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1. Find the density of a stone in kg/m^3 that weighs 90 N in air and 16. What is the index that gives the rate earned per share based on
50 N in water. current price?
A. 2205 C. 2250 A. Price-earning ratio C. Equity ratio
B. 2502 D. 2270 B. Dividend yield D. Operating expense ratio
2. An isosceles triangle has a 10 cm base and a 10 cm altitude. 17. What is the maximum area of the rectangle whose base is on the
Calculate the moment of inertia of the triangular area relative to x-axis and whose upper two vertices line on the parabola y = 12
a line parallel to the base and through the upper vertex, in cm^4. – x>>?
A. 2450 C. 3025 A. 20 C. 32
B. 2550 D. 2500 B. 54 D. 16
3. The amount of P2,825.00 in 8 years at 5% compounded 18. The amount of P15,000.00 was deposited in a fund which earns
continuously is: 4% per annum compounded quarterly, will become P18,302.85.
A. P4,214.40 C. P4,188.56 Find the effective rate of interest per year.
B. P4,166.77 D. P4,397.86 A. 5.06% C. 4.06%
4. An equilateral triangle has an altitude of 10 <<3 mm long. Find B. 3.06% D. 6.06%
its area in mm>> 19. If the density of a gas is 0.003 slug/ft^3, find the specific weight
A. 50<<3 C. 20<<3 of the gas.
B. 200<<3 D. 100<<3 A. 76.3 N/m^3 C. 9.04 N/m^3
5. Find the area under the curve y = x3+3x2 and the x-axis between B. 15.2 N/m^3 D. 98.2 N/m^3
x = 1 and x = 3 20. A man at point A on the shore of a circular lake of radius 1 mile
A. 46 square units C. 36 square units wants to reach point B on the shore diametrically opposite A. If
B. 28 square units D. 54 square units 282 he can row a boat 3 miles per hour and jog 6 miles per hour, at
6. The force F of attraction between two electric charges varies what angle with the diameter should he row in order to reach B
inversely as the square of the distance D between them. If the in the shortest possible time?
force is 20.0 grams when they are 15.0 cm apart, find the force A. 45.12 C. 23.45
when they are 7.5 cm apart. B. 35.12 D. 73.23
A. 60 grams C. 45 grams 21. An Indian firm specializes in the shipment of pressurized gaseous
B. 30 grams D. 80 grams materials. An order is received for 5000 liters of a particular gas
7. What can you say about the present worth of all depreciation at (32F and 1 atm). What minimum volume of tank is necessary
over the economic life of the item? 1
to transport the gas at 90 F and a maximum pressure of 10 atm?
2
A. Maintenance C. Capital recovery A. 56 liters C. 152 liters
B. Annuity D. Depreciation recovery B. 141 liters D. 560 liters
8. If the pressure at a point in the ocean is 60 kPa, what is the 22. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of
pressure 27 meters below the point? a sector of a circle 2 cm in diameter with a central angle of 150
A. 521.3 kPa C. 332.82 kPa degrees. Find the volume of the cone in cc.
B. 256.3 kPa D. 185.4 kPa A. 7744 C. 7733
9. What is the banking angle if the radius of the turn of a cyclist B. 7722 D. 7711
leaning towards the center is 30 ft and the velocity is 15 fps? 23. What is the indirect product cost (IPC) spending variance called?
A. 14.1 degrees C. 12.9 degrees A. The difference between actual IPC and IPC absorbed
B. 13.1 degrees D. 13.6 degrees B. The difference between actual IPC and IPC volume adjusted
10. How much of a 40% solution of denatured alcohol should be budget
mixed with an 80% to give 150 liters if a 50% solution? C. The IPC volume adjusted budget minus the total IPC
A. 112.5 liters C. 122.5 liters absorbed
B. 37.5 liters D. 127.5 liters D. The IPC volume adjusted budget (fixed + volume (variable
11. Douglas can paint a fence of 50% faster than Nonoy and 20% IPC rate)
faster than Jerome and together they can paint a given fence in 24. Jen borrowed P200,000 from a local bank and agreed to pay the
4 hours. How long will it take Douglas to paint the same fence if loan at the end of one year. The local bank discounted the loan
he had to work alone? and gave her P100,950.00 in cash. Find the rate of discount.
A. 9 C. 8 A. 2.5% C. 3.75%
B. 10 D. 11 B. 1.3% D. 3.12%
12. Each year, a machine loses 20% of the value it has at the 25. A particles position (in inches) along the x-axis after t seconds of
beginning of the year. What is the original value of the machine travel is given by the equation x = 24t>> - 3t raised to 3 + 10.
if its value at the end of sixth year is 120,000 pesos? What is the particle’s average velocity in in/sec during the first 3
A. Php 572,205 C. Php 457,764 seconds?
B. Php 715,256 D. Php 366,211 A. 70 C. 45
13. A projectile launched at 2000 ft/esc from Tower A at an angle of B. 48 D. 63
30 deg with the horizontal, impacts at the same elevation at 26. What type of provision is the contract that indicates the possible
Tower B. Assume no in-flight propulsion and no aerodynamics adjustment of material cost and labor cost?
drag. Horizontal distance in miles between Tower A and Tower B A. Escalatory clause C. Secondary clause
is nearest to _____ B. Specification D. General provision
A. 20.3 C. 15.9 27. The strong bond between hydrogen atoms is called ______?
B. 7.9 D. 10.2 A. The metallic bond C. The covalent bond
14. An open steel chamber rests on the ocean floor in 160 ft of B. Ionic and metallic bonds D. The ionic bond
seawater (SG = 1.03). What air pressure in psig must be 28. A twin-engine turbo prop aircraft is flying at an air speed of 300
maintained inside the exude water? mph. If there is a wind blowing toward the East at 50 mph, what
A. 45.6 C. 71.4 would be the aircraft’s compass reading in order for its course to
B. 60.9 D. 93.2 be 30 deg?
15. Integrate: (t>> + 4)dt A. 21.7 deg C. 38.3 deg
-------------------------- B. 30 deg D. 8.3 deg
t raised to (3) + 12t + 2 29. Find the radius of curvature 3y = x raised to 3 at (1, 1/3)
A. (1/3) in (t raised to (3) + 12t +2) + c A. 1 C. Sqrt of 3
B. (1/2) in (t raised to (3) + 12t +2)>> + c B. Sqrt of 2 D. 3
C. (1/2) (t raised to (3) + 12t+2)>> + c
D. (1/2) (t raised to (3) + 12t +2) + c
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30. The pressure, dry bulb temperature and relative humidity of air 43. If In x = 3 and In y = 5, find In [ x(squared)/y (raised to ½)]
1 A. 1.5 C. 4.5
in a room are 1 bar, 30 𝐶 and 70% respectively. Calculate the
2
specific humidity of the room air in kg water vapor per kg of dry B. 3.5 D. 2.5
1 44. Find the smallest positive integer n such that the nth derivative
air if the saturated steam pressure at 30 𝐶 is 4.25 kPa.
2 of cosx is cosx.
A. 0.0322 C. 0.0191 A. 3 C. 4
B. 0.0079 D. 0.0124 B. 2 D. 5
31. If vector A is 10 units, and vector B; which makes 60 deg. with 45. Find the sum of the coefficient of the expansion of (x+2)⁴.
vector A is 20 units, then what is the difference of vectors A and A. 72 C. 65
B? B. 102 D. 81
A. 13.54 units C. 18.65 units 46. A man is standing on a cliff 897 meters. He struck a tree with his
B. 17.32 units D. 17.46 units axe and the sound 5.2 seconds after. Assuming constant
32. What is the effective interest rate for a payment plan of 30 equal temperature, what is the velocity of sound on that day?
payments of P 89.30 per month, when a lump sum of P 2000 A. 345 m/s C. 342 m/s
would have been made an outright purchase? B. 453 m/s D. 340 m/s
A. 22.82% C. 20.82 % 47. What is the equation of the line passing through A(3,1) parallel
B. 26.82% D. 21.82 % to the line 2x+y-11 =0?
33. A mechanical engineer was granted a loan of P20,000 by her A. 2x+y-7=0 C. -2x-y+4=0
employer with an interest at 6% for 180 days on the principal B. x-2y-4=0 D. 2x+y+2=0
collected in advance. If discounted at once, find the proceeds on 48. A circle has a center of (-3,1) and a radius of 4. Another circle
the note. which is tangent to this circles has a center of (4,-4). What is the
A. P20,000 C. P14,400 radius?
B. P18,800 D. P1,300 A. 4.60 C. 6.60
34. Transform the polar equation R²cos(theta)sin(theta)=4 to B. 7.60 D. 5.60
rectangular coordinates. 49. A student plans to deposit P500.00 at the end of each month for
A. xy=4 C. x² + y²=4 10 years at 12% annual interest, compounded monthly. How
B. x²y=4 D. x + y=4 much is the available amount in two years?
35. A wire 16 feet long has to be formed into rectangle. What is the A. P13,875.00 C. P13,487.00
maximum area of the rectangle? B. P13,678.00 D. P13,987.00
A. 16 C. 8 50. Find the equation of the circle circumscribing a triangle with
B. 4 D. 32 vertices
36. A twin-engine turbo prop aircraft is flying at an air speed of 300 (-1-3), (-2, 4), (2, 1).
mph. If there is a wind blowing toward the East at 50 mph, if its A. x²+3x+y²-y-10=0 C. x²+3x+y²+7y-10=0
course is 30 degrees, what will be the plane’s ground speed if it B. x²+3x+y²-7y-10=0 D. x²+3x+y²-7y+10=0
flies this course? 51. In 18 years, P20,000 is required for a child's college expenses.
A. 188 mph C. 311 mph How much should be deposited each year starting on the day of
B. 300 mph D. 322 mph birth so that the goal will be met? Assume that the first is made
37. A painting of height 3 ft hangs on the wall of a museum, with the at birth, the last payment is on the child's 18th birthday, and that
bottom of the painting 6 ft above the floor. If the eyes of an 5% interest is paid.
observer are 5 ft. Above the floor, how far from the base of the A. 645 C. 655
wall should the observer stand to maximize his angle of vision? B. 746 D. 647
A. sqrt of 18 C. 2 52. What is the true effective annual rate of a credit card plan that
B. sqrt of 30 D. 4 charges 1.5 % per month on an unpaid balance?
38. A large sewer system will cost P175,000 annually. There will be A. 17.56% C. 20.56%
favorable consequences to the general public of P 500,000 B. 19.56% D. 18.56%
annually, and adverse consequences to a small segment of the 53. Given vectors A, B and C where: A = 3i+2j, B= 2i+3j+k, C=5i+2k.
of P50,000 annually. What is the benefit-cost ratio? Evaluate the expression (A x B)∙C
A. 3.57 C. 1.57 A. 20 C. 5i+10k
B. 2.57 D. 4.57 B. 0 D. 54i+20k
39. A solid copper wire conductor at 50degC has the following 54. An asset is purchased for P9,000.00. Its estimated life is 10 years,
characteristics: Resistivity of 1.77 x 10^-8 ohm-meter. Wire after which it will be sold for P1,000.00. Find the book value
diameter of 0.4 inch and wire total length of 10,000 m. What is during the second year if sum-of-the-year's digit (SOYD)
the resistance of the wire conductor? depreciation is used.
A. 2.18 ohm C. 5.75 ohm A. P5,800.00 C. P6,600.00
B. 3.25 ohm D. 6.55 ohm B. P6,236.00 D. P5,500.00
40. The sides of a square is 6 cm. long. A second square is inscribed 55. A lighthouse blinks five times in a minute. A neighboring
by joining the midpoint of the sides of the second square and so lighthouse blinks four times in a minute. If they will blink
on. Find the sum of the areas of the infinite number of inscribed simultaneously, in how many seconds will they blink together
squares thus formed. again?
A. 72 C. 144 A. 20 C. 40
B. 216 D. 36 B. 30 D. 60
41. In a benefit show, a number of wealthy men agreed that the first 56. At what temperature are the degrees Fahrenheit and degrees
one to arrive would pay 10 centavos to enter and each later Celsius equal?
arrival would pay twice as much as the preceding man. The total A. 40 C. -60
amount collected from all of them was P104,857.50. How many B. -40 D. 60
wealthy men paid? 57. The president of a growing engineering firm wishes to give each
A. 20 C. 15 of 50 employees a holiday bonus. How much is needed to invest
B. 25 D. 30 monthly for a year at 12% nominal interest rate, compounded
42. A rectangular lot has a total area of 81,600 ft². The flooring at the monthly, so that each employee will receive a P1,000.00 bonus?
center 300 ft x 200 ft. is surrounded with a uniform width of A. P3,940.00 C. P4,311.00
grass. Find the length of the uniform width. B. P2,750.00 D. P3,890.00
A. 30 ft C. 40 ft
B. 50 ft D. 20 ft
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58. A man travelled 55 km in 4 hours by driving his car at 40 kph and 71. The logarithms of the quotient and the product of two numbers
by walking 5 kph on the remainder of his trip. What fraction of are 0.352182518 and 1.556302501, respectively. Find the first
the distance did he travel by his car? number.
A. 7/11 C. 9/11 A. 11 C. 9
B. 8/11 D. 10/11 B. 10 D. 12
59. A jet plane travels at 1100 km/hr. If the Mach number at this 72. In triangle ABC, AB = 8 m and BC = 20 m. One possible dimension
speed is less than unity, it is called of CA is:
A. trans-sonic C. supersonic A. 13 C. 9
B. sonic D. subsonic B. 11 D. 7
60. The salary of an employee's job has five levels, each one 5% 73. Find the partial derivative with respect to x of the function:
greater than the one below it. Due to circumstances, the salary 150𝑥 2 𝑦 − 10𝑥𝑦 + 3𝑦 + 5
of the employee must be reduced from the top (fifth) level to the A. 300xy-10y C. 150x2-10x
second level, which means a reduction of P3000.00 per month. B. 150x-10y D. 300xy-10x +3
What is the employee's present salary per month? 74. What is the value of each interior angle of a regular pentagon?
A. Php 20,302.50 C. Php 25,023.50 A. 3pi/5 C. Pi/3
B. Php 22,032.50 D. Php 22,320.50 B. Pi/5 D. 2pi/5
61. Starting on January 1, year 1, P 50 is deposited in an account 75. The slope of the line is 1/2. The slope of the second line is -2/3.
paying 6% annually. Each January 1 thereafter, up to and Both lines intercept at the point (3,1). What is the acute angle
including January 1, year 10, another P 50 will be deposited. between the lines.
Starting January 1, year 15 (the date of the first withdrawal), five A. 60.3deg C. 75.4deg
uniform annual withdrawals are made. The last withdrawal will B. 67.2deg D. 90deg
exhaust the fund, How much will be withdrawn each year? 76. The velocity of a particle at time t is: v(t) = 12t4 + 7/t. What total
A. 167.46 C. 197.52 distance is traveled between t = 0.2 and t = 0.3
B. 176.45 D. 188.45 A. 2.84 C. 3.85
62. If P500 is invested now, P700 two years from now, and P900 four B. 3.25 D. 2.74
years from now (all at 4 %), what will be the total amount in ten 77. The radius of the earth is 3960 mi. The gravitational acceleration
years? of the earth’s surface is 32.16 fps 2. What is the velocity of escape
A. 3827.00 C. 2837.00 from the earth in mi/s?
B. 2783.00 D. 3287.00 A. 4.91 C. 7.83
63. What is the pressure at 4000 ft above sea level? B. 8.62 D. 9.36
A. 22 in Hg C. 29.92 in Hg 78. An 18 in long rod floats vertically in water. It has a 5 in^2 cross
B. 26 in Hg D. 24.00 in Hg section and a specific gravity of 0.80. What length L is floating?
64. A man weighing 70 kg jumps on a raft with an area of 4 m2 that A. 14.4 in C. 6.2 in
is floating on a fresh water lake. Find the rise of the raft? B. 14.9 in D. 3.6 in
A. 2.45 cm C. 3.25 cm 79. A body weighing 180 lb starts from rest and slides down a plane
B. 2.75 cm D. 1.75 cm at an angle of 30deg with the horizontal for which the coefficient
65. A manufacturing firm maintains one product assembly line to of friction f = 0.3. How far will it move when t = 4 sec?
produce signal generators. Weekly demand for the generators is A. 68.11 ft C. 11.66 ft
35 units. The line operates for 7 hours per day, 5 days per week. B. 45.88 ft D. 61.88 ft
What is the maximum production time per unit in hours required 80. Given the component velocities, what is the resultant
of the line to meet the demand? acceleration when t = 4?
A. 1 hour C. 3 hours Vsubx = t4 – t
B. 2 hours D. 4 hours Vsuby = 6 – t3
66. A certain two-digit number is four times the sum of its digits, if A. 240 C. 270
36 be added to the number, the digits will be reversed. Find the B. 259 D. 310
number? 81. 150 g of water are mixed with 100g of alcohol (density =
A. 48 C. 74 790kg/m3). What is the specific volume of the mixture assuming
B. 64 D. 84 the fluids mix completely?
67. Two planes fly toward each other from points 2500 km apart, at A. 1.1 cm3/g C. 1.2 cm3/g
the rates of 600 kph and 400 kph. When will they meet if they B. 0.95 cm3/g D. 1.3 cm3/g
start at the same instant? 82. Steam with an enthalpy of 900 kcal/kg enters a nozzle at a
A. 2 hr C. 3 hr velocity of 50 m/s. Find the velocity of the steam at the exit of
B. 2 ½ hr D. 1 hr the nozzle if its enthalpy is reduced to 600 kcal/kg, assuming the
68. Twenty-five potatoes are placed on the ground 4 ft apart in a nozzle is horizontal and disregarding heat losses.
straight row. In line with the potatoes and 10 ft from the first one A. 1685 m/s C. 1568 m/s
is a basket. A runner starting from the basket picks up the B. 1658 m/s D. 1586 m/s
potatoes and carries them one at a time to the basket. If he runs 83. An air tight closed box of weight P is suspended from a spring
at an average rate of 5 yards per sec, how many potatoes can he balance. A bird of weight W is placed on the floor of the box and
put into the basket in 76 seconds? balance reads W + P. If the bird flies around in the box at a
A. 15 potatoes C. 21 potatoes constant elevation without accelerating, what is the balance
B. 19 potatoes D. 25 potatoes reading?
69. A and B together weigh 242 pounds. They balance when A is A. P C. P + 2W
seated 5 feet from the fulcrum on one side of a lever and B is B. P + W D. P – W
seated 6 feet from the fulcrum on the other side. Find the weight 84. An object is placed 3 feet from the center of horizontally rotating
of A. platform. The coefficient of friction is 0.30. The object will begin
A. 82 lbs C. 110 lbs to slide off when the platform speed is nearest to:
B. 100 lbs D. 132 lbs A. 12 rpm C. 22 rpm
70. Determine the 7th term of the expansion (2x – y) raised to 11 B. 17 rpm D. 33 rpm
A. 14784x5y6 C. 11,784x6y7
B. 985x6y6 D. 765x6y7
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85. A Carnot engine operating between 70 degF and 2000 degF is 96. If a train passes as many telegraph poles in one minute as it goes
modified solely by raising the higher temperature by 150 deg F miles per hour, how far apart are the poles?
and raising the low temperature by 100 degF. Which of the A. 18 feet C. 88 feet
following statements is true? B. 38 feet D. 98 feet
A. Thermodynamic efficiency decreased 97. A beam supported at both ends and carrying a uniformly
B. Thermodynamic efficiency increased distributed load:
C. Less heat rejected in the system A. Has its maximum bending moment at the support
D. Less heat added in the system B. Has its maximum shear at the center of the beam
86. An initial savings deposit of P200,000 in a certain bank earns 60% C. Has its maximum shear at the supports
interest per annum compounded monthly. If the earnings from D. Has uniform shear throughout the length of the beam
the deposit are subjected to 10% tax, what would be the net 98. For its proposed expansion, an ice plant company is selecting
value of the deposit after one year? from two offers of ice cans. The data on the offers are as follows:
A. P359,171 C. P159,171 for Offer A, 1.8 mm thick, total cost is P720,000, annual
B. P343,254 D. P325,896 maintenance is P60,000 and a life of 12 years. For Offer B, 1.6
87. A series of year end payments extending over ten years are as mm thick, total cost is P640,000, annual maintenance is P90,000
follows: P5000 for the first year, P10,000 for the second year, and a life of 8 years. For their replacements, the company is
and P20,000 for each year from the third to the tenth. Find the putting up a sinking fund to earn 16% interest compounded
equivalent annual worth of these payments if the annual interest annually. If the money to purchase the ice cans is to be borrowed
is 8%. at 20% annual interest and the tax on the first cost is 2%.
A. P16,634 C. P16,652 Compute the annual cost of Offer A and offer B respectively.
B. P16,365 D. P16,562 A. P241,739.00, P275,744.00
88. An asset is purchased for P150,000. Its estimated life is 10 years, B. P251,739.00, P275,744.00
after which it will be sold for P20,000. Find the depreciation for C. P241,739.00, P265,744.00
the second year using the sum-of-the-years digit method. D. P251,739.00, P265,744.00
A. P21,273 C. P21,723 99. The Philippine Long Distance telephone company has a 183 m
B. P20,732 D. P21,836 straight vertical tower. There are two cables in the same vertical
89. Compute the no. of blocs that an ice plant must be able to sell plane anchored at two points on a level with the base of the
per year to break even based on the following data: tower. The angles made by the cables with the horizontal are 44
Cost of electricity per block P20.00 deg and 58 deg respectively. Find the length of the cables.
Tax to be paid per bloc: P2.50 A. 236 m and 251 m C. 263 m and 215 m
Real Estate tax: P48,000 per year B. 245 m and 263 m D. 289 m and 315 m
Salaries and wages: P30,000 per month 100. The Philippine Long Distance telephone company has a 183 m
Other: P15,000 per month straight vertical tower. There are two cables in the same vertical
Unit price: P90 per block plane anchored at two points on a level with the base of the
A. 8712 C. 7812 tower. The angles made by the cables with the horizontal are 44
B. 1378 D. 6817 deg and 58 deg respectively, If the cables are on the same side
90. Justine’s average in 5 subjects is 89. Disregarding the lowest of the tower, find the distance between their anchor points.
grade, his average is 90. What is Justine’s lowest grade? A. 60 m C. 300 m
A. 85 C. 87 B. 75 m D. 450 m
B. 86 D. 89
91. If five coins are tossed simultaneously, find the probability that
they will just have two heads.
A. 5/32 C. 5/16
B. 7/32 D. 1/16
92. What do you call a surd that contains at least one rational
number, example 3 sqrt of 2?
A. Pure surd C. Surd
B. Binomial surd D. Mixed surd
93. Find the equation of the line if the line y – 4x = C is tangent to the
curve y = x2 +7
A. 2x = 2y – 3 C. x = 4y + 3
B. 2x = y -2 D. 4x = y -3
94. Mr. Suave borrowed P50,000 from SSS, in the form of calamity
loan, with interest at 8% compounded quarterly, payable in
equal quarterly installments for 10 years. Find the quarterly
payments.
A. P4,827.80 C. P2,827.80
B. P3,827.80 D. P1,827.80
95. A certain company manufactures two products x and y and each
of these products must be processed on two different machines.
Product x requires 1 minute of work time per unit on machine 1
and 4 minutes of work time on machine 2. Product y requires
two minutes of work time per unit on machine 1 and 3 minutes
of work time per unit on machine 2. Each day, 100 minutes are
available on machine 1 and 200 minutes are available on
machine 2. To satisfy certain customers, the company must
produce at least 6 units per day of product x and at least 12 units
of product y. If the profit of each unit of product x is P50.00 and
the profit of each unit of product y is P60.00, how many units of
product x should be produced daily in order to maximize the
company profits?
A. 6 units C. 20 units
B. 10 units D. 40 units