NAME: ___________________________________________

CIVIL ENGINEERING REVIEW

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by encircling the
corresponding letter of your choice. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED ON THIS ANSWER SHEET.

DATE: __/__/____

10. A and B start at the same time from two places 154 km apart
and travel toward each other. A travels 10 kph and B 8 kph. If B
stopped 1 hour on the way, in how many hours will they meet?
A. 9 hrs

A. 15 MPa

B. 10 MPa

C. 20 MPa

D. 25 MPa

2. The polynomial x3 + 4x2 3x + 8 is divided by x 5. What is

the remainder?
A. 281

B. 812

C. 218

D. 182

3. A wire supporting a pole is fastened to it 20 feet from the

ground and to the ground 15 feet from the pole. Determine the
length of the wire.
A. 25 ft.

B. 30 ft.

C. 35 ft.

D. 20 ft

4 x 2+ 7 x+8 A
B
C
D
= +
+
+
3
2
x x+2 (x +2) ( x+ 2)3
x ( x+ 2 )
A. 1

B. - 1

C. 2

D. - 5

5. A spherical wooden ball 15 cm in diameter sinks to a depth of

12 cm in liquid. The area exposed above the water surface is:
A. 30 cm2

B. 45 cm2

C. 50 cm2

D. 60 cm2

6. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph. Five minutes

later, a second jogger took the same course at 10 kph. How
long will it take the second jogger to catch the first?
A. 20 min

B. 25 min

C. 30 min

D. 15 min

C. 7 hrs

D. 6 hrs

B. 14 336

C. 16 336

D. 15 336

12. What is moment capacity (in kN-m) of a 120 mm x 230 mm

wooden beam if the allowable stress of wood is 24 MPa?
A. 32.25

B. 45.98

C. 25.39

D. 21.87

13. Two forces 25 kN and 45 kN acts at right angle. What is the

magnitude of the resultant force?
A. 70 kN

B. 51.5 kN

C. 58.3 kN

D. 63.2 kN

14. Determine the slope of the line 3x 4y + 12 = 0.

A. 4/3

B. - 3/4

C. 3/4

D. - 4/3

15. A rectangular beam is 150 mm wide by 320 mm deep. What is

the centroidal moment of inertia of the beam in cm4?
A. 124 890

4. Solve for D in the given partial fraction:

B. 8 hrs

11. The numbers 28, x + 2, 122, form a geometric progression.

What is the 10th term?
A. 13 312

1. A cantilever beam, 60 mm wide by 200 mm high and 6 m long,

carries a load that varies uniformly from zero at the free end to
1000 N/m at the wall. Determine the magnitude of the
maximum flexural stress on the beam.

SCORE: ________________

B. 68 870

C. 163 840

D. 40 960

16. A 100-mm pipe is connected to a 75-mm pipe. If the velocity of

flow in the 100-mm pipe is 2 m/s, what is the velocity of flow in
the 75-mm pipe?
A. 4.21 m/s
17. Evaluate:

B. 2.87 m/s

lim

x4

A. 0

C. 3.56 m/s

D. 1.75 m/s

x +4
.
x4

B. Infinity

C. 1

D. indeterminate

18. At a simple interest rate of 7%, how much would P10,000

worth after 6 months?
A. P10,350

B. P11,020

C. P12,070

D. P10,580

19. What is the middle term in the expansion (x2 + 3x)8.

7. A cubical tank with 1.2 m sides if filled with water. The force, in
kN, acting of one end of the vertical sides is:
A. 8.476

B. 7.562

C. 9.632

D. 8.125

8. A sample of moist soil has a water content of 18% and moist

unit weight of 17.3 kN/m3. The specific gravity of solids is 2.65.
Which of the following gives the degree of saturation of the
soil?
A. 62%

B. 72%

C. 42%

D. 52%

9. An open tank contains 5 m of water and 2 m of oil (s = 0.75).

The pressure at the bottom of the tank in kPa is:
A. 68.7

B. 63.8

C. 6.87

D. 6.38

A. 5670x12

B. 5760x8

C. 70x12

D. 270x8

20. Find k so that the expression kx2 3kx + 9 is a perfect square.

A. 3

B. 12

C. 6

D. 4

21. A wooden beam 200 mm wide and 400 mm deep carries a

total shear of 52 kN. What is the shearing stress in MPa?
A. 0.578

B. 0.975

C. 0.635

D. 1.254

22. If a car travels at 15 m/s and the track is banked 5, what is the
smallest radius it can travel so that friction will not be
necessary to resist sliding?
A. 262.16 m

B. 651.23 m

C. 278.14 m

D. 214.74 m

23. A concrete beam has b = 350 mm and d = 500 mm. The beam
is reinforced for tension only with 6-25 mm diameter steel bars.
Assume fy = 414 MPa and fc = 21 MPa. What is the maximum
steel ratio in percent? (Use NSCP 2001)
A. 1.63

B. 2.54

C. 1.24

A. 65

C. 7 m/s

26. Determine the value of a if (x + 2) is a factor of (x ax + 7x +

10).
C. 2

C. 84.82

D. 96.54

B. 104.5

C. 96.4

D. 83.2

37. What is coefficient of the term involving x-3 in the expansion of

(2x + 2/x)5?
A. 320

B. 3

B. 56.55

D. 7.8 m/s
3

A. 3

D. 240

36. The sides of a triangle are 12, 18, and 24. What is the biggest
angle in degrees?
A. 123.4

B. 8.2 m/s

C. 720

D. 6.6%

25. The velocity of flow through a 50-mm orifice at the bottom of a

tank containing 2.5 m deep of water is:
A. 6.5 m/s

B. 24

35. The total surface area of a solid hemisphere of diameter 6 cm

is nearest to (in cm2):
A. 113.09

C. 10.4%

D. 47.5

D. 1.4

24. A wet sand sample has a volume of 4.64 x 10-4 m3 and weighs
8 N. After oven drying the weight reduces to 7.5 N. Calculate
the water content. Use Gs = 2.7.
B. 22.3%

C. 32.5

34. How many ways can 6 persons be seated at a round table if

one seat is reserved for a specific person?
A. 120

A. 12.8%

B. 3.25

B. 160

C. 32

D. 180

D. 2
38. Using the arc basis, a 4.7-degree curve ha a radius of:

27. Three forces act on a point. If the forces are 1200 N at 30,
500 N to the right and 2000 N downward, determine the
magnitude of the resultant force in N.
A. 1400

B. 1539

C. 2080

D. 1040

28. A concrete beam 300 mm wide has a total depth of 650 mm.
Concrete weighs 23.5 kN/m3. What is the total weight of the
beam per linear meter?
A. 2.87 kN/m B. 3.65 kN/m

C. 5.24 kN/m

D. 4.58 kN/m

29. A W-shaped steel column with b f = 120 mm, tf = 20 mm, d =

250 mm and tw = 20 mm carries an axial load of 2500 N
applied at the centroid of the section. What is the compressive
stress in MPa?

A. 196.8 m

B. 0.278

C. 0.263

C. 298.2 m

D. 243.8 m

A tank is supplied by two pipe A and B and emptied by a third pipe

C. If the tank is empty and all pipes are opened, the tank can be
filled in 20 hours. If the tank is full, A and C are opened, the tank
can be emptied in 4 hours. If the tank is full, B and C are opened,
the tank can be emptied in 2 hours. Pipe A supplies 50 liters per
minute more than B.
39. Find the rate of pipe A in liters per minute.
A. 120

B. 130

C. 110

D. 140

40. Find the rate of pipe C in liter per minute.

A. 170

A. 0.281

B. 321.9 m

B. 160

C. 150

D. 140

D. 0.240
41. Find the capacity of the tank in liters.

30. Determine the angle in degrees and minutes, subtended at the

center of a circle of diameter 42 mm by an arc on length 36
mm.
A. 104 28

B. 92 15

C. 68 34

D. 98 13

A. 12 000

B. 12 500

C. 11 500

D. 13 000

A fully saturated clay sample has a mass of 1 526 grams. After

oven drying, its mass was reduced to 1 053 grams. The specific
gravity of soil particles is 2.7.

31. If |3t 5| > 4, which of the following is correct?

42. Calculate the natural water content of the sample in percent.
A. 3 > t > 1/3 B. 3 < t < 1/3

C. 3 < t > 1/3

D. 3 > t <1/3
A. 52

32. Ice in an iceberg has a specific gravity of 0.922. When floating

in sea water (s = 1.03), its exposed volume is nearest to:
A. 89.5%

B. 8.95%

C. 10.5%

D. 1.05%

33. A thin hollow sphere of diameter 0.5 m and thickness 2.5 mm

is subjected to an internal pressure of 650 kPa. Determine the
normal stress on an element of the sphere in MPa.

B. 45

C. 36

D. 40

43. Calculate the void ratio in percent.

A. 85

B. 114

C. 136

D. 121

44. Calculate the porosity in percent

A. 48

B. 36

C. 55

D. 59