civil engineering MCQs – Page 198

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
3941. Under conditions of perfect competition, the price at which any given product will be supplied and purchased is the price that will result in the supply and the demand being equal. This statement is known as the_________________?
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A. Law of demand

B. Law of supply and demand

C. Law of diminishing return

D. Law of supply

3942. The price at which the callable bond will be redeemed from the bondholder is called ____________________?
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A. Call value

B. Redemption value

C. Face value

D. Par value

3943. In what method of computing depreciation where it assumes that the annual cost of depreciation is a fixed percentage of the book value at the beginning of the year ?
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A. Straight line method

B. Sinking fund method

C. Declining balance method

D. Sum-of-year digit method

3944. What is the type of annuity where the first payment does not begin until some later date in the cash flow ?
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A. Perpetuity

B. Deferred annuity

C. Annuity due

D. Ordinary annuity

3945. A type of bond where the corporation pledges securities which it owns such as the stock or bonds of one of its subsidiaries ?
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A. Collateral trust bond

B. Joint bond

C. Security bond

D. Mortgage bond

3946. A uniform series of payment occurring at equal interval of time is called ____________________?
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A. Amortization

B. Depreciation

C. Bond

D. Annuity
3947. What is defined as a financial security note issued by business or corporation and by the government as a means of borrowing long-term fund ?
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A. Bank notes

B. T-bills

C. Securities

D. Bond
3948. What is another term for unit method for computing depletion ?
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A. Percentage method

B. Sinking fund method

C. Factor method

D. Initial cost method

3949. What is the effective rate corresponding to 18% compounded daily? Take 1 year is equal to 360 days______________?
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A. 19.72 %

B. 19.44%

C. 19.61%

D. 19.31%

3950. What is the opposite of perfect competition ?
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A. Oligopoly

B. Monopoly

C. Oligopsony

D. Monopsony

3951. What refers to the value of an asset which a disinterested third party, different from the buyer and seller, will determine in order to establish a price acceptable to both parties ?
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A. Fair value

B. Market value

C. Book value

D. Franchise value

3952. What type of bond is issued jointly by two or more corporations ?
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A. Trust bond

B. Mortgage bond

C. Joint bond

D. Tie-up bond

3953. 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. Compound interest

D. Nominal rate of interest

3954. A leading shoe manufacturer produces a pair of Lebron James signature shoes at a labor cost of P 900.00 a pair and a material cost of P 800.00 a pair. The fixed charges on the business are P 5,000,000 a month and the variable costs are P 400.00 a pair. Royalty to Lebron James is P 1,000 per pair of shoes sold. If the shoes sell at P 5,000 a pair, how many pairs must be produced each month for the manufacturer to break-even ?
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A. 2,712

B. 2,890

C. 2,632

D. 2.59

3955. What rate of interest compounded annually is the same as the rate of interest of 8% compounded quarterly ?
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A. 8.12%

B. 8.16%

C. 8.24 %

D. 8.07%

3956. The amount of property in which a willing buyer to a willing seller for the property when neither one is under the compulsion to buy nor to sell is called __________________?
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A. Fair value

B. Good will value

C. Market value

D. Book value

3957. What refers to the exchange mechanism that brings together the sellers and the buyers of a product, factor of production or financial security ?
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A. Market

B. Mall

C. Office

D. Store

3958. The institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) is planning to put up its own building. Two proposals being considered are below.
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A. how much is proposal B more economical than proposal A if interest rate is 20% and depreciation to be neglected ?

B. The construction of a smaller building now to cost P300,000 and at the end of 5 years, an extension to be added to cost P 200,000.

C. The construction of the building now to cost P 400,000

3959. 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 717.17

B. P 731.17

C. P 727.17

D. P 714.71

3960. In year zero, you invest P 10,000.00 in a 15% security for 5 years. During that time, the average annual inflation is 6%. How much in terms of year zero pesos will be in the account at maturity ?
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A. P 18,289.05

B. P 15,030.03

C. P 20,113.57

D. P 16,892.34