Pe DPWH Sample Questions

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1. In pile driving, when the desired penetration cannot be obtained by driving alone, other schemes are
used. Which of the following is not acceptable?
a. Water jets
b. Pilot holes
c. Both jet and holes
d. Square hole
2. What do you call the additional support on steel sheet piles to support embankment of the abutment of
a bridge embedded in the ground designed to increase load safety factor against overturning?
a. Dead man
b. Pile
c. Bridge panel
d. Cross bracing
3. What is the simplest type of superstructure of a concrete bridge with a limited span of 8 meters?
a. Reinforced concrete slab
b. Concrete plank deck
c. Girder and slab superstructure
d. Beam or plank bridge
4. What is the allowable minimum penetration of piles in firm material?
a. 4.0 m
b. 2.5 m
c. 3.0 m
d. 2.0 m
5. What is the required minimum weight of the gravity hammer used in pile driving?
a. 2,000 kg
b. 1,500 kg
c. 1,800 kg
d. 1,700 kg
6. As practically possible, concrete mix should not be placed where this can be subject to manual dropping
by not more than ____ and where no other special tools and means are used.
a. 3.0 m
b. 2.5 m
c. 2.0 m
d. 1.5 m
7. Concrete should be kept continuously wet by the application of water for a minimum period of how
many days after it has been placed?
a. 28
b. 30
c. 14
d. 7
8. Concrete class A mix used and deposited in water for footing construction shall maintain a slump
between:
a. 5 and 10 cm
b. 10 and 20 cm
c. 20 and 30 cm
d. 30 and 40 cm
9. The maintenance work, under vegetation control, the remaining height grasses and shrubs should be left
uncut is:
a. 50 mm
b. 100 mm
c. 200 mm
d. 400 mm
10. What is the permitted variation from the design thickness of a layer of aggregate subbase course?
a. ± 20 mm
b. ± 10 mm
c. ± 30 mm
d. ± 15 mm
11. What is the required area of the trial section needed to check the suitability of the materials and
efficiency of the equipment and construction method the contractor will use?
a. About 500 sqm
b. About 400 sqm
c. About 100 sqm
d. About 600 sqm
12. What is the accepted proportion mixture of cement to be added to the soil aggregate (dry soil) in a
Portland Cement Stabilized Road Mix Base Course (Item 204)?
a. 4 to 20 mass percent
b. 6 to 10 mass percent
c. 5 to 12 mass percent
d. 3 to 12 mass percent
13. What is the accepted proportion mixture of lime to be added to the soil aggregate (dry soil) in a Lime
Stabilized Road Mix Base Course (Item 203)?
a. 2 to 10 mass percent
b. 4 to 15 mass percent
c. 3 to 18 mass percent
d. 3 to 12 mass percent
14. Subgrade soil is well compacted under the controlled condition of:
a. Over saturation with water
b. Optimum moisture content and maximum dry density
c. Dry soil
d. Cold weather
15. Before actual construction of a dam is started, which of the following should be secured first?
a. Maintenance of access road
b. Delivery of construction materials
c. Stripping of ground surface
d. Installation of safety requirements
16. In embankment works, which of the following is undertaken first?
a. Clearing and grubbing
b. Exaction of core trench
c. As-stake survey works
d. Construction of the impervious fill
17. Which of the following complements as a regulating flood control structure?
a. main canal
b. weir or control gate
c. drainage lateral
d. groin and spur dike
18. Dams are hydraulic structures constructed to:
a. Increase conveyance capacity of the river
b. Arrest scouring on meandering river sections
c. Protect riverbanks from heavy run-off
d. Retard flood runoff and minimize effect of flash floods
19. Which of the following structures is constructed parallel to the flow of the river?
a. Spur dike
b. Revetment
c. Mini dam
d. Groin
20. Concrete class A mix used and deposited in water for footing construction shall maintain a slump
between:
a. 5 and 10 cm
b. 10 and 20 cm
c. 20 and 30 cm
d. 30 and 40 cm
21. The maintenance work, under vegetation control, the remaining height grasses and shrubs should be left
uncut is:
a. 50 mm
b. 100 mm
c. 200 mm
d. 400 mm
22. The equivalent physical measurement used in the determination of the cost of maintenance of our
national roads and bridges and all its facilities is knows as
a. lane kilometer
b. equivalent kilometer unit
c. Equivalent maintenance kilometer
d. Standard kilometer unit
23. What do you call the process of cutting the branches around a tree on the roadside to make them denser
and grow straight?
a. Pruning
b. Grafting
c. Felling
d. Budding
24. Repainting of steel bridges is an activity under:
a. Special maintenance
b. Preventive maintenance
c. Routine maintenance
d. Periodic maintenance
25. The inside face of a pothole, aside from squaring, must be made vertical before patching using cold or
hot mix asphalt in order to:
a. Ensure bond between the new mix and old surface
b. Prevent pumping
c. Minimize spalling
d. Prevent faulting
26. What is the minimum allowable/required atmospheric temperature in the application of Item 305
bituminous material?
a. 5 degree Celsius
b. 10 degree Celsius
c. 12 degree Celsius
d. 15 degree Celsius
27. Concrete mix not placed within ____ minutes from the time ingredients were charged into the mixing
drum or has developed initial set, should not be used.
a. 90 minutes
b. 45 minutes
c. 30 minutes
d. 15 minutes
28. What should the condition of the tack coat be before the next course is applied?
a. Wet
b. Sticky
c. Plastic
d. Dry
29. What is the permitted variation from the design thickness of a layer of aggregate base course?
a. ± 20 mm
b. ± 15 mm
c. ± 25 mm
30. The rate of application of emulsified asphalt used as attack coat, should be within the range of:
a. 0.2 – 0.5 L/m2
b. 0.2 – 0.7 L/m2
c. 0.15 – 0.7 L/m2
d. 0.15 – 0.5 L/m2

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