MSTE - COMPREHENSIVE EXAM

1. What time between 2 and 3 o’clock will the angle between the hands of the clock be dissected by
the line connecting the center of the clock and the 3 o’clock mark?
a. 2:18:28 b. 2:18:25 c. 2:18:32 d. 2:18:35
2. When the smallest of three consecutive odd integers is added to four times the largest, it produces
a result 729 more than four times the middle integer. Find the middle integer.
a. 721 b.725 c. 723 d.727
3. P600,000 was spent on the project that yields annual benefit of P300,000 for a period of 5 years
without any salvage value. Determine the benefit cost ratio considering the cost of money to be 5%.
a. 2.165 b. 1.987 c. 2.541 d. 1.866
4. Water is dripping into a hemispherical bowl with a radius of 8cm at a rate of 1 cubic centimeters per
minute. At what rate is the depth increasing when it is 4cm.
a. 1/8π cm/min b. 1/27π cm/min c. 1/48π cm/min d. 1/22π cm/min
5. A rigid pavement is to be design for a wheel load of 50 kN. If the tensile strength of the concrete is
0.7√f'c, determine the required thickness assuming sufficient dowels and tie bars are provided. f'c = 21 Mpa
a. 110 mm b. 160 mm c. 150 mm d. 220 mm
6. Compute the thickness of a flexible pavement for a wheel load of 50 kN, if the allowable bearing
pressure on the base of the pavement is 0.15 MPa and the equivalent radius of the contact area of
the tires is 165 mm.
a. 160.7 mm b. 132.1 mm c. 169.4 mm d. 210.01 mm
7. A curve has an equation 9x2 + 25y2 = 225. Compute the second eccentricity of the curve.
a. 1.33 b. 0.6 c. 0.8 d. 1.25
8. Bossing bought two bags, one for P700,000 and the other for P300,000. He sold the first at a
gain of 8% and the second at a loss of 15%. What was his total percentage, gain or loss?
a. +0.011% b. +1.1% c. -0.011% d. -1.1%
9. Find all numbers d such that the average value of f(x) = 2 + 4x - 3x2 on [0,d] is equal to 3.
a. 1 b. 3 c. 2 d. 4
10. A 17.5% fructose solution is needed but only 10% and 30% solutions are available. How many
gallons of 10% fructose solution should be mixed with 20% solution to obtain 20 gallons of 17.5% solution?
a. 5 b. 15 c. 10 d. 20
11. From a point outside an equilateral triangle the distances to the vertices are 10 m, 18 m, and 10 m,
respectively. What is the length of one side of the triangle.
a. 19.95 m b. 18.21 m c. 21.22 m d. 23.21 m
12. In still water, your small boat average is 8 miles per hour. It takes you the same amount of time
to travel 15 miles downstream, with the current, as 9 miles upstream, against the current. What is the
rate of water's current?
a. 2 mi/hr b. 3 mi/hr c. 4 mi/hr d. 5 mi/hr
13. The grading works of a proposed national road shows the following data. FHD = 50 m, LEH = 450 m,
cost of haul = 0.25 php per meter station.
a. 4 Php b. 5 Php c. 6 Php d. 6.50 Php
14. The international space station orbits at an altitude of 500 km above the surface of the Earth.
What is the Space Station's orbital velocity? ME= 5.972x1023 kg and RE = 6400 km.
a. 7900.4 m/s b. 7600.4 m/s c. 2403.46 m/s d. 2205.81 m/s
15. The probability of having a baby boy is 0.51 and 0.49 for a baby girl. You're a researcher interested
in large families. As part of your latest project, you've decided to interview 50 families in which are
exactly 8 children. What is the probability that, in at least one of the 50 families, the children will all be
of the same gender?
a. 0.6726 b. 0.3274 c. 0.395 d. 0.605
16. A problem in probability is given to three reviewees of Mega while chanceds of solving it are
1/3, 1/6, and 1/2. What is the probability that the problem will be solved?
a. 1/30 b. 29/30 c. 4/15 d. 11/15
17. A cable weighs 2kg/m is attached to a sack filled with sugar that weighs 100 kg. The sack is initially
at the bottom of a 100m mine shaft. Determine the amount of work required to lift the bucket to the
midpoint of the shaft.
a. 7500kgm b. 200000 kgm c. 10000 kgm d. 12500 kgm
18. It is the third derivative position.
a. Quantum b. System c. Jerk d. Resonant
19. Which of the following is/are true?
I. Backward pass is the process of moving backward along a network from end to beginning.
Computing the latest finish time and then the latest start time to each activity.
II. Normal distribution is a probability of distribution used to model the activity times in PERT
III. Forward pass is the process of moving along network from beginning to end. Computing earliest
start time and earliest finish time for each activity.
IV. A branch is a line in a PERT Network indicating an activity (in AoA ) or a precedence ( in AON).
Also called an arc.
a. I, II and IV only b. I, III, and IV c. I and III only d. II
20. Which of the following is a warning sign (traffic)
a. sharp turn sign b. stop sign c. two way sign d. give way sign
21. A commercial building is located 7 m from the centerline of the inside lane of a curve
section of a highway with 110 m radius. The road is level. Perception-Reaction time is 2.0 sec
and coefficient of friction is 0.20. Determine the appropriate speed limit in kph considering
the stopping sight distance.
a. 14.06 b. 24.06 c. 50.61 d. 40.61
22. The vertical motion of the ship up and down caused by seawater is known as:
a. Yawning b. Pitching c. Heaving d. Surging
23. A symmetrical parabolic curve passes through point A whose elevation is 23.33m at a
distance of 54m from the PC. The elevation of the PC at station 4+100 is 22.56m. The grade of
the back tangent is +2% and the length of the curve is 120m. Determine the stationing of the
highest point of the curve.
a. 6 + 345.9 b. 7 + 679.9 c. 4 + 170.59 d. 3 + 234.6
24. A ball is dropped freely at a vertical height of 6 m from a frictionless floor. If the
coefficient of restitution between the floor and the ball is 0.85, find how high will the ball
bounce back vertically.
a. 3.345 m b. 8.305 m c.5.433 m d. 4.335 m
25. A 220 kg wooden raft floats on Lake Sebu and when Boss Junlie who weighs 75 kg stands
on the raft, it sinks 4 centimeters deeper into the water. When he steps off, the raft vibrates
for a while. Determine the frequency of vibration.
a. 0.688 sec b. 1.454 hz c. 0.688 hz d. 1.454 sec
26. From the data traverse shown
Lines Distance (m) Distance
1-2 S16°18’W 120.5
2-3 S13°22’E 185.42
3-4 N89°28’E 66.46
5-6
Which of the following gives the nearest distance of closing line 4-1?
a. 230 m b. 234 m c. 290 m d. 305 m
 Solution :
Latitude (Distance X Cosine(Bearing) Departure (Distance X Sine(Bearing)
-115.66 -33.82
-180.39 42.87
0.619 66.46
xcosθ xsineθ
∑Latitude=0 (Close traverse)
-155.66 – 180.39 + 0.619 + xcosθ = 295.431
∑Departure=0 (Close traverse)
-33.82 + 58.425 + 66.457 + xsinθ = 75.51
Solve for Distance:
2 2 2
Using Pythagorean Theorem : c = a + b Distance = 305 m
27. Find the eccentricity of the hyperbola whose traverse and conjugate axes are equal in
length.
a. √2 b. √5 c. 2√2 d. 5√3
Solution :
, eccentricity formula for hyperbola
Traverse = conjugate
a=b

28. An asset for Php20,000. Its estimated life of 10yrs after which will be sold for
Php12,000. Find the depreciation for the 1st year using sum of years digit method.
a. P 2,456.78 b. P 1,678.98 c. P 2,345.56 d. P 1,454
29. A consortium of international telecommunication companies contracted for
the purchase and installation of fiber optic cable linking Manila City and Cebu City
at a total cost of Php960M. This amount includes freight and installation charges
estimated at 10% of the above total contract price. If the cable shall be
depreciated over a period of 15yrs with zero Salvage value and money is worth 6% per
annum, What is the annual depreciation charge?
a. P 12,345,567.56 b. P 23,123,789.45 P 31,234,789.75 d. 41, 244.253.40
30. A random sample of 200 adults are classified below according to sex and the level of
education attained.
Education Male Female
Elementary 38 45
Secondary 28 50
College 22 17
If a person is picked at random from this group, Find the probability that the person is male,
given that person has a secondary education
a. 1/45 b. 12/45 c. 14/39 d. 4/56
31. The cost fuel in running a locomotive is proportional to the square of the spped and is $25
hour for a speed of 25 miles per hour. Other costs amount to $100 per hour, regardless of the
speed. What is the speed which will made the cost per mile a minimum?
a. 40 b. 45 c. 50 d. 55
SITUATION: For the grouped data tabulated below
Class Interval Frequency
118-126 3
127-135 5
136-144 9
145-153 12
154-162 5
162-172 4
172-180 2
32. Calculate the mean
a. 146.975 b. 154.675 c. 122.67 d. 867.90
33. Calculate the median
a. 144.45 b. 143.10 c. 155.76 d. 147.25
34. Which of the following gives the possible equation of the circle that passes through point
(2,2) and tangent to the lines x = 1 and x=6?
2 2
a. x + y - 7x -8y + 22 = 0
2 2
b. x + y - 9x -7y + 20 = 0
2 2
c. x + y - 5x -9y + 78 = 0
2 2
d. x + y - 7x + 5y + 100 = 0
35. A helicopter is rising vertically from the ground at a constant rate of 4.5 m per second.
When it is 75m off the ground, a jeep passed beneath the helicopter traveling in a straight
line at a constant rate of 80 kph. Determine how fast the distance between them changing
after 1 second.
a. 10.32 b. 11.10 c. 9.85 d. 12.34
36. A conical tank with a diameter of 2m across the top and 3m high is filled with water. Find
the work done in pumping the contents of the tank to a point 1m above the rim.
a. 23.114 KJ b. 94.031 KJ c. 53.933 KJ d. 46.612 KJ
37. Which of the following is not a Marginal Element of Highway?
a. Curbs b. Gutter c. Shoulder d. Guard Rails
38. A cubical box has one of its edge equal to 4cm. Pass a plane to he cube so that the section
form would be a regular hexagon whose vertices are the midpoints of the sides of the cube.
Find the area of the hexagon.
2 2 2 2
a. 20.78 cm b. 27.78 cm c. 10.39 cm d. 13.90 cm
39. A spherical tank of radius 4m is filled with water to a height of 1.2 m. The water is
transferred to second tank in the form of a frustum of a cone of lower base radius 1 m, upper
base radius of 0.5 m and height of 10m. What will be the height of water in the second tank?
a. 6.86 m b. 2.12 m c. 7.88 m d. 9.72 m
2
40. Given the curve y = x and a point (5,17). Find the x intercept of the tangent line to the
curve passing through the point.
a. 1.680 b. 1.086 c. 1.806 d. 1.068
41. A circle as an equation of x2 + y2 +2ky = 0. Find the value of k when the length of the
tangent form (5,4) to the circle is equal to 1.
a. -4 b. 4 c. -5 d. 5
42. A billiard table is in the form of an ellipse with one axis two feet longer than the other.
A ball is stuck from one focus and after bounding against two cushions returns to its starting
point. At the halfway point in its trip the ball is eight feet from the source. How big is the
table?
a. 16 and 18 b. 13 and 15 c. 15 and 17 d. 17 and 18
43. The volume of the pyramid formed in the first octant by the plane 6x + 10y + 5z - 3. = 0 is :
a. 45 b. 30 c. 15 d. 20
44. At what angle should the axis be rotated to remove the "xy" term from the equation
2 2
73x - 72xy + 52y + 100x -200y + 100 = 0
a. 36.87 b. -36.78 c. -36.97 d. -36.79
45. How many liters of water must be evaporated from 132 liters of a 25% salt solution to
produce a solution that is 40% salt?
a. 49.5 b. 48.5 c. 47.2 d. 50.5
46. A ball is thrown with an initial horizontal velocity of 30 m/s from a height of 3 m above
the ground and 40 m from vertical wall. How high above the ground with the ball strike if the
coefficient of restitution is 0.70?
a. 1.46 m b. 0.73 m c. 2.92 m d. 1.76 m
47. A man borrowed from a bank with a promissory note that he signed in the amount of
P25,000 for a period of one year. He received only the amount of P21, 915 after the bank
collected the interest and additional amount of P8,500 for nutarial and inspection fees.
What was the rate of interest that the bank collected in advance?
a. 13.64% b. 14.52% c. 14.08% d. 16.34%
48. Find the dedgree of curve of a central simple curve if it has a spiral curve 100m long on
two sides on which a car traveling at 75 kph will not skid. Use arc basis.
a. 8.24° b. 4° c. 7.55° d. 6.15°
49. The algebra teacher wrote on a blackboard a quadratic equation of the form
x2 - Ax + B = 0. In copying this careless student erroneously transposed the two digits of B as
well as the plus and minus signs. However, one of the roots was the same. What was this
root? (Assume both A and B are integers)
a. 1 b. 3 c. -2 d. -4
50. A descending grade of 4.2% intersects an ascending grade of 3% at STA 12 + 3 25 at
Elev. 17.30 m. These two grades are to be connected by a 260-m vertical parabolic curve. A
reinforced concrete culvert pipe with overall diameter of 105 cm is to be constructed with
its top 30cm below the subgrade. What will be the invert elevation?
a. 18.863 m b. 17.634 m c. 18.225 m d. 19.24 m
51. Points A, B, C, D and E is on the periphery of the circle. AB = BC = CD. If the value of the
angle BAC is 35°, Find the angle DEA
a. 105 b. 45 c. 54 d. 90
52. Compute the equation of the horizontal asymptote of the curve y = (2x -1) / (X + 2)
a. y = 2 b. x = 2 c. y = 1 d. x = 1
53. A person walks up a stalled escalator 15m long in 90 seconds. When standing on the same
escalator now moving, the person is carried up in 60 seconds. How much time would it take
that person to walk up the moving escalator?
a. 24 sec b. 36 sec c. 48 sec d. 42 sec
54. ABC is a circular sector with a central angle of 40° at its center at A and radius of 20 cm.
BC is an arc. From the point B, A line is drawn to Point D, The midpoint of AC. Find the area
of BCD.
a. 73.5 sqm b. 75.3 sqm c. 85.1 sqm d. 81.5 sqm
55. A salesman got P10,000 commission on sale of a certain item. This amount raised his
average commission by P1,500. If his new average commission is P4,000. How many sales did
he make?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 8
56. A baseball is thrown with an initial velocity of 100 m/s at an angle of 30° above the horizontal.
How far from the throwing point will the ball attain its original level
a. 835m b. 735m c. 753m d. 883m
2 2
57. The motion of a particle is governed by the relation a = 4t where a is in m/s and t is in
seconds. When t is zero, v = 2m/s and s = 4m. Find the distance when t = 2 secs.
a. 42.4 b. 36 c. 28.9 d. 40
58 . Light travels through an optical fiber with refracting index of 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 degrees, What is the angle of refraction
outside the fiber? Refraction index of air is taken as 10.
a. 13.3333 b.15.3333 c.12 d.11.3333
59. Suppose the heights H of 800 studednts are normally distributed with mean 66 inches and
standard deviation 5 inches. Find the number of N of students with heights between 65 and
70 inches?
a. 505 b. 225 c. 295 d. 345
60. Given the area bounded by the parabola x2 - 4x + 12y - 20 = 0, the x-axis of the lines x = 14
and x = 2. Determine the moment of inertia of the area with respect to the x-axis.
a. 2.558 b. 0.640 c. 3.426 d. 1.853
61. A 600N ball is thrown downward with an initial velocity of 3m/s from a height of 1.5m
above a spring whose spring constant is 15N/mm. Determine the deformation of the spring
at the instant the velocity of the ball is 0.
a. 395.85mm b. 437.87mm c. 288.62mm d. 331.38mm
62. Also called as cost-benefit ratio:
a. Income Return Ratio c. Profitability Index
b. Advantage Ratio d. Income Index
63. Determine the capital cost for an asphalt road that will required a construction cost of
₱10M, ₱50,000 year end for maintenance plus an expenditure of ₱1M every 4 years for
re-pavement. Money is worth 5% effective.
a. 15.64M b. 11.98M c. 5.64M d. 17.88M
64. A metal ball of radius 90cm is coated with a uniformly thick layer of ice, which is melting
at the rate of 8pi cm³/h. Find the rate at which the thickness of the ice is decreasing
when the ice is 10cm thick.
a. 0.158cm/h b. 0.0002cm/h c. 0.056cm/h d. 0.001cm/h
65. If 2 marble are removed at random from a bag contain black and white marbles, the
chance that they are both white is 1/3. If 3 are removed at random, the chance that they all
white is 1/6. How many marble are there of each color?
a. 6 & 4 b. 6 & 5 c. 8 & 4 d. 8 & 5
66. Find the amount owed at the end of 5 years if $1600 is loaned at a rate of 9% compounded
monthly.
a. $2505.09 b. $2605.09 c. $2705.09 d. $2805.09
67. The orbit of the comet Kohoutek is about 44 astronomical unit wide by 3600 astronomical
unit long. (1 AU is semi major axis of the Earth’s orbit, about 92,600,000 miles) Find
eccentricity of the orbit. (Hint: =√(a^2-b²)/a ; where e = eccentricity of the ellipse)
a. 0.9999 b. 1.9999 c. 2.9999 d. 3.9999
68. Two people on bikes are separated by 350m. Person A starts riding N at a rate of 5m/s and
7minutes. Later person B start riding at 3m/s. At what rate is the distance separating the two
people changing 25minutes after person A start riding.
a. 7.996 b. 15.99 c. 3.45 d. 4.55
69. The following data were taken on five vehicles traveling a 1.5km por on of the NLEX.
Determine the time means speed.
Time(min.
Vehicle
)
1 1.2
2 1
3 1.4
4 1.3
5 1.1
a. 75m/s b. 76.07m/s c. 21.13m/s d. 20.83m/s
SITUATION: A section of the extension of the NLEX connecting Pampanga and Tarlac is known .
to have a free flow speed of 50kph and a capacity of 3200veh/hr. In a given hour, 2000
vehicles were counted at a specified point along the highway section
70. Determine the speed at maximum flow condition.
a. 100kph b. 75kph c. 25kph d. 50kph
71. Determine the jam density in veh/km.
a. 256 b. 128 c. 512 d. 412
72. Determine the density at flow condition.
a. 256 b. 128 c. 512 d. 412
73. The ship designers usually construct scale model before building a real ship.
The formula that relates the speed “u” to the length “l” of a ship is u=k√1, where
“k” is the positive constant. This constant k varies depend on the ship’s design,
but the scale model of a real ship have the same k as the real ship after which
they are modelled. How fast should scale model with hull length 225m traveling 9m/s?
a. 1.2m/s b. 2.2m/s c.3.2m/s d. 4.2m/s
74. The maximum allowable rate of crashes at intersection is 9 per million entering vehicles.
At an intersection of two roadways, the average daily traffic values are 10000 and 8265.
Determine the maximum number of crashes per year before corrective action is taken.
a. 61 b. 60 c. 59 d. 58
75. A separate bus lane is proposed to replace a single freeway lane with a capacity of
2000 veh/hr. If the auto occupancy is 1.5 passenger per vehicle and bus capacity is 50
passengers, determine the average headway for each bus
a. 1 bus/min b. 4 bus/min c. 3 bus/min d. 2 bus/min