Past Board Exam Problems D.

j2
in Advanced Engineering Mathematics 14. EE Board Exam October 1997
6. EE Board Exam April 1997 If A = -2 – j3 and B = 3 + j4, what is
Write in the form a + jb the A/B?
1. CE Board Exam May 1994 expression j3217 – j427 + j18 18 - j
The expression 3 + j4 is a complex A. 1 + j2 A.
25
number. Compute its absolute value. B. 1 – j
-18 - j
A. 4 C. -1 + j2 B. answer
B. 5 D. 1 + j 25
C. 6 -18 + j
D. 7 7. EE Board Exam October 1993 C.
25
Write the polar form of the vector 3 + 18 + j
2. CE Board Exam November 1996 j4. D.
Compute the value of x by A. 6 cis 53.1 deg 25
determinant B. 10 cis 53.1 deg
C. 5 cis 53.1 deg 15. EE Board Exam October 1997
4 - 1 2 3
D. 8 cis 53.1 deg 4 + j3
2 0 2 1 Rationalize
x= 2− j
10 3 0 1 8. EE Board Exam April 1995 A. 1 + j2
14 2 4 5 Simplify (3 – j)2 – 7(3 – j) + 10. 11 + j10
A. -(3 + j) B.
A. -32 5
B. 3 + j
B. -28 5 + j2
C. 3 – j C.
C. 16
D. -(3 – j) 5
D. 52
D. 2 + j2
9. EE Board Exam April 1996
3. CE Board Exam November 1997
If A = 40ej120°, B = 20 cis(-40), C = 16. EE Board Exam October 1997
Given the matrix equation, solve for x
26.46 + j0, solve for A + B + C. (2 + j3)(5 − j)
and y. Simplify
A. 27.7 cis(45°)
 1 1  x  2  B. 35.1 cis(45°) (3 − j2)2
3 2   y  =  0  C. 30.8 cis(45°) A. (221 – j91)/169
    
D. 33.4 cis(45°) B. (21 + j52)/13
A. -4, 6
C. (-7 + j17)/13
B. -4, 2
10. EE Board Exam October 1997 D. (-90 + j220)/169
C. -4, -2
D. -4, -6 What is j4 cube times j2 square?
A. -j8 17. EE Board Exam April 1996
B. j8 What is the simplified expression of
4. CE Board Exam May 1996
C. -8 6 + j2.5
1 2 D. -j28 the complex number ?
Element of matrix B = 3 + j4
0 - 5
A. -0.32 + j0.66
11. EE Board Exam April 1997 B. 1.12 – j0.66
3 6
Element of matrix C = What is the simplified complex
4 1 C. 0.32 - j0.66
expression of (4.33 + j2.5) square?
D. -1.75 + j1.03
Find the elements of the product of A. 12.5 + j21.65
the two matrices, matrix BC. B. 20 + j20
18. EE Board Exam April 1997
11 8 C. 15 + j20
Perform the operation: 4(cos 60° + j
A. answer D. 21.65 + j12.5
- 20 - 5 sin 60°) divided by 2(cos 30° + j sin
30°)] in rectangular coordinates.
- 11 8 12. EE Board Exam November 1997
B. A. square root of 3 – j2
Find the principal 5th root of [50(cos
19 5 B. square root of 3 – j
150° + j sin 150°)].
C. square root of 3 + j
- 10 9 A. 1.9 + j1.1
C. D. square root of 3 + j2
B. 3.26 – j2.1
- 19 6
C. 2.87 + j2.1
19. EE Board Exam June 1990
- 11 9 D. 2.25 – j1.2
D. 50 + j35
- 20 - 4 Find the quotient of .
13. EE Board Exam October 1997 8 + j5
What is the quotient when 4 + j8 is A. 6.47 cis (3°)
5. EE Board Exam April 1997 divided by j3? B. 4.47 cis (3°)
Simplify: j29 + j21 + j A. 8 – j4 C. 7.47 cis (30°)
A. j3 B. 8 + j4 D. 2.47 cis (53°)
B. 1 – j C. -8 + j4
C. 1 + j D. -8 – j4
 One term of a Fourier series in 2 3
20. EE Board Exam March 1998 cosine form is 10cos 40πt. Write it in A.
Three vectors A, B and C are related 0 5
exponential form.
as follows: A/B = 2 at180°, A + C = -5 A. 5ej40πt 2 3
+ j15, C = conjugate of B. Find A. B. 5ej40πt + 5e-j40πt B. - answer
0 5
A. 5 – j5 C. 10e-j40πt
B. -10 + j10 D. 10ej40πt 1 7
C. 10 – j10 C. -
2 0
D. 15 + j15 27. EE Board Exam April 1997
Evaluate the determinant 3 1
D.
21. EE Board Exam April 1999 1 2 3 5 7
 π - 2 - 1 - 2
Evaluate cosh j 
 4 3 1 4 32. EE Board Exam October 1997
A. 0.707 3 1 2
A. 4
B. 1.41 + j0.866
B. 2 If A =  −2 −1 0  , what is the
C. 0.5 + j0.707
C. 5  0 2 −1
D. j0.707
D. 0 cofactor with the first row, second
22. EE Board Exam April 1999 column element?
28. EE Board Exam April 1997
 π Evaluate the determinant 3 2 
Evaluate tanh j  A. −  
 3 2 14 3 1 0 −1
1 5 - 1 3  −2 −1
A. 0.5 + j1.732 B. 0 2
B. j0.866 1 - 2 2 - 3  
C. j1.732 3 - 4 - 3 - 4 3 2 
D. 0.5 + j0.866 C. 0 −1
A. 489  
B. 389
23. EE Board Exam April 1999 C. 326  −2 0 
Evaluate ln (2 + j3). D. −  answer
D. 452  0 −1
A. 1.34 + j0.32
B. 2.54 + j0.866 29. EE Board Exam April 1997
C. 2.23 + j0.21 33. EE Board Exam October 1997
Given the equations: If a 3 x 3 matrix and its inverse are
D. 1.28 + j0.98 x+y+z=2 multiplied, write the product.
3x – y – 2z = 4
24. EE Board Exam October 1997 5x – 2y + 3z = -7 1 0 0
Evaluate the terms at t = 1 of the Solve for y by determinants A. 0 1 0  answer
Fourier series 2ej10πt + 2e-j10πt A. 1 0 0 1
A. 2 + j B. -2
B. 2 C. 3 0 0 0 
C. 4 D. 0 0 0 0 
B.  
D. 2 + j2
0 0 0 
30. EE Board Exam April 1997
25. EE Board Exam March 1998 Solve the equations by Cramer’s 0 0 1
Given the following series: Rule 0 1 0 
C.  
x3 x5 2x – y + 3z = -3
sin x = x - + + ....  1 0 0 
3! 5! 3x + 3y – z = 10
x2 x4 -x – y + z = -4 1 1 1
cos x = 1- + + .... A. (2, 1, -1) 1 1 1
2! 4! D.  
B. (2, -1, 1)
x2 x3 C. (1, 2, -1) 1 1 1
e x = 1+ x + + + ....
2! 3! D. (-1, -2, 1)
What relation can you draw from 34. EE Board Exam April 1996
these series? 31. EE Board Exam October 1997
 1 −1 2 
A. ex = cos x + sin x 2 3 1
If matrix  2 1 3  is multiplied by
B. ejx = cos x + jsin x If A = - 1 2 4 , what is cofactor of
C. ejx = jcos x + sin x 0 −1 1
D. jex = icos x + jsin x 0 5 7
x x
the second row, third column  y  is equal to zero, then matrix  y 
26. EE Board Exam October 1997 element?    
 z   z 
is
 A. 3 3 1 2 C. 1+j
B. 1  1 2 −1 D. 4(1 + j)
C.  
C. 0
D. -2  −2 −1 0 
45. ECE Board Exam November 1991
1 3 2
 −1 −2 0  Evaluate the determinant
35. EE Board Exam October 1997 D.   1 6 0
Given:  2 2 −1
4 2 7
4 5 0 1 0 0
0 5 3
A= 6 7 3 B= 0 1 0 , 38. EE Board Exam April 1997
What is the inverse Laplace A. 110
1 2 5 0 0 1 B. -101
transform of k divided by [(s square)
What is A times B equal to? + (k square)]? C. 101
4 0 0 A. cos kt D. -110
A. 0 7 0 B. sin kt
C. (e exponent kt) 46. ME Board Exam April 1997
0 0 5 D. 1.00 Evaluate the value of −10
0 0 0 multiplied by −7 .
39. EE Board Exam April 1995, April
B. 0 7 0 A. j
1997
1 0 0 The Laplace transform of cos wt is B. 70 answer
6 7 0 A. s/[(s square) + (w square]
C. - 70
B. w/[(s square) + (w square]
C. 8 9 4 C. w/(s + w) D. 17
2 3 5 D. s/(s + w)
4 5 0 47.
40. EE Board Exam April 1997
D. 6 7 3 answer Find the Laplace transform of 2/(s + A.
1 2 5 1) – 4/(s + 3). B.
A. 2 e(exp -t) – 4 e(exp -3t) C.
B. e(exp -2t) + e(exp -3t) D.
36. EE Board Exam April 1997 C. e(exp -2t) – e(exp -3t)
2 1 - 1 2 D. [2 e(exp -t)][1 – 2 e(exp -3t)] 48.
Matrix + 2 Matrix =
- 1 3 1 1
41. EE Board Exam March 1998 A.
- 2 4 Determine the inverse Laplace
A. Matrix B.
2 2 200 C.
transform of I(s) = 2
- 1 2 s − 50s + 10625 D.
B. Matrix A. i(t) = 2e-25t sin 100t
1 1 49.
B. i(t) = 2te-25t sin 100t
2 1 C. i(t) = 2e-25t cos 100t
C. Matrix D. i(t) = 2te-25t cos 100t A.
- 1 3 B.
0 5 42. EE Board Exam April 1997 C.
D. Matrix answer D.
1 5 The inverse Laplace transform of
s/[(s square) + (w square)] is
A. sin wt 50.
B. w
37. EE Board Exam October 1997 A.
C. e exponent wt
3 1 2 D. cos wt B.
Transpose the matrix  −2 −1 0  C.
43. ECE Board Exam April 1999 D.
 0 2 −1
Simplify the expression j1997 + j1999.
 −1 2 0  A. 0 Past Board Exam Problems in Algebra
A.  0 −1 −2  B. -j
  C. 1 + j
 2 1 3  51. CE Board Exam May 1997
D. 1 – j
Find the value of w in the following
 3 −2 0 
 1 −1 2  answer 44. ECE Board Exam November 1998 equations
B.   3x – 2y + w = 11
Find the value of (1 + j)5
2 0 −1 A. 1 – j x + 5y – 2w = -9
B. -4(1 + j) 2x + y – 3w = -6
A. 3
 B. 2 Find the value of log8 48. 64. CE Board Exam November 1995
C. 4 A. 1.86 In how many minutes after 7 o’clock
D. -2 B. 1.68 will the hands be directly opposite
C. 1.78 each other for the first time?
52. CE Board Exam May 1996 D. 1.98 A. 5.22 minutes
Find the value of A in the equation: B. 5.33 minutes
x 2 + 4x + 10 A B(2x + 2) C 58. CE Board Exam November 1997 C. 5.46 minutes
3 2
= + 2 + 2 Evaluate the log6 845 = x. D. 5.54 minutes
x + 2x + 5x x x + 2x + 5 x + 2x + 5 A. 3.76
B. 5.84 65. CE Board Exam May 1997
A. -2 C. 4.48 What time after 3 o’clock will the
B. 1/2 D. 2.98 hands of the clock be together for the
C. -1/2 first time?
D. 2 59. CE Board Exam November 1992, A. 3:02.30
May 1994 B. 3:17.37
53. CE Board Exam November 1991 If loga 10 = 0.25, what is the value of C. 3:14.32
Solve for x in the given equation. log10 a? D. 3:16.36
4 3 A. 2
8 2 8x = 2 B. 4 66. CE Board Exam May 1993, April
A. 4 C. 6 2004
B. 2 D. 8 Given that “w” varies directly as the
C. 3 product of “x” and “y” and inversely
D. 5 60. CE Board Exam November 1993 as the square of “z” and that w = 4
It takes Butch twice as long as it when x = 2, y = 6 and z = 3. Find the
54. CE Board Exam November 1997 takes Dan to do a certain piece of value of “w” when x = 1, y = 4 and z =
Find the remainder if we divide 4y3 + work. Working together they can do 2.
18y2 + 8y – 4 by 2y + 3. the work in 6 days. How long would it A. 3
A. 10 take Dan to do it alone? B. 4
B. 11 A. 9 days C. 5
C. 15 B. 10 days D. 6
D. 13 C. 11 days
D. 12 days 67. CE Board Exam May 1993, May
55. CE Board Exam November 1993 1994, November 1994
A 400-mm φ pipe can fill a tank alone 61. CE Board Exam November 1994 How many terms of the progression
in 5 hours and another 600-mm φ An airplane flying with the wind, took 3, 5, 7, … must be taken in order that
pipe can fill the tank alone in 4 hours. 2 hrs to travel 1000 km and 2.5 hrs in their sum will be 2600?
A drain pipe 300-mm φ can empty flying back. What was the wind A. 48
the tank in 20 hours. With all the velocity in kph? B. 49
three pipes open, how long will it take A. 50 kph C. 50
to fill the tank? B. 60 kph D. 51
A. 2.00 hours C. 70 kph
B. 2.50 hours D. 40 kph 68. CE Board Exam May 1995
C. 2.25 hours What is the sum of the progression 4,
D. 2.75 hours 62. CE Board Exam May 1998 9, 14, 19… up to the 20th term?
A boat travels downstream in 2/3 of A. 1030
56. CE Board Exam November 1996 the time as it goes going upstream. If B. 1035
Find the 6th term of the expansion of the velocity of the river’s current is 8 C. 1040
æ1 ö16 kph, determine the velocity of the D. 1045
çç - 3÷
÷ boat in still water.
èç2a ÷
ø A. 40 kph 69. CE Board Exam May 1998
66939 B. 50 kph Determine the sum of the
A. -
C. 30 kph progression if there are 7 arithmetic
256a11
D. 60 kph means between 3 and 35.
66339 A. 171
B. - answer
128a11 63. CE Board Exam May 1995 B. 182
33669 In how many minutes after 2 o’clock C. 232
C. - will the hands of the clock extend in D. 216
256a11
opposite directions for the first time?
39396 A. 42.4 minutes 70. CE Board Exam May 1991
D. -
128a11 B. 42.8 minutes In the “Gulf War” in the Middle East,
C. 43.2 minutes the allied forces captures 6400 of
57. CE Board Exam November 1993, D. 43.6 minutes Saddam’s soldiers and with
ECE November 1993 provisions on hand it will last for 216
 meals while feeding 3 meals per day. A. 58 centavos B. 16
The provision lasted 9 more days B. 60 centavos C. x2 + x + 2
because of daily deaths. At an C. 62 centavos D. 8
average, how many people died per D. 64 centavos
day? 83. EE Board Exam April 1997
A. 15 76. EE Board Exam October 1992 If n is any positive integer, then
B. 16 Find the value of x in (n – 1)(n – 2)(n – 3) … (3)(2)(1) =
C. 17 x + 1 2x A. e(n – 1)
D. 18 + = 47 - 2x B. (n – 1)!
3 4
A. 16.47 C. n!
71. CE Board Exam November 1993 B. 12.84 D. (n – 1)n
The 3rd term of a harmonic C. 18.27
progression is 15 and the 9th term is D. 20.17 84. EE Board Exam April 1996, March
6. Find the 11th term. 1998
A. 4 The polynomial x3 + 4x2 – 3x + 8 is
77. EE Board Exam October 1991
B. 5 Find the value of x in the equations: divided by x – 5, the remainder is
C. 6 A. 175
D. 7 éA A ù é3A 4A ù B. 140
10 ê + ú= A 2 ê - ú= A
êx
ë y ú
û
êx
ë y ú
û C. 218
72. CE Board Exam May 1995 A. 50/9 D. 200
The numbers 28, x + 2, 112 form a B. 80/9
geometric progression. What is the C. 70/9 85. EE Board Exam October 1993
10th term? D. 60/9 In the equation x2 + x = 0, one root is
A. 14336 equal to
B. 13463 78. EE Board Exam October 1997 A. 1
C. 16433 Find the values of x and y from the B. 5
D. 16344 equations: C. 1/4
x – 4y + 2 = 0 D. none of the above
73. CE Board Exam November 1994 2x + y – 4 = 0
In a benefit show, a number of A. 11/7, -5/7 86. EE Board Exam October 1997
wealthy men agreed that the first one B. 14/9, 8/9 Find the values of x in the equation
to arrive would pay 10 centavos to C. 4/9, 8/9 24x2 + 5x – 1 = 0
enter and each later arrive would pay D. 3/2, 5/3 A. (1/6, 1)
twice as much as the preceding man. B. (1/6, 1/5)
The total amount collected from all of 79. EE Board Exam October 1993 C. (1/2, 1/5)
them was Php104,857.50. How many Solve for the value of x. D. (1/8, -1/3)
wealthy men paid? 2x – y + z = 6
A. 18 x – 3y – 2z = 13 87. EE Board Exam October 1990
B. 19 2x – 3y – 3z = 16 Determine k so that the equation 4x2
C. 20 A. 4 + kx + 1 = 0 will have just one real
D. 21 B. 3 solution.
C. 2 A. 3
D. 1 B. 4
74. CE Board Exam May 1998 C. 5
Find the sum of 1, -1/5, 1/25, … 80. EE Board Exam April 1997 D. 6
A. 5/6 Multiply (2x + 5y)(5x – 2y)
B. 2/3 A. 10x2 – 21xy + 10y2 88. EE Board Exam October 1992
C. 0.84 B. -10x2 + 21xy + 10y2 Given: log 6 + x log 4 = log 4 + log
D. 0.72 C. 10x2 + 21xy – 10y2 (32 + 4x). Find x.
D. -10x2 – 21xy – 10y2 A. 2
75. CE Board Exam May 1992 B. 3
To conserve energy due to present 81. EE Board Exam March 1998 C. 4
energy crisis, the Meralco tried to Determine the sum of the positive D. 6
readjust their charges to electrical valued solution to the simultaneous
energy users who consume more equations: xy = 15, yz = 35; xz = 21. 89. EE Board Exam April 1997
2000 kW-hrs. For the first 100 kW-hr, A. 15 The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is
they changed 40 centavos and B. 13 18. In 3 years, Kim will be twice as
increasing at a constant rate more C. 17 old as Kevin. What are their ages
than the preceding one until the fifth D. 19 now?
100 kW-hr, the charge is 76 A. 4, 14
centavos. How much is the average 82. EE Board Exam October 1997 B. 5, 13
charge for the electrical energy per If f(x) = 2x2 + 2x + 4, what is f(2)? C. 7, 11
100 kW-hr? A. 4x + 2 D. 6, 12

90. EE Board Exam April 1996
A and B can do a piece of work in 42
days, B and C in 31 days and C and
A in 20 days. In how many days can
all of them do the work together?
A. 19
B. 17
C. 21
D. 15
91. EE Board Exam October 1997
Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15
liters of 35% salt solution are poured
into a drum originally containing 30
liters of 10% salt solution. What is the
per cent concentration of salt in the
mixture?
A. 19.55%
B. 22.15%
C. 27.05%
D. 25.72%
92. EE Board Exam October 1994
If a two digit number has x for its
unit’s digit and y for its ten’s digit,
represent the number.
A. 10x + y
B. 10y + x
C. xy
D. none of these
93. EE Board Exam October 1994
One number is 5 less than the other.
If their sum is 135, what are the
numbers?
A. 85, 50
B. 80, 55
C. 70, 65
D. 75, 60
94. EE Board Exam April 1997
A jogger starts a course at a steady
state of 8 kph. Five minutes later, a
second jogger starts the same course
at 10 kph. How long will it take the
second jogger to catch the first?
A. 20 min
B. 21 min
C. 22 min
D. 18 min
95. EE Board Exam April 1997
A boat man rows to a place 4.8 miles
with the stream and back in 14 hours,
but finds that he can row 14 miles
with the stream in the same time as 3
miles against the stream. Find the
rate of the stream.
A. 1.5 miles per hour
B. 1 mile per hour
C. 0.8 mile per hour
D. 0.6 mile per hour
96. EE Board Exam April 1993
If eight is added to the product of nine
and the numerical number, the sum
is seventy-one. Find the unknown
number.
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
97. EE Board Exam April 1997
A train, an hour after starting, meets
with an accident which detains it an
hour after which it proceeds at 3/5 of
its former rate and arrives three hour
after time; but had the accident
happened 50 miles farther on the
line, it would have arrived one and
one-half sooner. Find the length of
the journey.
A. 910/9 miles
B. 800/9 miles
C. 920/9 miles
D. 850/9 miles
98. EE Board Exam October 1990
A man left his home at past 3 o’clock
PM as indicated in his wall clock,
between 2 to 3 hours after, he returns
home and noticed the hands of the
clock interchanged. At what time did
the man leave his home?
A. 3:31.47
B. 3:21.45
C. 3:46.10
D. 3:36.50
99. EE Board Exam April 1990
A storage battery discharges at a rate
which is proportional to the charge. If
the charge is reduced by 50% of its
original value at the end of 2 days,
how long will it take it reduce the
charge to 25% of its original charge?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
100. EE Board Exam March 1998
The electric power which a
transmission line can transmit is
proportional to the product of its
design voltage and current capacity,
and inversely to the transmission
distance. A 115-kilovolt line rated at
100 amperes can transmit 150
megawatts over 150 km. How much
power, in megawatts can a 230-
kilovolt line rated at 150 amperes
transmit over 100 km?
A. 785
B. 485
C. 675
D. 595
101. EE Board Exam March 1998
A bookstore purchased a best selling
price book at Php200.00 per copy. At
what price should this book be sold
so that, giving a 20% discount, the
profit is 30%?
A. Php450
B. Php500
C. Php357
D. Php400
102. EE Board Exam March 1998
In a certain community of 1,200
people, 60% are literate. Of the
males, 50% are literate and of the
females 70% are literate. What is the
female population?
A. 850
B. 500
C. 550
D. 600
103. EE Board Exam March 1998
Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 ft in
the first second, 48.3 in the 2nd
second, 80.5 in the 3rd second. How
far did the body fall during the 10th
second?
A. 248.7 ft
B. 308.1 ft
C. 241.5 ft
D. 305.9 ft
104. EE Board Exam April 1997
A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the
bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second
layer, 55 bricks in the third layer, and
so until there are 10 bricks in the last
layer. How many bricks are there all
together?
A. 638
B. 637
C. 639
D. 649
105. EE Board Exam April 1997
Once a month, a man puts some
money into the cookie jar. Each
month he puts 50 centavos more into
a jar than the month before. After 12
years, he counted his money, he had
Php5,436. How much money did he
put in the jar in the last month?
A. Php73.50
B. Php75.50
C. Php74.50
D. Php72.50
106. EE Board Exam April 1997
 A girl on a bicycle coasts downhill 112. EE Board Exam April 1997 3
covers 4 feet the 1st second, 12 feet If equal spheres are piled in the form y2
B.
the 2nd second, and in general, 8 feet of a complete pyramid with an x
more each second than the previous equilateral triangle as base, find the 5
second. If she reaches the bottom at total number of spheres in the pile if y2
the end of 14 seconds, how far did each side of the base contains 4 C.
x2
she coasts? spheres.
3
A. 782 feet A. 15 y2
B. 780 feet B. 20 D.
C. 784 feet C. 18 x2
D. 786 feet D. 21
118. ECE Board Exam April 1991
107. EE Board Exam October 1991 113. EE Board Exam October 1997 Simplify
The fourth term in the geometric In the series 1, 1, 1/2, 1/6, 1/24, …, 7a+2 – 8(7)a+1 + 5(7)a + 49(7)a-2
progression is 216 and the 6th term is determine the 6th term. A. -5a
1944. Find the 8th term. A. 1/80 B. -3a
A. 17649 B. 1/74 C. -7a
B. 17496 C. 1/100 D. -4a
C. 16749 D. 1/120
D. 17964 119. ECE Board Exam April 1993
114. ECE Board Exam April 1999 Solve for y:
108. EE Board Exam April 1997 If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x – 1. x y z
= =
The seventh term is 56 and the A. 14 (b - c) (a - c) (a - b)
twelfth term is -1792 of a geometric B. 3
A. x – z
progression. Find the common ratio C. 12
B. x + z
and the first term. Assume the ratios D. 5
C. a + b
are equal.
D. a – b
A. -2, 5/8 115. ECE Board Exam April 1991
B. -1, 5/8 - 1
(x 2 y 3 z- 2 )(x- 3 yz- 3 ) 2 120. ECE Board Exam April 1993
C. -1, 7/8
Simplify Solve for x in the following equations:
D. -2, 7/8 - 5
(xyz- 3 ) 2 27x = 9y
81y3-x = 243
109. EE Board Exam March 1998 A. 1/x2y7z5
A. 1
Determine the sum of the infinite B. 1/x2y7z3
B. 1.5
series: C. 1/x2y5z7
C. 2
1 1 1  1
n D. 1/x5y7z2
D. 2.5
S= + + +L+  
3 9 27 3 116. ECE Board Exam November 1993
A. 4/5 121. ECE Board Exam April 1993
Simplify the following equation
B. 3/4 4(5 2n+ 1) - 10(52n- 1)
C. 2/3 Evaluate y =
2(52n )
D. 1/2 5x x+ 3 2x + 1
- + A. y = 5n
110. EE Board Exam October 1994 2x 2 + 7x + 3 2x 2 - 3x - 2 x 2 + x - 6 B. y=9
A rubber ball is made to fall from a 4 C. y = 52n
A. answer D. y = 18
height of 50 feet and is observed to x+ 3
rebound 2/3 of the distance it falls. 2
How far will the ball travel before B. 122. ECE Board Exam April 1990
coming to rest if the ball continues to x- 3 Given:
fall in this manner? 4 (an )(am ) = 100,000
C.
A. 200 feet x- 3 anm = 1,000,000
B. 225 feet 2
C. 250 feet D. an
x+ 3 = 10
D. 275 feet am
Find a
117. ECE Board Exam April 1991
111. EE Board Exam April 1990 A. 12
What is the fraction in lowest term ïìï 1 ïü6 B. 9
equivalent to 0.133133133133? ï 2 é- 1 - 1 - 2 ù2 ïï C. 11
Simplify: ïí x 3 êx 3 y
ê
2 x 2 y- 2 3 ú ï
( ) ú ý
A. 133/666 ïï êë úû ïï D. 10
B. 133/777 ïï
î
ïï
þ
C. 133/888 5 123. ECE Board Exam November 1991
D. 133/999 y2 Give the factors of a2 – x2
A. answer A. 2a – 2x
x
 B. (a + x)(a – x) A. 5x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 B. 16
C. (a + x)(a + x) B. 2x2 + 3x – 5 = 0 C. 4
D. 2x – 2a C. 3x2 – 3x + 2 = D. 2
D. 2x2 + 5x – 3 = 0
124. ECE Board Exam November 1990 139. ECE Board Exam April 1993
(a – b)3 = ? 131. ECE Board Exam April 1990 Solve for the value of x in the
A. a3 – 3a2b + 3ab2 + b3 Solve for the value of “a” in the following equation: x3log x = 100x
B. a3 – 3a2b – 3ab2 – b3 equation a8 – 17a4 + 16 = 0. A. 12
C. a3 + 3a2b + 3ab2 – b3 A. ±2 B. 8
D. a3 – 3a2b + 3ab2 – b3 B. ±3 C. 30
C. ±4 D. 10
125. ECE Board Exam April 1998 D. ±5
What is the least common factor of 140. ECE Board Exam November 1998
10 and 32? 132. ECE Board Exam April 1998 If log of 2 to the base 2 plus log of x
A. 320 In the expression of (x + 4y)12, the to the base 2 is equal to 2, then the
B. 2 numerical coefficient of the 5th term value of x is:
C. 180 is A. 4
D. 90 A. 63,360 B. -2
B. 126,720 C. 2
126. ECE Board Exam April 1999 C. 506,880 D. -1
Given: f(x) = (x + 3)(x – 4) + 4. When D. 253,440
f(x) is divided by (x – k), the 141. ECE Board Exam April 1995, April
remainder is k. Find k. 133. ECE Board Exam November 1995 1999
A. 2 What is the sum of the coefficients of Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as
B. 4 the expansion (2x – 1)20? old as Ann was when Mary was as
C. 6 A. 0 old as Ann is now. How old is Ann
D. 8 B. 1 now?
C. 2 A. 16
127. ECE Board Exam April 1999 D. 3 B. 18
Find the mean proportional of 4 and C. 12
36. 134. ECE Board Exam April 1995 D. 15
A. 72 What is the sum of the coefficients of
B. 24 the expansion (x + y – z)8? 142. ECE Board Exam November 1995
C. 12 A. 0 Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster
D. 20 B. 1 than Juan and 20% faster than Pilar,
C. 2 and together they can paint a given
128. ECE Board Exam April 1998 D. 3 fence in 4 hours. How long will it take
The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers Pedro to paint the same fence if he
is 55. If two numbers namely 250 and 135. ECE Board Exam November 1990 had to work alone?
850 are removed, what is the Log (MN) is equal to A. 6
arithmetic mean of the remaining A. Log M – N B. 8
numbers? B. Log M + N C. 10
A. 42.31 C. N Log M D. 12
B. 50 D. Log M + Log N
C. 38.62 143. ECE Board Exam April 1999
D. 57.12 136. ECE Board Exam April 1998 Mike, Louie and Joy can mow the
What is the value of log2 5 + log3 5? lawn in 4, 6 and 7 hours respectively.
129. ECE Board Exam April 1998 A. 7.39 What fraction of the yard can they
The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is B. 3.79 mow in 1 hour if they work together?
17. If two numbers are added to the C. 3.97 A. 47/84
progression, the new set of numbers D. 9.37 B. 45/84
will have an arithmetic mean of 19. C. 84/47
What are the two numbers of their 137. ECE Board Exam November 1995 D. 36/60
difference is 4? Given: logb y = 2x + logb x. Which of
A. 21, 25 the following is true? 144. ECE Board Exam November 1991
B. 23, 27 A. y = b2x Crew No. 1 can finish installation of
C. 8, 12 B. y = 2xb an antenna tower in 200 man-hours
D. 16, 20 C. y = 2x/b while Crew No. 2 can finish the same
D. y = xb2x job in 300 man-hours. How long will it
130. ECE Board Exam March 1996 take both crews to finish the same
The equation of whose roots are the 138. ECE Board Exam November 1991 job, working together?
reciprocal of the roots of 2x2 – 3x – 5 = Given: logb 1024 = 5/2. Find b. A. 100 man-hours
0 is A. 2560 B. 120 man-hours
 C. 140 man-hours C. 16
D. 160 man-hours D. 6 157. ECE Board Exam November 2001,
April 1999
145. ECE Board Exam March 1996 151. ECE Board Exam November 1993 If one third of the air in a tank is
Ten less than four times a certain Jojo bought a second hand DVD removed by each stroke of an air
number is 14. Determine the number. player and then sold it to Rudy at a jump, what fractional part of the total
A. 6 profit of 40%. Rudy then sold the air is removed in 6 strokes?
B. 7 player to Noel at a profit of 20%. If A. 0.7122
C. 8 Noel paid Php2,856 more that it cost B. 0.9122
D. 9 to Jojo, how much did Jojo paid for C. 0.6122
the unit? D. 0.8122
146. ECE Board Exam March 1996 A. Php4,000
The sum of two numbers is 21 and B. Php4,100 158. ECE Board Exam April 1998
one number is twice the other. Find C. Php4,200 The sum of the first 10 terms of a
the numbers. D. Php4,300 geometric progression 2, 4, 8, … is
A. 6, 15 A. 1023
B. 7, 14 152. ECE Board Exam March 1996 B. 2046
C. 8, 13 A merchant has three items on sale, C. 225
D. 9, 12 namely a radio for P 50, a clock for P D. 1596
30 and a flashlight for P 1. At the end
147. ECE Board Exam November 1997 of the day, he sold a total of 100 of 159. ECE Board Exam April 1998
The denominator of a certain fraction the three items and has taken exactly Find the sum of the infinite
is three more than twice the P 1000 on the total sales. How many progression 6, -2, 2/3 …
numerator. If 7 is added to both terms radios did he sell? A. 9/2
of the fraction, the resulting fraction is A. 16 B. 5/2
3/5. Find the original fraction. B. 20 C. 7/2
A. 8/5 C. 18 D. 11/2
B. 13/5 D. 24
C. 5/13 160. ECE Board Exam November 1998
D. 3/5 153. ECE Board Exam November 1998 Find the ratio of an infinite geometric
Find the 30th term in the arithmetic progression if the sum is 2 and the
148. ECE Board Exam November 1998 progression 4, 7, 10, … first term is 1/2.
A man rows downstream at the rate A. 75 A. 1/3
of 8 mph and upstream at the rate of B. 88 B. 1/2
2 mph. How far downstream should C. 90 C. 3/4
he go if he is to return in 7/4 hours D. 91 D. 1/4
after leaving?
A. 2.5 miles 154. ECE Board Exam April 1995 161. ECE Board Exam April 1998
B. 3.3 miles A besiege fortress is held by 5700 Find the 1987th digit in the decimal
C. 3.1 miles men who have provisions for 66 equivalent to 1785/9999 starting from
D. 2.7 miles days. If the garrison looses 20 men the decimal point.
each day, for how many days can the A. 8
149. ECE Board Exam April 1990 provision hold out? B. 1
The resistance of a wire varies A. 72 C. 7
directly with its length and inversely B. 74 D. 5
with its area. If a certain piece of wire C. 76
10 mm long and 0.10 cm in diameter D. 78 162. ECE March 1996
has a resistance of 100 ohms, what For a particular experiment you need
will be its resistance be if it is 155. ECE Board Exam November 1995 5 liters of a 10% solution. You find
uniformly stretched so that its length Find the fourth term of the 7% and 12% solution on the shelf.
becomes 12 m? progression 1/2, 0.2, 0.125 … How much of the 7% solution should
A. 80 A. 1/10 you mix with appropriate amount of
B. 90 B. 1/11 the 12% solution to get 5 liters of a
C. 144 C. 0.102 10% solution?
D. 120 D. 0.099 A. 1.5 liter
B. 2.5 liters
150. ECE Board Exam November 1993 156. ECE Board Exam April 1999 C. 2 liters
If x varies directly as y and inversely Determine x so that: x, 2x + 7, 10x – 7 D. 3 liters
as z, and x = 14 when y = 7 and z = will be a geometric progression.
2, find the value of x when y = 16 and A. 7, -7/12 163. ECE November 1999
z = 4. B. 7, -5/6 The sum of the digits of a two-digit
A. 14 C. 7, -14/5 number is 11. If the digits are
B. 4 D. 7, -7/6 reversed, the resulting number is
 seven more than twice the original A. 2.228 hours A multimillionaire left his entire estate
number. What is the original number? B. 2.812 hours to his wife, daughter, son and
A. 38 C. 2.322 hours bodyguard. His daughter and son got
B. 53 D. 2.182 hours half the total value of the estate in the
C. 83 ratio 3:2. His wife got twice value as
D. 44 170. ECE April 2001 much as the share of the son. If the
The seating section in a Coliseum bodyguard received half a million
164. ECE November 1999 has 30 seats in the first row, 32 seats pesos, what is the total value of the
Find the sum of the roots of 5x2 – 10x in the second row, 34 seats in the estate?
+ 2 = 0. third row, and so on, until the tenth A. 6.5 million
A. -1/2 row is reached, after which there are B. 5 million
B. -2 ten rows, each containing 50 seats. C. 7 million
C. 2 Find the total number of seats in the D. 6 million
D. 1/2 section.
A. 900 176. ECE November 2002, April 2004
165. EE November 1999, November 2000 B. 910 A speed boat can make a trip of 100
The time required for the two C. 890 miles in one hour and 30 minutes if it
examinees to solve the same D. 1000 travels upstream. If it travels
problem differs by two minutes. downstream, it will take one hour and
Together they can solve 32 problems 171. ECE November 2001 fifteen minutes to travel the same
in one hour. How long will it take for A piece of paper is 0.05 inches thick. distance. What is the speed of the
the slower problem solver to solve Each time the paper is folded into boat in calm water?
the same problem? half, the thickness is doubled. If the A. 193.45 mph
A. 5 minutes paper was folded 12 times, how thick B. 73.33 mph
B. 2 minutes in feet the folded paper be? C. 146.67 mph
C. 3 minutes A. 10.24 D. 293.33 mph
D. 4 minutes B. 12.34
C. 17.10 177. ECE April 2003
166. ECE November 2000 D. 11.25 Simplify the expression: the square
Find the value of m that will make 4x2 root of the cube root of 64x60.
– 4mx + 4m + 5 is a perfect square 172. ECE November 2001 A. 4x4
trinomial. It takes an airplane one hour and B. 8x2
A. 3 forty-five minutes to travel 500 miles C. 2x6
B. -2 against the wind and covers the D. 2x10
C. 4 same distance in one hour and fifteen
D. 5 minutes with the wind. What is the 178. ECE April 2003
speed of the airplane? A man can do a job three times as
167. ECE April 2001 A. 342.85 mph fast as a boy. Working together it
Ana is 5 years older than Beth. In 5 B. 375.50 mph would take them 6 hours to do the
years, the product of their ages will C. 450.50 mph same job. How long will it take the
be 1.5 times the product of their D. 285.75 mph man to do the job alone?
present ages. How old is Beth now? A. 9 hours
A. 27 173. ECE November 2002, April 2004 B. 8 hours
B. 20 At exactly what time after 2 o’clock C. 7 hours
C. 25 will the hour hand and the minute D. 10 hours
D. 18 hand extend in opposite directions for
the first time? 179. ECE April 2003
168. ECE April 2001 A. 2:43 and 0.64 sec A company sells 80 units and makes
Find the coefficients of the term B. 2:43 and 6.30 sec P 80 profit. Its sells 110 units and
involving b4 in the expansion of (a2 – C. 2:43 and 40.5 sec makes P 140 profit. If the profit is a
2b)10. D. 2:43 and 37.8 sec linear function of the number of units
A. -3360 sold, what is the average profit per
B. 10! 174. ECE November 2002 unit if the company sells 250 units?
C. -960 The sum of the ages of Peter and A. P 1.76
D. 3360 Paul is 21. Peter will be twice as old B. P 1.68
as Paul 3 years form now. What is C. P 1.66
169. ECE April 2001 the present age of Peter? D. P 1.86
One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours A. 8
and another pipe can fill the same B. 6 180. ECE November 2003
tank in 3 hours. A drain pipe can C. 18 At approximately what time after 12
empty the tank in 24 hours. With all D. 15 o’clock will the hour hand and the
tanks open, how long in hours will it minute hands of a clock form an
take to fill the tank? 175. ECE November 2002
 angle of 120 degrees for the second 186. ECE April 2003 A. 12
time? What are the first four terms of the B. 24
A. 50 min and 30 sec after 12 sequence whose general term is n2 + C. 36
o’clock 1? D. 1
B. 43 min and 38 sec after 12 A. 1, 4, 9, 16
o’clock B. 2, 5, 10, 17 193. ECE April 2004
C. 38 min and 35 sec after 12 C. 5, 10, 17, 26 The average rate of production of
o’clock D. 2, 4, 6, 10 printed circuit board (PCB) is 1 unit
D. 30 min and 45 sec after 12 for every 2 hours work by two
o’clock 187. ECE April 2004 workers. How many PCB’s can be
Peter can do a job 50 percent faster produced in one month by 60 workers
181. ECE November 2003 than Paul and 20 percent faster than working 200 hours during the month?
A company sells 80 units and makes John. If they work together, they can A. 4000
P 80 profit. It sells 110 units and finish the job in 4 days. How many B. 5000
makes P 140 profit. If the profit is a days will it take Peter to finish the job C. 6000
linear function of the number of units if he is to work alone? D. 3000
sold, what is the average profit per A. 18
unit of the company sells 250 units? B. 10 194. ECE November 2004
A. P 1.76 C. 12 What is the sum of all even integers
B. P 1.68 D. 16 from 10 to 500?
C. P 1.66 A. 87,950
D. P 1.86 188. ECE April 2004 B. 124,950
Solve for x in the following equation: C. 62,730
182. ECE November 2003 x + 4x + 7x + 10x + … + 64x = 1430. D. 65,955
What is the remainder when the A. 4
polynomial x4 – 5x3 + 5x2 + 7x + 6 id B. 3 195. ECE April 2005
divided by x + 2? C. 2 From the equation 7x2 + (2k – 1)x – 3k
A. 16 D. 1 + 2 = 0, determine the value of k so
B. 32 that the sum and product of the roots
C. 48 189. ECE April 2004 are equal.
D. 68 If kx3 – (k + 3)x2 + 13 is divided by x – A. 2
4, and the remainder is 157, then the B. 4
183. ECE November 2003 value of k is C. 1
Harry is one-third as old as Ron and A. 6 D. 3
8 years younger than Hermione. If B. 4
Harry is 8 years old, what is the sum C. 5 196. ECE April 2005
of their ages? D. 3 What is the equation form of the
A. 40 statement: “The amount by which
B. 45 190. ECE April 2004 100 exceeds four times a given
C. 48 If 16 is four more than 3x, then x2 + 5 number?”
D. 50 = ____? A. 4x(100)
A. 16 B. 100 + 4x
184. ECE November 2003 B. 21 C. 100 – 4x
The sum of the three consecutive C. 3 D. 4x – 100
even integers is 78. What is the D. 4
largest number? 197. ECE April 2005
A. 24 191. ECE April 2001, November 2002 Candle A and candle B of equal
B. 28 Four positive integers form an length are lighted at the same time
C. 32 arithmetic progression. If the product and burning until candle A is twice as
D. 30 of the 1st and the last term is 70 and long as candle B. Candle A is
the 2nd and the third term is 88, find designed to fully burn in 8 hours
185. ECE November 2003 the 1st term. while candle B for 4 hours. How long
An iron bar four meters long has a A. 5 will they be lighted?
300 pound weight hung on one end B. 3 A. 3 hours and 30 minutes
and a 200 pound weight hung at the C. 14 B. 2 hours and 40 minutes
opposite end. How far from the 300 D. 8 C. 3 hours
pound weight should the fulcrum be D. 2 hours
located to balance the bar? 192. ECE April 2004
A. 2.5 meters A professional organization is 198. ECE April 2005
B. 1.0 meter composed of x ECEs and 2x EEs. If 6 Solve for x if 8^x = 2^(y + 2) and
C. 1.6 meters ECEs are replaced by 6 EEs, 1/6 of 16^(3x – y) = 4^y.
D. 2.0 meters the members will be ECEs. Solve for A. 2
x. B. 4
 C. 1 immediately preceding one. What The value of (3 to 2.5 power) square
D. 3 was his average score in Surveying? is equal to
A. 50% A. 729
199. ECE April 2005 B. 55% B. 140
What is the sum of all odd integers C. 60% C. 243
between 10 and 500? D. 65% D. 81
A. 87,950
B. 124,950 206. GE Board Exam February 1994 212. ME Board Exam April 1996
C. 62,475 Robert is 15 years older than his Factor the expression x2 + 6x + 8 as
D. 65,955 brother Stan. However “y” years ago, completely as possible
Robert was twice as old as Stan. If A. (x + 4)(x + 2)
200. ECE April 2005 Stan is now “b” years old and b > y, B. (x – 4)(x + 2)
How many terms of the progression find the value of (b – y). C. (x – 4)(x – 2)
3, 5, 7, should there be so that their A. 15 D. (x + 6)(x + 2)
sum was 2600. B. 16
A. 60 C. 17 213. ME Board Exam April 1995
B. 50 D. 18 Factor the expression 3x3 – 3x2 – 18x
C. 52 A. 3x(x – 3)(x + 2)
D. 55 207. ME Board Exam October 1995 B. 3x(x + 3)(x + 2)
Solve for the value of x and y. C. 3x(x + 3)(x – 2)
201. ECE April 2005 4x + 2y = 5 D. 3x(x – 3)(x – 2)
If the 1st term of the geometric 13x – 3y = 2
progression is 27 and the 4th term is - A. y = 1/2, x = 3/2 214. ME Board Exam April 1995
1, the third term is B. y = 3/2, x = 1/2 Simplify bm/n.
A. 3 C. y = 2, x = 1
B. 2 D. y = 3, x = 1 bm
A.
C. -3 n
D. -2 208. ME Board Exam October 1996 B. bm+ n
202. GE Board Exam February 1991 Solve the simultaneous equations
n m
The product of 1/4 and 1/5 of a 2x2 – 3y2 = 6 C. b answer
number is 500. What is the number? 3x2 + 2y2 = 35 m
b
A. 50 A. x = 3 or -3; y = 2 or -2 D.
B. 75 B. x = 3 or -3; y = -2 or 1 n
C. 100 C. x = 3 or -3; y = -2 or -1
D. 125 D. x = 3 or -3; y = 2 or -3 215. ME Board Exam April 1998
Find the value of x which will satisfy
203. GE Board Exam February 1997 209. ME Board Exam October 1996 the following expression:
At what after 12:00 noon will the hour Solve for the simultaneous equations: x- 2 = x + 2
hand and minute hand of the clock x + y = -4 A. 3/2
first form an angle of 120 degrees? x+z–1=0 B. 9/4
A. 12:18.818 y+z+1=0 C. 18/6
B. 12:21.818 A. x = -1, y = -5, z = 3 D. none of these
C. 12:22.818 B. x = 1, y = 2, z = -3
D. 12:24.818 C. x = -1, y = -3, z = 2 216. ME Board Exam April 1996
D. x = -2, y = -3. z = -1 If x to the 3/4 power equals 8, x
204. GE Board Exam February 1994 equals
From the time 6:15 pm to the time 210. ME Board Exam October 1996 A. -9
7:45 pm of the same day, the minute x- 2 B. 6
hand of a standard clock describes Resolve into partial
x 2 - 7x + 12 C. 9
an arc of D. 16
A. 60° fraction.
B. 90° 6 2
A. - 217. ME Board Exam October 1996
C. 180° x- 4 x- 3 Solve for x that satisfies the equation
D. 540° 3 5 6x2 – 7x – 5 = 0
B. -
x- 4 x- 3 A. 5/3 or -1/2
205. GE Board Exam July 1993 B. 3/2 or 3/8
A Geodetic Engineering student got a 6 5
C. - answer C. 7/5 or -7/15
score of 30% on Test 1 of the five x- 4 x- 3 D. 3/5 or 3/4
number test in Surveying. On the last 7 5
number he got 90% in which a D. -
x- 4 x- 3 218. ME Board Exam April 1996
constant difference more on each Solve for x: 10x2 + 10x + 1 = 0
number that he had on the 211. ME Board Exam October 1996 A. -0.113, -0.887
B. -0.331, -0.788
 C. -0.113, -0.788 x+y A. 1000 kg of steel with 14% nickel,
D. -0.311, -0.887 B. 500 kg of steel with 6% nickel
2
B. 750 kg of steel with 14% nickel,
xy
219. ME Board Exam April 1997 C. answer 1250 kg of steel with 6% nickel
What is the value of log to the base x+y C. 500 kg of steel with 14% nickel,
10 of 10003.3? D. xy 1500 kg of steel with 6% nickel
A. 10.9 D. 1250 kg of steel with 14% nickel,
B. 99.9 750 kg of steel with 6% nickel
C. 9.9 226. ME Board Exam April 1995
D. 9.5 A and B working together can finish 230. ME Board Exam October 1991
painting a house in 6 days. A working The time required for an elevator to
220. ME Board Exam October 1996 alone can finish it in 54 days less lift a weight varies directly with the
Which value is equal to log to the than B. How long will it take each of weight and the distance through
base e of e to the -7x power? them to finish the work alone? which it is to be lifted and inversely
A. -7x A. 8, 13 as the power of the motor. If it takes
B. 10 to the -7x power B. 10, 15 30 seconds for a 10 hp motor to lift
C. 7 C. 6, 11 100 lbs through 50 feet, what size of
D. -7 log to the base 10 D. 7, 12 motor is required to lift 800 lbs in 40
seconds through 40 feet?
221. ME Board Exam April 1996 227. ME Board Exam October 1994 A. 42
Log of the nth root of x equals log of x On one job, two power shovels B. 44
to 1/n power and also equal to excavate 20,000 cubic meters of C. 46
earth, the larger shovel working 40 D. 48
log x
A. answer hours and the smaller for 35 hours.
n On another job, they removed 40,000
B. n log x 231. ME Board Exam October 1996
cubic meters with the larger shovel The arithmetic mean of a and b is
log(x to the 1/n power) working 70 hours and the smaller
C. a+b
n working 90 hours. How much earth A. answer
can each remove in 1 hour working 2
D. (n – 1)log x
alone? B. ab
222. ME Board Exam April 1997 A. 169.2, 287.3 ab
What expression is equal to log x – B. 178.3, 294.1 C.
2
log(y + z)? C. 173.9, 347.8
D. 200.1, 312.4 a−b
A. log x + log y + log z D.
B. log [x/(y + z)] 2
C. log x – log y – log z 228. ME Board Exam October 1992
D. log y + log (x + z) A Chemist of a distillery 232. ME Board Exam April 1995
experimented on two alcohol In a pile of logs, each layer contains
223. ME Board Exam October 1997 solutions of different strength, 35% one more log than the layer above
Find the value of x if log12 x = 2. alcohol and 50% alcohol, and the top contains just one log. If
A. 144 respectively. How many cubic meters there are 105 logs in the pile, how
B. 414 of each strength must he use to many layers are there?
C. 524 produce a mixture of 60 cubic meters A. 11
D. 425 that contain 40% alcohol? B. 12
A. 20 m3 of solution with 35% C. 13
224. ME Board Exam April 1998 alcohol, 40 m3 of solution with D. 14
A pump can pump out water from a 50% alcohol
tank in 11 hours. Another pump can B. 50 m3 of solution with 35% 233. ME Board Exam April 1999
pump out water from the same tank alcohol, 20 m3 of solution with If the sum is 220 and the first term is
in 20 hours. How long will it take both 50% alcohol 10, find the common difference if the
pumps to pump out water in the tank? C. 20 m3 of solution with 35% last term is 30.
A. 7 hours alcohol, 50 m3 of solution with A. 2
B. 6 hours 50% alcohol B. 5
C. 7 1/2 hours D. 40 m3 of solution with 35% C. 3
D. 6 1/2 hours alcohol, 20 m3 of solution with D. 2/3
50% alcohol
225. ME Board Exam April 1995 234. ME Board Exam October 1996
If A can do the work in “x” days and B 229. ME Board Exam October 1994 A product has a current selling price
in “y” days, how lone will they finish Two thousand (2000) kg of steel of Php325.00. If its selling price is
the job working together? containing 8% nickel is to be made expected to decline at the rate of
x+y by mixing a steel containing 14% 10% per annum because of
A. nickel with another containing 6% obsolescence, what will be its selling
xy nickel. How much of each is needed? price four years hence?
 A. Php213.23 What is the slope of the line 3x + 2y + A. 2.1
B. Php202.75 1 = 0? B. 2.3
C. Php302.75 A. 3/2 C. 2.5
D. Php156.00 B. 2/3 D. 2.7
C. -3/2
235. D. -2/3 250. CE Board Exam May 1993, ECE
Board Exam November 1993, April
A. 243. CE Board Exam May 1996 1994
B. What is the equation of the line that The focus of the parabola y2 =16x is
C. passes thru (4,0) and is parallel to at
D. the line x – y – 2 = 0? A. (4,0)
236. A. x – y + 4 = 0 B. (0,4)
B. x + y + 4 = 0 C. (3,0)
A. C. x – y – 4 = 0 D. (0,3)
B. D. x – y = 0
C. 251. CE Board Exam November 1994
D. 244. CE Board Exam May 1997 What is the vertex of the parabola x2
Find the slope having a parametric = 4(y – 2)?
237. equation of x = 2 + t and y = 5 – 3t. A. (2,0)
A. 2 B. (0,2)
A. B. 3 C. (3,0)
B. C. -2 D. (0,3)
C. D. -3
D.
Past Board Exam Problems 245. CE Board Exam May 1995 252. CE Board Exam May 1995
What is the radius of the circle x2 + y2 What is the length of the latus rectum
in Analytic Geometry – 6y = 0? of the curve x2 = 20y?
A. 2 A. √20
B. 3 B. 20
238. CE Board Exam November 1992 C. 4 C. 5
The two points on the lines 2x – 3y + D. 5 D. √5
4 = 0 which are at a distance 2 from
the line 3x + 4y – 6 = 0 are 246. CE Board Exam November 1995 253. CE Board Exam November 1994
A. (-5,1) and (-5,2) What are the coordinates of the What is the area enclosed by the
B. (64,-44) and (4,-4) center of the curve x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y – curve 9x2 + 25y2 – 225 = 0?
C. (8,8) and (12,12) 31 = 0? A. 47.1
D. (44,-64) and (-4,4) A. (-1, 1) B. 50.2
B. (-2, 2) C. 63.8
239. CE Board Exam November 1992 C. (1, 2) D. 72.3
The distance from the point (2,1) to D. (2, 1)
the line 4x – 3y + 5 = 0 is 254. CE Board Exam May 1993
A. 1 247. CE Board Exam May 1998 The length of the latus rectum for the
B. 2 Find the slope of the line having a ellipse x2/64 + y2/16 = 1 is equal to
C. 3 parametric equation y = 4t + 6 and x A. 2
D. 4 = t + 1. B. 3
A. 1 C. 4
240. CE Board Exam November 1996 B. 2 D. 5
Determine the distance from (5,10) to C. 3
the line x – y = 0. D. 4 255. CE Board Exam November 1992
A. 3.33 The earth’s orbit is an ellipse with the
B. 3.54 248. CE Board Exam May 1996 sun at one of the foci. If the farthest
C. 4.23 How far from the y-axis is the center distance of the sun from the earth is
D. 5.45 of the curve 2x2 + 2y2 + 10x – 6y – 55 105.50 million km and the nearest
= 0? distance of the sun from the earth is
241. CE Board Exam May 1992 A. -2.5 78.25 million km, find the eccentricity
Find the distance between the given B. -3.0 of the ellipse.
lines 4x – 3y = 12 and 4x – 3y = -8. C. -2.75 A. 0.15
A. 3 D. 3.25 B. 0.25
B. 4 C. 0.35
C. 5 249. CE Board Exam November 1993 D. 0.45
D. 6 The shortest distance form A(3,8) to
the circle x2 + y2 + 4x – 6y = 12 is 256. CE Board Exam November 1995
242. CE Board Exam November 1995 equal to
 How far from the x-axis is the focus F A. 3 270. EE Board Exam October 1994
of the hyperbola x2 – 2y2 + 4x + 4y + 4 B. 4 The semi-transverse axis of the
= 0? C. 5 x 2 y2
A. 4.5 D. 6 hyperbola − = 1 is
9 4
B. 3.4
C. 2.7 263. EE Board Exam April 1997 A. 2
D. 2.1 A line passes thru (1, -3) and (-4, 2). B. 3
Write the equation of the line in slope C. 4
257. CE Board Exam May 1996 intercept form. D. 5
What is the equation of the A. y – 4 = x
asymptote of the hyperbola B. y = -x – 2 271. EE Board Exam April 1994
C. y = x - 4 Find the equation of the hyperbola
x 2 y2 whose asymptotes are y = ±2x and
− = 1? D. y – 2 = x
9 4 which passes through (5/2, 3).
A. 2x – 3y = 0 264. EE Board Exam October 1997 A. 4x2 + y2 + 16 = 0
B. 3x -2y = 0 What is the x-intercept of the line B. 4x2 + y2 – 16 = 0
C. 2x – y = 0 passing through (1,4) and (4,1)? C. x2 – 4y2 – 16 = 0
D. 2x + y = 0 A. 4.5 D. 4x2 – y2 = 16
B. 5
258. EE Board Exam April 1994 C. 4 272. EE Board Exam April 1997
Find the distance between A (4, -3) D. 6 Find the polar equation of the circle, if
and B (-2, 5). its center is at (4,0) and the radius 4.
A. 11 265. EE Board Exam October 1997 A. r – 8 cos θ = 0
B. 9 Find the location of the focus of the B. r – 6 cos θ = 0
C. 10 parabola y2 + 4x – 4y – 8 = 0. C. r – 12 cos θ = 0
D. 8 A. (2.5,-2) D. r – 4 cos θ = 0
B. (3,1)
259. EE Board Exam April 1995 C. (2,2) 273. EE Board Exam October 1997
The line segment connecting (x, 6) D. (-2.5,-2) Given the polar equation r = 5 sin θ.
and (9, y) is bisected by the point (7, Determine the rectangular
3). Find the values of x and y. 266. EE Board Exam April 1997 coordinates (x, y) of a point in the
A. 14, 6 The center of a circle is at (1, 1) and curve when θ = 30°.
B. 33, 12 one point on its circumference is (-1, A. (2.17, 1.25)
C. 5, 0 3). Find the other end of the diameter B. (3.08, 1.5)
D. 6, 9 through (-1, -3). C. (2.51, 4.12)
A. (2, 4) D. (6, 3)
260. EE Board Exam October 1997 B. (3, 5)
Find the distance of the line 3x + 4y = C. (3, 6) 274. ECE Board Exam April 1999
5 from the origin. D. (1, 3) The linear distance between -4 and
A. 4 17 on the number line is
B. 3 267. EE Board Exam October 1997 A. 13
C. 2 Find the major axis of the ellipse x2 + B. 21
D. 1 4y2 – 2x – 8y + 1 = 0 C. -17
A. 2 D. -13
261. EE Board Exam April 1995 B. 10
Find the distance between the line 3x C. 4 275. ECE Board Exam November 1998
+ y – 12 = 0 and 3x + y– 4 = 0. D. 6 Determine the coordinates of the
16 point which is three-fifths of the way
A. from the point (2,-5) to the point (-
10 268. EE Board Exam October 1993
4x2 – y2 = 16 is the equation of a/an 3,5).
12 A. (-1,1)
B. A. parabola
10 B. hyperbola B. (-2,-1)
4 C. circle C. (-1,-2)
C. D. (1,-1)
10 D. ellipse
8 276. ECE Board Exam November 1998
D. answer 269. EE Board Exam October 1993
10 Find the eccentricity of the curve The segment from (-1, 4) to (2, -2) is
9x2 – 4y2 – 36x + 8y = 4. extended three times its own length.
262. EE Board Exam April 1994 A. 1.80 Find the terminal point.
Given three vertices of a triangle B. 1.92 A. (11, -24)
whose coordinates are A (1, 1), B (3, C. 1.86 B. (-11, -20)
-3) and C (5, -3). Find the area of the D. 1.76 C. (11, -18)
triangle D. (11, -20)
277. ECE Board Exam April 1999 C. 2x – y + 2 = 0 D. x2 + 2y2 = 4
Find the inclination of the line passing D. 2x + y + 2 = 0
through (-5, 3) and (10, 7). 291. ECE Board Exam April 1998
A. 14.73 degrees 284. ECE Board Exam April 1998 The major axis of the elliptical path in
B. 14.93 degrees Determine B such that 3x + 2y – 7 = 0 which the earth moves around the
C. 14.83 degrees is perpendicular to 2x – By + 2 = 0. sun is approximately 186,000,000
D. 14.63 degrees A. 5 miles and the eccentricity of the
B. 4 ellipse is 1/60. Determine the apogee
278. ECE Board Exam November 1990 C. 3 of the earth.
In Cartesian coordinates, the vertices D. 2 A. 93,000,000 miles
of a triangle are defined by the B. 91,450,000 miles
following points: (-2, 0), (4, 0) and (3, 285. ECE Board Exam April 1998 C. 94,335,100 miles
3). What is its area? The diameter of a circle described by D. 94,550,000 miles
A. 8 sq. units 9x2 + 9y2 =16 is
B. 9 sq. units A. 4/3 292. ECE Board Exam April 1994, April
C. 10 sq. units B. 16/9 1999
D. 11 sq. units C. 8/3 Find the equation of the directrix of
D. 4 the parabola y2 = 16x.
279. ECE Board Exam November 1990 A. x = 2
In Cartesian coordinates, the vertices 286. ECE Board Exam April 1998 B. x = -2
of a square are: (1, 1), (0, 8), (4, 5) Find the value of k for which the C. x = 4
and (-3, 4). What is its area? equation x2+ y2 + 4x – 2y – k = 0 D. x = -4
A. 20 sq. units represents a point circle.
B. 30 sq. units A. 5 293. ECE November 1999
C. 25 sq. units B. 6 The semi-major axis of an ellipse is 4
D. 35 sq. units C. -6 and its semi-minor axis is 3. The
D. -5 distance from the center to the
280. ECE Board Exam April 1999 directrix is
If the points (-2, 3), (x, y) and (-3, 287. ECE Board Exam April 1999 A. 6.047
5) lie on a straight line, then the Given the equation of the curve, 3x2 B. 6.532
equation of the line is ____. + 2x – 5y + 7 = 0. Determine the C. 0.6614
A. x – 2y – 1 = 0 curve. D. 6.222
B. 2x + y – 1 = 0 A. parabola
C. x + 2y – 1 = 0 B. ellipse 294. ECE November 1997
D. 2x + y + 1 = 0 C. circle The midpoint of the line segment
D. parabola between P1(x, y) and P2(-2, 4) is
281. ECE Board Exam April 1999 Pm(2, -1). Find the coordinates of P1.
Two vertices of a triangle are (2, 4) 288. ECE Board Exam April 1998 A. (6, -6)
and (-2, 3) and the area is 2 square Find the equation of the axis of B. (6, -5)
units, the locus of the third vertex is symmetry of the function y = 2x2 – 7x C. (5, -6)
____. + 5. D. (-6, 6)
A. 4x – y = 14 A. 7x + 4 = 0
B. 4x + 4y = 14 B. 4x + 7 = 0 295. ECE November 1997
C. x + 4y = 12 C. 4x – 7 = 0 Given the ellipse (x2/36) + (y2/32) = 1,
D. x – 4y = -10 D. x – 2 = 0 Determine the distance between the
foci.
282. ECE Board Exam April 1998 289. ECE Board Exam November 1997 A. 8
Find the area of the triangle which Compute the focal length and the B. 4
the line 2x – 3y + 6 = 0 forms with the length of the latus rectum of parabola C. 2
coordinate axis. y2 + 8x – 6y + 25 = 0. D. 3
A. 3 A. 2, 8
B. 4 B. 4, 16 296. ECE November 1997
C. 5 C. 16, 64 Find the coordinates of the point (2,
D. 2 D. 1, 4 4) with respect to the translated axis
with origin at (1, 3).
283. ECE Board Exam November 1998 290. ECE Board Exam April 1998 A. (1, -1)
A line passes through point (2, 2). Point P(x,y) moves with a distance B. (-1, -1)
Find the equation of the line if the from point (0,1) one half of its C. (1, 1)
length of the line segment intercepted distance from the line y = 4. The D. (-1, -1)
by the coordinate axes is the square equation of its locus is
root of 5. A. 2x2 – 4y2 = 5 297. ECE November 1998
A. 2x + y – 2 = 0 B. 4x2 + 3y2 = 12 A line passes through point (2, 2).
B. 2x – y – 2 = 0 C. 2x2 + 5y2 = 3 Find the equation of the line if the
 length of the segment intercepted by D. 15 D. x–y–1=0
the coordinate axes is the square
root of 5. 304. ECE April 2000 311. ECE April 2002
A. 2x + y – 2 = 0 The parabolic antenna has an Find the value of k if the distance
B. 2x – y – 2 = 0 equation y2 + 8x = 0. Determine the from the point (2,1) to the line 5x +
C. 2x – y + 2 = 0 length of the latus rectum. 12y + k = 0 is 2.
D. 2x + y + 2 = 0 A. 8 A. 5
B. 10 B. 2
298. ECE November 199 C. 12 C. 4
A point moves so that its distance D. 9 D. 3
from the point (2, -1) is equal to the
distance from the x-axis. The 305. ECE November 2000 312. ECE November 2002
equation of the locus is A line 4x + 2y – 2 = 0 is coincident Determine the farthest distance from
A. x2 – 4x + 2y + 5 = 0 with the line the point (3, 7) to the circle x2 + y2 +
B. x2 – 4x - 2y + 5 = 0 A. 4x + 4y - 2 = 0 4x – 6y – 12 = 0.
C. x2 + 4x + 2y + 5 = 0 B. 4x + 3y + 3 = 0 A. 6.40
D. x2 + 4x - 2y - 5 = 0 C. 8x + 4y – 2 = 0 B. 1.40
D. 8x + 4y – 4 = 0 C. 11.40
299. ECE November 1999 D. 4.60
The point of intersection of the planes 306. ECE April 2001
x + 5y – 2z = 9, 3x – 2y + z = -3 and x Find the equation of the parabola 313. ECE November 2002
+ y + z = 2 is at whose axis is parallel to the x-axis Find the equation of the
A. (1, 2, 1) and passes through the points (3,1), perpendicular bisector of the line
B. (2, 1, -1) (0,0) and (8,-4). joining (4, 0) and (6, 3).
C. (1, -1, 2) A. x2 – 2x – y = 0 A. 4x + 6y – 29 = 0
D. (-1, -1, 2) B. x2 + 2x + y = 0 B. 4x + 6y + 29 = 0
C. y2 + 2y + x = 0 C. 4x – 6y + 29 = 0
300. ECE November 1999, April 2005 D. y2 + 2y – x = 0 D. 4x – 6y – 29 = 0
Given the points (3, 7) and (-4, 7).
Solve for the distance between them. 307. ECE April 2001, November 2002 314. ECE April 2003
A. 15.65 The directrix of a parabola is the line Given the points (3,7) and (-4,-7).
B. 17.65 y = 5 and its focus is at the point (4,- Solve for the distance between them
C. 16.65 3). What is the length of the latus A. 14.65
D. 14.65 rectum? B. 15.65
A. 18 C. 17.65
301. ECE November 1999 B. 14 D. 16.65
Find the distance of the directrix from C. 16
the center of an ellipse if its major D. 12 315. ECE April 2003
axis is 10 and its minor axis is 8. Determine the vertex of the parabola
A. 8.5 308. ECE November 2001 y = x2 + 8x + 2.
B. 8.1 A point P(x, 2) is equidistant from the A. (18, 4)
C. 8.3 points (-2, 9) and (4, -7). The value of B. (-4, -18)
D. 8.7 x is C. (4, 18)
A. 11/3 D. (-4, 18)
302. ECE April 2000 B. 20/3
Find the coordinates of the vertex of C. 19/3 316. ECE April 2003
the parabolas y = x2 – 4x + 1 by D. 6 What is the equation of the circle with
making use of the fact that at the its center at the origin and if the point
vertex, the slope of the tangent is 309. ECE November 2001 (1, 1) lies on the circumference of the
zero. Find the angle between the planes 3x circle?
A. (2, -3) – y + z – 5 = 0 and x + 2y + 2z + 2 = 0. A. (x + 1)2 + (y + 1)2 = 2
B. (-2, -3) A. 62.45° B. (x + 1)2 + (y + 1)2 = 4
C. (-1, -3) B. 52.45° C. x2 + y2 = 2
D. (3, -2) C. 82.45° D. x2 + y2 = 4
D. 72.45°
303. ECE April 2000 317. ECE April 2003
Find the area of the hexagon 310. ECE November 2001 What is the distance of the line 4x –
ABCDEF formed by joining the points Find the equation of the line where 3y + 5 = 0 from the point (4, 2)?
A(1,4), B(0,-3), C(2,3), D(-1,2), E(-2,- the x-intercept is 2 and the y- A. 5
1) and F(3,0). intercept is -2. B. 4
A. 24 A. 2x + 2y + 2 = 0 C. 2
B. 20 B. x – y – 2 = 0 D. 3
C. 22 C. 2y – 2x + 2 = 0
318. ECE April 2003 325. ECE April 2004 332. ECE April 1994
If the lines 4x – y + 2 = 0 and x + 2ky A circle with its center in the first In a conic section, if the eccentricity >
+ 1 = 0 are perpendicular to each quadrant is tangent to both x and y 1, the locus is
other, determine the value of k. axes. If the radius is 4, what is the A. an ellipse
A. 3 equation of the circle? B. a hyperbola
B. 4 A. (x + 4)2 + (y + 4)2 = 16 C. a parabola
C. 1 B. (x – 8)2 + (y – 8)2 = 16 D. a circle
D. 2 C. (x – 4)2 + (y – 4)2 = 16
D. (x + 4)2 + (y – 4)2 = 16 333. ECE April 1998
319. ECE April 2003 It can be defined as the set of all
A triangle is drawn with vertices at (- 326. ECE April 2004 points in the plane the sum of whose
1, -1), (1, 3) and (4, 1). What is the A circle is described by the equation distances from two fixed points is
median from vertex (4, 1)? x2 + y2 – 16x = 0. What is the length of constant.
A. 10 units the chord which is 4 units from the A. circle
B. 4 units center of the circle? B. ellipse
C. 5 units A. 6.93 units C. hyperbola
D. 6 units B. 13.86 units D. parabola
C. 11.55 units
320. ECE November 2003 D. 9.85 units 334. ECE April 1998
What is the equation of the circle at If the equation is unchanged by the
the origin and a radius of 5? 327. ECE April 2004 substitution of –x for x, its curve is
A. x2 + y2 = 1 What is the equation of the line that symmetric with respect to the
B. x2 + y2 = 25 passes through (-3, 5) and is parallel A. y-axis
C. x2 + y2 = 10 to the line 4x – 2y + 2 = 0? B. x-axis
D. x2 + y2 = 5 A. 4x – 2y + 22 = 0 C. origin
B. 2x + y + 10 = 0 D. line 45 degrees with the axis
321. ECE November 2003 C. 4x + 2y – 11 = 0 335. ECE November 1997
What is the equation of the line D. 2x – y + 11 = 0 A line which is perpendicular to the x-
through (-3, 5) which makes an angle axis has a slope equal to
of 45 degrees with the line 2x + y = 328. ECE April 2004 A. zero
12? What is the distance between the line B. 2
A. x + 3y – 12 = 0 x + 2y + 8 = 0 and the point (5,-2)? C. one
B. x + 3y + 18 = 0 A. 4.20 D. infinity
C. x + 2y – 7 = 0 B. 4.44
D. x – 3y – 18 = 0 C. 4.02 336. ECE November 1997
D. 4.22 In an ellipse, a chord which contains
322. ECE November 2003 a focus and is in a line perpendicular
Determine the acute angle between 329. ECE November 1995 to the major axis is a
the lines y – 3x = 2 and y – 4x = 9. If the product of the slopes of any two A. latus rectum
A. 4.39 deg straight lines is negative 1, one of B. minor
B. 3.75 deg these lines is said to be C. focal width
C. 5.35 deg A. parallel D. conjugate axis
D. 2.53 deg B. skew
C. perpendicular 337. ME Board Exam October 1996
323. ECE November 2003 D. non-intersecting What is the length of the line with a
Determine the equation of the slope of 4/3 from a point (6, 4) to the
perpendicular bisector of the 330. ECE March 1996 y-axis?
segment PQ if P(-2, 3) and Q(4, -5). The line passing through the focus A. 10
A. 3y – 3x + 7 = 0 and perpendicular to the directrix of a B. 25
B. 4x – 3y + 7 = 0 parabola is called C. 50
C. 6x – 8y – 14 = 0 A. latus rectum D. 75
D. 3x – 4y – 7 = 0 B. axis of parabola
C. tangent line 338. ME Board Exam April 1998
324. ECE April 2004 D. secant line Find the slope of the line defined by y
Find the volume of the pyramid – x = 5.
formed in the first octant by the plane 331. ECE November 1996 A. 1
6x + 10y + 5z – 30 = 0 and the It represents the distance of a point B. 1/4
coordinate axes. from the y-axis. C. -1/2
A. 13 A. ordinate D. 5 + x
B. 12 B. coordinate
C. 14 C. abscissa 339. ME Board Exam April 1997
D. 15 D. polar distance
 Find the equation of a straight line D. 10.5 Find the derivative of arcos 4x.
with a slope of 3 and a y-intercept of -4
1. 346. ME Board Exam October 1996 A. answer
A. 3x + y – 1 =0 What are the x and y coordinates of 1 - 16x 2
B. 3x – y + 1 = 0 the focus of the conic section 4
C. x + 3y + 1 = 0 described by the following equation? B.
D. x – 3y – 1 =0 (Angle θ corresponds to a right 1 - 16x 2
triangle with adjacent side x, opposite -4
340. ME Board Exam April 1998 side y and the hypotenuse r) C.
The equation of the line that r – sin2 θ = cos θ 1 - 4x 2
intercepts the x-axis at x = 4 and the A. (1/4, 0) 4
y-axis at y = -6 is, B. (0, π/2) D.
A. 3x + 2y = 12 C. (0, 0) 1 - 4x 2
B. 2x – 3y = 12 D. (-1/2, 0)
C. 3x – 2y = 12 353. CE Board Exam November 1996
D. 2x + 3y = 12 347. ME April 1997 (x + 1)3
What is the graph of the equation Ax2 Find the derivative of
x
341. ME Board Exam April 1998 + Bx + Cy2 + Dy + E = 0?
What is the radius of a circle with the A. circle (x + 1 )2 (x + 1 )3
A. -
following equation: x2 – 6x + y2 – 4y – B. ellipse x x
12 = 0? C. parabola
4(x + 1) 2(x + 1)3
2
A. 3.46 D. hyperbola B. -
B. 7 x x
C. 5 348. ME October 1997 2(x + 1)2 (x + 1)3
D. 6 What type of curve is generated by a C. -
x x3
point which moves in uniform circular
342. ME Board Exam October 1996 motion about an axis, while travelling 3(x + 1)2 (x + 1)3
D. - answer
The equation x2 + y2 – 4x + 2y – 20 = 0 at a constant speed, v, parallel to the x x2
describes x-axis?
A. a circle of radius 5 centered at A. helix 354. CE Board Exam November 1995
the origin B. spiral of Archimedes The derivative with respect to x of
B. an ellipse centered at (2,-1) C. hypocycloid 2cos2 (x2 + 2)
C. a sphere centered at the origin D. cycloid A. 2sin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2)
D. a circle of radius 5 centered at B. -2sin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2)
(2,-1) 349. ME April 1998 C. 8xsin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2)
Points that lie in the same plane D. -8xsin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2)
343. ME Board Exam April 1997 A. coplanar
In the equation y = -x2 + x + 1, where B. oblique 355. CE November 1997
is the curve facing? C. collinear What is the first derivative of y =
A. upward D. parallel arcsin 3x?
B. facing left 3
C. facing right A. −
Past Board Exam Problems 1 + 9x 2
D. downward
in Differential Calculus 3
B.
344. ME Board Exam October 1997 1 + 9x 2
The general equation of a conic
350. CE Board Exam November 1997 3
section is given by the following C. −
equation: Ax2 + Bxy + Cy2 + Dx + Ey x2 -1 1 + 9x 2
+ F = 0. A curve maybe identified as Evaluate Lim
x→ 1 x 2 + 3x - 4 3
an ellipse by which of the following D. answer
A. 1/5
conditions? 1 + 9x 2
A. B2 - 4AC < 0 B. 2/5
C. 3/5
B. B2 – 4AC = 0 356. CE May 1999
D. 4/5
C. B2 – 4AC > 0 Find the second derivative of y = x-2
D. B2 – 4AC = 1 at x = 2.
351. CE Board Exam November 1994
What is the derivative with respect to A. 96
345. ME Board Exam April 1997 B. 0.375
x of (x + 1)3 – x3?
What is the radius of the sphere C. -0.25
center at the origin that passes the A. 3x + 6
B. 3x – 3 D. -0.875
point 8, 1, 6?
C. 6x – 3
A. 10 357. CE Board Exam November 1993
D. 6x + 3
B. 9
C. √101
352. CE Board Exam May 1997
 Find the second derivative of y by Find the slope of the curve y = 64(4 + Find the minimum amount of tin
implicit differentiation from the x)1/2 at (0, 12). sheet that can be made into a closed
equation 4x2 + 8y2 = 36. A. 0.67 cylinder having a volume of 108 cu.
A. 64x2 B. 1.5 inches in square inches.
9 C. 1.33 A. 125.50
B. - y 3 answer D. 0.75 B. 127.50
4
C. 32xy C. 129.50
365. CE May 1999 D. 123.50
16 3
D. - y Find the angle that the line 2y – 9x –
9 18 = 0 makes with the x-axis. 372. CE Board Exam November 1996
A. 74.77° A Norman window is in the shape of
358. CE Board Exam May 1998 B. 4.5° a rectangle surmounted by a semi-
Find the slope of the curve x2 + y2 – C. 47.77° circle. What is the ratio of the width of
6x + 10y + 5 = 0 at point (1, 0). D. 77.47° the rectangle to the total height so
A. 1/5 that it will yield a window admitting
B. 2/5 366. CE November 1998 the most light for a given perimeter?
C. 1/4 What is the radius of curvature at A. 1
D. 2 point (1, 2) of the curve 4x – y2 = 0? B. 1/2
A. 6.21 C. 2
359. CE Board Exam May 1996 B. 5.21 D. 2/3
Find the slope of the tangent to the C. 5.66
curve y = 2x – x2 + x3 at (0, 2). D. 6.66 373. CE Board Exam May 1998
A. 1 Determine the diameter of a closed
B. 2 367. CE November 1997 cylindrical tank having a volume of
C. 3 Find the radius of curvature of the 11.3 cu. m to obtain the minimum
D. 4 curve y2 - 4x = 0 at point (4, 4). surface area.
A. 24.4 A. 1.22
360. CE Board Exam May 1996 B. 25.4 B. 1.64
Find the slope of the ellipse x2 + 4y2 – C. 23.4 C. 2.44
10x – 16y + 5 = 0 at the point where y D. 22.4 D. 2.68
= 2 + 80.5 and x = 7.
A. -0.1463 368. CE November 1999 374. CE Board Exam November 1998
B. -0.1538 Find the radius of curvature of the Water is pouring into a conical vessel
C. -0.1654 curve x = y3 at (1, 1). 15 cm deep and having a radius of
D. -0.1768 A. 4.72 3.75 cm across the top if the rate at
B. 3.28 which the water rises is 2 cm/sec,
361. CE Board Exam May 1995 C. 4.67 how fast is the water flowing into the
Find the equation of the line normal D. 5.27 conical vessel when the water is 4
to x2 + y2 = 25 at the point (4, 3). cm deep?
A. 5x + 3y = 0 369. CE November A. 2.37 m3/sec
B. 3x – 4y = 0 The chords of the ellipse 64x2 + 25y2 B. 5.73 m3/sec
C. 3x + 4y = 0 = 1600 having equal slopes of 1/5 are C. 6.28 m3/sec
D. 5x – 3y = 0 bisected by its diameter. Determine D. 4.57 m3/sec
the equation of the diameter of the
362. CE November 1998 ellipse? 375. CE Board Exam May 1997
Determine the slope of the curve x2 + A. 5x – 64y = 0 Car A moves due east at 30 kph at
y2 – 6x – 4y – 21 = 0 at (0, 7). B. 64x – 5y = 0 the same instant car B is moving S
A. 3/5 C. 5x + 64y = 0 30° E, with a speed of 60 kph. If the
B. -2/5 D. 64x + 5y = 0 distance from A to B is 30 km, find
C. -3/5 how fast is the distance between
D. 2/5 370. CE Board Exam May 1995 them separating after one hour.
A wall “h” meters high is 2 m away A. 36 kph
363. CE May 1998 from the building. The shortest ladder B. 38 kph
Find the slope of the line whose that can reach the building with one C. 40 kph
parametric equations are x = 4t + 6 end resting on the ground outside the D. 45 kph
and y = t – 1. wall is 6 m. How high is the wall in
A. -4 meters? 376. CE Board Exam November 1996
B. 1/4 A. 2.34 A car starting at 12:00 noon travels
C. 4 B. 2.24 west at a speed of 30 kph. Another
D. -1/4 C. 2.44 car starting from rest starting from the
D. 2.14 same point at 2:00 pm travels north
364. CE November 1999 at 45 kph. Find how fast (in kph) the
371. CE Board Exam May 1997 two are separating at 4:00 pm?
 A. 49 Suppose that x years after founding
B. 51 382. CE May 1998 in 1975, a certain employee
C. 53 An object moves along a straight line association has a membership of f(x)
D. 55 such that, after t minutes, its distance = 100(2x3 – 45x2 + 264x), at what time
from its starting point is D = 20t + 5/(t between 1975 and 1989 was the
377. CE Board Exam May 1996 + 1) meters. At what speed, in membership smallest?
Two railroad tracks are perpendicular m/minute will it be moving at the end A. 1983
to each other. At 12:00 pm there is a of 4 minutes? B. 1985
train at each track approaching the A. 39.8 C. 1984
crossing at 50 kph, one being 100 km B. 49.8 D. 1986
and the other 150 km away from the C. 29.8
crossing. How fast in kph is the D. 19.8 388. CE November 2002
distance between the two trains A 3 meter long steel pipe has its
changing at 4:00 pm? 383. CE May 1996 upper end leaning against a vertical
A. 67.08 The speed of the traffic flowing past a wall and lower end on a level ground.
B. 68.08 certain downtown exit between the The lower end moves away at a
C. 69.08 hours of 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm is constant rate of 2 cm/s. How fast is
D. 70.08 approximately V = t3 – 10.5t2 + 30t + the upper end moving down, in cm/s,
20 miles per hour, where t = number when the lower end is 2 m from the
378. CE Board Exam May 1998 of hours past noon. What is the wall?
Water is running into a hemispherical fastest speed of the traffic between A. 1.81
bowl having a radius of 10 cm at a 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm in mph? B. 1.66
constant rate of 3 cm3/min. When the A. 50 C. 1.79
water is x cm deep, the water level is B. 46 D. 1.98
rising at the rate of 0.0149 cm/min. C. 32.5
What is the value of x? D. 52 389. CE May 2002
A. 3 A particle moves according to the
B. 2 384. CE May 1997 parametric equations:
C. 4 A car drives east from point A at 30 y = 2t2 and x = t3
D. 5 kph. Another car B starting from B at where x and y are displacement (in
the same time drives S 30° W toward meters) in x and y direction,
379. CE May 1999 A at 60 kph. B is 30 km away from A. respectively and t is time in seconds.
The number of newspaper copies How fast in kph is the distance Determine the acceleration of the
distributed is given by C = 50t2 – 200t between the two cars changing after body after t = 3 seconds.
+ 10000, where t is in years. Find the one hour? A. 12.85 m/s2
minimum number of copies A. 76.94 kph B. 18.44 m/s2
distributed from 1995 to 2002 B. 78.94 kph C. 21.47 m/s2
A. 9850 C. 75.94 kph D. 5.21 m/s2
B. 9800 D. 77.94 kph
C. 10200 390. CE May 2002
D. 7500 385. CE November 1998 Determine the shortest distance from
There is a constant inflow of a liquid point (4, 2) to the parabola y2 = 8x.
into a conical vessel 15 ft deep and A. 2.83
380. CE May 1999 7.5 feet in diameter at the top. Water B. 3.54
A rectangular box having a square is rising at the rate of 2 feet per C. 2.41
base and open at the top is to have a minute when the water is 4 feet deep. D. 6.32
capacity of 16823 cc. Find the height What is the rate of inflow in cu. Ft per
of the box to use the least amount of minute? 391. CE November 2001
material. A. 8.14 Water flows into a tank having the
A. 16.14 cm B. 7.46 form of a frustum of a right circular
B. 32.28 cm C. 9.33 cone. The tank is 4 m tall with upper
C. 18.41 cm D. 6.28 radius of 1.5 m and the lower radius
D. 28.74 cm of 1 m. When the water in the tank is
386. CE May 2003 1.2 m deep, the surface rises at the
381. CE May 1998, November 1999 What is the radius of curvature of the rate of 0.012 m/s. Calculate the
The volume of a closed cylindrical curve y2 = 16x = 0 at the point (4, 8)? discharge of water flowing into the
tank is 11.3 cubic meters. If the total A. -0.044 tank in m3/s.
surface is a minimum, what is its B. -0.088 A. 0.02
base radius, in m? C. -0.066 B. 0.05
A. 1.44 D. -0.033 C. 0.08
B. 1.88 D. 0.12
C. 1.22 387. CE November 2002
D. 1.66 392. CE November 2003
 The motion of a particle is defined by x A farmer has enough money to build
the parametric equation x = t3 and y = B. answer only 100 meters of fence. What are
( x 2 + 2)1/ 2
2t3. Determine the velocity when t = the dimensions of the field he can
2. 2x enclose this maximum area?
C.
A. 14.42 ( x 2 + 2)1/ 2 A. 25 m by 25 m
B. 16.25 B. 15 m by 35 m
D. (x2 + 2)3/2
C. 12.74 C. 20 m by 30 m
D. 18.63 D. 22.5 m by 27.5 m
400. EE Board Exam October 1997
If y = (t2 + 2)2 and t = x1/2, determine
393. CE November 2003 407. EE Board Exam April 1997
dy/dx.
The sum of two numbers is K. The The cost of fuel in running a
A. 3/2
product of one by the cube of the locomotive is proportional to the
other is to be a minimum. Determine 2x 2 + 2x square of the speed and is $25 per
B.
one the numbers. 3 hour for a speed of 25 miles per hour.
A. 3K/4 C. 2(x + 2) Other costs amount to $ 100 per
B. 3K/8 D. x5/2 + x1/2 hour, regardless of the speed. What
C. 3K/2 is the speed which will make the cost
D. 3K/7 401. EE Board Exam April 1995 per mile a minimum?
Find y’ if y = arcsin (cos x). A. 40
394. EE Board Exam April 1993 A. -1 B. 55
1 − cos x B. -2 C. 50
Evaluate Lim D. 45
x →0 x2 C. 1
A. 0 D. 2
B. 1/2 408. EE Board Exam April 1997
C. 2 402. EE Board Exam October 1997 A poster is to contain 300 m2 of
D. -1/2 If y = 4cos x + sin 2x, what is the printed matter with margins of 10 cm
slope of the curve when x = 2? at the top and bottom and 5 cm at
395. EE Board Exam October 1994 A. -2.21 each side. Find the over-all
B. -4.94 dimensions, if the total area of the
3x 4 − 2x 2 + 7 poster is a minimum.
Evaluate Lim C. -3.25
x →∞ 5x 3 + x − 3
D. -2.21 A. 27.76 cm, 47.8 cm
A. Undefined B. 20.45 cm, 35.6 cm
B. 3/5 403. EE Board Exam April 1997 C. 22.24 cm, 44.5 cm
C. infinity Locate the points of inflection of the D. 25.55 cm, 46.7 cm
D. 0 curve y = f(x) = x2ex.
409. EE Board Exam March 1998
A. −2 ± 3
396. EE Board Exam October 1997 A fencing is limited to 20 ft in length.
Differentiate y = ex cos x2 B. 2± 2 What is the maximum rectangular
A. -ex sin x2 C. −2 ± 2 answer area that can be fenced in using two
B. ex (cos x2 – 2x sin x2) perpendicular corner sides of an
C. ex cos x2 – 2x sin x2 D. 2± 3 existing wall?
D. -2xex sin x A. 120
404. EE Board Exam April 1990 B. 100
397. EE Board Exam October 1997 The sum of two positive numbers is C. 140
Differentiate y = sec (x2 + 2) 50. What are the numbers if their D. 190
A. 2x cos (x2 + 2) product is to be the largest possible.
B. -cos (x2 + 2) cot (x2 + 2) A. 24 and 26 410. EE Board Exam October 1992
C. 2x sec (x2 + 2) tan (x2 + 2) B. 28 and 22 The cost per hour of running a motor
D. cos (x2 + 2) C. 25 and 25 boat is proportional to the cube of the
D. 20 and 30 speed. At what speed will the boat
398. EE Board Exam October 1997 run against a current of 8 kph in order
Differentiate y = log(x2+1)2 405. EE Board Exam March 1998 to go a distance most economically?
A. 4x(x2 + 1) A triangle has variable sides x, y, z A. 10 kph
4 x log10 e subject to the constraint such that the B. 13 kph
B. answer perimeter P is fixed to 18 cm. What is C. 11 kph
( x 2 + 1) the maximum possible area for the D. 12 kph
C. log e(x)(x2 + 1) triangle?
D. 2x(x2 + 1) A. 15.59 cm2 411. EE Board Exam October 1993
B. 18.71 cm2 A boatman is at A which is 4.5 km
399. EE Board Exam October 1997 C. 17.15 cm2 from the nearest point B on a straight
Differentiate (x2 + 2)1/2 D. 14.03 cm2 shore BM. He wishes to reach in
( x 2 + 1)1/ 2 minimum time a point C situated on
A. 406. EE Board Exam October 1997 the shore 9 km from B. How far from
2
 C should he land if he can row at the
rate of 6 kph and can walk at the rate
(
Evaluate the limit Lim x 2 + 3x - 4
x →4
) The derivative of ln (cos x) is
A. sec x
of 7.5 kph? A. 24 B. -sec x
A. 4.15 km B. 26 C. -tan x
B. 3.0 km C. 28 D. tan x
C. 3.25 km D. 30
D. 4.0 km 424. ECE November 1997
417. ECE Board Exam November 1994 If y = x(ln x), find d2y/dx2.
412. EE Board Exam October 1993 πx A. 1/x2
At any distance x from the source of Evaluate Lim(2 - x ) tan 2 B. -1/x
light, the intensity of illumination x →1 C. 1/x
varies directly as the intensity of the A. e2π D. -1/x2
source and inversely as the square of B. e2/π
x. Suppose that there is a light at A C. 0 425. ECE Board Exam November 1991
and another at B having an intensity D. ∞ Find the slope of the line tangent to
8 times that of A. The distance AB is the curve y = x3 – 2x + 1 at x = 1.
4 m. At what point from A on the line 418. ECE Board Exam April 1998 A. 1
AB will the intensity of illumination be x- 4 B. ½ asss
least? Evaluate lim 2 C. 1/3
x ® 4 x - x - 12
A. 2.15 m D. 1/4
B. 1.33 m A. undefined
C. 1.50 m B. 0 426. ECE Board Exam November 1991
D. 1.92 m C. infinity Give the slope of the curve at the
D. 1/7 point (1, 1): y = x3/4 – 2x + 1.
413. EE Board Exam April 1997 A. 1/4
The coordinates (x, y) in feet of a 419. ECE Board Exam April 1993 B. -1/4
moving particle P is given by x = cos t x2 - 4 C. 1 1/4
– 1 and y = 2sin t + 1, where t is the Evaluate lim D. -1 1/4
x® 2 x - 2
time in seconds. At what extreme A. 0
rates in fps is P moving along the B. 2 427. ECE November 1998
curve? C. 4 Find the slope of x2y = 8 at the point
A. 3 and 2 D. 6 (2, 2).
B. 3 and 1 A. 2
C. 2 and 0.5 420. ECE November 1997 B. -1
D. 2 and 1 Evaluate the limit (ln x)/x as x C. -1/2
approaches positive infinity. D. -2
414. EE Board Exam October 1993 A. 1
Water is flowing into a conical cistern B. 0 428. ECE Board Exam April 1999
at the rate of 8 m3/min. If the height of C. e Find the coordinates of the vertex of
the inverted cone is 12 m and the D. infinity the parabola y = x2 – 4x + 1 by
radius of its circular opening is 6 m. making use of the fact that at the
How fast is the water level rising 421. ECE Board Exam November 1991 vertex, the slope of the tangent line is
when the water is 4 m deep? zero.
A. 0.64 m/min x2 A. (2, -3)
Differentiate the equation y =
B. 0.56 m/min x +1 B. (3, -2)
C. 0.75 m/min x 2 + 2x C. (-1, -3)
D. 0.45 m/min A. answer D. (-2, 3)
(x + 1)2
415. EE Board Exam October 1993 x 429. ECE Board Exam April 1999
A standard cell has an emf “E” of 1.2 B. Find the equation of the line normal
x +1
volts. If the resistance “R” of the C. 2x to x2 + y2 = 5 at the point (2, 1).
circuit is increasing at a rate of 0.03 A. y = 2x
ohm/sec, at what rate is the current 2x 2 B. x = 2y
D.
“I” changing at the instant when the x +1 C. 2x+ 3y = 3
resistance is 6 ohms? Assume D. x + y = 1
Ohm’s law E = IR. 422. ECE November1997
A. -0.002 amp/sec Given the equation y = (elnx)2, find y’ 430. ECE Board Exam November 1991
B. 0.004 amp/sec A. lnx In the curve y = 2 + 12x – x3, find the
C. -0.001 amp/sec B. 2( ln x) /x critical points.
D. 0.003 amp/sec C. 2x A. (2, 18) and (-2, -14)
D. 2eln x B. (-2, 18) and (2, -14)
416. ECE Board Exam November 1991 C. (2, 18) and (2, -14)
423. ECE March 1996 D. (-2, 18) and (-2, 14)
 rate of 4 meters per second. How fast B. 8m
431. ECE Board Exam November 1996 is the distance between them C. 9m
Find the radius of curvature of a changing after 1 second? D. 4m
parabola y2 – 4x = 0 at point (4, 4). A. 1.68 m/sec
A. 22.36 units B. 1.36 m/sec 443. ECE Board Exam April 2000
B. 25.78 units C. 1.55 m/sec Find the approximate increase by the
C. 20.33 units D. 1.49 m/sec use of differentials, in the volume of
D. 15.42 units the sphere if the radius increases
438. ECE Board Exam April 1998 from 2 to 2.05 in one second.
432. ECE Board Exam November 1996 A balloon is rising vertically over a A. 2.12
Find the radius of curvature at any point A on the ground at the rate of B. 2.51
point in the curve y + ln cos x = 0. 15 ft/sec. A point B on the ground is C. 2.86
A. cos x level with and 30 ft from A. When the D. 2.25
B. 1.5707 balloon is 40 ft from A, at what rate is
C. sec x its distance from B changing? 444. ECE Board Exam April 2000, April
D. 1 A. 13 fps 1999
B. 15 fps What is the area of the largest
433. ECE Board Exam April 1999 C. 12 fps rectangle that can be inscribed in a
Find the minimum distance from the D. 10 fps semi-circle of radius 10?
point (4, 2) to the parabola y2 = 8x. A. 2 50
A. 4 3 439. ECE Board Exam November 1998 B. 100
What is the allowable error in C. 1000
B. 2 2 answer measuring the edge of the cube that
is intended to hold 8 cu. m, if the D. 50
C. 3
error of the computed volume is not
D. 2 3 to exceed 0.03 cu. m? 445. ECE Board Exam April 2000
A. 0.002 If ln(ln y) + ln y = ln x, find y’.
434. ECE April 1998 B. 0.003 A. x/(x + y)
Find the point in the parabola y2 = 4x C. 0.0025 B. x/(x – y)
at which the rate of change of the D. 0.001 C. y/(x + y)
ordinate and abscissa are equal. D. y/(x - y)
A. (1, 2) 440. ECE Board Exam November 1997,
B. (2, 1) November 1999 446. ECE Board Exam April 2000
C. (4, 4) 2 The volume of the sphere is
d y increasing at the rate of 6 cm3/hr. At
D. (-1, 4) If y = x ln x, find
dx 2 what rate is its surface area
435. ECE Board Exam November 1996 A. -1/x increasing (in cm2/hr) when the
Given a cone of diameter x and B. -1/x2 radius is 50 cm?
altitude of h. What percent is the C. 1/x2 A. 0.50
volume of the largest cylinder which D. 1/x B. 0.30
can be inscribed in the cone to the C. 0.40
volume of the cone? 441. ECE Board Exam April 1999 D. 0.24
A. 44% The depth of water in a cylindrical
B. 46% tank 4 m in diameter is increasing at 447. ECE Board Exam April 2000,
C. 56% the rate of 0.7 m/min. Find the rate at November 2001
D. 65% which the water is flowing into the Water is running out a conical funnel
tank. at the rate of 1 cu. in per second. If
436. ECE Board Exam April 1998 A. 2.5 m3/min the radius of the base of the funnel is
A statue 3 m high is standing on a B. 1.5 m3/min 4 in and the altitude is 8 in., find the
base of 4 m high. If an observer’s eye C. 6.4 m3/min rate at which the water level is
is 1.5 m above the ground, how far D. 8.8 m3/min dropping when it is 2 in. from the top.
should he stand from the base in A. -3/2 pi in/s
order that the angle subtended by the 442. ECE Board Exam November 1999 B. 2/3 pi in/s
statue is a maximum? Two posts, one 8 m high and the C. -4/9 pi in/s
A. 3.41 m other 12 m high are 15 m apart. If the D. -1/9 pi in/s
B. 3.51 m posts are supported by a cable
C. 3.71 m running from the top if the first post to 448. ECE Board Exam November 2000
D. 4.41 m a stake on the ground and then back If y = 2x + sin 2x, find x if y’= 0.
to the top of the second post, find the A. π/2
437. ECE Board Exam November 1991 distance to the lower post to the B. π/4
A balloon is released from the ground stake to use minimum amount of C. 2π/3
100 meters from an observer. The wire. D. 3π/2
balloon rises directly upward at the A. 6 m
449. ECE Board Exam November 2000 B. 48 sq cm
The equation of the line tangent to 456. ECE Board Exam April 1999, April C. 24 sq cm
the curve y = x + 5/x at point P(1, 3) 2002 D. 50 sq cm
is Find the minimum distance from the
A. 4x – y + 7 = 0 point (4,2) to the parabola y2 = 8x. 462. ECE Board Exam April 2003
B. x + 4y – 7 = 0 A. 4 3 Solve for the radius of a right circular
C. 4x + y – 7 = 0 cone of maximum volume which can
D. x – 4y + 7 = 0 B. 2 2 answer be inscribed in a sphere of radius 12
C. 3 cm.
450. ECE Board Exam November 2000 A. 2 2
D. 2 3
If y = arctan (ln x), find dy/dx at x =
1/e. B. 3 2
A. e 457. ECE Board Exam November 2002,
C. 8 2 answer
B. e/2 November 2004
A statue 3.2 m high stands on a D. 5 2
C. e/3
D. e^2 pedestal such that its foot is 0.4 m
above an observer’s eye level. How 463. ECE Board Exam April 2003
451. ECE Board Exam November 2000 far from the statue must the observer Determine the slope of the tangents
Find the change in y = 2x – 3 if x stand in order that the angle to the parabola y = -x2 + 5x – 6 at the
changes from 3.3 to 3.5. subtended by the statue will be a points of intersection with the x-axis.
A. 0.4 maximum? A. 2
B. 0.2 A. 1.1 m B. -4
C. 0.5 B. 1.5 m C. 1
D. 0.3 C. 1.2 m D. -2
D. 1.4 m
452. ECE Board Exam April 2001 464. ECE Board Exam April 2003
The radius of a sphere is r inches at 458. ECE Board Exam November 2002 A drop of ink is placed on a piece of
time t seconds. Find the radius when A person in a rowboat is 3 km from a paper and causes a circular blot that
the rates of increase of the surface point P on a straight shore while his increases in area at the rate of 1 sq
area and the radius are numerically destination is 5 km directly east of mm/sec. At what rate does the radius
equal. point P. If he is able to row 4 km per of the bolt increase when its area is 1
A. 1/8π in. hour and walk 5 km per hour, how far sq mm?
B. 1/4π in. from the destination must he land on A. 1/ π
C. 2π in. the shore in order to reach his B. π2/2
destination in the shortest possible
D. π2 in. C. π / 2 π answer
time?
A. 1 km D. π/ π
453. ECE Board Exam November 2001
B. 2.5 km
The distance of a body travels as a
C. 3 km 465. ECE Board Exam April 2003
function of time and is defined by x(t)
D. 2 km Solve for dy/dx if x = 2 + t and y = 1 +
= 18t + 9t2. What is the velocity at t =
3? t 2.
459. ECE Board Exam November 2002 A. 2x
A. 36
What is the slope of the curve y = 1 + B. t
B. 18
x2 at the point where y = 10? C. 0
C. 72
A. 8 D. 2t
D. 54
B. 3
C. 9 466. ECE Board Exam November 2003
454. ECE Board Exam November 2001
D. 6 Determine the equation of the line
Find the height of a right circular
cylinder of maximum volume, which tangent to the parabola y = x2 at the
460. ECE Board Exam November 2002 point (1, 1).
can be inscribed in a sphere of radius
Given the equation: 2y3 = 3x2 – 5. A. y = 2x + 1
10 cm.
Determine the slope of the line B. y = 2 – x
A. 14.12 cm
tangent at (4, 1). C. y = 2x – 1
B. 15.11 cm
A. 4 D. y = 2 + x
C. 12.81 cm
B. 3
D. 11.55 cm
C. 1/4 467. ECE Board Exam November 2003
D. 1 A fisherman on a wharf 1.2 meters
455. ECE Board Exam November 2001
What is the second derivative of a above the level of still water is pulling
461. ECE Board Exam April 2002 a rope tied to a boat at the rate of 2
function y = 5x3 + 2x + 1?
What is the maximum area of a meters per minute. How fast is the
A. 25x
rectangle that can be inscribed in a boat approaching the wharf when
B. 30x
right triangle with base of 8 cm and a there are two meters of rope out?
C. 18
height of 6 cm? A. 2.5 m/min
D. 30
A. 12 sq cm
 B. 1.25 m/min level of the iced tea decreasing at a The height of a right circular cylinder
C. 2.0 m/min constant rate in cm per min? is 50 inches and decreases at the
D. 3.0 m/min A. 0.212 rate of 4 inches per second, while the
B. 1.570 radius of the base is 20 inches and
468. ECE Board Exam November 2003 C. 0.318 increases at the rate of one inch per
What is the second derivative of y D. 0.747 second. At what rate is the volume
with respect to w in the following changing?
equation: y = (3w2 – 4)(3w2 + 4)? 474. ECE Board Exam November 2003 A. 11310 cu. m/sec
A. 36w3 A condominium is to be constructed B. 1275 cu. m/sec
B. 9w4 in a rectangular lot with a perimeter C. 11130 cu. m/sec
C. 9w16 of 800 m. What is the largest area D. 1257 cu. m/sec
D. 108w2 that can be enclosed by fencing the
perimeter? 480. ECE November 1995, March 1996
469. ECE Board Exam November 2003 A. 5 hectares A point on the curve where the
A stone is thrown into still water and B. 4 hectares second derivative of a function is
causes concentric circular ripples. C. 6 hectares equal to zero is called
The radius of the ripples increases at D. 3.5 hectares A. maxima
the rate of 12 inches/sec. At what B. minima
rate does the area of the ripples 475. ECE Board Exam April 2005 C. point of inflection
increases (in sq inch per sec) when The cost of a product is a function of D. point of intersection
its radius is 3 inches? the quantity q of the product: c(q) = q2
A. 402.55 – 2000q + 100. What should be the 481. ECE November 1995
B. 275.60 quantity for which the cost is a The point on the curve where the first
C. 226.19 minimum? derivate of a function is zero and the
D. 390.50 A. 2500 second derivative is positive is called
B. 1000 A. maxima
470. ECE Board Exam November 2004 C. 2000 B. minima
In how many equal parts can a wire, D. 1500 C. point of inflection
50 cm long be cut so that the product D. point of intersection
of its parts is a maximum? 476. ECE November 1996
A. 15 A rectangular field is to be fenced 482. ECE November 1996
B. 19 into four equal parts. What is the size At the minimum point, the slope of
C. 13 of the largest field that can be fenced the tangent line is
D. 20 this way with a fencing length of 1500 A. negative
feet if the division is to be paralleled B. infinity
471. ECE Board Exam November 2003 to one side? C. positive
æsin x 3 ÷
ö A. 65,200 D. zero
ç ÷
Evaluate lim çç 2÷÷ B. 62,500
x® 0 ç
èsin x ÷ ø C. 64,500 483. ECE November 1996
A. -1 D. 63,500 At the inflection point of y = f(x)
B. 2pi where x = a,
C. 0 477. ECE November 1997 A. f”(a) = is not equal to zero
D. -2 Three sides of a trapezoid are each 8 B. f”(a) = 0
cm long. How long is the 4th side, C. f”(a) > 0
472. ECE Board Exam November 2004 when the area of the trapezoid has D. f”(a) < 0
A conical vessel 1 cm deep and with the greatest value?
a radius of 6 cm at the top, is being A. 16 cm 484. ECE April 1998
filled with water. If the rate at which B. 15 cm Point of the derivatives, which do not
the water rises is 2 cm/sec, how fast C. 12 cm exist (and so equals zero) are called
is the volume increasing when the D. 10 cm A. stationary points
water is 4 cm deep? B. maximum points
A. 3 pi 478. ECE March 1996, November 1996 C. maximum and minimum points
B. 4 pi The altitude of a cylinder of maximum D. minimum point
C. 8 pi volume that can be inscribed in a
D. 16 pi right circular cone of radius r and 485. ECE November 1997
height h is If the second derivative of the
473. ECE Board Exam November 2004 A. h/3 equation of a curve is equal to the
A customer is using a straw to drink B. 2h/3 negative of the equation of the same
iced tea from a right circular glass at C. 3h/2 curve, the curve is:
the rate of 6 cubic cm per minute. If D. h/4 A. a cissoid
the height of the glass is 12 cm and B. a paraboloid
the diameter is 6 cm, how fast is the 479. ECE November 1995 C. a sinusoid
D. an exponential
 D. ax B. 1/2
486. ME Board Exam April 1998 C. 1/3
x 2 - 16 492. ME April 1996 D. 1/4
Evaluate Lim Find the derivative of the function 2x2
x→ 4 x-4 + 8x + 9 with respect to x. 500. ME April 1996
A. 0 A. DF(x) = 4x - 8 Find the slope of the tangent to a
B. 1 B. DF(x) = 2x + 9 parabola y = x2 at a point on a curve
C. 8 C. DF(x) = 2x + 8 where x = 1/2.
D. 16 D. DF(x) = 4x + 8 A. 0
B. 1
487. ME Board Exam October 1997 493. ME April 1998 C. 1/4
Compute the following limit: Differentiate ax2 + b to the 1/2 power. D. -1/2
x+ 4 A. -2ax
lim
x® ¥ x - 4 B. 2ax 501. ME Board Exam April 1998
A. 1 C. 2ax+ b A box is to be constructed from a
B. 0 D. ax + 2b piece of zinc 20 sq. in. by cutting
C. 2 equal squares from each corner and
D. infinite 494. ME April 1997 turning up the zinc to form the side.
If y = cos x, what is dy/dx? What is the volume of the largest box
488. ME Board Exam April 1997 A. sec x that can be so constructed?
What is the first derivative of the B. -sec x A. 599.95 cu. inches
expression (xy)x = e? C. sin x B. 592.58 cu. inches
A. 0 D. -sin x C. 579.50 cu. inches
D. 622.49 cu. inches
x 495. ME October 1997
B.
y Given the function f(x) = x3 – 5x + 2, 502. ME Board Exam April 1996
(1 + ln xy ) find the value of the first derivative at The cost C of a product is a function
C. -y answer x = 2, f’(2). of the quantity x of the product: C(x)
x
A. 7 = x2 – 4000x + 50. Find the quantity
(1 - ln xy) B. 3x2 - 5 for which the cost is a minimum.
D. -y
x C. 2 A. 1000
D. 8 B. 1500
489. ME Board Exam April 1998 C. 2000
Find the derivative with respect to x 496. ME Board Exam April 1998 D. 3000
2 Find the partial derivative with
the function 2 - 3x respect to x of the function xy2 – 5y + 503. ME Board Exam October 1996
- 2x 2 6. What is the maximum profit when the
A. A. y2 – 5 profit versus production function is as
2 - 3x 2 B. y2 given below? P is profit and x is unit
-3x C. xy – 5y of production.
B. answer D. 2xy P = 200,000 – x – [1.1/(x + 1)]8
2 - 3x 2 A. 285,000
- 3x 2 497. ME Board Exam October 1997 B. 200,000
C. Find the second derivative of x3 – 5x2 C. 250,000
2
2 - 3x +x=0 D. 305,000
3x A. 10x - 5
D. B. 6x - 10 504. ME Board Exam October 1996
2 - 3x 2 C. 3x + 10 Water is pouring into swimming pool.
D. 3x2 – 5x After t hours, there are t + t1/2 gallons
490. ME April 1996 in the pool. At what rate is the water
Find the derivative of (x + 5)/(x2 – 1) 498. ME Board Exam April 1998 pouring into the pool when t = 9
with respect to x. Given the function f(x) = x to the 3rd hours?
A. DF(x) = (-x2 – 10x – 1)/(x2 - 1)2 power -6x + 2. Find the first derivative A. 7/6 gph
B. DF(x) = (-x2 + 10x – 1)/(x2 - 1)2 at x = 2. B. 8/7 gph
C. DF(x) = (x2 – 10x – 1)/(x2 - 1)2 A. 6 C. 6/5 gph
D. DF(x) = (-x2 – 10x + 1)/(x2 + 1)2 B. 7 D. 5/4 gph
C. 3x2 - 5
491. ME April 1996 D. 8 505. ME October 1997
If a is a simple constant, what is the A function is given below, what x
derivative of y = xa? 499. ME April 1996 value maximizes y?
A. axa-1 Find the slope of the line tangent to y2 + y + x2 – 2x = 5
B. (a – 1)x the curve y = x3 – 2x + 1 at x = 1. A. 2.23
C. xa-1 A. 1 B. -1
 C. 5 Determine the differential equation of B. x2 + 2xy + y2 = C
D. 1 the family of line passing through (h, C. x2 - 2xy – y2 = C
k). D. x2 – 2xy + y2 = C
506. ME April 1998 A. (y – k)dx – (x – h)dy = 0
If y = x to the 3rd power – 3x. Find the B. (y – h) + (y – k) = dy/dx 520. EE Board Exam April 1997
maximum value of y. C. (x – h)dx – (y – k)dy = 0 Radium decomposes at a rate
A. 0 D. (x + h)dx – (y – k)dy = 0 proportional to the amount at any
B. -1 instant. In 100 years, 100 mg of
C. 1 513. EE Board Exam March 1998 radium decomposes to 96 mg. How
D. 2 Solve the differential equation: x (y – many mg will be left after 100 years?
1) dx + (x + 1) dy = 0. If y = 2 when x A. 88.60
507. ME April 1998 = 1, determine y when x = 2. B. 95.32
As x increases uniformly at a rate of A. 1.80 C. 92.16
0.002 feet per second, at what rate is B. 1.48 D. 90.72
the expression (1 + x) to the 3rd C. 1.55
power increasing when x becomes 8 D. 1.63 521. ECE Board Exam April 1998
feet? The equation y2 = cx is the general
A. 430 cfs 514. EE Board Exam October 1997 solution of
B. 0.300 cfs If dy = x2 dx; what is the equation of y 2y
C. 0.486 cfs in terms of x if the curve passes A. y' =
x
D. 0.346 cfs through (1, 1)?
2x
A. x2 – 3y + 3 = 0 B. y' =
508. ME April 1998 B. x3 – 3y + 2 = 0 y
The distance a body travels is a C. x3 + 3y2 + 2 = 0 y
function of time and is given by x(t) = D. x3 + 2y + 2 = 0 C. y' = answer
2x
16t + 8t2. Find its velocity at t = 3.
A. 64 515. EE Board Exam October 1997 x
D. y' =
B. 56 Solve the differential equation dy – x 2y
C. 54 dx = 0, if the curve passes through
D. 44 (1, 0). 522. ECE Board Exam November 1998
A. 3x2 + 2y – 3 = 0 Find the equation of the curve at
509. B. 2y + x2 – 1 = 0 every point of which the tangent line
C. x2 – 2y – 1 = 0 has a slope of 2x.
A. D. 2x2 + 2y – 2 = 0 A. x = -y2 + C
B. B. y = -x2 + C
C. 516. EE Board Exam October 1995 C. y = x2 + C
D. Find the general solution y’ = y sec x. D. x = y2 + C
Past Board Exam Problems A. y = C (sec x + tan x)
B. y = C (sec x – tan x) 523. ECE Board Exam April 1998
in Differential Equations C. y = C sec x tan x Solve (cos x cos y - cot x) dx – sin x
D. y = C (sec2x + tan x) sin y dy = 0
A. sin x cos y = ln (c cos x)
510. CE Board Exam May 1997 517. EE Board Exam April 1998 B. sin x cos y = ln (c sin x)
Find the differential equation of the
C. sin x cos y = -ln (c sin x)
family of lines passing through the ( )
Solve y- x 2 + y 2 dx-xdy = 0
D. sin x cos y = -ln (c cos x)
origin.
A. ydx – xdy = 0 A. x 2 + y 2 + y = C answer
524. ECE Board Exam November 1994
B. xdy – ydx = 0
B. x2 + y2 + y = C Find the differential equation whose
C. xdx + ydy = 0
general solution is y = C1x + C2ex
D. ydx + xdy = 0
C. x+y +y=C A. (x – 1) y” – xy’ + y = 0
B. (x + 1) y” – xy’ + y = 0
511. CE Board Exam May 1996 D. x2 - y + y = C C. (x – 1) y” + xy’ + y = 0
What is the differential equation of
D. (x + 1) y” + xy’ + y = 0
the family of parabolas having their
vertices at the origin and their foci on 518. EE Board Exam April 1996
Solve xy’ (2y – 1) = y (1 – x) 525. ECE Board Exam November 1998
the x-axis?
A. ln (xy) = 2 (x – y) + C Find the equation of the family of
A. 2xdy – ydx = 0
B. ln (xy) = x – 2y + C orthogonal trajectories of the system
B. xdy + ydx = 0
C. ln (xy) = 2y – x + C of parabolas y2 = 2x + C.
C. 2ydx – xdy = 0
D. ln (xy) = x + 2y + C A. y = Ce-x
dy B. y = Ce2x
D. -x=0
dx 519. EE Board Exam April 1996 C. y = Cex
Solve (x + y) dy = (x – y) dx. D. y = Ce-2x
512. CE Board Exam November 1995 A. x2 + y2 = C
526. ME Board Exam April 1996 A. D.
What is the solution of the first order B.
differential equation y(k + 1) = y(k) + C. 540.
5? D.
5 A.
A. y(k ) = 4 - 532. B.
k
B. y(k) = 20 + 5k C.
A. D.
C. y(k ) = C - k , C is a constant
B.
D. The solution is non-existent for C. 541.
real values of y D.
A.
527. ME October 1997 533. B.
Given the following simultaneous C.
differential equations: A. D.
dx dy B.
2 −3 +x−y =k
dt dt C. 542.
dx dy D.
3 +2 − x + cos t = 0 A.
dt dt
534. B.
Solve for dy/dt.
C.
2 3 5 3  A. D.
A.  cos t + x − y − k 
9 2 2 2  B.
1 1 3  C.
B. −  sin t + x + y 2 − k  D.
6 9 2  543.
1
C. [5x − 3y − 3k − 2 cos t ] answer
13 A.
535. B.
2  5 3 3 
D. cos t + x − y − k  C.
13  2 2 2  A. D.
B.
528. ME Board Exam April 1998 C. 544.
If the nominal interest rate is 3%, how D.
much is Php5,000 worth in 10 years A.
in a continuously compounded 536. B.
account? C.
A. Php5,750 A. D.
B. Php6.750 B.
C. Php7,500 C. 545.
D. Php6,350 D.
A.
529. ME Board Exam October 1997 537. B.
A nominal interest of 3% C.
compounded continuously is given on A. D.
the account. What is the accumulated B.
amount of Php10,000 after 10 years? C. 546.
A. Php13,620.10 D.
B. Php13,500.10 A.
C. Php13,650.20 538. B.
D. Php13,498.60 C.
A. D.
530. B.
C.
A. D.
B. 547.
C.
D. A.
539. B.
C.
A. D.
531. B.
C. 548.
 B. 0.022 C. 0.114
A. C. 0.033 D. 0.186
B. D. 0.044
C. 562. CE May 1997
D. 555. CE Board Exam May 1995 Evaluate the integral of x(x – 5)12 dx
What is the integral of cos 2x esin2x with limits from 5 to 6
549. dx? A. 81/182
A. esin 2x/2 + C B. 82/182
A. B. -esin 2x/2 + C C. 83/182
B. C. -esin 2x + C D. 84/182
C. D. esin 2x + C
D. 563. CE November 1996
556. CE Board Exam November 1996 xdx
Evaluate the integral of (3x2 + 9y2) dx Evaluate the integral of if it
dy if the interior limit has an upper ( x + 1) 8
limit of y and a lower limit of 0, and has an upper limit of 1 and a lower
whose outer limit has an upper limit limit of 0.
of 2 and lower limit of 0. A. 0.022
Past Board Exam Problems A. 10 B. 0.056
B. 20 C. 0.043
in Integral Calculus C. 30 D. 0.031
D. 40
564. CE November 1997, November 1994
550. CE Board Exam November 1995 557. CE May 1999 Using lower limit = 0 and upper limit =
What is the integral of sin6 x cos3 x dx 4dx π/2, what is the integral of 15 sin7 x
if the lower limit is zero and the upper
limit is π/2?
Evaluate
∫
3x + 2 dx?
A. 4 ln (3x + 2) + C A. 6.783
A. 0.0203 B. 6.857
B. 0.0307 B. 4/3 ln (3x + 2) + C
C. 1/3 ln (3x + 2) + C C. 6.648
C. 0.0417 D. 6.539
D. 0.0543 D. 2 ln (3x + 2) + C

558. CE May 1994 565. CE November 1998

551. CE Board Exam November 1994 Evaluate the integral of 3 (sin x)^3 dx
What is the integral of sin5 x dx if the Evaluate the integral of e x
2
+1
2xdx . using lower limit of 0 and upper limit
lower limit is 0 and the upper limit is 2 = π/2.
x +1
π/2? e A. 2.0
A. +C
A. 0.233 ln 2 B. 1.7
B. 0.333 B. e2x + C C. 1.4
C. 0.433 2
D. 2.3
D. 0.533 C. e x +1 + C answer
D. 2xex + C
566. CE May 1998, May 1996 November
552. CE Board Exam May 1996 1995
Find the integral of 12sin5 x cos5 x dx 559. CE May 1995
Evaluate the integral of 5 cos6 x sin2
if the lower limit = 0 the upper limit = What is the integral of cos 2x esin 2x
x dx using lower limit = 0 and upper
π/2. dx?
limit = π/2
A. 0.2 A. -esin 2x + C
A. 0.5046
B. 0.3 B. esin 2x/2 + C
B. 0.3068
C. 0.4 C. esin 2x + C
C. 0.6107
D. 0.5 D. -esin 2x/2 + C
D. 0.4105
553. CE Board Exam May 1997 560. CE May 1992
567. ECE April 1998
Evaluate
6
∫
5
x(x − 5)12 dx Evaluate
∫ tan θ ln sec θdθ Evaluate the integral cos8 3A dA from
0 to π/6.
A. 0.456 A. 2 (ln sec θ)2 + C A. 35π/768
B. 0.556 B. (ln sec θ)2 + C B. 23π/765
C. 0.656 C. 1/2 (ln sec θ) + C C. 27π/363
D. 0.756 D. 1/2 (ln sec θ)2 + C D. 12π/81

554. CE Board Exam November 1996 561. CE November 1999 568. CE May 1999
1 xdx Evaluate the integral of x cos 2x dx 2 2y
Evaluate ∫1 ∫0 ( x 2 + y 2 )dxdy
Evaluate
∫
0 ( x + 1)8
with limits from 0 to π/4
A. 0.143 A. 35/2
A. 0.011 B. 0.258 B. 19/2
 C. 17/2 What is the area within the curve r2 =
D. 37/2 576. CE Board Exam May 1997 16 cos θ?
The area enclosed by the ellipse x2/9 A. 26
569. CE November 2002 + y2/4 = 1 is revolved about the line x B. 28
Determine the value of the integral of = 3. What is the volume generated? C. 30
sin5 3x dx with limits from 0 to π/6. A. 355.3 D. 32
A. 0.324 B. 360.1
B. 0.178 C. 370.3 583. CE May 1999
C. 0.275 D. 365.1 Find the area enclosed by r2 = 2a2
D. 0.458 cos θ.
577. CE Board Exam May 1996 A. 2a2
570. CE November 2001 The area in the second quadrant of B. a2
Evaluate the integral of x cos (4x) dx the circle x2 + y2 = 36 is revolved C. 4a2
with lower limit of 0 and upper limit of about the line y + 10 = 0. What is the D. 3a2
π/4. volume generated?
A. 1/8 A. 2218.33
B. -1/8 B. 2228.83
C. 1/16 C. 2233.43
D. -1/16 D. 2208.53 584. CE May 1998
Find the length of the arc of x3 + y2 =
571. CE Board Exam November 1994 578. CE Board Exam November 1995 64 from x = -1 to x = -3 in the second
What is the area bounded by x2 = -9y The area bounded by the curve y2 = quadrant.
and the line y + 1 = 0? 12x and the line x = 3 is revolved A. 2.24
A. 3 sq units about the line x = 3. What is the B. 2.61
B. 4 sq units volume generated? C. 2.75
C. 5 sq units A. 179 D. 2.07
D. 6 sq units B. 181
C. 184 585. CE May 1998
572. CE Board Exam May 1995 D. 186 The area in the first quadrant,
What is the area (in square units) bounded by the curve y = 2x1/2, the y-
bounded by the curve y2 = x and the 579. CE Board Exam November 1994 axis and the line y – 6 = 0 is revolved
line x – 4 = 0? Given the area in the first quadrant about the line y = 6. Find the centroid
A. 30/3 bounded by x2 = 8y, the line y – 2 = 0 of the solid formed.
B. 31/3 and the y-axis. What is the volume A. (2.2, 6)
C. 32/3 generated when this area is revolved B. (1.6, 6)
D. 29/3 about the line y – 2 = 0? C. (1.8, 6)
A. 28.41 D. (2.0, 6)
573. CE Board Exam May 1996 B. 26.81
What is the area (in square units) C. 25.83 586. CE November 1998
bounded by the curve y2 = 4x and x2 D. 27.32 A solid is formed by revolving about
= 4y? the y-axis, the area bounded by the
A. 5.33 580. CE Board Exam May 1995 curve x3 = y, the y-axis and the line x
B. 6.67 Given the area in the first quadrant = 8. Find its centroid.
C. 7.33 bounded by x2 = 8y, the line x = 4 and A. (0, 4.75)
D. 8.67 the x-axis. What is the volume B. (0, 4.5)
generated by revolving this area C. (0, 5.25)
574. CE Board Exam May 1997 about the y-axis? D. (0, 5)
Find the area enclosed by the curve A. 53.26
x2 + 8y + 16 = 0, the y-axis and the B. 52.26 587. CE November 1995
line x – 4 = 0. C. 51.26 Find the moment of inertia of the area
A. 7.67 sq units D. 50.26 bounded by the parabola y2 = 4x, x-
B. 8.67 sq units axis and the line x =1, with respect to
C. 9.67 sq units 581. CE Board Exam November 1995 the x-axis.
D. 10.67 sq units Find the moment of inertia, with A. 1.067
respect to x-axis of the area bounded B. 1.244
575. CE Board Exam November 1996, by the parabola y2 = 4x and the line x C. 0.968
November 1998 = 1. D. 0.867
Find the area enclosed by r2 = a2 cos A. 2.03
2θ. B. 2.13 588. CE November 2002
A. a C. 2.33 Find the length of one arc of the
B. 2a D. 2.53 curve whose parametric equations
C. a2 are x = 2θ – 2sin θ and y = 2 – 2cos θ.
D. a3 582. CE November 1997 A. 16
 B. 18 595. CE November 2003 Find the area of the region bounded
C. 14 Find the surface area generated by by y2 = 8x and y = 2x.
D. 12 rotating the first quadrant portion of A. 1.22 sq. units
the curve x2 = 6 – 8y about the y-axis. B. 1.33 sq. units
589. CE May 2002 A. 58.41 C. 1.44 sq. units
A conical tank 12 ft high and 120 ft B. 64.25 D. 1.55 sq. units
across the top is filled with a liquid C. 61.27
that weighs 62.4 pcf. How much work D. 66.38 603. EE Board Exam October 1997
is done in pumping all the liquid at Find the area bounded by the curve y
the top of the tank? 596. EE Board Exam March 1998 = x2 + 2, and the lines x = 0 and y = 0
A. 58,811 ft-lb 1 and x = 4.
B. 63,421 ft-lb Integrate with respect to x A. 88/3
3x + 4
C. 59,475 ft-lb and evaluate the result from x = 0 B. 64/3
D. 47,453 ft-lb and x = 2. C. 54/3
A. 0.278 D. 64/5
590. CE November 2001 B. 0.336
Determine the moment of inertia of C. 0.305 604. EE Board Exam April 1997
the area bounded by the curve x2 = D. 0.252 Find the area bounded by the
4y, the line x – 4 = 0 and the x-axis parabolas y = 6x – x2 and y = x2 – 2x.
with respect to the y-axis. 597. EE Board Exam April 1997 A. 44/3 sq. units
A. 51.2 Evaluate the integral of ln x dx, the B. 64/3 sq. units
B. 25.1 limits are 1 and e. C. 74/3 sq. units
C. 52.1 A. 0 D. 54/3 sq. units
D. 21.5 B. 1
C. 2 605. EE Board Exam October 1997
591. CE November 2001 D. 3 Find the area bounded by the line x –
Determine the area bounded by the 2y + 10 = 0, the x-axis, the y-axis and
curves x = 1/y, 2x – y = 0, x = 6 and 598. EE Board Exam October 1997 x = 10.
the x-axis. A. 75
10 2log10 edx
A. 2.138 Evaluate ∫ B. 50
B. 2.328 1 x C. 100
C. 2.324 A. 2.0 D. 25
D. 2.638 B. 49.7
C. 3.0 606. ECE Board Exam April 1999
592. CE May 2001 D. 5.12 What is the integral of (3t-1)3dt?
Find the area bounded by the curve y 1
= sin x and the x-axis from x = π/3 to 599. EE Board Exam April 1997 A. (3t − 1) 4 + C answer
12
x = π. Find the integral of [(e exp x – 1)]
1
A. 9 square units divided by [e exp x + 1] dx B. (3t − 4) 4 + C
B. 12 square units A. ln (e exp x – 1) square + x + C 12
C. 8 square units B. ln (e exp x + 1) – x + C 1
C. (3t − 1) 4 + C
D. 6 square units C. ln (e exp x – 1) + x + C 4
D. ln (e exp x + 1) square – x + C 1
593. CE May 2001 D. (3t − 1)3 + C
A body moves such that its 600. EE Board Exam April 1997 4
acceleration as a function of time is a Evaluate the double integral of r sin u
= 2 + 12t, where “t” is in minutes and dr du, the limits of r are 0 and cos u 607. ECE Board Exam November 1998
“a” is in m/min2. Its velocity after 1 and the limits of u are 0 and pi. Evaluate the integral of dx/(x + 2)
min is 11 m/min. Find its velocity after A. 1 from -6 to -10.
2 minutes. B. 1/2 A. 21/2
A. 31 m/min C. 0 B. 1/2
B. 23 m/min D. 1/3 C. ln 3
C. 45 m/min D. ln 2
D. 18 m/min 601. EE Board Exam April 1996
π/2 1 2 608. ECE Board Exam November 1998,
594. CE November 2003
What is the perimeter of the curve r =
Evaluate
∫ ∫∫
0 0 0
zdzr 2 dr sin udu ME April 1998
Integrate x cos (2x2 + 7)dx
4(1 – sin θ)? A. 2/3 1
B. 4/3 A. sin(2x 2 + 7) + C answer
A. 32.47 4
B. 30.12 C. 1/3
1
C. 25.13 D. 5/3 B. cos(2x 2 + 7) + C
4
D. 28.54
602. EE Board Exam April 1993
 sin x 614. ECE April 2002, April 2005 C. 0.707
C. +C The integral of 34xdx is equal to D. 0.293
2
4(x + 7) A. 44x/ln 3 + C
D. sin (2x2 + 7) + C B. 34x/ln 27 + C 622. ECE November 2004
C. 34x/ln 81 + C Determine the coordinates of the
609. ECE Board Exam April 1997 D. 44x/ln 12 + C centroid of the area bounded by the
Evaluate the integral of sin6 xdx from curve x2 = -(y – 4), the x-axis and the
0 to π/2 615. ECE November 2002 y-axis on the first quadrant.
π Determine the area bounded by the A. (3/9, 9/5)
A. lines x = 1, x = 3, the x-axis and the B. (3/4, 8/5)
32
graph f(x) = x2 – 3x. C. (6/5, 4/7)
2π
B. A. 3.33 square units D. (4/3, 5/8)
17 B. 2.75 square units
3π C. 5.67 square units 623. ECE April 2005
C.
32 D. 4.50 square units What is the area bounded by the
5π curve defined by the equation x2 – 8y
D. answer 616. ECE April 2003 = 0 and its latus rectum?
32
Solve for the area bounded by y = 2x A. 5.33
– x2 and the x-axis. B. 10.67
610. ECE Board Exam April 1998 A. 2/3 C. 7.33
π /6
Evaluate ∫0 (cos3A)8 dA B. 4/3 D. 3.66
C. 5/3
27 π D. 7/2 624. ECE April 2005
A.
363 The area in the first quadrant
35 π 617. ECE April 2003 bounded by the parabola 12y = x2,
B. answer Determine the slope of the tangents the y-axis, and the line y = 3,
768 to the parabola y = -x2 + 5x – 6 at the revolves about the line y = 3. What is
23 π points of intersection with the x-axis. the generated volume?
C.
765 A. 2 A. 72.75
12 π B. -4 B. 80.75
D. C. 1 C. 90.48
81
D. -2 D. 85.25
611. ECE Board Exam November 1991 618. ECE April 2003, November 2003 625. ECE April 2005
Evaluate the integral of cos2 y dy What is the integral of (2sec2 x – sin The area bounded by the graphs of y
y sin2y x) dx? = 2x + 3 and y = x2 revolves about
A. + + C answer
2 4 A. 2cosx + tan x + C the x-axis. Determine the volume
B. y + 2 cos y + C B. 2tan x + sin x + C generated.
y sin2y C. 2sin x + cos x + C A. 228
C. + +C D. 2tan x + cos x + C B. 329
4 4
C. 255
D. y + sin 2y + C
619. ECE April 2003 D. 375
Determine the area bounded by the
612. ECE Board Exam November 1998
curve y = 1/(x^2), the y-axis and the 626. ECE November 1995
Integrate the square root of (1 – cos
lines y = 1 and y = 5. Find the area bounded by y = (11 –
x)dx.
A. 2.0 x)1/x, the lines 3x = 2 and x = 10 and
1 B. 3.3 the x-axis.
A. −2 2 cos x + C answer
2 C. 2.6 A. 19.456 sq units
B. −2 2 cos x + C D. 2.47 B. 20.567 sq units
1 C. 22.567 sq units
C. 2 2 cos x + C 620. ECE November 2003 D. 21.478 sq units
2 Evaluate the integral sin^(4) theta (d)
D. 2 2 cos x + C from 0 to pi/2. 627. ECE November 1996
A. 2π/3 Find the area bounded by the y-axis
613. ECE Board Exam April 1998 B. 3π/5 and x = 4 – y2/3.
Find the area (in square units) C. 3π/16 A. 25.6
bounded by the parabolas x2 – 2y = 0 D. π/4 B. 28.1
and x2 + 2y – 8 = 0. C. 12.8
A. 11.7 621. ECE November 2003 D. 56.2
B. 4.7 What is the integral of cos xdx from
C. 9.7 pi/3 to pi/2? 628. ECE November 1995
D. 10.7 A. 0.134 The velocity of a body is given by f(t)
B. 0.500 = sin (πt), where the velocity is given
 in meters per second and t is given in D. 13.23 B. 36.6 m
seconds. The distance covered in C. 36.9 m
meters between t = 0.25 and 0.5 635. ME Board Exam October 1997 D. 37.2 m
seconds is close to What is the area bounded by the
A. 0.5221 m curve y = x3, the x-axis and the line x 642. CE Board Exam May 1996
B. -0.2251 m = -2 and x = 1? What is the radius of the circle
C. 0.2251 m A. 4.25 circumscribing an isosceles right
D. -0.5221 m B. 2.45 triangle having an area of 162 sq.
C. 5.24 cm?
629. ECE November 1995 D. 5.42 A. 12.73 m
The rate of change of a function of y B. 13.52 m
with respect to x equals 2 – y, and y = 636. ME Board Exam April 1999 C. 14.18 m
8 when x = 0. Find y when x = ln (2). Find the area in the first quadrant D. 15.55 m
A. 2 bounded by the parabola y2 = 4x, x =
B. -5 1 and x = 3. 643. CE Board Exam May 1996
C. 5 A. 9.555 Two sides of a triangle are 50 m and
D. -2 B. 9.955 60 m long. The angle included
C. 5.955 between these sides is 30°. What is
630. ME Board Exam April 1995, April D. 5.595 the interior angle opposite the longest
1997 side?
Integrate (7x3 + 4x2)dx 637. ME Board Exam April 1998 A. 93.74°
What is the area between y = 0, y = B. 92.74°
7x3 4x 2
A. + +C 3x2, x = 0 and x = 2? C. 90.74°
3 2 A. 8 D. 86.38°
7x 4 4x 2 B. 24
B. + +C C. 12 644. CE Board Exam November 1995
4 5 D. 6 The area of a circle circumscribing
7x 4 4x 3 about an equilateral triangle is 254.47
C. + + C answer 638. sq. m. What is the area of the triangle
4 3
in sq. m?
4x
D. 7x 4 − +C A. A. 100.25
2 B. B. 102.25
C. C. 104.25
631. ME Board Exam October 1997 D. D. 105.25
Evaluate the integral of cos x dx Past Board Exam Problems
limits from π/4 to π/2. 645. CE Board Exam May 1995
A. 0.423 in Plane Geometry What is the area in sq. m of the circle
B. 0.293 circumscribed about an equilateral
C. 0.923 639. CE Board Exam May 1997 triangle with a side 10 cm long?
D. 0.329 How many sides have a polygon if A. 104.7
the sum of the interior angles is B. 105.7
632. ME Board Exam April 1995, October 1080°? C. 106.7
1997 A. 5 D. 107.7
The integral of cos x with respect to x B. 6
is C. 7 646. CE Board Exam November 1992
A. sin x + C D. 8 The area of a triangle inscribed in a
B. sec x + C circle is 39.19 cm2 and the radius of
C. -sin x + C 640. CE Board Exam November 1994 the circumscribing circle is 7.14 cm. If
D. csc x + C In a triangle ABC, angle A = 45° and the two sides of the inscribed triangle
C = 70°. The side opposite angle C is are 8 cm and 10 cm, respectively,
633. ME April 1998 40 m long. What is the length of the find the third side.
Integrate x cos (2x2 + 7)dx side opposite angle A? A. 11 cm
A. 1/4 sin (2x2 + 7) + C A. 26.1 m B. 12 cm
B. sin (2x2 + 7) + C B. 27.1 m C. 13 cm
C. 1/4 cos (2x2 + 7) + C C. 29.1 m D. 14 cm
D. 1/4 (sin(-θ))(2x2 + 7) + C D. 30.1 m
647. CE Board Exam November 1994
634. ME Board Exam April 1999 641. CE Board Exam May 1995 The area of a triangle is 8346 sq m
Find the area bounded by the In triangle ABC, angle C = 70°, A = and two of its interior angles are
parabola x2 = 4y and y = 4. 45°, AB = 40 m. What is the length of 37°25’ and 56°17’. What is the length
A. 21.33 the median drawn from vertex A to of the longest side?
B. 33.21 side BC? A. 171.5 m
C. 31.32 A. 36.3 m B. 181.5 m
 C. 191.5 m the area of the part not covered by
D. 200.5 m 654. EE Board Exam April 1991 the star in m2?
The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 A. 40.5 m2
648. CE Board Exam May 1998 cm and 14 cm. Determine the radius B. 45.5 m2
A circle having an area of 452 sq. m of the inscribed circle. C. 50.5 m2
is cut into two segments by a chord A. 2.25 cm D. 55.5 m2
which is 6 cm from the center of the B. 2.35 cm
circle. Compute the area of the C. 2.45 cm 661. EE Board Exam April 1993
bigger segment. D. 2.55 cm Find the area of a regular pentagon
A. 354.89 sq. m whose side is 25 m and the apothem
B. 363.56 sq. m 655. EE Board Exam April 1991 is 17.2 m.
C. 378.42 sq. m The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 A. 1075 m2
D. 383.64 sq. m cm and 14 cm. Determine the radius B. 1085 m2
of the circumscribing circle. C. 1080 m2
649. CE Board Exam November 1996 A. 7.14 cm D. 1095 m2
Find the area of a quadrilateral B. 7.34 cm
having sides AB = 10 cm, BC = 5 cm, C. 7.54 cm 662. EE Board Exam March 1998
CD = 14.14 cm and DA = 15 cm, if D. 7.74 cm A regular pentagon has sides of 20
the sum of the opposite angles is cm. An inner pentagon with sides of
equal to 225°. 656. EE Board Exam April 1992 10 cm is inside and concentric to the
A. 96 sq m Two perpendicular chords both 5 cm larger pentagon. Determine the area
B. 100 sq m from the center of a circle divide the inside and concentric to the larger
C. 94 sq m circle into four parts. If the radius of pentagon but outside of the smaller
D. 98 sq m the circle is 13 cm, find the area of pentagon.
the smallest part. A. 430.70 cm2
650. CE Board Exam October 1997 A. 30 cm2 B. 573. 26 cm2
A quadrilateral has sides equal to 12 B. 31 cm2 C. 473.77 cm2
m, 20 m, 8 m and 16.97 m C. 32 cm2 D. 516.14 cm2
respectively. If the sum of the two D. 33 cm2
opposite angles is equal to 225°, find 663. EE Board Exam March 1999
the area of the quadrilateral. 657. EE Board Exam March 1998 Determine the area of a regular 6-
A. 100 m2 A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and star polygon if the inner regular
B. 124 m2 26 inches. Determine its area. hexagon has 10 cm sides.
C. 168 m2 A. 360 in2 A. 441.68 cm2
D. 158 m2 B. 280 in2 B. 467.64 cm2
C. 320 in2 C. 519.60 cm2
651. EE Board Exam April 1992 D. 400 in2 D. 493.62 cm2
The angle subtended by an arc is
24°. If the radius of the circle is 45 658. EE Board Exam October 1992 664. ECE Board Exam November 1998
cm, find the length of arc. Determine the area of the Find the angle in mils subtended by a
A. 16.85 cm quadrilateral shown, OB = 80 cm, AO line 10 yards long at a distance of
B. 17.85 cm = 120 cm, OD = 150 cm and ϕ = 25°. 5000 yards.
C. 18.85 cm A. 1
D. 19.85 cm Figure here B. 2
C. 2.5
652. EE Board Exam April 1994 A. 2721.66 cm2 D. 4
Given a triangle, C = 100°, a = 15 m, B. 2271.66 cm2
b = 20 m. Find c. C. 2172.66 cm2 665. ECE Board Exam April 1999
A. 26 m D. 2217.66 cm2 Assuming that the earth is a sphere
B. 27 m whose radius is 6400 km. Find the
C. 28 m 659. EE Board Exam April 1990 distance along a 3 degree arc at the
D. 29 m Find the area (in cm2) of a regular equator of the earth’s surface.
octagon inscribed in a circle of radius A. 335.10 km
653. EE Board Exam April 1991 10 cm. B. 533.10 km
From a point outside of an equilateral A. 283 C. 353.10 km
triangle, the distances to the vertices B. 289 D. 353.01 km
are 10 m, 18 m and 10 m, C. 298
respectively. What is the length of D. 238 666. ECE Board Exam November 1992
one side of a triangle? Given a circle whose diameter AB
A. 17.75 m 660. EE A Board Exam pril 1990 equals 2 m. If two points C and D lie
B. 18.50 m In a circle with diameter of 10 m, a on the circle and angles ABC and
C. 19.95 m regular five pointed star touching the BAD are 18° and 36°, respectively,
D. 20.50 m circumference is inscribed. What is find the length of the major arc CD.
 A. 1.26 m 673. ECE Board Exam April 1998
B. 1.36 m The distance between the centers of 679. ECE November 1997, November
C. 1.63 m the three circles which are mutually 1999
D. 1.45 m tangent to each other externally are A regular octagon is inscribed in a
10, 12 and 14 units. The area of the circle of radius 10. Find the area of
667. ECE Board Exam November 1998 largest circle is the octagon.
Each angle of the regular dodecagon A. 72π A. 228.2
is equal to ____ degrees. B. 23π B. 288.2
A. 135 C. 64π C. 238.2
B. 150 D. 16π D. 282.6
C. 125
D. 105 674. ECE Board Exam November 1993 680. ECE November 1997
The arc of sector is 9 units and its One side of a regular octagon is 2.
668. ECE Board Exam March 1996 radius 3 units. What is the area of the Find the area of the octagon.
The sum of the interior angles of a sector in square units? A. 31.0
polygon is 540°. Find the number of A. 12.5 B. 21.4
sides. B. 13.5 C. 19.3
A. 3 C. 14.5 D. 13.9
B. 4 D. 15.5
C. 5 681. ECE November 1997
D. 6 675. ECE Board Exam April 1992 A piece of wire is shaped to enclose
A swimming pool is constructed in the square whose area is 169 sq. cm.
669. ECE Board Exam April 1991 the shape of two partially overlapping It is then reshape to enclose the
Find the sum of the interior angles of identical circles. Each of the circles rectangle whose length is 15 cm. The
the vertices of a five pointed has a radius of 9 m and each circle area of the rectangle is
inscribed in a circle. passes through the center of the A. 156 sq. cm
A. 150° other. Find the area of the swimming B. 165 sq. cm
B. 160° pool. C. 175 sq. cm
C. 170° A. 380 m2 D. 170 sq. cm
D. 180° B. 390 m2
C. 400 m2 682. ECE November 1998
670. ECE Board Exam November 2004, D. 410 m2 Two triangles have equal bases. The
March 1996 altitude of one triangle is 3 units more
A circle of radius 6 has half of its area 676. ECE Board Exam November 1995 than its base and the altitude of the
removed by cutting off a border of A rectangle ABCD which measures other is 3 units less than its base.
uniform width. Find the width of the 18 cm by 24 cm is folded once, Find the altitudes, if the areas of the
border. perpendicular to diagonal AC, so that triangle differ by 21 sq. units.
A. 1.76 cm the opposite vertices A and C A. 4 and 10
B. 1.35 cm coincide. Find the length of the fold. B. 3 and 9
C. 1.98 cm A. 20.5 cm C. 6 and 12
D. 2.03 cm B. 21.5 cm D. 5 and 11
C. 22.5 cm
671. ECE Board Exam April 1991 D. 23.5 cm 683. ECE November 1998
A square section ABCD has one of its If an equilateral triangle is
sides equal to x. Point E is inside the 677. ECE Board Exam April 1998 circumscribed about a circle of 10
square forming an equilateral triangle A trapezoid has an area of 360 m2 cm, determine the side of the
BEC having one side equal in length and an altitude of 2 m. Its two bases triangle.
to the side of the square. Find the have ratio of 4:5. What are the A. 64.21 cm
angle AED. lengths of the bases? B. 36.44 cm
A. 130° A. 12, 15 C. 32.10 cm
B. 140° B. 7, 11 D. 34.64 cm
C. 150° C. 8, 10
D. 160° D. 16, 20 684. ECE April 2000
One leg of right triangle s 20 cm and
672. ECE Board Exam April 1998 678. ECE Board Exam April 1998 the hypotenuse is 2 cm longer than
The angle of a sector is 30 degrees If the sides of a parallelogram and an the other leg. Find the length of the
and the radius is 15 cm. What is the included angle are 6, 10 and 80° hypotenuse.
area of a sector? respectively, find the length of the A. 10
A. 59.8 cm2 shorter diagonal. B. 15
B. 89.5 cm2 A. 10.63 C. 25
C. 58.9 cm2 B. 10.37 D. 20
D. 85.9 cm2 C. 10.73
D. 10.23 685. ECE April 2000
 The area of a rhombus is 132 sq. m. C. 2/3 between the two planes is expressed
If its shorter diagonal is 12 m, find the D. 1/2 by measuring the
longer diagonal. A. dihedral angle
A. 20 m 691. ECE November 2003 B. plane angle
B. 24 m If the radius of Quezon Memorial C. polyhedral angle
C. 38 m Circle is decreased by 28%, then its D. reflex angle
D. 22 m area is decreased by _____.
A. 46.81% 698. ECE April 1995
686. ECE April 2000 B. 41.86% A five pointed star is also known as
One of the diagonals of a rhombus is C. 41.68% A. pentagon
25 units and the area is 75 square D. 48.16% B. pentagrom
units. Determine the length of the C. pentagram
sides. 692. ECE April 2003 D. quintagon
A. 15.47 What is the apothem of a regular
B. 12.85 polygon having an area of 235 and a 699. ECE April 1995
C. 12.58 perimeter of 60? The area bounded by two concentric
D. 18.25 A. 6.5 circles is called
B. 8.5 A. ring
687. ECE April 2000 C. 5.5 B. disk
You are given one coin, 5 cm D. 7.5 C. annulus
diameter and a large supply of coins D. sector
with diameter 2 cm. What is the 693. ECE April 2004, April 1998
maximum number of the smaller The sides of a triangle are 8, 15 and 700. ECE November 1996
coins that may be arranged 17 units. If each side is doubled, by In plane geometry, two circular arcs
tangentially around the larger without how many square units will the area that together make up a full circle are
any overlap? of the triangle increase? called
A. 8 A. 120 A. coterminal arcs
B. 7 B. 180 B. conjugate arcs
C. 10 C. 320 C. half arcs
D. 12 D. 240 D. congruent arcs

688. ECE November 2000 694. ECE April 2004

A piece of wire of length 50 cm is cut What is the area of a rhombus whose 701. ECE April 1998
into two parts. Each part is then bent diagonals are 12 and 24 cm, The area of the region bounded by
to form a square. It is found that the respectively? two concentric circles is called
total area of the square is 100 m sq. A. 122 cm2 A. washer
m. Find the difference in length of the B. 96 cm2 B. ring
sides of the two squares. C. 27 cm2 C. annulus
A. 6.62 D. 144 cm2 D. circular disk
B. 5.32
C. 5.44 695. ECE April 2004 702. GE Board Exam February 1992
D. 6.61 A wire with a length of 52 inches is A regular hexagon is inscribed in a
cut into two unequal parts. Each part circle whose diameter is 20 m. Find
689. ECE November 2002 is bent to form a square. If the sum of the area of the 6 segments of the
A right triangle is inscribed in a circle the area for the two squares is 97 circle formed by the sides of the
such that one side of the triangle is square inch, what is the area of the hexagon.
the diameter of a circle. If one of the smaller square? A. 36.45 sq. m
acute angles of the triangle measures A. 75 B. 63.54 sq. m
60° and the side opposite that angle B. 25 C. 45.63 sq. m
has length 15, what is the area of the C. 16 D. 54.36 sq. m
circle? D. 81
A. 175.15 703. ME Board Exam April 1990
B. 223.73 696. ECE November 2005 A rat fell on a bucket of a water wheel
C. 235.62 If the sides of a triangle are 3, 4, 5 m, with diameter of 600 cm which
D. 228.61 the area of the inscribed circle is traveled an angle of 190° before it
A. pi square m dropped from the bucket. Calculate
690. ECE November 2002 B. 2pi square m for the linear cm that the rat was
What is the ratio of the area of a C. 3/4 pi square m carried by the bucket before it fell.
square inscribed in a circle to the D. 3 pi/2 square m A. 950
area of the square circumscribing the B. 965
circle? 697. ECE April 1995, March 1996 C. 985
A. 1/3 When two planes intersect with each D. 995
B. 2/5 other, the amount of divergence
704. ME Board Exam April 1999 It is a plane closed curve, all points of D. 5/14
How many sides are there in a which are the same distance from a
polygon if each interior angle is 165 point within, called the center. 718. CHE Board Exam November 1996
degrees? A. arc In how many ways can a committee
A. 12 B. circle of three consisting of two chemical
B. 24 C. radius engineers and one mechanical
C. 20 D. chord engineer can be formed from four
D. 48 chemical engineers and three
712. ME April 1998 mechanical engineers?
705. ME Board Exam April 1999 One fourth of a great circle A. 18
Find each interior angle of a A. cone B. 64
hexagon. B. quadrant C. 32
A. 90° C. circle D. none of these
B. 120° D. sphere
C. 150° 719. EE Board Exam October 1993
D. 180° 713. In a class of 40 students, 27 like
Calculus and 25 like Chemistry. How
706. ME Board Exam April 1996 A. many like both Calculus and
The area of a circle is 89.42 sq B. Chemistry?
inches. What is its circumference? C. A. 10
A. 32.25 in D. B. 11
B. 33.52 in C. 12
C. 35.33 in 714. D. 13
D. 35.55 in
A. 720. EE Board Exam March 1998
707. ME Board Exam April 1991 B. In a commercial survey involving
Find the difference of the area of the C. 1000 persons, 120 were found to
square inscribed in a semi-circle D. prefer brand x only, 200 prefer brand
having a radius of 15 m. The base of y only, 150 prefer brand z only, 370
the square lies on the diameter of the prefer either brand x or brand y but
semi-circle. not z, 450 prefer brand y or z but not
A. 171.5 cm2 Past Board Exam Problems x and 370 prefer either brand z or y
B. 172.5 cm2 but not y. How many persons have
C. 173.5 cm2 in Probability and Statistics no brand reference, satisfied with any
D. 174.5 cm2 of the three brands?
A. 280
708. ME Board Exam October 1996, April 715. CE Board Exam November 1996 B. 230
1997 How many 4 digit numbers can be C. 180
The area of a regular hexagon formed without repeating any digit D. 130
inscribed in a circle of radius 1 is from the following digits: 1, 2, 3, 4
A. 1.316 and 6? 721. EE Board Exam April 1997
B. 2.945 A. 120 A toothpaste firm claims that in a
C. 2.598 B. 130 survey of 54 people, they were using
D. 3.816 C. 140 either Colgate, Hapee or Close-Up
D. 150 brands. The following statistics were
709. ME Board Exam October 1996 found: 6 people used all three
The area of a circle is 89.42 sq. 716. CE Board Exam November 1998 brands, 5 used only Hapee and
inches. What is the length of the side A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the Close-Up, 18 used Hapee or Close-
of a regular hexagon inscribed in a probability of getting 3 tails up? Up, 2 used Hapee, 2 used only
circle? A. 1/8 Hapee and Colgate, 1 used Close-Up
A. 5.533 in B. 1/16 and Colgate, and 20 used only
B. 5.335 in C. 1/4 Colgate. Is the survey worth paying
C. 6.335 in D. 7/8 for?
D. 7.335 in A. neither yes or no
717. CE Board Exam May 1996 B. yes
710. ME April 1998 A bag contains 3 white and 5 black C. no
The sum of the sides of a polygon balls. If two balls are drawn in D. either yes or no
A. perimeter succession without replacement,
B. square what is the probability that both balls 722. EE Board Exam June 1990
C. hexagon are black? How many permutations are there in
D. circumference A. 5/16 the letters PNRSCE are taken six at a
B. 5/28 time?
711. ME April 1998 C. 5/32 A. 1440
 B. 480 C. 6 C. 1/4
C. 720 D. 12 D. 3/8
D. 360
729. EE Board Exam March 1998 735. EE Board Exam April 1991
723. EE Board Exam April 1996 How many 6-number combinations In the ECE board examinations, the
In how many ways can 6 distinct can be generated from the numbers probability that an examinee will pass
books be arranged in a bookshelf? from 1 to 42 inclusive, without each subject is 0.8. What is the
A. 720 repetition and with no regards to the probability that an examinee will pass
B. 120 order of the numbers? at least two subjects out of the three
C. 360 A. 850,668 board subjects?
D. 180 B. 5,245,786 A. 70.9%
C. 188,848,296 B. 80.9%
724. EE Board Exam April 1997 D. 31,474,716 C. 85.9%
What is the number of permutations D. 89.6%
of the letters in the word BANANA? 730. EE Board Exam April 1995
A. 36 In mathematics examination, a 736. ECE Board Exam November 1998
B. 60 student may select 7 problems from a In a club of 40 executives, 33 like to
C. 52 set of 10 problems. In how many smoke Marlboro and 20 like to smoke
D. 42 ways can he make his choice? Philip Morris. How many like both?
A. 120 A. 10
725. EE Board Exam October 1997 B. 530 B. 11
Four different colored flags can be C. 720 C. 12
hung in a row to make coded signal. D. 320 D. 13
How many signals can be made if a
signal consists of the display of one 731. EE Board Exam April 1997 737. EE Board Exam October 1990
or more flags? How many committees can be From a bag containing 4 black balls
A. 64 formed by choosing 4 men from an and 5 white balls, two balls are drawn
B. 65 organization of a membership of 15 one at a time. Find the probability
C. 68 men? that both balls are white. Assume that
D. 62 A. 1390 the first ball is returned before the
B. 1240 second ball is drawn.
726. EE Board Exam June 1990, April C. 1435 A. 25/81
1993, CHE May 1994 D. 1365 B. 16/81
In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 C. 5/18
girls be seated alternately in a row of 732. EE Board Exam October 1996 D. 40/81
8 seats? There are five main roads between
A. 1152 the cities A and B, and four between 738. EE Board Exam October 1997
B. 2304 B and C. In how many ways can a A group of 3 people enter a theater
C. 576 person drive from A to C and return, after the lights had dimmed. They are
D. 2204 going through B on both trips without shown to the correct group of 3 seats
driving on the same road twice? by the usher. Each person holds a
727. EE Board Exam October 1997 A. 260 number stub. What is the probability
There are four balls of different B. 240 that each is in the correct seat
colors. Two balls are taken at a time C. 120 according to the numbers on seat
and arranged in a definite order. For D. 160 and stub?
example, if a white and a red balls A. 1/6
are taken, one definite arrangement 733. EE Board Exam April 1991 B. 1/4
is white first, red second, and another There are 50 tickets in a lottery in C. 1/2
arrangement is red first, white which there is a first prize and D. 1/8
second. How many such second prize. What is the probability
arrangements are possible? of a man drawing a price if he owns 5 739. ECE Board Exam November 1992
A. 24 tickets? The probability for the ECE board
B. 6 A. 50% examinees from a certain school to
C. 12 B. 25% pass the subject Mathematics is 3/7
D. 36 C. 20% and for the subject Communications
D. 40% is 5/7. If none of the examinees fails
728. EE Board Exam October 1997 both subject and there are 4
There are four balls of different 734. EE Board Exam April 1996 examinees that passed both
colors. Two balls at a time are taken The probability of getting at least 2 subjects, find the number of
and arranged any way. How many heads when a coin is tossed four examinees from that school who took
such combinations are possible? times is the examinations.
A. 36 A. 11/16 A. 20
B. 3 B. 13/16 B. 25
 C. 30 C. 320 There are 2 copies each of 4 different
D. 28 D. 720 books. In how many ways can they
be arranged on a shelf?
740. ECE Board Exam November 1998 746. ECE November 2001 A. 5040
If 15 people won prizes in the state In how many ways can 9 books be B. 1260
lottery (assuming there are no ties), arranged on a shelf so that 5 of the C. 2520
how many ways can these 15 people books are always together? D. 1680
win first, second, third, fourth and fifth A. 30,240
prizes? B. 14,400 753. ECE April 2003
A. 4,845 C. 15,170 During the board examinations, there
B. 116,260 D. 14,200 were 350 examinees from Luzon,
C. 360,360 250 from Visayas and 400 from
D. 3,003 747. ECE November 2001 Mindanao. The results of the exams
Find the probability of getting a prime revealed that the flunkers from
741. ECE March 1998 number thrice by tossing a die 5 Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are
A person draws 3 balls in succession times. 3%, 5% and 7% respectively. If a
from a box containing 5 red balls, 6 A. 0.4225 name of a flunker is picked at
yellow balls and 7 green balls. Find B. 0.3125 random, what is the probability that
the probability of drawing the balls in C. 0.3750 he is from Mindanao?
the order red, yellow and green. D. 0.1625 A. 0.330
A. 0.3894 B. 0.549
B. 0.03489 748. ECE November 2002 C. 0.42
C. 0.0894 How many 4-digit zip codes are there D. 0.375
D. 0.04289 if no digit is repeated?
A. 17,280 754. ECE April 2003
742. ECE April 1998 B. 720 If the odds against event E are 2:7,
The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is C. 151,200 find the probability of success.
17. If two numbers are added to the D. 5,040 A. 0.275
progression, the new set of numbers B. 0.375
will have an arithmetic mean of 19. 749. ECE November 2002 C. 0.368
What are the two numbers if their During a board meeting, each D. none of these
difference is 4? member shakes hands with all the
A. 21, 25 other members. If there were a total 755. ECE April 2003
B. 23, 27 of 91 handshakes, how many If the probability that a basketball
C. 8, 12 members were in the group? player sinks the basket at 3-point
D. 16, 20 A. 12 range is 2/5, determine the
B. 14 probability of shooting 5 out of 8
743. ECE April 1998 C. 13 attempts.
The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers D. 15 A. 31.1%
is 55. If two numbers namely 250and B. 21.3%
850 are removed, what is the 750. ECE November 2002 C. 28.4%
arithmetic mean of the remaining How many 3-digit area codes are D. 12.4%
numbers? there for a telephone company if the
A. 42.31 first digit may not be 0 or 1, and the 756. ECE November 2003
B. 50 second digit must be 0 or 1? A statistics of a machine factory
C. 38.62 A. 360 indicates that for every 1000 it
D. 57.12 B. 160 produces there is one reject unit. If a
C. 1000 customer buys 200 units, what is the
744. ECE November 1999 D. 720 probability that the delivery will have
Find the probability of getting exactly at least one reject unit?
12 out of 30 questions on a true or 751. ECE November 2002 A. 0.8186
false question. An urn contains white and black B. 0.1814
A. 0.12 balls. If the probability to pick a white C. 0.1918
B. 0.15 ball is equal to log x and the D. 0.1655
C. 0.08 probability that it will be black is equal
D. 0.04 to log 2x, what is the value of x? 757. ECE November 2004
A. 1.515 From the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
745. ECE April 2000 B. 2.236 9, find the number of six digit
How many triangles are formed by 10 C. 1.732 combinations.
distinct points no three of which are D. 1.414 A. 84
collinear? B. 210
A. 120 752. ECE April 2003 C. 510
B. 56 D. 126
 764. ECE Board Exam March 1996 C. 5/12
758. ECE April 2005 The probability of getting a credit of D. 1/4
A bag contains 3 white balls and 5 an examination is 1/3. If three
red balls. If two balls are drawn in students are selected in random, 770. ME Board Exam April 1996
succession without returning the first what is the probability that at least An urn contains 4 black balls and 6
ball drawn, what is the probability that one of them got a credit? white balls. What is the probability of
the balls drawn are both red? A. 19/27 getting 1 black and 1 white ball in two
A. 0.357 B. 8/27 consecutive draws from the urn?
B. 0.107 C. 2/3 A. 0.24
C. 0.237 D. 1/3 B. 0.27
D. 0.299 C. 0.53
765. GE Board Exam February 1994 D. 0.04
759. ECE April 2005 A survey of 100 persons revealed
A janitor with bunch of 9 keys is to that 72 of them had eaten at
open a door but only one key can restaurant P and that 52 of them had 771.
open. What is the probability that he eaten at restaurant Q. Which of the
will succeed in 3 trials? following could not be the number of A.
A. 0.333 persons in the surveyed group who B.
B. 0.255 had eaten at both P and Q? C.
C. 0.425 A. 20 D.
D. 0.375 B. 22
C. 24 772.
760. ECE April 2005 D. 26
If there are nine distinct items 3 at a A.
time, how many permutations will 766. ME Board Exam April 1994 B.
there be? A PSME unit has 10 ME’s, 8 PME’s C.
A. 252 and 6 CPM’s. If a committee of 3 D.
B. 720 members, one from each group is to
C. 504 be formed, how many such 773.
D. 336 committees can be formed?
A. 2,024 A.
761. ECE November 2005 B. 12,144 B.
Compute the standard deviation of C. 480 C.
the following sets of numbers: 2, 4, 6, D. 360 D.
8, 10 and 12
A. 3.416 767. ME Board Exam October 1992 774.
B. 4.206 In how many ways can a PSME
C. 3.742 Chapter with 15 directors choose a A.
D. 5.136 President, a Vice President, a B.
Secretary, a Treasurer and an C.
762. ECE Board Exam April 1998 Auditor, if no member can hold more D.
A semiconductor company will hire 7 than one position?
men and 4 women. In how many A. 360,360 775.
ways can the company choose from B. 32,720
9 men and 6 women who qualified for C. 3,003 A.
the position? D. 3,603,600 B.
A. 680 C.
B. 540 768. ME Board Exam October 1997 D.
C. 480 In how many ways can you invite one
D. 840 or more of your five friends in a 776.
party?
763. ECE Board Exam April 1994 A. 15 A.
There are 13 teams in a tournament. B. 31 B.
Each team is to play with each other C. 36 C.
only once. What is the minimum D. 25 D.
number of days can they all play
without any team playing more than 769. ME Board Exam April 1994 777.
one game in any day? From a box containing 6 red balls, 8
A. 11 white balls and 10 blue balls, one ball A.
B. 12 is drawn at random. Determine the B.
C. 13 probability that it is red or white. C.
D. 14 A. 1/3 D.
B. 7/12
778. 784. CE Board Exam May 1998 A circular cylinder with a volume of
Find the volume of a cone to be 6.5 cu. m us circumscribed about a
A. constructed from a sector having a right prism whose base is an
B. diameter of 72 cm and a central equilateral triangle if side 1.25 m.
C. angle of 150°. What is the altitude of the cylinder in
D. A. 5533.32 cm3 meters?
Past Board Exam Problems B. 6622.44 cm3 A. 3.50
C. 7710.82 cm3 B. 3.75
in Solid Geometry D. 8866.44 cm3 C. 4.00
D. 4.25
785. CE Board Exam November 1996
779. CE Board Exam November 1994 A conical vessel has a height of 24 791. CE Board Exam May 1996
What is the area in sq m of the zone cm and a base diameter of 12 cm. It A circular cylinder is circumscribed
of a spherical segment having a holds water to a depth of 18 cm about a right prism having a square
volume of 1470.265 cm m if the above its vertex. Find the volume (in base one meter on an edge. The
diameter of the sphere is 30 m? cm3) of its content. volume of the cylinder is 6.283 cu. m.
A. 465.5 m2 A. 188.40 Find its altitude in meters.
B. 565.5 m2 B. 298.40 A. 4.00
C. 665.5 m2 C. 381.70 B. 3.75
D. 656.5 m2 D. 412.60 C. 3.50
D. 3.25
780. CE Board Exam May 1995 786. CE Board Exam May 1995
A sphere having a diameter of 30 cm What is the height of a right circular 792. CE Board Exam November 1997
is cut into 2 segments. The altitude of The bases of a right prism are a
the first segment is 6 cm. What is the cone having a slant height of 10x
and a base diameter of 2x? hexagon with one of each side equal
ratio of the area of the second to that to 6 cm. The bases are 12 cm apart.
of the first? A. 2x
B. 3x What is the volume of the right
A. 4:1 prism?
B. 3:1 C. 3.317x
D. 3.162x A. 1211.6 cm3
C. 2:1 B. 2211.7 cm3
D. 3:2 C. 1212.5 cm3
787. CE Board Exam November 1995
The ratio of the volume to the lateral D. 1122.4 cm3
781. CE Board Exam November 1996
If the edge of a cube is increased by area of a right circular cone is 2:1. If
the altitude is 15 cm, what is the ratio 793. CE Board Exam May 1996
30%, by how much is the surface A mixture compound of equal parts of
area increased? of the slant height to the radius?
A. 5:6 two liquids, one white and the other
A. 30% black, was placed in a hemispherical
B. 33% B. 5:4
C. 5:3 bowl. The total depth of the two
C. 60% liquids is 6 inches. After standing for
D. 69% D. 5:2
a short time, the mixtures separated,
788. CE Board Exam November 1994 the white liquid settling below the
782. CE Board Exam May 1997 black. If the thickness of the segment
A circular cone having an altitude of 9 A regular triangular pyramid has an
altitude of 9 m and a volume if 187.06 of the black liquid is 2 inches, find the
m is divided into 2 segments having radius of the bowl in inches.
the same vertex. If the smaller cu. m. What is the base edge in
meters? A. 7.33
altitude is 6, find the ratio of the B. 7.53
volume of the small cone to the big A. 12
B. 13 C. 7.73
cone. D. 7.93
A. 0.186 C. 14
B. 0.296 D. 15
794. CE Board Exam November 1996
C. 0.386 The volume of water in a spherical
D. 0.486 789. CE Board Exam November 1995
The volume of the frustum of a tank having a diameter of 4 m is
regular pyramid is 135 cu. m. The 5.236 m3. Determine the depth of the
783. CE Board Exam November 1997 water in the tank.
Find the volume of a cone to be lower base is an equilateral triangle
with an edge of 9 m. The upper base A. 1.0
constructed from a sector having a B. 1.2
diameter of 72 cm and central angle is 8 m above the lower base. What is
the upper base edge in meters? C. 1.4
of 210°. D. 1.8
A. 12367.2 cm2 A. 2
B. 13232.6 cm2 B. 3
C. 4 795. CE Board Exam May 1997
C. 13503.4 cm2 The corners of a cubical block
D. 14682.5 cm2 D. 5
touched the closed spherical shell
790. CE Board Exam November 1995 that encloses it. If the volume of the
 box is 2744 cm3, what volume in cm3 C. 3.03% What is the distance between two
inside the shell is not occupied by the D. 3.5% vertices of a cube which are farthest
block? from each other, if an edge measures
A. 2714.56 801. ECE Board Exam November 1992 8 cm?
B. 3714.65 Given a sphere of diameter d, what is A. 13.86
C. 4713.53 the percentage increase in its B. 11.32
D. 4613.74 diameter when the surface area C. 16.93
increases by 21%? D. 14.33
796. EE Board Exam October 1991 A. 5%
How many times do the volume of a B. 10% 808. ECE April 2000, November 1999
sphere increases if the radius is C. 21% A regular hexagon pyramid has a
doubled? D. 33% slant height of 4 cm and the length of
A. 4 times each side of the base is 6 cm. Find
B. 2 times 802. ECE Board Exam November 1992 the lateral area.
C. 6 times Given a sphere of diameter d, what is A. 62 cm2
D. 8 times the percentage increase in its volume B. 52 cm2
when the surface area increases by C. 72 cm2
797. EE Board Exam April 1992 21%? D. 82 cm2
What is the volume of a frustum of a A. 5%
cone whose upper base is 15 cm in B. 10% 809. ECE November 2000
diameter and lower base 10 cm in C. 21% The lateral area of the right circular
diameter with an altitude of 25 cm? D. 33% water tank is 92 cm2 and its volume is
A. 3018.87 cm3 342 cm3. Determine the radius.
B. 3180.87 cm3 803. ECE November 1995 A. 5.56 cm
C. 3108.87 cm3 Each side of a cube is increased by B. 6.05 cm
D. 3081.87 cm3 10%. By what percent is the volume C. 7.28 cm
of the cube increased? D. 7.43 cm
798. EE Board Exam April 1993 A. 33.1%
In a portion of an electrical railway B. 3.31% 810. ECE November 2000
cutting, the areas of cross section C. 0.031% A cone and cylinder have the same
taken every 50 m are 2556, 2619, D. 13.31% height and the same volume Find the
2700, 2610 and 2484 sq m. Find its ratio of the radius of the cone to the
volume. 804. ECE November 1996 radius of the cylinder?
A. 522,600 m3 A reservoir is shaped like a square A. 0.577
B. 520,500 m3 prism. If the area of its base is 225 B. 1.732
C. 540,600 m3 square centimeters, how many liters C. 0.866
D. 534,200 m3 will it hold? D. 1.414
A. 337.5
799. EE Board Exam April 1996 B. 3.375 811. ECE April 2001
Two vertical conical tanks are joined C. 3375 It is desired that the volume of the
at the vertices by a pipe. Initially the D. 33.75 sphere be tripled. By how many times
bigger tank is full of water. The pipe will the radius increased?
valve is open to allow the water to 805. ECE November 1999 A. 21/2
flow to the smaller tank until it is full. A metal washer 1–inch in diameter is B. 31/3
At this moment, how deep is the pierced by a ½-inch hole. What is the C. 31/2
water in the bigger tank? The bigger volume of the washer if it is 1/8-inch D. 33
tank has a diameter of 6 ft and a thick?
height of 10 ft, the smaller tank has a A. 0.074 812. ECE November 2001
diameter of 6 ft and a height of 8 ft. B. 0.047 If the lateral area of a right circular
Neglect the volume of the water in C. 0.028 cylinder is 68 and is volume is 220,
the pipeline. D. 0.082 find its radius.
A. 3 200 answer A. 4
3
806. ECE November 1999 B. 3
B. 50 Find the approximate change in the C. 5
C. 3
25 volume of a cube of side “x” inches D. 2
4 caused by increasing its side by 1%.
D. 50
A. 0.30 x2 in2 813. ECE November 2001
B. 0.02x2 in2 Find the increase in volume of a
800. ECE Board Exam April 1995 C. 0.010x2 in2 spherical balloon when the radius is
Each side of a cube is increased by D. 0.03x2 in2 increased from 2 to 3 inches.
1%. By what percent is the volume of A. 74.12 cu. in
the cube increased? 807. ECE November 1999 B. 74.59 cu. In
A. 1.21% C. 75.99 cu. in
B. 2.8%
 D. 79.59 cu. in What is the volume of a hexagonal sector off and joining the edges to
prism 15 cm high and with one of its form a cone. Determine the angle
814. ECE November 2001 sides equal to 6 cm? subtended by the sector removed.
A pyramid whose altitude is 5 ft A. 955 cm3 A. 144°
weight 800 lbs. At what distance from B. 1403 cm3 B. 148°
its vertex must it be cut by a plane C. 810 cm3 C. 152°
parallel to its base so that the two D. 1205 cm3 D. 154°
solids of equal weight will be formed?
A. 2.52 ft 821. ECE November 2005 827. ME Board Exam April 1997
B. 2.96 ft The total volume of two spheres is A cubical container that measures 2
C. 3.97 ft 100pi cubic units. The ratio of their inches on a side is tightly packed with
D. 4.96 ft areas is 4:9. What is the volume of 6 marbles and is filled with water. All
the smaller sphere in cubic units? 8 marbles are in contact with the
815. ECE November 2001 A. 75.85 walls of the container and the
The circumference of a great circle if B. 314.16 adjacent marbles. All of the marbles
a sphere is 18π. Find the volume of a C. 71.79 are of the same size. What is the
sphere. D. 242.36 volume of the water in the container?
A. 3023.6 A. 0.38 in3
B. 3043.6 822. ECE November 1996 B. 2.5 in3
C. 3033.6 Prisms are classified according to C. 3.8 in3
D. 3053.6 their D. 4.2 in3
A. diagonals
816. ECE November 2003, November B. sides 828. ME April 1998
1999 C. vertices The study of the properties of figures
The volume of two spheres is in the D. bases of three dimensions
ratio 27:343 and the sum of their radii A. physics
is 10. Find the radius of the smaller 823. ECE November 1996 B. plane geometry
sphere. It is a polyhedron of which two faces C. solid geometry
A. 5 are equal polygons in parallel planes D. trigonometry
B. 4 and the other faces are
C. 3 parallelograms 829. ME April 1998
D. 6 A. tetrahedron The volume of a circular cylinder is
B. prism equal to the product of its base and
817. ECE April 2003 C. frustum altitude
The area of one of the faces of an D. prismatoid A. postulate
icosahedron is 5 sq. m. What is the B. theorem
total surface area of the said solid? 824. ECE November 1996 C. corollary
A. 89.3 sq. m Polygons are classified according to D. axiom
B. 100 sq. m the number of
C. 97.3 sq. m A. vertices 830.
D. 78.2 sq. m B. sides
C. diagonals A.
818. ECE November 2003 D. angles B.
A cube of ice is 64 cu. ft. The ice C.
melts until it becomes a cube, which 825. ME Board Exam April 1996 D.
is one-half of its original volume. Determine the volume of a right 831.
What is the length of the edge of the truncated prism with the following
new cube? definitions. Let the corners of the A.
A. 7.31 ft triangular base be defined by A, B B.
B. 3.17 ft and C. The length of AB = 10 ft., BC C.
C. 1.73 ft = 9 ft., and CA = 12 ft. The sides A, B D.
D. 3.71 ft and C are perpendicular to the
triangular base and have a height of 832.
819. ECE April 2004 8.6 ft., 7.1 ft., and 5.5 ft., respectively.
By how many percent will the volume A. 413 ft3 A.
of a cube increase if its edge is B. 311 ft3 B.
increase by 20%? C. 313 ft3 C.
A. 72.80 D. 391 ft3 D.
B. 17.28
C. 80.00 826. ME Board Exam October 1991 Past Board Exam Problems
D. 1.728 A circular of cardboard with a
diameter of 1 m be made into a in Trigonometry
820. ECE November 2005 conical hat 40 cm high by cutting a
 top of tower A from the base of the 1
833. CE Board Exam November 1993 tower is B is 46°. The two towers lie If sec 2 A = , determine the
sin13 A
If sin 3A = cos 6B then in the same horizontal plane. If the angle A in degrees.
A. A + B = 90° height of the tower B is 120 m, find A. 5 degrees
B. A + 2B = 30° the height of tower A. B. 6 degrees
C. A + B = 180° A. 66.3 m C. 3 degrees
D. none of these B. 79.3 m D. 7 degrees
C. 87. 2 m
834. CE Board Exam November 1993 D. 90.7 m
848. EE Board Exam October 1992
If cos 65° + cos 55° = cos θ, find θ in Evaluate arc cot [2cos (arc sin 0.5)]
radians. 841. CE Board Exam November 1997 A. 30°
A. 0.765 Points A and B are 100 m apart and B. 45°
B. 0.087 are of the same elevation as the foot C. 60°
C. 1.213 of a building. The angles of elevation D. 90°
D. 1.421 of the top of the building from points
A and B are 21° and 32° respectively.
849. EE Board Exam March 1998
835. CE Board Exam November 1992 How far is A from the building? Solve for x in the equation: arctan (x
 15  A. 259.28 m + 1) + arctan (x – 1) = arctan (12).
Find the value of sin  arccos  B. 265.42 m
 17  A. 1.50
C. 271.64 m B. 1.34
A. 8/11 D. 277.29 m
B. 8/19 C. 1.20
C. 8/15 D. 1.25
842. EE Board Exam October 1996
D. 8/17 Solve for x if tan 3x = 5 tan x.
850. EE Board Exam October 1997
A. 20.705° The sides of a triangular lot are 138
836. CE Board Exam November 1992 B. 30.705°
If tan x = 1/2, tan y = 1/3. What is the m, 180 m and 190 m. The lot is to be
C. 15.705° divided by a line bisecting the longest
value of tan (x + y)? D. 35.705°
A. 1/2 side and down from the opposite
B. 1/6 vertex. Find the length of the line.
843. EE Board Exam October 1997 A. 120 m
C. 2 If sin x cos x + sin 2x = 1, what are
D. 1 B. 130 m
the values of x? C. 125 m
A. 32.2°, 69.3° D. 128 m
837. CE Board Exam November 1993 B. -20.67°, 69.3°
Find the value of y in the given C. 20.90°, 69.1°
equation: y = (1 + cos 2θ)tan θ 851. EE Board Exam October 1997
D. -32.2°, 69.3° The sides of a triangle are 195, 157
A. sin θ
B. cos θ and 210 respectively. What is the
844. EE Board Exam April 1997 area of the triangle?
C. sin 2θ Solve for G if csc (11G – 16 degrees)
D. cos 2θ A. 73,250 sq. units
= sec (5G + 26 degrees)/ B. 10,250 sq. units
A. 7 degrees C. 14,586 sq. units
B. 5 degrees D. 11,260 sq. units
C. 6 degrees
838. CE Board Exam May 1992 D. 4 degrees
sin θ + cos θ tan θ 852. ECE Board Exam November 1998
Find the value of Solve for A in the given equation cos2
cos θ 845. EE Board Exam April 1992 A = 1 – cos2 A.
A. 2sin θ What is the value of A between 270° A. 45, 125, 225, 335 degrees
B. 2cos θ and 360° if 2sin2 A – sin A = 1? B. 45, 125, 225, 315 degrees
C. 2tan θ A. 300° C. 45, 135. 225, 315 degrees
D. 2cot θ B. 320° D. 45, 150, 220, 315 degrees
C. 310°
839. CE Board Exam May 1994 D. 330°
853. ECE Board Exam April 1991
If coversed sin θ = 0.134, find the Evaluate the following:
value of θ. 846. EE Board Exam October 1991
sin0° + sin1° + sin2° + L + sin89° + sin90°
A. 30° The sine of a certain angle is 0.6.
B. 45° Calculate the cotangent of the angle. cos0° + cos1° + cos 2° + L + cos89° + cos90°
C. 60° A. 4/3
D. 90° B. 5/4 A. 1
C. 4/5 B. 0
840. CE Board Exam November 1997 D. 3/4 C. 45.5
The angle of elevation of the top of D. 10
tower B from the top of the tower A is 847. EE Board Exam March 1998
28° and the angle of elevation of the 854. ECE Board Exam April 1991
 Simplify the following: B. cos A
cos A + cosB sin A + sinB C. -sin A 868. ECE Board Exam April 1994
+ D. sin A A pole casts a shadow 15 m long
sin A − sinB cos A − cosB
A. 0 when the angle of elevation of the
B. sin A 861. ECE Board Exam April 1999 sun is 61°. If the pole is leaned 15°
C. 1 If sec2 A is 5/2, the quantity 1 – sin2 A from the vertical directly towards the
D. cos A is equivalent to sun, determine the length of the pole.
A. 2.5 A. 54.23 m
B. 1.5 B. 48.23 m
855. ECE Board Exam April 1991
C. 0.40 C. 42.44 m
2 sin θ cos θ − cos θ
Evaluate: D. 0.60 D. 46.21 m
1 − sin θ + sin2 θ − cos 2 θ
A. sin θ 862. ECE Board Exam April 1999, 869. ECE Board Exam November 1991
B. cos θ November 2000 The captain of a ship views the top of
C. tan θ (cos A)4 – (sin A)4 is equal to the lighthouse at ant angle of
D. cot θ A. cos 4A elevation of 60° with the horizontal at
B. cos 2A an elevation of 6 meters above sea
856. ECE Board Exam April 1994 C. sin 2A level. Five minutes later, the same
Solve for the value of “A” when sin A D. sin 4A captain of the ship views the top of
= 3.5x and cos A = 5.5x. the same lighthouse at an angle of
A. 32.47° 863. ECE Board Exam April 1999 30° with the horizontal. Determine the
B. 33.68° Of what quadrant is A, if sec A is speed of the ship if the telescope is
C. 34.12° positive and csc A is negative? known to be 50 meters above sea
D. 35.21° A. IV level.
B. II A. 0.265 m/sec
857. ECE Board Exam November 1996 C. III B. 0.155 m/sec
If sin A = 2.511x, cos A = 3.06x and D. I C. 0.169 m/sec
sin 2A = 3.939x, find the value of x. D. 0.210 m/sec
A. 0.265 864. ECE Board Exam November 1998
B. 0.256 Csc 520° is equal to 870. ECE Board Exam November 1998
C. 0.562 A. cos 20° If an equilateral triangle is
D. 0.626 B. csc 20° circumscribed about a circle of 10
C. tan 45° cm, determine the side of the
858. ECE Board Exam April 1998 D. sin 20° triangle.
Points A and B 1000 m apart are A. 34.64 cm
plotted on a plotted on a straight 865. ECE Board Exam April 1993 B. 64.12 cm
highway running east and west. From Solve for θ in the following equation: C. 36.44 cm
A, the bearing of a tower C is 32 sin 2θ = cos θ D. 32.10 cm
degrees W of N and from B the A. 30°
bearing of C is 26 degrees N of E. B. 45° 871. ECE Board Exam November 1998
Approximate the shortest distance of C. 60° The two legs of a triangle are 300
tower C to the highway. D. 15° and 150 m each, respectively. The
A. 364 m angle opposite the 150 m side is 26°.
B. 374 m 866. ECE Board Exam March 1996 What is the third side?
C. 394 m Solve for x in the given equation: A. 197.49 m
D. 384 m π B. 218.61 m
arctan(2x) + arctan(x) =
4 C. 341.78 m
859. ECE Board Exam November 1998 D. 282.15 m
Two triangles have equal bases. The A. 0.149
altitude of one triangle is 3 units more B. 0.281
C. 0.421 872. ECE Board Exam April 1997
than its base and the altitude of the The sides of a triangle are 8, 15 and
other is 3 units less than its base. D. 0.316
17 units. If each side is doubled, how
Find the altitude, if the areas of the many square units will the area of the
triangles differ by 21 square units. 867. ECE Board Exam April 1998
A man finds the angle of elevation of new triangle be?
A. 6 and 12 A. 240
B. 3 and 9 the top of a tower to be 30 degrees.
He walks 85 m nearer the tower and B. 420
C. 5 and 11 C. 320
D. 4 and 10 finds its angle of elevation to be 60
degrees. What is the height of the D. 200
860. ECE Board Exam April 1999 tower?
A. 76.31 m 873. ECE March 1996
Sin (B – A) is equal to ____, when B = The hypotenuse of a right triangle is
270° and A is an acute angle. B. 73.31 m
C. 73.16 m 34 cm. Find the lengths of then two
A. -cos A
D. 73.61 m
 legs if one leg is 14 cm longer than 888. ECE April 2001
the other. 881. ECE November 1999, November If sin A = 2.5x and cos A = 5.5x, find
A. 17 cm, 31 cm 2001 the value of A in degrees.
B. 16 cm, 30 cm If arctan (x) + arctan (1/3) = π/4, the A. 24.44°
C. 18 cm, 32 cm value of x is B. 54.34°
D. 15 cm, 29 cm A. 1/2 C. 42.47°
B. 1/4 D. 35.74°
874. ECE March 1996 C. 1/3
If sin A = 4/5, in quadrant II, sin B = D. 1/5 889. ECE April 2001
7/25, B is quadrant I. Find sin (A + B). Triangle ABC is a right triangle with
A. 3/5 882. ECE November 1999 right angle at C. If BC = 4 and the
B. 4/5 If tan 4A = cot 6A, then what is the altitude to the hypotenuse is 1, find
C. 3/4 value of angle A? the area of the triangle ABC.
D. 2/5 A. 9° A. 2.43
B. 12° B. 2.07
875. ECE March 1998 C. 10° C. 2.70
If 77° + 0.40x = arctan (cot 0.25x), D. 14° D. 2.11
solve for x.
A. 10° 883. ECE November 1999, November 890. ECE April 2001
B. 30° 2001 The measure of 2.25 revolutions
C. 20° A central angle of 45° subtends an counterclockwise is
D. 40° arc of 12 cm. What is the radius of A. -810°
the circle? B. 810°
876. ECE November 1997 A. 15.28 cm C. 805°
Find the value of x in the equation B. 12.82 cm D. 825°
csc x + cot x = 3. C. 12.58 cm
A. π/4 D. 15.82 cm 891. ECE November 2001
B. π/2 If cot 2A cot 68 = 1, then tan A is
C. π/3 884. ECE November 1999 equal to ____.
D. π/5 Given: y = 4cos 2x. Determine its A. 0.194
amplitude. B. 0.914
877. ECE April 1998 A. square root of 2 C. 0.419
Find the angle in mils subtended by a B. 8 D. 491
line 10 yards long at a distance of C. 2
5000 yards. D. 4 892. ECE April 2002, April 1999
A. 1 mil Assuming that the earth is a sphere
B. 2.04 mils 885. ECE April 2000 whose radius is 6400 km. Find the
C. 4 mils If A + B + C = 180° and tan A + tan B distance along a 3 degree arc at the
D. 2.5 mils + tan C = 5.67, find the value of (tan equator of the earth’s surface.
A)(tan B)(tan C). A. 335.10 km
878. ECE April 1999 A. 1.89 B. 533.10 km
How many degrees is 4800 mils? B. 5.67 C. 353.10 km
A. 135 deg C. 1.78 D. 353.01 km
B. 270 deg D. 6.75
C. 235 deg 893. ECE November 2002
D. 142 deg 886. ECE April 2000 A certain angle has an explement 5
Three times the sine of a certain times the supplement. Find the angle.
879. ECE November 1999 angle is twice of the square of the A. 67.5 degrees
A railroad is to be laid-off in a circular cosine of the same angle. Find the B. 108 degrees
path. What should be the radius if the angle. C. 135 degrees
track is to change direction by 30 A. 30° D. 58.5 degrees
degrees at a distance of 157.08 m? B. 10°
A. 300 m C. 60° 894. ECE November 2002
B. 200 m D. 45° Find the height of a tree if the angle
C. 150 m of elevation of its top changes from
D. 250 m 887. ECE April 2001 20° to 40° as the observer advances
Solve A of an oblique triangle ABC, if 23 meters toward the base.
880. ECE November 1999 a = 25, b = 16 and C = 94.1°. A. 13.78 m
If (2 log4 x) – (log4 9) = 2, find x. A. 52 degrees and 40 minutes B. 16.78 m
A. 10 B. 50 degrees and 30 minutes C. 14.78 m
B. 13 C. 54 degrees and 30 minutes D. 15.78 m
C. 12 D. 49 degrees and 32 minutes
D. 11 895. ECE November 2002
 A wheel, 3 ft in diameter, rolls down Simplify the expression 4 cos y sin y
an inclined plane 30 degrees with the (1 – 2sin2 y). 910. ECE April 2004
horizontal. How high is the center of A. sec 2y If sin A = 4/5, sin B = 7/25, what sin
the wheel when it is 5 ft from the B. cos 2y (A + B) if A is in the 3rd quadrant and
base of the plane? C. tan 4y B is the 2nd quadrant.
A. 4 ft D. sin 4y A. -3/5
B. 2.5 ft B. 4/5
C. 3 ft 903. ECE November 2003 C. 3/5
D. 5 ft What is the base B of the logarithm D. 2/5
function log 4 = 2/3?
896. ECE November 2002 A. 8 911. ECE April 2005
If the complement of an angle A is B. 2 A railroad is to be laid-off in a circular
2/5 of its supplement, then A is ____. C. 3 path. What should be the radius if the
A. 45° D. 5 track is to change direction by 30
B. 75° degrees at a distance of 300 m?
C. 60° 904. ECE November 2003 A. 300 m
D. 30° If y = arcsec (negative square root of B. 573 m
2), what is the value of y in degrees? C. 275 m
897. ECE April 2003 A. 75° D. 325 m
One side of a right triangle is 15 cm B. 60°
long and the hypotenuse is 10 cm C. 45° 912. ECE Board Exam April 1995
longer than the other side. What is D. 135° The angle which the line of sight to
the length of the hypotenuse? the object makes with the horizontal
A. 13.5 cm 905. ECE November 2003 which is above the eye of the
B. 6.5 cm If the tangent of an angle of a right observer is called
C. 12.5 cm triangle is 0.75, what is the csc of the A. angle of depression
D. 16.25 cm angle? B. angle of elevation
A. 1.732 C. acute angle
898. ECE April 2003 B. 1.333 D. bearing
If tan A = 1/3 and cot B = 2, tan (A – C. 1.667
B) is equal to ____. D. 1.414 913. ECE Board Exam April 1995
A. 11/7 The median of a triangle is the line
B. -1/7 906. ECE November 2003 connecting the vertex and the
C. -11/7 If arctan 2x + arctan 3x = 45 degrees, midpoint of the opposite side. For a
D. 1/7 what is the value of x? given triangle, these medians
A. 1/6 intersects at a point which is called
899. ECE April 2003 B. 1/3 the
Three circle of radii 3, 4 and 5 inches, C. 1/5 A. Orthocenter
respectively are tangent each other D. 1/4 B. Circumcenter
externally. Find the largest angle of a C. centroid
triangle formed by joining the centers. 907. ECE November 2003 D. incenter
A. 72.6 degrees If 2log 3 (base x) + log 2 (base x) = 2
B. 75.1 degrees + log 6 (base x), then x equals ____. 914. ECE Board Exam March 1996, April
C. 73.4 degrees A. square root of 3 1996
D. 73.3 degrees B. 3 The altitudes of the sides of a triangle
C. 2 intersect at the point known as
900. ECE April 2003 D. square root of 2 A. orthocenter
Find the value of (sec A + tan A)/(sec B. circumcenter
A – tan A), if csc A = 2. 908. ECE April 2004 C. centroid
A. 4 Given: log (2x – 3) = 1/2. Solve for the D. incenter
B. 2 x if the base is 9.
C. 3 A. 3 915. ECE Board Exam April 1995
D. 1 B. 12 The arc length equal to the radius of
C. 4 the circle is called
901. ECE November 2003 D. 5 A. 1 radian
If log 2 = x and log 3 = y, what is log B. 1 quarter circle
2.4 in terms of x and y? 909. ECE November 2004 C. π radian
A. 3x + 2y – 1 What is the value of x if log (base x) D. 1 grad
B. 3x + y - 1 1296 = 4?
C. 3x + y + 1 A. 5 916. GE Board Exam August 1994
D. 3x – y + 1 B. 3 A ship A started sailing S 42°35’ W at
C. 6 the rate of 2 kph. After 2 hours, ship
902. ECE November 2003 D. 4 B started at the same point going N
 46°20’ W at the rate of 7 kph. After An aerolift airplane can fly at an 927. ME October 1997
how many hours will the second ship airspeed of 300 mph. If there is no An angle more than pi radian but less
be exactly north of ship A? wind blowing towards the cast at 50 than 2*pi radians is
A. 3.68 mph, what should be the plane’s A. straight angle
B. 4.03 compass heading in order for its B. obtuse angle
C. 5.12 course to be 30°? What will be the C. related angle
D. 4.83 plane’s ground speed if it flies in this D. reflex angle
course?
917. ME Board Exam April 1991 A. 19.7°, 307.4 mph 928.
A man standing in a 48.5 meter B. 20.1°, 309.4 mph
building high, has an eyesight height C. 21.7°, 321.8 mph A.
of 1.5 m from the top of the building, D. 22.3°, 319.2 mph B.
took a depression reading from the C.
top of another nearby building and 923. ME Board Exam November 1994 D.
nearest wall, which are 50° and 80° A wire supporting a pole is fastened
respectively. Find the height of the to it 20 feet from the ground and to 929.
nearby building in meters. The man is the ground 15 feet from the pole.
standing at the edge of the building Determine the length of the wire and A.
and both buildings lie on the same the angle it makes with the pole. B.
horizontal plane. A. 24 ft, 53.13° C.
A. 39.49 B. 24 ft, 36.87° D.
B. 35.50 C. 25 ft, 53.13°
C. 30.74 D. 25 ft, 36.87°
D. 42.55 SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY
930. CE Board Exam May 1997
918. ME Board Exam October 1996 A spherical triangle ABC has an
Angles are measured from the 924. ME Board Exam April 1997 angle C = 90° and sides a = 50° and
positive horizontal axis, and the An observer wishes to determine the c = 80°. Find the value of “b” in
positive direction is counterclockwise. height of a tower. He takes sight at degrees.
What are the values of sin B and cos the top of the tower from A to B, A. 73.22
B in the 4th quadrant? which are 50 ft apart at the same B. 74.33
A. sin B > 0 and cos B < 0 elevation on a direct line with the C. 75.44
B. sin B < 0 and cos B < 0 tower. The vertical angle at point A is D. 76.55
C. sin B > 0 and cos B > 0 30° and at point B is 40°. What is the
D. sin B < 0 and cos B > 0 height of the tower? 931. EE Board Exam April 1997
A. 85.60 ft A ship on a certain day is at latitude
919. ME Board Exam April 1996 B. 92.54 ft 20° N and longitude 140° E. After
Simplify the equation sin2 θ(1 + cot2 C. 110.29 ft sailing for 150 hours at a uniform
θ) D. 143.97 ft speed along a great circle route, it
A. 1 reaches a point at latitude 10° S and
B. sin2 θ 925. ME Board Exam April 1993 longitude 170° E. If the radius of the
C. sin2 θ sec2 θ A PLDT tower and a monument stand earth is 3959 miles, find the speed in
D. sec2 θ on a level plane. The angles of miles per hour.
depression of the top and bottom of A. 17.4
920. ME Board Exam October 1995 the monument viewed from the top of B. 15.4
Simplify the expression the PLDT tower are 13° and 35° C. 16.4
sec A – (sec A) sin2 A. respectively. The height of the tower D. 19.4
A. cos2 A is 50 m. Find the height of the
B. cos A monument. 932. ECE Board Exam April 1997
C. sin2 A A. 29.13 m The area of a spherical triangle
D. sin A B. 30.11 m whose parts are A = 93°40’, B =
C. 32.12 m 64°12’ C = 116°51’ and the radius of
921. ME Board Exam April 1998 D. 33.51 m the sphere is 100 m is
 A. 15613 sq. m
 3 
Evaluate Arc tan2 cos arcsin  926. ME October 1997 B. 16531 sq. m
  2  C. 18645 sq. m
  In general triangles the expression
(sinA)/a = (sin B)/b = (sin C)/c is D. 25612 sq. m
A. π/3
B. π/4 called
C. π/16 A. Euler’s formula
B. Law of cosines A.
D. π/2
C. Law of sines B.
D. Pythagorean theorem C.
922. ME Board Exam April 1993
D.