REVIEW INNOVATIONS

MAY 2022 CE BOARD EXAM V8

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK.

NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or A*B. A raised to the power n

is expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 point each.

1. What is the sum of the numerical coefficient of the expansion of

(x2 + 2/x)12?
A. 404,721 C. 326,721
B. 531,441 D. 658,161

2. A contractor estimated that one of his two bricklayers would take

9 hours to build a certain wall and the other 10 hours. However,
he knew from experience that when they worked together, 10 fewer
bricks got laid per hour. Since he was in a hurry, he put both
men ion the job and found it took exactly 5 hours to build the
wall. How many bricks did it contain?
A. 900 C. 1000
B. 800 D. 1100

3. The probability of event X happening is 2/5 and the probability of

event Y not happening is 2/7. What is the probability of either
X, or Y, or X and Y happening.
A. 33/35 C. 24/35
B. 31/35 D. 29/35

4. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the quantity of radium

present. Suppose it is found that in 25 years approximately 1.1%
of certain quantity of radium has decomposed. Determine how long
(in years) it will take for one-half of the original amount of
radium to decompose.
A. 1983 C. 1567
B. 1512 D. 1600

5. How many grams of pure gold must be added to 36 grams of 60% pure
gold to make an alloy that is 76% pure gold?
A. 24 C. 30
B. 28 D. 36

6. Cars A and B leave a town at the same time and travel in opposite
directions. Car A travels at the speed of 40 kph and car B at 60
kph. How long will the two cars be 350 km apart?
A. 5.5 hrs C. 2.5 hrs
B. 4.5 hrs D. 3.5 hrs

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7. A certain ball rebounds 1/3 the distance it falls. If the ball is
dropped from a height of 9 ft, how far does it travel before coming
to rest?
A. 21 ft C. 27 ft
B. 18 ft D. 15 ft

8. Evaluate (2 cis 20°)3 .

A. 4 + 6.9i C. 4 - 6.9i
B. 6.638 D. 8.836

9. Find two arithmetic mean between 6 and 102.

A. 42, 82 C. 36, 72
B. 38, 70 D. 40, 80

10. From the right triangle ABC, AB = 40 cm and BC = 30 cm. Points E

and F are projections of point D from the hypotenuse of ABC on legs
AB and BC, respectively. How far is D from AB so that length EF
is minimal?
A. 18.5 cm C. 15.3 cm
B. 19.2 cm D. 17.8 cm

11. If x is even and x! is odd, what is the value of x?

A. 1 C. 0
B. 2 D. 4

12. Two cities A and B are 30 km apart. From both of these cities,
simultaneously, two hikers start their journeys towards each other.
They are walking at a constant speed of 5 km/hour each.
Simultaneously, a fly leaves the city A. It flies at the speed of
10 km/hour and passes the hiker from its city. When it reaches the
B hiker, it turns around and flies back to A hiker. It keeps doing
so until the hikers meet. At the moment they do meet, the fly lands
on the shoulder of the A hiker as he continues his journey to B.
How many kilometers has the fly flown?
A. 25 km C. 37.5 km
B. 30 km D. 45 km

13. The square of 5 2

=?
2
A. 5 2 C. 252 2

B. 25 2 D. 5 2

14. A furniture manufacturer has two machines, but only one can be used
at a time. Machine A is utilized during the first shift and Machine
B during the second shift, while both work half of the third shift.
If Machine A can do the job in 12 days working two shifts and
Machine B can do the job in 15 days working two shifts, how many
days will it take to do the job with the current work schedule?
A. 14 C. 11
B. 13 D. 9

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15. Water evaporates at the rate of two liters per hour per one square
meter of surface. How long will it take to evaporate 30 liters of
water from a cylindrical swimming pool full of water with 6 m in
diameter and 2 m depth?
A. 32 min C. 56 min
B. 47 min D. 24 min

16. If the farmer sells 75 of his chickens, his stock of feed will last
for 20 more days than planned, but if he buys 100 more chickens,
he will run out of feed 15 days earlier than planned. If no chickens
are sold or bought, the farmer will be exactly on schedule. How
many chickens does he have?
A. 60 C. 240
B. 300 D. 275

17. There are 3 red chips and 2 blue chips. When arranged in a row,
they form a certain color pattern, for example RBRRB. How many
color patterns are possible?
A. 10 C. 24
B. 12 D. 60

18. If the power of an engine grows by 10% when the number of its
cylinders is increased by one, which of the following is closest
to the ratio of the power of a 9-cylinder engine to that of a 12-
cylinder engine?
A. 0.69 C. 0.75
B. 0.71 D. 0.72

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