SUBJECT: PLUMBING ARITHMETIC d.

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DATE: July 18, 2015 (Saturday, 9:30 a.m. through 11:30 a.m.) e. None of the above

WARNING: If there are conflicts between a stated word and 7. The chord passing through the focus of the parabola and
the number/ amount/ figure described, the stated / spelled perpendicular to its axis is termed as:
word shall prevail. Should there be conflicts between two a. directrix
(2.0) stated quantities, the higher figure shall prevail. b. translated axis
c. latus rectum
TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Shade the letter that corresponds to
d. asymptotes
the correct answer.
e. None of the Above
1. Any number multiplied by __________ equals unity?
a. infinity
8. Find the odd man out. 396, 462, 572, 427, 671, 264
b. itself a. 396
c. its reciprocal b. 572
d. zero c. 427
e. None of the Above d. 264
e. 671
2. A wooden plank x meters long has one end leaning on top
of a vertical wall 1.5m high and the other end resting on a 9. Determine the present worth of an annual payment of
horizontal ground. Neglecting friction, find x if a force P2,500.00 at the end of each year for 12 years at 8%
(parallel to the plank) of 100 N is needed to pull a 400 N block compounded annually.
up the plank. a. P18,840.20
a. 6 meters b. P30,000.00
b. 5meters c. P15,000.00
c. 4 meters d. P17,546.04
d. 3 meters e. None of the Above
e. 2 meters
10. From a speed of 75 kph, a car decelerates at the rate of
3. How many gallons are in one cubic meter of water? 500m/ min2 along a straightpath. How far in meters, will it
a. 246 travel in 45 sec?
b. 264 a. 795
c. 624 b. 791
d. 462 c. 797
e. None of the above d. 793
e. None of the Above
4. A polygon with fifteen sides is called:
a. pentagon 11. A 12" pipe carries water at a velocity of 5.0 fps. What is
b. dodecagon the flow in cfs?
c. pentadecagon a. 7.9 cfs
d. nonagon b. 5.9 cfs
e. None of the Above c. 4.9 cfs
d. 3.9 cfs
5. The length of the bridge, which a train 130 metres long and e. None of the above
travelling at 45 km/hr can cross in 30 seconds, is:
a. 200 m
12. How long will it take for an investment to double its
b. 225 m
amount if invested at an interest rate of 6% compounded bi-
c. 245 m
monthly?
d. 250 m
a. 10 years
e. none of the above
b. 12 years
c. 14 years
6. When ¼ of 720 is subtracted from 3/7 of 567, the result is;
d. 16 years
a. 71
e. None of the Above
b. 63
c. 61
13. If 5a = 3125, then the value of 5(a - 3) is: d. 2,743.27
a. 25 e. 2,843.27
b. 125
c. 625 19.The amount of P1,500.00 was deposited in a bank account
d. 1625 , 20 years ago. Today is worth P3,000.00. Interest is paid
e. none of the above semi-annually. Determine the interest rate paid on this
account?
14. For Ordinary Annuity, What is the value for periodic a. 3.5%
payment “A” ? b. 2.5%
a. Fi__ c. 2.9%
(1+i) n -1 d. 4.5%
b. Pi__ e. None of the Above
(1+i) n -1
c. Fi__ 20. A circular tank has a diameter of 40 feet and is 10 feet
(1+n)i-1 deep. How many gallons will it hold?
d. Fi__ a. 96,200 gallons
1+(1+i) n b. 95,200 gallons
e. None of the Above c. 94,000 gallons
d. 92,200 gallons
15. In a regular polygon, the perpendicular line drawn from e. 93,200 gallons
the center of the inscribed circle to any one of the sides is
called: 21. The section of the sphere cut by a plane through its
a. radius center is termed as:
b. altitude a. small circle
c. median b. semi-circle
d. apothem c. big circle
e. None of the Above d. great circle
e. circular arc
16. For a Flush tank type water closet, what is the main
purpose of the tank? 22. The statement “ a + b = b + a “ is a
a. serves as a back rest a. associative law of addition
b. to give water surge b. commutative law of addition
c. to hold a supply of water c. associative law of multiplication
d. for rim support d. commutative law of multiplication
e. None of the Above e. None of the above

17. A car starting from rest moves with a constant 23. From the top of a building 50 feet high the angles of
acceleration of 10km/hr2 for 1 hour, then decelerates at a elevation and depression of the top and bottom of another
constant -5km/ hr2 until it comes to a stop. How far has it building are 19 41’ and 26 34’ respectively. What are the
traveled? height and distance of the second building.
a. 10 km a. 85’ 9” and 100ft
b. 20 km b. 87’ 9” and 100ft
c. 12 km c. 88’ 9” and 100ft
d. 15 km d. 82’ 9” and 100ft
e. None of the Above e. 81’ 9” and 100ft

18. A cylindrical water tank which is 12.0 mts in diameter and 24. Today is Monday. After 61 days, it will be:
20 mts in length is placed temporarily on a 30 slope. The a. Wednesday
filler is located flush with the top of the tank at mid-point. b. Saturday
What is the maximum volume of water which can be placed c. Sunday
in the tank? d. Thursday
a. 2013.50 e. None of the above
b. 2012.50
c. 2,643.27
25. What value of x will result to an infinity answer in the 31.A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half
expression x+3 x+5 of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the
a. 5 rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
b. 3 a. 220
c. -3 b. 224
d. -5 c. 230
e. None of the above d. 234
e. None of the above
26. How many minutes after 3pm will be minute hand of the
watch coincide with the hour hand? 32. A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the
a. 18’ present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 38
b. 16 4/11’ years now, the son's age five years back was:
c. 17 ½’ a. 14 yrs old
d. 16 ½’ b. 19 yrs old
e. None of the above c. 33 yrs old
d. 38 yrs old
27. The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has e. None of the above
equilateral triangles for its bases. The lower and upper base
edges are 9cm and 3cm, respectively. If the volume is 118.2 33. What is so very special about the number 8549176320 ?
cu m., how far apart are the base? a. it’s a cyclic number
a. 9m b. it’s a Fibonacci series
b. 7m c. It is the largest number yet enumerated orally
c. 10m d. It contains digits in an alphabetical order.
d. 6m e. None of the above
e. 6.5m
34. Twenty men can finish the job in 30 days, Twenty five
28. If 9x = 81, what is the value of x? men were hired at the start and 10 quits after 20 days. How
a. 1 many days will it take to finish the job?
b. 2 a. 30 days
c. 3 b. 27 days
d. 4 c. 25 days
e. None of the above d. 15 days
e. None of the above
29.What is the ratio of the length of the diagonals of a cube
to its side? 35. The height of an equilateral triangle is 24 meters. What is
a. √3 its area?
b. 1/2 a. 332.55 m2
c. 2√3 b. 342.55 m2
d. √2 c. 352.55 m2
e. None of the above d. 312.55 m2
e. None of the above
30.If two bodies of different masses, initially at rest, are acted
upon by the same force for the same time, then what will be 36. How many gallons of water will a tank with dimensions of
1200mm in length 90cm in diameter hold?
the same in both bodies?
a. 201.53
a. velocity b. 214.19
b. acceleration c. 249.11
c. kinetic energy d. 294.49
d. momentum e. None of the above
e. None of the above
37.A line segment joining two points on a circle is called:
a. arc
b. tangent
c. sector
 d. chord a. 6 π
e. great circle b. 9 π
c. 9
38. The plumbing fixture unit is equivalent to d. 36
a. 7.5 liters/min e. None of the above
b. 7.5 psi
c. 7.5 gpm 45. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a
d. 7.5 cpm leak, it took 2 1/3 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all
e. None of the above the water of the tank in:
a. 4 1/3 hours
39.A tank is 60' x 80' x 10' and the flow is 2.0 mgd? What is the
b. 7 hours
detention time in hours?
c. 8 hours
a. 3.3 hours
d. 14 hours
b. 4.3 hours
e. None of the above
c. 5.3 hours
d. 6.3 hours
46. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20
e. 7.3 hours minutes respectively. Both the pipes are opened together but
after 4 minutes, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time
40. A tank is 100' in diameter and 22 feet deep. If the flow required to fill the tank?
into the tank is 1500 gpm and the a. 14 min & 40 sec
flow out of the tank is 300 gpm, how many hours will it take
b. 11 min & 45 sec
to fill the tank?
a. 17.9 hours c. 12 min & 30 sec
b. 18.9 hours d. 10 min & 40 sec
c. 19.9 hours e. None of the above
d. 20.9 hours
47. The diagonal of a rectangle is √41 cm and its area is 20 sq.
e. 16.7 hours
cm. The perimeter of the rectangle must be:
a. 9cm
41. The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves which
phenomenon? b. 18cm
a. siphon action c. 20cm
b. diffusion of ink through the blotting d. 27cm
c. viscosity of ink e. None of the above
d. capillary action phenomenon
e. None of the above 48. The difference between the length and breadth of a
rectangle is 23 m. If its perimeter is
42. The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 264 m2 and 206 m, then its area is:
its volume is 924 m3. Find the ratio of its diameter to its height. a. 1520 m2
a. 3 : 7 b. 2420 m2
b. 7 : 3
c. 2480 m2
c. 6 : 7
d. 2520 m2
d. 7 : 6
e. None of the above
e. None of the above
49. An anvil weighs 1648 N on Earth where g = 9.81 m/s2.
43. Let a thin capillary tube be replaced with another tube of Determine its weight on
insufficient length then, what will happen to water? (a) the moon, and (b) on mars with g = 1.67 m/s2, and g = 3.92
a. depressed m/s2 respectively
b. will overflow a. 208.56 N , 658.56 N
c. change its meniscus b. 280.56 N , 658.56 N
d. will not rise c. 280.56 N , 685.56 N
e. None of the above d. 208.56 N , 685.56 N
e. None of the above
44.A right circular cone has a volume of 21 π and height of 7.
50. An aeroplane is flying horizontally with a velocity of 600
Find the area of its base.
km/h and at a height of 1960 m. When it is vertically at a point
A on the ground a bomb is released from it. The bomb strikes c. 22.5 m
the ground at point B. The distance AB is: d. 9 m
e. None of the above
a. 1200km
b. 0.33km 57. A five-pointed star is also known as :
c. 33.33km a. pentagon
d. 33.0km b. pentagram
e. None of the above c. pentatron
d. quintagon
51. Sound produced at a point is heard by a person after 5
e. Voltron
second, while the same sound is heard by another person after
6 seconds. If the speed of sound is 300 m/s, what could be the
maximum and minimum distances between the two persons? 58. In how many different ways can the letters of the word
a. 1.8 km, 0.15 km 'CORPORATION' be arranged so that the vowels always come
b. 2.2 km, 0.20 km together?
a. 810
c. 2.8 km, 0.25 km
b. 1440
d. 3.3 km, 0.30 km
c. 2520
e. None of the above
d. 50400
52. Why metals are good conductors of electricity? e. 50700
a. they contain free electrons
59. A boat can go 10 miles upstream in 30 minutes. The
b. the atoms are lightly packed
return trip downstream takes only 20 minutes. What is the
c. they have high melting point
speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current
d. None of the above
in Mph?
e. letters a, b, & c
a. 35 , 5
53. What is the total surface area of a right circular cone of b. 25 , 5
height 14 cm and base radius 7 cm? c. 45 , 5
a. 344.35 cm2 d. 25 , 15
b. 462 cm2 e. none of the above
c. 498.35 cm2
d. 489.53 cm2 60. Mario’s hat is four more than Alex’s hat and one-half that
of Miguel’s hat. If the total number of hats is 24, how many
e. None of the above
hats does Miguel have?
a. 14
54. The top of a lighthouse is 230 feet above the sea. How far
b. 7
away is an object which is just “ on the horizon” ? [ Assume
c. 3
the earth is a sphere of radius 3956 miles]
d. 16
a. 16.56 miles
e. none of the above
b. 17.56 miles
c. 18.56 miles
61. A normal to a given plane is:
d. 20.56 miles
a. lying on the plane
e. None of the above
b. coplanar
c. perpendicular to the plane
55. On 8th Feb, 2005 it was Tuesday. What was the day of the
d. parallel to the plane
week on 8th Feb, 2004?
e. None of the Above
a. Tuesday
62. Three circles of radii 110m, 70m, and 55m are tangent to
b. Monday
one another. What is the area of the triangle formed by
c. Sunday
joining the centers of the circles?
d. Wednesday
a. 9967 sq m
e. None of the above
b. 9976 sq m
56. In 100 m race, A covers the distance in 36 seconds and B c. 9986 sq m
in 45 seconds. In this race A beats B by: d. 9996 sqm
a. 20 m e. None of the Above
b. 25 m
63. (243)n/5 x 32n + 1= ? 70. What is the volume of a spherical sector with angle 60 in
9n x 3n - 1 a sphere of radius 30cm ?
a. 7576 cc
a. 1 b. 7934 cc
b. 3 c. 8212 cc
c. 9 d. 7222 cc
d. 3n e. none of the above
e. none of the above
71. Find two consecutive even integers such that the square if
65. What should come in place of both x in the equation x = the larger is 44 greater than the square of the smaller
√162. integer?
a. 6 & 8
√128 x b. 10 & 12
a. 12 c. 12 & 14
b. 14 d. 14 & 16
c. 144 e. None of the Above
d. 169
e. none of the above 72. A nozzle with a radius of 0.250 cm is attached to a garden
hose with a radius of 0.900 cm. The flow rate through hose
66. An observer 1.6 m tall is 203 away from a tower. The angle and nozzle is 0.500 L/s. Calculate the speed of the water (a) in
of elevation from his eye to the top of the tower is 30º. The the hose and (b) in the nozzle.
height of the tower is: a. 2.95, 26.5
a. 21.60 m b. 0.95, 25.2
b. 23.20 m c. 1.95, 25.5
c. 24.72 m d. 0.95, 26.2
d. 25.15 m e. None of the Above
e. none of the above
73. A lift station sewage pump initially costs $20,000. Annual
67. Two flies flew at the same time from the same point in maintenance costs are $300. The pump salvage value is 10
different directions. One fly flew at 0.7 m/s and the other fly percent of the initial cost in 20 years. Using 4% interest, the
0.5 m/s. If the angle between their paths if 85, find their annual cost of the pump is most nearly:
distance after 2.5 seconds. a. $1,200
a. 2.06 m b. $1,705
b. 2.34 m c. $1,772
c. 1.81 m d. $1,840
d. 3.0 m e. None of the Above
e. none of the above
74. By what percentage will the area of a circle be increased if
68. A plane section cut from a right circular cone by a plane its radius is doubled?
perpendicular to the base of the cone is: a. 57%
a. parabola b. 300%
b. circle c. 100%
c. hyperbola d. 29%
d. ellipse e. None of the Above
e. none of the above
75. Find the central angle subtended by circular arc of radius
69. Which of the following statements is true? 720 cm if the chords is 1107 cm long.
a. All squares are rectangles and rhombuses. a. 90.20º
b. All rectangles are rhombuses, but not all b. 100.48º
c. 50.50º
rhombuses are rectangles.
d. 85.40º
c. all squares are parallelograms, but not all squares
e. None of the Above
are rectangles.
d. All rhombuses are parallelograms and all
76. When a solid (ice and snow) changes into water vapor
parallelogram are rhombuses. (gas) without moving through the liquid phase, the process is
e. none of the above called
a. condensation
 b. evaporation
c. deposition 83. A Grocer sells peanut for $3.20 per lbs and a mix of fancy
d. sublimation nuts for $5.60 per lbs. He wants to make 20 pounds of a new
e. None of the Above mix that will sell for $4.00 per pound. How many pounds of
each does he need?
77. A handbag costs P488.00 after having a 20% discount. a. 13.33 & 6.667
Find the original cost of the bag. b. 13.44 & 6.888
a. Php640 c. 13.55 & 6.555
b. Php700 d. 13.66 & 6.333
c. Php610 e. None of the Above
d. Php660
e. None of the Above 84. A cistern of capacity 8,000 litres measures externally 3.3
m by 2.6 m by 1.1 m and its walls are 5 cm thick. The
78. A government employee has a monthly salary of P 1,990. thickness of the bottom is:
He rendered an overtime of 25 hours for two weeks. What a. 90 cm
was his overtime pay if the number of working days for the b. 1 dm
month was 22 days? c. 1 m
a. P269 d. 1.1 cm
b. P280 e. None of the Above
c. P270
d. P282 85. Each dimension of a cube has been increased to twice its
e. None of the Above original size. If the new cube has a volume of 64,000 cubic
centimeters, what is the area of one face of the original
cube?
79. Jennifertakes 4 hours to do a job. John takes 6 hours to do
a) 400 sq cm
the same job. Working together, how many hours will it take
b) 410 sq cm
them to do the job?
c) 420sq cm
a. 5/12 hours
d) 390 sq cm
b. 12/5 hours
e. None of the Above
c. 12 hours
d. 5 hours
86. Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number
e. None of the Above
should come next?
a. 22
80. A plane passes thru the diameter of the upper base of a b. 24
cylinder and is tangent to the lower base. If r = h = 2, find the c. 25
area of this section. d. 26
a. 4.44 e. None of the Above
b. 8.88
c. 7.77 87. Which one of the following is not a prime number?
d. 6.24 a. 103
e. None of the Above b. 113
c. 233
81. Two intersecting circles with radius 2 and 3 with center to d. 243
center distance 4, and length of common chord. e. None of the Above
a. 2.9
b. 57 88.Find the 21-th term of the arithmetic progression if its 11-
c. 5.9 th term is 53 and the
d. 6.7 17-th term is 71.
e. None of the Above a. 73
b. 83
82. Two cars left, at 8 am, from the same point, one traveling c. 93
east at 50 mph and the other travelling south at 60 mph. At d. 103
what time will they be 300 miles apart? e. none of the above

a. 11:42am 89. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days

b. 11:51am respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is
c. 12:01pm assisted by B and C on every third day?
d. 12:02pm a. 12 days
e. None of the above
 b. 15 days 96. A water tank is filled with water to a height of 3.2m above
c. 16 days the orifice which is connected at the side of the tank. If the
d. 18 days orifice is 3.5m above the ground find the time for the water
e. none of the above to hit the ground?
a. 0.81 sec
90. The inside walls and bottom of a concrete tank must be b. 0.75 sec
plastered. The floor of the tank is 25 c. 0.85 sec
feet long by 15 feet wide. If the tank is 12 feet deep and does d. 0.95 sec
not have a top, how many square e. none of the above
feet must be plastered?
a. 1335 sq ft. 97. A trough having an equilateral triangle and section has
b. 1355 sq ft. sides equal to 0.4m. If the trough is full of water and is 8m
c. 1535 sq ft. long, compute the volume of water in the trough.
d. 1555 sq ft. a. 0.554m3
e. none of the above b. 0.654m3
c. 0.754m3
91. A flagstaff 17.5 m high casts a shadow of length 40.25 m. d. 0.854m3
The height of the building, which casts a shadow of length e. none of the above
28.75 m under similar conditions will be:
a. 10.00 m 98. A stone is projected from the ground with a velocity of
b. 12.50 m 15m/s at an angle 30 with the horizontal ground. How high
c. 17.50 m in feet will it rise? Use g = 9.81m /s2
d. 21.25 m a. 9.40 ft
e. none of the above b. 8.40 ft
c. 7.40 ft
92. How many kilograms of water must be evaporated from d. 6.40 ft
10 kg of an 9% salt solution to produce a 25% salt solution? e. none of the above
a. 6.6
b. 6.4 99. A pole cast a shadow of 15 meters long when the angle of
c. 6.2 elevation of the sun is 61. If the pole has leaned 15  from
d. 6.0 the vertical directly toward the sun, what is the length of the
e. none of the above pole?
a. 45.23 m
93. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three- b. 54.23 m
tenth of that number is: c. 65.23 m
a. 35 d. 53.23 m
b. 36 e. none of the above
c. 45
d. 54 100. The surface area of a sphere is 4πr2. Find the percentage
e. none of the above increasein its diameter when the surface area increases by
21% .
94. A 50,000 gallon tank receives 250,000 gpdflow. What is a. 5 %
the detention time in hours? b. 10 %
a. 6.1 hrs c. 15 %
b.5.4 hrs d. 20 %
c. 4.8 hrs e. 12 %
d.4.2 hrs
e. none of the above

95. A right triangle with sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm is rotated

the side of 3 cm to form a cone. The volume of the cone so
formed is:
a. 37.70 cm3
b. 47.12 cm3
c. 50.26 cm3
d. 62.83 cm3
e. none of the above