REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination ‘Sunday, March 13, 2016 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM MATHEMATICS - BL by 60, Sep? 2oes 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, Use pencil No. 2 only, MULTIPLE CHOICE: 4. Given a conic section, if B?- 4AC= 0, itis called? A. Circle @Perabola C. Hyperbole D. Ellipse 2. Given a conic section, if B?- 4AC>0, it is called? Circle B Parabola ©hyperoolay OO. Elinse A conic section whose eccentricity s equal to one (1) is known as @e parabola B. anelise ©. acrele D. ahyperbola 4. Alength of the latus rectum of the parabola y2=4px is Oe B20 ¢ p Dee 5. Two engineers facing each other with @ distance of 5 km ftom each other, the angles of elevation of the balloon from the two engineers are 56 degrees and 58 degrees, respectively. What isthe distance of the Balloon from the two engineers? Radin 454k B.464km,445km ©)4.64km,454km —D. 4.46 km, 4.45 ken 6. Joy is 10% taller than Joseph and Joseph is 10% taller than Tom. How many percent is Joy taller than Tom? A 18% B. 20% © 21% D. 23% 7. In-@ hotel it is known than 20% of the total reservation will be canceled in the last minute. What is the probability that these wil be fewor than 2 reservations cancelled out of reservations? A, 0.8498 8. 0.5628 ©.0.3828 © oats 8. Find the area of the region inside the triangle with vertices (1, 1), (3, 2), and (2, 4). @®s2 B32 C12 0. 7/2 9. The cost per hour of running a boat is proportional to the cube of the speed of the boat. At what speed will the boat run against a current of 8 kph in order to go a given distance most economically? A158 kph B. 14 kph .13 kph © 12koh 40. What is the bnit vector which is orthogonal both to Si + 9j and 9i + 9k? plete tes epee a Aptate 8 stats Onas 11, In polar coordinate system the distance from a point tothe pole is known as: A polar angle ®yradius vector ©. x-coordinate OD. y- coordinate 12. N engineers and N nurses, if two engineers are replaced by nurses, 51% of the engineers and nurses are nurses. Find N. B. 110 c. 50 D. 200 4 and colB=4, both n Quadrant Ihe value of inv AeB) is A 0.844 80.844 ©. -0.922 ©. 922 14 Two stones are 1 mile apart and are ofthe same level as the foot ofthe hill The angles of depression of the two stones viewed from the top of the hill are 5 degrees and 15 degrees respectively. Find tne height of the hil 10901 m ©209.01 m ©. 409.01 m D 30801 m 15. A fair coin is tossed three times and it appeared always exactly three heads. Find the probability in a single toss it will appear head @uz B14 C.16 D6 16. The product of the slopes of any two straight lines is negative 1, one of these lines are said to be @perpendicuiar B. parallel C.non intersecting —_D. skew 417. When two lines are perpendicular, the slope of one is: ‘A. equal to the negative ofthe other ‘equal to the negative reciprocal ofthe other B equal to the other 1 equal to the reciprocal ofthe otherREGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination ‘Sunday, March 13, 2016 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM MATHEMATICS * 18. A statistic department is contacting alumni by telephone asking for donations to help fund 2 new computer laboratory. Past history shows that 80% of the alumni contacted in this manner will make a contribution of at least P50.00 A random sample of 20 alumni is selected. What is the probability that more than 15 alumni will make a contribution of at least P50.00? A.0.4214 B. 0.5690 ©0296 D.0.3018 19. 2214, 22=-2+4i, 23° sqrt. of 3-21, evaluate Re{2z? + 32? ~ S23). A. 35 8.351 ©385 D. -361 20, Simplify (1=tan thetay/(+tan theta) ‘A. (cos theta + sin thetaj(cos theta: sin theta) ©) (cos theta ~ sin thetaj( cos theta + sin theta) B cos thetalcos theta - sin theta) sin thetal(oos theta + sin theta) 21, A sinking ship makes @ distance signal seen by three observers all 20 m inland from the shore. Fist observer is perpendicular tothe ship, Second observer 100 m tothe right ofthe fist observer and the thi observer is 125 mothe right ofthe fist observer. How far i the ship from the shore? A6Om ®©eom 100m D.1362m 22. Adie and a coin are tossed. What is the probability that a three and a head will appear? AAs B42 28 One 28. Atangent to@ conic is a line A. which is parallel to the normal C. which passes inside the conic which touches the conic at only one point D. all of the above 24, If tanA=1/3 and cotB=4 find tan(A+B) ait en" cma br 25. What would happen tothe volume of a sphere if the radius is tripled”? ‘A-multipled byS —-B. multiplied by ©)multipied by 27. mutiply by 6 26. A container is in the form of a right circular cylinder with an altitude of 6 in and a radius of 2 in, If an asbestos of fin thick is inserted inside the container along its lateral surface, find the volume capacity of the container. A127 cuin B. 12.75 cuin €. 18.58 cu.in (©1885 cuin 27- sini), is it convergent or divergent? f convergent, what i the limit? ‘A convergent pi2B. divergent Oeorwergert. pi __O. convergent, id 28: If he sides ofa right triangle sin arithmetic progression, whats the ratio of ts sides? A123 8456 ©3245 D234 29. What isthe area bounded by the parabola x’=8y and its latus rectum? A. 64/3 5.u B.8Ssu C.168s.u Ox28su 30, Find the general solution if y"+10 cos(sqrt, of 10)x + C.sin(sqrt. of 10)x C. C, cos(sqrt of Sx + C,sin(sqrt. of 5x. cos(sqrt. of 10)x sin(sqrt. of 10)x 31. The volume of @ cube becomes three times when its edge is increased by 1 inch, What is the edge of a cube? A262 @226 C.3.26 D. 3.62 32. The areas of a regular pentagon and a regular hexagon are equal to 12 sa.cm, What is the difference between their perimeters? A002 8.0.03 C.02 ©os 33, Evaluate lim, 2 <—* 4 B6 C8 D.16 34, The length of a rectangle is seven times of its width. If its perimeter is 72 om, find its width, AS B35 ca Oss 35. A family’s electricity bil averages $80 a month for seven months of the year and $20 a month forthe rest of the year. Ifthe family’s bill were averaged over the entire year, what would the monthly bill be? A $45 B, $50 ©s65 D. $60REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Sunday, March 13, 2016 8:00 AM- 1:00 PM. MATHEMATICS ” 36. In order to pass a certain exam, candidates must answer 70 percent of the test questions correctly. If there are 70 questions onthe exam, how many Questions be answered corecly in order to pass? @e B52 C58 D.60 37. A firefighter determines that the length of hose needed to reach a particular building is 141 m. If the available roa ‘47 m long, how many sections of hose, when connected together, will it take to reach the building? 3 B.4 C5 D6 38. If the average person throws away 38.6 pounds of trash every day, how much trash would the average persgn throw away in one week? (©2702 pounds B. 207.2 pounds ©2006 pounds 2086 pounds 39. Hescth=t4x, find cot’ Ox Bitx c1-x Dx 40. A runner runs a circular track and a set of data is recorded: Distance What is the average velocity from 88 sec to 168 sec? Amis @4ms ©.8 mis D6 mis 342 za aaa Ane B14 ©28 0.52 4a 42. Weter is flowing into @ conical vessel 10 ft high and 2 ft radius atthe rate of §0 cu.ft per minute. Ifthe deep of the water is 6 ft, how fast is the radius increasing? 212 Amin B12 fvmin C21 Wmin D.11 fimin 43. A steel girder 8 m long is moved on rollers along a passageway 4 m wide and into a corridor at right angles with the passageway. Neglecting the width of the girder, how wide must the corridor be? A36m B.i4m ©18m D.28m 44. If in the Fourier series of a periodic function, the coefficient ap is zero, it means that the function has A. odd symmetry C. odd-quarter wave symmetry B. even quarter-wave symmetry any of the above 45, What is the general solution of (D* ~ 1)y(t}=0? @y= crett cee cost + cysint y= Cyel+ Cpe B. y= cyet+ cpe-'+cq te'tc, tet D y= cet cotet 46, Remy earns P10 an hour for walking the neighbor's dog, Today she can only walk the dog for 45 minutes. How much will Remy make today? ‘A.P10.00 B.P7.25 ©p7.s0 D.P675 47. When a baby born he weighs 8 Ibs and 12 oz. After two weeks during his check up he gains 8 oz. What is his weight now in Ibs and oz? A.Bldsand100z 8) 9 Ibs and 4 oz C. 9 Ibs and 2 oz D. 10 Ibs and 4 oz ale 48. An equation ofthe form > = 5 is A aninequalty Ban equally ©arroporion —D.arato 49. Michaels favorite cake recipe calls for 0.75 pounds of flour, he has @ pound bag, He wants to make several ccakes for the school bake sale How many cakes can he make? AS @s C7 D8 50. Simplify (1 + tan*x)/(1 — tan?x). fh sin Oe B.cos 2x Ces OvexREGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Sunday, March 13, 2016 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM MATHEMATICS, * 51. A person wishes to create a staircase with an angle of 2300. At what obtuse angle does the staircase makes with the floor? A110 B40 ©1680 D.50 52. Find the general solution of y"+8y'+41y=07 Ary =e S(cxcos4x+ cysindx) ~*¥(c,cosSx+ cpsinSx) B. y= e(c,cos4x+ cysindx) **(c,cosSx+ CpSin5x) 53, Find the general solution of y'+10y+41y=1 Oy=eMecosdxe casindxy *¥(c,cos5x+ cpsin5x) (cxcos4x+ cpsindx) D. y= et(cycosSx+ epsin5x) 54, Find the general solution of y'+ y 55, Find the general solution of y'~4y'+10yssinx. A. y= &-**Ccos(sart of 6)x + Ssinx 2*Ceos(sqrt of 6)x + Ssinx 2 {C,cos(sqrt of )x + Cysin(sqrt of 6x] + Zsinx + cosx, e2[C,cos{sart of 6)x + C,sin(sqrt of 6)x] + Zsinx + Scosx 56. Find the equation of the line that passes through (1, 3) and tangent to the curve y = =*2 A 4x+y-7=0 @ 24ety-2 D. 24x-y427=0 57. The ceiling in a hallway 10 m wide is in the shape of a semi-ellipse and is 9 m high in the center and 6m high at the side walls. Find the height of the-ceiling 2 m from either wall ANZ m 8.4m C.64m D.17.5m 58. If in the Fourier series of a periodic function, the coefficient a = 0 and a, = 0, then it must be raving symmetry. A. odd B. odd-quarter wave C. even Opeither A or B 59, If the Fourier coefficient b, of a periodic function is zero, then it must possess symmetry. A even B. even quarter-wave C. odd QOeitherA ands 60. Find the area of the region between the x- axis and y = (x ~ 1)? from x = Oto x=2 AB 8.23 O12 14 61. Find the slope of the line through the points (-2, 5) and (7, 1). A409 ‘6-48 C978 D.-9%4 62. A train is moving at the rate of 8 mith along a piece of circular track of radius 2500 ft. Through what angle does it tum in 1 min? 16 deg 8 min B.15 deg 6 min €.18 deg 9 min D. 17 deg 10 min 63. An artist wishes to make a sign in the shape of an isosceles triangle with a 42 degrees vertex angle and a base of 18 m. What is the area of the sign? A108 sam 8 208 sqm ©.112sam @211 sam 64 Its? 1 find y" ®-20y°> B. anys ©. -wy* O.wy* 65. A second hand scientific calculator was sold to Michael for P600. The original price of the item was P800. How many percent discount was given to him? O25 B35 c.40 D.20 66. Find the volume of a cube if its total surface area is 54 sq.m. A. 21 cucm. B.30.cu.cm ©27 cucm D. 54 cuomREGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Sunday, March 13, 2016 MATHEMATICS * 67. A girl is fying a kite, which is at a height of 120 ft. The wind is carrying the kite horizontally away from the girl at a speed of 10 ttisec. How fast must the kite string be let out when the string is 150 feet long? A 4tts 8 Sts ©.8 tis Oss 68. What is the solution set {2(x~ 1) - 15] = 77 AG} B.{12} ©6133 D.{-5,12} 69 xsy:z=2:-8: 4andx-3y +z= 63, find x @®s B12 or) D4 70. Robert has 50 coins, all in nickels and dimes, amounting to $3.50. How many nickels does he have? A20 ®x C15 D.35 71. The equation of the folium of Descartes is x? + y? = 3axy. Find the area enclosed by the loop. aS oO 8 os 72, Find the acute angle of intersection of the curves x? + y? A53.14° B. 52.13° C.36.86° 73. For what value of k will the line kx +5y=2k have y-intercept 47 A=10 @i0 ce D.-8 74, Find the volume formed by revolving the triangle whose vertices are (1,1), (2.4) and (3,1) about the line 2x-5y=10 Aa B94 c.65 Ox 75. A tank contains 760 liters of fresh water. Brine containing 2.5 Nfiter of salt enters the tank at 1 liters/min, and the mixture kept uniform by stirring, runs out at 10 ltters/min, Find the amount of sat in the tank after 30 minutes. ‘A. 1028.32 N B.649.25N ©4975 D. 864.88 N 76, Find the volume of the solid generated when the region bounded by y = x° ~ 4x +6 and y = x + 2 is revolved about the ans ‘8.10089 8.10460 ©. 198.08 ®ro179 77. The rate at which @ body cools is proportional to the difference in temperature between it and the surrounding atmosphere; If in air at 60 deg C, a body cools from 90 deg C to 80 deg C in 10 min, find its temperature 10 minutes later A 80 deg C @®733degc C. 90 deg C D.64.4degC 78. A sector of a circle has a central angle of 80 degrees and radius of 5 m. What is the area of the sector? ‘A165 sq.m @175sq.m ©. 15.859. m D. 18.8sq.m 78 A grocer bought @ number of cans of corn for $14 40. Later the price increased 2 cents a can and as a result she received 24 fewer cans for the same amount of mgney. How many cans were in his first purchase? A142 B 140 144 D143 80, Find the area inside the cardiod r = 1 + cos theta and outside the circle r= 1 @®z279 8297 €.3.98 D389 81. If 2logyx ~ log, 9 = 2, find the value of x A10 @2 ca De 82. If7 coins are tossed together, in how many ways can they fall with at most 3 heads? A683 @x c.65 D.62 83. The eccentricityof the hyperbola having the rectangular equation 3x° — 4y”— 24x + 16y + 20= 0. A142 B. 1.22 ©1132 0.1.42 84, Find the slope of the tangent line to the parabola y? = 4x +1 at the point (2, 3) A113 @28 c.14 0.3/4 85. Ifx=3t- 1, y= 1-34, find SE A-3 @-28 cm 0-43REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Sunday, March 13, 2016 8:00 AM- 1:00 PM MATHEMATICS . 86, Find the equation of the line through the point (3, 4) which cuts from the first quadrant a triangle of minimum area @4x+3y-24=0 B 4x-3y424=0 ©. 3x+4y-25 =0 D. Sx-4y+25 = 0 87. Find the moment of inertia with respect to the y axis of the plane area between the parabola y = 9 ~ x7 and the x axis 24305 8 2345 c. 34215 O25 88. A man drives 500 ft, along a road which is inclined 20 degrees to the horizontal. How high above the starting pointis he? Qik B.te2ft ©4708 D. 162ft 89. An angle is 30 degrees more than one-haif its complement. Find the angle. ‘A 20 degrees @80 degrees ©. 60 degrees D.75 degrees 90. How many ways can 5 keys be placed on a key ring? AB O12 ©.20 D.24 ‘91, What is the diameter of a sphere for which its volume is equal to its surface area? Aa Os C5 D7 92, Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are A(4, 2, 3), 8(7, -2, 4) and (3, 4, 6). A sqrt, of 156 @®sart. of 155 C.135 D155, 93. If the second term of a geometric progression is 6 and the fourth term is 54, how many terms must be taken for ther sum to equal 242? Aa BS ©s D7 $4. Convert the point (r,¢,$)=(10, pi/2, 0) from spherical to Cartesian coordinates. (10.0.1) B (10, 1,1) ©. (10. 1,0) 110, 0,0) 95. The probabilty that A can solve a given problem is 4/5, that B can solve itis 2, and that C can solve itis 37 fal tree try, comaute the prebabilty that the problem wil be solved 101/205 @ 101/108 102/305 D.102/108 96. A club of 40 executives, 33 like to smoke Marlboro, and 20 like to smoke Philip Morris, How many like to smoke Philip Morris only? asa B13 ©. 20 © 97. Find the value of 4 sinhipi 3) ‘A, -2 (sat of 3) 23 (sqrt of 3) C. ~4itsqrt. of 3) D. 4i(sart. of 3) 98. An equilateral triangle has an altitude of S(sqrt. of 3) cm long, Find its area in sq. cm. A (sqrt. of 3) ®2s5(sart. of 3) C. 100(sqrt. of 3) D. S0{sqrt. of 3) 99, The line y= 3x +b passes through the point (2, 4). Find b A2 B10 ©2 D140 100. If f(x) = sinx and fipi) = 3 then f00= A+ cosx B.3 + cosx ©2 -cosx D. 4~cosx END“ SUBMIT THIS QUESTION SET TOGETHER WITH THE ANSWER SHEET TO YOUR WATCHERS. BRINGING ‘THE TEST QUESTION SET OUT OF THE ROOM WILL BE A GROUND FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. 6