1. What is the name for a vector that represent the sum of two vectors?

A. Moment
B. Scalar
C. Torque
D. Resultant
2. The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect to time is:
A. Power
B. Force
C. Work
D. Momentum
3. The measurement of fluids resistance when acted upon external force is:
A. Viscosity
B. Flash point
C. Density
D. Tackiness
4. It is an increased pressure developed on impact with a pitot tube as a result of localized
kinetic energy reduction to zero.
A. Critical pressure
B. Saturation pressure
C. Stagnation pressure
D. Vacuum pressure
5. If a process is carried out in such a manner that at every instant, the system departs only
infinitesimally from an equilibrium state.
A. Isentropic process
B. Non-flow process
C. Throttling process
D. Quasi-static process
6. The measure of ability to transfer heat to other bodies based on a reference temperature for
a body has given up all the thermal energy it possibly can;
A. Zero pressure
B. Gage pressure
C. Vacuum pressure
D. Absolute temperature
7. In fluid flow, if the fluid travels parallel to the adjacent layers and the paths of individual
particles do not cross, the flow is said to be:
A. Uniform
B. Turbulent
C. Laminar
D. Critical
8. Deflection of a beam is
A. Proportional to the modulus of elasticity and moment of inertia
B. Proportional to the load and inversely to the length squared
C. Inversely proportional to the modulus of elasticity and moment of inertia
D. Inversely proportional to the weight times the length
9. Varignon’s theorem is used to determine ________.
A. Moment of inertia
B. Mass moment of inertia
C. Location of centroid
D. Moment of area
10. Study of motion with reference to the force which causes the motion is:
A. Kinematics
B. Kinetics
C. Statics
D. Dynamics
11. It is the ratio of the ultimate stress to the allowable stress.
A. Proportionality constant
B. Strain
C. Bulk modulus
D. Factor of safety
12. An open system, first law should be utilized for all the following, except:
A. A turbine
B. A pump
C. A piston cylinder device with no inlet and exhaust valves
D. A nozzle
13. An increased in heat enthalpy of a substance where it undergoes a change of phase at
constant pressure and temperature.
A. Heat of fusion
 B. Heat of transformation
C. Heat of crystallization
D. Heat of vaporization
14. A very important consequence of the ideal gas model is that the internal energy of an ideal
gas is a function of _________ only.
A. Pressure
B. Point function
C. Temperature
D. Volume
15. A thermodynamic system which undergoes a cyclic process during a positive amount of
work is done by the system.
A. Heat engine
B. Heat pump
C. Reversible irreversible process
D. Reversed rankine cycle
16. It is an increased pressure developed on impact with pitot tube as a result of localized
kinetic energy reduction to zero.
A. Critical pressure
B. Stagnation pressure
C. Saturation pressure
D. Vacuum pressure
17. Ratio of the outlet stagnation pressure to the inlet stagnation pressure is referred as:
A. Diffuser efficiency
B. Nozzle efficiency
C. Isentropic flow efficiency
D. Weir flow efficiency
18. A device used to keep moisture from passing through the system is called:
A. Crack
B. Aerator
C. Humidifier
D. Dehydrator
19. The locus of the elevations to which water will rise in a piezometer tube is termed:
A. Critical depth
B. Stagnation pressure
 C. Hydraulic gradient
D. Energy gradient
20. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one pound of that substance one degree
farenheit is
A. BTU
B. Calorie
C. Sensible heat
D. Centigrade heat unit
21. An ideal gas is contained in a rigid container. There is no work of a rotating shaft associated
with the container. Any heat transfer is a function of:
A. Pressure
B. Heat transfer equal to work
C. Volume only
D. Temperature only
22. Which of the statement is true?
A. Entropy always decreases
B. Entropy increases up to the critical temperature, then it decreases
C. Theoretically, entropy may be zero at a less enough temperature
D. Entropy does not change in the throttling process
23. An adiabatic process:
A. Allows heat transfer into the system but not out of the system
B. Allows heat transfer out of the system but not into the system
C. May be reversible
D. Is one in which enthalpy remains unchanged
24. A box suspended by a rope is pulled to one side by a horizontal force. The tension in the
rope
A. Is less than before
B. Is unchanged
C. Is greater than before
D. Any of the above
25. The place where buyers and seller come together
A. Market
B. Recreation center
C. Business
 D. Buy and sell section
26. The quantity of a certain commodity that is offered for sale at a certain price at a given place
and time
A. Demand
B. Stocks
C. Supply
D. Goods
27. A statement the truth of which follows with little or no proof from theorem
A. Axiom
B. Conclusion
C. Hypothesis ɵ
D. Corollary
28. What curve is represented by the equation r = 𝑎ɵ
A. Spiral of Archimedes
B. Four leaves rose
C. Cardioid
D. Three leaves rose
29. __________ is the locus of a point that moves in a plane of that the difference of the
distances from two fixed point of the plane is constant
A. Hyperbola
B. Circle
C. Ellipse
D. Parabola
30. Intermittent and filters are primarily used to
A. Trap to substance
B. Determine the flow
C. Oxidized putrescible matter
D. Convert water to gas
31. To divert excessive flow from combined sewer designers often use
A. Overhead trap
B. An extension pipe
C. A spillway
D. A leaping weir
32. The most important factor in determining high temperature behavior of an alloy is
 A. Pressure
B. Materials
C. Parameters
D. Composition
33. The new mechanical engineering law which was signed last February 12, 1998 is known as
A. RA 9584
B. RA 8495
C. RA 2002
D. RA 7680
34. Under the provisions of the PSME Code, what is the color symbol for air piping?
A. Red
B. Light blue
C. Black
D. Green
35. What is the origin of the energy conservation equation used in the flow systems?
A. Dalton’s Law
B. First law of thermodynamics
C. Pascal’s Law
D. Second law of thermodynamics
36. The process of exchange where no single medium of exchange is used
A. Exchange
B. Liquidated damages
C. Partial
D. Hunter
37. Means the sum agreed upon in advance by the parties as compensation for a breach
A. Unliquidated damages
B. Advanced wages
C. Liquidated damages
D. All of these
38. A written acknowledgement by a carrier that he has received the goods for shipment
A. Crate bill
B. Bill of lading
C. Ticket
D. Contract to ship
39. A letter of request whereby one person, usually a merchant or banker , request some other
person to advance man or to give credit up to a certain amount
A. Check
B. Letter of credit
C. Letter of debit
D. Acknowledgement
40. If an increase in the capital stock is made when actually no additional value has been paid
either in cash or in money’s worth
A. Stock watering
B. Inflation
C. Deflation
D. Depletion
41. A check drawn from a depositor against his account which the bank has marked certified
A. Manager’s check
B. Personal’s check
C. Certified check
D. Company check
42. A written contract, under seal, whereby a corporation binds itself to pay a specific sum of
money to the owner of the bond
A. Corporation bond
B. Coupon bond
C. Collateral bond
D. Sealed bond
43. The actual accounts passing into and out of the treasury of financial venture
A. Money market’
B. Bond
C. Check out
D. Cash flow
44. The number of several outcomes divided by the number of possible outcomes is
A. Change
B. Probability
C. Combination
D. Permutation
45. The unit prefix nano is opposite to
 A. Mega
B. Tera
C. Giga
D. Hexa
46. The altitudes of the sides of triangles intersect at the point known as
A. Orthocenter
B. Centroid
C. Circumcenter
D. Incenter
47. The arc length equal to the radius of the circle is called
A. 1 radian
B. Pi radian
C. 1 quarter circle
D. 1 grad
48. Supplementary angles are angles whose sum is
A. 45 deg
B. 180 deg
C. 90 deg
D. 360 deg
49. The median of a triangle is the line connecting a vertex and the midpoint of the opposite
side. For a given triangle, these medians intersect at a point which is called
A. Orthocenter
B. Circumcenter
C. Incenter
D. Centroid
50. Any number multiplied by ______ equals unity
A. Infinity
B. Its reciprocal
C. Itself
D. Zero
51. A sequence of decreasing numbers or when the succeeding term is lesser than the
preceding term is
A. Convergent series
B. Divergent series
 C. Polyhedral series
D. Discrete series
52. An angle greater than a straight line and less than two straight angles is called
A. Right angle
B. Acute angle
C. Obtuse angle
D. Reflex angle
53. What type of curve is generated by a point which moves in uniform circular motion about an
axis, while traveling with a constant speed, v, parallel to the axis?
A. a cycloid
B. an epicucloid
C. a hypocycloid
D. a helix
54. What is a possible outcome of an experiment called?
A. a sample space
B. a random point
C. an event
D. a finite set
55. In probability theory, what is the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment called?
A. a set of random events
B. a fuzzy set
C. a cumulative distribution
D. a sample space
56. The amount of money paid for the use of borrowed capital or income produced by money
which has been loaned.
A. interest
B. income
C. percentage
D. release amount
57. The quantity of a certain commodity that is offered for sale at a given price at a given place
and time.
A. supply
B. goods
C. demand
 D. bond
58. On a negotiable paper is the difference between the present worth and the worth of the
paper at some time in the future.
A. differential amount
B. discount
C. allowance
D. appraisal
59. The analysis and evaluation of the factors that will affect the economic success of
engineering projects to the end that recommendation can be made which will insure the best
use of capital.
A. economic analysis
B. break-even analysis
C. capital evaluation
D. engineering economy
60. The process of determining the value of certain property for specific reasons.
A. depletion
B. determination
C. appraisal
D. estimation
61. Funds supplied and used by owners of an enterprise in the expectation that a profit will be
earned.
A. equity capital
B. credit
C. save
D. investment
62. The decrease in valueof a property due to the gradual extraction of its contents.
A. Depreciation
B. appreciation
C. property loss
D. depletion
63. A statement of equality between two ratios:
A. valuation
B. power factor
C. theorem
 D. proportion
64. The side opposite the right angle of a right triangle:
A. quadrilateral
B. hypotenuse
C. apothem
D. median
65. A plane closed curve, all points of which are the same distance from a point within, called
the center is:
A. chord
B. arc
C. circle
D. radius
66. Two triangles are congruent if two angles and the included side of one are equal
respectively to two angles and the included side of the other.
A. axiom
B. corollary
C. postulate
D. theorem
67. The volume of a circular cylinder is equal to the product of its base and altitude:
A. postulate
B. theorem
C. corollary
D. axiom
68. The dimension of Acceleration x Mass is the same unit as that of:
A. length
B. work
C. weight
D. section modulus
69. The coefficient of friction for dry surfaces:
A. depends on the materials and the finish condition of the surface
B. depends only on the finish condition of the surfaces
C. does not depend on the materials
D. depends on the composition of the materials only
70. Output over input is:
A. efficiency
B. bond
C. rate of return
D. annuity
71. An instrument for measuring specific gravity of fluids:
A. flowmeter
B. clinometer
C. hygrometer
D. hydrometer
72. The decrease of value of property due to passage of time.
A. Devaluation
B. Salvage Value
C. Depletion
D. Depreciation
73. The difference between the book value and the actual lower resale value is:
A. Salvage Value
B. Fixed Cost
C. Resale Value
D. Sunk Cost
74. It occurs when a unique product or service is available only from a single supplier and entry
of all other possible suppliers prevented.
A. Monopoly
B. Profitability
C. Competition
D. Inventory
75. A beam supported at both ends and carrying a uniformly distributed load:
A. Has its maximum bending moment at the support
B. Has its maximum shear at the center of the beam
C. Has its maximum shear at the supports
D. Has uniform shear throughout the length of the beam
76. What is the form of the moment diagram of a beam supported at both ends and carrying a
uniformly distributed load?
A. Hyperbola
 B. Rectangle
C. Parabola
D. Triangle
77. The maximum moment of a beam supported at both ends and carrying a uniformly
distributed load?
A. Either of the two ends
B. Center
C. Anywhere in the span
D. At the end left
78. A cantilever beam having a uniformly increasing load toward the fixed end:
A. Has uniform shear
B. Has a reaction equal to the load
C. Will have maximum bending moment midway to the beam
D. Has a reaction equal to one half of the load
79. The ratio of the annual revenues to the annual expenses:
A. Benefit-to-cost ratio
B. Rate of return
C. Income ratio
D. Benefit ratio
80. An instrument for measuring high temperature gases:
A. Atmometer
B. Odometer
C. Altimeter
D. Pyrometer
81. The digits of a measurement which a scientist reads and estimate on a scale are called:
A. Accuracy
B. Precision
C. Significant figures
D. Experimentation
82. Galvanized iron is a term referring to iron coated with:
A. Aluminum
B. Magnesium
C. Tin
D. Zinc
83. The sum of the sides of a polygon:
A. Circumference
B. Square
C. Perimeter
D. Hexagon
84. A tax on imports:
A. Import Tariffs
B. Value added tax
C. Import quote
D. Capital account
85. A line that meets a plane but is not perpendicular to it, in relation to the plane:
A. Parallel
B. Coplanar
C. Collinear
D. Oblique
86. Any method of repaying a debt, the principal and interest included, usually by a series of
equal payments at equal intervals of time.
A. annuity
B. amortization
C. perpetuity
D. compound
87. Funds supplied by others on which a fixed rate of interest must be paid and the debt be
repaid at a specific time.
A. borrowed capital
B. first cost
C. discount
D. bond
88. The length of time during which the property may be operated at a profit.
A. economic life
B. physical life
C. bank life
D. life time
89. The length of time during which it is capable of performing the function for which it was
designed and manufactured.
 A. economic life
B. pro life
C. physical life
D. no. of periods
90. The value of the variable for which the costs for the alternative will be equal.
A. break-even analysis
B. break-even graph
C. break-even point
D. break-even business
91. Products that are directly used by people to satisfy their wants
A. producer goods
B. consumer goods
C. supply
D. demand
92. The sum of the first cost and the present worth of all cost of any property of replacement,
operation and maintenance for a long time or forever.
A. annual cost
B. total cost
C. capitalized cost
D. expenses
93. Relative to the force needed to keep a box moving at constant velocity across a floor, to
start the box moving usually needs
A. less force
B. the same force
C. more force
D. any of the above, depending on the natures of the surface in contact
94. When two surfaces are in contact, the frictional force between them depends on which one
or more of the following?
A. the normal force pressing one surface against the other
B. all of these
C. whether the surfaces are stationary or in relative motion
D. whether a lubricant is used or not
95. Compared with her mass and weight on Earth, an astronaut on Venus, where the
acceleration of gravity is 8.8 m/s2, has
 A. less mass and less weight
B. less mass and same weight
C. less mass and more weight
D. the same mass and less weight
96. A car towing a trailer is accelerating on a level road. The car exerts a force on the trailer
whose magnitude is
A. the same as that of the force the trailer exerts on the car
B. the same as that of the force the trailer exerts on the road
C. the same as that of the force the road exerts on the road
D. greater than that of the force the trailer exerts on the car
97. In Newton’s third law of motion the action and reaction forces
A. act on the same objects
B. act on different objects
C. do not necessarily have the same magnitude and do not necessarily have the same line
of action
D. have the same magnitude but do not have necessarily have the same line of action
98. A jumper of weight w presses down on the floor with a force of magnitude F, and the jumper
leaves the floor as a result. The force the floor exerted on the jumper must have had a
magnitude
A. equal to w and less than F
B. equal to w and equal to F
C. more than w and equal to F
D. more than w and more than F
99. It is defined to be the capacity of a commodity to satisfy human want:
A. Discount
B. Utility
C. Luxuries
D. Necessity
100. The place where buyers and sellers exchange goods:
A. Demand
B. Market
C. Business
D. Buy and sell section