UP-ACES QUIZ

ROUND 1 ELIMINATION

EASY ROUND

Structural
1. Determine the degree of indeterminacy of the rigid frame having the fixed
supports. Ans: 9th degree

External Hinge
Internal Hinge

Water Resources
2.

Structural
3. The 7.5 KN axial load is supported by two wooden members both w/ cross
sectional area of 9750 mm2 which are joined by on simple glued scarf det. the
shearing stress in the glued splice. Ans: = 192,307.69 Pa
7.5 KN

75o

Water Resources
4. When does hydraulic grade line coincide w/ the energy grade line? Ans: Vel = 0 /
no flow

Geotechnical
5. What test uses split spoon sampler (split – barrel sampler) to obtain the
resistance of soil penetration using 63.5 kg hammer that is dropped from approx.
160 mm height at a given depth below the ground surface, the number of h.
Ans: Standard Penetration Test/ ASTM D1586

Construction Management
6. 2520 is deposited on a bank account having a 1.5% interest compounded
annually. How much will iy worth after 8 years? Ans: Php. 2838.76

Environmental
7. Slow sand filters are simple treatment water systems that are applicable for
waters w/ high turbidity? True or False. Ans: False
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Environmental
1. The reservoir of a certain municipality is design to be supplied by a 250 mm
diameter pipe of 15 m/s if the capita per day of water amounts of 0.6 m 3
compute the municipalities population that can be served by the reservoirs?
Assuming 100% of H2O is delivered. Ans: 106,029 people
Transportation
2. The interior angles A,B,C of a triangle tract of a land are 58 020’10”, 62015’15”,
59024’35”. The distance from B-C is 40, 275.65 m. What is the area? Ans:
725.98 km2 B

A C

Construction
3. The first year’s inflation rate is 5% 2 nd year 8.5%. calculate the inflation rate in
percentage of the 2nd year period using a base price of php 7000. Ans ƒ=
6.74%

Environmental
4. A sanitary landfill has A= 300000 m 2 , depth of 15 m, and average of 20500
m3 of solid waste is dumped/month. If the waste is compacted to 3x of its
volume what is the expected lifespan in years of the landfill? Ans: 54.88 years

Construction Management
5. Components function independently
C
0.93
A B

0.95 0.97

0.86 D

Find the probability fails. Ans P(Failure) = 8.75%

Structural
6. A pin-ended wide flange section w/ a gross-area of 29.4 in 2, has a strong axis
(x-x), (y-y)weak axis 20.20 w/ an unbraced length of 11 ft. determine whether
the strong or weak axis will be more slender. Ans: weak axis
K= 1.0 (radius of gyration)
Ixx= 1490 in4
Iyy =186 in4

Water Resources
7. Determine the stream function given the ff. 2D flow. U= 2y and v= 4x
Ans: = y2 – 2x2
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Water Resources
1. Water flows in a wide channel at 13m 3/ms having an upstream of 1.5 m if the flow
undergoes a hydraulic jump, what is the downstream depth in m, use g =9.81
m/s2 Ans: y2 = 4.10 m

Transportation
2. At the exit of a tollgate w/ a single booth, vehicles arrive at a random at a rate of
25 vehicle/ min. The service has an average rate of 28 vehicles/min and is
assumed to regular estimate the average waiting time of the vehicles in
mins/vehicle Ans: 0.15 mins/ vehicle

Construction Management

3. C1
1

B1
A1 1

D1
1

1
1
C2
1

B2
A2
1 1
D2
1

RA1 = RA2 =RB1=RB2= 0.88

Transportation
4. Rowin is travelling along com. Ave. @ 65 kph he applies the breaks, and stops
At a distance of 35 m. the = 0.5. What is the grade of the road? G = 9.8
m/s2 Ans: -2.48 %

Construction Management
5. A 1.0 m3 design mix is proportioned @ 1:2.25:3.25 (cem., sand, coarse) water
content is specified @ 137 kg/m 3. Cement is 9 bags/m 3 (40 kg/cement). The
specific gravity of cement, sand, coarse are 3.15, 2.65 & 2.68. What is the
required weigth of and in kilograms? Ans: 681.43 kg

Geotechnical
6.

Layer Thickness (ft) Coefficient of

Environmental
7. Bmf corp. discharges waste in a river w/ T=25 0C. the BOD rate constant obtained
in the laboratory under standard conditions is 0.115/day (std. T= 20 0C). What is
the ultimate BOD if the BOD5 of the waste water is 75 mg/L? express Ans in
mg/L (temperature Coeff. 250C is 1.056) Ans: 141.503 mg/L

ROUND 2 ELIMINATION

EASY ROUND

Water Resources
1. If flow of H2O in rectangular channel has a Froude number greater than 1. What
is true from the following statement? Ans. II and III

I. Disturbance wave will hold fast

Construction Management
2. Arrange the following Ans: A-D-E-C-B

A. Invitation to Bid
B. Notice of Award
C. Submission of Evaluation of Bid
D. Submission & Evaluation of Bid
E. Contractors Pre-Bid Conference & Visit

Water Resources
3. A wide rectangular earth channel has a flow rate of 10 m 3/ms what is the critical
depth in m? use g=9.81 m/s2 Ans: 2.17 m

Transportation
4. The shortest distance required for a vehicle travelling at the assumed running
speed to stop before reaching stationary in the path. Ans: Stopping Stop
Distance

Structural
5. A gun that is initially 2.56 m above the ground fires a bullet angle of 50 0 w/ Initial
velocity of 275 m/s. Assuming projectile calculate the elevation of the bullet from
the ground @ t = 3s use g= 9.81 m/s2 Ans: 590.40 m
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Water Resources
1. Compute for the discharge at the jet? Ans. 10.00 L/s

3M

18M

Ø Pipe = 35.85 mm
Pump = additional 2.0 m head

Water Resources
2. Determine the discharge in m3/s of a 2800 mmØ gravity flow concrete aqueduct
that is 4 km long w/ a head loss of 5.6 m. Assume the pipe is flowing full w/
roughness coefficient of 0.015 Ans: 12.11 m3/s

Geotechnical
3. 40 x 40 cm Pile is it a friction pile or point bearing pile? Ans: Friction Pile
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Structural
4. E= 70 Gpa Determine Q, If p= 10 KN and
Deflection @ point N is zero. Ans: 40 KN
15.7 mm2

0.45 m

Q 47.1 mm2

0.45 m

Geotechnical
5. A consolidated-drained triaxial test was conducted in a clay the result shown that
Õ3 = 324 KN/m2
( Õd )f = 324 KN/m2

Compute the angle of internal friction of the clay sample. Ans: 19.470

DIFFICULT ROUND

Environmental
1. Sludge = 6.00%
Volatile Solid = 62.50%
Sp.gr. Volatile Solid = 0.816
Fixed Solid = 37.50%
Sp.gr. Sludge produced = 1.02

Det the sp.gr. of the fixed solid in the septic tank. Ans: sp.gr. = 2.93

Construction Management
2. Fixed cost = Php 800 K
Var. Cost = Php 152.75/ thousand board ft.
P= 600 – 0.5D/ thousand board ft.
P= Price per unit, & D stand for the total number of output. Determine the optimal
sales volume in thousand board ft. for this product & the corresponding profit in
peso. Ans: D = 4473 thousand Board ft.

Structural
3.

Instead of in ref. to the final length and replace w/ original length. What is the diff
of €n and €n’ be equal to? Ans. €n€n’
 Transportation
4.

I1 =300
I2 =240

C1 = 300 C2 = 240
D1 = 4 0 D2 = 5 0

PI = 4 + 520 Km Determine the Stationing of PC? Ans: Sta Pc = 4 + 380.15 Km

Transportation
5. Line I-N has a distance of 225 m & azimuth from south of 103 05’. The
coordinates of point I is 1,701.954 N & 575,711 E. Det the coordinate of Pt. B if
= 600 and = 47015’ Ans: Nb = 1,702,132.39 m , Eb = 575,609.39 m

N
I
 Some Questions in the individual round

1.

R = 22.5 cm

Pie = 3.14
Centroid is @ origin. Find the area of the triangle

2. if the population of a certain area will double in 104 years. What is the growth rate?

3. @ 3m wide gate opening what is the pressure and velocity @ the opening?

7.5 m
V=15 m/s

0.4 m