MAY 2016

and pavement is 0.40. What is the required

super elevation is percent?

1. A line of levels, 6 km long is run between

A and B with average backsight and
foresight distances of 150 m. The average
backsight reading is 3.8 m and each time it
is taken, the rod is inclined sidewards from
the vertical by 5 degrees. What is the
correct elevation of B if its recorded
elevation is 425.15 meters?

7. A parabola has an equation of y^2 = 8x.

Find the equation of the diameter of the
parabola, which bisects chords parallel to
the line x-y=4.

2. With the transit at point B line of sight

horizontal, the stadia intercept at C is 1.15
m. If the stadia interval factor is 100.32 and
the stadia constant is 0.3, find the distance
BC.

3. A spiral easement curve has a length of

80 m and the radius of the central curve is
180 m. Determine the maximum velocity
that a car could pass thru the spiral
easement curve.

4. Find the area of the triangle ABC given

a=225 b=290 and c=419.

5. Chord AB and CD intersect each other at

O inside the circle, AO = 8cm, CO = 12 cm,
and D= 20 cm. If AB is the diameter of the
circle compute the area of OCA.

6. A 12 degree simple curve is to be

designed for a maximum speed of 88 kph.
The coefficient of friction between the tires

8. A student was asked to make a 345.43 m

long line using a 25 m tape is 0.0021 m too
long. What is the required measurement?

9. A box contains 58 scarlet marbles, 14 teal

marbles, 28 midnight blue marbles, all the
marbles are of the same size. Three marbles
are drawn at random from the box, first
one, then a second, and then a third.
Determine the probability of the getting
one scarlet marble, one teal mable, and one
midnight blue marble with replacement.

10. Messages when painted on pavement

should be limited to how many words only?

11. A distance was measured on an 8%

slope and found to be 2620.30 m. What is
the horizontal distance measured in
meters?

12. What are the four types of pavement

and curb markings?

13. The velocity of the Cebu Pacific Airlines

in still air is 125 kph. The velocity of the
wind due east is 25 kph. If the plane travels
east and returns back to its base again after
4 hours, what distance does the plane
travels due east?

14. A piece of property is downtown

Houston is advertised for sale at Php 45 per
square foot. If the lengths of the sides of
the triangular lot are 220 feet, 234 feet and
160 feet, then what is the asking price of
the lot?

15. Find the distance from the point A (1,5,3) to the plane 4x + y + 8z +33 = 0.

16. The perpendicular distance between

two parallel tangents of a reversed curve is
7.5m and the length of the long chord is
equal to 65 m. Compute the common radius
of the reversed curve.

17. If log x to the base 2 miles log of 5 to the

base 2 is equal to 3, find the value of x.
18. A circle has its center at (3, -2). It is
tangent to the line 3x+4y-26=0. Compute
the point of tangency of the circle.

19. Light travels at a rate of approximatelt

1.86 x 10 miles per second. It takes light 5 x
10^2 seconds to travel from the sun to
Earth. What is the between Earth and the
sun?

20. Find the number of sides a polygon has

if the sum of the measures of the interior
angles is 3600 degrees.

21. Working together, two people can

design a Web site in 5 hours. If each worked
alone, one of the would design in 2 hours
less time than the other. How long would it
take each person to design a Web site
working alone?