ME 601 Refresher

1. Find the term containing x2 in the expansion of [x3+(a/x)]10.

a. 128a7x2 b. 210a6x2 c. 120a7x2 * d. 320a5x2

2. The terms of a sum may be grouped in any manner without affecting the result. this is law
known as:

a. Commutative Law c. Distributive Law

b. Associative Law* d. Reflexive Law
3. A group consists of n engineers and n nurses. If two of the engineers are replaced by two other
nurses, then 51% of the group members will be nurses. Find the value of n.
a. 80 b. 110 c. 55 d. 100*

4. Jose’s rate of doing work three times as fast as Bong. On given day Jose and Bong work together
for 4 hours then Bong was called away and Jose finishes the rest of the job in 2 hours. How long
would it take Bong to do the complete job alone?

a. 18 hrs. b. 22 hrs.* c. 16 hrs. d. 31 hrs.

5. A golf ball is dropped from a height of 6 meters. On each rebound it rises 2/3 of the height from
which it last fell. What distance has it traveled at the instant it strikes the ground for the 7 th
time?
a. 27.89 m* c. 20.87 m
b. 19.86 m d. 24.27 m
1. What is the solution of the equation 25x 2 + 2(x-4)2 = -3, where x is a real-valued variable?
a. -6.12 & -3.88 b. -0.52 & 0.700c. 7.55 d. No Solution*
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2. What are the roots of the cubic equation x – 6x – 3 = 0?
a. x = 1.602, -0.2398, -1.262 c. x = 2.602, -0.3398, -2.262*
b. x = 3.602, -0.4398, -3.262 d. x = 4.602, -0.5398, -4.262
3. Solve the following set of simultaneous linear equations for A, B, and C.
2A + 3B – C = -10 -A + 4B + 2C = -4 2A – 2B + 5C = 30

a. 8.38, -4.81, 4.32 c. 6.38, -9.81, 4.32

b. 1.38, -5.81, 4.32 d. 1.38, -2.81, 4.32

4. What is the value of A satisfies the expression A-5/4 = 0.001?

a. 211.19 b. 231.19 c. 251.19* d. 271.19

5. Nonoy can finish a certain job in 10 days if Imelda will help for 6 days. The same work can be
done by Imelda in 12 days if Nonoy helps for 6 days. If they work together, how long will it take
for them to do the job?
a. 8.9 b. 8.4 * c. 9.2 d. 8
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1. The polynomial x3 + 4x2 -3x + 8 is divided by x-5. What is the remainder?

a. 281 b. 812 c. 218 * d. 182
2. Find the quotient of 3x5 – 4x3 + 2x2 + 36x + 48 divided by x3 – 2x2 + 6.
a. -3x2 – 4x + 8 b. 3x2 + 4x + 8c. 3x2 – 4x – 8 d. 3x2 + 6x + 8 *
3. In a certain family, the sum of the parents’ ages is twice the sum of their children’s ages.
Five years ago, the sum of the parents’ ages was four times the sum of the children’s ages
during that time. In fifteen years, the sum of the parents’ ages will be equal to the sum of
their children’s ages. How many children are there in the family?
a. 5* b. 7 c. 6 d. 8
4. A ship propelled to move at 25 mi/ hr in still water, travels 4.2 miles upstream in the
same time that it can travel 5.8 miles downstream. Find the speed of the stream.
a. 4 * b. 6 c. 8 d. 10
5. A soccer ball is dropped from height of 6 meters. On each rebound it rises 2/3 of the
height from which it last fell. What distance has it traveled at the instant it strikes the
ground for the 7th time?
a. 27.89 m * b. 19.86 m c. 20.87 m d. 24.27 m
6. Find a negative value of x that satisfies the equation: [(x+1)2 - (2x + 1)]1/2 + 2|x| - 6 = 0
a. -4 b. -3 c. -2 * d. -1
7. Solve for x if the equation is 104(54 - 24) / 21 = x
a. 209,000 b. 289,000 c. 290,000 * d. 208,000
8. There are n students in a school. If r% among the students are 12 years or younger, which of the
following expressions represents the number of students who are older than 12?
a. n(1 - r) b. 100(1 - r)n c. n(1 - r) / 100 d. n(100 - r) / 100 *
9. What is the largest possible product for 2 odd integers whose sum is equal to 32?
a. 64 b. 255 * c. 256 d. 1024
10. How many different 8-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 2, 2, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7?
a. 320 b. 560 * c. 520 d. 480
1. If ax = by and bp = aq , then
a. px = qy *
b. xy = pq
c. xp = yq
d. qx = py
2. If ax3 + bx2 + cx + d is divided by x - 2, then the reminder is equal to
a. a - b + c - d
b. 8a + 4b + 2c + d *
c. -8a + 4b -2c + d
d. a + b + c + d
3. The range of the function f(x) = -|x - 2| - 3 is
a. y ≥ 2
b. y ≤ -3 *
c. y ≥ -3
d. y ≤ -2
4. It takes Michael 60 seconds to run around a 440-yard track. How long does it take Jordan to run
around the track if they meet in 32 second after they start together in a race around the track in
opposite direction?
a. 58.76 seconds

b. 68.57 seconds *
 c. 65.87 seconds

d. 86.57 seconds

5. The time required by an elevator to lift a weight, vary directly with the weight and the distance
through which it is to be lifted and inversely as the power of the motor. If it takes 30 seconds for
a 10-hp motor to lift 100lbs through 50 feet, what size of motor is requires to lift 800 lbs. in 40
seconds through a distance of 40 feet?
a. 48 hp *
b. 50 hp
c. 56 hp
d. 58 hp
6. An angle measures x degrees. What is its measure in radians?
a. 180° x / π
b. π x / 180° *
c. 180° π / x
d. 180° π x
7. Express 45° in mils.
a. 80 mils
b. 800 mils *
c. 8000 mils
d. 80000mils
8. What is the value in degrees of π radians?
a. 90°
b. 57.3°
c. 180° *
d. 45°
9. The sum of the sides of a triangle is equal to 100 cm. If the angles of the triangle are in the
continued proportions of 1:2:4. Compute the shortest side of the triangle.
a. 17.545
b. 19.806 *
c. 18.525
d. 14.507
10. The sides of the triangular field which contains an area of 2400 sq. cm. are in continued
proportion of 3:5:7. Find the smallest side of the triangle.
a. 45.74
b. 63.62
c. 95.43
d. 57.67 *
11. The sides of a right triangle is in arithmetic progression whose common difference if 6
cm. its area is:
a. 216 cm 2 * b. 270 cm 2 c . .360 cm 2 d .144 cm2
12. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34 cm. Find the length of the shortest leg if it is 14
cm shorter than the other leg.
 a. 15 cm b. 16 cm * c. 17 cm d. 18 cm
13. A truck travels from point M northward for 30 min. then eastward for one hour, then
shifted N 30° W. if the constant speed is 40 Kph, how far directly from M, in km. will be
it after 2 hours?
a. 43.5 b. 45.2 c. 47.9* d. 41.6
14. Two sides of a triangle measures 6 cm. and 8 cm. and their included angle is 40°. Find
the third side.
a. 5.144 cm * b. 5.263 cm c. 4.256 cm d. 5.645 cm
10. Which of the following expression is equivalent to sin 2Ɵ?
a. 2 sinƟ cosƟ * c. sinƟ cosƟ
b. cos2Ɵ – sin2Ɵ d. (1-cos2θ)/2
15. Find the supplement of an angle whose compliment is 62°.
a. 28° b. 118° c. 152° * d. None of these
16. A certain angle has a supplement 5 times its compliment. Find the angle.
a. 67.5° * b. 157.5° c. 168.5° d. 186°
17. A ladder, with its foot in the street, makes an angle of 30° with the street when its top
rests on a building on one side of the street and makes an angle of 40°with the street
when its top rests on a building on the other side of the street. If the ladder is 50 ft.
long, how wide is the street?
a. 96.2 ft. b. 81.6 ft. * c. 78.5 ft. d. 64.3 ft.
18. An airplane can fly at airspeed of 300 mph. if there is a wind blowing towards the east at
50 mph, what should be the planes compass heading in order for its course to be 30
degrees. What will be the planes groundspeed if it flies at this course?
a. 21.7°, 321.86 mph * c. 31.6°, 351.68 mph
b. 51.7°, 121.86 mph d. 12.7°, 331.86 mph
19. If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 inches long and one of its legs is 5 inches long,
how long is the other leg?
a. 5 b. 5 √ 3 * c. 5√ 5 d..5
b. A tree broken over by the wind forms a right triangle with the ground. If the broken part
makes an angle of 50° with the ground and the top of the tree is now 20 ft from its base,
how tall was the tree?
a. 55 ft* b. 64 ft c. 45 ft d. 36 ft
c. Find the perimeter of an isosceles triangle whose base is 40 cm and whose vertical angle
is 40°.
a. . 127 cm b. 118 cm c. 157 cm* d. 132 cm
d. Which is identically equal to secx/(cotx+tanx)?
a. cscx b. sinx * c. cosx d. –secx
e. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point A is . From another
point B, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is . The points A and B are
217.45 m apart and on the same horizontal plane as the foot of the tower. The
horizontal angle subtended by A and B at the foot of the tower is 90 degrees. Find the
height of the tower.
a. 90.6 m* b. 89.5 m Cc 86.7 m d. 55.9 m
 f. The sum of the sides of a triangle is equal to 100 cm. If the angles of the triangle are in
the continued proportions of 1:2:4. Compute the shortest side of the triangle.
a. 17.545 b. 18.525 c. 19.806* d. 14.507
g. In the right triangle ABC below, what is the cosine of angle A if the opposite side is 3 and
the adjacent side is 4.
a. 5/3 b. 5/4 c.3/5* d.4/5
h. The length of sides AB and AC in the triangle below are equal. What is the measure of
angle ∠ A if angle ∠ C is 70°?

a. 70° b. 55° c.40°* d. 110°

i. What is the angle measured in degrees clockwise from the north to the direction in
which the carrier is traveling.
a. . bearing c. direction
b. azimuth d. course *
j. If coversed , find the value of versed .
a. 0.8 b. 0.3 c. 0.5* d. 0.2
k. What is the value of the adjacent side if the opposite side is 1 inch and the 2 other
angles of the right triangle is 30° and 60°
a. 1/√3* b. √2 c. √3 d. 6/√3
6. The base of a cylinder is a hexagon inscribed in a circle. If the difference in the circumference of
the circle and the perimeter of the hexagon is 4 cm., find the volume of the prism if it has an
altitude of 20 cm.
a. 10,367 cm3* b. 12,239 cm3 c. 10,123 cm3 d. 11,231 cm3
7. Locate the centroid of the are bounded by the parabola y 2=4x, the line y=4 and the y-axis
a.6/5, 4 c. 6/5, 3 *

b.5/6, 3 d. 6/6, 3

8. Find the volume of a spherical cone in a sphere of radius 17 cm if the radius of its zone is 8 cm.

a. 2120.35 b. 1426.34 c. 1210.56* d. 2316.75

9. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the segment joining the points (2, 6) and (-4,
3).

a. 2x - 4y + 5 = 0 c. 2x + 4y + 5 = 0
b. 4x + 2y – 5 = 0* d. 5x – 2y + 4 = 0

10. What is the new equation of the line 5x + 4y + 3 = 0 if the origin is translated to the point (1, 2)?

a. 4x’ + 3y’ + 16 = 0 c. 5x’ + 4y’ + 16 = 0*

b. 5x’ – 4y’ – 16 = 0 d. 6x’ + 6y’ – 16 = 0
6. What is the probability of picking an orange ball and a white ball out of a bag containing seven
orange balls, eight green balls, and two white balls?
a. 0.071 b. 0.10 * c. 0.36 d. 0.53
7. A cat has a litter of seven kittens. If the probability is 0.52 that a kitten will be female, what is
the probability that exactly two of the seven will be male?
a. 0.07 b. 0.18 * c. 0.2 d. 0.29
8. There are 10 defectives per 1000 items of a product in long run. What is the probability that
there is one and only one defective in random lot of 100?
a. 0.3697 * b. 0.3967 c. 0.3796
d. 0.3679
9. The face of a coin is either head or tail. If three coins are tossed, what is the probability of
getting three tails or three heads?
a. 1/8 b. ½ c. ¼ * d. 1/6
10. Two balls are drawn one at a time from a basket containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls. If the
first ball is returned before the second ball is drawn, find the probability that both balls are
black.
a. 0.198 * b. 0.898 c. 0.167 d. 0.264
20. Find the eccentricity of a hyperbola having distance between foci equal to 18 and the
distance between directrices equal to 2.
a. 2 b. 3 * c. 2.8 d. 3.7

21. What is the equation of the equation of the directrix of the parabola y2 = 16x?
a. x = 4 b. y = 4 c. x = -4 * d. y = -4

22. Find an equation for the hyperbola with foci at (1, 3) and (9, 3), and eccentricity 2.
a. x2 – 3y2 – 30x + 6y + 54 = 0
b. 3x2 – y2 – 30x + 6y + 54 = 0 *
c. x2 – y2 – 30 x + 6y + 54 = 0
d. 3x2 – y2 – 6x + 30y = 54 = 0

23. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the segment joining the points (2, 6)
and (-4, 3).
c. 2x - 4y + 5 = 0 c. 2x + 4y + 5 = 0
d. 4x + 2y – 5 = 0 * d. 5x – 2y + 4 = 0

24. The vertices of the base of an isosceles triangle are (-1, -2) and (1, 4). If the third vertex
lies on the line 4x + 3y = 12, find the area of the triangle.
a. 8 b. 10 * c. 9 d. 11
11. What is the equation of the horizontal asymptote of function: f(x) = 2/(x + 2) - (x + 3)/(x
+ 4)?
a. -4 b. -2 c. -1 * d. 1
12. The midpoint of the line segment joining a moving point to (6, 0) is on the line y=x.
Find the equation of its locus.
a. x – y + 6 = 0*
b. x – 2y + 6 = 0
c. 2x – y -3 = 0
d. 2x + 3y – 5 = 0
13. The base of an isosceles triangle is the line from (4,-3) to (-4, 5). Find the locus of the
third vertex.
a. x – y + 1 = 0 * c. x + y + 1 = 0
b. x – y – 2 = 0 d. x + y – 3 = 0
14. The distance between points in space coordinates are (3, 4, 5) and (4, 6, 7) is:
 a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 * d. 4
15. What is the radius of the sphere with center at origin and which passes through the point
(8, 1, 6)?
a. 10 b. 9 c. √ 101 * d. 10.5
11. Determine the equation of the line tangent to the graph y = 2x 2 + 1, at the point (1, 3).
a. y = 4x + 1
b. y = 4x – 1 *
c. y = 2x – 1
d. y = 2x + 1
12. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve x 2 + y2 = 41 through (5, 4).
a. 5x + 4y = 41 *
b. 4x – 5y = 41
c. 4x + 5y = 41
d. 5x – 4y = 41
13. The midpoint of the line segment joining a moving point to (6, 0) is on the line y=x. Find the
equation of its locus.
e. x – y + 6 = 0*
f. x – 2y + 6 = 0
g. 2x – y -3 = 0
h. 2x + 3y – 5 = 0
14. The base of an isosceles triangle is the line from (4,-3) to (-4, 5). Find the locus of the third
vertex.
c. x – y + 1 = 0 *
d. x + y + 1 = 0
e. x – y – 2 = 0
f. x + y – 3 = 0
15. What is the new equation of the line 5x + 4y + 3 = 0 if the origin is translated to the point (1, 2)?
c. 4x’ + 3y’ + 16 = 0
d. 5x’ + 4y’ + 16 = 0 *
e. 5x’ – 4y’ – 16 = 0
f. 6x’ + 6y’ – 16 = 0
16. A body moves such that its acceleration as a function of time is a=2+12t, where “a” is in m/s 2. If
its velocity after 1 s is 11 m/s. find the distance traveled after 5 seconds.
a. 256 m
b. 340 m
c. 290 m *
d. 420 m
17. A runner and his coach are standing together on a circular track of radius 100 meters. When the
coach gives a signal, the runner starts to run around the track at a speed of 10 m/s. How fast is
the distance between the runners has run ¼ of the way around the track?
a. 5.04 m/s
b. 6.78 m/s
c. 5.67 m/s
d. 7.07 m/s *
18. Find dy/dx: y = sin (ln x2).
 a. 2 cos (ln x2)
b. 2 cos (ln x2) / x *
c. 2x cos (ln x2)
d. 2 cos (ln x2) / x2
19. The derivative of ln (cos x) is:
a. sec x
b. –sec x
c. –tan x *
d. tan x
20. Find the derivative of arcos 4x with respect to x.
a. -4 / [1 – (4x)^2]^2
b. -4 / [1 – (4x)]^0.5 *
c. 4 / [1 – (4x)^2]^0.5
d. -4 / [(4x)^2 - 1]^0.5
16. Find the equation of the curve passing through the point (3, 2) and having slope 2x2 – 5
at any point (x, y).
a. 2x3 – 15x – 3y + 2 = 0 *
b. 3x3 – 5x – 2y – 1 = 0
c. 2x3 + 5x – 3y – 21 = 0
d. 5x3 – 3x – 3y + 1 = 0
17. Find the point of inflection of the curve x3 – 3x2 – x + 7.
a. 2, 3
b. 2, 6
c. 1, 5
d. 1, 4 *
18. It costs 0.05 x2 + 6x + 100 dollars to produce x pounds of soap. Because of quantity
discounts, each pound sells for 12 – 0.15x dollars. Calculate the marginal profit when 10
pounds of soap is produced.
a. $ 9
b. $ 2 *
c. $ 12
d. $ 7
19. A police car is 20 ft away from a long straight wall. Its beacon, rotating 1 revolution per
second, shines a beam of light on the wall. How fast is the beam moving when it is
nearest to the police car?
a. 10pi
b. 20pi
c. 30pi
d. 40pi *
20. Find the maximum area of a rectangle circumscribed about a fixed rectangle of length 8
and width 4
a. 67
b. 38
c. 72 *
d. 81
25. Find dy / dx if y = 5^(2x + 1).
a. (5^(2x + 1))ln25 *
b. (5^(2x + 1))ln(2x + 1)
c. (5^(2x + 1))ln5
d. (5^(2x + 1)ln15
26. Find the first derivative of ln(cosx).
a. Cscx b. –tanx * c. secx d. cotx
27. A man 1.8 m. tall is walking at the rate of 1.2 m/s away from a lamp post 6.7 m high. At
what rate is the tip of his shadow receding from the lamp post?
a. 2.16 m/s b. 1.64 m/s * c. 1.83 m/s d. 1.78 m/s
28. A man on a wharf is pulling a rope tied to a raft at a rate of 0.6 m/s. If the hands of the
man pulling the rope are 3.66 m above the water, how fast is the raft approaching the
wharf when there are 6.1 m of rope out?
a. -1.75 m/s b. -0.25 m/s c. -0.75 m/s * d. -0.54 m/s
29. A man is riding his car at the rate of 30 km/hr toward the foot of a pole 10 m high. At
what rate is he approaching the top when he is 40 m from the foot of the pole?
a. -5.60 m/s b. -6.78 m/s c. -8.08 m/s * d. -4.86 m/s
b. Which of the following is not correct derivative?

d
a. cosx=−sinx
dx
d
b. ( 1−x )3=−3 ( 1−x )3
dx

c.
d 1
dx x () ( )
=− 2
1
x
d
d. cscx=−cotx *
dx
c. What is dy/dx if y = (2x) x?
a. (2x) x (2 + ln2x)
b. 2x (1 + ln2x) x
c. (2x) x (ln2x2)
d. (2x) x (1 + ln2x) *
∂f
d. If f(x, y) = x2y3 + xy4 + sinx + cos2x + sin3y, what is ?
∂x
a. (2x + y) y3 + 3sin2y cosy
b. (4x- 3y2) xy2 + 3sin2y cosy
c. (3x + 4y2) xy + 3sin2y cosy
d. (2x + y) y3 + (1 – 2sinx) cosx *

( )
1
x 2−4
e. Evaluate the following limit. lim
n→ 2 x−2
a. 0 b. 2 c. 4 * d. ∞

f. A stone is dropped into a still pond. Concentric circular ripples spread out, and the
radius of the disturbed region increases at the rate of 16 cm/s. At what rate does the
area of the disturbed increase when its radius is 4 cm?
 g. 304.12 cm2/s b. 503.33 cm2/s c. 402.12 cm2/s * d. 413.13 cm2/s
3
11. A snowball is being made so that its volume is increasing at the rate of 8 ft /min. Find the rate at
which the radius is increasing when the snowball is 4 ft in diameter.

a. 0.159 ft/min* c. 0.015 ft/min

b. 0.259 ft/min d. 0.325 ft/min

12. Find the limit (x+2)/(x-3) as x approaches 3.

a. 0 b. infinity* c. indeterminate d. 3
13. Given the total cost of producing x items is given by the function C(x) = 0.001x3 + 0.025x2 + 3x +
5. Compute the marginal cost of producing the 51st item.
a. $13.00* c. $ 12.00
b. $ 14.00 d. $ 11.00
14. The dimensions of a rectangle are continuously changing. The length decreases at the rate of 2
in/sec while the width increases at the rate of 3 in/sec. At one instant the rectangle is a 20 inch
square. How fast is its area changing 3 seconds later?

a. 10 in2/sec c. 16 in2/sec*
b. 12 in2/sec d. 14 in2/sec

15. Evaluate: Lim (tan33x) / x3 as x approaches 0.

a. 0 b. 31 c. 27* d. Infinity

16. Find .

a. c.

b. * d.

17. Evaluate:

a. 30 b. 50 c. 40 * d. 20

18. Find the area of the region above the x axis bounded by the curve y = -x 2 + 4x – 3.

a.1.333 square units* c. 3.243 square units

b.2.122 square units d. 1.544 square units

19. Find the area in the first quadrant bounded by the parabola y 2=4x and the line x=3 and x=1

a.5.595* b. 4.254 c. 6.567d. 7.667

20. Find the volume of a solid formed by rotating the area bounded by y = x 2, y = 8 – x2 and the y axis
about the x axis.
 a. 268.1* b. 287.5 c. 372.9d. 332.4
21.∫ tan x dx=¿? ¿
2

a. tan x – x + c* b. x - tan x + c c. sec x d. sec x tan x

22. What is the integral of sin^6(φ)cos^4 (φ) dφ if the upper limit is π/2 and lower limit is 0?

a.0.0184 b.1.0483 c.0.1398 d.0.9237

23. Evaluate ∫ ¿ ¿
a. sin x ¿ ¿ c. sin x ¿ ¿
b. sin x ¿ ¿ d. ln √ sin x+C
24. Find the area bounded by y ¿ ( 11−x )1/ 2, the lines 3x = 2 and x = 10, and the X-axis.

a. 19.456 sq. units c. 20.567 sq. units

b. 22.567 sq. units d. 21.478 sq. units *

12 x
25. Find the area of the region bounded by the curves ¿ 2 , the x-axis, x = 1, and x = 4.
x +4

a. 4 ln 6 b. ln 24 c. 6 ln15 d .6 ln 4 *

30. Find the area of the region bounded by y2=8x and y=2x.

a. ¾ b. 5/4 c. 4/3 * d. 5/6

31. Find the area of the region bounded by y = x2 – 5x + 6, the axis, and the vertical lines x =
0 and x = 4.

a. 5/7 b. 19/4 c. 17/3 * d. 9/2

32. Evaluate ∫ ¿ ¿
a. sin x ¿ ¿ c. sin x ¿ ¿
b. sin x ¿ ¿ * d. ln √ sin x+C

33. Evaluate ∫ tan θ ln sec θ dθ .

a. 2 ( ln sec θ )2 +C
b. ( ln secθ )2+C
c. ½ ( ln sec θ )+C
d. ½ ( ln secθ )2+C *

x
e dx
34. Evaluate ∫ 2x .
1+e
a. ½ ln ( 1+e 2 x ) +C
 b. ln ( 1+e 2 x ) +C
2
c. ½ ( 1+e 2 x ) +C
d. arctan ( e x ) +C *
21. Integrate: (7x^3 + 4x^2) dx.
a. (7x^3)/3 + (4x^2)/2 + C
b. (7x^4)/4 + (4x^2)/5 + C
c. (7x^4)/4 + (4x^3)/3 + C *
d. (7x^4) - (4x)/2 + C
22. What is the integral of sin^5 x cos^3 x dx if the lower limit is zero and the upper limit is
π/2?
a. 0.0203
b. 0.0307
c. 0.0417 *
d. 0.0543
23. What is the integral of sin^5 x dx if the lower limit is 0 and the upper limit is π/2?
a. 0.233
b. 0.333
c. 0.433
d. 0.533 *
24. Find the integral of 12 sin^5 x cos^5 x dx if the lower limit = 0 and upper limit = π/2.
a. 0.2 *
b. 0.3
c. 0.4
d. 0.5
25. Evaluate the integral of sin^6 x dx from 0 to π/2.
a. π/32
b. 2π/17
c. 3π/32
d. 5π/32 *

21. Evaluate the integral of tan^2 x dx.

a. tan x – x + c *
b. sec^2 x + x + c
c. 2sec x – x + c
d. (tan^2 x)/s + x + c
22. Evaluate the integral of sqrt(3t – 1) dt.
a. (2/9)(3t – 1)^5/2 + c
b. (2/9)(3t – 1)^3/2 + c *
c. (1/2)(3t – 1)^5/2 + c
d. (1/2)(3t – 1)^3/2 + c
23. Evaluate the integral of (3t – 1)^3 dt.
a. (1/12)(3t – 1)^4 + c *
b. (1/4)(3t – 1)^4 + c
c. (1/3)(3t – 1)^4 + c
d. (1/12)(3t – 1)^3 + c
24. Find the area of the region above the x axis bounded by the curve y = -x 2 + 4x – 3.

c. 1.333 square units *

d. 3.243 square units
e. 2.122 square units
f. 1.544 square units

25. Find the volume of the solid of revolution formed by rotating the region bounded by the
parabola y = x2 and the lines y = 0 and x = 2 about the x axis.

a. 25.01 cu. units

b. 15.50 cu. units
c. 20.11 cu. units *
d. 30.14 cu. units
e. Find the differential equation of the family of line passing through the origin.
A. xdy – ydx = 0 C. xdy + ydx = 0 *
B. ydy + xdx = 0 D. xdx + dy = 0
f. The rate of population growth of a country is proportional to the number of inhabitants.
If the population of a certain country now is 40 million and 50 million in 10 years’ time,
what will be its population 20 years from now?
A. 62.5 million* C. 56.20 million
B. 65.20 million D. 52.6 million
g. What is the equation (DE) of the family of parabolas having their vertices at the origin
and their foci n the x – axis.
A.2xdy – ydx = 0* C. xdy – 2y2dx = 0
2 2
B. 2ydy + x dx D. y dy + 2xydx = 0
h. Determine the degree of the given ordinary D.E y’’’’ – 4(y’’’)² + 3(y’’)³ - y’ = 0
a. 1* c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
i. A thermometer reading 18 deg F is brought into a room where the temperature is 70
deg F; a minute later, the thermometer reading is 31 deg F. determine the temperature
reading 5 minutes after the thermometer is first brought into the room.
A. 57.68 deg F* C. 30.01 deg F
B. 42.4 deg F D. 53.89 deg F
26. Solve the particular solution of the differential equation dy/dx=2xy if y = 5 when x = 0.
a. y=(1/2)e^x5
b. y=(1/5)e^x2
c. y=5e^x2 *
d. y=2e^x5
27. Given the differential equation dy/dx =(1 – 2x)/y. The general solution of the given DE is a
family of _____.
a. ellipses *
b. circles
c. hyperbolas
d. parabolas
28. The population in a certain barangay in Metro Manila increases at a rate numerically equal to
the square of the population. If the population 10,000 and time is measured in years, how long
will it take for the population to reach 16,000?
 a. 52 years
b. 50 years
c. 51 years
d. 53 years *
29. A drop of water (spherical form) evaporates at a rate numerically equal to its surface area. If its
initial radius is 0.20 cm, how long will it take for the drop to completely evaporate?
a. 0.1
b. 0.3
c. 0.2 *
d. 0.4
30. If the population of a certain country doubles in 50 years, in how many years will it triple under
the assumption that the rate of increase is proportional to the number of inhabitants?
a. 76.34
b. 77.52
c. 78.09
d. 79.26 *

35. In a tank are 100 liters of brine containing 50 kg total of dissolved salt. Pure water is
allowed to run into the tank at the rate of 3 liters per minute. Brine runs out of the tank at
the rate of 2 liters a minute. The instantaneous concentration in the tank is kept uniform
by stirring. How much salt is in the tank at the end of one hour?
a. 18.35 kg b. 19.53 kg* c. 15.39 kg d. 13.95 kg
36. Determine the degree of the given ordinary D.E y’’’’ – 4(y’’’)² + 3(y’’)³ - y’ = 0
a. 1* b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
37. What is the order of the D.E dy/dx = 5y ?
a. 1* b. 3 c. 2 d. 4
38. What is the differential equation of the family of parabolas having their vertices at the
origin and their foci on the x – axis.
a. x(y’)² = a* b. x(y’’) = a c. c. 2x(y’)² = a d. 3x(y’)³ = a
39. Find the equation of the curve at every point of which the tangent line has a slope of 2x.
a. x = -y^2 + C c. y = -x^2 + C
b. x = y^2 + C d. y = x^2 + C *
26. 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of another fluid (w = 790 kg/m 3). What is the specific volume of
the resulting mixture, assuming that the volumes are additive and the mixture is homogenous?
a. 0.63 cm3/g c. 0.82 cm3/g
b. 0.88 cm3/g d, 1.20 cm3/g *
6
27. The Reynolds number of a sphere falling in air is 1 x 10 . If the sphere’s radius is 1 ft, what is its
velocity? Density of air = 0.0034 slug/ft 3, viscosity of air = 3.8 x10-7 lbf-sec/ft2.

a. 2.5 ft/sec b. 5.1 ft/sec c. 40.6 ft/sec d. 81.2 ft/sec*

28. A pipe has a diameter of 4’’ at section AA, and a diameter of 2’’ at section BB. For an ideal fluid flow,
the velocity is given as 1 ft/sec at section AA. What is the flow velocity at section BB.

29. Water flowing at the rate of 10 m/s from an orifice at the bottom of a reservoir. Find the pressure at
the bottom of reservoir.

a. 30 kpag b. 40 kpag c. 50 kpag* d. 60 kpag

 a. 4 ft/sec* b. 0.5 ft/sec c. 1.0 ft/sec d. 2.0 ft/sec

30. 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of another fluid (w = 790 kg/m 3). What is the specific gravity of
the resulting mixture, assuming that the volumes are additive and the mixture is homogenous?
a. 0.63 b. 0.82 c. 0.86 * d. 0.95
21. If f(x) and g(x) are differentiable functions such that f '(x) = 3x and g'(x) = 2x 2 then the limit lim
[(f(x) + g(x)) - (f(1) + g(1))] / (x - 1) as x approaches 1 is equal to

a. 5* b. 10 c. 20 d. 15
22. . Given z = 2y2 , y = x/ (x+1), and x = 1/(t – 1). Find dz/dt.
a. -4/ t3 * b. 4t3 c. 2 t3 - 1 d. - 8t3
23. Find the differential equation of .
a. y’’ + y’ = 0 c. y’’ - 2y’ = 0
b. y’’ - 3y’ = 0 * d. y’’ + xy’ = 0
24. Obtain the differential equation of the family of straight lines with slope and y-intercept equal.
a. y dy + ( x+ 1 ) dx=0 c. y dx+ ( x+1 ) dy=0
b. y dy−( x +1 ) dx=0 d. y dx−( x +1 ) dy=0*
25. Under certain conditions, cane sugar in water is converted into dextrose at a rate proportional
to the amount that is unconverted at any time. If, of 75 kg at time t = 0, 8kg are converted
during the first 30 minutes, find the amount converted in 2 hours.
a. 72.73 kg c. 27.23 kg*
b. 23.27 kg d. 32.72 kg
26. How permutation can be made out of the letters in the world island taking four letters at a time?
a. 360* b. 720 c. 120 d. 24
27. The captain of a baseball team assigns himself to the 4 th place in the batting order. In how many
ways can he assign the remaining places to his eight teammates if just three men are eligible for
the first position?
a. 2160 b. 40320 c. 5040 d. 15120*
28. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession without
replacement, what is the probability that both balls are black?
a. 5/28 b. 5/16 c. 5/32 d. 5/14*
29. Find the mean, median and mode respectively of the following numbers: 13, 13, 14, 12, 11, 10,
9, 11, 8, 11, 5, and 15.

a. 10, 10, 10 c. 10, 11, 10

b. 10, 11, 11 d. 11, 11, 11*
30. There are 4 white balls and 6 red balls in a sack. If the balls are taken out successively (the first
ball is not replaced), what is the probability that the balls drawn are of different colors.
a. 23/90 b. 8/15* c. 24/103 d. 7/15
31. If a mechanical engineer borrowed money from his girlfriend with simple interest of 12%, determine
the present worth of P75,000.00 which is due at the end of 7 months.
a. P72,200.20 c. P70,200.20
b. P73,900.50 d. P70,093.20 *
32. The sum of P15,000, deposited in an account earning 4% per annum compounded quarterly, will
become P18,302.85. Determine the effective rate of interest per year.
 a. 3.06% b. 4.06% * c. 5.06% d.
6.06%
33. If a machine is purchased on instalment and the buyer makes an P80,000.00 down payment and
owes a balance of P150,000 in 2 years. Determine the machine cash value if money is worth 14%
compounded quarterly.
a. P199,312.00 c. P183,912.00
b. P193,912.00 * d. P139,912.00
34. The salary of an employee’s job has five levels, each one 5% greater than the one below it. Due to
circumstances, the salary of the employee must be reduced from the top (fifth) level to the second
level, which means a reduction of 3000.00 per month. What is the employees present salary per
month?
a. P22,032.50 * c. P23,022.50
b. P22,320.50 d. P22,302.50
35. If the loan was for 15 months at 16.8% interest a year and the repayment on a loan was P12,100.00,
how much was the principal?
a. P8,500.00 c. P9,500.00
b. P10,000.00 d. P10,500.00
36. An Electrical Engineer obtained a loan of P50,000 at the rate of 6% compounded annually in order
to repair his mistress’ house. How much must the Electrical Engineer pay monthly to amortize the
loan within a period of ten years?
a. P605.2 b. P550.90 * c. P505.90 d. P508.90
37. A machine was purchased under these terms: P30,000 down and P5,000 each month for 5 years. If
money is worth 12% compounded monthly, what is the cash price of the machine?
a. P144,775.19 c. P245,775.19
b. P542,775.91 d. P254,775.19 *
38. Determine the amount that must be deposited every 3 months in a fund earning 12% compounded
quarterly in order to have P25,000 in 8 years.
a. P716.71 b. P476.17 * c. P674.71 d. 1700.00
39. The JRF Corporation manufactures bookcases that sells for P65.00 each. It costs JRF corporation
P35,000.00 per year to operate its plant. The sum includes rentals, depreciation charges on
equipment, and salary payments. If the cost to produce one book case is P50.00, how many
bookcases must be sold each year for the corporation to avoid taking a loss?
a. 539 Bookcases c. 750 Bookcases
b. 2333 Bookcases d. 2334 Bookcases *
40. A machine is purchased for P500,000.00. The salvage value in 25 years is P100,000.00. What is the
depreciation in the first three years using straight line method?
a. P24,000.00 c. P32,000.00
b. P48,000.00 * d. P16,000.00
41. How do you call the strong bond between the hydrogen atoms ?
a. ionic and metallic bonds
b. ionic bond
 c. Covalent bond *
d. Metallic bond
42. What are van der waals forces?
a. Forces present only on gases
b. Primary bond between atoms
c. Forces not present in liquids
d. Weak secondary bond bonds between atoms *
43. Which of the following is not a viscoelastic material?
a. Metal *
b. Rubber
c. Plastics
d. Glass
44. In molecule of the same composition, what are the variation of atomic arrangement known as
?
a. isomers *
b. monomers
c. polymers
d. crystal system
45. An amphoteric hydroxide is one which
a. has a valence of -2
b. has been carried by bombardment with high energy protons
c. reacts violently with water
d. may act as either a base or an acid in chemical reactions *
46. Two-third of the atom in a molecule of water is hydrogen. What percentage weight of a water
molecule is the weight of two hydrogen atoms? The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1.008
g/mol and oxygen is 16.00 g/mole.
a. 19.12
b. 11.19 *
c. 19.11
d. 12.19
47. How many protons (P) and neutrons are there in the nucleus are present in a Pb nucleus of
atomic mass 206?
a. P=92, N=156
b. P=85, N=160
c. P=82, N=124*
d. P=90, N=150
48. A 0.064 kg of octane vapor (MW=114) is mixed with 0.91 kg of air (MW=29.0) in the
manifold of an engine. The total pressure in the manifold is 86.1 kPa, and a temperature is
290 K. Assume octane behaves ideally. What is the partial pressure of the air in the mixture
in kPa?
a. 46.8
 b. 48.6
c. 84.6*
d. 64.8
49. Hydrogen peroxide solution for hair bleaching is usually prepared mixing 5 grams of
hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), (Molecular weight =34 g/mole) per 100 ml of solution. What is
the molarity of this solution?
a. 1.0 M
b. 1.5 M *
c. 1.95 M
d. 1.8 M
50. A cylinder contains oxygen at a pressure of 10 atm and a temperature of 300 K. The volume
of the cylinder is 10 liters. What is the mass of oxygen in grams? Molecular weight (MW) of
oxygen is 32 g/mole.
a. 125.02
b. 130.08 *
c. 135.05
d. 120.04
26. The probability that both stages of a two-stage rocket to function correctly is 0.92. The reliability
of the first stage is 0.97. The reliability of the second stage is:
a. 0.948 *
b. 0.958
c. 0.968
d. 0.8924
27. Ricky and George each throw dice. If Ricky gets a sum of four what is the probability that George
will get less than of four?
a. ½
b. 5/6
c. 9/11
d. 1/12 *
28. Two fair dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the dice is divisible by 5?
a. 7/36 *
b. 1/9
c. 1/12
d. ¼
29. An um contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of getting one black ball
and white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?
a. 0.24
b. 0.27
c. 0.53 *
d. 0.04
30. Five fair coins were tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting three heads and
two tails?
 a. 1/32 *
b. 1/16
c. 1/8
d. ¼
e. An objects acceleration as it starts to fall is:
A. equal to g * C. less than g
B. greater than g D. zero
f. 37. Going against a wind, a domestic plane can travel 5/8 of the distance in one hour that it is
going with the wind. If the plane can fly 300mph in calm wind, what is the velocity of the wind?
A. 69.3 mph * C. 96.3 mph
B. 73.3 mph D. 93.3 mph
g. 38. A bullet is fired from a gun at an angle of 40 0. What is the range if its velocity is 300 m/s? g =
10 m/s.
A. 192.9m C. 8863 m*
B. 229.8 m D. 12000 m
h. A car accelerates from rest at 2 m/s² for 5 seconds, travels at constant speed for 10 seconds and
decelerates to rest at 2 m/s². Calculate the distance traveled by the car.
a. 525 m c. 450 m
b. 315 m d. 150 m*
i. Two mass collide on a frictionless horizontal floor and perfectly inelastic collision. Mass 1 is 4
times Mass 2; velocity of mass 1 is 10 m/s to the right while mass 2 is 20 m/s to the left. What is
the velocity and direction of the resulting combined mass?
a. 10 m/s to the right c. 4 m/s to the right*
b. 10 m/s to the left d. 1.5 m/s to the left
j. A certain cable is suspended between two supports at the same elevation and 500ft apart,
the load is 500lbs. per horizontal foot including the weight of the cable. The sag of the
cable is 30feet. Calculate the total length of the cable.
a. 503.76 ft.
b. 502.76 ft
c. 504.76 ft *
d. 501.76 ft
k. A cable supported at two points of same level has a unit weight, w of 0.02 kg per meter
of horizontal distance. The allowed sag is 0.02 m and a maximum tension at the lowest
point of 1200kg and a factor of safety of 2. Calculate the allowable spacing of the poles
assuming a parabolic cable.
a. 64.02m
b. 66.37m
c. 67.76m
d. 69.28m *
l. A cable carrier a horizontal load of 20kg/m. Neglecting its own weight, find the
maximum tension on the cable if the distance between the supports is 100m and the sag is
5m.
a. 5099kg *
b. 5059kg
 c. 5199kg
d. 5215kg
m. Determine the sag of a flexible wire cable weighing 60N/m over two frictionless pulleys
100m apart and carrying one 10kN weight at each end. Assume the weight of the cable to
be uniformly distributed horizontally. The cable extends 5m beyond each pulley to the
point they are attached to the weights.
a. 7.2m
b. 7.4m
c. 7.6m *
d. 7.8m
n. The moment of inertia of a section 2” wide x 2’ 0” high about an axes 1’0” above the
bottom edge of the section is:
a. 1834 in^4
b. 384 in^4
c. 9214 in^4
d. 2304 in^4 *
o. A 100 kg block of ice is released at the top of a 30 0 incline 10 meters above the ground. If the
slight melting of the ice renders the surface frictionless, calculate the velocity at the foot of the
incline.
a. 30 m/sec
b. 24 m/sec
c. 14 m/sec *
d. 10 m/sec
p. What drawbar pull is required to change the speed of a 120,000 lb car from 15 mph to 30 mph
on a half mile while the car is going up a 1.5% upgrade? Car resistance is 10 lb/ton.
a. 3425 lbs *
b. 3542 lbs
c. 3245 lbs
d. 4325 lbs
q. A body weighing 200 kg is being dragged along a rough horizontal plane by a force of 45 kg. If
the coefficient of friction is assumed to be 1/12 and the line pull makes an angle of 18 0 with the
horizontal, what is the velocity acquired from rest in the first 3 meters.
a. 2.8 m/sec *
b. 3.1 m/sec
c. 3.5 m/sec
d. 4.9 m/sec
r. A 50 kN Diesel Electric Locomotive (DEL) has its speed increased from 30 kph to 120 kph in a
distance of 1 km while ascending a 3% grade. What constant trust (drawbar pull) parallel to the
surface of the railway must be exerted by the wheel? The total frictional resistance is 30 N/kN of
DEL weight.
a. 5.655 kN *
b. 7.889 kN
c. 6.556 kN
d. 7.996 kN
 s. A car moving at 70km/hr has a mass of 1700kg. What force is necessary to decelerate it
at a rate of 40cm/s^2?
a. 4250N
b. 0.68N
c. 680N *
d. 42.5N

51. When graphed in the (x, y) coordinate plane, at what point do the lines 2x + 3y = 5 and x = -2
intersect?
a. (-2, 0) c. (-2, 5)
b. (0, 5) d. (-2, 3) *

52. What is the slope of the line: 4x = -3y + 8

a. 4 b. -3/4 c. -4/3 * d. 3

53. Which of the lines below is not parallel to the line 6x - 2y = 10?
a. 3x - y = 7 c. -6x + 2y = 20
b. 3x + y = 7 * d. 6x - 2y = 5

54. An arc in the form of a parabola is 60 m across the bottom. The highest point is 16 m above the
horizontal base. What is the length of the beam placed horizontally across the arc 3 m below the
top.
a. 19.36 b. 24.86 c. 25.98 * d. 27.34

55. A curve has an equation of x2 = cy + d. the length of latus rectum is 4 and the vertex is at (0, 2).
Compute the value of C and d.
a. 4, -8 * b. 6, -2 c. 2, -5 d. 3, -7
56. The velocity in m/s of a falling ball is described by the equation v = 32 + t + 6t 2. What is the
acceleration time t = 2sec?
a. 9.8 m/s2 b. 25 m/s2 * c. 32 m/s2 d. 58 m/s2
57. A particle starting from rest experienced an acceleration of 3 m/s 2 for 2 s. The particle then returned
to rest in an additional distance of 8m. Assuming all accelerations were uniform, what was the total
time elapsed for the particle’s motion?
a. 2.67 s b. 4.00 s c. 4.67 s * d. 5.33 s
58. The location of a particle moving in the x-y plane is given by the parametric equations x = t 2 + 4t and
y = (1/4) t4 – 60t, where x and y are in meters and t in seconds. What is the particle’s velocity at t =
4sec?
a. 8. 95 m/s b. 11.3 m/s c. 12.6 m/s * d. 16.0 m/s
59. A projectile whose mass is 10 g is fired directly upward from the ground level with in initial velocity
of 1000 m/s. Neglecting the effects of air resistance, what will be the speed of the projectile when it
impacts the ground?
a. 707 m/s b. 981 m/s c. 1000 m/s d. 1414 m/s
60. A fisherman cuts his boat’s engine as it enters a harbor/ the boat comes to a dead stop with its front
end touching the dock. The fisherman’s mass is 80 kg. he moves 5 m from his seat in the back to the
front of the boat n 5 s, expecting to be able to reach the dock. If the empty boat has a mass 300 kg,
how far will the fisherman have to jump to reach the dock?
a. 1.1 m * b. 1.3 m c. 1.9 m d. 5.0 m
31. What horizontal force P can be applied to a 100-kg block in a level surface with coefficient of
friction of 0.2, that will cause and acceleration of 2.50 m/s 2?
a. 343.5 N c. 106 N
b. 224.5 N d. 446.2 N*
32. What is the force in newtons, required to move a car with 1000 kg mass with an acceleration of
12 m/s2?

a. 11,384 b. 12500 c. 10450 d. 12000*

33. A block weighing 500 kN rest on ramp inclined at 25 degrees with the horizontal. The force
tending to move the block down the ramp is:

a. 213.43 kN b. 343.43 kN c. 128.45 kN d. 211.31 kN*

34. What is the range of a projectile if the initial velocity is 30 m/s at an angle of 30 degrees with the
horizontal.

a. 69.87 m b. 79.45 m* c. 64.69 m d. 87.09 m

35. A body weighs 40 lbs. starts from rest and inclined on a plane at an angle of 30 o from the
horizontal for which the coefficient of friction μ=0.3 . How long will it move during the third
second?
a. 19.99 ft c. 18.33 ft
b. 39.63 ft d. 34.81 ft*
c. Determine the outside diameter of a hollow steel tube that will carry a tensile load of 500
kN at a stress of 140 MPa. Assume the wall thickness to be one-tenth of the outside
diameter.
a. 123 mm c. 103 mm
b. 113 mm* d. 93 mm
d. A force of 10 N is applied to one end of a 10 inches diameter circular rod. Calculate the
stress.
a. 0.20 kPa* c. 0.10 kPa
b. 0.05 kPa d. 0.15 kPa
e. What force is required to punch a 20-mm diameter hole through a 10-mm thick plate? The
ultimate strength of the plate material is 450 MPa.
a. 241 kN c. 386 kN
b. 283 kN* d. 252 kN
f. A steel pipe 1.5m in diameter is required to carry an internal pressure of 750 kPa. If the
allowable tensile stress of steel is 140 MPa, determine the required thickness of the pipe in
mm.
a. 4.56 c. 4.25
b. 5.12 d. 4.01*
g. A spherical pressure vessel 400-mm in diameter has a uniform thickness of 6 mm. The vessel
contains gas under a pressure of 8,000 kPa. If the ultimate stress of the material is 420 MPa,
what is the factor of safety with respect to tensile failure?
a. 3.15* c. 2.15
b. 3.55 d. 2.55
h. A bomber flying at a horizontal speed of 800 kph drops a bomb. If the bomb hits the ground
in 20 seconds, calculate the vertical velocity of the bomb as it hit the ground.
a. 169 m/sec
b. 196 m/sec *
c. 175 m/sec
d. 260 m/sec
i. A flywheel starting from rest develops a speed of 400 rpm in 30 seconds. How many
revolutions did the flywheel make in 30 seconds it took to attain 400 rpm.
a. 100 rev *
b. 150 rev
c. 120 rev
d. 360 rev
j. A 100 kg block of ice is released at the top of a 30 0 incline 10 meters above the ground. If
the slight melting of the ice renders the surface frictionless, calculate the velocity at the foot
of the incline.
a. 30 m/sec
b. 24 m/sec
c. 14 m/sec *
d. 10 m/sec
k. What drawbar pull is required to change the speed of a 120,000 lb car from 15 mph to 30
mph on a half mile while the car is going up a 1.5% upgrade? Car resistance is 10 lb/ton.
a. 3425 lbs *
b. 3542 lbs
c. 3245 lbs
d. 4325 lbs
l. A body weighing 200 kg is being dragged along a rough horizontal plane by a force of 45 kg.
If the coefficient of friction is assumed to be 1/12 and the line pull makes an angle of 18 0
with the horizontal, what is the velocity acquired from rest in the first 3 meters.
a. 2.8 m/sec *
b. 3.1 m/sec
c. 3.5 m/sec
d. 4.9 m/sec
∂v
m. What is the partial derivative of the following function?
∂y
v = 3x2 + 9xy – y/lnz + cos (-z2 + x)

a. 9x – 1/lnz
b. 6x + 9x – 1/lnz – sin(z2+x)
c. 3x2y + 9xy2/2 – y2/2lnz + sin (z2 + x)/ (z2 +x)
d. 9x + 1/lnz *

n. What is the derivative, dy/dt, of y = sin 2wt?

a. 2wsinwt
 b. Cos2wt
c. 2sinwt coswt
d. 2wsinwt coswt *
o. What is the derivative, dy/dx, of the expression x 2y – e2x = siny?
a. 2e2x/x2-cosy
b. 2e2x – 2xy / x2 – cosy *
c. 2e2x – 2xy
d. X2 – cosy
p. A two dimensional function, f (x, y), is defined as f (x, y) = 2x 2 – y2 + 3x – y. What is the
gradient vector for this function?
a. ∇ f (x, y) = (2x2 + 3x) i + (-y2 – y) j
b. ∇ f (x, y) = (x3 + 3/2 x2) i + (-1/3 y3 –1/2 y2) j
c. ∇ f (x, y) = (4x+3) i + (-2y – 1) j *
d. ∇ f (x, y) = (3x + 4) i + (2y + 1) j
q. What is the direction of the line passing through the point (1, 2) that has the maximum
slope?
a. 4i + 2j c. 7i + 3j *
b. 7i + 4j d. 9i – 7j
r. A train starting at initial velocity of 30kph travels a distance of 21km in 18 minutes.
Determine the acceleration of the train at this instant.
a. 0.0043 m/s^2
b. 0.0206 m/s^2 *
c. 0.0865 m/s^2
d. 0.3820 m/s^2
s. An automobile moving at a constant velocity of a 15m/sec passes a gasoline station.
Two seconds later, another automobile leaves the gasoline station and accelerates at a
constant rate of 2m/sec^2. How soon will the second automobile overtake the first?
a. 15.3 sec b. 16.8sec * c. 13.5 sec d. 18.6 sec
t. If a particle position is given by the expression x(t) = 3.4t^3 – 5.4t meters, what is the
acceleration of the particle after t=5 seconds?
a. 1.02 m/s^2b. 102 m/s^2 * c. 3.4 m/s^2 d. 18.1 m/s^2
u. The distance a body travels is a function of time and is given by x(t) = 18t + 9t^2.
Find its velocity at t=2.
a. 36 b. 54* c. 24 d. 20
v. Water drips from a faucet at a rate of 8 drops per second. The faucet is 18 cm above the
sink. When one drop strikes the sink, how far is the next drop above the sink?
a. 15.8 cm * b. 12.5 cm c. 18.5 cm d. 25.6 cm
w. A beam of span ‘x’ meters with uniform loading of ‘w’ kilograms per meter is
supported at one end (A) and a distance of 2 m from the other (B). Find the reaction
at support A.
a. (wx^2)/ [2(x-2)] kg c. [wx(x-4)]/[2(x-2)] kg *
b. [wx(x-2)]/[2(x-2)] kg d. wx/[2(x-2)] kg
x. When one boy is sitting 1.2m from the center of a see-saw, another boy must to sit on
the other side 1.5m from the center to maintain an even balance. However, when the
first boy carries an additional weight of 14kg and sit 1.8m from the center, the second
boy must move to 3m from the center to balance. Neglecting the weight of the see-
saw, find the weight of the heavier boy.
a. 30kg b. 42kg. * c. 34kg. d. 45kg.
y. At what angle does the force F=6.23i – 2.38j +4.92k N makes with the x-axis?
a. 39.2 deg b. 40.2 deg c. 41.3 deg * d. 42.2 deg
z. Assume the three force vectors intersect at a single point.
F1 = i + 3j + 4k
F2 = 2i + 7j – k
F3 = -i + 4j + 2k
What is the magnitude of the resultant force vector, R?
a. 15 * b. 13.23 c. 14.73 d. 16.16
aa. A certain cable is suspended between two supports at the same elevation and 500ft
apart, the load is 500lbs. per horizontal foot including the weight of the cable. The sag
of the cable is 30feet. Calculate the total length of the cable.
a. 503.76 ft. b. 502.76 ft c. 504.76 ft * d. 501.76 ft
bb. What is the equivalent capacitance of two series capacitors rated 4 and 6 µF
respectively?
a. 2.4 * c. 0.416
b. 10 d. 0.9
cc. Three resistorsR1, R2 and R3 are connected in series across a 100-V source. If R_2
opens, the

a. Voltage across R_2 is 100V * c. voltage across R_1 is 100V

b. Total resistance decreases d. voltage across R_2 is zero

dd. What is 50 gradients equal to in degrees?

a. 100 deg c. 20 deg
b. 45 deg d. 90 deg
ee. When one metal bar is heated. The other part gradually becomes heated, that is,
energy will flow from hot part to cold part. What is the mode of heat transfer?
a. radiation c. conduction *
b. convection d. fusion
ff. What is the power required to transfer 97,000 coulumbs of charge through a potential
rise of 50 volts in one hour?
a. 0.55 kW c. 0.9 kW
b. 1.3 kW * d. 2.8 kW
gg. A body weighing 40lb starts from rest and slides down a plane at an angle of 30deg with the
horizontal for which the coefficient of friction u = 0.30. How far will it move during the third
second?
 a. 19.63 feet
b. 19.33 feet *
c. 18.33 feet
d. 19.99 feet
hh. A pick-up truck is traveling forward at 25m/s. The bed is loaded with boxes whose
coefficient of friction with the bed is 0.4. What is the shortest time that the truck can be
brought to a stop such that the boxes do not shift?
a. 2.35s
b. 4.75s
c. 5.45s
d. 6.37s *
ii. Two cars A and B accelerate from a stationary start. The acceleration of A is 4 ft/sec^2 and
that of B is 5 ft/sec^2. If B was originally 20 feet behind A , how long will it take B to
overtake A.
a. 18.6 sec
b. 10 sec
c. 12.5 sec
d. 6.32 sec *
jj. Two cars, A and B, are travelling at the same speed of 80 km/hr in the same direction on a
level road, with car A 100 meters ahead of car B. Car A slows down to make a turn
decelerating at 7 ft/sec^2. In how many seconds will B overtake A.
a. 6.96 sec
b. 5.55 sec
c. 7.85 sec
d. 9.69 sec *
kk. What is the magnitude of the resultant force of the two forces 200N at 20deg and 400N at
144deg?
a. 332.5N*
b. 323.5N
c. 313.5N
d. 233.5N
ll. A load of 100 lb is hung from the middle of the rope, which is stretched between two rigid
walls 30ft. apart. Due to the load, the rope sags 4 feet in the middle. Determine the tension
in the rope.
a. 165lbs.
b. 173lbs.
c. 194lbs. *
d. 149lbs.
mm. A 100kg weight rest on a 30degrees incline plane. Neglecting friction, how much pull
must one exert to bring the weight up the plane?
a. 88.67kg.
b. 100kg
c. 70.71kg
 d. 50kg *
nn. A block weighing 500kN rest on a ramp inclined at 25degrees with the horizontal. The force
tending to move the block down the ramp is ________.
a. 121kN
b. 265kN
c. 211kN *
d. 450kN
oo. A 200kg crate impends to slide down a ramp inclined at an angle of 19.29deg with the
horizontal. What is the frictional resistance?
a. 612.38N
b. 628.38N
c. 648.16N *
d. 654.12N
pp. A man can exert a maximum pull of 1000N but wishes to lift a new stone door for his cave
weighing 20,000N. If he uses a lever, how much closer must the fulcrum be to the stone
then to his hand?
a. 10 times nearer
b. 20 times farther
c. 10 times farther
d. 20 times nearer *
31. A man is expecting to receive P450,000.00 at the end of 7 years. If money is worth 14%
compounded quarterly, how much is it worth at present?
a. P125,458.36
b. P147,456.36
c. P162,455.63
d. P171,744.44 *
32. A man has a will of P650,000.00 from his father. If his father deposited an account of
P450,000.00 in a trust fund earning 8% compounded annually, after how many years will the
man receive his will?
a. 4.55 years
b. 4.77 years *
c. 5.11 years
d. 5.33 years
33. Mr. Adam deposited P120,000.00 in a bank who offers 8% interest compounded quarterly. If the
interest is subject to a 14% tax, how much will he receive after 5 years?
a. P178,313.69
b. P153,349.77
c. P170,149.77 *
d. P175,343.77
34. What interest compounded monthly is equivalent to an interest rate of 14% compounded
quarterly?
a. 1.15%
b. 13.84% *
c. 10.03%
d. 11.52%
35. What is the present worth of two P100.00 payments at the end of the third and the fourth year?
The annual interest rate is 8%.
a. P152.87 *
b. P112.34
c. P187.98
d. P176.67
36. What amount would have to be invested at the end of each year for the next 9 years at 4%
compounded semi-annually in order to have P5,000.00 at the end of the time?
a. P541.86 *
b. P553.82
c. P542.64
d. P548.23
37. A contractor bought a concrete mixer at P120,000.00 if paid in cash. The mixer may also be
purchased by installment to be paid within 5 years. If money is worth 8%, the amount of each
annual payment, if all payments are made at the beginning of each year, is:
a. P27,829.00 *
b. P29,568.00
c. P31,005.00
d. P32,555.00
38. A contract calls for semiannual payments of P40,000.00 for the next 10 years and an additional
payment of P250,000.00 at the end of that time. Find the equivalent cash value of the contract
at 7% compounded semiannually?
a. P444,526.25
b. P598,589.00
c. P694,138.00 *
d. P752,777.00
39. A man is left with an inheritance from his father. He has an option to receive P2 M at the end of
10 years; however he wishes to receive the money at the end of each year for 5 years. If interest
rate is 8%, how much would he receive every year?
a. P400,000.00
b. P352,533.00
c. P232,020.00 *
d. P200,000.00
40. How much money must you deposit today to an account earning 12% so that you can withdraw P25,000 yearly indefinitely starting at
the end of the 10th year?
a. P125,000
b. P89,456
c. P73,767
d. P75,127 *
31. In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills?
a. 120 *
b. 1
c. 72
d. 24
32. In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills, if two particular
persons refuse to follow each other?
 a. 120
b. 72 *
c. 90
d. 140
33. How many ways can 7 people be seated at a round table?
a. 5040
b. 120
c. 720 *
d. 840
34. In how many relative orders can we seat 7 people at a round table with a certain people
side by side.
a. 144 *
b. 5040
c. 720
d. 1008
35. In how many ways can we seat 7 people in a round table with a certain 3 people not in
consecutive order?
a. 576 *
b. 3960
c. 5320
d. 689
40. A 115-volt shunt motor has an armature whose resistance is 0.22 ohm. Assuming a
voltage across the brush contacts of 2 volts, what armature current will flow when the
counter emf is 108 volts?
a. 26.7 amp. b. 22.7 amp.* c. 21.5 amp. d. 20.1 amp.
41. From Problem 46. If the motor load is increased so that the counter emf drops to 106
volts?
a. 31.8 amp.* b. 33.12 amp. c. 36.13 amp. d. 30.16 amp.
42. In a motor the armature resistance is 0.1 ohm. Whenbconnected across 110-volt mains
the armature takes 20 amp, and its speed is 1,200 rpm. Determine its speed when the
armature takes 50 amp from the same mains, with the field increased 10 percent.
a. 1282 rpm b. 1029 rpm c. 1061 rpm* d. 1930 rpm
43. What is the equation of a 25-cycle-current sine wave, having an rms value of 30 amp, and
what is the value of the current when the time is 0.005 sec ?
a. i = 42.4 sin 157t, 30 amp.* c. i = 32.4 sin 156t, 30 amp.
b. i = 42.4 sin 157t, 33 amp. d. i = 32.4 sin 156t, 33 amp.
44. From Problem 49. What fraction of a cycle has the wave gone through in 0.005 sec ?
Assume that the wave crosses the time axis in a positive direction when the time is equal
to zero.
a. (1/6) cycle b. (1/2) cycle c. (1/4) cycle d. (1/8) cycle*
b. Three forces, 20N, 30N, and 40N are in equilibrium. Find the largest angle(in degrees) they
make with each other.
 a. 104.48* b. 105.58 c. 106.69 d. 107.96
c. Two forces of 20 units and 30 units act at right angle. What is the magnitude of the resultant
force?
a. 36* b. 42 c. 40 d. 44
d. A 500 kg block is resting on a 30 inclined plane with a μ=0.3 . Find the required force P
o

acting horizontally that will prevent the block from sliding.

a. 1020 N b. 1160 N * c. 4236 N d. 5205 N
e. A 500 kg block is resting on a 30 inclined plane with a μ=0.3 .Find the required force P
o

acting horizontally that will start the block up the plane.

a. 4236 N b. 1160 N c. 5205 N * d. 2570 N
f. A man can exert a maximum pull of 1000N but wishes to lift a new stone door for his cave
weighing 20,000N. If he uses a lever, how much closer must the fulcrum be to the stone
then to his hand?
a. 10 times nearer c. 20 times farther
b. 10 times farther d. 20 times nearer *
g. What is the inertia of a bowling ball (mass = 0.5kg) of radius 15cm rotating at an angular
speed of 10rpm for 6 seconds?
a. 0.001kg-m^2 c. 0.002kg-m^2
b. 0.005kg-m^2 d. 0.0045kg-m^2*
h. What is the acceleration of the body that increases in velocity from 20m/s to 40m/s in 3
seconds?
a. 5.00 m/s^2 c. 6.67 m/s^2*
b. 7.00 m/s^2 d. 8.00 m/s^2
i. How far does an automobile move while its speed increases uniformly from 15kph to 45kph
in 20 seconds?
a. 185m c. 167m*
b. 200m d. 172m
j. A train passing point A at a speed of 72 kph accelerates at 0.75 m/s^2 for one minute along
a straight path then decelerates at 1.0 m/s^2. How far in km from point A will it be 2
minutes after passing point A?
a. 3.60km b. 4.65km* c. 6.49km d. 7.30km
k. From a speed of 75kph a car decelerates at the rate of 500m/ min^2 along a straight path.
How far in meters will it travel in 45 seconds?
790.293m b. 791.357m c. 793.238m d. 796.875m

36. An iron block weighs 5 Newton and has volume of 200 cm^3. What is the density of the block?
a. 2458 kg/m^3
b. 2485 kg/m^3
c. 2584 kg/m^3
d. 2549 kg/m^3*
37. If air is at a pressure of 22.22 Psia and at temperature of 800 degR, what is the specific volume?
a. 11.3 ft^3/lbm
b. 33.1 ft^3/lbm
c. 13.3 ft^3/lbm*
 d. 31.3 ft^3/lbm
38. The specific gravity of mercury is 13.55. what is the specific weight of mercury?
a. 123.9 Kn/m^3
b. 139.2 Kn/m^3
c. 132.9 Kn/m^3*
d. 193.2 Kn/m^3
39. The equivalent weight of mass 10 kg at location where the acceleration of gravity is 9.77
m/sec^2
a. 97.7 N*
b. 79.9 N
c. 77.9 N
d. 977 N
40. Transportation company specializes in the shipment of pressurized gaseous material. An order is
received for 100 liters of a particular gas at STP (32 degF and 1 atm). What minimum volume
tank is necessary to transport the gas at 80 degF and maximum pressure of 8 atm?
a. 16 liters
b. 14 liters*
c. 10 liters
d. 12 liters
41. An air standard engine has a compression ratio 18 and a cut-off ratio 4. If the intrake air
pressure and temperature are 100 kpa and 27deg C, find the work in KJ per kg.
a. 2976
b. 2166
c. 1582*
d. 2751
42. Determine the air – standard efficiency of an engine operating on the diesel cycle when the
suction pressure is 99.97KPa and the fuel injected for 6% of the stroke, the clearance volume
is 8% of the stroke. Assume k = 1.4.
a. 60.70 %*
b. 65.01%
c. 67.01%
d. 64.02%
43. A 23.5 kg of steam per second at 5MPa and 400 oC is produced by a steam generator. The
feedwater enters the economizer at 145oC and leaves at 205oC. The steam leaves the boiler
drum with a quality of 98%. The unit consumes 3kg of coal per second as received having a
heating value of 25102 KJ/kg. What would be the overall efficiency of the unit in percent?
Steam properties:
At 5MPa and 400oC: h=3195.7KJ/kgAt 5MPa: hf = 1154.23, hg =1640.1
At 205oC: hf = 875.04At 145oC: hf = 610.63
a. 65
b. 95
c. 88*
d. 78
44. In a Rankine cycle steam enters the turbine at 2.5MPa (enthalpies and entropies given) and
condenser of 50KPa (properties given), what is the thermal efficiency of the cycle?
At 2.5MPa: hg = 2803.1 sg = 6.2575
At 50KPa: sf = 1.0910 sfg = 6.5029 hf = 340.49 hfg = 2305.4 vf = 0.0010300
a. 25.55%*
 b. 28.87%
c. 30.12%
d. 31.79%
45. A 4 liter (2-liters per revolution at standard pressure and temperature) spark ignition engine
has a compression ratio of 8 and 2200 KJ/kg heat addition by the fluid combustion.
Considering a cold air standard Otto cycle model, how much power will the engine produce
when operating at 2500 rpm?
a. 166.53 hp *
b. 73.12 hp
c. 97.4 hp
d. 148 hp
61. A carnot cycle A,B and C are connected in series so that the heat rejected from A will be the heat
added to B and heat rejected from B will be added to C. each cycle operates between 30C and 400C,
of heat added to A is 1000 kW, find the work output of C.

a. 549.78 kW b. 111.44 kW* c. 247.53 kW d. 141.89 kW

62. Air is compressed adiabatically from 30C to 100C. if mass of air being compressed is 5 kg. find the
change in entropy.
a. 1.039 kJ/K b. 0.746 kJ/K c.0* d. 1.245 kJ/K

63. A tank contains 90 ft3 of air at a pressure of 350 psig; if the air cooled until its pressure and
temperature decreases to 200 psig and 70F respectively, what is the decrease in internal energy?

a. 6232.09 Btu b. -5552.89 Btu c. 5552.89 Btu c. -6232.09 Btu*

64. A heat engine receives hot from a source at 1200K at a rate of 500 kJ/s and rejects the waste heat to
a medium at 300K. the power output of the heat engine is 180 kW. Determine the irreversibility rate
for this process.

a. 290 kW b. 195 kW* c. 200 kW c. 205 kW

65. A rigid tank contains 2 Kmol of N2 and 6 kmol of CO2 gases at 300K and 115 Mpa. Find the tank
volume using ideal gas equation.
a. 7.33 m3 b. 5.33 m3 c. 3.33 m3 d. 1.33 m3*

b. The probability that an examinee passes the board examination is 0.8. Find the
probability that the examinee will pass the examination on the fourth try.
A. 3/625 B. 4/625 * C. 8/625 D. 9/625
c. In a gambling game, you are paid Php 100 if you draw a jack or a queen and Php300
if you draw a king or an ace from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. If you draw
any other card, you lose. How much should you pay to play if the game is fair?
A. 78.99 B. 31.77 C. 88.89 D. 61.54 *
d. A dart is thrown at a 13 – inch square board containing a circle of radius 5 inches.
Assuming that the dart hits the board, and that it is equally likely to land on any point
on the board, what is the probability that the dart hits the circle?
A. 0.338 B. 0.191 C. 0.781 D. 0.464 *
 e. Allen picked 10 differently colored beads. How many different bracelets can he make
if he is going to use only 6 of the 10 beads per bracelet?
A. 12200 B. 12500 C. 12600 * D. 12700
f. The odds that A can solve a given problem are 5 to 7, and the odds that B can solve it
are 3 to 6. Find the probability that either A or B can solve the problem.
A. 3/4 * B. 17/14 C. 11/18 D. 17/36
36. If P500 is invested at the end of each year for 6 years, at an effective annual interest rate
of 7%, what is the total amount available upon the deposit of the 6th payment?
a. P3455.00
b. P3544.00
c. P3577.00 *
d. P3688.00
37. How much money must you deposit today to an account earning 12% so that you can
withdraw P25,000 yearly indefinitely starting at the end of the 10th year?
e. P125,000
f. P89,456
g. P73,767
h. P75,127 *
38. In five years, P18,000 will be needed to pay for a building renovation. In order to
generate this sum, a sinking fund consisting of three annual payments is established
now. For tax purposes, no further payments will be made after three years. What
payment is necessary if money is worth 15% per annum?
a. P3,345.65
b. P3,789.34
c. P3,919.53 *
d. P3,878.56
39. An investment of P40,000.00 has revenue of x pesos at the end of the first and second
year. Given a discount rate of 15% compounded annually, find x so that the net present
worth of the investment is zero.
a. P33,789.54
b. P27,789.78
c. P24,604.65 *
d. P21,879.99
40. Mr. Jones borrowed P150,000 two years ago. The terms of the loan are 10% interest for
10 years with uniform payments. He just made his second annual payment. How much
principal does he still owe?
a. P130,235.20 *
b. P134,567.30
c. P132,456.20
d. P129,456.78
41. What interest compounded monthly is equivalent to an interest rate of 14% compounded
quarterly?
e. 1.15%
 f. 13.84% *
g. 10.03%
h. 11.52%
42. What is the present worth of two P100.00 payments at the end of the third and the fourth
year? The annual interest rate is 8%.
e. P152.87 *
f. P112.34
g. P187.98
h. P176.67
43. Consider a deposit of P600.00, to be paid up in one year by P700.00. What are the
conditions on the rate of interest, i% per year compounded annually, such that the net
present worth of the investment is positive? Assume i≥ 0.
a. 0 ≤ i ¿ 16.7% *
b. 0 ≤i ¿14.3%
c. 12.5% ≤i ¿ 14.3%
d. 16.7% ≤i ≤100%
44. A firm borrows P2000.00 for 6 years at 8%. At the end of 6 years, it renews the loan for
the amount due plus P2000 more for 2 years at 8%. What is the lump sum due?
a. P5,679.67
b. P6,789.98
c. P6,034.66 *
d. P5,888.77
45. At an annual rate of return of 8%, what is the future worth of P1000 at the end of 4
years?
a. P1388.90
b. P1234.56
c. P1765.56
d. P1360.50 *
61. Water, density = 62.4 lbf/ft3, is flowing through a pipe. A pitot static gage registers 3.0 inches of
mercury. What is the velocity of water in the pipe? Note: density hg = 848.6 lbf/ft3.

A. 14.24 ft/s * C. 8.24 ft/s

B. 11.24 ft/s D. 7.45 ft/s

62. A cylindrical 1 ft diameter tank, 4 ft high contains 3 ft of water. What rotational speed is required to
spin the water out the top?

A. 22.7 rad/s * C. 23.7 rad/s

B. 21.4 rad/s D. 18.90 rad/s

63. A 1 m x 1.5 m cylindrical tank is full of oil with SG = 0.92. Find the force acting at the
bottom of the tank in dynes.

A. 106.33 x 107 dynes

B. 106.33 x 104 dynes

C. 106.33 x 105 dynes

 D. 106.33 x 106 dynes*

64. Find the pressure at the 100 fathom depth of water in kPag.

A. 1,793.96 kPag*

B. 1,893.96 kPag

C. 1,983.96 kPag

D. 1,693.96 kPag

65. A large mining company was provided with a 3 m3 of compressed air tank. Air pressure in the tank
drops from 700 kPa to 150 kPa while the temperature remains constant at 28 oC. What percentage has
the mass of air in the tank been reduced?

A. 74.00

B. 72.45

C. 78.56

D. 78.57 *

66. Air is compressed adiabatically from 30oC to 100oC. If mass of air being compressed is 5 kg. Find the
change in entropy.

A. 1.039 kJ/kg

B. 0.746 kJ/kg

C. 0 *

D. 1.245 kJ/kg

67. A perfect gas has a value of R = 58.8 ft-lb/lb- oR and k = 1.26. if 20 BTU are added to 10 lbs of the gas
at constant volume when initial temperature is 90 o F. Find the final temperature.

A. 97oF *

B. 104oF

C. 154oF

D. 185oF

68. Air enters a nozzle steadily at 1.71 kg/m3 and 35 m/s. what is the mass flow rate through the nozzle
if the inlet area of the nozzle is 80 cm 2?

A. 0.479 kg/s* B. 3.57 kg/s C. 4.79 kg/s D. 0.53 kg/s

69. A carnot cycle has a maximum temperature of 580F and minimum temperature of 150F. if the heat
added is 4200 BTU/min, find the horsepower output of the engine.
 A. 33.53 B. 40.94* C. 44.69 D. 75.40

70. Steam turbine is receiving 1000 lbm/hr of steam, determine the horsepower output of the turbine if
the work done by steam is 250 Btu/lbm.

A. 98.23 Hp* B. 362.7 Hp C. 280 Hp D. 6072.7 Hp

46. Find the enthalpy of water at 212F and 14.7 psi if the dryness factor is 30%. Use the
approximate enthalpy formula of liquid.

a. 461 Btu/lb b. 471 Btu/lb* c. 481 Btu/lb d. 493 Btu/lb

47. Determine the atmospheric pressure at a location where barometric reading is 740 mm Hg and
gravitational acceleration is 9.7 m/s2. Assume the temperature of mercury to be 10C, at which
the density is 13,570 kg/m 3.
a. 99.45 kPa b. 97.41 kPa* c. 93.34 kPa d. 94.75 kPa

48. A perfect gas has a value of R = 58.8 ft-lb/lb-R and k = 1.26. if 20Btu are added to 10
lbs of this gas at constant volume when initial temperature is 90F, find the final
temperature.

a. 97F* b. 104F c. 154F d. 185F

49. Find the helium if its internal energy is 200 kJ/kg.

a. 144 kJ/kg b. 223.42 kJ/kg c. 333.42 kJ/kg* d. 168.kJ/kg

50. A reverse Carnot cycle requires 3 Hp and extracts energy from a lake to heat a house. If
the house is kept at 70F and requires 2000 Btu/min, what is the temperature of the lake?

a. 35.29F b. 36.29F* c. 39.29F d. 40.29F

66. An Otto cycle with air as the working fluid has a compression ratio of 8.2. Under cold air standard
conditions, the thermal efficiency of this cycle is
A. 24% B. 43% C.52% D. 57%*
67. For specified limits for the maximum and minimum temperatures, the ideal cycle with the lowest
thermal efficiency is
A. Carnot B. Stirling C. Ericsson D. Otto *

68. Air in an ideal Diesel cycle is compressed from 3 L to 0.15 L, and then it expands during the constant
pressure heat addition process to 0.30 L. Under cold air standard conditions, the thermal efficiency
of this cycle is

1. 35% B. 44% C. 65% * D. 70%

69. An ideal Brayton cycle has a net work output of 150 kJ/kg and a backwork ratio of 0.4. If both the
turbine and the compressor had an isentropic efficiency of 85%, the net work output of the cycle
would be
1. 74 kJ/kg C. 109 kJ/kg
 2. 95 kJ/kg * D. 177 kJ/kg

70. Water at a pressure of 10 MPa and temperature of 230 oC is throttled to a pressure of 1 MPa in an
adiabatic process. What is the quality after throttling? Note: at 10 MPa and 230 oC, h= 991.7 kJ/kg; at
1 MPa, hf= 762.81 kJ/kg. hfg = 2015.3 kJ/kg.

A. 11.36%* C. 12.33%

B. 13.45 % D. 14.1 %

71. Heat is lost at a rate of 275 W per m2 area of a 15-cm-thick wall with a thermal conductivity of k=1.1
W/m⋅ºC.The temperature drop across the wall is

A. 37.5ºC* B. 27.5ºC C. 16.0ºC D.8.0ºC

72. Consider a wall that consists of two layers, A and B, with the following values: kA = 0.8 W/m⋅ºC, LA=
8 cm, kB= 0.2 W/m⋅ºC, LB = 5 cm. If the temperature drop across the wall is 18ºC, the rate of heat
transfer through the wall per unit area of the wall is

A.180 W/m2 B. 153 W/m2 C. 89.6 W/m2 D.51.4 W/m2*

73. A plane furnace surface at 150°C covered with 1-cm-thick insulation is exposed to air at 30°C, and
the combined heat transfer coefficient is 25 W/m2⋅°C. The thermal conductivity of insulation is 0.04
W/m⋅°C. The rate of heat loss from the surface per unit surface area is

A. 35 W B. 414 W* C. 300 W D. 480 W

74. A 10-m-long, 5-cm-outer-radius cylindrical steam pipe is covered with 3-cm thick cylindrical
insulation with a thermal conductivity of 0.05 W/m.°C. If the rate of heat loss from the pipe is 1000
W, the temperature drop across the insulation is

A. 163°C B. 600°C C. 48°C D. 150°C*

75. Consider a surface at -5ºC in an environment at 25ºC. The maximum rate of heat that can be
emitted from this surface by radiation is

1. 0 W/m2 B. 155 W/m2 C. 293 W/m2 * D. 354 W/m2

76. The surface of household radiator has an emissivity of 0.55 and an area of 1.5 m2. At what rate is
the radiation absorbed emitted by the radiator when its temperature is 50 deg. C.?
a. 308 W
b. 509 W*
c. 108 W
d. 409 W
77. Cool water at 9 deg. C enters hot-water from which warm water at a temperature of 80 deg. C is
drawn at an average rate of 300 g/min. How much average electric power does the heater consume
in order to provide hot water at this rate?
a. 4.18 kW*
b. 2.35 kW
 c. 3.31 kW
d. 5.14 kW
78. Water (specific heat cv = 4.2 kJ/kg-K) is being heated by a 1500W heater. What is the rate of change
in temperature of 1 kg of the water?
a. 0.043 K/s
b. 0.719 K/s
c. 0.357 K/s*
d. 1.50 K/s
79. One kilogram of water (cv = 4.2 kJ/kg-K) is heated by 300 BTU of energy. What is the change in
temperature, in K?
a. 17.9 K
b. 71.4 K
c. 73.8 K
d. 75.4 K*
80. The condenser of a reheat power plant rejects heat at the rate of 600 kW. The mass flow rate of
cooling water is 5 kg/s and the inlet cooling water temperature is 35C. Calculate the condenser
cooling water exit.
a. 43.45 C
b. 53.45 C
c. 63.66 C*
d. 74.34 C
81. Determine the submerged depth of a cube of steel 0.3 m on each side floating in mercury. The
specific gravities of steel and mercury are 7.8 and 13.6 respectively.
a. 0.155 m
b. 0.165 m
c. 0.134 m
d. 0.172 m*
82. A block of wood floats in water with 5 cm projecting above the water surface. When placed in
glycerine of specific gravity of 1.35, the block projects 7.5 cm above the liquid. Determine its specific
gravity.
a. 0.514
b. 0.704
c. 0.836
d. 0.658*
83. A solid cube material is 0.75 cm on each side. If it floats in oil of density 800 kg/m^3 with one-third
of the block out of the oil, what is the density of the material of the cube?
a. 533 kg/m^3 *
b. 523 kg/m^3
c. 513 kg/m^3
d. 543 kg/m^3

84. A hollow cylinder 1 m in diameter and 2 m high weighs 2825 N. How many kN of lead weighing 110
kN/m^3 must be fastened to the outside bottom of the cylinder to make it float with 1.5 m
submerged in water?
a. 8.5 Kn *
b. 6.5 kN
c. 1.5 kN
 d. 9.5 kN
85. A 1 m x 1.5 m cylindrical tank is full of oil with SG = 0.92. Find the force acting at the bottom of the
tank in dynes.
a. 106.33 x 103 dynes
b. 106.33 x 104 dynes
c. 106.33 x 105 dynes
d. 106.33 x 106 dynes*
86. A diesel power plant consumed 1 m3 of fuel with 30 API at 27C in 20 hrs. calculate the fuel rate in
kg/hr.

a. 36.21 b. 26.25 c. 29.34 d. 43.45*

87. The heating value of fuel supplied in a boiler is 43,000 kJ/kg. If the factor of evaporation is 1.10 and
the actual specific evaporation is 10, what is the efficiency of the boiler?
a. 62.07% b. 53.08% c. 78.05% d. 57.77%*
88. The density of fuel having 28 Baume is:
a. 0.886* b. 0.871 c. 0.893 d. 0.654
89. Find the density of fuel at 50C if fuel used is 27 API.
a. 763.556 kg/m3 b. 834.56 kg/m3 c. 853.45 kg/m3 d. 871.30 kg/m3*
90. A diesel power plant uses fuel that has a density of 887.14 kg/m 3 at 15.66C. find the heating value.
a. 44,680 kJ/kg b. 19,361 Btu/lb* c. 43,000 kJ/kg d. 45,178.8 kJ/kg

45. The management of a certain company deposits P1,500.00 for each of its employees in a
retirement fund at the end of each year for the next 12 years. How much is each
employee’s fund at the end of 12 years if it accumulates 8% for the first 8 years and 6%
for the last 4 years?
a. P27,705 b. P26,705 * c. P24,705 d. P23,705
46. An equipment costing P250,000 has an estimated life of 15 years with a book value of
P30,000 at the end of the period. Compute the depreciation charge and its book value
after 10 years using straight line method.
a.d = P14,666.67; BV = P103,333.30 *
b. d = P14,666.67; BV = P105,666.67
c.d = P13,333.33; BV = P103,333.30
d. d = P13,333.33; BV = P105,666.67
47. An equipment costing P250,000 has an estimated life of 15 years with a book value of
P30,000 at the end of the period. Compute the depreciation charge and its book value
after 10 years using sinking fund method assuming i = 8%.
a. d = P8,102.50; BV = P103,333.30
b. d = P6,686.67; BV = P125,666.67
c. d = P7,567.50; BV = P138,567.60
d. d = P8,102.50; BV = P132,622.60 *
48. An equipment costing P250,000 has an estimated life of 15 years with a book value of
P30,000 at the end of the period. Compute the depreciation charge and its book value
after 10 years using declining balance method.
a. d = P9,456.78; BV = P67,456.98
b. d = P8,987.45; BV = P60,832.80
c. d = P9,235.93; BV = P60,832.80 *
d. d = P9,235.93; BV = P59,987.34
49. An equipment costing P250,000 has an estimated life of 15 years with a book value of
P30,000 at the end of the period. Compute the depreciation charge and its book value
after 10 years using the sum of year’s digit method.
a. d = P11,000; BV = P67,500
b. d = P10,500; BV = P58,000
c. d = P11,500; BV = P60,000
d. d = P11,000; BV = P57,500 *
50. What is the effective rate equivalent of 12% compounded quarterly?
a. 12.55% * c. 11.55%
b. 12.98% d. 13%
51. What rate compounded quarterly is equivalent to 14% compounded semi-annually?
a. 10.76% c. 11.76%
b. 12.76% d. 13.76% *
52. Celestino owes P500, due in 3 years and P800 due in 7 years. He is allowed to settle
these obligations by a single payment on the 6th year. Find how much he has to pay on
the 6th year if money is worth 14% compounded semi-annually.
a. P1,449.12 * c. P1,559.12
b. P1,339.12 d.P1,669.12
53. What is the simple interest rate if an investment of P37,500.00 accumulates to P45,937.5
in 18 months?
a. 0.15 * b. 0.20 c. 0.21 d. 0.3
54. Jeffrey made a loan from a bank. The bank charges him 12% simple interest on a
P300.00 loan. How much will be repaid if the loan is paid in one lump sum after three
years?
a. P425.00 b. P408.00 * c. P551.00 d. P450.00
51. In a Brayton cycle that operates between temperature limits of 300K and 1773K with
k=1.4, determine the temperature at the end compression (isentropic) for maximum
work of the cycle.

a. 700K b. 690.5K c. 730K* c. 650K

52. An otto cycle has a compression ratio of 8. Find the pressure during compression.

a. 18.38* b. 16.38 c. 14.38 d. 12.38

53. Steam at 2 Mpa and 250C in a rigid cylinder is cooled until the quality is 30%. Find the
haet rejected from the cylinder.
At 2 Mpa and 250C: v = 0.11144 m3/kg u = 2679.6 kJ/kg
 At 2 Mpa, (saturated): vf = 0.0011767 m3/kg, vg = 0.09963 uf = 906.44, ug = 1693.8

a. -432.24 kJ/kg c. -926.26 kJ/kg

b. -1,265.02 kJ/kg* d. 1082.35 kJ/kg

54. A diesel engine has a cut-off ratio of 2.2 and a compression ratio of 10. Find the cycle
efficiency.

a. 55.10% b. 59.74% c. 52.23%* d. 62.37%

55. If the cut-off ratio of diesel cycle increases, the cycle efficiency will.
a. Decrease* b. increase c. remains the same d. none of these
71. Determine th air – standard efficiency of an engine operating on the diesel cycle with clearance of
6% when the suction pressure is 99.97 kPa and the fuel is injected for 7% of the stroke. Assume k = 1.4

A. 62.11% *

B. 51.20%

C. 73.58%

D. 60.02%

72. A 2000 kW Diesel engine unit uses 1 bbl oil per 525 kWh produced. Oil is 25°API. Efficiency of
generator 93%, mechanical efficiency of engine 80%. What is the thermal of engine based on indicated
power (%)?

A.39.3% B. 39.4% C. 39.5% D.39.6% *

73. An air-standard Brayton cycle has a pressure ratio of 8. The air properties at the start of compression
are 100 kPa and 25°C. The maximum allowable temperature is 1100°C. Determine the net work.

A. 373.23 kJ/kg B. 373.24 kJ/kg * C. 373.25 kJ/kg D. 373.26 kJ/kg

74. Steam leaves an industrial boiler at 827.4 kPa and 171.6C. A portion of the steam is passed through a
throttling calorimeter and is exhausted to the atmosphere when the calorimeter pressure is 101.4 kPa.
How much moisture does the steam leaving the boiler contain if the temperature of the steam at the
calorimeter is 115.6C?

At 827.4 kPa (171.6C): hf = 727.25 kJ/kg, hfg = 2043.2 kJ/kg

From table 3: at 101.4 kPA and 115.6C: h2 = 20707.6 kJ/kg

A. 3.78% B. 3.08%* C. 4.56% D. 2.34%

75. A turbine has an available enthalpy of 3300 kJ/kg in a Rankine cycle. The pump work has also 25
kJ/kg. For flow of 3 kg/s, find the system output.

A.5960 kW B. 6080 kW C. 6343 kW D. 9825 kW*

76. A 5 cm diameter spherical ball whose surface is maintained at a temperature of 70 deg. C is
suspended in the middle of a room at 20 deg. C. if the convection heat transfer coefficient is 15 W/m^2-
C and the emissivity of the surface is 0.8, determine the total heat transfer from the ball.

A. 23.56 watts
B. 32.77 watts*
C. 9.22 watts
D. 43.45 watts
77. For heat transfer purposes, a standing man can be modeled as a 30 cm diameter, 170 cm long
vertical cylinder with bottom both the top and bottom surfaces insulated and with the side surface at an
average temperature of 34 deg C. For a convection heat transfer coefficient is 15 W/m 2-C, determine
the rate of the heat loss from this man by convection in an environment at 20 deg C.

A. 316.46 watts C. 336.46 watts *

B. 326.46 watts D. 346.46 watts

78. Consider a person standing in a breezy room at 20 deg C. Determine the total rate transfer from this
person of the exposed surface area and the average outer surface temperature of the person are 1.6m 2
and 29 deg C, respectively, and the convection heat transfer coefficient is 6 W/m 2 with emissivity of
0.95.

A. 86.40 watts C. 198.1 watts

B. 81.70 watts D. 168.1 watts *

79. A tank contains liquid nitrogen at -190 c 0 is suspected in a vacuum shell by three stainless steel rods
0.80 cm in diameter and 3 meters long with a thermal conductivity of 16.3 W/m 2-C0. If the ambient air
outside the vacuum shell is 15 C0, calculate the magnitude of the conductive heat flow in watts along
the support rods.

A. 0.168 *
B. 0.176
C. 0.182
D. 0.0587

80. How many watts will be radiated from a spherical black body 15 cm in diameter at a temperature of
800 degC?

A. 5.34 KW*
B. 4.34 KW
C. 6.34 KW
D. 3.34 KW
56. The heat loss/hr through 1 sq ft of furnace wall 18 inches thick is 520 BTU. The inside
wall temp is 1900F and its average thermal conductivity is 0.61 BTU/hr ftF. The outside
surface temperature of the wall is nearest to:
a. 100F
b. 300F
c. 600F *
d. 1000F
57. A 300 kJ of heat flows by conduction from the outside to the inside of a cold storage in
one hour. If the temperature and all other conditions are the same, what is the heat
flowing through the cold storage room in two hours?
a. 600 kJ*
b. 900 kJ
c. 300 kJ
d. 1200 kJ

58. Cool water at 9 deg. C enters hot-water from which warm water at a temperature of 80
deg. C is drawn at an average rate of 300 g/min. How much average electric power does
the heater consume in order to provide hot water at this rate?
a. 4.18 kW*
b. 2.35 kW
c. 3.31 kW
d. 5.14 kW

59. The condenser of a reheat power plant rejects heat at the rate of 600 kW. The mass flow
rate of cooling water is 5 kg/s and the inlet cooling water temperature is 35C. Calculate
the condenser cooling water exit.
a. 43.45 C
b. 53.45 C
c. 63.66 C*
d. 74.34 C
60. A plate – type solar energy collector with an absorbing surface covered by a glass plate
is to receive an incident radiation of 800 W/m2. The glass plate has a reflectivity of 0.12
and transmissivity of 0.80.The absorbing surface has an absorptivity of 0.90. The area of
the collector is 5 m2. How much solar energy in watts is absorbed by the collector?
a. 2500 b. 2880 * c. 3510 d. 3168
55. Find the enthalpy of the helium if its internal energy is 200KJ/Kg.
a. 144 kJ/kg c. 223.42 kJ/kg
b. 333.42 kJ/kg * d. 168 kJ/kg
56. Steam at 2Mpa and 250deg C in a rigid cylinder is cooled until the quality is 30%. Find
the heat rejected from the cylinder.
a. -432.23 b. -926.26 c. -1265.02 * d. 1082.34
57. In an adiabatic, isentropic process, p1 = 200 psia, p2 = 300 psia, and T1 = 700 °R. Find
T2, using γ= 1.4.
 a. 576 °R b. 590 °R c. 680 °R d. 786 °R*
58. A cylinder weighs 150 lbf. Its cross0sectional area is 40 square inches, when the cylinder
stands vertically on one end, what pressure does the cylinder exert on the floor?
a. 141 Kpa b. 58,2 Kpa c. 0.258 bar* d. 0.141 bar
59. Gas is enclosed in a cylinder with a weighted piston as the top boundary. The gas is
heated and expands from a volume 0.04 m3 to 0.1 m3. The pressure varies such that PV =
C, and the initial pressure is 200 kPa. Calculate the work done by the system.
a. 6.8 kJ b. 7.33 kJ* c. 9.59 kJ d. 12.0 kJ
b. Which of the following common wealth act is known as the oldest Mechanical
Engineering law?
a. Commonwealth Act 394
b. Commonwealth Act 594
c. Commonwealth Act 294 *
d. Commonwealth Act 8394
c. Prior to Republic Act 8495, what law governs the practice of mechanical engineering the
Philippines?
a. Republic Act No. 5124
b.  Commonwealth Act No. 294 *
c. Commonwealth Act No. 293
d. Republic Act No. 2934
d. One best known practices in industrial plant is:
a. To provide alert security guards
b. To provide machines with appropriate guards*
c. To maintain a fire brigade
d. To train delivery personnel
e. Which of the four does not belong to the group?
a. Class D Fire – fire caused by LPG *
b. Class B Fire – fire caused by oil and other hydrocarbons
c. Class C Fire – electrical fire
d. Class A Fire – fire caused by light combustible materials like paper and wood
f. All heavy machinery should be supported on solid foundations of sufficient mass and
base area to prevent or minimize transmission of
a. objectionable vibration to the building and occupied space *
b. objectionable vibration of forces from nearby machine
c. better control of the drainage system
d. objectionable sound coming from the exhaust
g. The dry exhaust gas from oil engine has the following gravimetric analysis: CO 2 = 21.6%;
O2 = 4.2%; N2 = 74.2%
Specific heats at constant pressure for each component of the exhaust gas in Kcal/kg oC are: CO2
= 0.203; O2 = 0.219; N2 = 0.248
Calculate the specific gravity if the molecular weight of air is 28.97 kg/kg-mol.
a. 0.981
b. 1.244
 c. 1.055 *
d. 0.542
h. A bituminous coal has the following composition: C = 71.5%; H = 5.0%; O = 7.0%; N =
1.3%; S = 3%; Ash = 7.6%; W = 3.4%. Determine the theoretical weight of nitrogen in
lb/lb of coal.
a. 2.870
b. 7.526 *
c. 2.274
d. 6.233
i. A gaseous fuel mixture has a molal analysis: H 2 = 14%; CH4 = 3%; CO = 27%; O2 = 0.6%;
CO2 = 4.5%; N2 = 50.9%; Determine the air fuel ratio for complete combustion of molal
basis.
a. 2.130
b. 3.230
c. 1.233 *
d. 1.130
j. A volumetric analysis of a gas mixture is as follows: CO 2: 12%; N2: 80%; O2: 4%; CO: 4%.
What is the percentage of CO2 on a mass basis?
a. 17.55%*
b. 15.55%
c. 12.73%
d. 19.73%
k. The following coal has the following ultimate analysis by weight: C = 70.5%; H 2 = 4.5%;
O2 = 6.0%; N2 = 1.0%; S = 3.0%; ash = 11%; moisture = 4%. A stocker fired boiler of
195000kg/hr steaming capacity uses this coal as fuel. Calculate volume of air in m 3/kg
with air at 60oF and 14.7 psia pressure of boiler efficiency is 70% and FE = 1.10.
a. 234,019 m^3/hr *
b. 215,830 m^3/hr
c. 213,830 m^3/hr
d. 264,830 m^3/hr
l. The Mechanical Engineering Law has how many articles?

a. two
b. three
c. five *
d. six
m. The Board of Mechanical Engineering is composed of ___ members to be appointed by
the President of the Philippines.
a. one
b. three *
c. two
d. five
n. One of the following is not a correct qualification of the Member of the Board
a. Natural born citizen and resident of the Philippines
b. Must be at least 35 years of age
 c. A PME with a valid professional license and an active practitioner for not less
than 10 years
d. Has not been convicted of any offense and moral turpitude *
o. A member of the board shall hold office for alarm of ___ years from the date of his
appointment.
a. three *
b. two
c. one
d. four
p. No member of the Board shall serve for more than ____ regular terms.
a. one
b. two *
c. three
d. none of the above

q. Which law(s) find application in electrolysis?

A. Ohm’s law C. Faraday’s law*

B. Coulomb’s law D. Gauss’s law

r. For a constant current source supplying two branch parallel resistors whose resistances
are R and 2R respectively, what current will flow the R ohms resistor

A. ½ that of the other C. twice that of the other*

B. two thirds of the other D. one third of the other

s. A 15 ohm resistor is connected in series with the parallel combination of 6 and 4 ohms
resistor respectively. Calculate the total conductance of the circuit?

A. 0.0575* C. 0.0757

B. 0.0686 D. 0.0868

t. The current in the conductor changes uniformly from zero to 2 A in 3 sec. Remain steady
at 2 A for 6 sec, and then drops uniformly to 1.5 A in 8 sec. Calculate the total amount of
charge for the total elapsed time of 17 sec.

A. 30 C C.29 C*

B. 24 C D. 35 C

u. Six cells are connected in parallel and the group is connected to an external resistance
of 0.69 ohm. If the emf of each cell is 1.4 volts and internal of each is 0.06 ohm, the total
current is

A. 1.69 A C. 2 A *
B. 2.8 A D. 2.2 A

60. A simple Rankine cycle produces 40 MW of power, 50 MW of process heated and rejects
50 MW of heat to surroundings. What is the utilization factor of this cogeneration cycle
neglecting the pump work?
a. 50 % b. 60 % c. 64 % * d. 80 %
61. A dealer advertises that he has just received a shipment of electric resistance heaters for
residential buildings that have an efficiency of 100 percent. Assuming an indoor
temperature of 21 deg. C and outdoor temperature of 10 deg. C, Determine the second
law efficiency of these heaters.
a. 8.74 % b. 6.75 % c. 3.74 %* d. 4.74 %
62. A Carnot cycle is operates between the temperature limits of 300 degK and 1500 degK
and produces 500 KW of net power. The value of entropy change of the working fluid
during the heat addition process is,
a. 0 b. 0.4 KW/K c. 0.5 KW/k* d. 2.0 KW/K
63. Air in an ideal diesel cycle is compressed from 3 L to 0.15 L and then it expands during
the constant pressure heat addition process to 0.3 L, under cold air standard conditions,
the thermal efficiency of the cycle is
a. 35 percent b. 44 percent c. 65 percent* d. 70 percent
64. A carnot engine requires 35 kJ/s from the hot source. The engine produces 15 kW power
and the temperature of the sink is 26C. What is the temperature of the hot source in C?
a. 245.57 b. 210.10 c. 250.18* d. 260.68
61. An open cylindrical vessel 1.2 m in diameter and 2.1 m high is 2/3 full of water.
Compute the amount of water in liters that will be spilled out if the vessel is rotated
about its vertical axis at a constant angular speed of 90 rpm.
a. 125 liters b. 130 liters * c. 135 liters d. 140 liters
62. Find the approximate flow rate at which water will flow in a conduit shaped in the form
of an equilateral triangle if the head lost is 5 m per kilometer length. The cross-sectional
area of the duct is 0.075 m2. Assume f = 0.0155.
a. 94.2 li/sec b. 92.4 li/sec * c. 89.9 li/sec d. 89.8 li/sec
63. A test on a centrifugal pump operating at 1150 rpm showed a total head of 37.6 ft at a
capacity of 800 gpm. Estimate the total head and capacity if the pump were operated at
1750 rpm. Assume normal operation at point of maximum efficiency in each case.
a. 87.07 ft, 1217.4 * b. 80.77 ft, 1271.4 c. 1217.4 ft, 87.07 d. 1271.4 ft, 80.77
64. A vertical draft tube is installed on a Francis turbine and the total head to the center of
the spiral casing at the inlet is 38 m and velocity of at the inlet is 5 m/s. The discharge is
2.1 m3/s. The over-all efficiency is 0.84. The velocities at the inlet and exit of the draft
tube is 1 m below the centerline of the spiral casing while the tailrace (water) level is 3
m from the top of the draft tube. There is no velocity of whirl at either top or bottom of
draft tube and leakage losses are negligible. What is the power output of the turbine in
kW?
a. 546.9 kW b. 646.9 kW c. 746.9 kW * d. 846.9 kW
65. The surface tension of water in air is approximately 0.0756 N-m. If the atmospheric
pressure is 101 kPa (abs), what is the pressure inside a droplet 0.254 mm in diameter?
 a. 99.83 kPa (abs) b. 101.0 kPa (abs) c. 101.5 kPa (abs) d. 102.2 kPa
(abs) *
81. A gaseous fuel mixture has a molar analysis:

H2 = 14% CH4 = 3% CO = 27%

O2 = 0.6% CO2 = 4.5% N2 = 50.9%

Determine the air – fuel ratio for complete combustion on molar basis.

A. 2.130

B. 3.230

C. 1.233*

D. 1.130

82. A bituminous coal has the following composition:

C = 71.5% H = 5.0% O = 7.0% N = 1.3%

S = 3% Ash = 7.6% W = 3.4%

Determine the theoretical weight of Nitrogen in lb/lb of coal.

A. 2.870

B. 7.526 *

C. 2.274

D. 6.233

83. A diesel power plant uses fuel with heating vlue of 43,000 kJ/kg. What is the density of the fuel at
25C?

A. 840 kg/m3 B. 873 kg/m3 C. 970 kg/m3* D. 940 kg/m3

84. The heating value of fuel supplied in a boiler is 43,000 kJ/kg. If the factor of evaporation is 1.10 and
the actual specific evaporation is 10, what is the efficiency of the boiler?

A. 62.07% B. 53.08% C. 78.05% D. 57.77%*

85. Find the density of fuel at 50C if fuel used is 27 API.

A. 763.556 kg/m3 B. 834.56 kg/m3 C. 853.45 kg/m3 D. 871.30 kg/m3*

B. 86. The Mechanical Engineering Law is also known as
C. A. RA 8459 * C. RA 5984
D. B. RA 3449 D. RA 6561
E.
F. 87. The Article V of the the Mechanical Engineering Law
 G. A. TITLE, STATEMENT OF POLICY, AND DEFINITION OF TERMS
H. B. PENAL AND CONCLUDING PROVISIONS*
I. C. PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSION
J. D. CONCLUSION
K.
L. 88. Article V, Sec. 43 talks about
M. A. Implementing Rules and Regulations*
N. B. Penalties
O. C. Transitory Provisions
P. D. Funding Provisions
Q.
R. 89. The Article I, Sec. 1 of the Mechanical Engineering Law
S. A. statement of policy C. Title *
T. B. Definition of terms D. Creation and Composition of the Board
U.
V. 90. According to Sec 42, t any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act
and its rules and regulations shall, upon conviction be penalized by a fine of not less
than
W. A. P 50, 000 * C. P40, 000
X. B. 30, 000 D. P100, 000
66. A fuel is represented with C5H8 is burned with 40% excess air. If mass of fuel is 0.17 kg,
find the mass of air needed.

a. 4.48 kg b. 3.38 kg* c. 1.638 kg d. 5.34

67. A bituminous coal has the following composition:

C = 71.5% H = 5.0% O = 7.0% N =1.3% S =3% Ash = 7.6% W=3.4%

Determine the theoretical weight of Nitrogen in lb/lb coal.
a. 2.870 b. 7.526* c. 2.274 d. 6.233

68. The fuel oil has the ff. analysis: C = 89%, H2 = 8%, N2 = 2%, S = 1%, with 3% excess
air, what is the actual amount of air needed to burn the fuel oil in kgair/kgfuel?

a. 13.17 b. 13.47 c. 14.47 d. 14.17*

69. Is the largest group of coal containing 46-89% of fixed carbon and 20% to 40% volatile
matter.
a. Anthracite b. Sub-anthracite c. Bituminous * d. Subbituminous
70. A diesel engine consumed 945 liters of fuel per day at 35C. if the fuel was purchased at
15.5C and 30 API at P29.00 / liter, determine the cost of fuel to operate the engine per
day.

a. P47,088.90 b. P37,483.07 c. P27,127.76* d. P35,943.06

 b. Water is flowing in a pipe with radius of 25.4 cm at a velocity of 5 m/s at the
temperature in the pipe. The density and viscosity of the water are follows: density =
997.9 kg/m3 and viscosity of 1.131 Pa-s. What is the Reynolds no. for this situation?
a. 2241* b. 96.2 c. 3100 d. 1140

c. A cold soda initially at 2 deg. C gains 18 kJ of heat in a room at 20 deg. C during a

15-minute period. What is the average rate of heat transfer during the process?
a. 20W* b. 18W c. 12W d. 10W

d. A counter flow heat exchanger is designed to cool 0.65 kg/sec oil with specific heat
Cp = 3.4 kJ/kg-K from 150C to 70C. water cooling, Cp = 4.18 kJ/kg-K is available at
20C and flow rate of 0.6 kg/s. Calculate the length of a 3.5 cm in inside diameter
tubing in meters. The overall coefficient of heat transfer is 90 W/m2-K.
a. 337 * b. 427 c. 296 d. 543
e. Calculate the heat transfer per hour through a solid bricks wall 6m long, 2.9m high,
and 225 mm thick, when the outer surface is at 5 degC and the inner surface 17 degC,
the coefficient of thermal conductivity o the bricks being 0.6 W/m-K.
a. 2,004.48 kJ* b. 3,004.48 kJ c. 2,400.48 kJ d. 3,400.48 kJ
f. Consider a person standing in a breezy room at 20oC. Determine the total rate of heat
transfer from this person if the exposed surface area and the average outer surface
temperature of the person are 1.6 m2 and 29oC, respectively, and the convection heat
transfer coefficient is 6 W/m2 with emissivity factor of 0.95.
a. 86.40 watts b. 61.70 watts c. 198.1 watts d. 168.1 watts*
46. An employee obtained a loan of P10,000 at the rate of 6% compounded annually in order to
repair a house. How much must he pay monthly to amortize the loan within a period of ten
years?
a. P198.20
b. P150.55
c. P110.22 *
d. P112.02
47. What is the accumulated value of a payment of P12,500 at the end of each year for 9 years with
interest at 5% compounded annually?
a. P138,738.05
b. P137,832.05 *
c. P178,338.50
d. P187,833.50
48. What is the accumulated value of a payment of P6,000 every six months for 16 years with
interest at 7% compounded semiannually?
a. P312,345.00
b. P345,678.00
c. P347,898.00
d. P344,007.00 *
49. A mining property is offered for sale for P5.7M. On the basis of estimated production, an annual
return of P800,000 is foreseen for a period of 10 years. After 10 years, the property will be
worthless. What annual rate of return is in prospect?
a. 6.7% *
b. 6.1%
c. 5.6%
d. 5.2%
50. If a down payment of P600,000 is made on a house and P80,000 a year for the next 12 years is
required, what was the price of the house if money is worth 6% compounded annually?
a. P1,270,707 *
b. P1,130,450
c. P1,345,555
d. P1,678,420
51. What is the effective rate for an interest rate of 12% compounded continuously?
a. 12.01%
b. 12.89%
c. 12.42%
d. 12.75% *
52. How long will it take for an investment to fivefold its amount if money is worth 14%
compounded semi-annually?
a. 11
b. 12 *
c. 13
d. 14
53. An interest rate of 8% compounded semiannually is how many percent if compounded
quarterly?
a. 7.81%
b. 7.85%
c. 7.92% *
d. 8.01%
54. A man is expecting to receive P450,000.00 at the end of 7 years. If money is worth 14%
compounded quarterly, how much is it worth at present?
e. P125,458.36
f. P147,456.36
g. P162,455.63
h. P171,744.44 *
55. A man has a will of P650,000.00 from his father. If his father deposited an account of
P450,000.00 in a trust fund earning 8% compounded annually, after how many years will the
man receive his will?
e. 4.55 years
f. 4.77 years *
g. 5.11 years
h. 5.33 years
i. What is the equivalent capacitance of two series capacitors rated 4 and 6 µF
respectively?
a. 2.4 * c. 0.416
b. 10 d. 0.9
j. Three resistorsR1, R2 and R3 are connected in series across a 100-V source. If R_2
opens, the

a. Voltage across R_2 is 100V * c. voltage across R_1 is 100V

b. Total resistance decreases d. voltage across R_2 is zero

k. What is 50 gradients equal to in degrees?

a. 100 deg c. 20 deg
b. 45 deg d. 90 deg
l. When one metal bar is heated. The other part gradually becomes heated, that is, energy
will flow from hot part to cold part. What is the mode of heat transfer?
a. radiation c. conduction *
b. convection d. fusion
m. What is the power required to transfer 97,000 coulumbs of charge through a potential
rise of 50 volts in one hour?
a. 0.55 kW c. 0.9 kW
b. 1.3 kW * d. 2.8 kW
n. A semiconductor has how many types of flow?
a. 1
b. 2*
c. 3
d. 4

o. The flow of valence electrons to the left means that holes are flowing to the
a. Left
b. Right*
c. Either way
d. None of the above
p. If you wanted to produce a p-type semiconductor, which of these would you use?
a. Acceptor atoms*
b. Donor atoms
c. Pentavalent impurity
d. Silicon
q. What is the drop across the diode when it is connected in series to a resistor of 1.8 kΩ
and a supply voltage of 50 V. The supply voltage causes the diode to be reverse-biased.
a. 50 V*

b. 0.7 V

c. 0.3 V

d. can not be solve, lack of data

r. __________is the procedure by which an atom is given a net charge by adding or taking
away electron.
 a. Polarization

b. Irradiation

c. Ionization *

d. Doping

91. A 50-microfarad capacitor discharges through a 100 kilo ohms resistor. What is the time constant of
a circuit?

A. 5 sec* C. 0.5 sec

B. 0.05 sec D. 5 ms

92. The region in an electronic transistor that is very lightly doped and very thin is referred to the ___.

A. Collector B. emitter C. Base* D. collector-base

93. The output electrode of a bipolar transistor is usually the

A. gate B. base C. source D. collector*

94. In a rectifier diode, current flows for approximately how much of the ac cycle
A. 90 degrees B. 180 degrees* C. 270 degrees D. 360 degrees
95. A device that can deliver high voltage AC from a low voltage DC source.
A. transformer B. inverter* C. converter D. power supply
B. A rigid container is closed at one end and measures 8 in. diameter by 12 in. long. The
container is held vertically and slowly moved downward until the pressure in the
container is 15.5 psia. What will be the depth of the water surface measure from the free
water surface?
a. 9.2 in.
b. 12 in.
c. 22 in.
d. 9.8 in.
C. Water is flowing in a pipe with a radius of 10” at a velocity of 5m/s. at the temperature in
the pipe, the density and viscosity of the water are as follows: P=997.9 kg/m3; U=1.131
pa.s. What is the Reynold’s number for this situation?
a. 44.1
b. 88.2
c. 1140
d. 2241*
D. A fluid with a kinetic viscosity of 2.5x10^-5 ft2/sec is flowing at 0.1 ft/sec from an
orifice 3” in diameter. How can a fluid be described?
a. The fluid is completely turbulent
b. The fluid is in transition zone
c. The fluid is laminar*
 d. Turbulent cannot be calculated; it must be measured
E. The Reynolds number of a sphere falling in air is 1x10^6. If the sphere’s radius is 1ft,
what is its velocity? (P air=0.00234 slug/ft3, U air=3.8x10lbf-sec/ft3)
a. 2.5 ft/sec*
b. 5.1 ft/sec
c. 40.6 ft/sec
d. 81.2 ft/sec
F. The flow rate of water through a cast iron is 5000 gallons per mnute. The diameter of the
pipe is 1 foot, and the coefficient of friction is f=0.0173. What is the pressure drop over a
100 foot length of pipe?
a. 21.078 lbf/ft2
b. 23.78 lbf/ft2
c. 337.26 lbf/in2
d. 337.26 lbf/ft2*
G. The following coal has the following ultimate analysis by weight: C = 70.5%; H 2 = 4.5%;
O2 = 6.0%; N2 = 1.0%; S = 3.0%; ash = 11%; moisture = 4%. A stocker fired boiler of
195000kg/hr steaming capacity uses this coal as fuel. Calculate volume of air in m 3/kg
with air at 60oF and 14.7 psia pressure of boiler efficiency is 70% and FE = 1.10.
a. 234,019 m^3/hr *
b. 215,830 m^3/hr
c. 213,830 m^3/hr
d. 264,830 m^3/hr
H. A 650 BHP diesel engine uses fuel oil of 280API gravity, fuel consumption is 0.65
lb/BHP-hr. Cost of fuel is P 7.95 per liter. For continuous operation, determine the
minimum volume of cubical day tank in cm3, ambient temperature is 450C.
a. 4,372,890 cm3
b. 5,987,909 cm3
c. 5,291,880 cm3*
d. 7,352,789 cm3
I. A typical industrial fuel oil, C16H32 with 20% excess air by weight. Assuming complete
oxidation of the fuel, calculate the actual air-fuel ratio by weight.
a. 17.56 kgair/kgfuel
b. 15.76 kgair/kgfuel
c. 16.75 kgair/kgfuel
d. 17.65 kgair/kgfuel*
J. Fuel oil in a day tank for use of an industrial boiler is tested with hydrometer. The
hydrometer reading indicates a S.G. = 0.924 when the temperature of the oil in the tank is
350C. Calculate the higher heating value of the fuel.
a. 43,852.13 kJ/kg*
b. 53,853.13 kJ/kg
c. 58,352.13 kJ/kg
d. 48,352.13 kJ/kg
K. A diesel electric plant supplies energy for Meralco. During a 24 hr period, the plant
consumed at 700 gallons of fuel at 280C and produce 3930 kW-hr. industrial fuel used is
 280API and was purchased at P 5.50 per liter at 15.60C. What should the cost of fuel be
produce one kW-hr?
a. 1.05*
b. 1.10
c. 1.069
d. 1.00

91. An ideal step-up transformer with 100 turns in the primary and 2500 turns in the secondary carries a
load of 2A in the secondary windings. What is the current in the primary side?

A. 50A * C. 25A
B. 0.08A D. 1,250A

92.Gearmotors are selected based on which of the following?

A. Speed requirement C. both A and B*

B. Torque reuirement D. neither A or B
93. If N1/N2 = 2, and the primary voltage is 120 V, what is the secondary voltage?

A. 0 V C. 60 V *
B. 36 V D. 240 V
94.A transformer has a turns ratio of 4: 1. What is the peak secondary voltage if 115 V rms is applied to
the primary winding?

A. 40.7 V * C. 163 V
B. 64.6 V D. 650 V
95.Line voltage may be from 105 V rms to 125 rms in a half-wave rectifier. With a 5:1 step-down
transformer, the maximum peak load voltage of an ideal approximation is closest to

A. 21 V C. 29.6 V
B. 25 V D. 35.4 V *
96. The purpose of the ballast in a fluorescent lamp assembly is

A. To regulate the voltage across the lamp

B. To improve the overall power factor
C. To limit the current through the lamp*
D. To regulate the lumens output
97. If N1/N2 = 2, and the primary voltage is 120 V, what is the secondary voltage?
A. 0 V
B. 36 V
C. 60 V *
D. 240 V

98.A transformer has a turns ratio of 4: 1. What is the peak secondary voltage if 115 V rms is applied to
the primary winding?

A. 40.7 V *
 B. 64.6 V
C. 163 V
D. 650 V
99.Line voltage may be from 105 V rms to 125 rms in a half-wave rectifier. With a 5:1 step-down
transformer, the maximum peak load voltage of an ideal approximation is closest to

A. 21 V
B 25 V
C. 29.6 V
D. 35.4 V*
100.What is the peak load voltage out of a bridge rectifier for a secondary voltage of 15 V rms? (Use
second approximation.)

A. 9.2 V
B. 15 V
C. 19.8 V *
D. 24.3 V

71. On existing installation boiler, the lowest factor of safety permissible shall be
a. 7
b. 6
c. 5
d. 4.5 *
72. The age limit of a horizontal return tubular flue or cylinder boiler having a longitude lap
joint and operating at a pressure in excess of 0.345 MPa or 3.45 bar gage shall be:
a. 18 years
b. 35 years
c. 30 years *
d. 20 years
73. All proposed installation, additions and alterations involving machinery, mechanical
equipment or process shall be covered by plans and specifications prepared by or under
the supervision of a:
a. Mechanical Plant Engineer (MPE)
b. Professional Mechanical Engineer (PME)*
c. Registered Mechanical Engineer (RME)
d. Certified Plant Mechanic(CPM)
74. Minimum grade of Mechanical Engineer required to supervise operation of a 500 kW
diesel engine.
a. RME *
b. PME
c. CPM
d. MPE
 75. Following the ASA code for the pressure piping, which pipe is used in power plants for
small control lines, condenser tubes and for tubular water heater?
a. copper alloy
b. cast iron
c. carbon steel *
d. wrought iron
76. A semiconductor has how many types of flow?
a. 1
b. 2*
c. 3
d. 4

77. The flow of valence electrons to the left means that holes are flowing to the
a. Left
b. Right*
c. Either way
d. None of the above

78. If you wanted to produce a p-type semiconductor, which of these would you use?
a. Acceptor atoms*
b. Donor atoms
c. Pentavalent impurity
d. Silicon

79. What is the drop across the diode when it is connected in series to a resistor of 1.8 kΩ
and a supply voltage of 50 V. The supply voltage causes the diode to be reverse-biased.
a. 50 V*

b. 0.7 V

c. 0.3 V

d. can not be solve, lack of data

80. __________is the procedure by which an atom is given a net charge by adding or taking
away electron.
a. Polarization

b. Irradiation

c. Ionization *

d. Doping

1. On existing installation boiler, the lowest factor of safety permissible shall be

a. 7
b. 6
 c. 5
d. 4.5 *
2. The age limit of a horizontal return tubular flue or cylinder boiler having a longitude lap
joint and operating at a pressure in excess of 0.345 MPa or 3.45 bar gage shall be:
a. 18 years
b. 35 years
c. 30 years *
d. 20 years
3. All proposed installation, additions and alterations involving machinery, mechanical
equipment or process shall be covered by plans and specifications prepared by or under
the supervision of a:
a. Mechanical Plant Engineer (MPE)
b. Professional Mechanical Engineer (PME)*
c. Registered Mechanical Engineer (RME)
d. Certified Plant Mechanic(CPM)
4. Minimum grade of Mechanical Engineer required to supervise operation of a 500 kW
diesel engine.
a. RME *
b. PME
c. CPM
d. MPE
5. Following the ASA code for the pressure piping, which pipe is used in power plants for
small control lines, condenser tubes and for tubular water heater?
a. copper alloy
b. cast iron
c. carbon steel *
d. wrought iron

6. An ideal voltage source has

a. Zero internal resistance*
b. Infinite internal resistance
c. A load-dependent voltage
d. A load-dependent current

7. An ideal current source has

a. Zero internal resistance
b. Infinite internal resistance*
c. A load-dependent voltage
d. A load-dependent current

8. The net charge of a neutral copper atom is

a. 0*
b. +1
c. -1
 d. +4

9. The valence electron of a copper atom experiences what kind of attraction toward the
nucleus?
a. None
b. Weak*
c. Strong
d. Impossible to say

10. If you wanted to produce a p-type semiconductor, which of these would you use?
a. Acceptor atoms*
b. Donor atoms
c. Pentavalent impurity
d. Silicon