These are Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) from Exams posted before May 2024. These MCQs get orphaned after the system upgrade.
This phenomenon happens when water transitions from a supercritical flow to a subcritical flow.
Which of the following soil classification systems was first developed by Arthur Casagrande and was adopted by several US agencies with modifications in 1952?
Given a water droplet with surface tension $\sigma$ and gage pressure $\Delta p$, determine its diameter.
It is a point formed by intersecting three angle bisectors of a triangle.
It is a point formed by intersecting the three medians of a triangle.
It is a point formed by intersecting the three altitudes of a triangle.
It is a point formed by intersecting the internal bisector of one angle of a triangle to the external bisectors of the other two angles.
This theorem states that the volume of a solid of revolution is equal to the area of the generating region times the distance travelled by the centroid of that region.
Which of the following states that the force at a point on a system due to a deflection $\delta$ is equal to the partial derivative of the total strain energy of the system with respect to that deflection $\delta$?
Given a small tube of diameter $d$ placed straight up into a liquid with unit weight $\gamma$, surface tension $\sigma$, and contact angle $\theta$ with the walls of the tube, find the capillary rise $h$ of the liquid in the tube.
It is a measure of the resistance of a certain fluid to gradual deformation by shear or tensile stresses.
What do you call differential equations having the form $$ y' + py = qy^n $$, where $n$ is an integer greater than 1?
What do you call differential equations having the form $$ y' + py = qy^n $$where $n = 0$, and $p$ and $q$ are functions of the independent variable?
What do you call differential equations having the form $$ y' + py = qy^n $$where $n = 1$, and $p$ and $q$ are functions of the independent variable?
What do you call differential equations wherein replacing the independent variable $x$ with $kx$ and the dependent variable $y$ by $ky$ gives the same differential equation? $k$ is a nonzero constant.
Which of the following equations is true for all angles $\theta$?
Which of the following has the same value as $\cos \theta$?
It is a branch of engineering mechanics that deals specifically with quantifying the motion of objects in terms of displacement, velocity and acceleration.
In a truss, when three members meet a joint, two of the members are parallel, and the joint carries no load, the third non-parallel member is a zero-force member.
The current seismic provisions of the National Structural Code of the Philippines 2015 is adopted from which of the following standards?
It is the property of a material to absorb energy from a continuously applied load until it yields.
It is the property of a material to absorb energy from a continuously applied load until it ruptures.
It is the volume of a fluid per unit mass.
The Moody diagram was constructed based on which of the following equations?
What do you call the quantity $\displaystyle \frac{M_u}{\phi bd^2}$, where $M_u$ is the applied moment at a section of a reinforced concrete beam with width $b$ and effective depth $d$?
Which of the following assets are depreciable?
Which of the following formulas is used to convert an annuity $A$ to its present value $P$? Assume year-end convention. $n$ is the number of periods and $i$ is the interest rate per period.
Selena invested a certain amount of money at a rate of 12% compounded bi-monthly. How do we calculate the effective rate of Selena's investment?
How is the dry density of a soil related to its density at full saturation? $\rho_w$ is the density of water, $n$ is the porosity and $e$ is the void ratio.
The coefficient of curvature of a soil is defined as
If $a$ and $b$ are integers, then $a+b$ is also an integer. This is true by which of the following properties?
If $a\geqslant b$, then $a \nless b$. This is true by which property?
Let $\angle ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral. Then
Let $f(x)=\sin x - \cos x$. Find the 2021st derivative of $f$.
The Hyatt Regency Hotel walkway collapse is considered the best example of how important adhering to the engineering code of ethics is when designing structures. Where did this accident happen?
In a 1:2:4 job mix concrete, how many parts is fine aggregates?
All factors being equal, which of the following concrete mixes has the highest 28-day compressive strength?
Cadastral surveying is a branch of surveying that deals with
It is the tensile force required on a tape to eliminate the effects of sag during tape surveys.
A spherical zone of one base of height $h$ is cut from a sphere of radius $r$. What is the volume of the zone?
What is the area moment of inertia of a semicircle of radius $r$ about an axis parallel to its base and passing through its centroid.
This law states that the strength of a concrete is inversely proportional to its water-to-cement ratio.
It is defined as the ratio of a steel section's plastic moment to its yield moment.
How many (Philippine) 6-inch hollow blocks are needed to cover 100 square meters of wall area? Assume no allowance for contingency.
A definite integral has an integrand which is a fraction with denominator $\sqrt{4x^2 + 1}$. It is to be solved by trigonometric substitution. Which of the following is the appropriate substitution to use?
A circle has its center at (3, -27). It is tangent to the line $3x + 4y - 26 = 0$. Locate the point of tangency.
Samuel Pepys wrote Isaac Newton to ask which of three events is more likely: that a person get...
From point A on level ground, the angles of elevation of the top D and bottom B of a flagpole situated on the of a hill are measured as 47°54' and 39°45'. Find the height of the hill if the height of the flagpole is 115.5 ft.
The top of the tower signal at B 2000 m away from A was sighted through a transit with recorded vertical angle of 3deg30min.
What time between 2 and 3 o 'clock will the angle between the hands of the clock be bisected by the line connecting the center of the clock and the 3 o 'clock mark?