PLUMBING ARITHMETIC PART 01

1. If the total fall of house sewer is 24 inches per B RIGHT 1

120 feet. What is the slope per foot in sewer?
A. 0.01
B. 0.02
C. 0.03
D. 0.04
2. Find the area at the cross section of a pipe B RIGHT 1
with the inside
A. 38.92 sq.in diameter of 14 inches and outside
B. 73.04 sq. in
C. 153.94 sq. in
D. 220.42 sq. in
3. The amount of heat required to change ice to B RIGHT 1
liquid
A. 344water
Btu is?
B. 144 Btu
C. 114 Btu
D. 214 Btu
4. For any two triangles, if an angle of one C RIGHT 1
triangles is congruent
A. Complementary to an angle of the other
B. Supplementary
C. Similar
D. Dissimilar
5. A temperature of 1800 F is approximately D RIGHT 1
equal to?
A. 952.220C
B. 962.220C
C. 972.220C
D. 982.220C
6. An angle inscribe in a semi-circle is always? D RIGHT 1
A. Unaligned
B. More than 900
C. Less than 900
D. 900
7. A factor repeated to produce a power is? B RIGHT 1
A. Numerator
B. Square
c. Quotient
C. root
8. A polygon with ten sides is? C RIGHT 1
A. Dodecagon
B. Undecagon
C. Decagon
D. tendicagon
9. A rectangle reservoir has the following A RIGHT 1
dimensions, L=4m,
A. 24,000 liters W=2m, H=3m. what is the
maximum volume of water that can be
B. 1,000 cu.m.in the tank?
accomadated
C. 813 cu. Ft.
D. 240 cu.m
10. Two angles having the same vertex and the D RIGHT 1
side of one
A. Acute is the prolongation of the side of the
angle
pther is?
B. Scalene angle
C. Obtuse angle
D. Vertical angle
11. A water supply system is to be installed at a C RIGHT 1
distance
A. 7 of 54 meters using 6 meters long PVC
pipe with a diameter of 100mm. determine the
B. 8
number of length of PVC pipe to be used?
C. 9
D. 10
12. What is the number of horsepower required B WRONG 0
to
A. 5raise
hp 25,000 lbs of water for a height of 30
meters within 10 minutes?
B. 6 hp
C. 7 hp
D. 8 hp
13. A city of 25,000 uses 15 gallons of water per D WRONG 0
day
A. 9 per
hp capita. If it is required to raise this water
150 feet, what is the number of horsepower
B. 10 hp
required?
C. 11 hp
D. 12 hp
14. Twenty less than four times a certain number WRONG 0
is
A.4.
6 Determine the number
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3
15. What is the number of the horsepower to lift WRONG 0
10,000
A. 3.56 gallons of water per hour top to a height
of 90 ft? assume the weight of water to be 8- ½
B.
lbs3.86
per gallon
C. 4.86
D. 4.56
16. How many gallons of water can a 75 hp WRONG 0
engine raisegallons
A. 595,238 150 ft in 5 hours? One gallon of
water weights 8-1/2 lbs.
B. 594,238 gallons
C. 593,238 gallons
D. 594,328 gallons
17. One cubic foot of water is assumed to weight WRONG 0
62.5 lbs. what is the weight of one cubic inch of
A. 0.0361
water?
B. 0.0316
C. 0.0416
D. 0.0461
18. A man bought plumbing tools worth 2100. WRONG 0
The sales tax was 8%. How much did the man
pay?
A. 2368
B. 2268
C. 2278
D. 2378
19. A drainage pipe line 1000 ft long is laid at a WRONG 0
slope of 2%. What is the total drop of the lower
A. 10 ft
end?
B. 15 ft
C. 20 ft
D. 25 ft
20. What is the travel length of a plastic pipe 4” WRONG 0
in
A. diameter
2m if the offset angle is 11.250 and the
offset length is 60 cm.
B. 3m
C. 4m
D. 5m
21. A 150 mm diameter pipe, 50 ft long is WRONG 0
installed vertically. It is filled with water at
A. 20.65 psi
atmospheric pressure, what is the total pressure
B. 21.66
in psi psi bottom?
at the
C. 22.66 psi
D. 23.65 psi
22. What is the pressure in pounds per square WRONG 0
inch at the
A. 0.433 psibase of a 10 foot water cylinder?
B. 4.33 psi
C. 4.36 psi
D. 4.63 psi
23. If the total working area of the plunger of a WRONG 0
pump
A. 11.5islbs
10 sq. in. What is the total pressure in
pounds on the plunger when pumping against
B. 12.5
125 lbs lbs
per square inch?
C. 13.5 lbs
D. 14.5 lbs
24. 350 is to be divided between Jones and Smith WRONG 0
so that jones will receive 25 more than Smith.
A. 185.50
How much Jones received?
B. 187.50
C. 178.50
D. 186.50
25. 350 is to be divided between Jones and Smith WRONG 0
so that jones will receive 25 more than Smith.
A. 167.50
How much Smith received?
B. 155.50
C. 165.50
D. 162.50
26. Find two consecutive even integers such that WRONG 0
the square of the larger is 44 greater that the
square of the smaller integers.

A. 8 and 10
B. 10 and 12
C. 12 and 14
D. 10 and 11
27. A messenger traveling 65 miles per hour WRONG 0
pursues a truck which has a start of 2 hours and
A. 37 miles/hr
overtacks it in 3 hours. Find the trucks’ speed?
B. 38 miles/hr
C. 39 miles/hr
D. 40 miles/hr
28. A motorboat went 70 miles in 4 hours when WRONG 0
traveling at full speed upstream on a river whose
A. 21.5 miles/hr
current flows at the rate of 6 miles per hour.
B. 22.5
How miles/hr
fast can the boat travel in still water?
C. 23.5 miles/hr
D. 24.5 miles/hr
29. Two coats of paint are required for an WRONG 0
elevated water pipe line 7 inches in diameter
A. 30 gallons
(outside diameter) and 200 ft long. If a gallon of
B. 31 gallons
paint covers 200 sq. ft. on the first coat and 250
C. 32 gallons
D. 33 gallons
30. What is the radius of a circle the area of WRONG 0
which
A. 10.34is equal
in to that of a rectangle whose sides
are 26.9 and 12.5 inches respectively?
B. 11.54 in
C. 12.24 in
D. 12.44 in
31. What is the weight of a solid ball of brass 6 WRONG 0
inches
A. 33.3inlbsdiameter? Assume specific gravity of
8.4?
B. 34.3 lbs
C. 35.3 lbs
D. 36.5 lbs
32. One cubic yard can give a volume equivalent WRONG 0
to?
A. 0.7651 cu.m
B. 0.2835 cu.m.
C. 0.9232 cu.m
D. 0.2024 cu.m
33. Find the diameter of a circle whose area is WRONG 0
equal
A. 5.26tointhe difference between the area of an 8-
inch circle and the area of a 4-inch circle?
B. 6.93 in
C. 12.5 in
D. 3.79 in
34. One gallon is equal to? WRONG 0
A. 2.31 cu.m
B. 0.0023 cu.m
C. 3.65 liters
D. 22.8725 mm
35. 11/16 of an inch is equal to? WRONG 0
A. 16.2350 mm
B. 12.3375 mm
C. 17.4625 mm
D. 22.8725 mm
36. The volume of a cube is equal to the cube of WRONG 0
the measure of its?
A. Angle
B. Corner
C. Edge
D. Diagonal
37. If each of two lines is perpendicular to the WRONG 0
same line, then the lines are?
A. Perpendicular
B. Parallel
C. Tangent
D. Converging
38. Is a branch of mathematics dealing with WRONG 0
integers
A. Algebraand more generally, numeral
computation?
B. Trigonometry
C. Geometry
D. Arithmethic
39. One pound per square inch is equivalent to WRONG 0
how many
A. 4.21 ft feet of water?
B. 3.27 ft
C. 1.24 ft
D. 2.31 ft
40. The power to which a number is raised is WRONG 0
indicated by a small superior figure called?
A. Logarithm
B. Increment
C. Exponent
D. Mantissa
41. A number that be exactly divided by two is? WRONG 0
A. Real
B. Original
C. Integer
D. Even
42. How many feet can one horsepower raise a WRONG 0
weight
A. 10 ft of 33 lbs within one hour?
A. 100 ft
C. 1,000 ft
D. 10,000 ft
43. A space that is devoid of matter and in which WRONG 0
the pressure
A. Block hole is zero?
B. Outer space
C. Vacuum
D. Inner space
44. Decrease in the value of a physical property WRONG 0
due to the passage of time?
A. Inflation
B. Depletion
C. Recession
D. Depreciation
45. We may classify an interest rate which WRONG 0
specifies
A. Nominal therate
actual rate of interest on the
principal for one year as?
B. Rate of return
C. Exact interest rate
D. Effective rate
46. The ratio of the interest payment to the WRONG 0
principal for a given unit of time and usually
expressed as a percentage of the principal?

A. Interest
B. Interest rate
C. Investment
D. Rate
47. Additional information of prospective bidders WRONG 0
on contract documents issued prior to bidding
A. Depict
date?
B. Escalate
C. Assessment
D. Bid bulletin
48. What is the corresponding effective rate of WRONG 0
18 % compound semi-quarterly?
A. 19.25%
B. 19.48%
C. 18.46%
D. 18.95%
49. Find the present worth of future payment of WRONG 0
100,000 to be made in 10 years with an interest
A. 30,444.44
of 12% compounded quarterly?
B. 33,000.00
C. 30,655.68
D. 30,546.01
50. You loan from a firm an amount of 100,000 WRONG 0
with a rate of simple interest of 20 % but the
A. 18.8%
interest was deducted from the loan at the time
B.
the25.0%
money was borrowed. If at the end of one
C. 27.5%
D. 30.0%
51. The paper currency issued by the Central WRONG 0
Bank which forms part of the country’s money
A. T-bills
supply?
B. Bank note
C. Check
D. Coupon
52. Reduction in the level of national income and WRONG 0
output usually accompanied by the fall in the
A. Devaluation
general price level?
B. Delation
C. Inflation
D. Depreciation
53. It is a series of equal payment occurring at WRONG 0
equal interval of time?
A. Annuity
B. Debt
C. Amortization
D. Deposit
54. The place where buyers and sellers come WRONG 0
together?
A. Market
B. Business
C. Recreation center
D. Buy and sell section
55. A market whereby there is only one buyer of WRONG 0
an item for which there are no goods substitute
A. Monopsony
B. Oligopoly
C. Monopoly
D. Oligopsony
56. It is a series of equal payments occurring at WRONG 0
equal interval of time where the first payment is
made after several periods, after the beginning
of the payment

A. Perpetuity
B. Ordinary annuity
C. Annuity due
D. Deferred annuity
57. The total income equal the total operating WRONG 0
cost
A. Balance sheet
B. In place value
C. Check and balance
D. Break even no gain no loss
58. Kind of obligation which has no condition WRONG 0
attached.
A. Analytic
B. Pure
C. Gratuitous
D. Private
59. Direct labor cost incurred in the factory and WRONG 0
direct
go intomaterial costsThe
production. aresum
the costs of all
of these twomaterials
direct
that
cost is known as:
A. GS and A expenses
B. Operating and maintenance cost
C. Prime Cost
D. O and M costs
60. An index of short term paying ability is called WRONG 0
A. Receivable turn-over
B. Profit margin ratio
C. Current ratio
D. Acid-test ratio
61. An artificial expenses that spreads purchase WRONG 0
price of an asset or another property over
A. Depreciation
number of years.
B. Sinking fund
C. Amnesty
D. Bond
62. Estimated value at the end of the useful life WRONG 0
A. Market value
B. Fair value
C. Salvage value
D. Book value
63. Consists of the actual counting or WRONG 0
determination of the actual quantity of the
A. Physical inventory
materials on hand as of a given date.
B. Material update
C. Technological assessment
D. Material count
64. Additional information of prospective bidders WRONG 0
on contract documents issued prior to bidding
A. Delict
date
B. Escalatory
C. Technological assessment
D. Bid bulletin
65. A series of uniform accounts over a period of WRONG 0
time
A. Depreciation
B. Annuity
C. Perpetuity
D. Inflation
66. The quantity of a certain commodity that is WRONG 0
offered
A. Demand for sale at a certain price at a given place
and time
B. Supply
C. Stocks
D. Goods
67. Work-in process is classified as WRONG 0
A. An asset
B. A liability
C. An expenses
D. An owner’s equity
68. What is the highest position in the WRONG 0
corporation?
A. President
B. Board of directors
C. Chairman of the board
D. Stockholders
69. Type of ownership in business here WRONG 0
individuals
A. Equitableexercise and enjoy the right in their
own interest.
B. Public
C. Private
D. Pure
70. Decrease in the value of a physical property WRONG 0
due to the passage of time.
A. Inflation
B. Depletion
C. Recession
D. Depreciation
71. An association of two or more individuals for WRONG 0
the purpose
A. Sole of operating a business as co-
proprietorship
owners for profit
B. Company
C. Partnership
D. Corporation
72. We may classify an interest rate, which WRONG 0
specifies
A. Nominal therate
actual rate of interest on the
principal for one year as;
B. Rate of return
C. Exact interest rate
D. Effective rate
73. It is defined to be the capacity of a WRONG 0
commodity
A. Discount to satisfy human want.
B. Luxury
C. Necessity
D. Utility
74. It is the amount which a willing buyer will pay WRONG 0
to willing
A. Fair seller for a property where each has
value
equal advantage and is under no compulsion to
B.
buyMarket
or sell value
C. Book value
D. Salvage value
75. This occurs in a situation where a commodity WRONG 0
or service is
A. Perfect supplied by a number of vendor by a
competition
number of vendors and there is nothing to
B. Oligopoly
prevent additional vendors entering the market
C. Monopoly
D. Elastic demand
76. These are products or services that are WRONG 0
desired by human and will be purchase if money
A. Utilities
is available after the required necessities have
B. Necessities
been obtain
C. Luxuries
D. Product goods and services
77. These are products or services that are WRONG 0
required
A. Utilitiesto support human life and activities that
will be purchased in somewhat the same
B. Necessities
quantity even though the price varies
C Luxuries
D. Product goods and services
78. A condition where only few individuals WRONG 0
produce a certain product and that any action of
A. Oligopoly
one will lead to almost the same action of others.
B. Semi-monoploy
C. Monopoly
D. Perfect competition
79. Grand total of the assets and operational WRONG 0
capability
A. Authorizedof a capital
corporation.
B. Investment
C. Subscribed capital
D. Money market
80. The worth of the property equals to the WRONG 0
original
A. Scrapcost
valueless depreciation
B. Face value
C. Market value
D. Book value
81. Money paid for the use of borrowed capital WRONG 0
A. Discount
B. Credit
C. Interest
D. profit
82. liquid assets such as cash and other assets WRONG 0
that canassets
A. total be converted quickly into cash, such as
accounts receivable and merchandise are called
B. fixed assets
C. current assets
D. none of the above
83. the length of time which the property may be WRONG 0
operated
A. physicalatlife
a profit
B. economic life
C. operating life
D. all of the above
84. the provision in the contract that indicates WRONG 0
the possible adjustment
A. secondary clause of material cost and
labor cost
B. escalatory clause
C. contingency clause
D. main clause
85. the present worth of all depreciation over WRONG 0
the economic life of the item is called
A. book value
B. capital recovery
C. depreciation recovery
D. sinking fund
86. gross profit, sale less cost of goods sold, as a WRONG 0
percentage of sales is called
A. profit margin
B. gross margin
C. net income
D. rate of return
87. worth of the property as shown in the WRONG 0
accounting
A. fair valuerecords of an enterprise
B. market value
C. salvage value
D. book value
88. those funds that are required to make the WRONG 0
enterprise or project a going concern
A. initial investment
B. current accounts
C. working capital
D. subscribed capital
89. a market situation where there is one seller WRONG 0
with many buyer
A. monopoly
B. monopsony
C. oligopoly
D. oligopsony
90. a market situation where there is one seller WRONG 0
and one buyer
A. monopoly
B. monopsony
C. oligopoly
D. oligopsony
91. A market situation where there are few WRONG 0
sellers and few buyers
A. oligopoly
B. oligopsony
C. bilateral oligopoly
D. bilateral oligopsony
92. A market situation where there are only two WRONG 0
buyers with many sellers
A. duopoly
B. oligopoly
C. duepsony
D. oligopsony
93. Define as the future value minus the present WRONG 0
value.
A. Interest
B. Rate of return
C. Discount
D. capital
94. The ratio of the interest payment to the WRONG 0
principal for a given unit of time and usually
expressed as percentage of the principal

A. interest
B. interest rate
C . investment
D. all of the above
95. Scrap value of an asset is sometimes known WRONG 0
as
A. book value
B. salvage value
C. replacement value
D. future value
96. A type of annuity where the payments are WRONG 0
made at theannuity
A. ordinary end of payment period starting from
the first period
B. annuity due
C. deferred annuity
D. perpetuity
97. Bond to which are attached coupons WRONG 0
indicating
A. registeredthebond
interest due and the date when
such interest is to be paid
B. coupon bond
C. mortgage bond
D. collateral trust bond
98. “When free competition exists the price of a WRONG 0
product
A. Law ofwill be that value
diminishing where supply is equal
return
to the demand’
B. Law of supply
C. Law of demand
D. Law of supply and demand
99. The ratio of the net income to the owners’ WRONG 0
equity is known as
A. Price-earning ratio
B. Profit margin ratio
C. Return of investment
D. Gross margin
100. Capitalized cost of any property is equal to WRONG 0
the
A. Annual cost
B. First cost + interest of the first cost
C. First cost+ cost of perpetual maintenance
D. First cost+ salvage value

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