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GEAS - PERCDC PreBoard Aug 2008

1. What is the most A. Hydrogen B. iron abundant element in C. oxygen D. nitrogen the universe?

14. Which of the following is an alloy of copper and tin? A. brass C. constantan B. bronze D. alnico 15. A large molecule in the form of a long chain of repeating units is called: A. polymorphs C. polymer B. alloy D. abrasives 16. A graphical approach of determining the principal stresses of an object. A. Stress- Strain Diagram C. Mohrs Circle B. Napiers Circle D. Soderberg Line 17. A civil wrong committed by one person causing damage to another person or his property, emotional well-being, or reputation. A. libel C. tort B. defamation D. breach of contract 18. The award made by the court for losses incurred by the injured party. A. backwages C. consolations B. damages D. compensations 19. Damages awarded for the direct financial loss due to the breach of contract. A. General or compensatory C. punitive or exemplary B. Special D. Consequential 20. Damages awarded when responsibility has been established but the injury is so slight as to be consequential. A. Nominal C. Liquidated B. Special D. punitive 21. A combination of a weak acid and its salt is called: A. buffer C. base B. wafer D. conjugate 22. If a liquid is not saturated, that is, it is not at its boiling point, it is said to be A. saturated C. subcooled B. supercooled D. superheated 23. A vapor that is on the verge of condensing is said to be A. ideal gas C. superheated B. saturated D. subcooled 24. A vapor that has absorbed more heat than is needed merely to vaporize it is called: A. saturated C. superheated B. ideal gas D. subcooled 25. The highest point of the vapor dome is known as A. critical point C. triple point B. ultimate temperature D. saturation point 26. The pressure of water in its unique state at which solid, liquid, and gaseous phases coexist is A. 0.00592 atm C. 0.00265 atm B. 0.0600 atm D. 5.10 atm 27. The unique state of a substance at which solid, liquid, and gaseous phases coexist. A. critical point C. saturation point B. triple point D. dew point 28. A gas bubble rising from the ocean floor is 1 inch in diameter at a depth of 50 feet. Given that sp. gr. of seawater is 1.03, the buoyant force in lbs. being exerted on the bubble at this instant is nearest to: A. 0.014 C. 0.076 B. 0.020 D. 0.14

2. Considered as the most fundamental building block of all the living things. A. element C. cell B. DNA D. atom 3. A unit of measurement for a power of a lens. A. watts C. lumens B. lux D. diopter 4. Which isotope of hydrogen atom contains two neutrons? A. protium C. deuterium B. tritium D. doutrium 5. A water molecule consists of an oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms which are attached at an angle of: A. 180 C. 105 B. 90 D. 120 6. A borrowed money from B in the amount of P50.00 promising to pay the amount as soon as possible. If later on, they cannot agree on the specific date of payment, the remedy of B is to go to court and ask the court to fix the date when the debt is to be paid. This illustrates: A. Pure obligation B. Obligations with a period C. Reciprocal obligation D. Alternative obligation 7. What law predicts the approximate molecular specific heat of a substance in a cal/mol- C at high temperature from the atomic weight? A. Schmids Law C. The Law of Dulong and Petit B. Amagats Law D. Boyles Law 8. It states that equal volume of different gasses at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules. A. Daltons Law C. Avogadros Law B. Gibbs Law D. Charles Law 9. The value of the universal gas constant expressed in cal/mol-K is: A. 8.3143 C. 0.08206 B. 1.986 D. 8314.3 10. It states that the total volume of a mixture of non reacting gases is equal to the sum of the partial volumes. A. Gibbs Rule C. Daltons Law B. Boyles Law D. Amagats Law 11. The attractive forces between gas molecules is called: A. van der Waals forces C. covalent forces B. molecular forces D. Clausius forces 12. The ratio of the change in temperature to the change in pressure when a real gas is throttled is called: A. poisons ratio B. Joule Kelvin Coefficient C. Joule-Thompson Coefficient D. B & C correct 13. Juan delivers the horse to Pedro and the same is accepted. Pedro gives the amount P2,000.00 as purchase price and the latter receives it. This is an example of what stage of the contract A. Preparation or Conception B. Perfection or Birth C. Consummation or Termination D. Deliberation

29. The energy that changes the phase of the substance is called: A. latent heat C. sensible heat B. free energy D. critical energy 30. Elements near the center of the periodic table are A. light metals C. lanthanides B. heavy metals D. nonmetals 31. The most electronegative element is A. oxygen C. fluorine B. chlorine D. bromine 32. Physical property where a ferromagnetic materials can no longer be magnetized by outside forces A. curie point C. triple point B. weiss point D. equilibrium point 33. A projectile weighing 100 pounds strikes the concrete wall of a fort with an impact velocity of 1200 feet per second. The projectile comes to rest in 0.01 second, having penetrated the 8-foot thick wall to a distance of 6 feet. What is the average force exerted on the wall by the projectile? A. 3.73 x 105 lbs. C. 1.73 x 105 lbs. B. 4.73 x 105 lbs. D. 2.73 x 105 lbs. 34. Find the tension on a wire weighing 0.15kg/m stretched between supports 30m apart with sag of 0.06m. A. 223.68kg C. 281.26kg B. 312.29kg D. 195.58kg 35. When an equilibrium state is stressed by a change, a new equilibrium is formed that reduces that stress. This is known as: A. Proust Law C. Le Chateliers Principle B. Raoults Law D. Arrhenius theory 36. In the periodic table, elements that belong to the same group are called A. cogener C. cogroup B. regener D. inhibitor 37. A 20g piece of aluminum (c=0.21 cal/gm oC at 90 deg. C is dropped into a cavity in a large block of ice at 0 deg. C. How much ice does the aluminum melt? A. 7.4 g C. 3.5 g B. 4.7 g D. 6.4 g 38. What is the maximum speed at which a car can round a curve of 25m radius on a level road if the coefficient of static friction between the tires and road is 0.807 A. 17 m/s C. 25 m/s B. 14 m/s D. 18 m/s 39. Commercial load for radio shall not exceed _________ for one hour program outside Metro Manila. A. 15 min C. 18 min B. 17 min D. 20 min 40. The process of determining how much neutralizing solution is required is called: A. filtration C. neutralization B. hydrolysis D. titration 41. The third law of thermodynamics is also known as A. Proust Law C. Ernst Law B. Nernst Law D. Zeroth Law 42. The electron attracting power (electronegativity of an atom is measured on an arbitrary scale of A. 1-5 C. 0-10 B. 0-1 D. 0-4 43. The maximum stress the material can support without failure is called:

A. ultimate strength B. critical strength

C. yield stress D. working stress

44. A material that deforms and elongates a great deal before failure is said to be A. brittle C. ductile B. fragile D. malleable 45. The incomplete neutralization of acids and bases is called: A. Hydrolysis C. osmosis B. titration D. ionization 46. A group of elements which readily form salts when combined with metals. A. halogen C. noble gases B. calcogen D. nonmetals 47. Juan agrees to receive P2,000.00 for his horse and Pedro agrees to take the horse for that amount. This refers to what stage of the contract A. Preparation or Conception B. Perfection or Birth C. Consummation or Termination D. Deliberation 48. The most common alloying ingredient in copper is A. aluminum C. nickel B. zinc D. chromium

49. The official seal/ logo of the Board which is circular in shape, consisting two concentric circles, with the outside circle measuring _______ in diameter. A.28 mm C. 48 mm B. 45 mm D. 32 mm 50. The cancellation or revocation of accreditation of individual employee, and recommendation for expulsion from KBP membership and, recommendation to the NTC for the cancellation of permit to operate the station, for improper placement of advertisement shall be given for: A. first offense C. second offense B. third offense D. fourth offense 51. Under guidelines for the registration of VoIP service providers and resellers, each VoIP service provider shall post a performance bond in the amount of ______ to guarantee the delivery of VoIP service to the public. A. P1 million C. P3 million B. P4 million D. P5 million 52. The effectivity of RA 9292 was on A. April 17, 2004 C. May 24, 2004 B. April 27, 2004 D. May 28, 2004 53. All applicants for the assignment of 3G radio frequency bands shall post performance bond equivalent to A. PHP100M C. PHP500M B. PHP200M D. PHP300M 54. Refers to the frequency band allocation for broadband wireless access. A. MC No. 3-11-2005 C. MC No. 06-08-2005 B. MC No. 07-08-2005 D. MC No. 03-03-2005 55. An object is placed 3 feet from the center of a horizontally rotating platforms. The coefficient of friction is 0.30. The object will begin to slide off when the platform speed is nearest to: A. 12 rpm C. 17 rpm B. 22 rpm D. 26 rpm 56. Compute the entropy change of a 5g of water at 100 deg C as it changes to steam at 100oC under standard pressure.

A. 30.0 J/K B. 21.5 J/K

C. 40.4 J/K D. 32.7 J/K

57. A 10 diameter pulley is belt driven with a net torque of 250 ft lbs. The ratio of tensions in the tight to slack sides of the belt is 4 to 1. What is the maximum tension in the belt? A. 250 lbs. C. 83 lbs. B. 800 lbs. D. 500 lbs. 58. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of water at what temperature? A. 2oC C. 6oC B. 4oC D. 5oC 59. A guitar string 30 cm long resonates in its fundamental to a frequency of 256 Hz. What is tension in the string if 80 cm of the string weighs 0.75 g? A. 22 N C. 12 N B. 30 N D. 14 N 60. Find the speed of sound in a diatomic ideal gas that has a density of 3.5 kg/m3 and a pressure of 215 kPh. A. 312 m/s C. 293 m/s B. 156 m/s D. 231 m/s 61. What is the speed of compressional waves (sound waves in water? (The bulk modulus for water is 2.2x109 N/m2 A. 1.48 km/s C. 2.31 km/s B. 3.12 km/s D. 1.15 km/s 62. A hoist with a 100 horsepower engine is capable of lifting a 10,000 lb load a height of 20 feet in 10 seconds. What is the efficiency of this machine? A. 36.4 C. 34.6 B. 35.2 D. 32.5 63. Three kilometers (6.0 kg of hydrogen gas at S.T.P. expands isobarically to twice its volume. What is the final temperature of the gas? A. 340 K C. 546 K B. 260 K D. 467 K 64. Two forces act on a point object as follows: 100N @ 170o and 100N @ 50o. Find the magnitude and direction of the equilibrant force. A. 100N at 110o C. 125N at 100o B. 115N at 120o D. 100N at 290o 65. What average force is necessary to stop a bullet of mass 20 gm and speed of 250 m/s as it penetrates wood to a distance of 12 cm? A. 5.3 kN C. 4.5 kN B. 6.7 kN D. 3.2 kN 66. By chemical analysis, an oxide of copper was found to be 88.81% Cu and 11.19% O. Determine its empirical formula. A. Cu2O4 C.CuO6 B. CuO2 D.Cu2O 67. What volume of water will escape per minute from an open-top tank through an opening 3 cm in diameter that is 5 m below the water level in the tank? A. 0.42 m3/min C. 0.31 m3/min B. 0.22 m3/min D. 0.54 m3/min 68. Ice in an iceberg has a sp. gr. of 0.922. When floating in seawater (sp. gr. 1.03, its exposed volume @ its nearest to: A. 5.6 C. 8.9 B. 7.4 D. 10.5

69. The perfect composition of glucose is the following: carbon, 40%; hydrogen, 6.714%; oxygen, 53.298%. Determine the correct molecular formula of glucose. The molecular mass of glucose is 180. A. CHl4O22 C. C3HllOl7 B. C6Hl2O6 D. C7Hl0O6 70. The empirical formula of glycerin is C3H8O3. Determine the percent concentration of Carbon. A. 39.13% C. 83.33% B. 26.75% D. 42.31% 71. How many moles of solute are contained in 3.0 L of a 1.8 M solution? A. 3.4 mol C. 2.1 mol B. 1.5 mol D. 5.4 mol 72. What is the concentration in mg of a KCl solution which contains 0.0245 g KCl in 35 mL of solution? A. 50 mg % C. 80 mg % B. 70 mg % D. 65 mg % 73. An interest rate is quoted as being 7.5% compounded quarterly. What is the effective annual interest rate? A. 21.81% C. 7.71% B. 17.21% D. 9.12% 74. When will an amount be tripled with an interest of 11.56% A. 6 years C. 13 years B. 10 years D. 15 years 75. An asset is purchased for P20,000. Its estimated life is 10 years after which it will be sold for P12,000. Find the depreciation for the first year using the sum of the years digit method. A. P18, 367 C. P19, 637 B. P17, 458 D. P15, 694 76. Find the capitalized cost of an asset whose cost is P100,000, salvage value is P10,000, life is 15 years at 5%. A. P183, 416. 12 C. P283, 417. 12 B. P148, 116. 24 D. P123, 416. 12 77. These are bosons that carry electromagnetic force. A. mediators C. gluons B. fermion D. photon 78. A car dealer advertise the sale of a car model for a cash price of P280, 000. If purchased on installment, the required down payment is 15% and balance payable in 18 equal monthly installments at an interest rate if 1.5% per month. How much will the required monthly payments? A. P12, 386. 68 C. P15, 185. 78 B. P21, 264.86 D. P18, 796. 43 79. The horizontal arrangement of elements of increasing atomic number in a periodic table is called: A. period C. group B. family D. formula 80. Neon has three naturally occurring isotopes of mass number (to the closest atomic mass unit of 20, 21, and 22. Their abundances (percent of those found in nature are 90.92%, 0.257%, and 8.82%. What is the atomic weight of neon? A. 12.2 amu C. 32.2 amu B. 20.2 amu D. 18.6 amu 81. These are compounds containing water molecules loosely bound to the other components. A. isotope C. hydrates B. ion D. mixture 82. A 30 m long aluminum bar is subjected to a tensile stress of 172 MPa. Find the elongation if E=69116 MPa. A. 7.46 cm C. 0.746 cm B. 0.007m D. 4.76 cm

83. A 0.5 kg ball falls past a window that is 1.5 m in vertical length. How much did the kinetic energy of the ball increase as it fell past the window? A. 14.72 J C. 7. 35 J B. 0.75 J D. 3 J 84. Which of the following has the highest energy and the shortest wavelength? A. beta ray C. alpha ray B. gamma D. x-ray 85. It is considered as the fourth state of matter. A. vapour C. fluids B. plasma D. gas 86. How much nitrogen is present in air ? A. 21% C. 79% B. 37% D. 10% 87. Which of the acids starts with the prefix hydro A. binary acid C. ternary acid B. oxy-acids D. all of these 88. When two elements combine to form more than one compound, the masses of one element that combine with the same mass of the other are in the ratios of small integers. This is known as: A. The Law of Conservation of Mass B. The Law of Multiple Proportions C. The Law of Definite Proportions D. Avogadros Law 89. The earths core is mostly A. iron B. brass C. copper D. aluminum

97. Which of the following is used to locate the centroid of an area? A. Pappus Theorem C. Varignons Theorem B. Newtons Law D. Keeplers Law 98. A reaction in which heat is absorbed is said to be: A. exothermic C. endothermic B. adiabatic D. isntropic 99. An object is placed 0.50 m from a convex mirror with a focal length of 0.2m. Calculate the image distance and its magnification. A. i = -0.14286 m ; m = 0.2857 B. i = 0.42186 m ; m = 0.2857 C. i = -0.41286 m ; m = 0.1857 D. i = 0.14286 m ; m = -0.2857 100. A lens which is thicker at its edges and parallel rays will appear to originate from the virtual focus. A. converging lens C. achromatic lens B. diverging lens D. convexo concave lens

90. Compounds which have the same chemical formula but have different physical structures are called: A. isotopes C. polymorphs B. hydrates D. binary compounds 91. The volume for a cubic structure of the atoms divided by the cell volume is called: A. safety factor C. packing factor B. miller index D. volume index 92. These are substances that trigger or speed up chemical reactions. A. catalyst C. thinner B. inhibitor D. initiator 93. It states that the total property of a mixture of ideal gases is the sum of the properties that the individual gases would have if each occupied the total mixture volume alone at the same temperature. A. Daltons Law C. Amagat- Leduos Rule B. Grahams Law D. Gibbs Theorem 94. In the general process equation pV^n = constant, if the value of n is 1, then it is A. isobaric C. isothermal B. isometric D. adiabatic 95. A cost that is not recoverable and should not influence future decisions. A. prime cost C. marginal cost B. sunk cost D. first cost 96. It is one of the two main classes of fundamental particles that make up matter and energy. Examples of which are the electrons, protons, and neutrons which make up atoms. A. boson C. fermion B. quarks D. gluons

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