QUIZ BEE

EASY QUESTIONS

1. DETERMINE THE SLOPE

OF THE CURVE

AT (0,7)

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2. FIND THE SLOPE OF THE

ELLIPSE AT
POINT WHERE

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3. EVALUATE

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4. FACTOR THE EXPRESSION

AS COMPLETELY AS POSSIBLE

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5. IN AN ISOSCELES RIGHT
TRIANGLE, THE HYPOTENUSEIS
HOWMUCH LONGER THAN ITS
SIDE

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6. SOLVE FOR Y:

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7. IF ________________ IS DIVIDED
BY__________ THE REMAINDER
IS?

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8.__________ IS ROMAN
NUMERAL EQUIVALENT TO?

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9. FIND THE VALUE OF Y:

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10. THE MEASURE OF 2.25

REVOLUTION
COUNTERCLOCKWISE IS:

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AVERAGE QUESTIONS

1. THE SIDES OF A RIGHT TRIANGLE

IS IN ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
WHOSE COMMON DIFFERENCE IS
6cm. THE AREA IS?

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2. SIMPLIFY

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3. FOR A MOIST SOIL, THIS

FOLLOWING ARE GIVEN:

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4. MEASUREMENT OF THREE HORIZONTAL

ANGLES ABOUT A POINT P ARE:
IF THE MEASUREMENT OF THE SINGLE ANGLE
APD IS _______DETERMINE THE MOST
PROBABLE VALUE OF THE ANGLE APD

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APD

5. A CONCRETE PLATFORM WEIGHING 4

KPa IS TO BE SUPPORTED DURING POURING BY
A TIMBER DECK CONSISTING OF 25mm PLANKS
RESTING ON WOODEN JOIST. WEIGHT OF WOOD
IS _______. E=10370MPa. COMPUTE THE SPACING
OF JOISTS IF THE ALLOWABLE SHEARING STRESS
OF 0.70MPa IS NOT TO BE EXCEEDED.
(CONSIDER 1M STRIP)

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6. A VERTICAL RECTANGULAR PLATE IS

SUBMERGED HALF IN OIL (SP. GR.= 0.8) AND
HALF IN WATER SUCH THAT ITS TOP EDGE IS
FLUSHED WITH THE OIL SURFACE. WHAT IS
THE RATIOOF THE FORCEEXERTED BY WATER
ACTING ON THE LOWER HALF TO THAT BY OIL
ACTING ON THE UPPER HALF?

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7. A 400N BLOCK IS RESTING ON A

ROUGH HORIZONTAL SURFACE FOR
WHICH THE COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION IS
0.40. DETERMINE THE FORCE, P.
REQUIRED TO CAUSE MOTION TO IMPEND
IF APPLIED TO THE BLOCK.

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8. EVALUATE

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9. DETERMINE THE OUTSIDE

DIAMETER OF A HALLOW STEEL TUBE
THAT WILL CARRY A TENSILE LOAD OF
500KN AT A STRESS OF 140MPa. ASSUME
THE WALL THICKNESS TO BE ONE TENTH
OF THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER.

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10. SOLVE: (x-1)dy+(y-2)dx=0

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(y-2) (x-1)=C

DIFFICULT QUESTIONS

1. SPECIFICATIONS ON A JOB REQUIRED A FILL USING

BORROW SOIL TO BE COMPACTED AT 95% OF ITS
STANDARD PROCTOR MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY. TESTS
INDICATE THAT THIS MAXIMUM IS 19.5KN/m^3 WITH
12% MOISTURE. THE BORROW MATERIAL HAS VOID
RATIO OF 0.60 AND A SOLID SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF
2.65. COMPUTE THE WET UNIT WEIGHT OF
COMPACTED SOIL.

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WET

2. A RECTANGULAR LOT WAS MEASURED USING A 50M STEEL TAPE WHICH WAS FOUND TO 0.025M TOO
SHORT. IF TH RECORDED LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE
LOT ARE 180.455M AND 127.062M. RESPECTIVELY.
DETERMINE THE ACTUAL DIMENSIONS OF THE LOT
AND THE ERROR IN AREA INTRODUCED DUE TO
ERRONEOUS LENGTH OF TAPE.

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WIDTH=126.998m.
LENGTH=180.365m.
ERROR=22,979 sq.m.

3. DETERMINE THE X AND Y

COORDINATE OF THE SHADED
AREA IN FIGURE.

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xc=24.15 cm.
yc= 36.11 cm.

4. IN THIS ASSEMBLY,
DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM LOAD
ALLOWABLE.

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P=287.43KN

5. A SYMMETRICAL VERTICAL SUMMIT CURVE HAS

TANGENTS OF +4% AND -2%. THE ALLOWABLE
RATE OF CHANGE OF GRADE IS 0.3% PER METER
STATION. STATIONING AND ELEVATION OF P.T IS
AT 10+020 AND 142.63m. RESPECTIVELY.
COMPUTE THE DISTANCE OF THE HIGHEST POINT
OF CURVE FROM THE P.C.

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S1 =266.67 FROM P.C

6. A WOODEN BEAM 150mm. WIDE BY

300mm. DEEP IS LOADED AS SHOWN. IF
THE MAXIMUM FLEXURAL STRESS IS
8KN/m^2, FIND THE MAXIMUM VALUES OF
W AND P THAT CAN BE APPLIED
SIMULTANEOUSLY.

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W=9000N/m
P=18000N

7. A SIMPLE CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF

286.48m. ITS DISTANCE FROM P.C TO P.T
ALONG THE CURVE IS EQUAL TO 240m.
COMPUTE THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE
TANGENTS AND THE PORTION OUTSIDE THE
CENTRAL CURVE IN ACRES.

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AREA=2162.8 sq.m.

8. A WOODEN SPHERICAL BALL WITH SPECIFIC

GRAVITY OF 0.42 AND A DIAMETER OF 300mm.
IS DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 4.3m. ABOVE
THE SURFACE OF WATER IN A POOL OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH. THE BALL BARELY TOUCHED
THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL BEFORE IT BEGAN TO
FLOAT. DETERMINE THE DEPTH OF THE POOL.

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h=3.11m.

9. A THICK LAYER OF CLAY UNDERLIES A SAND

FORMATION HAVING A THICKNESS OF 4.5m. THE
GROUND WATER IS LOCATED 2.5m. BELOW THE
GROUND SURFACE. SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SAND
HAVING AN AVERAGE VOID RATIO OF 0.52. THE
CLAY HAS A WATER CONTENT OF 42% DEGREE OF
SATURATION ABOVE THE WATER TABLE IS 0.37.

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#10. A DIVERGING TUBE DISCHARGES WATER FROM A

RESERVOIR AT A DEPTH OF 10m. BELOW THE WATER

SURFACE. THE DIAMETER OF THE TUBE GRADUALLY
INCREASES FROM 150mm. AT THE THROAT TO
225mm. AT THE OUTLET. NEGLECTING FRICTION,
DETERMINE: (A) THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE RATE OF
DISCHARGE THROUGH THIS TUBE, AND
(B) THE CORRESPONDING PRESSURE AT THE THROAT.

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