TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA
PRE BOARD EXAM DAY 3
STUDENT NUMBER_______________________________________________________DATE________________
DIRECTIONS: PROVIDE THE SOLUTION TO SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER.
1. On the television show “Kayang – kaya kaya?” each contestant was given P100.00 at the start. For each question
answered correctly, he was given a bonus of P75.00 and for each one he missed, he was penalized by 15.00. If a
contestant was asked a total of 20 questions and ended the game with P1330.00, how many questions were answered
correctly?
a. 13 b. 15 c. 17 d. 19

2 A tank is initially filled with 100 gal of salt solution containing 1 lb of salt per gallon. Fresh brine containing 2 lb of salt per gallon runs
into the tank at the rate of 5 gal/min, and the mixture , assumed to be kept uniform by stirring runs out at the same rate.
Determine how long it will take for this amount to reach 150 lb.
a. 10.2 min b. 12.6 min c. 13.9 min d. 14.5 min e. NOTG

3. A ship leaves port at 1 pm traveling north at the speed of 30 miles/hour. At 3 pm, the ship adjusts its course 20 degrees
eastward. How far is the ship from the port at 4pm?
a. 55 miles b. 68 miles c. 73 miles d. 89 miles e. 91 miles

4. A 200 lb man hangs from the middle of a tightly stretched rope so that the angle between the rope and the horizontal direction is
5° . Calculate the tension of the rope?
a. 1104 lb b. 1147 lb c. 1205 lb d. 1250 lb

5. A spherical balloon is being filled with air at the rate of 1 cfs. Compute the time rate of change of the surface area of the
balloon at the instant when its volume is 113.1 cubic feet.
a. 0.67 ft2/sec b. 1.73 ft2/sec c. 3.0 ft2/sec d. 3.7 ft2/sec

6. Find the particular solution of y''' = 0 given that: y(0) = 3, y'(1) = 4, y''(2) = 6
a. y = 2x2 − 3x + 3 b. y = 3x2 − 2x + 3 c. y = 2x2 − 2x + 2 d. NOTG
7. Six draws are made from an ordinary deck of playing cards, the card drawn being replaced and the deck thoroughly
shuffled before the next draw is made. What is the probability of obtaining exactly 4 spades?
a. 135/4960 b. 153/4096 c 135/4690 d. 135/4096

8. Suppose that a corpse was discovered in a motel room at midnight and its temperature was 80F. The temperature of the
room is kept constant at 60F. Two hours later the temperature of the corpse dropped to75F. Find the time of death. Note:
The temperature of a live person is 98.6F.
a. 8:30 PM b. 7:30 PM c. 9:00 PM d. NOTG

9. If it is known that y = 1 when x =1, what is the constant of integration for the following integral?
y(x) = ∫( e2x- 2x) dx

10. In an arithmetic sequence, t23 = 519 and t71 = 1503, what is t114?
a. 3824.5 b. 2458.3 c. 2384.5 d. none of the given

11. Tom’s retirement account in a company currently totals Php416,384. What perpetual income can Tom and his heirs
receive per year if he retires now and the money is invested in an annuity earning 6% interest?
(A) Php20,980 (B) Php22,980 (C) Php24,980 (D) Php26,980

12. If an ellipse and a parabola share a focus and corresponding vertex, which of these is true?
a. The parabola has a shorter latus rectum b. The length LR of the conics are equal.
c. The ellipse has a shorter latus rectum d. The length of LR cannot be compared..

13. The lines y = ±(5/12)x are asymptotes of a hyperbola whose foci are 26 units apart. Which CANNOT be a vertex of the
hyperbola?
a. (-12, 0) b. (0, 5) c. (0, -12) d. (12, 0)
14. The cost C, of a product is a function of the quantity x, of the product: C(x) = x 2 – 4000x + 50. Find the quantity for which
the cost is minimum.
a. 1000 b. 1500 c. 2000 d. 3000

15. A fossilized bone is found to contain (1/1000) the original amount of radioactive carbon C-14. Given the half life of C14 is
approximately 5600 years, determine the age of the fossil.
a. 187,00 years b. 157,320 years c. 103,583 years d. 84,902 years e. 55,800 years

16. A car is braked to a stop with constant acceleration. The car stops 10 secs after the brakes are applied and travels 250 ft. during
this time. Find the speed of the car when the brakes were applied.
a. 100 fps b. 75 fps c. 50 fps d. NOTG

17. Given the force vectors; A = 8i + 4j -2k and the position vectors B = 2j + 6k m and C =3i – 2j + 4k m, the dot product of A
and B is
a. – 4N.m b. – 3.71 N.m c. – 4.5 N.m d. 7.3 N.m

18. Evaluate the definite integral

19. You are saving up for a big investment in six years. You estimate it will take Php14,500 to secure this investment. How
much do you need to put into a savings account at the end of each year if the savings account earns 4%?
(A) Php2,185 (B) Php2,375 (C) Php2,415 (D) Php2,485

20. Find the equation of the parabola whose focus is at the origin and whose directrix is the line y = -4.
a. x2 = 4y+4 b. x2 = 4y-4 c. x2 = 8y +16 d. x2 = 8y + 8

21. An aircraft tracking station determines the distance from a common point O to each aircraft and the angle between the
aicrafts. If angle O between the two aircrafts is equal to 49 o and the distances from point O to the two aircrafts are 50 km
and 72 km, find distance d between the two aircrafts.
a. 40.3 km b. 45.3 km c. 54.4 km d. 58.9 km e. 63.2 km
 22. A 5 kg rifle fires a 15 g bullet at a muzzle velocity of 600 m/s. Find the recoil velocity of the rifle.
a. –1.8 m/s b. –2.25 m/s c. –2.5 m/s d. –3 m/s

23. In a certain culture the rate of growth of bacteria is proportional to the amount present. Initially, 1000 bacteria are
present and the amount doubles in 12 minutes. Determine the time it takes for the bacteria to multiply to 10,000.
a. 20 min b. 40 min c. 60 min d. NOTG

24. At each point (x,y) on a certain curve, the tangent line has slope 4x 3 + 2. Find the equation of the curve if it contains the
point (1,7)
a. x4 + 2x + 3 b. x4 + 2x + 4 c. x4 + 2x + 6 d. NOTG

25. Certain manufactured articles are sold in boxes of 25 each. They are inspected by taking a random sample of 5 from
each box and passing the box as satisfactory if no defective articles are found in the sample. Find the probability that a box
will be passed if it contains 1 defective.
a. 0.8 b. 0.76 c. 0.65 d. NOTG

26. Two lines tangent to a circle at points M and N have a point of intersection A. The size of angle MAN is equal to x
degrees and the length of the radius of the circle is equal to r. Find the distance from point A to the center of the circle in
terms of x and r.
a. r[ 1 + 1 / tan(x/2)2]1/2 b. r[ 1 / tan(x/2)2]1/2 c. r[ 1 + 2 / tan(x/2)2]1/2 d. NOTG

27. A mothball loses mass by evaporation at a rate that is proportional to the surface area. If half the mass is lost in 100 days, how long
will it take the radius to decrease to half its initial value?
a. 243 days b. 255 days c. 234 days d. 275 days e. NOTG

28. What is the radius of a circle, if a central angle of 110º subtends a chord of length 84 inches.
a) 34.4 b) 48.4 c) 51.1 d) 68.8 e. 75.2

29. A culture has No number of bacteria. At t=1 hour, the number of bacteria is measured to be (3/2) No. If the rate of growth is
proportional to the no. of bacteria present, determine the time necessary for the no. of bacteria to triple.
a. 2.71 hours b. 3.22 hours. c. 4.86 hours. d. 5.29 hours

30. If the distance between an endpoint of the latus rectum to the vertex of a parabola is 80, than what is the length of the
latus rectum?
a. 45(5)1/2 b. 62(2)1/2 c. 62(5)1/2 d.64(5)1/2
31. The siren of a stationary fire engine has frequency of 50o Hz. If a car drives away from it at 20m/s, what frequency does a person
in the car hear?
a. 471 Hz b. 500 Hz c. 531 Hz d. 565 Hz

32. A project requires 8 yearly investments. The initial investment at end of year one isPhp20,000 with a 5% negative
gradient for the other 7 investments. Interest is 6%. The present cost of the total investment required is most nearly
(A) Php98,465 (B) Php104,355 (C) Php110,515 (D) Php132,000

33. Find a point in the parabola y 2=4x at which the rates of change of the ordinate and abscissa are equal.
a. (4,4) b. (1,2) c. (0,0) d. (3,2)

34. An inlet pipe can fill up the tank in 6 hours while an outlet pipe can empty the tank in 9 hours. One day, the tank was
being filled. When it was 1/3 full, a boy opened the outlet pipe. How long did it take to fill the rest of the tank?
a.8 hours b. 10 hours c.12 hours d. 13 hours

35. Farmer Johnson hitches his tractor to a sled loaded with firewood and pulls it a distance of 20 m along level frozen ground. The
total weight of sled and load is 14700 N. The tractor exerts a constant 5000 N force at an angle of 36.9* above the horizontal as shown.
There is a 3500N. Friction force opposing the motion. Find the work done by each force acting on the sled and the total work done by
all the forces.
a. 10 kJ b. 20 kJ c. 30 kJ d. 40 kJ

36. A revolving beacon is located 1000 ft. from a straight sea wall and rotates at the constant rate of 2 rpm. How fast does
the beam of light cast by the beacon sweep along the sea wall at the nearest point to the beacon?
a. 262 fps b. 210 fps c. 186 fps d. NOTG
37. Given : dy1/dx = (2/13) (1+ 5/2 x - 3/2 – ¾ k), What is the value of k such that y1 is perpendicular to the curve y2 = 2x
at (1,1)
a. 3 b. 6 c. 7 d. 10

38. A plane cuts through a cube in such a way that the plane passes through three of the cube’s vertices, no two of which
lie on the same edge. If the edge of the cube has a length of 1, what is the surface area of the smaller fragments of the
cube?
a. 2.4 b. 2.7 c. 3.1 d. 3.7 e. 4.3

39. The total surface of two cubes is 150 sq. m, The total length of their edges is 84 cm. Find the edge of the larger cube.
a. 4 b. 5.5 c. 6.4 d. 7.2

40. A passenger weighing 60 kg rides a ferris wheel with a radius of 8.0 m. The wheel makes one revolution in 10 s. Calculate the
force the seat exerts on the passenger at the top of the circle.
a. 398 N b. 498 N c. 588 N d. 778 N

41. When the top T of a mountain is viewed from point A, 2000 m from ground, the angle of depression a is equal to 15o and when it is
viewed from point B on the ground the angle of elevation b is equal to 10o. If points A and B are on the same vertical line, find the
height h of the mountain.
a. 756.3 m b. 793.8 m c. 821.4 m c. 865.2 m e. 912.1 m

42. At 7:00 AM, Mr. Castro left home for work driving at a rate of 40kph. 15 minutes later, his wife discovered that Mr.
Castro left his wallet at home so Mrs. Castro pursue him on her car at a rate of 50 kph. At what time did Mrs. Castro
catch up with her husband?
a. 8:00 AM b. 8:15 AM c. 8:30 AM d. 8:45 AM

43. A square and a regular hexagon have the same perimeter. If the area of the square is 2.25, what is the area of the
hexagon?
a. 2.250 b. 2.598 c. 2.838 d. 3.464 e. 3.375
 44. Suppose a student carrying a flu virus returns to an isolated college campus of 1000 students. Determine the no. of infected
students after 6 days if it is observed that 50 students are infected after 4 days. Assumed that nobody leaves the campus throughout
the duration of the disease.
a. 276 students b. 305 students c. 348 students d. 487 students e. 411 students

45. In how many ways can one make a selection of 4 black balls, 5 red balls, and 2 white balls from a box containing 8 black
balls, 7 red balls and 5 white balls?
a) 14700 b) 17400 c) 47100 d) 10740

46. An airplane is approaching point A along a straight line and at a constant altitude h. At 10:00 am, the angle of elevation
of the airplane is 20o and at 10:01 it is 60 o. What is the altitude h of the airplane if the speed of the airplane is constant and
equal to 600 miles/hour? (round answer to 2 decimal places).
a. 4.1 miles b. 4.6 miles c. 5.2 miles d. 5.5 miles e. 6.2 miles

47. You throw a 0.145 kg baseball straight up in the air, giving it an initial upward velocity of magnitude 20 m/ s. Use the conservation
of energy to find how high it goes, ignoring air resistance.
a. 15.2 m b. 17.8 m c. 20.4 m d. 21.9 m

48. Gabriel made three investments totaling P22,000.00 with interest rates at 4%, 5%, and 8%. The total annual income
from the three investments was P13,500.00. The income from the 8% investment was P2,500.00 more than the combined
income from the other two investments. How much was invested at 5% rate?
a. P50,000 b. P60,000 c. P70,000 d.NOTG

49. The total surface of two cubes is 150 sq. m, The total length of their edges is 84 cm. Find the edge of the larger cube.
a. 3.54 b. 3 c. 4 d. none of the given

50. What is the probability that 5 cards dealt from a well shuffled deck , 3 will be hearts and 2 spades?
a. 0.00633 b. 0.00858 c. 0.011 d. 0.0153

51. Evaluate the definite integral:

52. Vector A has magnitude 6 units and is in the direction of the +x-axis. Vector B has a magnitude 4 units and lies in the xy-plane,
making an angle of 30˚ with the + x-axis. Find the vector product A x B.
a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12

53. Evaluate the integral

54. A hemispherical tank of radius 2 ft. is initially filled with water. At the bottom of the tank, there is a hole of radius 1 in. through
which the water drains under the influence of gravity. Determine how long it will take the tank to drain completely.
a. 2.3 hours b. 3.6 hours c. 4.8 hours d. 5.5 hours e. 6.1 hours

55. A particle moves according to the following function of time: x(t) = 3sint and y(t) = 4 cost, what is the resultant velocity at
t= pi?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 9 d. 25

56. The length of a rectangle is 3 inches more than twice the width. If the length is increased by 1 inch and the width is
increased by 2 inches, the area is increased by 20.5 sq. inches. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
a. 21 in b. 22 in. c. 23 in. d. 24 in.

57. Water is pouring into a swimming pool. After t hours, there are t+ t 1/2 gallons in the pool. At what rate is the water pouring
into the pool when t = 9 hours?
a. 7/6 gph b. 1 gph c. ½ gph d. 1/6 gph

58. You purchase 1,000 shares of stock at Php15.00 per share. The stock pays quarterly dividends of Php125 for two years
at which time you sell the stock at the trading price of Php16.50 per share. The yearly return on your investment is most
nearly:
(A) 2% (B) 4% (C) 6% (D) 8%
59. What is the standard equation of the locus of points in the Cartesian plane, the absolute difference of whose distances
from the points (±4,0) is 4?
a. (x2/9)-(y2/16) =1 b. (x2/4)-(y2/12) =1 c. (x2/12)-(y2/16) =1 d. (x2/12)-(y2/9) =1.

60. A boat was able to cover 90 kms downstreams in 3 hours. It was able to return to its original position in 4.5 hours. What
was the speed of the boat?
a. 15 kph b. 20 kph c.25 kph d. 27.5 kph
61. A company produces transmission gears used by several farm tractor manufacturers. The base cost of operation is
Php596,700 per year. The cost of manufacturing is Php18.40 per gear. If the company sells the gears at an average price of
Php37.90 each, how many gears must be sold each year to break even?
(A) 15,740 (B) 18,400 (C) 30,600 (D) 32,430

62. A conic has the lines y = -3 and y = 5 as directrices and the point (1, 26) as a focus. What are the coordinates of the
vertex closest to the given focus?
a. (1,11) b. (2, 11) c. (3, 8) d. NOTG

63. An elevator system for a 20-yr old high-rise office building cost Php400,000 when first installed. The system was
designed to last 30 years, with salvage at 10% of initial cost. Depreciation is straight line. The allowable depreciation charge
per year is:
(A) Php12,000 (B) Php13,333 (C) Php18,000 (D) Php20,000

64. A plane cuts through a cube in such a way that the plane passes through three of the cube’s vertices, no two of which
lie on the same edge. If the edge of the cube has a length of 1, what is the surface area of the smaller fragments of the
cube?
a. 2.4 b. 2.7 c. 3.1 d. 3.7 e. 4.3

65. The daily cost to a small firm of producing x units of a product is C(x) = 2002 + 120 x – 5x2 + 1/3 x3 dollars. The market
price of 1 unit is $264. What should be the daily output x in order to maximize the daily profit.
a. 10 units b. 18 units c. 36 units d. NOTG

∫ ( x 2dx−4 )2
66. Evaluate the indefinite integral
67. The angle of elevation of a hot air balloon, climbing vertically, changes from 25 degrees at 10:00 am to 60 degrees at 10:02 am.
The point of observation of the angle of elevation is situated 300 meters away from the take off point. What is the upward speed,
assumed constant, of the balloon?
a. 2.25 m/s b. 2.76 m/s c. 3.16 m/s d. 3.89 m/s e. 4.104 m/s

68. The integral of a function between certain limits divided by the difference in abscissas between those limits gives the
_________________ of the function.
a. average b. domain c. intercept d. asymptote e. limits
69. Future value less the present value
a. discount b. rate discount c. discount rate d. profit
70. It is the worth of the property as recorded in the books of account of the company.
a. book value b. fair value c. market value d. goodwill value.

71. A 200 g of water is mixed to 300 g of alcohol whose density is 790kg/ m3. Calculate the specific gravity of the total mixture.
a. 0.675 b. 0.862 c. 0.912 d. 1.0