MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IN

MATHEMATICS

PERFECTO B. PADILLA JR

AND

DIEGO INOCENCIO TAPANG GILLESANIA

ENCODED BY: BAUTISTA, HEZZIELEEN F.

 6. Smallest term that can be factored from
a number
1. What is the allowable error in a. Greater
measuring the edge of a cube that is b. None of these
intended to hold 8 cu.m, if the error of c. equal
the compound volume is not to exceed d. lesser
0.03m3?
a. 0.002
b. 0.001
c. 0.0025
d. 0.0001
7. How many horsepower are there in 800
2. Find the area bounded by the parabola kW?
and its latus rectum. a. 2072.4 hp
a.10.67 sq. units b. 746 hp
b. 32 sq. units c. 1072.4 hp
c. 48 sq. units d. 3072.4 hp
d. 16.67 sq. units
8. A man roes downstream at the rate of 5
mph and upstream at the rate of 2 mph.
3. The effective rate of 14% compounded how far downstream should he go if he
semi-annually is: is to return 7/4 hour after leaving?
a. 14.49% a. 2.5 mi
b. 12.36% b. 3.3 mi
c. 12.94% c. 3.1 mi
d. 14.88% d. 2.7 mi

4. is the equation of 9. Find the angular velocity of a flywheel

_______? whose radius is 20 ft. if it is revolving at
a. Parallel sides 20 000 ft/min
b. Parabola a. 500 rad/min
c. Circle b. 750 rad/min
d. Ellipse c. 1000 rad/min
d. 800 rad/min
5. A section in a coliseum has 32 seats in
the 1st row, 34 in the 2nd row, 36 in the 10. Find the area of parabolic segment
3rd row, . . and 48 in the 9th row. From whose base is 10 and height of 9
the 10th up to the 20th row, all have 50 meters.
seats. Find the seating capacity of this a. 60 m2
section of the coliseum. b. 70 m2
a. 908 c. 75 m2
b. 900 d. 65 m2
c. 920
d. 910 11. A line which a curve approach infinity
but will never intersect.
a. Parallel line
 b. Assymptote
c. Inclined line 17. On ordinary day, 400 m3 of air has a
d. Skew line temperature of 30˚C. During El Nino
drought, temperature increased to 40˚C.
12. An organization that aims to block the Find the volume of air of k=3670x10-6.
entry of a new comer. a. 416.86 m3
a. Monopoly b. 418.86 m3
b. Cartel c. 414.68 m3
c. Competitor d. 416.48 m3
d. Proprietor
18. A sphere has a volume of 36π cubic
13. The tens digit of a two-digit number is 1 meters. The rate of change in volume is
less than twice the unit’s digit. They 9π cubic meters per minute. Find the
differ by 4. Find the number. rate of change in area of the sphere.
a. 65 a. 6 π m2/min
b. 95 b. 2 π m2/min
c. 84 c. 3 π m2/min
d. 73 d. 4 π m2/min

19. Sin A=2.5x, cos A= 5.5x. Find A.

a. 34.44˚
14. At the surface of the earth g=9.806
b. 24.44˚
m/s2. Assuming the earth to be a sphere
c. 44.44˚
of radius 6.371x106m. Compute the
d. 64.44˚
mass of the earth.
a. 5.97x1024 kg
b. 5.62 x1024 kg
c. 5.12 x1024 kg
d. 5.97 x1023 kg
20. A ladder 5 meter long leans on a wall
15. A material has a modulus of elasticity of
and makes an angle of 30˚ with the
200 GPa. Find the minimum cross
horizontal. Find the vertical height from
sectional area of the said material so as
the top to the ground.
not to elongate by more than 5mm for
a. 2.5 meter
every 2m length when subjected to 10
b. 1.5 meter
kN tensile force.
c. 2.0 meter
a. 20 mm2
d. 2.75 meter
b. 10 mm2
c. 30 mm2
21. A rectangular lot is bounded on its two
d. 40 mm2
adjacent sides by existing concrete
walls. If it is to be fenced along two
16. At what temperature is the ˚C and ˚F
remaining sides and the available
numerically the same?
fencing material is 30 meters long, find
a. 40˚
the largest possible area of the lot.
b. 32˚
a. 200 sq. m
c. -40˚
b. 225 sq. m
d. -32˚
 c. 175 sq. m d. 12 593 ft/min
d. 250 sq. m
27. A ball is thrown vertically upward at a
22. A tangent line intersects a secant line to velocity of 10 m/s. What is its velocity at
a circle. If the distance from the point of the maximum height?
tangency to the point of intersection is a. 10 m/s
6, and the external distance of the b. 0
secant line is 4, find the length of the c. 5 m/s
secant line. d. 15 m/s
a. 5
b. 7 28. The volume of a sphere is tripled. What
c. 8 is the increase in surface area if the
d. 9 radius of the original sphere is 50 cm.?
a. 34 931.83 sq. units
23. In an oblique triangle, a=25, b=16, angle b. 33 931.83 sq. units
C=94˚06’. Find the measure of angle A. c. 35 931.83 sq. units
a. 54.5˚ d. 36 931.83 sq. units
b. 45.5˚
c. 24.5˚ 29. Given a right triangle ABC. Angle C is the
d. 54.5˚ right triangle. BC=4 and the altitude to
the hypotenuse is 1 unit. Find the area
24. Q=25 when t=0. Q=75 when t=2. What of the triangle.
is Q when t=6? a. 2.0654 sq. units
a. 185 b. 1.0654 sq. units
b. 145 c. 3.0654 sq. units
c. 150 d. 4.0645 sq. units
d. 175
30. Find the equation of a parabola passing
25. Pipes A and B can fill an empty tank in 6 through (3, 1), (0, 0), and (8, 4) and
and 3 hours respectively. Drain C can whose axis is parallel to the x-axis.
empty a full tank in 24 hours. How long a.
will an empty tank be filled if pipes A b.
and B with drain C open? c.
a. 1.218 hours d.
b. 2.182 hours
c. 5.324 hours 31. Pedro runs with a speed of 20 kph. Five
d. 3.821 hours minutes later, Mario starts running to
catch Pedro in 20 minutes. Find the
velocity of Mario.
a. 22.5 kph
26. Find the tangential velocity of a flywheel b. 25 kph
whose radius is 14 ft. if it is revolving at c. 27.5 kph
200 rpm. d. 30 kph
a. 17 593 ft/min
b. 18 593 ft/min
c. 19 593 ft/min
 c. 16
32. How much do ten P2000 quarterly d. 24
payments amount at present if the
interest rate is 10% compounded 38. 2.25 revolutions are how many
quarterly. degrees?
a. P17 771.40 a. 810˚
b. P17 504.13 b. 730˚
c. P18 504.13 c. 190˚
d. P71 504.13 d. 490˚

33. A man bought a machine costing P135

000 with a salvage value of P20 000
after 3 years. If the man will sell it after 39. The sum of two numbers is 21 and their
2 years, how much is the loss or gain product is 108. Find the sum of their
(i.e. the cost of equipment) if i=10%. reciprocals.
a. P134 350 a.
b. P143 350 b.
c. P153 350
d. P163 350 c.
d.
34. P1000 becomes P1500 in three years.
Find the simple interest rate. 40. What is the accumulated amount of
a. 16.67% five years annuity paying P 6000 at the
b. 15.67% end of each year, with interest at 15%
c. 17.67% compounded annually?
d. 18.67% a. P40 454.29
b. P41 114.29
35. Form of paper money issued by the c. P41 454.29
central bank. d. P40 544.29
a. T-bills
b. Check 41. Ana is 5 years older than Beth. In 5
c. Cash years, the product of their ages is 1.5
d. Stocks times the product of their present ages.
How old is Beth now?
36. _________ is the concept of finding the a. 25
derivative of an exponential expression. b. 20
a. Logarithmic derivative c. 15
b. Chain rule d. 30
c. Trigonometric derivative
d. Implicit derivative 42. In , x=
distance in meters, and t= time in
37. The line y=5 is the directrix of a seconds. What is the initial velocity?
parabola whose focus is at point (4, -3). a. 2000 m/s
Find the length of the latus rectum. b. 3000 m/s
a. 8 c. 4000 m/s
b. 4 d. 5000 m/s
 48. What is the book value of an electronic
43. The highest point that a girl on a swing test equipment after 8 years of use if it
reaches is 7 ft above the ground, while depreciates from its original value of
the lowest point is 3 ft above the P120 000 to its salvage value of 13% in
ground. Find its tangential velocity at 12 years. Use straight line method.
the lowest point. a. P20 794.76
a. 16.05 ft/sec b. P50 400
b. 12.05 ft/sec c. P40 794.76
c. 20.05 ft/sec d. P50 794.76
d. 12.05 ft/sec
49. What is the book value of an electronic
44. If m=tan25˚, find the value of test equipment after 8 years of use if it
in terms of m. depreciates from its original value of
P120 000 to its salvage value of 13% in
a. -1/m
12 years. Use declining balance method.
b. a. P20 794.76
c. b. P30 794.76
c. P40 794.76
d. –m
d. P50 794.76

50. A balloon is released from the ground

100 meters from an observer. The
45. A VOM has a current selling price of
balloon rises directly upward at the rate
P400. If it’s selling price is expected to
of 4 meters per second. How fast is the
decline at the rate of 10% per annum
balloon receding from the observer 10
due to obsolence, what will be its selling
seconds later?
price after 5 years?
a. 1.4856 m/s
a. P236.20
b. 2.4856 m/s
b. P200.00
c. 3.4856 m/s
c. P213.10
d. 5 m/s
d. P245.50

46. Evaluate ∫ dx 51. Divide 120 into two parts so that

a. 1.051 product of one and the square of
b. 1.501 another is maximum. Find the small
c. 3.21 number.
d. 2.321 a. 60
b. 50
47. Fin the eccentricity of an ellipse when c. 40
the length of the latus rectum is 2/3 the d. 30
length of the major axis.
a. 0.577 52. . What is the period?
b. 0.477 .π
c. 0.333 .2 π
d. 0.643 .4 π
.3 π
 b. 0.83 m3
53. A horizontal force of 80 000 N is applied c. 0.63 m3
unto a 120 ton load in 10 seconds. Find d. 1.5 m3
its acceleration.
a. 0.67 m/s2 59. The pistons (A&B) of a hydraulic jack are
b. 0.75 m/s2 at the same level. Pistol A is 100 cm2
c. 1.05 m/s2 while piston B is 500 cm2. Piston A
d. 1.35 m/s2 carries a 500 kg load. Find the required
force F at piston B to carry the load.
54. A plane is headed due to east with a. 3.5 tons
airspeed 240 mph. if a wind at 40 mph b. 2.5 tons
from the north is blowing; find the c. 4.5 tons
groundspeed of the plane. d. 1.5 tons
a. 342 mph
b. 532 mph 60. A rectangular dodecagon is inscribed in
c. 243 mph a circle whose radius is 1 unit. Find the
d. 4123 mph perimeter.
a. 5.21
55. The ratio of radii of cone and cylinder is b. 6.21
1:2 while the ratio of radius of cone to c. 7.21
its altitude is 1:3. If lateral surface area d. 8.21
of cylinder equals volume of cone, find
the radius of the cone if the altitude of 61. In a box, there are 52 coins, consisting
cylinder is 4. of quarters, nickels, and dimes with a
a. 5 total amount of $2.75. If the nickel were
b. 4 dimes, the dimes were quarters and the
c. 3 quarters were nickels; the total amount
d. 6 would be $3.75. How many quarters are
there?
56. If a derivative of a function is constant, a. 16
the function is: b. 10
a. First degree c. 5
b. Exponential d.12
c. Logarithmic
d. Sinusoidal 62. A stone is thrown vertically upward at
12 m/s. Find the time to reach the
57. 2700 mils is how many degrees? ground.
a. 151.875˚ a. 2.45 secs.
b. 270˚ b. 1.35 secs.
c. 180˚ c. 2.15 secs.
d. 131.875˚ d. 1.95 secs.
58. An air has an initial pressure of 100kPa
absolute and volume 1 m3. If pressure 63. A regular polygon has 27 diagonals.
will be increased to 120 kPa, find the Then it is a :
new volume. a. Pentagon
a. 1.2 m3 b. Heptagon
 c. Nonagon a.
d. Hexagon
b.
c.
d.

64. A 50 meter cable is divided into two

parts and formed into squares. If the
sum of the areas is 100 sq. meter, find
the difference in length?
a. 21.5
70. Find the length of the larger base of the
b. 20.5
largest isosceles trapezoid if the legs
c. 24.5
and smaller base measure 8 units.
d. 0
a. 8
b. 16
65. What theorem is used to solve for
c. 10
centroid?
d. 20
a. Pappus
b. Varignon’s
71. y=arctan ln x. Find y’.
c. Castiglliano’s
d. Pascal’s a.
b.
66. ∫
a. tan x – x + c c.
b. x - tan x + c d.
c. sec x
d. sec x tan x 72. The general equation of a conic section
whose axis is inclined is given by
67. A hyperbola has its center at point (1, Ax2+Bxy+Cy2+Dx+Ey+F=0. When B2-4
2), vertex at (2, 2) and conjugate vertex Ac=0, the curve is a/an _____.
at (1, 0). Find the equation. a. Hyperbola
a. 4x2-y2-8x+4y-4=0 b. Parabola
b. x2-4y2-8x+4y-4=0 c. Ellipse
c. 4x2-y2-8x-4y-4=0 d. Circle
d. x2-4y2+8x-4y-4=0
73. The time required for two examinees to
68. A pipe can fill a tank in 2 hours. A drain solve the same problem differs by two
can empty a full tank in 6 hours. If the minutes. Together they can solve 32
pipe runs with the drain open, how long problems in one hour. How long will it
will take to fill-up an empty tank? take for the slower problem solver to
a. 2.5 hrs solve the problem?
b. 4 hrs a. 2 min
c. 3 hrs b. 3 min
d. 3.5 hrs c. 4 min
d. 5 min
69. Fin the 7th term in the series: , , ,..
74. cos4 θ – sin4 θ= ? b. 80
a. sin 2θ c. 16
b. cos 2θ d. 20
c. cos 4θ
d. cos 3θ 80. Which of the following is true?
a. sin(-θ)= sin θ
b. tan(-θ)= tan θ
75. A function wherein one variable is not c. cos(-θ)= cos θ
yet readily expressed as function of d. csc(-θ)= csc θ
another variable is said to be:
a. symmetric 81. _______ is the loss of value of the
b. implicit equipment with use over a period of
c. explicit time. It could mean a difference in value
d. exponential between a new asset and the used asset
currently in service.
a. Loss
b. Depreciation
76. Given an ellipse + =1. Determine the c. Gain
d. Extracted
distance between directrix:
a. 3
82. Find the area bounded by the curve
b. 4
defined by the equation x2=8y and its
c. 2
latus rectum.
d. 8
a. 11/3
b. 32/3
77. Three forces 20N, 30N, and 40N are in
c. 16/3
equilibrium. Find the angle between
d. 22/3
30N and 40N forces.
a. 28.96˚
83. The height of a right circular cylinder is
b. 25.97˚
50 inches and decreases at the rate of 4
c. 40˚
inches per second. While the radius of
d. 30˚15’25”
the base is 20 inches and increases at
the rate of one inch per second. At what
78. At the inflection point where x=a
rate is the volume changing?
a. f”(a) > 0
a. 11 130 cu. in/sec
b. f”(a) < 0
b. 11 310 cu. in/sec
c. f”(a) = 0
c. 1 275 cu. in/sec
d. f”(a) is no equal to zero
d. 1 257 cu. in/sec
79. A merchant has three items on sale
84. This occurs in a situation where a
namely: a radio for $50.00, a clock for
commodity or service is supplied by a
$30.00 and a flashlight for $1.00. At the
number of vendors and there is nothing
end of the day, she has sold a total of
to prevent additional vendors entering
100 of the three sale items and has
the market.
taken in exactly $1, 000.00 on the total
a. Elastic demand
sales, how many radios did she sell?
b. Perfect competition
a. 4
 c. Monopoly d. P15 847.33
d. Oligopoly
90. What is the effective rate corresponding
85. The graphical representation of the to 18% compounded daily? Take 1 year
cumulative frequency distribution in a =365 days.
set statistical data is called? a. 17.35%
a. Frequency polygon b. 19.72%
b. Mass diagram c. 17.84%
c. Ogive d. 16.78%
d. Histogram
91. In how many ways can 2 integers be
86. If the product of the slopes of two selected from the integers 1 to 100 so
straight lines is negative 1, one of these that their difference is exactly 7?
lines are said to be: a. 74
a. Skew b. 81
b. Non-intersecting c. 69
c. Parallel d. 93
d. Perpendicular
92. A 2 lbs liquid has an specific heat of 1.2
87. Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Btu/ lb-˚F. How much heat is required to
Juan and 20% faster that Pilar and increase its temperature by 10˚C?
together they can paint a given fence in a. 100BTU
4 hours. How long will it take Pedro to b. 110BTU
paint the same fence if he had to work c. 120 BTU
alone? d. 130 BTU
a. 10 hrs
b. 13 hrs 93. A machine costing P100 000 depreciates
c. 11 hrs at 10% annually. What is its book value
d. 15 hrs after 5 years?
a. P59 049
88. If you borrowed money from your b. P69 049
friend with simple interest of 12%, find c. P49 049
the present worth of P50 000, which is d. P79 049
due at the end of 7 months.
a. P46 200 94. Find the length of the latus rectum of
b. 44 893 the parabola y2=-8x?
c. P46 729 a. 8
d. 45 789 b. 9
c. 7
d. 6

89. The amount of P12 800 in 4 years at 5%

compounded quarterly is?
a. P14 785.34
b. P15 614.59
c. P16 311.26
 95. The property by virtue of which a body a. 9
tends to return to its original size and b. 7
shape after a deformation and when the c. 6
deforming forces have been removed. d. 8
a. Elasticity
b. Malleability
c. Ductility
d. Plasticity

96. A man wants to make 14% nominal 101. The area of a rhombus is 24. One
interest compounded semi-annually on diagonal measures 6 units, find the
a bond investment. How should the length of a side.
man be willing to pay now for 12% -P10 a. 5
000 bond that will mature in 10 years b. 6
and pays interest semi-annually? c. 7
a. P2 584.19 d. 8
b. P3 118.05
c. P8 940.60 102. The sum of the coefficients in the
d. P867.82 expansion of (x+y-z)8 is:
a. From 2 to 5
97. Evaluate ∫ b. From 5 to 10
a. -3/2 cos 2 + C c. Above 10
b. -3 cos 2 d. Less than 2
c. 3/2 cos 2 + C
d. 3 cos 2 + C 103. A banca traveled at an average speed of
15 kph downstream and then back at an
98. Find the maximum height which a average speed of 12 kph upstream. If the
cannonball fired at an initial velocity of total time of travel is 3 hours, find the
100 m/s at 30˚ above the horizontal. total distance traveled by the banca.
a. 127.42 m a. 40 km
b. 172.42 m b. 30 km
c. 137.42 m c. 60 km
d. 177.42 m d. 50 km

99. A man expects to receive P20 000 in 10 104. A father is now 41 and his son 9. After
years. How much is that money worth how many years will his age be just triple
now considering interest at 6% his son’s age?
compounded quarterly. a. 6
a. P 12 698.65 b. 5
b. P11 025.25 c. 4
c. P17 567.95 d. 7
d. P15 678.45
105. Find the area of the largest rectangle
100. The area of a rhombus is 24. One which you can inscribe in a semi-circle
diagonal measures 6 units, find the length whose radius is 10.
of the other diagonal. a. 1000 sq. units
 b. √ sq. units c. 8.33 x 105 N/m2
c. 100 sq. units d. 8.33 x 106 N/m2
d. 2√ sq. units
112. A rectangular hexagonal pyramid has a
106. Given y = 4 cos 2x. Determine its slant height of 4 cm and the length of
amplitude. each side of the base is 6 cm. find the
a. 2 lateral area.
b. 4 a. 52 cm2
c. 8 b. 62 cm2
d. √ c. 72 cm2
d. 82 cm2
107. A central angle of 45˚ subtends an arc of
12cm. What is the radius of the circle? 113. If a =b, the b = a. This illustrates which
a. 12.58 cm axiom in algebra?
b. 15.28 cm a. Replacement axiom
c. 15.82 cm b. Symmetric axiom
d. 12.85 cm c. Transitive axiom
d. Reflexive axiom
108. The volume of two spheres is in the
ratio of 27:343 and the sum of their radii 114. If arc tan x + arc tan 1/3 = π/4, find the
is 10. Find the radius of the smaller value of x.
sphere. a. 1/2
a. 6 b. 1/3
b. 3 c. 1/4
c. 5 d. 1/5
d. 4

109. The integral of any quotient whose

numerator is the differential of the 115. It is the measure of relationship
denominator is the: between two variables.
a. Product a. Correlation
b. Derivative b. Function
c. Cologarithm c. Equation
d. Logarithm d. Relation

110. Find the sum of the roots 5x2 -10x + 2 = 116. It is a polyhedron of which two faces are
0 equal, polygons in parallel planes and the
a. -2 other faces are parallelograms.
b. 2 a. Cube
c. 1/2 b. Pyramid
d. -1/2 c. Prism
d. Parallelepiped
111. Determine the vertical pressure due to a
column of water 85 cm high. 117. What is the distance in cm. between
a. 8.33 x 103 N/m2 two vertices of a cube which are farthest
b. 8.33 x 104 N/m2
 from each other, if an edge measures 8 122. When two planes intersect with each
cm? other, the amount of divergence between
a. 12.32 the two planes is expressed by the
b. 13.86 measure of:
c. 8.66 a. Polyhedral angle
d. 6.93 b. Dihedral angle
c. Reflex angle
118. A loan of P5000 is made for a period of d. Plane angle
15 months at a simple interest rate of
15%. What future amount is due at the 123. The median of a triangle is the line
end of the loan period? connecting a vertex and the midpoint of
a. P 5 842.54 the opposite side. For a given triangle,
b. P5 900.00 the medians intersects at a pint which is
c. P5 637.50 called the:
d. P5 937.50 a. Circumcenter
b. Incenter
119. To compute for the value of the c. Orthocenter
factorial, in symbolic form (n!) where n is d. Centroid
a large number, we use a formula called:
a. Matheson formula 124. A five-pointed star is also known as:
b. Diophantine formula a. Quintagon
c. Stirlings Approximation formula b. Pentagon
d. Richardson-Duchman formula c. Pentatron
d. Pentagram
120. Find the distance of the directrix from
the center of an ellipse if its major axis is 125. The altitudes of the sides of a triangle
10 and its minor axis is 8. intersect at the point, which is known as:
a. 8.1 a. Centroid
b. 8.3 b. Incenter
c. 8.5 c. Orthocenter
d. 8.7 d. Circumcenter

126. The arc length equal to the radius of the

circle is called:
a. 1 grad
b. 1 radian
121. A 200 gram apple is thrown from the c. π radian
edge of a tall building with an initial d. 1 quarter circle
speed of 20 m/s. What is the change is
kinetic energy of the apple if it strikes the 127. One gram of ice at 0˚C is placed on a
ground at 50 m/s? container containing 2,000,000 cu. m of
a. 100 joules water at 0˚C. Assuming no heat loss, what
b. 180 joules will happen?
c. 81 joules a. The volume of ice will not
d. 210 joules change
b. Ice will become water
 c. Some part of ice will not change 133. A regular octagon is inscribed in a circle
d. All of the above of radius 10. Find the area of the octagon.
a. 288.2
128. The angular bisector of the sides of a b. 282.8
triangle at a point which is known as: c. 228.2
a. Centroid d. 238.2
b. Incenter
c. Orthocenter 134. Find the probability of getting exactly 12
d. Centroid out of 30 questions on the true or false
question.
129. A pole cast a shadow of 15 meters long a. 0.04
when the angle of elevation of the sun is b. 0.15
61˚. If the pole has leaned 15˚ from the c. 0.12
vertical directly toward the sun, what is d. 0.08
the length of the pole?
a. 53.24 m 135. Find the length of the vector (12, 4, 4).
b. 54.25 m a. 8.75
c. 52.43 m b. 5.18
d. 53.25 m c. 7
d. 6
130. Each side of a cube is increased by 1%.
By what percent is the volume of the 136. According to this law, “The force
cube increased? between two charges varies directly as
a. 3% the magnitude of each charge and
b. 23.4% inversely as the square of the distance
c. 33.1% between them”.
d. 34.56% a. Newton’s law
b. Inverse Square law
131. MCMXCIV is a Roman numeral c. Coulomb’s law
equivalent to: d. Law of Universal Gravitation
a. 2174
b. 3974 137. Mr. J. Reyes borrowed money from the
c. 2974 bank. He received from the back P1842
d. 1994 and promised to pay P2000 at the end of
10 months. Determine the simple
132. The sum of the digits of a two digit interest.
number is 11. If the digits are reversed, a. 15.7%
the resulting number is seven more than b. 16.1%
twice the original number. What is the c. 10.29%
original number? d. 19.45%
a. 44
b. 83 138. Evaluate the expression (1 + i2 )10 where
c. 38 I is an imaginary number.
d. 53 a. -1
b. 10
c. 0
 d. 1 144. Of what quadrant is A, if secA is positive
and cscA is negative?
139. The amount of heat needed to change a. IV
solid to liquid. b. II
a. Latent heat of fusion c. III
b. Solid fusion d. I
c. Condensation
d. Cold fusion 145. The reciprocal of bulk modulus of any
fluid is called ______.
140. Solve for x in the equation: 2 log4 x – a. Volume stress
log4 9 = 2 b. Compressibility
a. 12 c. Shape elasticity
b. 10 d. Volume strain
c. 11
d. 13 146. Assuming that the earth is a sphere
whose radius is 6,400 km. Find the
141. Two post, one 8m and the other 12 m distance along 3 deg arc at the equator of
high are 15 m apart. If the posts are the earth’s surface.
supported by a cable running from the a. 335.10 km
top of the first post to a stake on the b. 533.10 km
ground and then back to the top of the c. 353.10 km
second post, find the distance from the d. 353.01 km
lower post to the stake to use the
minimum amount of wire. 147. Equations relating x and y that cannot
a. 4 m readily solved explicitly for y as a function
b. 6 m of x or for x as a function of y. Such
c. 8 m equation may nonetheless determine y as
d. 9m a function of x or vice versa, such as
142. A 40 gm rifle bullet is fired with a speed function is called _____.
of 300 m/s into a ballistic pendulum of a. Logarithmic function
mass 5 kg suspended from a chord 1 m b. Implicit function
long. Compute the vertical height through c. Continuous function
which the pendulum arises. d. Explicit function
a. 29.88 cm
b. 28.89 cm 148. What is the integral of (3t-1)3 dt?
c. 28.45 cm a. 1/12 (3t-1)4 + c
d. 29.42 cm b. 1/12 (3t-1)3 + c
c. ¼ (3t-1)3 + c
143. If the roots of an equation are zero, d. ¼ (3t-1)4 + c
then they are classified as: 149. If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find x-1
a. Trivial solution a. 14
b. Hypergolic solution b. 3
c. Zeros of function c. 12
d. Extraneous roots d. 5
150. A frequency curve which is composed of d. 0.8122
a series of rectangles constructed with
the steps as the base and the frequency
as the height. 156. The linear distance between -4 and 17
a. Histogram on the number line is
b. Ogive a. 13
c. Frequency distribution b. 21
d. Bar graph c. -17
d. -13
151. It is a sequence of numbers such that
successive terms differ by a constant 157. Determine the angle of the super
a. Arithmetic progression elevation for a 200 m highway curve so
b. Infinite progression that there will be no side thrust at a
c. Geometric progression speed of 90 kph.
d. Harmonic progression a. 19.17˚
b. 17.67˚
152. If the second derivative of the equation c. 18.32˚
of a curve is equal to the negative of the d. 20.11˚
equation of that same curve, the curve is:
a. A paraboloid 158. A ball is dropped from a building 100 m
b. A sinusoid high. If the mass of the ball is 10 grams,
c. A cissoids after what time will the ball strike the
d. An exponential earth?
a. 4.52s
153. Determine x, so that: a, 2x + 4, 10x – 4 b. 4.42s
will be a geometric progression. c. 5.61s
a. 4 d. 2.45s
b. 6
c. 2 159. Centrifugal force is _____
d. 5 a. Directly proportional to the
radius of the curvature
154. The angular distance of a point on the b. Directly proportional to the
terrestrial sphere from the north pole is square of the tangential velocity
called its: c. Inversely proportional to the
a. Co-latitude tangential velocity
b. Altitude d. Directly proportional to the
c. Latitude square of the weight of the
d. Co-declination object

155. If one third of the air in a tank is 160. Each of the faces of a regular
removed by each stroke of an air pump, hexahedron is a _____
what fractional part of the air removed in a. Triangle
6 strokes? b. Square
a. 0.7122 c. Rectangle
b. 0.9122 d. Hexagon
c. 0.6122
161. Find the mean proportion of 4 and 36 167. If 15 people can win prices in a estate
a. 72 lottery (assuming that there are no ties).
b. 24 How many ways can these 15 people win
c. 12 first, second,, third, fourth and fifth
d. 20 prizes?
a. 4,845
162. Simplify the expression i1999 + i1999 b. 116,280
where I is an imaginary number. c. 360,360
a. 0 d. 3,003
b. -1
c. 1+1 168. Find the 30th term of the A.P 4, 7, 10,…
d. 1-i a. 75
b. 90
c. 88
d. 91

169. Mary is 24. She is twice as old as Ann

163. In a club of 40 executives, 33 likes to was when Mary was as old as Ann now.
smoke Marlboro and 20 like to smoke How old is Ann now?
Philip Moris. How many like both? a. 16
a. 13 b. 17
b. 10 c. 12
c. 11 d. 15
d. 12

164. The graph of r=a+bcos θ is a : 170. Find the ratio of an infinite geometric
a. Lemniscates series if the sum is 2 and the first term is
b. Limacon ½
c. Cardioids a. 1/3
d. Lituus b. 1/2
c. 3/4
165. Solve for A in the equation: cos2A = 1- d. 1/4
cos2A
a. 15˚, 125˚, 225˚, 335˚ 171. Given a cone of diameter x and altitude
b. 45˚, 125˚, 225˚, 315˚ of h. What percent is the volume of the
c. 45˚, 135˚, 225˚, 315˚ largest cylinder which can be inscribed in
d. 45˚, 150˚, 220˚, 315˚ the cone to the volume of the cone?
a. 44%
166. Momentum is the product of velocity b. 46%
and c. 56%
a. Acceleration d. 65%
b. Mass
c. Force 172. Find the equation of the curve at every
d. Time point of which, the tangent line has a
slope of 2x.
a. x
 b. y=x2+c 178. How far does an automobile move while
c. y=x1/2+c its speed increases uniformly from 15 kph
d. x=y2+c to 45 kph in 20 seconds?
a. 185 mi
173. csc 520˚ is equal to b. 167 mi
a. cos 20˚ c. 200 mi
b. csc 20˚ d. 172 mi
c. tan 45˚
d. sin 20˚ 179. A block weighing 500 kN rest on a ramp
inclined at 25˚ with horizontal. The force
174. A rotating wheel has a radius of 2 ft. and tending to move the block down the
6 in. A point on the circumference of the ramp is:
wheel moves 30 ft in 2 seconds. Find the a. 100 kN
angular velocity of the wheel. b. 211 kN
a. 2 rad/sec c. 255 kN
b. 4 rad/sec d. 450 kN
c. 6 rad/sec
d. 5 rad/sec 180. What is the value of log25+log35?
a. 7.39
175. It is a series equal payments accruing at b. 3.79
equal intervals of the time where the first c. 3.97
payment is made several periods after. d. 9.37
a. Deferred annuity
b. Delayed annuity 181. The distance between the center of the
c. Progressive annuity three circles which are mutually tangent
d. Simple annuity to each other externally are 10, 12 and 14
units. The area of the largest circle is
176. Exact angle of the dodecagon equal to a. 72 π
________ deg. b. 23 π
a. 135 c. 64 π
b. 150 d. 16 π
c. 125
d. 105 182. To maximize the horizontal range of the
projectile, which of the following applies?
177. A load of 100 lb. is hung from the a. Maximize velocity
middle of a rope, which is stretched b. Maximize the angle of elevation
between wo rigid walls of 30 ft apart. Due and velocity
to the load, the rope sags 4 ft in the c. Maximize the angle of elevation
middle. Determine the tension in the d. The tangent function of the
rope. angle of trajectory must be
a. 165 lbs equal to one
b. 173 lbs
c. 194 lbs 183. What is the lowest common factor of 10
d. 149 lbs and 32?
a. 320
b. 2
 c. 180 A, at what rate is its distance from B
d. 90 changing?
184. The distance that the top surface is a. 13 ft/sec
displaced in the direction of the force b. 15 ft/sec
divided by the thickness of the body is c. 12 ft/sec
known as __________ d. 10 ft/sec
a. Longitudinal strain
b. Linear strain 189. The diameter of a circle described by 9x2
c. Shear strain + 9y2 = 16 is ______
d. Volume strain a. 4/3
b. 16/9
185. It can be defined as the set of all points c. 8/3
on a plane whose sum of distances of any d. 4
of which from two fixed points is
constant. 190. A man finds the angle of elevation of
a. Circle the top of a tower to be 30 degrees. He
b. Hyperbola walks 85 m nearer the tower and find its
c. Parabola angle of elevation to be 60 degrees. What
d. Ellipse is the height of the tower?
a. 76.31 m
186. A statue 3m high is standing on a base b. 73.31 m
of 4m high. If an observer’s eye is 1.5m c. 73.16 m
above the ground, how far should he d. 73. 61 m
stand from the base in order that the
angle suspended bu the statue is 191. Two electrons have speeds of 0.7c and x
maximum. respectively at an angle of 60.82 degrees
a. 3.41 m between each other. If their relative
b. 3.51 m velocity is 0.65c, find x.
c. 3.71 m a. 0.02c
d. 4.41 m b. 0.12c
c. 0.09c
187. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal d. 0.25c
plane following a parabolic path with an
initial velocity of 100 m/s at an angle of 192. Arc tan{2 cos(arcsin ) )} is equal to:
30˚ above the horizontal. How far from a. π/3
the throwing point well the ball attains its b. π/4
original level. c. π/6
a. 882.2 m d. π/2
b. 8.828 m
c. 288.8 m 193. Determine B such that 3x + 2y – 7 = 0 is
d. 82.88 m perpendicular to 2x – By + 2 = 0
a. 5
188. A balloon is rising vertically over a point b. 4
A on the ground a rate of 15 ft/sec. A c. 3
point B on the ground is level with and 30 d. 2
ft from A. When the balloon is 40 ft from
194. Find the point in the parabola y2 = 4 at a. 9/2
which the rate of change of the ordinate b. 5/2
and abscissa are equal. c. 11/2
a. (1, 2) d. 7/2
b. (-1, 4)
200. Evaluate ( )
c. (2, 1)
d. (4, 4) a. Undefined
b. 0
195. Find the equation of the axis of c. Infinity
symmetry of the function y= 2x2-7x+5 d. 1/7
a. 7x+4=0
b. 4x+7=0 201. What is the speed of asynchronous
c. 4x-7=0 earth’ satellite situated 4.5x107 m from
d. 7x-4=0 the earth
a. 11 070.0 kph
b. 12 000.0 kph
c. 11 777.4 kph
d. 12 070.2 kph

196. The major axis of the elliptical path in 202. A semiconductor company will hire 7
which the earth moves around the sum is men and 4 women. In how many ways
approximately 186, 000, 000 miles and can the company choose from 9 men and
the eccentricity of the ellipse is 1/60. 6 women who qualified for the position
Determine the apogee of the earth a. 680
a. 93 000 000 miles b. 540
b. 91 450 000 miles c. 480
c. 94 335 100 miles d. 840
d. 94 550 000 miles

197. The angle of inclination of ascends of a 203. The wheel of a car revolves n times
road having 8.25% grade is _____ while the car travels x km. The radius of
degrees. the wheel in meter is:
a. 4.72˚ a. 10 000x/π n
b. 4.27˚ b. 500 00x/ π n
c. 5.12˚ c. 500x/ π n
d. 1.86˚ d. 5 000x/ π n

198. Find the sum of the first term of the 204. The volume of a gas under standard
geometric progression 2,4,8,16,… atmospheric pressure, 76 cm. Hg is 200
a. 1 023 in3. What is the volume when the
b. 2 046 pressure is 80 cm. Hg, if the temperature
c. 225 is unchanged?
d. 1 596 a. 190 in3
b. 110 in3
199. Find the sum of the infinite geometric c. 90 in3
progression 6, -2, 2/3 d. 30.4 in3
 211. In complex algebra, we use a diagram to
th
205. Find the 100 term of the sequence, represent a complex plane commonly
1.01, 1.00, 0.99, …. called:
a. 0.05 a. De Moivre’s diagram
b. 0.03 b. Argand diagram
c. 0.04 c. Funicular diagram
d. 0.02 d. Venn diagram

206. Find the coordinates of the point P(2, 4) 212. The quartile deviation is a measure of:
with respect to the translated axis with a. Division
origin at (1, 3) b. Certainty
a. (1, -1) c. Central tendency
b. (-1, -1) d. Dispersion
c. (1, 1)
d. (-1, 1) 213. The velocity of an automobile starting
from rest is given by ft/sec.
207. The roots of a quadratic equation are
determine its acceleration after an
1/3 and ¼. What is the equation?
interval of 10 sec. (in ft/sec2)
a. 12x2+7x+1=0
a. 2.10
b. 122-7x+1=0
b. 1.71
c. 12x2+7x-1=0
c. 2.25
d. 12x2-7x-1=0
d. 2.75
208. Covert θ=π/3 to Cartesian equation
214. An automobile accelerates at a constant
a. x=31/2x
rate of 15 mi/hr to 45 mi/hr in 15
b. 3y=31/2x
seconds, while traveling in a straight line.
c. y=x
What is the average acceleration?
d. y=31/2x
a. 2 ft/sec
b. 2.12 ft/sec
209. A piece of wire is shaped to enclose a
c. 2.39 ft/sec
square whose area is 169 sq cm. It is then
d. 2.93 ft/sec
reshaped to enclose a rectangle whose
length is 15 cm. The area of the rectangle
215. A comfortable room temperature is
is:
72˚F. What is the temperature, expressed
a. 165 m2
in degrees Kelvin?
b. 170 m2
a. 290
c. 175 m2
b. 263
d. 156 m2
c. 275
d. 295
210. If (x+3) : 10=(3x-2): 8, find (2x-1).
a. 1
216. 15% when compounded semi-annually
b. 4
will have effective rate of:
c. 2
a. 15.93%
d. 3
b. 16.02%
c. 18.78%
d. 15%
 d. 13
217. A non-square rectangle is inscribed in a
square so that each vertex of the 222. A man in a hot air balloon drops an
rectangle is at the trisection point of the apple at a height of 50 meters. If the
different sides of the square. Find the balloon is rising at 15 m/s, find the
ratio of the area of the rectangle to the highest point reached by the apple.
area of the square. a. 141.45 m
a. 4:9 b. 171.55 m
b. 2:7 c. 151.57 m
c. 5:9 d. 161.47 m
d. 7:72

218. If the radius of the circle is decreased by

20%, by how much is its area decreased?
a. 46%
b. 36% 223. If sin A=4/5 and A is in the second
c. 56% quadrant, sin B= 7/25 and B is in the first
d. 26% quadrant, find sin (A+B)
a. 3/5
219. A flowerpot falls off the edge of a fifth- b. 3/4
floor window, just as it passes the third- c. 2/5
floor window someone accidentally drops d. 4/5
a glass of water from the window. Which
of the following is true? 224. If cosθ=-15/17 and θ is in the third
a. The flowerpot and the glass hit quadrant, find cos θ/2.
the ground at the same instant a. -1/√
b. The flowerpot hits the ground at b. -8/√
the same time as the glass c. 2/√
c. The glass hits the ground before
d. 3/√
the flowerpot
d. The flowerpot hits the ground
225. What is the maximum moment of a 10
first with a higher speed than
meter simply supported beam subjected
the glass
to a concentrated load of 500kN at the
mid-span?
220. Is sinA=2.571x, cosA=3.06x, and
a. 1250 kN-m
sin2A=3.939, find the value of x.
b. 1520 kN-m
a. 0.100
c. 1050 kN-m
b. 0.150
d. 1510 kN-m
c. 0.250
d. 0.350
226. It represents the distance of a point
from the y-axis
221. How many terms of the sequence -9, -6,
a. Ordinate
-3 … must be taken so that the sum is 66?
b. Abscissa
a. 12
c. Coordinate
b. 4
d. Polar distance
c. 11
227. The logarithm of a number to the base e
(2.7182818….0 is called
a. Characteristic
b. Mantissa
c. Briggsian logarithm
d. Napierian logarithm
228. Terms that a differ only in numeric
coefficients are known as:
a. Unequal terms
b. Like terms
c. Unlike terms
d. Equal terms
229. In Plain Geometry, two circular arcs that
together make up a full circle are called:
a. Conjugate arcs
b. Co-terminal arcs
c. Half arcs
d. Congruent arcs
230. For a particular experiment you need 5
liters of a 10% solution. You find 7% and
12% solution on the shelves. How much
of the 7% solution should you mix with
the appropriate amount of the 12%
solution to get 4 liters of a 10% solution.
a. 1.43
b. 1.53
c. 1.63
d. 1.73
231. A mango falls from a branch 5 meters
above the ground. With what speed in
meters per second does it strike the
ground? Assume g=10m/s2.
a. 10 m/sec
b. 14 m/sec
c. 12 m/sec
d. 8 m/sec
232. When two waves of the same frequency
speed and amplitude traveling in
opposite directions are superimposed.
a. The phase difference is always
zero
b. Distractive waves are produced
c. Standing waves are produces
d. Constructive interference always
results
233. The work done by all the forces except
the gravitational force is always equal to
the _____of the system
a. Total mechanical energy
b. Total potential energy
c. Total kinetic energy
d. Total momentum
234. Ten less than four times a certain
number is 14. Determine the number
a. 7
b. 5
c. 4
d. 6
235. Equal volumes of two different liquids
evaporate at different, but constant
rates. If the first is totally evaporated in 6
weeks, and the second in 7 weeks, when
will be the second be ½ the volume of the
first.
a. 3.5 weeks
b. 4 weeks
c. 5/42 weeks
d. 42/5 weeks
236. Find the fourth term of the progression
½ , 0.2, 0.125 …
a. 0.099
b. 1/11
c. 1/10
d. 0.102
237. The time required by an elevator to lift a
weight varies directly through which it is
to be lifted and inversely as the power of
the motor. If it takes 30 seconds for a 10
hp motor to lift 100 lbs through 50 feet.
 What size of motor is required to lift 800
lbs in 40 seconds through a distance of 40
feet.
a. 58 hp
b. 48 hp
c. 50 hp
d. 56 hp
238. Find the dimensions of the right circular
cylinder of greatest volume that can be
inscribed in a right circular cone of radius r
and altitude h.
a. Radius=2/3r; altitude=2/3h
b. Radius=1/3r; altitude=1/3h
c. Radius=2/3r; altitude=1/3h
d. Radius=1/3r; altitude=2/3h
239. An angular unit equivalent to 1/400 of
the circumference of a circle is called:
a. Grad
b. Mil
c. Degree
d. Radian
240. A condition where only few individuals
produce a certain product and that any
action of one will lead to almost the same
action of the others.
a. Monopoly
b. Perfect competition
c. Semi-monopoly
d. Oligopoly
241. Ivory soaps floats in water because:
a. The specific gravity of ivory
soap is less than that of water
b. The specific gravity of ivory soap
is greater than that of water
c. The density of ivory soap is unity
d. All matters has mass
242. On a certain test, the average passing
score is 72 while the average for entire
test is 62, what part of the group of
students passed the test?
a. 5/9
b. 6/11
c. 7/13
d. 4/7
243. Ghost images are formed in a TV set
when the signal from the TV transmitter
is received directly at the TV set and also
indirectly after reflection from a building
or other large metallic mass. In a certain
25 inch TV set, the ghost is about 1 cm, to
the right of the principal image of the
reflected signal arrives 1 microsecond
after the principal signal. What is the
difference in the path length of the
reflected and principal signals in this
case?
a. 100 meters
b. 300 meters
c. 200 meters
d. 400 meters
244. A stone is dropped into a well, and the
sound of the splash was heard three
seconds later. What was the depth of the
well?
a. 37 meters
b. 41 meters
c. 53 meters
d. 30 meters
245. Two thermometers, one calibrated in
Celsius and the other in Fahrenheit, are
used o measure the same temperature,
the numerical reading obtained on the
Fahrenheit thermometer.
a. Is greater than that obtained on
the Celsius thermometer
b. Is less than that obtained on the
Celsius thermometer
 c. May be greater or less than that b. π/4 cubic units
obtained on the Celsius c. π cubic units
thermometer d. 4 π cubic units
d. Is proportional to that obtained
on the Celsius thermometer 251. An oil well that yields 300 barrels of
cure oil a month will run dry in 3 years. If
246. 1 atm of pressure is equal to _______. is estimated that t months from now, the
a. 101300 Pa price of crude oil will be P(t)=18 + 0.3√
b. 14.7 bars dollars per barrel. If the oil is sold as soon
c. 1.013 psi as it is extracted from the ground, what
d. 2117 psi will be the total future revenue from the
oil well?
247. Find the least number of years a. $253,550
required to double a certain amount of b. $207,612
money at 5% per annum compound c. $150,650
interest to the nearest year d. $190,324
a. 14 years
b. 12 years 252. A point on the graph of a differentianble
c. 18 years function where the concavity changes is
d. 20 years called a point of ______
a. Inflection
b. Mean value
248. The replacement of the original cost of c. Local minimum value
an investment d. Deflection
a. Capital recovery
b. Breakeven 253. Find the maximum and minimum values
c. Payoff of 3sinθ for 0˚
d. Return on investment a. 3, 1/3
b. 1, 0
249. When comparing leasing against c. 2, -2
outright purchase of equipment, which of d. 1, -1
the following is not correct?
a. Leasing frees needed working
capital
b. Leasing reduces maintenance
and administrative expenses
c. Leasing offers less flexibility with
respect to technical 254. The spherical excess of a spherical
obsolescence triangle is the amount by which the sum
d. Leasing offers certain tax of its angles exceed
advantages a. 180˚
b. 90˚
250. Find the volume of the solid above the c. 360˚
elliptic paraboloid 3x2+y2=z and below the d. 270˚
cylinder x2+z=4
a. 2π cubic units
255. the area of three adjacent surfaces of a
rectangular block are 8 sq cm, 10 sq cm
and 20 sq cm. the volume of the
rectangular block is
a. 200 cu m
b. 40 cu m
c. 10 cu m
d. 20 cu m
256. In the story about the crow who wanted
to drink water from a cylindrical can but
could not reach the water, it is said that
the crow dropped a pebble which was a
perfect sphere 3 cm in radius into the
can. If the can was 6 cm radius, what was
the rise in water level inside the can after
that pebble was dropped?
a. 2 cm
b. 1 cm
c. 3 cm
d. 2.5 cm
257. When a line y=mx+b slopes downwards
from left to right, the slope m is
a. Less than 0
b. Greater than 0
c. Equal to 0
d. Equal to 1
258. A line perpendicular to a plane
a. Is perpendicular to only two
intersecting lines in the plane
b. Makes a right angle in the plane
which passes through its foot
c. Is perpendicular to every line is
the plane
d. Makes a right angle with every
line is the plane
259. If the area of an equilateral triangle is
9√ sq cm then its perimeter is
a. 9√ cm
b. 18 cm
c. 18√ cm
d. 12 cm
260. A transport company has been
contracted to transport a minimum of
600 factory workers from a gathering
point in Makati to their working place in
Canlubang daily. The transport company
has nine 5-passenger cars, six 10-
passenger mini buses and 12 drivers. The
cars can make 14 trips a day while the
mini busses can make 10 trips a day. How
should the transport company use their
cans and mini buses in order to carry the
maximum number of passengers each
day?
a. 9 cars and 3 mini buses
b. 3 cars and 9 mini buses
c. 6 cars and 6 mini buses
d. 7 cars and 5 mini buses
261. When a certain polynomial p(x) is
divided by (x-1), remainder is 12. When
the same polynomial is divided by (x-4),
the remainder is 3. Find the remainder
when the polynomial is divided by (x-1)(x-
4)
a. x+5
b. -2x-8
c. -3x+15
d. 4x-1
262. The scalar product of A and B is equal to
the product of the magnitudes of A and B
and the ______ of the angle between
them
a. Sine
b. Value in radians
c. Tangent
d. Cosine
263. If the surd (√ √ ) , then x is
equal to:
√
a.
 b.
√ c. a2=b2+c2-2bc sin A
d. a2=b2+c2-2bc cos B cos C
c. √ √
d. 266. find the product MN of the following
√ √
matrices
264. A certain electronics company has 16
tons of raw materials, of which 10 tons
M=| | N=| |
are stored in warehouse in Quezon city,
and 6 tons are stored in warehouse in
Makati. The raw materials have to be
transported to three production points in a. | |
Dasmarinas Cavite, Canlubang Laguna
b. | |
and Batangas city in the amounts of 5, 7
and 4 tons respectively, the cost per ton
c. | |
for transporting the raw materials from
the two warehouses to the three
d. | |
production points areas as follows

To/Fro Damarin Canluban Batanga 267. Arrange the following surds in

m as g s descending order: a=√ √ , b=3+√ ,
P 700 P500 P800 c=√ √ , d=√ √
Q.C
a. c, d, a, b
P 200 P300 P400
Makati b. b, a, d, c
c. c, d, b, a
Find the minimum possible d. d, c, a, b
transportation cost. HINT let a=no of tons
to be shopped from Q.C to Dasmarinas, 268. If , which of the
b=no of tons to be shipped ftom Q.C to following relationship is correct?
Canlubang, c=no of tons to be shipped a. x+z=y
from Q.C to Batangas, d= no of tons to be b. x=y+z
shopped from Makati to Dasmarinas, e= c. x+y=z
no of tons to be shopped from Makati to d. x-y=z
Canlubanga and f= no of tons to be
shopped from Makati to Batangas. ( )
269. evaluate u=
a. 7 300.00
b. 8 300.00 a. 2
c. 9 300.00 b. 9
d. 10 300.00 c. 6
d. 8
265. Which of the following is a correct
relationship for any triangle whose sides 270. Evaluate: I= ∫ ∫
are a, b, c and the respective sides are a, a. 88/3
b, c and the respective opposite angles b. 89
are A, B and C. c. 3
a. a2=b2+c2-bc cos A
b. a2=b2+c2-2bc cos A
 d. 79/3
271. The probability for the ECE board
examinees from a certain school to pass
the subject in mathematics is 3/7 and for
the subject of Communication is 5/7. If
none of those examinees fail both
subjects and there are four examinees
who passed both subjects, find the
number of examinees from that school
who took the examinations
a. 21
b. 14
c. 28
d. 35
275. The __________ of a and b is the
smallest positive integer that is a multiple
of both a and b.
a. Least common multiple
b. Least common denominator
c. Least common factor
d. Greatest common factor
276. If soldering lead contains 63% silver,
______ grams of soldering lead can be
made from 520 grams of silver.
a. 852.4
b. 825.4
c. 845.2
d. 842.5

272. A number when divided by 6 leaves a 277. In the equation ÿ=mx+b”, m represents
remainder of 5, when divided by 5 leaves the _______
a remainder of 4, by 4 leaves a remainder a. Distance from a point
of 3, by 3 leaves a remainder of 2, and by b. Coordinate of the line
2 leaves a remainder of 1. Find the c. Coefficients
smallest possible value of the number. d. Slope of the line
a. 29
b. 39 278. In the equation “n x m=q”, the
c. 49 multiplicand is _______
d. 59 a. n
b. m
273. _________ are irrational numbers c. q
involving radical signs d. none of the choices
a. Radicals
b. Surd 279. The hypotenuse of an isosceles right
c. Irrational number triangle whose perimeter is 24 inches is
d. Transcendental number ____ inches.
a. 9.94 inches
274. When rounded off to two significant b. 7.94 inches
figures, the number 4.371x10-10 becomes c. 7.03 inches
______ d. 6.94 inches
a. 4.4x 10-10
b. 4x10-10 280. An arc equal to one-fourth of a circle is
c. 4.3x10-10 called a ____
d. 4.2x10-10 a. Quarter circular arc
b. Quarter circle
c. Conjugate circle
d. Complimentary circle
281. If angle θ=2, then angle (180˚-θ)= a. less than
__________ b. greater than
a. 1.1416 radian c. equal to
b. 1.1614 radian d. less than or equal to
c. 1.6141 radian
d. 1.4161 radian 288. the following Fourier series equation
represents a periodic ____wave
i(x)= i + i cos x + i2 cos 2x+ i3 cos 3x +…+i
sin x + i2 sin 2x+ i3 sin 3x+…
282. The logarithm of a number to a given a. cosine
base is called the ______ b. tangent
a. Exponent c. cotangent
b. Index d. sine
c. Base
d. Matrix

283. One is to fifty-two and one half as three

and one-third is to ______ 289. a percentage is a fraction whose
a. 185 denominator is ____
b. 175 a. 1000
c. 165 b. 100
d. 155 c. 10
d. 10000
284. Adjacent angles whose sum is 90
degrees are said to be _____ 290. A swimming pool is constructed in the
a. Complimentary shape of two partially overlapping
b. Supplementary identical circle. Each of the circles has a
c. Explementary radius of 9 meters, and each circle passes
d. Reflex angles through the center of the other. Find the
area of the swimming pool.
285. If x >y and y>z, then x _____z. a. 409.44 sq m
a. Less than b. 309.44 sq m
b. Greater than c. 509.44 sq m
c. Equal to d. 209.44 sq m
d. Less than or equal to
291. The dartboard has nine numbered
286. If any given triangle with sides a, b, and blocks. Each block measuring 20cm x 20
c _______is equal to b( ) cm. The number on each block is the
a. sin A score earned when a dart hits that block.
b. sin B A dart, which hits the unnumbered
c. b portion of the dartboard, gets a score of
d. a zero. Assuming all the darts hit the
dartboard and with two darts, what is the
287. if a>b and c>d, then (a+c) is _______ of probability of getting a total score of 11?
(b+d) a. 0.0128
b. 0.0328
 c. 0.228 295. If a and y are complimentary, find the
d. 0.0168 value of P if: P= cos (540˚+x) sin(540˚+y)
+cos(90˚+x)sin (90+y)
292. The dartboard has nine numbered a. sin 2x
blocks. Each block measuring 20cm x 20 b. cos 2x
cm. The number on each block is the c. –cos 2x
score earned when a dart hits that block. d. –cos 2y
A dart, which hits the unnumbered
portion of the dartboard, gets a score of 296. Given: , ,
zero. Assuming all the darts hit the . Find a, n, and m.
dartboard, what is the probability of a. 2, 16, 4
getting a score of zero with one dart? b. 16, 2, 4
a. 0.64 c. 4, 16, 2
b. 0.04 d. 2, 4, 16
c. 0.44
d. 0.54 297. Given: P= A sin t + B cos t, Q= A cos t – B
sin t. From the given equations, derive
293. The dartboard has nine numbered another equation showing the
blocks. Each block measuring 20cm x 20 relationship between P, Q, A, and B not
cm. The number on each block is the involving any of the trigonometric
score earned when a dart hits that block. functions of angle t.
A dart, which hits the unnumbered a. P2-Q2=A2+B2
portion of the dartboard, gets a score of b. P2+Q2=A2-B2
zero. Assuming all the darts hit the c. P2-Q2=A2-B2
dartboard, what is the probability of d. P2+Q2=A2+B2
getting a score of seven with one dart?
a. 0.04 298. In a certain electronic factory, the ratio
b. 0.10 of the number of male to female workers
c. 0.07 is 2:3. If 100 new female workers are
d. 0.70 hired, the number of female workers will
increase to 65% of the total number of
workers. Find the original number of
workers in the factory.
a. 420
294. A rectangular metal sheet measures 22 b. 450
ft long and 2R ft wide. From this c. 480
rectangular metal sheet, three identical d. 490
circles were cut, each circle measuring
R/3 ft. radius. If the area of the remaining 299. During installation, a section of an
metal sheet is 66 sq ft, find R. antenna was lifted to a height of 5 meters
a. 1.56 ft with a force of 400 kg moving by the use
b. 40.47 ft of a pulley mounted on a frame. If the
c. 2.56 ft efficiency of the input multiplied by
d. 13.56 ft 100%, what is the efficiency of the
pulley? The tower section weighs 1000 kg
a. 62.5%
 b. 52.5% c. 35
c. 72.5% d. 12
d. 82.5%
305. log Mn is equal to
300. An elevator can lift a load of 5000 a. log nM
Newtons from ground level to a height of b. log Mn
20.0 meters in 10 seconds. What c. n log M
horsepower, hp can the elevator d. M log n
develop?
a. 12.4 hp 306. The volume of a cube is reduces to
b. 13.4 hp ______ if all the sides are halved
c. 14.4 hp a. 1/2
d. 15.4 hp b. 1/4
c. 1/8
301. What is the force in Newtons, required d. 1/16
to move a car with 1000 kg mass with an 307. Evaluate the value of the determinant
acceleration of 12.0 meters/sec2?
a. 12 000N | |
b. 10 000N
c. 8 000N a. -101
d. 6 000N b. 011
c. -001
302. If the same car in problem 301, with d. 111
1000 kg mass is driven around a curve
with radius of 10.0 meters at a speed of 308. Give the factors of a2-x2
20 meters per second, find the centrifugal a. 2a-2x
force in Newtons. b. (a+x)(a-x)
a. 40000N c. 2x-2a
b. 30000N d. (a+x)(x-a)
c. 20000N
d. 10000N 309. Give the area of a triangle in square
meters when the base is equal to 24.6cm
303. Crew 1 can finish the installation of an and the height is equal to 50.8 cm. One of
antenna tower in 200 hours while crew 2 the sides is equal to 56.53 cm
can finish the same job in 300 hours. How a. 0.062484
long will it take both crews to finish the b. 0.1252
same job working together? c. 2877.44
a. 180 hours d. 1252.1
b. 160 hours
c. 140 hours 310. The cost of running an electronic shop is
d. 120 hours made up of the following: Office
rental=40% Labor=35% Materials=20%
304. Evaluate the limit of x2+3x-4 as x Miscellaneous=5%. If the office rental is
approaches the value of 4 increased by 24%, labor increased by
a. 24 15%, cost of materials increased by 20%,
b. 42 and the miscellaneous costs are
 unchanged, find the percentage increase b. 0.4
in the cost of running the shop. c. 0.5
a. 18.85% d. 0.6
b. 28.85%
c. 16.85% 316. Find the value of
d. 10.85%
a. 4
311. The selling price of a TV set is double b. 2
that of its net cost. If the TV set is sold to c. 0
a customer at a profit of 255 of the net d. 1
cost, how much discount was given to the
customer? √ √ √
317. Find the value of
a. 27.5%
b. 47.5% a. 3/2
c. 37.5% b. 2
d. 30.5% c. 3
d. 1/2
312. Find the sum of the interior angles of a
pentagram 318. Find the value of
a. 180 degrees ( )
b. 360 degrees a. 25/48
c. 540 degrees b. 125/48
d. 720 degrees c. 125/16
d. 125/8

319. Find the value of

a. 2
b. 4
313. Find the value of P if it I equal to sin2 1˚ c. 8
+ sin22˚ + sin23˚ + .. + sin2 90˚ d. 16
a. Infinity
b. 0 320. Simplify ( )
c. 44.5
a. 2
d. Indeterminate
b. 4
c. 8
314. Find the value of P if it is equal to
d. 16

a. 0 321. =?
b. 1
a. tan B
c. 2
b. sec B
d. 4
c. cot B
d. csc B
√
315. =?
a. 0.3
322. Simplify the following: rounded off to three significant figures
yielded a value of 3.10, what was the
original range of values of A?
a. 0 a. 3.10 to 3.105
b. 1 b. 3.101 to 3.105
c. 2 c. 3.101 to 3.109
d. cot (A+B) d. 3.101 to 3.104

323. Solve for the following: 327. Round off: 6785768.342 to the nearest
one tenth
a. -7a a. 6785768.34
b. +7a b. 6785768.3
c. -7-a c. 7000000.0
d. +7-a d. 6785770.00

328. Round off: 2.371x10-8 to two significant

324. Simplify { [ ]} figures
a. 2.3x10-8
a. b. 2.4x10-8
c. 2.0x10-8
b. d. 2.5x10-8

c. 329. Round off: 0.003086 to two significant

figures
d. a. 0.00308
b. 0.00310
c. 0.00300
d. 0.00311

330. Round off: 0.00386 to three significant

figures
a. 0.00308
b. 0.00309
c. 0.003
d. 0.00310
( ) ( )
325. Simplify
331. Round off: 34.2814 to four significant
a. figures
a. 34.2814
b.
b. 34.2800
c. c. 35.0000
d. 34.2000
d.
332. Round off: 30 562 to three significant
figures
326. If A was originally a range of numbers a. 30 500
with four significant figures which, when b. 30 600
 c. 30 400 how far from the cliff will the stone strike
d. 30 300 the water?
a. 57.46 meters
333. Round off: 149.691 to one decimal place b. 47.46 meters
a. 149.6 c. 67.46 meters
b. 149.7 d. 77.46 meters
c. 148.5
d. 148.4 339. The speed of light is closest to:
a. 30x108 m/sec
334. Round off: 149.691 to the nearest b. 300x108 m/sec
integer c. 3000x108 m/sec
a. 149 d. 3x108 m/sec
b. 148
c. 147 340. When a ray of light is incident from a
d. 150 medium, such as air, to a denser medium,
like water, the refracted ray lie _____ to
335. Round off: 149.691 to two decimal the perpendicular than does the incident
places ray.
a. 149.69 a. Closer
b. 149.70 b. Farther
c. 148.69 c. Parallel
d. 148.70 d. Perpendicular

336. Which of the following is equivalent to 341. In nuclear energy, the splitting apart of
the expression: the heavy nuclei of uranium is called
a. Fusion
a. sin
b. Fission
b. cos
c. Neutron
c. sec
d. Diffusion
d. csc
342. A parabola which opens upward and
337. A stone is thrown outward, at an angle
whose vertex is at the origin is defined by
of 30 with the horizontal, into the river
what equation?
from a cliff, which is 120 meters above
a.
the water level at a velocity of 36 km/hr.
b.
At what height above the water level will
c.
the stone start to fall?
d.
a. 121.274 m
b. 131.274 m
343. The curve traced by a point moving in a
c. 141.274 m
plane is shown as the _____ of that point.
d. 161.274 m
a. Parameter
b. Pattern
338. A stone is thrown outward, at an angle
c. Locus
of 30 with the horizontal, into the river
d. Formula
from a cliff, which is 120 meters above
the water level at a velocity of 36 km/hr.
344. (a-b)3 is equivalent to which of the a. sin(A+B)
following? b. sin(A-B)
a. c. cos(A+B)
b. d. cos(A-B)
c.
d. 351. sinh2x+tanh2 x= ?
a. cosh2x-sech2x
345. Payment for the use of borrowed b. cosh2x+sech2x
money is called c. sech2x-cosh2x
a. Loan d. sech2x+cosh2x
b. Maturity value
c. Interest 352. If the freezing point of water is zero deg
d. Rate Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit, and its boiling
point is 100 deg Celsius or 212
Fahrenheit, which relationship is correct?
a. F=9/5C+32
346. Area of a triangle is given by the formula b. F=5/9C+32
a. 1/2bh c. C=9/5F+32
b. bh d. C=5/9F+32
c. 1/4bh
d. 3/4bh
353. What is the probability of obtaining
347. Evaluate ∫ dx either four or five heads if a fair coin is
tossed 10 times?
a. 37.6 a. 231/512
b. 47.6 b. 233/512
c. 27.6 c. 221/512
d. 57.6 d. 235/512

348. In the Cartesian coordinate, the 354. Find the volume generated by revolving
coordinates if the vertices of a square are
(1, 1), (0, 8), (4, 5), and (-3, 4). What is the the ellipse whose equation is
area of the square? about the x-axis
a. 25 sq units a. 4/3πab2
b. 16 sq units b. 2/3 πab2
c. 32 sq units c. 4/3 πba2
d. 50 sq units d. 2/3 πa2b

349. Given log2=0.30 and log3=0,477. Find 355. A telephone pole 3ft high is to be guyed
the value of log 48 from its middle section with a guy wire
a. 1.681 making an angle of 45 degrees with the
b. 1.683 ground. Find the total length of the guy
c. 1.685 wire if an additional three feet is to be
d. 1.687 provided for splicing. Solve by using
trigonometric functions.
350. sinAcosB + sinBcosA= ? a. 24.21 ft
b. 34.21 ft
 c. 44.21 ft a.
d. 25.21 ft
b.
356. A rubber ball is made to fall from a c.
height of 50 feet and is observed to
rebound 2/3 of the distance it falls. How d.
far will the ball travel before coming to
rest if the ball continues to fall in this 360. Reduce the following complex fraction
manner?
a. 200 m into simple fractions
b. 225 m
a. –
c. 250 m
d. 300 m b. +
c. –
357. The slope of a family of curves at any
point (x, y) is equal to 3x4-x2. Find the d. +
equation of the curve that is passing
through point (1, 1). 361. A missile with a mass of 2200 kilograms
a. ( ) ( ) was fired the rocket burns for a short
period of time causing a constant force of
b. ( ) ( ) 100 000 N to be exerted on the missile
for 10 seconds. After the 10 second
c. ( ) ( ) period, what is the final velocity, v in
m/sec of the missile?
d. ( ) ( ) a. 365.45 m/sec
b. 352.45 m/sec
c. 356.45 m/sec
d. 256.45 m/sec

362. A missile with a mass of 2200 kilograms

was fired the rocket burns for a short
period of time causing a constant force of
358. The slope of a family of curves at any 100 000 N to be exerted on the missile
point (x, y) is equal to (x+1)(x+2). Find the for 10 seconds. After the 10 second
equation of the curve that is passing period, what is the acceleration of the
through the point (-3, -3/2) missile in m/s2?
a. a. 35.64
b. 33.64
b.
c. 30.64
c. d. 39.64
d.

359. Reduce the following complex fraction

363. A consortium of international
into simple functions telecommunication companies
contracted for the purchase and
 installation of a fiber optic cable linking a. 21
two major Asian cities at a total cost of b. -21
US$ 960M. This amount includes freight c. 12
and installation charges that are d. -12
estimated at 10% of the above total price,
if the cable shall be depreciated over a 367. An equipment can be purchased by
period of 15 years with zero salvage paying P100 000 down payment and 24
value, what is the depreciation charge equal monthly installments of P10 000
during the 8th year using the sum of the with 6% interest compounded monthly?
year’s digit method? Find the cash value of the equipment
a. $64 M given the following: present value of an
b. $74 M annuity where n=24 at 0.5% interest, PV
c. $84 M factor=22.563
d. $54 M a. P235630
b. P352630
364. A consortium of international c. P325630
telecommunication companies d. P253630
contracted for the purchase and 368. Simplify the following expression:
installation of a fiber optic cable linking
two major Asian cities at a total cost of
US$ 960M. This amount includes freight a.
and installation charges that are b.
estimated at 10% of the above total price,
if the cable shall be depreciated over a c.
period of 15 years with zero salvage
d.
value. Given the sinking fund deposit
factor of 0.0430 at 6% interest where
n=15, what is the annual depreciation 369. Solve for the values of a in the equation
charge? a8-17a4+16=0
a. $43.28M a.
b. $42.28M b.
c. $44.28M c.
d. $41.28M d. All of the choices

365. Find the derivative of y with respect to x 370. Log(MN) is equal to

a. logM-N
in the following equations b. log M+N
a. c. nlogM
( ) d. logM+logN
b. e. NMlog10

c. 371. Snell’s law on light incidence and

d. refraction gives us the following
equation: n1sinθ1=n2sinθ2 where n1 and
n2 denote the indexes on refraction θ1
366. Find the value of y’ at x=1 of the
and θ2 are the angle of incidence and
equation refraction, respectively through the first
 and second medium. If light beamed at a. 0.9557
an angle of 30 degrees with the vertical is b. 0.9457
made pass from air to a transparent glass c. 0.4957
with an index of refraction equal to 1.25, d. 0.5947
what is the angle of refraction in the
glass? 376. In the figure shown, ABCD is a square
a. θ=33.6˚ and BEC is an equilateral triangle. FindA
b. θ=43.6˚ angle AED.
c. θ=53.6˚ a. 75˚
d. θ=23.6˚ b. 150˚
c. 120˚
372. If , y’=? d. 140˚
D
a.
b. eeeee
c. -
d. B
B C
2 2
373. Sin 15˚+sin 75˚
377. Solve for the radius of the circle shown.
a. 1
Large circle r=4m, small circle r=radius=?
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
4-r
374. In the ECE board examinations, the
probability that an examinee pass in each 45˚

subject is 0.8. What is the probability that

he will pass in at least 2 subjects? 4+r
a. 0.896
b. 0.986
c. 0.689
d. 0.869
a. 0.686 m
b. 0.688 m
375. A Morse code transmitter at station A
c. 0.866 m
sending out either a dot or dash signal.
d. 0.868 m
The signal is received at station B, from
where it is retransmitted to station C. The
probability that the signal being sent from
378. Differentiate the equation
A is receives correctly at B is 0.98, while
the probability that the signal being
received correctly at C is 0.965. What is
a.
the probability that when a dot signal is
transmitted from A, a dot signal is also b.
received at C?(Express your answer up o c.
four decimal places)
 d. 1 d.

379. Give the slope of the curve at 385. Obtain the differential equation of
all circles with center on line and
point (1, 1)
passing through the origin.
a. 1/4 a.
b. -1/4
c. 4 b.
d. -1/3
c.
380. Evaluate b in the following
equation logb 1024=5/2 d. ( )
a. 2560 ( )
b. 2
386. Obtain the differential equation of
c. 4
all parabolas with axis parallel to the -axis.
d. 16 a.
b.
c.
381. Obtain the differential equation of d.
the family of straight lines with slope and -
387. What is the differential equation of
intercept equal.
the family of parabolas having their vertices
a.
at the origin and their foci on the -axis.
b.
c. a.
d. b.
c.
382. Obtain the differential equation of d.
all straight lines with algebraic sum of the
388. Obtain the particular solution of
intercepts fixed as .
/ when , .
a.
b. a.
c. b.
d. c.
d.
383. Obtain the differential equation of
all straight lines at a fixed distance from 389. Obtain the general solution of the
the origin. differential equation
a. [ ]
b. [ ] a.
c. . [ ] b.
d. [ ] c.
d.
384. Determine the differential equation
of the family of lines passing through the 390. Obtain the general solution of
origin. .
a. a. ( )
b. b.
c. c.
 d. d.
391. Solve the equation
397. Solve the equation
.
.
a. a.
b. b.
c. c.
d. d.

398. Solve the equation

.
a. | |
b. | |
c. | |
392. Obtain the particular solution of
d. | |
; when ,
.
a.
b.
c.
d.
399. Solve the equation .
393. Solve the equation
a.
.
b.
a.
c.
b.
d.
c.
d.
400. Solve the equation
.
394. Solve the equation
a.
.
b.
a.
c.
b.
d.
c.
d.

395. Solve the equation

.
a.
b.
c.
d.

396. Solve
.
a.
b.
c.
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ENCODED BY: BORBON, MARK ADRIAN C.

401. Evaluate . C. e

A. 0 D. infinity

B. 1 406. Evaluate the limit: .

C. 2 A. 1

D. 3 B. indefinite

402. Simplify the expression: . C. 0

D. 2
A. 1

B. 8 407. Evaluate: .

C. 0 A. 0

D. 16 B. ½

403. Evaluate the following limit, C. 2

. D. -1/2

A. 2/5 408. Evaluate the following:

B. infinity .

C. 0 A. infinity

D. 5/2 B.

404. Evaluate the limit /( C. 0

. D.
A. 0 409. Find / if .
B. undefined
A.
C. 1/7
B.
D. infinity
C.
405. Evaluate the limit / as x
D.
approaches positive infinity.
410. Find / if √ .
A. 1
A. √ / √
B. 0
 B. √ /√ B.

C. / √ C.

√ √ D.
D.
415. Find the derivative of the function
411. Find / if and
with respect to x.
.
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
416. What is the first derivative / of the
412. Evaluate the first derivative of the
expression ?
implicit function: .
A. - /
A.
B. 0
B. -
C. - /

C. D. /

D. - 417. Find the derivative of / .

413. Find the derivative of / A.

with respect to x.
B.
A.
/ C.
B.
D.
/

C. / 418. Given the equation: , find

.
D.
/ A.

414. If is a simple constant, what is the B. /

derivative of ?
C.
A.
 D. C.

419. Find the derivatives with respect to x of D. -

the function √ .
424. Find / : .
A. - /√ A.
B. - /√ B. /x

C. - /√ C.

D. - /√ D. /

420. Differentiate to the ½ power. 425. The derivative of is:

A. - A.

B. B. -

C. C. -

D. D.

421. Find / if √ . 426. A function is given below, what x value

maximizes ?
A. √ /

B. x/
A. 2.23
C. 1/2x
B. -1
D. 2/x
C. 5
422. Evaluate the differential of .
D. 1
A.
427. The number of newspaper copies
B. distributed is given by
, where is in years. Find
C.
the minimum number of copies
D. distributed from 1995 to 2002.

423. If , what is / ? A. 9850

A. B. 9800

B. - C. 10200
 D. 7500 431. Divide 120 into two parts so that the
product of one and the square of the
428. Given the following profit-versus-
other is maximum. Find the numbers.
production function for a certain
commodity: A. 60 & 60

B. 100 & 120

( )
C. 70 & 50
Where P is the profit and x is the unit of
production. Determine the maximum D. 80 & 40
profit. 432. If the sum of two numbers is , find the
A. 190000 minimum value of the sum of their
squares.
B. 200000
A. ⁄
C. 250000
B. ⁄
D. 550000
C. ⁄
429. The cost C of a product is a function of
the quantity of the product given by the D. ⁄
relation: . 433. A certain travel agency offered a tour
Find the quantity for which the cost is a that will cost each person P 1500.00 if
minimum. not more than 150 persons will join,
A. 3000 however the cost per person will be
reduced by P 5.00 per person in excess
B. 2000 of 150. How many persons will make
the profit a maximum?
C. 1000
A. 75
D. 1500
B. 150
430. If to the 3rd power - . Find the
maximum value of . C. 225

A. 0 D. 250

B. -1 434. Two cities and are 8 km and 12 km,

respectively, north of a river which runs
C. 1
due east. City being 15 km east of .
D. 2 A pumping station is to be constructed
(along the river) to supply water for the
two cities. Where should the station be
 located so that the amount of pipe is a B. 3.51 m
minimum?
C. 3.71 m
A. 3 km east of
D. 4.41 m
B. 4 km east of
438. An iron bar 20 m long is bent to form a
C. 9 km east of closed plane area. What is the largest
area possible?
D. 6 km east of
A. 21.56 square meter
435. A boatman is at , which is 4.5 km from
the nearest point on a straight shore B. 25.68 square meter
. He wishes to reach, in minimum
C. 28.56 square meter
time, a point situated on the shore 9
km from . How far from should he D. 31.83 square meter
land if he can row at the rate of 6 kph
and walk at the rate of 7.5 kph? 439. A Norman window is in the shape of a
rectangle surmounted by a semi-circle.
A. 1 km What is the ratio of the width of the
rectangle to the total height so that it
B. 3 km
will yield a window admitting the most
C. 5 km light for a given perimeter?

D. 8 km A. 1

436. The shortest distance from the point B. 2/3

(5,10) to the curve is:
C. 1/3
A. 4.331
D. ½
B. 3.474
440. A rectangular field is to be fenced into
C. 5.127 four equal parts. What is the size of the
largest field that can be fenced this way
D. 6.445
with a fencing length of 1500 feet if the
437. A statue 3 m high is standing on a base 4 division is to be parallel to one side?
m high. If an observer’s eye is 1.5 m
A. 65,200
above the ground, how far should he
stand from the base in order that the B. 62,500
angle subtended by the statue is a
C. 64,500
maximum?
D. 63,500
A. 3.41 m
441. Three sides of a trapezoid are each 8 cm B. ⁄
long. How long is the 4th side, when the
C. ⁄
area of the trapezoid has the greatest
value? D. ⁄
A. 16 cm 445. What is the least amount of tin in sheet,
in sq. inches, that can be made into a
B. 15 cm
closed cylindrical can having a volume of
C. 12 cm 108 cu. inches?

D. 10 cm A. 125 square meter

442. An open top rectangular tank with B. 137 square meter

square bases is to have a volume of 10
C. 150 square meter
cubic meters. The material for its
bottom cost P150.00 per square meter, D. 120 square meter
and that for the sides is P60.00 per
square meter. The most economical 446. The volume of the closed cylindrical
height is: tank is 11.3 cubic meter. If the total
surface area is a minimum, what is its
A. 2 meters base radius, in m?
B. 2.5 meters A. 1.44
C. 3 meters B. 1.88
D. 3.5 meters C. 1.22
443. A rectangular box having a square base D. 1.66
and open top is to have a capacity of
16823cc. Find the height of the box to 447. A cylindrical steam boiler is to be
use the least amount of material. constructed having a capacity of 1000
cu. m. The material for the sides cost P
A. 16.14 cm 2000.00 per square meter and for the
ends P 3000.00 per square meter. Find
B. 32.28 cm
the radius so that the cost is least.
C. 18.41 cm
A. 3.52 m
D. 28.74 cm
B. 4.12 m
444. The altitude of a cylinder of maximum
C. 4.73 m
volume that can be inscribed in a right
circular cone of radius and height is: D. 5.25 m
A. ⁄
448. A box is to be constructed from a piece B.
of zinc 20 inches square by cutting equal
squares from each corner and turning C.
up the zinc to form the side. What is the
volume of the largest box that can be so
D.
constructed?

A. 599.95 cubic inches 452. Evaluate ∫

B. 579.50 cubic inches A.

C. 592.59 cubic inches B.

D. 622.49 cubic inches

C.
449. A load of 40kN is to be raised by means
D.
of a lever weighing 250N/m, which is
supported at one end. If the load is 453. Evaluate the integral of .
placed 1 m from the support, how long
should the lever be so that the force A.
required be a minimum?
B.
A. 13.43 m

B. 20.19 m C.

C. 18.56 m D.

D. 17.89 m 454. What is the integral of ?

450. As increases uniformly at the rate of A. -

0.002 feet per second, at what rate is
B.
the expression (1+ ) to the 3rd power
increasing when becomes 8 feet? C.

A. 430 cfs D. -

B. 0.300 cfs 455. The integral of with respect to ;

∫ is:
C. 0.486 cfs
A.
D. 0.346 cfs
B.
451. Integrate:
C.
A.
D. -
456. Integrate . D. arctan

A. ⁄ 461. Evaluate ∫ .
√

B. A. arcsec

C. ⁄ B. [ ]

D. ⁄
C. √

457. Evaluate ∫ . D. arcsin

A. 462. Evaluate ∫ .
B. A.
C. ½
B.
D.
C.
458. Evaluate ∫ .

A. D.

B.
463. Evaluate ∫ .
C.
A. ½
D. √
B.
459. Evaluate ∫ .
C.
A.
D.
B.
464. Evaluate ∫ .
C. ½
A.
D. ½
B.
460. Evaluate ∫ .
C.
A. ½
D.
B.
465. Evaluate the integral of .
C. ½
 A. - C. 0.114

D. 0.186
B. -
470. Evaluate the integral of
C. with limits from 5 to 6.

D. - A. 81/182

466. Evaluate ∫ . B. 82/182

C. 83/182
A.
D. 84/182
B. -
471. Evaluate the integral of if it has an
C. -
upper limit of 1 and a lower limit of 0.
D.
A. 0.022
467. Evaluate ∫ .
B. 0.056
A. √
C. 0.043
B.
D. 0.031
C. √
472. Find the integral of
D. if lower limit = 0 and upper limit = .

468. Integrate the square root of A. 0.2

.
B. 0.8
A. √ C. 0.6
B. - √ D. 0.4

C. - 473. Using lower limit = 0 and upper limit =

, what is the integral of ?
D. - √
A. 6.783
469. Evaluate the integral of with
B. 6.857
limits from 0 to .
C. 6.648
A. 0.143
D. 6.539
B. 0.258
474. Evaluate the integral of 478. Find the area of the region bounded by
using lower limit of 0 and upper limit = . the curves , the -axis, , and

A. 2.0 .

B. 1.7 A.

C. 1.4 B.

D. 2.3 C.

475. Evaluate the integral of D.

using lower limit = 0 and 479. Find the area bounded by the -axis and
upper limit = .
.
A. 0.5046
A. 25.6
B. 0.3068
B. 28.1
C. 0.6107
C. 12.8
D. 0.4105
D. 56.2
476. Find the area under the curve
480. Find the area of the region bounded by
and the x-axis between
one loop of the curve .
and .
A. sq. units
A. 28 sq. units
B. sq. units
B. 46 sq. units
C. sq. units
C. 36 sq. units
D. sq. units
D. 54 sq. units
481. Find the area bounded by the curve
477. Find the area bounded by
, the lines and , and
the X-axis. A.

A. 19.456 sq. units B.

B. 20.567 sq. units C.

C. 22.567 sq. units D.

D. 21.478 sq. units 482. What is the area within the curve
?
 A. 26 A. 186

B. 28 B. 179

C. 30 C. 181

D. 32 D. 184

483. Find the area enclosed by 487. Given is the area in the first quadrant
bounded by , the line and
the -axis. What is the volume
A.
generated by revolving this area about
B. the y-axis?

C. A. 50.26

D. B. 52.26

484. Find the curved surface (area) of the C. 53.26

solid generated by revolving the part of
D. 51.26
the curve from to √
about the -axis. 488. Given is the area in the first quadrant
bounded by , the line
A. 62 sq. units and the -axis. What is the volume
B. 62 /3 sq. units generated when this area is resolved
about the line ?
C. 62 /5 sq. units
A. 28.41
D. 5/62 sq. units
B. 26.81
485. Find the volume generated by rotating
the region bounded by , , C. 27.32
and , about the -axis. D. 25.83
A. 489. Find the length of the arc of
B. from - to - , in the second
quadrant.
C.
A. 2.24
D.
B. 2.61
486. The area bounded by the curve
and the line is revolved C. 2.75
about the line . What is the D. 2.07
volume generated?
490. How far from the -axis is the centroid C. (0,5.25)
of the area bounded by the curve
D. (0,5)
, the line , and the -axis.
494. Find the moment of inertia of the area
A. 1.2
bounded by the parabola , -
B. 1.4 axis and the line , with respect to
the -axis.
C. 1.6
A. 1.067
D. 1.8
B. 1.244
491. The area in the first quardrant, bounded
by the curve , the -axis and C. 0.968
the line is revolved about the
D. 0.878
line . Find the centroid of the solid
formed. 495. Find the work done in stretching a
spring of natural length 8 cm from 10
A. (2.2,6)
cm to 13 cm. Assume a force of 6 N is
B. (1.6,6) needed to hold it at a length of 11 cm.

C. (1.8,6) A. 21 N-m

D. (2.0,6) B. 2.1 N-m

492. A solid is formed by revolving about the C. 0.21 N-m

-axis, the area bounded by the curve
D. 0.021 N-m
, the -axis, and the line .
Find its centroid. 496. A conical tank that is 5 meters high has
a radius of 2 meters, and is filled with a
A. (0,9.6)
liquid that weighs 800 kg per cubic
B. (0,12.4) meter. How much work is done in
discharging all the liquid at a point 3
C. (0,8.3)
meters above the top of the tank?
D. (0,12.8)
A. 21,256 kg-m
493. A solid is formed by revolving about the
B. 21,896 kg-m
-axis, the area bounded by the curve
, the -axis, and the line . C. 23,457 kg-m
Find its centroid.
D. 22,667 kg-m
A. (0,4.75)
497. How much work is required to pump all
B. (0,4.5) the water from a right circular
 cylindrical tank, that is 8 feet in given in meters per second and is
diameter and 9 feet tall, if it is emptied given in seconds. The distance covered
at a point 1 foot above the top of the in meters between and
tank? second is close to:

A. 49,421 ft-lb A. 2

B. 52,316 ft-lb B. -5

C. 54,448 ft-lb C. 5

D. 56,305 ft-lb D. -2

498. A 60-m cable that weighs 4 kg/m has a 501. If equals are added to equals, the sum is
500-kg weight attached at the end. How equal.
much work is done in winding up the
A. theorem
last 20m of the cable?
B. postulate
A. 9,866 kg-m
C. axiom
B. 10,800 kg-m
D. corollary
C. 12,500 kg-m
502. Any number multiplied by ________
D. 15,456 kg-m
equally unity.
499. A uniform chain that weighs 0.50 kg per
A. infinity
meter has a leaky 15-liter bucket
attached to it. If the bucket is full of B. itself
liquid when 30 meters of chain is out
and half-full when no chain is out, how C. its reciprocal
much work is done in winding the
D. zero
chain? Assume that the liquid leaks out
at a uniform rate and weighs 1 kg per 503. If every element of a column (or row) of
liter. a square matrix is multiplied by m, the
determinant of the matrix will be:
A. 356.2 kg-m
A. unchanged
B. 458.2 kg-m
B. multiplied by m
C. 562.5 kg-m
C. it depends
D. 689.3 kg-m
D. none of these
500. The velocity of a body is given by
, where the velocity is
504. In probability theory, the set of possible B. tangent
outcomes of an experiment is termed
C. sector
as:
D. chord
A. a sample space
508. All circles having the same center but
B. a set of random events
with unequal radii are called:
C. a set of random variables
A. encircle
D. a fuzzy set
B. tangent circles
505. Which of the following is not a property
C. concyclic
of probability:
D. concentric circles
A. If events and are mutually
exclusive, then the probability that both 509. A triangle having three sides equal is
events can happen is zero. called:
B. The probability that an event can A. equilateral triangle
happen is always positive and is less
than one or equal to one. B. scalene triangle

C. If is an event which cannot occur C. isosceles triangle

in the sample space, the probability of
510. In a regular polygon, the perpendicular
is zero.
line drawn from the center of the
D. If events & are mutually inscribed circle to any of the sides is
exclusive, then called:

A. radius
506. An angle greater that a straight angle
B. altitude
and less than two straight angles is
called: C. median

A. right angle D. apothem

B. obtuse angle 511. A quadrilateral with two and only two

sides of which are parallel, is called:
C. reflex angle
A. parallelogram
D. acute angle
B. trapezoid
507. A line segment joining two point in a
circle is called: C. quadrilateral

A. arc D. rhombus
512. A polygon with fifteen sides is called: C. a rhombus

A. dodecagon D. a parallelogram

B. decagon 517. A part of a line included between two

points on the line is called:
C. pentedecagon
A. a tangent
D. nonagon
B. a secant
513. A rectangle with equal sides is called:
C. a sector
A. rhombus
D. a segment
B. trapezoid
518. The section of the sphere cut by a plane
C. square
through its center is termed as:
D. parallelogram
A. small circle
514. The sum of the sides of a polygon is
B. incircle
termed as:
C. big circle
A. circumference
D. great circle
B. altitude
519. Line that pass through a common point
C. apothem
are called:
D. perimeter
A. collinear
515. A line that meets a plane but not
B. coplanar
perpendicular to it, in relation to the
plane, is: C. concurrent

A. parallel D. congruent

B. collinear 520. Point which lie on the same plane, are

called:
C. coplanar
A. collinear
D. oblique
B. coplanar
516. A quadrilateral whose opposite sides
are equal is generally termed as: C. concurrent

A. a square D. congruent

B. a rectangle
521. In two intersecting lines, the angles B. which touches the conic at only one
opposite to each other are termed as: point

A. opposite angles C. which passes inside the conic

B. vertical angles D. all of the above

C. horizontal angle 526. The locus of a point that move so that

its distance from a fixed point and a
D. inscribed angle
fixed line is always equal, is known as:
522. A normal to a given plane is:
A. a parabola
A. perpendicular to the plane
B. a circle
B. lying on the plane
C. an ellipse
C. parallel to the plane
D. a hyperbola
D. oblique to the plane
527. The locus of a point, which moves so
523. The chord passing through the focus of that it is always equidistant from a fixed
the parabola and perpendicular to its point, is known as:
axis is termed as:
A. a parabola
A. directrix
B. a circle
B. translated axis
C. an ellipse
C. latus rectum
D. a hyperbola
D. axis
528. In polar coordinate system, the polar
524. The locus of the point which move so angle is positive when:
the sum of its distances between two
A. measured clockwise
fixed points is known as:
B. measured counterclockwise
A. a parabola
C. measured at the terminal side of
B. a circle
D. none of these
C. an ellipse
529. The plane rectangular coordinate
D. a hyperbola
system is divided into four parts which
525. A tangent to a conic is a line are known as:

A. which is parallel to the normal A. coordinates

 B. octants D. -coorcinate

C. quadrants 534. The curve represented by the equation

is:
D. axis
A. a parabola
530. The rectangular coordinate system in
space is divided into eight B. a line
compartments, which are known as:
C. an ellipse
A. quadrants
D. a circle
B. octants
535. When two lines are perpendicular, the
C. axis slope of one is:

D. coordinates A. equal to the other

531. A conic section whose eccentricity is less B. equal to the negative of the other
than one (1) is known as;
C. equal to the reciprocal of the other
A. a parabola
D. equal to the negative reciprocal of
B. a circle the other

C. an ellipse 536. The axis of the hyperbola, which is

parallel to its directrices, is known as:
D. a hyperbola
A. conjugate axis
532. A conic section whose eccentricity is
equal to one (1) is known as: B. transverse axis

A. a parabola C. major axis

B. a circle D. minor axis

C. an ellipse 537. The axis of the hyperbola through the

foci is known as:
D. a hyperbola
A. conjugate axis
533. In polar coordinate system, the distance
from a point to the pole is known as: B. transverse axis

A. polar angle C. major axis

B. -coordinate D. minor axis

C. radius vector
538. A polygon is _____ if no side, when 542. When two planes intersect with each
extended, will pass through the interior other, the amount of divergence
of the polygon. between the two planes is expressed to
be measuring the:
A. convex
A. dihedral angle
B. equilateral
B. plane angle
C. isopometric
C. polyhedral angle
D. congruent
D. reflex angle
539. Which of the following statements is
correct? 543. The angle which the line of sight to the
object, makes with the horizontal,
A. all equilateral triangles are similar
which is above the eye of the observer
B. all right-angled triangles are similar is called:

C. all isosceles triangle are similar A. angle of depression

D. all rectangles are similar B. angle of elevation

540. The volume of any solid of revolution is C. acute angle

equal to the generating area times the
circumference of the circle described by
the centroid of the area. This is
commonly known as:
A. First proposition of Pappus
B. Second proposition of Pappus
D. bearing
544. The median of a triangle is the line
connecting a vertex and the midpoint of
the opposite side. For a given triangle,
these medians intersect at a point which
is called the:

C. Cavalier’s Principle A. orthocenter

D. Simpson’s Rule B. incenter

541. If the product of the slopes of any two C. circumcenter

straight lines is negative 1, one of these
D. centroid
lines are said to be:
545. The altitudes of the side of a triangle
A. parallel
intersect at the point known as:
B. skew
A. orthocenter
C. perpendicular
B. circumcenter
D. non-intersecting
C. centroid
 D. incenter A. latus rectum

546. The angular bisector of the sides of a B. axis of parabola

triangle intersects at the point which is
C. tangent line
known as:
D. secant line
A. orthocenter
551. The altitudes of the sides of a triangle
B. circumcenter
intersect at the point known as:
C. centroid
A. orthocenter
D. incenter
B. circumcenter
547. The arc length equal to the radius of the
C. centroid
circle is called:
D. incenter
A. 1 radian
552. The length of time during which the
B. 1 quarter circle
property may be operated at a profit is
C. radian called:

D. 1 grad A. life

548. A five pointed star is also known as: B. length of time

A. pentagon C. physical life

B. pentatron D. economic life

C. pentagram 553. What is the graph of the equation

?
D. quintagon
A. circle
549. The area bounded by two concentric
circles is called: B. ellipse

A. ring C. parabola

B. disk D. hyperbola

C. annulus 554. Prisms are classified according to their

_____.
D. sector
A. diagonals
550. The line passing through the focus and
perpendicular to the directrix of a B. sides
parabola is called:
 C. vertices 559. In a conic section, if the eccentricity >
1, the locus is;
D. bases
A. an ellipse
555. It is a polyhedron of which two faces are
equal polygons in parallel planes and B. a hyperbola
the other faces are parallelograms
C. a parabola
A. tetrahedron
D. a circle
B. prism
560. The family of curves which intersect a
C. frustum given family of curves at an angle less
than 90° are called:
D. prismatoid
A. orthogonal trajectories
556. In Plain Geometry, two circular arcs that
together make up a full circle are called: B. intersecting curves

A. coterminal arcs C. isogonal trajectories

B. conjugate arcs D. acute angle

C. half arcs 561. A line perpendicular to the -axis has a

slope of:
D. congruent arcs
A. zero
557. It represents the distance of a point
from the -axis. B. unity

A. ordinate C. infinity

B. coordinate D. none of these

C. abscissa 562. The locus of points generated when a

circle is made to roll externally along the
D. polar distance
circumference of another circle.
558. Polygons are classified according to the
A. Cissoid of circles
number of:
B. Folium of Descartes
A. vertices
C. Epicycloid
B. sides
D. Cardioid
C. diagonals
563. It is the surface generated by moving a
D. angles
straight line (called the generator)
 which is always parallel to a fixed line B. convex polygon
and which always intersect a fixed plane
C. acute polygon
curve (called the directrix) is:
D. supplemental polygon
A. cylindrical surface
568. To cut a right circular cone in order to
B. locus of a point
reveal a parabola, it must be cut
C. spherical surface
A. perpendicular to the axis of
D. paraboloid symmetry

564. How many faces have an icosahedron? B. at any acute angle to the axis of
symmetry
A. 16
C. parallel to an element of a cone and
B. 18
intersecting the axis of symmetry
C. 20
D. parallel to the axis of symmetry
D. 22
569. To find the angles of a triangle, given
565. Each of the faces of a regular only the lengths of the sides, one would
hexahedron is a: use

A. square A. the law of cosines

B. triangle B. the law of tangents

C. hexagon C. the law of sines

D. circle D. the inverse square law

566. An arc length, which is equal to the 570. In finding the distance between two
radius of the circle, is called: points and , the
most direct procedure is to use:
A. 1 degree
A. the law of cosines
B. 2 radians
B. the slope of the line
C. 1 radian
C. the translation of axes
D. 1 radians
D. the Pythagorean Theorem
567. Polygons with all interior angles less
than 180° are called: 571. In finding the distance between two
points and , the
A. concave polygon most direct procedure is to use:
 A. the law of cosines C. one

B. the slope of the line D. infinity

C. the translation of axes 576. In an ellipse, a chord which contains a

focus and is in a line perpendicular to
D. the Pythagorean Theorem
the major axis is a:
572. The area of a region bounded by two
A. latus rectum
concentric circles is called:
B. minor
A. washer
C. focal width
B. ring
D. conjugate axis
C. annulus
577. In general triangles the expression
D. circular disk
/ / / is called:
573. It can be defined as the set of all points
A. Euler’s formula
in the plane the sum of whose distance
from two fixed points is a constant. B. law of cosines

A. circle C. law of sines

B. ellipse D. Pythagorean theorem

C. hyperbola 578. What type of curve is generated by a

point which moves in uniform circular
D. parabola
motion about an axis, while travelling at
574. If the equation is unchanged by the a constant speed, , parallel to the axis?
substitution of – for , its curve is
A. helix
symmetric with respect to the:
B. spiral of Archimedes
A. -axis
C. hypocycloid
B. -axis
D. cycloid
C. origin
579. An angle more than radian but less
D. line 45° with the axis
than radians is:
575. A line which is perpendicular to the -
A. straight angle
axis has a slope equal to:
B. obtuse angle
A. zero
C. related angle
B. either
 D. reflex angle C. solid geometry

580. The sum of the sides of a polygon: D. trigonometry

A. perimeter 585. The volume of a circular cylinder is

equal to the product of its base and
B. square
altitude.
C. hexagon
A. postulate
D. circumference
B. theorem
581. A plane closed curve, all points of which
C. corollary
are the same distance from a point
within, called the center: D. axiom

A. arc 586. A point on the curve where the second

derivative of a function is equal to zero is called:
B. circle
A. maxima
C. radius
B. minima
D. chord
C. point of inflection
582. One-fourth of a great circle:
D. point of intersection
A. cone
587. The point on the curve where the first
B. quadrant derivative of a function is zero and the
second derivative is positive is called:
C. circle
A. maxima
D. sphere
B. minima
583. Points that lie in the same plane:
C. point of inflection
A. coplanar D. point of intersection
B. oblique 588. At the minimum point, the slope of the
tangent line is:
C. collinear
A. negative
D. parallel
B. infinity
584. The study of the property of figures of
three dimensions; C. positive

A. physics D. zero

B. plane geometry 589. At the point of inflection where ,

 A. is not equal to zero

B.

C.

D.

590. Point of the derivatives, which do not exist (

and so equals zero) is called:

A. stationary point

B. maximum points

C. maximum and minimum point

D. minimum point

591. If the second derivative of the equation of a

curve is equal to the negative of the
equation of that same curve, the curve is:

A. a cissoid

B. a paraboloid

C. a sinusoid

D. an exponential

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592. It is defined as the motion of a rigid 596. The study of motion without reference
body in which a straight line passing to the forces which causes motion is
through any two of its particles always known as:
remains parallel to its initial position.
A. kinetics
A. translation
B. dynamics
B. rotation
C. statics
C. plane motion
D. kinematics
D. kinetics
597. A branch of physical science that deals
593. Which of the following is not a vector with state of rest or motion of bodies
quantity? under the action of forces is known as:

A. mass A. mechanics

B. torque B. kinetics

C. displacement C. kinematics

D. velocity D. statics

594. The product of force and the time 598. In physics, work is defined in terms of
during which it acts is known as: the force acting through a distance. The
rate at which the work is done is called:
A. impulse
A. force
B. momentum
B. energy
C. work
C. power
D. impact
D. momentum
595. The property of the body which
measures its resistance to changes in 599. The point through which the resultant
motion. of the disturbed gravity force passes
regardless of the orientation of the
A. acceleration
body in space is called:
B. weight
A. center of inertia
C. mass
B. center of gravity
D. rigidity
C. center of attraction

D. moment of inertia
600. The specific gravity of the substance is D. the specific gravity of ivory soap is
the ratio of the density of the substance less than that of water
to the density of water. Another term
604. One (1) gram of ice at 0°C is placed on a
for specific gravity is:
container containing 2,000,000 cu. m. of
A. specific weight water at 0°C. Assuming no heat loss,
what will happen?
B. unit weight
A. ice will become water
C. relative density
B. some part of the ice will not change
D. density
C. the volume of the ice will not change
601. The momentum of a moving object is
the product of its mass ( ) and velocity D. all of the above
( ). Newton’s Second Law of Motion
605. When two waves of the same
says that the rate of change of
frequency, speed and amplitude
momentum with respect to time is:
travelling in opposite directions
A. power superimposed,

B. energy A. destructive interference always

results
C. momentum
B. constructive interference always
D. force
results
602. The acceleration due to gravity in the
C. standing waves are produced
English System or ft/s2 is:
D. the phase difference is always zero
A. 20.2
606. Any two points along a steamline in an
B. 32.2
ideal fluid in steady flow, the sum of the
C. 15.2 pressure, the potential energy per unit
volume, and the kinetic energy per unit
D. 62.4 volume has the same value. This
concept is known as the:
603. Ivory soap floats in water because:
A. Pascal’s theorem
A. all matter has mass
B. Bernoulli’s energy theorem
B. the density of ivory soap is unity
C. Fluid theory
C. the specific gravity of ivory soap is
greater than that of water D. Hydraulic theorem
607. Whenever a net force acts on a body, it D. resultant
produces an acceleration in the
611. The loss of weight of a body submerged
direction of the resultant force, an
in a fluid is:
acceleration which is directly
proportional to the resultant force and A. proportional to the weight of the
inversely proportional to the mass of body
the body. This theory is popularly
known as: B. proportional to the depth of
submergence
A. Newton’s first law of motion
C. equal to the weight of the fluid
B. Newton’s second law of motion displaced
C. Faraday’s law of forces D. independent of the volume of the
body
D. Hooke’s law of equilibrium
612. A leak from a faucet comes out in
608. Kinematic viscosity in SI derived unit is
separate drops. Which of the following
described as:
is the main cause of this phenomenon?
A. watt per meter Kelvin
A. gravity
B. sq. m. per second
B. air resistance
C. Pascal-second
C. viscosity of the fluid
D. Newton per meter
D. surface tension
609. In a cantilever beam with a
613. Inelastic collision in which the total
concentrated load at the free end, the
kinetic energy after collision is _____
moment is:
before collision.
A. constant along the beam
A. equal to zero
B. maximum at the wall
B. equal
C. ¼ maximum halfway out on the beam
C. less than
D. maximum at the free end
D. greater than
610. What is the name of the vector that
614. The property by virtue of which a body
represents the sum of two vectors?
tends to return to its original size or
A. scalar shape after a deformation and when the
deforming forces have been removed.
B. tangent
A. elasticity
C. tensor
 B. malleability in degrees Kelvin, which of the following
is constant?
C. ductility
A.
D. plasticity
B.
615. A flowerpot falls off the edge of a fifth-
floor window. Just as it passes the third- C.
floor window someone accidentally
D.
drops a glass of water from the window.
Which of the following is true? 619. The path of the projectile is:
A. The flowerpot hits the ground at the A. a parabola
same time as the glass.
B. an ellipse
B. The glass hits the ground before the
flowerpot. C. a part of a circle

C. The flowerpot hits the ground first D. a hyperbola

and with a higher speed than the glass.
620. One mole of gas at standard
D. The flowerpot and the glass hit the temperature and pressure (STP)
ground at the same instant. conditions occupies a volume equal to:

616. One Joule of work is done by a force of A. 22.4 liters

one Newton acting through a distance
B. 9.81 liters
of:
C. 332 liters
A. one centimeter
D. 2274.5 liters
B. one inch
621. “Equal volume of all gases under the
C. one meter
same conditions of temperature and
D. one foot pressure contain the same number of
molecules”. This hypothesis is popularly
617. Kinetic energy equals: known as:
A. ½ velocity A. Dalton’s hypothesis
B. mass velocity B. Avogadro’s hypothesis
C. mass acceleration C. Debye-Sear’s hypothesis
D. ½ mass velocity2 D. Compton’s hypothesis
618. In an ideal gas where = pressure, =
volume, and = absolute temperature
622. The ratio of the uniform triaxial stresses, B. volume strain
to the change in volume at equal stress
C. volume stress
in all directions is:
D. shape factor
A. modulus of flexure
626. “The resultant of the external force
B. modulus of rapture
applied to an object composed of a
C. bulk modulus of elasticity system of particles, is equal to the
vector summation of the effective
D. coefficient of restitution
forces acting on all particles”. This
623. According to the laws of Johannes principle is known as:
Kepler, “The orbit of satellite is an
A. Archimedes’s principle
ellipse, the radius vector sweeps equal
areas in equal intervals of time and the B. Bernoulli’s principle
square of the periods of revolution with
C. D’Alembert’s principle
respect to both the satellite and planet
is proportional to the cubes of their D. Gauss-Jordan principle
mean distance from each other.” The
shape of the ellipse depends upon its: 627. Calorie is the amount of heat required
to increase the temperature of _____ of
A. eccentricity water by one degree centigrade.
B. lengths of latera recta A. 1 kg
C. apogee and perigee B. 1 lb
D. ascending and descending nodes C. 1 mg
624. This implies the resistance to shock or D. 1 gram
difficulty of breaking and express the
work per unit volume required to 628. It describes the luminous flux incidence
fracture a material. per unit area and is expressed in lumens
per square meter.
A. toughness
A. luminous intensity
B. malleability
B. illuminance
C. hardness
C. radiance
D. ductility
D. luminance
625. The reciprocal of bulk modulus of
elasticity of any fluid is called: 629. The moment of inertia of a plane figure:

A. compressibility A. is zero at the centroidal axis

 B. increase as the distance of the axis
moves farther from the centroid
C. decrease as the distance of the axis
moves farther from the centroid
D. is maximum at the centroidal axis
630. The distance that the top surface is
displaced in the direction of the force
divided by the thickness of the body is
known as:
A. longitudinal strain
B. shear strain
C. volume strain
D. linear strain
631. To maximize the horizontal range of the
projectile, which of the following
applies?
A. maximize the angle of elevation
B. maximize velocity
C. maximize the angle of elevation and
velocity
D. the tangent function of the angle of
trajectory must be equal to one
632. According to this law, “The force
between two charges varies directly as
the magnitude of each charge and
inversely as the square of the distance
between them.
A. law of universal gravitation
B. Newton’s law
C. Coulomb’s law
D. inverse square law
633. Formation of bubbles in a low-pressure
area in a centrifugal pump and later
their sudden collapse, is called:
A. compression
B. corrosion
C. explosion
D. cavitation
644. The hardness of steel may be increased
by heating to approximatelyv1500°F and
quenching in oil or water if
A. the carbon content is above 3.0%
B. the carbon content is from 0.2% to
2.0%
C. the carbon content is below 0.2%
D. the steel has been hot rolled instead
of cast
645. Galvanized iron is a term referring to
iron coated with:
A. magnesium
B. aluminum
C. zinc
D. tin
646. A process of welding metals in molten
or in vaporous state without application
of mechanical pressure or blow. Such
welding may be accomplished by the
oxyacetylene or by hydrogen flame or
by electric arc. It is called:
A. fusion welding
 B. TIG welding B. It is valid for laminar flow

C. MIG welding C. It is an approximate solution

D. cold welding D. It is valid only for potential flow

647. A chemical method of feed water 651. The greatest unit pressure the soil can
treatment wherein water is passed continuously withstand:
through a bed of sodium zeolite
A. point of raptue
Nesub2Z which reacts with calcium and
magnesium salts: B. bearing strength
A. demineralization process C. ultimate strength
B. ion exchange treatment D. yield point
C. lime soda treatment 652. Heat transmission carried by the
movement of heated fluids away from a
D. thermal treatment
hot body, as in the heating of water by a
648. Used as a guide to selecting the most hot surface:
efficient centrifugal pump:
A. radiation
A. specific speed
B. convection
B. impeller type
C. conduction
C. Bernoulli’s equation
D. absorption
D. overall efficiency
653. The type of cooler extensively used for
649. The impulse and momentum principle is medium and large size diesel engines:
mostly useful for problems involving;
A. radiation cooler
A. velocity, acceleration, and time
B. shell and tube cooler
B. force, acceleration, and time
C. disk cooler
C. force, velocity, and time
D. plate cooler
D. force, velocity, and acceleration
654. A closed vessel intended for use in
650. Which of the following is not true heating water or for application of heat
regarding the Blasius boundary layer to generate steam or other vapor to be
solution/ used externally to itself is called:

A. It permits one to calculate the skin A. unfired pressure vessel

friction on a flat plate
 B. steam generator A. plenometer

C. boiler or steam generator B. manometer

D. boiler C. anemometer

655. The sum of the three types of energy at D. pyrometer

any point in the system is called:
659. The power output of the engine is
A. Bernoulli’s theorem increased through:

B. enthalpy A. turbo-charging

C. internal energy B. scavenging

D. pressure heads C. all of these

656. In energy transformation process in D. super-charging

which the resultant condition lacks the
660. The equilibrium temperature that a
driving potential needed to reverse the
regular thermometer measures if
process, the measure of this loss is
exposed to atmospheric air is:
expressed as:
A. dry bulb temperature
A. enthalpy increase of the system
B. °C
B. specific bent ratio of the moment
C. wet bulb temperature
C. entropy increase of the system
D. dew point
D. entropy decrease of the system
661. On the hoist or load block or some
657. The system is safe to be in
equality visible space of every hoist
thermodynamics equilibrium:
designed to lift its load vertically shall be
A. if it has no tendency to undergo legibly marked:
further chemical reaction
A. its electrical voltage
B. when there is no tendency towards
B. its brand and model
spontaneous change
C. its rated load capacity
C. when the system is not accelerating
D. its motor hp or kW
D. when all its parts are at the same
temperature 662. The hardness of water is given in ppm
(parts per million, i.e., pounds per
658. An instrument used for measuring high
million pounds of water). This hardness
temperature gas
is
 A. the total number of pounds of
dissolved solids in the water per million
pounds of water

B. the total number of pounds of

calcium and magnesium bicarbonate in
the water.
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A. time

B. velocity

C. velocity2

D. ½ velocity

664. An instrument used for measuring

specific gravity of fluids:
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B. flowmeter

C. psycrometer

D. hydrometer
665. A 10-lbm object is acted upon by a 4-lb B. 2.35 sec
force. What is the acceleration in ft/min2?
C. 5.45 sec
th 2
A. 8.0 10 to the 4 power ft/min
D. 6.37 sec
th 2
B. 9.2 10 to the 4 power ft/min
669. A 40-kg block is resting on an inclined
th 2
C. 7.8 10 to the 4 power ft/min plane making an angle 20° from the
horizontal. If the coefficient of friction is
D. 4.637 10 to the 4th power ft/min2
0.60, determine the force parallel to the
666. What horizontal force P can be applied incline that must be applied to cause
to a 100-kg block in a level surface with impending motion down the plane.
coefficient of friction of 0.2, that will
A. 77
cause an acceleration of 2.50m/s2?
B. 82
A. 343.5 N
C. 72
B. 224.5 N
D. 87
C. 53.8 N
670. A 50-kilogram block of wood rest on top
D. 446.2 N
of the smooth plane whose length is 3
667. A skier wishes to build a rope tow to m, and whose altitude is 0.8 m. How
pull herself up a ski hill that is inclined at long will it take for the block to slide to
15° with the horizontal. Calculate the the bottom of the plane when released?
tension needed to give the skier’s 54-kg
A. 1.51 seconds
body an acceleration of 1.2 m/s2.
Neglect friction. B. 2.41 seconds

A. 202 N C. 2.51 seconds

B. 403 N D. 2.14 seconds

C. 106 N 671. A body weighing 40 lbs. starts from rest

and slides down a plane at an angle of
D. 304 N
30° with the horizontal for which the
668. A pick-up truck is travelling forward at coefficient of friction µ=0.3. How far will
25 m/s. The truck bed is located with it move during the third second?
boxes, whose coefficient of friction with
A. 19.99 ft
the bed is 0.4. What is the shortest time
that the truck can be brought to a stop B. 39.63 ft
such that the boxes do not shift?
C. 18.33 ft
A. 4.75 sec
 D. 34.81 ft A.

672. A car and its load weighs 27 kN and the B.

center of gravity is 600 mm from the
C.
ground and midway between the front
and rear wheel which are 3 m apart. The D.
car is brought to rest from a speed of 54
kph in 5 seconds by means of the 675. A car travels on the horizontal
brakes. Compute the normal force on unbanked circular track of radius .
each of the front wheels of the car. Coefficient of friction between the tires
and track is 0.3. If the car’s velocity is 10
A. 7.576 kN m/s, what is the smallest radius it may
travel without skidding?
B. 9.541 kN
A. 50 m
C. 5.478 kN
B. 60 m
D. 6 kN
C. 15 m
673. An elevator weighing 2,000 lb attains an
upward velocity of 16 fps in 4 sec with D. 34 m
uniform acceleration. What is the
tension in the supporting cables? 676. If a car travels at 15 m/s and the track is
banked 5°, what is the smallest radius it
A. 1,950 lb can travel so that the friction will not be
necessary to resist skidding?
B. 2,150 lb
A. 262.16 m
C. 2,495 lb
B. 651.23 m
D. 2,250 lb
C. 278.14 m
674. A block weighing 200 N rests on a plane
inclined upwards to the right at a slope D. 214.74 m
of 4 vertical to 3 horizontal. The block is
connected to a cable initially parallel to 677. A vertical bar of length with a mass of
the plane, passing through the pulley 40 kg is rotated vertically about one end
and connected to another block at 40 rpm. Find the length of the bar if it
weighing 100 N moving vertically makes an angle 45° with the vertical?
downward. The coefficient of kinetic
A. 1.58 m
friction between the 200 N block and
the inclined plane is 0.10. Which of the B. 2.38 m
following most nearly gives the
C. 3.26 m
acceleration of the system?
D. 1.86 m
678. The seats of a carousel are attached to a necessary such that friction will not be
vertical rotating shaft by a flexible cable required to resist the centrifugal force?
8 m long. The seats have a mass of 75
A. 5.4°
kg. What is the maximum angle of tilt
for the seats if the carousel operates at B. 18°
12 rpm?
C. 3.2°
A. 30°
D. 2.5°
B. 35°
682. A concrete highway curve with a radius
C. 45° of 500 feet is banked to give a lateral
pressure equivalent to . For
D. 39°
what coefficient of friction will skidding
679. A highway curve is superelevated at 7°. impend for a speed of 60 mph?
Find the radius at the end of the cable
A. < 0.360
that will break if there is no lateral
pressure on the wheels of a car at a B. < 0.310
speed of 40 mph.
C. > 0.310
A. 247.4 m
D. > 0.360
B. 265.6 m
683. A 3500 lbf car is towing a 500 lbf trailer.
C. 229.6 m The coefficient of friction between all
tires and the road is 0.80. How fast can
D. 285.3 m
the car and the trailer travel around an
680. A 2-N weight is swung in a vertical circle unbanked curve of radius 0.12 mile
of 1-m radius at the end of a cable that without either the car or trailer
will break if the tension exceeds 500 N. skidding?
Find the angular velocity of the weight
A. 87 mph
when the cable breaks.
B. 72 mph
A. 49.4 rad/s
C. 26 mph
B. 37.2 rad/s
D. 55 mph
C. 24.9 rad/s
684. A cast-iron governor ball 3 inches in
D. 58.3 rad/s
diameter has its center 18 inches from
681. Traffic travels at 65 mi/hr around a the point of support. Neglecting the
banked highway curve with a radius of weight of the arm itself, find the tension
3000 ft. What banking angle is
 in the arm if the angle with the vertical D. 320 J
axis is 60°.
688. At her highest point, a girl on the swing
A. 7.63 lb is 7 feet above the ground, and at her
lowest point, she is 3 feet above the
B. 6.36 lb
ground. What is her maximum velocity?
C. 7.56 lb
A. 10 fps
D. 7.36 lb
B. 12 fps
685. An object is placed 3 feet from the
C. 14 fps
center of a horizontally rotating
platform. The coefficient of friction is D. 16 fps
0.3. The object will begin to slide off
689. An automobile has a power output of 1
when the platform speed is nearest to:
hp. When it pulls a cart with a force of
A. 17 rpm 300 N, what is the cart’s velocity?

B. 12 rpm A. 249 m/s

C. 22 rpm B. 24.9 m/s

D. 26 rpm C. 2.49 m/s

686. A force of 200 lbf acts on a block at an D. 0.249 m/s

angle of 28° with respect to the
690. The weight of a mass of 10 kilograms at
horizontal. The block is pushed 2 feet
a location where g=9.77m/s2 is:
horizontally. What is the work done by
this force? A. 79.7 N
A. 320 J B. 77.9 N
B. 540 J C. 97.7 N
C. 480 J D. 977 N
D. 215 J 691. What is the resultant velocity of a point
of -component , and -
687. A 10-kg block is raised vertically 3
component at time ?
meters. What is the change in potential
energy. Answer in SI units closest to: A. 63.1326
A. 350N-m B. 62.1326
B. 294 J C. 64.1326
C. 350 kg-m2/s2
 D. 74.1326 A. 243 kph

692. A boat has a speed of 8 mph in still B. 423 kph

water attempts to go directly across a
C. 200 kph
river with a current of 3 mph. What is
the effective speed of the boat? D. 240 kph
A. 8.35 mph 696. Three forces 20N, 30N, and 40N are in
equilibrium. Find the angle between the
B. 8.54 mph
30-N and 40-N forces.
C. 7.42 mph
A. 30°15’25’’
D. 6.33 mph
B. 28.96°
693. A ship moving North at 10 mph. A
C. 40°
passenger walks Southeast across the
deck at 5 mph. In what direction and D. 25.97°
how fast is the man moving, relative to
the earth’s surface. 697. A 10-kg weight is suspended by a rope
from a ceiling. If a horizontal force of
A. N 28°40’W; 7.37 mph 5.80 kg is applied to the weight, the
rope will make an angle with the vertical
B. N 61°20’E; 7.37 mph
equal to:
C. N 61°20’W; 7.37 mph
A. 60°
D. N 28°40’E; 7.37 mph
B. 30°
694. A man wishes to cross due west on a
C. 45°
river which is flowing due north at the
rate of 3 mph. if he can row 12 mph in D. 75°
still water, what direction should he
take to cross the river? 698. A 100kN block slides down a plane
inclined at an angle of 30° with the
A. S 14.47°W horizontal. Neglecting friction, find the
force that causes the block to slide.
B. S 75.52°W
A. 86.6 kN
C. S 81.36°W
B. 80 kN
D. S 84.36°W
C. 20 kN
695. A plane is headed due east with air
speed of 240 kph. If a wind of 40kph is D. 50 kN
blowing from the north, find the ground
speed of the plane.
699. What tension must be applied at the between the block and the surface is
ends of a flexible wire cable supporting 0.30, how much can the plane be
a load of 0.5 kg per horizontal meter in inclined without causing the block to
a span of 100 m if the sag is to be slide down?
limited to 1.25 m?
A. 16.7°
A. 423.42 kg
B. 30.2°
B. 584.23 kg
C. 21.2°
C. 500.62 kg
D. 33.3°
D. 623.24 kg
703. A 500-kg block is resting on a 30°
700. The allowable spacing of towers to carry inclined plane with a µ=0.3 Find the
an aluminum cable weighing 0.03 kg per required force acting horizontally that
horizontal meter if the maximum will prevent the block from sliding.
tension at the lowest point is not to
A. 1020 N
exceed 1150 kg at sag of 0.50 m is:
B. 1160 N
A. 248 m
C. 4236 N
B. 390 m
D. 5205 N
C. 408 m
704. A 500-kg block is resting on a 30°
D. 422 m
inclined plane with a µ=0.3 Find the
701. A wooden plank meters long has one required force acting horizontally that
end leaning on top of a vertical wall 1.5 will start the block to block up the
m high and the other end resting on a plane.
horizontal ground. Neglecting friction,
A. 4236 N
find if a force (parallel to the plank) of
100 N is needed to pull a 400 N block up B. 1160 N
the plank.
C. 5205 N
A. 6 m
D. 2570 N
B. 5 m
705. What is the acceleration of the body
C. 4 m that increases in velocity from 20 m/s to
40 m/s in 3 seconds? Answer in S.I.
D. 3 m
units.
702. A block of wood is resting on a level
A. 8 m/s2
surface. If the coefficient of friction
 B. 6.67 m/s2 709. A car starting from rest moves with a
constant acceleration of 10 km/hr2 for 1
C. 5 m/s2
hour, then decelerates at a constant -5
D. 7 m/s2 km/hr2 until it comes to a stop. How far
has it travelled?
706. From a speed of 75 kph, a car
decelerates at the rate of 500 m/min2 A. 10 km
along a straight path. Howw far in
B. 20 km
meters, will it travel in 45 sec?
C. 12 km
A. 795
D. 15 km
B. 791
710. The velocity of an automobile starting
C. 797
from rest is given by /
D. 793 / ft./sec.

707. With a starting speed of 30 kph at a Determine its acceleration after an

point , a car accelerates uniformly. interval of 10 seconds (in ft/sec2).
After 18 minutes, it reaches point , 21
A. 2.10
km from . Find the acceleration of the
car in m/s2. B. 1.71

A. 0.126 m/s2 C. 2.25

B. 0.0562 m/s2 D. 2.75

C. 0.0206 m/s2 711. A train running at 60 kph decelerated at

8 m/min2 for 14 minutes. Find the
D. 3.42 m/s2
distance traveled, in kilometers within
708. A train upon passing point at a speed this period.
of 72 kph accelerates at 0.75 m/s2 for
A. 12.2
one minute along a straight path then
decelerates at 1.0 m/s2. How far in B. 13.2
kilometers from point will it be in 2
C. 13.8
minutes after passing point .
D. 12.8
A. 4.95
712. An automobile accelerates at a constant
B. 4.75
rate of 15 mi/hr to 45 mi/hr in 15
C. 4.85 seconds, while travelling in a straight
line. What is the average acceleration?
D. 4.65
 A. 2 ft/s2 B. 113 mm

B. 2.39 ft/s2 C. 103 mm

C. 2.12 ft/s2 D. 93 mm

D. 2.93 ft/s2 716. A force of 10 Newtons is applied to one

end of a 10 inches diameter circular rod.
713. A car was travelling at a speed of 50
Calculate the stress.
mph. The driver saw a road block 80 m
ahead and stepped on the brake causing A. 0.20 kPa
the car to decelerate uniformly at 10
B. 0.05 kPa
m/s2. Find the distance from the
roadblock to the point where the car C. 0.10 kPa
stopped. Assume perception reaction
time is 2 seconds. D. 0.15 kPa

A. 12.48 m 717. What force is required to punch a 20-

mm diameter hole through a 10-mm
B. 6.25 m thick plate. The ultimate strength of the
plate material is 450 MPa.
C. 10.28 m
A. 241 kN
D. 8.63 m
B. 283 kN
714. A man driving his car at 45 mph
suddenly sees an object in the road 60 C. 386 kN
feet ahead. What constant deceleration
is required to stop the car in this D. 252 kN
distance?
718. A steel pipe 1.5m in diameter is
A. -36.3 ft/s2 required to carry am internal pressure
of 750 kPa. If the allowable tensile
B. -45.2 ft/s2 stress of steel is 140 MPa, determine
the required thickness of the pipe in
C. -33.4 ft/s2
mm.
D. -42.3 ft/s2
A. 4.56
715. Determine the outside diameter of
B. 5.12
hallow steel tube that will carry a tensile
load of 500 kN at a stress of 140 MPa. C. 4.25
Assume the wall thickness to be one-
tenth of the outside diameter. D. 4.01

A. 123 mm 719. A spherical pressure vessel 400-mm in

diameter has a uniform thickness of 6
 mm. The vessel contains gas under a
pressure of 8,000 kPa. If the ultimate
tensile stress of the material is 420 MPa,
what is the factor of safety with respect
to the tensile failure?
a stress of 140 MPa it was
m/m. If the proportional limit was
200 MPa, what is the modulus of
elasticity. What is the strain
corresponding to the stress of 80 MPa?

A. 3.15 A. MPa;
m/m
B. 3.55
B. MPa;
C. 2.15
m/m
D. 2.55
C. MPa;
720. A metal specimen 36-mm in diameter m/m
has a length of 360 mm. A force of 300
D. MPa;
kN elongates the length by 1.20 mm.
m/m
What is the modulus of elasticity?
723. An axial load of 100 kN is applied to a
A. 88.419 GPa
flat bar 20 mm thick, tapering in width
B. 92.564 GPa from 120 mm to 40 mm in a length of 10
m. Assuming GPa, determine
C. 92.658 GPa the total elongation of the bar.
D. 95.635 GPa A. 3.43 mm
721. A steel wire 5-m long hanging vertically B. 2.125 mm
supports a weight of 1200 N. Determine
the required wire diameter if the stress C. 4.33 mm
is limited to 140 MPa and the total
D. 1.985 mm
elongation must not exceed 4mm.
Neglect the weight of the wire and 724. Steel bar having a rectangular cross-
assume GPa. section 15 mm 20 mm and 150 m
long is suspended vertically from one
A. 3.09 mm
end. The steel has a unit mass of 7850
B. 3.56 mm kg/m3 and a modulus of elasticity of
200 GPa. If a loaf of 20 kN is suspended
C. 3.33 mm at the other end of the rod, determine
D. 2.89 mm the total elongation of the rod.

722. During a stress-strin test, the unit A. 43.5 mm

deformation at a stress of 35 MPa was B. 54.3 mm
observed to be m/m and at
 C. 35.4 mm C. 100.0303 mm

D. 45.3 mm D. 100.0414 mm

725. A steel bar 50 mm in diameter and 2 m 728. The maximum allowable torque, in kN-
long is surrounded by a shell of cast iron m, for a 50-mm diameter steel shaft
5 mm thick. Compute the load that will when the allowable shearing stress is
compress the bar a total of 1 mm in the 81.5 MPa is:
length of 2 m. Use GPa
A. 3.0
and GPa.
B. 1.0
A. 200 kN
C. 4.0
B. 240 kN
D. 2.0
C. 280 kN
729. The rotation of twist in degrees of a
D. 320 kN
shaft, 800 mm long subjected to a
726. A 20-mm diameter steel rod, 250 mm torque of 80 N-m, 20 mm in diameter
long is subjected to a tensile force of 75 and shear modulus of 80,000 MPa is:
kN. If the Poisson’s ratio µ is 0.30,
A. 3.03
determine the lateral strain of the rod.
Use GPa. B. 4.04
A. mm/mm C. 2.92

B. mm/mm D. 1.81

C. mm/mm 730. Compute the value the shear modulus

of steel whose modulus of elasticity is
D. mm/mm
200 GPa and Poisson’s ratio µ is 0.30.
727. A solid aluminum shaft of 100-mm A. 72,456 MPa
diameter fits concentrically in a hollow
steel tube, determine the minimum B. 76,923 MPa
internal diameter of the steel tube so
C. 79,698 MPa
that no contact pressure exists when
the aluminum shaft carries an axial D. 82,400 MPa
compressive load of 600 kN. Assume
Poisson’s ratio µ=1/3 and the modulus 731. Determine the length of the shortest 2-
of elasticity of aluminum be 70 GPa. mm diameter bronze wire, which can be
twisted through two complete turns
A. 100.0364 mm without exceeding a stress of 70 MPa.
Use GPa.
B. 100.0312 mm
 A. 6.28 m will cause a total deflection of 80 mm.
Assume GPa for both springs.
B. 5.23 m
A. 223.3 N
C. 6.89 m
B. 228.8 N
D. 8.56 m
C. 214.8 N
732. A hollow steel shaft 2540 mm long must
transmit torque of 35 kN-m. The total D. 278.4 N
angle of twist must not exceed 3
735. A 10-meter long simply supported beam
degrees. The maximum shearing stress
carries a uniform load of 8 kN/m for 6
must not exceed 110 MPa. Find the
meters from the left support and a
inside diameter and the outside
concentrated load of 15 kN 2 meters
diameter of the shaft that meets these
from the right support. Determine the
conditions.
maximum shear and moment.
A. mm; mm
A. kN; kN-
B. mm; mm m

C. mm; mm B. kN; kN-

m
D. mm; mm
C. kN;
733. Determine the maximum shearing stress
kN-m
in a helical steel spring composed of 20
turns of 20-mm diameter wire on a D. kN; kN-
mean radius of 80 mm when the spring m
is supporting a load of 2 kN.
736. A simple beam, 10 m long carries a
A. 110.6 MPa concentrated load of 500 kN at the
midspan. What is the maximum
B. 101.1 MPa
moment of the beam?
C. 120.6 MPa
A. 1250 kN-m
D. 136.5 MPa
B. 1050 kN-m
734. A load is supported by two springs
C. 1520 kN-m
arranged in series. The upper spring has
20 turns of 29-mm diameter wire on a D. 1510 kN-m
mean diameter of 150 mm. The lower
737. A small square 5 cm by 5 cm is cut out
spring consist of 15 turns of 10-mm
of one corner of a rectangular
diameter wire on a mean diameter of
cardboard 20 cm by 30 cm long. How
130 mm. Determine the value of that
 far, in cm from the uncut longer side, is 741. One hundred (100) grams of water are
the centroid of the remaining area? mixed with 150 grams of alcohol
( kg/ cu m). What is the specific
A. 9.56
gravity of the resulting mixtures,
B. 9.35 assuming that the two fluids mix
completely?
C. 9.48
A. 0.96
D. 9.67
B. 0.82
738. What is the inertia of a bowling ball
(mass = 0.5 kg) of radius 15 cm rotating C. 0.63
at an angular speed of 10 rpm for 6
D. 0.86
seconds?
742. 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of
A. 0.0045 kg-m2
alcohol ( kg/ cu m). What is the
B. 0.001 kg-m2 specific volume of the resulting
mixtures, assuming that the two fluids
C. 0.005 kg-m2 mix completely?
D. 0.002 kg-m2 A. 0.88 cu cm/g
739. What is the moment of inertia of a B. 1.20 cu cm/g
cylinder of radius 5 m and a mass of 5
kg? C. 0.82 cu cm/g

A. 62.5 kg-m2 D. 0.63 cu cm/g

B. 80 kg-m2 743. The pressure 34 meters below the

ocean is nearest to:
C. 72.5 kg-m2
A. 204 kPa
D. 120 kg-m2
B. 222 kPa
740. The mass of air in a room which is 3m
5m 20m is known to be 350 kg. Find its C. 344 kPa
density.
D. 362 kPa
A. 1.167 kg/m3
744. What is the atmospheric pressure on a
B. 1.176 kg/m 3 planet where the absolute pressure is
100kPa and the gage pressure is 10 kPa?
C. 1.617 kg/m3
A. 90 kPa
D. 1.716 kg/m3
B. 80 kPa
 C. 100 kPa B. 52.1 psia

D. 10 kPa C. 36.4 psia

745. If the pressure at a point in the ocean is D. 15 psia

60 kPa, what is the pressure 27 meters
749. The volume of a gas under standard
below this point?
atmospheric pressure 76 cm Hg is 200
A. 256.3 kPa in3. What is the volume when the
pressure is 80 cm Hg, if the temperature
B. 521.3 kPa
is unchanged?
C. 332.8 kPa
A. 190 in3
D. 185.4 kPa
B. 90 in3
746. A pressure gage 6 m above the bottom
C. 110 in3
of the tank containing a liquid reads 90
kPa; another gage height 4 m reads 103 D. 30.4 in3
kPa. Determine the specific weight of
750. A two-meter square plane surface is
the liquid.
immersed vertically below the water
A. 6.5 kN/m3 surface. The immersion is such that the
two edges of the square are horizontal.
B. 5.1 kN/m3
If the top of the square is 1 meter below
C. 3.2 kN/m3 the water surface, what is the total
water pressure exerted on the plane
D. 8.5 kN/m3 surface?
747. The weight density of a mud is given by A. 43.93 kN
, where is in kN/m3
and is in meters. Determine the B. 52.46 kN
pressure, in kPa, at a depth of 5m.
C. 64.76 kN
A. 89.36 kPa
D. 78.48 kN
B. 56.25 kPa
751. Find the total water pressure on a
C. 62.5 kPa vertical circular gate, 2 meters in
diameter, with its top 3.5 meters below
D. 78.54 kPa the water surface.
748. What is the resulting pressure when one A. 138.7 kN
pound of air at 15 psia and 200°F is
heated at constant volume to 800°F? B. 107.9 kN

A. 28.6 psia C. 169.5 kN

 D. 186.5 kN 755. The sum of the pressure head, elevation
head, and the velocity head remains
752. An iceberg having specific gravity of
constant, this is known as:
0.92 is floating on salt water of sp. gr.
1.03. If the volume of ice above the A. Bernoulli’s Theorem
water surface is 1000 cu. m., what is the
B. Boyle’s Law
total volume of the ice?
C. Archimedes’ Principle
A. 8523 m3
D. Torrecelli’s Theorem
B. 7862 m3
756. What is the expected head loss per mile
C. 9364 m3
of closed circular pipe (17-in inside
D. 6325 m3 diameter, friction factor of 0.03) when
3300 gal/min of water flow under
753. A block of wood requires a force of 40 N
pressure?
to keep it immersed in water and a
force of 100 N to keep it immersed in A. 38 ft
glycerin (sp. gr. = 1.3). Find the weight
B. 0.007 ft
and sp. gr. Of the wood.
C. 3580 ft
A. 0.7
D. 64 ft
B. 0.6
757. What is the rate of flow of water
C. 0.9
passing through a pipe with a diameter
D. 0.8 of 20 mm and speed of 0.5 m/sec?

754. Reynolds number may be calculated A. m3/s

from:
B. m3/s
A. diameter, density, and absolute
C. m3/s
viscosity
D. m3/s
B. diameter, velocity, and surface
tension 758. An orifice has a coefficient of discharge
of 0.62 and a coefficient of contraction
C. diameter, velocity, and absolute
of 0.63. Determine the coefficient of
viscosity
velocity for the orifice.
D. characteristic length, mass flow rate
A. 0.98
per unit area, and absolute viscosity
B. 0.99

C. 0.97
 D. 0.96 A. 625 mm

759. The theoretical velocity of flow through B. 576 mm

an orifice 3 m below the surface of
C. 479 mm
water in a tall tank is:
D. 352 mm
A. 8.63 m/s
763. Assume that 57 liters per second of oil
B. 9.85 m/s
( kg/m3) is pumped through a
C. 5.21 m/s 300 mm diameter pipeline of cast iron.
If each pump produces 685 kPa, how far
D. 7.67 m/s
apart can they be placed? (Assume
760. Water having kinematic viscosity )
m2/s flows in a 100-mm
A. 23.7 m
diameter pipe at a velocity of 4.5 m/s.
the Reynolds number is: B. 32.2 m

A. 346,150 C. 12.6 m

B. 258,250 D. 19.8 m

C. 387,450 764. A 20-mm diameter commercial steel

D. 298,750
761. Oil having specific gravity of 0.869 and
dynamic viscosity of 0.0814 Pa-s flows
through a cast iron pipe at a velocity of
1 m/s. The pipe is 50 m long and 150
mm in diameter. Find the head lost due
to friction.
pipe, 30 m long is used to drain an oil
tank. Determine the discharge when the
oil level in the tank is 3 m above the exit
of the pipe. Neglect minor losses and
assume .
A. 0.000256 m3/s
B. 0.000179 m3/s

A. 0.73 m C. 0.000113 m3/s

B. 0.45 m D. 0.000869 m3/s

C. 0.68 m

D. 1.25 m

762. What commercial size of new cast iron

pipe shall be used to carry 4490 gpm
with a lost of head of 10.56 feet per
mile? Assume .
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765. The recorded current value of an asset 769. The lessening of the value of an asset
is known as: due to the decrease in the quantity
available. This refers to the natural
A. scrap value
resources such as coal, oil, and timber in
B. book value the forest.

C. salvage value A. depreciation

D. present worth B. depletion

766. The ratio of the interest payment to the C. inflation

principal for a given unit of time and is
usually expressed as a percentage of the
principal is known as:
A. investment
B. nominal interest
C. interest
D. interest rate
767. A method of depreciation whereby the
amount to recover is spread over the
estimated life of the asset in terms of
the periods or units of output is called:
D. incremental cost
770. The method of depreciation where a
fixed sum of money is regularly
deposited at compound interest in a
real or imaginary fund in order to
accumulate an amount equal to the
total depreciation of an asset at the end
of the asset’s estimated life is known as:
A. straight line method
B. SYD method
C. declining balance method

A. SOYD method D. sinking fund method

B. declining balance method 771. The term used to express the series of
uniform payments occurring at equal
C. straight line method interval of time is:
D. sinking fund method A. compound interest
768. The interest rate at which the present B. annuity
worth of cash flow on a project is zero,
or the interest earned by an investment. C. perpetuity

A. rate of return D. depreciation

B. effective rate 772. The profit derived from a project or

business enterprise without
C. nominal rate consideration of obligations to financial
D. yield
 contributors and claims of others based C. luxuries
on profit is known as:
D. producer goods and services
A. yield
776. These are product or services that are
B. earning value required to support human life and
activities, that will be purchased in
C. economic return
somewhat the same quantity even
D. expected yield though the price varies considerably.

773. As applied to capitalized asset, the A. utilities

distribution of the initial cost by periodic
B. necessities
changes to operation as in depreciation
or the reduction of the depth by either C. luxuries
periodic or irregular prearranged
D. producer goods and services
program is called:
777. A condition where only few individuals
A. amortization
produce a certain product and that any
B. annuity action of one will lead to almost the
same action of the others.
C. depreciation
A. oligopoly
D. capital recovery
B. semi-oligopoly
774. Those funds that are required to make
the enterprise or project a going C. monopoly
concern.
D. perfect competition
A. banking
778. This occurs in a situation where a
B. accumulated amount commodity or service is supplied by a
number of vendors and there is nothing
C. working capital
to prevent additional vendors entering
D. principal or present worth the market.

775. These are product or services that are A. perfect competition

desired by humans and will be
B. monopoly
purchased if money is available after the
required necessities have been C. oligopoly
obtained.
D. elastic demand
A. utilities
779. It is the amount that a willing buyer will
B. necessities pay to a willing seller for a property
 where each has equal advantage and is which of the following could invalidate
under no compulsion to buy or sell. the calculations?

A. fair value A. mutually exclusive projects

B. use value B. evaluation over different periods

C. market value C. non-conventional cash flows

D. book value D. difference in the magnitude of the

projects
780. It is defined to be the capacity of a
commodity to satisfy human want. 784. Which of the following is a form of
business/company ownership?
A. discount
A. partnership
B. luxuries
B. corporation
C. utility
C. single proprietorship
D. necessity
D. all of these
781. A form of summary of assets, liabilities,
and net worth: 785. What must two investments with the
same present worth and unequal lives have?
A. balance method
A. identical salvage value
B. break-even point
B. different salvage values
C. balance sheet
C. identical equivalent uniform annual
D. production
cash flows
782. The worth of a property, which is equal
D. different equivalent annual cash
to the original cost less depreciation, is
flows
known as:
786. Find the interest on P6800.00 for 3 years at
A. earning value 11% simple interest.

B. scrap value A. P1,875.00

C. book value B. P1,987.00

D. face value C. P2,144.00

783. When using net present worth D. P2,244.00

calculations to compare two projects,
787. A man borrowed P10,000.00 from his friend
and agrees to pay at the end of 90 days
 under 8% simple interest rate. What is the 791. If P16,000 earns P480 in 9 months, what is
required amount? the annual rate of interest?

A. P10,200.00 A. 1%

B. P11,500.00 B. 2%

C. P9,500.00 C. 3%

D. P10,700.00 D. 4%

788. Annie buys a television set from a merchant 792. A man lends P6000 at 6% simple interest for
who offers P25,000.00 at the end of 60 4 years. At the end of this time he invests
days. Annie wishes to pay immediately and the entire amount (principal plus
the merchant offers to compute the investment) at 5% compounded annually
required amount on the assumption that for 12 years. How much will he have at the
the money is worth 14% simple interest. end of the 16-year period?
What is the required amount?
A. P13,361.20
A. P20,234,87
B. P13,633.20
B. P19,222.67
C. P13,333.20
C. P24,429.97
D. P16,323.20
D. P28,456.23
793. A time deposit of P110,000 for 31 days
789. What is the principal amount if the amount earns P890.39 on maturity date after
of interest at the end of 2½ year is P4500 deducting the 20% withholding tax on
for a simple interest of 6% per annum? interest income. Find the rate of interest
per annum.
A. P35,000.00
A. 12.5%
B. P30,000.00
B. 11.95%
C. P40,000.00
C. 12.25%
D. P45,000.00
D. 11.75%
790. How long must a P40,000 note bearing 4%
simple interest to run to amount to 794. A bank charges 12% simple interest on a
P41,350.00? P300.00 loan. How much will be repaid if
the load is paid back in one lump sum after
A. 340 days three years?
B. 403 days A. P408.00
C. 304 days B. P551.00
D. 430 days C. P415.00
 D. P450.00 B. P8,567.98

795. The tag price of a certain commodity is for C. P10,987.90

100 days. If paid in 31 days, there is a 3%
discount. What is the simple interest paid? D. P7,876.87

A. 12.15% 800. How long will it take P1,000 to amount to

P1,346 if invested at 6% compounded
B. 6.25% quarterly?

C. 22.32% A. 3 years

D. 16.14% B. 4 years

796. Accumulate P5,000.00 for 10 years at 8% C. 5 years

compounded quarterly.
D. 6 years
A. P12,456.20
801. How long will it take for an investment to
B. P13,876.50 double its amount if invested at an interest
rate of 6% compounded bi-monthly?
C. P10,345.80
A. 10 years
D. P11,040.20
B. 12 years
797. Accumulate P5,000.00 for 10 years at 8%
compounded semi-annually. C. 13 years

A. P10,955.61 D. 14 years

B. P10,233.67 802. If the compound interest on P3,000.00 in 2

years is P500.00, then the compound
C. P9,455.67 interest on P3,000.00 in 4 years is:
D. P11,876.34 A. P956.00
798. Accumulate P5,000.00 for 10 years at 8% B. P1,083.00
compounded monthly.
C. P1,125.00
A. P15,456.75
D. P1,526.00
B. P11,102.61
803. The salary of Mr. Cruz is increased by 30%
C. P14,768.34 every 2 years beginning January 1,1982.
D. P12,867.34 Counting from that date, at what year will
his salary just exceed twice his original
799. Accumulate P5,000.00 for 10 years at 8% salary?
compounded annually.
A. 1988
A. P10,794.62
B. 1989
 C. 1990 809. A man is expecting to receive P450,000.00
at the end of 7 years. If money is worth 14%
D. 1991 compounded quarterly, how much is it
804. If you borrowed P10,000 from a bank with worth at present?
18% interest per annum, what is the total A. P125,458.36
amount to be repaid at the end of one
year? B. P147,456.36

A. P11,800.00 C. P162,455.63

B. P19,000.00 D. P171,744.44

C. P28,000.00 810. A man has a will of P650,000.00 from his

father, If his father deposited an amount of
D. P10,180.00 P450,000.00 in a trust fund earning 8%
805. What is the effective rate for an interest compounded annually, after how many
rate of 12% compounded continuously? years will the man receive his will?

A. 12.01% A. 4.55 years

B. 12.89% B. 4.77 years

C. 12.42% C. 5.11 years

D. 12.75% D. 5.33 years

806. How long will it take for an investment to 811. Mr. Adam deposited P120,000.00 in a bank
fivefold its amount if money is worth 14% who offers 8% interest compounded
compounded semiannually? quarterly. If the interest is subject to a 14%
tax, how much will he receive after 5 years?
A. 11
A. P178,313.69
B. 12
B. P153.349.77
C. 13
C. P170,149.77
D. 14
D. P175,343.77
807. An interest rate of 8% compounded
semiannually is how many percent if
compounded quarterly?

A. 7.81%

B. 7.85%

C. 7.92%

D. 8.01%