ELECTIVE 2

2ND QUIZ

1. The sum of two numbers is 35 and their productr is 15. Find the sum of their reciprocal.

a. 2/7 b. 2/3 c. 7/3 d. 5/2

ans.C

2. What is the x-intercept of the line passing through (1,4) and (4,1)?

a. 4.5 b. 6 c. 5 d. 4

ans.C

3. A marksman fires a rifle horizontally at a target. How much does the bullet drop in flight if the target
is 150 meters away and the bullet has a muzzle velocity of 500 m/sec.?

a. 0.34m. b. 0.64m. c. 0.44m. d. 0.54m.

ans. C

4. What annuity is required over 12 years to equate with a future amount of P20,000? Assume i = 6%
annually.

a. P4,185.54

b. P2,185.54

c. P3,185.54

d. P1,185.54

ans. D

5. 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. RA7680

ans. B

6. The unit prefix nano is opposite to:?

a. Mega b. Tera c. Giga d. Hexa

ans. C
7. Supplementary angles are angles whose sum is:

a. 45 degree b. 180 degree c. 90 degree d. 360 degree

ans. B

8. What is true regarding the signs of the natural functions for angles between 90 degrees and 180
degrees

a. The tangent is positive.

b. The cotangent is positive

c. The cosine is negative

d. The sine is negative

ans. C

9. A transit set up 40m. from the base of a vertical chimney reads 32°30’ with the crosshairs set on the
top of the chimney. With the telescope level, the vertical rod at the base of the chimney is 2.1m.
Approximately how tall is the chimney?

a. 15m. b. 26m. c. 28m. d. 38m.

ans. C

10. Find the slope of the line defined by y – x = 5

a. 5 + x b. – 1/2 c. ¼ d. 1

ans. D

11. What is the resultant, R, of the vector F1, F2, and F3?

F1 = 4i + 7j + 6k

F2 = 9i + 2j + 11k

F3 = 5i - 3j - 8k

a. R = 18i + 6j + 9k

b. R = - 18i - 6j - 9k

c. R = 18i + 12j + 25k

d. R = 21i

ans. A
12. An urn contains four black balls and six white balls. What is the probability of getting one black ball
and one white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn without replacement?

a. 0.040 b. 0.24 c. 0.27 d. 0.53

ans. D

13. The probability that both stages of a two stage rocket will function correctly is 0.95. The reliability of
the first stage is 0.98. What is the reliability of the second stage?

a. 0.95 b. 0.96 c. 0.97 d. 0.98

ans. C

14. If y = cos x , what is dy/dx?

a. sec x b. – sec x c. csc x d. – sin x

ans. D

15. Find the slope of the line tangent to the curve y = x3 – 2x + 1 at x = 1.

a. ¼ b. 1/3 c. ½ d. 1

ans. D