UNIVERSITY OF CEBU (UC)
CE EC 1 – ENHANCEMENT COURSE 1
DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
1. A bookstore purchased a book at P 200
per copy. At what price should this book
be sold so that giving a 20% discount, the
profit is 30%?
Ans. 357.14
2. A company sells 80 units and makes P80
profit. It sells 110 units and makes P 140
profit. If the profit is a linear function of
the number of units sold, what is the
average profit per unit if the company
sells 250 units?
Ans. 1.68 pesos
3. The resultant of the concurrent forces has
a magnitude of 1000 kN and acts trough
the origin and the points (2,3,4). What is
the z component of the resultant force?
Ans. 742.78 kN
4. Find the value of log x 11 if log x 6 =
1.2925
Ans. 1.73
5. A circular cone having an altitude of 9
meter is divided into 2 segments having
the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is
6 m, find the ratio of the volume of the
small cone to the big cone.
Ans. 0.296
6. If the edge of the cube is increased by
30%, by how much is the surface area
increased?
Ans. 69%
7. The distance between the centers of the 3
circles which are mutually tangent to
each other externally are 10, 12 and 14
units. The area of the largest circle is
Ans. 64 π
8. The 5th term of an A.P is 123 and the
30th term is 245. What is the 12th term?
Ans. 3929/25
9. What is the cross product A x B of the
vectors A = i + 4j + 6k and B = 2i + 3j +
5k
Ans. 2i + 7j – 5k
10. A swimming pool is shaped from 2
intersecting circles 9 m in radius with
their centers 9 m apart. What is the area
common to the two circles?
Ans. 99.5 sq. m
11. What is the distance of the point (3, -7) to
the line 4x + 6y – 5 = 0?
Ans. 4.85
12. What is the slope of the curve when y = 2
sin x when x = 10?
Ans. 2
13. Find the distance between A (3,4,-6) and
B ( 4, 5, -7) .
Ans. 1.732
14. The slope of the line whose equation
is 5x + 3y = 9 is
Ans. -5/3
15. A 20 m high mast is placed on the top of
the cliff whose height above sea level is
unknown. An observer at sea sees the top
the mast at an elevation of 46042', the foot
at 38023’. The height of the cliff is closest
to:
Ans. 59 m
16. The sum of the deflection angle for
the enclosed traverse, where “n” equals
the number of traverse lines is:
Ans. 360
17. Find the magnitude of the resultant F = 3i
+ 4j + 12k
Ans. 13
18. Find y’ in the curve y = (1 – 2x) 3 at the
point ( 1,-1).
Ans. -6
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DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
19. Find the product of 2 numbers such that until there are 10 bricks in the last layer.
their sum multiplied by the sum of their How many bricks are there together?
squares is 5500 and their difference Ans. 639
multiplied by the difference of their 28. Determine the slope of the curve x 2 + y2 –
squares is 352. 6x + 10y + 5 = 0 at the point (1,0).
Ans. 117 Ans. 2/5
20. In a right spherical triangle , a = 32 016’ 29. In the two-peg test of a dumpy level,
and c = 1190 23’ the value of b is: the following observations are taken:
Ans. 1250 28’
21. A civil engineer recorded 50.8, 51.6, Instrument Instrument at
52.3, and 53.2 paces in walking along a at A B
47.5m course to determine his pace
factor. He then took 660, 658, 671 and Rod reading at
1.506 0.938
670 paces in walking an A
unknown distance AB. Compute the
distance AB based on his pace factor. Rod reading at
2.024 1.449
Ans. 607.58 B
22. The vertices of a triangle have their polar
coordinates at (0,00), ( 6,300) and (9, 700). What is the true difference in elevation

The perimeter of a triangle is between the two points?

Ans. 20.85 Ans. 0.51 m

23. A semiconductor will hire 7 men and 5 30. If the sum of P12,000 is deposited in an

women. In how many ways can the account earning interest rate of 9%

company choose from 9 men and 6 compounded quarterly, what will it

women? become after 1 year?

Ans. 216 Ans. 13,117 pesos

24. How many terms of the sequence -9, -6,-3 31. You owe P120,000 from a friend and

… must be taken so that the sum is 66? promise to pay 6% simple interest. How

Ans. 11 much will you pay at the end of 9

25. Find the quotient and remainder when months?

4y3 + 18y2 + 8y – 4 is divided by 2y + 3? Ans. 125,400 pesos

Ans. 2y2 + 6y – 5 rem 11 32. If sin A = 3/5, θ in the second quadrant

26. What is the number of permutations of and cos B = -1/2, θ is in the 3rd quadrant,

the letters in the word BANANA? what is the value of sin(A+B)?

Ans. 60 Ans. 0.3928

27. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the 33. With a wind velocity of 40 kph, it takes

bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second an airplane as long to travel 1,200 km

layer, 55 bricks in the 3rd layer and so on with the wind as 900 km against it. How
fast can the airplane travel in still air?
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DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
Ans. 280 kph the direction of S 300 W. What is the
34. 543 degrees is how many gradians? relative velocity of B with respect to A?
Ans. 1810/3 Ans. 49.82 kph
35. If sin 3A = cos 6B then 46. Find the length of the vector < 2, 1, 4 >
Ans. A+2B = 300 Ans. 4.58
36. The 5th term of a geometric progression is 47. If the distance between (3, y) and (8,7) is
162 and the 10th term is 39366. What is 13 is, they y is :
the 3rd term? Ans. 19
Ans. 18 48. Three boys and 3 girls sit in a row. In
37. The distance between the points A (2, 10, how many ways can they sit if the girls
4) and B ( 8, 3, z) is 9.434. What is the are always together?
value of z Ans. 144
Ans. 6 49. In the spherical triangle A = 1200 B =
38. What is the area bounded by the curve y 1350 and c = 300. What is C?
= 6 cos x from the x axis to x = π/6 to x = Ans. 79.820
2π. 50. What is the area bounded by the curves

Ans. 21 y2 = 4x and x2 = 4y?

39.  Interest directly proportional to the Ans. 5.33

length of time and the amount

of principal borrowed.
Ans. Simple Interest
40. What is the remainder when 3x4 + 2x3 –
5x2 + x + 7 is divided by x – 3?
Ans. 262
41. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20
inches. What is the area?
Ans. 320
42. The volume of water in a spherical tank
having a diameter of 4 m is 5.236 m 2.
What is the depth of water in the tank?
Ans. 1.0
43. The polar coordinate of ( 3, -6) is
Ans. (6.71, -63.430)
44. A force of F = 3000 lb acts from A( 4, -2,
5) to B( 3, -5, 7). Find the components of
the force.
Ans. <-801.78 -2405.35 1603.57>
45. Mass A moves at 20 kph in the direction
N 400 E while Mass B moves at 30 kph in