MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IN

MATHEMATICS

PERFECTO B. PADILLA JR

AND

DIEGO INOCENCIO TAPANG GILLESANIA

1. What is the allowable error in 6. Smallest term that can be factored
measuring the edge of a cube that is from a number
intended to hold 8 cu.m, if the error a. Greater
of the compound volume is not to b. None of these
exceed 0.03m3? c. equal
a. 0.002 d. lesser
b. 0.001
c. 0.0025
d. 0.0001

2. Find the area bounded by the

parabola and its latus 7. How many horsepower are there in
rectum. 800 kW?
a.10.67 sq. units a. 2072.4 hp
b. 32 sq. units b. 746 hp
c. 48 sq. units c. 1072.4 hp
d. 16.67 sq. units d. 3072.4 hp

8. A man roes downstream at the rate

of 5 mph and upstream at the rate of
3. The effective rate of 14% 2 mph. how far downstream should
compounded semi-annually is: he go if he is to return 7/4 hour after
a. 14.49% leaving?
b. 12.36% a. 2.5 mi
c. 12.94% b. 3.3 mi
d. 14.88% c. 3.1 mi
d. 2.7 mi
4. is the equation of
_______? 9. Find the angular velocity of a
a. Parallel sides flywheel whose radius is 20 ft. if it is
b. Parabola revolving at 20 000 ft/min
c. Circle a. 500 rad/min
d. Ellipse b. 750 rad/min
c. 1000 rad/min
5. A section in a coliseum has 32 seats d. 800 rad/min
in the 1st row, 34 in the 2nd row, 36 in
the 3rd row, . . and 48 in the 9th row. 10. Find the area of parabolic segment
From the 10th up to the 20th row, all whose base is 10 and height of 9
have 50 seats. Find the seating meters.
capacity of this section of the a. 60 m2
coliseum. b. 70 m2
a. 908 c. 75 m2
b. 900 d. 65 m2
c. 920
d. 910 11. A line which a curve approach
infinity but will never intersect.
 a. Parallel line c. -40˚
b. Assymptote d. -32˚
c. Inclined line
d. Skew line 17. On ordinary day, 400 m3 of air has a
temperature of 30˚C. During El Nino
12. An organization that aims to block drought, temperature increased to
the entry of a new comer. 40˚C. Find the volume of air of
a. Monopoly k=3670x10-6.
b. Cartel a. 416.86 m3
c. Competitor b. 418.86 m3
d. Proprietor c. 414.68 m3
d. 416.48 m3
13. The tens digit of a two-digit number
is 1 less than twice the unit’s digit. 18. A sphere has a volume of 36π cubic
They differ by 4. Find the number. meters. The rate of change in volume
a. 65 is 9π cubic meters per minute. Find
b. 95 the rate of change in area of the
c. 84 sphere.
d. 73 a. 6 π m2/min
b. 2 π m2/min
c. 3 π m2/min
d. 4 π m2/min
14. At the surface of the earth g=9.806
m/s2. Assuming the earth to be a 19. Sin A=2.5x, cos A= 5.5x. Find A.
sphere of radius 6.371x106m. a. 34.44˚
Compute the mass of the earth. b. 24.44˚
a. 5.97x1024 kg c. 44.44˚
b. 5.62 x1024 kg d. 64.44˚
c. 5.12 x1024 kg
d. 5.97 x1023 kg

15. A material has a modulus of

elasticity of 200 GPa. Find the
minimum cross sectional area of the 20. A ladder 5 meter long leans on a wall
said material so as not to elongate by and makes an angle of 30˚ with the
more than 5mm for every 2m length horizontal. Find the vertical height
when subjected to 10 kN tensile from the top to the ground.
force. a. 2.5 meter
a. 20 mm2 b. 1.5 meter
b. 10 mm2 c. 2.0 meter
c. 30 mm2 d. 2.75 meter
d. 40 mm2
21. A rectangular lot is bounded on its
16. At what temperature is the ˚C and ˚F two adjacent sides by existing
numerically the same? concrete walls. If it is to be fenced
a. 40˚ along two remaining sides and the
b. 32˚
 available fencing material is 30
meters long, find the largest possible 26. Find the tangential velocity of a
area of the lot. flywheel whose radius is 14 ft. if it is
a. 200 sq. m revolving at 200 rpm.
b. 225 sq. m a. 17 593 ft/min
c. 175 sq. m b. 18 593 ft/min
d. 250 sq. m c. 19 593 ft/min
d. 12 593 ft/min
22. A tangent line intersects a secant line
to a circle. If the distance from the 27. A ball is thrown vertically upward at
point of tangency to the point of a velocity of 10 m/s. What is its
intersection is 6, and the external velocity at the maximum height?
distance of the secant line is 4, find a. 10 m/s
the length of the secant line. b. 0
a. 5 c. 5 m/s
b. 7 d. 15 m/s
c. 8
d. 9 28. The volume of a sphere is tripled.
What is the increase in surface area
23. In an oblique triangle, a=25, b=16, if the radius of the original sphere is
angle C=94˚06’. Find the measure of 50 cm.?
angle A. a. 34 931.83 sq. units
a. 54.5˚ b. 33 931.83 sq. units
b. 45.5˚ c. 35 931.83 sq. units
c. 24.5˚ d. 36 931.83 sq. units
d. 54.5˚
29. Given a right triangle ABC. Angle C
24. Q=25 when t=0. Q=75 when t=2. is the right triangle. BC=4 and the
What is Q when t=6? altitude to the hypotenuse is 1 unit.
a. 185 Find the area of the triangle.
b. 145 a. 2.0654 sq. units
c. 150 b. 1.0654 sq. units
d. 175 c. 3.0654 sq. units
d. 4.0645 sq. units
25. Pipes A and B can fill an empty tank
in 6 and 3 hours respectively. Drain 30. Find the equation of a parabola
C can empty a full tank in 24 hours. passing through (3, 1), (0, 0), and (8,
How long will an empty tank be 4) and whose axis is parallel to the x-
filled if pipes A and B with drain C axis.
open? a.
a. 1.218 hours b.
b. 2.182 hours c.
c. 5.324 hours d.
d. 3.821 hours
31. Pedro runs with a speed of 20 kph.
Five minutes later, Mario starts
 running to catch Pedro in 20 36. _________ is the concept of finding
minutes. Find the velocity of Mario. the derivative of an exponential
a. 22.5 kph expression.
b. 25 kph a. Logarithmic derivative
c. 27.5 kph b. Chain rule
d. 30 kph c. Trigonometric derivative
d. Implicit derivative

37. The line y=5 is the directrix of a

parabola whose focus is at point (4, -
32. How much do ten P2000 quarterly 3). Find the length of the latus
payments amount at present if the rectum.
interest rate is 10% compounded a. 8
quarterly. b. 4
a. P17 771.40 c. 16
b. P17 504.13 d. 24
c. P18 504.13
d. P71 504.13 38. 2.25 revolutions are how many
degrees?
33. A man bought a machine costing a. 810˚
P135 000 with a salvage value of b. 730˚
P20 000 after 3 years. If the man will c. 190˚
sell it after 2 years, how much is the d. 490˚
loss or gain (i.e. the cost of
equipment) if i=10%.
a. P134 350
b. P143 350 39. The sum of two numbers is 21 and
c. P153 350 their product is 108. Find the sum of
d. P163 350 their reciprocals.
a.
34. P1000 becomes P1500 in three years.
Find the simple interest rate. b.
a. 16.67% c.
b. 15.67%
d.
c. 17.67%
d. 18.67%
40. What is the accumulated amount of
35. Form of paper money issued by the five years annuity paying P 6000 at
central bank. the end of each year, with interest at
a. T-bills 15% compounded annually?
b. Check a. P40 454.29
c. Cash b. P41 114.29
d. Stocks c. P41 454.29
d. P40 544.29

41. Ana is 5 years older than Beth. In 5

years, the product of their ages is 1.5
 times the product of their present 46. Evaluate ∫ dx
ages. How old is Beth now?
a. 25 a. 1.051
b. 1.501
b. 20
c. 3.21
c. 15
d. 30 d. 2.321

47. Fin the eccentricity of an ellipse

42. In , x=
when the length of the latus rectum
distance in meters, and t= time in
is 2/3 the length of the major axis.
seconds. What is the initial velocity?
a. 0.577
a. 2000 m/s
b. 0.477
b. 3000 m/s
c. 0.333
c. 4000 m/s
d. 0.643
d. 5000 m/s
48. What is the book value of an
43. The highest point that a girl on a
electronic test equipment after 8
swing reaches is 7 ft above the
years of use if it depreciates from its
ground, while the lowest point is 3 ft
original value of P120 000 to its
above the ground. Find its tangential
salvage value of 13% in 12 years.
velocity at the lowest point.
Use straight line method.
a. 16.05 ft/sec
a. P20 794.76
b. 12.05 ft/sec
b. P50 400
c. 20.05 ft/sec
c. P40 794.76
d. 12.05 ft/sec
d. P50 794.76
44. If m=tan25˚, find the value of
˚ ˚ 49. What is the book value of an
in terms of m. electronic test equipment after 8
˚ ˚
a. -1/m years of use if it depreciates from its
b. original value of P120 000 to its
salvage value of 13% in 12 years.
c. Use declining balance method.
d. –m a. P20 794.76
b. P30 794.76
c. P40 794.76
d. P50 794.76
45. A VOM has a current selling price of
P400. If it’s selling price is expected 50. A balloon is released from the
to decline at the rate of 10% per ground 100 meters from an observer.
annum due to obsolence, what will The balloon rises directly upward at
be its selling price after 5 years? the rate of 4 meters per second. How
a. P236.20 fast is the balloon receding from the
b. P200.00 observer 10 seconds later?
c. P213.10 a. 1.4856 m/s
d. P245.50 b. 2.4856 m/s
c. 3.4856 m/s
d. 5 m/s
 56. If a derivative of a function is
constant, the function is:
51. Divide 120 into two parts so that a. First degree
product of one and the square of b. Exponential
another is maximum. Find the small c. Logarithmic
number. d. Sinusoidal
a. 60
b. 50 57. 2700 mils is how many degrees?
c. 40 a. 151.875˚
d. 30 b. 270˚
c. 180˚
52. . What is the period? d. 131.875˚
58. An air has an initial pressure of
.π
100kPa absolute and volume 1 m3. If
.2 π
pressure will be increased to 120
.4 π
kPa, find the new volume.
.3 π
a. 1.2 m3
b. 0.83 m3
53. A horizontal force of 80 000 N is
c. 0.63 m3
applied unto a 120 ton load in 10
d. 1.5 m3
seconds. Find its acceleration.
a. 0.67 m/s2 59. The pistons (A&B) of a hydraulic
b. 0.75 m/s2
jack are at the same level. Pistol A is
c. 1.05 m/s2
100 cm2 while piston B is 500 cm2.
d. 1.35 m/s2
Piston A carries a 500 kg load. Find
the required force F at piston B to
54. A plane is headed due to east with
carry the load.
airspeed 240 mph. if a wind at 40
a. 3.5 tons
mph from the north is blowing; find
b. 2.5 tons
the groundspeed of the plane.
c. 4.5 tons
a. 342 mph
d. 1.5 tons
b. 532 mph
c. 243 mph
60. A rectangular dodecagon is inscribed
d. 4123 mph
in a circle whose radius is 1 unit.
Find the perimeter.
55. The ratio of radii of cone and
a. 5.21
cylinder is 1:2 while the ratio of
b. 6.21
radius of cone to its altitude is 1:3. If
c. 7.21
lateral surface area of cylinder equals
d. 8.21
volume of cone, find the radius of
the cone if the altitude of cylinder is
61. In a box, there are 52 coins,
4.
consisting of quarters, nickels, and
a. 5
dimes with a total amount of $2.75.
b. 4 If the nickel were dimes, the dimes
c. 3
were quarters and the quarters were
d. 6
nickels; the total amount would be
 $3.75. How many quarters are there? 67. A hyperbola has its center at point
a. 16 (1, 2), vertex at (2, 2) and conjugate
b. 10 vertex at (1, 0). Find the equation.
c. 5 a. 4x2-y2-8x+4y-4=0
d.12 b. x2-4y2-8x+4y-4=0
c. 4x2-y2-8x-4y-4=0
62. A stone is thrown vertically upward d. x2-4y2+8x-4y-4=0
at 12 m/s. Find the time to reach the
ground. 68. A pipe can fill a tank in 2 hours. A
a. 2.45 secs. drain can empty a full tank in 6
b. 1.35 secs. hours. If the pipe runs with the drain
c. 2.15 secs. open, how long will take to fill-up an
d. 1.95 secs. empty tank?
a. 2.5 hrs
63. A regular polygon has 27 diagonals. b. 4 hrs
Then it is a : c. 3 hrs
a. Pentagon d. 3.5 hrs
b. Heptagon
c. Nonagon 69. Fin the 7th term in the series: , , ,
d. Hexagon
..
a.
b.

64. A 50 meter cable is divided into two c.

parts and formed into squares. If the d.
sum of the areas is 100 sq. meter,
find the difference in length?
a. 21.5
b. 20.5
c. 24.5
d. 0 70. Find the length of the larger base of
the largest isosceles trapezoid if the
65. What theorem is used to solve for legs and smaller base measure 8
centroid? units.
a. Pappus a. 8
b. Varignon’s b. 16
c. Castiglliano’s c. 10
d. Pascal’s d. 20
66. ∫ 71. y=arctan ln x. Find y’.
a. tan x – x + c a.
b. x - tan x + c
c. sec x b.
d. sec x tan x
c.
 d. d. 8

72. The general equation of a conic 77. Three forces 20N, 30N, and 40N are
section whose axis is inclined is in equilibrium. Find the angle
given by between 30N and 40N forces.
Ax2+Bxy+Cy2+Dx+Ey+F=0. When a. 28.96˚
B2-4 Ac=0, the curve is a/an _____. b. 25.97˚
a. Hyperbola c. 40˚
b. Parabola d. 30˚15’25”
c. Ellipse
d. Circle 78. At the inflection point where x=a
a. f”(a) > 0
73. The time required for two examinees b. f”(a) < 0
to solve the same problem differs by c. f”(a) = 0
two minutes. Together they can solve d. f”(a) is no equal to zero
32 problems in one hour. How long
will it take for the slower problem 79. A merchant has three items on sale
solver to solve the problem? namely: a radio for $50.00, a clock
a. 2 min for $30.00 and a flashlight for $1.00.
b. 3 min At the end of the day, she has sold a
c. 4 min total of 100 of the three sale items
d. 5 min and has taken in exactly $1, 000.00
on the total sales, how many radios
74. cos4 θ – sin4 θ= ? did she sell?
a. sin 2θ a. 4
b. cos 2θ b. 80
c. cos 4θ c. 16
d. cos 3θ d. 20

80. Which of the following is true?

75. A function wherein one variable is a. sin(-θ)= sin θ
not yet readily expressed as function b. tan(-θ)= tan θ
of another variable is said to be: c. cos(-θ)= cos θ
a. symmetric d. csc(-θ)= csc θ
b. implicit
c. explicit 81. _______ is the loss of value of the
d. exponential equipment with use over a period of
time. It could mean a difference in
value between a new asset and the
used asset currently in service.
76. Given an ellipse + =1. a. Loss
b. Depreciation
Determine the distance between c. Gain
directrix: d. Extracted
a. 3
b. 4
c. 2
82. Find the area bounded by the curve 87. Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster
defined by the equation x2=8y and its than Juan and 20% faster that Pilar
latus rectum. and together they can paint a given
a. 11/3 fence in 4 hours. How long will it
b. 32/3 take Pedro to paint the same fence if
c. 16/3 he had to work alone?
d. 22/3 a. 10 hrs
b. 13 hrs
83. The height of a right circular c. 11 hrs
cylinder is 50 inches and decreases at d. 15 hrs
the rate of 4 inches per second.
While the radius of the base is 20 88. If you borrowed money from your
inches and increases at the rate of friend with simple interest of 12%,
one inch per second. At what rate is find the present worth of P50 000,
the volume changing? which is due at the end of 7 months.
a. 11 130 cu. in/sec a. P46 200
b. 11 310 cu. in/sec b. 44 893
c. 1 275 cu. in/sec c. P46 729
d. 1 257 cu. in/sec d. 45 789

84. This occurs in a situation where a

commodity or service is supplied by
a number of vendors and there is 89. The amount of P12 800 in 4 years at
nothing to prevent additional vendors 5% compounded quarterly is?
entering the market. a. P14 785.34
a. Elastic demand b. P15 614.59
b. Perfect competition c. P16 311.26
c. Monopoly d. P15 847.33
d. Oligopoly
90. What is the effective rate
85. The graphical representation of the corresponding to 18% compounded
cumulative frequency distribution in daily? Take 1 year =365 days.
a set statistical data is called? a. 17.35%
a. Frequency polygon b. 19.72%
b. Mass diagram c. 17.84%
c. Ogive d. 16.78%
d. Histogram
91. In how many ways can 2 integers be
86. If the product of the slopes of two selected from the integers 1 to 100 so
straight lines is negative 1, one of that their difference is exactly 7?
these lines are said to be: a. 74
a. Skew b. 81
b. Non-intersecting c. 69
c. Parallel d. 93
d. Perpendicular
92. A 2 lbs liquid has an specific heat of b. P3 118.05
1.2 Btu/ lb-˚F. How much heat is c. P8 940.60
required to increase its temperature d. P867.82
by 10˚C?
a. 100BTU 97. Evaluate ∫
b. 110BTU a. -3/2 cos 2 + C
c. 120 BTU b. -3 cos 2
d. 130 BTU c. 3/2 cos 2 + C
d. 3 cos 2 + C
93. A machine costing P100 000
depreciates at 10% annually. What is 98. Find the maximum height which a
its book value after 5 years? cannonball fired at an initial velocity
a. P59 049 of 100 m/s at 30˚ above the
b. P69 049 horizontal.
c. P49 049 a. 127.42 m
d. P79 049 b. 172.42 m
c. 137.42 m
94. Find the length of the latus rectum of d. 177.42 m
the parabola y2=-8x?
a. 8 99. A man expects to receive P20 000 in
b. 9 10 years. How much is that money
c. 7 worth now considering interest at 6%
d. 6 compounded quarterly.
a. P 12 698.65
b. P11 025.25
c. P17 567.95
d. P15 678.45

95. The property by virtue of which a 100. The area of a rhombus is 24. One
body tends to return to its original diagonal measures 6 units, find the
size and shape after a deformation length of the other diagonal.
and when the deforming forces have a. 9
been removed. b. 7
a. Elasticity c. 6
b. Malleability d. 8
c. Ductility
d. Plasticity

96. A man wants to make 14% nominal

interest compounded semi-annually
on a bond investment. How should 101. The area of a rhombus is 24. One
the man be willing to pay now for diagonal measures 6 units, find the
12% -P10 000 bond that will mature length of a side.
in 10 years and pays interest semi- a. 5
annually? b. 6
a. P2 584.19 c. 7
 d. 8 a. 12.58 cm
b. 15.28 cm
102. The sum of the coefficients in the c. 15.82 cm
expansion of (x+y-z)8 is: d. 12.85 cm
a. From 2 to 5
b. From 5 to 10 108. The volume of two spheres is in the
c. Above 10 ratio of 27:343 and the sum of their
d. Less than 2 radii is 10. Find the radius of the
smaller sphere.
103. A banca traveled at an average speed a. 6
of 15 kph downstream and then back b. 3
at an average speed of 12 kph c. 5
upstream. If the total time of travel is d. 4
3 hours, find the total distance traveled
by the banca. 109. The integral of any quotient whose
a. 40 km numerator is the differential of the
b. 30 km denominator is the:
c. 60 km a. Product
d. 50 km b. Derivative
c. Cologarithm
104. A father is now 41 and his son 9. d. Logarithm
After how many years will his age be
just triple his son’s age? 110. Find the sum of the roots 5x2 -10x +
a. 6 2=0
b. 5 a. -2
c. 4 b. 2
d. 7 c. 1/2
d. -1/2
105. Find the area of the largest rectangle
which you can inscribe in a semi- 111. Determine the vertical pressure due
circle whose radius is 10. to a column of water 85 cm high.
a. 1000 sq. units a. 8.33 x 103 N/m2
b. √ sq. units b. 8.33 x 104 N/m2
c. 100 sq. units c. 8.33 x 105 N/m2
d. 2√ sq. units d. 8.33 x 106 N/m2

106. Given y = 4 cos 2x. Determine its 112. A rectangular hexagonal pyramid has
amplitude. a slant height of 4 cm and the length
a. 2 of each side of the base is 6 cm. find
b. 4 the lateral area.
c. 8 a. 52 cm2
b. 62 cm2
d. √
c. 72 cm2
d. 82 cm2
107. A central angle of 45˚ subtends an
arc of 12cm. What is the radius of the
circle?
113. If a =b, the b = a. This illustrates c. P5 637.50
which axiom in algebra? d. P5 937.50
a. Replacement axiom
b. Symmetric axiom 119. To compute for the value of the
c. Transitive axiom factorial, in symbolic form (n!) where
d. Reflexive axiom n is a large number, we use a formula
called:
114. If arc tan x + arc tan 1/3 = π/4, find a. Matheson formula
the value of x. b. Diophantine formula
a. 1/2 c. Stirlings Approximation
b. 1/3 formula
c. 1/4 d. Richardson-Duchman
d. 1/5 formula

120. Find the distance of the directrix

from the center of an ellipse if its
115. It is the measure of relationship major axis is 10 and its minor axis is
between two variables. 8.
a. Correlation a. 8.1
b. Function b. 8.3
c. Equation c. 8.5
d. Relation d. 8.7

116. It is a polyhedron of which two faces

are equal, polygons in parallel planes
and the other faces are parallelograms.
a. Cube
b. Pyramid 121. A 200 gram apple is thrown from the
c. Prism edge of a tall building with an initial
d. Parallelepiped speed of 20 m/s. What is the change is
kinetic energy of the apple if it strikes
117. What is the distance in cm. between the ground at 50 m/s?
two vertices of a cube which are a. 100 joules
farthest from each other, if an edge b. 180 joules
measures 8 cm? c. 81 joules
a. 12.32 d. 210 joules
b. 13.86
c. 8.66 122. When two planes intersect with each
d. 6.93 other, the amount of divergence
between the two planes is expressed
118. A loan of P5000 is made for a period by the measure of:
of 15 months at a simple interest rate a. Polyhedral angle
of 15%. What future amount is due at b. Dihedral angle
the end of the loan period? c. Reflex angle
a. P 5 842.54 d. Plane angle
b. P5 900.00
123. The median of a triangle is the line c. Orthocenter
connecting a vertex and the midpoint d. Centroid
of the opposite side. For a given
triangle, the medians intersects at a 129. A pole cast a shadow of 15 meters
pint which is called the: long when the angle of elevation of
a. Circumcenter the sun is 61˚. If the pole has leaned
b. Incenter 15˚ from the vertical directly toward
c. Orthocenter the sun, what is the length of the pole?
d. Centroid a. 53.24 m
b. 54.25 m
124. A five-pointed star is also known as: c. 52.43 m
a. Quintagon d. 53.25 m
b. Pentagon
c. Pentatron 130. Each side of a cube is increased by
d. Pentagram 1%. By what percent is the volume of
the cube increased?
125. The altitudes of the sides of a a. 3%
triangle intersect at the point, which is b. 23.4%
known as: c. 33.1%
a. Centroid d. 34.56%
b. Incenter
c. Orthocenter 131. MCMXCIV is a Roman numeral
d. Circumcenter equivalent to:
a. 2174
126. The arc length equal to the radius of b. 3974
the circle is called: c. 2974
a. 1 grad d. 1994
b. 1 radian
c. π radian 132. The sum of the digits of a two digit
d. 1 quarter circle number is 11. If the digits are
reversed, the resulting number is
127. One gram of ice at 0˚C is placed on a seven more than twice the original
container containing 2,000,000 cu. m number. What is the original number?
of water at 0˚C. Assuming no heat a. 44
loss, what will happen? b. 83
a. The volume of ice will not c. 38
change d. 53
b. Ice will become water
c. Some part of ice will not 133. A regular octagon is inscribed in a
change circle of radius 10. Find the area of the
d. All of the above octagon.
a. 288.2
128. The angular bisector of the sides of a b. 282.8
triangle at a point which is known as: c. 228.2
a. Centroid d. 238.2
b. Incenter
134. Find the probability of getting c. Condensation
exactly 12 out of 30 questions on the d. Cold fusion
true or false question.
a. 0.04 140. Solve for x in the equation: 2 log4 x
b. 0.15 – log4 9 = 2
c. 0.12 a. 12
d. 0.08 b. 10
c. 11
135. Find the length of the vector (12, 4, d. 13
4).
a. 8.75 141. Two post, one 8m and the other 12 m
b. 5.18 high are 15 m apart. If the posts are
c. 7 supported by a cable running from the
d. 6 top of the first post to a stake on the
ground and then back to the top of the
136. According to this law, “The force second post, find the distance from the
between two charges varies directly as lower post to the stake to use the
the magnitude of each charge and minimum amount of wire.
inversely as the square of the distance a. 4 m
between them”. b. 6 m
a. Newton’s law c. 8 m
b. Inverse Square law d. 9m
c. Coulomb’s law 142. A 40 gm rifle bullet is fired with a
d. Law of Universal Gravitation speed of 300 m/s into a ballistic
pendulum of mass 5 kg suspended
137. Mr. J. Reyes borrowed money from from a chord 1 m long. Compute the
the bank. He received from the back vertical height through which the
P1842 and promised to pay P2000 at pendulum arises.
the end of 10 months. Determine the a. 29.88 cm
simple interest. b. 28.89 cm
a. 15.7% c. 28.45 cm
b. 16.1% d. 29.42 cm
c. 10.29%
d. 19.45% 143. If the roots of an equation are zero,
then they are classified as:
138. Evaluate the expression (1 + i2 )10 a. Trivial solution
where I is an imaginary number. b. Hypergolic solution
a. -1 c. Zeros of function
b. 10 d. Extraneous roots
c. 0
d. 1 144. Of what quadrant is A, if secA is
positive and cscA is negative?
139. The amount of heat needed to change a. IV
solid to liquid. b. II
a. Latent heat of fusion c. III
b. Solid fusion d. I

145. The reciprocal of bulk modulus of
any fluid is called ______.
a. Volume stress
b. Compressibility
c. Shape elasticity
d. Volume strain
146. Assuming that the earth is a sphere
whose radius is 6,400 km. Find the
distance along 3 deg arc at the equator
of the earth’s surface.
a. 335.10 km
b. 533.10 km
c. 353.10 km
d. 353.01 km
147. Equations relating x and y that
cannot readily solved explicitly for y
as a function of x or for x as a function
of y. Such equation may nonetheless
determine y as a function of x or vice
versa, such as function is called
_____.
a. Logarithmic function
b. Implicit function
c. Continuous function
d. Explicit function
148. What is the integral of (3t-1)3 dt?
a. 1/12 (3t-1)4 + c
b. 1/12 (3t-1)3 + c
c. ¼ (3t-1)3 + c
d. ¼ (3t-1)4 + c
149. If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find x-1
a. 14
b. 3
c. 12
d. 5
150. A frequency curve which is
composed of a series of rectangles
constructed with the steps as the base
and the frequency as the height.
a. Histogram
b. Ogive
c. Frequency distribution
d. Bar graph
151. It is a sequence of numbers such that
successive terms differ by a constant
a. Arithmetic progression
b. Infinite progression
c. Geometric progression
d. Harmonic progression
152. If the second derivative of the
equation of a curve is equal to the
negative of the equation of that same
curve, the curve is:
a. A paraboloid
b. A sinusoid
c. A cissoids
d. An exponential
153. Determine x, so that: a, 2x + 4, 10x –
4 will be a geometric progression.
a. 4
b. 6
c. 2
d. 5
154. The angular distance of a point on
the terrestrial sphere from the north
pole is called its:
a. Co-latitude
b. Altitude
c. Latitude
d. Co-declination
155. If one third of the air in a tank is
removed by each stroke of an air
pump, what fractional part of the air
removed in 6 strokes?
a. 0.7122
b. 0.9122
c. 0.6122
d. 0.8122
156. The linear distance between -4 and
17 on the number line is
 a. 13 d. 20
b. 21
c. -17 162. Simplify the expression i1999 + i1999
d. -13 where I is an imaginary number.
a. 0
157. Determine the angle of the super b. -1
elevation for a 200 m highway curve c. 1+1
so that there will be no side thrust at a d. 1-i
speed of 90 kph.
a. 19.17˚
b. 17.67˚
c. 18.32˚
d. 20.11˚
163. In a club of 40 executives, 33 likes to
158. A ball is dropped from a building smoke Marlboro and 20 like to smoke
100 m high. If the mass of the ball is Philip Moris. How many like both?
10 grams, after what time will the ball a. 13
strike the earth? b. 10
a. 4.52s c. 11
b. 4.42s d. 12
c. 5.61s
d. 2.45s 164. The graph of r=a+bcos θ is a :
a. Lemniscates
159. Centrifugal force is _____ b. Limacon
a. Directly proportional to the c. Cardioids
radius of the curvature d. Lituus
b. Directly proportional to the
square of the tangential 165. Solve for A in the equation: cos2A =
velocity 1- cos2A
c. Inversely proportional to the a. 15˚, 125˚, 225˚, 335˚
tangential velocity b. 45˚, 125˚, 225˚, 315˚
d. Directly proportional to the c. 45˚, 135˚, 225˚, 315˚
square of the weight of the d. 45˚, 150˚, 220˚, 315˚
object
166. Momentum is the product of velocity
160. Each of the faces of a regular and
hexahedron is a _____ a. Acceleration
a. Triangle b. Mass
b. Square c. Force
c. Rectangle d. Time
d. Hexagon
167. If 15 people can win prices in a
161. Find the mean proportion of 4 and 36 estate lottery (assuming that there are
a. 72 no ties). How many ways can these 15
b. 24 people win first, second,, third, fourth
c. 12 and fifth prizes?
a. 4,845
 b. 116,280 173. csc 520˚ is equal to
c. 360,360 a. cos 20˚
d. 3,003 b. csc 20˚
c. tan 45˚
168. Find the 30th term of the A.P 4, 7, d. sin 20˚
10,…
a. 75 174. A rotating wheel has a radius of 2 ft.
b. 90 and 6 in. A point on the circumference
c. 88 of the wheel moves 30 ft in 2 seconds.
d. 91 Find the angular velocity of the wheel.
a. 2 rad/sec
169. Mary is 24. She is twice as old as b. 4 rad/sec
Ann was when Mary was as old as c. 6 rad/sec
Ann now. How old is Ann now? d. 5 rad/sec
a. 16
b. 17 175. It is a series equal payments accruing
c. 12 at equal intervals of the time where the
d. 15 first payment is made several periods
after.
a. Deferred annuity
170. Find the ratio of an infinite b. Delayed annuity
geometric series if the sum is 2 and c. Progressive annuity
the first term is ½ d. Simple annuity
a. 1/3
b. 1/2 176. Exact angle of the dodecagon equal
c. 3/4 to ________ deg.
d. 1/4 a. 135
b. 150
171. Given a cone of diameter x and c. 125
altitude of h. What percent is the d. 105
volume of the largest cylinder which
can be inscribed in the cone to the 177. A load of 100 lb. is hung from the
volume of the cone? middle of a rope, which is stretched
a. 44% between wo rigid walls of 30 ft apart.
b. 46% Due to the load, the rope sags 4 ft in
c. 56% the middle. Determine the tension in
d. 65% the rope.
a. 165 lbs
172. Find the equation of the curve at b. 173 lbs
every point of which, the tangent line c. 194 lbs
has a slope of 2x. d. 149 lbs
a. x
b. y=x2+c 178. How far does an automobile move
c. y=x1/2+c while its speed increases uniformly
d. x=y2+c from 15 kph to 45 kph in 20 seconds?
a. 185 mi
 b. 167 mi d. 90
c. 200 mi 184. The distance that the top surface is
d. 172 mi displaced in the direction of the force
divided by the thickness of the body is
179. A block weighing 500 kN rest on a known as __________
ramp inclined at 25˚ with horizontal. a. Longitudinal strain
The force tending to move the block b. Linear strain
down the ramp is: c. Shear strain
a. 100 kN d. Volume strain
b. 211 kN
c. 255 kN 185. It can be defined as the set of all
d. 450 kN points on a plane whose sum of
distances of any of which from two
180. What is the value of log25+log35? fixed points is constant.
a. 7.39 a. Circle
b. 3.79 b. Hyperbola
c. 3.97 c. Parabola
d. 9.37 d. Ellipse

181. The distance between the center of
the three circles which are mutually
tangent to each other externally are 10,
12 and 14 units. The area of the largest
circle is
a. 72 π
b. 23 π
c. 64 π
d. 16 π
182. To maximize the horizontal range of
the projectile, which of the following
applies?
a. Maximize velocity
b. Maximize the angle of
elevation and velocity
c. Maximize the angle of
elevation
d. The tangent function of the
angle of trajectory must be
equal to one
183. What is the lowest common factor of
10 and 32?
a. 320
b. 2
c. 180
186. A statue 3m high is standing on a
base of 4m high. If an observer’s eye
is 1.5m above the ground, how far
should he stand from the base in order
that the angle suspended bu the statue
is maximum.
a. 3.41 m
b. 3.51 m
c. 3.71 m
d. 4.41 m
187. A baseball is thrown from a
horizontal plane following a parabolic
path with an initial velocity of 100 m/s
at an angle of 30˚ above the
horizontal. How far from the throwing
point well the ball attains its original
level.
a. 882.2 m
b. 8.828 m
c. 288.8 m
d. 82.88 m
188. A balloon is rising vertically over a
point A on the ground a rate of 15
ft/sec. A point B on the ground is level
with and 30 ft from A. When the
 balloon is 40 ft from A, at what rate is
its distance from B changing? 194. Find the point in the parabola y2 = 4
a. 13 ft/sec at which the rate of change of the
b. 15 ft/sec ordinate and abscissa are equal.
c. 12 ft/sec a. (1, 2)
d. 10 ft/sec b. (-1, 4)
c. (2, 1)
189. The diameter of a circle described by d. (4, 4)
9x2 + 9y2 = 16 is ______
a. 4/3 195. Find the equation of the axis of
b. 16/9 symmetry of the function y= 2x2-7x+5
c. 8/3 a. 7x+4=0
d. 4 b. 4x+7=0
c. 4x-7=0
190. A man finds the angle of elevation of d. 7x-4=0
the top of a tower to be 30 degrees. He
walks 85 m nearer the tower and find
its angle of elevation to be 60 degrees.
What is the height of the tower?
a. 76.31 m
b. 73.31 m 196. The major axis of the elliptical path
c. 73.16 m in which the earth moves around the
d. 73. 61 m sum is approximately 186, 000, 000
miles and the eccentricity of the
191. Two electrons have speeds of 0.7c ellipse is 1/60. Determine the apogee
and x respectively at an angle of 60.82 of the earth
degrees between each other. If their a. 93 000 000 miles
relative velocity is 0.65c, find x. b. 91 450 000 miles
a. 0.02c c. 94 335 100 miles
b. 0.12c d. 94 550 000 miles
c. 0.09c
d. 0.25c 197. The angle of inclination of ascends
of a road having 8.25% grade is _____
192. Arc tan{2 cos(arcsin ) )} is equal degrees.
to: a. 4.72˚
a. π/3 b. 4.27˚
b. π/4 c. 5.12˚
c. π/6 d. 1.86˚
d. π/2
198. Find the sum of the first term of the
193. Determine B such that 3x + 2y – 7 = geometric progression 2,4,8,16,…
0 is perpendicular to 2x – By + 2 = 0 a. 1 023
a. 5 b. 2 046
b. 4 c. 225
c. 3 d. 1 596
d. 2
 90
199. Find the sum of the infinite c. in3
30.4
geometric progression 6, -2, 2/3 d. in3
a. 9/2
b. 5/2 205. Find the 100th term of the sequence,
c. 11/2 1.01, 1.00, 0.99, ….
d. 7/2 a. 0.05
b. 0.03
200. Evaluate ( ) c. 0.04
a. Undefined d. 0.02
b. 0
c. Infinity 206. Find the coordinates of the point P(2,
d. 1/7 4) with respect to the translated axis
with origin at (1, 3)
201. What is the speed of asynchronous a. (1, -1)
earth’ satellite situated 4.5x107 m b. (-1, -1)
from the earth c. (1, 1)
a. 11 070.0 kph d. (-1, 1)
b. 12 000.0 kph
c. 11 777.4 kph 207. The roots of a quadratic equation are
d. 12 070.2 kph 1/3 and ¼. What is the equation?
a. 12x2+7x+1=0
202. A semiconductor company will hire b. 122-7x+1=0
7 men and 4 women. In how many c. 12x2+7x-1=0
ways can the company choose from 9 d. 12x2-7x-1=0
men and 6 women who qualified for
the position 208. Covert θ=π/3 to Cartesian equation
a. 680 a. x=31/2 x
b. 540 b. 3y=31/2x
c. 480 c. y=x
d. 840 d. y=31/2 x

209. A piece of wire is shaped to enclose

203. The wheel of a car revolves n times a square whose area is 169 sq cm. It is
while the car travels x km. The radius then reshaped to enclose a rectangle
of the wheel in meter is: whose length is 15 cm. The area of the
a. 10 000x/π n rectangle is:
b. 500 00x/ π n a. 165 m2
c. 500x/ π n b. 170 m2
d. 5 000x/ π n c. 175 m2
d. 156 m2
204. The volume of a gas under standard
atmospheric pressure, 76 cm. Hg is 210. If (x+3) : 10=(3x-2): 8, find (2x-1).
200 in3. What is the volume when the a. 1
pressure is 80 cm. Hg, if the b. 4
temperature is unchanged? c. 2
a. 190 in3 d. 3
b. 110 in3
 a. 15.93%
211. In complex algebra, we use a b. 16.02%
diagram to represent a complex plane c. 18.78%
commonly called: d. 15%
a. De Moivre’s diagram
b. Argand diagram 217. A non-square rectangle is inscribed
c. Funicular diagram in a square so that each vertex of the
d. Venn diagram rectangle is at the trisection point of
the different sides of the square. Find
212. The quartile deviation is a measure the ratio of the area of the rectangle to
of: the area of the square.
a. Division a. 4:9
b. Certainty b. 2:7
c. Central tendency c. 5:9
d. Dispersion d. 7:72

213. The velocity of an automobile 218. If the radius of the circle is decreased
starting from rest is given by by 20%, by how much is its area
decreased?
ft/sec. determine its acceleration a. 46%
after an interval of 10 sec. (in ft/sec2) b. 36%
a. 2.10 c. 56%
b. 1.71 d. 26%
c. 2.25
d. 2.75 219. A flowerpot falls off the edge of a
fifth-floor window, just as it passes the
214. An automobile accelerates at a third-floor window someone
constant rate of 15 mi/hr to 45 mi/hr in accidentally drops a glass of water
15 seconds, while traveling in a from the window. Which of the
straight line. What is the average following is true?
acceleration? a. The flowerpot and the glass
a. 2 ft/sec hit the ground at the same
b. 2.12 ft/sec instant
c. 2.39 ft/sec b. The flowerpot hits the ground
d. 2.93 ft/sec at the same time as the glass
c. The glass hits the ground
215. A comfortable room temperature is before the flowerpot
72˚F. What is the temperature, d. The flowerpot hits the
expressed in degrees Kelvin? ground first with a higher
a. 290 speed than the glass
b. 263
c. 275 220. Is sinA=2.571x, cosA=3.06x, and
d. 295 sin2A=3.939, find the value of x.
a. 0.100
216. 15% when compounded semi- b. 0.150
annually will have effective rate of: c. 0.250
 d. 0.350
226. It represents the distance of a point
221. How many terms of the sequence -9, from the y-axis
-6, -3 … must be taken so that the sum a. Ordinate
is 66? b. Abscissa
a. 12 c. Coordinate
b. 4 d. Polar distance
c. 11
d. 13 227. The logarithm of a number to the
base e (2.7182818….0 is called
222. A man in a hot air balloon drops an a. Characteristic
apple at a height of 50 meters. If the b. Mantissa
balloon is rising at 15 m/s, find the c. Briggsian logarithm
highest point reached by the apple. d. Napierian logarithm
a. 141.45 m
b. 171.55 m 228. Terms that a differ only in numeric
c. 151.57 m coefficients are known as:
d. 161.47 m a. Unequal terms
b. Like terms
c. Unlike terms
d. Equal terms

229. In Plain Geometry, two circular arcs

223. If sin A=4/5 and A is in the second that together make up a full circle are
quadrant, sin B= 7/25 and B is in the called:
first quadrant, find sin (A+B) a. Conjugate arcs
a. 3/5 b. Co-terminal arcs
b. 3/4 c. Half arcs
c. 2/5 d. Congruent arcs
d. 4/5
230. For a particular experiment you need
224. If cosθ=-15/17 and θ is in the third 5 liters of a 10% solution. You find
quadrant, find cos θ/2. 7% and 12% solution on the shelves.
a. -1/√ How much of the 7% solution should
b. -8/√ you mix with the appropriate amount
of the 12% solution to get 4 liters of a
c. 2/√
10% solution.
d. 3/√ a. 1.43
b. 1.53
225. What is the maximum moment of a c. 1.63
10 meter simply supported beam d. 1.73
subjected to a concentrated load of
500kN at the mid-span? 231. A mango falls from a branch 5
a. 1250 kN-m meters above the ground. With what
b. 1520 kN-m speed in meters per second does it
c. 1050 kN-m strike the ground? Assume g=10m/s2.
d. 1510 kN-m
 a. 10 m/sec
b. 14 m/sec
c. 12 m/sec 236. Find the fourth term of the
d. 8 m/sec progression ½ , 0.2, 0.125 …
a. 0.099
232. When two waves of the same b. 1/11
frequency speed and amplitude c. 1/10
traveling in opposite directions are d. 0.102
superimposed.
a. The phase difference is 237. The time required by an elevator to
always zero lift a weight varies directly through
b. Distractive waves are which it is to be lifted and inversely as
produced the power of the motor. If it takes 30
c. Standing waves are seconds for a 10 hp motor to lift 100
produces lbs through 50 feet. What size of
d. Constructive interference motor is required to lift 800 lbs in 40
always results seconds through a distance of 40 feet.
a. 58 hp
233. The work done by all the forces b. 48 hp
except the gravitational force is c. 50 hp
always equal to the _____of the d. 56 hp
system
a. Total mechanical energy 238. Find the dimensions of the right
b. Total potential energy circular cylinder of greatest volume that
c. Total kinetic energy can be inscribed in a right circular cone
d. Total momentum of radius r and altitude h.
a. Radius=2/3r; altitude=2/3h
234. Ten less than four times a certain b. Radius=1/3r; altitude=1/3h
number is 14. Determine the number c. Radius=2/3r; altitude=1/3h
a. 7 d. Radius=1/3r; altitude=2/3h
b. 5
c. 4 239. An angular unit equivalent to 1/400
d. 6 of the circumference of a circle is
called:
235. Equal volumes of two different a. Grad
liquids evaporate at different, but b. Mil
constant rates. If the first is totally c. Degree
evaporated in 6 weeks, and the second d. Radian
in 7 weeks, when will be the second
be ½ the volume of the first. 240. A condition where only few
a. 3.5 weeks individuals produce a certain product
b. 4 weeks and that any action of one will lead to
c. 5/42 weeks almost the same action of the others.
d. 42/5 weeks a. Monopoly
b. Perfect competition
c. Semi-monopoly
 d. Oligopoly three seconds later. What was the
depth of the well?
241. Ivory soaps floats in water because: a. 37 meters
a. The specific gravity of ivory b. 41 meters
soap is less than that of c. 53 meters
water d. 30 meters
b. The specific gravity of ivory
soap is greater than that of 245. Two thermometers, one calibrated in
water Celsius and the other in Fahrenheit,
c. The density of ivory soap is are used o measure the same
unity temperature, the numerical reading
d. All matters has mass obtained on the Fahrenheit
thermometer.
a. Is greater than that obtained
on the Celsius thermometer
b. Is less than that obtained on
the Celsius thermometer
242. On a certain test, the average passing c. May be greater or less than
score is 72 while the average for entire that obtained on the Celsius
test is 62, what part of the group of thermometer
students passed the test? d. Is proportional to that
a. 5/9 obtained on the Celsius
b. 6/11 thermometer
c. 7/13
d. 4/7 246. 1 atm of pressure is equal to
_______.
243. Ghost images are formed in a TV set a. 101300 Pa
when the signal from the TV b. 14.7 bars
transmitter is received directly at the c. 1.013 psi
TV set and also indirectly after d. 2117 psi
reflection from a building or other
large metallic mass. In a certain 25 247. Find the least number of
inch TV set, the ghost is about 1 cm, years required to double a certain
to the right of the principal image of amount of money at 5% per annum
the reflected signal arrives 1 compound interest to the nearest year
microsecond after the principal signal. a. 14 years
What is the difference in the path b. 12 years
length of the reflected and principal c. 18 years
signals in this case? d. 20 years
a. 100 meters
b. 300 meters
c. 200 meters 248. The replacement of the original cost
d. 400 meters of an investment
a. Capital recovery
244. A stone is dropped into a well, and b. Breakeven
the sound of the splash was heard c. Payoff
 d. Return on investment
249. When comparing leasing against
outright purchase of equipment, which
of the following is not correct?
a. Leasing frees needed
working capital
b. Leasing reduces maintenance
and administrative expenses
c. Leasing offers less flexibility
with respect to technical
obsolescence
d. Leasing offers certain tax
advantages
250. Find the volume of the solid above
the elliptic paraboloid 3x2+y2=z and
below the cylinder x2+z=4
a. 2π cubic units
b. π/4 cubic units
c. π cubic units
d. 4 π cubic units
251. An oil well that yields 300 barrels of
cure oil a month will run dry in 3
years. If is estimated that t months
from now, the price of crude oil will
be P(t)=18 + 0.3√ dollars per barrel.
If the oil is sold as soon as it is
extracted from the ground, what will
be the total future revenue from the oil
well?
a. $253,550
b. $207,612
c. $150,650
d. $190,324
252. A point on the graph of a
differentianble function where the
concavity changes is called a point of
______
a. Inflection
b. Mean value
c. Local minimum value
d. Deflection
253. Find the maximum and minimum
values of 3sinθ for 0˚
a. 3, 1/3
b. 1, 0
c. 2, -2
d. 1, -1
254. The spherical excess of a spherical
triangle is the amount by which the
sum of its angles exceed
a. 180˚
b. 90˚
c. 360˚
d. 270˚
255. the area of three adjacent surfaces of
a rectangular block are 8 sq cm, 10 sq
cm and 20 sq cm. the volume of the
rectangular block is
a. 200 cu m
b. 40 cu m
c. 10 cu m
d. 20 cu m
256. In the story about the crow who
wanted to drink water from a
cylindrical can but could not reach the
water, it is said that the crow dropped
a pebble which was a perfect sphere 3
cm in radius into the can. If the can
was 6 cm radius, what was the rise in
water level inside the can after that
pebble was dropped?
a. 2 cm
b. 1 cm
c. 3 cm
d. 2.5 cm
257. When a line y=mx+b slopes
downwards from left to right, the
slope m is
a. Less than 0
 b. Greater than 0 261. When a certain polynomial p(x) is
c. Equal to 0 divided by (x-1), remainder is 12.
d. Equal to 1 When the same polynomial is divided
by (x-4), the remainder is 3. Find the
258. A line perpendicular to a plane remainder when the polynomial is
a. Is perpendicular to only two divided by (x-1)(x-4)
intersecting lines in the plane a. x+5
b. Makes a right angle in the b. -2x-8
plane which passes through c. -3x+15
its foot d. 4x-1
c. Is perpendicular to every line
is the plane 262. The scalar product of A and B is
d. Makes a right angle with equal to the product of the magnitudes
every line is the plane of A and B and the ______ of the
angle between them
259. If the area of an equilateral triangle a. Sine
is 9√ sq cm then its perimeter is b. Value in radians
a. 9√ cm c. Tangent
b. 18 cm d. Cosine
c. 18√ cm
d. 12 cm 263. If the surd (√ √ ) , then
x is equal to:
√
a.
√
b.
c. √ √
260. A transport company has been d.
√ √
contracted to transport a minimum of
600 factory workers from a gathering 264. A certain electronics company has
point in Makati to their working place 16 tons of raw materials, of which 10
in Canlubang daily. The transport tons are stored in warehouse in
company has nine 5-passenger cars, Quezon city, and 6 tons are stored in
six 10-passenger mini buses and 12 warehouse in Makati. The raw
drivers. The cars can make 14 trips a materials have to be transported to
day while the mini busses can make three production points in Dasmarinas
10 trips a day. How should the Cavite, Canlubang Laguna and
transport company use their cans and Batangas city in the amounts of 5, 7
mini buses in order to carry the and 4 tons respectively, the cost per
maximum number of passengers each ton for transporting the raw materials
day? from the two warehouses to the three
a. 9 cars and 3 mini buses production points areas as follows
b. 3 cars and 9 mini buses
c. 6 cars and 6 mini buses To/Fro Damarin Canluba Batang
d. 7 cars and 5 mini buses m as ng as
 P 700 P500 P800 267. Arrange the following surds in
Q.C descending order: a=√ √ ,
P 200 P300 P400
Makati b=3+√ , c=√ √ , d=√ √
a. c, d, a, b
Find the minimum possible b. b, a, d, c
transportation cost. HINT let a=no of c. c, d, b, a
tons to be shopped from Q.C to d. d, c, a, b
Dasmarinas, b=no of tons to be
shipped ftom Q.C to Canlubang, c=no 268. If , which of
of tons to be shipped from Q.C to the following relationship is correct?
Batangas, d= no of tons to be shopped a. x+z=y
from Makati to Dasmarinas, e= no of b. x=y+z
tons to be shopped from Makati to c. x+y=z
Canlubanga and f= no of tons to be d. x-y=z
shopped from Makati to Batangas.
a. 7 300.00 ( )
b. 8 300.00 269. evaluate u=
c. 9 300.00 a. 2
d. 10 300.00 b. 9
c. 6
265. Which of the following is a correct d. 8
relationship for any triangle whose
sides are a, b, c and the respective 270. Evaluate: I= ∫ ∫
sides are a, b, c and the respective
a. 88/3
opposite angles are A, B and C.
b. 89
a. a2=b2+c2-bc cos A
c. 3
b. a2=b2+c2-2bc cos A
d. 79/3
c. a2=b2+c2-2bc sin A
d. a2=b2+c2-2bc cos B cos C
271. The probability for the ECE board
examinees from a certain school to
266. find the product MN of the following
pass the subject in mathematics is 3/7
matrices
and for the subject of Communication
is 5/7. If none of those examinees fail
M=| | N=| | both subjects and there are four
examinees who passed both subjects,
find the number of examinees from
that school who took the examinations
a. | | a. 21
b. 14
b. | | c. 28
d. 35
c. | |
272. A number when divided by 6 leaves
d. | | a remainder of 5, when divided by 5
leaves a remainder of 4, by 4 leaves a
 remainder of 3, by 3 leaves a b. Coordinate of the line
remainder of 2, and by 2 leaves a c. Coefficients
remainder of 1. Find the smallest d. Slope of the line
possible value of the number.
a. 29 278. In the equation “n x m=q”, the
b. 39 multiplicand is _______
c. 49 a. n
d. 59 b. m
c. q
273. _________ are irrational numbers d. none of the choices
involving radical signs
a. Radicals 279. The hypotenuse of an isosceles right
b. Surd triangle whose perimeter is 24 inches
c. Irrational number is ____ inches.
d. Transcendental number a. 9.94 inches
b. 7.94 inches
274. When rounded off to two significant c. 7.03 inches
figures, the number 4.371x10 -10 d. 6.94 inches
becomes ______
a. 4.4x 10-10 280. An arc equal to one-fourth of a circle
b. 4x10-10 is called a ____
c. 4.3x10-10 a. Quarter circular arc
d. 4.2x10-10 b. Quarter circle
c. Conjugate circle
d. Complimentary circle

281. If angle θ=2, then angle (180˚-θ)=

__________
275. The __________ of a and b is the
a. 1.1416 radian
smallest positive integer that is a
b. 1.1614 radian
multiple of both a and b.
c. 1.6141 radian
a. Least common multiple
d. 1.4161 radian
b. Least common denominator
c. Least common factor
d. Greatest common factor

276. If soldering lead contains 63% silver, 282. The logarithm of a number to a
______ grams of soldering lead can be given base is called the ______
made from 520 grams of silver. a. Exponent
a. 852.4 b. Index
b. 825.4 c. Base
c. 845.2 d. Matrix
d. 842.5
283. One is to fifty-two and one half as
277. In the equation ÿ=mx+b”, m three and one-third is to ______
represents the _______ a. 185
a. Distance from a point b. 175
 c. 165 b. 100
d. 155 c. 10
d. 10000
284. Adjacent angles whose sum is 90
degrees are said to be _____ 290. A swimming pool is constructed in
a. Complimentary the shape of two partially overlapping
b. Supplementary identical circle. Each of the circles has
c. Explementary a radius of 9 meters, and each circle
d. Reflex angles passes through the center of the other.
Find the area of the swimming pool.
285. If x >y and y>z, then x _____z. a. 409.44 sq m
a. Less than b. 309.44 sq m
b. Greater than c. 509.44 sq m
c. Equal to d. 209.44 sq m
d. Less than or equal to
291. The dartboard has nine numbered
286. If any given triangle with sides a, b, blocks. Each block measuring 20cm x
and c _______is equal to b( ) 20 cm. The number on each block is
the score earned when a dart hits that
a. sin A block. A dart, which hits the
b. sin B unnumbered portion of the dartboard,
c. b gets a score of zero. Assuming all the
d. a darts hit the dartboard and with two
darts, what is the probability of getting
287. if a>b and c>d, then (a+c) is a total score of 11?
_______ of (b+d)
a. 0.0128
a. less than b. 0.0328
b. greater than c. 0.228
c. equal to d. 0.0168
d. less than or equal to
292. The dartboard has nine numbered
288. the following Fourier series equation blocks. Each block measuring 20cm x
represents a periodic ____wave 20 cm. The number on each block is
i(x)= i + i cos x + i2 cos 2x+ i3 cos 3x the score earned when a dart hits that
+…+i sin x + i2 sin 2x+ i3 sin 3x+… block. A dart, which hits the
a. cosine unnumbered portion of the dartboard,
b. tangent
gets a score of zero. Assuming all the
c. cotangent darts hit the dartboard, what is the
d. sine probability of getting a score of zero
with one dart?
a. 0.64
b. 0.04
c. 0.44
289. a percentage is a fraction whose d. 0.54
denominator is ____
a. 1000
293. The dartboard has nine numbered 297. Given: P= A sin t + B cos t, Q= A
blocks. Each block measuring 20cm x cos t – B sin t. From the given
20 cm. The number on each block is equations, derive another equation
the score earned when a dart hits that showing the relationship between P,
block. A dart, which hits the Q, A, and B not involving any of the
unnumbered portion of the dartboard, trigonometric functions of angle t.
gets a score of zero. Assuming all the a. P2-Q2=A2+B2
darts hit the dartboard, what is the b. P2+Q2=A2-B2
probability of getting a score of seven c. P2-Q2=A2-B2
with one dart? d. P2+Q2=A2+B2
a. 0.04
b. 0.10 298. In a certain electronic factory, the
c. 0.07 ratio of the number of male to female
d. 0.70 workers is 2:3. If 100 new female
workers are hired, the number of
female workers will increase to 65%
of the total number of workers. Find
the original number of workers in the
factory.
294. A rectangular metal sheet measures
a. 420
22 ft long and 2R ft wide. From this
b. 450
rectangular metal sheet, three identical
c. 480
circles were cut, each circle measuring
d. 490
R/3 ft. radius. If the area of the
remaining metal sheet is 66 sq ft, find
299. During installation, a section of an
R.
antenna was lifted to a height of 5
a. 1.56 ft
meters with a force of 400 kg moving
b. 40.47 ft
by the use of a pulley mounted on a
c. 2.56 ft
frame. If the efficiency of the input
d. 13.56 ft
multiplied by 100%, what is the
efficiency of the pulley? The tower
295. If a and y are complimentary, find
section weighs 1000 kg
the value of P if: P= cos (540˚+x)
a. 62.5%
sin(540˚+y) +cos(90˚+x)sin (90+y)
b. 52.5%
a. sin 2x
c. 72.5%
b. cos 2x
d. 82.5%
c. –cos 2x
d. –cos 2y
300. An elevator can lift a load of 5000
Newtons from ground level to a height
296. Given: , , of 20.0 meters in 10 seconds. What
. Find a, n, and m. horsepower, hp can the elevator
a. 2, 16, 4 develop?
b. 16, 2, 4 a. 12.4 hp
c. 4, 16, 2 b. 13.4 hp
d. 2, 4, 16 c. 14.4 hp
 d. 15.4 hp 306. The volume of a cube is reduces to
______ if all the sides are halved
301. What is the force in Newtons, a. 1/2
required to move a car with 1000 kg b. 1/4
mass with an acceleration of 12.0 c. 1/8
meters/sec2? d. 1/16
a. 12 000N 307. Evaluate the value of the determinant
b. 10 000N
c. 8 000N | |
d. 6 000N
a. -101
302. If the same car in problem 301, with b. 011
1000 kg mass is driven around a curve c. -001
with radius of 10.0 meters at a speed d. 111
of 20 meters per second, find the
centrifugal force in Newtons. 308. Give the factors of a2-x2
a. 40000N a. 2a-2x
b. 30000N b. (a+x)(a-x)
c. 20000N c. 2x-2a
d. 10000N d. (a+x)(x-a)

303. Crew 1 can finish the installation of 309. Give the area of a triangle in square
an antenna tower in 200 hours while meters when the base is equal to
crew 2 can finish the same job in 300 24.6cm and the height is equal to 50.8
hours. How long will it take both cm. One of the sides is equal to 56.53
crews to finish the same job working cm
together? a. 0.062484
a. 180 hours b. 0.1252
b. 160 hours c. 2877.44
c. 140 hours d. 1252.1
d. 120 hours
310. The cost of running an electronic
2
304. Evaluate the limit of x +3x-4 as x shop is made up of the following:
approaches the value of 4 Office rental=40% Labor=35%
a. 24 Materials=20% Miscellaneous=5%. If
b. 42 the office rental is increased by 24%,
c. 35 labor increased by 15%, cost of
d. 12 materials increased by 20%, and the
miscellaneous costs are unchanged,
305. log Mn is equal to find the percentage increase in the cost
a. log nM of running the shop.
b. log Mn a. 18.85%
c. n log M b. 28.85%
d. M log n c. 16.85%
d. 10.85%
311. The selling price of a TV set is b. 2
double that of its net cost. If the TV c. 0
set is sold to a customer at a profit of d. 1
255 of the net cost, how much
discount was given to the customer? 317. Find the value of
a. 27.5% √ √ √
b. 47.5%
c. 37.5% a. 3/2
d. 30.5% b. 2
c. 3
312. Find the sum of the interior angles of d. 1/2
a pentagram
a. 180 degrees 318. Find the value of
b. 360 degrees ( )
c. 540 degrees
d. 720 degrees a. 25/48
b. 125/48
c. 125/16
d. 125/8

319. Find the value of

a. 2
313. Find the value of P if it I equal to b. 4
sin2 1˚ + sin22˚ + sin23˚ + .. + sin2 90˚ c. 8
a. Infinity d. 16
b. 0
c. 44.5
d. Indeterminate 320. Simplify ( )
a. 2
314. Find the value of P if it is equal to b. 4
c. 8
d. 16
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2 321. =?
d. 4 a. tan B
b. sec B
√ c. cot B
315. =? d. csc B
a. 0.3
b. 0.4 322. Simplify the following:
c. 0.5
d. 0.6
a. 0
316. Find the value of b. 1
c. 2
a. 4 d. cot (A+B)
323. Solve for the following: d. 3.101 to 3.104

a. -7a 327. Round off: 6785768.342 to the

b. +7a nearest one tenth
c. -7-a a. 6785768.34
d. +7-a b. 6785768.3
c. 7000000.0
d. 6785770.00
324. Simplify { * +}
328. Round off: 2.371x10-8 to two
significant figures
a. a. 2.3x10-8
b. 2.4x10-8
b. c. 2.0x10-8
d. 2.5x10-8
c.
329. Round off: 0.003086 to two
d. significant figures
a. 0.00308
b. 0.00310
c. 0.00300
d. 0.00311

330. Round off: 0.00386 to three

significant figures
a. 0.00308
b. 0.00309
c. 0.003
( ) ( )
325. Simplify d. 0.00310

a. 331. Round off: 34.2814 to four

significant figures
b. a. 34.2814
c. b. 34.2800
c. 35.0000
d. d. 34.2000
332. Round off: 30 562 to three
326. If A was originally a range of significant figures
numbers with four significant figures a. 30 500
which, when rounded off to three b. 30 600
significant figures yielded a value of c. 30 400
3.10, what was the original range of d. 30 300
values of A?
a. 3.10 to 3.105 333. Round off: 149.691 to one decimal
b. 3.101 to 3.105 place
c. 3.101 to 3.109 a. 149.6
 b. 149.7 d. 77.46 meters
c. 148.5
d. 148.4 339. The speed of light is closest to:
a. 30x108 m/sec
334. Round off: 149.691 to the nearest b. 300x108 m/sec
integer c. 3000x108 m/sec
a. 149 d. 3x108 m/sec
b. 148
c. 147 340. When a ray of light is incident from
d. 150 a medium, such as air, to a denser
medium, like water, the refracted ray
335. Round off: 149.691 to two decimal lie _____ to the perpendicular than
places does the incident ray.
a. 149.69 a. Closer
b. 149.70 b. Farther
c. 148.69 c. Parallel
d. 148.70 d. Perpendicular

336. Which of the following is equivalent 341. In nuclear energy, the splitting apart
to the expression: of the heavy nuclei of uranium is
called
a. sin
a. Fusion
b. cos
b. Fission
c. sec c. Neutron
d. csc d. Diffusion
337. A stone is thrown outward, at an 342. A parabola which opens upward and
angle of 30 with the horizontal, into whose vertex is at the origin is defined
the river from a cliff, which is 120 by what equation?
meters above the water level at a
a.
velocity of 36 km/hr. At what height
b.
above the water level will the stone
c.
start to fall?
d.
a. 121.274 m
b. 131.274 m
343. The curve traced by a point moving
c. 141.274 m
in a plane is shown as the _____ of
d. 161.274 m
that point.
a. Parameter
338. A stone is thrown outward, at an
b. Pattern
angle of 30 with the horizontal, into
c. Locus
the river from a cliff, which is 120
d. Formula
meters above the water level at a
velocity of 36 km/hr. how far from the
344. (a-b)3 is equivalent to which of the
cliff will the stone strike the water?
following?
a. 57.46 meters
b. 47.46 meters a.
c. 67.46 meters b.
 c. d. cos(A-B)
d.
351. sinh2 x+tanh2 x= ?
345. Payment for the use of borrowed a. cosh2x-sech2x
money is called b. cosh2x+sech2 x
a. Loan c. sech2x-cosh2x
b. Maturity value d. sech2x+cosh2 x
c. Interest
d. Rate 352. If the freezing point of water is zero
deg Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit, and its
boiling point is 100 deg Celsius or 212
Fahrenheit, which relationship is
346. Area of a triangle is given by the correct?
formula a. F=9/5C+32
a. 1/2bh b. F=5/9C+32
b. bh c. C=9/5F+32
c. 1/4bh d. C=5/9F+32
d. 3/4bh

353. What is the probability of obtaining

347. Evaluate ∫ dx either four or five heads if a fair coin
a. 37.6 is tossed 10 times?
b. 47.6 a. 231/512
c. 27.6 b. 233/512
d. 57.6 c. 221/512
d. 235/512
348. In the Cartesian coordinate, the
coordinates if the vertices of a square 354. Find the volume generated by
are (1, 1), (0, 8), (4, 5), and (-3, 4). revolving the ellipse whose equation is
What is the area of the square? about the x-axis
a. 25 sq units
b. 16 sq units a. 4/3πab2
c. 32 sq units b. 2/3 πab2
d. 50 sq units c. 4/3 πba2
d. 2/3 πa2b
349. Given log2=0.30 and log3=0,477.
Find the value of log 48 355. A telephone pole 3ft high is to be
a. 1.681 guyed from its middle section with a
b. 1.683 guy wire making an angle of 45
c. 1.685 degrees with the ground. Find the total
d. 1.687 length of the guy wire if an additional
three feet is to be provided for
350. sinAcosB + sinBcosA= ? splicing. Solve by using trigonometric
a. sin(A+B) functions.
b. sin(A-B) a. 24.21 ft
c. cos(A+B) b. 34.21 ft
c. 44.21 ft
 d. 25.21 ft a.
356. A rubber ball is made to fall from a b.
height of 50 feet and is observed to
c.
rebound 2/3 of the distance it falls.
How far will the ball travel before d.
coming to rest if the ball continues to
fall in this manner?
a. 200 m 360. Reduce the following complex
b. 225 m fraction into simple fractions
c. 250 m
d. 300 m a. –

357. The slope of a family of curves at b. +

any point (x, y) is equal to 3x4-x2. c. –
Find the equation of the curve that is
passing through point (1, 1). d. +

a. ( ) ( )
361. A missile with a mass of 2200
b. ( ) ( ) kilograms was fired the rocket burns
for a short period of time causing a
c. ( ) ( ) constant force of 100 000 N to be
exerted on the missile for 10 seconds.
d. ( ) ( ) After the 10 second period, what is the
final velocity, v in m/sec of the
missile?
a. 365.45 m/sec
b. 352.45 m/sec
c. 356.45 m/sec
d. 256.45 m/sec

358. The slope of a family of curves at
any point (x, y) is equal to (x+1)(x+2).
Find the equation of the curve that is
passing through the point (-3, -3/2)
a.
b.
c.
d.
359. Reduce the following complex
fraction into simple functions
362. A missile with a mass of 2200
kilograms was fired the rocket burns
for a short period of time causing a
constant force of 100 000 N to be
exerted on the missile for 10 seconds.
After the 10 second period, what is the
acceleration of the missile in m/s2 ?
a. 35.64
b. 33.64
c. 30.64
d. 39.64
363. A consortium of international c.
telecommunication companies
contracted for the purchase and d.
installation of a fiber optic cable
linking two major Asian cities at a
366. Find the value of y’ at x=1 of the
total cost of US$ 960M. This amount
includes freight and installation equation
charges that are estimated at 10% of a. 21
the above total price, if the cable shall b. -21
be depreciated over a period of 15 c. 12
years with zero salvage value, what is d. -12
the depreciation charge during the 8th
year using the sum of the year’s digit 367. An equipment can be purchased by
method? paying P100 000 down payment and
a. $64 M 24 equal monthly installments of P10
b. $74 M 000 with 6% interest compounded
c. $84 M monthly? Find the cash value of the
d. $54 M equipment given the following:
present value of an annuity where
364. A consortium of international n=24 at 0.5% interest, PV
telecommunication companies factor=22.563
contracted for the purchase and a. P235630
installation of a fiber optic cable b. P352630
linking two major Asian cities at a c. P325630
total cost of US$ 960M. This amount d. P253630
includes freight and installation 368. Simplify the following expression:
charges that are estimated at 10% of
the above total price, if the cable shall
be depreciated over a period of 15 a.
years with zero salvage value. Given
the sinking fund deposit factor of b.
0.0430 at 6% interest where n=15, c.
what is the annual depreciation
charge? d.
a. $43.28M
b. $42.28M 369. Solve for the values of a in the
c. $44.28M equation a8-17a4+16=0
d. $41.28M a.
b.
365. Find the derivative of y with respect c.
to x in the following equations d. All of the choices

370. Log(MN) is equal to

a. a. logM-N
( )
b. log M+N
b. c. nlogM
 d. logM+logN
e. NMlog10
371. Snell’s law on light incidence and
refraction gives us the following
equation: n1sinθ1=n2sinθ2 where n1
and n2 denote the indexes on
refraction θ1 and θ2 are the angle of
incidence and refraction, respectively
through the first and second medium.
If light beamed at an angle of 30
degrees with the vertical is made pass
from air to a transparent glass with an
index of refraction equal to 1.25, what
is the angle of refraction in the glass?
a. θ=33.6˚
b. θ=43.6˚
c. θ=53.6˚
d. θ=23.6˚
372. If , y’=?
a.
b.
signal. The signal is received at station
B, from where it is retransmitted to
station C. The probability that the
signal being sent from A is receives
correctly at B is 0.98, while the
probability that the signal being
received correctly at C is 0.965. What
is the probability that when a dot
signal is transmitted from A, a dot
signal is also received at C?(Express
your answer up o four decimal places)
a. 0.9557
b. 0.9457
c. 0.4957
d. 0.5947
376. In the figure shown, ABCD is a
square and BEC is an equilateral A
triangle. Find angle AED.
a. 75˚
b. 150˚
c. 120˚
d. 140˚
D

c. - eeeee
d.

373. Sin215˚+sin275˚ B B C
a. 1
b. 2 377. Solve for the radius of the circle
c. 3 shown. Large circle r=4m, small circle
d. 4 r=radius=?

374. In the ECE board examinations, the

probability that an examinee pass in
each subject is 0.8. What is the 4-r
probability that he will pass in at least
45˚
2 subjects?
a. 0.896
b. 0.986 4+r
c. 0.689
d. 0.869

375. A Morse code transmitter at station

A sending out either a dot or dash
 a. 0.686 m 383. Obtain the differential equation
b. 0.688 m of all straight lines at a fixed distance
c. 0.866 m from the origin.
d. 0.868 m a. [ ]
b. [ ]
c. . [ ]
378. Differentiate the equation d. [ ]

384. Determine the differential

a. equation of the family of lines passing
through the origin.
b. a.
c. b.
d. 1 c.
d.
379. Give the slope of the curve at 385. Obtain the differential equation
point (1, 1) of all circles with center on line
a. 1/4 and passing through the origin.
b. -1/4 a.
c. 4
d. -1/3 b.

380. Evaluate b in the following c.

equation logb 1024=5/2
a. 2560 d. ( )
b. 2 ( )
c. 4
d. 16 386. Obtain the differential equation
of all parabolas with axis parallel to the
-axis.
a.
381. Obtain the differential equation b.
of the family of straight lines with slope c.
and -intercept equal. d.
a.
b. 387. What is the differential
c. equation of the family of parabolas
d. having their vertices at the origin and
their foci on the -axis.
382. Obtain the differential equation a.
of all straight lines with algebraic sum b.
of the intercepts fixed as . c.
a. d.
b.
c. 388. Obtain the particular solution of
d. / when , .
a.
 b. a.
c. b.
c.
d.
d.
389. Obtain the general solution of
395. Solve the equation
the differential equation
.
a.
a.
b.
c. b.
d. c.
d.
390. Obtain the general solution of
. 396. Solve
.
a. ( )
b. a.
c. b.
d.
c.
391. Solve the equation
d.
.
a. 397. Solve the equation
b. .
c. a.
d. b.
c.
d.

398. Solve the equation

.
392. Obtain the particular solution of a. | |
; when , b. | |
. c. | |
a. d. | |
b.
c.
d.

393. Solve the equation

.
399. Solve the equation
a.
b. .
c. a.
d. b.
c.
394. Solve the equation d.
.
400. Solve the equation <MATHEMATICS>
.
a. <DIEGO INOCENCIO TAPANG
b. GILLESANIA>
c.
d.

ENCODED BY: BORBON, MARK

ADRIAN C.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IN

401. Evaluate . B. 0

A. 0 C. e

B. 1 D. infinity

C. 2 406. Evaluate the limit: .

D. 3 A. 1

402. Simplify the expression: B. indefinite

. C. 0
A. 1 D. 2
B. 8 407. Evaluate: .
C. 0
A. 0
D. 16
B. ½
403. Evaluate the following limit,
C. 2
.
D. -1/2
A. 2/5
408. Evaluate the following:
B. infinity .
C. 0 A. infinity
D. 5/2
B.
404. Evaluate the limit /( C. 0
.
D.
A. 0
409. Find / if .
B. undefined
A.
C. 1/7
B.
D. infinity
C.
405. Evaluate the limit / as x
approaches positive infinity. D.
A. 1
410. Find / if √ . D.
/
A. √ / √
414. If is a simple constant, what is the
B. √ /√ derivative of ?

C. / √ A.

D. √ √ B.

411. Find / if and C.

. D.
A. 415. Find the derivative of the function
B. with respect to x.

C. A.

D. B.

412. Evaluate the first derivative of the C.

implicit function: . D.

A. 416. What is the first derivative / of

the expression ?
B. -
A. - /

C. B. 0

C. - /
D. -
D. /
413. Find the derivative of /
with respect to x. 417. Find the derivative of / .

A. A.
/

B. B.
/
C.
C.
/ D.
418. Given the equation: , B.
find .
C.
A.
D.
B. /
423. If , what is / ?
C.
A.
D.
B. -
419. Find the derivatives with respect to x
C.
of the function √ .
D. -
A. - /√
424. Find / : .
B. - /√
A.
C. - /√
B. /x
D. - /√
C.
420. Differentiate to the ½
D. /
power.
425. The derivative of is:
A. -
A.
B.
B. -
C.
C. -
D.
D.
421. Find / if √ .
426. A function is given below, what x
A. √ /
value maximizes ?
B. x/

C. 1/2x
A. 2.23
D. 2/x
B. -1
422. Evaluate the differential of .
C. 5
A.
D. 1
427. The number of newspaper copies 430. If to the 3rd power - . Find
distributed is given by the maximum value of .
, where is in years.
A. 0
Find the minimum number of copies
distributed from 1995 to 2002. B. -1
A. 9850 C. 1
B. 9800 D. 2
C. 10200 431. Divide 120 into two parts so that the
D. 7500 product of one and the square of the
other is maximum. Find the
428. Given the following profit-versus- numbers.
production function for a certain
A. 60 & 60
commodity:
B. 100 & 120
( )
C. 70 & 50
Where P is the profit and x is the unit D. 80 & 40
of production. Determine the
maximum profit. 432. If the sum of two numbers is , find
the minimum value of the sum of
A. 190000 their squares.
B. 200000 A. ⁄
C. 250000 B. ⁄
D. 550000 C. ⁄
429. The cost C of a product is a function ⁄
D.
of the quantity of the product given
by the relation: 433. A certain travel agency offered a tour
. Find the quantity for that will cost each person P 1500.00
which the cost is a minimum. if not more than 150 persons will
join, however the cost per person
A. 3000 will be reduced by P 5.00 per person
B. 2000 in excess of 150. How many persons
will make the profit a maximum?
C. 1000
A. 75
D. 1500
B. 150
 C. 225 C. 5.127

D. 250 D. 6.445

434. Two cities and are 8 km and 12
km, respectively, north of a river
which runs due east. City being 15
km east of . A pumping station is to
be constructed (along the river) to
supply water for the two cities.
Where should the station be located
so that the amount of pipe is a
minimum?
A. 3 km east of
B. 4 km east of
C. 9 km east of
D. 6 km east of
435. A boatman is at , which is 4.5 km
from the nearest point on a straight
shore . He wishes to reach, in
minimum time, a point situated on
the shore 9 km from . How far
from should he land if he can row
at the rate of 6 kph and walk at the
rate of 7.5 kph?
A. 1 km
B. 3 km
C. 5 km
437. A statue 3 m high is standing on a
base 4 m high. If an observer’s eye is
1.5 m above the ground, how far
should he stand from the base in
order that the angle subtended by the
statue is a maximum?
A. 3.41 m
B. 3.51 m
C. 3.71 m
D. 4.41 m
438. An iron bar 20 m long is bent to
form a closed plane area. What is the
largest area possible?
A. 21.56 square meter
B. 25.68 square meter
C. 28.56 square meter
D. 31.83 square meter
439. A Norman window is in the shape of
a rectangle surmounted by a semi-
circle. What is the ratio of the width
of the rectangle to the total height so
that it will yield a window admitting
the most light for a given perimeter?

D. 8 km A. 1

436. The shortest distance from the point B. 2/3

(5,10) to the curve is:
C. 1/3
A. 4.331
D. ½
B. 3.474
440. A rectangular field is to be fenced capacity of 16823cc. Find the height
into four equal parts. What is the size of the box to use the least amount of
of the largest field that can be fenced material.
this way with a fencing length of
1500 feet if the division is to be A. 16.14 cm
parallel to one side? B. 32.28 cm
A. 65,200 C. 18.41 cm
B. 62,500 D. 28.74 cm
C. 64,500 444. The altitude of a cylinder of
D. 63,500 maximum volume that can be
inscribed in a right circular cone of
441. Three sides of a trapezoid are each 8 radius and height is:
cm long. How long is the 4th side,
when the area of the trapezoid has A. ⁄
the greatest value? B. ⁄
A. 16 cm C. ⁄
B. 15 cm D. ⁄
C. 12 cm 445. What is the least amount of tin in
D. 10 cm sheet, in sq. inches, that can be made
into a closed cylindrical can having a
442. An open top rectangular tank with volume of 108 cu. inches?
square bases is to have a volume of
10 cubic meters. The material for its A. 125 square meter
bottom cost P150.00 per square B. 137 square meter
meter, and that for the sides is
P60.00 per square meter. The most C. 150 square meter
economical height is:
D. 120 square meter
A. 2 meters
446. The volume of the closed cylindrical
B. 2.5 meters tank is 11.3 cubic meter. If the total
surface area is a minimum, what is
C. 3 meters its base radius, in m?
D. 3.5 meters A. 1.44
443. A rectangular box having a square B. 1.88
base and open top is to have a
 C. 1.22 C. 18.56 m

D. 1.66 D. 17.89 m

447. A cylindrical steam boiler is to be 450. As increases uniformly at the rate

constructed having a capacity of
1000 cu. m. The material for the
sides cost P 2000.00 per square
meter and for the ends P 3000.00 per
square meter. Find the radius so that
the cost is least.
of 0.002 feet per second, at what rate
is the expression (1+ ) to the 3rd
power increasing when becomes 8
feet?
A. 430 cfs

A. 3.52 m B. 0.300 cfs

B. 4.12 m C. 0.486 cfs

C. 4.73 m D. 0.346 cfs

D. 5.25 m 451. Integrate:

448. A box is to be constructed from a A.

piece of zinc 20 inches square by
cutting equal squares from each B.
corner and turning up the zinc to
form the side. What is the volume of
C.
the largest box that can be so
constructed?
D.
A. 599.95 cubic inches
452. Evaluate ∫
B. 579.50 cubic inches
A.
C. 592.59 cubic inches

D. 622.49 cubic inches B.

449. A load of 40kN is to be raised by C.

means of a lever weighing 250N/m,
which is supported at one end. If the D.
load is placed 1 m from the support,
how long should the lever be so that 453. Evaluate the integral of .
the force required be a minimum?
A.
A. 13.43 m
B.
B. 20.19 m
 C. 458. Evaluate ∫ .

D. A.

454. What is the integral of B.

?
C.
A. -
D. √
B.
459. Evaluate ∫ .
C.
A.
D. -
B.
455. The integral of with respect to
C. ½
;∫ is:
D. ½
A.

B. 460. Evaluate ∫ .

C. A. ½

D. - B.

456. Integrate . C. ½

A. ⁄ D. arctan

B. 461. Evaluate ∫ .
√

C. ⁄ A. arcsec

D. ⁄ B. [ ]

457. Evaluate ∫ . C. √

A. D. arcsin

B. 462. Evaluate ∫ .

C. ½ A.
D.
B.
 C. 467. Evaluate ∫ .

A. √
D.
B.
463. Evaluate ∫ .
C. √
A. ½
D.
B.
468. Integrate the square root of
C. .

D. A. √

464. Evaluate ∫ . B. - √

A. C. -

B. D. - √

C. 469. Evaluate the integral of

with limits from 0 to .
D.
A. 0.143
465. Evaluate the integral of .
B. 0.258
A. -
C. 0.114

B. - D. 0.186

470. Evaluate the integral of

C.
with limits from 5 to 6.
D. - A. 81/182

466. Evaluate ∫ . B. 82/182

A. C. 83/182

D. 84/182
B. -
471. Evaluate the integral of if it
C. -
has an upper limit of 1 and a lower limit of
D. 0.
 A. 0.022 B. 0.3068

B. 0.056 C. 0.6107

C. 0.043 D. 0.4105

D. 0.031 476. Find the area under the curve

and the x-axis between
472. Find the integral of
and .
if lower limit = 0 and
upper limit = . A. 28 sq. units

A. 0.2 B. 46 sq. units

B. 0.8 C. 36 sq. units

C. 0.6 D. 54 sq. units

D. 0.4 477. Find the area bounded by

, the lines and ,
473. Using lower limit = 0 and upper limit
and the X-axis.
= , what is the integral of ?
A. 19.456 sq. units
A. 6.783
B. 20.567 sq. units
B. 6.857
C. 22.567 sq. units
C. 6.648
D. 21.478 sq. units
D. 6.539
478. Find the area of the region bounded
474. Evaluate the integral of
by the curves , the -axis, ,
using lower limit of 0 and
upper limit = . and .

A. 2.0 A.

B. 1.7 B.

C. 1.4 C.

D. 2.3 D.

475. Evaluate the integral of 479. Find the area bounded by the -axis
using lower limit = 0 and and .
upper limit = .
A. 25.6
A. 0.5046
 B. 28.1 D.

C. 12.8 484. Find the curved surface (area) of the

solid generated by revolving the part
D. 56.2
of the curve from to
480. Find the area of the region bounded √ about the -axis.
by one loop of the curve .
A. 62 sq. units
A. sq. units
B. 62 /3 sq. units
B. sq. units
C. 62 /5 sq. units
C. sq. units
D. 5/62 sq. units
D. sq. units
485. Find the volume generated by
481. Find the area bounded by the curve rotating the region bounded by
, , and , about
the -axis.
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
482. What is the area within the curve
? 486. The area bounded by the curve
and the line is
A. 26 revolved about the line . What
is the volume generated?
B. 28
A. 186
C. 30
B. 179
D. 32
C. 181
483. Find the area enclosed by
D. 184
A. 487. Given is the area in the first quadrant
bounded by , the line
B.
and the -axis. What is the volume
C. generated by revolving this area
about the y-axis?
 A. 50.26 491. The area in the first quardrant,
bounded by the curve , the
B. 52.26
-axis and the line is
C. 53.26 revolved about the line . Find
the centroid of the solid formed.
D. 51.26
A. (2.2,6)
488. Given is the area in the first quadrant
bounded by , the line B. (1.6,6)
and the -axis. What is
C. (1.8,6)
the volume generated when this area
is resolved about the line ? D. (2.0,6)

A. 28.41 492. A solid is formed by revolving about

the -axis, the area bounded by the
B. 26.81
curve , the -axis, and the
C. 27.32 line . Find its centroid.

D. 25.83 A. (0,9.6)

489. Find the length of the arc of B. (0,12.4)

from - to - , in the
C. (0,8.3)
second quadrant.
D. (0,12.8)
A. 2.24
493. A solid is formed by revolving about
B. 2.61
the -axis, the area bounded by the
C. 2.75 curve , the -axis, and the
line . Find its centroid.
D. 2.07
A. (0,4.75)
490. How far from the -axis is the
centroid of the area bounded by the B. (0,4.5)
curve , the line , and the
C. (0,5.25)
-axis.
D. (0,5)
A. 1.2
494. Find the moment of inertia of the
B. 1.4
area bounded by the parabola
C. 1.6 , -axis and the line ,
with respect to the -axis.
D. 1.8
A. 1.067
 B. 1.244 C. 54,448 ft-lb

C. 0.968 D. 56,305 ft-lb

D. 0.878 498. A 60-m cable that weighs 4 kg/m has

a 500-kg weight attached at the end.
495. Find the work done in stretching a
How much work is done in winding
spring of natural length 8 cm from
up the last 20m of the cable?
10 cm to 13 cm. Assume a force of 6
N is needed to hold it at a length of A. 9,866 kg-m
11 cm.
B. 10,800 kg-m
A. 21 N-m
C. 12,500 kg-m
B. 2.1 N-m
D. 15,456 kg-m
C. 0.21 N-m
499. A uniform chain that weighs 0.50 kg
D. 0.021 N-m per meter has a leaky 15-liter bucket
attached to it. If the bucket is full of
496. A conical tank that is 5 meters high
liquid when 30 meters of chain is out
has a radius of 2 meters, and is filled
and half-full when no chain is out,
with a liquid that weighs 800 kg per
how much work is done in winding
cubic meter. How much work is
the chain? Assume that the liquid
done in discharging all the liquid at a
leaks out at a uniform rate and
point 3 meters above the top of the
weighs 1 kg per liter.
tank?
A. 356.2 kg-m
A. 21,256 kg-m
B. 458.2 kg-m
B. 21,896 kg-m
C. 562.5 kg-m
C. 23,457 kg-m
D. 689.3 kg-m
D. 22,667 kg-m
500. The velocity of a body is given by
497. How much work is required to pump , where the velocity
all the water from a right circular is given in meters per second and is
cylindrical tank, that is 8 feet in given in seconds. The distance
diameter and 9 feet tall, if it is covered in meters between
emptied at a point 1 foot above the
and second is close to:
top of the tank?
A. 2
A. 49,421 ft-lb
B. -5
B. 52,316 ft-lb
 C. 5 D. a fuzzy set

D. -2 505. Which of the following is not a

property of probability:
501. If equals are added to equals, the
sum is equal. A. If events and are mutually
exclusive, then the probability that
A. theorem both events can happen is zero.
B. postulate
B. The probability that an event can
C. axiom happen is always positive and is less
than one or equal to one.
D. corollary
C. If is an event which cannot
502. Any number multiplied by ________ occur in the sample space, the
equally unity. probability of is zero.
A. infinity D. If events & are mutually
exclusive, then
B. itself

C. its reciprocal
506. An angle greater that a straight angle
D. zero and less than two straight angles is
called:
503. If every element of a column (or
row) of a square matrix is multiplied A. right angle
by m, the determinant of the matrix
B. obtuse angle
will be:
C. reflex angle
A. unchanged
D. acute angle
B. multiplied by m
507. A line segment joining two point in a
C. it depends
circle is called:
D. none of these
A. arc
504. In probability theory, the set of
B. tangent
possible outcomes of an experiment
is termed as: C. sector
A. a sample space D. chord
B. a set of random events 508. All circles having the same center
but with unequal radii are called:
C. a set of random variables
 A. encircle C. pentedecagon

B. tangent circles D. nonagon

C. concyclic 513. A rectangle with equal sides is

called:
D. concentric circles
A. rhombus
509. A triangle having three sides equal is
called: B. trapezoid

A. equilateral triangle C. square

B. scalene triangle D. parallelogram

C. isosceles triangle 514. The sum of the sides of a polygon is

termed as:
510. In a regular polygon, the
perpendicular line drawn from the A. circumference
center of the inscribed circle to any
B. altitude
of the sides is called:
C. apothem
A. radius

B. altitude D. perimeter

C. median 515. A line that meets a plane but not

perpendicular to it, in relation to the
D. apothem plane, is:

511. A quadrilateral with two and only A. parallel

two sides of which are parallel, is
B. collinear
called:

A. parallelogram C. coplanar

D. oblique
B. trapezoid

C. quadrilateral 516. A quadrilateral whose opposite sides

are equal is generally termed as:
D. rhombus
A. a square
512. A polygon with fifteen sides is
called: B. a rectangle

C. a rhombus
A. dodecagon

B. decagon D. a parallelogram
517. A part of a line included between B. vertical angles
two points on the line is called:
C. horizontal angle
A. a tangent
D. inscribed angle
B. a secant
522. A normal to a given plane is:
C. a sector
A. perpendicular to the plane
D. a segment
B. lying on the plane
518. The section of the sphere cut by a
plane through its center is termed as: C. parallel to the plane

A. small circle D. oblique to the plane

B. incircle 523. The chord passing through the focus

of the parabola and perpendicular to
C. big circle its axis is termed as:

D. great circle A. directrix

519. Line that pass through a common B. translated axis

point are called:
C. latus rectum
A. collinear
D. axis
B. coplanar
524. The locus of the point which move
C. concurrent so the sum of its distances between
two fixed points is known as:
D. congruent
A. a parabola
520. Point which lie on the same plane,
are called: B. a circle

A. collinear C. an ellipse

B. coplanar D. a hyperbola

C. concurrent 525. A tangent to a conic is a line

D. congruent A. which is parallel to the normal

521. In two intersecting lines, the angles B. which touches the conic at only
opposite to each other are termed as: one point

A. opposite angles C. which passes inside the conic

 D. all of the above D. axis

526. The locus of a point that move so 530. The rectangular coordinate system in
that its distance from a fixed point space is divided into eight
and a fixed line is always equal, is compartments, which are known as:
known as:
A. quadrants
A. a parabola
B. octants
B. a circle
C. axis
C. an ellipse
D. coordinates
D. a hyperbola
531. A conic section whose eccentricity is
527. The locus of a point, which moves so less than one (1) is known as;
that it is always equidistant from a
fixed point, is known as: A. a parabola

A. a parabola B. a circle

C. an ellipse
B. a circle
D. a hyperbola
C. an ellipse

D. a hyperbola 532. A conic section whose eccentricity is

equal to one (1) is known as:
528. In polar coordinate system, the polar
angle is positive when: A. a parabola

A. measured clockwise B. a circle

C. an ellipse
B. measured counterclockwise
D. a hyperbola
C. measured at the terminal side of
533. In polar coordinate system, the
D. none of these
distance from a point to the pole is
529. The plane rectangular coordinate known as:
system is divided into four parts
A. polar angle
which are known as:

A. coordinates B. -coordinate

B. octants C. radius vector

C. quadrants D. -coorcinate
534. The curve represented by the 538. A polygon is _____ if no side, when
equation is: extended, will pass through the
interior of the polygon.
A. a parabola
A. convex
B. a line
B. equilateral
C. an ellipse
C. isopometric
D. a circle
D. congruent
535. When two lines are perpendicular,
the slope of one is: 539. Which of the following statements is
correct?
A. equal to the other
A. all equilateral triangles are
B. equal to the negative of the other similar
C. equal to the reciprocal of the other B. all right-angled triangles are
D. equal to the negative reciprocal similar
of the other C. all isosceles triangle are similar
536. The axis of the hyperbola, which is D. all rectangles are similar
parallel to its directrices, is known
as: 540. The volume of any solid of
revolution is equal to the generating
A. conjugate axis area times the circumference of the
B. transverse axis circle described by the centroid of
the area. This is commonly known
C. major axis as:

D. minor axis A. First proposition of Pappus

537. The axis of the hyperbola through B. Second proposition of Pappus

the foci is known as:
C. Cavalier’s Principle
A. conjugate axis
D. Simpson’s Rule
B. transverse axis
541. If the product of the slopes of any
C. major axis two straight lines is negative 1, one
of these lines are said to be:
D. minor axis
A. parallel

B. skew
 C. perpendicular A. orthocenter

D. non-intersecting B. circumcenter

542. When two planes intersect with each C. centroid

other, the amount of divergence
D. incenter
between the two planes is expressed
to be measuring the: 546. The angular bisector of the sides of a
triangle intersects at the point which
A. dihedral angle
is known as:
B. plane angle
A. orthocenter
C. polyhedral angle
B. circumcenter
D. reflex angle
C. centroid
543. The angle which the line of sight to
the object, makes with the D. incenter
horizontal, which is above the eye of 547. The arc length equal to the radius of
the observer is called: the circle is called:
A. angle of depression A. 1 radian
B. angle of elevation B. 1 quarter circle
C. acute angle C. radian
D. bearing D. 1 grad
544. The median of a triangle is the line 548. A five pointed star is also known as:
connecting a vertex and the midpoint
of the opposite side. For a given A. pentagon
triangle, these medians intersect at a
B. pentatron
point which is called the:
C. pentagram
A. orthocenter
D. quintagon
B. incenter
549. The area bounded by two concentric
C. circumcenter
circles is called:
D. centroid
A. ring
545. The altitudes of the side of a triangle
B. disk
intersect at the point known as:
C. annulus
 D. sector 554. Prisms are classified according to
their _____.
550. The line passing through the focus
and perpendicular to the directrix of A. diagonals
a parabola is called:
B. sides
A. latus rectum
C. vertices
B. axis of parabola
D. bases
C. tangent line
555. It is a polyhedron of which two faces
D. secant line are equal polygons in parallel planes
and the other faces are
551. The altitudes of the sides of a parallelograms
triangle intersect at the point known
as: A. tetrahedron

A. orthocenter B. prism

B. circumcenter C. frustum

C. centroid D. prismatoid

D. incenter 556. In Plain Geometry, two circular arcs

that together make up a full circle are
552. The length of time during which the called:
property may be operated at a profit
is called: A. coterminal arcs

A. life B. conjugate arcs

B. length of time C. half arcs

C. physical life D. congruent arcs

D. economic life 557. It represents the distance of a point

from the -axis.
553. What is the graph of the equation
? A. ordinate

A. circle B. coordinate

B. ellipse C. abscissa

C. parabola D. polar distance

D. hyperbola
558. Polygons are classified according to A. Cissoid of circles
the number of:
B. Folium of Descartes
A. vertices
C. Epicycloid
B. sides
D. Cardioid
C. diagonals
563. It is the surface generated by moving
D. angles a straight line (called the generator)
which is always parallel to a fixed
559. In a conic section, if the eccentricity line and which always intersect a
> 1, the locus is; fixed plane curve (called the
A. an ellipse directrix) is:

B. a hyperbola A. cylindrical surface

C. a parabola B. locus of a point

D. a circle C. spherical surface

560. The family of curves which intersect D. paraboloid

a given family of curves at an angle 564. How many faces have an
less than 90° are called: icosahedron?
A. orthogonal trajectories A. 16
B. intersecting curves B. 18
C. isogonal trajectories C. 20
D. acute angle D. 22
561. A line perpendicular to the -axis 565. Each of the faces of a regular
has a slope of: hexahedron is a:
A. zero A. square
B. unity B. triangle
C. infinity C. hexagon
D. none of these D. circle
562. The locus of points generated when a 566. An arc length, which is equal to the
circle is made to roll externally along radius of the circle, is called:
the circumference of another circle.
 A. 1 degree 570. In finding the distance between two
points and , the
B. 2 radians most direct procedure is to use:
C. 1 radian A. the law of cosines
D. 1 radians B. the slope of the line
567. Polygons with all interior angles less C. the translation of axes
than 180° are called:
D. the Pythagorean Theorem
A. concave polygon
571. In finding the distance between two
B. convex polygon points and , the
C. acute polygon most direct procedure is to use:

D. supplemental polygon A. the law of cosines

568. To cut a right circular cone in order
to reveal a parabola, it must be cut
A. perpendicular to the axis of
symmetry
B. at any acute angle to the axis of
symmetry
C. parallel to an element of a cone
and intersecting the axis of
symmetry
D. parallel to the axis of symmetry
569. To find the angles of a triangle,
given only the lengths of the sides,
one would use
A. the law of cosines
B. the slope of the line
C. the translation of axes
D. the Pythagorean Theorem
572. The area of a region bounded by two
concentric circles is called:
A. washer
B. ring
C. annulus
D. circular disk
573. It can be defined as the set of all
points in the plane the sum of whose
distance from two fixed points is a
constant.

B. the law of tangents A. circle

C. the law of sines B. ellipse

D. the inverse square law C. hyperbola

D. parabola
574. If the equation is unchanged by the circular motion about an axis, while
substitution of – for , its curve is travelling at a constant speed, ,
symmetric with respect to the: parallel to the axis?

A. -axis A. helix

B. -axis B. spiral of Archimedes

C. origin C. hypocycloid

D. line 45° with the axis D. cycloid

575. A line which is perpendicular to the 579. An angle more than radian but less
-axis has a slope equal to: than radians is:

A. zero A. straight angle

B. either B. obtuse angle

C. one C. related angle

D. infinity D. reflex angle

576. In an ellipse, a chord which contains 580. The sum of the sides of a polygon:
a focus and is in a line perpendicular
A. perimeter
to the major axis is a:
B. square
A. latus rectum
C. hexagon
B. minor
D. circumference
C. focal width
581. A plane closed curve, all points of
D. conjugate axis
which are the same distance from a
577. In general triangles the expression point within, called the center:
/ / / is called:
A. arc
A. Euler’s formula
B. circle
B. law of cosines
C. radius
C. law of sines
D. chord
D. Pythagorean theorem
582. One-fourth of a great circle:
578. What type of curve is generated by a
A. cone
point which moves in uniform
 B. quadrant 587. The point on the curve where the first
derivative of a function is zero and the
C. circle second derivative is positive is called:

D. sphere A. maxima

583. Points that lie in the same plane: B. minima

A. coplanar C. point of inflection

B. oblique D. point of intersection

C. collinear 588. At the minimum point, the slope of the

tangent line is:
D. parallel
A. negative
584. The study of the property of figures
B. infinity
of three dimensions;
C. positive
A. physics
D. zero
B. plane geometry
589. At the point of inflection where ,
C. solid geometry
A. is not equal to zero
D. trigonometry
B.
585. The volume of a circular cylinder is
equal to the product of its base and C.
altitude. D.
A. postulate 590. Point of the derivatives, which do not
exist ( and so equals zero) is called:
B. theorem
A. stationary point
C. corollary
B. maximum points
D. axiom
C. maximum and minimum point
586. A point on the curve where the second
derivative of a function is equal to zero is called: D. minimum point

A. maxima 591. If the second derivative of the equation

of a curve is equal to the negative of the
B. minima equation of that same curve, the curve
is:
C. point of inflection
A. a cissoid
D. point of intersection
B. a paraboloid

C. a sinusoid

D. an exponential

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592. It is defined as the motion of a rigid 596. The study of motion without
body in which a straight line passing reference to the forces which causes
through any two of its particles motion is known as:
always remains parallel to its initial
position. A. kinetics

B. dynamics
A. translation

B. rotation C. statics

C. plane motion D. kinematics

D. kinetics 597. A branch of physical science that

deals with state of rest or motion of
593. Which of the following is not a bodies under the action of forces is
vector quantity? known as:

A. mass A. mechanics

B. torque B. kinetics

C. displacement C. kinematics

D. velocity D. statics

594. The product of force and the time 598. In physics, work is defined in terms
during which it acts is known as: of the force acting through a
distance. The rate at which the work
A. impulse is done is called:
B. momentum A. force
C. work B. energy
D. impact C. power
595. The property of the body which D. momentum
measures its resistance to changes in
motion. 599. The point through which the
resultant of the disturbed gravity
A. acceleration force passes regardless of the
B. weight orientation of the body in space is
called:
C. mass
A. center of inertia
D. rigidity
B. center of gravity
 C. center of attraction B. the density of ivory soap is unity

D. moment of inertia C. the specific gravity of ivory soap

is greater than that of water
600. The specific gravity of the substance
is the ratio of the density of the D. the specific gravity of ivory
substance to the density of water. soap is less than that of water
Another term for specific gravity is:
604. One (1) gram of ice at 0°C is placed
A. specific weight on a container containing 2,000,000
cu. m. of water at 0°C. Assuming no
B. unit weight heat loss, what will happen?
C. relative density A. ice will become water
D. density
B. some part of the ice will not
601. The momentum of a moving object change
is the product of its mass ( ) and C. the volume of the ice will not
velocity ( ). Newton’s Second Law change
of Motion says that the rate of
change of momentum with respect to D. all of the above
time is:
605. When two waves of the same
A. power frequency, speed and amplitude
travelling in opposite directions
B. energy superimposed,
C. momentum A. destructive interference always
D. force results

602. The acceleration due to gravity in the B. constructive interference always

English System or ft/s2 is: results

A. 20.2 C. standing waves are produced

B. 32.2 D. the phase difference is always

zero
C. 15.2
606. Any two points along a steamline in
D. 62.4 an ideal fluid in steady flow, the sum
of the pressure, the potential energy
603. Ivory soap floats in water because:
per unit volume, and the kinetic
A. all matter has mass energy per unit volume has the same
value. This concept is known as the:
 A. Pascal’s theorem D. maximum at the free end

B. Bernoulli’s energy theorem 610. What is the name of the vector that
represents the sum of two vectors?
C. Fluid theory
A. scalar
D. Hydraulic theorem
B. tangent
607. Whenever a net force acts on a body,
it produces an acceleration in the C. tensor
direction of the resultant force, an
D. resultant
acceleration which is directly
proportional to the resultant force 611. The loss of weight of a body
and inversely proportional to the submerged in a fluid is:
mass of the body. This theory is
popularly known as: A. proportional to the weight of the
body
A. Newton’s first law of motion
B. proportional to the depth of
B. Newton’s second law of motion submergence
C. Faraday’s law of forces C. equal to the weight of the fluid
D. Hooke’s law of equilibrium displaced

D. independent of the volume of the

608. Kinematic viscosity in SI derived
unit is described as: body

A. watt per meter Kelvin
B. sq. m. per second
C. Pascal-second
D. Newton per meter
609. In a cantilever beam with a
concentrated load at the free end, the
moment is:
A. constant along the beam
B. maximum at the wall
C. ¼ maximum halfway out on the
beam
612. A leak from a faucet comes out in
separate drops. Which of the
following is the main cause of this
phenomenon?
A. gravity
B. air resistance
C. viscosity of the fluid
D. surface tension
613. Inelastic collision in which the total
kinetic energy after collision is
_____ before collision.
A. equal to zero
 B. equal B. one inch

C. less than C. one meter

D. greater than D. one foot

614. The property by virtue of which a 617. Kinetic energy equals:

body tends to return to its original
size or shape after a deformation and A. ½ velocity
when the deforming forces have B. mass velocity
been removed.
C. mass acceleration
A. elasticity
D. ½ mass velocity2
B. malleability
618. In an ideal gas where = pressure,
C. ductility
= volume, and = absolute
D. plasticity temperature in degrees Kelvin,
which of the following is constant?
615. A flowerpot falls off the edge of a
fifth-floor window. Just as it passes A.
the third-floor window someone
B.
accidentally drops a glass of water
from the window. Which of the C.
following is true?
D.
A. The flowerpot hits the ground at
the same time as the glass. 619. The path of the projectile is:

B. The glass hits the ground before A. a parabola

the flowerpot. B. an ellipse
C. The flowerpot hits the ground C. a part of a circle
first and with a higher speed than
the glass. D. a hyperbola

D. The flowerpot and the glass hit
the ground at the same instant.
616. One Joule of work is done by a force
of one Newton acting through a
distance of:
620. One mole of gas at standard
temperature and pressure (STP)
conditions occupies a volume equal
to:
A. 22.4 liters

A. one centimeter B. 9.81 liters

 C. 332 liters
D. 2274.5 liters
621. “Equal volume of all gases under the
same conditions of temperature and
pressure contain the same number of
molecules”. This hypothesis is
popularly known as:
A. Dalton’s hypothesis
B. Avogadro’s hypothesis
C. Debye-Sear’s hypothesis
D. Compton’s hypothesis
622. The ratio of the uniform triaxial
stresses, to the change in volume at
equal stress in all directions is:
A. modulus of flexure
B. modulus of rapture
C. bulk modulus of elasticity
D. coefficient of restitution
623. According to the laws of Johannes
Kepler, “The orbit of satellite is an
ellipse, the radius vector sweeps
equal areas in equal intervals of time
and the square of the periods of
revolution with respect to both the
satellite and planet is proportional to
the cubes of their mean distance
from each other.” The shape of the
ellipse depends upon its:
A. eccentricity
B. lengths of latera recta
C. apogee and perigee
D. ascending and descending nodes
624. This implies the resistance to shock
or difficulty of breaking and express
the work per unit volume required to
fracture a material.
A. toughness
B. malleability
C. hardness
D. ductility
625. The reciprocal of bulk modulus of
elasticity of any fluid is called:
A. compressibility
B. volume strain
C. volume stress
D. shape factor
626. “The resultant of the external force
applied to an object composed of a
system of particles, is equal to the
vector summation of the effective
forces acting on all particles”. This
principle is known as:
A. Archimedes’s principle
B. Bernoulli’s principle
C. D’Alembert’s principle
D. Gauss-Jordan principle
627. Calorie is the amount of heat
required to increase the temperature
of _____ of water by one degree
centigrade.
A. 1 kg
 B. 1 lb 631. To maximize the horizontal range of
the projectile, which of the following
C. 1 mg applies?
D. 1 gram A. maximize the angle of elevation
628. It describes the luminous flux B. maximize velocity
incidence per unit area and is
expressed in lumens per square C. maximize the angle of elevation
meter. and velocity

A. luminous intensity D. the tangent function of the

angle of trajectory must be equal
B. illuminance to one
C. radiance
632. According to this law, “The force
D. luminance between two charges varies directly
as the magnitude of each charge and
629. The moment of inertia of a plane inversely as the square of the
figure: distance between them.

A. is zero at the centroidal axis A. law of universal gravitation

B. increase as the distance of the B. Newton’s law

axis moves farther from the
centroid C. Coulomb’s law

C. decrease as the distance of the D. inverse square law

axis moves farther from the centroid
633. Formation of bubbles in a low-
D. is maximum at the centroidal axis pressure area in a centrifugal pump
and later their sudden collapse, is
630. The distance that the top surface is called:
displaced in the direction of the force
divided by the thickness of the body A. compression
is known as:
B. corrosion
A. longitudinal strain C. explosion
B. shear strain D. cavitation
C. volume strain 644. The hardness of steel may be
D. linear strain increased by heating to
approximatelyv1500°F and
quenching in oil or water if
 A. the carbon content is above 3.0%
B. the carbon content is from 0.2%
to 2.0%
C. the carbon content is below 0.2%
D. the steel has been hot rolled
instead of cast
645. Galvanized iron is a term referring to
iron coated with:
A. magnesium
B. aluminum
C. zinc
D. tin
646. A process of welding metals in
molten or in vaporous state without
application of mechanical pressure or
blow. Such welding may be
accomplished by the oxyacetylene or
by hydrogen flame or by electric arc.
It is called:
A. fusion welding
B. TIG welding
C. MIG welding
D. cold welding
647. A chemical method of feed water
treatment wherein water is passed
through a bed of sodium zeolite
Nesub2Z which reacts with calcium
and magnesium salts:
A. demineralization process
B. ion exchange treatment
C. lime soda treatment
D. thermal treatment
648. Used as a guide to selecting the most
efficient centrifugal pump:
A. specific speed
B. impeller type
C. Bernoulli’s equation
D. overall efficiency
649. The impulse and momentum
principle is mostly useful for
problems involving;
A. velocity, acceleration, and time
B. force, acceleration, and time
C. force, velocity, and time
D. force, velocity, and acceleration
650. Which of the following is not true
regarding the Blasius boundary layer
solution/
A. It permits one to calculate the skin
friction on a flat plate
B. It is valid for laminar flow
C. It is an approximate solution
D. It is valid only for potential flow
651. The greatest unit pressure the soil
can continuously withstand:
A. point of raptue
B. bearing strength
C. ultimate strength
 D. yield point C. internal energy

652. Heat transmission carried by the D. pressure heads

movement of heated fluids away
from a hot body, as in the heating of 656. In energy transformation process in
water by a hot surface: which the resultant condition lacks
the driving potential needed to
A. radiation reverse the process, the measure of
this loss is expressed as:
B. convection
A. enthalpy increase of the system
C. conduction
B. specific bent ratio of the moment
D. absorption
C. entropy increase of the system
653. The type of cooler extensively used
for medium and large size diesel D. entropy decrease of the system
engines:
657. The system is safe to be in
A. radiation cooler thermodynamics equilibrium:

B. shell and tube cooler A. if it has no tendency to undergo

C. disk cooler
D. plate cooler
654. A closed vessel intended for use in
heating water or for application of
heat to generate steam or other vapor
to be used externally to itself is
called:
further chemical reaction
B. when there is no tendency
towards spontaneous change
C. when the system is not
accelerating
D. when all its parts are at the same
temperature

A. unfired pressure vessel 658. An instrument used for measuring

high temperature gas
B. steam generator
A. plenometer
C. boiler or steam generator
B. manometer
D. boiler
C. anemometer
655. The sum of the three types of energy
at any point in the system is called: D. pyrometer

A. Bernoulli’s theorem 659. The power output of the engine is

increased through:
B. enthalpy
 A. turbo-charging C. the total number of pounds of
sodium bicarbonate in the water per
B. scavenging million pounds of water.
C. all of these D. the total number of pounds of salt
D. super-charging (sodium chloride) in the water per
million pounds of water
660. The equilibrium temperature that a
regular thermometer measures if 663. Momentum = Force _____
exposed to atmospheric air is:
A. time
A. dry bulb temperature B. velocity
B. °C
C. velocity2
C. wet bulb temperature D. ½ velocity
D. dew point
664. An instrument used for measuring
661. On the hoist or load block or some specific gravity of fluids:
equality visible space of every hoist A. hygrometer
designed to lift its load vertically
shall be legibly marked: B. flowmeter

A. its electrical voltage C. psycrometer

B. its brand and model D. hydrometer

C. its rated load capacity

D. its motor hp or kW

662. The hardness of water is given in

ppm (parts per million, i.e., pounds
per million pounds of water). This
hardness is

A. the total number of pounds of

dissolved solids in the water per
million pounds of water

B. the total number of pounds of

calcium and magnesium
bicarbonate in the water.
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665. A 10-lbm object is acted upon by a friction with the bed is 0.4. What is
4-lb force. What is the acceleration in the shortest time that the truck can be
ft/min2 ? brought to a stop such that the boxes
do not shift?
A. 8.0 10 to the 4th power ft/min2
A. 4.75 sec
B. 9.2 10 to the 4th power ft/min2
B. 2.35 sec
C. 7.8 10 to the 4th power ft/min2
C. 5.45 sec
D. 4.637 10 to the 4th power
ft/min2 D. 6.37 sec

666. What horizontal force P can be 669. A 40-kg block is resting on an

applied to a 100-kg block in a level inclined plane making an angle 20°
surface with coefficient of friction of from the horizontal. If the coefficient
0.2, that will cause an acceleration of of friction is 0.60, determine the
2.50m/s2 ? force parallel to the incline that must
be applied to cause impending
A. 343.5 N motion down the plane.
B. 224.5 N A. 77
C. 53.8 N B. 82
D. 446.2 N C. 72
667. A skier wishes to build a rope tow to D. 87
pull herself up a ski hill that is
inclined at 15° with the horizontal. 670. A 50-kilogram block of wood rest on
Calculate the tension needed to give top of the smooth plane whose length
the skier’s 54-kg body an is 3 m, and whose altitude is 0.8 m.
acceleration of 1.2 m/s2. Neglect How long will it take for the block to
friction. slide to the bottom of the plane when
released?
A. 202 N
A. 1.51 seconds
B. 403 N
B. 2.41 seconds
C. 106 N
C. 2.51 seconds
D. 304 N
D. 2.14 seconds
668. A pick-up truck is travelling forward
at 25 m/s. The truck bed is located 671. A body weighing 40 lbs. starts from
with boxes, whose coefficient of rest and slides down a plane at an
 angle of 30° with the horizontal for
which the coefficient of friction
µ=0.3. How far will it move during
the third second?
A. 19.99 ft
B. 39.63 ft
C. 18.33 ft
D. 34.81 ft
672. A car and its load weighs 27 kN and
the center of gravity is 600 mm from
the ground and midway between the
front and rear wheel which are 3 m
apart. The car is brought to rest from
a speed of 54 kph in 5 seconds by
means of the brakes. Compute the
normal force on each of the front
wheels of the car.
675.
A. 7.576 kN
B. 9.541 kN
C. 5.478 kN
D. 6 kN
673. An elevator weighing 2,000 lb
attains an upward velocity of 16 fps
in 4 sec with uniform acceleration.
What is the tension in the supporting
cables?
674. A block weighing 200 N rests on a
plane inclined upwards to the right at
a slope of 4 vertical to 3 horizontal.
The block is connected to a cable
initially parallel to the plane, passing
through the pulley and connected to
another block weighing 100 N
moving vertically downward. The
coefficient of kinetic friction
between the 200 N block and the
inclined plane is 0.10. Which of the
following most nearly gives the
acceleration of the system?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A car travels on the horizontal
unbanked circular track of radius .
Coefficient of friction between the
tires and track is 0.3. If the car’s
velocity is 10 m/s, what is the
smallest radius it may travel without
skidding?
A. 50 m
B. 60 m
C. 15 m

A. 1,950 lb D. 34 m

B. 2,150 lb 676. If a car travels at 15 m/s and the

track is banked 5°, what is the
C. 2,495 lb smallest radius it can travel so that
D. 2,250 lb the friction will not be necessary to
resist skidding?
 A. 262.16 m C. 229.6 m

B. 651.23 m D. 285.3 m

C. 278.14 m 680. A 2-N weight is swung in a vertical

circle of 1-m radius at the end of a
D. 214.74 m cable that will break if the tension
677. A vertical bar of length with a exceeds 500 N. Find the angular
mass of 40 kg is rotated vertically velocity of the weight when the cable
about one end at 40 rpm. Find the breaks.
length of the bar if it makes an angle A. 49.4 rad/s
45° with the vertical?
B. 37.2 rad/s
A. 1.58 m
C. 24.9 rad/s
B. 2.38 m
D. 58.3 rad/s
C. 3.26 m
681. Traffic travels at 65 mi/hr around a
D. 1.86 m banked highway curve with a radius
678. The seats of a carousel are attached of 3000 ft. What banking angle is
to a vertical rotating shaft by a necessary such that friction will not
flexible cable 8 m long. The seats be required to resist the centrifugal
have a mass of 75 kg. What is the force?
maximum angle of tilt for the seats if A. 5.4°
the carousel operates at 12 rpm?
B. 18°
A. 30°
C. 3.2°
B. 35°
D. 2.5°
C. 45°
682. A concrete highway curve with a
D. 39° radius of 500 feet is banked to give a
679. A highway curve is superelevated at lateral pressure equivalent to
7°. Find the radius at the end of the . For what coefficient of
cable that will break if there is no friction will skidding impend for a
lateral pressure on the wheels of a speed of 60 mph?
car at a speed of 40 mph. A. < 0.360
A. 247.4 m B. < 0.310
B. 265.6 m C. > 0.310
 D. > 0.360 D. 26 rpm

683. A 3500 lbf car is towing a 500 lbf
trailer. The coefficient of friction
between all tires and the road is 0.80.
How fast can the car and the trailer
travel around an unbanked curve of
radius 0.12 mile without either the
car or trailer skidding?
A. 87 mph
686. A force of 200 lbf acts on a block at
an angle of 28° with respect to the
horizontal. The block is pushed 2
feet horizontally. What is the work
done by this force?
A. 320 J
B. 540 J

B. 72 mph C. 480 J

D. 215 J
C. 26 mph

D. 55 mph 687. A 10-kg block is raised vertically 3

meters. What is the change in
684. A cast-iron governor ball 3 inches in potential energy. Answer in SI units
diameter has its center 18 inches closest to:
from the point of support. Neglecting
A. 350N-m
the weight of the arm itself, find the
tension in the arm if the angle with B. 294 J
the vertical axis is 60°.
C. 350 kg-m2/s2
A. 7.63 lb
D. 320 J
B. 6.36 lb
688. At her highest point, a girl on the
C. 7.56 lb swing is 7 feet above the ground, and
D. 7.36 lb at her lowest point, she is 3 feet
above the ground. What is her
685. An object is placed 3 feet from the maximum velocity?
center of a horizontally rotating
A. 10 fps
platform. The coefficient of friction
is 0.3. The object will begin to slide B. 12 fps
off when the platform speed is
nearest to: C. 14 fps

A. 17 rpm D. 16 fps

B. 12 rpm 689. An automobile has a power output of

1 hp. When it pulls a cart with a
C. 22 rpm
 force of 300 N, what is the cart’s 693. A ship moving North at 10 mph. A
velocity? passenger walks Southeast across the
deck at 5 mph. In what direction and
A. 249 m/s how fast is the man moving, relative
B. 24.9 m/s to the earth’s surface.

C. 2.49 m/s A. N 28°40’W; 7.37 mph

D. 0.249 m/s B. N 61°20’E; 7.37 mph

690. The weight of a mass of 10 C. N 61°20’W; 7.37 mph

kilograms at a location where g=9.77m/s2 is:
D. N 28°40’E; 7.37 mph
A. 79.7 N
694. A man wishes to cross due west on a
B. 77.9 N river which is flowing due north at
the rate of 3 mph. if he can row 12
C. 97.7 N mph in still water, what direction
should he take to cross the river?
D. 977 N
A. S 14.47°W
691. What is the resultant velocity of a
point of -component , B. S 75.52°W
and -component at
C. S 81.36°W
time ?
D. S 84.36°W
A. 63.1326
695. A plane is headed due east with air
B. 62.1326
speed of 240 kph. If a wind of 40kph
C. 64.1326 is blowing from the north, find the
ground speed of the plane.
D. 74.1326
A. 243 kph
692. A boat has a speed of 8 mph in still
water attempts to go directly across a B. 423 kph
river with a current of 3 mph. What
C. 200 kph
is the effective speed of the boat?
D. 240 kph
A. 8.35 mph
696. Three forces 20N, 30N, and 40N are
B. 8.54 mph
in equilibrium. Find the angle
C. 7.42 mph between the 30-N and 40-N forces.

D. 6.33 mph A. 30°15’25’’

 B. 28.96° 700. The allowable spacing of towers to
carry an aluminum cable weighing
C. 40° 0.03 kg per horizontal meter if the
D. 25.97° maximum tension at the lowest point
is not to exceed 1150 kg at sag of
697. A 10-kg weight is suspended by a 0.50 m is:
rope from a ceiling. If a horizontal
force of 5.80 kg is applied to the A. 248 m
weight, the rope will make an angle B. 390 m
with the vertical equal to:
C. 408 m
A. 60°
D. 422 m
B. 30°
701. A wooden plank meters long has
C. 45°
one end leaning on top of a vertical
D. 75° wall 1.5 m high and the other end
resting on a horizontal ground.
698. A 100kN block slides down a plane Neglecting friction, find if a force
inclined at an angle of 30° with the (parallel to the plank) of 100 N is
horizontal. Neglecting friction, find needed to pull a 400 N block up the
the force that causes the block to plank.
slide.
A. 6 m
A. 86.6 kN
B. 5 m
B. 80 kN
C. 4 m
C. 20 kN
D. 3 m
D. 50 kN
702. A block of wood is resting on a level
699. What tension must be applied at the surface. If the coefficient of friction
ends of a flexible wire cable between the block and the surface is
supporting a load of 0.5 kg per 0.30, how much can the plane be
horizontal meter in a span of 100 m inclined without causing the block to
if the sag is to be limited to 1.25 m? slide down?
A. 423.42 kg A. 16.7°
B. 584.23 kg B. 30.2°
C. 500.62 kg C. 21.2°
D. 623.24 kg D. 33.3°
703. A 500-kg block is resting on a 30° A. 795
inclined plane with a µ=0.3 Find the
B. 791
required force acting horizontally
that will prevent the block from C. 797
sliding.
D. 793
A. 1020 N
707. With a starting speed of 30 kph at a
B. 1160 N point , a car accelerates uniformly.
C. 4236 N After 18 minutes, it reaches point ,
21 km from . Find the acceleration
D. 5205 N of the car in m/s2.

704. A 500-kg block is resting on a 30° A. 0.126 m/s2

inclined plane with a µ=0.3 Find the
required force acting horizontally B. 0.0562 m/s2
that will start the block to block up C. 0.0206 m/s2
the plane.
D. 3.42 m/s2
A. 4236 N
708. A train upon passing point at a
B. 1160 N speed of 72 kph accelerates at 0.75
C. 5205 N m/s2 for one minute along a straight
path then decelerates at 1.0 m/s2.
D. 2570 N How far in kilometers from point
will it be in 2 minutes after passing
705. What is the acceleration of the body
point .
that increases in velocity from 20
m/s to 40 m/s in 3 seconds? Answer A. 4.95
in S.I. units.
B. 4.75
2
A. 8 m/s
C. 4.85
2
B. 6.67 m/s
D. 4.65
2
C. 5 m/s
709. A car starting from rest moves with a
2
D. 7 m/s constant acceleration of 10 km/hr2
for 1 hour, then decelerates at a
706. From a speed of 75 kph, a car
constant -5 km/hr2 until it comes to a
decelerates at the rate of 500 m/min2
stop. How far has it travelled?
along a straight path. Howw far in
meters, will it travel in 45 sec? A. 10 km
 B. 20 km 713. A car was travelling at a speed of 50
mph. The driver saw a road block 80
C. 12 km m ahead and stepped on the brake
D. 15 km causing the car to decelerate
uniformly at 10 m/s2. Find the
710. The velocity of an automobile distance from the roadblock to the
starting from rest is given by point where the car stopped. Assume
/ / ft./sec. perception reaction time is 2
seconds.
Determine its acceleration after an
interval of 10 seconds (in ft/sec2). A. 12.48 m

A. 2.10 B. 6.25 m

B. 1.71 C. 10.28 m

C. 2.25 D. 8.63 m

D. 2.75 714. A man driving his car at 45 mph

suddenly sees an object in the road
711. A train running at 60 kph decelerated
60 feet ahead. What constant
at 8 m/min2 for 14 minutes. Find the
deceleration is required to stop the
distance traveled, in kilometers
car in this distance?
within this period.
A. -36.3 ft/s2
A. 12.2
B. -45.2 ft/s2
B. 13.2
C. -33.4 ft/s2
C. 13.8
D. -42.3 ft/s2
D. 12.8
715. Determine the outside diameter of
712. An automobile accelerates at a
hallow steel tube that will carry a
constant rate of 15 mi/hr to 45 mi/hr
tensile load of 500 kN at a stress of
in 15 seconds, while travelling in a
140 MPa. Assume the wall thickness
straight line. What is the average
to be one-tenth of the outside
acceleration?
diameter.
A. 2 ft/s2
A. 123 mm
2
B. 2.39 ft/s
B. 113 mm
C. 2.12 ft/s2
C. 103 mm
2
D. 2.93 ft/s
D. 93 mm
716. A force of 10 Newtons is applied to safety with respect to the tensile
one end of a 10 inches diameter failure?
circular rod. Calculate the stress.
A. 3.15
A. 0.20 kPa
B. 3.55
B. 0.05 kPa
C. 2.15
C. 0.10 kPa
D. 2.55
D. 0.15 kPa
720. A metal specimen 36-mm in
717. What force is required to punch a 20- diameter has a length of 360 mm. A
mm diameter hole through a 10-mm force of 300 kN elongates the length
thick plate. The ultimate strength of by 1.20 mm. What is the modulus of
the plate material is 450 MPa. elasticity?

A. 241 kN A. 88.419 GPa

B. 283 kN B. 92.564 GPa

C. 386 kN C. 92.658 GPa

D. 252 kN D. 95.635 GPa

718. A steel pipe 1.5m in diameter is
required to carry am internal
pressure of 750 kPa. If the allowable
tensile stress of steel is 140 MPa,
determine the required thickness of
the pipe in mm.
A. 4.56
B. 5.12
C. 4.25
D. 4.01
719. A spherical pressure vessel 400-mm
in diameter has a uniform thickness
of 6 mm. The vessel contains gas
under a pressure of 8,000 kPa. If the
ultimate tensile stress of the material
is 420 MPa, what is the factor of
721. A steel wire 5-m long hanging
vertically supports a weight of 1200
N. Determine the required wire
diameter if the stress is limited to
140 MPa and the total elongation
must not exceed 4mm. Neglect the
weight of the wire and assume
GPa.
A. 3.09 mm
B. 3.56 mm
C. 3.33 mm
D. 2.89 mm
722. During a stress-strin test, the unit
deformation at a stress of 35 MPa
was observed to be m/m
and at a stress of 140 MPa it was
 m/m. If the proportional B. 54.3 mm
limit was 200 MPa, what is the
C. 35.4 mm
modulus of elasticity. What is the
strain corresponding to the stress of D. 45.3 mm
80 MPa?
725. A steel bar 50 mm in diameter and 2
A. MPa; m long is surrounded by a shell of
m/m cast iron 5 mm thick. Compute the
load that will compress the bar a
B. MPa;
total of 1 mm in the length of 2 m.
m/m
Use GPa and
C. MPa; GPa.
m/m
A. 200 kN
D. MPa;
B. 240 kN
m/m
C. 280 kN
723. An axial load of 100 kN is applied to
a flat bar 20 mm thick, tapering in D. 320 kN
width from 120 mm to 40 mm in a
length of 10 m. Assuming 726. A 20-mm diameter steel rod, 250
GPa, determine the total elongation mm long is subjected to a tensile
of the bar. force of 75 kN. If the Poisson’s ratio
µ is 0.30, determine the lateral strain
A. 3.43 mm of the rod. Use GPa.

B. 2.125 mm A. mm/mm

C. 4.33 mm
D. 1.985 mm
724. Steel bar having a rectangular cross-
section 15 mm 20 mm and 150 m
long is suspended vertically from
one end. The steel has a unit mass of
7850 kg/m3 and a modulus of
elasticity of 200 GPa. If a loaf of
20 kN is suspended at the other end
of the rod, determine the total
elongation of the rod.
A. 43.5 mm
B. mm/mm
C. mm/mm
D. mm/mm
727. A solid aluminum shaft of 100-mm
diameter fits concentrically in a
hollow steel tube, determine the
minimum internal diameter of the
steel tube so that no contact pressure
exists when the aluminum shaft
carries an axial compressive load of
600 kN. Assume Poisson’s ratio
 µ=1/3 and the modulus of elasticity C. 79,698 MPa
of aluminum be 70 GPa.
D. 82,400 MPa
A. 100.0364 mm
731. Determine the length of the shortest
B. 100.0312 mm 2-mm diameter bronze wire, which
can be twisted through two complete
C. 100.0303 mm turns without exceeding a stress of
D. 100.0414 mm 70 MPa. Use GPa.

728. The maximum allowable torque, in A. 6.28 m

kN-m, for a 50-mm diameter steel B. 5.23 m
shaft when the allowable shearing
stress is 81.5 MPa is: C. 6.89 m

A. 3.0 D. 8.56 m

B. 1.0 732. A hollow steel shaft 2540 mm long

must transmit torque of 35 kN-m.
C. 4.0
The total angle of twist must not
D. 2.0 exceed 3 degrees. The maximum
shearing stress must not exceed 110
729. The rotation of twist in degrees of a MPa. Find the inside diameter and
shaft, 800 mm long subjected to a the outside diameter of the shaft that
torque of 80 N-m, 20 mm in meets these conditions.
diameter and shear modulus of
80,000 MPa is: A. mm; mm

A. 3.03 B. mm; mm

B. 4.04 C. mm; mm

C. 2.92 D. mm; mm

D. 1.81 733. Determine the maximum shearing

730. Compute the value the shear
modulus of steel whose modulus
of elasticity is 200 GPa and
Poisson’s ratio µ is 0.30.
A. 72,456 MPa
B. 76,923 MPa
stress in a helical steel spring
composed of 20 turns of 20-mm
diameter wire on a mean radius of 80
mm when the spring is supporting a
load of 2 kN.
A. 110.6 MPa
B. 101.1 MPa
 C. 120.6 MPa midspan. What is the maximum
moment of the beam?
D. 136.5 MPa
A. 1250 kN-m
734. A load is supported by two springs
arranged in series. The upper spring B. 1050 kN-m
has 20 turns of 29-mm diameter wire
C. 1520 kN-m
on a mean diameter of 150 mm. The
lower spring consist of 15 turns of D. 1510 kN-m
10-mm diameter wire on a mean
diameter of 130 mm. Determine the 737. A small square 5 cm by 5 cm is cut
value of that will cause a total out of one corner of a rectangular
deflection of 80 mm. Assume cardboard 20 cm by 30 cm long.
GPa for both springs. How far, in cm from the uncut longer
side, is the centroid of the remaining
A. 223.3 N area?
B. 228.8 N A. 9.56
C. 214.8 N B. 9.35
D. 278.4 N C. 9.48
735. A 10-meter long simply supported D. 9.67
beam carries a uniform load of 8
kN/m for 6 meters from the left 738. What is the inertia of a bowling ball
support and a concentrated load of (mass = 0.5 kg) of radius 15 cm
15 kN 2 meters from the right rotating at an angular speed of 10
support. Determine the maximum rpm for 6 seconds?
shear and moment.
A. 0.0045 kg-m2
A. kN;
B. 0.001 kg-m2
kN-m
C. 0.005 kg-m2
B. kN;
kN-m D. 0.002 kg-m2

C. kN; 739. What is the moment of inertia of a

kN-m cylinder of radius 5 m and a mass of
5 kg?
D. kN;
kN-m A. 62.5 kg-m2

736. A simple beam, 10 m long carries a B. 80 kg-m2

concentrated load of 500 kN at the
 C. 72.5 kg-m2 A. 204 kPa

D. 120 kg-m2 B. 222 kPa

740. The mass of air in a room which is C. 344 kPa

3m 5m 20m is known to be 350 kg.
D. 362 kPa
Find its density.
744. What is the atmospheric pressure on
A. 1.167 kg/m3
a planet where the absolute pressure
B. 1.176 kg/m3 is 100kPa and the gage pressure is 10
kPa?
C. 1.617 kg/m3
A. 90 kPa
D. 1.716 kg/m3
B. 80 kPa
741. One hundred (100) grams of water
are mixed with 150 grams of alcohol C. 100 kPa
( kg/ cu m). What is the
D. 10 kPa
specific gravity of the resulting
mixtures, assuming that the two 745. If the pressure at a point in the ocean
fluids mix completely? is 60 kPa, what is the pressure 27
meters below this point?
A. 0.96
A. 256.3 kPa
B. 0.82
B. 521.3 kPa
C. 0.63
C. 332.8 kPa
D. 0.86
D. 185.4 kPa
742. 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g
of alcohol ( kg/ cu m). What 746. A pressure gage 6 m above the
is the specific volume of the bottom of the tank containing a
resulting mixtures, assuming that the liquid reads 90 kPa; another gage
two fluids mix completely? height 4 m reads 103 kPa. Determine
the specific weight of the liquid.
A. 0.88 cu cm/g
A. 6.5 kN/m3
B. 1.20 cu cm/g
B. 5.1 kN/m3
C. 0.82 cu cm/g
C. 3.2 kN/m3
D. 0.63 cu cm/g
D. 8.5 kN/m3
743. The pressure 34 meters below the
ocean is nearest to:
747. The weight density of a mud is given 1 meter below the water surface,
by , where is in what is the total water pressure
3
kN/m and is in meters. Determine exerted on the plane surface?
the pressure, in kPa, at a depth of
A. 43.93 kN
5m.
B. 52.46 kN
A. 89.36 kPa
C. 64.76 kN
B. 56.25 kPa
D. 78.48 kN
C. 62.5 kPa
751. Find the total water pressure on a
D. 78.54 kPa
vertical circular gate, 2 meters in
748. What is the resulting pressure when diameter, with its top 3.5 meters
one pound of air at 15 psia and below the water surface.
200°F is heated at constant volume
A. 138.7 kN
to 800°F?
B. 107.9 kN
A. 28.6 psia
C. 169.5 kN
B. 52.1 psia
D. 186.5 kN
C. 36.4 psia
752. An iceberg having specific gravity of
D. 15 psia
0.92 is floating on salt water of sp.
749. The volume of a gas under standard gr. 1.03. If the volume of ice above
atmospheric pressure 76 cm Hg is the water surface is 1000 cu. m.,
200 in3. What is the volume when what is the total volume of the ice?
the pressure is 80 cm Hg, if the
A. 8523 m3
temperature is unchanged?
B. 7862 m3
A. 190 in3
C. 9364 m3
B. 90 in3
D. 6325 m3
C. 110 in3
753. A block of wood requires a force of
D. 30.4 in3
40 N to keep it immersed in water
750. A two-meter square plane surface is and a force of 100 N to keep it
immersed vertically below the water immersed in glycerin (sp. gr. = 1.3).
surface. The immersion is such that Find the weight and sp. gr. Of the
the two edges of the square are wood.
horizontal. If the top of the square is
 A. 0.7 D. 64 ft

B. 0.6 757. What is the rate of flow of water

passing through a pipe with a
C. 0.9 diameter of 20 mm and speed of 0.5
D. 0.8 m/sec?

754. Reynolds number may be calculated A. m3/s

from:
B. m3/s
A. diameter, density, and absolute
C. m3/s
viscosity
D. m3/s
B. diameter, velocity, and surface
tension 758. An orifice has a coefficient of
discharge of 0.62 and a coefficient of
C. diameter, velocity, and absolute
contraction of 0.63. Determine the
viscosity
coefficient of velocity for the orifice.
D. characteristic length, mass flow
A. 0.98
rate per unit area, and absolute
viscosity B. 0.99

755. The sum of the pressure head, C. 0.97

elevation head, and the velocity head
remains constant, this is known as: D. 0.96

A. Bernoulli’s Theorem 759. The theoretical velocity of flow

through an orifice 3 m below the
B. Boyle’s Law surface of water in a tall tank is:

C. Archimedes’ Principle A. 8.63 m/s

D. Torrecelli’s Theorem B. 9.85 m/s

756. What is the expected head loss per C. 5.21 m/s

mile of closed circular pipe (17-in
inside diameter, friction factor of
0.03) when 3300 gal/min of water
flow under pressure?
A. 38 ft
B. 0.007 ft
C. 3580 ft
D. 7.67 m/s
760. Water having kinematic viscosity
m2/s flows in a 100-
mm diameter pipe at a velocity of 4.5
m/s. the Reynolds number is:
A. 346,150
 B. 258,250 D. 19.8 m

C. 387,450 764. A 20-mm diameter commercial steel

D. 298,750
761. Oil having specific gravity of 0.869
and dynamic viscosity of 0.0814 Pa-s
flows through a cast iron pipe at a
velocity of 1 m/s. The pipe is 50 m
long and 150 mm in diameter. Find
the head lost due to friction.
pipe, 30 m long is used to drain an
oil tank. Determine the discharge
when the oil level in the tank is 3 m
above the exit of the pipe. Neglect
minor losses and assume .
A. 0.000256 m3/s
B. 0.000179 m3/s

A. 0.73 m C. 0.000113 m3/s

B. 0.45 m D. 0.000869 m3/s

C. 0.68 m

D. 1.25 m

762. What commercial size of new cast

iron pipe shall be used to carry 4490
gpm with a lost of head of 10.56 feet
per mile? Assume .

A. 625 mm

B. 576 mm

C. 479 mm

D. 352 mm

763. Assume that 57 liters per second of

oil ( kg/m3) is pumped
through a 300 mm diameter pipeline
of cast iron. If each pump produces
685 kPa, how far apart can they be
placed? (Assume )

A. 23.7 m

B. 32.2 m

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765. The recorded current value of an C. nominal rate
asset is known as:
D. yield
A. scrap value
769. The lessening of the value of an asset
B. book value due to the decrease in the quantity
available. This refers to the natural
C. salvage value
resources such as coal, oil, and
D. present worth timber in the forest.

766. The ratio of the interest payment to A. depreciation

the principal for a given unit of time
and is usually expressed as a
percentage of the principal is known
as:
A. investment
B. nominal interest
C. interest
D. interest rate
767. A method of depreciation whereby
the amount to recover is spread over
the estimated life of the asset in
terms of the periods or units of
output is called:
A. SOYD method
B. declining balance method
C. straight line method
D. sinking fund method
768. The interest rate at which the present
worth of cash flow on a project is
zero, or the interest earned by an
investment.
A. rate of return
B. effective rate
B. depletion
C. inflation
D. incremental cost
770. The method of depreciation where a
fixed sum of money is regularly
deposited at compound interest in a
real or imaginary fund in order to
accumulate an amount equal to the
total depreciation of an asset at the
end of the asset’s estimated life is
known as:
A. straight line method
B. SYD method
C. declining balance method
D. sinking fund method
771. The term used to express the series
of uniform payments occurring at
equal interval of time is:
A. compound interest
B. annuity
C. perpetuity
D. depreciation
772. The profit derived from a project or A. utilities
business enterprise without
B. necessities
consideration of obligations to
financial contributors and claims of C. luxuries
others based on profit is known as:
D. producer goods and services
A. yield
776. These are product or services that are
B. earning value required to support human life and
activities, that will be purchased in
C. economic return
somewhat the same quantity even
D. expected yield though the price varies considerably.

773. As applied to capitalized asset, the A. utilities

distribution of the initial cost by
B. necessities
periodic changes to operation as in
depreciation or the reduction of the C. luxuries
depth by either periodic or irregular
prearranged program is called: D. producer goods and services

A. amortization 777. A condition where only few

individuals produce a certain product
B. annuity and that any action of one will lead
C. depreciation to almost the same action of the
others.
D. capital recovery
A. oligopoly
774. Those funds that are required to
B. semi-oligopoly
make the enterprise or project a
going concern. C. monopoly
A. banking D. perfect competition
B. accumulated amount 778. This occurs in a situation where a
commodity or service is supplied by
C. working capital
a number of vendors and there is
D. principal or present worth nothing to prevent additional vendors
entering the market.
775. These are product or services that are
desired by humans and will be A. perfect competition
purchased if money is available after
the required necessities have been B. monopoly
obtained. C. oligopoly
 D. elastic demand D. face value

779. It is the amount that a willing buyer
will pay to a willing seller for a
property where each has equal
advantage and is under no
compulsion to buy or sell.
A. fair value
B. use value
783. When using net present worth
calculations to compare two projects,
which of the following could
invalidate the calculations?
A. mutually exclusive projects
B. evaluation over different
periods

C. market value C. non-conventional cash flows

D. book value D. difference in the magnitude of the

projects
780. It is defined to be the capacity of a
commodity to satisfy human want. 784. Which of the following is a form of
business/company ownership?
A. discount
A. partnership
B. luxuries
B. corporation
C. utility
C. single proprietorship
D. necessity
D. all of these
781. A form of summary of assets,
liabilities, and net worth: 785. What must two investments with the
same present worth and unequal lives have?
A. balance method
A. identical salvage value
B. break-even point
B. different salvage values
C. balance sheet
C. identical equivalent uniform
D. production annual cash flows
782. The worth of a property, which is D. different equivalent annual cash
equal to the original cost less flows
depreciation, is known as:
786. Find the interest on P6800.00 for 3 years
A. earning value at 11% simple interest.

B. scrap value A. P1,875.00

C. book value B. P1,987.00

 C. P2,144.00 790. How long must a P40,000 note bearing
4% simple interest to run to amount to
D. P2,244.00 P41,350.00?
787. A man borrowed P10,000.00 from his A. 340 days
friend and agrees to pay at the end of 90
days under 8% simple interest rate. B. 403 days
What is the required amount?
C. 304 days
A. P10,200.00
D. 430 days
B. P11,500.00
791. If P16,000 earns P480 in 9 months, what
C. P9,500.00 is the annual rate of interest?

D. P10,700.00 A. 1%

788. Annie buys a television set from a B. 2%

merchant who offers P25,000.00 at the
end of 60 days. Annie wishes to pay C. 3%
immediately and the merchant offers to D. 4%
compute the required amount on the
assumption that the money is worth 14% 792. A man lends P6000 at 6% simple
simple interest. What is the required interest for 4 years. At the end of this
amount? time he invests the entire amount
(principal plus investment) at 5%
A. P20,234,87
compounded annually for 12 years. How
B. P19,222.67 much will he have at the end of the 16-
year period?
C. P24,429.97
A. P13,361.20
D. P28,456.23
B. P13,633.20
789. What is the principal amount if the
amount of interest at the end of 2½ year C. P13,333.20
is P4500 for a simple interest of 6% per D. P16,323.20
annum?
793. A time deposit of P110,000 for 31 days
A. P35,000.00 earns P890.39 on maturity date after
B. P30,000.00 deducting the 20% withholding tax on
interest income. Find the rate of interest
C. P40,000.00 per annum.

D. P45,000.00 A. 12.5%

B. 11.95%

C. 12.25%
 D. 11.75% 798. Accumulate P5,000.00 for 10 years at
8% compounded monthly.
794. A bank charges 12% simple interest on a
P300.00 loan. How much will be repaid A. P15,456.75
if the load is paid back in one lump sum
after three years? B. P11,102.61

A. P408.00 C. P14,768.34

B. P551.00 D. P12,867.34

C. P415.00 799. Accumulate P5,000.00 for 10 years at

8% compounded annually.
D. P450.00
A. P10,794.62
795. The tag price of a certain commodity is
for 100 days. If paid in 31 days, there is B. P8,567.98
a 3% discount. What is the simple C. P10,987.90
interest paid?
D. P7,876.87
A. 12.15%
800. How long will it take P1,000 to amount
B. 6.25% to P1,346 if invested at 6% compounded
C. 22.32% quarterly?

D. 16.14% A. 3 years

796. Accumulate P5,000.00 for 10 years at B. 4 years

8% compounded quarterly.
C. 5 years
A. P12,456.20 D. 6 years
B. P13,876.50 801. How long will it take for an investment
C. P10,345.80 to double its amount if invested at an
interest rate of 6% compounded bi-
D. P11,040.20 monthly?

797. Accumulate P5,000.00 for 10 years at A. 10 years

8% compounded semi-annually.
B. 12 years
A. P10,955.61
C. 13 years
B. P10,233.67
D. 14 years
C. P9,455.67
802. If the compound interest on P3,000.00
D. P11,876.34 in 2 years is P500.00, then the
 compound interest on P3,000.00 in 4 806. How long will it take for an investment
years is: to fivefold its amount if money is worth
14% compounded semiannually?
A. P956.00
A. 11
B. P1,083.00
B. 12
C. P1,125.00
C. 13
D. P1,526.00
D. 14
803. The salary of Mr. Cruz is increased by
30% every 2 years beginning January 807. An interest rate of 8% compounded
1,1982. Counting from that date, at what semiannually is how many percent if
year will his salary just exceed twice his compounded quarterly?
original salary?
A. 7.81%
A. 1988
B. 7.85%
B. 1989
C. 7.92%
C. 1990
D. 8.01%
D. 1991
809. A man is expecting to receive
804. If you borrowed P10,000 from a bank P450,000.00 at the end of 7 years. If
with 18% interest per annum, what is money is worth 14% compounded
the total amount to be repaid at the end quarterly, how much is it worth at
of one year? present?

A. P11,800.00 A. P125,458.36

B. P19,000.00 B. P147,456.36

C. P28,000.00 C. P162,455.63

D. P10,180.00 D. P171,744.44

805. What is the effective rate for an interest 810. A man has a will of P650,000.00 from
rate of 12% compounded continuously? his father, If his father deposited an
amount of P450,000.00 in a trust fund
A. 12.01% earning 8% compounded annually, after
how many years will the man receive his
B. 12.89%
will?
C. 12.42%
A. 4.55 years
D. 12.75%
B. 4.77 years

C. 5.11 years
 D. 5.33 years A. P178,313.69

25. Mr. Adam deposited P120,000.00 in a B. P153.349.77

bank who offers 8% interest
compounded quarterly. If the interest is C. P170,149.77
subject to a 14% tax, how much will he D. P175,343.77
receive after 5 years?