ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND ALLIED SUBJECTS

RANDOM OBJECTIVES

1. Sept 2016/April 2018

NGCP warns _____ alert if tropical disturbance is expected to make a
landfall within 24 hours.
a. yellow
b. red
c. weather disturbance
d. blue

2. April 2013/April 2018

A software that is commonly known as firmware.
a. IO
b. BIOS
c. OS
d. Cache Memory

3. September 2015/September 2016

The Board of Electrical Engineering is composed of one chairman and how
many members?
a. 3
b. 2
c. 5
d. 4

4. September 2016
In computing, what is a tape drive?
a. a data storage device
b. a multimedia device
c. an OCR device
d. a pointing device

5. September 2015
What is the other term for storing data in a memory?
a. memorizing
b. reading
c. loading
d. writing

6. April 2018
What is the unit of strain?
a. Pa
b. N-m
c. unitless
d. N-m/s

7. April 2016
What is the amount of heat needed to turn 1 kg of the substance at its
melting point from solid to the liquid state?
a. heat of vaporization
b. heat of fusion
c. heat of condensation
d. heat of fission

8. April 2018
The maximum bending moment in a simple supported beam of span 1 and
carrying a concentrated load "w" is _____.
a. WL/4
b. WL/2
c. WL
d. 2WL

9. April 2015/April 2018

An essential part of a large dam and provides an efficient and safe means
of releasing flow of water that exceeds the design capacity of the reservoir.
a. spillway
b. standpipe
c. weir
d. culverts

10. September 2016

What are considered as the "building blocks" for engineering materials?
a. Matters
b. Atoms
c. Elements
d. Compounds

11. September 2016

For a fluid, viscosity is defined as the constant of proportionality between
shear stress and what other variable?
a. the spatial derivative of velocity
b. the spatial derivative of density
 c. the time derivative of pressure
d. the time derivative of density

12. April 2018

Which of the following statement is not correct?
a. Compounding quarterly at a nominal rate of 12%/yr is equivalent
to compounding annually at a rate of 12.55%.
b. A nominal rate of 12% per annum compounded quarterly is the
same as 12%/4=3% quarter.
c. $1 compounded quarterly at 3% for n yr has a future value of (1.03)⁴ⁿ
compounding quarterly at a nominal rate of 12%/yr is equivalent to compounding
annually at a rate of 12.55%.
d. Effective rate of return in options (A), (B) and (C) is the difference
between 12.55% and 12%.

13. April 2019

BIOS stands for _____.
a. Basic Input Output Society
b. Basic Input Output System
c. Base Input Output system
d. Base Input Output Society

14. September 2015/September 2019

Applicants for Registered Master Electrician's examination must be at least
_____ years of age.
a. 18
b. 21
c. 20
d. 19

15. April 2019/April 2015

Also known as PRC Renewal Law.
a. RA 184
b. RA 8981
c. RA 8189
d. RA 7920

16. April 2018

Which of the following is a conventional source of energy?
a. Tidal
b. Wind
 c. Coal
d. Solar

17. September 2016

What do you call the ratio of the net income to owner's equity?
a. interest expense
b. rate of return
c. return on investment
d. gross margin

18. The ability of the surface of material to reflect light is called _____.
a. malleability
b. creep
c. ductility
d. luster

19. September 2019

Modulus of rigidity of a steel is _____.
a. Defined as the length divided by the moment of inertia
b. Define as the unit shear stress divided by unit shear deformation
(shear strain)
c. Equal to approximately 7/10 of the modulus of elasticity
d. equal to the modulus of elasticity divided by one plus Poisson's
ratio

20. In flow chart, what is the symbol used in decision making?

a. diamond
b. square
c. rectangle
d. oval

21. September 2015

What is CPE in RA 7920 stands for?
a. Continuing Professional Education
b. Continuing Professional Educator
c. Continuous Professional Educator
d. Continuous Professional Education

22. September 2019

They are long slender member which are likely to fail through buckling,
rather than from compressive stress.
a. truss
 b. strut
c. member
d. shaft

23. April 2018/September 2023

Assuming 1 annual rate of return, n=number of years, F=future worth, and
P=present worth, what is the future worth of a present amount P?
a. P(1+i)ⁱ
b. P(1+i)ⁿ
c. P(1+i)ⁿ⁻¹
d. P(1+i)⁻ⁿ

24. September 2015

The measure of randomness or disorder is known as the _____.
a. enthalpy
b. entropy
c. heat
d. energy

25. September 2014/September 2016

The differential of the shear equation is which of the following?
a. load on the beam
b. bending moment of the beam
c. tensile strength of the beam
d. slope of the elastic curve

26. September 2019

Applicants for Registered Electrical Engineer examination must be at least
_____ years of age.
a. 19
b. 21
c. 20
d. 18

27. September 2015

When the circuit breakers are installed in enclosed switchboards, they are
usually derated to a certain percentage. What is this percentage?
a. 70 percent
b. 50 percent
c. 80 percent
d. 60 percent
28. September 2015/September 2016
You are standing on a bathroom scale in an elevator. In which of these
situations must the scale read the same as when the elevator is at rest?
a. moving down with increasing speed
b. in free fall (after the elevator cable has snapped)
c. moving up with increasing speed
d. moving up at constant speed

29. September 2016

Which of the following is the process that cannot be found in a Carnot
engine cycle?
a. Isobaric expansion
b. Isothermal expansion
c. Adiabatic compression
d. Adiabatic expansion

30. What is the maximum efficiency engine operating from a high

temperature reservoir to a low temperature reservoir?
a. Ericson
b. Bell-Coleman
c. Otto
d. Carnot

31. September 2016

Which of the following may be the Poisson's ratio of a material?
a. 0.35
b. 0.56
c. 0.52
d. 0.63

32. September 2016

Which of the following materials is not viscoelastic material?
a. Plastic
b. Glass
c. Rubber
d. Metal

33. April 2016/Sept 2017/April 2017/Sept 2018/Sept 2019

What best defines "annuity"?
a. first payment does not begin at some later date
b. value of the stock as stated on the stock certificate
 c. difference between the present value and the worth of money at
some time in the future
D. a series of equal payments occuring at equal periods of time

34. April 2019

The vector which represents the sum of a group of force vectors is called
_____.
a. magnitude
b. resultant
c. force polygon
d. sum

35. April 2019/September 2017

Which of the following does not affect owner's equity?
a. Invested capital
b. License to start business
c. Expense to get license of start business
d. Dividends paid

36. April 2019/September 2018

Protection of workers from impact penetration from falling and flying
objectives, blows and from limited electric shock and burns shall be
provided where there is reasonable probability of exposure to such
hazards.
a. Belt
b. Hard hat
c. Harness
d. Toe board

37. September 2015/September 2016

Process of posting latitude and longitude to pictures and images.
a. Posting
b. Podcasting
c. Flagging
d. Geotagging

38. April 2016

May is declared as the electrical safety month in signed by Pres. Benigno
Aquino III last June 27, 2011 for the reason of informing the public of the real
reason of faulty virtue of electrical wiring.
a. RA 184
b. Proclamation no. 183
 c. RA 7920
d. Proclamation no. 193

39. September 2016

What size in AWG should the wire be for 70 A overcurrent protection
device?
a. 8
b. 4
c. 3
d. 6

40. April 2016/April 2018

A mass m is released at a height h, using conservation of energy, find the
final velocity of the mass as it hits the ground.
a. v = gh/2
b. v = sqrt of (gh)
c. v = sqrt of (2gh)
d. v = gh

41. Electricity was suddenly disrupted by a lightning strike, after 5-10

seconds, the power was automatically restored by an emergency device.
What was used?
a. Safety switch
b. Automatic transfer switch
c. UPS switch
d. Double throw switch

42. April 2018

1 KB is how many bytes?
a. 1,024
b. 1,000
c. 1,048
d. 1,012

43. April 2019

Combination of laminar and turbulent flow.
a. critical
b. turbulent
c. continuous
d. laminar

44. September 2015

Which of the following is Charle's law?
a. V/T=k
b. PV=mRT
c. v=k x 1/p
d. P₁/T₁=P₂/T₂

45. April 2019

In molecules of the same composition, what are the variations of atomic
arrangements known as?
a. monomers
b. isomers
c. polymers
d. crystal systems

46. September 2019

Which is not an open source software?
a. Mozilla Firefox
b. MS Office
c. Linux
d. Python programming language

47. April 2018

An object is dropped from an original height h hitting the ground with
velocity v. How much greater will the speed hitting the ground be if the
object is dropped from a height 4 times the original height?
a. 16 times
b. 2 times
c. sqrt of 2 times
d. 4 times

48. April 2016/April 2018

The circuit conductors between the final overcurrent device protecting the
circuit and the outlets.
a. service lateral
b. feeder
c. service conductor
d. branch circuit

49. September 2015/September 2019

Which of the following is not a part of the requirements to take REE
examination?
 a. He has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense
involving moral turpitude.
b. He is of good reputation with low moral values.
c. He is a citizen of the Philippines
d. He is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.

50. April 2016

Conservation of _____ is used in collission, explosion and the like.
a. mass
b. momentum
c. energy
d. heat

51. September 2016

What is the minimum height of the track of a roller coaster such that it can
go around a loop without falling off or going off the track.
a. h=r
b. h=(½)r
c. h=(⁵⁄₂)r
d. h=(¼)r

52. September 2019

Upon the initial implementation of open access, the ERC shall alow all
Electricity End-Users with an average monthly peak demand of at least
how many MW for the preceeding twelve (12) months to be the Contestable
market.
a. 2 MW
b. 4 MW
c. 1 MW
d. 3 MW

53. April 2019

What does PRBEE stands for?
a. Philippine Regulatory Board of Electrical Engineering
b. Professional Regulatory Board of Electronics Engineering
c. Professional Regulating Board of Electrical Engineering
d. Professional Regulatory Board of Electrical Engineering

54. April 2018

Pulverized fuel is used for _____.
a. Medium sized units
b. More calorific value
 c. Less radiation loss
d. Better burning

55. September 2019

It is a colorless liquid with bitter taste and is used in the manufacture of
acetone and glycerin.
a. Ethyl
b. Methyl
c. Prophyl Ethanol
d. Isoprophyl

56. September 2018

What is the color of conductor used as a neutral?
a. white
b. orange
c. green
d. yellow

57. April 2019

Which are not included in duties and responsibilities of PRBEE?
a. Issue special permits to individual foreign electrical engineers and
electricians for specific projects
b. All of these
c. Perform such other functions and duties as may be necessary to
implement effectivity of this act.
d. Supervise and regulate the practice of Electrical Engineering in
the Philippines

58. April 2018

In cold working of metals.
a. poor surface finish is obtained
b. strength and hardness of steel is increased
c. recrystallization temperature for steel is reduced
d. close dimensional tolerance cannot be maintained

59. April 2019/September 2018

Who is the current chairman of the board of EE?
a. Gregorio T. Cayetano
b. Jaime V. Mendoza
c. Francis V. Mapile
d. Rodolfo B. Peñalosa
60. September 2019
Which of the following is the focal length formula used in optics?
a. si/so = di/do
b. di + do = f
c. 1/di + 1/do = 1/f
d. si/do = di/so

61. September 2015

Vertical clearance from ground. Service-drop conductors here not in
excess of 600 volts, nominal shall have the minimum clearance from final
grade of _____ over residential property and driveways, and those
commercial areas not subject to truck traffic where the voltage does not
exceed 300 volts to ground.
a. 4,600 mm
b. 5,500 mm
c. 3,100 mm
d. 3,700 mm

62. September 2018

Which of the following is not an extensive property?
a. momentum
b. density
c. kinetic energy
d. mass

63. September 2016

HTTP:// is an identifier that appears at the beginning of most Web page.
What does HTTP stands for?
a. Hypertext Time Protocol
b. Hypertext Transmission Process
c. Hypertime Text Protocol
d. Hypertext Transfer Protocol

64. September 2018

Which of the following is not an intensive property?
a. kinetic energy
b. all of these
c. momentum
d. mass

65. September 2016

In the writing of PEC 2009, what is the version of National Electrical Code
was patterned to?
a. 2005
b. 2002
c. 2001
d. 2008