MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS in ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS by JAS Tordillo

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS BY TORDILLO
Multiple Choice a) 65
Question b) 75
in c) 85
Engineering Mathematics d) 95
By JAS Tordillo 12. The sum of two numbers is 35 and their product is 15. Find the sum of there
reciprocal.
a) 2/7
1. A man sold a book by mistake at 120% of the marked price instead of b) 7/3
discounting the marked price by 20%. If he sold the book for P14.40, what was the c) 2/3
price for which he have sold the book? d) 5/2
a) P8.00 13. The smallest natural number for which 2 natural numbers are factors.
b) P8.50 a) Least common divisor
c) P9.00 b) Least common denominator
d) P9.60 c) Least common factor
2. In how many ways can 9 books be arranged on a shelf so that 5 of the books are d) Least common multiple
always together? 14. Ana is 5 years older than Beth. In 5 years, the product of their ages is 1.5 times
a) 30,200 the product of their present ages. How old is Beth now?
b) 25,400 a) 30
c) 15,500 b) 25
d) 14,400 c) 20
3. If one third of the air tank is removed by each stroke of an air pump, what d) 15
fractional part of the total air is removed in 6 strokes? 15. The time required for the examinees to solve the same problem differ by two
a) 0.7122 minutes. Together they can solve 32 problems in one hour. How long will it take
b) 0.6122 for the slower problem solver to solve a problem?
c) 0.8122 a) 2 minutes
d) 0.9122 b) 3 minutes
4. If 3^x = 9^y and 27^y = 81^z, find x/z? c) 4 minutes
a) 3/5 d) 5 minutes
b) 4/3 16. Find the value of m that will make 4x^2 – 4mx + 4m ) 5 a perfect square
c) 3/8 trinomial.
d) 8/3 a) 3
5. Determine x, so that x, 2x+7, 10x-7 will be geometric progression. b) -2
a) 7,-5/6 c) 4
b) 7, -14/5 d) 5
c) 7, -7/12 17. How many liters of water must be added to 35 liters of 89% hydrochloric acid
d) 7, -7/6 solution to reduce its strength to 75%?
6. A man invested part of P20,000 at 18% and the rest at 16%. The annual income a) 3.53
from 16% investment was P620 less than three times the annual income from 18% b) 4.53
investment. How much did he invest at 18%? c) 5.53
a) P5,457.20 d) 6.53
b) P6,457.20 18. A purse contains $11.65 in quarters and dimes. If the total number of coins is
c) P7,457.20 70, find how many dimes are there.
d) P8,457.20 a) 31
7. The sum of four positive integers is 32. Find the greatest possible product of b) 35
these four numbers. c) 39
a) 5013 d) 42
b) 645 19. Equations relating x and y that cannot readily be solved explicitly for y as a
c) 4069 function of x or for x as a function of y. Such equations may nonetheless
d) 4913 determine y as a function of x or vice versa, such function called _________.
8. A piece of paper is 0.05 in thick. Each time the paper is folded into half, the a) logarithmic function
thickness is doubled. If the paper was folded 12 times, how much thick in feet the b) implicit function
folded paper be? c) explicit function
a) 10.1 ft d) continuous function
b) 12.1 ft 20. A piece of wire of length 50 m is cut into two parts. Each part is then bent to
c) 15.1 ft form a square. It is found that the total area of the square is 100 sq. m. Find the
d) 17.1 ft difference in length of the two squares.
9. A seating section in a certain athletic stadium has 30 seats in the first row, 32 a) 6.62
seats in the second row, 34 seats in the third row, and so on, until the tenth row is b) 7.62
reached, after which there are ten rows each containing 50 seats. Find the total c) 8.62
number of seats in the section. d) 9.62
a) 1200 21. A tank is filled with an intake pipe that fills it in 2 hours and an outlet pipe that
b) 980 empty in 6 hours. If both pipes are left open, how long will it take to fill in the
c) 890 empty tank?
d) 750 a) 1.5 hrs
10. One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and another pipe can fill the same tank in 3 b) 2.0 hrs
hours. A drain pipe can empty the tank in 24 hours. With all three pipes open, how c) 2.8 hrs
long will it take to fill in the tank? d) 3 hrs
a) 5.18 hours 22. Maria sold a drafting pen for P612 at a loss of 25% on her buying price. Find
b) 4.18 hours the corresponding loss or gain in percent if she had sold it for P635?
c) 3.18 hours a) 20.18%
d) 2.18 hours b) 11.18%
11. The ten’s digit of a certain two digit number exceeds the unit’s digit by four c) 22.18%
and is one less than twice the unit’s digit. Find the number. d) 28.18%
1
23. Divide 1/8 by 8. b) 7

a) 1/64 c) 8
b) 18 d) 9
c) 1 37. Jolo bought a second hand betamax VCR and sold it to Rudy at a profit of
d) 64 40%. Rudy then sold the VCR to Noel at a profit of 20%. If Noel paid P2856 more
than it cost to Jolo, how much did Jolo paid the unit?
9 4 , find its determinant.
24. Given 2 x 2 matrix
a) 31
[ ]
7 8
a) P4000
b) 4100
c) 4200
b) 44 d) P4300
c) -20 38. A club of 40 executives, 33 likes to smoke Malboro, and 20 likes to smoke
d) 20 Philip Morris. How many like both?
25. If the sum is 220 and the first term is 10, find the common difference if the last a) 13
term is 30. b) 10
a) 2 c) 11
b) 5 d) 12
c) 3 39. A merchant has three items on sale, namely a radio for P50, a clock for P30
d) 2/3 and a flashlight for P1.00. At the end of the day, he has sold a total of 100 of the
26. Find the sum of the sequence 25, 30, 35, ..... three items and has taken exactly P1000 on the total sales. How many radios did
a) (2/5)(n^2 + 9n) he sale?
b) (5/2)(n^2 + 9n) a) 16
c) (9/2)(n^2 + 9n) b) 20
d) (9/2)(n^2 – 9n) c) 18
d) 24
27. Solve for x: 20−x= x.
√ 40. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2x – 1)^20?
a) 4, -5 a) 0
b) -4, -5 b) 1
c) -4, 5 c) 2
d) no solution d) 3
28. Solve for x: 10x^2 + 10x + 1 =0. 41. Find the ratio of the infinite geometric series if the sum is 2 and the first term
a) -0.113, -0.887 is 1/2.
b) -0.331, -0.788 a) 1/3
c) -0.113, -0.788 b) 1/2
d) -0.311, -0.887 c) 3/4
29. The number x, 2x + 7, 10x – 7 form a Geometric Progression. Find the value d) 1/4
of x. 42. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second
a) 5 layer, 55 bricks in the third layer and sol until there are 10 bricks in the last layer.
b) 6 How many bricks are there together?
c) 7 a) 638
d) 8 b) 637
30. Find the 30th term of A.P. 4,7,10,... c) 640
a) 91 d) 639
b) 90 43. Once a month a man put some money into the cookie jar. Each month he put
c) 88 50 centavos more into the jar than the month before. After 12 years he counted his
d) 75 money; he had P5436. How much did he put in the jar in the last month?
31. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the geometric progression 2, 4, 8, 16,... a) 73.5
a) 1023 b) P75.50
b) 2046 c) P74.50
c) 225 d) P72.50
d) 1596 44. The seventh term is 56 and the 12th term is -1792 of the geometric
32. Find the sum of the infinite geometric progression 6, -2, 2/3,... progression. Find the ratio and the first term. Assume the ratios are equal.
a) 9/2 a) -2, 7/8
b) 5/2 b) -1. 5/8
c) 11/2 c) -1, 7/8
d) 7/2 d) -2, 5/8
33. Find the ratio of an infinite geometric series if the sum is 2 and the first term is 45. Find the value of x in the equation 24x^2 + 5x -1 = 0.
½. a) (1/6, 1)
a) 1/3 b) (1/6, 1/5)
b)1/2 c) (1/2, 1/5)
c) 3/4 d) (1/8, -1/3)
d) 1/4 46. The polynomial x^3 + 4x^2 -3x +8 is divided by x – 5, then the remainder is:
34. Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent to 1785/9999 starting from the a) 175
decimal point. b) 140
a) 8 c) 218
b) 1 d) 200
c) 7 47. Find the rational number equivalent to repeating decimal 2.3524242424...
d) 5 a) 23273/9900
35. What is the lowest common factor of 10 and 32. b) 23261/990
a) 320 c) 23289/9900
b) 2 d) 23264/9900
c) 180 48. The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In three years, Kim will be twice as
d) 90 old as Kevin. What are their ages now?
36. Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. Determine the number. a) 4, 14
a) 6
2
b) 5, 13 d) (x – 4)(x – 2)
c) 7, 11 60. A batch of concrete consisted of 200 lbs. Fine aggregate, 350 lbs coarse
d) 6, 12 aggregate, 94 lbs cement, and 5 gallons water. The specific gravity of the sand and
49. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15%liters of 35% solution are poured into a gravel may be taken as 2.65 and that of the cement as 3.10. What was the weight
drum originally containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is the percent of concrete in place per cubic foot?
concentration in the mixture? a) 172 lb
a) 19.55% b) 236 lb
b) 22.15% c) 162 lb
c) 27.05 d) 153 lb
d) 26.72% 61. Dalisay’s Corporation gross margin is 45% sales. Operating expenses such as
50. Determine the sum of the infinite series: S = 1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 + .... (1/3)^n. sales and administration are 15% of sales. Dalisay is in 40% tax bracket. What
a) 4/5 percent of sales is their profit after taxes?
b) 3/4 a) 18%
c) 2/3 b) 5%
d) 1/2 c) 24%
51. Determine the sum of the positive valued solution to the simultaneous d) 50%
equations: xy = 15, yz = 35, zx = 21. 62. A and B working together can finish painting a home in 6 days. A working
a) 15 alone, can finish it in five days less than B. How long will it take each of them to
b) 13 finish the work alone?
c) 17 a) 10, 15
d) 19 b) 15, 20
52. The areas of two squares differ by 7 sq. ft. and their perimeters differ by 4 ft. c) 20, 25
Determine the sum of their areas. d) 5, 10
a) 25 ft^2 63. Determine the sum of the progression if there are 7 arithmetic mean between 3
b) 27 ft^2 and 35.
c) 28 ft^2 a) 171
d) 22 ft^2 b) 182
53. A bookstore purchased a bestselling book at P200 per copy. At what price c) 232
should this book be sold so that, giving a 20% discount, the profit is 30%? d) 216
a) P450 64. Find the sum of 1, -1/5, 1/25,...
b) P500 a) 5/6
c) P375 b) 2/3
d) P400 c) 0.84
54. In a certain community of 1,200 people, 60% are literate. Of the males, 50% d) 0.72
are literate and of the females 70% are literate. What is the female population? 65. Find the remainder if we divide 4y^3 + 18y^2 + 8y -4 by (2y + 3).
a) 850 a) 10
b) 500 b) 11
c) 550 c) 15
d) 600 d) 13
55. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 ft. in the 1st second, 48.3 ft. in the 2nd 66. What time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the clock be together for the first
second, 80.5 ft. in the 3rd second, and so on. How far did the body fall during the time?
10th second? a) 3:16.36
a) 248.7 ft b) 3:14.32
b) 308.1 ft c) 3:12.30
c) 241.5 ft d) 3:13.37
d) 305.9 ft 67. The difference of the squares of the digits of a two digit positive number is 27.
56. In a commercial survey involving 1,000 persons on brand reference, 120 were If the digits are reversed in order and the resulting number subtracted from the
found to prefer brand x only, 200 prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand z only. 370 original number, the difference is also 27. What is the original number?
prefer either x or y but not z, 450 prefer brand y or z but not x, and 420 prefer a) 63
either brand z or x but not y. How many persons have no brand preference, b) 54
satisfied with any of the 3 brands? c) 48
a) 280 d) 73
b) 230 68. The boat travels downstream in 2/3 of the time as it does going upstream. If the
c) 180 velocity of the river current is 8 kph, determine the velocity of the boat in still
d) 130 water.
57. The electric power which a transmission line can transmit is proportional to the a) 40 kph
total product of its design voltage and current capacity, and inversely to the b) 50 kph
transmission distance. A 115 kilovolt line rated at 1000 amperes can transmit 150 c) 30 kph
Megawatts over 150 km. How much power, in Megawatts, can a 230 kilovolt line d) 60 kph
rated 1500 amperes transmit over 100km? 69. Given that w varies directly as the product of x and y and inversely as the
a) 785 square of z, and that w = 4, when x = 2, y = 6, and z = 3. Find the value of “w”
b) 485 when x = 1, y = 4, and z = 2.
c) 675 a) 2
d) 595 b) 3
58. Find the geometric mean of 64 and 4. c) 4
a) 16 d) 5
b) 34 70. The third term of a harmonic progression is 15 and 9th term is 6. Find the
c) 32 eleventh term?
d) 28 a) 4
59) Factor the expression x^2 + 6x + 8 as completely as possible. b) 5
a) (x + 8)(x – 2) c) 6
b) (x + 4)(x – 2) d) 7
c) (x + 4)(x + 2) 71. Solve for x for the given equation, 7.4 x 10^-4 = e^-9.7x.
3
a) 0.7621 b) x = 1, 1/2
b) 0.7432 c) x = 1
c) 0.7243 d) x = 1, -1
d) 0.7331 85. What is the value of A: A^-6/8 = 0.001?
72. Find the 10th term of the geometric progression: 3, 6, 12, 24,.... a) 10
a) 1536 b) 100
b) 1653 c) 0
c) 1635 d) 10000
d) 3156 86. Find the value of x: ax – b = cx + d
73. Find the sum of odd integers from 1 to 31. a) x = (a – b)/(c + d)
a) 256 b) x = (b + d)/(a – c)
b) 526 c) x = (a – d)/(c – b)
c) 265 d) x = (c + d)/(a – c)
d) 625 87. Divide: 15x^4 +6x^3 + 15x + 6 by 3x^3 + 3.
74. Box A has 4 white balls, 3 blue balls, and 3 orange balls. Box B has 2 white a) 5x + 2
balls, 4 blue balls, and 4 orange balls. If one ball is drawn from each box, what is b) 5x^2 + 2
the probability that one of the two balls will be orange? c) 5x^2
a) 27/50 d) 5x – 4
b) 9/50 88. Simplify: 4 3
c) 23/50 √16 +2 √3 54
d) 7/25 a) 14 3√2
75. Solve: x^2 + y^2 = 5z and x^2 – y^2 = 3z. How many and what numerical
values for x, y, and z will satisfy these simultaneous equations? b) 12 2√3
a) if z = 3^2, then x = 6 and y = 3 c) 10 √3
b) if z = 2^2, then x =4 and y =2 2
3
c) if z = 1^2, then x =2 and y = 1 d) 8 √ 2
d) There are an infinite no. of values that will satisfy 89. Find the value of x in the equation: csc x + cot x = 3
76. Two people driving towards each other between two towns 160 km apart. The a) π/5
first man drives at the rate of 45 kph and the other drives at 35 kph. From their b) π/4
starting point, how long would it take that they would meet? c) π/3
a) 3 hr d) π/2
b) 4 hr 90. If A is in the III quadrant and cos A = -15/17, find the value of cos (1/2)A.
c) 2 hr a) –(8/17)^1/2
d) 1 hr b) –(5/17)^1/2
77. Solve x for the equation 6x – 4 = 2x + 6. c) –(3/17)^1/2
a) 10 d) –(1/17)^1/2
b) 5/2 91. Simplify the expression: (sin B + cos B tan B)/cos B
c) 5 a) 2 tan B
d) 2.5 b) tan B + tan B
78. The man has a total of 33 goats and chickens. If the total of their feet is 900, c) tan B cos B
find the number of goats and chickens. d) 2 sin B cos B
a) 12 goats and 21 chickens 92. If cot 2A cot 68° = 1, then tan A is equal to ________.
b) 9 goats and 27 chickens a) 0.194
c) 6 cats and 5 dogs b) 0.419
d) 13 goats and 20 chickens c) 0.491
79. Express 5y – [3x – (5y + 4)] into polynomial. d) 0.914
a) 10y – 3x +4 93. A ladder 5 m long leans against the wall of an apartment house forming an
b) 5y + 5x – 4 angle of 50 degrees, 32 minutes with ground. How high up the wall does it reach?
c) 5y + 5x + 4 a) 12.7 m
d) 5y – 5x +4 b) 10.5 m
80. What is the exponential form of the complex number 3 + 4i? c) 3.86 m
a) eî53.1° d) 1.55 m
b) 5eî53.1° 94. The measure of 2.25 revolutions counterclockwise is:
c) 5eî126.9° a) -810 deg
d) 7eî53.1° b) -805 deg
81. Simplify the complex numbers: (3 + 4i) – (7 – 2i) c) 810 deg
a) -4 + 6i d) 805 deg
b) 10 + 2i 95. If sin A = 2.5 x and cos A = 5.5x, find the value of A in degrees.
c) 4 – 2i a) 14.5 deg
d) 5 – 4i b) 24.5 deg
82. Solve for x: x^2 + x -12 = 0 c) 34.5 deg
a) x = 6, x = -2 d) 44.5 deg
b) x = 1, x = 12 96. Solve angle A of an oblique triangle wit vertices ABC, if a = 25, b = 16 and C
c) x = 3, x = -4 = 94 degrees and 6 minutes.
d) x = 4, x = -3 a) 50 deg and 40 min
83. 2 50−5 8=
√ √ b) 45 deg and 35 min
a) 0 c) 55 deg and 32 min
b) 8 d) 54 deg and 30 min
√ 97. Given: x = (cos B tan B – sin B)/cos B. Solve for x if B = 30 degrees.
c) 50
√ a) 0.577
d) 10 b) 0
84. What us the value of x in the expression: x – 1/x = 0? c) 0.500
a) x = -1 d) 0.866
4
98. (cos A)^4 – (sin A)^4 is equal to _________. b) 374 m

a) cos 2A c) 394 m
b) sin 2A d) 384 m
c) 2tan A 112. If log of 2 to base 2 plus log of x to the base of 2 is equal to 2, then the value
d) sec A of x is:
99. 174 degrees is equivalent to _________ mils. a) 4
a) 3094 b) -2
b) 2084 c) 2
c) 3421 d) -1
d) 2800 113. Arctan [2cos (arcsin 2
100. What is the resultant of a displacement 6 miles North and 9 miles East? √ 3/2)] is equal to:
a) 11 miles, N 56° E a) π/3
b) 11 miles, N 54° E b) π/4
c) 10 miles, N 56° E c) π/6
d) 10 miles, N 54° E d) π/2
101. Which is identically equal to (sec A + tan A)? 114. Solve A for the given equations cos^2 A = 1 – cos^2 A.
a) 1/(sec A + tan A) a) 45, 125, 225, 335 degrees
b) csc A – 1 b) 45, 125, 225, 315 degrees
c) 2/(1 – tan A) c) 45, 135, 115, 315 degrees
d) csc A + 1 d) 45, 150, 220, 315 degrees
102. Determine the simplified form of (cos 2A – cos A)/(sin A). 115. If sin A = 2/5, what is the value of 1 – cos A?
a) cos 2A a) 0.083
b) –sin A b) 0.916
c) cos A c) 0.400
d) sin 2A d) 0.614
103. Ifsec 2A = 1/sin 13A, determine the angle A in degrees. 116. Sin A cos B – cos A sin B is equivalent to:
a) 5 deg a) cos (A – B)
b) 6 deg b) sin (A – B)
c) 3 deg c) tan (A – B)
d) 7 deg d) cos (A –B)
104. Solve for x in the equation: arctan (x + 1) + arctan (x – 1) = arctan (12). 117. How many degrees is 4800 mils?
a) 1.50 a) 270 deg
b) 1.34 b) 90 deg
c) 1.20 c) 180 deg
d) 1.25 d) 215 deg
105. Solve for x if tan 3x = 5tan x. 118. ln 7.18^xy equals
a) 20.705 deg a) 1.97xy
b) 30.705 deg b) 0.86xy
c) 15.705 deg c) xy
d) 35.705 deg d) 7.18xy
106. If sin A = 2.511x, cos A = 3.06x and sin 2A = 3.939x, find the value of x. 119. The log10 (8)(6) equal to:
a) 0.265 a) log10 8 + log10 6
b) 0.256 b) log10 8 - log10 6
c) 0.562 c) log10 8 log10 6
d) 0.625 d) log10 8 / log10 6
107. The angle of inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% grade is ______. 120. 38.5 to the x power = 6.5 to the x – 2 power, solve for x using logarithms.
a) 4.72 a) 2.70
b) 4.27 b) -2.10
c) 5.12 c) 2.10
d) 1.86 d) -2.02
108. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30 degrees. He 121. Given the triangle ABC in which A = 30°30’, b = 100 m and c = 200 m. Find
walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 60 degrees. the length of the side a.
What is the height of the tower? a) 124.64 m
a) 76. 31 m b) 142.24 m
b) 73.31 m c) 130.5 m
c) 73.16 m d) 103.00 m
d) 73.61 m 122. An observer wishes to determine the height of the tower. He takes sight at the
109. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, 10, and 100 top of the tower from A and B, which are 50 ft apart at the same elevation on a
degrees respectively, find the length of the shorter diagonal. direct line with the tower. The vertical angle at point A is 30 deg and at point B is
a) 10.63 40 deg. What is the height of the tower?
b) 10.37 a) 85.60 ft
c) 10.73 b) 110.29
d) 10.23 c) 143.97
110. What is the value of log2 5 + log3 5? d) 92.54 ft
a) 7.39 123. What is the value of log to the base of 1000^3.3?
b) 3.79 a) 9.9
c) 3.97 b) 99.9
d) 9.37 c) 10.9
111. Points A and B 1000 m apart are plotted on a straight highway running east d) 9.5
and west. From A, the bearing of a tower C is 32 degrees W of N and from B the 124. In a triangle, find the side c if angle C = 100 deg, side b = 20, and side a = 15.
bearing of C is 26 degrees N of E. Approximate the shortest distance of tower C to a) 28
the highway. b) 29
a) 364 m c) 27
d) 26
5
125. Given a triangle with an angle C = 28.7 deg, side a = 132 units and side b = 138. Derive the formula of each interior angle (in degrees).
224 units. Solve for the side c. a) (no. of sides – 2)180
a) 95 units b) [(no. of sides – 2)180/no. of sides]
b) 110 units c) [(no. of sides – 1)180/no. of sides]
c) 125.4 units d) [no. of sides – 2]/180
d) 90 units 139. What is the Cartesian logarithm of 402.9?
126. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The angles of a) 2.605
depression of the top and bottom of the monument viewed from the top of the b) 2.066
PLDT tower are 13 deg and 35 deg respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. c) 3.05
Find the height of the monument. d) 3.60
a) 33.51 m
x 2−9
b) 47.3 m
c) 7.48 m
d) 30.57 m
140. What is the value of the following limit? lim
a) 3
x →3
[ ]
x−3
127. Find the value of x if log12 x = 2.
a) 144 b) 6
b) 414 c) 9
c) 524 d) 0
d) 425 141. Given the three sides of a triangle: 2, 3, 4. What is the angle in radians
128. If tan x = 1/2, tan y = 1/3. What is the value of tan (x + y)? opposite the side with length 3?
a) 1 a) 0.11
b) 2 b) 0.41
c) 3 c) 0.55
d) 4 d) 0.81
129. The logarithm of the quotient M/N and the logarithm of the product MN is 142. Find the area of the geometric figure whose vertices are at (3, 0, 0), (3, 3, 0),
equal to 1.55630251 and 0.352182518 respectively. Find the value of M. (0, 0, 4) and (0, 3, 4).
a) 6 a) 12 sq. units
b) 7 b) 14 sq. units
c) 8 c) 15 sq. units
d) 9 d) 24 sq. units
130. The angle of elevation of the top tower B from the top of the tower A is 28 143. A central angle of 45 degrees subtends an arc of 12 cm. What is the radius of
deg and the angle of elevation of the top tower A from the base of the tower B is the circle?
46 deg. The two towers lie in the same horizontal plane. If the height of the tower a) 15.28 cm
B is 120 m, find the height of tower A. b) 18.28 cm
a) 87.2 m c) 20.28 cm
b) 90.7 m d) 30.28 cm
c) 79.3 m 144. It is a part of circle bounded by a chord and an arc.
d) 66.3 m a) slab
131. Evaluate the log6 845 = x. b) segment
a) 3.76 c) section
b) 5.84 d) sector
c) 4.48 145. What is the area (in sq. inches) of a parabola with a base of 15 cm and a
d) 2.98 height of 20 cm?
132. Find the value of log8 48. a) 87
a) 1.86 b) 55
b) 6.81 c) 31
c) 8.61 d) 11
d) 1.68 146. Triangle ABC is a right triangle with right angle at C. CD is perpendicular to
133. Find the value of sin 920 deg. AB. BC = 4 and CD = 1. Find the area of the triangle ABC.
a) 0.243 a) 2.95
b) -0.243 b) 2.55
c) 0.342 c) 2.07
d) -0.342 d) 1.58
134. Log (x)^n = 147. The tangent and a secant are drawn to a circle from the same external point. If
a) log x the tangent is 6 inches and the external segment of the secant is 3 inches, the
b) n log x length of the secant is ________ inches.
c) 1/n log x a) 15
d) n b) 14
135. Sin 2θ is equal to: c) 13
a) 2 sin θ cos θ d) 12
b) 1/2 sin θ 148. If a regular polygon has 27 diagonals, then it is a,
c) sin θ cos θ a) nonagon
d) 1 – sin^2 θ b) pentagon
136. What is the interior angle (in radian) of an octagon? c) hexagon
a) 2.26 rad d) heptagon
b) 2.36 rad 149. A regular dodecagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 24. Find the perimeter
c) 2.8 rad of the dodecagon.
d) 2.75 rad a) 125
137. The trigonometric function (1 + tan^2 θ) is also equal to: b) 135
a) sec^2 θ c) 149
b) cos^2 θ d) 169
c) csc^2 θ 150. An annulus is a plane figure, which is composed of two concentric circles.
d) sin θ The area of the annulus can be calculated by getting the difference between the
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area of the larger circle and the area of the smaller circle. Also, it can be calculated a) 441.66 cm^2
by removing the hole. The method is called: b) 467.64 cm^2
a) Law of Extremities c) 519.60 cm^2
b) Law of Reduction d) 493.62 cm^2
c) Law of Deduction 163. Find each interior angle of a hexagon.
d) Sharp Theorem a) 90 deg
151. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157, and 210 respectively. What is the area of b) 120 deg
the triangle? c) 150 deg
a) 73250 sq. units d) 180 deg
b) 14586 sq. units 164. Find the length of the side of pentagon if the line perpendicular to its side is
c) 10250 sq. units 12 units from the center.
d) 11260 sq. units a) 8.71
152. Given a triangle of sides 10 cm and 15 cm an included angle of 60 degrees. b) 17.44
Find the area of the triangle. c) 36.93
a) 70 d) 18.47
b) 80 165. How many sides are in a polygon if each interior angle is 165 degrees.
c) 72 a) 12 sides
d) 65 b) 24 sides
153. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm, and 14 cm. Determine the radius of c) 20 sides
the inscribed and circumscribed circle. d) 48 sides
a) 3.45, 7.14 166. Find the area of triangle whose sides are: 25, 39 and 40.
b) 2.45, 7.14 a) 468
c) 2.45, 8.14 b) 684
d) 3.45, 8.14 c) 486
154. The sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are a = 3m, b = 3m, c = 4m and d = 4m. d) 864
Find the radius of the inscribed and circumscribed circle. 167. Find the area of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 1.
a) 1.71, 2.50 a) 2.698
b) 1.91, 2.52 b) 2.598
c) 2.63, 4.18 c) 3.698
d) 2.63, 3.88 d) 3.598
155. From the point inside a square the distance to three corners are 4, 5 and 6 m 168. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the rope is 40 ft long
respectively. Find the length of the sides of a square. and the goat can reach 1 ft farther than the rope length. What is the maximum area
a) 7.53 the goat can cover.
b) 8.91 a) 4840
c) 6.45 b) 4804
d) 9.31 c) 8044
156. A regular pentagon has sides 20 cm. An inner pentagon with sides of 10 cm is d) 4084
inside and concentric to the larger pentagon. Determine the area inside and 169. In triangle BCD, BC = 25 m, and CD = 10 m. The perimeter of the triangle
concentric to the larger pentagon but outside of the smaller pentagon. maybe:
a) 430.70 cm^2 a) 79 m
b) 573.26 cm^2 b) 70 m
c) 473.77 cm^2 c) 71 m
d) 516.14 cm^2 d) 72 m
157. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine its area. 170. A quadrilateral have sides equal to 12 m, 20 m, 8 m and 16.97 m respectively.
a) 360 in^2 If the sum of the two opposite angles is equal to 225, find the area of the
b) 280 in^2 quadrilateral.
c) 320 in^2 a) 168
d) 400 in^2 b) 100
158. In a circle with a diameter of 10 m, a regular five pointed star touching its c) 124
circumference is inscribed. What is the area of the part not covered by the star? d) 158
a) 60.2 m^2 171. The area of a circle inscribed in a hexagon is 144π m^2. Find the area of the
b) 50.48 m^2 hexagon.
c) 45.24 m^2 a) 498.83 m^2
d) 71.28^m b) 489.83 m^2
159. Find the area of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle of radius 10 cm. c) 439.88 m^2
a) 186.48 cm^2 d) 349.88 m^2
b) 148.91 cm^2 172. Each angle of the regular dodecagon is equal to _________ degrees.
c) 282.24 cm^2 a) 135
d) 166.24 cm^2 b) 150
160. Find the area of a regular pentagon whose side is 25 m and apothem is 17.2 c) 125
m. d) 105
a) 846 m^2 173. If an equilateral triangle is circumscribe about a circle of radius 10 cm,
b) 1090 m^2 determine the side of the triangle.
c) 1075 m^2 a) 34.64 cm
d) 988 m^2 b) 64.12 cm
161. The area of a circle circumscribing a hexagon is 144π m^2. Find the area of c) 36.44 cm
the hexagon. d) 32.10 cm
a) 374.12 m^2 174. The angle of a sector is 30 degrees and the radius is 15 cm. What is the area
b) 275.36 m^2 of the sector.
c) 415.26 m^2 a) 59.8 cm^2
d) 225.22 m^2 b) 58.9 cm^2
162. Determine the area of a regular 6-star polygon if the inner regular hexagon c) 89.5 cm^2
has 10 cm sides. d) 85.9 cm^2
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175. The distance between the center of the three circles which are mutually 187. Compute the surface area of the cone having a slant height of 5 cm and a
tangent to each other externally are 10, 12 and 14 units. Find the area of the largest diameter of 6 cm.
circle. a) 47.12 cm^2
a) 72π b) 25.64 cm^2
b) 64π c) 38.86 cm^2
c) 23 π d) 30.24 cm^2
d) 16 π 188. The ratio of the volume of the lateral area of a right circular cone is 2:1. If the
176. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one triangle is 3 units more altitude is 15 cm, what is the ratio of the slant height to the radius?
than its base and the altitude of the other is 3 units less than its base. Find the a) 5:2
altitude, if the areas of the triangles differ by 21 square units. b) 5:3
a) 6 & 12 c) 4:3
b) 5 &11 d) 4:2
c) 3 & 9 189. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base diameter of 12 cm. It holds
d) 4 & 10 water to a depth of 18 cm above its vertex. Find the volume of its contents in cubic
177. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, 10 and 100 centimeter.
degreess respectively, find the length of the shorter diagonal. a) 387.4
a) 10.63 b) 381.7
b) 10.73 c) 383.5
c) 10.23 d) 385.2
d) 10.37 190. A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism having a square base
178. In triangle ABC, angle C = 34 degrees, side a = 29 cm, b = 40 cm. Solve the one meter on an edge. The volume of the cylinder is 6.283 m^3. Find its altitude in
area of the triangle. m.
a) 324 cm^2 a) 4.5
b) 342 cm^2 b) 5.5
c) 448 cm^2 c) 4
d) 484 cm^2 d) 5
179. An oblique equilateral parallelogram. 191. The volume of water in a spherical tank having diameter of 4 m is 5.236 m^3.
a) square Determine the depth of the water in the tank.
b) rectangle a) 1.6
c) rhombus b) 1.4
d) recession c) 1.2
180. What is the interior angle (in radian) of an octagon d) 1.0
a) 2.26 rad 192. The corners of a cubical block touched the closest spherical shell that
b) 2.36 rad encloses it. The volume of the box is 2744 cm^3. What volume in cm^3 inside the
c) 2.8 rad shell is not occupied by the block?
d) 2.75 rad a) 4713.56
181. The circumference of a great circle of a sphere is 18π. Find the volume of the b) 3360.14
sphere. c) 4133.25
a) 3053.6 d) 5346.42
b) 4053.6 193. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into 2 segments having
c) 5053.6 the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is 6m, find the ratio of the volume of the
d) 6053.6 small cone to the big cone.
182. A pyramid whose altitude is 5 ft weighs 800 lbs. At what distance from its a) 0.296
vertex must it be cut by a plane parallel to its base so that the two solids of equal b) 0.396
weight will be formed? c) 0.186
a) 3.97 ft d) 0.486
b) 2.87 ft 194. A frustum of a regular pyramid has an upper base of 8 m x 80 m and a lower
c) 4.97 ft base of 10 m x 100 m and an altitude of 5 m. Find the volume of the pyramid.
d) 5.97 ft a) 4066.67 m^3
183. Find the increase in volume of a spherical balloon when its radius is increased b) 5066.67 m^3
from 2 to 3 inches. c) 6066.67 m^3
a) 75. 99 cu. in. d) 7066.67 m^3
b) 74.59 cu. in. 195. The bases of a right prism is a hexagon with one each side equal to 6 cm. The
c) 74.12 cu. in. bases are 12 cm apart. What is the volume of a right prism?
d) 79.59 cu. in. a) 1211.6 cm^3
184. If the lateral area of a right cylinder is 88 and its volume is 220, find its b) 2211.7 cm^3
radius. c) 1212.5 cm^3
a) 2 cm d) 1122.4 cm^3
b) 3 cm 196. The volume of the water in hemisphere having a radius of 2 m is 2.05 m^3.
c) 4 cm Find the height of the water.
d) 5 cm a) 0.602
185. It is desired that the volume of the sphere be tripled. By how many times will b) 0.498
the radius be increased? c) 0.782
a) 2^1/2 d) 0.865
b) 3^1/3 197. Find the volume of a cone to be constructed from a sector having a diameter
c) 3^1/2 of 72 cm and a central angle of 150 deg.
d) 3^3 a) 7711.82 cm^3
186. A cone and a cylinder have the same height and the same volume. Find the b) 6622.44 cm^3
ratio of the radius of the cone to the radius of the cylinder. c) 5533.32 cm^3
a) 0.577 d) 8866.44 cm^3
b) 0.866 198. A cubical container that measures 2 in on a side is tightly packed with
c) 1.732 marbles and is filled with water. All the 8 marbles are in contact with the walls of
d) 2.222
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the container and the adjacent marbles are the same size. What is the volume of c) 213,330
water in the container? d) 233,330
a) 0.38 in^3 209. What solid figure that has many faces?
b) 2.5 in^3 a) octagon
c) 3.8 in^3 b) decagon
d) 4.2 in^3 c) polygon
199. If one edge of a cube measures12 cm, calculate for the surface area of the d) polyhedron
cube and the volume of the cube. 210. If the length of the latus rectum of an ellipse is three-fourth of the length of its
a) 864 cm^2; 1728 cm^3 minor axis, find its eccentricity.
b) 468 cm^2; 1728 cm^3 a) 0.15
c) 863 cm^2; 8721 cm^3 b) 0.33
d) 468 cm^2; 8721 cm^3 c) 0.55
200. A pyramid with a square base has an altitude of 25 cm. If the edge of the base d) 0.66
is 15 cm. Calculate the volume of the pyramid. 211. Find the equation of a line where x-intercept is 2 and y-intercept is -2.
a) 1785 cm^3 a) 2x + 2y +2 = 0
b) 1875 cm^3 b) x – y – 2 = 0
c) 5178 cm^3 c) -2x + 2y = -2
d) 5871 cm^3 d) x – y – 1 = 0
201. If a right cone has a base radius of 35 cm and an altitude of 45 cm. Solve for 212. A point (x, 2) is equidistant from the points (-2, 9) and (4, -7). The value of x
the total surface area and the volume of the cone. is:
a) 10,116.89 cm^2 and 57,726.76 cm^3 a) 11/3
b) 9,116.89 cm^2 and 57,726.76 cm^3 b) 20/3
c) 10,116.89 cm^2 and 67,726.76 cm^3 c) 19/3
d) 9,116.89 cm^2 and 67,726.76 cm^3 d) 3
202. If the volume of a sphere is 345 cm^3. Solve for its diameter. 213. A parabola y = -x^2 – 6x – 9 opens ______________.
a) 8.70 cm a) to the right
b) 7.70 cm b) upward
c) 6.70 cm c) to the left
d) 9.70 cm d) downward
203. A group of children playing with marbles placed 50 pieces of the marbles 214. A line with a curve approaches indefinitely near as its tracing point passes off
inside a cylindrical container with water filled to a height of 20 cm. If the diameter infinitely is called the:
of each marble is 1.5 cm and that of the cylindrical container 6 cm. What would be a) tangent
the new height of water inside the cylindrical container after the marbles were b) asymptote
placed inside? c) directly
a) 23.125 cm d) latus rectum
b) 24.125 cm 215. Find the eccentricity of an ellipse when the length of the latus rectum is 2/3 of
c) 22.125 cm the length of the major axis.
d) 25.125 cm a) 0.58
204. A pipe lining material silicon carbide used in a conveyance of pulverized coal b) 0.68
to fuel a boiler, has a thickness of 2 cm and inside diameter of 10 cm. Find the c) 0.78
volume of the material with pipe length of 6 meters. d) 0.98
a) 45,239 cm^3 216. The directrix of a parabola is the line y = 5 and its focus is at the point (4, -3).
b) 42,539 cm^3 a) 20
c) 49,532 cm^3 b) 18
d) 43,932 cm^3 c) 16
205. Given of diameter x and altitude h. What percent is the volume of the largest d) 12
cylinder which can be inscribed in the cone to the volume of the cone? 217. The radius of a sphere is r inches at time t seconds. Find the radius when the
a) 44% rates of increase of the surface area and the radius are numerically equal.
b) 56% a) 1/(8π) in
c) 46% b) 1/(4π) in
d) 65% c) 2π in
206. Each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By what percent is the volume of the d) π^2 in
cube increased? 218. In general quadratic equation, if the discriminant is zero, the curve is a figure
a) 23.4% that represents ________.
b) 30.3% a) hyperbola
c) 34.56% b) circle
d) 3.03% c) parabola
207. Two vertical conical tanks are joined at the vertices by a pipe. Initially the d) ellipse
bigger tank is full of water. The pipe valve is open to allow the water to flow to the 219. The equation of the tangent to the curve y = x + 5/x at point P(1, 3) is:
smaller tank until it is full. At this moment, how deep is the water in the bigger a) 4x – y + 7 = 0
tank? The bigger tank has a diameter of 6 ft and a height of 10 ft, the smaller tank b) x + 4y – 7 = 0
has a diameter of 6 ft and a height of 8 ft. Neglect the volume of water in the c) 4x + y -7 = 0
pipeline. d) x – 4y + 7 = 0
a) 3 220. A line 4x + 2y – 2 = 0 is coincident with the line:
√ 200 a) 4x + 4y – 2 = 0
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b) √ 50 b) 4x + 3y + 33 = 0
3 c) 8x + 4y – 2 = 0
c) √ 25 d) 8x + 4y – 4 = 0
4 221. A locus of a point which moves so that it is always equidistant from a fixed
d) √ 50 point (focus) to a fixed line (directrix) is a _____________.
208. A pyramid has a square base of 8 m on a side and an altitude of 10 m. How a) circle
many liters of water will it hold when full and inverted? b) ellipse
a) 223,330 c) parabola
b) 203,330
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d) hyperbola d) 2
222. Find the equation of the line passing through (7, -3) and (-3, -5). 235. In a Cartesian coordinates, the coordinates of a square are (1, 1), (0, 8), (4, 5),
a) x + 5y + 22 = 0 and (-3, 4). What is the area?
b) x + 5y – 22 = 0 a) 25
c) x – 5y + 22 = 0 b) 20
d) x – 5y – 22 = 0 c) 18
223. Find the vertex of the parabola, x^2 = 8y d) 14
a) (0, 0) 236. The segment from (-1, 4) to (2, -2) is extended three times its own length.
b) (0, 4) Find the terminal point.
c) (4, 0) a) (11, -24)
d) (0, 8) b) (-11, -20)
224. What type of conics is x^2 – 4y + 3x + 5 = 0. c) (11, -18)
a) parabola d) (11, -20)
b) ellipse 237. Find the distance between A(4,-3) and B(-2, 5).
c) hyperbola a) 10
d) circle b) 8
225. Determine the coordinates of the point which is three-fifths of the way from c) 9
the point (2, -5) to the point (-3, 5). d) 11
a) (-1, 1) 238. Given three vertices of a triangle whose coordinates are A(1, 1), B(3, -3) and
b) (-2, -1) C(5, -3). Find the area of the triangle.
c) (-1, -2) a) 3
d) (1, 1) b) 4
226. A line passing through a point (2, 2). Find the equation of the line if the c) 5
length of the segment intercepted by the coordinate’s axes is equal to the square d) 6
root of 5. 239. The line segment connecting (x, 6) and (9, y) is bisected by the point (7, 3).
a) 2x – y – 2 = 0 Find the values of x and y.
b) 2x + y + 2 = 0 a) 33, 12
c) 2x – y + 2 = 0 b) 5, 0
d) 2x + y – 2 = 0 c) 6, 9
227. Point P(x, y) moves with a distance from point (0, 1) one half of its distance d) 14, 6
from line y = 4, the equation of its locus is: 240. A line passes through (1, -3) and (-4, -2). Write the equation of the line in
a) 2x^2 – 4y^2 = 5 slope-intercept form.
b) 4x^2 + 3y^2 = 12 a) y – 4 = x
c) 2x^2 + 5y^2 = 3 b) y = -x – 2
d) x^2 + 2y^2 = 4 c) y = x – 4
228. The major axis of the elliptical path in which the earth moves around the sun d) y – 2 = x
is approximately 186,000,000 miles and the eccentricity of the ellipse is 1/60. 241. What is the x-intercept of the line passing through (1, 4) and (4, 1).
Determine the apogee of the earth. a) 4.5
a) 93,000,000 miles b) 5
b) 94,335,000 miles c) 6
c) 91, 450,000 miles d) 4
d) 94,550,000 miles 242. Find the distance between the lines, 3x + y – 12 = 0 and 3x + y – 4 = 0.
229. What is the equation of the asymptote of the hyperbola (x^2)/9 – (y^2)/4 = 1. a) 16/ 10
a) 2x – 3y = 0 √
b) 3x – 2y = 0 b) 12/√ 10
c) 2x – y = 0 c) 4/√ 10
d) 2x + y = 0
230. Compute the focal length and the length of the latus rectum of the parabola d) 8/√ 10
y^2 + 8x – 6y + 25 = 0. 243. Find the area of the circle whose equation is x^2 + y^2 = 6x – 8y.
a) 2, 8 a) 25π
b) 4, 16 b) 5π
c) 16, 64 c) 15π
d) 1, 4 d) 20π
231. Find the equation of the axis of symmetry of the function y = 2x^2 – 7x + 5. 244. Find the major axis of the ellipse x^2 + 4y^2 – 2x – 8y + 1 = 0.
a) 7x + 4 = 0 a) 2
b) 4x + 7 = 0 b) 10
c) 4x – 7 = 0 c) 4
d) x – 2 = 0 d) 6
232. Find the value of k for which the equation x^2 + y^2 + 4x – 2y – k = 0, 245. An arch 18 m high has the form of parabola with a vertical axis. The length of
represents a point circle. a horizontal beam placed across the arch 8 m from the top is 64 m. Find the width
a) 5 of the arch at the bottom.
b) 6 a) 86 m
c) -6 b) 96 m
d) -5 c) 106 m
233. Find the equation of the circle whose center is at (3, -5) and whose radius is 4. d) 76 m
a) x^2 + y^2 – 6x + 10y + 18 = 0 246. Find the equation of the hyperbola whose asymptotes are y = ± 2x and which
b) x^2 + y^2 + 6x + 10y + 18 = 0
c) x^2 + y^2 – 6x – 10y + 18 = 0 passes through (5/2, 3).
d) x^2 + y^2 + 6x – 10y + 18 = 0 a) 4x^2 – y^2 – 16 = 0
234. Determine B such that 3x + 2y – 7 = 0 is perpendicular to 2x – By + 2 = 0. b) 2x^2 – y^2 – 4 = 0
a) 5 c) 3x^2 – y^2 – 9 = 0
b) 4 d) 5x^2 – y^2 – 25 = 0
c) 3 247. Find the eccentricity of the curve 9x^2 – 4y^2 – 36x + 8y = 4.
a) 1.80
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b) 1.90 d) circle
c) 1.70 261. Locus of points on a side which rolls along a fixed line:
d) 1.60 a) cardoid
248. The equation of a line that intercepts the x-axis at x = 4 and the y-axis at y = - b) epicycloid
6 is: c) cycloid
a) 3x + 2y = 12 d) hypocycloid
b) 2x – 3y = 12 262. What is the radius of a circle with the following equation? x^2 – 6x + y^2 –
c) 3x – 2y = 12 12 = 0
d) 2x – 3y = -12 a) 2
249. What is the radius of a circle defined by the equation x^2 – 6x + y^2 – 4y – b) 5
12 = 0. c) 7
a) 3.46 d) 25
b) 7 253. Find the slope of the line passing to the point (-3, -4) and (2, 4).
c) 5 a) 0
d) 6 b) 5
250. Find the slope of the line defined by y – x = -5. c) 10
a) 1 d) 1.6
b) 1/4 254. What is the slope of the line perpendicular to y = (1/4)x + 6?
c) -1/2 a) 4
d) 5 + x b) 1
251. What conic section is represented by 4x^2 – y^2 + 8x + 4y = 15. c) -4
a) parabola d) -1
b) ellipse 255. Given the polar coordinates (4, 20°). Find the rectangular coordinates.
c) hyperbola a) -2, 3.46
d) circle b) -3.46, -2
252. What conic section is represented by x^2 + y^2 – 4x + 2y – 20 = 0 c) 2, -3.46
a) circle d) -3.46, 4
b) parabola 256. Find the equation of the line which passes through the point (2, 1) and
c) ellipse perpendicular to the line whose equation is y = 4x + 3.
d) hyperbola a) x – 4y + 6 = 0
253. Find the equation of the straight line with a slope of 3 and a y-intercept of 1. b) y – 4x + 6 = 0
a) 3x – y + 1 = 0 c) x + 4y – 6 = 0
b) 3x + y + 1 = 0 d) y – 4x + 6 = 0
c) 3x – y – 1 = 0 257.What is the second derivative of a function y = 5x^3 + 2x + 1?
d) 3x + y – 1 = 0 a) 25x
254. What is the equation of the line that passes through (4, 0) and is parallel to the b) 30x
line x – y – 2 = 0? c) 18
a) y + x + 4 = 0 d) 30
b) y – x – 4 = 0 258. Find the height of a circular cylinder of a maximum volume, which can be
c) x – y – 4 = 0 inscribed in a sphere of radius 10 cm.
d) x + y – 4 = 0 a) 11.55 cm
255. Find the distance from the line 4x – 3y + 5 = 0 to the point (2, 1). b) 12.55 cm
a) 1 c) 14.55 cm
b) 2 d) 15.55 cm
c) 3 259. Find the maximum point of y = x + 1/x.
d) 4 a) (2, 5/2)
256. What is the center of the curve x^2 + y^2 – 2x – 4y – 31 = 0. b) (1, 2)
a) (-1, -2) c) (-1, -2)
b) (1, -2) d) (2, 3)
c) (-1, 2) 260. Simplify the expression Lim(x^2 – 16)/(x – 4) as x approaches 2.
d) (1, 2) a) 8
257. Determine the equation of the curve such that the sum of the distances of any b) 6
point on the curve from two points whose coordinates are (-3, 0) and (3, 0) is c) 4
always equal to 8. d) 2
a) 7x^2 + 16y^2 – 112 = 0 261. Evaluate the Lim (x^2 + 3x – 4) as x approaches 3.
b) 16x^2 + 7y^2 – 112 = 0 a) 18
c) 7x^2 + 16y^2 + 112 = 0 b) 12
d) 16x^2 + 7y^2 + 112 = 0 c) 4
258. The equation 9x^2 + 16y^2 + 54x - 64y = -1 describes: d) 2
a) a hyperbola 262. The distance a body travels is a function of time t and is defined by: x(t) = 18t
b) a sphere + 9t^2. What is its velocity at t = 3?
c) a circle a) 36
d) an ellipse b) 45
259. The sum of the distances from the two foci to any point in a/an c) 72
______________ is a constant. d) 92
a) a parabola 263. Water running out a conical funnel at the rate of 1 cu. in per second. If the
b) any conic radius of the base of the funnel is 4 in and the altitude is 8 in, find the rate at which
c) hyperbola the water level is dropping when it is 2 in from the top.
d) ellipse a) -1/9 π in/sec
260. Determine the curve: 9x^2 + 6y^2 + 2x + 3y + 9 = 0. b) -3/2 π in/sec
a) ellipse c) -8/9 π in/sec
b) hyperbola d) -4/9 π in/sec
c) parabola 264. ________ is the concept of finding the derivative of composite functions.
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a) Logarithmic differentiation d) 8
b) Chain rule 277. Water is pouring into a swimming pool. After t hours there are t + t gallons
c) Trigonometric differentiation √
in the pool. At what rate is the water pouring into the pool when t = 9 hours?
d) Implicit differentiation
a) 7/6 gph
265. The volume of the sphere is increasing at the rate of 6 cm^3/hr. At what rate
b) 1/6 gph
is its surface area increasing (in cm^2/hr) when the radius is 50 cm?
c) 2/3 gph
a) 0.54
d) 1/2 gph
b) 0.44
278. Evaluate Lim [(x^2 – 16)/(x – 4)] as x approaches 4.
c) 0.34
a) 1
d) 0.24
b) 8
266. A man on a wharf 3.6 m above sea level is pulling a rope tied to a raft at 0.60
c) 0
m per second. How fast is the raft approaching the wharf when there are 6 m of
d) 16
rope out?
279. Evaluate Lim [(x - 4)/(x^2 – x – 12)] as x approaches 4.
a) -0.95 m/s
a) undefined
b) -0.85 m/s
b) 0
c) -0.75 m/s
c) infinity
d) -0.65 m/s
d) 1/7
267. If the distance x from the point of departure at time t is defined by the
280. Evaluate Lim [(x^3 – 2x + 9)/(2x^3 – 8)] as x approaches infinity.
equation x = -16t^2 + 5000t + 5000, what is the initial velocity?
a) 0
a) 2000
b) 2
b) 0
c) 1/2
c) 5000
d) 1/4
d) 3000
281. If y = 1/(t + 1) and x = t/(t + 1), find dy/dx or y’.
268. Using two existing corner sides of an existing wall, what is the maximum
a) 1
rectangular area that can be fenced by a fencing material 30 ft long?
b) -1
a) 225 sq. ft
c) t
b) 240 sq. ft
d) –t
c) 270 sq. ft
282. Differentiate: y = [(sin x)/(1 – 2cos x)].
d) 335 sq. ft
a) (cos x – 1)/(1 – 2cos x)^2
269. The radius of a sphere is r inches at time t seconds. Find the radius when the
b) (cos x – 2)/(1 – 2cos x)^2
rates of increase of the surface area and the radius are numerically equal.
c) (cos x)/(1 – 2cos x)^2
a) 1/(8π) in
d) (-2)/(1 – 2cos x)^2
b) 1/(4π) in
283. Given the curve y = 12 – 12x + x^3, determine its maximum, minimum and
c) 2π in
inflection points.
d) π^2 in
a) (-2, 28), (2, -4), & (0, 12)
270. Three sides of a trapezoid are each 8 cm long. How long is the fourth side
b) (2, -28), (2, 4), & (0, 2)
when the area of the trapezoid has the greatest value?
c) (-2, -28), (-2 -4) & (2, 12)
a) 8 cm
d) (-2, 28), (-2, 4) & (1, 12)
b) 12 cm
284. Given the curve y^2 = 5x – 1 at point (1, -2), find the equation of tangent and
c) 16 cm
normal to the curve.
d) 20 cm
a) 5x + 4y + 3 = 0 & 4x – 5y – 14 = 0
271. Find the change in y = 2x – 3 if x changes from 3.3 to 3.5.
b) 5x + 4y – 3 = 0 & 4x + 5y – 14 = 0
a) 0.1
c) 5x – 4y + 3 = 0 & 4x + 5y + 14 = 0
b) 0.2
d) 5x – 4y – 3 = 0 & 4x + 5y – 14 = 0
c) 0.3
285. Find the radius of the curvature at any point on the curve, y + ln cos x = 0
d) 0.4
a) cos x
272. If y = arctan(ln x), find dy/dx at x = 1/e.
b) 1.5707
a) e
c) sec x
b) e/2
d) 1
c) e/3
286. Find the minimum volume of a right circular cylinder that can be inscribed in
d) e^2
a sphere having a radius r.
273. Evaluate the limit (ln x)/x as x approaches positive infinity.
a) 1 a) 1/ 3 volume of sphere
√
b) 0
c) infinity
b) √ 3 volume of sphere
d) -1 c) 2/√ 3volume of sphere
274. lim[(x^3 – 27)/(x – 3)] as x approaches 3.
d) √ 2/3 volume of sphere
a) 0
b) infinity 287. Find the point in the parabola y^2 = 4x at which rate change of the ordinate
c) 9 and abscissa are equal.
d) 27 a) (1, 2)
275. A box is to be constructed from a piece of zinc 20 in square by cutting equal b) (-1, 4)
squares from each corner and turning up zinc to form the side. What is the volume c) (2, 1)
of the box that can so constructed? d) (4, 4)
a) 599.95 in^3 288. What is the allowable error in measuring the edge of cube that is intended to
b) 592.59 in^3 hold 8 m^3, if the error of the computed volume is not to exceed 0.03 m.
c) 579.50 in^3 a) 0.002
d) 622.49 in^3 b) 0.003
276. Given the function f(x) = x to the 3rd power – 6x + 2, find the value of the c) 0.0025
first derivative at x = 2, f(2). d) 0.001
a) 6 289. Find the slope of x^2 y = 8 at point (2, 2)
b) 7 a) 2
c) 3x^2 – 5 b) -1
c) -2
12
d) 1/2 d) 1/5
290. Water is flowing into a conical vessel 15 cm deep and having a radius of 3.75 303. Evaluate: Lim [(1 – cos x)/x^2] as x approaches 0
cm across the top. If the rate at which the water rises is 2 cm/sec, how fast is the a) 0
water flowing into the conical vessel when the water is 4 cm deep? b) 1/2
a) 6.28 m^3/s c) 2
b) 2.37 m^3/s d) -1/2
c) 4.57 m^3/s 304. Evaluate: Lim [(3x^4 – 2x^2 + 7)/(5x63 + x – 3)] as x approaches infinity.
d) 5.73 m^3/s a) undefined
291. Find the slope of the line having a parametric equation y = 4t + 6 and x = t + b) 3/5
1. c) infinity
a) 1 d) 0
b) 2 305. Differentiate: (x^2 + 2)^1/2
c) 3 a) [(x^2 + 1)^1/2]/2
d) 4 b) x/(x^2 + 2)^1/2
292. Determine the diameter of a closed cylindrical tank having a volume of 11.3 c) 2x/(x + 2)^1/2
m^3 to obtain a minimum surface area. d) (x^2 + 2)^2
a) 1.44 306. Differentiate y = e^x cos x^2
b) 2.44 a) –e^x sin x^2
c) 3.44 b) e^x (cos x^2 – 2xsin x^2)
d) 4.44 c) e^x cos x^2 – 2xsin x^2
293. Determine the velocity of progress with the given equation, D = 20t + 5/(t + d) -2xe^x sin x
1) when t = 4 sec. 307. Differentiate: y = log (x^2 + 1)^ 2
a) 16.8 m/s a) log e (x)(x^2 + 1)^2
b) 17.8 m/s b) 4x(x^2 + 1)
c) 18.8 m/s c) (4xlog e)/(x^2 +1)
d) 19.8 m/s d) 2x(x + 1)
294. Find the slope of the curve x^2 + y^2 – 6x + 10y + 5 = 0 at point (1, 0). 308. If y = 4cos x + sin 2x, what is the slope of the curve then x = 2.
a) 1/3 a) -2.21
b) 3/4 b) -4.94
c) 2/5 c) -3.25
d) 1/5 d) -2.22
295. Two posts 10 m high and the other is 15 m high stands 30 m apart. They are 309. Find y’ = arcsin cos x.
to be stayed by transmission wires attached to a single stake at ground level, the a) -1
wires running to the top of the posts. Where should the stake be placed to use the b) -2
least amount of wire? c) 1
a) 12 m d) 2
b) 14 m 310. A poster is to contain 300 m^2 of printed matter with margins of 10 cm at the
c) 18 m top and bottom and 5 cm at each side. Find the overall dimensions, if the total area
d) 16 m of the poster is a minimum.
296. Find the slope of the line having the parametric equations x = t – 1 and y = 2t. a) 27.76 cm, 47.8 cm
a) 1 b) 20.45 cm, 35.6 cm
b) 3 c) 22.24 cm, 44.5 cm
c) 2 d) 25.55 cm, 46.7 cm
d) 4 311. Water is flowing into a conical cistern at the rate of 8 m^3/min. If the height
297. Find the second derivative of y with respect to x for: 4x^2 + 8y^2 = 36. of the inverted cone is 12 m and the radius of its circular opening is 6 m. How fast
a) 9/4y^3 is the water level rising when the water is 4 m deep?
b) 4y^3 a) 0.74 m/min
c) -9/4y^3 b) 0.64 m/min
d) -4y^3 c) 0.54 m/mid
298. Find the derivative of h with respect to u; for h = π^2u. d) 0.84 m/min
a) π^2x 312. An isosceles triangle with equal sides of 20 cm has these sides at variable
b) 2u ln π equal angles with the base. Determine the maximum area attainable by the
c) 2π^2u ln π triangle.
d) 2π^2u a) 250 cm^2
299. Find y’ if y = x ln x – x. b) 200 cm^2
a) ln x c) 180 cm^2
b) x ln x d) 300 cm^2
c) (ln x)/x 313. A triangle has variable sides x, y, z subject to the constraint such that the
d) x/ln x perimeter P is fixed to 18 cm. What is the maximum possible area for the triangle?
300. Differentiate, y = sec x^2. a) 15.59 cm^2
a) 2x sec x^2 b) 18.71 cm^2
b) 2sec x^2 c) 14.03 cm^2
c) 2xtan x^2 d) 17.15 cm^2
d) 2xsec x^2 tan x^2 314. What is the limit value of y = (x^3 + x)/(x^2 + x) as x approaches zero?
301. What is the derivative of the function with respect to x of (x + 1)^3 – x^3? a) 1
a) 3x + 3 b) indeterminate
b) 3x – 3 c) 0
c) 6x – 3 d) 3
d) 6x + 3 315. A fencing is limited to 20 ft high. What is the maximum rectangular area that
302. Evaluate the Lim [(x^2 – 1)/(x^2 + 3x – 4)] as x approaches 1. can be fenced in using two perpendicular corner sides of an existing wall?
a) 3/5 a) 120
b) 2/5 b) 100
c) 4/5 c) 140
13
d) 190 329. Evaluate the integral of sqrt(3t – 1) dt.

316. Find the point on the curve x^2 = 2y which is nearest to the point (4, 1). a) (2/9)(3t – 1)^5/2 + c
a) (2, 4) b) (2/9)(3t – 1)^3/2 + c
b) (4, 2) c) (1/2)(3t – 1)^5/2 + c
c) (2, 2) d) (1/2)(3t – 1)^3/2 + c
d) (2, 3) 330. Evaluate the integral of (3t – 1)^3 dt.
317. Find the largest area of a rectangle which can be inscribed in the ellipse, 4x^2 a) (1/12)(3t – 1)^4 + c
+ 9y^2 = 36. b) (1/4)(3t – 1)^4 + c
a) 12 c) (1/3)(3t – 1)^4 + c
b) 24 d) (1/12)(3t – 1)^3 + c
c) 6 331. Integrate the square root of (1 – cos x) dx.
d) 48 a) -2 sqrt(2) cos (x/2) + c
318. The derivative with respect ot v of the function f(y) = 3 b) -2sqrt(2) cos x + c
√ y is: c) 2sqrt(2) cos (x/2) + c
a) (y^-2/3)/3 d) -2sqrt(2) cos x+ c
b) 3y^2/3 332. Find the area bounded by the parabolas x^2 – 2y = 0 and x^2 + 2y – 8 = 0.
c) 3y^-2/3 a) 32/2
d) (y^2/3)/3 b) 20/3
319. If a is the simple constant, what is the derivative of y = xâ? c) 16/3
a) ax – x d) 64/3
b) ax 333. Evaluate: integral of cos^8 3A dA from 0 to π/6.
c) ax to the a - 1 power a) 35π/768
d) x to the a – 1 power b) 45π/768
320. The first derivative with respect to y of the function d(y) = 3 9 is _____.
√ c) 125π/768
a) 3(9/2) d) 5π/768
b) 3(9) to the 1/2 power 334. Evaluate: integral of 1/(4 + x^2)^3/2 dx.
c) 0 a) x/(4sqrt(x^2 + 4)) + c
d) 9 b) -1/(4sqrt(x^2 + 4)) + c
321. Find the derivative of f(x) = [x to the 3rd power – (x – 1) to the 3rd power] to c) - x/(4sqrt(x^2 + 4)) + c
the 3rd power? d) 1/(4sqrt(x^2 + 4)) + c
a) 3x – 3 (x – 1) 335. Evaluate: integral of (e^x)/(e^x + 1) dx
b) 3[x to the 3rd power – x – 1] to the 3rd power a) ln(e^x + 1) + c
c) 9[x to the 3rd power – (x – 1) to the 3rd power]^2 [x –(x – 1)]^2 b) ln(e^-x + 1) + c
d) 9[x to the 3rd power – (x – 1) to the 3rd power]^2 [x^2 – (x – 1)^2] c) ln^2 (e^x + 1) + c
322. Water from the filtering facility is pouring into a swimming pool. After n d) ln^2 (e^x + 1) + c
336. Evaluate: integral of (e^x – 1)/(e^x + 1)
hours, there are n + n gallons in the pool. At what rate is the water pouring into
√ a) ln (e^x -1)^2 + x + c
the pool when n = 16 hrs? b) ln (e^x + 1) + x + c
a) 1/2 gph c) ln (e^x + 1)^2 –x + c
b) 9/8 gph d) ln (e^x + 1)^2 –x + c
c) 1 gph 337. Evaluate integral of ln x dx from 1 to 0.
d) 7/6 gph a) infinity
323. Find the slope of the equation y = x^2 when x = 2. b) 1
a) 2 c) 0
b) 6 d) e
c) 4 338. Find the area bounded by the line x – 2y + 10 = 0, the x-axis, the y-axis and x
d) 1 = 10.
324. What is the value of the following limit? Lim (x^2 – 9)/(x – 3) as x a) 75
approaches 3. b) 45
a) 3 c) 18
b) 6 d) 36
c) 9 339. Find the area bounded by the curves x^2 + y^2 = 9 and 4x^2 + 9y^2 = 36, on
d) 0 the first quadrant.
325. The position of an object as a function of time is describe by x = 4t^3 + 2t^2 a) 2/3π
– t + 3. What is the distance traveled by an object at t = -2 and t = 2? b) 3/4π
a) 44 c) 1/2π
b) 63 d) 3/2π
c) 78 340. Determine the integral of z sin z with respect to z, then r from r = 0 to r = 1
d) 108 and from z = 0 to z = π/2.
326. Lim (x^2 0 4)/(x – 2) as x approaches 2, compute the indicated limit. a) 1/2
a) 4 b) 4/5
b) 8 c) 1/4
c) 6 d) 2/3
d) 10 341. Integrate 1/(3x + 4) with respect to x and evaluate the result from x = 0 to x =
327. Evaluate the integral of [(3^x) /(e^x)]dx from 0 to 1. 2.
a) 1.510 a) 0.278
b) 1.051 b) 0.336
c) 1.105 c) 0.252
d) 1.510 d) 0.305
328. Evaluate the integral of tan^2 x dx. 342. An area in the xy plane is bounded by the following lines: x = 0 (y-axis), y =
a) tan x – x + c 0 (x-axis), x + 4y = 20, and 4x + y = 20. The linear function z = 5x + 5y attains its
b) sec^2 x + x + c maximum value within the bounded area only at one of the vertices (intersections
c) 2sec x – x + c of the above lines). Determine the maximum value of z.
d) (tan^2 x)/s + x + c
14
a) 40 a) 22.4
b) 25 b) 29.8
c) 50 c) 44.7
d) 45 d) 26.8
343. Find the area bounded by the parabola x^2 = 4y and y = 4. 356. What retarding force is required to stop a 0.45 caliber bullet of mass 20 grams
a) 21.33 and speed of 200 m/s as it penetrates a wooden block to a depth of 2 inches?
b) 33.21 a) 17,716 N
c) 31.32 b) 19,645 N
d) 13.23 c) 15,500 N
344. Find the area in the first quadrant bounded by the parabola y^2 = 4x, x = 1 ad d) 12,500 N
x = 3. 357. A freely falling body is a body in rectilinear motion and with constant
a) 9.555 ________.
b) 5.955 a) velocity
c) 5.595 b) speed
d) 9.955 c) deceleration
345. Evaluate integral of 12 sin^5 x cos^5 x dx from 0 to π/2. d) acceleration
a) 0.20 358. A ball is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 50 ft/s. How high does it
b) 0.50 go?
c) 0.25 a) 39 ft
d) 0.35 b) 30 ft
346. Evaluate integral of x(x – 5)^12 dx from 5 to 6. c) 20 ft
a) 0.456 d) 45
b) 0.587 359. It takes an airplane one hour and forty-five minutes to travel 500 miles
c) 0.708 against the wind and covers the same distance in one hour and fifteen minutes with
d) 0.672 the win. What is the speed of the airplane?
347. What is the area bounded by the curve y^2 = x and the line x – 4 = 0. a) 342 mph
a) 32/3 b) 375 mph
b) 34/7 c) 450 mph
c) 64/3 d) 525 mph
d) 16/3 360 When the total kinetic energy of a system is the same as before and after the
348. Find the area bounded by the curve r = 8 cos 2θ. collision of two bodies, it is called:
a) 16π a) static collision
b) 32π b) elastic collision
c) 12π c) inelastic collision
d) 8π d) plastic collision
349. The area bounded by the curve y = 2x^1/2, the line y = 6 and the y-axis is to 361. An airplane travels from points A to B with a distance of 1500 km and a wind
be resolved at y = 6. Determine the centroid of the volume generated. along its flight. If it takes the airplane 2 hours from A to B with the tailwind and
a) 0.56 2.5 hours from B to A with the headwind, what is the velocity?
b) 1.80 a) 700 kph
c) 1.0 b) 675 kph
d) 1.24 c) 450 kph
350. Find the area of the region bounded by the polar curve r^2 = a^2 cos 2θ. d) 750 kph
a) 2a^2 362. The periodic oscillations either up or down or back and forth motion in a
b) 4a^2 straight line is known as ________.
c) 3a^2 a) transverse harmonic motion
d) a^2 b) resonance
351. The area bounded by the curve y^2 = 12x and the line x = 3 is resolved about c) rotational harmonic motion
the line x = 3. What is the volume generated? d) translational harmonic motion
a) 185 363. A flywheel of radius 14 inches is rotating at the rate of 1000 rpm. How fast
b) 187 does a poin on the rim travel in ft/sec?
c) 181 a) 122
d) 183 b) 1456
352. Find the moment of inertia with respect to the x-axis of the area bounded by c) 100
the parabola y^2 = 4x and the line x = 1. d) 39
a) 2.35 364. Pedro started running at a speed of 10 kph. Five minutes later, Mario started
b) 2.68 running in the same direction and catches up with Pedro in 20 minutes. What is the
c) 2.13 speed of Mario?
d) 2.56 a) 12.5 kph
353. Given the area in the first quadrant bounded by x^2 = 8y, the line y – 2 = 0 b) 15.0 kph
and the y-axis. What is the volume generated when the area is resolved about the c) 17.5 jph
line y – 2 = 0? d) 20.0 kph
a) 28.41 365. A flywheel accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 200 rpm in one-half
b) 27.32 second. It then rotates at the same speed for 2 seconds before decelerating to rest
c) 26.81 in one-third second. Determine the total number of revolutions of the flywheel
d) 25.83 during the entire time interval?
354. Find the area of the horizontal differential rectangle xdy by the x-axis and the a) 8.06 rev
line y = 4. The parabola y = 4x. Rectangle area = (4 – x)dy. b) 9.12 rev
a) 64/2 c) 6.90 rev
b) 32/3 d) 3.05
c) 32/4 366. A ball is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 60 ft/s. Determine the
d) 32/2 velocity at the maximum height.
355. What is the approximate area bounded by the curves y = 8 – x^2 and y = -2 + a) 6.12 ft/s
x^2? b) 2.61 ft/s
15
c) 2.12 ft/s d) 0.699

d) 0 ft/s 379. A missile is fired with a speed of 100 fps in a direction 30 degrees above the
367. A bullet if fired vertically upward with a mass of 3 grams. If it reaches an horizontal. Determine the maximum height to which it rises?
altitude of 100 m, what is its initial velocity? a) 60 ft
a) 54.2 m/s b) 52 ft
b) 47.4 m/s c) 45 ft
c) 52.1 m/s d) 39 ft
d) 44.2 m/s 380. When the total kinetic energy of a system is the same as before and after
368. What is the acceleration of a point on a rim of a flywheel 0.8 m in diameter collision of two bodies, it is called:
turning at the rate of 1400 rad/min? a) plastic collision
a) 214.77 m/s b) inelastic collision
b) 217.77 m/s c) elastic collision
c) 220.77 m/s d) static collision
d) 227.77 m/s 381. A man travels in a motorized banca at the rate of 15 kph from his barrio to the
369. Impulse causes ______________. poblacion and come back to his barrio at the rate of 12 kph. If his total time of
a) the object’s momentum to change travel back and forth is 3 hours, the distance from the barrio to the poblacion is:
b) the object’s momentum to decrease a) 10 km
c) the object’s momentum to increase b) 15 km
d) the object’s momentum to remain constant or to be conserve c) 20 km
370. A DC-9 jet with a takeoff mass of 120 tons has two engines producing d) 25 km
average force of 80,000 N during takeoff. Determine the plane’s acceleration down 382. A 50,000 N car travelling with a speed of 150 km/hr rounds a curve whose
the runway if the takeoff time is 10 seconds. radius is 150 m. Find the centripetal force.
a) 1.52 m/s^2 a) 70 kN
b) 1.33 m/s^2 b) 25 kN
c) 3.52 m/s^2 c) 65 kN
d) 2.45 m/s^2 d) 59 kN
371. In a hydraulic press, the small cylinder has a diameter of 8 cm, while the 383. A ball is dropped from a building 100 m high. If the mass of the ball is 10
larger piston has a diameter of 2 cm. If the force of 600 N is applied to the small grams, after what time will the ball strikes the earth?
piston, what is the force of the large piston, neglecting friction? a) 5.61 s
a) 3895 N b) 2.45 s
b) 4125 N c) 4.52 s
c) 4538 N d) 4.42 s
d) 5395 N 384. A 900 N weight hangs on a vertical plane. A man pushes this weight
372. A car accelerates uniformly from standstill to 80 mi/hr in 5 seconds. What is horizontally until the rope makes an angle of 40° with the vertical. What is the
its acceleration? tension in the rope?
a) 23.47 ft/sec^2 a) 1286 N
b) 33.47 ft/sec^2 b) 1175 N
c) 43.47 ft/sec^2 c) 918 N
d) 53.47 ft/sec^2 d) 825 N
373. A stone is thrown vertically upward at the rate of 20m/s. It will return to the 385. A plane dropped a bomb at an elevation 1000 meters from the ground
ground after how many seconds? intended to hit a target which is 200 m from the ground. If the plane was flying at
a) 3.67 sec a velocity of 300 kph, at what distance from the target must the bomb be dropped
b) 5.02 sec to hit the target? Wind velocity and atmospheric pressure to be disregarded.
c) 4.08 sec a) 1864.71 m
d) 2.04 sec b) 2053.20 m
374. A plane is headed due east with airspeed of 240 mph. If a wind at 40 mph is c) 1574.37 m
blowing from the north, find the ground speed of the plane. d) 1064.20 m
a) 190 mph 386. What is the minimum distance can a truck slide on a horizontal asphalt road if
b) 210 mph it is travelling at 25 m/s? The coefficient of sliding friction between the asphalt
c) 243 mph and rubber tire is at 0.60. The weight of the truck is 8500 kg.
d) 423 mph a) 44.9
375. The study of motion without reference to the force that causes the motion is b) 58.5
known as __________. c) 53.2
a) statics d) 63.8
b) dynamics 387. A concrete highway curve with a radius of 500 ft is banked to give lateral
c) kinetics pressure equivalent to f = 0.15. For what coefficient of friction will skidding
d) kinematics impend for a speed of 60 mph.
376. A car accelerates from rest and reached a speed of 90 kph in 2- seconds. What a) µ > 0.360
is the acceleration in meter per second? b) µ < 0.310
a) 0.667 c) µ > 0.310
b) 0.707 d) µ < 0.360
c) 0.833 388. A circle has a diameter of 20 cm. Determine the moment of inertia if the
d) 0.866 circular area relative to the axis perpendicular to the area through the center of the
377. Momentum is a property related to the object’s __________. circle in cm^4.
a) motion and mass a) 14,280
b) mass and acceleration b) 15,708
c) motion and weight c) 17,279
d) weight and velocity d) 19,007
378. A gulf weighs 1.6 ounce. If its velocity immediately after being driven is 225 389. An isosceles triangle has a 10 cm base and a 10 cm altitude. Determine the
fps, what is the impulse of the bow in slug-ft/sec? moment of inertia of the triangle area relative to a line parallel to the base and
a) 0.855 through the upper vertex in cm^4.
b) 0.812 a) 2,750
c) 0.758 b) 3,025
16
c) 2,500 b) 1690 ft-lb

d) 2,273 c) 1980 ft-lb
390. Two electrons have speeds of 0.7c and x respectively. If their relative velocity d) 2002 ft-lb
is 0.65c, find x. 402. A 20 kg object moving at 10 m/sec strikes an unstretched spring to a vertical
a) 0.02c wall having a spring constant of 40 kN/m. Find the deflection of the spring.
b) 0.12c a) 111.8 mm
c) 0.09c b) 223.6 mm
d) 0.25c c) 70.7 mm
391. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane following a parabolic path with d) 50.0 mm
an initial velocity of 100 m/s at an angle of 30° above the horizontal. How far from 403. A 300 kg box impends to slide down a ramp inclined at an angle of 25
the throwing point will the ball attain its original level? degrees with the horizontal. What is the frictional resistance?
a) 890 m a) 1243.76 N
b) 883 m b) 9951.50 N
c) 878 m c) 1468.9 N
d) 875 m d) 3359.7 N
392. What is the speed of a synchronous earth’s satellite situated 4.5 x 10^7 m 404. A marksman fires a rifle horizontally at a target. How much does the bullet
from the earth? drop in flight if the target is 150 m away and the bullet has a muzzle velocity of
a) 11,070 kph 500 m/sec?
b) 12,000 kph a) 0.34 m
c) 11,777.4 kph b) 0.44 m
d) 12,070.2 kph c) 0.64 m
393. What is the inertia of a bowling ball (mass 0.50 kg) of radius 15 cm rotating d) 0.54 m
at an angular speed of 10 rpm for 6 seconds. 405. A ball is thrown from a building at an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal
a) 0.001 kg-m^2 at an initial velocity of 30 m/sec. After hiting level ground at the base of the
b) 0.002 kg-m^2 building, it has covered a total distance of 150 m. How tall is the building?
c) 0.0045 kg-m^2 a) 230.7 m
d) 0.005 kg-m^2 b) 756.7 m
394. The angle or inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% grade is c) 692.5 m
____________ degrees. d) 1089 m
a) 4.72 406. A highway curve with radius 800 ft is to be banked so that a car travelling 55
b) 4.27 mph will not skid sideways even in the absence of friction. At what angle should
c) 5.12 the curve be banked?
d) 1.86 a) 0.159 deg
395. A highway curve has a super elevation of 7 degrees. What is the radius of the b) 75 deg
curve such that there will be no lateral pressure between the tires and the roadway c) 6.411 deg
at a speed of 40 mph? d) 14.2 deg
a) 265.71 m 407. An airplane flying horizontally at a speed of 200 m/sec drops a bomb from an
b) 438.34 m elevation of 2415 meters. Determine the time required for the bomb to reach the
c) 345.34 m earth.
d) 330.78 m a) 11.09 sec
396. A shot is fired at an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal and a velocity of b) 22.18 sec
120 m/s. Calculate the range of the projectile. c) 44.37 sec
a) 12.71 km d) 8.20 sec
b) 387.57 ft 408. Find the banking angle of a highway curve of 100 m radius designed for cars
c) 0.789 mile travelling at 180 kph, if the coefficient of friction between the tires and the road is
d) 423.74 yd 0.58.
397. A stone dropped from the top of a building 55 yd elevation will hit the ground a) 19.23 deg
with a velocity of: b) 38.5 deg
a) 37 ft/sec c) 76.9 deg
b) 33 ft/sec d) 45 deg
c) 105 ft/sec 409. A pulley has a tangential speed of 14m/sec and an angular velocity of 6/5
d) 103 ft/sec rad/sec. What is the normal acceleration of the pulley?
398. What is the kinetic energy of a 4000 lb automobile which is moving at 44 a) 91 m/sec^2
ft/sec? b) 99 m/sec^2
a) 1.21 x 10^5 ft-lb c) 105 m/sec^2
b) 2.10 x 10^5 ft-lb d) 265 m/sec^2
c) 1.80 x 10^5 ft-lb 410. An elevator weighing 4000 kb attains an upward velocity of 4 m/sec in 3 sec
d) 1.12 x 10^5 ft-lb with uniform acceleration. Find the apparent weight of a 40 kg man standing
399. Find the rate of increase of velocity if a body increases its velocity from 50 inside the elevator during its ascent.
m/sec to 130 m/sec in 16 sec. a) 339 N
a) -4.0 m/sec^2 b) 245 N
b) 80 m/sec^2 c) 446 N
c) -80 m/sec^2 d) 795 N
d) 5.0 m/sec^2 411. A stone is dropped from a cliff and 2 sec later another stone is thrown
400. A 20 kg sack is raised vertically 5 meters in 0.50 sec. What is the change in downward with a speed of 22 m/sec. How far below the top of the cliff will the
Potential Energy? second stone overtake the first?
a) 98.1 J a) 375 m
b) 981 J b) 507 m
c) 200 J c) 795 m
d) 490.5 J d) 994 m
401. A 350 lbf acts on a block at an angle of 15 degrees with the horizontal. What 412. How much horizontal force is needed to produce an acceleration of 8 m/sec^2
is the work done by this force if it is pushed 5 feet horizontally? on a 75 kg box?
a) 1350.3 ft-lb a) 600 N
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b) 500 N a) 0.90 ft
c) 400 N b) 2.80 ft
d) 200 N c) 2.50 ft
413. An elevator with a mass of 1500 kg descends with a acceleration of 2.85 d) 1.15 ft
m/sec^2. What is the tension in the supporting cable? 425. A 10” diameter helical gear carries a torque of 4000 in-lb. It has a 20 degree
a) 10,440 N involute stub teeth and a helix angle of 30 degree. Determine the axial component
b) 12,220 N of the load on the teeth.
c) 15,550 N a) 451.4 lb
d) 20,220 N b) 218 lb
414. A dictionary is pulled to the right at a constant velocity by a 25 N force c) 471.5 lb
pulling upward at 60 degrees above the horizontal. What is the weight of the d) 461.6 lb
dictionary if the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.30? 426. A winch lifted a mass of 1600 kg through a height of 25 m in 30 sec.
a) 31 N Calculate the input power in kW if the efficiency of the winch is 60%.
b) 21 N a) 18.1 kW
c) 20 N b) 21.8 kW
d) 63 N c) 28.1 kW
415. The breaking strength of a string is 500 N. Find the maximum speed that it d) 13.08 kW
can attain if a 1.5 kg ball is attached at one end while the other end is held 427. A diagram which shows only the forces acting on the body:
stationary and is whirled in a circle. The string is 0.65 m long. a) free body diagram
a) 15.4 m/sec b) cash flow
b) 55.2 m/sec c) forces flow diagram
c) 24.4 m/sec d) motion diagram
d) 14.7 m/sec 428. One horse power is equivalent to:
416. The position of a body weighing 72.6 kg is given by the expression S = 5t^2 a) 746 watts
+ 3t + 4, where S is in meters and t is in seconds. What force is required for this b) 7460 watts
motion? c) 74.6 watts
a) 625 N d) 7.46 watts
b) 695 N 429. Which is a true statement about the vector? V1 = i + 2j + k and v2 = i + 3j –
c) 726 N 7k
d) 985 N a) the vectors coincide
417. Assuming a shaft output of 3,000 kW and a fuel rate of (JP-4) 34.2 lbs/min. b) the angle between them is 17.4 degree
What is the overall thermal efficiency of the machine? (HHV of JP-4 is 18,000 c) the vectors are parallel
Btu/lb) d) the vectors are orthogonal
a) 24.2% 430. In a lifting machine, a load of 50 kN is moved by a distance of 10 cm using
b) 28.3% an effort of 10 kN which moves through a distance of 1 m, the efficiency of the
c) 27.7% machine is:
d) 29.1% a) 20%
418. g = 32.2 ft/sec^2. How is it expressed in SI? b) 50%
a) 9.81 m/sec^2 c) 10%
b) 9.86 m/sec^2 d) 40%
c) 9.08 m/sec^2 431. What is the angle between two vectors A and B? A = (3, 2, 1) and B = (2, 3,
d) 9.91 m/sec^2 2)
419. A winch lifted a mass of 1600 kg through a height of 25 m in 30 sec. If the a) 24.8 deg
efficiency of the winch is 60%, calculate the energy consumed in kWh. b) 36.7 deg
a) 0.1718 kWh c) 42.5 deg
b) 0.1881 kWh d) 77.5 deg
c) 0.1817 kWh 432. What is the equivalent of one horsepower?
d) 0.218 kWh a) 746 W
420. Cast iron weighs 640 pounds per cubic foot. The weight of a cast iron block b) 3141 kW
14” x 12” x 18” is: c) 33,000 ft-lb/min
a) 1120 lbs d) 2545 Btu/lb
b) 1000 lbs 433. Two people are driving towards each other between two towns 160 km apart.
c) 1200 lbs The first man drives at the rate of 45 kph and the other drives at 35 kph. From their
d) 1088 lbs starting point how long would it take that they will meet.
421. A solid disk flywheel (l = 2—kg-,^2) is rotating with a speed of 900 rpm. a) 3 hr
What is its rotational kinetic energy? b) 4 hr
a) 730 x 10 to the 3rd power J c) 2 hr
b) 680 x 10 to the 3rd power J d) 1 hr
c) 1100 x 10 to the 3rd power J 434. Resistance to motion, caused by one surface rubbing against another.
d) 888 x 10 to the 3rd power J a) inertia
422. The path of a projectile is a: b) resistance
a) ellipse c) gravity
b) parabola d) friction
c) part of a circle 435. What happens to the acceleration if the mass is tripled and the force remains
d) hyperbola the same?
423. What is the name for a vector that represent the sum of two vectors? a) it will be tripled
a) moment b) it will be 1/3 of the original
b) torque c) it will remain the same
c) scalar d) it will be 3 times the original
d) resultant 436. Which number has five significant digits?
424. Determine the super elevation of the outer rail of a 4-ft wide railroad track on a)0.01410
a 10 degrees curve. (A 10 degrees curve is one which a chord 100 ft long subtends b)0.00101
an angle of 10 degrees at the center). Assumed velocity of 45 mph. c)1.0140
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d)0.01414 d) Negative log

437. The prefix of a no. 10 raise ot the power minus 6 is: 451. The logarithm of 1 to base e is:
a) tera a) One
b)deci b) 2.718
c) centi c) Infinity
d) micro d) Zero
438. The length of a bar is one million of a meter is called: 452. What is the value of (0.101)^(5/6)?
a) omicron a) antilog [ log 0.101/(5/6) ]
b) micron b) antilog [ 6/5 log 0.101 ]
c) one bar c) 6/5 antilog [ log 0.101 ]
d)one milli d) antilog [ 5/6 log 0.101]
439. 120 Giga Newton is how many Mega Newton? 453. A box contains 8 black and 12 white balls. What is the probability of getting
a) 12,000 1 black and 1 white ball in two consecutive draws from the box?
b) 120 a) 0.53
c) 1,200 b) 0.45
d) 120,000 c) 0.50
440. Factor the expression ( 289x^3 - 204x^2 + 36x ) d) 0.55
a)4x( 17/2 x – 3)( 17/2 x – 3 ) 454. What is the sum of the following finite sequence of terms? 28, 35, 42, ..., 84.
b) 4x(17x-3)(17x-3) a) 504
c) 4x(4x-3)(4x+3) b) 525
d)4x(17x-3)(17x+3) c) 540
441. Factor the expression as completely as possible: (2x^3 -7x^2 +6x) d) 580
a) x(x-2)(x-3) 455. Solve for x that satisfy the equation, x^2 + 36 = 9 – 2x^2
b) x(x-2)(x+3) a) ±6i
c) x(x-2)(2x+3) b) +9i
d) x(x-2)(2x-3) c) ±3i
442. ( (xyz)^(1/n) )^n is equal to: d) -9i
a) (xyz)^(1/n) 456. 35.2 to the x power = 7.5 to the x-2 power, solve for x using logarithms.
b) (xyz)^n a) -2.06
c) xyz b) -2.10
d) (xyz)^(n-1) c) -2.60
443. If x raise to the one half of one equals 4, x equal to: d) +2.60
a) 24 457. Solve algebraically: 4x^2 + 7y^2 = 32 and 11y^2 – 3x^2 = 41.
b) 8 a) y = 4, x = ±1 and y = -4, x = ±1
c) 12 b) y = +2, x = ±1 and y = -2 , x = ±1
d) 16 c) x = 2, y = 3 and x = -2, y = -3
444. If the numbers one and above divided by zero the answer is: d) x = 2, y = -2 and x = 2, y = -2
a) zero 458. Factor the expression 16 – 10x + x^2.
b) infinity a) (x+8)(x-2)
c) indeterminate b) (x-8)(x+2)
d) absurd c) (x-8)(x-2)
445. Solve for x and y: 4x + 3y = 11 and 8x^2 – 9y^2 = -7. d) (x+8)(x+2)
a) x = 5/3 and y = 3/2 459. What is the value of e^-4 = _____________.
b) x = 3/2 and y = 3/2 a) 0
c) x = 3/5 and y = 5/3 b) 0.183156
d) x = 3/2 and y = 5/3 c) 0.1381560
446. If A can do the work in a days and B in b days, how long will it take to do the d) 0.0183156
job working together? 460. A pump can pump out a tank in 15 hrs. Another pump can pump out the same
a) ( a + b ) / ab days tank in 20 hrs. How long will it take both pumps together to pump out the tank?
b) ( a + b ) / 2 days a) 8.57 hrs
c) ab / ( a + b ) days b) 7.85 hrs
d) a + b days c) 6.58 hrs
447. Five hundred kg of steel containing 8% nickel to be made by mixing a steel d) 5.50 hrs
containing 14% nickel with another containing 6% nickel. How much of each is 461. A tank can be filled by one pipe in 9 hrs and another pipe in 12 hrs. Starting
needed? empty, how long will it take to fill the tank if water is being taken out by a third
a) 125 kg and 375 kg pipe at a rate per hour equal to one-sixth the capacity of the tank?
b) 150 kg and 350 kg a) 36 hrs
c) 200 kg and 300 kg b) 25 hrs
d) 250 kg and 250 kg c) 30 hrs
448. Logarithm of 10th root of, x raise to 10 equals to: d) 6 hrs
a) log x 462. A rubber ball was dropped from a height of 42 m and each time it strikes the
b) ( log x^(1/10) ) / 10 ground it rebounds to a height of 2/3 of the distance from which it fell. Find the
c) 10 log x total distance travelled by the ball before it comes to rest.
d) log x^10 a) 180 m
449. What is the natural logarithm of e to the a plus b power? b) 190 m
a) ab c) 210 m
b) log ab d) 220 m
c) a + b 463. From a box containing 8 red balls, 8 white balls and 12 blue balls, one ball is
d) 2.718 ( a + b) drawn at random. Determine the probability that it is red or white:
450. What is the logarithm of negative one hundred? a) 0.571
a) No logarithm b) 0.651
b) Zero c) 0.751
c) Positive log d) 0.0571
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464. If 1/x, 1/y, 1/z are in A.P., then y is equal to: 475.A rectangular field is surrounded by a fence 548 meters long. The diagonal
a) x-z distance from corner to corner is 194 meters. Determine the area of the rectangular
b) ½(x+2z) field.
c) (x+z)/2xz a) 18,270 m^2
d) 2xz/(x+z) b) 18,720 m^2
465. A class of 40 took examination in Algebra and Trigonometry. If 30 passed c) 18,027 m^2
algebra, 36 passed Trigonmetry, and 2 failed in both subjects, the number of d) 19,702 m^2
students who passed the two subjects is: 476. Solve for x: (x+2)^(1/2) + (3x-2)^(1/2) = 4
a) 22 a) x = 1
b) 28 b) x = 3
c) 30 c) x = 2
d) 60 d) x = 4
466. Simplify: ( ab / (ab)^(1/3) )^(1/2) 477. Solve for x: (1/x) + (2/x^2) = (3/x^3).
a) (ab)^(1/3) a) x=1,x=-3
b) ab b) x=3,x=1
c) (ab)^(1/2) c) x=-1,x=3
d) (ab)^(1/5) d) x=2,x=3
467. Combine into a single fraction: (3x-1)/(x^2-1) – (x+3)/(x^2+3x+2) – 1/(x+2) 478. Solve for x: x^(2/3) + x^(-2/3) = 17/4
a) x-1 a) x=-4,x=-1/4
b) x+1 b) x=8,x=-1/4
c) 1/(x+1) c) x=4,x=1/8
d) 1/(x-1) d) x=8,x=1/8
468. Two cars start at the same time from nearby towns 200 km apart and travel 479. A rectangular lot has a perimeter of 120 meters and an area of 800 square
toward each other. One travel at 60 kph and the other at 40 kph. After how many meters. Find the length and width of the lot.
hours will they meet on the road? a) 10m and 30m
a) 1 hour b) 30m and 20m
b) 2 hrs c) 40m and 20m
c) 3 hrs d) 50m and 10m
d) 2.5 hrs 480. A 24-meter pole is held by three guy wires in its vertical position. Two of the
469. A single engine airplane has an airspeed of 125 kph. A west wind of 25 kph is guy wires are of equal length. The third wire is 5 meters longer than the other two
blowing. The plane is to patrol due to east and then return toa is base. How far east and is attached to the ground 11 meters farther from the foot of the pole than the
can it go if the round trip is to consume 4 hrs? other two equal wires. Find the length of the wires.
a) 240 km a) 25m and 30m
b) 180 km b) 15m and 40m
c) 200 km c)20m and 35m
d) 150 km d) 50 and 10m
470. A car travels from A to B, a distance of 100 km, at an average speed of 30 481. In a racing contest, there are 240 cars which will have fuel provisions that
kph. At what average speed must it travel back from B to A in order to average 45 will last for 15 hours. Assuming a constant hourly consumption for each car, how
kph for the round trip of 200 km? long will the fuel provisions last if 8 cars withdraw from race every hour after the
a) 70 kph first?
b) 110 kph a) 20 hours
c) 90 kph b)10 hours
d) 50 kph c) 15 hours
471. Two trains A and B having average speed of 75 mph and 90 kph respectively, d) 25 hours
leave the same point and travel in opposite direstions. In how many minutes would 482. A pile of boiler pipes contains 1275 pipes in layers so that the top layer
they be 1600 miles apart? contains one pipe and each lower layer has one more pipe than the layer above.
a) 533 How many layers are there in the pile?
b) 733 a) 50
c) 633 b) 45
d) 833 c) 40
472. It takes Butch twice as long as it takes Dan to do a certain piece of work. d) 55
Working together, they can do the work in 6 days. How long would it take Dan to 483. A production supervisor submitted the following report on the average rate of
do it alone? production of printed circuit boards(PCB) in an assembly line: “1.5 workers
a) 12 days produce 12 PCB’s in 2 hours”. How many workers are employed in the assembly
b) 10 days line working 40 hours each per week with a weekly production of 8000 PCB’s/
c) 11 days a) 50 workers
d) 9 days b) 60 workers
473. A man leaving his office one afternoon noticed the clock at past two o’clock. c) 55 workers
Between two to three hours, he returned to his office noticing the hands of the d) 70 workers
clock interchanged. At what time did he leave the office? 484. A man bought 20 calculators for P20,000.00. There are three types of
a) 2:26.01 calculators bought, business type costs P3,000 each, scientific type costs P1,500
b) 2:10.09 each and basic type costs P500 each. How many calculators of each type were
c) 2:30.01 purchased?
d) 2:01.01 a) 3, 6, 11
474. A company has a certain number of machines of equal capacity that produced b) 2, 6, 12
a total of 180 pieces each working day. If two machines breakdown, the work load c) 1, 4, 15
of the remaining machines is increased by three pieces per day to maintain d) 2, 5, 13
production. Find the number of machines. 486. A veterans organization in cebu city consists of men who fought in World
a) 12 War II and men who fought in Korea. The secretary noted that 180 members had
b) 18 fought in Korea and that 70% had taken part in World War II, while 10% of the
c) 15 members had fought in both World War II and Korea. How many members are
d) 10 there together?
a) 400
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b) 500 b) coplanar
c) 450 c) concurrent
d) 700 d) congruent
487. An angle greater than a straight angle and less than two straight angles is 501. Points which lie on the same plane is called:
called: a) collinear
a) Right angle b) coplanar
b) Obtuse angle c) concurrent
c) Reflex angle d) congruent
d) Acute angle 502. In two intersecting lines, the angles opposite to each other are termed as:
488. A line segment joining two points on a circle is called: a) opposite angles
a) Arc b) vertical angles
b) Tangent c) horizontal angles
c) Sector d) inscribed angles
d) Chord 503. A normal to a given plane is:
489. All circles having the same center but with unequal radii are called: a) perpendicular to the plane
a) encircle b) lying on the plane
b) tangent circles c) parallel to the plane
c) concyclic d) oblique to the plane
d) concentric circles 504. Which of the following statements is correct?
490. A triangle having three sides equal is called: a) all equilateral triangles are similar
a) equilateral triangles b) all right-angled triangles are similar
b) scalene triangles c) all isosceles triangles are similar
c) isosceles triangles d) all rectangles are similar
d) right triangles 505. A polygon is ________ when no side, when extended, will pass through the
491. In a regular polygon, the perpendicular line drawn from the center of the interior of the polygon.
inscribed circle to any one of the sides is called: a) equilateral
a) radius b) isoperimetric
b) altitude c) congruent
c) median d) none of the above
d) rhombus 506. The sum of the sides of a polygon:
492. A quadrilateral with two and only two sides of which are parallel is called: a) perimeter
a) parallelogram b) hexagon
b) trapezoid c) square
c) quadrilateral d) circumference
d) rhombus 507. What are the exact values of the cosine and tangent trigonometric functions of
493. A polygon with fifteen sides is termed as: the acute angle A, given sin A = 5/8?
a) dodecagon a) cos A = 8 / 39^(1/2) and tan A = 39^(1/2) / 5
b) decagon b) cos A = 39^(1/2) / 5 and tan A = 8 / 39^(1/2)
c) pentedecagon c) cos A = 39/8 and tan A = 5/ 39^(1/2)
d) nonagon d) cos A = 8/5 and tan A = 5/8
494. A statement the truth of which is admitted without proof is called: 508. Given a triangle with angle C=290, side a =132 units and side b=233.32 units.
a) an axiom Solve for angle B.
b) a postulate a) B=1200
c) a theorem b) B=122.50
d) a corollary c) B=125.20
495. A rectangle with equal sides is termed as: d) B=1300
a) rhombus 509. Simplify: cos2 θ ( 1 + tan2 θ )
b) trapezoid a) tan 2θ
c) square b) 1
d) parallelogram c) sin 2θ
496. The sum of the sides of a polygon is termed as: d) cos θ
a) circumference 510. What is the cosine of 1200?
b) altitude a) -0.500
c) apothem b) -0.450
d) perimeter c) -0.866
497. A line that meets a plane but not perpendicular to it, in relation to the plane, d) 0.500
is: 511. What is the sine of 8400?
a) parallel a) -0.866
b) collinear b) -0.500
c) coplanar c) 0.866
d) oblique d) 0.500
498. A quadrilateral whose opposite sides are equal is generally termed as: 512. If the sine of angle A is given as k, what would be then tangent of angle A?
a) a square Symbol h for hypotenuse, o for opposite and a for adjacent.
b) a rectangle a) hk/o
c) a rhombus b) hk/a
d) a parallelogram c) ha/k
499. A part of a line included between two points on the line is called: d) ok/a
a) a tangent 513. Which is true regarding the signs of the natural functions for angles between
b) a secant 900 and 1800?
c) a sector a) The tangent is positive
d) a segment b) The cotangent is positive
500. Lines which pass through a common point are called: c) The cosine is negative
a) collinear d) The sine is negative
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514. What is the inverse natural function of the cosecant? c) 0.3548

a) secant d) 0.4282
b) sine 527. Solve for x: 2^x + 4^x = 8 ^x
c) cosine a) 0.694242
d) tangent b) 0.692424
515. What is the sum of the squares of the sine and cosine of an angle? c) 0.964242
a) 0 d) 0.742420
b) 1 528. Given: Triangle ABC whose angle A is 320 and a = 75 m. The opposite side
c) 3^(1/2) of angle B is 100m. Find angle C.
d) 2 a) 1000
516. What is an equivalent expression for sin 2x? b) 1030
a) ½ sin x cos x c) 1100
b) 2 sin x cos ½ x d) 1150
c) -2 sin x cos x 529. Given triangle ABC with sides AB=210 m, BC=205 m, and AC=110 m. Find
d) 2 sin x/sec x the largest angle.
517. A transit set-up 112.1 feet from the base of a vertical chimney reads 32030’ a) 72.7510
with the crosshairs set on top of the chimney. With the telescope level, the vertical b) 75.7210
rod at the base of the chimney is 5.1 feet. How tall is the chimney? c) 77.1570
a) 66.3 ft d) 82.5170
b) 71.4 ft 530. A pole which leans 10015’ from the vertical towards the sun casts a shadow
c) 76.5 ft 9.43m long on the ground when the angle of elevation of the sun is 54050’. Find
d) 170.9 ft the length of the pole.
518. If sin θ – cos θ = 1/3, what is the value of in 2θ? a) 12.5m
a) 1/3 b) 14.2m
b) 1/9 c) 15.4m
c) 8/9 d) 18.3m
d) 4/9 531. Two points lie on a horizontal line directly south of a building 35 m high. The
519. If cos θ = 3^(1/2)/2, then find the value of x if x = 1 – tan2 θ: angles of depression to the points are 29010’ and 43050’, respectively. Determine
a) -2 the distance between the points.
b) -1/3 a) 26.3 m
c) 4/3 b) 28.7 m
d) 2/3 c) 30.2 m
520. Solve for x: x = 1-(sin θ-cos θ)^2 d) 36.4 m
a) sin θcos θ 532. Two points lie on a horizontal line directly south of a building 35 m high. The
b) -2cos θ angles of depression to the points are 29010’ and 43050’, respectively. Determine
c) cos 2 θ the distance between the building and the farthest point.
d) sin 2 θ a) 62.7 m
521. A mobiline tower and a Nipa Hut stand on a level plane. The angles of b) 36.5 m
depression of the top and bottom of the Nipa Hut viewed from the top of the c) 26.5 m
mobiline tower are 150 and 400, respectively. The height of the tower is 100m. Find d) 72.6 m
the height of the Nipa hut. 533. Given triangle ABC with sides AB=210 m, BC=205 m, and AC=110 m. Find
a) 78.08 m the largest angle.
b) 87.08 m a) C = 1100
c) 68.07 m b) C = 85.20
d) 77.08 m c) C = 77.10
522. Ship A started sailing N40032’E at the rate of 3 mph. After 2 hours, ship B d) C = 43.50
started from the same port going S45018’E at the rate of 4 mph. After how many 534. Given triangle ABC whose angle A is 320 and opposite side of A is 75 meters.
hours will the second ship be exactly south of ship A? The opposite side of angle B is 100 m. find the opposite side of angle C.
a) 2.25 hrs a) c = 137.8 m
b) 2.97 hrs b) c = 181.2 m
c) 3.73 hrs c) c = 117.7 m
d) 4.37 hrs d) c = 127.8 m
523. Solve for the value of x in the equation: ln (2x+7) – ln (x-1) = ln 5 535. A point P within an equilateral triangle has a distance of 4m, 5m, and 6m
a) x=4 respectively from the vertices. Find the side of the triangle.
b) x=5 a) 8.53m
c) x=6 b) 6.78m
d) x=8 c) 9.45m
524. Two ships started sailing from the same point. One travelled N200E at 30 mph d) 17.8m
while the other travelled S500E at 20 mph. After 3 hrs, how far apart are the ships? 536. The diagonal of the floor of a rectangular room is 7.50 m. The shorter side of
a) 124 miles the room is 4.5 m. What is the area of the room?
b) 129 miles a) 36 sq. m
c) 135 miles b) 27 sq. m
d) 145 miles c) 58 sq. m
525. A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a semi-circle such that one of the sides d) 24 sq. m
coincides with the diameter AD. AB = 10 meters, and BC = 20 meters. If the 537. A semi-circle of radius 14 cm is formed from a piece of wire. If it is bent into
diameter AD of the semi-circle is 40 meters, find the area of the quadrilateral. a rectangle whose length is 1 cm more than its width, find the area of the rectangle.
a) 350 m^2 a) 256.25 sq. cm
b) 420 m^2 b) 323.57 sq. cm
c) 470 m^2 c) 386.54 sq. cm
d) 530 m^2 d) 452.24 sq. cm
526. Solve for x: Arcsin 2x - Arcsin x = 150 538. The length of the side of’ a square is increased by 100%. Its perimeter is
a) 0.1482 increased by:
b) 0.2428 a) 25%
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b) 100% 551. A sector of radius of 6 cm and central angle of 600 is bent to form a cross.
c) 200% Find the volume of the cone.
d) 300% a) (35)^(1/2) π / 3
539. A piece of wire of length 52 cm is cut into two parts. Each part is then bent to b) π (35)^(1/2)
form a square. It is found that total area of the two squares is 97 sq. cm. the c) 35 π / 3^(1/2)
dimension of the bigger square is: d) 35 π / 3
a) 4 552. A spherical wedge of a sphere of radius 10 cm has an angle of 400. Its volume
b) 9 is:
c) 3 a) 523.42 cm^3
d) 6 b) 465.42 cm^3
540. A sector has a radius of 12 cm. If the length of its arc is 12 cm, its area is: c) 683.42 cm^3
a) 66 sq. cm d) 723.45 cm^3
b) 82 sq. cm 553. If a solid steel ball is immersed in an eight cm diameter cylinder, if displaces
c) 144 sq. cm water to a depth of 2.25 cm. The radius of the ball is:
d) 72 sq. cm a) 3 cm
541. The perimeter of a sector is 9 cm and its radius is 3 cm. What is the area of b) 6 cm
the sector? c) 9 cm
a) 4 sq. cm d) 12 cm
b) 9/2 sq. cm 554. The volume of a cube is reduced by how much if all sides are halved?
c) 11/2 sq. cm a) 1/8
d) 27/2 sq. cm b) 5/8
542. An iron bar 20 cm long is bent to form a closed plane area. What is the largest c) 6/8
area possible? d) 7/8
a) 21.56 sq. m 555. If 23 cm^3 of water are poured into a conical vessel, it reaches a depth of 12
b) 25.68 sq. m cm. How much water must be added so that the depth reaches 18 cm?
c) 28.56 sq. m a) 95 cm^3
d) 31.83 sq. m b) 100 cm^3
543. A swimming pool is to be constructed in the shape of partially-overlapping c) 54.6 cm^3
identical circles. Each of the circles has a radius of 9 cm, and each passes through d) 76.4 cm^3
the center of the other. Find the area of the swimming pool. 556. A cylindrical tank, lying horizontally, 0.90 m in diameter and 3 m long is
a) 302.33 sq. m filled to a depth of 0.60 m. How many gallons of gasoline does it contain?
b) 362.55 sq. m a) 250
c) 398.99 sq. m b) 360
d) 409.44 sq. m c) 300
544. A circle of radius 5 cm has a chord which is 6 cm long. Find the area of the d) 270
circle concentric to this circle and tangent to the given chord. 557. A closed cylindrical tank is 8 ft long and 3 ft in diameter. When lying in a
a) 14 π horizontal position, the water is 2 feet deep. If the tank is in the vertical position,
b) 16 π the depth of the water tank is:
c) 9 π a) 5.67 m
d) 4 π b) 5.82 m
545. The diagonals of a rhombus are 10 cm and 8 cm, respectively. Its area is: c) 5.82 ft
a) 10 sq. cm d) 5.67 ft
b) 50 sq. cm 558. The surface area of a sphere is 4πr^2. Find the percentage increase in its
c) 60 sq. cm diameter when the surface area increases by 21%.
d) 40 sq. cm a) 5%
546. The diagonals of a parallelogram are 10 cm and 16 cm, respectively, if one of b) 10%
its side measures 6 cm, what is the area? c) 15%
a) 59.92 sq. cm d) 20%
b) 65.87 sq. cm 559. Find the percentage increase in volume of a sphere if its surface area is
d) 69.56 sq. cm increased by 21%.
d) 78.56 sq. cm a) 30.2%
547. Given a cyclic quadrilateral whose sides are 4 cm, 5cm, 8cm and 11cm. its b) 33.1%
area is: c) 34.5%
a) 40.25 sq. cm d) 30.9%
b) 48.65 sq. cm 560. Determine the estimated weight of steel plate size ¼ x 4 x 8.
c) 50.25 sq. cm a) 184.4 kg
d) 60.25 sq. cm b) 148.7 kg
548 How many cubic meters is 100 gallons of liquid? c) 327 kg
a) 1.638 d) 841 kg
b) 37.85 561. The no. of board feet in a plank 2 in. thick, 6 in. wide and 20 ft long is:
c) 3.7850 a) 15
d) 0.37854 b) 30
549. How many cubic meters is 100 cubic feet of liquid? c) 20
a) 3.785 d) 25
b) 28.31 562. Determine the volume of a right truncate triangle prism with the following
c) 37.85 dimensions: Let the corners of the triangular base be defined by A, B ad C. The
d) 2.831 length AB=11ft, BC=10ft and CA=13ft. The sides at A, B and C are perpendicular
550. The volume of a sphere is 904.78 m^3. Find the volume of the spherical to the triangular base and have the height of 8.6ft, 7.1ft and 5.5ft, respectively.
segment of height 4 m. a) 377 ft^3
a) 234.57 m^3 b) 337 ft^3
b) 256.58 m^3 c) 358 ft^3
c) 145.69 m^3 d) 389 ft^3
d) 124.58 m^3
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563. A right circular conical vessel is constructed to have a volume of 100,000 a) 6π

liters. Find the diameter if depth is to be 1.25 times the diameter. b) 3 π
a) 6.736 m c) 9 π
b) 7.632 m d) 12 π
c) 8.24 m 576. Given the equation of the parabola: y^2 – 8x -4y -20 =0. The length of its
d) 9.45 m latus rectum is:
564. A hollow sphere with an outer radius of 32 cm is made of a metal weighing 8 a) 2
grams per cubic cm. The weight of the sphere is 150 kg so that the volume of the b) 4
metal is 24,000 cubic cm. Find the inner radius. c) 6
a) 30 cm d) 8
b) 35 cm 577. Find the equation of the tangent to the circle x^2 + y^2 – 34 = 0 through point
c) 40 cm (3,5).
d) 45 cm a) 3x+5y-34=0
565. A circular cylindrical tank, axis horizontal, diameter 1 meter, and length 2 b) 3x-5y-34=0
meters, is filled with water to a depth of 0.75 meters. How much water is in the c) 3x+5y+34=0
tank? d) 3x-5y+34=0
a) 2.578 m^3 578. If the distance between the points (8,7) and (3,y) is 13, what is the value of y?
b) 2.125 m^3 a) 5
c) 1.2638 m^3 b) -19
d) 1.0136 m^3 c) 19 or -5
566. A machine foundation has the shape of a frustrum of a pyramid with lower d) 5 or -19
base 6m x 2m, upper base 5.5m x 1.8m, and altitude of 1.5m. Find the volume of 579. Which of the following is perpendicular to the line x/3 + y/4 =1?
the foundation. a) x-4y-8=0
a) 12.5 m^3 b) 4x-3y-6=0
b) 14.2 m^3 c) 3x-4y-5=0
c) 15.6 m^3 d) 4x+3y-11=0
d) 16.4 m^3 580. The two straight lines 4x-y+3=0 and 8x-2y+6=0
567. An elevated water tank is in the form a circular cylinder with diameter of 3 m a) intersects at the origin
and a hemispherical bottom. The total height of the tank is 5 m. Water is pumped b) are coincident
into the tank at a rate of 30 gallons per minute. How long will it take to fully fill c) are parallel
the tank starting empty? d) are perpendicular
a) 4.668 hrs 581. A line which passes through (5,6) and (-3,-4) has an equation of:
b) 5.468 hrs a) 5x+4y+1=0
c) 7.725 hrs b) 5x-4y-1=0
d) 9.245 hrs c) 5x-4y+1=0
568. The intercept form for algebraic straight equation: d) 5x+4y-1=0
a) a/x + y/b = 1 582. The equation of the line through (1,2) parallel to the line 3x-2y+4=0.
b) y = mx + b a) 3x-2y+1=0
c) Ax + By + C = 0 b) 3x-2y-1=0
d) x/a + y/b = 1 c) 3x+2y+1=0
569. Find the slope of the line y-x=5. d) 3x+2y-1=0
a) 1 583. Find the area of the polygon which is enclosed by the straight lines x-y=0,
b) 5+x x+y=0, x-y=2a and x+y=2a.
c) -1/2 a) 2a^2
d) ¼ b) 4a^2
570. Find the equation of the line that passes through the points (0,0) and (2,-2). c) 2a
a) y=x d) 3a^2
b) y=-2x+2 584. Find the equation of the circle with center at (2, -3) and radius of 4.
c) y=-2x a) x^2 + y^2 -6x + 4y + 3 = 0
d) y=-x b) x^2 + y^2 -4x + 6y - 3 = 0
571. Find the equation of the line with slope=2 and y-intercept=-3. c) x^2 + y^2 -6x + 4y - 3 = 0
a) y=-3x+2 d) x^2 + y^2 -2x + 3y - 1 = 0
b) y=2x-3 585. Find the area of the curve whose equation is : 2x^2 – 8x + 2y^2 + 12y = 1.
c) y=2/3x+1 a) 35.4 sq. units
d) y=2x+3 b) 39.2 sq. units
572. The equation y=a1+a2x is an algebraic expression for which of the following: c) 42.4 sq. units
a) A cosine expansion d) 44.2 sq. units
b) projectile motion 586. Find the area of the curve whose equation is : 9x^2 – 36x + 25y^2 = 189.
c) a circle in polar form a) 41.7 sq. units
d) a straight line b) 43.4 sq. units
573. In finding the distance, d, between two point, which equation is the c) 46.2 sq. units
appropriate one to use? d) 47.1 sq. units
a) d=((x1-x2)^2 + (y2-y1)^2)^(1/2) 587. Given the curve Ax^2 + By^2 + F = 0. It passes through the points (4,0) and
b) d=((x1-y1)^2 + (x2-y2)^2)^(1/2) (0,3). Find the value of A, B and F.
c) d=((x1^2 – x2)^2 + (y1^2 - y2^2))^(1/2) a) 9,16,144
d) d=((x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2)^(1/2) b) 9,16,121
574. The slope of the line 3x + 2y + 5 = 0 is: c) 3,4,112
a) -2/3 d) 3,4,144
b) -3/2 588. A straight line passes through (2,2) such that the length of the line segment
c) 3/2 intercepted between the coordinate axis is equal to the square root of 5. Find the
d) 2/3 equation of the straight line.
575. Find the area of the circle whose center is at (2,-5) and tangent to the lien a) 4x-y-2=0
4x+3y-8=0. b) x-4y-2=0
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c) 2x-y-2=0 a) y = 2x + 1
d) 2y-x-4=0 b) y = 4x - 1
589. Find the area of the circle whose equation is : 2x^2 – 8x + 2y^2 + 12y = 1. c) y = 2x - 1
a) 24.4 sq. units d) y = 4x + 1
b) 34.2 sq. units 603. Given Y1 = 4x + 3 and Y2 = x^2 + C, find C such that Y2 is tangent to Y1.
c) 42.4 sq. units a) 2
d) 54.2 sq. units b) 4
590. Find the area of the curve whose equation is : 9x^2 – 36x + 25y^2 = 189. c) 5
a) 27.2 sq. units d) 7
b) 32.8 sq. units 604. The distance of a body travels is a function of time and is given by x(t) = 18t
c) 47.1 sq. units + 9t^2. Find its velocity at t=2.
d) 75.4 sq. units a) 20
591. What is the first derivative with respect to x of the function G(x) = 4 * b) 24
9^(1/2) ? c) 36
a) 0 d) 54
b) 4/9 605. If x increases uniformly at the rate of 0.001 feet per second, at what rate is the
c) 4 expression (1+x)^3 increasing when x becomes 9 feet?
d) 4(9^(1/2)) a) 0.001
592. If a is a simple constant, what is the derivative of y = xâ? b) 0.003
a) ax c) 0.3
b) x^(a-1) d) 1.003
c) a x^(a-1) 606. A spherical balloon is being filled with air at a rate of 1 cubic foot per second.
d) (a-1)x Compute the time rate of rate of the surface area of the balloon at the instant when
593. Find the derivative of F(x) = [x^3 – (x-1)^3]^3. its volume is 113.1 cubic feet.
a) 3x^2 – 3(x-1)^2 a) 0.67 ft^2 / s
b) 3[x^3 – (x-1)^3]^2 b) 1.73 ft^2 / s
c) 9[x^3 – (x-1)^3][x^2 – (x-1)^2] c) 3.0 ft^2 / s
d) 9[x^3 – (x-1)^3]^2 [x^2 – (x-1)^2] d) 3.7 ft^2 / s
594. Differentiate f(x) = [2x^2 +4x +1]^(1/2) 607. What is the maximum of the function y = -x^3 +3x for x=-1?
a) 2x+2 a) -2
b) ½[2x^2 + 4x + 1]^(1/2) b) -1
c) (2x + 2)/ [2x^2 +4x +1]^(1/2) c) 0
d) (4x + 4)/ [2x^2 +4x +1]^(1/2) d) 2
595. Find the second derivative of y = (x^2 + x^-2)^(1/2) 608. The cost C of a product is a function of the quantity x, of the product: C(x) =
a) 1 - 2x^-3 x^2 – 4000x + 50. Find the quantity for which the cost is minimum.
b) 1 - 6x^4 a) 1000
c) 3 b) 1500
d) 6 / x^4 c) 2000
596. If y=cos x, what is dy/dx? d) 3000
a) sec x 609. Compute the following limit Lim x+2
b) – sec x x →∞ x-2
c) csc x a) 0
d) – sin x b) 1
597. What is the slope of the graph y = -x^2 at the point (2,3)? c) 2
a) -4 d) ∞
b) -2 610. Find the equation of the tangent to the ellipse: 4x^2 + 9y^2 = 40 at point (1,-
c) 1 2).
d) 3 a) 2x – 9y – 20 = 0
598. Given the function f(x) = x^3 – 5x + 2, find the value of the first derivative at b) 9x + 5y + 2 = 0
x=2. c) 9x – 2y + 20 = 0
a) 2 d) 2x + 9y +20 = 0
b) 3x^2 – 5 611. Find the equation of the tangents to the graph y = x^3 + 3x^2 – 15x – 20 at
c) 7 the points of the graph where the tangents to the graph have a slope of 9.
d) 8 a) 9x + y + 70 = 0
599. Find the slope of the tangent to a parabola y = x^2, at a point on the curve b) 9y + x + 60 = 0
where x=1/2. c) 9x – y – 48 = 0
a) 0 d) x - y - 9 = 0
b) 1/2 612. A rectangular field to contain a given area is to be fenced off along a straight
c) -1/2 river. If no fencing is needed along the river, show that the least amount of fencing
d) 1 will be required when the length of the field is twice its width.
600. What is the slope of the curve y = x^2 -4x as it passes through the origin? a) L = 3W
a) 0 b) L = 4W
b) -3 c) L = W
c) -4 d) L = 2W
d) 4 613. Find the shape of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in a given circle.
601. Find the slope of the line tangent to the curve y = x^3 – 2x + 1 at the point a) Trapezoid
(1,2). b) Rectangle
a) 1/4 c) Parallelogram
b) 1/3 d) Square
c) 1/2 614. Divide the number 60 into two parts so that the product P of one part and the
d) 1 square of the other is a maximum.
602. Determine the equation of the line tangent to the graph y = 2x^2 + 1, at the a) 30 and 30
point (1,3). b) 25 and 35
25
c) 50 and 10 c) 8m
d) 40 and 20 d) 12m
615. What is the maximum volume of a box that is constructed from a piece of 625. A cylindrical glass jar has a metal top. If the metal costs three times as much
cardboard 16 inches square by cutting equal squares out of the corners and turning as the glass per unit area, find the proportions of the least costly jar that holds a
up the sides. given amount.
a) 303.4 in^3 a) H = D
b) 404.5 in^3 b) H = ¼ D
c) 202.2 in^3 c) H = ½ D
d) 101.1 in^3 d) H = 2D
616. A square sheet of galvanized iron, 100 cm x 100 cm will be used in making 626. The parcel post regulations limit the size of a package to such a size that the
an open-top container by cutting a small square from each corner and bending up length plus the girth equals 6 feet. Determine the volume of the largest cylindrical
the sides. Determine how large the square should be cut from each corner in order package that can be sent by the parcel post.
to obtain the largest possible volume. a) 2.546 cu. ft
a) 16 2/3 cm x 16 2/3 cm b) 3.846 cu. ft
b) 11 ½ cm x 11 ½ cm c) 4.234 cu. ft
c) 12 1/3 cm x 12 1/3 cm d) 6.870 cu. ft
d) 14 ¼ cm x 14 ¼ cm 627. A cylindrical steam boiler is to be constructed having a capacity of 30 cu.
617. The sum of two positive numbers is 36. What are the numbers if their product meters. The material for the sides costs P430 per sq. meter and for the ends P645
is to be the largest possible? per sq. meter. Find the radius when the cost is least.
a) 10 and 10 a) 1m
b) 15 and 15 b) 1.47m
c) 12 and 12 c) 2.1m
d) 18 and 18 d) 1.7m
618. A bus company charges P85 per passenger from Manila to Baguio for 100 or 628. A boat is being towed toward a pier which is 20 feet above the water. The
less passengers. For group tours, the company allows for P0.50 discount of the rope is pulled in at a rate of 6 ft/sec. How fast is the boat approaching the base of
ticket price for every passenger in excess of 100. How many passengers give the the pier when 25 feet of rope remain to be pulled in?
maximum income? a) 8 ft/sec
a) 110 b) 12 ft/sec
b) 150 c) 10 ft/sec
c) 120 d) 15 ft/sec
d) 135 629. A water tank is in the form of a right circular cone with vertex down, 12 feet
619. A tinsmith wishes to make a gutter of maximum cross-section (carrying deep and 6 feet across the top. Water is being pumped into the tank at the rate of
capacity) whose bottom and sides are each 6 inches wide and whose sides have the 10 cu. ft/min. How fast is the surface of the water in the tank rising when the water
same slope. What will be the width at the top? is 5 feet deep?
a) 10 in a) 8 ft/min
b) 12 in b) 4 ft/min
c) 8 in c) 6 ft/min
d) 14 in d) 2 ft/min
620. A lot is in the shape of a quadrant of a circle of radius 100 meters. Find the 630. Water is flowing out of a conical funnel at a rate of 1 cu. in/sec. If the radius
area of the e largest rectangular building that can be constructed inside the lot. of the funnel is 2 inches and the altitude is 6 inches, find the rate at which the
a) 2500 m^2 water level is dropping when it is 2 inches from the top.
b) 7500 m^2 a) 0.179 in/sec
c) 5000 m^2 b) 1.245 in/sec
d) 9000 m^2 c) 0.889 in/sec
621. The cost of setting up a geothermal power plant is P10M for the first MW, d) 2.225 in/sec
P11M for the second MW, P12M for the third MW, etc., the other expenses (land 631. A helicopter is rising vertically from the ground at constant rate of 15 ft per
rights, desing fee, etc.) amount to P50M. If the expected annual income per MW is second. When it is 250 feet off the ground, a jeep passed beneath the helicopter
2M, find the plant capacity that will yield a maximum rate of return of investment. travelling in a straight line at a constant speed of 50 mph. Determine how fast is
a) 8 MW the distance between them is changing after one second.
b) 10 MW a) 34 ft/sec
c) 9 MW b) 45 ft/sec
d) 14 MW c) 38 ft/sec
622. If the fuel cost to run a boat is proportional to the square of her speed and is d) 60 ft/sec
P25 per hour for a speed of 30 kph, find the most economical speed to run the 632. A plane flying north at 640 kph passes over a certain town at noon and a
boat, other expenses independent from the speed amount to P100 per hour and the second plane going east at 600 kph is directly over he same town 15 minutes later.
distance is 200 km. If the planes are flying at the same altitude, how fast will they be separating at
a) 60 kph 1:15 PM?
b) 100 kph a) 872 kph
c) 70 kph b) 287 kph
d) 30 kph c) 782 kph
623. The strength of a rectangular beam is proportional to the breadth and the d) 728 kph
square of the depth. Find the dimensions of the strongest beam that can be cut 633. The height of a cylindrical cone is measured to be four meters which is equal
from a log 30 cm in diameter. to its radius with a possible error of 0.04. Determine the percentage error in
a) b = 17.32 cm, h = 24.49 cm computing the volume.
b) b = 22.45 cm, h = 31.55 cm a) 3%
c) b = 12.45 cm, h = 19.85 cm b) 10%
d) b = 19.65 cm, h = 28.49 cm c) 5%
624. Two posts, one 8 meters high and the other 12 meters high, stand 15 meters d) 1%
apart. They are to be stayed by wires attached to a single stake at ground level, the 634. Divide 94 into three parts such that one-half the product of one pair, plus one-
wires running to the tops of the posts. How far from the shortest post should the third the product of another pair, plus one-fourth the product of the third pair may
stake be placed, to use the least amount of wire? seem to be a maximum value.
a) 6m a) 42,40,12
b) 4m b) 35,40,19
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c) 38,40,16 b) 1/10 ln(10x + 1) + c

d) 30,50,14 c) ln(10x) + c
635. Integrate (3x^4 + 2x^3 + x^2 + 1)dx d) 10x + 1 + c
a) (3x^3)/5 + (2x^2)/4 + x + 1 + c 647. Evaluate ∫ 8dx / x^5
b) (3x^5)/5 + (x^4)/2 + (x^3)/3 + x + c a) 8x^4 + c
c) (5x^5)/3 + 4x^2 + x + c b) 2x^4 + c
d) 3x^3 + 2x^4 + x^3 + x^2 + c c) -2x^-4 + c
636. The integral of cos x dx with respect to x: d) 2x^-4 + c
a) –sin x +c 648. Evaluate ∫ (x^2)[(8 - x^3)^(1/2)]dx
b) sin x +c a) -2/9 (8 – x^3)^(3/2) + c
c) cos x +c b) -8 (8 – x^3)^(3/2) + c
d) –cos x +c c) 2/9 (8 – x^3)^(3/2) + c
637. Find the area under the curve y = 1/x between the limits y=2 and y=10. d) -2/3 (8 – x^3)^(3/2) + c
a) 1.61 649. Evaluate ∫ x^2a dx
b) 2.39
c) 3.71 a)
x(2 a+1) + c
d) 3.97 2 a+1
638. Fill in the blank in the following statement: The integral of a function
between certain limits divided by the difference in abscissas between those limits b)
x(2 a+1) + c
gives the ___________ of the function.
a) average
2 a−1
c) xâ / a + c
b) middle
d) x / 2a + c
c) intercept
650. Find the area bounded by the parabola y = x^2, the x-axis and the lines x=1
d) limit
and x=3.
639. Find the area bounded between y = 6x-1 and y = x/4 + 3 by x=0 and the
a) 8 2/3 sq. units
intersection point.
b) 7 1/2 sq. units
a) 32/529
c) 9 1/4 sq. units
b) 16/23
d) 12 sq. units
c) 32/23
651. An ellipsoidal tank measuring 6 ft by 12 ft has its axis vertical, the axis of
d) 64/23
rotation being the major axis. It is filled with water to a depth of 7 feet. Find the
640. If it is known that y=1 when x=1, what is the constant of integration for the
amount of water in the tank.
following integral? Y(x) = (e^(2x) - 2x)dx
a) 111 cu. ft
a) c = 2 – e^2
b) 121 cu. ft
b) c = 3 – e^2
c) 141 cu. ft
c) c = 4 – e^2
d) 161 cu. ft
d) ½(4 – e^2)
652. Find the area enclosed by the curves: y^2 = 8x – 24 and 5y^2 = 16x.
641. Evaluate integral of Tan (ln x) dx
a) 20 sq. units
x
b) 16 sq. units
a) ln cos (ln x) + c
c) 18 sq. units
b) ln sec (ln x) + c
d) 22 sq. units
c) 1/2 Tan^2 (ln x) + c
653. An open cylindrical tank 3 feet in diameter and 4.5 feet high is full of water.
d) Tan (ln x) + c
It is then tilted until one-half of its bottom is exposed. How many gallons of water
642. Evaluate integral of cos x ln sin x dx
was spilled out?
a) sin x (1- ln sin x) + c
a) 187.4 gal
b) sin x (1+ ln sin x) + c
b) 148.7 gal
c) sin x (ln sin x - 1) + c
c) 178.4 gal
d) ln sin x + c
d) 147.8 gal
643. Evaluate ∫ _e^x_dx_
654. The parabolic reflector of an automobile headlight is 12 inches in diameter
1 + e^(2x)
and 4 inches depth. What is the surface area in square inches?
a) 135.9 sq. in
a) 1/2 ln (1 + e^2x) + c
b) 195.3 sq. in
b) ln (1 + e^2x) + c
c) 153.9 sq. in
c) 1/2 (1 + e^2x)^2 + c
d) 159.3 sq. in
d) Arctan (e^x) + c
655. A cistern in the form of an inverted right circular cone is 20 meters deep and
644. Evaluate ∫ _______dx__________
12 meters diameter at the top. If the water is 16 meters deep in the cistern, find the
ln x^x [(ln x)^2 -1]^(1/2)
work in kJ in pumping out the water to a height of 10 meters above the top of the
cistern.
a) Arc sec (ln x) + c a) 61,817 kJ
b) 2/3[(ln x)^2 -1]^(3/2) + c b) 55,004 kJ
c) ln (ln x)^2 – 1 + c c) 64,890 kJ
d) Arc sin (ln x) + c d) 68,167 kJ
1 656. A flour bag originally weighing 60 kg is lifted through a vertical distance of 9
645. Evaluate ∫ (2 x + 4 x 3) dx meters. While the bag is being lifted, flour is leaking from the bag at such a rate
that the weight lost is proportional to the square root of the distance travelled. If
0 the total loss is 12 kg, find the amount of work in kJ done in lifting the bag?
a) 2 a) 4.59 kJ
b) -2 b) 9.54 kJ
c) -3 c) 5.94 kJ
d) 3 d) 4.95 kJ
dx 657. What is the name for a vector that represents the sum of two vectors?
646. Evaluate ∫ 10 x+1 a) scalar
b) tensor
a) ln (10x + 1) + c c) resultant
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d) tangent b) momentum
658. What is the acceleration of a body that increases its velocity from 60 m/s to c) work
110 m/s? d) impact
a) 5 m/s 671. The property of the body which measures its resistance to changes in motion:
b) 3.0 m/s a) acceleration
c) 4.0 m/s b) weight
d) 5.0 m/s c) mass
659. A cyclists on a circular track of radius r = 250 m is travelling at 9 m/s. His d) rigidity
speed in the tangential direction increases at a rate of 1.5 m/s^2. What is the 672. The study of motion without reference to the forces which causes motion is
cyclist’s total acceleration? known as:
a) -1.53 m/s^2 a) kinetics
b) 1.53 m/s^2 b) dynamics
c) 2.3 m/s^2 c) statics
d) -2.3 m/s^2 d) kinematics
660. A bus weighing 9000N is switched to a 2% upgrade with a velocity of 40 673. The branch of physical science which deals with state of rest or motion of
kph. If the train resistance is 950 N, how far up the grade will it go? bodies under the action of forces is known as:
a) 50 m on slope a) mechanics
b) 5 m on slope b) kinetics
c) 500 m on slope c) kinematics
d) 75 m on slope d) statics
661. Moment of inertia on SI is described as: 674. In physics, work is defined in terms of the force acting through a distance.
a) N-m The rate at which the work is done is called:
b) N/m a) force
c) kg/m b) energy
d) Farad/m c) power
662. A solid disks flywheel (I=200 kg-m^2) is rotating with a speed of 900 rpm. d) momentum
What is the rotational KE? 675. The point through which the resultant of the distributed gravity force passes
a) 730 x 10^3 J regardless of the orientation of the body in space is known as:
b) 680 x 10^3 J a) center of inertia
c) 888 x 10^3 J b) center of gravity
d) 1100 x 10^3 J c) center of attraction
663. The weight of a mass 10 kg at a location where the acceleration of gravity is d) moment of inertia
9.7 m/s^2 is: 676. The momentum of a moving object is the product of its mass(m) and
a) 79.7 N velocity(v). Newton’s second law of motion says that the rate of change of
b) 77.9 N momentum with respect to time is:
c) 97.7 N a) power
d) 977 N b) energy
664. A standard acceleration due to gravity in SI unit: c) momentum
a) 32.2 ft/s^2 d) force
b) 35.5 m/s^2 677. A coin is tossed vertically upward from ground at a velocity of 12 m/s. How
c) 9.81 ft/s^2 long will the coin touch the ground?
d) 9.81 m/s^2 a) 4.45 asec
665. A 50 kg sack is raised vertically 5 meters. What is the change in potential b) 3.45 sec
energy? c) 2.45 sec
a) 2452.5 kJ d) 1.45 sec
b) 2.4525 kJ 678. A bullet is fired at an angle of 750 with the horizontal with an initial velocity
c) 2452.5 N of 420 m/s. How high can it travel after 2 seconds?
d) 2.4525 kN a) 840 m
666. A shot is fired at an angle of 300 with the horizontal and a velocity of 90 m/s. b) 792 m
Calculate the range of the projectile. c) 750 m
a) 715 km d) 732 m
b) 715 cm 679. A flywheel rotates at 150 rpm slowed down to 120 rpm during the punching
c) 0.444 mi portion of the cycle. Compute the angular acceleration of the flywheel in
d) 250 ft rad/sec^2, if time is 1 sec.
667. A ball dropped from the top of a building 60 meters elevation will hit the a) 3.14 rad/sec/sec
ground with a velocity of: b) -3.14 rad/sec/sec
a) 34.31 m/s c) 4.31 rad/sec/sec
b) 31.34 m/s d) -4.31 rad/sec/sec
c) 43.31 m/s 680. A shot is fired at an angle of 300 with the horizontal and a velocity of 400 ft
d) 33.41 m/s per sec. Find the height of the projectile.
668. What horizontal force P can be applied to a 100 kg block in a level surface (µ a) 600 ft
= 0.20) that will cause an acceleration of 2.50 m/s^2? b) 622 ft
a) 343.5 N c) 700 ft
b) 224.5 N d) 680 ft
c) 53.8 N 681. A projectile is fired with a velocity of 1600 fps and the target distance is
d) 446.2 N 50,000 ft. Determine the angle of elevation of the projectile.
669. Which of the following is not a vector quantity? a) 38057’
a) mass b)32017’
b) torque c) 24032’
c) displacement d) 19028’
d) velocity 682. Given the component velocities Vsubx and Vsuby, what is the resultant
670. The product of force and the time during which it acts is known as: velocity at t = 3.
a) impulse a) 19
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b) 23 b) 73.9 kg
c) 21 c) 97.3 kg
d) 24 d) 119 kg
683. A 500 lbf acts on a block at an angle of 300 with respect to the horizontal. The 694. A 200 kg crate is on a 300 ramp. The coefficient of friction between the crate
block is pushed 5 feet horizontally. What is the work done by this force? and the ramp is 0.35. If a force is applied to the crate horizontally, calculate the
a) 2.936 kJ force F to start the crate moving up the ramp.
b) 2,936 kJ a) 244 kg
c) 3.396 kJ b) 38 kg
d) 3,396 kJ c) 232 kg
684. Traffic travels at 110 mph around a banked highway curve with a radius of d) 223 kg
2000 ft and f = 0.3. What banking angle to resist the centrifugal force? 695. A 600 N block rests on a 300 inclined plane. The coefficient of static friction
a) 5.330 is 0.30 and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.20. If a force P is applied to the
b) 5.990 block horizontally, find the value of P needed to keep the block moving up the
c) 6.660 plane.
d) 7.770 a) 257 N
685. A plane dropped a bomb at an elevation of 1000m from the ground intending b) 750 N
to hit a target which elevation is 200 m from the ground. If the plane was flying at c) 275 N
a velocity of 300 kph, at what distance from the target must the bomb be dropped d) 527 N
to hit the target? 696. A steam pipe weighing 200 kg per meter will cross a road by suspension on a
a) 1064 m cable anchored between supports 6 meters apart. The maximum allowable sag of
b) 1046 m the cable is 50 cm, calculate the length of the cable.
c) 1275 m a) 2.5 m
d) 1146 m b) 3.6 m
686. A projectile is launched from a level plane at 300 from the horizontal with an c) 6.1 m
initial velocity of 1500 ft/sec. What is the maximum height and maximum range d) 9.5 m
the projectile can reach? 697. A parabolic cable has a span of 400 feet. The difference in elevation of the
a) 2772 m ; 18,500 m supports is 10 feet and the lowest point of the cable is 5 feet below the lower
b) 2727 m ; 18,885 m support. If the load supported by the cable is 12 lbs per horizontal foot, find the
c) 2266 m ; 18,994 m maximum tension in the cable.
d) 2663 m ; 18,449 m a) 25,902 lbs
687. A flywheel stops in 10 sec from a speed of 80 rpm. Compute the number of b) 27,857 lbs
turns the flywheel makes before it stops. c) 29,345 lbs
a) 6.56 rev d) 34,876 lbs
b) 6.96 rev 698. A tripod whose legs are each 4 meters long supports a load of 1000 kg. The
c) 5.56 rev feet of the tripod are the vertices of a horizontal equilateral triangle whose side is
d) 6.65 rev 3.5 m. Determine the load on each leg.
688. An elevator weighing 4000 lb attains an upward velocity of 20 fps in 5 sec a) 256 kg
with uniform acceleration. What is the tension in the supporting cables? b) 386 kg
a) 4947 lbs c) 296 kg
b) 4974 lbs d) 458 kg
c) 4749 lbs 699. Two cars A and B accelerate from a stationary start. The acceleration of A is
d) 4497 lbs 4 ft/sec^2 and that of B is 5 ft/sec^2. If B was originally 20 feet behind A , how
689. A gun is fired horizontally at a 10 kg block of wood suspended at the end of a long will it take B to overtake A.
cord. The block with the bullet embedded in it rises vertically by 10 cm. Mass of a) 18.6 sec
bullet is 40 grams. Find the velocity of the bullet just before it hit the block. b) 10 sec
a) 354.1 m/s c) 12.5 sec
b) 351.4 m/s d) 6.32 sec
c) 341.5 m/s 700. Two cars, A and B, are travelling at the same speed of 80 km/hr in the same
d) 315.4 m/s direction on a level road, with car A 100 meters ahead of car B. Car A slows down
690. A body weighing 100 kg is hanging at the end of a rope 5 m long. What to make a turn decelerating at 7 ft/sec^2. In how many seconds will B overtake A.
horizontal force is needed to move the body a horizontal distance of 1m. a) 6.96 sec
a) F = 24.1 kg b) 5.55 sec
b) F = 22.4 kg c) 7.85 sec
c) F = 21.4 kg d) 9.69 sec
d) F = 20.4 kg 701. In a 25 storey office building, the elevator starting from rest at first floor, is
691. A light rail transit travels between two terminals 1 km apart in a minimum accelerated at 0.8 m/sec^2 for 5 seconds then continues at constant velocity for 10
time of 1 min. If the LRT cart accelerates and decelerates at 3.4 m/s^2, starting seconds more and is stopped in 3 seconds with constant deceleration. If the floors
from rest at the first terminal and coming to stop at the second terminal, find the are 4 meters apart, at what floor does the elevator stop?
maximum speed in km per hr. a) 12th floor
a) 63.9 kph b) 14th floor
b) 64.9 kph c) 10th floor
c) 65.9 kph d) 15th floor
d) 66.9 kph 702. A stone is dropped from a cliff into the ocean. The sound of the impact of the
692. A body weighing 2000 kg is suspended by a cable 20 meters and pulled 5 stone on the ocean surface is heard 5 seconds after it is dropped. The velocity of
meters to one side by a horizontal force. Find the tension in the cable. sound is 1100 fps. How high is the cliff?
a) 2066 kg a) 352.5 ft
b) 2660 kg b) 255.5 ft
c) 5166 kg c) 325.5 ft
d) 3020 kg d) 335.5 ft
693. A body weighing 350 kg rests on a plane inclined 300 with the horizontal. The 703. Water drips from a faucet at a rate of 8 drops per second. The faucet is 18 cm
angle of static friction between the body and the plane is 15 degrees. What above the sink. When one drop strikes the sink, how far is the next drop above the
horizontal force P is necessary to hold the body from sliding down the plane? sink?
a) 93.7 kg a) 15.8 cm
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b) 12.5 cm 714. Determine the velocity of the fluid in a tank at the exit, given that surface h1 =
c) 18.5 cm 1m and h2 = 100 cm.
d) 25.6 cm a) 3.9 m/s
704. Bombs from a plane drop at a rate of one drop per second. Calculate the b) 4.2 m/s
vertical distance after two bombs after the first had dropped for 7 seconds. Assume c) 4.8 m/s
freely falling body with g = 9.8 m/sec^2. d) 5.6 m/s
a) 37.6 m 715. Water is flowing at a rate of 3500 GPM. The inside radius is 8cm and
b) 73.6 m coefficient of friction is 0.0181. What is the pressure drop over a length of 50 m?
c) 63.7 m a) 317 kPa
d) 76.3 m b) 301 kPa
705. A weight is dropped from a helicopter that is rising vertically with a velocity c) 341 kPa
of 6 m/sec. If the weight reaches the ground in 15 seconds, how high above the d) 386 kPa
ground was the helicopter when the weight was dropped? 716. The unit of kinematic viscosity in SI is described as:
a) 1100 m a) Newton per meter
b) 1013 m b) Watt per meter
c) 1580 m c) Pascal second
d) 1130 m d) Sq. m per sec
706. A bomber flying at a horizontal speed of 800 kph drops a bomb. If the bomb 717. Which of the following is not a unit of viscosity?
hits the ground in 20 seconds, calculate the vertical velocity of the bomb as it hit a) Pa-sec
the ground. b) Poise
a) 169 m/sec c) stoke
b) 196 m/sec d) Dyne
c) 175 m/sec 718. Which of the following describes laminar flow?
d) 260 m/sec a) NR = 2180
707. A flywheel starting from rest develops a speed of 400 rpm in 30 seconds. b) NR = 1989
How many revolutions did the flywheel make in 30 seconds it took to attain 400 c) NR = 4100
rpm. d) NR = 2100
a) 100 rev 719. Water is flowing in a pipe with radius of 30 cm at a velocity of 12 m/s. The
b) 150 rev density and viscosity of water are: Density = 1000 kg/m^3 ; Viscosity = 1.12 Pa-s.
c) 120 rev What is the Reynold’s number?
d) 360 rev a) 6428
708. A 100 kg block of ice is released at the top of a 300 incline 10 meters above b) 6386
the ground. If the slight melting of the ice renders the surface frictionless, calculate c) 4534
the velocity at the foot of the incline. d) 2187
a) 30 m/sec 720. What is the density of a solid that weights 194 N (43.9 lbf) in air and 130 N
b) 24 m/sec (29.4 lbf) in water?
c) 14 m/sec a) 3534.50 kg/m^3
d) 10 m/sec b) 3031.25 kg/m^3
709. What drawbar pull is required to change the speed of a 120,000 lb car from c) 2989.34 kg/m^3
15 mph to 30 mph on a half mile while the car is going up a 1.5% upgrade? Car d) 3235.96 kg/m^3
resistance is 10 lb/ton. 721. What is the buoyant force of a body that weighs 100 kg in air and 70 kg in
a) 3425 lbs water?
b) 3542 lbs a) 234.17 N
c) 3245 lbs b) 329.68 N
d) 4325 lbs c) 285.6 N
710. A body weighing 200 kg is being dragged along a rough horizontal plane by a d) 294.3 N
force of 45 kg. If the coefficient of friction is assumed to be 1/12 and the line pull 722. A venturi meter with a 15 cm throat is installed in a 20 cm pipe which
makes an angle of 180 with the horizontal, what is the velocity acquired from rest inclined upward at an angle of 300 to the horizontal. If the distance between
in the first 3 meters. pressure tape along the pipe is 1 m, the differential pressure is 65 kPA. What is the
a) 2.8 m/sec discharge of water in m^3/s? Assume coefficient of 0.995.
b) 3.1 m/sec a) 0.109 m^3/s
c) 3.5 m/sec b) b) 0.536 m^3/s
d) 4.9 m/sec c) 0.233 m^3/s
711. A 50 kN Diesel Electric Locomotive (DEL) has its speed increased from 30 d) 0.0123 m^3/s
kph to 120 kph in a distance of 1 km while ascending a 3% grade. What constant 723. What is the pressure of point A in the tank if h = 2 feet from the water level?
trust (drawbar pull) parallel to the surface of the railway must be exerted by the (g = 32.2 ft/s^2 and ρ = 1.94 slug/ft^3).
wheel? The total frictional resistance is 30 N/kN of DEL weight. a) 75 lbf/ft^2
a) 5.655 kN b) 85 lbf/ft^2
b) 7.889 kN c) 100 lbf/ft^2
c) 6.556 kN d) 125 lbf/ft^2
d) 7.996 kN 724. Steam with an enthalpy of 700 kcal/kg enters a nozzle and leaves with an
712. Water is flowing through a cast iron pipe at the rate 3500 GPM. The inside enthalpy of 650 kcal/kg. Find the initial velocity if steam leaves with a velocity of
diameter of pipe is 6 in. Find the flow velocity? 700 m/s, assuming the nozzle is horizontal and disregarding heat losses.
a) 39.7 m/s a) 276 m/s
b) 32.5 m/s b) 296 m/s
c) 12.1 m/s c) 376 m/s
d) 17.84 m/s d) 267 m/s
713. Find the water pressure reading if manometer is 0.45 m Hg. Mercury is 13.6 725. The flow of water through a cast iron pipe is 6000 GPM. The pipe is 1 ½ ft
times heavier than water. nominal diameter. What is the velocity of water?
a) 60 kPa a) 8.56 ft/sec
b) 50 kPa b) 7.56 ft/sec
c) 70 kPa c) 6.56 ft/sec
d) 65 kPa d) 5.56 ft/sec
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726. A perfect venturi with throat diameter of 2 in is placed horizontally in a pipe b) 3.17 years
with a 2 inches is placed horizontally in a pipe with a 6 inches inside diameter. c) 1.67 years
What is the difference between the pipe and venturi throat static pressure if the d) 2.16 years
mass flow rate of water is 100 lb/sec. 737. A businessman wishes to earn 7% on his capital after payment of taxes. If the
a) 38.8 lb/in^2 income from an available investment will be taxed at an average rate of 42%, what
b) 36.8 lb/in^2 minimum rate of return, before payment of taxes, must the investment offer to be
c) 37.8 lb/in^2 justified?
d) 35.8 lb/in^2 a) 12.1 %
727. A deposit of P1000 is made in a bank account that pays 8% interest b) 10.7%
compounded annually. Approximately how much money will be in the account c) 11.1 %
after 10 years? d) 12.7 %
a) P2160 738. Liquid assets such as cash and other assets that can be converted quickly into
b) P2345 cash such as accounts receivable, and merchandise is called:
c) P1860 a) current assets
d) P1925 b) fixed assets
728. You need P4000 per year for your college four year course. Your father c) total assets
invested P5000 in 7% account for your education when you were born. If you d) land and buildings
withdraw P4000 at the end of your 17th, 18th,19th, and 20th birthday, how much 739. Instead of the profits being paid out to the stockholders or owners as
money will be left in the account at the end of the 21st year? dividends, they are retained in the business and used to finance expansion. This is
a) P2500 called:
b) P3400 a) retained earnings
c) P1700 b) flow back
d) P4000 c) bonds
729. What is the acid test ratio? d) deposits
a) The ratio of the owners equity to the total current liabilities 740. A term used to describe payment of an employee for time spent on the
b) The ratio of all assets to total liabilities property of the employer though not actually working at the job, e.g. time spent
c) The ratio of gross margin to operating sales and administrative expenses changing clothes to get ready for work or time spent travelling from the plant
d) The ratio of current assets (exclusive of inventory) to total current entrance to the place of work.
liabilities a) portal-to-portal pay
730. An interest rate is quoted as being 7 1/2 % compounded quarterly. What is b) down-time pay
the effective annual interest rate? c) call-in pay
a) 21.8 % d) lost time pay
b) 7.71% 741. A machine has an initial cost of P50,000 and a salvage value of P10,000 after
c) 7.22% 10 years. What is the straight-line method depreciation rate as a percentage of the
d) 15.78% initial cost?
731. Mr. Ayala borrows P100,000.00 at 10% effective annual interest. He must a) 10%
pay back the loan over 30 years with uniform monthly payments due on the first b) 8%
day of each month. What does Mr. Ayala pay each month? c) 12%
a) P870 d) 9%
b) P846 742. Fifteen years ago, P1000 was deposited in a bank account, and today it is
c) P878 worth P2370. The bank pays interest semi-annually. What was the interest rate
d) P839 paid on this account?
732. A steel drum manufacturer incurs a yearly fixed operating cost of P200,000. a) 4.9%
Each drum manufactured cost P160 to produce and sells for P200. What is the b) 5.8%
manufacturers break-even sales volume in drums per year? c) 5.0%
a) 1250 d) 3.8%
b) 2500 743. Company A purchases P200,000 of equipment in year zero. It decides to use
c) 1000 straight-line depreciation over the expected 20 year life of the equipment. The
d) 5000 interest rate is 14%. If its average tax rate is 40%, what is the present worth of the
733. The length of time, usually in years, for the cumulative net annual profit to depreciation tax held?
equal the initial investments is called: a) P3,500
a) receivable turnover b) P26,500
b) return on investment c) P98,700
c) price earning ratio d) P4,000
d) pay back period 744. A product has a current selling price of P325. If its selling price is expected to
734. A local firm is establishing a sinking fund for the purpose of accumulating a decline at the rate of 10% per annum because of obsolescence, what will be its
sufficient capital to retire its outstanding bonds at maturity. The bonds are selling price four years hence?
redeemable in 10 years, and their maturity value is P150,000. How much should a) P213.23
be deposited each year if the fund pays interest at the rate of 3%? b) P202.75
a) P12,547.14 c) P302.75
b) P13,084.58 d) P156.00
c) P14,094.85 745. You borrow P3500 for one year from a friend at an interest rate of 1.5% per
d) P16,848.87 month instead of taking a loan from a bank at a rate of 18% per year. Compare
735. What is the formula for a straight line depreciation rate? how much money will you save or lose on the transaction.
a) 100% - %net salvage value over estimated life a) You will pay P155 more than if you borrowed from the bank
b) 100% net salvage value over estimated service life b) You will save P55 by borrowing from your friend
c) 100% net salvage value over estimated service life c) You will pay P85 more than if you borrowed from the bank
d) average net salvage value over estimated service life d) You will pay P55 less than if you borrowed from the bank
736. A machine is under consideration for investment. The cost of the machine is 746. Instead of paying P100,000 in an annual rent for offices space at the
P25,000. Each year it operates, the machine will generate a savings of P15,000. beginning of each year for the next 10 years, an engineering has decided to take
Given an effective annual interest rate of 18%, what is the discounted payback out a 10 year P1,000,000 loan for a new building at 6% interest. The firm will
period, in years, on the investment of the machine? invest P100,000 of the rent save and earn 18% annual interest on that amount.
a) 1.75 years What will be the difference between the firm’s annual revenue and expenses?
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a) The firm will need P17,900 extra. a) 5.93

b) The firm will break even. b) 5.99
c) The firm will have P21,500 left over. c) 5.96
d) The firm will need P13,000 extra. d) 5.9
747. The peso amount as earned from an investment or project is called: 758. Determine the break-even point in terms of number of units produced per
a) ROI month using the following data:
b) Interest (the costs are in pesos per unit)
c) ROR Selling price per unit = 600
d) Surplus Total monthly overhead expenses= 428,000
748. Those funds that are required to make the enterprise or project a going Labor cost = 115
concern: Cost of materials = 76
a) Working capital Other variable cost = 2.32
b) Accumulated amount a) 1036
c) Banking b) 1044
d) Principal or present worth c) 1053
749. You borrowed the amount of P10,000 for 120 days at 30% per annum simple d) 1025
interest. How much will be due at the end of 120 days? 759. The present value of an annuity of “R” pesos payable annually for 8 years,
a) P10,100 with the first payment at the end of 10 years, is P187,481.25. Find the value of R if
b) P11,000 money is worth 5%.
c) P11,600 a) P45,000
d) P12,000 b) P44,000
750. You obtain a loan of P0.5 million at the rate of 12% compounded annually in c) P42,000
order to build a house. How much must you pay monthly to amortize a loan within d) P43,000
a period of five years? 760. The amount of P50,000 is deposited in a bank. How much money are you
a) P10,968 going to withdraw after 8 years at 8% compounded annually?
b) P11,968 a) P83,546
c) P12,968 b) P85,456
d) P13,968 c) P92,546
751. An asset is purchased for P25,000. Its estimated life is 10 years after which it d) P97.856
will be sold for P500. Find the depreciation for the first three years using the sum 761. A machine has an initial cost of P300,000. Its salvage value after 5 years is
of the years digit. P30,000. What is the straight line depreciation rate of the machine?
a) P11,000.72 a) 25%
b) P13,007.72 b) 23%
c) P12,027.27 c) 18%
d) P13,027.72 d) 15%
752. If P10,000 is invested at the end of each year for 6 years, at an annual interest 762. An asset is purchased for P120,000 and it can be sold for P12,000. Its
of 10%, what is the total amount available upon the deposit of the sixth payment? estimated life is 10 years. Find the depreciation for the second year using the sum-
a) P77,651 of-the-years digit method.
b) P80,156 a) P17,672
c) P78,156 b) P17,850
d) P77,156 c) P18,276
753. The original cost of an equipment is P50,000, the salvage value after 5 years d) P19,636
is P8,000, and the rate of interest on the investment is 10%. Determine the capital 763. A bank offers 2% effective monthly interest. What is the effective annual
recovery per year. rate?
a) P11,879.50 a) 26.82%
b) P12,897.50 b) 25.28%
c) P10,879.50 c) 24.65%
d) P11,379.50 d) 22.45%
754. A small shop in Leyte fabricates portable threshers for palay producers in the 764. How much must you invest today in order to accumulate P20,000 at 8% after
locality. The shop can produce each thresher at a labor cost of P2000. The cost of 6 years?
materials for each unit is P4500. The variable costs amount to 800 per unit, while a) P20,004.50
fixed charges incurred per annum totals to P90,000. If the portable threshers are b) P18,450.80
sold at P14,000 per unit, how many units must be produced and sold per annum to c) P15,305.60
break even? d) P12,603.40
a) 14 units 765. A machine that cost P1000 will save P0.10 per unit produced. Maintenance
b) 17 units cost will be P100 annually. 2000 units are produced annually. What is the payback
c) 19 units period at 12% interest?
d) 21 units a) 8 years
755. You want to save an amount of P100,000 at the end of 10 years. You are b) 9 years
given 8% interest compounded quarterly. How much would you have to save per c) 10 years
month in order to accumulate the sum of P100,000 ten years from now. d) 12 years
a) P864.50 766. An item is purchased for P100,000. Annual cost is P18,000. Using 10%, what
b) P590.00 is the capitalized cost of the perpetual service?
c) P648.50 a) P220,000
d) P548.40 b) P250,000
756. With an interest at 10% compounded annually, after how many years will a c) P265,000
deposit now of P1000 become P1331? d) P280,000
a) 3 years 767. A car was bought at P549,492.13 with 14% down payment and the remaining
b) 4 years balance will be paid on installment basis with a monthly payment of P12,000 for
c) 5 years 60 months. Determine the interest rate compounded annually.
d) 6 years a) 19.56%
757. What rate (%) compounded quarterly is equivalent to 6% compounded semi- b) 18.25%
annually? c) 16.45%
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d) 14.35% 778. What is the origin of the energy conservation equation used in flow system?
768. A businessman wishes to earn 9% on his capital after payment of taxes. If the a) Newton’s First Law of Motion
minimum rate of return, before payment of taxes is 12.1 %. What is the available b) Newton’s Second Law of Motion
average taxed rate of the income from a businessman’s investment? c) First Law of Thermodynamics
a) 25.6 % d) Second Law of Thermodynamics
b) 24.6% 779. A volume of 560 cc of air is measured at a pressure of 10 mm Hg vacuum
c) 22.4% and a temperature of 200C. What will be the volume at standard pressure and 00C?
d) 20.5% a) 6.9 cc
769. A debt of P1000 is to be paid in five equal yearly payments, each payment b) 535.5 cc
combining an amortization installment an interest at 8% on the previously unpaid c) 437.5 cc
balance of the debt. What should be the amount of each payment? d) 1071 cc
a) P365.50 780. What is the specific weight of a liquid substance if it specific weight relative
b) P310.20 to water is 8.77 and the specific weight of water is 62.4 lb per cubic foot?
c) P290.60 a) 86.03 kN/m^3
d) P250.45 b) 82.20 kN/m^3
770. A father wishes to develop a fund for his new born son’s college education. c) 102.56 kN/m^3
The fund is to pay P5000 on the 18th, 19th 20th and the 21st birthdays of his son. The d) 89.90 kN/m^3
fund will be built up by the deposit of a fixed sum on the son’s first to seventeenth 781. Steam at a pressure of 12.5 MPa has a specific volume of 1160 x 10^-6 m^3
birthdays. If the fund earns 4%, what should the yearly deposit into the fund be? per kg and a specific enthalpy of 2560 kJ/kg. Find the internal energy per mass of
a) P985.44 steam.
b) P845.66 a) 2574.5 kJ per kg
c) P795.65 b) 2545.5 kJ per kg
d) P765.88 c) 2634.17 kJ per kg
771. A man owns a building on which there is a P100,000 mortgage which earns d) 2560.50 kJ per kg
6% per annum. The mortgage is being paid for in 20 equal year-end payments. 782. A heat engine (Carnot cycle) has its intake and exhaust temperature of 2100C
After making 8 payments, the man desires to reduce his payments by refinancing and 1200C respectively. What is its efficiency?
the balance of the debt with a 30-year mortgage at 8%, and to be retired by equal a) 42.86%
annual payments. What would be the reduction in the yearly payment? b) 34.85%
a) P2,225.70 c) 16.34%
b) P2,550.80 d) 18.63%
c) P2,985.30 783. One kilogram of water is heated by 2000 Btu energy. What is the change in
d) P3,120.90 temperature in 0K?
772. An engineer borrows P150,000 at 12% effective annual interest. He must pay a) 55.6 0K
back the loan over 25 years with uniform monthly payments due on the first day of b) 54.1 0K
each month. What is this monthly payment? c) 50.4 0K
a) P1126 d) 48.5 0K
b) P1265 784. A pressure reading of 35 psi in kPa abs is:
c) P1398 a) 427.3
d) P1498 b) 724
773. Funds are deposited in a savings account at an interest rate of 8% per annum c) 273.4
compounded semi-annually. What is the initial amount that must be deposited to d) 342.72
yield a total of P10,000 in 10 years? 785. What conditions exists in a adiabatic throttling process?
a) P1458 a) Enthalpy is variable
b) P2550 b) Enthalpy is constant
c) P3875 c) Entropy is constant
d) P4564 d) Volume is constant
774. A machinery has an initial cost of P40,000 and results in an increase in 786. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its density to the density of:
annual maintenance costs of P2000. If the machinery saves the company P10,000 a) mercury
per year, in how many years will the machine pay for itself if compounding is b) gas
considered? (i = 7%) c) air
a) 8 years d) water
b) 9 years 787. What do you call the weight of the column of air above the earth’s surface?
c) 7 years a) air pressure
d) 11 years b) aerostatic pressure
775. How long will it take a sum of money to double at a 5% annual percentage c) wind pressure
rate? d) atmospheric pressure
a) 14.2 years 788. An air bubble rises from the bottom of a well where the temperature is 200C,
b) 15.9 years to the surface where the temperature is 320C. Find the percent increase int eh
c) 18.4 years volume of the bubble if the depth of the well is 8.5 m. Atmospheric pressure is
d) 19.3 years 101,325 Pascals.
776. A sum of P1000 is invested now and left for eight years, at which time the a) 45.5%
principal is withdrawn. The interest that has accrued is left for another eight years. b) 72.5%
If the effective annual interest rate is 5%, what will be the withdrawal amount at c) 89.76%
the end of the 16th year? d) 91.34%
a) P980 789. Gas being heated at constant volume is undergoing the process:
b) P830 a) isentropic
c) P780 b) adiabatic
d) P706 c) isometric
777. How many horsepower is 746 kW? d) isobaric
a) 1 HP 790. What is the required heating energy in raising the temperature of a given
b) 100 HP amount of water when the energy applied is 1000 kw-hr with heat losses at 25%?
c) 74.6 HP a) 1000
d) 1000 HP b) 1500
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c) 1333 803. What horsepower is required to isothermally compress 800 ft^3 per minute of
d) 1250 air from 14.7 psia to 120 psia?
791. What is the process that has no heat transfer? a) 13,800 HP
a) reversible b) 28 HP
b) isothermal c) 256 HP
c) polytropic d) 108 HP
d) adiabatic 804. A pressure of one bar is equivalent to:
792. Heat normally flowing from a high temperature body to a low temperature a) 110 kPa
body where in it is impossible to convert heat without other effects is called the: b) 14 psi
a) First Law of Thermodynamics c) 720 mm Hg
b) Second Law of Thermodynamics d) 1,000,000 dynes/cm^2
c) Third Law of Thermodynamics 805. A pressure reading of 4.5 kg/cm^2 is equal to:
d) Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics a) 441.40 kPaa
793. What equation applies in the first law of thermodynamics for an ideal gas in a b) 451.60 kPaa
reversible open steady state system? c) 542.72 kPaa
a) Q – W = U2 – U1 d) 582.92 kPaa
b) Q + VdP = H2 – H1 806. A water temperature rise of 380F in the condenser is equivalent to:
c) Q - VdP = H2 – H1 a) 3.33 0C
d) Q - PdV = H2 – H1 b) 33.3 0C
794. Form of energy associated with kinetic energy of the random motion of large c) 21.1 0C
number of molecules: d) 38.1 0C
a) internal energy 807. A boiler installed where the atmospheric pressure is 752 mm Hg has a
b) kinetic energy pressure of 12 kg/cm^2. What is the absolute pressure in MPa?
c) heat of fusion a) 1.277 MPa
d) heat b) 1.772 MPa
795. Which of the following is a set of standard condition of atmospheric air? c) 2.177 MPa
a) 1 atm, 255 0K, 22 cu./kg mole d) 3.771 MPa
b) 101.325 kPa, 273 0K, 22.4 cu./kg mole 808. An oil storage tank contains oil with specific gravity of 0.88 and depth of 20
c) 101.325 kPa, 273 0K, 23.66 cu./kg mole meters. What is the absolute pressure in kPa?
d) 1 atm, 10 0C, 22.41 cu./kg mole a) 274
796. Steam flows into a turbine at a rate of 20 kg/s and 21 kw of heat/ are lost from b) 247
the turbine. Ignoring elevation and other energy effects, calculate the power output c) 724
from the turbine if the energy input is 2850 kJ/kg and energy output is 2410 kJ/kg. d) 742
a) 8800 kw 809. A pressure tank for a water pump system contains 2/3 water by volume when
b) 8821 kw the pressure is 10 kg/cm^2 gauge. What is the absolute pressure at the bottom of
c) 8779 kw the tank if the water is 2 meters depth?
d) 8634 kw a) 1012 kPa
797. What pressure of water is a column of 100 cm high equivalent to: b) 1201 kPa
a) 9807 dynes/cm^2 c) 1102 kPa
b) 9807 N/m^2 d) 1080 kPa
c) 0.1 bar 810. Convert 360F to temperature difference to 0C.
d) 100 kPa a) 36
798. An engine has an efficiency of 26%. It uses 2 gallons of gasoline per hour. b) 40
Gasoline has heating value of 20,500 Btu/lb and a specific gravity of 0.80. What is c) 20
the power output of the engine? d) 25
a) 41.7 kw 811. At what temperature are the two temperatures scales 0C and 0F equal?
b) 0.33 kw a) -20 0C
c) 26.0 kw b) -40 0C
d) 20.8 kw c) -30 0C
799. A thermodynamic system which undergoes a cyclic process during a positive d) 40 0C
amount of work done by the system: 812. The temperature inside a furnace is 320 0C and the temperature of the outside/
a) reversed Rankine cycle is -100C. What is the temperature difference in 0F?
b) heat pump a) 495 0F
c) reversible-irreversible process b) 549 0F
d) heat engine c) 594 0F
800. In a constant temperature, closed system process, 100 Btu of heat is d) 645 0F
transferred to the working fluid at 1000F. What is the change in entropy of the 813. Convert 60 lbs/ft^3 to kN/m^3:
working fluid? a) 9.426
a) 0.18 kJ/0K b) 7.356
b) 0.57 kJ/0K c) 8.956
c) 0.25 kJ/0K d) 5.479
d) 0.34 kJ/0K 814. A boiler feed pump delivers 200,000 kg of water per hour at 10 MPa and
801. If an initial volume of an ideal gas is compressed to one-half of its original 2300C. What is the volume flow rate in m^3/sec?
volume and to twice its original temperature, the pressure: a) 0.0666
a) doubles b) 0.0888
b) quadruples c) 0.0777
c) remains constant d) 0.0999
d) halves 815. The radiator of a heating system was filled with dry and saturated steam at
802. (u + pv) is a quantity called: 0.15 MPa after which the valves on the radiator were closed. As a result of heat
a) flow energy transfer to the room, the pressure drops to 0.10 MPa. What percentage of steam
b) shaft work has condensed?
c) enthalpy a) 31.6%
d) internal energy b) 25.4%
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c) 36.1%
d) 45.7%
816. A throttling calorimeter receives a sample of steam from a steam main in
which the pressure is 1 MPa. After throttling, the steam is at 100 kPa and 120 0C.
What is the quality of steam in the steam main?
a) 96.9 %
b) 95.5%
c) 99.6%
d) 92.4%
817. Steam at 2.5 MPa and 320 0C expands through a nozzle to 1.5 MPa at the rate
of 10,000 kg/hr. If the process occurs isentropically and the initial velocity is low,
calculate the exit area of the nozzle.
a) 853 x 10^-6 m^2
b) 358 x 10^-6 m^2
c) 835 x 10^-6 m^2
d) 583 x 10^-6 m^2
818. Water at a pressure of 10 MPa and the temperature of 2300C is throttled to a
pressure of 1 MPa in an adiabatic process. What is the quality after throttling?
a) 11.3%
b) 12.5%
c) 14.5%
d) 19.3%
819. An air compressor delivers air to an air receiver having a volume of 2 m^3.
At the start, the air in the receiver is at atmospheric condition of 250C and 100 kPa.
After 5 minutes, the pressure of the air in the tank is 1500 kPa and the temperature
is 600C. What is the capacity of the compressor in m^3/min of free air?
a) 4.97
b) 5.55
c) 6.95
d) 8.45
820. At the suction of an air compressor, in which the conditions are 97.9 kPa and
270C, the air flow rate is 10.3 m^3/min. What is the volume flow rate at the free air
conditions of 100 kPa and 200C?
a) 7.635 m^3/min
b) 6.590 m^3/min
c) 9.848 m^3/min
d) 3.568 m^3/min
821. Steam at 5 MPa and 3500C enters a turbine and expands isentropically to 0.01
MPa. If the steam flow rate is 100,000 kg/hr, determine the turbine power.
a) 28.5 kw
b) 22.5 kw
c) 25.8 kw
d) 33.8 kw
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