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2. Two times the mother’s age is 8 more than six times her daughter’s
age. Ten years ago, the sum of their ages was 44. What is the daughter’s
age?
a) 15 yrs old* b) 18 yrs old
c) 12 yrs old d) 16 yrs old
4. Cleofas borrowed P2,000.00 from a bank and agreed to pay the loan at
the end of one year. The bank discounted the loan and gave him P1950 in
cash. Determine the rate of discount.
a) 3.75 % b) 3.12 %
c) 2.5 %* d) 1.2 %
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10. It is now between 3 and 4 o’clock and twenty minutes the minute hand
will be as much as the hour-hand as it is now behind it. What is the
time now?
a) 3:06.36* b) 3:03.66
c) 3:36.06 d) 3:30.66
13. If the roots of an equation are zero, then, how do you classify the
solutions?
a. Extraneous solutions b. Trivial solutions*
c. Conditional solutions d. Ambiguous solutions
16. This law in electrical circuits state, “The algebraic sum of all
voltages around a closed path (or loop) is zero”. How do you call this
law?
a) Kirrchoff’s current law b) Ohm’s current law
c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law* d) Ohm’s voltage law
17. This is a point where the concavity of a curve changes or when the
slope of the curve is neither increasing nor decreasing. What is this
point commonly called?
a) Maximum point b) Minimum point
c) Point of tangency d) Point of inflection*
20. How do you call the distance of a point from the y-axis?
a) Polar distance b) Coordinate
c) Abscissa* d) Ordinate
24. A prefix denoting a multiple of ten times any of the physical units
of the system international.
a. Deka* b. Nano
c. Hecto d. Exa
25. This is the case of a solution of a plane triangle where the given
data leads to two solutions. How do you call this case?
a) Ambiguous case* b) Quadratic case
c) Extraneous case d) Conditional case
27. How do you call the integral of any quotient whose numerator is the
differential of the denominator?
a) Co-logarithm b) Logarithm*
c) Product d) Derivative
29. What can you say about the present worth of all depreciation over
the economic life of the item?
a) Maintenance b) Capital recovery
c) Depreciation recovery* d) Annuity
30. What do you think is the provision in the contract that indicates
the possible adjustment of material cost and labor cost?
a) Secondary clause b) Specification
c) Escalatory clause* d) General provision
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31. These are used to produce consumer goods and services. Guess, what
are these?
a) Consumer goods and services
b) Producer goods and services*
c) Necessity products and services
d) Luxury products and services
32. What do you think are those products or services that are required
to support human life and activities that will be purchased in somewhat
the same quantity even though the price varies considerably?
a) Consumer goods and services
b) Producer goods and services
c) Necessity products and services*
d) Luxury products and services
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40. How do you call a ring shaped surface or solid obtained by rotating
a circle about a coplanar line that does not intersect?
a) Torus* b) Annulus
c) Circoloid d) Annular
41. Which of the following Common wealth Acts is known as the oldest
Mechanical Engineering law?
a) Commonwealth Act 394 b) Commonwealth Act 594
c) Commonwealth Act 294* d)Commonwealth Act 8394
45. The angle that the line of sight to the object, makes with the
horizontal, which is above the eye of the observer, is called as:
a) Angle of elevation* b) Angle of depression
c) Acute angle d) Obtuse angle
49. The ratio of annual sales to the average of assets used in producing
these sales.
a) Inventory turnover b) Asset turnover*
c) Operating – expense ratio d) Quick ratio
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50. If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lbf per cubic foot, what
is the specific volume of the liquid?
a) 1.0675 cm3/g* b) 0.5321 cm3/g
c) 1.5502 cm3/g d) 0.9504 cm3/g
52. The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1 gram per gram-atom. What is the
mass of a hydrogen atom?
a) 1.66 x 10-24 g/atom* b) 6.02 x 10-23 g/atom
c) 1 g/atom d) The mass is too small to calculate
53. A 5 meter extension ladder leans against the wall; the bottom is 3 m
from the wall. If the bottom stays at the same place, how much should
the ladder be extended so that the top would lean against the wall 1
meter higher?
a) 1.2 m b) 1.5 m
c) 0.5m d) 0.83095 m*
55. A machine was purchased under these terms: P30,000 down and P5,000
each month for 5 years. If money is worth 12% compounded monthly, what
is the cash price of the machine?
a) P144, 775.19 b) P245, 775.19
c) P542, 775.91 d) P254, 775.19*
56. Determine the amount that must be deposited every 3 months in a fund
paying 12% compounded quarterly in order to have P25,000 in 8 years.
a) P746.71 b) P476.17*
c) P674.71 d) P700.00
57. A situation whereby payment is made for work not done. The term also
applies to the case where more workers are used than a reasonable
requirement for efficient operation.
a) Downtime pay* b) Check-in-pay
c) Feather bidding d) Moon lighting
58. A net force that will give to a mass of one gram an acceleration of
1 cm/s2 is said to be:
a) Newton b) Ergs
c) Kilogram force d) Dyne*
59. The index that gives the rate earned per share based on current
price per share is called as:
a) Price-earning ratio b) Operating expense ratio
c) Dividend yield* d) Equity ratio
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62. A leak from a faucet comes out in separate drops. Which of the
following is the main cause of this phenomenon?
a) Air resistance b) Gravity
c) Surface tension* d) Viscosity of the fluid
68. Firm A use full absorption costing while B was variable products
costing. How will the finance statements of these companies differ?
a) Firm A has higher cost of good sold and therefore, smaller profit
b) Firm A has a higher cost of goods sold, higher inventory value and
higher retained earnings*
c) Firm A has smaller cost of good sold and a larger profit
d) There are nod difference
a) Company A’s profits will be higher and the book value of their
inventory will be higher than for the company B.
b) Company A’s profits will be higher and the book value of their
inventory will be lower than for company B.
c) Company B’s profits and inventory book value will be higher than
for company A.*
d) Company B’s profits will be higher than A’s, but inventory book
value will be lower.
70. A type of annuity where the payments are made at the start of each
period beginning from the first period:
a) Ordinary annuity b)Annuity due*
c) Deferred annuity d)Perpetuity
71. It is the amount which a willing buyer will pay to a willing seller
for property each has equal advantage and is under no compulsion to buy
or sell
a) Fair value b) Market value*
c) Book value d) Salvage value
75. The length o time usually in years for cumulative net annual profit
to equal the investment
a) Receivable turnover b) Return of investment
c) Payback period* d) Price earning ratio
76. The study of motion without reference to the forces which causes
motion is known as:
a) Kinetics b) Dynamics
c) Kinematic d) Statics
77. If the graph of the conic equation turns out to be just a pair of
lines a single point or there has be no graph at all. The conic section
is called:
a) Regenerative conic b) Recursive conic
c) Ancillary conic d) Degenerative conic*
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78. The sum of the two interior angles of the triangles is equal to the
third angle and the difference of the angles is equal to 2/3 of the
third angle. Find the third angle.
a) 15° b) 75°
c) 90°* d) 120°
82. How do you classify this interest rate, which specifies the actual
rate of interest on the principal for one year?
a) Nominal rate b) Rate of return
c) Exact interest rate d) Effective rate*
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*** What is an estimate of assets’ net market value at the end of its
estimated life?
a) Market value b) Fair value
c) Salvage value* d) Book value
a) Working capital*
b) Accumulated amount
c) Banking
d) Principal or present worth
***Liquid assets such as cash and other assets that can be converted
quickly into cash, such as accounts receivable and merchandise are
called:
a) Current assets*
b) Fixed assets
c) Total assets
d) Land and buildings
***A type of bond, without any security behind them except a promise to
pay by the issuing corporation is known as:
a. Collateral trust bond b. Mortgage bond
c. Debenture bond* d. Joint bond
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