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APRIL 2024 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER MSTE 1

1. A rectangular field bounded on one side and 30 gallons of water. A pailful is
by a building is to be fenced on the other taken from the first barrel and poured
3 sides. If 3000 ft of fence is to be into the second. After mixing, a pailful
used, find the dimensions (in feet) of is poured back into the first barrel. The
the largest field that can be fenced in. proportions of wine to water in the first
A. (800, 1600) C. (550, 1150) is now 19:26. What is the capacity of the
B. (650, 1300) D. (750, 1500) pail?
A. 7 gal C. 9 gal
2. The number of hours daylight, D(t) at a B. 8 gal D. 10 gal
particular time of the year can be
𝐊 𝟐𝛑 11. The amount of annual rainfall in a certain
approximated by 𝐃(𝐭) = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 ) (𝐭 − 𝟕𝟗)- + 𝟏𝟐
𝟐 𝟑𝟔𝟓 region is known from past experiences to
for t days and t = 0 corresponding to be normally distributed random variable
January 1. The constant K determines the with a mean of 50 inches and a standard
total variation in day length and depends deviation of 4 inches Find the
on the latitude of the locale. When is probability, that in a randomly picked
the day length the longest, assuming that year, the rainfall exceeds 57 inches.
it is NOT a leap year? A. 0.0104 C. 0.4010
A. December 20 C. June 20 B. 0.0401 D. 0.1040
B. June 19 D. December 19
12. A ladder 10 ft. long rests against a
3. Evaluate √𝟓 + 𝟏𝟐𝐢. vertical wall. If the bottom of the
A. 5 + 4i C. 3 – 2i ladder slides away from the wall at a rate
B. 5 – 4i D. 3 + 2i of 1 ft./s, how fast is the top of the
ladder sliding down the wall when the
4. The intensity of light (in foot-candles) bottom of the ladder is 6 ft. from the
varies inversely as the square of x, the wall?
distance in feet from the light source. A. 0.25 ft./s C. 0.75 ft./s
The intensity of light 2 feet from the B. 0.50 ft./s D. 0.35 ft./s
source is 80-foot candles. How far away
is the source if the intensity of light 13. An airplane flies roundtrip a distance L
is 5 foot-candles? kilometers each way. The velocity with
A. 7 feet C. 6 feet the head wind is 160 kph, while the
B. 5 feet D. 8 feet velocity with tail wind is 240 kph. What
is the average speed of the round trip?
5. It was Sunday on January 1, 2006. What A. 192 kph C. 200 kph
was the day of the week on January 1, B. 195.96 kph D. 198.78 kph
2010?
A. Sunday C. Friday 14. You are working with a stock NaCl solution
B. Saturday D. Wednesday that contains 6.00 g of NaCl for every
liter of solution. If you want to make
6. A tank contains 80 gallons of pure water. 650.0 mL of solution, how much NaCl will
A brine solution with 2 lb/gal of salt you need?
enters at 2 gal/min, and the well-stirred A. 4.0 C. 4.1
mixture leaves at the same rate. B. 3.8 D. 3.9
Determine the limiting value for the
amount of salt in the tank after a very Situation 1. A long strip of tin 30 cm wide
long time. is to be made into a gutter.
A. 160 lb C. 25 lb
B. 175 lb D. 40 lb 15. Find the area of rectangular gutter for
greatest carrying capacity.
7. The cross product A×B = 0 and the dot A. 112 cm2 C. 286 cm2
product A×B = 30. If A = 4i + 2j, find B. B. 130 cm2 D. 320 cm2
A. 6i - 3j C. -6i - 3j
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B. 6i + 3j D. 6i + 3j 16. Find the area of trapezoidal gutter for
greatest carrying capacity.
8. Find the equation of the line normal to A. 112 cm2 C. 286 cm2
x2 + 2y2 – 2xy – x = 0 at the points where B. 130 cm2 D. 320 cm2
it crosses the x-axis.
A. y = 0 C. y – 1 = 0 17. Find the area of the gutter for greatest
B. x = 0 D. x + 1 = 0 carrying capacity.
A. 112 cm2 C. 286 cm2
B. 224 cm2 D. 143 cm2
9. Find the acute angle between the curves
xy = 18 and y2 = 12x.
A. arctan 3 C. arctan 1/3
B. arctan 7 D. arctan 1/7

10. There are two barrels, one containing 40

gallons of wine and 60 gallons of water,
the other containing 70 gallons of wine
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