civil engineering MCQs – Page 201

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
4001. What type of depreciation is due to the reduction of the physical ability of an equipment or asset to produce results ?
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A. Design depreciation

B. Functional depreciation

C. Demand depreciation

D. Physical depreciation
4002. What is defines as the analysis and evaluation of the monetary consequences by using the theories and principles of economics to engineering applications, designs and projects ?
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A. Economic Analysis

B. Engineering economy

C. Design cost analysis

D. Engineering cost analysis

4003. What is the feature of some bonds whereby the issuer can redeem it before it matures ?
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A. Callability

B. Call class

C. Return clause

D. Recall clause

4004. 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

4005. What are the two classifications of goods and services ?
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A. Consumer and producer

B. Local and imported

C. Raw and finished

D. Ready-made and made-to-order

4006. What is considered as the basic consuming or demanding unit of a commodity ?
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A. Seller

B. Buyer or consumer

C. Manufacturer

D. Producer

4007. The unrecovered depreciation which results due to poor estimates as to the life of the equipment is called _____________________?
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A. Annuity

B. In-place value

C. Sunk cost

D. Economic life

4008. How long will it take money to double itself if invested at 5% compounded annually ?
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A. 14.7 years

B. 13.7 years

C. 14.2 years

D. 15.3 years

4009. What is defined as an entity which makes product, good or services available to buyer or consumer in exchange of monetary consideration ?
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A. Producer

B. Seller

C. Manufacturer

D. Buyer or consumer
4010. A VOM has a selling price of P 400. If its selling price is expected to decline at a rate of 10% per annum due to obsolescence, what will be its selling price after 5 years ?
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A. P 231.56

B. P 212.90

C. P 236.20

D. P 222.67

4011. What market situation exists where there is only one buyer and only one seller ?
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A. Monopoly

B. Monopsony

C. Bilateral monopsony

D. Bilateral monopoly
4012. A P 1, 000, 6% bond pays dividend semiannually and will be redeemed at 110% on June 21, 204. It is bought on June 21, 2001 to yield 4% interest. Find the price of the bond ?
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A. P 1,133.78

B. P 1,155.06

C. P 1,122.70

D. P 1,144.81
4013. In what method of computing depreciation where it assumes that a sinking fund is established in which funds will accumulate for replacement purposes ?
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A. Sum-of-year digit method

B. Straight line method

C. Declining balance method

D. Sinking fund method
4014. A college freshman borrowed P2,000 from a bank for his tuition fee and promised to pay the amount for one year. He received only the amount of P1,920 after the bank collected the advance interest of P80.00. What was the rate of discount ?
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A. 4.25%

B. 4.00 %

C. 4.15%

D. 3.67%

4015. You borrow P3,500.00 for one year from a friend at an interest rate of 1.5% per month instead of taking a loan from a bank at a rate of 18% per year. How much lesser you will pay by borrowing the money from the bank ?
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A. P54.66

B. P 62.44

C. P44.55

D. P37.56

4016. What refers to the need, want or desire for a product backed by the money to purchase it ?
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A. Supply

B. Product

C. Good

D. Demand
4017. The common ratio is the ratio of_______________?
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A. Net income to owners equity

B. Gross profit to net sales

C. Current assets to current liabilities

D. Net credit sales to average net receivable

4018. The deliberate lowering of the price of a nations currency in terms of the accepted standard (Gold, American dollar or the British pound) is known as ____________________?
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A. Currency devaluation

B. Currency appreciation

C. Currency depreciation

D. Currency float

4019. What is the factor name of the formula (1+i)^-n ?
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A. Single payment present worth

B. Single payment compound amount

C. Uniform gradient future worth

D. Capital recovery

4020. What represents the ownership of stockholders who have a residual claim on the assets of the corporation after all other claims have been settled ?
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A. Common stock

B. Incorporator stock

C. Authorized capital stock

D. Preferred stock