civil engineering MCQs – Page 121

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
2401. Formation of snow occurs if the cloud temperature is________________?
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A. None of these

B. Just above the freezing point

C. At the freezing point

D. Below the freezing point
2402. Pitch of tacking rivets, when double angles connected back to back and acting as tension members should not be more than_________________?
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A. 300 mm

B. 1000 mm

C. 500 mm

D. 600 mm

2403. Oligopoly exists when there is/are _______________?
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A. Few sellers and many buyers

B. Few sellers and few buyers

C. One seller and few buyers

D. Many sellers and few buyers
2404. What refers to the present worth of all the amount the bondholder will receive through his possession of the bond ?
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A. Redeemed value of bond

B. Par value of bond

C. Face value of bond

D. Value of bond
2405. A steel beam supporting loads from the floor slab as well as from wall is termed as________________?
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A. lintel beam

B. header beam

C. stringer beam

D. spandrel beam
2406. Intermediate vertical stiffeners in a plate girder need be provided if the depth of web exceeds___________________?
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A. 501

B. 200 t

C. 2501

D. 851
2407. Miss Evilla borrowed money from a bank. She receives from the bank P1,340.00 and promised to pay P1,500.00 at the end of 9 months. Determine the corresponding discount rate or often referred to as the bankers discount?
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A. 13.73 %

B. 13.46%

C. 13.32%

D. 13.15%

2408. An Electromagnetic wave falls on to a boundary between two losses less homogeneous media with different refractive indices, a part of the wave is reflected back to the incident medium and the rest is transmitted on to the second media. This phenomenon is known as___________________?
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A. Snells law

B. Fresnel reflection

C. None of these

D. Fresnel refraction

2409. Bearing stiffener in a plate girder is used to__________________?
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A. prevent excessive deflection

B. prevent buckling of web

C. decrease the effective depth of web

D. transfer the load from the top flange to the bottom one

2410. A farmer selling eggs at 50 pesos a dozen gains 20%. If he sells the eggs at the same price after the costs of the eggs rises by 12.5%, how much will be his new gain in percent ?
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A. 6.12%

B. 6.65 %

C. 6.89%

D. 6.58%

2411. The least dimension in case of a circular column of diameter D is taken as_______________?
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A. 0.5 D

B. 0.88 D

C. 0.68 D

D. D

2412. Which one of the following residual biases involves the GPS accuracy ?
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A. Satellite dependent biases due to uncertainty in the orbital parameters of the satellite

B. Receiver -dependent biases due to clock stability with line

C. All the above

D. Signal propagation biases due to the sphere and troposphere propagation

2413. What is the opposite of perfect competition ?
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A. Oligopsony

B. Monopsony

C. Monopoly

D. Oligopoly

2414. Coherence of two electromagnetic waves takes place if their phase difference is_________________?
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A. Constant in space

B. None of these

C. Constant in time and space

D. Constant in time

2415. Which one of the following statement is incorrect regarding the electromagnetic radiation ?
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A. None of these

B. The oscillation of charged particles sets up changing electric fields

C. These are produced by the motion of electric charge

D. The changing electric fields induce the changing magnetic fields in the surrounding medium

2416. What is the present worth of a year annuity paying P 3,000.00 at the end of each year, with interest at 8% compounded annually ?
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A. P 7,420.89

B. P 7,654.04

C. P 7,590.12

D. P 7,731.29
2417. Pick up the correct statement from the following_________________?
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A. All of these

B. When the electric field oscillates in the direction of the electric vector, a plane polarised wave is formed

C. When the electric vector is at right angles to the plane of incidence, horizontal polarization wave is formed

D. When the electric vector is in the plane of incidence, vertical polarisation is formed

2418. A machine costs of P 8,000 and an estimated life of 10 years with a salvage value of P 500. What is its book value after 8 years using straight line method ?
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A. P 2,100.00

B. P 2,300.00

C. P 2,000.00

D. P 2,200.00

2419. If the 20 mm rivets are used in lacing bars, then the minimum width of lacing bar should be______________?
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A. 40mm

B. 100mm

C. 80mm

D. 60mm
2420. A man invested P110,000 for 31 days. The net interest after deducting 20% withholding tax is P890.36. Find the rate of return annually?
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A. 11.75 %

B. 11.50%

C. 12.32%

D. 11.95%