CE QUIZ SHOW

General (2 points):

1. This Proclamation is designed to establish and declare the month of November as the Philippine
National Civil Engineering Month. It was signed by former President Benigno Aquino III on 5th of
November 2014.
a. Proclamation No. 814 b. Proclamation No. 804
c. Proclamation No. 914 d. Proclamation No. 904

2. Established on 18th May 1907, this is the oldest engineering school in the Philippines.
a. Institute of Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman
b. Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Santo Tomas
c. School of Engineering, University of San Carlos
d. College of Engineering, Colegio de San Juan de Letran

3. He is the founder of the civil-engineering profession in Great Britain and is considered the father of
civil engineering. He is known for the construction of his all-masonry lighthouse on Eddystone reef
off Plymouth, Devon.
a. Captain Alden Partridge b. John Bradfield
c. Henry Bessemer d. John Smeaton

4. It was the first civil engineering organization in the Philippines and was formed in the late twenties
by a group of civil engineers mostly from the government sector. Its first president was Engr. Marcial
Kasilag.
a. Philippine Society of Civil Engineers b. Philippine Association of Civil Engineers
c. Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers d. Philippine Organization of Civil Engineers

5. It is the tallest building in the Philippines with a height of 318 meters. It has been the tallest building
in the country since its completion in 2016.
a. Trump Tower at Century City b. PBCOM Tower
c. Metrobank Center Building d. Shangri-La at the Fort

6. Founded in 1747, it is the oldest and is considered to be the first formal engineering school in the
world. The school and its graduates also have been central to research in the diffraction of light, the
applications of concrete, and the measurement of the strength of materials.
a. École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
b. École Polytechnique in France
c. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States
d. Rutgers Scientific School in the United States

7. Who is considered as the father of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering?

a. Arthur Casagrande b. Albert Atterberg
c. Karl Von Terzaghi d. Charles-Augustine de Coulomb
8. He is a Scottish engineer and the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He is known for
his works in canals, bridges, roads, and harbors. His main achievements in road making were the
London-to-Holyhead road and the Bangor-to-Chester road.
a. John Louden Mac Adam b. Thomas Telford
c. Jerome Tresaguet d. Thomas Tredgold

9. Presently, it is the longest bridge in the Philippines spanning 8.9 kilometers and was inaugurated on
27th April, 2022
a. Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway b. San Juanico Bridge
c. Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge d. Candaba Viaduct

10. She is the first woman to receive a degree in civil engineering in the United States and the first
woman to be admitted as a member with junior status, of the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE). She graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1905.
a. Emma Pooley b. Nora Stanton Blatch
c. Elsie Eaves d. Emily Roebling

Easy (3 points)

1. The fundamentals units in the SI system are:

a. Centimeter, gram, second b. Foot, pound, second
c. Meter, kilogram, second d. Kilometer, kilogram, minute

2. It is the vertical section between two steps in a staircase.

a. Stringer b. Nosing
c. Tread d. Riser

3. It is an underwater watertight chamber to allow construction work to be done:

a. Caisson b. Caisso chamber
c. Submersible air chamber d. Bont chamber

4. It is a branch of mechanics concerned with the study of the geometry of motion:

a. Kinetics b. Kinematics
c. Thermodynamics d. Statics

5. It is the actual load-bearing capacity of a structure or component. It can also be defined as the ratio
of the ultimate or maximum strength of a member or piece of material to the actual working stress or
the maximum permissible stress.
a. Factor of safety b. Poisson’s ratio
c. Beam deflection d. Hooke’s Law

6. The strength of a pile is dependent on __________.

a. Cohesion of soil b. Internal angle of friction of soil
c. Depth of a pile d. All of these
7. What is the minimum number of longitudinal bars in a spiral column?
a. 8 bars b. 6 bars
c. 5 bars d. 7 bars

8. Find the magnitude of the vector < –9, 7 >

a. 145 b. 144
c. 142 d. 146

9. It refers to the consistencies of the asphalt cement.

a. Excavation b. Penetration
c. Embankment d. Viscosity

10. It is the study of the behavior of soils under the influence of loading forces and soil-water
interactions.
a. Geomorphology b. Geochronology
c. Pedology d. Geotechnical Engineering

Moderate (5 points)

1. In triangle BCD, BC = 25 m and CD = 10 m. Compute the probable perimeter of the triangle.

a. 70 m b. 69 m
c. 72 d. 71 m

2. What is the acceleration of the body that increases in velocity from 20 m/s to 40 m/s in 3 seconds?
2 2
a. 9.7 m/𝑠 b. 7.4 m/𝑠
2 2
c. 5.6 m/𝑠 d. 6.9 m/𝑠

3. A steel pipe 1.5 m in diameter is required to carry an internal pressure of 750 kPa. If the allowable
tensile stress of steel is 140 MPa, determine the required thickness of the pipe in mm.
a. 4.56 mm b. 4.25
c. 5.12 d. 4.01

2
4. Solve the equation: 𝑥 𝑑𝑦 + 𝑦 𝑑𝑥 = 2𝑥 𝑦 𝑑𝑥
3 2
a. 𝑙𝑛 |𝑥𝑦| = 𝑥 + 𝑐 b. 𝑙𝑛 |𝑥𝑦| = 𝑥 + 𝑐
2 2
c. 𝑙𝑛 |𝑥 + 𝑦| = 𝑥 + 𝑐 d. 𝑙𝑛 |𝑥 − 𝑦| = 2𝑥 + 𝑐

5. Two circles are tangent to a third circle internally. And tangent to each other externally. If the
distances between their centers are 10 cm, 7 cm, and 5 cm respectively, find the radius of the
biggest circle.
a. 9 cm b. 15 cm
c. 11 cm d. 10.5 cm
6. The strength of a pile is dependent on __________.
b. Cohesion of soil b. Internal angle of friction of soil
d. Depth of a pile d. All of these

7. What is the minimum number of longitudinal bars in a spiral column?

a. 8 bars b. 6 bars
d. 5 bars d. 7 bars

8. Find the magnitude of the vector < –9, 7 >

b. 145 b. 144
d. 142 d. 146

9. It refers to the consistencies of the asphalt cement.

a. Excavation b. Penetration
d. Embankment d. Viscosity

10. It is the study of the behavior of soils under the influence of loading forces and soil-water
interactions.
a. Geomorphology b. Geochronology
d. Pedology d. Geotechnical Engineering