MODULE #3 ESAS TERMS (3.5 HRS) 15.

Which of the following does NOT produce vacancies,

interstitial defects, or impurity defects in a material?
DIRECTIONS: KEY IN YOUR ANSWER ON THE GOOGLE FORM A. plastic deformation
PROVIDED. GOOD LUCK! PLEASE ANSWER HONESTLY! B. slow equilibrium cooling
C. quenching
1. Which of the following portion of hard disk space served as D. increasing the temperature (which increases atomic energy)
RAM?
A. Cache C. Read only memory 16. A single electrode consisting of a rod, pipe or plate shall have
B. Random memory D. Virtual memory resistance to ground of _____ or less.
A. 20 ohms C. 25 ohms
2. What is considered as the general purpose oldest type and B. 15 ohms D. 30 ohms
widely used cast iron?
A. Gray iron C. Alloy iron 17. A heavy duty lamp holder shall have a rating no less than
B. Ductile iron D. Malleable iron ____.
A. 450 W C. 600 W
3. For installation consisting of not more than two 2-wire branch B. 500 W D. 660 W
circuits, the service disconnecting mains shall be rated NOT
less than what rating? 18. What is the most abundant type of atom in living things?
A. 20 A C. 30 A A. oxygen C. sodium
B. 40 A D. 50 A B. hydrogen D. carbon

4. Which of the following is NOT a correct unit for work? 19. A printed circuit board that has (at least) slots to connect
A. erg C. watt cards into. Often, they also include a CPU and memory is
B. ft·lb D. newton·meter called _____.
A. Mainframe C. Motherboard
5. A watt per hour is a unit of: B. IDE port D. Server
A. energy C. force
B. power D. none of these 20. Strategic planning is undertaken in which management
level?
6. What is another term for tempering? A. Lower management level
A. Recrystalization B. Middle management level
B. Annealing C. Top management level
C. Spheroidizing D. Lowest management level
D. Drawing or toughening
21. Which of the following statements is FALSE for an ideal gas?
7. A good example of kinetic energy is provided by: A. The molecules behave as solid spheres of finite radius.
A. a wound clock spring B. pV = nR*T
B. the raised weights of a grandfather’s clock C. Collisions between gas molecules are perfectly elastic and
C. a tornado result in no
D. a gallon of gasoline decrease in kinetic energy.
D. No attractive forces exist between the molecules.
8. What is the most abundant metal in nature?
A. Aluminum C. Iron 22. Welding process wherein coalescene is produced by heating
B. Steel D. Copper with an electric arc with or without the application of
pressure and with or without the use of filler metal.
9. What dimensional property of a material refers to the A. Resistance welding C. Arc welding
deviation from edge straightness? B. Spot welding D. All of this
A. Lay C. Camber
B. Out of flat D. Waviness 23. What are van der Waals forces?
A. weak secondary bonds between atoms
10. What is another term for modulus of rigidity? B. primary bonds between atoms
A. Shear modulus C. Bulk modulus C. forces between electrons and protons
B. Young’s modulus D. Modulus of elasticity D. forces not present in liquids

11. What physical property of a material refers to the 24. The ampacity of capacitor circuit conductors shall not be less
temperature at which a polymer under a specified load than ____ of the rated current of the capacitor.
shows a specified amount of deflection? A. 125% C. 135%
A. Curie temperature B. 115% D. 150%
B. Specific heat
C. Heat distortion temperature 25. For banks, the general lighting load shall be computed at
D. Thermal conductivity ____ per square meters of the floor area.
A. 24 C. 30
12. The electrical analog of a spring constant k is: B. 20 D. 28
A. L C. C
B. 1/L D. 1/C 26. The modulus of elasticity is also known as
A. Young’s modulus C. Hooke’s ratio
13. Which of the following is NOT acceptable as a FORTRAN B. Modulus of rigidity D. Yield strength
integer variable name?
A. IRISH C. MAPLE 27. What are valence electrons?
B. KOST D. INSERT A. the outer-shell electrons
B. electrons with positive charge
14. An over current device with a circuit opening fusible part C. the electrons of complete quantum shells
that is heated and severed by the passage of over current D. the K-quantum shell electrons
through it.
A. Overload relay C. Thermocouple
B. Fuse D. Magnetic contactor
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28. A point at which the load of a given area is assumed to be 43. A type of promotion where a paid message appears in mass
concentrated. media for the purpose of informing or persuading people
A. Switchboard C. Panel board about particular products, services, beliefs, or action.
B. Outlet D. Load center A. Advertising C. Sales promotion
B. Publicity D. Personal selling
29. Two major types of chemical bonds are observed in chemical
bonding: ionic and 44. What is added to hydrochloride to form hydrochloric acid?
covalent. Which of the following has a bond that is the least A. Oxygen C. Water
ionic in character? B. Sulfur D. Carbon
A. NaCl C. H2
B. CH4 D. H2O 45. Section 23 of Article III: Issuance of Certificates of
Registration. The professional is required to renew license
30. The multiplying factor for determining the size of branch every ____ years upon renewal of registration fee.
circuit protection for non-time delay fuse is A. 3 C. 1
A. 300% C. 250% B. 2 D. 6
B. 175% D. 150%
46. What crystalline carbon is soft, black, slippery solid that
31. Which of the following elements and compounds is reactive possess metallic luster and conduct electricity?
in its pure form? A. Charcoal C. Diamond
A. sodium (Na) C. carbon dioxide (C02) B. Graphite D. Coke
B. helium (He) D. hydrochloric acid (HCl)
47. Locations which are hazardous because of the presence of
32. Non-metallic sheathed cable shall be secured in place at combustible dust.
intervals NOT exceeding. A. Class I C. Class III
A. 1,300 mm C. 1,500 mm B. Class II D. Class IV
B. 1,200 mm D. 1,800 mm
48. What type of carbon is used in the manufacture of car tires?
33. What refers to the stress in the material at the elastic limit? A. Carbon black C. Coke
A. Working stress C. Ultimate stress B. Charcoal D. Diamond
B. Yield stress D. Maximum stress
49. What type of electrical conductors has a trade name
34. A test lamp using and ordinary bulb is use to test one of the “moisture resistant thermoplastic“?
following. Which one is this? A. TW C. THWN
A. Overload C. Polarity check B. THW D. All of these
B. DC or AC check D. Ground check
50. What element is known as the lightest metal?
35. The property which permits the flow of current under the A. Aluminum C. Magnesium
action of a potential difference is called B. Manganese D. Lithium
A. Resistance C. Impedance
B. Permeance D. Conductance 51. A run conduit between outlets, between fittings, between
outlet and fitting shall not contain more than the equivalent
36. What is the heaviest subatomic particle? of _________ quarterbends.
A. Electron C. Atom A. 2 C. 3
B. Proton D. Neutron B. 4 D. 5

37. The maximum safe stress a material can carry 52. In electrochemistry, oxidation is a loss of __________.
A. Optimum stress C. Differential stress A. Ion C. Proton
B. Working stress D. Partial stress B. Electron D. Anode

38. Which of the following treatments will result in an increase 53. The overload relay used to protect each motor- compressor
in fatigue strength of steel? set shall be selected to trip at NOT more than ____ of the
A. annealing C. shot peening motor-compressor rated load current.
B. cold-working D. hot-working A. 125% C. 150%
B. 130% D. 140%
39. “The solubility of a gas in liquid is directly proportional to the
partial pressure of the gas above the solution.” This is 54. What refers to the minimum amount of energy required to
known as ______. initiate a chemical reaction?
A. Hund’s law C. Henry’s law A. Atomic energy
B. Pascal’s law D. Dalton’s law B. Activation energy
C. Initial energy
40. Which of the following does “NOT” affect the owners equity? D. Reaction energy
A. Invested capital
B. Expense to get license to start operation 55. Before a program can be used, it must generaUy be "loaded
C. Dividend paid into memory." What does this "memory" refer to?
D. License to start the business A. cache memory C. RAM
B. EPROM D. ROM
41. What element constitutes the major component of most
bronzes? 56. The sum of the continuous ratings of the load consuming
A. Zinc C. Lead apparatus connected to the system or any part thereof.
B. Tin D. Aluminum A. Peak load C. Average load
B. Connected load D. Continuous load
42. Which of the following would you expect to have a highest
melting point?
A. mercury C. potassium
B. sodium chloride D. toe

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57. The critical point for a mixture occurs for which of the 70. At what point is applied force minimal in opening a hinge
following cases? door?
A. The vapor and liquid exist in a single form. A. near the hinge
B. The liquid has no absorbed gas. B. farthest the hinge
C. The vapor phase is stable. C. at the center
D. The liquid is completely vaporized. D. any where

58. What refers to a process of influencing and supporting 71. Polymers that favor crystallization are least likely to have
others to work enthusiastically toward achieving objectives? which of the following?
A. Power C. Teamwork A. an atactic configuration of side groups
B. Leadership D. Charisma B. small side groups
C. only one repeating unit
59. For each 2-wire laundry branch circuit, a feeder load of NOT D. small chain lengths
less than ____ shall be included.
A. 1,800 VA C. 2,000 VA 72. When an object exerts a force a force, the second object
B. 1,500 VA D. 1,200 VA exerts on the first a force of the same magnitude but
opposite direction. This statement is in accordance to
60. Which cast iron is hard and wear resistant? A. Newton’s First Law of Motion
A. Gray iron C. White iron B. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
B. Ductile iron D. Malleable iron C. Newton’s Third Law of Motion
D. All of these
61. Which of the following groups does NOT contain a scalar
quantity? 73. What is the atomic packing factor (APF) for a simple cubic
A. velocity, force, power crystal?
B. displacement, acceleration, force A. 0.48 C. 1.0
C. acceleration, speed, work B. 0.52 D. 1.1
D. energy, work, distance
74. An elevator is pulled by cable at a constant speed. The
62. Stiffness is: tension in the cable is equal to
A. ratio of force to deformation A. the weight C. thrice the weight
B. ratio of force to modulus of elasticity B. twice the weight D. half the weight
C. ratio of product of cross-sectional area and initial length to
deformation 75. Which material type usually has a higher index of refraction?
D. ratio of initial length to cross-sectional area A. lighter materials C. heavier materials
B. denser materials D. less-dense materials
63. Which of the following materials is NOT a viscoelastic
material? 76. It is rate quoted in describing a given variety of compound
A. plastic C. rubber interest.
B. metal D. glass A. nominal rate C. simple rate
B. effective rate D. compound rate
64. Which of the following is the definition of a joule?
A. a unit of power 77. Which of the following represented by BASIC?
B. a N·m A. Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
C. a kg·m/s2 B. Beginners Algorithm Symbolic Instruction Code
D. a rate of change of energy C. Beginners All-purpose System Instruction Code
D. Beginners Algorithmic System Instruction code
65. Section 5 (a) of Article II of RA 7920 states that each board
member must, at the time of his appointment be a resident 78. Whenever a body capable of oscillating is acted on by a
of the Philippine for at least ____ consecutive years. periodic series of impulse having frequency equal to 1 of
A. 5 C. 3 the natural frequency oscillating of the body , the body is
B. 4 D. 10 set into vibration with a relatively large amplitude. This
phenomenon refers to
66. Which of the following is NOT a unit of work? A. Doppler’s effect
A. N·m C. kg·m2 /s2 B. interference
B. erg D. dyne C. vibration
D. resonance
67. A watt is:
A. kg · m/s3 C. kg · m2/s3 79. How many atoms are in the unit cell of a body-centered
B. kg · m2/s D. kg · m/s cubic structure?
A. one C. three
68. Which band of light wavelength are too short to be seen by B. two D. four
the human eye?
A. visible 80. The equipment grounding conductor of a branch circuit shall
B. ultra violet be identified by what color?
C. infrared A. green
D. x-ray B. black
C. white
69. In molecules of the same composition, what are variations D. gray
of atomic arrangements known as?
A. polymers C. monomers 81. Which crystal structure possesses the highest number of
B. noncrystalline structures D. isomers close-packed planes and close-packed directions?
A. simple cubic C. face-centered cubic
B. body-centered cubic D. close-packed hexagonal

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82. Which device could be used to determine whether a 95. Which one of these statements is true for twinning?
substance is radioactive? A. It occurs at lower shear stresses than slip.
A. a Van de Graaff generator B. It is the most significant form of plastic deformation.
B. a cyclotron C. It cannot be caused by impact or thermal treatment.
C. a Geiger counter D. It frequently occurs in hexagonal close-packed structures.
D. a linear accelerator
96. Which of the following raceways is not suitable for
83. In a crystal structure, what is an interstitial atom? installation in wet locations?
A. an extra atom sitting at a nonlattice point A. rigid metal conduit
B. an atom missing at a lattice point B. flexible metal conduit
C. a different element at a lattice point C. rigid non metal conduit
D. a line defect D. intermediate metal conduit

84. What is the primary purpose of PEC? 97. Low-carbon steels are generally used in the "as rolled" or
A. to serve as guide for the untrained personnel "as fabricated" state.
B. is to conserve electrical energy What is the reason for this?
C. is the practical safeguarding of persons and property A. They come in many different shapes and thicknesses.
D. to serve as manual guide for design B. Their strength generally cannot be increased by heat
treatment.
85. Which of the following is a line defect in a lattice crystal C. They degrade severely under heat treatment.
structure? D. Their chromium content is so low.
A. tilt boundary C. vacancy
B. screw dislocation D. Schottky imperfection 98. Which of the following is NOT an SI unit of measure?
A. watt C. joule
86. The differential of the shear stress equation is which ones B. Newton D. erg
of the following
A. load on the beam 99. What is the ratio of stress to strain in a material loaded
B. bending moment of the beam within its elastic range?
C. tensile strength of the beam A. Poisson’s ratio C. Modulus of elasticity
D. slope of the elastic curve B. Refractive index D. Percent elongation

87. What does the Charpy impact test measure? 100. If the resultant force acting on a body of constant mass is
L the energy required to break a test sample zero, the body’s acceleration is
II. the strength of a test sample A. increasing C. always zero
(D) bending B. decreasing D. negative
III. the ductile to brittle transition temperature of metals
A. I only C. III only 101. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
B. II only D. I and III A. Low-alloy steels are a minor group and are rarely used.
B. Low-alloy steels are used in the heat-treated condition.
88. What is the temperature rating of THHN insulation? C. Low-alloy steels contain small amounts of nickel and
A. 60degC chromium.
B. 90 deg C D. The addition of small amounts of molybdenum to low-alloy
C. 85 deg C steels makes
D. 75 deg C
102. Which color light has the highest frequency?
89. Which of the following substances has the least average A. green `C. red
coefficient of linear thermal expansion? B. violet D. yellow
A. Copper C. Steel
B. Concrete D. Tin 103. Which of the following would most likely require a steel
containing 0.6% carbon that has been spheroidized, cold-
90. The viscosity of fluid varies with drawn, and slightly tempered?
A. temperature C. density A. a bridge beam C. a cutting tool
B. pressure D. temperature and pressure B. a water pipe D. a ball bearing

91. To which of the following can the large discrepancy between 104. The profit derived from a project or business enterprise
the actual and theoretical strengths of metals mainly be without consideration of obligations to financial contributors
attributed? and claims of others based on profit is known as
A. heat C. low density A. yield C. economic return
B. dislocations D. stress direction B. earning value D. expected yield

92. A voltage level of 1kV up to 34.5 kV i: 105. In a stress-strain diagram, what is the correct term for the
A. low voltage C. high voltage stress level at € = 0.2% offset?
B. medium voltage D. extra high voltage A. the elastic limit C. the offset rupture stress
B. the plastic limit D. the offset yield stress
93. As the amount of slip increases, additional deformation
becomes more difficult and decreases until the plastic flow 106. A newton is the force:
finally stops. Slip may begin again only if a larger stress is A. of gravity on a 1kg body
applied. What is this phenomenon known as? B. of gravity on a 1g body
A. cooling C. crowding C. that gives a 1g body an acceleration of 1cm/s2
B. strain hardening D. twinning D. that gives a 1kg body an acceleration of 1m/s2

94. When a velocity of an object is tripled, another quantity 107. For dwelling units, the demand factor for the first 3,000
which is tripled at the same time is the object’s VA of load is _________.
A. momentum C. displacement A. 115% C. 100%
B. potential energy D. kinetic energy B. 90% D. 85%

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108. Velocity is defined as: 121. A golf ball is struck by a golf club and falls on a green three
A. rate of change of position with time meters above the tee. The potential energy of the Earth-
B. position divided by time ball system is greatest:
C. rate of change of acceleration with time A. just before the ball is struck
D. a speeding up or slowing down B. just after the ball is struck
C. just after the ball lands on the green
109. What refers to the parallel axis theorem for second moment D. when the ball reaches the highest point in its flight
of area?
A. Mohr’s theorem C. Maxwell’s theorem 122. The simplex method is extremely efficient in solving which
B. Steiner’s theorem D. Young’s theorem of the following classic problems?
A. the transportation problem
110. Which one of the following statements is correct for B. the assignment problem
an object released from rest? C. the transhipment problem
A. The average velocity during the first D. the allocation problem
second of time is 4.9m/s
B. During each second the object falls 9.8m 123. A processor that integrates smaller self-contained building
C. The acceleration changes by 9.8m/s2 blo ks, each with its own arithmetic logic unit, registers,
every second data paths, and control functioDS, is called a(n)
D. The object falls 9.8m during the first A. integrated processor C. bit-slice processor
second of time B. multiprocessor D. distributed processor

111. IMC (Intermediate Metal Conduit) shall be supported at 124. If a project that has diminishing returns with scale is
least every modeled using a linear program, which basic assumption of
A. 3 m C. 2.5 m linear programming will be violated?
B. 4 m D. 5 m A. certainty C. divisibility
B. additivity D. proportionality
112. Of the following situations, which one is impossible?
A. A body having velocity east and acceleration east 125. Which of the following is NOT acceptable as a FORTRAN
B. A body having velocity east and acceleration west statement?
C. A body having zero velocity and non-zero acceleration A. A=B C. AB=C*D
D. A body having constant velocity and variable acceleration B. A=B+C D. A*B=C*D

113. A portion of computer code contains the instructions "LR," 126. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
"SC," and "3L," Most likely, these are A. The time rate of change of the angular momentum about a
A. machine language C. object code fixed point is equal to the total moment of the external forces
B. assembly language D. interpreted code acting on the system about the point.
B. The coefficient of restitution can be less than zero.
114. The SI standard of length is based on: C. The frictional force always acts to resist motion.
A. the distance from the north pole to the equator along a D. Momentum is conserved during elastic collisions.
meridian passing through Paris
B. wavelength of light emitted by Hg198 127. What is the standard color for safety signages to indicate
C.a precision meter stick in Paris the presence of radiation hazards example in X-ray
D. the speed of light laboratory in the hospital?
A. Green with combination of red
115. Sec. 14 (a)(iii) of Art. III : Examination and Registration, B. Orange
states that prior to commencing of work, the foreign C. Blue
professional secure permit from the D. Purple with combination of yellow
A. commission C. POEA
B. IIEE D. Bureau of Immigration 128. The compllter hardware abbreviation "ALU" stands for
A. arithmetic logic unit
116. The OCPD for arc welders with transformers shall NOT B. analog local unit
exceed _________ of the primary full load current. C. algebraic unit
A. 150% C. 125% D. addressable local unit
B. 100% D. 200%
129. Which of the following is NOT a good application of
117. A computer signal that stops the execution of the current network analysis?
instruction is caUed a(n) A. electrical engineering
A. break-off C. interrupt B. information theory
B. suspension D. disconnect C. the study of transportation systems
D. inventory theory
118. When the loading is distributed along the cable the cable
is analyzed as 130. A disruptive discharge around or over the surface of a solid
A. parabolic cable C. projectile or liquid insulator.
B. catenary D. rotation A. Flashover C. Corona
B. Sparkover D. Surge
119. The term “mass” refers to the same physical concept as:
A. weight C. force 131. What IS the function of a transducer?
B. inertia D. acceleration A. signal detection C. voltage reduction
B. amplification D. energy conversion
120. For which of the following is the Program Evaluation and
Review Technique (PERT) NOT used?
A. construction projects
B. computer programming assignments
C. preparation of bids and proposals
D. queueing problems

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132. When there is a degradation of service provided by the 147. In safety, MSDS means?
company to clients, it is a sign that the engineer manager A. Management safety duty sheet
in-charge: B. Material signages data sheet
A. Lacks leadership skill C. Management safety data sheet
B. Has inadequate control D. Material safety data sheet
C. Has poor organization
D. Has no proper planning 148. A group of activities designed to facilitate and expedite the
selling of goods and services.
133. The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect to time is A. Advertisement C. Marketing
A. force C. power B. Commercial D. Sales
B. momentum D. work
149. Which of the following is represented by JPEG?
134. A magnetic material above Curie point exists as: A. Joint Photographic Experts Grade
A. diamagnetics C. paramagnetic B. Joint Photography Experts Grade
B. ferromagnetics D. ferrite C. Joint Photographic Experts Group
D. Joint Photography Experts Group
135. The diffusion of defects through a crystal is described by
A. Boyle's law C. Dalton's law 150. What refers to the passage of molecules of a gas from one
B. Fick's law D. Gibbs' rule container to another through a tiny opening between the
containers?
136. Oxygen comprises what percent in mass in the earth’s A. Diffusion C. Fission
crust? B. Effusion D. Fusion
A. 50.0 C. 48.5
B. 49.5 D. 47.5

137. A measure of the resistance of a material to change of

volume without change of shape or form
A. Young’s modulus C. Bulk modulus
B. Modulus of rigidity D. Shear modulus

138. What refers to a chemical formula that shows how atoms

are bonded to one another in a molecule?
A. Molecular formula C. Standard formula
B. Structural formula D. Bonding formula

139. The electric power industry was divided into four sectors
by RA 9136 namely: generation, transmission, distribution,
and ______.
A. Electricity end-users C. Supply
B. Commercial consumers D. Residential consumers

140. Any process extracting the metal in a fused state is called

A. Calcination C. Smelting
B. Roasting D. Froth flotation process

141. What is the unit of the modulus of elasticity?

A. N-m C. Pa
B. Unitless D. N-m/s

142. What is the resistance of a material to plastic deformation?

A. Hardness C. Stiffness
B. Creepage D. Rigidity

143. What refers to ions that are NOT involved in the overall
reactions?
A. Guest ions C. Extra ion
B. Spectator ions D. Special ions
144. What is the ratio of the maximum load in a tension test to
the original cross-sectional area of the test bar?
A. Tensile strength C. Shear strength
B. Yield strength D. Flexual strength

145. What is the minimum age for a person to become a

member of the Board of Electrical Engineering?
A. 30 C. 40
B. 35 D. 45

146. The arrangement or relationship of positions within an

organization.
A. Organizing C. Supervising
B. Planning D. Structure