CIVIL ENGINEERING QUIZ SHOW 2012

ELIMINATION ROUND JUNIOR LEVEL

NAME: ________________________________________________________ YEAR &
SECTION: ____________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS:
1.
Write your name, year, and section at the top of the questionnaire andscratch
paper. Make sure that your questionnaire contains 2 sheets. Do notseparate the sheets
of the questionnaire. Also, you must be provided with 3letter-size scratch paper; use it
for your solutions.
2.
Fil l in the box following each item with your final
answer. Please writelegibl y. Anything written outside the boxes wi ll
be treated as scratch.Should you wish to change your answer, cross your previous
answer outand write your final answer within the box.
3.
Only complete answers with proper units will merit full credit. Incompleteanswers shall
be considered wrong answers.
4.
You are allowed to bring your own scientific calculator provided they aresubmitted to
the Quiz Contest Committee for inspection. All memory in thecalculator will be cleared.
5.
On Rounding-off, the computer way of round-off will be used. No rounding-off is allowed
in between calculations.
6.
Focus on your own questionnaire. Any form of cheating will automaticallymean
disqualification.
7.
The exam is good for 1 hour and 30 minutes. An examinee is not allowed toleave the
room once the questionnaire is given.
8.
At the end of the exam, leave the questionnaire together with the scratchpaper on your
seat. Please make sure that your questionnaire is intact.
9.
Point system:Easy 2 pointsAverage 3 pointsDifficult 5 points There will be
no deduction for a wrong answer.EASY ROUND (10 QUESTIONS, 2 PTS EACH)
1.
The world population is 8 billion and it is increasing at the rate of about 2percent per
year. If it continues to increase at thi s rate, what wi ll be thepopulation after 3
years?
2.
Two CE students are solving a problem leading to a quadratic equation. Onestudent
made a mistake in the coefficient of the first-degree term, got rootsof 2 and -3. The
other student made a mistake in the coefficient of theconstant term, got roots of
-1 and 4. What is the correct equation?
3.
A test has 42 questi ons. Each question is worth 2 points or 3 points.
Aperfect score is 100 points. How many 3-point questions are there?
4.
The scale on the map is 1:x. A lot having an area of 640 sq. m. isrepresented by an
area of 25.6 sq. cm. on the map. What is the value of x?
5.
Solve for x:
x
x
x
x x

=
7

6.
When the 3-digit numbers 5a4 and 3b4 are added together, the sum isdivisible
by 9. What is the maximum value of a+b?
7.
If x + y = m, and xy = n, what is the value of x
2
+ y
2
?
8.
A polygon having 70 sides is called ______________.SCORE


9.
Given three angles A, B, and C whose sum is 180

.
if tanA + tanB + tanC = x, find the value of tanA x tanB x tanC.
10.
Gerald and Leslie can do a certain job in 3 hrs. On a given day, they workedtogether for
1 hour then Leslie left and Gerald finishes the rest of the workin 8 more hours. How long
will it take for Gerald to do the job alone?AVERAGE ROUND (5 QUESTIONS, 3 PTS EACH)
1.
A petal is formed by the intersection of the two circles of radius 4 wi thcenters
at (0,4) and (4,0). Find the area of the petal.
2.
A diving board weighing 280N is 3m long. It is supported at a point 1.0mfrom the end
and a diver weighing 500N stands at the free end. Determinethe magnitude of the force
acting on the point of support.
3.
A solution was prepared by dissolving 5.8g sodium sulfate in water to make100mL
solution. Find the molality of the solution if MM
sol
= 142 g/mol and

= 1.2 g/mL.
4.
How many integers between -2002 and +2002 are divisible by 3 or 4 butnot by 5?
5.
A freight train four hundred meters long goes through a tunnel that is twoki lometres
long. If the train i s travell ing at a speed of 10 m/s, how longdoes it take the
train to pass through the tunnel?DIFFICULT ROUND (5 QUESTIONS, 5 PTS EACH)
1.
Find the partial derivatives with respect to x of the function:xy
2
5y + 6
2.
Resol ve t he 600- l b hor i zont al f or ce shown i n t he f i gur e i nt ocomponents
acting along the
u
and
v
axes and determine the magnitudes of these components.
3.
Determine the area of a parallelogram if three of its corner pointsare located at (-
4,1,0); (3,2,-1); (2,0,3).
4.
A box contains 8 white balls, 15 green balls, 6 black balls, 8 redballs, and 13 yellow
balls. How many balls must be drawn to ensure that therewill be three balls of the same
color?
5.
The letters of the alphabet have been assigned numerical valuesso that A x C = B, B x
D = C, C x E = D, , X x Z = Y. If A + B = 2002 andB is not equal to 0, what is the
value of Y + Z ?