Under the CELE syllabus, the Civil Engineer Licensure Examination is administered over two days covering how many major board subjects?
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What is the passing requirement for the PRC Civil Engineer Licensure Examination?
Chapter 1: Examination Overview, RA 544 & Professional Practice
1.1 CELE Structure, Format, Scoring, and 2026 Subject Order
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Which Republic Act created the Board of Civil Engineering and governs the regulation and licensure of civil engineers in the Philippines?
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A simply supported beam of span L carries a uniformly distributed load w over its entire length. What is the maximum bending moment at midspan?
Structural Engineering Construction
In reinforced concrete design under NSCP 2015 (Ultimate Strength Design), what is the depth of the equivalent rectangular (Whitney) stress block for a singly reinforced rectangular beam?
Question · Medium
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In differential leveling, a backsight (BS) of 1.85 m is taken on a benchmark of elevation 100.00 m, and a foresight (FS) of 0.62 m is taken on a turning point. What is the elevation of the turning point?
Mathematics Surveying Transportation
1.2 Republic Act No. 544: The Civil Engineering Law and Board Regulations
Water flows in a horizontal pipe. According to Bernoulli's energy equation between two points (neglecting head loss), which quantity remains constant along a streamline?
Hydraulics Geotechnical
A soil sample has a void ratio e = 0.60. What is its porosity n?
The PRC adjusted the order of CELE subjects starting which administration, placing Principles of Structural Analysis and Design on the first day?
A steel rod 2.0 m long with cross-sectional area 200 mm² carries an axial tensile load of 40 kN. Using E = 200 GPa, what is the elongation of the rod?
1.3 Civil Engineering Ethics, Contracts, and Professional Practice
In the bearing/azimuth conventions used in Philippine surveying, a line with bearing N 30° E has what azimuth measured clockwise from north?
For a simple horizontal circular curve, the relationship between the radius R, the degree of curve D (arc definition), and the standard arc length is given by which expression (D in degrees)?
Question · Hard
Darcy's law for the flow of water through a saturated soil is expressed as v = ki. What does the symbol i represent?
A concrete cylinder is tested in compression. If f'_c = 28 MPa, what is the modulus of elasticity of normal-weight concrete using the NSCP/ACI expression E_c = 4700√f'_c (in MPa)?
Chapter 2: Engineering Mathematics, Numerical Methods & Physics
2.1 Advanced Algebra, Progressions & Word Problems
The hydrostatic force on a vertical rectangular gate submerged in water acts at what location relative to the centroid of the gate?
Under RA 544, which act is considered the practice of civil engineering requiring a license?
A cantilever beam of length L carries a concentrated load P at its free end. What is the maximum deflection at the free end (EI constant)?
In the Philippine Standard Time-based scheduling of construction, the Critical Path Method (CPM) defines the critical path as the path through the network with which characteristic?
2.2 Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry
What is the discharge Q through a rectangular channel 2 m wide flowing at a uniform depth of 1.5 m with a mean velocity of 1.2 m/s?
According to the Unified Soil Classification System (USCS), the symbol 'CL' represents which soil type?
A function f(x) = 3x² − 12x + 7 has a critical point. At what value of x does its minimum occur?
In the design of a singly reinforced concrete beam under NSCP 2015 USD, the strength reduction factor φ for a tension-controlled flexural member is:
2.3 Differential and Integral Calculus
A pump delivers water at 0.05 m³/s against a total head of 20 m. Assuming 100% efficiency and γ = 9.81 kN/m³, what is the required water power?
The stopping sight distance (SSD) on a highway is composed of which two distance components?
A code of ethics for civil engineers requires that an engineer's foremost obligation is to:
A simply supported beam carries a single concentrated load P at midspan. What is the maximum bending moment?
2.4 Differential Equations and Numerical Methods
In the analysis of a statically determinate plane truss, the basic relationship among members (m), reactions (r), and joints (j) for determinacy is:
The total settlement of a saturated clay layer due to primary consolidation is primarily governed by which property?
What is the area of a triangular parcel with sides given by coordinates where the base is 40 m and the perpendicular height is 25 m?
For a fluid at rest, the gauge pressure at a depth h below the free surface of water (γ = 9.81 kN/m³) at h = 4 m is:
2.5 Series, Hyperbolic Functions, Multivariable Calculus, and Laplace Transforms
Which document is the primary governing code for the structural design of buildings in the Philippines, used as the reference in the CELE structural subject?
A column has an effective length KL and radius of gyration r. The slenderness ratio is:
Euler's critical buckling load for a pin-ended column of length L and flexural rigidity EI is:
In a closed traverse, the algebraic sum of the latitudes and the algebraic sum of the departures should ideally each equal:
2.6 Numerical Methods: Linear Systems, Interpolation, Curve Fitting, and ODE Solvers
The Manning equation for uniform flow in an open channel is V = (1/n)·R^(2/3)·S^(1/2). What does R represent?
A 6%-grade highway means that the road rises how many meters vertically per 100 m of horizontal distance?
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