civil engineering Mcqs
2251. Lacing bars in a steel column should be designed to resist_________________?
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A. bending moment due to 2.5% of the column load

B. shear force due to 2.5% of the column load

C. 2.5% of the column load

D. both (A) and (B)

2252. What refers to the present worth of the probable future net earnings ?
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A. Earning value

B. Going concern value

C. Total fair value

D. Total market value

2253. The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is______________________?
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A. 810 mm

B. 1250 mm

C. 1680 mm

D. 650 mm

2254. The bracing provided in the plane of end posts is called__________________?
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A. sway bracing

B. top lateral bracing

C. bottom lateral bracing

D. portal bracing
2255. The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies___________________?
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A. equilibrium condition only

B. equilibrium and plastic moment conditions

C. mechanism and plastic moment conditions

D. equilibrium and mechanism conditions
2256. In case of timber structures, the form factor for solid circular cross-section is taken as_________________?
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A. 1.18

B. 1.67

C. 1.414

D. 1.81

2257. A student plans to deposit P1,500 in the bank now and another P3,000 for the next 2 years. If he plans to withdraw P5,000 three years from after his last deposit for the purpose of buying shoes, what will be the amount of money left in the bank after one year of his withdrawal? Effective annual interest rate is 10% ?
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A. P1,345.98

B. P1,459.64

C. P1,549.64

D. P1,945.64

2258. Which one of the following factors does not affect the scale of the air photographs ?
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A. Ground elevation

B. Focal length

C. Flying height

D. None of these
2259. Spatial variation in horizontal and vertical directions is caused due to_________________?
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A. Biological weathering of rocks

B. Physical weathering of rocks

C. All of these

D. Chemical weathering of rocks

2260. 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. Buyer or consumer

B. Manufacturer

C. Producer

D. Seller

2261. Pick up the correct definition from the following with response to GIS_______________?
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A. The geometric property which describes the linkage between line features is defined as connectivity

B. Common boundary between two areas of a locality is known as adjacency

C. All of these

D. The area features which are wholly contained within another area feature, is known so containment

2262. What is defined as any tangible economic activity that contributes directly or indirectly to the satisfaction of human want ?
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A. Goods or commodities

B. Services

C. Commodities

D. Goods

2263. What is the type of annuity that does not have a fixed time span but continues indefinitely or forever ?
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A. Perpetuity

B. Annuity due

C. Deferred annuity

D. Ordinary annuity

2264. The instruments which provide electromagnetic radiation of specified wave length or a band of wave lengths to illuminate the earth surface are called________________?
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A. None of these

B. Sensors

C. Active sensors

D. Passive sensors

2265. For the buildings having a low permeability, the internal wind pressure acting normal to the wall and roof surfaces is taken as__________________?
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A. zero

B. 0.7p

C. 0.5 p

D. 0.2p

E. re p is basic wind pressure

2266. The allowable shear stress in the web of mild steel beams decreases with__________________?
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A. re h is height and t is thickness

B. decrease in thickness

C. increase in height

D. decrease in h/t ratio

E. increase in h/t ratio
2267. The statical method of plastic analysis satisfies_______________?
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A. equilibrium condition only

B. equilibrium and mechanism conditions

C. equilibrium and plastic moment conditions

D. mechanism and plastic moment conditions

2268. Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against_______________?
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A. compression buckling of web plate

B. all of the above

C. shear buckling of web plate

D. yielding

2269. The optical property of a water body depends on ?
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A. Absorption by the dissolved material

B. Absorption by the suspended particulate matter

C. All of these

D. Scattering by the suspended particulate matter

2270. Which one of the following helps to identify the objects on the earth surface ?
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A. Radiometric error

B. Signature

C. None of these

D. Atmospheric window

2271. What type of bond whose guaranty is in lien on railroad equipment, such as freight and passenger cars, locomotives, etc ?
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A. Equipment bond

B. Railroad bond

C. Equipment obligation bond

D. Equipment trust bond

2272. 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. Demand

C. Good

D. Product

2273. What type of bond is issued jointly by two or more corporations ?
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A. Tie-up bond

B. Mortgage bond

C. Trust bond

D. Joint bond
2274. What refers to a document that shows proof of legal ownership of a financial security ?
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A. Bond

B. Check

C. Coupon

D. Bank note

2275. Which one of the following statements is correct regarding the GPS satellites ?
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A. The nominal altitude is about 20,200 km

B. The inclination of axis satellite is 55

C. All of these

D. The satellite transmits two L band signals (L1 with 1575.42 MHz and L2 with 1276.6 MHz)

2276. The bracing between two columns of a steel tank will be designed to resist_________________?
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A. horizontal, shear due to wind or earthquake + 2.5% of column loads

B. horizontal shear due to wind or earthquake only

C. column loads + full horizontal shear due to wind or earthquake

D. column loads + 2.5% of horizontal shear due to wind or earthquake

2277. Electromagnetic radiation_______________?
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A. Produces a time varying magnetic field and vice versa

B. Is capable to travel across space

C. All of these

D. Once generated, remains self-propagating

2278. 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. Security bond

B. Collateral trust bond

C. Mortgage bond

D. Joint bond

2279. What market situation exists where there are few sellers and few buyers ?
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A. Oligopsony

B. Oligopoly

C. Bilateral Oligopsony

D. Bilateral oligopoly

2280. 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. Office

B. Market

C. Mall

D. Store

2281. Duopoly is a market situation where there is/are____________?
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A. Many sellers and few buyers

B. Few sellers and many buyers

C. One seller and few buyers

D. Few sellers and few buyers

2282. Which of these gives the lowest effective rate of interest ?
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A. 12.35 % compounded annually

B. 12.20 % compounded annually

C. 11.60 % compounded annually

D. 11.90 % compounded annually

2283. Who coined the term, Remote sensing_______________?
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A. Evelyn L. Pruitt, a geographer

B. None of these

C. Wilbur Wright, an Italian scientist

D. Gaspard Felix Tournachon, a French scientist

2284. Aside from many sellers and many buyers, which one is a characteristic of perfect competition ?
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A. Homogeneous product

B. Perfect information and absence of all economic friction

C. Free market entry and exit

D. All of the above
2285. The risk coefficient k, depends on__________________?
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A. mean probable design life of structures

B. basic wind speed

C. both (A) and (B)

D. none of the above

2286. What refers to the market situation in which any given product is supplied by a very large number of vendors and there is no restriction against additional vendors from entering the market ?
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A. Monopoly

B. Perfect competition

C. Oligopoly

D. Oligopsony

2287. What is another term for perfect competition ?
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A. Heterogeneous market

B. Free-for-all competition

C. Atomistic competition

D. No-limit competition

2288. Miss Calledo deposited P 1,000, P 1,500 and P 2,000 at the end of the 2nd year, 3rd year and 4th year, respectively in a savings account which earned 10% per annum. How much is in the account at the end of the 4th year ?
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A. P 4,880.00

B. P 4,820.00

C. P 4,840.00

D. P 4,860.00
2289. Which one of the following geometric errors of satellite sensors is random ?
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A. Earth rotation

B. Scan skew

C. Altitude variation

D. Panoramic distortion

2290. The moment-curvature relation at a plastic hinge is________________?
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A. constant curvature for all moments

B. constant moment for all curvatures

C. linear

D. parabolic

2291. As per IS : 875, for the purposes of specifying basic wind velocity, the country has been divided into_____________________?
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A. 4 zones

B. 5 zones

C. 6 zones

D. 7 zones

2292. If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge are not braced, then the bridge is called________________?
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A. double deck type

B. half through type

C. through type

D. deck type

2293. The coherence length over which there is a strong relationship between amplitudes is_________________?
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A. None of these

B. Directly proportional to the bandwidth

C. Inversely proportional to the bandwidth

D. The square of the bandwidth

2294. A loan for P50,000 is to be paid in 3 years at the amount of P65,000. What is the effective rate of money ?
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A. 9.41%

B. 9.31%

C. 9.14 %

D. 9.01%

2295. The various stages occuring in GPS system are described below ?
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A. Detection of the GPS signals

B. Decoding the GPS signal</strong>

C. Processing the data in the built-in-computer

D. Generation of an output to the user
2296. If there is only one seller and many buyers, the market situation is ______________________?
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A. Oligopsony

B. Duopsony

C. Monopoly

D. Oligopoly

2297. For rivets in tension with counter-sunk heads, the tensile value shall be____________________?
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A. increased by 25 %

B. reduced by 33.3%

C. increased by 33.3 %

D. reduced by 25 %

2298. 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 222.67

C. P 236.20

D. P 212.90

2299. 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. Securities

B. Bank notes

C. Bond

D. T-bills

2300. 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 1,144.81

B. P 1,155.06

C. P 1,133.78

D. P 1,122.70