TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE minutes the temperature of the bar is 50°F, find (a) the

PHILIPPINES- MANILA time it will take the bar to reach a temperature of 25°F?
PRE BOARD EXAM DAY 3 a.39.6 mins b. 43.1mins
NAME:_____________________SN_______________ c. 15.28mins d. 12.1 mins
DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2014 9. Determine the area bounded by y =8 – x3, the x-axis
DIRECTIONS: PROVIDE THE SOLUTION TO and the y-axis.
a. 14 b. 10 c. 16 d. 12
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER. 10. In an arithmetic sequence, t23 = 519 and t71 = 1503,
1. On the television show “Kayang – kaya kaya?” each what is t114?
contestant was given P100.00 at the start. For each a. 3824.5 b. 2458.3 c. 2384.5 d. NOTG
question answered correctly, he was given a bonus of 11. A sequence of annual payments of $2000 each will
P75.00 and for each one he missed, he was penalized by start with the first payment at the end of 5 years, then
15.00. If a contestant was asked a total of 20 questions will continue forever. Find the present value of the
and ended the game with P1330.00, how many questions perpetuity when money is woth 5%?
were answered correctly? a. $33,000 b. $ 35,000
a. 13 b. 15 c. 17 d. 19 c. $40,000 d. $ 54,000
2. Rain is falling into a cylindrical barrel at the rate of 20
cm3/min. If the radius of the base is 18 cm, how fast is 12. What is the velocity of a projectile at an altitude of
the water rising? 8,000 feet after it was fired directly upward from the
a. 5.81cm/min b. 3.10cm/min ground with a muzzle velocity of 1,000 feet per second?
c. 0.3cm/min d. 4.28cm/min a. 130 ft/sec b. 616 ft/sec
c. 158ft/sec d. 700 ft/sec
3. A ship leaves port at 1 pm traveling north at the speed 13. The lines y = ±(5/12)x are asymptotes of a hyperbola
of 30 miles/hour. At 3 pm, the ship adjusts its course 20 whose foci are 26 units apart. Which CANNOT be a
degrees eastward. How far is the ship from the port at vertex of the hyperbola?
a. (-12, 0) b. (0, 5) c. (0, -12) d. (12, 0)
4pm?
14. It is desired to give a spherical tank of diameter 20
a. 55 mib. 68 mi c.73 mi d. 89 mi feet ( 240 inches) a coat of point 0.1 inch thick. Estimate
4. A pipe 10 cm in diameter contains steam at 100°C. It how many gallons of paint will be required, if 1 gallon is
is covered with asbestos 5cm. thick, the thermal about 231 cubic inches.
conductivity of which , k= 0.00060 cal/cm sec. The a.9.44 gal b. 21gal c. 7.83 gal d. 32
outside surface is at 30°C. Find the heat loss per hour gal
from a meter length of pipe. 15. A fossilized bone is found to contain (1/1000) the
a. 11,840cal/hr b. 140,000 cal/hr original amount of radioactive carbon C-14. Given the
c. 125,256 cal/hr d. 36,000 cal/hr
5. Find the volume of the largest circular cylinder that half life of C14 is approximately 5600 years, determine
can be cut from a circular cone of radius 6cm and height the age of the fossil.
9cm. a. 187,00 years b. 157,320 years
a. 36 cu.cm. b. 48cu.cm c. 103,583 years d. 55,800 years
c. 54cu.cm d. 49cu.cm 16. A car is braked to a stop with constant acceleration.
Figure 7 6. The rigid The car stops 10 secs after the brakes are applied and
platform in the travels 250 ft. during this time. Find the speed of the car
figure has when the brakes were applied.
negligible mass a. 100 fps b. 75 fps c. 50 fps d. NOTG
and rests on two 17. A parallel force system acts on the lever shown in
steel bars, each Fig. P-236. Determine the magnitude and position of the
250.00 mm long. resultant.
The center bar is
aluminum and
249.90 mm long. Compute the stress in the Al bar after
the center load P=400 kN has been applied. For each
steel bar, the area is 1200 mm2 and E = 200 Gpa. For the
Al bar, the area is 2400 mm2 and E=70 GPa.
a. 22.5 MPa b. 25.4 MPa
c. 32.1 MPa d. 35.8 MPa a. 80 lb,4 ft. to the r of A b. 90 lb,6 ft. to the r of Ac. 100
A structure costs P12,000 now. It is estimated to have a lb, 5 ft. to the r of A d. 110 lb,6 ft. to the r of A
life of 5 years with a salvage value at the end of life of 18. The reciprocal of Bulk modulus of any liquid is
P1,000. called ________.
1. Determine the depreciation at the end of the second a. Compressibility b. Volume strain
year. c. volume stress d. shape elasticity
a. P3666.67 b. P2933.33 19. A plant bought a calciner for P220,000 and used it
c. P2200.00 d. NOTG for 10 years, the life span of the equipment. What is the
2. Determine the book value at the end of the third year. book value of the calciner after five years of use.
a. P1733.33 b. P8800.00 Assume a scrap value of P20,000 for the double
c. P5666.67 d. P3200.00 declining method.
8. A metal bar at a temperature of 100°F is placed in a a. PP69,570.108 b. P72,089.60
room at a constant temperature of 0°F. If after 20 c. P120,000.00 d. NOTG
20. Two vertices of triangle are (2,4) and (-2,3) and the 31. The siren of a stationary fire engine has frequency of
area is 2 sq. units, the locus of the third vertex is 500 Hz. If a car drives away from it at 20m/s, what
a. 4x-y =14 b. 4x+4y =14 frequency does a person in the car hear?
c. x+4y =12 d. x-4y =-10 a. 471 Hz b. 500 Hz c. 531 Hz d. 565 Hz
21. An aircraft tracking station determines the distance 32. An investment of P60,000 can be made in
from a common point O to each aircraft and the angle depreciable assets that will produce revenues of P29,000
between the aicrafts. If angle O between the two aircrafts per year for 5 years Annual cost for operations and
maintenance will be P12,000 per year. Taxes and
is equal to 49 o and the distances from point O to the two insurance will be 2% of the first cost. If the company
aircrafts are 50 km and 72 km, find distance d between expects capital to earn not less than 15% before tax, is
the two aircrafts. this a desirable investment. Use sinking fund method to
a. 40.3 km b. 45.3 km c.54.4 km d. 58.9 km calculate for annual depreciation. What is the % rate of
22. A 5 kg rifle fires a 15 g bullet at a muzzle velocity of return ?
4. 10% b. 11.5% c. 13.5% d. 17%
600 m/s. Find the recoil velocity of the rifle. 33. Find the distance between center and directrix of an
a. –1.8 m/s b. –2.25 m/s ellipse x2/36 + y2/16 =1
c. –2.5 m/s d. –3 m/s a.5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
23. In a certain culture the rate of growth of bacteria is 34. An inlet pipe can fill up the tank in 6 hours while an
proportional to the amount present. Initially, 1000 outlet pipe can empty the tank in 9 hours. One day, the
bacteria are present and the amount doubles in 12 tank was being filled. When it was 1/3 full, a boy opened
minutes. Determine the time it takes for the bacteria to the outlet pipe. How long did it take to fill the rest of the
multiply to 10,000. tank?
a. 20 min b. 40 min c. 60 min d. NOTG a.8 h b. 10 h c.12 h d. 13 h
24. A steel shaft 3 ft long that has a diameter of 4 in is 35. Farmer Johnson hitches his tractor to a sled loaded
subjected to a torque of 15 kip·ft. Determine the with firewood and pulls it a distance of 20 m along level
maximum shearing stress. Use G = 12 × 106 psi. frozen ground. The total weight of sled and load is
a. 12.3 ksi b. 13.3 ksi c. 14.3 ksi d. 15.3 ksi 14700 N. The tractor exerts a constant 5000 N force at
25. A developer of a new subdivision offers a an angle of 36.9* above the horizontal as shown. There
prospective home buyer a choice of 4 designs, 3 is a 3500N. Friction force opposing the motion. Find the
work done by each force acting on the sled and the total
different heating systems, a garage or carport, and a work done by all the forces.
patio or screened porch. How many different plans are a. 10 kJ b. 20 kJ c. 30 kJ d. 40 kJ
available to this buyer? 36. Determine the coordinates of the point which is
a. 48 b. 56 c. 36 d.24 three-fifths of the way from the point (2,-5) to the point
26. A tank initially holds 100 gallons of a brine solution (-3,5)
containing 20 lb of salt. At t =0 , fresh water is poured a.(-1,1) b. (-1,-2) c. (-2,-1)
into the tank at the rate of 5 gal/min, while the well – d. (1,-1)
stirred mixture leaves the tank at the same rate. Find the 37. Given : dy1/dx = (2/13) (1+ 5/2 x - 3/2 – ¾ k),
amount of salt in the tank at any time t. What is the value of k such that y1 is perpendicular to
a. S = 10e-t/5 b. S = 20e-t/20 the curve y2 = 2x at (1,1)
c. S = 20e -t/5
d. S = 5e-t/10 a. 3 b. 6 c. 7 d. 10
27. 38. A plane cuts through a cube in such a way that the
plane passes through three of the cube’s vertices, no two
of which lie on the same edge. If the edge of the cube
has a length of 1, what is the surface area of the smaller
fragments of the cube?
a. 2.4 b. 2.7 c. 3.1 d. 3.7

What weight W is necessary to start the system of blocks

shown in Fig. P-510 moving to the right? The coefficient
of friction is 0.10 and the pulleys are assumed to be
frictionless.
a. 29.5 kN b. 32.4 kN c. 38.4 kN d. notg
28. What is the radius of a circle, if a central angle of
110º subtends a chord of length 84 inches. 39. Determine the reactions R1 and R2 of the beam in
a) 34.4 b) 48.4 c) 51.1 d) 68.8 Fig. P-333 loaded with a concentrated load of 1600 lb
29. Find the distance of the centroid from the y-axis, and a load varying from zero to an intensity of 400 lb per
bounded by x=10, y=x and y=-x ft.
a. 6.67 b. 6.06 c. 5.51 d. 7.33 a. 1400 b. 1900 c. 2100 d. notg
30. If the distance between an endpoint of the latus 40. A passenger weighing 60 kg rides a ferris wheel with
a radius of 8.0 m. The wheel makes one revolution in 10
rectum to the vertex of a parabola is 80, than what is the
s. Calculate the force the seat exerts on the passenger at
length of the latus rectum? the top of the circle.
a. 45(5)1/2 b. 62(2)1/2 c.62(5)1/2 d.64(5)1/2 a. 398 N b. 498 N c. 588 N d. 778 N
41. A hotel swimming pool has for its boundary a curve 52. Vector A has magnitude 6 units and is in the direction
given by the equation:x2 +y2 =2x-4y+20 where the units of the +x-axis. Vector B has a magnitude 4 units and lies
are all in meters. Find the volume of water required to in the xy-plane, making an angle of 30˚ with the + x-
fill the pool to a depth of 1.5m.
a. 117.8m3 b. 168.7m3 axis. Find the vector product A x B.
c. 121.5m 3
d. 171.5m3 a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12
53. The distance between points ( 4,7,z) and ( 5,1,6) is
42. At 7:00 AM, Mr. Castro left home for work driving 7.28. Find z.
at a rate of 40kph. 15 minutes later, his wife discovered a.2 b. 6 c. 4 d. 8
that Mr. Castro left his wallet at home so Mrs. Castro 54. A hemispherical tank of radius 2 ft. is initially filled
pursue him on her car at a rate of 50 kph. At what time with water. At the bottom of the tank, there is a hole of
did Mrs. Castro catch up with her husband?
radius 1 in. through which the water drains under the
a. 8:00 AM b. 8:15 AM c. 8:30 AM d. 8:45 AM
43. Determine the reaction R1 of the beam in Fig. P-333 influence of gravity. Determine how long it will take the
loaded with a concentrated load of 1600 lb and a load tank to drain completely.
varying from zero to an intensity of 400 lb per ft. a. 2.3 h b. 3.6 h c. 4.8 h d. 5.5 h
a.1900 b.2100 c.2500 d. 1400 55. A particle moves according to the following function
44. A fisher man 10 km from the shore desires to reach a of time: x(t) = 3sint and y(t) = 4 cost, what is the
point on the shore 20 km. from his present position. If he resultant velocity at t= pi?
can walk 4km per hr and rows 2km per hr, in what a. 3 b. 4 c. 9 d. 25
direction Ѳ should he row in order to reach his 56. A Ferris wheel has a radius of 10m. Its center is 12m
destination in the shortest possible time? above the ground. When a passenger is 17m above the
a.25° b. 30° c. 53° d. 45° ground he is moving vertically at the rate of 1.81 m/s.
What is the speed of rotation of the wheel in rpm?
45. A student taking a true-false test consisting of 15 a. 0.209 b. 10.5 c. 1.81 d. 2
questions guesses at the answers. Assuming that he is 57. Water is pouring into a swimming pool. After t
equally likely to make a correct or an incorrect guess on hours, there are t+ t1/2 gallons in the pool. At what rate is
the water pouring into the pool when t = 9 hours?
each question, find the probability that 8 of his answers
a. 7/6 gph b. 1 gph c. ½ gph d. 1/6 gph
will be right and the rest wrong. 58. A man agrees to make $5,000 payments at the ends
a) 6435 / 32768 b) 6543 / 32768 of the first five years, $4000 at the ends of the next five
c) 6435 / 37268 d) 6435 / 32876 years, and $3,000 at the ends of the next five years. If
46. The lower edge of a picture frame is 4ft. while its money is worth 4%, find the present value of this
upper edge is 9ft. above the eyes of the observer who is agreement.
6 ft. tall. How far horizontally from the picture should a. $46,000 b. $50,000
the observer stand such that the angle subtended by the c. $ 65,000 d. $69,000
picture at the observers eyes would be maximum? 59. What is the standard equation of the locus of points
a.5ft b. 6ft c. 4ft d. 3ft in the Cartesian plane, the absolute difference of whose
47. A 2lb mass is dropped from a great height. Air distances from the points (±4,0) is 4?
resistance is proportional to kv2 where k = 1/20,000. a. (x2/9)-(y2/16) =1 b. (x2/4)-(y2/12) =1
Find the velocity when the mass has fallen 1000ft.
c. (x2/12)-(y2/16) =1 d. (x2/12)-(y2/9) =1.
a. 162.3 b. 158.7 c. 178.6 d. 175.4
60. The truss pinned to the
floor at D, and supported
48. Find the annual payments to extinguish a debt of by a roller at point A is
P10,000 payable for five years at 12% interest. loaded as shown in Fig. T-
a. P1985.90 b. P2774.10 06. Determine the force in
c. P3,012.35 d. P3550.67 member CG.
a. 8.01 KN b.9.48 KN
49. Find the moment of inertia c. 10.98 KN d.
about the indicated x-axis for NOTG
the shaded area shown in Fig. 61. A debtor agrees to pay
P-821. $500 at the beginning of each 3 months for 6 years. If
a. 606.19 in4 b. 756.19 in4 money is worth 6.5% compounded quarterly, find the
c. 865.19 in4 d. 906.19 in4 present value of his debt before he makes his payment.
a. $4655 b. $ 4155
c. $6703 d. $10,032
50. Ten coins are tossed. What 15.His outstanding liability just before his 15th payment
is the probability that at least six of them will be tail? a. $4655 b. $ 4155
a) 512 /193 b) 391 / 152 c. $6703 d. $10,032
c) 193 / 512 d) 512 / 391
51. A train moving with constant acceleration travels 24 62. A conic has the lines y = -3 and y = 5 as directrices
ft (7.32 m) during the 10th sec of its motion and 18 ft and the point (1, 26) as a focus. What are the coordinates
(5.49 m) during the 12th sec of its motion. Find its its of the vertex closest to the given focus?
constant acceleration. a. (1,11) b. (2, 11) c. (3, 8) d. NOTG
a. 1.47 m/s2 b. -0.915 m/s2
63. The cost of producing a small transistor radio set
c. - 0.47 m/s2 d. 2.47 m/s2
consists of P23 for labor and P37 for materials. The
fixed charges in operating the plant are P100,000 per
month. Other variable cost is P1/set. The radio set can be 78. Find the number of
sold for P75 each. Determine how many sets must be different arrangements that
produced per month to break even. can be made of the letters to
a. 5000 b 7200 c. 8400 d. 10000 the word COLLEGE.
64. A plane cuts through a cube in such a way that the a) 2160 b) 6210 c)
plane passes through three of the cube’s vertices, no two 2016 d) 1260
of which lie on the same edge. If the edge of the cube
has a length of 1, what is the surface area of the smaller
fragments of the cube?
a. 2.4 b. 2.7 c. 3.1 d. 3.7
65. A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism
having a square base one-meter on an edge. The volume of the
cylinder is 6.283m3. Find its altitude in m.
a. 3 b.4m c. 4.2 m d. 5.2 m
66. Find the area of the triangle which the line 2x-
3y+6=0 forms with the coordinate axes.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 2
79.Locate the centroid of the shaded area in Fig. P-723.
67. A balloon leaving the ground 60 ft from an observer,
a. x= 49.40 mm, y = 10.29 mm
rises 10 ft per sec. How fast is the angle of elevation of
b. x= 38.27 mm, y = 20.39 mm
the line of sight decreasing after 8 sec?
c. x= 39.71 mm, y = 30.39 mm
a.0.03 rad/sec b. 0.09 rad/sec
d. x= 29.14 mm, y = 10.9 mm
c. 0.011 rad/sec d. 0.06 rad/sec
80. How many different kinds of bouquets of 3 kinds of
68. A shell is fired at an angle above the horizontal
40  flowers each can be made from 8 varieties of flowers?
a) 363 b) 65 c) 56 d) 336
at a velocity of 300 m/s. What is the time of flight? 81) At the end of each year for 8 years, a corporation
a. 39 s b. 41 s c. 43 s d. 45 s will deposit $12,500 in a depreciation fund to provide
69. Future value less the present value for replacement of machinery at the end of 8 years. If the
a. discount b. rate discount fund accumulates at 8% effective, how much is in it just
c. discount rate d. profit after the last deposit.
70. It is the worth of the property as recorded in the a. $120,453 b. $126,980
books of account of the company. c. $132,958 d. NOTG
a. book value b. fair value
c. market value d. goodwill value. 20. How much is it after the fifth deposit?
71. A 200 g of water is mixed to 300 g of alcohol whose a. $58,980 b. $67,777
c. $73,333 d. $83,333
density is 790kg/ m3. Calculate the specific gravity of the
total mixture. 82. Find the altitude of a rectangular close box with
a. 0.675 b. 0.862 c. 0.912 d. 1.0 volume 100 with length twice the width so that surface
72. A firm bought an equipment for P56,000, other area is minimum; Note this is also the wet economical.
expenses including installations amounted to P4,000. a.5.681 b. 4.463 c. 1.566 d. 4.672
The equipment is expected to have a life of 16 years 83. The perimeter of a triangle is 84m. while its area is
with a salvage value of 10% of the original cost. 102 sq.m. Determine the diameter of the circle that
Determine the book value at the end of 12 years by the maybe inscribed in this triangle.
straight line method. a. 2.48m b. 4.86m c. 8.43m d. 1.23m
5. a. P19,500 b. P25,500 84. Compute the volume generated if we revolve the area
c. P29,500 d. P34,500 about the line x-y =0
6. Determine the book value using the sinking fund a. 53.95 b. 77.12 c. 62.1 d. 12.4
method at 12% interest. 85. The area of a circle circumscribed about an equilateral
triangle is 254.47 sq. m. What is the area of the triangle in sq.
a. P19,500 b. P25,500
m.?
c. P29,500 d. P34,500 a.105.22 b. 85. 612 c. 125.34 d. 184.52
74. The set of all possible outcomes in an experiment. 86. The formula for lateral strain is ε
a. sample space b. event δ −δ −δ
c. sample point d. population ¿ ¿ ¿
a. Lo b. LO c. Wo
75. It is the worth of the property as recorded in the
books of account of the company. d. notg
a. book value b. fair value 87. A cable has a length of 10 meters and is hung
c. market value d. goodwill value. between two poles set 7 meters apart. How much does
76. Plastic deformation means __________ deformation the cable sag?
a. elastic b. temporary a. 2.8 m b. 3.2 m c. 3.8 m d. 4.1 m
c. permanent d. reversible 88. There are 8 baseball teams in a league. How many
games will be played if each team plays each of the
other teams 40 times?
77. In Fig. P-512, the homogeneous block weighs 300 kg a) 280 b) 560 c) 320 d) 1120
and the coefficient of friction is 0.45. If h = 50 cm, 89. A water tank, 22 ft in diameter, is made from steel
determine the force P to cause motion to impend. plates that are 1/2 in. thick. Find the maximum height to
a. 45 kg b. 65 kg which the tank may be filled if the circumferential stress
c. 72 kg d. NOTG
is limited to 6000 psi. The specific weight of water is c. 3.0 ft2/sec d. 3.7 ft2/sec
62.4 lb/ft3.
a. 38.7 ft b. 42.6 ft. c. 52.5 ft. d. 68.9 ft Figure 7 6. The rigid
platform in the
figure has
negligible mass
and rests on two
steel bars, each
250.00 mm long.
The center bar is
aluminum and
249.90 mm long. Compute the stress in the Al bar
after the center load P=400 kN has been applied.
For each steel bar, the area is 1200 mm2 and E =
200 Gpa. For the Al bar, the area is 2400 mm2 and
E=70 GPa.
a. 22.5 MPa b. 25.4 MPa
c. 32.1 MPa d. 35.8 MPa
7. In a certain manufacturing process, it is found
that, on the average, 2 articles out of 100 are
defective. What is the probability that a random
sample of 5 articles will contain exactly one
defective article.
TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE
PHILIPPINES- MANILA a. 09039 b. 0.0922
PRE BOARD EXAM DAY 3 c. 0.00376 d. 0.0725
NAME:_________________SN_______________
DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2014 8. Suppose that a corpse was discovered in a motel
room at midnight and its temperature was 80F. The
DIRECTIONS: PROVIDE THE SOLUTION
temperature of the room is kept constant at 60F.
TO SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER.
Two hours later the temperature of the corpse
1. On the television show “Kayang – kaya kaya?” dropped to75F. Find the time of death. Note: The
each contestant was given P100.00 at the start. For
temperature of a live person is 98.6F.
each question answered correctly, he was given a
bonus of P75.00 and for each one he missed, he was a. 8:30 PM b. 7:30 PM c.9:00 PM d. NOTG
9. Determine the area bounded by y =8 – x3, the x-axis
penalized by 15.00. If a contestant was asked a total
and the y-axis.
of 20 questions and ended the game with P1330.00, a. 14 b. 10 c. 16 d. 12
how many questions were answered correctly? 10. In an arithmetic sequence, t23 = 519 and t71 =
a. 13 b. 15 c. 17 d. 19 1503, what is t114?
2 A tank is initially filled with 100 gal of salt solution a. 3824.5 b. 2458.3 c. 2384.5 d. NOTG
containing 1 lb of salt per gallon. Fresh brine containing
11. An ore mine will yield an annual operating
2 lb of salt per gallon runs into the tank at the rate of 5
gal/min, and the mixture , assumed to be kept uniform
profit of $150,000 starting with a return at the end
by stirring runs out at the same rate. Determine how of five 95) years, and ending with profit at the end
long it will take for this amount to reach 150 lb. of 20 years, when the mine becomes worthless.
a. 10.2 min b. 12.6 min c. 13.9 min d. 14.5 min What is the value of this mine to an investor to
3. A ship leaves port at 1 pm traveling north at the whom money is worth 5%?
speed of 30 miles/hour. At 3 pm, the ship adjusts its a.$1,220,000 b. $1,340,000
c. $1,430,000 d. NOTG
course 20 degrees eastward. How far is the ship
12. A 300-lb box is
from the port at 4pm? held at rest on a
a. 55 mi b. 68 mi c.73 mi d. 89 mi smooth plane by a
4. A 200 lb man hangs from the middle of a tightly force P inclined at an
stretched rope so that the angle between the rope and the angle θ with the plane
horizontal direction is . Calculate the tension of the as shown in Fig. P-
5 310. If θ = 45°,
rope? determine the value of
a. 1104 lb b. 1147 lb c. 1205 lb d. 1250 lb
P
5. A spherical balloon is being filled with air at the
a. 212.31 lb b. 325.36 lb c. 409.81 lb d. notg
rate of 1 cfs. Compute the time rate of change of the
13. The lines y = ±(5/12)x are asymptotes of a
surface area of the balloon at the instant when its
volume is 113.1 cubic feet. hyperbola whose foci are 26 units apart. Which
a. 0.67 ft2/sec b. 1.73 ft2/sec CANNOT be a vertex of the hyperbola?
a. (-12, 0) b. (0, 5) c. (0, -12) d. (12, 0) 23. In a certain culture the rate of growth of bacteria
14. The cost C, of a product is a function of the is proportional to the amount present. Initially, 1000
quantity x, of the product: C(x) = x2 – 4000x + 50. bacteria are present and the amount doubles in 12
minutes. Determine the time it takes for the bacteria
Find the quantity for which the cost is minimum. to multiply to 10,000.
a. 1000 b. 1500 c. 2000 d. 3000 a. 20 min b. 40 min c. 60 min d. NOTG
15. A fossilized bone is found to contain (1/1000) the 24. A steel shaft 3 ft long that has a diameter of 4 in
original amount of radioactive carbon C-14. Given the is subjected to a torque of 15 kip·ft. Determine the
half life of C14 is approximately 5600 years, determine maximum shearing stress. Use G = 12 × 106 psi.
the age of the fossil. a. 12.3 ksi b. 13.3 ksi c. 14.3 ksi d. 15.3 ksi
a. 187,00 years b. 157,320 years 25. A developer of a new subdivision offers a
c. 103,583 years d. 55,800 years
16. A car is braked to a stop with constant prospective home buyer a choice of 4 designs, 3
acceleration. The car stops 10 secs after the brakes different heating systems, a garage or carport, and a
are applied and travels 250 ft. during this time. patio or screened porch. How many different plans
Find the speed of the car when the brakes were are available to this buyer?
applied. a. 48 b. 56 c. 36 d.24
a. 100 fps b. 75 fps c. 50 fps d. NOTG
17. A parallel force system acts on the lever shown 26. Two lines tangent to a circle at points M and N
in Fig. P-236. Determine the magnitude and have a point of intersection A. The size of angle
position of the resultant. MAN is equal to x degrees and the length of the
radius of the circle is equal to r. Find the distance
from point A to the center of the circle in terms of x
and r.
a. r[ 1 + 1 / tan(x/2)2]1/2 b. r[ 1 / tan(x/2)2]1/2
c. r[ 1 + 2 / tan(x/2)2]1/2 d. NOTG
27. A 7/8 inch diameter bolt
a. 80 lb,4 ft. to the r of A b. 90 lb,6 ft. to the r of Ac. having a diameter at the
100 lb, 5 ft. to the r of A d. 110 lb,6 ft. to the r of A root of the threads of 0.731
18. The reciprocal of Bulk modulus of any liquid is inch is used to fasten two
called ________. timbers together as shown.
a. Compressibility b. Volume strain The nut is tightened to
c. volume stress d. shape elasticity cause a tensile strength of
19. A plant bought a calciner for P220,000 and used 18,000 psi in the bolt.
it for 10 years, the life span of the equipment. What Determine the outside
is the book value of the calciner after five years of diameter of the washers if
use. Assume a scrap value of P20,000 for the double their inside diameter is 9/8
declining method. inches and the bearing
a. PP69,570.108 b. P72,089.60 stress is limited to 800 psi.
c. P120,000.00 d. NOTG a. 3.18 in. b. 3.65 in c. 4.1 in d. 4.3 in.
20. Two vertices of triangle are (2,4) and (-2,3) and
28. What is the radius of a circle, if a central angle
the area is 2 sq. units, the locus of the third vertex is of 110º subtends a chord of length 84 inches.
a. 4x-y =14 b. 4x+4y =14 a) 34.4 b) 48.4 c) 51.1 d) 68.8
c. x+4y =12 d. x-4y =-10 29. Find the distance of the centroid from the y-
21. An aircraft tracking station determines the axis, bounded by x=10, y=x and y=-x
a. 6.67 b. 6.06 c. 5.51 d. 7.33
distance from a common point O to each aircraft
30. If the distance between an endpoint of the latus
and the angle between the aicrafts. If angle O
rectum to the vertex of a parabola is 80, than what is
between the two aircrafts is equal to 49 o and the
the length of the latus rectum?
distances from point O to the two aircrafts are 50
a. 45(5)1/2 b. 62(2)1/2 c.62(5)1/2 d.64(5)1/2
km and 72 km, find distance d between the two
31. The siren of a stationary fire engine has frequency of
aircrafts. 500 Hz. If a car drives away from it at 20m/s, what
a. 40.3 km b. 45.3 km c.54.4 km d. 58.9 frequency does a person in the car hear?
km a. 471 Hz b. 500 Hz c. 531 Hz d. 565 Hz
22. A 5 kg rifle fires a 15 g bullet at a muzzle velocity of 32. An investment of P60,000 can be made in
600 m/s. Find the recoil velocity of the rifle. depreciable assets that will produce revenues of
a. –1.8 m/s b. –2.25 m/s P29,000 per year for 5 years Annual cost for
c. –2.5 m/s d. –3 m/s operations and maintenance will be P12,000 per
year. Taxes and insurance will be 2% of the first
cost. If the company expects capital to earn not less
 than 15% before tax, is this a desirable investment. A and B are on the same vertical line, find the height h
Use sinking fund method to calculate for annual of the mountain.
depreciation. What is the % rate of return ? a. 756.3 m b. 793.8 m c. 821.4 m d. 865.2 m
4. 10% b. 11.5% c. 13.5% d. 17% 42. At 7:00 AM, Mr. Castro left home for work
33. Find a point in the parabola y2=4x at which the driving at a rate of 40kph. 15 minutes later, his
rates of change of the ordinate and abscissa are wife discovered that Mr. Castro left his wallet at
equal. home so Mrs. Castro pursue him on her car at a
a. (4,4) b. (1,2) c. (0,0) d. (3,2) rate of 50 kph. At what time did Mrs. Castro catch
34. An inlet pipe can fill up the tank in 6 hours up with her husband?
while an outlet pipe can empty the tank in 9 hours. a. 8:00 AM b. 8:15 AM c. 8:30 AM d. 8:45 AM
One day, the tank was being filled. When it was 1/3 43. Determine the reaction R1 of the beam in Fig.
full, a boy opened the outlet pipe. How long did it P-333 loaded with a concentrated load of 1600 lb
take to fill the rest of the tank? and a load varying from zero to an intensity of 400
a.8 h b. 10 h c.12 h d. 13 h lb per ft.
35. Farmer Johnson hitches his tractor to a sled loaded a.1900 b.2100 c.2500 d. 1400
with firewood and pulls it a distance of 20 m along level 44. Suppose a student carrying a flu virus returns to an
frozen ground. The total weight of sled and load is isolated college campus of 1000 students. Determine the
14700 N. The tractor exerts a constant 5000 N force at no. of infected students after 6 days if it is observed that
an angle of 36.9* above the horizontal as shown. There 50 students are infected after 4 days. Assumed that
is a 3500N. Friction force opposing the motion. Find the nobody leaves the campus throughout the duration of the
work done by each force acting on the sled and the total disease.
work done by all the forces. a. 276 students b. 305 students
a. 10 kJ b. 20 kJ c. 30 kJ d. 40 kJ c. 348 students d. 487 students
45. A student taking a true-false test consisting of 15
36. A revolving beacon is located 1000 ft. from a
straight sea wall and rotates at the constant rate of 2 questions guesses at the answers. Assuming that he
rpm. How fast does the beam of light cast by the is equally likely to make a correct or an incorrect
beacon sweep along the sea wall at the nearest point guess on each question, find the probability that 8
to the beacon? of his answers will be right and the rest wrong.
a. 262 fps b. 210 fps c. 186 fps d. NOTG
a) 6435 / 32768 b) 6543 / 32768
37. Given : dy1/dx = (2/13) (1+ 5/2 x - 3/2 – ¾ k),
What is the value of k such that y1 is perpendicular c) 6435 / 37268 d) 6435 / 32876
to the curve y2 = 2x at (1,1) 46. A fencing materials has a limited length of 60 ft.
a. 3 b. 6 c. 7 d. 10 What is the largest triangular area that can fenced
38. A plane cuts through a cube in such a way that in?
the plane passes through three of the cube’s
a.190.53 sq.ft b. 181.87sq. ft
vertices, no two of which lie on the same edge. If
the edge of the cube has a length of 1, what is the c. 173.21 sq. ft d. 164.74 sq.ft
surface area of the smaller fragments of the cube? 47. You throw a 0.145 kg baseball straight up in the air,
a. 2.4 b. 2.7 c. 3.1 d. 3.7 giving it an initial upward velocity of magnitude 20 m/ s.
Use the conservation of energy to find how high it goes,
ignoring air resistance.
a. 15.2 m b. 17.8 m c. 20.4 m d. 21.9 m
48. At the end of each year for 8 years, a
corporation will dposit $12,500 in a depreciation
fund to provide for replacement of machinery at the
end of 8 years. If the fund accumulates at 8%
effective, how much is in it just after the last
39. Determine the reactions R1 and R2 of the beam deposit.
in Fig. P-333 loaded with a concentrated load of a. $120,453 b. $126,980 c. $132,958 d. NOTG
1600 lb and a load varying from zero to an intensity
of 400 lb per ft.
a. 1400 b. 1900 c. 2100 d. notg 49. Find the moment of
40. A passenger weighing 60 kg rides a ferris wheel with inertia about the indicated x-
a radius of 8.0 m. The wheel makes one revolution in 10 axis for the shaded area
s. Calculate the force the seat exerts on the passenger at shown in Fig. P-821.
the top of the circle. a. 606.19 in4 b. 756.19 in4
a. 398 N b. 498 N c. 588 N d. 778 N c. 865.19 in4 d. 906.19 in4
41. When the top T of a mountain is viewed from point
A, 2000 m from ground, the angle of depression a is
equal to 15o and when it is viewed from point B on the 50. Ten coins are tossed. What is the probability that
ground the angle of elevation b is equal to 10o. If points at least six of them will be tail?
a) 512 /193 b) 391 / 152
 c) 193 / 512 d) 512 / 391 61. If money is worth
51. A train moving with constant acceleration 8% compounded
travels 24 ft (7.32 m) during the 10th sec of its quarterly, find the
motion and 18 ft (5.49 m) during the 12th sec of its present value of a
motion. Find its its constant acceleration. sequence of payments
a. 1.47 m/s2 b. -0.915 m/s2 of $200 each at the
c. - 0.47 m/s2 d. 2.47 m/s2 end of each 3 months
52. Vector A has magnitude 6 units and is in the forever.
direction of the +x-axis. Vector B has a magnitude 4 a. $8620 b. $10,000
units and lies in the xy-plane, making an angle of 30˚ c. $10200 d. NOTG
with the + x-axis. Find the vector product A x B. 62. A conic has the lines y = -3 and y = 5 as
a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12 directrices and the point (1, 26) as a focus. What are
53. A funnel in the form of cone is 10 cm across the the coordinates of the vertex closest to the given
top and 8 cm deep. Water is flowing into the funnel focus?
at the rate of 12 cm3/sec and out at the rate of a. (1,11) b. (2, 11) c. (3, 8) d. NOTG
4cm3/sec. How fast is the surface of the water rising 63. The cost of producing a small transistor radio
when it is 5 cm deep. set consists of P23 for labor and P37 for materials.
The fixed charges in operating the plant are
a. 0.26 cm/sec b. 0.32 cm/sec P100,000 per month. Other variable cost is P1/set.
c. 0.14 cm/sec d. 0.40 cm/sec The radio set can be sold for P75 each. Determine
54. A hemispherical tank of radius 2 ft. is initially filled how many sets must be produced per month to
with water. At the bottom of the tank, there is a hole of break even.
radius 1 in. through which the water drains under the a. 5000 b 7200 c. 8400 d. 10000
influence of gravity. Determine how long it will take the 64. A plane cuts through a cube in such a way that
tank to drain completely.
the plane passes through three of the cube’s
a. 2.3 h b. 3.6 h c. 4.8 h d. 5.5 h
vertices, no two of which lie on the same edge. If
55. A particle moves according to the following
the edge of the cube has a length of 1, what is the
function of time: x(t) = 3sint and y(t) = 4 cost, what
surface area of the smaller fragments of the cube?
is the resultant velocity at t= pi?
a. 2.4 b. 2.7 c. 3.1 d. 3.7
a. 3 b. 4 c. 9 d. 25
65. The daily cost to a small firm of producing x
56. The length of a rectangle is 3 inches more than
units of a product is C(x) = 2002 + 120 x – 5x2 +
twice the width. If the length is increased by 1 inch
1/3 x3 dollars. The market price of 1 unit is $264.
and the width is increased by 2 inches, the area is
What should be the daily output x in order to
increased by 20.5 sq. inches. What is the perimeter
maximize the daily profit.
of the rectangle?
a. 10 units b. 18 units c. 36 units d. NOTG
a. 21 in b. 22 in. c. 23 in. d. 24 in.
66. An ellipse with major axis 16 and minor axis 8
57. Water is pouring into a swimming pool. After t
is revolved about its minor axis. Find the volume of
hours, there are t+ t1/2 gallons in the pool. At what
the solid generated.
rate is the water pouring into the pool when t = 9
a.512/3(n) b. 1125/3 (n)
hours?
c. 1024/3 (n) d. 1058/3 (n)
a. 7/6 gph b. 1 gph c. ½ gph d. 1/6 gph
67. The angle of elevation of a hot air balloon, climbing
58. A man agrees to make $5,000 payments at the vertically, changes from 25 degrees at 10:00 am to 60
ends of the first five years, $4000 at the ends of the degrees at 10:02 am. The point of observation of the
next five years, and $3,000 at the ends of the next angle of elevation is situated 300 meters away from the
five years. If money is worth 4%, find the present take off point. What is the upward speed, assumed
value of this agreement. constant, of the balloon?
a. $46,000 b. $50,000 a. 2.25 m/s b. 2.76 m/s c. 3.16 m/s d. 3.89m/s
c. $ 65,000 d. $69,000 68. A shell is fired at an angle above the
59. What is the standard equation of the locus of 40 
points in the Cartesian plane, the absolute
horizontal at a velocity of 300 m/s. What is the time
difference of whose distances from the points (±4,0)
of flight?
is 4? a. 39 s b. 41 s c. 43 s d. 45 s
a. (x2/9)-(y2/16) =1 b. (x2/4)-(y2/12) =1 69. Future value less the present value
c. (x2/12)-(y2/16) =1 d. (x2/12)-(y2/9) =1. a. discount b. rate discount
60. Three bars, hinged at A and D and pinned at B c. discount rate d. profit
and C as shown in Fig. P-318, form a four-link 70. It is the worth of the property as recorded in the
mechanism. Determine the value of P that will books of account of the company.
prevent motion. a. book value b. fair value c.
a. 30.48 KN b. 25.48 KN market value d. goodwill value.
c. 46.98 KN d. NOTG
71. A 200 g of water is mixed to 300 g of alcohol whose
density is 790kg/ m3. Calculate the specific gravity of the
total mixture.
a. 0.675 b. 0.862 c. 0.912 d. 1.0
72. A structure costs P12,000 now. It is estimated to
have a life of 5 years with a salvage value at the end
of life of P1,000. Determine the depreciation at the
end of the second year.
a. P3666.67 b. P2933.33 77. In Fig. P-512, the homogeneous block weighs
c. P2200.00 d. NOTG 300 kg and the coefficient of friction is 0.45. If h =
73. Determine the book value at the end of the third 50 cm, determine the force P to cause motion to
impend.
year.
a. 45 kg b. 65 kg
a. P1733.33 b. P8800.00 c. 72 kg d. NOTG
c. P5666.67 d. P3200.00 78. Find the number of different arrangements that can
74. The set of all possible outcomes in an experiment. be made of the letters to the word COLLEGE.
a. sample space b. event c. a) 2160 b) 6210 c) 2016 d) 1260
sample point d. population 79.Locate the centroid of the shaded area in Fig. P-
75. It is the worth of the property as recorded in the 723.
books of account of the company. a. x= 49.40 mm, y = 10.29 mm
a. book value b. fair value b. x= 38.27 mm, y = 20.39 mm
c. market value d. goodwill value. c. x= 39.71 mm, y = 30.39 mm
76. There are 8 baseball teams in a league. How many d. x= 29.14 mm, y = 10.9 mm
games will be played if each team plays each of the 80. How many different kinds of bouquets of 3 kinds of
other teams 40 times? flowers each can be made from 8 varieties of flowers?
a) 280 b) 560 c) 320 d) 1120 a) 363 b) 65 c) 56 d) 336