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PRACTICE EXAM - SOLID MENSURATION
BY ENGR. JIMMY L. OCAMPO
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1. What is the ratio of the surface area of a sphere to its volume?c

a. 5/R b. 4/R c. 3/R d. 2/R

2. Using the original diameter, d. What is the new diameter when the volume of the sphere is increased
8 times?a
a. 2d b. 4d c. 3d d. 5d

3. The base radius of a right circular cone is 4 m while its height is 10 m. What is the surface area?c
a. 127.5 sq.m. b. 139.5 sq.m. c. 125.7 sq.m. d. 135.9 sq.m.

4. Find the ratio of the surface area of a cube to its volume, if the side is s.c
a. 4/s b. 3/s c. 6/s d. 5/s

5. A tank in ice plant is to contain 3,000 liters of brine. It is constructed to be 4 m long and 1.5 m
wide. Find the height of the tank.c
a. 0.3 m b. 0.4 m c. 0.5 m d. 0.6 m

6. Find the outside surface area of sphere with 14 m diameter.c

a. 516.57 m^2 b. 156.75 m^2 c. 615.75 m^2 d. 651.57 m^2

7. The water in the hemispherical bowl 42 cm across the top, is 9 cm deep. How much more water is
needed to fill the bowl to the brim?b
a. 4,671π cu.cm b. 4,716π cu.cm c. 4,176 π cu.cm d. 4,761π cu.cm

8. If the volume of a sphere is 288 π cu cm, then its surface area is equal to,b
a. 140 π sq.cm b. 144 π sq.cm c. 142 π sq.cm d. 146 π sq.cm

9. If the slant height of a right circular cone is 13 and the total area is 90 pi, find the base radius.a
a. 5 b. 4 c. 6 d. 3

10. The volume of a square pyramid 384 cu cm. Its altitude is 8 cm. How long is an edge of the base?b
a. 11 b. 12 c. 13 d. 14

11. The volume of the sphere is 36pi cu.m. The surface area of this sphere is sq. m is,a
a. 36 π b. 24 π c. 18 π d. 12 π

12. How many cubic feet is equivalent to 100 gallons of water?c

a. 74.80 b. 13.36 c. 13.37 d. 133.7

13. The diagonal of a face of a cube is 10 ft. The total area of the cube is,a
a. 300 sq. ft b. 150 sq. ft c. 100 sq. ft d. 200 sq. ft
14. The volume of a frustum of a cone is 1176 pi cu. m. If the radius of the lower base is 10 m and
the altitude is 18 m, compute the lateral area of the frustum of a cone.a
a. 295 π sq. m b. 691 π sq. m c. 194 π sq. m d. 209 π sq. m

15. In a portion of electrical railway cutting, the areas of cross section taken every 50m are: 2556,
2619, 2700, 2610 and 2484 sq m. Find its volume by the prismoidal formula.d
a. 550,500 m^3 b. 450,300 m^3 c. 523,700 m^3 d. 522,600 m^3

16. A cone of revolution is inscribed in a sphere whose diameter is 20 in. The altitude of the cone is
16 in. The volume of the cone cubic inches is,b
a. 1600 pi/3 b. 1024 pi/3 c. 1600 pi d. 1024 pi

17. What would happen to the volume of a sphere if the radius is tripled?c
a. Multiplied by 3 b. Multiplied by 9 c. Multiplied by 27 d. Multiplied by 6

18. The circumference of a great circle of a sphere is 18pi m. Find the volume of the sphere.a
a. 3053.6 cu. m. b. 3043.6 cu. m. c. 3033.6 cu. m. d. 3023.6 cu. m.

19. The rate at which a tablet of vitamin C began to dissolve on the surface area of tablet. One brand
of a tablet is 2 centimeter long and is in the shape of a cylinder with hemispheres of diameter 0.5
centimeters attached to both ends. A second brand of tablet is to be manufactured in the shape of a
right circular cylinder of attitude 0.5 centimeter. Find the volume of the second tablet so that its
surface area is equal to that of the first tablet.b
a. 3/5 pi b. pi/8 c. 2/9 pi d. pi/7

20. Two edges of the base of a right parallelepiped are 14 in. and 13 in. and their included angle is
30. If the altitude of the parallelepiped is 10 in., the total area of the parallelepiped is __ sq. in.a
a. 722 b. 728 c. 724 d. 726

21. A solid has a base in the form of an ellipse with major axis 10 and minor axis 8. Find its volume
if every section perpendicular to the major axis is an isosceles triangle with altitude 6.a
a. 60 π c. u. b. 78 π c. u. c. 40 π c. u. d. 54 π c. u.

22. Find the lateral edge of a regular square pyramid if its slant height is 10 units and its base edge is
6 units.b
a. 11.33 b. 10.44 c. 9.55 d. 8.66

23. The total area of a cube is 150 sq. in. A diagonal of the cube is _________ in.c
a. 5√2 b. 4√3 c. 5√3 d. 4√2

24. A solid has an elliptical base with major axis of 18 inches and a minor axis of 12 inches. Find the
volume of the solid of every section perpendicular to the major axis is square.a
a. 1728 b. 432 c. 2304 d. 1152
25. Suppose a man 1.7 m tall could walk around the earth along a great circle, whose radius r = 6,
371.64 km. Determine the difference in the distances traveled by his head and his feet.c
a. 10.28 m b. 11.46 m c. 10.68 m d. 11.63

26. What is the volume of a sphere in cubic meter whose diameter is 20cm?a
a. 4.19 x 10^-3 m^3 b. 5.91 x 10^-3 m^3
c. 3.91 x 10^-3 m^3 d. 3.19 x 10^-3 m^3

27. Find the volume of a spherical wedge whose central angle is pi/5 radians on a sphere of radius 6
cm.a
a. 90.48 cu cm. b. 86.40 cu cm. c. 78.46 cu cm. d. 62.48 cu cm.

28. In a frustum of a cone of revolution the radius of the lower base is 11 in., the radius of the upper
base is 5 in., and the altitude is 8 in. Find the total area in square inches.a
a. 306 π b. 160 π c. 226 π d. 80 π

29. A tank with a cross-sectional shape of an equilateral triangle has dimensions of 4 m on all three
sides. What is the water level if the tank is 50% full by volume? The tank vertex points up.a
a. 1.0 m from the bottom b. 1.2 m from the bottom
c. 1.7 m from the bottom d. 2.2 m from the bottom

30. The rate at which a tablet of vitamin C began to dissolve on the surface area of tablet. One brand
of a tablet is 2 centimeter long and is in the shape of a cylinder with hemispheres of diameter 0.5
centimeters attached to both ends. A second brand of tablet is to be manufactures in the shape of a
right circular cylinder of attitude 0.5 centimeter. Find the diameter of the second tablet so that its
surface area is equal to that of the first tablet.a
a. 1 cm b. 2 cm c. ½ cm d. ¼ cm

31. If a circular cone has a lateral surface area of 6 pi and a slant height of 6, what is the radius of the
base?c
a. 0.50 b. 0.75 c. 1.00 d. 1.50

32. A tank in an ice plant is to contain 3,000 liters of brine. It is constructed to be 4m long and 1.5m
wide. Find the height of the tank.c
a. 0.4m b. 0.6m c. 0.5m d. 0.3m

33. A diagonal of a cube is 6cm. The total area of the cube is,b
a. 36√2 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚 b. 72 sq.cm c. 24√2 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚 d. 36 sq.cm

34. A hollow sphere of outside radius 32 cm has a total weight of 150 kg. If the volume of the metal
used is 24,000 cm^3 and it weighs 8 g/cm^3, determine the inner radius of the sphere.c
a. 50 cm b. 25 cm c. 30 cm d. 28 cm

35. A pyramidal container has a square base of 8 m on a side and altitude of 10m. How many liters
of water will it hold when full and inverted?a
a. 213.334 L b. 132.443 L c. 223.344 L d. 241.333 L
36. The diameter of two spheres are in the ratio two is to three, and the sum of their volumes is 1260
m^3, find the diameter of the larger sphere.b
a. 10 m b. 12.29 m c. 13.28 m d. 14.32 m

37. Find the radius of the base of a conical paper weight with 10 cm in height and 180 cu cm in
volume.d
a. 5.14 cm b. 3.55 cm c. 5.45 cm d. 4.15 cm

38. The total surface area of a cube is ___ times the square of its diagonal.c
a. 7 b. 3 c. 2 d. 4

39. A parallelepiped has a square base of 10m on a side and altitude of 13m. How many cubic meters
of air will it hold?d
a. 1000 m^3 b. 1250 cm^3 c. 1800 m^3 d. 1300 m^3

40. How many times does the volume of a sphere increases if the radius is doubled.c
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 27

41. What is the volume of a frustum of a cone whose upper base is 15 cm. in diameter and lower base
is 10 cm in diameter with an altitude of 25 cm?b
a. 3010.78 cm^3 b. 3108.87 cm^3 c. 2890.78 cm^3 d. 2980.87 cm^3

42. A cone is constructed from a sector having a radius of 36cm and with a central angle of 150°.
The volume of the cone in cc is nearest to,a
a. 7712 b. 1712 c. 7172 d.7217

43. What part of sphere is a tri-rectangular triangle? Note: A tri-rectangular triangle is a spherical
triangle with three 90° angles.c
a. 1/3 b. 1/5 c. 1/8 d. 3/8

44. Find the volume of the solid common between intersecting cylinders with radius of 3 ft,b
a. 72 b. 144 c. 288 d. 256

45. A sphere of radius 5cm and a right circular cone of base radius of 5cm and height of 10cm stand
on the table. How far in cm from the table should the two solids be cut in order to have equal
circular section?a
a. 2 b. 4 c. 5 d. 7

46. A cylindrical glass 5 inches in diameter and 8 inches in altitude is filled with water. It is then
tilted to a position enough for the water level to coincide with the center of the base. How much
water is drained from the glass in cu.in?a
a. 123.75 b. 154.32 c. 134.65 d. 120.34

47. A tetrahedron is a solid which is a member of the polyhedrons. It has 4 faces which are all
equilateral triangles. Find its volume if edge is 12 cm long.a
a. 204 b. 402 c. 240 d. 420
48. A solid has a circular base of radius 20cm, find the volume in cu cm of the solid if every plane
section perpendicular to a certain diameter is an equilateral triangle.b
a. 18445.50 b. 18475.21 c. 14231.12 d. 17485.12

49. Find the volume of oblate spheroid if a = 4cm and b = 3 cm.b

a. 46π b. 64π c. 32π d. 48π

50. A sector is bent to form a cone. If the angle of the sector is 30° and the radius is 6cm, what is the
altitude of the cone in cm?a
a. 5.98 b. 10.12 c. 4.98 d. 6.36

51. A circular cone having an altitude of 9m is divided into two segments having the same vertex If
the smaller altitude is 6m, find the ratio of the volume of the small cone to the big cone.a
a. 8/27 b. 4/9 c. 6/9 d. 5/7

52. A sphere of radius R is inscribed in a cube of edge a. What is the ratio of the volume of sphere
to the volume of the cube?b
a. 0.6523 b. 0.5236 c. 0.3652 d. 2635

53. The area of lune is 4π sq. cm and the radius of sphere is 3m. Find the angle of the lune.a
a. 40° b. 45° c. 50° d. 55°

54. An equilateral triangle with side a is revolved about its altitude. The volume is,b
a. (3π / 24)a^3 b. (π√3 / 24)a^3 c. (π / 4)a^3 d. (π√3 / 4)a^3

55. The ratio of the volume of two spheres us 8:27. What is the ratio of their surface area?b
a. 2/9 b. 4/9 c. 5/9 d. 7/9