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MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Intramuros, Manila

Correlation 2
Day, Date 8:00 – 12:00 AM
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GEAS Set A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark ONLY ONE ANSWER for each item by
shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED.

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. Convert the vector A = xyax +yzaz to the cylindrical species become constant.
coordinate system D. Equilibrium is achieved when reactant and product
A. A = (2cos2φsinφ)a + (-2cos2φsin2φ)aφ + (zsinφ)az* concentrations are equal.*
B. A = (cos2φsinφ)a + (2cos2φsin2φ)aφ + (zsinφ)az
C. A = (2cos2φsinφ)a + (cosφsinφ)aφ - (zsinφ)az 10. What happens when a catalyst is added to a system at
D. A = (2cosφsinφ)a + (-cosφsinφ)aφ + (2zsin2φ)az equilibrium?
A. The reaction follows an alternative pathway of lower
2. Find the charge distribution in free space that generates activation energy.*
electric field B. The heat of reaction decreases.
E = 2xax + y2ay V/m. C. The potential energy of the reactants decreases.
A. V = 20 C/m2 D. The potential energy of the products decreases.
B. V = 2y0 C/m2
11. Which one of the following statements most accurately
C. V = (2 + y)0 C/m2
relates the properties of a liquid at room temperature with its
D. V = (2 + 2y)0 C/m2 *
vapour pressure?
A. A liquid with a low vapour pressure will probably have a
3. The top management of any firm is involved in this type of
high surface tension and a high boiling point.*
planning.
B. A liquid with a low vapour pressure will probably have a
A. Operational Planning
low surface tension and a high boiling point.
B. Intermediate Planning
C. A liquid with a high vapour pressure will probably have a
C. Strategic planning*
low surface tension and a high boiling point.
D. Secondary Planning
D. A liquid with a low vapour pressure will probably have
high intermolecular forces and a low boiling point.
4. Refers to the process of determining how specific tasks
can best be accomplished on time with available resources.
A. Operational Planning* 12. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
B. Intermediate Planning A. Since voltage depends on concentrations, using standard
C. Strategic planning conditions makes it easier to compare different
D. Secondary Planning electrochemical reactions.
B. We have to measure the cell potential to obtain the
5. The year when EO 546 implemented. difference in potential energy because the potential of half-
A. May, 23 1979 reactions cannot be measured directly.
B. June, 23 1979 C. The direction of a redox reaction can only be determined
C. July, 23 1979* experimentally.*
D. August, 23 1979 D. Half-cell potentials for half-reactions are determined by
combining the relevant half-cell with a standardized half-cell.
6. What must be issued for the operation of communications
utilities and services, radio communication systems, wire or 13 How does the volume of 1 mol of an ideal gas change if
wireless telephone or telegraph systems, radio and the temperature and the pressure are both decreased by a
television broadcasting system? factor of four?
A. Certificate of Compliance A. decreases by four times
B. Certificate of Authenticity B. decreases by sixteen times
C. Certificate of Registration C. increases by four times
D. Certificate of Public Convenience* D. remains unchanged*

7. According to the Code of Ethics for ECE practitioners, 14. Which one of the following sets of substances is ranked
what constitutes the foundation of ethics? in order of increasing boiling point at 1 atm?
A. Honesty, Justice and Equality A. CH4 < CF4 < CH3OH < CH3CH2OH *
B. Honesty, Justice and Courtesy* B. He < Ar < Kr < Ne
C. Humble, Justice and Courtesy C. H2O < H2S < H2Se < H2Te
D. Humble, Justice and Equality D. HF < HCl < HBr < HI

8. According to code of ethics, an engineer shall cooperate
in upholding the _______ of the profession by avoiding all
conducts and practices that would harm the profession.
A. Dignity and Honor
B. Integrity and Honor
C. Integrity, Dignity and trustworthy
D. Integrity, Dignity and Honor*
9. Identify the INCORRECT statement below regarding
chemical equilibrium.
A. All chemical reactions are, in principle, reversible.
B. Equilibrium is achieved when the forward reaction rate
equals the reverse reaction rate.
C. Equilibrium is achieved when the concentrations of
15. 2 moles of a monatomic ideal gas is placed under a
piston in a cylindrical container. The piston can move freely
up and down without friction and its diameter is 20 cm. A 50
kg weight is placed on the top of the piston. The initial
temperature of the gas is 0 ̊C. Calculate the absolute
pressure in the container.
A. 6.11x105 Pa
B. 6.16x105 Pa
C. 1.16x105 Pa*
D. 1.61x105 Pa
16. 2 moles of a monatomic ideal gas is placed under a
piston in a cylindrical container. The piston can move freely
up and down without friction and its diameter is 20 cm. A 50
kg weight is placed on the top of the piston. The initial D. anet = 3
temperature of the gas is 0 ̊C. The gas is heated to a
temperature of a 100 ̊C at the constant pressure. Calculate 24. A block is dragged by a Force of magnitude F = 10 N
the volume of the gas. across a horizontal surface at a constant velocity of v = 3
A. 0.053 m3* m/sec as shown in the figure. The power delivered by the
B. 0.503 m3 force F to the block is:
C. 0.530 m3
D. 3.50 m3

17. Refers to a manager’s right to tell subordinates what to

do and then see that they do it.
A. Line authority*
B. Staff authority
C. Functional authority
D. Head authority

18. An organizational structure in which each employee

reports both a functional or division manager and to a
project or group manager.
A. Functional Organization
B. Product or Market Organization A. 22.8 W
C. Matrix Organization* B. 28.2 W*
D. Divisible Organization C. 80.2 W
D. 82.2 W
19. Using digital communication to improve supply chain
efficiency is dependent on effective exchange and sharing 25. A ball formed from a hollow circular shell of mass M =
of information. The challenges of achieving standardized 0.5 kg and radius R = 0.2 m is rolling without slipping on a
data formats and data exchange have given rise to the horizontal surface. Its translational velocity is v = 3 m/s. The
study of the optimization of the: total kinetic energy of the ball is:
A. Information supply chain* A. 5.73 J
B. Virtual integration B. 3.75 J*
C. Vertical integration C. 3.57 J
D. Information asymmetry D. 7.35 J

20. The typical benefits of e-supply chain management 26. A container filled with a sample of an ideal gas at the
gained by a B2B company are quite comprehensive. Which pressure of 1.5 atm. The gas is compressed isothermally to
of the following is false though? one-fourth of its original volume. What is the new pressure
A. Increased efficiency of individual processes of the gas?
B. Increased costs through outsourcing* A. 2 atm
C. Improved data integration between elements of the B. 3 atm
supply chain C. 4 atm
D. Reduced complexity of the supply chain D. 6 atm *

21. In the manual practice, what is the critical viewing or 27. Two containers are filled with diatomic hydrogen gas
investigation or a careful, complete and systematic and diatomic oxygen gas. The gases have
examination of electronic items, installation and project in the same temperature. Compare the average speed of
question? hydrogen molecules to the average
A. operations speed of oxygen molecules.
B. quality check A. 1/16
C. inspection* B. 1/4
D. inventory C. 16/1
D. 4/1*
22. It is the process of running or managing an electronics
system, network, services and peripheral facilities intended 28. When there is a degradation of service provided by the
for transmission, reception and delivery of intelligence by company to clients, it is a sign that the engineer manager in-
wire, radio, fiber optics and other futuristic media. charge:
A. operations* A. Lacks leadership skill
B. quality check B. Has inadequate control*
C. inspection C. Has poor organization
D. inventory D. Has no proper planning

23. Two blocks are in contact on a frictionless inclined plane 29. What principal element of uncertainty refers to a
with angle of inclination θ. A force F pushes on the left measure of the relevance of available information to the
block, causing both blocks to accelerate. If F=30N, m1 = problem at hand?
4kg, and m2=6kg, what is the net acceleration? A. Statistical confidence
B. Tolerance*
C. Incompleteness of the data
D. Ambiguity in modeling the problem

30. One of the mnemonic management tool used is the

SMEAC. What does the acronym SMEAC stands for?
A. Situation, Mission, Execution, Administration,
Coordination
B. Situation, Mission, Execution, Application,
Communication
C. Situation, Mission, Execution, Administration,
Communication*
D. Strategy, Mission, Execution, Administration,
Communication
A. anet = 0*
B. anet = 1 31. A spring (force constant k = 490 N/m) with a mass M =
C. anet = 2 10 kg attached, oscillates with simple harmonic motion. The
spring is initially compressed 20 cm from its unstretched
length as shown in the figure and then released. Assuming
the form x = A cos (t + ) for the harmonic motion of M, the
numerical values for A, , and  are respectively:

39. Find the angle θO with which he must shoot the dart to
just clear the top of the wall and strike the target. [For the
A. 0.2m, 7rad/s, 0 rad* purposes of this problem you may assume that the target
B. 0.3m, 8rad/s, 1 rad and the dart’s launch point are at the same elevation; you
C. 0.4m, 9rad/s, 2 rad may ignore air resistance.]
D. 0.5m, 10rad/s, 3 rad A. θO = 45.7O
B. θO = 47.7O
32. Determine the total current in a wire of radius 1.6mm C. θO = 74.7O *
placed along the z-axis if J = [(500az)/] A/m2. D. θO = 77.4O
A. I = 1.3π A
B. I = 1.4π A 40. A pendulum is made of a rod of length L=1 m and mass
C. I = 1.5π A mrod =3 kg, attached to a solid sphere of radius R=0.2 m
D. I = 1.6π A* and mass msphere = 4.5 kg. The axis of rotation is at the
end of the rod. What is the moment of inertia of the system
33. The risk or probability of incorrectly concluding that the about the rotation axis?
conversion process is out of control.
A. Type 1 error*
B. Type 2 errors
C. (A) and (B)
D. None of these

34. ………………………… deals with decision-making

related to production processes so that the resulting goods
or services are produced according to specifications, in the
amount and by the schedule demanded and out of minimum
cost.
A. Production management*
B. Marketing management
C. Finance management
D. Capital structure

35. According to NTC MO No. 10-11-2005, the software for

the Automatic Filter Dictionary (AFD) has the capability to?
A. Automatically mask pre-determined words or phrases not
suitable for cablecasting A. 5.75 kg-m2
B. Preview all messages prior to cablecasting B. 5.57 kg-m2
C. Provide the operator to edit or delete messages C. 7.55 kg-m2*
D. 7.55 kg-m2
D. All of the above*
41. A car of mass 1000 kg travelling north with speed VC hits
36. Which of the following equipment/installations is not
a truck of mass 3000 kg travelling east with speed VT. In the
covered by the rules and regulations in BECE 03-75:
ensuing crash, the truck and car stick together and slide
A. Master Antenna Television
away to the northeast, at a direction 30° north of east, as
B. Community Antenna Television
shown on the diagram. The vehicles are sufficiently
C. Close Circuit Television
mangled that their wheels no longer turn, and they slide
D. Alarm System *
along the pavement for 35 meters until coming to rest. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the mangled tires and
37. An electric dipole is located at origin, where the two
the pavement is µk = 0.4. Find the speed VF of the car/truck
opposite charges are located on the z-axis and centered on
wreck after the collision, just as it begins to slide.
the origin. The electric dipole moment is defined as p = Qd,
where Q is the charge carried by any one of the two
charges, and d is a vector whose direction is from the
opposite charge to the positive one, and whose magnitude
is the distance between two charges. Now it is known that d
is 0.1 nm, and charge Q is 1 nC. The electric potential at (0,
1, 1) nm is also known to be 2 V. Find out the electric
potential at (1, 1, 1) nm.
A. V = 2.8941x108 V
B. V = -2.8941x108 V*
C. V = 2.4891x108 V
D. V = -2.4891x108 V

38. A crossbow archer is practicing for the medieval X-

A. 16.6 m/s*
games. His goal is to hit a target 75m away, but to do so he
B. 61.6 m/s
must shoot over a wall 70m high that is located half the
C. 66.1 m/s
distance to the target as shown in the figure. The crossbow
D. 15.6 m/s
fires a dart at a fixed speed of vO = 38.4 m/sec.
42. Two point charges in free space are separated by B. dolomite
distance d and exert a force 2.6 nN on each other. The force C. graphite *
becomes 1.5 nN when the free space is replaced by a D. manganese
homogeneous dielectric material. Calculate the dielectric
constant of the material. 55. A material used for insulation
A.  = 1.37 0 A. rubber
B.  = 1.73 0* B. asbestos
C.  = 3.17 0 C. mica
D.  = 3.71 0 D. all of these *

43. A chemical change 56. What is the maximum thickness of a plate if a 20-mm
A. can be easily reversed diameter hole is to be punch using a force of 550kN?
B. cannot be easily reversed * ( Shear strength is 350MPa).
C. either a or b A. 10 mm
D. neither a nor b B. 15 mm
C. 20 mm
44 In the reaction 2Mg + O2  , the product is D. 25 mm *
A. manganese oxide
B. magnesium oxide * 57. A 20-mm rivet join the two plates that are each 110 mm
C. magnesium dioxide wide. The allowable stress are 120MPa for bearing in the
D. manganese dioxide plate material and 60MPa for shearing of the rivet. What is
the minimum thickness of each plate ?
45. In ____, atoms share outermost electrons to achieve A. 7.85 in. *
stability. B. 8.75 in.
A. ionic bonding C. 5.78 in.
B. covalent * D. 7.58 in.
C. a chemical bond
D. electron bond 58. The wall thickness of a 4ft-diameter spherical tank is
5/16 in. What is the maximum stress if the allowable
46. Same elements with different structural forms are called internal pressure is 208psi ?
A. Isotopes A. 2000psi
B. Isobars B. 4000psi
C. allotropes * C. 6000psi
D. isomers D. 8000psi *

47. How many moles of C5H12 are in a 135.7 g? 59. The ratio of the ultimate stress to the allowable stress.
A. 1.881 g A. strain
B. 9.791 g B. modulus
C. 1.881 moles * C. proportionality
D. 9.791 moles D. factor of safety *

48. Coal is formed due to the process of 60. An iceberg floats in seawater. What percentage of the
A. ionization iceberg is submerged?
B. evaporation A. 92% *
C. Carbonization * B. 8%
D. condensation C. 29%
D. 71%
49. When matter changes from solid to gas, it is called
A. sublimation * 61. It is defined as the quantity of heat required to change
B. liquefaction the temperature of unit mass through one degree.
C. sodification A. specific gravity
D. deposition B. density
C. heat
50. A non-homogenous mixture is called a D. specific heat *
A. solution
B. heterogenous mixture * 62. The field of engineering economics uses mathematical
C. uniform mixture and economic techniques to systematically analyze
D. none of these situations which pose alternative courses of action
A. Cash Flow *
51. The ratio of the number of moles of solute per liter of B. Flow Chart
solution is called C. Pie Chart
A. molarity * D. Bar Graph
B. mole fraction
C. molality 63. A person dropped a rock into an old well with a depth of
D. none of these 70.34m. If the speed of sound is 330m/sec, how much time
is expected for the sound of the rock splashing into the
52. The alloys of copper and zinc are called water to be heard by the person?
A. brass * A. 2 sec
B. beryllium B. 6 sec
C. bronze C. 10 sec
D. none of these D. 4 sec *

53. Lead is produced from the ore of 64. An engineer is designing the runway for an airport. Of
A. Litharge the planes that will use the airport, the takeoff speed for this
B. Bauxite plane will be 65 m/s. If the minimum allowed length for the
C. blonde runway is 28.6m, what is the minimum acceleration required
D. Galena * in m/sec2 for the airplane to take off?
A. 3 *
54. Carbon materials used in the field of electrical B. 5
engineering are manufactured mostly from _____ C. 7
A. magnetite D. 9
65. A loan of P 5,000 is made for a period of 15 months. If B. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
the future amount is P 5,937.50 due at the end of the loan C. Newton’s Third Law of Motion
period, what is simple interest rate? D. None of the above
A. 5%
B. 10% 77. If the accumulated amount of a five-year annuity is P 40,
C. 15% * 454.29. What should be the amount to be paid at the end of
D. 20% each year if interest is 15% compounded annually?
A. P 2,000
66. Which of the following is an extensive property of a B. P 4,000
substance? C. P 6,000 *
A. Charge * D. P 8,000
B. Temperature
C. Pressure 78. How many water molecules are present in 5.34mL of
D. None of these water at a temperature of 4°C which the density of water at
this temperature is 1.00 g/mL? Atomic masses of H and O
67. What is the final temperature if 292kJ of heat is applied are 1.008g and 16.00g respectively.
to a 500 g ice at -15 deg C to turn it into liquid water? A. 1.84 x 10^23 molecules
A. 55 deg C * B. 1.78 x 10^23 *
B. 45 deg C C. 1.74 x 10^23 molecules
C. 35 deg C D. 1.87 x 10^23 molecules
D. 25 deg C
79. A VOM was bought 5 years ago at a certain selling
68. What is the average kinetic energy in eV of any gas price. If its selling price is expected to decline at a rate of
molecule at room temperature? 10% per annum due to obsolescence, what will is its original
A. 3.8 selling price if today's selling price is P236.2?
B. 3.8 A. P 300
C. 0.38 B. P 800
D. 0.038 * C. P 600
D. P 400 *
69. If is the ordinary simple interest for 125 days at 4% is P
34.72, what is the amount loaned? 80. The technology of using the flow characteristics of liquid
A. P1,500 or gas to operate a control system.
B. P2,000 A. pneumatics
C. P2,500 * B. hydraulics
D. P3,000 C. fluidics *
D. thermodynamics
70. What is the opposite of monopoly?
A. perfect competition * 81. It is a solid state device that converts heat flux
B. Monopsony (temperature differences) directly into electrical energy
C. Duopoly A. Seebeck generator *
D. Oligopoly B. Peltier generator
C. Piezoelectric generator
71. If the accumulated amount of P10,000 after 10 years is D. any of these
P 13,498.60, what is the nominal interest rate if
compounded continuously ? 82. Anions are __ their parent atoms.
A. 3 % * A. smaller than
B. 5 % B. larger than *
C. 9 % C. same as
D. 11 % D. none of these

72. How long will it take money to double itself if invested at 83. A buyer is considering whether or not to re-finance the
5% compounded annually? mortgage on his home. He owes
A. 13.7 years P1,000,000 on his home, and will continue paying the
B. 14.7 years mortgage for the next 25 years. He currently
C. 14.2 years * is paying 7% interest on the mortgage. What are his current
D. 15.3 years monthly payments?
A. P6,782.1
73. What is used to determine the type of flow of a liquid? B. P7,067.8 *
A. Reynold’s number * C. P8,352.2
B. Kutter’s number D. P9,082.1
C. Froude’s number
D. Bernoulli’s number 84. Find the present value in pesos, of a perpetuity of
P15,000 payable semi-annually if money is worth 8%
74. What refers to a document that shows proof of legal compounded quarterly.
ownership of a financial security? A. 371, 287.13 *
A. Bond B 450, 213.35
B. Bank note C. 212, 315.25
C. Coupon * D. 316,215.12
D. Check
85. When one boy is sitting 1.20m from the center of a
75. If the resultant force on a body of mass 48kg is 288N, seesaw, another boy must sit on the other side 1.50m from
waht is its acceleration in m/s2? the center to maintain an even balance. However, when the
A. 2 first boy carries an additional weight of 14kg and sit 1.80m
B. 4 from the center, the second boy must move to 3m from the
C. 6 * center to balance. Neglecting the weight of seesaw, find the
D. 8 weight of the heaviest boy.
A. 42kg *
76. It states that an object at rest will remain at rest unless B. 35kg
acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion C. 58kg
continues in motion with the same speed and in the same D. 29kg
direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
A. Newton’s First Law of Motion *
86. A block is resting on an inclined plane making angle of A. 0.179 g/li *
20deg from the horizontal. B. 1.79 g/li
If the coefficient of friction between the block and the C. 17.9 g/li
inclined plane is 0.6, and the block is subjected to a force of D. 179 g/li
87N parallel to the inclined plane which causes an
impending motion down the plane, find the mass of the 97. What is considered the best conductor of electric
block. current?
A. 40kg * A. copper
B. 50 kg B. aluminum
C. 60 kg C. silver *
D. 70 kg D. gold
87. A 100 kg body moves to the right at 5 m/s and another 98. Its a measure of a metal's ability to withstand tensile
body of mass W moves to the left at 3 m/s. They meet each stress, which is a force pulling the two ends of a material
other and after impact the 100 kg body rebounds to the left away from each other.
at 2 m/s. If the mass of the other body is 140 kg, find the A. plasticity
coefficient of restitution. B. ductility *
A. 0.5 * C. brittleness
B. 0.4 D. hardness
C. 0.3
D. 0.2 99. Vector perpendicular to the plane containing vector A
and vector B
88. A ball is shot at a ground level at an angle of 60 degrees A. scalar product
with the horizontal with an initial velocity of 100m/s. How B. cross product *
much time will it take for the ball to reach the height of C. dot product
153.59m . D. vector product
A. 1 sec
B. 2 sec * 100. If the hydrogen ion concentration of solutions is
C. 3 sec 3.2 × 10−8 , what is the pH if the solution?
D. 4 sec A. 4.5
B. 7.5 *
89. What is the initial velocity of a body if it accelerates at C. 5.5
6.67 m.s^2 to a final velocity of 40 m/s in 3 sec? Answer in D. 6.5
SI.
A. 40 m/s
B. 20 m/s *
C. 10 m/s
D. 80 m/s

90. It is the most malleable of all metals.

A. silver
B. copper
C. aluminum
D. gold *

91. It refers to the thermally induced flow of charge carriers

from a surface or over a potential-energy barrier.
A. electronic emission
B. greenhouse effect
C. thermal emission *
D. melting icecaps

92. A Danish physicist who made foundational contributions

to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory,
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Isaac Newton
C. Pythagoras
D. Niels Bohr

93. Compute the mass of an electron traveling at half the

speed of light.
A. 1.05x10 – 29 kg
B. 1.05x10 – 30 kg *
C. 1.25x10 –30 kg
D. 1.21x10 –30 kg

94. Assuming that the barometer reads 760 mm Hg, what is

gauge pressure if the absolute pressure is 221.24 KPa .
A. 760 mm Hg
B. 820 mm Hg
C. 900 mm Hg *
D. 1020 mm Hg

95. A comfortable room temperature is 27deg C. The

temperature expressed in degrees farenheit is _____.
A. 72 deg. *
B. 90 deg.
C. 105 deg.
D. 110 deg.

96. The density of helium at STP is equivalent to