ME 601: Trigonometry:

1. A plane with a velocity of 300 mph in still air, is travelling against the wind and travels a distance of 900 miles
in 4 hours. Find the headwind velocity.
a. 75 mph * c. 150 mph
b. 100 mph d. 200 mph

2. A man is standing on a cliff 897 meters. He struck a tree with his axe and the sound 5.2 seconds after.
Assuming constant temperature, what is the velocity of sound on that day?
a. 340 m/s c. 345 m/s *
b. 342 m/s d. 453 m/s

3. A pendulum has a certain frequency in London. What is the effect of this frequency if it is measured with
respect to the equator?
a. increase c. remains the same
b. decrease * d. none of these

4. What is the constant term in the expansion of (2x2 + 1/x)9 ?

a. 672 * c. 748
b. 724 d. 860

5. Find the equation of the circle circumscribing a triangle with vertices (-1,-3), (-2, 4), (2, 1).
a. x2 + 3x + y2 – 7y – 10 = 0
b. x2 + 3x + y2 + 7y – 10 = 0
c. x2 + 3x + y2 – y – 10 = 0 *
d. x2 + 3x + y2 – 7y + 10 = 0

6. What is the maximum area of the rectangle inscribed in an ellipse having an equation of 4x2 + 16y2 = 16.
a. 4 * c. 8
b. 12 d. 6

7. Three circles are externally tangent to each other and having the distances of their centers of 20 in., 23 in., and
25 in. What is the radius of the largest circle?
a. 10 c. 12
b. 14 * d. 16

8. Tom earned $200 for working 40 hours, if he works overtime he will be paid 1.5 times his regular income. If
tom received a total of $230, how many hours did he worked?
a. 4 c. 5
b. 44 * d. 55

9. A 4 inches diameter sphere is floating on water with its hemisphere submerged. Solve for the density of the
sphere.
a. 31.2 lb/ft3* c. 62.4 lb/ft3
3
b. 1000 lb/ft d. 64.2 lb/ft3
10. What is the pressure at 4000 ft above sea level?
a. 29.92 in Hg c. 26 in Hg *
b. 24.00 in Hg d. 22 in Hg

11. A river is 580 ft wide. The bridge constructed across the river is banked 1/7 of its length in the east and 1/6 in
the west. What is the length of the bridge?
a. 840 ft * c. 910 ft
b. 760 ft d. 1000 ft
12. A 2 L of an ideal gas, at temperature of T 1 = 25°C and a pressure of P 1 = 0.101 Mpa, are in a 10 cm diameter
cylinder with a piston at one end. The piston is depressed, so that the cylinder with a piston is shortened by 10
cm. The temperature increases by 2°C. What is most nearly the final pressure?
a. 0.14MPa c. 0.22MPa
b. 0.17 MPa * d. 0.31MPa

13. What is most nearly the compression if a 100 lbm weight is dropped from 8 ft onto a spring with a stiffness of
33.33 lbf/in.?
a. 27 in c. 39 in
b. 34 in* d. 45 in

14. A block of wood is floating in seawater with submerged height of 30 cm. If placed in a pool of mineral oil
with specific gravity of 0.80, what will be the submerged height of the wood?
a. 30 cm c. 43 cm
b. 39 cm * d. 29 cm

15. An ideal gas at 0.60 atmosphere and 87°C occupies 0.450 liter, how many moles are in the sample? (R =
liter−atm
0.0821 )
mole−K
a. 0.0005 mole c. 0.0198 mole
b. 0.0091 mole * d. 0.0378 mole

16. The radius of a sphere is r inches at time t seconds. Find the radius when the rates of increase of the surface
area and the radius are numerically equal.
a. 1/(8pi) in * c. 4/(3pi) in
b. 3/(4pi) in d. 2pi in

17. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He takes sight at the top of the tower from A and B,
which are 50 ft apart at the same elevation on a direct line with the tower. The vertical angle at a point A is 30 o
and at point B is 40o. What is the height of the tower?
a. 85.60 ft c. 110.29 ft
b. 143.97 ft d. 92.54 ft*

18. Forty electrical engineers, twenty chemical engineers, thirty mechanical engineers, and ten civil engineers
attend a banquet. A television station randomly selects four engineers to interview. What is the probability that
someone from all four disciplines will be interviewed?

a. 4/100 c. 240,000/100,000,000
b. 198,360/94,109,400 d. 240,000/94,109,400*

19. A student must answer six of eight questions on an exam. If the two first two questions are mandatory, how
many ways can he do the exam?
a. 12 c. 15 *
b. 18 d. 21

20. A company purchased an asset for P10,000 and plans to keep it for 10 years. The salvage value after 10 years is
P2000. Find the book value after 3 years.
a. P6700 c. P7600 *
b. P7100 d. P8000

21. In year zero, you invest Php10,000 in a 15% security and held for five years. During that time, the average
annual inflation is 6%. How much, in terms of year zero dollars, will be in the account at maturity?
a. Php6,653 c. Php13,382
b. Php15,000 * d. Php15,381
22. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30ft by 35 ft house. If the rope is 40ft long and the goat can reach 1 ft farther that
the rope length. What is the maximum area the goat can cover?
a. 4845 c. 4487
b. 4809 d. 4084*

23. A 100” long aluminum bar is subjected to a tensile stress, σ , of 25,000 psi. Find the elongation, δ . (E = 10 x
106 psi)
a. 0.025 in. c. 0.45 in.
b. 0.25 in. * d. 0.65 in.

24. The surface tension force, σ , of water in air is approximately 0.00518 lb f/ft. If the atmospheric pressure is 14.7
psia, what is the pressure inside a droplet 0.01” in diameter?
a. 14.52psia c. 14.74psia
b. 14.71psia d. 14.87 psia *

25. The Mach number before shock wave is 2. The temperature before the shock wave is 2 is 500⁰R. The air
velocity behind the shock wave is most nearly
a. 730 ft/sec c. 900 ft/sec
b. 820 ft/sec* d. 940 ft/sec

26. A pipe has a diameter of 4” at section AA, and a diameter of 2” at section BB. For an ideal fluid flow, the
velocity is given as 1 ft/sec at section AA. What is the flow velocity at section BB?
a. 3.2ft/sec c. 2.1ft/sec
b. 1.4ft/sec d. 4.0 ft/sec *

27. Find the value of m, such that D1, D2, D3 meet each other at one point.
D1: x - y = 1
D2: 2x + y = 5
D3: (2m - 5)x - my = 3
a. 13/5 c. 5/12
b. 5/13* d. 12/3

28. Water is flowing in a pipe with radius of 25.4 cm at a velocity of 3 m/s. The viscosity of water is 1.13 Pa-s.
What is the Reynolds number?
a. 1324 c. 1422
b. 1349 * d. 1431

29. Find the amperage of a 5 kVA load on a 220V, three-phase branch circuit?
a. 13 A* c. 12.7 A
b. 8.66 A d. 25 A

30. The upper and lower bases of a trapezoid measures 12 in and 16 in respectively. If the base angles are 55 deg
and 65 deg. What is the length of the shorter leg?
a. 3.78 * c. 5.24
b. 2.18 d. 4.29

31. A frequency curve which is composed of series of rectangles constructed with the steps as the base and the
frequency as the height.
a. histogram*
b. ogive
c. frequency of distribution
d. bar graph
32. Convergent series is a sequence of decreasing number or when the succeeding term is ____ the preceding term.
a. greater than
b. equal to
c. lesser than*
d. none of the above

33. An equation which, because of some mathematical process, has required an extra root is sometimes called as
a. redundant equation*
b. literal equation
c. linear equation
d. defective equation

34. The _____ is the square root of the product of the extremes.
a. antecedent
b. consequent
c. mean proportional*
d. mean

35. An inequality is reversed if both sides are multiplied by

a. zero
b. – 1
c. a positive number*
d. a negative number

36. If every elements of a row (or column) are multiplied by a constant, k, then the value of the determinant is
a. multiplied by – k *
b. zero
c. one
d. multiplied by k

37. A surd which contains at least one rational term.

a. pure surd
b. mixed surd*
c. binomial surd
d. conjugate surd

38. A sequence of numbers where every term is obtained by adding all the preceding terms a square number series
such as 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, 91…
a. Pyramid numbers*
b. Tetrahedral numbers
c. Euler’s numbers
d. Triangular numbers

39. The shifting of the entire order sequence of elements one or more steps forwards to backward – the first
element taking the position of the last , or vice versa without changing the order of the elements in the sequence
is called
a. inversion
b. cyclic permutation*
c. transportation
d. identical elements
40. When a logarithm is expressed as an integer plus a decimal (between 0 and 1), the integer is called
a. Briggsian Logarithm
b. napierian Logarithm
c. Mantissa
d. Characteristic*

41. When the hypotenuse of a right spherical triangle is greater than 90°
a. the two legs are on the same quadrant
b. the two legs are on the different quadrant
c. one leg is one the first quadrant and the other on the second quadrant*
d. none of the above

42. The graph of r = a + bcosθ is a

a. lemniscate
b. lituus
c. limacon*
d. cardioid

43. Which of the following is NOT true?

a. a confocal ellipse and hyperbola always intersect at right angle
b. A prime number is not a composite number
c. a cosecant curve is a periodic function of period 360°
d. a conjecture is an axiom*

44. The graph of the equation r = acos 2θ is a

a. limacon
b. lemniscate
c. rosette*
d. spiral

45. Prior to Republic Act 8495, what law governs the practice of mechanical engineering the Philippines?
a. Republic Act No. 5124
b. Commonwealth Act No. 294 *
c. Commonwealth Act No. 293
d. Republic Act No. 2934

46. The law that governs the practice of mechanical engineering is called:
a. CA No. 194
b. RA No. 7920
c. RA No. 8495*
d. RA No. 8995

47. Pipe color for acetylene.

a. yellow
b. green 
c. orange *
d. red

48. An applicant who fails to pass the examination for the third time shall be allowed to take another examination
only after the lapse of ____ 
a. Two years
 b. Six months
c. One year and six months
d. One year *

49. The reciprocating machine part within a cylinder is called

a. ram
b. plunger 
c. slide mandrel
d. all of the above *

50. Which of the following is NOT a qualification for being a member of the Board of Mechanical
Engineering (BME)?
a. Must be at least thirty-five (35) years of age
b. Naturalized or born Filipino citizen *
c. Has never been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude
d. A Professional Mechanical Engineer with a valid professional license and an active practitioner as such, for
not less than ten (10) years prior to his appointment

51. The Reynolds number of a sphere falling in air is 1x10^6. If the sphere’s radius is 1ft, what is its velocity? (P
air=0.00234 slug/ft3, U air=3.8x10lbf-sec/ft3)
a. 2.5 ft/sec*
b. 5.1 ft/sec
c. 40.6 ft/sec
d. 81.2 ft/sec

52. Find the depth in furlong of the ocean (SG = 1.03) if the pressure at the sea bed is 2,032.56 kpag.
a. 1*
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

53. A floating cylinder 8 cm in diameter and weighing 950 grams is placed in a cylindrical container 20 cm in
diameter partially full of water. The increase in the depth water in the container due to placing the float in it is:
a. 10 cm
b. 5 cm
c. 3cm*
d. 2 cm

54. An oil storage tank contains oil with specific gravity of 0.88 and depth of 20 meters. What is the hydrostatic
pressure at the bottom of the tank in kg/cm2?
a. 1.67
b. 1.76*
c. 1.56
d. 1.87

55. 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of alcohol (density = 790 kg/m3). What is the specific volume of the
resulting mixtures, assuming that the fluids mixed completely?
a. 0.82x10-3 cu.m/kg
b. 0.88x10-3 cu.m/kg
c. 0.63x10-3 cu.m/kg
d. 1.16x10-3 cu.m/kg*
56. One kilogram of water (cv = 4.2 kJ/kg-K) is heated by 300 BTU of energy. What is the change in temperature,
in K?
a. 17.9 K
b. 71.4 K
c. 73.8 K
d. 75.4 K*

57. How many watts will be radiated from a spherical black body 15 cm in diameter at a temperature of 800 degC?
a. 5.34 KW*
b. 4.34 KW
c. 6.34 KW
d. 3.34 KW

58. A 300 kJ of heat flows by conduction from the outside to the inside of a cold storage in one hour. If the
temperature and all other conditions are the same, what is the heat flowing through the cold storage room in
two hours?
a. 600 kJ*
b. 900 kJ
c. 300 kJ
d. 1200 kJ

59. Which of the following is not a viscoelastic material?

a. Metal *
b. Rubber
c. Plastics
d. Glass

60. How do call an energy required to move 1 coulomb of charge through an element.
a. Current
b. Voltage*
c. Power
d. Resonance

61. Galvanized iron is a term referring to iron coated with

a. Aluminum
b. Magnesium
c. Tin
d. Zinc *

62. A one-candle power light source radiates luminous flux at the rate of
a. 1 lumen
b. 2 lumens
c. Pi lumens
d. 4pi lumens*

63. A net force that will give to a mass of 1 gram an acceleration of 1cm per second squared is said to be
a. Newton
b. Kg Force
c. Ergs
d. Dyne *
64. Reactions generally proceed faster at higher temperature because of which of the following?
a. The molecules are less energetic
b. The molecules collide more frequently
c. The activation energy is less
d. Both B and C *

65. What is the actual geometric shape of the methane molecule

a. Tetrahedral *
b. Square planar
c. Pyramidal
d. Linear

66. Which of the following equation is an exact D.E?

a. (x2 + 1)dx – xydy = 0
b. xdy + (3x-2y)dx = 0
c. 2xydx + (2+ x2)dy = 0 *
d. x2ydy – ydx =0

67. These are products or services that are desired by human and will be purchased if money is available after the
required necessities have been obtained.
a. utilities
b. necessities
c. luxuries *
d. producer good and services

68. A number system using a place value (or base) of 60.

a. Sexagesimal number system * *
b. Senary number system
c. Septenary number sytem
d. Sexadecimal number system

69. What is the additive identity element?

a. 0* *
b. 1
c. –1
d. infinity

70. How can the values of a random variable defined over a sample space be described?
a. Always continuous
b. Always numerical **
c. Strictly nonzero
d. Always mutually exclusive of other sample spaces

71. A tripod whose legs are each 4 meters long supports a load of 1000 kg. The feet of the tripod are the vertices of
a horizontal equilateral triangle whose side is 3.5 m. Determine the load on each leg.
a. 256 kg
b. 386 kg *
c. 296 kg
d. 458 kg

72. A cable carrier a horizontal load of 20kg/m. Neglecting its own weight, find the maximum tension on the cable
if the distance between the supports is 100m and the sag is 5m.
 a. 5099kg *
b. 5059kg
c. 5199kg
d. 5215kg
73. An isosceles triangle has a 10cm base and a 10cm altitude. Determine the moment of inertia of the triangular
area relative to a line parallel to the base and through the upper vertex in cm^4.
a. 2750
b. 3025
c. 2500 *
d. 2273

74. Solve for x and y from the given relationship:

|13 12||xy|=|20|
a. x = -2; y = 6 *
b. x = 2; y = 6
c. x = -2; y = -6
d. x =2; y = -6

75. Find the value of i9.

a. i *
b. –i
c. 1
d. -1

76. Determine the curvature of the curve y2=16x at the point (4, 8).
a. -0.0442 *
b. -0.1043
c. -0.0544
d. -0.0254

77. If f(x) and g(x) are such that lim f(x) as x --> a = + infinity and lim g(x) as x --> a = 0, then
a. lim [ f(x) . g(x) ] as x --> a is always equal to 0
b. lim [ f(x) . g(x) ] as x --> a is never equal to 0
c. lim [ f(x) . g(x) ] as x --> a may be +infinity or –infinity *
d. None of the above

78. Find the first derivative of ln(cosx).

a. cscx
b. –tanx *
c. secx
d. cotx

79. lim [ex -1] / x as x approaches 0 is equal to

a. 1 *
b. 0
c. is of the form 0 / 0 and cannot be calculated.
d. None of the above

80. If y = x (ln x), find d2y/dx2.

a. 1 / x2
b. -1 / x
 c. 1 / x *
d. -1 / x2
81. Assuming that there are no heat effects and no friction effects, find the speed of a 3220-lbm body after it falls
778 ft from rest
a. 422 ft/sec
b. 424 ft/sec
c. 224 ft/sec*
d. 424 ft/sec
82. Determine the change in enthalpy per lbm on nitrogen gas as its temperature changes from 500°F to 200°F. cp =
0.2483 BTU/lbm-°R.
a. -74.49 BTU/lbm *
b. -72.66 BTU/lbm
c. -68.47 BTU/lbm
d. 63.78 BTU/lbm
83. A 0.064 kg octane vapor (MW = 114) is mixed 0.91 kg of air (MW = 29.0) in the manifold is 86.1 kPa, and the
temperature is 290 K. Assume octane behaves ideally, what is the total volume of this mixture?
a. 0.895 cu. m. *
b. 0.987 cu. m.
c. 0.565 cu. m.
d. 0.654 cu. m.
84. Determine the sp.heat weight of air at 760 mmHg absolute and 22C?
a. A.1.014 kg/m3
b. B. 1.316 kg/m3
c. C. 1.197 kg/m3 *
d. D. 1.266 kg/m3
85. Water is boiling in a pan on a stove at sea level. During 10 minutes of boiling, it is observed that 200 grams of
water has evaporated. Then the rate of heat transfer to the water is:
a. 0.84 KJ/min
b. 45.1 KJ/min*
c. 41.8 KJ/min
d. 53.5 KJ/min

86. 55,000 gallons of water passes through a heat exchanger and absorbs 28,000,000 BTU. The exit temperature is
110 deg F. The entrance water temperature in deg F is nearest to
a. 49*
b. 68
c. 56
d. 73
87. The size of the reciprocating pump is stamped on the builder’s plate 3 x 4 x 6. The diameter of the liquid
cylinder is :
a. 3 in
b. 5 in
c. 4 in*
d. 6 in
88. Air at atmospheric pressure and with a mean velocity of 1.0 m/s, flows inside a square section duct of side
b=4. If the air temperature is 350K, determine the Reynolds Number. (at 350K viscosity= 20.76 x 10-6 m2/s).
a. Re= 1296.8
b. Re= 1926.8*
c. Re= 1629.8
d. Re= 1962.8
89. If the theoretical air-fuel ratio is 15, what is the approximate higher heating value in kJ/kgfuel?
a. 46755 kJ/kg*
b. 56755 kJ/kg
 c. 45756 kJ/kg
d. 55756 kJ/kg
90. What is the calorific value and the minimum mass of air required per kilogram of fuel oil which is composed
85.2% carbon, 12% hydrogen, 1.6% oxygen and 1.2 impurities.
a. 13.87 kgair/kgfuel *
b. 14.55 kgair/kgfuel
c. 12.57 kgair/kgfuel
d. 15.75 kgair/kgfuel
91. A simple Rankine cycle produces 40 MW of power, 50 MW of process heated and rejects 50 MW of heat to
surroundings. What is the utilization factor of this cogeneration cycle neglecting the pump work?
a. 50 %
b. 60 %
c. 64 % *
d. 80 %
92. What conditions exists in a adiabatic throttling process?
a. Enthalpy is variable
b. Enthalpy is constant *
c. Entropy is constant
d. Volume is constant
93. One nautical mile is equivalent to:
a. 5280 ft.
b. 6280 ft.
c. 1.256 statute mile
d. 1.854 km*
94. Transform the polar equation r2cos(theta)sin(theta)= 4 to rectangular coordinates.
a. xy = 4 *
b. x2y = 4
c. x + y = 4
d. x2 + y2 = 4
95. A plane with a velocity of 300 mph din still air, is travelling against the wind and travels a distance of 900 miles
in 4 hours. Find the headwind velocity.
a. 75 mph *
b. 100 mph
c. 150 mph
d. 200 mph
96. A curve passes through the point (1,1). Determine the absolute value of the slope of the curve at x=25. If the
differential equation of the curve is the exact equation y2dx+2xydy=0.
a. 1/250*
b. 1/125
c. 1/50√ 5
d. 1/√ 125
97. A steel drum manufacturer incurs a yearly fixed operating cost of $200,000. Each drum manufactured costs
$160 to produce and sells for $200. What is the manufacturer’s break-even sales volume in drums per year?
a. 1000
b. 1250
c. 2500
d. 5000*
98. The principal stresses on the object shown are most nearly
 5000 lbf/in2

6000 lbf/in2

2500 lbf/in

2500 lbf/in 2

2
6000 lbf/in2

5000 lbf/in
a. 2400 psi, -9900 psi
b. 2500 psi, 5000 psi
c. c) 9900 psi, -2400 psi
d. d) 3800 psi, 6100 psi
99. What is most nearly the change in internal energy of 2.27 kg of oxygen gas when the temperature changes from
38oC to 49oC? (cv=0.658 kJ/kgoK )
a. 16 kJ*
b. 420 kJ
c. 170 kJ
d. 630 kJ
100.Helium (R=0.6403 kJ/kgoK) is compressed isothermally from 101.3 kPa and 20oC. The compression ratio is 4.
What is most nearly the work done by the gas ?
a. -320 kJ/kg
b. -260 kJ/kg*
c. 170 kJ/kg
d. 180 kJ/kg