Name: DESON G.

SENADERO Date: 05/17/25

Year and Course: BSCE 4A

Instructor: Engr. Jerrel M. Amarante

ASSINGMENT 2

1. The volume of a rectangular building with square base and height x is x3- 60x2+900x. Find the
base dimensions in terms of x.
A. (x-20) x (x+20)
B. (x-20) x (x - 20)
C. (x -30) × (x - 30)
D. (x + 30) × (x -30)

2. Which of the following is an even function?

A. f(x) = f(x)
B. f(x) = cos x
C. f(x) = f(x)
D. f(x) = sin x

3. The relationship between concrete strengths fe(14) and f(28) is given by the following:

t
f ' c(14) 2
f ' c(28)
1.203+0.7 t−0.0090195 t
where t is age of concrete in weeks.
The concrete strength at the end of 14 days is 24.1 MPa. Determine the concrete strength at the end
of 28 days according to the DPWH design guidelines.
A. 34.2 MPa
B. 33.5 MPa
C. 27.5 MPa
D. 31.4 MPa
4. Radon-22 decays according to formula A = A, e-0.181t where t is expressed in days. Find the
material's half-life.
A. 3.83 days
B. 4.58 days
C. 3.65 days

D. 12.47 days

5. Some Civil Engineering students decide to have a parade during Engineering Week. When the
students form ranks of 3 abreast, two are left over. In ranks of 5, four students are left over. In ranks
of 7, six are left over. In ranks of 11, ten are left over. What is the least possible number of students in
the parade?
A. 1362
B. 1154
C. 986
D. 1028

6. A pendulum swings a length of 40 inches on its first wing. Each successive swing is 4/5 of the
preceding swing. Find the length of the
fifth swing.
A. 10.4 in
B. 14.4 in
C. 12.4 in
D. 16.4 in
7. While framing an addition to an existing home, a carpenter used the Pythagorean theorem to
determine whether a wall was "square" - that is, whether the wall formed a right angle with the
floor. He used a triangle whose sides are three consecutive integers. Find a right triangle whose sides
are three consecutive integers.
A. 3, 4, and 5 units B. 4, 5, and 6 units
C. 5, 6, and 7 units D. 6, 7, and 8 units

8. A 50-m supporting wire is to be attached to a 75-m antenna. Because of surrounding buildings,

sidewalks, and roadways, the wire must be anchored exactly 20 m from the base of the antenna.
How high from the base of the antenna is the wire attached?
A. 45.83 m
B. 53.85 m
C. 40.58 m
D. 38.57 m

9. A mountain peak A is 1040 m above sea level. From mountain peak A, the angle of elevation of
mountain peak B was 10 degrees. The pilot of Emirates Airline upon flying directly over peak A took
the angle of depression of peak B equal to 46°12' and reads his altimeter to be 2,820 m above sea
level. Determine the elevation of mountain peak B.

A. 1325.68 m
B. 1297.45 m
C. 1254.25 m
D. 1186.98 m
10. Immediately after Mayon volcano showed tell-tale signs of activity, the PHIVOLCS set up stations
to monitor the volcano. Two of such stations were located at points A and B, 7 km apart and on the
same horizontal plane as the base of the volcano. From station A, the angle of elevation of the top of
Mayon is 8°. When the volcano erupted, the volcanic ash emitted above its crater suspended an
angle of 64° from each station A and B. Assuming that the points of observations are on the same
vertical plane, find the height of the ash.

A. 32.3 km
B. 36.8 km
C. 30.8 km
D. 28.4 km

11. In hilly or mountainous terrain, it is often difficult to determine heights. It may be impossible to
find an expanse of level ground from which measurements can be taken, and sighting may be
limited. Mountain peaks may be visible only from certain places. A geologist took measurements at
two points, B and C, 928 m apart. The angle of elevation from B to the top of the mountain at A is
47°10'. The angle of elevation from C to B is 8°40', and the angle of elevation from C to A is 32°30'. It
is known that the elevation at C is 1537 m to the nearest meter, what is the elevation at A?
A. 2903 m
B. 2943 m
C. 2763 m
D. 2843 m

12. Solve the triangle with sides 3, 5, 12.

A. 21
B. impossible triangle
C. 9
D. 12
13. The two sides of a quadrilateral are twice the shortest side, and the fourth side is 2 m more than
the shortest side. If the perimeter of the quadrilateral is 29 m, what is the length of shortest side?
A. 5.5 m
B. 5.0 m
C. 4.5 m

D. 4:0 m

14. A steel storage tank for methane gas is to be constructed in the shape of a right circular cylinder
of altitude 10 feet with hemisphere attached to its ends. Express the volume (in cubic feet) of the
tank as function of the tank radius.
A. πr2(15+ 2r) B. πr2 (15+2r)
C. 2πr2 (15+2r) D. -πr2(15+2r)

15. A Toyota Land Cruiser drives east from point A at 30 kph. Another car, Ford Expedition, starting
from B at the same time, drives S 30° W toward A at 60 kph. B is 30 km from A. How fast in kph is the
distance between two cars changing after 30 minutes?
A. 60 kph B. 55 kph
C. 70 kph D. 80 kph
16. Sand pouring from a conveyor form into a conical pile whose height is approximately 4/3 of its
base radius. Determine how fast the volume of the conical sand is changing when the radius of the
base is 3 feet, if the rate of change of the radius is 3 inches per minute.
A. 41 ft/min
B. 2π ft/min
C. 5π ft/min
D. 3π ft/min

17. Georgine wants to make a box with no lid from a rectangular sheet of cardboard that is 18 inches
by 24 inches. The box is to be made by cutting a square of side x from each corner of the sheet and
folding up the sides. Find the value of x that maximizes the volume of the box.
A. 4.3 inches
B. 5.2 inches
C. 10.6 inches
D. 3.4 inches

18. Find the length of arc of the curve y =x2+3 at interval [0, 1].
A. 1.325
C. 0.958
D. 1.239
B. 1.148
19. An automated sandwich-making machine in a food manufacturer's factory has six major
components, with individual reliabilities as
follows:
Bread slicer 0.97
Butter applicator 0.96
Salad filler 0.94
Meat filler 0.92
Top slice of bread applicator Wrapper 0.96
Wrapper 0.91
If one of these parts of the production line fails, the system will stop working. Therefore, the
reliability of the whole system is:
A. 0.678
B. 0.687
C. 0.704
D. 0.740.

20. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A quality control engineer selects 2
cell phones at random without replacement. What is the probability that exactly 1 is defective?
A. 0.049 B. 0.043
C. 0.038 D. 0.027
21. Smith and Jones, both 50% marksmen, decide to fight a duel in which they exchange alternate
shots until one is hit. What are the odds in favor of the man who shoots first?
A. 2/3 B. 14
C. 1/3 D. ½

22. If the standard deviation of a set of observation is 0, you can conclude

A. That all observations are the same value.
B. That there is no relationship between the observations.
C. That the average value is 0.
D. That a mistake in arithmetic has been made.

23. Rosenberg Engineering has offices in northern California, where a heat pump can be used for
cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. Replacing the current system will cost $1,500 in
May and $500 in June. Starting in July, it will save $200 per month for the summer months (June-
August), $100 for the fall and spring months, and $150 for the winter months (November-March).
What is the payback period for the
heat pump?
A. 12 months
B. 18 months
C. 14 months
D. 16 months
24. A contractor can buy a dump truck for P800,000 each (surplus) or rent them for P1,189 per truck
per day. The truck has salvage value of P100,000 at the end of its useful life of 5 years. Annual cost of
maintenance is P20,000. If money is worth 14% per annum, determine the number of days per year
that a truck must be used to warrant the purchase of the truck.
A. 198
B. 199
C. 200
D. 197

25. A company must decide to spend P900,000 on a new project. This project will cost P50,000 per
year for operations and it will increase revenues by P200,000 annually. Both costs and revenues will
continue for 10 years. How much interest is incurred in this project?
A. 8.25% B. 10.56%
C. 12.36% D. 6.32%
26. Calculate the benefit-cost ratio for a highway project with the following benefits and costs. The
project life is 40 years, the interest rate is 10%, and the project's right-of-way is worth $5M in 40
years.

A. 2.36
B. 1.07
C. 1.22
D. 1.58

27. Data over the last 5 years indicate that for each fatality, there are 40 nonfatal injury accidents
($15,000 present cost each) and 300 property I value of a statistical life (VSL) needed to justify a
highway project if i is damage accidents ($2000 present cost each). What is the breakeven
8%?
The death rate on a particular three-lane road is 8 per 100 million vehicle-miles. Adding a lane would
reduce this to 5 per 100 million, and other accidents would be reduced proportionately. The lane
would cost $1.5M per mile to build, and annual maintenance would be 3% of the first cost. Assume
that the lane would last 40 years. The road carries 10,000 vehicles per day.
A. $387.4K
B. $295.1K
C. $359.8K
D. $255.9K
28. The slope distance and zenith angle between points A and B were observed with a total station
instrument as 9585.26 feet and 81°42'20" respectively. The H.I. and rod readings r were equal. If the
elevation of A is 1238.42 ft, compute the elevation of B. Consider the effect of curvature and
refraction correction. Hint: Her = 0.0206M2 where M is
in thousands of feet.
A. 2,621 feet
B. 2,612 feet
C. 1,632 feet
D. 2,623 feet

29. A wheel tractor-scraper weighing 91 tons is operated on a haul road with a tire penetration of 5
cm. What is the total resistance and effective grade when the scraper is ascending a slope of 5%?
A. 4,550 kg; 10%
B. 9,100 kg; 10%
C. 9,100 kg; 5%
D. 4,550 kg; 5%
30. The table below lists data used in obtaining a mix design for an asphalt
paving mixture.

If the maximum specific gravity of the mixture is 2.535, determine the effective specific gravity of the
aggregates in the mix.
A. 2.796
B. 2.697
C. 2,967
D. 2.976

31. The table below lists data used in obtaining a mix design for an asphalt
paving mixture.

The maximum specific gravity of the paving mixture is 2.535, the bulk specific gravity of the
compacted paving mix = 2.384. Determine the air voids in the compacted mix in percent.
A. 5.5 B. 6.0

C. 5.0 D. 6.5
32. It is nothing more than a column driven into the soil to support a structure by transferring
building loads to a deeper and stronger layer of soil or rock.
A. caisson B. shoring
C. pier D. pile

33. This sign informs and advise road users of the directions, distances, routes, the location of
services for the road users and point of interest. C. traffic instruction sign
A. advance direction sign C. traffic instruction sign
B. guide sign D. crossroad sign

34. Ways of avoiding traffic conflicts:

A. grade separation
B. space-sharing
D. crossroad sign
C. time-sharing
D. All of these
35. The difference between the actual travel time of a given segment of a transportation system and
some ideal travel time for that segment.
A. travel time
B. service time
C. queue time
D. delay

36. Cracks approximately at right angles to the pavement centerline. These may be caused by
shrinkage or differential thermal stress of the asphalt
concrete or maybe reflective cracks.
A. transverse cracks B. longitudinal cracks
C. alligator crack D. block crack

37. The provision of safety sight distance depends on the characteristics of

the road environment such as:
I.
Road geometry
II. Road surface
III. Road illumination at night
IV. Road topography

A. II and IV only
B. I and IV only
C. All of the above
D. I, II, and III only
38. One of the provisions of safety sight distance depends on the characteristics of the vehicle which
are as follows:
1. Type of vehicles, car, or truck
II. friction between the tire and the road
III. eye height of the driver
IV. speed of vehicle

A. II and III only B. IV only

C. All of the above D. III only

39. To level a floor or layer of concrete with a straight edge using a back- and-forth motion while
moving across the surface
A. floating B. trowelling
C. finishing D. screeding

40. Owing to the retardation of the tidal wave in the ocean by frictional force, as the earth revolved
daily around its axis and as the tides tends to follow the direction of the moon, the highest tide for
each location is not coincident with conjunction and opposition but occurs at some constant time
after new and full moon. This interval which may amount to as much as 2.5 days is known as:
A. semi-diurnal tide B. age of tides
C. lunar tide D. diurnal tide
41. Wearing way of the pavement surface caused by dislodging of aggregate particles and binder.
This is usually a result of insufficient asphalt binder in the mix or stripping of asphalt from particles of
aggregate.

A. raveling
B. bleeding
C. joint crack spalling
D. flushing

42. The most important process to prepare concrete.

A. batching C. Cement-aggregate ratio
B. admixture D. water-cement ratio

43. A test to determine the relative consistency of concrete.

A. water-cement ratio
B. aggregate-cement ratio
C. all of these

D. slump test
44. These are written instructions detailing how the facility is to be
constructed.
A. plans
B. estimates
C. specifications
D. bid documents