GE Exams and Answer
GE Exams and Answer
GE Exams and Answer
Quarry Resources Permits In accordance with the Local Government Code of 1991, mining permits with areas not more
than 5 hectares have been devolved to the Provincial Governor or the City Mayor for approval upon recommendation of
the Provincial/City Mining Regulatory Board. These include the Quarry Permit, Guano Permit, Gratuitous Permit and
Gemstone Gathering Permit.
Minimum Lot Frontage (in meters)
Type of Lot PD 957 Bp 220
A. Single Detached
Corner Lot 12 8
Regular Lot 10 8
Irregular Lot 6 4
Interior Lot 3 3
B. Single Attached / Duplex 8 6
C. Row House 4 4
Lands containing deposits of valuable, useful, or precious minerals in such quantities as to justify expenditures in the
effort to extract them, and which are more valuable for the minerals they contain than for agricultural or other uses
a) Mineral Lands
b) Mineral Reserve
c) Load claim
d) Agricultural lands
Who approves mineral land surveys?
A. DENR under secretary for mines
B. RTD LMS, now ARD for technical Services
C. MGB regional Director
D. MGB bureau director
What order of accuracy is used for mineral surveys?
a. 3rd
b. 2nd
c. 1st
d. 4th
Underground mining age – 18 years old
Reward. - Any person who voluntarily gives information leading to the recovery or confiscation of an unregistered
chain saw and the conviction of persons charged thereof shall be entitled to a reward equivalent to twenty percent
(20%) of the value of the chain saw unit(s). The Department is authorized to include in its budget the amount
necessary to carry out the purpose of this Section
CARP, Chainsaw, Mining Act, Code of Ethics, Obligation and Contracts, Laws on Property, UNCLOS, PD 957 and BP 220
Source: Surveying Civil 3rd sem, Chandra, Indiabix, Examveda, Grabstudy, DMC 2010-13, DAO 2007-29, DAO 98-12, Railways,
Remote Sensing
Which of the following methods of offsets involves less measurement on the ground?
Estero - Shall be any bed or channel trough which stagnant, dirty or salt water flows under the influence of the tides.
Foreshore land - Refers to that part of the shore which is alternately covered and uncovered by the ebb and flow of the
(equinoctial) tide.
NAMRIA - In delimitation survey of forest reserves, using GPS receiver to establish positions of the corners, delimitation of the
survey design and execute of GPS survey be undertaken by.
NAMRIA - In delimitation of survey of forest reserves area done by authorized private geodetic engineers, the GPS data for
processing and adjustment to PPCS-TM/PRS’92 shall be submitted
NAMRIA - In delimitation of reservations, parks, and other protected areas done by authorized private geodetic engineers, the
observed GPS data for processing and adjustment to PPCS-TM/PRS’92 shall be submitted to
Geodetic Control:
A metallic tape is
(a) a tape made of any metal.
(b) another name of a steel tape.
(c) another name of an invar tape.
(d) is a tape of water proof fabric into which metal wires are woven.
The long chord of a circular curve of radius R with deflection angle ∆ is given by
(a) 2R cos(∆/2).
(b) 2R sin(∆/2).
(c) 2R tan(∆/2).
(d) 2R sec(∆/2).
For an ideal transition curve, the relation between the radius r and the distance l measured from the beginning of the transition curve, is expressed
as
(a) l ∝ r.
(b) l ∝ r2.
(c) l ∝ 1/r
(d) l ∝ 1/r2
26. If the magnetic bearing of the sun at a place at noon in southern hemisphere is 167°, the magnetic declination at that place is
a) 77° N
b) 23° S
c) 13° E
d) 13° W
i) Centering
ii) Levelling
a) decreases
b) increases
c) remains unaffected
a) radiation
b) traversing
c) resection
If the reduced bearing of a line AB is N60°W and length is 100 m, then the latitude and departure respectively of the line AB will
be
a) +50 m, +86.6 m
b) +86.6 m, -50 m
c) +50m, -86.6 m
d) +70.7 m,-50 m
E. All of these
"An Electromagnetic wave falls on to a boundary between two loss less homogeneous media with different refractive indices, a
part of the wave is reflected back to the incident medium and the rest is transmitted on to the second media". This phenomenon
is known as :
A. Fresnel reflection
B. Fresnel refraction
C. Snell's law
D. None of these
a) Map layout;
b) Mapping symbol;
c) Map design.
a) Scale
b) Plotting accuracy
c) Generalisation of details
d) Contour interval.
Process of selecting important details and to leave out irrelevant objects during map making is known as
a) Scale;
b) Plotting accuracy;
c) Generalisation of details;
d) Contour interval
Accuracy of location and distances for preparation of a map should have confidence level
a) 85%
b) 90% Clarity,
c) 95%
d) 99%
a. Sound Pollution
c. Thermal Pollution
d. Air Pollution
A. flat
B. undulating
C. mountaineous
D. deserts.
If flying height of a spacecraft is H, the length of air base is B and the parallax difference between two points is dp, then the
difference in height
A.
B.
C.
D.
B. Land navigation
C. Trans movement
D. All of these
The methods used for locating the plane table stations are
i) radiation
ii) traversing
iii) intersection
iv) resection
The equation which is obtained by multiplying each equation by the coefficient of its unknowns and by adding the equations thus
formed, is known as
A. Observation equation
B. Conditional Equation
C. Normal Equation
D. None of these
A. Leveling
D. Measurement of angles
GEODESY
Sources: Geodesy by Sir Ping, Past BE Questions, GPS, Digital Land Map Surveying
A 200-meter baseline distance is measured with an electronic total station. If the vendor’s accuracy specification of the
instruments is +- (5mm +2ppm), calculate the precision of the measured distance to the nearest thousand.
a.) 1/36,000
b.) 1/37,000
c.) 1/38,000
d.) 1/39,000
A 2500-meter baseline distance is measured with an electronic total station. If the vendor’s accuracy specification of the
instruments is +- (5mm +2ppm), calculate the precision of the measured distance to the nearest thousand.
a.) 1/200,000
b.) 1/225,000
c.) 1/250,000
d.) 1/275,000
A 2000-meter baseline distance is measured with an electronic total station. If the vendor’s accuracy specification of the
instruments is +- (5mm +5ppm), calculate the precision of the measured distance to the nearest thousand.
a.) 1/100,000
b.) 1/150,000
c.) 1/180,000
d.) 1/130,000
The free-air anomaly height correction for every meter above _________ is ____________ mgal.
a. Sea level, -0.3086
b. Terrain, -0.3086
c. sea level, +0.3806
d. terrain, +0.3806
The GNSS measured distance is called a pseudo-range because it has a ___ bias error due to the clock error of the _______.
a. Constant, receiver
b. Variable, satellite
c. variable, receiver
d. constant, satellite
The Geodetic Azimuth is reckoned from _____.
a. north
b. south
c. Balanacan
d. PRS 92
In transforming geodetic and grid azimuth, the geodetic direction projected into a plane is actually a ____ line, rather than a
straight line, thus, the need for the ____ correction.
a. Spiral, arc to chord
b. Curved, chord to arc
c. Curved, arc to chord
d. Spiral, chord to arc
The radius of curvature of the ellipsoid varies with the latitude being longest at the _____ and the shortest at the ____.
a. Equator, pole
b. Pole, meridian
c. Equator, meridian
d. Pole, equator
The GPS derived height of a control point is 16,849 meters? While ...... orthometric elevation of the same point is 28.633
meters, ..... separation between the ellipsoid and the geoid at the location of ... control point.
a. -11.844
b. +11.484
c. +11.844
d. -11.484
SITUATION -time discrepancy between the GNSS satellite clock and receiver clock result to corresponding errors is the derived
ground distance.
If the time discrepancy is 0.5 nanosecond, calculate the distance error in meters.
a. 1.5
b. 150
c. 0.15
d. 15
If the time discrepancy is 0.1 nanosecond, calculate the distance error in meters.
a. 0.3
b. 30
c. 0.03
d. 3
If the time discrepancy is 0.5 microsecond, calculate the distance error in meters.
a. 1500
b. 15
c. 15,000
d. 150
What is the semi-major axis of Clarke Spheroid 1866?
a. 6378106
b. 6378206
c. 6378306
d. 6378406
CARTOGRAPHY
Source: Image Motion, Map Projection, Geo-Grid, Grid-Geo, Scales,
Situation: in an aerial photography project, the distance between flight lines is 4,903 feet and the interval between exposures
is 2441 feet.
If the flight lines are to be plotted on 1:50,000 scale topographic map. Determine the Map Distance in centimeters
between flight lines.
a.) 2.8 b.) 3.3 c.) 3.2 d.) 3.0
If the exposures are to be plotted on 1:50,000 scale topographic map. Determine the Map Distance in centimeters
between photographs
a.) 1.8 b.) 2.0 c.) 1.5 d.) 1.6
If the flight lines are to be plotted on 1:10,000 scale topographic map. Determine the Map Distance in centimeters
between flight lines.
Dotted lines - In delimitation of reservation, parks and other protected areas, the unsurveyed claims shall be sketched and
reflected in the plan in
Situation -If a survey boat travels at a speed of 10 knots and measures soundings at intervals of 10 seconds
1. What is the interval of soundings in the water, in meters?
a.) 49.40
b.) 52.40
c.) 51.40
d.) 50.40
2. If the scale is …….
3. If the scale is……
Situation: An aerial camera with forward-motion compensation and a 6 inch focal length is carried in an aircraft traveling at
156 miles per hour at flying height of 9,850 feet above terrain and with a shutter speed of 1/125 seconds
Scale of photograph at terrain elevation
a.) 1:20,000 c.) 1:18,700
b.) 1:19,700 d.) 1:19,000
Distance traveled by the plan during exposure, in meters
a.) 0.56 b.) 0.60 c.) 0.58 d.) 0.54
Situation: The interval between soundings in a hydrographic survey is 100m.
o If the corresponding distance on a nautical chart is 40mm, what is the scale of the chart
1:10,000 1:2,500
1:5,000 1:4,000
o If the corresponding distance on a nautical chart is 20mm, what is the scale of the chart
1:5,000 1:10,000
1:6,000 1:4,000
o If the corresponding distance on a nautical chart is 10mm, what is the scale of the chart.
1:20,000
1:5,000
1:10,000
1:1,000
Situation: an aerial camera with forward-motion compensation and a 3.5 inch focal length is carried in an aircraft traveling at
93 miles per hour at flying height of 2,625 feet above terrain and with a shutter speed of 1/250 seconds
o Distance traveled during exposure in meters
0.19 0.18 0.17 0.15
o Scale above terrain
1:9,100 1:9,200
1:8,900 1:9,000
o Distance of film must be moved across the focal plane during exposure in order to obtain a clear image (in microns)
21 19
22 20
Situation: Sam-9 : Northing = 1,662,055.481 Easting = 464,770.938
MATHEMATICS
Source: Algebra, Analytic Geom, Solid, Geom, Trigonometry (Spherical and Plane), Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus,
Engineering Economy
PinoyBix, Gillesania Vol. 1 and 2,
A. 21 %
B. 20 %
C. 19 %
D. 18 %
A young engineer borrowed P 10,000 at 12% interest and paid P 2,000 per annum for the last 4 years. What does
he have to pay at the end of the fifth year in order to pay off his loan?
A. P 6,999.39
B. P 6,292.93
C. P 6,222.39
D. P 6,922.93
Shell Philippines, a multinational company, has a total gross income for a particular year of P 50,000,000. The
taxable income after taking all deductions except for depletion is P 18,500,000. What is the allowable depletion
allowance for that particular year? Take percentage of gross income for oil as 22%.
A. P 9,358.41
B. P 9,228.45
C. P 9,250.00
D. P 9,308.45
A student plans to deposit P1,500 in the bank now and another P3,000 for the next 2 years. If he plans to
withdraw P5,000 three years from after his last deposit for the purpose of buying shoes, what will be the amount
of money left in the bank after one year of his withdrawal? Effective annual interest rate is 10%.
A. P1,549.64
B. P1,459.64
C. P1,345.98
D. P1,945.64
What is defined as any tangible economic activity that contributes directly or indirectly to the satisfaction of
human want?
A. Services
B. Goods
C. Commodities
D. Goods or commodities
What market situation exists where there are few sellers and few buyers?
A. Oligopoly
B. Oligopsony
C. Bilateral oligopoly
D. Bilateral Oligopsony
Oligopoly exists when there is/are:
A regular octahedron has an edge of 2m. Find its volume (in cm3)
A. 3.77 B.1.88 C. 3.22 D. 2.44
The volume of water in spherical tank having a diameter of 4m is 5.236 m3. Determine the depth of the water in
the tank.
A. 1.0 B. 1.2 C. 1.4 D.1.8
If the longitude of Tokyo is 139 deg east and that of Manila is 121 deg east, what is the time difference between
Tokyo and Manila.
A. 1 hour and 12 mins
B. 1 hour and 5 mins
C. 1 hour and 8 mins
D. 1 hour and 10 mins
Solve for angle C of the oblique triangle ABC given a=80deg, c=115deg and A=72deg.
A. 61deg
B. 85deg
C.95deg
D. 119deg
What is the acute angle between the lines y=3x+2 and y=4x+9.
A. 4.4deg
B. 28.3deg
C. 5.2 deg
D. 18.6 deg
The linear distance between -4 and 17 on the number line is
A. 13
B. 21
C.-17
D. -13
If the distance between points (3,y) and (8,7) is 13, then y is equal to
A. 5 or -5
B. 5 or 19
C. 19
D. -5 or 19
Locate the centroid of the plane area bounded by the equation y2+4x, x=1 and the x-axis on the first quadrant.
A. (3/4, 3/5)
B. (3/5, ¾)
C. (3/5, 3/5)
D. (3/5,2/3)