Chemical Engineering Reviewer – Day 3 (General Engineering)

Version 1 (June 24, 2016)

1. When a point is observed, the angle d. The graph of the function has two
formed by the line of sight with the points of inflection and the
horizontal level where the point being function has two relative
viewed is above the horizontal plane is extrema.
known as: 6. A curve is described by the parametric
a. Angle of triangle equations x = t3 + 2t and y = t2 + t + 1. An
b. Angle of depression equation of the line tangent to the curve
c. Angle of elevation at the point determined by t = -1 is:
d. None of these a. -2x + 3y = 5
2. The number of real solutions of the b. -3x + 3y = 7
equation sin (ex) = 5x + 5 – x is c. -x + 5y = 12
a. 0 d. x + 5y = 2
b. 1 7. Determine the area of the inner loop of
c. 2 the polar curve r = 1 - 2sin(θ).
d. Infinitely many
a. 0.544
3. The minimum value of the expression sin
b. 0.585
α + sin β + sin γ, where α, β, γ are the real
numbers satisfying α + β + γ = π is c. 0.598
a. Positive d. 0.623
b. Zero 8. (105) Locate the center of curvature of
c. Negative the parabola x2=4y at point (2,2).
d. – 3 a. (-2,6)
4. A terrorist standing on the bank of a river b. (-3,6)
observes that the angle of elevation of c. (-2,4)
the top of a tree on the opposite bank of d. (-3,7)
a river is 60° and when he retreats 40 m 9. The sum of Patrick’s age and Marko’s age
away from the tree, the angle of is 58. Eight years ago, Patrick was twice as
elevation becomes 30°. The breadth of
old as Marko then. How old is Marko?
the river is
a. 20
a. 20 m
b. 22
b. 30 m
c. 40 m c. 36
d. 60 m d. 38
5. Which of the following statements about 10. The blood groups of 200 people is
the function given by is true? distributed as follows: 50 have type A
a. The function has no relative blood, 65 have B blood type, 70 have O
extremum. blood type and 15 have type AB blood. If
b. The graph of the function has one a person from this group is selected at
point of inflection and the random, what is the probability that this
function has two relative person has O blood type?
extrema. a. 0.25
c. The graph of the function has two b. 0.40
points of inflection and the c. 0.35
function has one relative d. 0.38
extremum.
11. Find the area enclosed by f(y) = 2y2 and
g(y) = 4+y2.

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 a. 32/3 c. 367.8 kg
b. 30/3 d. 411.7 kg
c. 18/3 17. Two balls, one 15 cm in diameter and the
d. 15/2 other 10 cm in diameter, are placed in a
12. You throw a ball straight up into the air. cylindrical jar 20 cm in diameter, as
The position of the ball can be written as shown in Figure 014. Find the volume of
s(t) = -5t2+4t+1. What is the acceleration water necessary to cover them.
of the ball at t=0.75 s? a. 4777.84 cm3
a. 9.8 m/s2 b. 4522.12 cm3
b. – 9.8 m/s2 c. 5120.03 cm3
c. 10 m/s2 d. 3665.20 cm3
d. -10 m/s2 18. A box is to be made of a piece of cardboard
13. Find the distance between the points (-5,- 9 inches square by cutting equal squares
5) and (-6,-6) out of the corners and turning up the
a. √2 sides. Find the volume of the largest box
b. 2√2 that can be made in this way.
c. √3 a. 32 in2
d. 2√3 b. 28 in2
14. In one province, 52% of the voters are c. 36 in2
supporters of the Liberal Party, and 48% d. 54 in2
are supporters of the Nacionalista Party. 19. A ladder 20 ft long leans against a vertical
In a second state, 47% of the voters are wall. If the top slides downward at the
Liberal Party fans, and 53% are for the rate of 2 ft/s, find how fast the lower end
Nacionalista Party. Suppose a simple is moving when it is 16 ft from the wall.
random sample of 100 voters are surveyed a. 0.9 ft/s
from each province. What is the b. 1.0 ft/s
probability that the survey will show a c. 1.2 ft/s
greater percentage of Nacionalista voters d. 1.5 ft/s
in the second province than in the first 20. A radioactive element follows the law of
province? exponential change and has a half-life of
a. 0.04 38 hours. How long will it take for 90% of
b. 0.71 the radioactivity of the element to be
c. 0.24 dissipated?
d. 0.76 a. 211.10 hrs
15. What is the small possible sum of square b. 172.32 hrs
of two numbers, if their product is -16? c. 126.23 hrs
a. 18 d. 104.09 hrs
b. 32 21. A man in a wharf 6m above the water
c. 16 pulls in a rope to which a boat is tied at
d. 8 the rate of 1.2 m/s. at what rate is the
16. Find the weight of the snowball 1.2 m in boat approaching the wharf when there
diameter if the wet compact snow of is 7.5 m of the rope out?
which this ball is made weighs 480 kg/m3 a. 18 m/s
a. 398.2 kg b. 17.5 m/s
b. 434.3 kg c. 12.5 m/s

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 d. 15 m/s c. Hyperbola
22. What time after 3:00 o'clock will the d. Parabola
minute-hand and the hour-hand of the
28. (#159) The price of the product in a
clock be together for the first time?
competitive market is P300. If the cost
a. 3:15:00.00
per unit of producing the product is
b. 3:16:21.82
160+x where x is the number of units
c. 3:17:12.33
produced per month, how many units
d. 3:16:45.07
should the firm produce and sell to
23. Find the equation of the curve for which
maximize its profit?
y” = 12/x3 if it passes through (1,0) and is
a. 70
tangent to the line 6x+y=6 at that point.
b. 80
a. xy+6x=6
c. 60
b. 6y+6x=1 d. 50
c. 6xy+1=6 29. (#261) Glycerine is flowing into a
d. 3xy+2x=1 conical vessel 18cm deep and 10 cm
24. Find the area enclosed by the cardiod across the top at the rate of 4 cu cm per
r=a(1-sinx) min. The depth of glycerine is h cm. If
a. 3πa2 the rate which the surface is rising is
b. 3πa2/2 0.1146 cm/min, find the value of h.
c. 5πa2/2 a. 16 cm
d. 2πa2 b. 12 cm
25. Two painters work together and take an c. 10 cm
average of 8 hours to paint standard 12 d. 25 cm
by 12 rooms. One of the painters, who 30. (#468) A 600 N block rests on a 30°
can do the work alone in 14 hours, is sick plane. If the coefficient of static friction
today. How long will it take the other is 0.30 and the coefficient of kinetic
painter to complete the job on his own? friction is 0.20, what is the value of P
a. 18.7 hrs applied horizontally to prevent the
b. 15.3 hrs block from sliding down the plane.
c. 18.0 hrs a. 141.85 N
d. 16.0 hrs b. 183.29 N
26. One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times faster c. 119.27 N
than a second pipe. When both pipes are d. 126.59 N
opened, they fill the pool in five hours. 31. A delinquent dropped a stone from the
How long would it take to fill the pool if deck of a bridge. The sound of the
only the slower pipe is used? splash reaches the deck 3 seconds later.
a. 12.00 hrs If sound travels 342 m/s in still air, how
b. 8.25 hrs high is the deck of the bridge above the
c. 11.25 hrs water?
d. 10.75 hrs a. 40.6 m
27. Identify the conic section that is b. 45.2 m
represented by the equation x2 - 3y2 + 6x c. 57.3 m
+ 2y - 5 = 0 d. 33.1 m
a. Circle
b. Ellipse

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 32. A ball is thrown vertically at a speed of 20 38. Find the sum of an arithmetic
m/s from a building 100 m above the progression: 2, 5, 8, where n = 25.
ground. Find the velocity and the position a. 900
of the ball above the ground after 5 b. 925
seconds. c. 950
a. 3.34 m, 45.23 m/s d. 975
b. 4.54 m, 47.68 m/s
39. Find the sum of a geometric progression:
c. 5.67 m, 56.42 m/s
2, 3, 4.5, where n = 10.
33. The intercepts of a straight line on the x
and y axes are 4 and -6, respectively. Find a. 226.7
its equation. b. 235.4
a. 3x+2y=12 c. 242.5
b. 2x+3y=12 d. 251.8
c. 3x-2y=12 40. Find the sum of all integers from 300 to
d. 2x-3y=12 1000 that are exactly divisible by 17.
34. An arch 18 m high has a form of parabola a. 24,548
with a vertical axis. The length of the b. 25,194
horizontal beam placed across the arch 8 c. 25,840
m from the top is 64 m. Find the width of d. 26,486
the bottom. 41. Find the standard deviation for the
a. 96 cm following data: 2, 5, 3, 4, 7,0, 11, 2, 3, 8.
b. 48 cm a. 3.1
c. 72 cm b. 3.3
d. 64 cm c. 3.5
35. The function f(x) = (x2 - 4) / (x3- 2x2- 3x + d. 3.7
10) is discontinuous at x = ____ 42. The charge in coulombs that passes
a. 2 through a wire after t seconds is given by
b. -2 the function
c. 0 Q(t) = t3 - 2t2 + 5t + 2. Determine the
d. Both 2 and -2 current at the end of two seconds.
36. Find the diameter of the minimum size of a. 6 A
circular cloth that will over a triangular b. 8 A
table, 2.5 ft by 2.5 ft by 2.8 ft. c. 9A
a. 2.82 ft d. 10 A
b. 3.02 ft 43. A bullet from a rifle enters a 50 mm
c. 0. 3.22 ft plank with a speed of 600 m/s and
d. 0. 3.42 ft leaves with a speed of 24 m/s.
37. A triangle has sides equal to 68 m, 77 m Determine the thickness of the plank
and 75 m respectively. Find the radius of that can be penetrated by the bullet.
the escribed circle which tangent to the a. 55 mm
68 m side. b. 60 mm
a. 40m c. 65 mm
b. 44 m d. 70 mm
c. 50 m 44. The new vehicle plate number system
d. 55 m consists of 3 letters and four numbers. All

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 three letters can be repeated. The first of d. P 971.12
the four numbers cannot be zero (0). The
numbers may also be repeated. How 48. A steel drum manufacturer incurs a yearly
many distinct plate numbers can the Land fixed operating cost of $ 200,000. Each
Transportation Office issue? drum manufactured costs $ 160 to
a. 78,624,000 produce, and sells $ 200. What is the
manufacturer’s break-even sales volume
b. 101,088,000
in drums per year?
c. 140,400,000
a. 1000
d. 158,184,000 b. 5000
45. What is the accumulated amount of a five c. 2500
year annuity paying P 6,000 at the end of d. 7500
each year, with interest at 15%
compounded annually?
a. P 40, 454.29 49. Application of shear strain changes
b. P 41, 114.29 _____?
c. P 40, 554.29 a. Shape
d. P 41, 454.29 b. Area
c. Volume
46. The population of a country doubles in 50 d. Velocity
years. How many years will it be five times
as much? Assume that the rate of increase
is proportional to the number of 50. An engineer wants to report a private-
inhabitants. based suspicious engineer who performs
a. 100 years questionable chemical engineering
b. 120 years practices. What organization or institution
c. 116 years must the engineer approach to report the
d. 98 years suspicious engineer?
a. Professional Regulatory Commission
47. An equipment costs P 10,000 with a b. Philippine Institute of Chemical
salvage value of P 500 at the end of 10 Engineers
years. Calculate the annual depreciation c. Office of the Ombudsman
cost by sinking fund method at 4% d. Sandiganbayan
interest.
a. P 632.21
b. P 845.32
c. P 791.26

Sources:
700 Multiple Choice Questions in Engineering Mathematics
April 2014 ChE Board Exam Questions
General Engineering Reviewer – ChE600 Integration Course

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