Mid Mock Board Exam

For February 2023 Master Plumber Board Exam

MASTER PLUMBER Licensure Examination

Sunday | December 18, 2022
8:00AM – 10:00AM

PLUMBING ARITHMETIC
Instructions: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item
by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A polygon with twenty sides is?

a. Dodecagon c. Triacontagon
b. Icosagon d. tendicagon

2. Twenty less than four times a certain number is 8. Determine the number

a. 6 d. 3
b. 5
c. 4

3. The period of time it takes for an investment to be recouped when the interest rate is assumed to be
zero.

a. Rate of return c. Break even point

b. Payback period d. Benefit cost ratio

4. A type of annuity were equal payments are made at the beginning of each period.

a. Annuity Due c. Deferred Annuity

b. Ordinary Annuity d. Perpetuity

5. What is the travel length of a plastic pipe 4” in diameter if the offset angle is 11.250 and the offset length
is 60 cm.

a. 2m c. 4m
b. 3m d. 5m

6. A 150 mm diameter pipe, 50 ft long is installed vertically. It is filled with water at atmospheric pressure,
what is the total pressure in psi at the bottom?

a. 20.65 psi c. 22.66 psi

b. 21.66 psi d. 23.65 psi

7. 350 is to be divided between Jones and Smith so that jones will receive 25 more than Smith. How much
Jones received?

a. 185.50 c. 178.50
b. 187.50 d. 186.50

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8. A motorboat went 70 miles in 4 hours when traveling at full speed upstream on a river whose current
flows at the rate of 6 miles per hour. How fast can the boat travel in still water?

a. 21.5 miles/hr c. 23.5 miles/hr

b. 22.5 miles/hr d. 24.5 miles/hr

9. Two coats of paint are required for an elevated water pipe line 7 inches in diameter (outside diameter)
and 200 ft long. If a gallon of paint covers 200 sq. ft. on the first coat and 250 sq. ft. on the second coat,
how many gallons are needed?

a. 30 gallons c. 32 gallons
b. 31 gallons d. 33 gallons

10. A rectangle reservoir has the following dimensions, L=6m, W=2m, H=3m. what is the maximum volume
of water that can be accommodated in the tank?

a. 36,000 L c. 3,600 L
b. 1,000 cu.m. d. 360 cu.m

11. What is the number of horsepower required to raise 23,100 lbs of water for a height of 30 meters within
10 minutes?

a. 5 hp
b. 6 hp
c. 7 hp
d. 8 hp

12. If the total fall of house sewer is 24 inches per 120 feet. What is the slope per foot in sewer?

a. 0.01 c. 0.03
b. 0.02 d. 0.04

13. What is the radius of a circle the area of which is equal to that of a rectangle whose sides are 40.50 and
17.45 inches respectively?

a. 10 in c. 12 in
b. 11 in d. 15 in

14. What is the weight of a solid ball of brass 8 inches in diameter? Assume specific gravity of 6.93?

a. 60 lbs c. 81 lbs
b. 64 lbs d. 67 lbs

15. Find the diameter of a circle whose area is equal to the difference between the area of an 12.5-inch
circle and the area of a 6.5-inch circle?

a. 4.57 in c. 10.67 in
b. 6.93 in d. 14.21 in

16. One gallon is equal to?

a. 2.31 cu.m c. 3.65 liters

b. 0.0023 cu.m d. 22.8725 mm

17. Terminating and repeating numbers

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 a. integers c. rational
b. whole d. irrational

18. A man bought plumbing tools worth 2192.5. The sales tax was 8%. How much did the man pay?

a. 2368 c. 2278
b. 2268 d. 2378

19. A drainage pipe line 500 ft long is laid at a slope of 2%. What is the total drop of the lower end?

a. 10 ft
b. 15 ft
c. 20 ft
d. 25 ft

20. What is the corresponding effective rate of 18 % compound semi-quarterly?

a. 19.25% c. 18.46%
b. 19.48% d. 18.95%

21. A plumber is to install 20 meters long pipe, the length of pipe is 3.0 meters per piece. If the plumber
have 4 pcs. of pipe available, what is the total length of pipe he will have to install?

a. 8 c. 10
b. 12 d. 6

22. The cost of purchasing a set of bathroom fixture is P15, 000.00. If the purchase will be made directly
with the manufacturer, a discount of 30% can be availed of. What will be the cost of discounted fixture?

a. P 12,000.00 c. P 13,000.00
b. P 10,500.00 d. P 10,000.00

23. The age of the father is 3 times that of his son. The sum of their age is 60. How old is the son?

a. 10 c. 15
b. 12 d. 16

24. A plumber covers a journey of 952,000 km in 7 days and 3 hours. Find his average speed in km/s.

a. 155 km/s c. 15.50 km/s

b. 1.55 km/s d. 1550 km/s

25. What are the dimensions of a rectangle whose length is 4 more than twice the width and whose
perimeter is 3 less than 7 times the width?

a. 10, 28 c. 12, 24
b. 11, 26 d. 13, 22

26. Right triangle The shorter leg is 10 inches less than the other leg, and the hypotenuse is 10 inches
longer than that other leg. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

a. 30 inches c. 50 inches
b. 40 inches d. 60 inches

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27. Bob wants to plant a 7 foot by 10 foot garden with a uniform border of petunias around the outside and
still have 28 square feet to plant tomatoes and roses in the middle. How wide should the border of
petunias be?

a. 1.5 ft c. 3 ft
b. 2 ft d. 3.25 ft

28. A young plumber deposited P1,000 in the bank at 6% interest compounded annually when he started
plumbing at the age of 21. How much will he get from the bank when he retires at the age of 65?

a. P 12,990.00 c. P 12, 980.00

b. P 12,890.00 d. P 2,770.00

29. How much work is required to lift a 50 pounds weight 100 ft vertically from ground level?

a. 500 ft-lb c. 50 ft-lb

b. 5000 ft-lb d. none from these

30. A swimming pool is 5m wide, 20m long and 1.20m deep, is being filled up with a pipe at the rate of 85
gallons per minute. How long does it take to fill the pool?

a. 6 hrs c. 7 hrs
b. 6.2 hrs d. 5 hrs

31. How many straight lines parallel to a plane passing thru a point outside the plane can be drawn?

a. 1 c. two
b. none d. infinite

32. Find the height of a cylinder tank which is filled with water weighing 200 kg and its diameter of the
base is 5.82m

a. 5.5 m c. 7.5 m
b. 6.5 m d. 8.5 m

33. A total dynamic head of a certain pump installation to lift water for an overhead water tank at certain
elevation is 65.25 feet. Neglecting friction, what is the estimated pump pressure at the base?

a. 190 kPa c. 200 kPa

b. 195 kPa d. 205 kPa

34. The number on the bottom of a fraction.

a. numerator c. radicand
b. denominator d. divisor

35. If a sequence of consecutive integers of increasing value has a sum of 63 and the first term of 6, how
many integers are in the sequence?

a. 8 c. 9
b. 7 d. 11

36. Twenty seven coins composed of 5 centavo - coins and 25 centavo - coins have a total value of P 4.95.
How many25 centavo - coins are there?

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 a. 15 c. 18
b. 20 d. 12

37. Going against the wind, the plane can travel 5/8 of the distance it can travel in one hour if it is going
with the wind. If the plane can fly 300 mph in calm wind, what is the velocity of the wind?

a. 69 4/13 mph c. 73 mph

b. 71 mph d. 50 mph

38. If the lengths of the sides of the triangle sail are 4.5m, 5.5m and 6.5m. Find the area of the sail.

a. 10.2 c. 12.5
b. 12.2 d. 12.8

39. Two trains start from the same station and runs in opposite directions. One runs at a uniform rate of 33
kph while the other at 35 kph. In how many hours will they be 195 km apart?

a. 4 hrs. c. 3 hrs.
b. 2 1/2 hrs. d. 3 1/2 hrs
e. .

40. How many planes perpendicular to a given line can be drawn thru a point?

a. 1 c. two
b. none d. infinite

41. The formula for the change of centigrade reading to Fahrenheit reading is?

a. ºF = 5/ 9 ºC + 32 c. ºF = 9/5 ºC + 32
b. ºF = 9/5 ºC - 32 d. ºF = 5/ 9 ºC – 32

42. The radius of a circle whose area is equal to that of a rectangle whose side are 20 meters and 30 meters
respectively is:

a. 9.17 m d. 27.64 m
b. 13.83 m a. P2000
c. 28 m b. P1500

43. The width of a rectangle is 4/5 its length. If its perimeter is 72, what is its area?

a. 160 c. 280
b. 250 d. 320

44. An angle inscribe in a semi-circle is always?

a. Unaligned c. Less than 90

b. More than 90 d. 90'

45. The sum of reciprocal of two consecutive even whole numbers is 13/84. Find the numbers.

a. 6,8 c. 0,12
b. 8,10 d. 12,14

46. You loan from a firm an amount of 100,000 with a rate of simple interest of 20 % but the interest was
deducted from the loan at the time the money was borrowed. If at the end of one year, you have to pay
the full amount of 100,000, what is the actual rate of interest?

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 a. 18.8% c. 27.5%
b. 25.0% d. 30.0%

47. An algebraic expression of two or more terms.

a. Polynomial c. Binomial
b. Monomial d. Trinomial

48. Reduction in the level of national income and output usually accompanied by the fall in the general
price level?

a. Devaluation c. Inflation
b. Deflation d. Depreciation

49. The place where buyers and sellers come together?

a. Market c. Recreation center

b. Business d. Buy and sell section

50. A market whereby there is only one buyer of an item for which there are no goods substitute

a. Monopsony c. Monopoly
b. Oligopoly d. Oligopsony

51. It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal interval of time where the first payment is made after
several periods, after the beginning of the payment

a. Perpetuity c. Annuity due

b. Ordinary annuity d. Deferred annuity

52. The total income equal the total operating cost

a. Balance sheet c. Check and balance

b. In place value d. Break even no gain no loss

53. Kind of obligation which has no condition attached.

a. Analytic c. Gratuitous
b. Pure d. Private

54. Direct labor cost incurred in the factory and direct material costs are the costs of all materials that go
into production.

a. GS and A expenses c. Prime Cost

b. Operating and maintenance cost d. O and M costs

55. Time value for Diamond

a. 50 years c. 100 years

b. 75 years d. 40 years

56. An artificial expenses that spreads purchase price of an asset or another property over number of years.

a. Depreciation c. Amnesty
b. Sinking fund d. Bond

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57. Estimated value at the end of the useful life

a. Market value c. Salvage value

b. Fair value d. Book value

58. How many distinct lines can be drawn through two points?

a. 0 c. 2
b. 1 d. an infinite number of lines

59. Lines are always

a. solid. c. noncollinear.
b. finite. d. straight.

60. The shortest distance between any two point is

a. a plane. c. a ray.
b. a line segment. d. an arch.

61. Which choice below has the most points?

a. a line c. a ray
b. a line segment d. No determination can be made

62. The legs of a table measure 3 feet long and the top measures 4 feet long. If the legs are connected to
the table at a right angle, then what is the distance between the bottom of each leg and the end of the
tabletop?

a. 5 feet c. 14 feet
b. 7 feet d. 25 feet

63. Dorothy is standing directly 300 meters under a plane. She sees another plane flying straight behind
the first. It is 500 meters away from her, and she has not moved. How far apart are the planes from each
other?

a. 40 meters c. 4,000 meters

b. 400 meters d. 40,000 meters

64. Timmy arranges the walls of his shed on the ground. The base of the first side measures 10 feet. The
base of the second side measures 15 feet. If the walls are at a right angle from each other, the measure
from the end of one side to the end of the second side equals

a. 35 feet. c. 15 feet.
b. 50 feet. d. 18 feet.

65. A person runs 500m at an average speed of 6m/s and then the next 800m at speed of 6m/s and then
the next 800m at an average speed of 8m/s. What is the total time required?

a. 193.3 c. 103
b. 183.3 d. 173.3

66. A plane can go 400 mph more than twice as fast as a diesel power train. If the train can run 160 miles in
the same time that the plane can fly 1210 miles. Find the rate of the train.

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 a. 75 mph c. 80 mph
b. 550 mph d. 600 mph

67. If n/2 is an even integer, what is the remainder when n is divided by 4?

a. 1 c. 2
b. 0 d. 3

68. An office equipment costing P42,000 depreciates to P11,500 in 10 years. What is the annual
depreciation?

c. P3000 d. P3050

69. The perimeter of Periwinkle High is 1,600 ft. It has four sides of equal length. Each side measures

a. 4 ft. c. 400 ft.

b. 40 ft. d. 4,000 ft.

70. Which equation represents a line parallel to the y-axis?

a. y=x c. x = −y
b. y=3 d. x = −4

71. Evaluate 7m + 3mn when m = 8 and n = 14

a. 84 c. 392
b. 196 d. 168

72. Simplify: 675 ÷ (6 + 9 ÷ 3)

a. 15 c. 75
b. 9 d. 225

73. One number is 6 less than 3 times another number and their sum is 62. Find the numbers.

a. 10, 12 c. 17, 45
b. 15, 23 d. 18, 42

74. In a basketball game, the number of - scored by the Miners was equal to 20 less than twice their
opponent’s score. The total number of - scored was 127. What was the total score of Miners?

a. 49 c. 78
b. 52 d. 67

75. What is the velocity of a car (in miles per hour) if it goes 40 miles in 35 minutes?

a. 52 miles/hr c. 71.21 miles/hr

b. 68.57 miles/hr d. 84.5 miles/hr

76. Carter sells cashews for $3.00 a pound, hazelnuts for $2.50 a pound, and peanuts for $1.75 a pound. How
many pounds of cashews and hazelnuts should be mixed with 50 lbs of peanuts to obtain a mixture of
100 lbs that will sell for $2.30 a pound so that the profit or loss is unchanged?

a. 35, 15 c. 15, 35
b. 12, 38 d. 38, 12

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77. A company manufactures its product at a cost of 50 cents per item and sells it for 85 cents per item.
Daily overhead is $600. How many items must be manufactured each day in order for the company to
break even?

a. 1700 c. 1730
b. 1715 d. 1745

78. Jim is 3 times as old as his cousin and the difference in their ages is 18. How old is Jim?

a. 9 c. 27
b. 12 d. 32

79. Maria has scores of 96, 86, and 78 on three tests. What must her average score on the next two tests be
in order for her to have an average of at least 90?

a. 89 c. 95
b. 92 d. 97

80. The sides of Mary’s chalkboard consecutively measure 9 feet, 5 feet, 9 feet and 5 feet. Without any other
information, you can determine that Mary’s chalkboard is a

a. rectangle. c. parallelogram.
b. rhombus. d. square.

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