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COMPREHENSIVE EXAM (MATHEMATICS)

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
EE 521 – Electrical Engineering Practice with Comprehensive Examination

NAME : _____________________________________SCORE: ____________________

SECTION: ___________________________________ DATE: ______________________

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MATHEMATICS
INSTRUCTION. 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.

1. What is the half-life of a substance if after 5 days, 0.020 g is present and after 10 days, 0.015g?
A. 12 days and 1 hour
B. 13 days and 2 hours
C. 10 days and 0 hour
D. 14 days and 3 hours

2. A thermometer showing 100C is brought into a room whose temperature is 250C. After 5
minutes it shows 20 0C. When will the thermometer practically reach the room temperature, say,
24.9 0C?
A. 21 min
B. 23 min
C. 25 min
D. 28 min

3. What is the area within the curve r2 = 16 cos θ

A. 26
B. 28
C. 30
D. 32
4. A solid is formed by revolving about the y-axis, the area bounded by the curve x3 = y, the y-axis
and the line y = 8. Find its centroid.
A. (0, 4.75)
B. (0, 4)
C. (0, 5.25)
 D. (0,5)
5. Find the area in the first quadrant that is enclosed by y = sin 3x and the x-axis from x = 0 the
first x-intercept on the positive x-axis.
A. 1/3
B. 2/3
C. 1
D. 2
6. 2 gallons is how many quartz?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
7. Find the vertex of the parabola y2 – 8x + 6y +1 = 0.
A. (3, -1)
B. (-3,1)
C. (3,1)
D. (-3,-1)
8. Find the volume of a cone constructed from a sector having a diameter of 72 cm and a central
angle of 150 degrees.
A. 7711.82
B. 5533.32
C. 6622.44
D. 8866.44
9. A and B are points on the opposite sides of a certain body of water. Another point C is located
such that AC = 200 meters, BC = 160 meters and angle BAC = 50 degrees. Find the length of
AB.
A. 164.67 m
B. 174.67 m
C. 184.67 m
D. 194.67 m
10. Solve the differential equation y’=16x/y
A. x2 – 16y2 = C
B. x2 + 16y2 = C
C. y2 – 16x2 = C
D. y2 + 16x2 = C
11. How many ways can 7 people be assigned to 1 triple and 2 double room?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 200
D. 210
12. Evaluate E
A. 1/96
 B. -1/96
C. 1 1/96
D. 96
13. The radius of the inscribed circle of a polygon is?
A. Abscissa
B. Asymptote
C. Apothem
D. Directrix
14. Find the equation of the hyperbola with transverse axis on the x-axis, a=4, and latus rectum of 32.
A. x2 – 4y2 = 64
B. 4x2 + 4y2 = 64
C. x2 + 4y2 = 64
D. 4x2 – 4y2 = 64 4x2-y2=64
15. How many relations are there on set A = {a, b, c, d}
A. 4
B. 16
C. 256
D. 65536
16. It is a graph of a sample values plotted on the x-y plane
A. Splatter diagram
B. Sniffer diagram
C. Clipper diagram
D. Scatter diagram
17. A coin is tossed seven times, generating a sequence of heads (H) and tails (T). How many different
sequence are possible?
A. 64
B. 128
C. 256
D. 120
18. How many are there to choose “Team A”? There is a set of 10 people, and you need to create a subset
(team) of 5. Note: That once team A is chosen, the rest of the kids are team B
A. 252
B. 522
C. 242
D. 542
19. Find the commission made on $450.00 sale with a 12% commission rate:
A. $64.00
B. $54.00
C. $44.00
D. $34.00
20. Describe and graph the locus represented by lm{z 2} = 4
A. Circle
B. Parabola
C. Hyperbola
 D. Ellipse
21. Find the height of a right circular cylinder of maximum volume which can be inscribed in a sphere of
radius 10 cm.
A. 11.55 cm NEAREST
B. 14.55 cm
C. 12.55 cm
D. 18.55 cm
22. A waiter earned tips for a total of $17 for 4 consecutive days. How much he earned per day?
A. $4.25
B. $4.50
C. $3.25
D. $3.50
23. The length of the latus rectum of the parabola y2=4px is:
A. 4p
B. 2p
C. P
D. -4p
24. A post office can accept for mailing only if the sum of its length and its girth (the circumference of its
cross section) is at most 100 in. What is the maximum volume of a rectangular box with square cross
section than can be mailed?
A. 5432.32 cu. in
B. 1845.24 cu. in max = pinaka malaki
C. 2592.25 cu. in
D. 9259.26 cu. In
25. Multiply 15 yd, 2’, 8” by 4
A. 63 yd, 1’, 4”
B. 53 yd, 1’, 4”
C. 63 yd, 1’, 8”
D. 53 yd, 1’, 8”
26. Find the sum of exponents of the binomial expansion (2x – 1)7.
A. 56
B. 49
C. 28 7x8=56
D. 64
27. What is the Laplace Transform of a unit step function?
A. 1
B. S
C. 1/s
D. u(t)

28. Given vectors A = i + 2j and B = 3i – 2j + 5k, find the angle between them.
A. 00
B. 36.5750
C. 96.8650
 D. 127.3520
29. A ball is dropped from a height of 18 m. On each rebound it rises 2/3 of the height from which it last
fell. What distance has it traveled at the time it strikes the ground for the 5 th time?
A. 37.89 m
B. 73.89 m
C. 75.78 m pinaka mataas with 5
D. 57.78 m
30. Beloy is two years away from being twice Ellen’s age. The sum of twice Beloy’s age and thrice Ellen’s
age is 66. Find Beloy’s age now.
A. 19 B=2s-2
B. 20 debut ni maam Beloy 2b + 3E = 66
C. 18
D. 21
31. If z is directly proportional to x and inversely proportional to the square of y and that y = 2
when z=4 and x = 2. Find the value of z when x =3 and y = 4.
A. 2/3
B. 3/2
C. ¾
D. 4/3
32. Find a*b if |a| = 26 and |b| = 17 and the angle between them is pi/3.
A. 221
B. 212
C. 383
D. 338
33. Evaluate the integral of sin(x) raised to the 6th power and the limits from 0 to pi/2.
A. 0.49087
B. 0.48907
C. 0.96402 direct calcu
D. 0.94624
34. Find the area of the triangle having vertices at -4 – j, 1+2j, 4 – 3j.
A. 15
-4 -1 1
B. 16 det = -34
C. 17 1 2 1
A = 1/2 [det] = 1/2 [32]
4 -3 1
D. 18
35. How many even numbers of three digits each can be made with the digits 0,2,3,5,7,8,9 if no
digit is repeated?
A. 102
B. 126
C. 80
D. 90
36. What is the angle subtended in mils of an arc length of 10 yards in a circle of radius 5000
yards?
 A. 1.02
B. 2.40
C. 4.02
D. 2.04
37. How many 5 poker hands are there in a standard deck of cards?
A. 2,598,960
B. 2,958,960
C. 2,429,955
D. 2,942,955
38. In delivery of 14 transformers, 4 of which are defective, how many ways that in 5 transformers
at least 2 are defective?
A. 940
B. 920
C. 900
D. 910
39. A point a chosen at random inside the circle of diameter 8 in. What is the probability that it is at
least 1.5 in away from the center of the circle?
A. 53/64
B. 55/64
C. 52/64
D. 56/64
40. A student did not study for his upcoming examination on which is 15 multiple choice test
questions, with five possible choices of which only one is correct, what is the expected number
of correct answers he can get?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
41. Evaluate (1+i) raised to (1-i)
A. 2.82 + i1.32
B. 2.82 – i1.32
C. -2.82 – i1.32
D. -2.82 + i1.32
42. A painter needs to find the area of the gable end of a house. What is the area of the gable if it is
a triangle with two sides of 42.0 ft that meet at a 105 degrees angle?
A. 852 sq.ft
B. 825 sq.ft
C. 892 sq.ft
D. 829 sq.ft
43. A sector of a circle has a central angle of 50 degrees and an area of 605 sq. cm. Find the radius
of the circle.
A. 34.6 cm
 B. 35.4 cm
C. 37.2 cm
D. 32.7 cm
44. Find the slope of the line tangent to 3y2 – 2x2 = 5xy at the point (1,2)
A. -1 implicit
B. -2
C. 1
D. 2
45. The radius of a circle is measured to be 3 cm correct to within 0.02 cm. Estimate the propagated
error in the area of the circle.
A. 0.183 cm
B. 0.213 cm
C. 0.285 cm
D. 0.377 cm
46. Find the area of the ellipse 4x2 + 9y2 =36
A. 15.71
B. 18.85
C. 12.57
D. 21.99 3sqqrt2
hyp
47. The diagonal of square is 6 cm. Find its area. opp
A. 18
45 deg
B. 24 cos (45) = adj/hyp
C. 28 adj
cos(45) = adj/6
adj = 3sqrt2
D. 16
48. If the half-life of a substance is 1,200 years, find the percentage that remains after 240 years.
A. 76%
B. 77%
C. 87%
D. 97%
49. Determine the length of the latus rectum of the curve r = 4/(1-sin theta)
A. 6
B. 9
C. 8
D. 7
50. For what value of k will line kx + 5y = 2k have y-intercept 4?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
51. Determine the area bounded by the x axis and the curve y=(1/x2) from x=1 to x=infinity

A. 1

B. Indeterminate
 C. Infinity

D. 2

52. A cylindrical tank lying on its sides is 4 meters in diameter and 5 meters long. If it contains
water to a depth of 3 meters, find the number of of liters of water in the tank.
A. 50, 550L

B. 40, 440 L

C. 30,330 L

D. 20,220 L

53. A parabolic tough is 3meters long, one foot across te top and one foot deep. Find the volume
of water in the trough in liters if it is filled to a depth of 6 inches
A. 65.7 liters

B. 56.7 liters

C. 67.5 liters

D. 57.6 liters

54. Find the area under the curve y=x2 between the values x=1 and x=7

A. 141 sq. units

B. 114 sq. units

C. 411 sq. units

D. 143 sq. units

55. Determine the area of the region bounded by the curves y=x4-x2 and y= x2-1

A. 17/16

B. 15/14

C. 13/11

D. 16/15

56. Determine the area of the region bounded by the curves y=x3=4x2+3x and the axis 0≤x≤3.

A. 3

B. 37/12

C. 35/12

D. 19/6
57. What is the value of x in the trigonometric substitution with an integrand involving (a2-x2) ?

A. asec

B. atan

C. asin

D. acos

58. Find the rectangular coordinates of (0, 180o)

A. 1,0

B. 0,1

C. 0,0

D. 1,1

59. Find the rectangular coordinate of 3, 45o

A. 1,1

B. 3,4

C. 3,3

D. 2,2

60. What is the polar equation of the circle with the center at the pole containing the given (1,1) in
rectangular coordinate

A. r=1

B. r=1/2

C. r=1/4

D. r=2

61. What polar equation of the circle of radius a=3/2 and with center in polar coordinates (3/2, pi)

A. 3/2cos

B. 1/2cos

C. -2cos

D. -3cos
62. When a bullet is fired into a sand bag, it will be assumed that the retardation is equal to the
square root of its velocity on entering. For how long will it travel if the velocity on entering the
bag is 144 ft/sec?
A. 27 sec

B. 24 sec

C. 25sec

D. 26 sec

63. What is the equation of the curve where every point of which the tangent line has a slope of 4x.

A. 2x2 + C

B. (1/2)x + C

C. (1/2)x2 + C

D. X2 + C

64. Suppose that motorboat is moving at 40 ft/s when its motor suddenly quits, and that 10 sec later
the boat has slowed down to 20 ft/sec. Assuming a resistance proportional to the square of the
velocity such that dv/dt= -kv2. How far will the motorboat coast in the first minute after its
motor quits?
A. 420 ln4 ft
NAIIBA
B. 380 ln2 ft

C. 440ln2 ft

D. 400 ln7 ft

65. Find the general solution of y’”-3y’’+ 3y’-y = 0

I. C3ex

II. ex x( C1+ C2x)

III. e x x( C1+ C2x)

A. I and II

B. II only

C. I and III

D. III only

66. Find the particular solution of the differential equation

A. x=0
 B. x=1

C. x=-1

D. x=1/2

67. Find all values of m for which y=emx is a solution of 6y”-y’-y=0 on (-infinity, +infinity).

A. m=1/2, 2, 3

B. m= -1,2,3

C. m= -3, 1/3

D. m= -1/3, ½

68. Solve for the general solution of the differential equation: (D2+ 100) (D+10)=0 ; where D is the
differential operator d/dx.
A. 0.479C1+ 0.878C2+ 0.368C3

B. 0.841C1+ 0.878C2+ 0.607C3

C. 0.479C1+ 0.878C2+ 0.368C3

D. 0.479C1+ 0.878C2+ 0.607C3

E. 0.479C1+ 0.540C2+ 0.607C3

69. Solve the differential equation dy/dx= 4y/x(y-3)

A. 2.718C1+ 7.389C2+ 20.086C3

B. 0.368C1+ 0.315C2+ 0.500C3

C. 0.368C1+ 7.389C2+ 20.086C3

D. 0.368C1+ 0.135C2+ 20.086C3

70. Solve the differential equation dy/dx= 4y/x (y-3)

A. x3+y3= cey

B. x3+y4= cey

C. x4+y2= cey

D. x4+y3= cey

71. Each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By what percent is the volume of the cube increased?

A. 2.34

B. 3.45
 C. 10.3

D. 3.03

72. The median of the set of numbers 2, 8, 23, 2, and 20.

A. 10 2, 2, 8, 20, 23

B. 8

C. 11

D. 27.5

73. What is the range of {2, 4, 4, 5, 7, 8} ?

A. 4

B. 6

C. 5

D. 8

74. What is the variance of 1, 4 and 7?

A. 3.8

B. 2.45

C. 4

D. 6

75. Find the 10th term of the sequence 2,4,7,12,2,…….

A. 71

B. 136 pinaka malaki

C. 522

D. 265

76. In the equation 3x2 + 4x + (2h – 5) = 0, find h if the product of the roots is 4.

A. -7/2

B. -10/2

C. 17/2

D. 7/2

77. Find the remainder when (x12 + 2) is divided by (x - √3).

 A. 652

B. 851

C. 238

D. 731

78. Find the fifth term in the expression of (2x – 3y)9.

A. 2592x5y4

B. 326,592x5y4

C. -489,888x5y4

D. -3,888x5y4

79. Find k so that the expression kx2 – 3kx + 9 is a perfect square.

A. 3

B. 4

C. 12

D. 6

80. The area of two squares differ by 108 sq. ft and their perimeters differ by 24. Find the sum of
their areas.
A. 285

B. 170

C. 180

D. 250

81. If 1/x, 1/y, 1/z are in arithmetic progression, the y is equal to:

A. xz

B. ½(x + 2z)

C. (x + z)/2xz

D. 2xz/(x + z)

82. There are 6 geometric means between 4 and 8748. Find the sum of all terms.

A. 10,250

B. 13,120
 C. 15,480

D. 9,840

83. Find the 100th term of the sequence 1.01, 1.00, .99, ….

A. 0.05

B. 0.04

C. 0.02

D. 0.03

84. Three electrical engineers divide their company profit of P18M in the ratio 2:5:8. Find the
amount of the one who will receive the least.
A. P3.6M

B. P3.0M

C. P2.4M

D. P1.8M

85. The first, fourth and eighth terms of an A.P. are themselves geometric progression (G.P). What
is the common ratio of the G.P?
A. 4/3

B. 5/3

C. 2

D. 7/3

86. If the roots of ax2 + bx + c =0 are u and v, then the roots of cx2 + bx + a =0 are:

A. u and v

B. – u and v

C. 1/u and 1/v

D. -1/u and -1/v

87. If a two-digit number has x for its unit’s digit and y for its tenth’s digit, represent the number.

A. yx

B. x + y/10

C. x + 10y
 D. x + y

88. A job can be done in as many days as there are men in the group. If the number of men is
reduced by 4, the job will be delayed by 5 days. How many men were there originally in the
group?
A. 15

B. 20

C. 16

D. 25

89. A man sold 100 eggs. Eighty of them were sold at a profit of 30% while the rest were sold at a
lost of 40%. What is the percent gain or loss on the whole stock?
A. 16% gain

B. 0% gain

C. 12% gain

D. 18% gain

90. A circle is inscribed in a 3-4-5 right triangle. How long is the line segment joining the points of
tangency of the “3 side” and the “5 side”
A. 1.28
B. 1.35
C. 1.46
D. 1.79
91. The electrostatic lines of force emanating from a certain charged body is given by y=
Cx1/2. Find the equipotential lines of force thru (1,2).
A. 3x-2y=-3

B. y=Cx3/2
C. y=Cx-3/2

D. x= Cy-3/2

92. When the diameter of a circle is increased by 10%, its area increases by __________.

A. 44%

B. 19%

C. 21%

D. 15%
93. When the side of a square is decreased by 10%, its area is decreases by_____.

A. 10%

B. 19%

C. 21%

D. 15%

94. Find the greatest common factor of 108 and 60.

A. 9

B. 27

C. 15

D. 12

95. One side of parallelogram is 10m and its diagonals are 16m and 24m respectively. Its area is
A. 135.386 m2
B. 158.745 m2
C. 123.398 m2
D. 136.728 m2
96. Find the supplement of an angle whose compliment is 62 degrees.
A. 30 degrees compliment = 90 x + 62 = 90
supplement = 180 x = 28
B. 152 degrees
C. 28 degrees 28 + ___ = 180
x = 152
D. 118 degrees
97. What is the value of A between 270 degrees and 360 degrees if 2sin2A – sin A = 1.
A. 300 degrees
B. 285 degrees
C. 330 degrees
D. 245 degrees
98. The smallest interior angle of a particular convex P has a measure of 120 degrees angle and
moving clockwise around the polygon, each successive angle is 5 degrees larger than its
predecessor. How many sides does this polygon has?
A. 16
B. 10
C. 9
 D. 13
99. A circle of radius 6 has half its area removed by cutting off a border of uniform width. Find the
width of the border.
A. 2.2
B. 3.75
C. 1.35
D. 1.76
100. One side of a regular octagon is 2. Find the area of the polygon.
A. 13.92m2
B. 15.18m2
C. 14.52m2
D. 19.31m2

Prepared by:

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Engr. JAYSON J. DELA ROCA
Instructor, EE/CPE Department

Checked and Verified by:

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Engr. ELENOR M. REYES
Chairman, EE/CPE Department