CEBEP MAY 2019 PRE REVIEW MODULE

MATHEMATICS , SURVEYING, AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
A. ALGEBRA
1. Two planes leave manila for a southern city, a distance of 900 km. Plane A travels faster than plane B.
Plane A arrives in their destination 2 hours and 15 minutes ahead of plane B. What is the ground speed of
plane A? (240 kph)

2. Solve the root of the given equation: (No Solution)

√2𝑥 − 6 + √9 − 𝑥 = 0

3. The height , h, of an arrow shot up the air can be approximated by the equation h = 128t – 16t^2 where
t is time in seconds. How long does it take for the arrow to reach 240 feet in the air? (5 secs)

4. Compute the p given the equation for h = 2: (25.59)

𝑝 = 30𝑒 −0.0795ℎ

5. Find the value of x if 1/4 , 1/6 , 1/x and 2/27 are consecutive terms of a geometric progression. (9)

B. TRIGONOMETRY
1. The perimeter of a triangular lot is 279.15 meters. The interior angles are 50˚ , 60˚ and 70° Find the length
of the side opposite the smallest angle. (83.15 m)

2. Determine the period of the trigonometric function f(x) = sin (π/6 x) (12)

3. If tan (A/4) = cot A , find A. (72°)

4. Given the cosine function equal to 60/61, find csc θ. (61/11)

5. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30° . He walks 85 m nearer the tower and
finds its angle of elevation to be 60°. What is the height of the tower? (73.61 m)

C. ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

1. What is the length of the latus rectum x^2 = 20y ? (20)

2. Nuclear cooling towers are typically built in the shape of a hyperboloid. The cross section of a cooling
tower forms a hyperbola. The cooling tower shown In the figure in 450 ft tall and modeled by the equation
x^2/8100 – y^2/16900 = 1 . Find the diameter of the top of the cooling tower to the nearest foot. (275 ft)
3. Find the area bounded by the points (2,0) , (-2, 4) , and (0,-4). (12)

4. What is the general equation of an ellipse with center at (2,0) , focus at (5,0) and b = 4 ? (16x^2 + 25y^2
– 64x – 336 = 0)

5. The lines 4x – y = 2 , y – 4z = 18 and the plane 4x + y – 8z = 2 are parallel. Find the distance between
them. (4)

D. PLANE AND SOLID MENSURATION GEOMETRY

1. The outside diameter of a spherical copper shell 2 in. thick is 14 inches. Find its weight in pounds (16 oz
= 1 lb) for a 5.1 oz copper per cubic inch. (291.07 lbs)

2. ABCD is a square of side 10 cm. PQRS is a square inside ACBD , PQBA , QCRB , RSDC , and SPAD were
identical trapezia, each of area 16 sq cm. What is the height of each trapezium? PQ is parallel to AB and SH
is parallel to DC ? (2 cm)

3. The sum of interior angles of a pentagon is ________ (540°)

4. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two partially overlapping identical circles. Each of the
circles has a radius of 9 m and each circle passes through the center of the other. Find the area of the pool.
(410 sq m)

5. A machine foundation has the shape of a frustum of a pyramid with lower base 6 m x 2 m , upper base
5.5. m x 1.8. m , and the altitude of 1.5 m. Find the volume of the foundation. (16.4 m^3)

E. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

1. What is the slope of the graph y = -x^2 at point (2,3)? (-4)

2. A balloon is rising vertically over a point A on the ground at the rate of 15 ft/sec. A point B on the ground
is level with 30 ft from A . When the balloon is 40 ft from A, at what rate is its distance from B changing?
(12 ft/s)

3. Divide 10 into two parts that the sum of the double of one and square of the other may be a minimum.
(9 and 1)
4. A body moves along a straight line according to the law s = ½ t^3 – 2t. Determine its velocity at the end
of 2 seconds. (4 m/s)

5. Sand is pouring from a spout at the rate of 25 cc/sec . It forms a cone whose height is always 1/3 the
radius of its base. At what rate in cm/sec if the height increasing, when the cone is 50 cm high?
(0.000354 cm/sec)

F. INTEGRAL CALCULUS

1. Find the volume generated by a rotating a circle x^2 + y^2 + 6x + 4y + 12 = 0 about the y axis. (59.22)

2. Find the integral of (x^2 – sec^2 x) dx. x^3/3 – tan x + C

3. Find the perimeter of the cardioid r = 1 – cos θ . (8)

4. Evaluate the following multiple integral: (0.859)

1 1
2
∫ ∫ 𝑒 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑥
0 𝑥

5. Find the area of the region to the left of the parabola x = 2y^2 , to the right of the y axis and between y=
1 and y = 3. (52/3)

G. PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

1. The lifespan of a certain type of solar battery are normally distributed. The mean lifetime is 400 days with
a standard deviation of 50 days. For a sample of 6000 newly bought batteries, how many batteries will last
between 360 and 460 days? (4038)

2. In a survey regarding the favorite teen stars , it was found that 55% of them like Kyline , 50% like Pauline
, 40% like Frenny , 30% like Kyline and Pauline , 20% like Kyline and Frenny , 12% like Pauline and Frenny
and only 10% like all of the three. What percent of the population rely to other teen stars? (7%)

3. A bag contains one counter, known to be either white or black. A white counter is put in , the bag shaken
, and a counter drawn out, which proves to be white. What is now the chance of drawing a white counter?
(2/3)

4. Given the numbers 12,34,45,23,87,91,121 , find the population standard deviation. (37.75)

5. Joel Embiid averages two blocks per game. What is the probability of having four blocked shots in a games
versus the Lakers? (0.36)

H.DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND ADVANCED ENGINEEERING MATHEMATICS

1. Solve the differential equation: y’ = (y + x) / x . (y = x ln |cx|)

2. Given the following equation. Find x. (x = 3)

1 2 6
|𝑥 −2 1 | = 25
0 1 −1
3. Simplify: (7 – 3i) / (1 + i) . (2 – 5i)

4. A point moves to the curve y = x^2 starts at the origin t = 0 and moves to the right. The distance of the
point from y axis is proportional to the time. At t = 1 , the point is (2,4). The vector that describes the motion
is: ( y = (3x + 1) e^3x - 1 )

5. Solve the differential equation: xy dx+ (x^2 – 3y) dy = 0 . (x^2 y^2 = 2y^3 + c)

ENGINEERING ECONOMICS

A. SIMPLE AND COMPOUND INTEREST AND ANNUITY

1. How much money would you need to deposit today at 9% annual interest compounded monthly to have
P 12,000.00 in the account after 6 years? (P 7007.08)

2. The engineering firm lend P 100,000 to retrofit the building damaged by landslide. The loan is for 3 years
at 10% annual simple interest. How much money will the firm repay at the end of 3 years? (P 130,000)

3. Find the present value of an annuity of P 25,000 payable annually for 8 years with first payment at the of
10 years if money is worth 5%. (P 104,156.11)

4. Ms. Natalie Magtanggol borrowed P 100,000.00 at 10% effective annual interest. He must pay back the
loan over 30 years with uniformly monthly payments due on the first day of each month. What does Ms.
Magtanggol pay each month? (P 839.00)

5. A deferred annuity is purchased that will pay P 10,000.00 per quarter for 15 years after being deferred
for 5 years. If money is worth 6% compounded quarterly, what is the present value of this annuity?
(P 292,386.85)

B. DEPRECIATION, CAPITALIZED COST AND ANNUAL COST

1. A used I Phone was bought for P 20,000.00. If it has a useful life of 10 years and a salvage value of P
5,000.00, how much will be depreciated in the 9th year using 150% declining balance schedule? (P 449.80)

2. The cost to equip a condo unit with CCTV system is P 50,000.00. If the interest rate is 15% per year and it
has a life of 6 years, find the equivalent annual cost. (P 13,210.00)

3. A 300 cc motorcycle costs P 200,00.00 and a five year depreciable life. The estimated SV of the laser is P
20,000.00 at the end of five years. Determine the annual depreciation amounts using straight line method.
(P 36,000.00)

4. Determine the capitalized cost of a project that cost P 324,000.00 with anticipated salvage value of P
50,000.00 at the end of four years , if money is worth 8%. (P 1,084,078.76)

5. The digital watch costs P 10,000.00 with a salvage value of P 500.00 at the end of 10 years. Calculate the
annual depreciation cost by sinking fund method at 4% interest. (P 791.26)

C. PAST, FUTURE WORTH, SINKING FUNDS, COST ALTERNATIVES, RATE OF RETURN, BENEFIT COST RATIO,
INFLATION AND BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS
1. A bridge project is proposed that has total present worth benefit of P 75 million and total present worth
costs of P 55 million. In deliberating this proposal, some members of the city council suggested that the
project has a total present worth disbenefit of P 15 million due to the corrupt practices, while the others
feel that the P 15 million should be treated as a cost due to the effects of inflation. Determine the net book
value. (P 5 million)

2. Pauline Mendoza is planning her retirement from showbiz has decided that she will have to withdrawp
10,000.00 from savings account at the end of each year. How much money must she have in the bank at
the start of her retirement if her money earns 6% per year, compounded annually and she is planning a 12
year retirement (12 annual withdrawals) ? (P 83,839.00)

3. The revenue R from selling x number of computer boards is given as R = 60x and the cost C of producing
them is given by C = 50x + 5000. Determine the number of boards must be sold to break even and how
much money is needed to produce the break even number of boards. (30,000)

4. A cattle farm incurs an annual operating cost of P 200,000.00. Each kilo of beef costs P 160 for production
and sells at a market price of P 200. How many kilos of beef needed to break even? (5,000)

5. It is desired to determine the present economic value of an old machine by considering how it compares
with the best modern machine that could replace it. The old machine is expected to require out of pocket
cost of P 85,000 each year for 4 years and then be scared for P 5,000 residual value. The new machine
requires an investment of P 40,000 and would have out of the pocket costs of P 79,000 a year for 8 years
and the zero salvage value. Invested capital should earn a minimum return of 15% before taxes. Determine
the present value of an old machine. ( P 16,021.23)

PHYSICS

A. MECHANICS AND OSCILLATIONS AND MECHANICAL WAVES

1. An elevator starts from rest with a constant upward acceleration. It moves 2.0 m in the first 0.60 secs. A
passenger in the elevator is holding a 3 kg package by a vertical string. What is the tension in the string
during the accelerating process? (T = 62.7 N)

2. A 3m string is driven by a 240 Hz vibrator at its end. Determine the speed of traverse waves on the string
if it resonates four segments? (360 m/s)

3. Consider a 42,000 kg train car travelling at 10 m/s toward another train car. After the two cars collide,
they couple together and move along at 6 m/s. What is the mass of the second train car? (28,000 kg)

4. In a hurry tp catch a cab, you rush through a frictionless swinging door and onto the sidewalk. The force
you exerted on the door was 50 N, applied perpendicular to the plane of the door. The door. 1.0 m wide.
Assuming that you pushed the door at its edge, what was the torque on the swinging door (taking the hinge
as pivot point) ? (50 Joules)

5. A projectile is fired into the air from the edge of a 125 m high cliff at an angle of 30.2 degrees above the
horizontal. The projectile hits a targe of 455 m away from the base of the cliff.. What is the initial speed of
the projectile? (59 m/s)
B. THERMODYNAMICS, ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

1. How fast must a 1000 loop coil (each with 20 sq cm area) turn in the Earth’s magnetic field of 0.70 Gauss
to generate a voltage that has a maximum value of 0.50 volts? (0.57 kHz)

2. How many calories are required to heat each of 3 grams of aluminum from 10℃ to 65℃ ? (32 calories)

3. Two point charges +25 nC and -75nC are separated by a distance r = 3.0 cm. Find the magnitude and
direction of the electric force that +25 nC exerts on -75 nC. (0.019 N)

4. In a non-flow process there is heat transfer loss of 1055 kJ and an internal energy increase of 210 kJ.
Determine the work transfer and the process. (1265 kJ compression)

5. In the Bohr model, the electron of a hydrogen atom moves in a circular orbit of radius 5.3 x 10^11 m with
a speed of 2.2 x 10^6 m/s. Determine the current in the orbit. (1.1 milliamperes)

C. LIGHT AND OPTICS

1. Two thin converging lenses shown in the figure of focal lengths of f1 = 10.0 cm and f2 = 20.0 cm are
separated by 20.0 cm. An object is placed 30.0 cm to the left of lens 1. Find the overall magnification of the
system. (-0.667)

2. A refracting telescope has an objective of focal length of 2.40 m and an ocular focal length of 3.0 cm. the
telescope is aimed at a far away object and the final image is viewed at infinity. What is the distance from
ocular to objective? (2.43)

3. The light wave has a wavelength of 550 mm. What is the period of light? (1.83 x 10^-15 secs)

4. Light travels from air into an optical fiber with an index of 1.44. If the angle of incidence on the end of
the fiber is 22° , the find the angle of refraction inside the fiber. (15 degrees)

5. Light traveling through an optical fiber ( n = 1.44 ) reaches the end of the fiber and exits into air. If the
angle of incidence on the end of the fiber is 30 ° , what is the angle of refraction outside the fiber? (46° )

SURVEYING

A. ERRORS AND MEASUREMENTS OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DISTANCES

1. The scale on the map is 1:x . A lot having an area of 640 sq m is represented by an area of 25.6 cm^2 on
the map. What is the value of x? (x = 500)
2. A line AB between the stations A and B was measured as 348.28 using a 20 m tape, too short by 0.05 m.
Determine the correct length of AB. (347.41 m)

3. A distance of 1500 m was measured with a 20 m chain. After the measurement chain was found to be 80
mm longer. If the length of chain was perfectly correct while starting measurement, what is the true length
of the line measured? (1503 meters)

4. Line of levels between B and C run over four different routes. B is at elevation 825 m and is higher than
C. Determine the most probable elevation of C. (825.52 meters)
Route Distance Difference in
(km) Elevation (m)
1 2 0.86
2 6 0.69
3 4 0.75
4 8 1.02

5. A distance was measured with a 30 m steel tape and recorded as 96.345 m when the average tape
temperature was 5℃ . What is the correct distance? (96.328 m)

B. LEVELING AND TRAVERSE AREA

1. An Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM) device measured a slope distance of 50.874m. The EDM is
1.60m above its station (point A) and the prism is at height 2.10m above point B. If the reduced levels of A
and B are RLA=+27.000m RLB=+22.700m, calculate the horizontal distance from A to B. (H = 50.732 m)

2. From the given closed traverse shown, compute the bearing of line DE. (line DE = N 72° 08’ E)

LINES BEARING DISTANCES

A-B S 35°30’ W 44.37 m
B-C N 57°15’ W 137.84 m
C-D N 1°45’ E 64.86 m
D-E ? 64.86 m
E-A ? 106.72 m

3. A line of levels, 6 km long is run between A to B with average backsight and foresight distances of 150 m.
The average backsight reading is 3.8 m. and each time it is taken, the rod is inclined sidewards from the
vertical by 5°. What is the correct elevation of B if its recorded elevation is 425.16 meters? (424.87 m)

4. To make a peg adjustment, the following notes were taken:

Wye level at 1 Wye level at 2

Rod Reading at P 0.632 1.867

Rod Reading at Q 2.543 3.432

Point 1 is on the line PQ and midway between P and Q. Point 2 is on the same line as P and Q but not
between them. Point 2 is 30 m and from P and 230 m from Q. With the wye level at point 1, what is rod
reading at Q for a level sight? (2.716 m)
5. A closed traverse has the following data shown. Determine the length of CD. (202.43 m)

Line Distance Bearing

AB 179.00 N 47° 02’ 14” E
BC 258.20 S 69° 35’ 59” E
CD --------------- S 39° 35’ 17” W
DE --------------- S 87° 29’ 48” W
EA 145.41 N 24° 48’ 09” W

C. MINE SURVEYING, HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING, COMPASS SURVEYING, TRIANGULATION,

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS, AND STADIA SURVEYING

1. A device used to detect obstructions such as boulders and ledges that can be plotted in navigational
charts. (Wire drag)

2. Elevation of triangulation station Alpha is 250m while that of Bravo is 685m.In between the stations Alpha
and Bravo is a mountain Charlie with elevation 325m.The height of transit placed at Alpha is 1.2m .The
distance from Alpha to Charlie is 30 km and from Bravo to Charlie is 50km. Determine the curvature and
refraction correction from station Alpha to mountain Charlie, in meters. (60.54 m)

3. A theodolite is set up at one end at a level base line 150 m long. The line is marked by stakes at every 30
m and a stadia rod is held at each stake. The stadia intercept at each location as follows: 0.302, 0.600, 0.899,
1.207 , and 1.506. Determine the average value of stadia interval factor K. (k = 99.7)

4. The fore bearing of the lines AB,BC, CD , and DE are 45°30’ , 120° 15’ , 200° 30’ , and 280° 45’ respectively.
Find the interior angle D. (99° 45’)

5. A tacheometer is placed at a station A and readings on a staff held vertical upon a B.M. of RL =100.0
meter and at station B are 0.640, 2.200, 3.760 and 0.010, 2.120, 4.230 m respectively. The angle of
depression of the telescope in the first case is 6° 19' and in the second case is 7° 42'. Find the horizontal
distance from A to B and the RL of station B, if the instrument has constants 100 and 0.5. (625.434 m;
91.432 m)

D. SIMPLE, COMPOUND, AND REVERSE CURVES

1. Determine the degree of simple curve whose central angle is 26° if the shortest distance from the curve
to the point of intersection of the tangents is 7.54 m using arc basis. (4°)

2. The perpendicaular distance between two parallel tangents of a reversed curve is 7.5 m and the chord
distance from the PC to PT is equal to 65 m. If the stationing of the PC is at 4 + 560.40 , find the stationing
of the PT. (4 + 625.56)

3. The length of the long tangent of a compound curve is 500m. The length of the common tangent is 160
m. The length from PC to a point on the long tangent that is the intersection of the long tangent and the
common tangent is 100 m. What is the length of the long chord? (200 meters)

4. Two roads having a deviation angle of 45° at apex point V are to be joined by a 200 m radius circular
curve. If the chainage of apex point is 1839.2 m, find the chainage of the forward tangent. (1913.44 m)

5. A circular curve of 800 m radius has been set out connecting two straights with a deflection angle of 42◦.
It is decided, for construction reasons, that the mid-point of the curve must be moved 4 m towards the
centre, i.e. away from the intersection point. The alignment of the straights is to remain unaltered. Calculate
the radius of the new curve. (856 m)

E. PARABOLIC, SIGHT DISTANCE AND SPIRAL CURVES

1. The lenght of sag parabolic curve is 130 m. with a design speed of 100 kph. The back tangent has a slope
of -2.5%. Compute the distance of the lowest point of the curve from the P.C (63.29 meters)

2. The tangents of a spiral curve forms an angle of intersection of 25° at station 2 + 058. Design speed is 60
kph. For a radius of central curve of 300 m and a length of spiral of 52.10 m. Find the length of the central
curve. (78.8 meters)

3. Determine the length of the spiral curved designed for a maximum car speed of 90 kph if the degree of
the central curve is 5° using arc basis. (114.51 meters)

4. A parabolic sag curve has a grade of the back tangent of -2% and forward tangent of 3%. The stationing
of the PC is at Station 10 + 300 with an elevation of 100 meters. Compute the elevation of the PT. (105.20
meters)

5. Find minimum sight distance to avoid head-on collision of two cars approaching at 90 kmph and 60 kmph.
Given t=2.5sec, f=0.7 and brake efficiency of 50 percent in either case. (Hint: brake efficiency reduces the
coefficient of friction by 50 percent). (235.8 meters)

F. AREAS AND VOLUMES

1. The longitudinal ground profile and grade line shows that the length of cut is 540 m while the length of
fill is 760 m. The width of the roadway is 10 m for both cut and fill. The profile areas between the ground
line and the grade line are 4,800 m^2 for cut and 5,292 m^2 for fill. Find the difference between the volumes
of cut and fill if the side slopes are 1.50:1 for cute and 2:1 for fill. (14,618.9 m^3)

2. The center height of the road at 7 +110 is 2 m fill while station 7 + 160 it is 1.2 m. cut. From Station 7 +
110 to the other station the ground makes a uniform slope of 4.8%. Compute the stationing of the point
where the fill is extended. (71 + 141.25)

3. The length of a line originally 100 mm long on a map plotted to a scale of 1/1000 was found to be 96 mm
due to shrinkage of the map. The map prepared using a tape of length 20 m was later found to be actually
20.03 m. If a certain area on the map measured using a planimeter is 282 mm^2 , determine the correct
area on the ground. (307 m^2)

4. Find the area of the given cross section if the width of the roadway is 12 m. (51.63 m^2)

Left Center Right

9.8 0 11.2
3.2 2.8 4.21

5. Calculate the side widths and cross sectional area of an embankment shown in the figure with the
following dimensions: (1st width = 37.5 meters , 2nd side = 25.0 meters)
Road width = 20 m existing ground slope = 10%
Side slope = 1 in 2 center height = 10 m
HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

A. HIGHWAY and RAILROAD ENGINEERING

1. For fine aggregates subjected to five cycles of the sodium sulfate soundness test, the weighted loss must
not exceeding _____________. (10 percent)

2. This method uses several trial aggregate-asphalt binder blends (typically 5 blends with 3 samples each
for a total of 15 specimens), each with a different asphalt binder content. (Marshall mix design method)

3. Calculate the equivalent C value of a three layer pavement of a three layer pavement having the
individual materials as shown. Hint: (Tb/Tc) = (Cc/Cb)^(1/5) (48.57 cm)

Material Thickness C Value

Bituminous layer 12.5 cm 62
Cement treated base 25.0 cm 180
Well graded gravel 20.0 cm 25

4. These are constructed with their faces inclined at an angle of 45 degrees or less so that vehicles may
mount them without difficulty. (Mountable curbs)

5. The distance in kilometers between North Avenue and Taft Avenue is 90 kms. If the train has a headway
of 20 minutes and an average speed of 45 kph, determine the number of trains required for continuous
operations on the loop from outline terminal to the Shaw Blvd (central terminal). Hint: The length of the
loop in kilometers is twice the distance between the terminals. (12 trains)

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

1. Calculate the minimum sight distance required to avoid a head on collision of two cars approaching from
opposite directions at 90 and 60 kph. Assume a reaction time of 2.5 seconds. Coefficient of friction is 0.7
and a brake efficiency of 50% in either case. (235.8 meters)

2. The table below shows 15 minute volume counts during the peak hour on an approach of an intersection.
Determine the design hourly volume of the approach. (1648)

Time Volume
6:00-6:15 am 375
6:15-6:30 am 380
6:30-6:45 am 412
6:45-7:00 am 390

3. This speed meter equipment utilizes a 50 point Strowger rotary switch with different recording units.
(BPR Meter)

4. How large must be the coefficient of static friction be between the tires and the road if the car is to round
a level curve at a radius of 85 m at a speed of 95 km/hr? (f = 0.84)

5. These consists of a visible- activated fluorescent material and full cube micro-prismatic lens sheeting with
an interlocking diamond seal pattern with pre-coated adhesive backing protected by a removable liner.
(Fluorescent Reflective Sheeting)

PORTS AND HARBORS AND AIRPORT ENGINEERING

1. These have high level decks which are supported by piles and are made of timber, R.C.C or both together.
Sometimes stressed slab or beam is also used. (Wharves)

2. VFR in the airport flight rules means ________ . (Visual Flight Rules)

3. These are constructed for quick arrival and departure of ships and land transport and for cargo sorting
before and after the departure/arrival of ships in the port. (Quay sheds)

4. It refers to the force that makes a floating body to return to its original position when the floating body
moves in still water. (Restoring Force)

5. These are any prominent object , natural or artificially constructed , easily indentifiable and capable of
being used as a means to indicate and guide in navigation. (Beacons)

-END OF MATH, SURVEYING, AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING