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CE Past Board Terms
MSTE, HGE, PSAD
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sudden drop of Shear Strength | LIQUEFACTION |
| Reciprocal of Deflection | RIGIDITY OF STRUCTURE |
| Develop when center of mass and center of rigidity of structure does not coincide | TORSIONAL SHEAR STRESS |
| Refers to lateral displacement of one level relative to other | STOREY DRIFT |
| Resultant of resistance to the applied lateral force | CENTER OF RIGIDITY |
| - Point where where the applied seismic forces acts - Point where the vertical force acts | CENTER OF MASS |
| Flexibility of structure | RECIPROCAL OF STIFFNESS |
| Floor which is less than 70% stiff as floor above it & 80% stiff as average | SOFT STOREY |
| Can be measured by seismometer | GROUND DISPLACEMENT |
| Deals with forces at rest | STATIC |
| Distance of center mass and center of rigidity | ECCENTRICITY |
| Determines whether a body will be at rest or motion | RESULTANT |
| Energy by virtue or velocity | KINETIC |
| - Refers to the ability of a material to deform in the plastic range without breaking - Property that enables the material to under large permanent strains before failure | DUCTILITY |
| Causes the material to deform for a long period of time until a sudden fracture occurs | CREEP |
| Refers to ability of material to absorb energy in the elastic range - Material undergoes changes in its structure resulting in increased resistance to further deformation | RESILIENCE |
| Refers to ability of material to absorb energy in the plastic range | TOUGHNESS |
| Refers to the stress at which a material begins to deform plastically | STRAIN HARDENING |
| Refers to the tendency of solid materials to return to their original shape after being forces are applied on them | ELASTICITY |
| Slope of the straight line portion of the stress-strain curve | YOUNG'S MODULUS |
| Stress directly proportional to strain | HOOKE'S LAW |
| Ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain | POISSON'S RATIO |
| - Procedure that involves turning the angle twice and making the line of sight each time at the point. If two lines result, an average is established to create the line. | DOUBLE CENTERING |
| What is the lane width for National Road? | 3.35m |
| Informs road users to abide certain traffic rule requirements on road condition | SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS SIGNS |
| Signs that inform road users to traffic laws & regulations which if disregarded will constitute an offense. | REGULATORY SIGNS |
| Signs which provide means of displaying essential traffic information on wide multi-lane roads | OVERHEAD SIGNS |
| Inform & advice road users of direction, distances, routes, the location or services & points of interest | INFORMATIVE SIGNS/ GUIDE SIGNS |
| Warn or advice of temporary hazardous condition that could endanger road users or the men & equipment engaged on roadwork. | ROADWORK SIGNS |
| Warn road users of condition on or adjacent to the road that maybe unexpected or hazardous. | WARNING SIGNS |
| Guide drivers through a change in horizontal alignment of the road | CHEVRON SIGNS |
| The EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE is the standard shape of ____ | WARNING SIGN AND GIVE WAY |
| What is the conventional sign shape for regulatory sign? | CIRCLE |
| Standard sign shape for STOP sign | OCTAGON |
| GUIDE SIGNS, ROADWORK SIGNS, SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES are ______ in shape | RECTANGULAR |
| Contained within the bucket when following the outline of the bucket sides | PLATE LINE CAPACITY |
| Volume on the level of lowest edge of bucket | WATER LINE CAPACITY |
| Maximum volume w/o spillage based on angle of repose of material in bucket | HEAPED CAPACITY |
| It is the bucket capacity when load is struck off | STRUCK CAPACITY |
| Maximum number of vehicles, which have a reasonable expectations of passing over a given section of a lane or a roadway in one direction or in both directions during one hour under prevailing road & traffic conditions | ROAD CAPACITY |
| Defined as the number of vehicles per unit distance occupying a section of roadway at a given instant time | ROAD DENSITY |
| Ideal capacity of a road is _______vph | 2000 vph |
| ___% of tide is guaranteed safe for the ships, based on INTERNATIONAL WATER WAY CONGRESS | 98% |
| The datum line for design of port facilities in accordance with chart which being used by Philippine Ports Authority | MLLW - Main Lower Low Water |
| CE Board April 2023 The shear strength of soil increases with _______ | INCREASE IN NORMAL STRESS |
| Triaxial shear stress acts on what axis? | ALL PLANE AXIS EXCEPT X and Y axis |
| In what plane does the additional stress (deviator stress) can affect the shear stress? | HORIZONTAL |
| What test is not performed in the laboratory? | VANE TEST |
| Soil greater than 75mm is classified as __________ | COBBLES |
| In 1.3cNc + 𝛾Df Nq + 0.4𝛾BNy, Nc, Nq, Ny are function of | ANGLE OF FRICTION |
| - Molecules of liquids get attracted to ___________ - For example, when an insect such as mosquitoes that is denser than water is able to float or run along the water surface | SURFACE TENSION |
| Where is the METACENTER for stable equilibrium? | ABOVE CENTER OF GRAVITY |
| The shear strength of a cohesionless soil is proportional to the tangent of ___________ | ANGLE OF SHEARING RESISTANCE |
| When the metacenter of a floating body is lower than the center of gravity, then the body will be in ___________ | UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM |
| The metacentric height is the distance between the _______ | CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE FLOATING BODY AND THE METACENTER |
| The following describes the ______ - Caused by soft clay - Decreases the pile capacity - Caused due to relative settlement of soil | NEGATIVE SKIN FRICTION ON PILES |
| It does not vary on any other planet | SPECIFIC WEIGHT OF LIQUID |
| In civil engineering, soil is __________ | UNCEMENTED AGGREGATE |
| The weight per unit volume of a liquid at a standard temperature and pressure is called ________ | SPECIFIC WEIGHT |
| Ratio of VOLUME OF WATER and the VOLUME OF VOIDS | DEGREE OF SATURATION |
| Ratio of WEIGHT OF WATER to the WEIGHT OF SOLID PARTICLES | MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT |
| Ratio of VOLUME OF VOIDS and the VOLUME OF SOIL MASS | POROSITY |
| It is the ratio of the VOLUME OF VOID SPACE to the VOLUME OF SOLID SUBSTANCE | VOID RATIO |
| Situation with a potential cause to harm in terms in injury, ill health, damage to property, damage to environment or combination. | HAZARD |
| It is a human action that deviates from a commonly accepted safe procedure or standard operations that could permit an occurrence of an accident | RISK |
| It is the color of loading and unloading zone marking | RED |
| Type of thermoplastic lane marking designed to aid and provide motorist with visual, audio and motion warning on the road | RUMBLE STRIP |
| The timing of signals in relationship to one another so that vehicles traveling at a determined speed can pass through the greens of successive signals. | SIGNAL COORDINATION |
| - Basic unit of travel behavior - It is also involve movement from single origin to a single destination and are usually described in terms of their origins, destinations, purposes, time of occurrence, travel modes and routes. | TRIP |
| It represents the component of vehicle weight which acts parallel to an inclined surface | GRADE RESISTANCE |
| A cohesive soil deposit is considered soft if the unconfined compression strength in KPa is between _______ | 24 TO 48 |
| Section 302.2.2 NSCP. Steepness of the cut shall not exceed _______ | 1:2 |
| It is nothing more than a column driven into the soil to support a structure by transferring building loads to a deeper and stronger layer of soil or rock | PILES |
| 1 atm = ____mmHg. Specific gravity of mercury ______ | 760 mmHg // 13.56 |
| If water used to measure the atmospheric pressure, how high would it be? | 10.33 m |
| What will happen to the bearing capacity of soil if the ground water table in a soil formation rises due to flooding? | IT GETS WEAKER |
| ____ is the reaction time to be used for the road safety design. | 2.5 sec |
| Refers to the measure of a material's ability to withstand cyclic (repeated) stresses. | FATIGUE RESISTANCE |
| it is a manner of moving a straight-edge back and forth with saw-like motion across the top of the forms | SCREEDING |
| It is the horizontal force directed outward. This force has the capability of pushing the vehicle off the road in which the car will overturn in outward direction. | CENTRIFUGAL FORCE (CF) |
| Every construction shall have a suitable ________, which must be in accordance with these rules, and other orders and issuances issued by the DOLE | CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM |
| Who is given authority to review reports and inspection, accident investigations and implementation of the program? | HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE |
| An act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Standards and Providing Penalties for Violations thereof | R.A NO 11058 |
| Refers to any person trained and duly certified to administer first aid by the Philippine Red Cross or any organization authorized by the Secretary of Labor and Employment | CERTIFIED FIRST AIDER |
| Refers to a qualified first-aider, nurse, dentist or physician engaged by the employer to provide occupational health services in the establishment, project, site or workplace | OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PERSONNEL |
| Refers to any employee or officer of the company trained by DOLE or DOLE-Accredited Training Organization and tasked by the employer to implement an OSH program, and ensure that it is in accordance with the provisions of OSH standards. | SAFETY OFFICER |
| Refers to the industry-determined specifications of proficiency required for effective work performance | COMPETENCY STANDARDS |
| Refers to a situation caused by a condition or practice in any place of employment that could reasonably be expected to lead to death or serious physical harm | IMMINENT DANGER |
| It is a collective effort that focuses both on the different jobs in a company, and a group of people tasked to identify them. | JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS |
| The discipline dealing with the prevention of work related injuries and diseases as well as the protection and promotion of the health of workers. | OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH |
| Pavement markings are applied /removed by _____ | DPWH |
| The process of injecting any agent into soil or rock to increase its strength or stability, protect foundations or reduce ground water | GROUTING |
| Localized upward buckling and shattering of the slabs at transverse joint or cracks. | BLOWUPS |
| Cracking appears as a series of interconnecting cracks caused by fatigue failure of the asphalt concrete surface which is often due repeated traffic loading | ALLIGATOR CRACKING |
| Cracks approx. at right angles to the pavement centerline. These may be caused by shrinkage or differential thermal stress of the asphalt concrete or maybe reflective cracks. | TRANSVERSE CRACKING |
| The following are the overall track ______ - Subgrade - Ballast - Ties - Rails - Rails Fastening | STRUCTURE OF RAILROAD |
| The following are the standard practice of __________ - Instrument is level - Sight Target - Sight direct and reverse | MEASURING VERTICAL OR ZENITH ANGLES |
| The following are the characteristics of __________ - Point Upstream - At the right angles to the slope - On the ground closes itself | CONTOUR |
| A measure of material ability to resist indentation or penetration | HARDNESS |
| An increase in soil density of a cohesive soil resulting from the expulsion of water from the solid voids spaces | CONSOLIDATION |
| Tides when the waters reach their greatest height and the low waters at the least height after a full moon and new moon | SPRING TIDES |
| -Berth structure projecting out from the shoreline. -Runs perpendicular (or at an angle) to the shore and projects out into the water. -It is also used as a walkway for passenger. | PIER |
| A place on coast for security and comfort of vessels. Small bay or other sheltered part of an area of water | HARBOR |
| Includes HARBOR and adjacent town or city suitable for (a) LOADING GOODS (b) EMBARKING PASSENGERS | PORT OR SEAPORT |
| A continuous structure built parallel to along the margin of the sea or alongside riverbanks, canals or waterways. Suitable for RECEIVE AND DISCHARGE CARGO | WHARF OR QUAY |
| It is done on slabs that are to be left exposed or to receive thin finishes, such as resilient flooring, carpet, tile, or paint | TROWELING |
| Process of measuring concrete ingredients either by volume or by mass and introducing them into the mixture. | BATCHING |
| Result of insufficient asphalt binder in the mix of stripping of asphalt from particles of aggregate. | RAVELING |
| The main purpose is to elevate the road to a certain level such that it makes the resultant force normal to the road surface for a certain speed. | SUPER ELEVATION (e) |
| Type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Modern types of these show the dependency relationships between activities and the current schedule status | GANTT CHART |
| What are the capacity requirement for all scaffoldings? | AT LEAST 4 TIMES ITS OWN WEIGHT |
| The following are characteristics of ____________ -High Shear Strength - Prone to settlement due to vibrating load - Easy to compact | COHESIONLESS SOIL |
| The material composition is the same but its mechanical properties are different in every direction | ORTHOTROPIC MATERIAL |
| At any time, the discharge at every section of the stream remains the same | CONTINUOUS FLOW |
| When the path of individual fluid particles does not cross or intersect | LAMINAR FLOW |
| When its path lines are irregular curves and continuously cross each other | TURBULENT FLOW |
| The CONTINUITY EQUATION is based on what principle? | CONSERVATION OF MASS |
| The BERNOULLI'S ENERGY THEOREM is based on what principle? | CONSERVATION OF ENERGY |
| What do you call the maximum amount of stress a material can handle? | ULTIMATE STRENGTH |
| What do you call the strength of a material at failure? | RUPTURE STRENGTH |
| An interest rate which specifies the actual rate of interest on the principal for one year as __________ | EFFECTIVE RATE |
| These are the products or services that are desired by human and will be purchased if money is available after the required necessities have been obtained | LUXURIES |
| Highest surface part of a wave | CREST |
| Lowest surface part of a wave | TROUGH |
| Vertical distance between the crest and trough | WAVE HEIGHT |
| Horizontal distance between two adjacent crests or troughs | WAVE LENGTHS |
| These are long sights that can be taken with greater accuracy than using the stadia method | MERITS |
| Difference between the most probable value of the quantity and its observed value | RESIDUAL ERROR |
| The ff are used for _____ > Straining device > Thermometer > Stakes | BASE LINE MEASUREMENTS |
| The maximum grade permitted on curves for Phil. National roads | 6% |
| These are the additional costs of producing one more unit of a product. | MARGINAL COST |
| It refers to the period of time in years that results in the minimum equivalent annual cost. | ECONOMIC LIFE |
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