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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Suppose y is the number of workers in the labor force needed to produce x units
of a certain commodity and x = 4y2. If the production of the commodity this year is
25000 units and the production is increasing at the rate and the production is
increasing at the rate of 18000 units per year, what is the current rate at which
the labor force should be increased?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 7 D. 15

2. Sugar juice is filtering through a conical funnel 20 cm, deep and 12 cm across
top, into a cylindrical container whose diameter is 10 cm. When the depth of the
juice in the funnel is 10cm, determine the rate at which its level in the cylinder
is rising.
A. 0.45 B. 0.75 C. 1.25 D. 0.15

3. A trough of water is 8 meters in length and its ends are in the shape of isosceles
triangles whose width is 5 meters and height are 2 meters. If water is being pumped
in at a constant rate of 6m3/sec. At what rate is the height of the water changing
when the water has a height of 120 cm?
A. 0.25 B. 0.50 C. 0.625 D. 0.875

4. An airplane, flying horizontally at an altitude of 1 km, passes directly over an

observer. If the constant speed of the plane is 240 kph, how fast (kph) is its
distance from the observer increasing 30 seconds later?
A. 214.66 B. 324.57 C. 256.34 D. 137.78

5. The structural steel work of a new office building is finished. Across the street
20 m from the ground floor of the freight elevator shaft in the building, a spectator
is standing and watching the freight elevator ascend at a constant rate of 5 meters
per second. How fast is the angle of elevation of the spectator’s line of sight to
the elevator increasing 6 seconds after his line of sight passes the horizontal?
A. 1/13 B. 1/10 C. 1/15 D. 1/5

6. Find the moment of inertia with respect to the y – axis of the area bounded by
the curve y = 1 – x3 and the coordinate axes.
A. 1/6 B. 1/3 C. 2/3 D. 5/6

7. Find the equation of a line tangent to x2 = 6y + 10 if the line passes (7, 5).
A. y = -34/3 + 7x/3 B. y = -13/3 + 4x/3
C. y = 11/3 + 4x/21 D. y = 16/3 - x/21
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8. Determine the integral of xy dx dy. Use inner limit from 2x2 to 1 + x and outer
limits from 0 to 1.
A. 0.5 B. 0.375 C. 0.67 D. 0.25

9. Given the parametric equation: x = 1 + sin2θ, y = 1 + cosθ + cos2θ. Find the

equation of the tangent at θ = 60 degrees.
A. y = 2.598x – 3.848 B. y = 1.414x – 1.639
C. y = 1.828x – 2.411 D. y = 1.732x – 2.232

10. The area bounded by the parabola x2 = 4y and the line x = 4 – 2y revolves about
the line x = 3. Find the volume generated.
A. 36Π B. 52Π C. 18Π D. 72Π

11. Find the total perimeter of the cardioid r = 2(1 – cosθ).

A. 16 B. 24 C. 8 D. 32

12. Find the surface area generated by rotating the portion of the curve x2 – y = 0
from x = 0 and x = 2 about the x – axis.
A. 16.942 B. 8.471 C. 26.613 D. 53.226

13. Two people on bikes are separated by 350 meters. Person A starts riding north
at a rate of 5 m/sec and 7 minutes later Person B starts riding south at 3 m/sec.
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At what rate (m/s) is the distance separating the two people changing 25 minutes
after Person A starts riding?
A. 7.996 B. 3.45 C. 15.99 D. 4.55

14. A conical reservoir has an altitude of 12 m and its upper base radius is 4 m.
If it is filled with a liquid of unit weight 8 kN/m3 to a depth of 9 m, find the
work done (kW) in pumping the liquid to 3 m above the top of the tank.
A. 3072Π B. 7440Π C. 1968Π D. 1782Π

15. An object moves such that its acceleration after “t” minutes is described by
the equation a = 2 +12t in m/s2. The velocity after the first minute is 11 m/s.
Determine the distance (m) traveled after 2 mins with respect to its initial
position.
A. 26 B. 13 C. 20 D. 10

16. It is the locus of centers of curvature.

A. Involute B. Revolution C. Evolute D. Collection

17. Find the area bounded by the parabola √x + √y = 2 and the line x + y = 4.
A. 5.33 B. 3.33 C. 1.33 D. 4.33

18. If y = (t2 +2)2 and t = x1/2, determine dy/dx.

A. 3/2 B. 2(x+2) C. (2x2 + 2x)/3 D. x5/2 + x1/2

19. A particle moves along a path whose parametric equations are x = t3 and y = 2t2.
what is the acceleration (m/s2) when t = 3sec?
A. 15.93 B. 23.36 C. 18.44 D. 10.59

20. A balloon is rising vertically from the ground at a constant rate of 4.5m/s.
When it is 10m off the ground, a jeep beneath the balloon travelling in a straight
line at a constant rate of 80kph, determine how fast the distance between them is
changing after 1 second.
A. 22.11 B. 23.55 C. 18.76 D. 21.07

21. Find the centroid of the solid formed by revolving about the x – axis the solid
formed by the curve x = y3, the line x = 4 and the x – axis.
A. (0, 2.5) B. (0, 0) C. (2.5, 0) D. (2.5, 2.5)

22. Find the centroid of the area in the first quadrant under the curve y = 4 – x2.
A. (3/4,8/5) B. (5/8, 3/8) C. (1/4,3/7) D. (1/5,2/7)

23. Find the total area bounded by the curves y = sin x and y = cos x from x = 0 to
x = π.
A. 2 B. 0.414 C. 2.828 D. 2.414

24. It takes twice as much work to stretch a certain spring from 9 to 10 cm, as it
does to stretch it from 8 to 9 cm. Find the natural length (cm) of the spring.
A. 10 B. 8.2 C. 7.5 D. 6

25. Find the total area of the curve r = 2sinθ + 2cosθ.

A. π/2 B. 2π C. π D. 4π

26. A curve passes through (1,4) and (2,1). If y’’ = 2, what is the equation of the
curve?
A. y = x2 - 6x - 9 B. y = x2 + 6x + 9
2
C. y = x + 6x - 9 D. y = x2 - 6x + 9

27. The cost C of a product is a function of the quantity x of the product: C(x) =
x2 – 4000x + 50. Find the quantity for which the cost is minimum.
A. 1000 B. 2000 C. 1500 D. 3000

28. What is the allowable error in measuring the edge of a cube that is intended to
hold 8 m3 if the error in the computed volume is not to exceed 0.03 m3?
A. 0.0025 B. 0.0030 C. 0.025 D. 0.030
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29. Find the angle between the radius vector and the tangent line for the curve r =
2sec2θ when θ = π/8.
A. 63.43° B. 35.89° C. 26.57° D. 54.11°

30. Find the centroid of the area bounded by the parabolas x2 = 2y and x2 – 2x + 2y
= 5.
A. (1.5,0.5) B. (1.5,1.5) C. (0.5,0.5) D. (0.5,1.5)

31. Gas is escaping from a spherical balloon at the rate of 2 cm3/min. Find the rate
at which the surface area is decreasing, in cm2/min, when the radius is 8 cm.
A. π/2 B. π/4 C. 0.5 D. 0.25

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32. Evaluate ∫0 ∫0 (3x 2 + 9y 2 )dxdy.
A. 10 B. 30 C. 20 D. 40

33. An industrial engineer has found that when she takes a sample of size 5
of a product, 90% of the time there are no defectives in the sample, 3% of
the time there is 1 defective, 2% of the time there are 2 defectives, 2% of
the time there are 3 defectives, 2%of the time there are 4 defectives, and
1% of the time there are 5 defectives. What is the probability of taking a
sample that has at least 3 defectives in the 5?
A. 7% B. 9% C. 5%
D. 15%

34. Wave at a point where the water depth is equal to ½ of the wave length
or greater to be expressed in terms of the parameters of significant wave.
A. Highest wave B. Equivalent Deepwater wave
C. Deepwater wave D. Significant wave

35. An experiment consists of selecting three items from a box of several

items. The three items are classified defective (D) or non-defective (N) as
they are selected. Give the sample space for this experiment. Which outcomes
are in the events A, B, C where A exactly one defective?
A. {NNN, NND, DNN} B. {DDD, DNN, NDD}
C. {DNN, NDN, NND} D. {NDD, DND, DDN}

36. A hemispherical tank of diameter 8 ft is full of liquid. Find the work

done (ft-lb) in pumping the liquid out of the tank (density of liquid is 1
pound per cubic feet).
A. 56pi B. 64pi C. 45pi D. 40pi

37. A barge whose deck is 12ft below the level of a dock is drawn up to it
by means of a cable attached to ring in the floor of the dock, the cable
being hauled in by a windless on deck at the rate of 8ft per min. How fast
(ft/min) is the barge moving towards the dock when 16 ft away?
A. 15 B. 25 C. 18 D. 10

38. A spiral easement curve has a length of 80m. and the radius of the central
curve is zero m. Determine the maximum velocity (kph) that a car could pass
thru the spiral easement curve.
A. 82.4 B. 81.6 C. 76.3 D. 79.6

39. A spiral easement curve has a length of 150m with a central curve having
a radius of 400m. Determine the offset distance from the tangent to the second
quarter point of the spiral.
A. 1.17 B. 3.96 C. 2.34 D. 3.38
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40. A salesperson earns $600 per month plus a commission of 20% of sales.
Find the minimum amount of sales needed to receive a total income of at least
$1500 per month.
A. $1500 B. $4500 C. $3500 D. $2500

41. The demand function for a certain compact disc is given by the function
p = -0.01x^2 – 0.2x + 9 and the corresponding supply function is given by p
= 0.01x^2 – 0.1x + 3 where p is in thousands of units. Find the equilibrium
quantity by solving the system consisting of the two given equations.
A. 20,000 B. 30,000 C. 25,000 D. 15,000

42. A continuous structure built parallel to along the margin of the sea or
alongside riverbanks, canals, or waterways where vessels may lie alongside
to receive or discharge cargo, embark or disembark passengers, or lie at
rest.
A. Quay B. Pier C. Port D. Wharf

43. A statistician keeps a simple wardrobe. He only purchases pairs of black

socks and white socks, and he keeps all the socks in a pile in the drawer.
Recently one of the socks lost in the laundry. The socks now have a
mathematical property. If you select two socks at random from the drawer,
the socks will match in color exactly 50% of the time. The statistician owns
more than 200 socks but less than 250 socks, and there are more black socks
than white socks. How many white socks are there?
A. 105 B. 110 C. 115 D. 120

44. A servant has a method to steal wine. He removes 3 cups from a barrel of
wine and replaces it with 3 cups of water. The next day he wants more wine,
so he does the same thing; he removes 3 cups from the same barrel (now with
diluted wine) and replaces it with 3 cups of water. The following day he
repeats this one more time, so he has drawn 3 times from the same barrel and
has poured back 9 cups of water. At this point the barrel is 50% wine and
50% water. How many cups of wine were originally in the barrel?
A. 13.25 B. 14.54 C. 15.72 D. 16.43

45. A right triangle has a hypotenuse equal to 10 and an altitude to the

hypotenuse equal to 6. What is the area of the triangle?
A. 30 B. 24 C. 15
D. 0

46. D consumer is trying to decide whether to purchase car A or car B. Car A

costs P 20,000 and has an mpg rating of 30, and insurance is P 1000 per year.
Car B costs P 24,000 and has an mpg rating of 50, and insurance is P 1200
per year. Assume that the consumer drives 15,000 miles per year and that the
price of gas remains constant at P 3 per gallon. Based only on these facts,
determine how long (years) it will take for the total cost of car B to become
less than that of car A.
A. 10 B. 12 C. 11 D. 15

47. The function y = 2x + 5 gives the cost of pizza where Php5 is the basic
cost and x is the number of toppings at Php2 each. Find the inverse function.
A. y = x – 5(2) B. y = x + 5(2)
C y = x + 5 / 2 D. y = x – 5 / 2

48. The formula log (1-k) = -0.3/H models the relationship between the half-
life H of a radioactive material and its rate of decay k. Find the rate of
the decay of the iodine isotope 1-131 if its half-life is H days. Round to
four decimal places.
A. 0.1827 B. 0.0627 C. 0.0827 D. 0.3827
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49. A and B travel from Manila to Laguna and back. A starts 2 hours after B
has started and overtakes B at a point 4 km from Laguna. He then meets B 3
hours and 12 minutes thereafter. If A reaches Manila 4 hours and 40 minutes
ahead of B. Find the distance (km) between Manila and Laguna.
A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12

50. If three sides of a trapezoid are each 6 inches long, how long must be
the fourth side (inches) be if the area is a maximum?
A. 6 B. 12 C. 9 D. 3

51. The brewing pot temperature of coffee is 180 deg. Fahrenheit and the room
temperature is 25 deg Celsius. After 5 minutes, the temperature of the coffee
is 660 deg. Rankine. How long (minutes) will it take for the coffee to reach
a temperature of 341.33 deg. Kelvin.
A. 11.21 B. 12.14 C. 11.75 D. 12. 98

52. 20 athletes running together could run a racetrack in 25 minutes. How

long (minutes) will it take 15 athletes to run the same track?
A. 18.25 B. 12.50 C. 25.00 D. 10.00

53. Elevation of triangulation station Alpha is 250 m while that of Bravo is

695m. In between stations Alpha and Bravo is a mountain Charlie with elevation
325m. The height of transit at Alpha is 1.2m. The distance from Alpha to
Charlie is 30km and from Bravo to Charlie is 50km. Determine the height of
tower, in meters, that can be constructed at station Bravo such that the line
of sight will just pass through the mountain Charlie with a clearance of
1.5m.
A. 48 B. 32 C. 56 D. 37

54. A line of levels was run from point 5 to point 6, 8km apart. The average
backsight and foresight distance was 100m. At every turning point, the rod
settles by 3 cm. Find the correct elevation (meters) of point 6 based on its
recorded elevation of 386m.
A. 383.79 B. 384.83 C. 384.24 D. 383.37

55. Two road rollers, A and B, having the same speed, left from same point
in Manila at 7:00 AM for a project in Central Luzon. At 8:00 AM, A stopped
due to engine trouble, and after the necessary repairs were completed, it
proceeded again at 10:00 AM at only 3/4 of its original speed and arrived at
the project 5 hours behind scheduled time. B also had engine trouble and
stopped at a point 40 km beyond the point where A stopped due to repairs.
After a delay of 2 hours, B proceeded at 3/4 of its original speed and arrived
at the project 4 hours after scheduled time. Determine the original speed in
kph of the road rollers.
A. 13 1/3 B. 36 5/9 C. 18 2/3 D. 44 4/9

56. Determine the force of gravitational attraction between the Earth and
the sun. Their masses are 5.98 x 1024 kg and 1.99 x 1030 kg, respectively. The
average distance separating the Earth and the sun is 1.50 x 1011 m. Determine
the force of gravitational attraction (x1022 N) between the Earth and the
sun.
A. 4.54 B. 3.53 C. 2.13 D. 2.92

57. In a certain medical test designed to measure carbohydrate tolerance,

adult drinks 7 ounces of a 30% glucose solution. When the test is administered
to a child, the glucose concentration must be decreased to 20%. How much 30%
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glucose solution and how much water should be used to prepare 7 ounces of
20% glucose solution?
A. 2 oz 30 % glucose and 5 oz of water
B. 4 oz 30 % glucose and 3 oz of water
C. 14/3 oz 30 % glucose and 7/3 oz of water
D. 1 oz 30 % glucose and 6 oz of water

58. The table below shows a leveling note. If Station Back Foresight
the elevation of Station 1 is 202.50 m: Sight (m)
What is the difference in elevation (meters) (m)
between BM1 and BM2? BM1 1.25 --
A. 0.88 B. 0.95 TP1 3.25 2.03
C. 1.00 D. 1.12 TP2 1.12 1.77
TP3 2.50 2.58
TP4 2.43 0.95
BM2 -- 2.22
59. If the probability of a seeing car on the highway in 30 mins. Is 0.95,
what is the probability of seeing a car on the highway in 10 mins? (assume
constant default probability)
A. 0.632 B. 0.368 C. 0.005 D. 0.006

60. During their physics field trip to the amusement park, Tyler and Maria
took a rider on the Whirligig. The Whirligig ride consists of long swings
which spin in a circle at relatively high speeds. As part of their lab, Tyler
and Maria estimate that the riders travel through a circle with a radius of
6.5 m and make one turn every 5.8 seconds. Determine the speed (m/s) of the
riders on the Whirligig.
A. 14.08 B. 3.52 C. 7.04 D. 1.12

61. Refers to a point on a baseline that is at a known distance from a

starting/reference point.
A. Bench Mark B. Station C. Base Line D. Datum

62. Geostationary satellites are satellites which are orbiting the Earth
above the equator and make one complete orbit every 24 hours. Because their
orbital period is synchronized with the Earth's rotational period, a
geostationary satellite can always be found in the same position in the sky
relative to an observer on Earth. Determine the acceleration (m/s2) of a
geostationary satellite.
A. 0.223 B. 0.274 C. 0.182 D. 0.252

63. Find the intercepts on the x axis of x made by the tangent at (-5,12) to
x 2 + y 2 = 169
A. -23-4/7 B. -33-4/5 C. 45-3/5 D. -30-4/5

2 π
64. Find the slope of the polar curve r = at θ = .
2+cos θ 3
A. -1.15 B. 1.15 C. 82.07 D. -82.07

65. Use Newton's law of gravitation to determine the acceleration (m/s2) of

an 85-kg astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) when the ISS is
at a height of 350 km above Earth's surface.
A. 8.45 B. 9.12 C. 7.75 D. 8.84

66. The point in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body where it is
farthest from the Sun.
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A. Apogee B. Aphelion C. Aperture D. Apastron

67. Is a point where a change in some parameter of interest occurs.

A. Control Point B. Changing Point C. Breakpoint D. Turning Point

68. Given nC10 = 22nC12, determine the value of “n”.

A. 9 B. 10 C. 15 D. 13

69. From where he stands, one step toward the cliff would send the drunken man over
the edge. He takes random steps, either toward or away from the cliff. At any step,
2 1
his probability of taking a step away is 3, of a step toward the cliff 3. What is
his chance of escaping the cliff?
2 4 1 3
A. 3 B. 5 C. 2 D. 4

70. Given the equilateral triangle ABC. A point “O” inside the triangle is 3 m from
“A”, 4 m from “B”, and 5 m from “C”. What is the area (cm2) of the triangle?
A. 18.47 B. 14.58 C. 16.25 D. 19.83

71. Given the following maintenance cost for a bridge.

End of 5th year = P100,000
End of 10th year = P200,000
End of 15th year = P300,000
What is the equivalent uniform annual cost of these maintenance cost over a 20-year
period if money is worth 8% annually?
A. P26,000 B. P30,000 C. P45,200 D. P43,500

72. A total of 300 people composed of students and teachers in a certain school are
asked in a pool. The answers of the poll are either they are to agree, disagree, or
just be neutral to an issue being asked. From the students, there are 132 who agreed,
78 who disagreed and 54 are neutral. There are 5 who agree, 14 who disagree and 17
are neutral from the teachers. If a teacher and a student are randomly selected,
what is the probability that they either agree or neutral?
A. 0.5843 B. 0.4872 C. 0.4306 D. 0.6824

73. The top of the tower at “B”, 2000 m away from “A” where the transit is set, has
a vertical angle of 3˚30’. The height of the mast is 12 m and the height of the
instrument at “A” is 1.10 m. If the elevation of the base of the instrument is 133.3
m, determine (meters) the elevation of the base of the tower.
A. 284.255 B. 224.995 C. 215.925 D.264.825

74. A circle has its center at (3,-27) and is tangent to 3x + 4y – 26 = 0. Calculate

the point of tangency of the circle.
A. (-8,6) B. (10,-2) C. (18,-7) D. (5,3)

75. A salesperson earns P6000 per month plus a commission of 15% of sales. Find the
minimum amount of sales needed to receive a total income of at least P15,000 per
month.
A. P60,000 B. P40,000 C. P55,700 D. P33,550

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