Colegio de Dagupan

Arellano St., Dagupan City

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
SEMIFINAL Examination
Set A

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Write all your answers in the test booklet. Provide solutions if necessary.
2. Answer all the questions with integrity.
3. Use of mobile phones is prohibited.
4. Avoid erasures and superimpositions.

1. The angle of elevation of the top of a tree from a point on the

level ground 10 m from it is thrice the angle of elevation to the

top of the tree 50 m from it. How tall is the tree?

a. 16.7 m c. 21.3 m

b. 18.9 m d. 20.7 m

2. Two sides of a triangle are 50 m and 60 m long. The angle included

between these sides is 30 degrees. What is the interior angle

opposite the longest side?

a. 83.71 degrees c. 85.38

b. 92.74 d. 93.75

3. Locate the vertex of the curve having the following parametric

equations:

x = t + 1

y = t2 + 4t - 2

a. (-2, 5) c. (-1, -6)

b. (1, -6) d. (-1, 6)

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distances of any point of the curve from two points whose

coordinates are (-3, 0) and (3, 0) is always equal to 8.

a. 7x2 – 16y2 - 112 = 0 c. 7x2 - 16y2 + 112 = 0

b. 7x2 + 16y2 - 112 = 0 d. 7x2 + 16y2 + 112 = 0

5. A businessman borrowed P3,000,000 with interest at the rate of 6%

compounded annually. He agrees to discharge his obligations by

paying a series of 6 annual payment, the first being due at the

end of the 5th year. Determine the value of his annual payment.

a. 500,000 c. 726,625

b. 770,222 d. 600,000

6. Given the following curves:

Curve 1: y = x2 + 7x + 6

Curve 2: x – 2y = 6

a. 3 & 2 c. -3 & 2

b. -3 & -2 d. 3 & -2

7. If the time now in the Philippines (120o E) is 9:00 AM, what is the

time in Iraq at longitude of 90o E?

a. 12:00 noon c. 6:00 AM

b. 12:00 midnight d. 7:00 AM

8. In a certain examination, it is noted that the average mark of

those passing is 65, while the average mark of those failing is

35. If the average mark of all participants is 53, what percentage

of the participants pass?

a. 40% c. 45%

b. 55% d. 60%

9. A man owns two square lots of unequal sizes, together containing

15,025m2. If the lots were contiguous, it would require 530m of

fence to embrace them in a single enclosure of six sides. What is

the length of the sides of the larger lot?

a. 96 b. 92

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10. The capacities of two hemispherical tanks are in the ratio of

64:125. If 4.8 kg of paint is required to paint the outer surface

of the smaller tank, then how many kg of paint will be needed to

paint the outer surface of the larger tank?

a. 6 kg c. 8 kg

b. 7 kg d. 9 kg

11. There are four unknown positive integers. The mean of the two

smallest is 4 while the median is 9. If the mode is 12, what is

the smallest number?

a. 6 c. 2

b. 3 d. 4

12. The surface area of a sphere is 64pi. Find its equation if it

is tangent to all the three-coordinate plane and its center is the

first octant.

a. x2 + y2 + z2 – 8x - 8y - 8z + 32 = 0

b. x2 + y2 + z2 – 4x - 4y - 4z + 8 = 0

c. x2 + y2 + z2 – 16x - 16y - 16z + 64 = 0

d. x2 + y2 + z2 – 4x - 4y – 4z + 16 = 0

13. compute the interest for an amount of P200,000 for a period

of 8 years if it was made at 16% compounded continuously.

a. 719,328 c. 791,328

b. 519,328 d. 591,328

14. A vertical pole stands in a plane inclined at an angle of 12o

with the horizontal. At the base of the incline, the pole subtends

an angle of 32o. at a point from the base and 8m up the incline,

the pole subtends an angle of 54o. find the height of the pole

a. 6.45 c. 9.36

b. 8.64 d. 7.78

15. A propeller with a diameter of 1.2m is rotating at 1400rpm.

What is the linear velocity in m/s for a point on the tip of the

propeller?

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b. 87.96 d. 175.93

16. What average force is necessary to stop a 0.45 caliber bullet

of mass 15 grams and speed 300 m/s as it penetrates a block to a

distance of 5cm?

a. 12.5kN c. 13.5kN

b. 13kN d. 12kN

17. If a man plays a game, his probability to win the game is

2/5. If he plays 5 times, what is the probability that he wins at

most two times?

a. 0.6826 c. 0.0346

b. 0.346 d. 0.7126

18. If (x+3)(x-4) +4 is divided by (x-k), the remainder is k.

Find k.

a. 2 c. 4

b. 6 d. 8

19. The following are the top speeds (mph) for a sample of seven

sports car:

187.3 181.8 180.0 169.3 162.2 158.1 155.7

Find the difference between the mean and median of this set of

values.

a. 1.72 c. 1.86

b. 1.33 d. 1.12

20. A random sample of the number of children per household in a

region was collected as follows:

x f
0 10
1 19
2 7
3 7
4 2
5 1
6 4
Find the sample mean.

a. 11 b. 2.3

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21. What is the sample standard deviation in Prob 20?

a. 3.1 c. 1.2

b. 2.3 d. 1.7

22. There are five positive integers in a set. The mode is equal

to 3 and is less than the median. The average of the three smallest

numbers is 5 and the average of the two largest numbers is 11. If

the number are arranged in ascending order, what is the 4th number?

a. 8 c. 9

b. 10 d. 11

23. A hole 10cm in diameter is to be punched out from a sphere

having a diameter of 16cm. determine the total volume punched out.

a. 1124.46cc c. 1241.64cc

b. 1214.46cc d. 1412.64cc

24. A parabola having an axis parallel to the y-axis passes

through the points A, B and C. given the coordinates, determine

the equation of the parabola.

a. x2 – 2x – 9y + 10 = 0 c. x2 – 2x – y + 2 = 0

b. x2 – 2x – 4y + 5 = 0 d. x2 – 2x – 4y + 8 = 0

25. two trains, each traveling uniformly at 50kph, start towards

each other, at the same time, from station A and B, 10km apart.

Simultaneously, a bee starts from station A, flying parallel to

the track at a uniform speed of 70kph, towards the train from

station B. upon reaching the train, it comes to rest, and allows

itself to be transported back to the point where trains pass each

other. Find the total distance traveled by the bee.

a. 6.67km c. 6.23km

b. 5.63km d. 5.00km

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