Western Institute of Technology Pre-Test

College of Engineering 2nd Semester 2020-2021

Civil Engineering Department Date:
Subject: CE524 (Technical Electives 1 -Math) Time:_________
Name:_______________________________ Instructor: Engr. Jose E. Elfa, Jr.
Program and Year:______________________ Score:_____________

I. Multiple Choice: (100 pts, 2 pts each) Select the best answer for each of the following questions.
1) A machine shop purchased 10 years ago a milling b. 374 m
machine for P 60,000.00. A straight line depreciation c. 354 m
reserve had been provided on a 20 years life of the d. 384 m
machine. The owner of the machine shop desires to 9) The first term of the geometric progression is -2 and
replace the old milling machine with a modern unit of sum of the first 11 terms is 88. The common difference
many advantages costing P 100,000.00. It can sell the is
old unit for P 20,000.00. How much net capital will be a. 4
required for the purchase? b. 3
a. P 40,000.00 c. 2
b. P 50,000.00 d. 1
c. P 60,000.00 10) A man left their office at past 3 o’clock for merienda.
d. P 70,000.00 After 20 minutes on his return, he noticed that the
2) Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. minute hand is ahead of the hour hand exactly by as
Determine the number. much as it was behind when he left. At what time did
a. 10 he leave?
b. 9 a. 3:07.36
c. 8 b. 3:08.36
d. 7 c. 3:06.16
3) The sum of two numbers is 37. If the larger is divided d. 3:06.36
by the smaller, the quotient is three and the remainder 11) A pipe can fill a tank in 4 hours if the drain is open. If
is 5. Find the difference between the two numbers. the pipe runs with the drain open for 1 hour and the
a. 21 pipe is then closed, the tank will be emptied in 40
b. 22 minutes more. How long does it take the pipe to fill the
c. 7 tank if the drain is closed right at the start of filling?
d. 11 a. 1.6 hours
4) Sin 40° + Sin 20° = Sin A. What is the value of A? b. 15 hours
a. 80° c. 12.4 hours
b. 120° d. 24 hours
c. 20° 12) A boatman is at A which is 4.5 km from the nearest
d. 60° point B on a straight shore BC. He wishes to reach in a
5) Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one minimum time at point C situated on the shore 9 km
triangle is 3 units more than its base while the altitude from B. How far from C should he land if he can row at
of the other is 3 units less than its base. Find the the rate of 6 km an hour and can walk at the rate of 7.5
altitudes if the areas of triangles differ by 21 square km an hour?
units. a. 10 km
a. 6 & 12 b. 3 km
b. 5 & 11 c. 5 km
c. 4 & 10 d. 12 km
d. 3 & 9 13) Find the area of the lateral surface of a frustum of a
6) A spherical ball of radius 3 cm was dropped into a cone with altitude of 4 m. Radius of upper & lower
conical vessel of depth 8 cm and radius of base 6 cm. base being 2m and 5m respectively
What is the area of the portion of the sphere which lies a. 35π sq. m.
above the circle of contact with the cone? b. 30π sq. m.
a. 25.48 cm2 c. 45π sq. m.
b. 90.48 cm2 d. 25π sq. m.
c. 80.48 cm 2 14) Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving the
d. 75.48 cm2 curve defined by 9x2 + 4y2 = 36 about the line x + y = 6
7) Solve for the equation: Arctan (x + 1) + Arctan (x-1)= a. 302.5 cu. units
Arctan 12 b. 402.5 cu. units
a. 1.50 c. 502.5 cu. units
b. 1.34 d. 602.5 cu. units
c. 1.20 15) Evaluate the expression (1 + i2)10 where i is an
d. 1.25 imaginary number
8) Points A and C, 1000 meters apart are plotted on a a. -1
straight highway running East and West. From A, the b. 10
bearing of a tower B is 32° east of north. From C, the c. 0
angle of elevation of tower B is 26°. Find the shortest d. 1
distance of tower B to the highway. 16) Write the equivalent polar form of the vector 3 + 4i
a. 364 m a. 6<56.2°
 b. 10<53.3° 25) The base of the truncated prism is a triangle with sides
c. 5<53.13° 8 cm, 12 cm, and 10 cm. If the heights are 20 cm, 18
d. 8<65.12° cm and 12 cm respectively, compute the volume in cc.
17) In a single throw of a pair of dice, what is the a. 341.23
probability of having totals of 7 or 8? b. 531.13
a. 11/36 c. 661.43
b. 13/36 d. 361.63
c. 17/11 26) A clock has a dial face 20 inches in diameter. The
d. 9/36 minute hand is 9 inches long while the hour hand is 6
18) A 100 kg salt solution is originally 4% by weight NaCl inches long. The plane of rotation of the minute hand is
in water is evaporated until the concentration is 5% by 2 inches above the plane of rotation of the hour hand.
weight NaCl. What percentage of water in the original Find the distance in inches between the tip of the hand
solution is evaporized? of the clock at 5:40 AM
a. 20.83% a. 12.12 in.
b. 12.56% b. 5.34 in.
c. 78% c. 9.16 in.
d. 100% d. 10.67 in
19) A group of children playing with marbles placed 50 27) A drunk watch repair technician carelessly switched
pieces of the marbles inside a cylindrical container with the mountings of the hands of a watch; putting the
water filled to a height of 20 cm. if the diameter of each hour hand on the minute hand pinion, and the minute
marble is 1.5 cm and that of the cylindrical container 6 hand in the hour hand pinion. Thus, their speeds were
cm. What would be the new height of water inside the interchanged. If the time of mounting was 3:35
cylindrical container after the marbles were placed morning, when will that watch tell a correct time?
inside? a. 3:41.82
a. 56.456 cm b. 3:51.82
b. 65.345 cm c. 4:21.82
c. 23.125 cm d. 4:81.82
d. 45.657 cm 28) Any number raise to one is?
20) A conoid is a solid having a circular base that every a. Zero
plane section perpendicular to the diameter of the b. Infinity
base is an isosceles triangle. Find the volume of c. Indeterminate
conoid having a radius of 2 meter and an altitude of d. None of the choices
the isosceles triangle is 4. 29) Radium decomposes at a rate which is proportional to
a. 8π the charge. If the charge is reduced to 50% of its
b. 4π original value at the end of two days, how long will it
c. 16π take to reduce the charge to 25% of its original
d. 12π charge?
21) Three people A, B, and C rode in a minibus that has a. 2 days
six vacant seats on each side. In how many ways can b. 3 days
they be seated if A insists on sitting at the right side of c. 4 days
the bus? d. 5 days
a. 660 ways 30) The population of the Philippines doubled in the last 30
b. 670 ways years from 1956 to 1986. Assuming that the rate of
c. 650 ways population increases will remain the same, in what
d. 60 ways year will our population triple?
22) How many 3 digit numbers may be formed from the a. Yr. 2000
digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 if digits may be repeated in a b. Yr. 2003
given number? c. Yr. 2023
a. 100 d. Yr. 3500
b. 180 31) A man will buy a house and lot worth P 300,000.00 in
c. 120 a subdivision in Metro Manila. His carrying charges is
d. 130 P 34, 200.00 to the price of this house and lot. Further
23) In the expansion of (x + 2y)10. The numerical he will be obliged to pay it over a period of 20 years.
coefficient of the 5th term is Though his monthly amortization does not look much
a. 5040 as a burden to his income, what is the annual rate?
b. 210 a. 9.567%
c. 3340 b. 10%
d. 3360 c. 9.50%
24) In the expansion of (2x2 – 3y3)12. Find the term that d. 9%
involves x8 32) In the equation x2 – kx + 9 = 0, find k if the roots are
a. 51963120 x8y24 equal
b. 52963120 x8y24 a. 6
c. 41963120 x8y24 b. 7
d. 21963120 x8y24 c. 8
d. 9
33) The equation whose roots are the reciprocal of the revolutions as it did in the proceeding second. How
roots of the equation, 2x2 – 3x – 5 = 0 is many revolutions does it make before stopping?
a. 2x2 – 5x – 3 = 0 a. 400
b. 5x2 – 2x – 3 = 0 b. 500
c. 5x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 c. 600
d. 3x2 – 5x – 2 = 0 d. 800
34) In a class of 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25 like 42) A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 8 days. A and B
Chemistry. How many like both Calculus and can do it in 10 days, A and C in 15 days. How many
Chemistry? days would it take for A to do the work alone?
a. 10 a. 24 days
b. 11 b. 21 days
c. 12 c. 48 days
d. None of the above d. 32 days
35) A college graduating class of 100 students, 54 studied 43) The area of a spherical triangle is 10π sq. m., find the
mathematics, 69 studied history, and 35 studies both radius of the sphere if the sides of its polar triangle are
history and mathematics. If one of the student is 30°, 100°, and 80°.
selected at random, find the probability of students a. 3.46 m
who did not take either of these subjects b. 5.46 m
a. 3/25 c. 4.46 m
b. 5/25 d. 3.96 m
c. 7/25 44) What is the spherical excess of a triangle whose
d. 10/25 angles are 30°, 100°, and 80°.
36) A marketing company established a program to a. 40°
replace the cars of its sales representatives at the end b. 80°
of every 5 years. If the present price of he approved c. 30°
type of car is P 520,000.00 with a resale value at the d. 60°
end of 5 years of 40% of its present value, how much 45) The integral of x7(x8 – 4x6)5/7 evaluated with limits from
money must the company accumulate for 5 years if -4 to +4 has a value which is
inflation is 10%. Resale value will also appreciate at a. Below -4
10% yearly. b. Above -4 but less than 0
a. P 89,000.00 c. 0
b. P 789,235.90 d. Above zero
c. P 502,479.12 46) An object moves along a path whose parametric
d. P 345,567.10 equations y = 2t2 and x = t3 where x and y are
37) What amount an employee should receive as a bonus distances travelled in meter and t is time in second.
so that he should net P 5,000.00 after deducting 30% Compute the acceleration after 3 seconds.
taxes. a. 18.44 m/s2
a. P 7241.90 b. 15.67 m/s2
b. P 7521.90 c. 12.45 m/s2
c. P 7142.90 d. 13.23 m/s2
d. P 7942.10 47) If loga10 = 0.25, what is the value of log10 a?
38) The gradual extinction of a depth through a sequence a. 2
of equal periodic payment is called b. 4
a. Annuity c. 6
b. Appreciation d. 5
c. Depreciation 48) The natural logarithm of zero is
d. Amortization a. Zero
39) A pipe lining material of silicon carbide used in the b. 1
conveyance of a pulverized coal to fuel a boiler has a c. Infinity
thickness of 2cm and inside diameter of 10 cm. Find d. Minus infinity
the volume of the material of a pipe length of 6 meters 49) The quantity of z varies directly as the cube of x and
a. 42,239 cm3 inversely as the square of y, z has the value of 14
b. 23,324 cm3 when x=4 and y=6. Find the value of z when x = 2 and
c. 34,123 cm3 y = 3.
d. 45,239 cm3 a. 7
40) A person draws 3 balls in succession from a box b. 8
containing 5 red ball, 6 yellow balls and 7 green balls. c. 10
Find the probability of drawing the balls in the order d. None of the above
red, yellow, and green 50) The derivative of ln cos x is?
a. 0.0894 a. Sec x
b. 0.3894 b. – tan x
c. 0.04289 c. – sec x
d. 0.03489 d. Tan x
41) A flywheel makes 50 revolutions the 1 st second; and in
any second after the first it makes 9/10 as many