Mock Exam - Plumbing Arithmetic

(Refresher)
angelikapendrecruz@gmail.com Switch account

Exam Proper

Choose the correct answer for every item. Thank you

Today is Monday, what day is it after 61 days? 1 point

Thursday

Wednesday

Saturday

Sunday
What value of x will result to an infinity answer in the expression 1 point
(x+3)/(x+5).

-3

-5

How many minutes after 3pm will the minute hand of the watch coincide 1 point
with the hour hand?

16 4/11

18

17 ½

16 ½
The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral triangles for its 1 point
bases. The lower and upper base edges are 9cm and 3 cm respectively. If
the volume is 118.2 cu. cm, how far apart are the bases?

7 cm

9 cm

6 cm

10 cm

If 9^x = 81, what is the value of x? 1 point

3
What is the ratio of the length of the diagonals of a cube to its sides? 1 point

sqrt(2)

sqrt(3)

2sqrt(3)

How much money would a man have to invest at a rate of 5% per year, to 1 point
have P1470 at the end of the year?

1540

70

1400

700
A man completed a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey in 1 point
21 kph and second half at the rate of 14 kph. Find the total journey in km.

234

224

230

220

A father said to his son, “I was as old as you when you are at the present at 1 point
the time of your birth”. If the father’s age is 38 years now, the son’s age five
years back was:

38

14

33

19
Twenty men can finish the job in 30 days, twenty-five men were hired at the 1 point
start and 10 quits after 20 days. How many days will it take to finish the
job?

27

30

25

15

The height of an equilateral triangle is 24 m. What is its area? 1 point

342.55 sq. m

352.55 sq. m

312.55 sq. m

332.55 sq. m
How many gallons of water will a tank with dimensions of 1200 mm in 1 point
length and 90 cm in diameter hold?

294.49

214.19

201.53

249.11

The plumbing fixture unit is equivalent to: 1 point

7.5 gpm

7.5 cpm

7.5 liters/min

7.5 psi
A tank is 60’ x 80’ x 10’ and the flow is 2.0 mgd. What is the detention time 1 point
in hours?

5.3

4.3

3.3

6.3

A tank is 100’ in diameter and 22’ deep. If the flow into the tank is 1500 gpm 1 point
and the flow out of tank is 300 gpm, how many hours will it take to fill the
tank?

19.9

18.9

17.9

20.9
The curved surface of a cylindrical pillar is 262 sq. m and its volume is 924 1 point
cu. m. Find the ratio of its diameter to its height.

6pi

9pi

36

What is the total surface area (in sq. cm) of a right circular cone of height 1 point
14 cm and base radius of 7 cm?

344.55

489.53

462

498.35
The top of a lighthouse is 230 feet above the sea. How far away is an object 1 point
which is just “on the horizon”? Assume the earth is a sphere with radius of
3956 miles.

18.56 miles

17.56 miles

20.56 miles

16.56 miles

On 8th of February, 2005, it was Tuesday. What was the day of the week on 1 point
8th February, 2004?

Monday

Tuesday

Sunday

Wednesday
In 100 m race, A covers the distance of 36 seconds and B in 45 seconds. In 1 point
this race A beats B by:

9m

22.5 m

25 m

20 m

A boat can go 10 miles upstream in 30 minutes. The return trip downstream 1 point
takes only 20 minutes. What is the speed of the boat in still water and the
speed of the current in mph?

25, 5

45, 5

35, 5

15, 15
Mario’s hat is four more than Alex’s hat and one half that of Miguel’s hat. If 1 point
the total number of hats is 24, how many hats does Miguel have?

16

14

Three circles or radii 110 m, 70 m, and 55 m are tangent to one another. 1 point
What is the area of the triangle formed by joining the centers of the circles?

9996 sq. m

9986 sq. m

9967 sq. m

9976 sq. m
An observer 1.6 m tall is 203 m away from the tower. The angle of elevation 1 point
from his eye to the top of the tower is 30 degrees. The height of the tower
is:

25.15 m

24.72 m

23.30

23.30 m

Two files flew at the same time from the same point in different directions. 1 point
One fly moves at 0.7 m/s and the other fly moves at 0.5 m/s. If the angle
between their paths is 85 degrees, find the distance after 2.5 sec?

1.81 m

3.0 m

2.34 m

2.06 m
What is the volume of spherical sector with angle 600 in a sphere of radius 1 point
30 cm?

7576 cc

7222 cc

7934 cc

8212 cc

Find two consecutive even integers such that the square of the larger is 44 1 point
larger than the square of the smaller integer.

12 and 14

14 and 16

6 and 8

10 and 12
A nozzle with a radius of 0.250 cm is attached in a garden hose with a 1 point
radius of 0.900 cm. The flow rate through hose and nozzle is 0.500 L/s.
Calculate the speed of the water (in m/sec) in the hose and in the nozzle.

0.95, 26.2

1.95, 25.5

2.95, 26.5

0.95, 25.2

A lift station sewage pump initially costs $20,000. Annual maintenance cost 1 point
is $300. The pump salvage value is 10% of the initial cost in 20 years. Using
4% interest, the annual cost of the pump is most nearly:

$1200

$1840

$1705

$1772
By what percentage will the area of a circle be increased if the radius is 1 point
doubled?

29 %

300 %

100 %

57 %

Find the central angle subtended by the circular arc of radius 720 cm if the 1 point
chord is 1107 cm long.

85.40 degrees

90.20 degrees

100.48 degrees

50.50 degrees
A handbag costs P488.00 after having a 20% discount. Find the original 1 point
cost of the bag.

P 660

P 610

P 700

P 640

Jennifer takes 4 hours to do the job. John takes 6 hours to do the same job. 1 point
Working together, how many hours will it take them to do the job?

12 hours

5/12 hours

12/5 hours

5 hours
Two intersecting circles with radius of 2 and 3 with center-to-center 1 point
distance of 4, and the length of common chord:

5.9

5.7

6.7

2.9

Six consecutive integers are given. The sum of the first three is 27. What is 1 point
the sum of the last three?

29

36

32

30
If the length of the rectangle is increased by 20% and the width is decreased 1 point
by 20%, what percent change occurs in the area?

It decreases 4%

It remains the same

It decreases 2%

It increases 5%

A gasoline tank that is ½ full has 8 gallons removed. The tank is then 1/10 1 point
full. What is the capacity, in gallons, of the tank?

20

6.4

15.8

2.5
A motion is adopted by a vote of 5 to 3. What part of the vote was against 1 point
the motion?

5/3

3/5

5/8

3/8

Of Ted’s salary, 1/10 is spent for clothing, and 1/3 for food and for rent. 1 point
What part of the salary is left for other expenditures and savings?

3/5

2/3

19/30

17/30
The place where the buyers and sellers come together. 1 point

Buy and Sell Section

Business

Recreation Center

Market

A market where there is one buyer of an item for which there are no good 1 point
substitute.

Oligopoly

Monopsony

Monopoly

Oligopsony
It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal interval of time where the 1 point
first payment is made several periods after the beginning of the payment.

Annuity Due

Perpetuity

Deferred Annuity

Ordinary Annuity

The total income equals the total operating cost. 1 point

Break-even

Balance Sheet

In-place value

Check and Balance

Kind of obligation which has no condition attached. 1 point

Gratuitous

Analytic

Private

Pure
Direct labor costs incurred in the factory and direct material costs are costs 1 point
of all materials that go into production. The sum of these two direct costs
is:

Operating and Maintenance Cost

GS and A expenses

Prime Cost

O and M cost

An index of short-term paying ability is called: 1 point

Current Ratio

Acid-test ratio

Receivable turn-over

Profit margin Ratio

Estimated value at the end of the useful life. 1 point

Fair Value

Market Value

Salvage Value

Book Value

Consists of the actual counting or determination of the actual quantity of 1 point

the materials on hand as a given date.

Physical Inventory

Technological Assessment

Material Count

Material Update
The quantity of a certain commodity that is offered for sale at a certain 1 point
price at a given place and time.

Good

Supply

Stocks

Demand

Work-in process in classified as: 1 point

An asset

A liability

An expense

An owner’s equity

What is the highest position in the corporation? 1 point

Chairman of the Board

President

Stockholders

Board of Directors
Type of ownership in business here individuals exercise and enjoy the right 1 point
in their own interest.

Private

Pure

Equitable

Public

An association of two or more individuals for the purpose of operating a 1 point

business as co-owners for profit.

Partnership

Corporation

Sole proprietorship

Company
It is defined to be the capacity of a commodity to satisfy human want. 1 point

Luxury

Necessity

Discount

Utility

“The product of two or more number is the same in whatever order they are 1 point
multiplied”. This refers to:

Distributive law of multiplication

Associative law of multiplication

Commutative law of multiplication

Associative law of addition

If a = b, then “b” can replace “a” in any equation. This illustrates what law of 1 point
identity?

Law of symmetry

Transitive law

Reflexive law

Substitution law

If a = b, and b = c, then a = c. This illustrates 1 point

Substitution law

Law of symmetry

Transitive law

Reflexive law

The axiom which relates addition and multiplication is the ___ law. 1 point

Commutative

None of the other choices

Associative

Distributive
Any combination of symbols and numbers related by the fundamental 1 point
operation is called a/an:

Equation

Term

Algebraic expression

Algebraic sum

The algebraic expression consisting a sum of any number of terms is 1 point

called:

Multinomial

Monomial

Summation

Binomial
If the absolute value of the numerator of a fraction is smaller than the 1 point
denominator, it is called:

Mixed fraction

Proper fraction

Improper fraction

Decimal fraction

Considered as the ‘counting number” 1 point

Natural Number

Integers

Rational number

Irrational number

A number represented by a non-terminating, non-repeating decimal. 1 point

Irrational number

Natural Number

Rational number

Integers
A measure of the resistance of a body it offers to any changes in its angular 1 point
velocity, determined by its mass and distribution of its mass about the axis
of rotation is also known as:

Moment of inertia

Torsion

Angular acceleration

Friction

In the equation E = mc^2, c is: 1 point

Einstein’s constant

Speed of sound

Speed of light

The distance between the neutral axis and the outermost fiber
The range of the projectile depends on: 1 point

Initial velocity only

Initial velocity and weight of body

Initial velocity, weight of body, and angle of projection.

Initial velocity and angle of projection

The trajectory of a projectile is a graph of: 1 point

Ellipse

Parabola

Hyperbola

Circle

If an object is thrown vertically upward, its acceleration: 1 point

Zero until the object reaches maximum point.

Is smaller than that of the object thrown vertically downward

Is equal to that of an object thrown vertically downward

Is greater than that of the object thrown vertically downward

A point on the object from which it can be suspended in any orientation 1 point
without tending to rotate.

Center of buoyancy

Barycenter

All of the other choices

Center of gravity

Centrifugal force is directly proportional to: 1 point

The weight of the object

Radius of curvature

The square of tangential velocity

The tangential velocity

The amount of heat required to change the temperature of 1 pound of water 1 point
by 1 F is:

Calorie

Specific Heat

Thermal Energy

British Thermal Unit (BTU)

1 calorie is defined as the amount of heat required to raise a temperature of 1 point

___ of water by 1 C.

1 pound

1 kilogram

1 gram

1 ton
 What is the specific heat capacity of water in kJ/(kg-C)? 1 point

1.49

2.19

3.89

4.19

Page 2 of 2

Back Submit Clear form

Never submit passwords through Google Forms.

This form was created inside of Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges. Report Abuse

 Forms