GEAS REVIEWER

1.) An investor has an option to purchase a tract of land that will be worth P20,000 8.) A plant bought a machine for P200,000 and used it for 10 years, the life span of
in seven years. If the value of the land increases at 9% each year, how much should the equipment. What is the book value of the machine after 5 years of use? Assume a
the investor be willing to pay now for this property? scrap value of P20,000. Use double declining balance method.

a. P9,341 b. P10,941 c. P11,521 d. P12,015 a. P43,648 b. P59,425 c. P65,536 d. P70,923

 1 
n C5  P 200 ,00 (1  102 )5  P65,536
P  F 
1 i 
= F(P/F, i%, n) 9.) It occurs when a cutting action is applied as you would see with scissors, tin
P = P20,000(P/ F,9%,7) = P10,940.68 snips, or punches.

a. Direct shear c. Torsional shear

2.) Suppose that you make 12 equal annual deposits of P2,000 each into a bank b. Bending stress d. Torsional stress.
account paying 8% interest per year. The first deposit will be made one year from
today. How much money can be withdrawn from this bank account immediately 10.) It occurs when a member carries a load perpendicular to its long axis while
after the 12th deposit? being supported in a stable manner.

a. P35,492 b. P36,218 c. 37,954 d. P38,755 a. Direct shear c. Torsional shear

b.Bending stress d. Torsional stress
 (1  i ) n  1 
F  A  11.) It is the internal resistance offered by a unit area of the material from which a
 i  member from which a member is made to an externally applied load.
= P2000(F/A,8%,12)  P37,954.25
a. stress b. strain c. moment d. torque

3.) What is the effective rate of interest if P1000 is invested at a nominal rate of 15% 12.) A certain support stand design to carry downward loads. Compute the stress in
compounded quarterly? the square shaft at the upper part of the stand for a load of 27,000 lb. The line of
action of the applied of the applied load is centered on the axis on the shaft, and the
a. 15.86% b. 16.86% c. 17.86% d. 18.86% load is applied through a thick plate that distributes the force to the entire cross
section of the stand.
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 0.15 
ieff  1    1  15.86% a. 10,000psi b. 11,000psi c. 12,000psi d. 13,000psi
 4 
F 27,000lb lb
4.) A man purchased a house for P425,000. In the first month that he owned the    12,000 2  12,000 psi
house, he spent P75,000 on repairs and remodeling. Immediately after the house A 2.25in2 in
was remodeled, he was offered P545,000 to sell the house. After some
consideration, he decided to keep the house and have it rented for P4,500 per 13.) The proportional limit is the value of stress on the stress-strain diagram curve
month starting two months after the purchase. He collected rent for 15 months and at which the curve first deviates from a straight line.
then sold the house for P600,000. if the interest rate was 1.5% per month, how
much extra money did he make or lose by not selling the house immediately after it a. Proportional limit
was remodeled? b. Elastic limit
c. Yield point
a. P3,000 b.P4,000 c. P5,000 d. P6,000 d. Tensile point

Ans  P545 ,000  P 4,500 ( P / A,1.5%,15 )  P600 ,000 ( P / F ,1.5%,15 ) 14.) It is the value of stress on the stress-strain curve at which the material has
deformed plastically; that is, it will no longer return to its original size and shape
= P5,015 after removing the load.

5.) On the day his grandson was born, a man deposited to a trust company a a. Proportional limit
sufficient amount of money so that the boy could receive five annual payments of b. Elastic limit
P20,000 each for his college tuition fees, starting with his 18th birthday. Interest at c. Yield point
the rate of 12$ per annum was to be paid on all amounts on deposit. There was also d. Tensile point
a provision that the grandson could elect to withdraw no annual payments and
receive a single lump amount on his 25th birthday. The grandson chose this option. 15.) It is the value of stress on the stress-strain curve at which there is a significant
How much did the grandfather deposit? increase in strain with little or no increase in stress.

a. P9,500 b. P10,500 c. P11,500 d. P12,500 a. Proportional limit

b. Elastic limit
c. Yield point
P  P 20 ,000 ( P / A,12 %,5)( P / F ,12 %,17 )
d. Tensile point
= P10 ,500
16.) It is the highest value of apparent stress on the stress-strain curve.
6.) A man bought an equipment costing P30,000 payable in 12 quarterly payments,
each installment payable at the beginning of each period. The rate of interest is 24% a. Proportional limit
compounded quarterly. What is the amount of each payment b. Elastic limit
c. Yield point
a. P1,700 b. P2,700 c. P3,700 d. P4,700 d. Tensile point

P30 ,000  A(1  P / A,8%,12  1) 17.) It is a measure of the stiffness of a material determined by the slope of the
straight-line portion of the stress-strain curve.
A  P3,685 .96
a. Modulus of elasticity
7.) A telecommunication company purchased an equipment for P53,000 and paid b. Modulus of rigidity
P1,500 for freight and delivery charges to the job site. The equipment has a normal c. Strain
life of 10 years with a trade-in value of P5,000 against the purchase of a new d. Stress
equipment at the end of the life. Determine the annual depreciation cost by the
sinking fund method. Assume interest at 6.5% compounded annually. 18.) A ductile material is one that can be stretched, formed, or drawn to a significant
degree before fracture. A metal that exhibits a percent elongation greater than ____
a. P2,543 b. P3,668 c. P4,215 d. P5,956 % is considered to be ductile.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
CO  P53,000  P1,500  P54,500
CL  P5,000
P54,500  P5,000
d  P3,668
F / A,6.5%,10
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19.) A brittle material is one that fails suddenly under load with little or no plastic D
deformation. A metal that exhibits a percent elongation ____ 5.0% is considered to be t 
2t
brittle.
 (450mm)
150MPa 
a. equal 2(25mm)
b. Greater than   16.67MPa
c. Less than
d. It depends on the room temperature
29.) The wall thickness of a 3ft-diameter spherical tank is 4/17 in. Calculate the
20.) The ratio of shearing stress to shearing strain is called:
allowable internal pressure if the stress is limited to 9000 psi.
a. Modulus of elasticity
a. 155.47psi b. 169.25psi c. 176.47psi d. 188.73psi
b. Modulus of rigidity
c. Modulus of elongation
d. Modulus of stressibility pD

4t
21.) It is the ability of a material to absorbed applied energy without failure
p(4  12in)
9000 
a. Ductility b. Brittleness c. Hardness d. Toughness 4(4 / 17in)
p  176.47 psi
22.) It is the indication of the resistance of a material to indentation by a penetrator.
30.) A steel bar 40mm in diameter and 3m long is surrounded by a shell of cast iron
a. Ductility b. Brittleness c. Hardness d. Toughness
6mm thick. Compute the load that will compress the combined bar a total of 0.95
mm in the length of 2m. For steel E=300GPa, and for cast iron, E=150GPa.
23.) It is a measure of pulling and pushing force.
a. 151kN b. 161kN c. 171kN d. 181kN
a. Axial force
b. Shear force
c. Torque PL
d. Bending moments 
AE
24.) It is the measure of the total resistance to sliding. P ( 2 m)
0.8  10 3 m 
AE
a. Axial force
P(3)
b. Shear force 0.95  10 3 
c. Torque 
4 (40mm) 2 300G  4 [(52mm) 2  (40mm) 2 ]150G
d. Bending moments
P  160.57kN
25.) It is the measure of the resistance to twisting.
31.) A steel rod 3.5m long is secured between two walls. If the load on the rod is
zero at 30°C, compute the stress when the temperature drops to -30°C. The cross
a. Axial force
sectional area of the rod is 1200mm2, α =11.7um/(m°C), and E=200GPa.
b. Shear force
c. Torque
d. Bending moments
a. 110MPa b. 120MPa c. 130MPa d. 140MPa
26.) A common bar suspended from certain support has axial load of 10kN. If the bar
   L T 
has a cross section of 20mm2, find the stress experience by the bar. T 
PL
 E
a. 350MPa b. 420MPa c. 485MPa d. 500MPa AE   TE  (11 .7  )(30  30 )( 200 G )
PL
 L T    140 .4 MPa
10,000N AE
  500MPa
20 x106 m 2
32.) A steel shaft 3ft long that has a diameter of 5in is subjected to a torque of 14kip-
ft. Determine the maximum shearing stress. G=12x106 psi.
27.) Assume that a 25-mm diameter rivet joins the plates that are each 125 mm
wide. The allowable stresses are 130 MPa for bearing in the plate material and 65
a. 0.47° b. 0.53° c. 0.68° d. 0.71°
MPa for shearing of the rivet. Determine the minimum thickness of each plate.

a. 10MPa b. 20MPa c. 30MPa d. 40MPa TL 14k (12)(3x12) 180

   ( 5) 4 x  0.47
JG 32 12 x10
6

P
V b 
  2 dt 33.) What is the minimum diameter of a solid steel shaft that will not twist through
4 d P more than 4° in a 6m length when subjected to a torque of 13kN-m? What max
t shearing stress is developed? G=85 GPa
V d b
65M  
( 25mm) 2 31.91kPa a. 107.6mm b. 113.3mm c. 121.9mm d. 126.4mm
4
t
V  P  31.91kN (25mm)130M
TL
t  9.82mm 
JG
 13k (6)
P 4 x 
 180  ( d )4
85x109
A 32

31 .91kNkN d  107.57mm

[125 mm  8mm  25 mm  8mm ] 34.) Determine the elongation in a helical steel spring composed of 20 turns of 20-
  39 .89 MPa mm diameter wire on a mean radius of 90 mm when the spring is supporting a load
of 2.5kN. Use G=83 GPa.

28.) A cylinder pressure vessel is fabricated from plates which have a thickness of a. 160mm b. 165mm c. 170mm d. 175mm
20mm. The diameter of the pressure vessel is 450 mm and its length is 3.5m.
Determine the maximum internal pressure which can be applied if the stress in the 3
64 (2.5k )( 90 mm ) ( 20 )
steel is limited to 150MPa.   175 mm
83GPa ( 20 mm ) 4
a. 15.33MPa b. 16.67MPa c. 17.53MPa d. 18.83MPa

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35.) It is the transfer of energy from the more energetic particles of substance to the 47.) A carnot heat engine receives 500KJ of heat per cycle from a high-temperature
adjacent less energetic ones as a result of interactions between the particles. source at 600 °C and rejects heat a low temperature sink at 40°C. Determine the
thermal efficiency of this Carnot engine.
a. Conduction c. Convection
b. Radiation d. Absorption a. 93.33% b. 6.67% c. 35.85% d. 64.15%

36.) It indicates that the rate of heat conduction in a direction is proportional to the
TL (40  273 ) K
temperature gradient in that direction.   1  1  0.6415 (64 .15 %)
TH (600  273 ) K
a. Fourier’s Law of Heat Conduction
b. Fourier’s Law of Heat Convection 48.) A piston cylinder device contains a liquid-vapor mixture of water at 400K.
c. Fourier’s Law of Heat Radiation During a constant pressure process, 700 KJ of heat is transferred to the water. As a
d. Fourier’s Law of Heat Absorption result, part of the liquid in the cylinder vaporizes. Determine the entropy change of
the water during this process.
37.) Which of the following is considered the best conductor of heat?
a. 1.75kJ/K b. 280kJ-K c. 7000kJ d. 0.57K/kJ
a. Gold b. Copper c. Silver d. Diamond
Q 700kJ kJ
38.) It is the mode of energy transfer between a solid surface and the adjacent liquid S    1.75
T 400K K
or gas that is in motion, and it involves the combined effect conduction and fluid
motion.
49.) Which of the following equation of state has two constants?
a. Conduction c. Convection
b. Radiation d. Absorption a. Vander Waals Equation
b. Beattie-Bridgeman Equation
39.) It is the energy emitted by the matter in the form of electromagnetic waves as a c. Benedict-Webb-Rubin Equation
result of the changes in the electronic configurations of the atom or molecules. d. Strobridge Equation

a. Conduction c. Convection 50.) How many constant are there in Strobridge Equation of State?
b. Radiation d. Absorption
a. 13 b. 14 c. 15 d. 16
40.) It states that energy can neither be destroyed nor created; it can only change
forms. 51.) Which of the following equation of state has eight constant?

a. First law of thermodynamics a. Vander Waals Equation

b. Second law of thermodynamics b. Beattie-Bridgeman Equation
c. Third law of thermodynamics c. Benedict-Webb-Rubin Equation
d. Zeroth law of thermodynamics d. Strobridge Equation

41.) In second law of thermodynamic, which of the following state that no heat
engine can have a thermal efficiency of 100% or as far as power plant to operate, the 52.) Consider a person standing in a breezy room at 22°C. Determine the total rate
working fluid must exchange heat with the environment as well as the furnace. of heat transfer from this person if the exposed surface area and the average outer
surface temperature of the person are 1.2 m2 and 33°C, respectively, and the
a. Kelvin –Plank Statement convection heat transfer coefficient is 6 W/m2.ε=0.95 and σ=5.67x10-8 W/m4-K4
b. Clausius-Plank Statement
c. Clausius Statement a. 120.5J/s b. 135.7J/s c. 143.2J/s d. 151.9J/s
d. Kelvin Statement
Qconvection  hA(Ts  T f )
42.) In second law of thermodynamic, which of the following state that no device can
transfer heat from cooler body to a warmer one without leaving an effect on the W
=5 (1.2m 2 )(33  22)C
surroundings. m 2 C
= 66W
a. Kelvin –Plank Statement
b. Clausius-Plank Statement Qradiation   (Ts4  Tsurr
4
)
c. Clausius Statement
d. Kelvin Statement W
= 0.95(5.67 x108 )(1.2m 2 )[(33  274) 4  (22  273) 4 ]K 4
m4  K 4
= 77.2W
43.) It is defined as the amount of light output in lumens per W of electricity
consumed. Qtotal  66W  77.2W  143.2W  143.2 J / s

a. Light intensity c. Light efficacy 53.) A piston cylinder device initially contains 0.8 m3 of air at 110kPa and 80°C. The
b. Light efficiency d. Light luminosity air is now compressed to 0.2 m3 in such a way that the temperature inside the
cylinder remains constant. Determine the work done during this process.

44.) Carnot cycle is composed of how many reversible processes? a. -122kJ b. -123kJ c. -124kJ d. -125kJ

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
0.2 1kJ
W  (110kPa)(0.8m 3 ) ln( )( )  122kJ
0.8 1kPa  m 3
45.) Which of the following processes are involved in carnot cycle?
54.) It is the energy possesses by the system as a result of its elevation with respect
a. Two isothermal ; two isobaric to the gravitational acceleration of the earth.
b. One isothermal; three adiabatic
c. Three isobaric; one adiabatic a. Potential b.Kinetic c. Momentum d.Impulse
d. Two adiabatic ; two isothermal
55.) It states that if two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body, they are
also in thermal equilibrium with each other.
46.) State that the thermal efficiencies of all reversible heat engines operating
between the same two reservoirs are the same, and that no heat engine is more a. First law of thermodynamics
efficient than a reversible one operating between the same two reservoirs. b. Second law of thermodynamics
c. Third law of thermodynamics
a. Throttle principle d. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
b. Otto principle
c. Carnot principle
d. Kelvin principle

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56.) Determine the mass of the air in a room whose dimensions are (5x6x7) cm at 62.) A 4-in wall of fire brick, k=9 Btu/(ft2-hr-F/in), has one surface at 300F, the
105 kPa and 27°C. other at 90F. Find the heat conducted through the area of 2ft 2 in 1 day.

a. 22, 680Btu b. 19, 650Btu c. 15,510Btu d. 10,730Btu

a. 256.1 g
T Btu 300  90 F
Q  kAt  (9 2 )(2 ft 2 )(24  hr )
R'  gas constant L ft  hr  inF 4 in

R' air  0.287 m3 kPa

/ kg  K
= 22,680 Btu

PV 105kPa(5 x6 x7m 3 ) 63.) If 80 g of iron shot at 100C is dropped into 200 g of water at 20C contained in
m   256.1g an iron vessel of mass 50 g, find the resulting temperature.
R' T 0.287 m3 kPa
/ kg  K
( 27  273K )
a. 20.1°C b. 21.8°C c. 22. 3°C d. 24.6°C

57.) Heat is transferred to a heat engine from a furnace at a rate of 92MW. If the rate 80(0.12)(T2  100)  200(1)(T2  20)  50(0.12)(T2  20)
of waste heat rejection to a nearby river is 45MW, determine the net power output
and the thermal efficiency for this heat engine. T2  24.6C
a. 48.91% b. 51.09% c. 32.84% d. 67.15%
64.) When a 2lb of brass at 212°F is dropped into 5lb of water at 35°F, the resulting
temperature is 41.2°F. Find the specific heat of brass in Btu/lb-°F.
QH  92 MJs
a. 1.120 b. 0.091 c. 0.321 d. 1.233
QL  45 MJs
QL 45 Qlost  Qgain
 1 1  0.5109 (51.09%)
Qbrass  Qwater
QH 92
Btu
2lb(C )(212F  41.2 F )  5lb(1 )(41.2 F  35F )
58.) The food compartment of a refrigerator is maintained at 4°C by removing heat lb  F
from it at a rate of 300 KJ/min. If the required power input to the refrigerator is Btu
3KW, determine the coefficient of performance of the refrigerator. C  0.091
lb  F
a. 1.67 b. 2.33 c. 3.67 d. 4. 12
65.) How much heat is necessary to raise the temperature of 0.80 kg of ethyl alcohol
300kJ / min 1kW from 15°C of its boiling point 78.3°C?
COP  ( )  1.67
3kW 60kJ / min a. 10kcal b. 20kcal c. 30kcal d. 40kcal

Q  mct
cal
59.) A 50 kg iron block at 80°C is dropped into an insulated tank that contains 0.5 m 3 Q  0.8kg(0.6 )(78.3  15)C
of liquid water at 25°C. Determine the temperature when thermal equilibrium g  C
reached. The specific heat of iron is 0.45kJ/kg-°C and for water is 4.18kJ/kg-°C.
Q  30kcal

a. 20. 7°C b. 25.6°C c. 30.1°C d. 35.6°C 66.) The weight-density of air at 32F and 29.92 in Hg pressure is 0.081 lb/ft 3. What
is its weight-density, in lb/ft3, at an altitude where the pressure is 13.73 in Hg and
the temperature is -40F?
0.5m3 kJ
50kg(0.45 kgkgC )(T2  80C )  3 ( 4.18 )(T2  25C )  0 a. 0.044 b. 0.055 c. 0.066 d. 0.77
0.001 mkg kg  C
T2  25.6C
 PV   PV 
   
 mT 1  mT  2
 P   P 
60.) A rigid tank contains a hot fluid that is cooled while being stirred by a paddle     
wheel. Initially, the internal energy of the fluid is 850kJ. During the cooling process,  T 1  T  2
the fluid loses 550kJ of heat, and the paddle wheel does 200kJ of work on the fluid.  29.92   13.73 
Determine the final energy of the fluid. Neglect the energy stored in the paddle     
wheel.  0.081x 273K 1  x 233K  2
lb
 2  0.044 3
a. 500kJ b. 550 kJ c. 600kJ d. 650 kJ ft

Q  U  W
200kJ  (U 2  850kJ )  550kJ
U 2  500kJ

61.) Three moles of an ideal gas are compressed slowly and isothermally from a
volume of 5 to 1.5 ft3, at a temperature of 320K. How much work is done?

a. -8.12kJ b. -9.61kJ c. -10.44kJ d. -11.59kJ

V2 J 1. 5
W  nRT ln  3mol (8.317 )(320 K ) ln  9612 .9 J  9.61kJ
V1 mol  K 5