HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
SPTOPICS FINAL EXAMINATION RETAKE
MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING, AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

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SIT 1: if sin-1 (3x-4y)= and cos-1 (x-y)=
2 3
1. Find the value of x
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

2. Find sin-1(x-y)
π π π π
A. B. C. D.
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3. Find the value of y

A. 2 1 C. 4 1
B. D.
2 4
SIT 2: Solve the following algebra problems:
4. In 5 years, Mae would be twice the age of Leah. Five years ago, Mae was 4 times as old as Leah. Find the sum of
their present ages.

A. 35 B. 45 C. 500 D. 50

5. Lance can finish an accounting work in 8 hrs. Lino can finish the same work in 6hrs. After 2 hrs of working
together, Lance left Lino for lunch and Lino finished the job. How long does it take Lino to finish the job?

A. 3 hrs. B. 2.5 hrs C. 3.5 hrs D. 4 hrs

6. In how many minutes after 2 pm will the hands of the clock extend in opposite direction for the first time?

A. 45.6 min B. 43.6 min C. 47.6 min D. 44.3 min

SIT 3: A hemispherical bowl of radius 100cm is filled with water to a height of 20 cm. An equal volume of water is
added to the bowl.

7. What is the total volume of water in the bowl?

A. 234571.25 cm3 B. 345112.45 cm3 C. 455122.33 cm3 D. 192344.12 cm3

8. What is the new height of the water in the bowl?

A. 22.345 cm B. 28.736 cm C. 32.115 cm D. 33.112 cm

9. If all the water in the bowl is transferred to a conical tank with the circular base of radius 100cm at the bottom
and height of 300 cm, how high will the water stand?

A. 7.66 cm B. 6.67 cm C. 8.22 cm D. 9.11 cm

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10. Find the 2014th digit in the decimal expression of .
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A. 2 B. 3 C. 7 D. 9

11. The acute angle between the line y- 3x = 2 and y- 4x = 9 is

A. 4.39 deg B. 5.35 deg C. 3.75 deg D. 3.67 deg

12. The sum of two numbers is a and the sum of their reciprocal is b. The product of two numbers is

b a C.ab D. a+b
A. B.
a b
13. Evaluate lim 1/(x+3) as x approaches -3
 A. 0 B. 1 C.4 D. does not exist

14. The sum of the digits of a 3 digit number is 14. The hundreds digit being 4 times the unit digit. If 594 is
subtracted from the number the order of the digits will be reversed. Find the ten’s digit of the number.

A.4 B. 6 C. 8 D.2

15. An arch 18 m high has the form of parabola with a vertical axis. The length of a horizontal beam placed across
the arch 8 m from the top is 64m. Find the width of the arch at the bottom.

A.96 B. 36 C.32 D. 56

16. A solid is in the shape of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone and their common circular base is
12 cm. What is the height of the cone if its volume is 4/3 the volume of the hemisphere?

A. 30 B. 28 C. 32 D. 34

17. John Cover is 500 m behind Juan Taklob but he walks 1kph faster than the latter. If Juan Taklob walks at 3kph,
find the distance that John Cover will walk before catching up with Juan Taklob.

A. 1.5kph B.2.5kph C.2km D. 1km

18. The angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 3:7:8. If its area is 100 sq cm, what is its perimeter?

A.52.6cm B. 58.4cm C.64.2cm D. 50.4cm

19. A man moves from A to B at an average speed of 4kph. Had he moved at the rate of 3 2/3kph, he would have
taken 3 more hours to reach his destination. Find the distance between A and B.

A. 120km B.122km C.104km D. 132km

20. If sin x=y, what is cos 2x in term of y?

A. 2y B. 3y C.1-2y2 D. none of these

21. Find the vertex of the parabola y=(x+2)2 + 6.

A. (-2, 0) B. (-2, -6) C.(-2, 6) D. (2, -6)

22. If sin x= 3/4 and tan y =1/5, what is sin (x+y).

A. 0.862 B. 0.365 C. 0.516 D. none of these

23. Two lines are drawn in a way that they will never meet even if extended indefinitely. If the equation of one of
the lines is y= 5x+7, which of the following could be the equation of the other line?

A. y= 7x+5 B. y=5x+3 C. y=7x-5 D. none of these

24. A man is 42 years old has a son 12 years old. In how many years will the father be twice as old as his son?

A. 12 B.14 C.18 D. 10

25. Lino left 1/2 of his estate to his wife, 1/6 to his daughter, and the reminder, an amount of P 1.5M, ti his son.
How large was the entire estate?

A. P6M B. P4.5M C. P3M D. P.5M

26. With the wind, an airplane travels 120 miles in 7 hours. Against the wind, however, it takes 8 hours. Find the
velocity of the wind.

A. 150mph B. 14mph C. 10mph D.12mph

SIT 4: y = (x+2)(x-3) and P(-1,-4)

27. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at P.
A. 3x + y +7 = 0 B. 2x + 3y +14 = 0 C. x +2y + 9 = 0 D. x + 4y +17 = 0

28. Find the equation of the normal to the curve at P.

A. x – 3y = 11 B. 3x – 2y = 5 C. 2x – y = 2 D. 4x – y = 0

29. Find the ordinate of the vertex of the curve.

A. 0.5 B. 1.5 C. -6.25 D. -5.75

30. The length of the rectangle is 3 times to its width. If the length is decreased by 3 and the width is decreased by
2, then the area is decreased by 21. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

A. 4 by 12 B. 2 by 6 C. 3 by 9 D. none in list

31. Two cars begin a trip from the same point P. If car A travel north at the rate of 30 mi/hr and car B travel west at
rate of 40 mi/hr, how fast is the distance between them changing 2 hours later.

A. 50 mi/hr B. 60 mi/hr C. 70 mi/hr D. 80 mi/hr

32. Determine the equation of the line passing through (-1,3) and perpendicular to the line 4x-y +5=0.
A. y - 4x - 7=0 B. x + 4y - 11=0 C. x - 4y + 13=0 D. x + 4y +11=0

33. If x, (x-1), and (x+1) forms the sides of a right triangle, then the area of the triangle is
A.4 B.6 C. 9 D. 12

34. If (x + 2), (2x + 3), (5x – 6) are consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression, the value of x equals

A.1 B. -1 C.5 D. 0

35. The isosceles triangle is inscribed in a circle. The length of the arc and the angle subtend by the two equal legs
are 13 inches and 100° respectively. Find the radius of the circle.
A. 5.32 inches B. 7.45 inches C. 3.72 inches D. 4.66 inches

36. From the previous question, find the area of sector.

A. 24.15 inches2 B. 49.39 inches2 C. 96.85 inches2 D. 37.89 inches2

37. Which of the following is the square of a binomial?

A.x2 – 4x – 4 B. x2 – 5x + 6.25 C. x2 + 6x – 9 D. x2 –x +1

38. Find the area bounded by y2 = 3x + 9 and y2 = 9-3x

A.84 B.48 C. 42 D. 24

39. Find the volume of the solid generated by rotating the curve 9 x 2 + 4y2 = 36 along the line 4x + 3y = 20.
A.473.74 B.374.74 C. 734.74 D. 437.74

40. If the length and width of a 4 – by – 2 inch rectangle are each increased by the same amount, the area of the
new rectangle will be twice that of the original. What are the dimensions of the new rectangle (to two decimal
places)?
A.5.12 inch by 3.12 inch B. 4.61 inch by 2.61 inch C.4.12 inch by 2.12 inch D. 5.61 inch by 3.61 inch

41. A flagstaff 25 ft. high stands on the top of a house. From the point on the plane on which the house stands, the
angle of elevation of the top of and the bottom of the flagstaff are observed to be 60° and 45°, respectively. Find
the height of the house.
A.13.54 ft B.15.34 ft C.34.15 ft D. 14.53 ft

42. The surface area of a sphere increases by 20 %, then the volume of the sphere increases by
A.20% B. 30% C.31.45% D.31.5%

43. If a steel ball is immersed in an 8 cm diameter cylinder, it displaces water to a depth of 2.25 cm. What is the
radius of the ball?
A.6cm B. 4cm C.3cm D.2 cm

44. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 27 m. Each time that it hits the ground it bounces to a height 2/3 of
that from which it fell. Find the total distance travelled by the ball until it comes to rest?
A. 80 B. 81 C. 135 D. infinite

45. What part of 90% alcohol solution must be replaced by an equal amount of pure alcohol to make a 95% alcohol
solution?
A.50% B. 45% C. 25% D. 5%
46. A cruise ship is approaching on a shoreline of a certain city. Two observing stations A and B locates that from A
the ship is S32°E while from B it is S46°W. If A is 1.35 km west of B, how far is the cruise ship from station B?
A. 1.23 km B. 1.27 km C. 1.13 km D. 1.17 km

47. Container A contained a mixture that is 40% acid, while container B contained mixture that is 60% acid. A
chemist took some amount from each container and mixed them. To produce 100 L of mixture that is 17% acid,
she need to pour 70 L of pure water to the mixture she got form containers A and B. How many liters did she
take from container A?
A. 10 B. 5 C. 25 D. 15

48. In an arithmetic sequence, the third, fifth and eleventh terms are distinct and form a geometric sequence. If the
fourth term of the arithmetic sequence is 6, what is its 2013 th term?
A. 6 B. 6003 C. 600 C. 6033

49. The graphs of x^2 + y = 12 and x + y = 12 intersect at two points. What is the distance between these points?
A. 1 B. 1.4 C. 1.6 D. 14.87

50. Locate the center of the curve x^2+y^2+8x+4y-61=0

A. (4, -2) B. (-4, 2) C. (4, 2) D. (-4, -2)

51. How many diagonals have an undecagon?

A. 44 B. 55 C. 54 D. 65

52. If the distance between points A(2, 10, 4) and B(8, 3, z) is 9.434, what is the value of z?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 3 D. 5

SIT 6: A flagpole stands on top of a pedestal. From a point O at the same elevation as the base of pedestal, the
vertical angle of the top of the flagpole is 60° and the vertical angle of the bottom of the flagpole is 52°. Point O is
14.8 meters away from the base of the pedestal.
53. How high is the pedestal in meters?
A. 18.94 B. 25.36 C. 15.24 D. 14.28

54. How long is the flagpole in meters?

A. 3.68 B. 5.88 C. 8.12 D. 6.69

55. What is the distance from O to the top of the flagpole?

A. 33.2 m B. 29.6 m C. 15.4 m D. 22.8 m

56. Find the distance of the line 8x-5y-121=0 to point (1,1).

A. 10.47 B. 11.36 C. 12.51 D. 13.87

57. What is the period of the curve y=cosx?

A. 2π B. π C. 3π/2 D. π/2

58. Find y’ in the curve y=(1-2x)^3 at point (1, -1).

A. -6 B. 6 C. 3 D. -3

59. Find θ if cosθ=sin2θ.

A. 45 B. 60 C. 30 D. 75

60. The upper base of a frustum if a pyramid is 2.5 m by 4 m and the lower base is 5 m by 8m. Find its volume if the
distance between the bases is 6 m.
A. 140 B. 160 C. 130 D. 120

SIT 7: Given the circle x^2+y^2-6x+12y+9=9.

61. What is the radius of the circle?
A. 7.21 B. 6.71 C. 6.28 D. 8.63

62. Where is the center of the circle?

A. (3, -6) B. (-3, -6) C. (-3, 6) D. (3, 6)
63. Find the shortest distance from the line y=2x+10 to the center of the circle.
A. 6.87 B. 10.24 C. 8.49 D. 9.84

SIT 8: Evaluate the following limits:

64. (x^2-1)/(x-1) as x approaches 1.
A. 4 B. 1/4 C. 1/2 D. 2

65. (x^3-2x^2+7)/(2x^3+x-3) as x approaches infinity.

A. 2 B. 4 C. 1/2 D. 1/4

66. x^3/(x^2-1) as x approaches 1.

A. 3 B. 0 C. 1 D. Does not exist

67. A can finish a job in 2 days, B can finish it in 3 days and C can finish it in 6 days. Working together, how many
days can they finish the job?
A. 2 B. 3.5 C. 2.5 D. 1

68. A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle having an area of 158 square cm. Find the area of the circle not
covered by hexagon.
A. 32.34 B. 27.34 C. 22.98 D. 45.63

SIT 8: An examination has two types of questions as follows:

Type A: 10 points at 3 minutes each.
Type B: 15 points at 6 minutes each.
There are 16 questions in the exam for a total time of 60 minutes.
69. How many type A questions are there in the examination?
A. 4 B. 12 C. 10 D. 6

70. How many type B questions are there in the examination?

A. 4 B. 12 C. 10 D. 6

71. What is the maximum score of this exam?

A. 160 B. 180 C. 190 D. 170

72. What is the arithmetic mean of the following set of numbers?

-14, -4, -10, 5, -1, -12
A. -6 B. 6 C. 5 D. -5

73. Find the area in sq. m. of a spherical triangle of whose angles are 123°, 84° and 73°. The radius of the sphere is
30 m.
A. 1863.3 B. 1570.8 C. 1958.6 D. 1480.2

74. The average of 2013 numbers is 2012. When a number was removed the average of the remaining became
2011. What was the number removed?
A. 1006 B. 2012 C. 2013 D. 4024

75. Almar bikes x km east at 20 kph to his friend’s house. He then turns south and bikes x km at 20 kph to the store.
Then, Almar turns east again and goes to his grandma’s house at 14 kph. On this last leg, he has to carry flour
he bought for her at the store. Her house is 2 km more from the store than Almar’s friend’s house is from the
store. Almar spends a total of 1 hour on the bike to get to his grandmother’s house. If Almar then rides straight
home in his grandma’s helicopter at 78 kph, how many minutes does it take Almar to get home from his
grandma’s house?
A. 10 B. 13 C. 12 D. 15