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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following

questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

1. The formula log (1-k) = - 0.3/H models the relationship between the
half-life H of a radioactive material and tis rate of decay k. Find
the rate of the decay of the iodine isotope -131 it its half-life is
10 days. Round to four decimal places.
A. -0.0667 C. -0.9333
B. 0.9333 D. 0.0667

2. A plane flies 465 miles with the wind and 345 miles against the wind
in the same length of time. If the speed of the wind is 20 mph, find
the speed of the plane in still air?
A. 125 mph C. 165 mph
B. 155 mph D. 135 mph

3. In the expansion of(2x2-1/x)12, find the coefficient of the 7th term.

A. 924x12 C. 924x6
B. 59,136x 6 D. 64x6

4. From a point O on the ground of a square courtyard of area 160,00 m2,

the angles of elevation of three flagstaffs of equal heights at three
consecutive corners of the yard at A, B, and C are 45, 60, and 60
respectively. Find the height of each flagstaff in meters.
A. 111.18 C. 114.32
B. 145.97 D. 96.69

5. NKKLK rental agency charges P500 a day plus P20 per km, whereas MHLKT
rental agency charges P2300 a day and P5 per km. How many km must be
driven to make the daily cost of an NKKLK rental a better deal than a
MHLKT rental?
A. 120 C. 5
B. 160 D. 11

6. Calculate the power required of a 1400-kg car when the car climbs a
10° hill at a steady 80km/h. Assume the retarding force on the car is
Fr = 700 N.
A. 86 hp C. 95 hp
B. 82 hp D. 92 hp

7. A 30 ft. long water trough has ends in the form of isosceles

triangles whose equal sides are 4 ft long. Determine maximum volume
of the trough.
A. 240 ft3 C. 120 ft3
B. 160 ft 3 D. 360 ft3

8. A message will be transmitted from Terminal A to Terminal B if the

relays R1, R2, R3 and R4 are closed. If the probabilities of these
relays are closed as respectively, 0.65, 0.67, 0.75 and 0.8, find the
probability that message will get through. Assume that the relays
function independently.
A. 0.216 C. 0.422
B. 0.261 D. 0.224

9. What is the area of the shaded region of the square below?

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A. 7 C. 15
B. 11 D. 19

10. A trainee in a computer company takes 0.8 times as long to assemble

each computer as he took to assemble the preceding computer. If it
took him 45 minutes to assemble the first computer, find how long it
takes him to assemble the seven computer units?
A. 101 mins C. 143 mins
B. 178 mins D. 134 mins

11. In a certain town, 90% of the residents’ drink coffee, 80% drink tea,
70% drink whiskey, and 60% drink gin. No one drinks all four. What
percent of the residents drink liquor?
A. 65% C. 90%
B. 85% D. 100%

12. Determine the equivalent effective rate of a money compounded

continuously at r = 7%.
A. 0.60% C. 11.56%
B. 1.38% D. 7.25%

13. A logistic curve is the graph of an equation of the form y =

k/[1+b(e^(-cx))], where k, b and c are positive constants. Such
curves are useful for describing a population of a protozoa was found
to be describes by a logistic equation with c = 1.1244, k = 105, and
x the time in days.

Find b if the initial population was 3 protozoa.

A. 56 C. 34
B. 65 D. 44

14. How many minutes after 3pm will the hands of a clock be perpendicular
with each other for the first time?
A. 32.73 C. 32.43
B. 35.41 D. 37.36

15. One pipe can fill a pool in 55 minutes and two pipes can fill the
same pool in 25 minutes. How long in mins will it take for the second
pipe alone to fill the pool?
A. 36 C. 30
B. 46 D. 43

16. Let a, b, c be real numbers such that

3ab + 2 = 6b, 3bc + 2 = 5c, 3ca + 2 = 4a

Suppose the only possible values for the product abc are r/s and
t/u, where r/s and t/u are both fractions in lowest term.
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Find r + s + t + u.

A. 12 C. 18
B. 10 D. 24

17. The coordinate system is designed for a football field. Each unit
represent one meter. Pepe is at point (35,-20). The path of the ball
from a corner kick is represented by the equation y = (4/3)x. To have
the best chance for a shot on goal, Pepe wants to run toward the ball
so that his path meets the ball at right angles.

Find the equation for the line on which Pepe should run. (Nov 2021?)
A. y–20 = (3/4)(x-35) C. y+20 = (-3/4)(x-35)
B. y–20 = (3/4)(x+35) D. y+20 = (-3/4)(x+35)

18. Engr. Maria Juliebong Jr., who is always in a hurry, walks up an

upgoing escalator at the rate of one step per second. Twenty steps
bring him to the top. Next day he goes up at two steps per second,
reaching the top in 30 steps. How many steps are there in the
escalator?
A. 80 C. 50
B. 72 D. 60

19. On the first six tests in her Mathematics subject, her scores were
90, 81, 86, 93, 94, and 90. If she took a seventh test and raised the
mean of her scores exactly one point, what is her score on the 7th
test?
A. 98 C. 95
B. 96 D. 94

20. The angle of elevation of a pole 17 m horizontally from it is three

times the angle of elevation at a point 52 m from it. Find the angle
of elevation 17 m from the pole.
A. 54.21° C. 18.10°
B. 49.23° D. 14.54°

21. A line was measured and found out to be 523.13 meters. It is then
found out that the 50-meter tape used is 0.05 meter too long during
the measurement. Determine the true length of the line in meters.
A. 522.63 C. 522.51
B. 523.63 D. 523.65

22. In triangle BCD, BC = 40 m and CD = 15 m, Compute the probable

perimeter of the triangle.
A. 110 m C. 112 m
B. 78 m D. 87 m

23. Chord AB and CD intersect at point O, which is inside the circle, AO

= 8 cm, CO = 12 cm, and DO = 20 cm If AB is the diameter of the
circle, calculate the area of OCA.
A. 54.81 cm2 C. 36.04 cm2
B. 33.59 cm2 D. 52.05 cm2

24. From where he stands, one step forward the cliff would send the
drunken man over the edge. He takes random steps, either toward or
away from the cliff. At any step his probability of taking a step
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away is 2/3, of a step toward the cliff 1/3. What is his chance of
escaping the cliff?
A. 2/3 C. 1/3
B. 8/27 D. 1/2

25. What is the largest multiple of 7 less than 10,000 which can be
expressed as the sum of squares of three consecutive numbers?
A. 9709 C. 7805
B. 9996 D. 8750

26. Calculate the adjusted direction of line BA for the given travers
field notes.
Line Distance Latitude Departure
AB 667.97 667.701 117.7283
BC 616.05 -166.1858 593.2115
CD 690.88 131.0369 678.3395
DE 783.82 759.9266 -192.0558
EA 970.26 127.4838 -961.8484
Total = 3738.98

A. N 10° E C. S 80° W
B. S 10° E D. N 80° W

27. A climber wants to cut a rope 213 ft long into three pieces. If each
piece is to be three feet longer than the previous one, where should
he make the smallest cut from one end?
A. 68 feet from one end C. 71 feet from one end
B. 74 feet from one end D. 77 feet from one end

28. The area of a parallelogram is represented by x2 – 6. If the length of

a side by x + 4 and the length of the altitude to that side by x – 3,
what is the area of the parallelogram?
A. 6 unit2 C. 60 unit2
B. 4 unit 2 D. 30 unit2

29. A closed cylindrical container has a volume of 1000 ft3. If the

lateral area costs ₱30 per square foot and the top and bottom cost
₱20 per square foot. Determine the minimum cost.
A. ₱12,848 C. ₱13,337
B. ₱14,508 D. ₱15,481

30. Mines in a harbor during wartime are so placed that ship going to a
certain port within the harbor, to avoid hitting them must follow a
path which is always equidistant from a point 10 km north of another
port and a line whose bearing is due east. One point of this line 4
km south of the port. Considering the port as the origin. Find the
equation of the path of the ship.
A. x2 - 36x + 84 = 0 C. x2 + 14x - 40
B. x - 24x + 72 = 0
2 D. x2 + 6x - 20

31. Geologist took measurements at two points B and C, 928 m apart. The
angle of elevation from B to the top of the mountain A is 47’10’. The
angle of elevation from C to B is 8°40’ and the angle of elevation
from C to A is 32°30’. It is known that the elevation at C is 1300 m.
What is the elevation at A?
A. 2,525 m C. 3,414 m
B. 2,764 m D. 3,513 m
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32. A ball is thrown downward from the top of a 180 foot building with an
initial velocity of 20 feet per second. The height of the ball h
after t seconds is given by the equation h = -16t2 + 20t + 180. How
long after the ball is thrown will it strike the ground? Round the
result to the nearest tenth of a second.
A. 3.6 sec C. 2.8 sec
B. 1.8 sec D. 4.0 sec

33. A platform supported by a single row of uprights or standards tied

along the wall, connected horizontally by a ledger, and supporting
putlogs which rests on ledger on one side and in holes left in walls
on the other.
A. Scaffolds C. Double scaffold
B. Single scaffold D. Suspended scaffold

34. A test consists of 6 questions and to pass the test, a student must
answer at least 4 questions correctly. Each question has three
possible answers, of which only one is correct. If a student guesses
on each question, what is the probability that the student will pass
the test?
A. 0.1001 C. 0.0823
B. 0.2137 D. 0.0988

35. If the equal sides of an isosceles triangle are given (a), what
length of the third side will provide maximum area?
A. 2a C. √𝑎
B. a/2 D. a√2

36. A parabola has an equation of y2 = 8x. Find the equation of the

diameter of the parabola, which bisect chords parallel to the line 4x
– y = 2.
A. y = 2 C. 4y = 1
B. y = 1 D. 2y = 1

37. A circle of radius 5 cm is inscribed in a square. A smaller circle is

drawn tangent to the two sides of the square and the bigger circle.
What is the radius of the smaller circle. What is the radius of the
smaller circle?
A. 1.029 cm C. 0.686 cm
B. 0.858 cm D. 1.201 cm

Situation 1. From the figure. Estimate the following (Assume class A):
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38. The total no. of 40 kg cement that will be used.

A. 110 bags C. 12 bags
B. 100 bags D. 13 bags

39. The total volume of sand needed.

A. 12.2 m3 C. 6.1 m3
B. 9.0 m3 D. 3.2 m3

40. Which of the process includes calculation of likelihood of occurrence

and severity of the hazard?

I. Classify work activities

II. Identify hazard
III. Conduct risk assessment
IV. Decide if risk is tolerable and apply control measures

A. I C. III
B. II D. IV

41. A catapult is placed 100 feet from the castle wall, which is 35 feet
high. The soldier wants the burning bale of hay to clear the top of
the wall and land 50 feet inside a castle wall. If the initial
velocity of the bale is 70 feet/second, at what angle should the bale
of hay be launched so that it travels 150 feet and pass over the
castle wall. Use g = 32 ft/s2.
A. 45.3° C. 39.2°
B. 36.4° D. 50.8°

42. A man pulls a rope attached to a sled. If the rope makes an angle of
23° with the ground, determine the force the man must exert on the
rope so that the effective force tending to move the sled along the
ground is 200 N.
A. 184 N C. 78 N
B. 217 N D. 512 N
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43. Evaluate the derivative with respect to x of 𝑦 = 𝑥 𝑥
2 2
A. 𝑥 1+𝑥 (1 + 𝑙𝑛𝑥 2 ) C. 𝑥 𝑥 (1 + 𝑙𝑛2𝑥)
2 2
B. 𝑥 𝑥 (1 + 𝑙𝑛𝑥 2 ) D. 𝑥 1+𝑥 (1 + 𝑙𝑛2𝑥)

44. Objects A and B with the same mass m = 2.5 kg undergo a direct
central impact. Before the impact, A is moving to the right with a
velocity of 8 m/s and B is moving to the right with a velocity of 2
m/s. Determine the velocity of A after impact if the impact is
perfectly plastic.
A. 2.5 m/s C. 10 m/s
B. 5 m/s D. 8 m/s
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45. Given a circle x2 + y2 = 25. Find the sub normal at y = 3.

A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4

46. The sum of the positive departure exceeds that of the negative
departures by 0.31m. The sum of negative latitudes exceeds that of
the positive latitudes by 1.89 m. Determine the corrected latitude of
46.23m line whose latitude is 21.09 m. The sum of the sides is
measured to be 280.31 m.
A. 21.35 m C. 21.42 m
B. 20.83 m D. 20.78 m

47. Let x be the solution of the equation

Which of following is true?

A. x > 1 C. 0 < x < 1
B. x = 1 D. x = 0 or x < 0

48. In 2012, the median price of an existing home in the country is

₱1,220,000. In 2006, the median price of an existing home was
₱800,00. Let y be the median price of an existing home in the year x,
where x = 0 represents 2006. Write a linear equation that models the
median price of an existing home in terms of year x.
A. y = 70,000x + 800,000 C. y = 60,000x + 800,000
B. y = 70,000x – 800,000 D. y = 60,000x - 800,000

49. Determine the speed of sound along aluminum rod and the wavelength of
the sound waves produced by a 440 Hz vibration in the rod. The
elastic modulus of aluminum is 70.0 x 109 N/m2 and the density is 2.70
x 103 kg/m3.
A. 5009 m/s, 55.1 m C. 5900 m/s, 51.6 m
B. 5000 m/s, 15.1 m D. 5090 m/s, 11.6 m

50. Given the following maintenance cost in a bridge.

End of 5th year = ₱ 150,000

End of 10th year = ₱ 250,000
End of 15th year = ₱ 300,000

What is the equivalent uniform annual cost of these maintenance cost

over a 25-year period if money is worth 5% annually?
A. ₱ 11,118.17 C. ₱ 25,999.77
B. ₱ 29,467.43 D. ₱ 15,481.15

51. John Carlos Industries (JCI) invested ₱7 million on an equipment that

will save the company ₱2 million annually for 9 years. If the minimum
attractive rate of return (MARR) is 12%, what is the present worth
index of the investment?
A. 2.398 C. 5.328
B. 1.522 D. 3.481

52. A father wants to set aside money for his 5-year old son’s future
college education. Money can be deposited in a bank account that pays
6% per year, compounded monthly. What equal deposits should be made
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by the father on his son’s 6th through 17th birthdays in order to

provide ₱100,000 on his son’s 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st birthdays?
A. ₱31,118.57 C. ₱13,962.60
B. ₱24,560.26 D. ₱29,540.12

53. A coin I so unbalanced that you are likely to get three heads in
three successive throws as you are to get tails in one. What is the
probability of getting heads in a single throw?
A. 0.562 C. 0.682
B. 0.618 D. 0.667

54. A four-meter long steel tube has its upper end leaning against a
vertical wall and lower end on a level ground. The lower end moves
away at a constant rate of 1 cm/s. How fast is the pipe rotating when
the lower end is 2 meter from the wall in rad/sec?
A. -0.00400 rad/sec C. -0.00894 rad/sec
B. -0.00697 rad/sec D. -0.00289 rad/sec

55. It is known that f(x) = 6 when x = 2. What is the value of f(x) when
x = 4.
𝑓 (𝑥 ) = ∫(3𝑥 3 − 7𝑥)𝑑𝑥

A. 56 C. 0
B. 144 D. 94

56. A vertical photograph was exposed with a 6-in. focal length camera at
a flying height of 15,000 ft above datum. What is the photo scale at
point “A” if its elevation on the ground is 2500 ft above the datum?
A. 1:2083 C. 1:25000
B. 1:2917 D. 1:15000

57. A 65-kg woman descends in an elevator that briefly accelerates at

0.20g downward. She stands on a scale that reads in kg. What does the
scale read when the elevator descends at a constant speed of 2.0 m/s?
A. 65.0 kg C. 52.0 kg
B. 0 kg D. 13.3 kg

58. If the cost of hauling is P0.25 per cubic meter per meter station and
the free haul distance is 50 m, compute the cost of borrow per cubic
per meter if the limit economical haul is 450m.
A. 5.0 C. 3.5
B. 4.0 D. 5.5

59. Given I=52° and R=350 ft. Determine the deflection/foot.

A. 0.0014°/ft C. 0.0176°/ft
B. 0.0007°/ft D. 0.0819°/ft

60. A rectangular piece of paper, 24 cm long by 18 cm wide, is folded

once in such a way that two diagonally opposite corners coincide.
What is the length of the crease?
A. 22.5 cm C. 27.3 cm
B. 17.4 cm D. 30.0 cm

61. A chemist has x liters of sugar solution that is x% sugar. How many
liters of sugar must be added to this solution to yield a sugar
solution that is 3x% sugar?
3𝑥
A. C. 50+3x
50+𝑥
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2𝑥 2
B. D. 100-2x2
100−3𝑥

62. A curve banked at 10° will accommodate traffic travelling s mph, if

the radius of the curve is r feet, according to the formula s =
1.45√r. If the engineer expects 75 mph traffic, what radius should
they specify?
A. 2600 ft C. 2650 ft
B. 2500 ft D. 2675 ft

63. The perpendicular distance between two parallel tangents of a

reversed curve is eight meters and the length of the long chord is
equal to 80 m. Compute the common radius of the reversed curve.

A. 215.5 m C. 187.5 m
B. 200.0 m D. 175.5 m

64. The areas in cut of two irregular sections 75 m apart are 36 square
meters and 72 square meters, respectively. Base width is 10 m side
slope of 3H:2V. Using Prismoidal corrections formula, find the
corrected volume of cut in cu.m between the two stations.
A. 3984.76 m3 C. 3991.73 m3
B. 4021.54 m 3 D. 4068.72 m3

65. Given the following data for lot ABCD:

Line Length, m Bearing

AB 196.35 N 25°32’ E
BC ? ?
CD 136.98 S 21°9’ E
DA 355.32 S 77°20’ W

Find the cost of the lot if it cost ₱3.1M per hectare.

A. ₱13.254M C. ₱12.256M
B. ₱13.524M D. ₱12.927M

66. What is the maximum speed at which an automobile can round a curve of
30 m radius on a level road if the coefficient of friction between
the tires and the road is 0.36?
A. 37.06 kph C. 10.48 kph
B. 10.29 kph D. 40.73 kph

67. The bases of a trapezoid are 9 in and 15 in, respectively. Its

altitude is 7 in. Find the area of the quadrilateral formed by
joining the midpoints of the adjacent sides of the trapezoid.
A. 42 in2 C. 63 in2
B. 30 in2 D. 20 in2

68. Compute the deflection angle at the first quarter point of the spiral
if the length of spiral is 80 m with a degree of curve of the central
curve of a spiral easement curve is 6.5°.
A. 0.342° C. 0.271°
B. 0.458° D. 0.813°

69. The number of accidents recorded in a certain highway curve for a

period of 5 years is 6,870. If the average daily traffic (ADT) is
546, what is the accident rate per million entering vehicles?
A. 5211 C. 7783
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B. 6894 D. 6714

70. A cylindrical buoy with a cross sectional area 1.5 sq.m is observed
(after being pushed) to bob up and down with a period of 0.60 sec.
Approximately what is the mass of the buoy (in kg), Use g =9.81 m/s2
A. 102 kg C. 148 kg
B. 36 kg D. 77 kg

71. Palakpakin lake is located at a certain barangay in San Pablo. An

existing road runs tangential to a circular lake. Twelve kilometers
from the point of tangency, along the existing road, a new road of
six kilometers length is constructed to the periphery of the lake at
B. The new road is extended to cross the lake. Compute the length of
the bridge needed to cross the lake.
A. 18 km C. 12 km
B. 10 km D. 24 km

72. Compute the thickness of a rigid pavement with a wheel load capacity
of 42 kN if the allowable tensile stress of concrete is 1.6 MPa,
Neglect the effect of dowels.
A. 267 mm C. 281 mm
B. 365 mm D. 324 mm

73. Which one of the following is better: a large pizza with 16-inch
diameter for P650.00 or a medium pizza with an 8-inch diameter for
P200?
A. The large pizza C. The two pizzas are equal
B. The medium pizza D. Cannot be determined

74. From following the network diagram, determine the critical path.

A. 1-3-6-7-9-10 C. 1-2-6-10
B. 1-2-6-8-10 D. 1-4-7-9-10

75. If a particular sign requires to be visible from 15 meters away, to

avoid any hazard, what should be the area of the signage?
A. 0.112 sq.cm. C. 1,125 sq.cm.
B. 0.225 sq.cm. D. 2,250 sq.cm.

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