civil engineering MCQs – Page 117

Practise multiple-choice questions from civil engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

civil engineering Mcqs
2321. What is defined as the certificate of indebtedness of corporation usually for a period not less than 10 years and guaranteed by a mortgage on certain assets of a corporation ?
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A. T-bills

B. Stock

C. Promissory note

D. Bond
2322. What is the present worth of a P500 annuity starting at the end of the third year and continuing to the end of the fourth year, if the annual interest rate is 10 % ?
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A. P 731.17

B. P 714.71

C. P 727.17

D. P 717.17
2323. What are the two classifications of goods and services ?
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A. Ready-made and made-to-order

B. Consumer and producer

C. Raw and finished

D. Local and imported

2324. Which of the following conditions is to be satisfied both in elastic and plastic analysis ?
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A. mechanism condition

B. yield condition

C. equilibrium condition

D. plastic moment condition

2325. For a compression member with double angle section, which of the following section will give larger value of minimum radius of gyration?
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A. equal angles back to back

B. unqual legged angles with long legs back to back

C. unequal legged angles with short legs back to back

D. both (B) or (C)

2326. The object of photo-interpretation is__________________?
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A. Identification

B. Recognition of objects

C. All of these

D. Judging the significance of objects

2327. The monthly demand for ice cans being manufactured by Mr. Camus is 3200 pieces. With a manual operated guillotine, the unit cutting cost is P25.00. An electrically operated hydraulic guillotine was offered to Mr. Camus at a price of P275,000.00 and which cuts by 30% the unit cutting cost. Disregarding the cost of money, how many months will Mr. Camus be able to recover the cost of the machine if he decides to buy now ?
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A. 11 months

B. 10 months

C. 12 months

D. 13 months

2328. Due to scan geometry of a satellite sensor____________________?
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A. The details towards the edge of the scan get compressed

B. The ground distance swept by the senor, IFOV is proportional to sec2 of scan measured from the nadir

C. All of these

D. The off-nadir resolution is degraded

2329. A manufacturing firm maintains one product assembly line to produce signal generators. Weekly demand for the generators is 35 units. The line operates for 7 hours per day, 5 days per week. What is the maximum production time per unit in hours required of the line to meet the demand ?
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A. 1.4 hours per unit

B. 1.6 hours per unit

C. 1.2 hours per unit

D. 1.0 hour per unit
2330. Mr. Bacani borrowed money from the bank. He received from the bank P1,842 and promised to repay P2,000 at the end of 10 months. Determine the rate of simple interest?
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A. 10.29 %

B. 12.03%

C. 12.19%

D. 11.54%

2331. Hudsons formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of_________________?
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A. top chord area

B. heaviest axle load of engine

C. effective span of bridge

D. bottom chord area
2332. A feasibility study shows that a fixed capital investment of P10,000,000 is required for a proposed construction firm and an estimated working capital of P2,000,000. Annual depreciation is estimated to be10% of the fixed capital investment. Determine the rate of return on the total investment if the annual profit is P3,500,000?
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A. 28.33%

B. 30.78%

C. 29.17 %

D. 30.12%

2333. What do you call any particular raw material or primary product such as cloth, wool, flour, coffee, etc ?
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A. Utility

B. Stock

C. Commodity

D. Necessity

2334. Which is NOT an essential element of an ordinary annuity ?
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A. The first payment is made at the beginning of the first period.

B. Compound interest is paid on all amounts in the annuity.

C. The payments are made at equal interval of time.

D. The amounts of all payments are equal.

2335. What is defined as the interest on a load or principal that is based only on the original amount of the loan or principal ?
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A. Effective rate of interest

B. Simple interest

C. Nominal rate of interest

D. Compound interest

2336. The overlap of batten plates with the main members in welded connections should be more than____________________?
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A. 8t

B. 3t

C. re t = thickness of the batten plate

D. 6t

E. 4t
2337. The reflection of solar energy is characterised by the water content in the leaf, in the reflective optical infrared______________?
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A. Short wave-IR (1.3

B. None of these

C. Near-IR (0.7

D. Visible (0.4

2338. If flying height of a spacecraft is H, the length of air base is B and the parallax difference between two points is dp, then the difference in height___________________?
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A. h = dp/(H/B)

B. h = (H/B) dp

C. h = (B/H) dp

D. h = dp/(B/H)
2339. Steel tanks are mainly designed for_______________________?
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A. wind pressure

B. earthquake forces

C. weight of tank

D. water pressure
2340. What is defined as the investment of loan or principal which is based not only on the original amount of the loan or principal but the amount of loaned or principal plus the previous accumulated interest ?
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A. Nominal rate of interest

B. Simple interest

C. Compound interest

D. Effective rate of interest