COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN – BACOLOD

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM 1 (Q1: trial 1)

General Engineering

NAME: _______________________________________ Course: _______________

DIRECTION: Select the best answer for each of the following question. Encircle only the letter.
1. What time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the clock be together for the first time?
A. 3:16.36 B. 3:12.30 C. 3:14.32 D.
3:17.37
2. If the eccentricity is greater than one, then curve is known as:
a. Ellipse b. Hyperbola c. Parabola d. Circle
3. The equation y = a1 + a2x is an algebraic expression for which of the following choices?
a. A cosine expansion series b. A circle in polar form c. Projectile motion d. A straight line
4. If the line through (x, 4) and (3, 7) is parallel to one through (x, -1) and (5, 1), find x.
a. 3 b. 5 c. 7 d. 9

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2 4 2 −2
2a b 2a b
5. Simplify: 3 2 ∗ 4 5
a b 3a b
3
9a b
10
8
a. 3 a3 b10 b. 9 a 3 b 10 c. d. 5 6
2 9a b
6. The 52nd term of 1, 5/3, 7/3…
a. 31 b. 35 c. 43 d. 55
7. What is identically equal to (sec A + tan A)? No answer
A. 1/sec A + tan A C. 2/(1-tan A) B. csc A -1 D. csc A + 1
8. A box contains $7.15 in nickels, dimes and quarters. There are 42 coins in all and the sum of the numbers of nickels
and dimes is 2 less than the number of quarters. How many nickels are there?
a. 22 b. 15 c. 7 d. 5
9. The minute hand of a clock has a length of 10.0 cm. How far does its tip travel in 45 min?
A. B. C. 105 cm D.
10. Determine the distance between the foci of a hyperbola if the lengths of the transverse and conjugate axes are 10 m
and 8 m, respectively.
a. 20.8 m b. 12.8 m c. 13.8 m d. 25.6 m
11. Find the equation of the line through the point (5,2) that is parallel to the line 4 x+ 6 y+ 5=0
a. 2 x+3 y =−5 b. 3 x−2 y=16 c. 2 x+3 y =16 d. 3 x−2 y=5
12. The polynomial x3 + 4x2 - 3x + 8 is divided by x – 5 , then the remainder is
A. 140 B. 175 C. 200 D. 218
2 2
13. Determine the diameter of a circle, x + y −6 x+4 y−12=0 .
a. 9 units b. 11 units c. 12 units d. 10 units
14. The roof of a house is longer on one side than the other. If the length of one side of the roof is 27 feet and the length
of the other side is 35 feet, find the distance between the ends of the roof if the angle at the top is 130˚.
a. 23 ft b. 44 ft c. 48 ft d. 56 ft
15. The segment joining (-4,7), (5,-2) is divided into two segments one of which is five times as long as the other. One of
the points of division is
a. (-5/2, 11/2) b.(5/2,-11/2) c.(11/2,-5/2) d.(11/2,-5/2)
16. If line x=3 is parallel to L1, then the slope of L1 is
a. 3 b. undefined c. 0 d. -1/3
17. Given the circles x 2+ y 2=4∧x 2 + y 2−6 x +2=0, find the length of their common chord.
a. 3 √ 2 b. 1 √ 2 c. 2 √ 3 d. 1
18. Find the length of the latus rectum of the ellipse: 25 x 2+ 9 y 2−300 x−144 y +1251=0
a. 3.4 b. 3.2 c. 3.6 d. 3.0
19. How many multiples of 4 are there between 12 and 96, inclusive?
A. 18 B. 20 C. 22 D. 24
4 (5 ) −10 ( 52 n−1)
2 n+1
20. Evaluate: y=
2 ( 52 n )
A. y = 9n+1 B. y = 92n C. y = 9n D. y = 9
21. Which of the following is greater than 2/3?
a. 33/50 b. 8/11 c. 3/5 d. 13/27 e. 5/8
22. How many minutes does it take to travel 120 miles at 400 miles per hour?
a. 3 b. 3 1/3 c. 8 2/3 d. 12 e. 18
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23. The expression tan θ sec θ ( 1−sin θ ) /¿ simplifies to:
2
]
a. sin ⁡θ b. sec ⁡θ c. tan ⁡θ d. cos ⁡θ
24. Which expression is not equivalent to sin 150º ?
 a. sin 30º b. - sin 210º c. cos 60º d. - cos 60º
25. A flower bed is planted in the shape of an arc along the edge of a circular walkway. If the circle has a radius of 5
yards and the angle subtended by the arc measures 1.5 radians, what is the length, in yards, of the border?
a. 0.5 b. 2 c. 5 d.7.5

26. The expression is equivalent to

a. b. c. d.
27. If 25 percent of p is equal to 10 percent of q and pq ≠ 0, then p is what percent of q?
a. 2.5% b. 15% c. 20% d. 35% e. 40%
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28. Determine the rationalized value of the complex number 3+4 i .
a. 1.12 – 0.66i b. 0.32 – 0.66i c. – 32 + 0.66i d. – 1.12 + 0.66i
29. Last year Carlos saved 10 % of his annual earnings. This year he earned 5 % more than last year and he saved 12 %
of his annual earnings. The amount saved this year was what percent of the amount saved last year?
a. 122% b. 124% c. 126% d. 128% e. 130%
30. From the top of tower A, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower B is 46o. From the foot of tower B the angle of
elevation of the top of tower A is 28o. Both towers are on a level ground. If the height of tower B is 120 m, how high is
tower A?
a. 40.7 m b. 44.1 m c. 42.3 m d. 38.6 m