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It is the process of proportioning the

cement, water, aggregates, and additives
MSTE
prior to mixing concrete.
1. Which of the ff are the concept of safe a. Paving
design for construction: b. Mixing
I. The design of the structure to be c. Batching
built d. Curing
II. The subsystems to be included
in the structure 6. The single initial application of
III. The equipment involved in the bituminous material to an existing
building of the structure bituminous surface.
IV. The onsite facilities a. Prime coat
V. The manpower of the structure b. Tact coat
c. Overcoat
Answer: All of the above
d. Seal coat
2. The ideal capacity of the road in veh/hr.
a. 1800vph 7. Which of ff is a true statement
b. 2000vph I. All symmetric histrograms
c. 1400vph II. All symmetric bell shapes curves
d. 1200vph are normal
III. All normal curves are
3. It occurs as concrete hardens, being bellshaped and symmetric
greater in wet mixes. Curing helps to
Answer: III only
limit effects and therefore concrete in
actual structure should be thoroughly and 8. Of all path through the network, critical
continuously moistened for period after path has the:
placing a. Max actual time
a. Moisture content b. Min expected time
b. Shrinkage c. Min actual time
c. Concrete d. Max expected time
d. Compaction
9. When train passes on curves, which have
4. It is a construction operation that no superelevation, it will give thrust on
concrete should be protected so that the:
moisture is not lost during early stage of a. Inner rail
hardening, and it should be kept at a b. Inner side of the inner rail
temp that will promote hydration and c. Inner side of the outer rail
protect against injury from other d. Outer rail
construction activities.
a. Curing 10. Which is more accurate parameter of
b. Scaling traffic capacity, volume or density:
c. Sprinkling a. Volume is more accurate, only
d. Ponding volume is a function of cars in a
given length of roadway
 b. Density is more accurate, only such as heat, wind and gravity loads.
density is a function of cars in a given What are these major properties
length of roadway exhibited by materials?
c. Volume is more accurate, only a. Temp, thermal, conductivity, and
volume has the units of time ductility
d. Density is more accurate, only it has b. Mechanical, thermal, electrical,
the units of time and chemical
c. Ionic bonding, metallic bonding,
11. Which of the ff is the calculation of covalent bonding, and secondary
probability that the critical path will be d. Atoms, ions, electron, molecules
completed by time T:
I. Assumes that the activity times 15. In the standard practice of measuring
are the statistically independent vertical and zenith angles, the ff practices
II. Assumes that the total time of are important:
the critical path has approx. I. Be sure that the instrument is
beta distribution leveled
III. Requires knowledge of the II. Sight with vertical crosshair
standard deviation for all the III. Sight exactly of the target
activities in the network IV. Sight direct and reverse
a. III only a. I only
b. All the of above b. I and III only
c. II only c. All the of the above
d. I only d. I, III, and IV only

12. What is the worst condition which 16. Compacting applies energy to soil to
should be considered in relation to the consolidate it by compressing air voids
design of coastal defense works: to increase the soil’s dry density. Which
a. Extreme wave height of the ff is the objectives of proper
b. Combination of unusually high sea compacting:
level with severe wave action I. Minimize settling
c. Position in relation to still water level II. Increase soil’s load bearing
d. Offshore wave climate characteristics
III. Increase soil stability
13. It is the single most important IV. Reduces water penetration
environmental factor in the broad field of V. Protects slopes that will drain
coastal engineering water away.
a. Coastal erosion a. I, II, III, IV
b. Sand b. II, III, IV, V
c. Sea c. All of the above
d. Wave d. I, III, IV, V

14. The sound creaks and groans that one 17. It is the probability of a mechanism that
hears inside the building are in fact will function satisfactorily. If the
materials response to external stimuli mechanism is to operate continuously, it
 refers its performance for a specific transferring building loads to a deeper
period of time. and stronger layer of soil.
a. Reliability Answer: Pile foundation
b. Infinite test
c. Standard deviation 23. A test to evaluate the relative consistency
d. Mean of a concrete.
Answer: Slump test
18. These are circumstances or deviation
from standard condition which could 24. It is the bulk composition of concrete
permit an occurrence of accident or mix.
incident Answer: 10% cement, 20% air &
a. Unsafe condition water, 30% sand, and 40% gravel
b. Risk
c. Hazard 25. A process of leveling of floor or layer of
d. Unsafe act concrete with straight edge using a back
and forth motion while moving across
19. It is the combination of the likelihood of the surface.
an occurrence of a hazardous event with Answer: Screeding
specified period in specific
circumstances and the severity of injury 26. The difference between the actual travel
or damage of health of people, property, time and a given segment of a
environment caused by the event. transportation system and some ideal
a. Risk travel time for that segment.
b. Unsafe condition Answer: Delay
c. Hazard
d. Unsafe act 27. They are written instructions detailing
how the facility is to be constructed.
20. An open water of navigable depth Answer: Plan
a. Significant depth
b. Skewd 28. Cracks approximately at right angles to
c. Fairway the pavement centerline. These may be
d. Shoal caused by shrinkage or differential
thermal stress of the asphalt concrete.
21. It is a type of thermoplastic lane marking a. Alligator cracking
designed to aid and provide motorists b. Block cracking
with visual, audio, and motion warning c. Transverse cracking
on the road. d. Longitudinal cracking
a. Chevron marking
b. Painted median 29. Device mounted on a fixed support
c. Rumble strips (permanent signs) or portable support
d. Diagonal markings (temporary signs) whereby a specific
message is conveyed by means of words
22. It is nothing more than a column driven or symbols placed or erected for the
into the soil to support a structure by
 purpose of regulating, warning, or b. Sea
guiding traffic. c. Swell
a. Roadwork signs d. Seiching
b. Overhead signs
c. Traffic signs 35. A wave generated in deep water, when
d. Special instruction signs reaching shoal waters, charges not only
in its height but also in its length but the
30. Warn road users of condition on or period will?
adjacent to the road that may be a. Remain constant
unexpected or hazardous. b. Increase
a. Roadwork signs c. Decrease
b. Warning signs d. None of the above
c. Traffic signs
d. Guide signs 36. This should always be shown on site
plans for orientation purposes.
31. Waves are formed by the frictional drag Displaying it prominently is the safety
of the wind across water surface. This is standard.
the process of transferring energy from a. Vicinity map
wind to water. b. Scale
a. Gravity waves c. North directions
b. Equivalent waves d. Legends and symbols
c. Significant waves
d. Shallow waves 37. Two angles whose sum is 360deg.
a. Conjugate/explementary angle
32. A maximum wave height and wave b. Compliment angle
period of the maximum wave height in c. Supplement angle
wave train. d. Reflection angle
a. Deep water wave
b. Equivalent depth water wave 38. Two components of stopping sight
height distance:
c. Highest wave Answer: Reaction distance and
d. Significant wave Breaking distance

33. When directly generated and affected by 39. What is MLLW?

local winds, a wind wave system is Answer: Mean Lower Low Water
called.
a. Wind seiching 40. The ratio of wave height to wave length.
b. Wind swell Answer: Steepness
c. Wind wakes
d. Wind sea 41. It is the primary consideration in the
design of geometric cross sections for
34. Waves under the influence of the winds highways, runways, and taxi ways.
that generated them are called: Answer: Drainage
a. Wakes
42. This type of control on the objects on the b. Port
job site is commonly identified as c. Whart
primary secondary and working. d. Lighthouse
a. Reference control
b. Horizontal control 47. A continuous structure built parallel to
c. Vertical control along the margin of the sea or alongside
d. Monumental control river banks, canal or waterways where
vessels may lie alongside to receive or
43. The maximum sustained 15min. rate of discharge cargo or disembark passengers
flow, expressed in passengers cars per or lie at rest.
hour per lane, which can be a. Wharf
accommodated by a uniform freeway b. Pier
segment under prevailing traffic and c. Port
roadway conditions in one direction. d. Lighthouse
a. Capacity
b. Traffic flow 48. The design of overtaking lanes and
c. Density climbing lanes requires the consideration
d. Design hourly volume of the following:
i) Initial diverge taper
44. It is the maximum number of vehicles ii) Auxiliary lane length
which have a reasonable expectation of iii) End or merge taper
passing over a given section of lane or a a. II and III only
roadway in one direction or in both b. I and II only
directions during one hour under c. I and III only
prevailing road and traffic conditions. d. All of the above
a. Flow of traffic
b. Road capacity 49. Minimum K value vertical curve should
c. Density be selected on the bases of three
d. Free flow controlling factors.
i) Sight distance is a requirement in
45. During the baseball practice, a batter hits all situations for driver’s safety.
a very high fly ball and runs in a straight ii) Appearance is generally required
line and catches it. Which has a greater in low fill and flat topography.
displacement, the player or the ball? iii) Riding comfort is a general
Answer: The player and the ball have requirement with specific need on
the same displacement. approaches to a floodway where
the length of depression needs to be
46. Any structure built into the sea but not minimized.
parallel to the coast line and includes any iv) Vertical alignment should fit into the
stage, stair landing place, landing state natural terrain earthwork balance.
jetty, floating barge or pontoon any a. I, II and III only
bridge or other works connected b. I, III and IV only
therewith. c. I, II and IV only
a. Pier d. II, III and IV only
 a. Taking care to choose individuals
who you feel are representative of
50. A quadrilateral has properties such that
the population in terms of as many
its diagonals bisect each other and are
characteristics as you can list.
perpendicular. What kind of quadrilateral
b. Picking a sampling method in which
is this?
every possible combination of people
a. Parallelogram
has the same chance of being
b. Trapezoid
selected.
c. Rhombus
c. Making sure that every individual in
d. Rectangle
the population of interest is invited to
respond.
51. What are the four types of pavement and
d. Sending out a large enough number
curb markings?
of surveys so that even if the response
a. Longitudinal lines, transverse lines,
rate turns out to be low, you will have
transition lines and stop lines.
sufficient numbers of responses to do
b. Longitudinal lines, transverse lines,
statistical analysis.
other lines and other makings.
c. Longitudinal lines, transverse lines,
stop line and center line.
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center line and lane lines. HGE
1. A pressure surge or wave caused when a
52. Messages when painted on pavement
fluid in motion is forced to stop or
should be limited to how many words
change direction suddenly is referred to
only.
as:
a. 5 words or less
a. Hydraulic jump
b. 4 words or less
b. Potential head
c. 3 words or less
c. Hydrodynamics
d. 6 words or less
d. Water hammer
53. The warrant for the use of safety barriers
2. The ratio between volume of voids and
can be established considering:
the volume of the soil mass.
i) Front slope or back slope nose and
a. Degree of saturation
height.
b. Water content
ii) Unforgiving hazards within the clear
c. Void ratio
zone.
d. Porosity
iii) Water hazards within the clear zone.
a. I only
3. The ratio between volume of voids and
b. II only
the volume of the solids.
c. II and III only
a. Degree of saturation
d. All of the above
b. Water content
c. Void ratio
54. Which of the following is the most
d. Porosity
important consideration in avoiding bias
in surveying?
4. The ratio between volume of water and a. Increases
the volume of voids. b. Unaffected
a. Degree of saturation c. Decreases
b. Water content d. Depends on the footing load
c. Void ratio
d. Porosity 10. One of the ff foundation conditions does
not affect the bearing capacity of the
5. The ratio between weight of water and supporting soil.
the weight of solids in a given volume of a. Unit weight of the soil
soil. b. Depth of founding footing
a. Degree of saturation c. Load imposed onto the soil
b. Water content d. Position of ground water table
c. Void ratio
d. Porosity 11. What is the boiling point of water?
Answer: 100C
6. The fraction of soils passing which sieve
number is used for atterberg limit tests of 12. What is the freezing point of water?
soils. Answer: 0C
a. 60
b. 30 13. What is the temperature in which the
c. 50 water is densest?
d. 40 Answer: 4C

7. A pressure surge or wave caused when a 14. The ground water table is located at a
fluid in motion is forced to stop or certain depth below the ground surface.
change direction suddenly or momentum This will cause an upward seepage. What
change. would be the resulting effective stress at
a. Hydraulic jump a certain point below the ground water
b. Potential head table due to the upward seepage.
c. Hydrodynamics Ans. This will cause the decrease of the
d. Water hammer effective stress at that point.

8. A line joining the points of highest 15. The volume of liquid passing a cross-
elevation of water in a series of vertical section of a stream.
open pipes rising from a pipeline in a. Discharge
which water flows under pressure. b. Permeability
a. Hydraulic jump c. Flow
b. Hydraulic gradient d. Capillary
c. Hydraulic head
d. Hydraulic loss 16. A ship floating in sweater is stable if the
metacentric height is:
9. If the ground water table in a soil a. Below the center of gravity
formation rises as a resulting of flooding, b. Above the center of gravity
the bearing capacity of the soil. c. Coincides with the center of gravity
 d. The draft of the ship causes a buoyant b. Plasticity
force equal to the weight of the ship c. Settlement
and its cargo. d. Liquefaction

17. If with steady flow in any length or reach 22. One of the following foundation
of a stream, the average velocity at every conditions does not affect foundation
cross-section is the same in that reach; settlement.
the flow is staid to be: a. Plasticity of the soil
a. Continuous b. Depth of founding footings
b. Steady c. Position of ground water table
c. Laminar d. None of the other choices
d. Uniform

18. What happens when there is a lowering 23. In accordance with the United Soils
of water table? Classification of soils, which are
a. There is a decrease of lateral considered coarse grained if the passing
pressure. thru No. 200 sieve is less than
b. There is an increase of lateral a. 30
pressure. b. 40
c. The same lateral pressure is produced. c. 50
d. None of the above d. 60

19. It is a soil whose present effective over 24. Section 302.2.2 of the National
burn pressure is less than that which the Structural Code of the Philippines
soil experienced in the past. provides that the slope of cut surfaces
a. Over consolidated shall be no steeper than is safe for
b. Normally consolidated intended use and shall be no steeper than
c. Unconsolidated soil ______.
d. None of the above a. 1 to 2
b. 1 to 1
20. The surface tension phenomenon is one c. 1 to 3
of the reasons that small insects can d. 1 to 1.5
‘’walk” on water. Determine the value of
surface tension at normal room 25. The component of shear strength of a
temperature. rock or soil that interparticle friction is
a. 0.064 N/m called _________.
b. 0.075 a. Plasticity
c. 0.086 b. Skin friction
d. 0.092 c. Adhesion
d. Cohesion
21. A process by which water-saturated soil
sediment temporarily loss strength and 26. According to USCS soil classification of
acts as a fluid. a soil particle whose size is greater than
a. Consolidation 75 mm is called ____________.
 a. Cobbles b. Archimedes
b. Gravel c. Pascal
c. Rock d. Boyle
d. Sand
32. The pressure exerted onto a liquid is
27. Section 302.4.5 of the National transmitted undiminished to all portions
Structural Code of the Phil. (C101-10) of the liquid. This principle of mechanics
provides that slope of fill surface shall be is attributed to:
no steeper than is safe for its intended a. Bernoulli
use and shall not be steeper than b. Archimedes
__________. c. Pascal
a. 1:1 d. Boyle
b. 1:2
c. 1.5:2 33. A body placed in a liquid is buoyed up
d. 1:3 by a force equal to the weight of the
displaced liquid. This principle of
28. Soil derives its strength from its capacity buoyancy was attributed to:
to resist. a. Pascal
a. Shear b. Bernolli
b. Torsion c. Boyle
c. Tension d. Archimedes
d. Compression
34. Water has a maximum unit weight at a
temperature of:
29. Which of the following is not a. 0℃
component of the soil mass? b. 4℃
a. Gas c. 100℃
b. Organic matter d. 32℃
c. Minerals
d. None of the list
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30. The cohesion strength of a cohesive soil
SCE
is a compression strength C = Kqu
where K is equal to _________. 1. The material has the same composition at
a. 0.50 every point but the elastic may not be the
b. 0.25 same in all directions.
c. 0.33 e. Isotropic
d. 1.0 f. Orthotropic
g. Homogenous
31. In any stream flowing steadily without h. Prismatic
friction the total energy contained is the
same at every point in its path of low. 2. The composite material exhibits elastic
This principle is attributed to: properties in one direction different from
a. Bernoulli
 that in three mutually perpendicular a. Elasticity
direction. b. Yielding
a. Isotropic c. Plasticity
b. Orthotropic d. Breaking
c. Homogenous
d. Prismatic 9. It is the point at which the material will
have an appreciable elongation without
3. A material with the same properties or any increase in load.
composition at any points in the body. a. Elasticity
a. Homogeneous b. Yielding
b. Isotropic c. Plasticity
c. Orthotropic d. Breaking
d. Prismatic
10. A property of material that enables it to
4. A material with a constant cross section. undergo large permanent strains before
a. Homogeneous failure.
b. Isotropic a. Elasticity
c. Orthotropic b. Yielding
d. Prismatic c. Plasticity
d. Ductility
5. Besides the epicenter, it describes the
location of the earthquake. 11. What is the term which refers to the
a. Geologic formation ability of a material to deform in the
b. Focal depth plastic range without breaking.
c. Fault line a. Elasticity
d. Dip angle b. Yielding
c. Plasticity
6. It is measured by seismometer. d. Ductility
a. Reference points
b. Attenuation 12. It is the ability of a material to absorb
c. Components of ground motion / energy in the plastic range.
Ground displacement a. Elasticity
d. Actual displacement b. Toughness
c. Plasticity
7. It is a property of material of which it d. Stiffness
regains its original shape and size after
removal of external load. 13. When a material is subjected to a
a. Elasticity repeated cycles of stress or strain, it is
b. Yielding the cause of the structure to breakdown
c. Plasticity ultimately leading to fracture.
d. Breaking a. Creep
b. Fatigue
8. It is the property of material to retain its c. Plasticity
changed shape and size. d. Yielding
14. When a material has to support a load 20. It is a point through which the resultant
for a long time, what causes it to of the resistance to the applied lateral
continue to deform until a sudden force acts.
fracture occurs. a. Center of mass
a. Creep b. Center of gravity
b. Fatigue c. Center of rigidity
c. Plasticity d. In-plane offset
d. Yielding
21. It is the point through which the applied
15. In what condition is a material when it seismic force acts.
breaks down and deforms permanently a. Center of mass
even due to slight increase in stress b. Center of gravity
above the elastic limit. c. Center of rigidity
a. Creep d. Out-plane offset
b. Fatigue
c. Plasticity 22. It refers to the flexibility of structure.
d. Yielding a. Reciprocal of stiffness
b. Reciprocal of deflection
16. It refers to the displacement of one level c. Reciprocal of rigidity
relative to the level above. d. Static deflection
a. Eccentricity
b. Spring constant 23. What do you call the force which
c. Story drift determines whether the body will be in
d. Lateral displacement equilibrium or will have a varying state
of motion?
17. It occurs when the structure’s center of a. Equilibrium
mass does not coincide with center of b. Resultant
rigidity. c. Momentum
a. Out of plane offset d. Impulse
b. Story drift
c. Torsional shear stress 24. Identify the principle used in equations
d. Lateral displacement related to the deformation of axially
loaded material.
18. Liquefaction is best described as: (1) That the stress is proportional to
Answer: A sudden drop in the shear the strain within the elastic region.
strength of soil a. Hookes law
b. Young’s Modulus
19. Which refers to the rigidity of a c. Poisson’s Ratio
structure? d. St. Venant’s
a. Deflection Principle
b. Reciprocal of deflection (2) That in the deformation of axially
c. Product of stiffness and deflection loaded members, the ratio of the
d. Reciprocal of stiffness
 lateral to the longitudinal strain is c. Dynamic
constant. d. Static
a. Poisson’s Ratio
b. St. Venant’s 29. What is the term for the value beyond
Principle which the stress is no longer proportional
c. Hookes Law to the strain?
d. Young’s Modulus a. Elastic limit
(3) That within the elastic range, it is b. Ultimate stress
the constant of proportionality c. Proportional limit
that defines the linear relationship d. Tensile stress
between the stress and strain.
a. Poisson’s Ratio 30. Which of the following terms is
b. St. Venant’s described herein?
Principle (1) Stressing high strength steel
c. Hookes Law wires before concrete hardens.
d. Young’s Modulus a. Post tensioning
b. Creep
25. Which structural member has the ratio of c. Pre tensioning
its unsupported height to its least lateral d. Relaxation
dimension of not less than 3 and is used (2) Stressing high strength steel after
primarily to support axial load? the concrete has been cast and has
a. Pedestal attained sufficient strength.
b. Column a. Post tensioning
c. Deep Beam b. Creep
d. Corbel c. Pre tensioning
d. Relaxation
26. What do you call the retarding force (3) Loss of stress that takes place
acting opposite a body in motion? with the passage of time as
a. Inertia concrete is held at a constant
b. Dynamic strain.
c. Static friction a. Post tensioning
d. Kinetic friction b. Creep
c. Pre tensioning
27. Which term refers to the force generated d. Relaxation
by a body in motion?
a. Impulse
b. Impact
c. Dynamic
d. Static

28. Which term refers to the force generated

by a body at rest?
a. Impact
b. Impulse