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Diagnostic Examination for BSAeroE
Questionnaire for Aeronautical Engineering Students

Note: You will not be given any extra test questions to replace your soiled copies.
It is your concern to make our test questions clean and neat.

Directions: In the Answer Sheet provided, shade the box of the letter that corresponds to your
answers. Pencil No. 2 should be used in marking your answers. Careless marking of your
answer sheet may lower the scores you earn on this test.
You will have one (1) hour for this test. Work as rapidly and as accurately as you can. If
you are not sure of an answer, mark the choice which is your best guess. Only one answer
should be marked for each problem. Should a mistake be made, merely erase or cross out the
wrong box and mark the correct one.

MATHEMATICS – SET A
1. Find the differentiation of x4 + y4 = 0

a. – x3⁄y4
b. – x4⁄y3
c. – x3⁄y3
d. x3⁄y3

2. The age of a crocodile at the Manila Zoo 13 years ago was 1/3 of its age 7 years from now. How old is the
crocodile at present?

a. 15
b. 21
c. 23
d. 27

3. Calculate the length of the other sides of the given right triangle as shown below:

a. 8 & 15
b. 15 & 17
c. 8 & 17
d. None of the above

4. If an aircraft was cruising at an altitude of 39,000 ft and descended to an altitude 11,000 ft in 20 minutes,
what was its average rate of descent?

a. 1250 fpm
b. 1600 fpm
c. 1650 fpm
d. 1400 fpm

5. What is the surface area of a cube where a side (edge) measures 7.25 inches?

a. 381.078 sq. in.

 b. 315.375 sq. in.
c. 381.078 cu. in.
d. 315.375 cu. in.

6. A certain aircraft bolt has an overall length of 1-1/2 inches, w/ a shank length of 1-3/16 inches, & a
threaded portion length of 5/8 inch. What is the grip length?

a. 0.5625 in.
b. 0.8750 in.
c. 0.3125 in.
d. 0.2500 in.

7. The drawings often used in illustrated parts manuals are:

a. Exploded view drawings

b. Block drawings
c. Detail drawings
d. Schematic drawings

8. What is the speed of a spur gear w/ 42 teeth driven by a pinion gear w/ 14 teeth turning 420 RPM?
a. 588 RPM
b. 160 RPM
c. 140 RPM
d. 300 RPM

9. A four-cylinder aircraft engine has a cylinder bore of 3.78 inches & is 8.5 inches deep. With the piston on
bottom center, the top of the piston measures 4.0 inches from the bottom of the cylinder. What is the
approximate piston displacement of this engine?
a. 200 cubic inches
b. 360 cubic inches
c. 235 cubic inches
d. 120 cubic inches

10. Working drawings may be divided into three classes. They are:

a. Title drawings, installation drawings, & assembly drawings

b. Detail drawings, assembly drawings, & installation drawings
c. Detail drawings, orthographic projection drawings, & pictorial drawings
d. Title drawings, orthographic drawings, & assembly drawings

11. In a sectional view drawing, what sections illustrate particular parts of an object?

a. Removed
b. Revolved
c. Half
d. Hidden

12. An airplane flying a distance of 750 miles used 60 gallons of gasoline. How many gallons will it need to
travel 2,500 miles?

a. 31, 250
b. 9, 375
c. 200
d. 18

13. A rectangular shaped fuel tank measures 27-1/2 inches in length, 3/4 foot in width, & 8-1/4 inches depth.
How many gallons will the tank contain? (231 cu. in. = 1 gal)

a. 7.366
b. 8.83
c. 170.156
d. 231
14. If ϴ is an acute angle of a right triangle & tanϴ = 4/3, then cosϴ is:

a. 3/5
b. 4/5
c. 5/4
d. 5/3

15. The sinϴ of the acute angle described in problem no. 14 is:

a. 3/5
b. 4/5
c. 5/4
d. 5/3

16. The secϴ of the acute angle described in problem no. 14 is:

a. 3/5
b. 4/5
c. 5/4
d. 5/3

17. The cscϴ of the acute angle described in problem no. 14 is:

a. 3/4
b. 4/5
c. 5/4
d. 5/3

18. The cotϴ of the acute angle described in problem no. 14 is:

a. 3/4
b. 4/5
c. 5/4
d. 5/3

19. The number of board feet in a plank 3 inches thick, 1 foot wide, and 20 feet long is:

a. 30
b. 60
c. 120
d. 90

20. 10 to the 12th power is the value of the prefix:

a. giga
b. pico
c. tera
d. peta

21. If p is an odd number and q is an even number, which of the following expressions must be even?

a. p+q
b. p-q
c. pq
d. p/q

22. Find k in the equation 4x2 + kx + 1 = 0 so that it will only have one real root.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
23. Which of the following cannot be used as a base of a system of logarithm?

a. e
b. 10
c. 2
d. 1

24. Solve for x: log 6 + x log 4 = log 4 + log (32 + 4x)

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

25. The angle of a sector is 30 degrees and the radius is 15 cm. What is the area of the sector in square
centimeter?

a. 89.5
b. 58.9
c. 59.8
d. 85.9

26. An integer is said to be prime if:

a. It is factorable by any value

b. It is an odd integer
c. It has no other integer as factor excepts itself or 1
d. It is an even integer

27. The number of favorable outcomes divided by the number of possible outcomes:

a. Permutations
b. Probability
c. Combination
d. Chance

28. The logarithm of 1 to any base is:

a. indeterminate
b. zero
c. infinity
d. one

29. In complex algebra, we use a diagram to represent a complex plane commonly called:

a. De Moivre’s Diagram
b. Funicular Diagram
c. Argand Diagram
d. Venn Diagram

30. If a=b and b=c, then a=c. This property of real numbers is known as:

a. Reflexive Property
b. Symmetric Property
c. Transitive Property
d. Addition Property