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MATHEMATICS, ENG. ECONOMICS AND BASIC her Php 1,950.00 in cash, Find the rate of
ENGINEERING SERVICES SET A discount.
A. 3.12% C. 1.2%
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each B. 2.5% D. 3.75%
of the following questions. Mark only one answer 16. A highgrade metal specimen 36-mm in diameter
for each item by shading the box corresponding has a length of 360 mm. A force of 300 kN
to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet elongates the length by 1.20 mm. Find the
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. modulus of elasticity.
A. 92.658 Gpa C. 95.635 Gpa
1. Traffic travels at 65 mi/hr around a banked B. 92.564 Gpa D. 88.419 Gpa
highway curve with a radius of 3000 ft. What 17. What is the relationship between ethical
banking angle is necessary such that friction requirements and legal requirements?
will not be required to resist centrifugal A. Both cover none of the same actions
force? B. Legal actions are ethical actions
A. 2.5 ½ C. 18 ½ C. Ethical requirements add restrictions not
B. 5.4 ½ D. 3.2 ½ required by the law
2. The work done in pushing a fluid across a D. Both place restrictions on the same
boundary is known as ______________. actions
A. Potential energy C. Kinetic energy 18. An open topped steel cylindrical water tank
B. Internal energy D. Flow energy has a horizontal circular base 10 ft in
3. Determine the rationalized value of the diameter, when filled to a height of 8 feet,
complex number (6+2.5i)/(3+4i) the force in lbs exerted on its base is
A. -1.12 + 0.66i C. 0.32 - 0.66i nearest to _______:
B. 1.12 - 0.66i D. 32 + 0.66i A. 7,800 C. 3,900
4. If the pressure at a point in the ocean is 60 B. 10,000 D. 39,200
kPa, what is the pressure 27 meters below the 19. A stock certificate of a mining company
point? guarantees a dividend of P100 at the end of
A. 521.3 kPa C. 332.82 kPa each year for 10 years and a final additional
B. 256.3 kPa D. 185.4 kPa payment at the end of 10 years of P 1,200. If
5. The equation y = a1 + a2x is an algebraic money is worth 12% effective, what is the
expression for which of the following certificate worth now?
choices? A. 951.39 C. 789.45
A. A circle in polar form B. 897.54 D. 1095.54
B. Projectile motion 20. In molecules of the same composition, what
C. A straight line are variations of atomic arrangements known
D. A cosine expansion series as?
6. Determine the equation of the line whose A. Isomers C. Monomers
slope is -3 and the x-intercept is 5. B. Polymers D. Crystal systems
A. 3x-y=5 C. 3x+y=5 21. The product of two numbers is increased by 4
B. y-3x=15 D. y-(-3x)=15 is P. If one number is D, find the other
7. If a Mining Engineer borrowed money with number.
simple interest of 12%, calculate the present A. P/D-4 C. (P+4)/D
worth of P75,000.00 which is due at the end B. (P-4)/D D. D/P-4
of 7 months. 22. Given the following simultaneous differential
A. P70,093.50 C. P72,200.20 equation:
B. P73,900.50 D. P70,200.20 2 dx/dt – 3 dy/dt + x -y =k
8. At the end of its estimated life, how do you
call an estimate of assets’ net market value? 3 dx/dt + 2 dy/dt – x + cos t = 0
A. Depreciation C. Book Value
B. Salvage Value D. Cash Flow Determine dy/dt
9. As x increases uniformly at the rate of 0.001 A. (-1/6) [sin t + (1/9)x - y² - (3/2)k]
ft. per sec, at what rate is the expression B. (2/13) [cos t + (5/2)x - (3/2)y - (3/2)k]
(1+x)² increasing when x=4 ft? C. (2/9) [cos t + (3/2)x - (5/2)y - (3/2)k]
A. 1.01 C. 0.001 D. (1/13) (5x - 3y - 3k - 2 cos t)
B. 0.01 D. 0.10 23. Which of the following statement is true
10. A spring whose normal length is 10 inches has regarding the minimum attractive rate of
a modulus of 12 pounds per inch. How much return used in judging proposed investments?
work is done in stretching the spring from 12 A. It is frequently a policy decision made by
inches to a total length of 15 inches. an organization's management
A. 180 in-lb C. 126 in-lb B. It is much smaller than the interest rate
B. 109 in-lb D. 200 in-lb used to discount expected cash flows from
11. What do you call the replacement of the investments
original cost of an investment? C. It is larger than the interest rate used
A. Pay off C. Breakeven to discount expected cash flow from
B. Return on investment D. Capital recovery investments
12. An open steel chamber rests on the ocean floor D. It is not relevant in engineering economy
in 160 ft of seawater (SG=1.03). What air studies
pressure psig must be maintained inside to 24. Louie's sash factory has 60 workers. If 4 out
exude water? of 5 workers are married, how many workers
A. 93.2 C. 60.9 are not married?
B. 45.6 D. 71.4 A. 24 workers C. 12 workers
13. Solve for x: 2x»-y»-14=0 but y=x-1 B. 60 workers D. 48 workers
A. X = 5 and x = -3 C. X=-6 and x=2 25. Compute for the outside diameter of a hollow
B. X = -5 and x=3 D. X=6 and x=-2 steel tube that will carry a tensile load of
14. How do you call the actual interest earned by 500 kN at a stress of 140 Mpa. Assume the
a given principal? wall thickness to be One-tenth (1/10) of the
A. Simple Interest C. Compound interest outside diameter.
B. Effective interest D. Nominal interest A. 103 mm C. 113 mm
15. Jen borrowed P2 ,000.00 from a local bank and B. 93 mm D. 123 mm
agreed to pay the loan at the end of one year. 26. Professional Mechanical Engineer is the
The local bank discounted the loan and gave equivalent of _______ in CA 294.
A. Mechanical Engineer 4
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B. Mechanical Plant Engineer A. 90° C. 180°
C. Master Mechanical Engineer B. 315° D. 270°
D. Senior Mechanical Engineer 41. What is the index that gives the rate earned
27. A club has 21 members. In how many ways can per share based on current price?
a president, a vice president and a secretary A. Price-earning ratio
be selected from the group if no member may B. Dividend yield
hold more than one position? C. Equity ratio
A. 7890 C. 8970 D. Operating expense ratio
B. 8790 D. 7980 42. How many permutations can be made out of the
28. A body weighing 1000 lbs fall 6 inches and letters in the word MARNI taken 3 at a time?
strikes a 2000 lbs (per inch); spring. A. 80 ways C. 60 ways
Determine the deformation of the spring? B. 50 ways D. 120 ways
A. 2 inches C. 3 inches 43. In the non-degenerate conic 3x² + 6xy + 5y²
B. 6 inches D. 100 mm - x + y = 0, classify what kind.
29. Which of the following is NOT a property of A. Ellipse C. Parabola
magnetic field lines? B. Hyperbola D. Circle
A. The lines cross themselves only at right 44. What are Van der Waals forces called?
angles A. Weak secondary bonds between atoms
B. The field is stronger where the lines are B. Primary bonds between atoms
closer together C. Forces not present in liquids
C. Magnetic field lines have no beginnings D. Forces present only in gases
and no ends 45. What is the entering temperature in degrees
D. The line intersect surfaces of equal F if 55,000 gallons of water passes through
intensity at right angles a heat exchanger absorbing 28,000,000 BTU
30. Find the density of a stone in kg/m3 that with exit temperature of 110 deg F?
weighs 90 N in air and 50 N in water. A. 47 C. 49
A. 2205 C. 2250 B. 55 D. 45
B. 2502 D. 2270 46. An air conditioner is purchased for P150,000.
31. A coin is tossed so that a head is twice as Its estimated life is 10 years, after which
likely to occur as a tail. If the coin is it will be sold of P20,000. Find the
tossed 3 times, what is the probability of depreciation for the second year using the
getting 2 tails and 1 head? sum-of-the-years digit method.
A. 1/5 C. 3/7 A. P20,732 C. P21,273
B. 2/9 D. 2/5 B. P21,723 D. P21,836
32. Define acid test ratio. 47. What is the actual geometric shape of the
A. The ratio of gross margin to operating, methane molecule?
sales, and administrative expenses. A. Tetrahedral C. Square planar
B. The ratio of owner’s equity to total B. Pyramidal D. Linear
current liabilities. 48. What is the power required to transfer
C. The ratio of current assets (exclusive of 110,000 coulombs through a potential rise of
inventory) to the total current liabilities 24V in 30 minutes?
D. The ratio of all assets to actual current A. 1.86 kW C. 1.46 kW
liabilities. B. 2.2 kW D. 1.2 kW
33. Integrate: ((t» + 4)dt)/(t raised to (3) + 49. Determine the distance traveled by a
12t + 2) particle between a time interval of 0.2
A. (1/3) in (t raised to (3) + 12t + 2)+c second to 0.3 second if its velocity is
B. (1/2) in (t raised to (3) + 12t+2)»+c v=12t4 + 7/t
C. (1/2) (t raised to (3)+12t+2)»+c Where V is in cm/s and t is in seconds.
D. (1/2) (t raised to (3)+12t+2)+c A. 2.84 cm C. 3.75 cm
34. What force is required to punch 20-mm B. 2.75 cm D. 3.84 cm
diameter hole through a 10-mm thick steel 50. What is the law in electrical circuits that
plate, if the ultimate strength of the plate states, “The algebraic sum of currents
material is 450 MPa? entering a node (or closed boundary) is
A. 241 kN C. 283 kN zero”.
B. 252 kN D. 386 kN A. Ohm’s voltage law
35. How do you call a cylinder with elliptical B. Ohm’s current law
cross section? C. Kirchhoff’s current law
A. Parabola C. Hyperbola D. Kirchhoff’s voltage law
B. Ellipsoidal D. Cylindroid 51. A 3000 cu ft storage tank is fabricated with
36. Find the area under the curve y = x3 +3x2 and cylindrical body and hemispherical ends. The
the x-axis between x=1 and x=3. cost of fabricating the hemispherical ends is
A. 46 sq units C. 36 sq units double than that of the cylinder. Calculate
B. 28 sq units D. 54 sq units the length that will minimize the cost.
37. If a right circular cone has a base radius Of A. 22.5 ft C. 20 ft
35 cm and an altitude of 45 cm, solve for the B. 25 ft D. 30 ft
total surface area in cmPP raised to (2PP) 52. An open steel chamber rests on the ocean floor
and volume in cmPP raised to (3PP), of the in 160 ft of seawater (SG = 1.03). What air
cone. pressure in psig must be maintained inside to
A. 10,116.89 ; 57,726.77 exude water?
B. none of these A. 71.4 C. 93.2
C. 9,857.67 ; 45,034.44 B. 60.9 D. 45.6
D. 6,268.44 ; 57726.77 53. What do you call an energy required to move
38. What do you think is the provision in the 1 Coulomb of charge through an element
contract that indicates the possible A. Power C. Resonance
adjustment of material cost and labor cost? B. Current D. Voltage
A. Secondary clause C. Escalatory clause 54. A car starts from rest and has a constant
B. Specification D. General provision acceleration of 3 fps2. Determine the average
39. Find the area enclosed by the curve 9x» +18x velocity during the first 10 seconds of
+25y» - 100y = 116. motion.
A. 31Ð sq. units C. 20Ð sq. units A. 20 fps C. 15 fps
B. 15Ð sq. units D. 24Ð sq. units B. 18 fps D. 12 fps
40. How many degrees are there in 4800 mils?
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55. In a class of 40 students, 27 like to play m/sec² starting from rest at the first
basketball while 25 like to play baseball. terminal and coming to stop at the second
How many like both? terminal. What is the minimum speed?
A. 11 C. 10 A. 55 kph C. 20 kph
B. 13 D. 12 B. 40 kph D. 66 kph
56. What is the process called when one substance 70. How much of a 40% solution of denatured
mixing with another because of molecular alcohol should be mixed with an 80% to give
motion? 150 liters of a 50% solution?
A. Cohesion C. Adhesion A. 112.5 liters C. 122.5 liters
B. Diffusion D. Confusion B. 37.5 liters D. 127.5 liters
57. How long is each side of a regular hexagon 71. Determine the first derivative with respect
inscribed in a circle of radius 15 cm? to x of the function: g(x) = 5v10 – 35.
A. 20 cm C. 12 cm A. 35 C. 4 (9) 3
B. 10 cm D. 15 cm B. 0 D. ¾
58. A perfect cone was formed by rolling a gage 72. The amount of P15,000.00, was deposited in a
24 sheet of metal in the form of a sector of fund which earns 4% per annum compounded
a circle 72cm in diameter with a central angle quarterly, will become P18,302.85. Find the
of 150 degrees. Find the volume of the cone effective rate of interest per year.
in cc. A. 5.06% C. 4.06%
A. 7743 C. 7744 B. 3.06% D. 6.06%
B. 7722 D. 7711 73. A Toyota MR2 is travelling on a horizontal
59. Determine the area of a triangle with sides unbanked circular track of radius r.
of 5, 7 and 10. Coefficient of friction between the tires and
A. 16.248 C. 18.248 the track is 0.30. Determine the cars
B. 30.248 D. 25.248 velocity while travelling at a radius of 34
60. ________ are usually used to produced m, without skidding.
consumer goods and services. A. 15 m/s C. 14 m/s
A. Necessity products and services B. 12 m/s D. 10 m/s
B. Producer goods and services 74. What is the speed of a truck after 4 seconds
C. Consumer goods and services if it starts from rest and moves with a
D. Luxury product and services constant acceleration of 6 m/s2?
61. It takes Alfredo twice as it takes Efren to A. 24 m/s C. 35 m/s
do a piece of work. Working together, they B. 18 m/s D. 28 m/s
can do it in 6 days. How long would it take 75. What is the net force that will give to a
Efren to do it alone? mass of one (1) gram and an acceleration of
A. 9 days C. 10 days one (1) cm/s²?
B. 12 days D. 8 days A. Newton C. Ergs
62. An open box is to be constructed from a 12 x B. Dyne D. Kilogram force
12 inch piece of board by cutting away squares 76. The ratio of two numbers is 5:6. If the
of equal size from the four corners and smaller number is 70, what is the larger
folding up the sides. Determine the size of number?
the cut-out that maximizes the volume of the A. 68 C. 80
box? B. 58 D. 84
A. 350 C. 231 77. How long is each side of a regular pentagon
B. 274 D. 128 with perimeter of 90 inches?
63. From a wooden box containing 8 red balls, 10 A. 18 inches C. 24 inches
white balls and 12 blue balls. If two balls B. 20 inches D. 12 inches
is drawn at random, what is the probability 78. The velocity of an FI racing car starting
that one is red and other is blue? from rest is given by: ds/dt = 90t/ (t+10)
A. 0.110 C. 0.220 ft/sec what is its acceleration after an
B. 0.440 D. 0.330 interval of 10 seconds in (ft/sec²)?
64. Determine the expected head loss per mile of A. 2.75 C. 1.71
closed circular steel pipe (24-in inside B. 2.25 D. 2.10
diameter, friction factor of 0.03) when 5000 79. A perfect gas is expanded polytropically with
gal/min of water flow under pressure? an initial volume and temperature of 0.06 cum
A. 31 ft C. 15.5 ft and 147 deg C respectively. If the final
B. 14.5 ft D. 32 ft volume and temperature are 0.21 cum and 21
65. At the point of inflection where x = a: deg C respectively, what is the index
A. f’ (a) = 0 expansion?
B. f’ (a) > 0 A. 1.212 C. 1.400
C. f’ (a) < 0 B. 1.285 D. 1.333
D. f’ (a) = is not equal to 0 80. Water having kinematic viscosity v = 1.3 x 10
66. What is output over input? raised to -6 m²/s flows in a 100-mm diameter
A. Efficiency C. deficiency steel pipe at a velocity of 4.5 m/s. Find the
B. depreciation D. rate of return Reynolds Number.
67. An individual wishes to deposit a certain A. 387,454 C. 298,754
quantity of money now so that at the end of B. 258,254 D. 346,154
five years he will have P500. With interest 81. A car was bought at P549,492.13 with 14% down
at 4% per year, compounded semi-annually, how payment and the remaining balance will be
much must be deposited now? paid on installment basis with a monthly
A. P340.30 C. P410.17 payment of P12,000 for 60 months. Determine
B. P400.00 D. P416.95 the interest rate compounded annually.
68. A gas bubble rising from the sea floor is 1 A. 19.56% C. 16.45%
inch in diameter at a depth of 50 feet. Given B. 18.00% D. 14.35%
that specific gravity of sea water is 1.03, 82. The volume of an enclosed gas varies
the buoyant force in lbs being exerted on the inversely as the pressure. If a tank contains
bubble at this instant is nearest to _______. 10,000 cumtr of gas under 20 lb/in² pressure,
A. 0.020 C. 0.14 what is the volume of gas under a pressure of
B. 0.076 D. 0.014 40 lb/in²?
69. An MRT travels between two terminals 1 km A. 4,000 cumtr C. 5,000 cumtr
apart at a minimum time of 1 minute. If the B. 9,000 cumtr D. 6,000 cumtr
MRT cart accelerates and decelerates at 3.4
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83. A plastic made cubical container that 97. A 100 kN block slides down a plane inclined
measures 50.8 mm on a side is tightly packed at an angle of 30 with the horizontal.
with eight marbles and is filled with water. Neglecting friction, what is the force that
All eight marbles are in contact with the causes the block to slide?
walls of the container and the adjacent A. 80 kN C. 86.6 kN
marbles. All of the marbles are of the same B. 50 kN D. 20 kN
size. Determine the volume of water in the 98. A boy tied an 80-gram stone to a string which
container. he rotated to form a circular motion with a
A. 62 454.54 cu mm C. 68 641.97 cu mm diameter of 1000 mm. Compute for the pull
B. 960.51 cu mm D. 66 096.51 cu mm exerted on the string by the stone if it got
84. Find the rate of change of the area of a loose leaving at a velocity of 25 m/s.
square with respect to its side when x = 5. A. 50 N C. 100 N
A. 12 C. 20 B. 80 N D. 250 N
B. 10 D. 15 99. The rotation or twist in degrees of a mild
85. If logx10 = 0.250, log10x equals: steel shaft, 300 mm long subjected to a torque
A. 4 C. 2 of 800 N-m, 50 mm diameter and shear modulus
B. 1000 D. 0.50 G of 80,000 Mpa is:
86. If 12% is compounded quarterly, how much is A. 2.8 C. 1.28
the effective rate? B. 0.28 D. 28
A. 13 % C. 11.55 % 100. If a block is pushed 2 ft horizontally by a
B. 12.55 % D. 12.98 % force 200 lbs at an angle of 28° with respect
87. From a wooden box containing 8 red balls, 10 to horizontal. What is the work done by this
white balls and 12 blue balls, one ball is force?
drawn at random, What is the probability that A. 480 J C. 408 J
it is white? B. 840 J D. 804 J
A. 1/3 C. 1/2
B. 2/5 D. ¼
88. There are 6 geometric means between 4 and ***END***
8748. Find the sum of all terms.
A. 13,210 C. 12,310 WARNING: Failure to submit your Test Questions
B. 13,120 D. 12,130
89. The cost C of a product is a function of the (Complete) set will cause the cancellation of your
quantity x of the product is given by the Test-Results for the subject.
relation: C(x)=x²-4000x+50. What is the
quantity for which the cost is minimum?
A. 1000 C. 1500
B. 2000 D. 3000
90. Determine the diameter of a circle, x² + y²
- 6x + 4y - 12 = 0.
A. 11 units C. 12 units
B. 10 units D. 9 units
91. If Joanne borrowed money from his friend with
simple interest of 12%, what is the present
worth of P75,000.00, which is due at the end
of 7 months.
A. P72, 200.20 C. P70, 200.20
B. P73, 900.50 D. P70, 093.50
92. A man at point A on the shores of a circular
lake of radius 1 mile wants to reach point B
on the shore diametrically opposite A. If he
can row a boat 3 mi/hr and jog 6 mi/hr, at
What angle with the diameter should he row in
order to reach B in the shortest possible
time?
A. 73.23 C. 45.12
B. 23.45 D. 35.12
93. What is the maximum thermal efficiency that
can be obtained in an ideal reversible heat
engine operating between 1540 deg F and 340
deg F?
A. 40% C. 78%
B. 60% D. 100%
94. The charge in coulombs that passes through a
wire after t seconds is given by the function
Q(t) = t^3 - 2t» + 5t +2. Determine the
average current during the first two seconds.
A. 2 A C. 5 A
B. 3 A D. 10 A
95. A series of year end payments extending over
ten years are as follows: P5000 for the first
year, P10,000 for the second year, and
P20,000 for each year from the third to the
tenth. Find the equivalent annual worth of
these payments if the annual interest is 8%.
A. P16,634 C. P16,652
B. P16,365 D. P16,562
96. Tesla is a unit of which of the following?
A. Capacitance
B. Magnetic flux
C. Inductance
D. Magnetic induction