pavement which has no
transverse joints, except construction
16. It is a type of thermoplastic lane joints or expansion joint when they are
marking designed to aid and provide motorist necessary at specific positions such as at
with visual, audio, and warning on the road. bridges.
A. Chevron markings A. Plain Concrete Pavement
B. Painted median B. Simply Reinforced Concrete Pavement
C. Rumble strips C. Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement
D. Diagonal markings D. Flexible Concrete Pavement

17. Markings which are placed on sealed 24. The measurement of the extent to which a
shoulders or other sealed portion of the road road surface deviates from the plane is
where traffic is not desired. The spacing called pavement _______.
between bars is generally 6 meters. A. deflection
A. Chevron markings B. Distress
B. Painted median C. roughness
C. Rumble strips D. skid resistance
D. Diagonal markings
25. Pavement ______________ refers to the
18. It is the process where a load is condition of a pavement in terms of its
prepared for lifting using a lifting general appearance.
machine. The main part of this process is A. deflection
the tying up of the load with sling and other B. distress
connecting devices so that the load could be C. roughness
hooked onto a crane. D. skid resistance
A. Lifting
B. Rigging 26. Pavement ______________ refers to the
C. Loading structural adequacy of the pavement section.
D. Handling A. deflection
B. Distress
19. Complete or partial dismantling of a C. roughness
building or structure by pre-planned and D. skid resistance
controlled methods or procedures.
A. Demolition 27. Describes the effectiveness of a
C. Breaking pavement to prevent or reduce skid related
B. Clearing crashes.
D. Grubbing A. crack resistance
B. patching resistance
20. Any temporary elevated platform used for C. raveling resistance
supporting employees or materials or both in D. skid resistance
the course of any construction works.
A. Formworks 28. Capacity for two-lane highways ranges
B. Scaffold from _____________ passenger car equivalents
C. Framing per hour.
D. Bracing A. 1000 to 1500
B. 1500 to 2000
C. 2000 to 2800
D. 2800 to 3000

21. A type of rigid pavement which has no 29. The time for mixing of ingredients for a
temperature steel or dowels for the load concrete cement road should be done for at
transfer. least:
A. Plain Concrete Pavement A. 2.5 min.
B. 3 min cracks.
C. 1.5 min A. Alligator Cracking
D. 2 min. B. Block Cracking
C. Transverse Cracking
30. The number of days final curing for a D. Longitudinal Cracking
concrete cement pavement is done for:
A. 21 days 19. Cracks approximately parallel to the
B. 12 days pavement centerline. These are caused by
C. 14 days poorly constructed construction joints and
D. 18 days shrinkage of asphalt concrete surface.
A. Alligator Cracking
B. Block Cracking
MATH 6 C. Transverse Cracking
D. Longitudinal Cracking
12. The layer of the pavement which finally
carries the load from the road. 20. Wearing way of the pavement surface
A. sub-base caused by dislodging of aggregated particles
B. wearing surface and binder. This is usually a result of
C. base course insufficient asphalt binder in the mix or
D. sub-grade stripping of asphalt from particles of
aggregate.
13. The top surface of a road structure which A. Joint or crack spalling
receives the traffic load and transfer it to B. Flushing
the subgrade. C. Bleeding
A. sub-base D. Raveling
B. wearing surface
C. base 21. Progressive disintegration of the
D. formation surface between the wheel paths caused by
dripping of gasoline or oil from vehicles.
14. Part of road structure which is A. Spalling
immediately above the sub-grade and composed B. Flushing
of stone boulders or superior soil. C. Bleeding
A. sub-base D. Drip Track Raveling
B. sub-grade
C. base 22. The extruding of bitumen onto the
D. wearing course pavement surface, causing a reduction in
skid resistance. It is generally caused by
15. An application of hot bitumen material excessive amounts of asphalt in the mix or
given to the old surface to provide adhesion low air voids content. It occurs when asphalt
to the old and new road surface. fills the voids in the mix during hot weather
A. seal coat and then exudes out onto the surface of the
B. prime coat pavement.
C. tack coat A. Spalling
D. surface dressing B. Raveling
C. Bleeding or Flushing
16. A layer of stone chippings coat laid over D. Abrasion
a hot bitumen to make the surface water
proof. 23. Elevation differences between adjacent
A. seal coat slabs at transverse joints. It is usually
B. prime coat the result of pumping and is a major source
C. tack coat of Portland Concrete pavement structure.
D. surface dressing A. Spalling
B. Faulting
17. A very thin surface applied over a C. Bleeding
bituminous pavement to make it impervious. D. Raveling
A. seal coat
B. prime coat
C. tack coat
D. surface dressing

18. Cracks approximately at right angles to 24. Localized upward buckling and shattering
the pavement centerline. These may be caused of the slabs at transverse joint or cracks.
by shrinkage or differential thermal stress They can occur when transverse joints are
of the asphalt concrete or maybe reflective filled with incompressible solid materials.
A. Blowups elliptical or near elliptical.
B. Raveling A. Shallow Water Wave
C. Spalling B. Deep Water Wave
D. Faulting C. Significant Wave
D. Highest Wave
25. The breakdown or disintegration of slab
edges at joints or cracks, usually resulting 16. Waves formed by the frictional drag of
in the loss of sound concrete and the wind across the water surface.
progressive widening of joint or crack. A. Shallow Wave
A. Joint abrasion B. Transitional Wave
B. Joint raveling C. Significant Wave
C. Joint spalling D. Gravity Wave
D. Joint flushing
17. The pressure against a vertical wall due
26. A series of interconnected or interlaced to waves.
cracks caused by fatigue failure of the A. Wave Decay
asphalt concrete surface under repeated B. Dynamic Pressure
traffic loading. C. Rankines Active Pressure
A. Alligator Cracking D. Clapotis
B. Block Cracking
C. Transverse Cracking 18. The distance that the wind blows over
D. Longitudinal Cracking the sea in generating the waves is known as:
A. clapotis
27. Cracks forming large interconnected B. wakes
polygons, usually with sharp corners or C. seiche
angle. These cracks are generally caused by D. Fetch
hardening and shrinkage of the asphalt and
or reflection cracking from underlying 19. The regular periodic rise and fall of
layers such as cement-treated base. the surface of the seas, observable along
A. Alligator Cracking their shores.
B. Block Cracking A. wave
C. Transverse Cracking B. tide
D. Longitudinal Cracking C. period of wave
D. Current
MATH 7
20. The falling tide is known as:
12. A wave at a point where the depth is A. Ebb tide
equal to ½ of the wavelength or greater to B. Flood tide
be expressed in terms of the parameters of C. Neap tide
significant wave. D. Spring tide
A. Deep Water Wave
B. Highest Wave 21. Waves generated by storms, which occur
C. Significant Wave outside area of observation.
D. Equivalent Depth Wave A. Swells
B. Shoal
13. A hypothetical wave having a wave height C. Skewd
and period equal to average values of the D. Ebb
wave height and period of the largest 1/3 of
all waves in the train as counted in the 22. A very long standing wave on a large but
order of greater wave height. limited body of water generally occurring
A. Deep Water Wave when a storm dies down after producing a wind
B. Gravity Wave tide.
C. Significant Wave A. Seiche
D. Equivalent Depth Wave B. Shoal
C. Ebb
14. A maximum wave height and wave period of D. Skewd
the maximum wave height in the wave train.
A. Transitional Wave
B. Highest Wave
C. Significant Wave
D. Equivalent Depth Wave

15. Waves which occur in water having a depth 23. An instrument use to measure the
less than one half of the wave length and intensity of wind.
the influence of the bottom changes the form A. Buchanan’s scale
or orbital motion from circular to B. Fiboracci scale
C. Beuforts scale given coastline.
D. Antwerp scale A. mean ocean level
B. mean low water
24. In many parts of the world, the high C. mean lower low water
waters reach their greatest height and the D. mean sea level
low waters at the least height, soon after
the time of full moon and new moon. These FINAL PREBOARD
tides are called:
A. Spring tide 4. The traffic characteristics which has the greatest effect on
B. Flood tide highway design
C. Neap tide A. Density of Traffic
D. Ebb tide B. Mean Speed
C. Volume of Traffic
25. When the lines connecting the earth with D. Traffic Capacity
the sun and the moon form a right angle, that
is the moon is in its quarters, then the 7. A measure of the difficulty in excavating and loading
actions of the moon and sun are subtractive, of soil
and the lowest tides of the month occur, this A. Loadability
is called: B. Trafficability
A. Neap tide C. Hauling
B. Lunar tide D. Placing
C. Diurnal tide
D. Ebb tide 8. It requires installing aluminum hydraulic or other types of
supports to prevent soil movement and cave-ins.
26. Owing to retardation of the tidal wave A. Shoring
in the ocean by frictional force, as the B. Benching
earth revolves daily around its axis and as C. Trenching
the tide tends to follow the direction of D. Sloping
the moon, the highest tide for each location
is not coincident with conjunction and 25. The design element which is the most affected by the
opposition but occurs at some constant time volume of traffic.
after new and full moon. This interval which A. Number of Traffic Lanes
may amount to as much as two and a half days B. Mean Speed
is known as: C. Type of Pavement
A. Diurnal tide D. Time of Travel
B. Lunar tide
C. Age of the tide 32. Ability of a soil to support the weight of vehicles under
D. Semi-diurnal tide repeated traffic.
A. Loadability
27. Tides which occurs only one high tide a B. Trafficability
day is called: C. Capacity
A. Semi-diurnal tide D. Design Strength
B. Diurnal tide
C. Neap tide 37. It means a method of protecting workers from cave-ins by
D. Spring tide excavating the sides of an excavation to form one or a series
of horizontal levels or steps, usually with vertical or near-
28. The periodic rise nad fall of sea level vertical surfaces between levels.
in response to the gravitational attraction A. Shielding
of the sun and moon as modified by the B. Benching
earth’s rotation. C. Shoring
A. Rotational Tides D. Sloping
B. Storm Surge
C. Gravitational Tide 41. It involves cutting back the trench wall at an angle
D. Astronomical Tide inclined away from the excavation.
A. Shoring
29. Waves formed by moving ship or boats are B. Benching
called: C. Trenching
A. Wakes D. Sloping
B. Swell
C. Breaking waves
D. Seiching
44. It protects workers by using trench boxes or other
30. The average height of the sea for all types of supports to prevent soil cave-ins.
stages of the tide obtained from systematic A. Shielding
observations of sea levels at equal B. Benching
intervals over a long period of time along a C. Shoring
D. Sloping

45. In the measures of congestion of highway capacity, what

will happen as the density continues to increase?
A. Minimum rate of flow is eventually reached
B. Increase speeds and reduced flow rate
C. The point is reached at which speed declines noticeably
D. Running speed and traffic flow is minimum

48. Pavement markings shall only be applied and/or removed

by
A. LTO
B. PNP
C. DPWH
D. DOTC

53. They are used in a concrete mix to reduce the heat of

hydration, increase the workability and reduce the segregation
of a mix.
A. Retarders
B. Admixtures
C. Pozzolan
D. Water

54. A contract that provides a specified payment for

completion of the work described in the contract is referred to
as
A. Unit Price Contract
B. Lumpsum Contract
C. Fixed Price Contract
D. Fixed Price with Escalation Contract