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(May 6 & 7, 2018) Tower Civil Engineering Review Center Assessment Examination No. 1 Mathematics

1. A civil engineering review examination contains questions about mathematics, hydraulics, structural engineering, and forces. 2. Question 14 asks the examinee to determine the y-intercept of the resultant force of a system of forces shown in a diagram. 3. Question 15 asks the examinee to determine the magnitude of the moment produced by a 450 N force about the x-axis.

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(May 6 & 7, 2018) Tower Civil Engineering Review Center Assessment Examination No. 1 Mathematics

1. A civil engineering review examination contains questions about mathematics, hydraulics, structural engineering, and forces. 2. Question 14 asks the examinee to determine the y-intercept of the resultant force of a system of forces shown in a diagram. 3. Question 15 asks the examinee to determine the magnitude of the moment produced by a 450 N force about the x-axis.

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[MAY 6 & 7, 2018] TOWER CIVIL ENGINEERING REVIEW CENTER b. 1.45 m d. 1.

20 m
ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION NO. 1
14. A system of force is shown in the figure. All dimensions are in
MATHEMATICS meters.
1. John’s father is 5 times older than John and John is twice as old as y
his sister Alice. In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58. 30 N-m
How old is John now? 10 N
a. 7 c. 6
b. 5 d. 8 (8, 8)
6.7 N
2. Express 1296 x12 – 4320 x9y2 + 5400 x6y4 – 3000 x3y6 + 625 y8 in the
form (a + b)n.
a. (6 x3 – 5 y2)4 c. (6 x2 – 15 y3)4 1
b. (-4 x4 + 15 y2)3 d. (4 x3 – 25 y2)4 (5, 3) 2
3. Employing Descartes’ Rule of signs, what may be inferred about the (8, 2)
x
roots of the equation, x6 – 3x2 – 4x + 1 = 0? pr = positive roots, nr =
negative roots, cr = complex roots Determine the y-intercept of the resultant.
a. 1 p.r., 3 n.r., 2 c.r. c. 3 p.r., 1 n.r., 2 c.r. a. 2.46 m c. 2.27 m
b. 0 p.r., 0 n.r., 6 c.r. d. 4 p.r., 2 n.r., 0 c.r. b. 5.34 m d. 5.21 m
4. Let a, b > 0 satisfy a3 + b3 = a – b, then 15. If F = 450 N, determine the magnitude of the moment produced by
a. a2 + b2 < 0 c. a2 + b2 = 1 this force about the x axis.
b. a2 + b2 > 0 d. a2 – ab + b2 < 1
5. The pressure of a given mass of ideal gas varies inversely as the
volume and the directly as the absolute temperature. To what
pressure must 100 cubic feet of helium at 1 atmosphere pressure
and 253 temperature be subjected to be compressed to 50 cubic
feet when the temperature is 313?
a. 1.93 atm c. 2.47 atm
b. 2.08 atm d. 1.88 atm

HYDRAULICS
6. If an object has a mass of 2.0 slugs at sea level, what would its
mass be at a location where the acceleration due to gravity is 30.00
ft/s2?
a. 0.07 slugs c. 60 slugs
b. 15 slugs d. 2 slugs
7. A reservoir of carbon tetrachloride has a mass of 500 kg and a
volume of 0.315 m3. Find the carbon tetrachloride’s specific gravity.
a. 1.56 c. 1.23 a. 91.0 N*m c. 82.0 N*m
b. 1.59 d. 1.06 b. 73.0 N*m d. 65.0 N*m
8. The surface tension of water at 20°C is
a. 72.7 dynes/m c. 110.33 dynes/cm
b. 72.7 mN/m d. 110.33 N/m
9. A balloon is filled with 6 kg of hydrogen at 2 bar and 20°C. What will
be the diameter of the balloon when it reaches an altitude where the
pressure and temperature are 0.2 bar and -60°C. Assume that the
pressure and temperature inside are the same as that at the outside
at this altitude. RH = 4157 J/kg*K
a. 7.98 m c. 5.67 m
b. 4.11 m d. 3.99 m
10. Determine the surface tension acting on the surface of a vertical thin
plate of 1m length when it is lifted vertically from a liquid using a
force of 0.3 N.
a. 0.30 N/m c. 3 N/m
b. 0.15 N/m d. 1.5 N/m

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
11. A vertical pole is guyed by three cables PA, PB and PC tied at a
common point P 10 m above the ground. The base points of the
cables are:
A (-4, -3, 0), B (5, 1, -1) and C (-1, 5, 0)
If the tensile forces in the cables are adjusted to 15, 18 and 20 kN,
find the resultant force on the pole at P.
a. 48 kN c. 31 kN
b. 42 kN d. 38 kN
12. Determine the component of forces along u axis.

9.
a. 72.7 dynes/m c. 110.33 dynes/cm
b. 72.7 mN/m d. 110.33 N/m

a. 495 lb c. 536 lb
b. 528 lb d. 473 lb
13. From the beam loaded as shown,

Determine the location of the equivalent resultant force measured


from A.
a. 1.33 m c. 1.50 m

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