Sample Test

Entry Test for MS in Petroleum Engineering

The entry test will be based on GRE general test pattern, which includes 55% basic engineering
(petroleum engineering) and rest of it (i.e. 45%) will include; English grammar, quantitative
reasoning, verbal reasoning and analytical reasoning. Some model questions are given below as
example.

Q.1 If S were twice as old as he is, he would be 40 years older than J. J is 10 years younger
than S. How old is S?
a) 20 yrs
b) 30 yrs
c) 40 yrs
d) 50 yrs
ANS (b)

Q.2 A produces 120 bolts/40 seconds; B produces 100/20 seconds. If the two run
simultaneously, how many seconds will it take for them to produce a total of 200 bolts?
a) 22
b) 25
c) 28
d) 32
ANS (b)

Q.3 A sum of money was to be divided amongst A and B in the ratio of 2:3. If the money is
divided in the ratio of 3: 2, A will benefit by Rs. 75. The total money is
a) Rs. 325
b) Rs. 375
c) Rs. 250
d) Rs. 225
ANS (b)

Q.4 If n = 1 + x, where x is the product of 4 consecutive positive integers, then which of the
following is/are true?
1. n is odd;
2. n is prime
3. n is a perfect square

a) 1 and 3 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 1 only
d) None of these
ANS (c)
Q.5 A 17-kg ladder has a center of mass at G. If the coefficients of friction at A and B are A =
0.3 and B = 0.2, respectively, determine the smallest horizontal force that the man must exert of
the ladder at point C in order to push the ladder forward.
a) F = 120.2 N
b) F = 288 N
c) F = 166.8 N
d) F = 204 N
ANS (d)

Q.6 Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.

a) R = 80.3 lb, θ = 106.2° CCW
b) R = 80.3 lb, θ = 73.8° CCW
c) R = 72.1 lb, θ = 63.6° CCW
d) R = 72.1 lb, θ = 116.4° CCW
ANS (a)

Q.7 A race car starting from rest moves along a straight

track with an acceleration as shown in the graph (where for
t 10 s, a = 8 m/s2). Determine the time t for the car to reach
a speed of 50 m/s.
a) t = 11.25 s
b) t = 6.25 s
c) t = 12.5 s
d) t = 3.53 s
ANS (a)
Q.8 What is the current flow through R1, R2, and R3?
a) 1A, 1A, 1A
b) 1A, 2A, 3A
c) 3A, 3A, 3A
d) 3A, 2A, 1A
ANS (a)
Q.9 Which of the following metric prefixes could replace 10–9?
a) Nano
b) Mega
c) Kilo
d) Micro
ANS (a)

Q.10 A well is drilling ahead at 10,000 ft MD (9,000 ft TVD) with a BHA comprised of 400 ft
of 8-in × 3-in drill collars (147 lb/ft) and 4 1/2-in, 16.60 lb/ft drill pipe (18.40 lb/ft adjusted weight).
A bit trip is required. Assume there is no fluid lost to the formation and the drill string is pulled
dry (i.e., there is no loss of fluid at the surface). The total volume (barrels) of drilling fluid required
to keep the hole full while tripping completely out of
the hole is most nearly:
a) 54
b) 67
c) 79
d) 86
ANS (d)

Q.11 A dry gas reservoir has an estimated bulk volume of 9,418 acre-feet, an average porosity
of 0.20, and an initial water saturation of 0.35. If the gas formation volume factor is 0.004503
ft3/scf, the initial gas in place (MMscf) is most nearly:
a) 211
b) 6,380
c) 11,800
d) 18,200
ANS (c)

Q.12 The assumption not used in the derivation of the radial flow form of the diffusivity equation
is:
a) Uniform thickness across the reservoir
b) A fluid with small and constant compressibility
c) Homogeneous and isotropic medium
d) Flow into the wellbore continues after the well is shut in.
ANS (d)
 Quantitative Reasoning
Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the
two quantities if such information is given, and select one of the following four answer choices.
 Quantity A is greater.
 Quantity B is greater.
 The two quantities are equal.
 The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same meaning throughout the question.

Q.1
Quantity A Quantity B

A. Quantity A is greater.
B. Quantity B is greater.
C. The two quantities are equal.
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Answer: A
Q.2

Quantity A Quantity B
x y
A. Quantity A is greater.
B. Quantity B is greater.
C. The two quantities are equal.
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Answer: D
Multiple-choice Questions — Select One Answer Choice
These questions are multiple-choice questions that ask you to select only one answer choice from
a list of five choices.

Sample Questions
Directions: Select a single answer choice.
Q.1 The figure for sample question 1 is a circle with center C. Two
diameters of the circle are drawn, dividing the circle into 4 sectors, two
nonadjacent sectors are shaded, and the central angle of one of the unshaded
sections measures 160 degrees. End of figure description.

Q.1.
The figure above shows a circle with center C and radius 6. What is the sum of the areas of the
two shaded regions?

A. 7.5 π
B. 6 π
C. 4.5 π
D. 4 π
E. 3 π
Answer: D

Question 1 is based on the following reading passage.

Electric washing machines, first introduced in the United States in 1925, significantly reduced the
amount of time spent washing a given amount of clothes, yet the average amount of time
households spent washing clothes increased after 1925. This increase is partially accounted for by
the fact that many urban households had previously sent their clothes to professional laundries.
But the average amount of time spent washing clothes also increased for rural households with no
access to professional laundries.

Q.1 Select and indicate the best answer from among the five answer choices:
Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the time spent washing clothes
increased in rural areas?
(A) People with access to an electric washing machine typically wore their clothes many fewer
times before washing them than did people without access to electric washing machines.
(B) Households that had sent their clothes to professional laundries before 1925 were more
likely than other households to purchase an electric washing machine when they became
available.
(C) People living in urban households that had previously sent their clothes to professional
laundries typically owned more clothes than did people living in rural households.
(D) The earliest electric washing machines required the user to spend much more time beside
the machine than do modern electric washing machines.
 (E) In the 1920s and 1930s the proportion of rural households with electricity was smaller than
the proportion of urban households with electricity.

Each of the following questions includes a short text with a blank, indicating that something
has been omitted. Select the entry that best completes the text.
Q.2 In the 1950s, the country’s inhabitants were _______: most of them knew very little about
foreign countries.
(A) A partisan
(B) B erudite
(C) C insular
(D) D cosmopolitan
(E) E imperturbable
Q.3. Since she believed him to be both candid and trustworthy, she refused to consider the
possibility that his statement had been __________.
(A) A irrelevant
(B) B facetious
(C) C mistaken
(D) D critical
(E) E insincere
Q.4. It is his dubious distinction to have proved what nobody would think of denying, that Romero
at the age of sixty-four writes with all the characteristics of __________.
(A) A maturity
(B) B fiction
(C) C inventiveness
(D) D art
(E) E brilliance