DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:00-12:00 PM SET A SEAT NO.

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

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. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only. MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What is the force on a +5x10 -11 C charge that is 5 cm from each of two +2x10 -9 C charges that are separated by 8 cm? A. 0.8906 N C. O. 4314 N B. 0. 6927 N D. 0. 7924 N A 0 10 ampere ammeter has internal resistance of 0.01 ohm. What shunt resistance do the ammeter be connected to have a range of 0-100 ammeter? A. 1.11 x 10-3 C. 0.111 B. 1.0 x 10-3 D. 0.1 A 10 kw, 250 v shunt generator, having an armature resistance of 0.1 and a field resistance of 250 , delivers full-load at rated voltage and 800 rpm. The machine is now running as a motor while taking 10 KW at 250 V. What is the speed of the motor? Neglect brush contact drop. A. 896 RPM C. 650 RPM B. 775 RPM D. 980 RPM A 240 v motor requiring 2000 W is located 1 km from a power source. What minimum copper wire diameter is to be used if the power loss is to be kept less than 5% of the motor power? A. 0.217 in C. 0.424 in B. 0.325 in D. 0.675 in Determine the efficiency of single phase 20 KVA, 2200/200 V transformer at full load 0.8 pf and half load 0.4 pf. Take full load copper loss = 400 W and iron loss = 350 watts. A. 90.1 % C. 89.88 % B. 85.68 % D. 94.5 % A 200 microfarad capacitor is connected in series with a 10-ohm resistor. The circuit is connected to a 24v battery. What is the initial current on putting the switches on? A. 2.4 amperes C. 0.025 ampere B. 1.2 ampere D. 0.26 ampere The power input to a 500 V, 50 Hz, 6-pole, 3-phase induction motor running at 975 RPM is 40 kW. The stator losses are 1 KW and the friction and windage losses total 2 KW. Calculate the slip. A. 0.025 B. 0.055 8. C. 0.03 D. 0. 04

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A 5 km long, three-phase line has a horizontal configuration of 4 ft spacing. The conductor is 336.4 MCM ACSR with GMR of 0.0244 ft and a resistance of 0.306 ohms per mile. What is the impedance? A. 2.22 cis 65 C. 1.19 cis 46 B. 6.66 cis 65 D. 3.57 cis 46 A 55,000 kW thermal plant delivers an annual output of 238,000,000 kW-hr with peak load of 44 MW. What is the capacity factor? A. 49.4% B. 42.4% C. 48.2% D. 44.6% A classroom 15 ft. square has a 10 ft. height, 2ft. ceiling cavity and 3ft. floor cavity. What is the height of the room cavity of the said classroom? A. 300 ft B. 5 ft C. 3000 ft. D. 3 ft A DC series motor is running at rated speed, voltage, and current when the load torque increases by 25%. Determine the effects of this change (power drop), assuming that the line voltage remains the same. A. 5% B. 1% C. 15% D. 10% A diesel plant has an overall efficiency of 30%, the heating value of diesel is 18,000 Btu per lb. If diesel cost of P6.00 per liter. What is the fuel cost of production in peso per kWh. Take density of diesel to be 900 grams per liter. A. 1.91/ kwh C. 1.12/ kwh B. 1.85/ kwh D. 2.45/ kwh A farm is supplied with 30kW at 0.8 pf and 415 V from two small hydro-electric plants A and B. Station A has an alternator and is at the end of a 3 phase line of impedance 0.6 + j0.8 per phase. Station B is at the middle and this line has an induction generator supplying 15 kW at power factor 0.09. Find the power supplied by the alternator. A. 19.4 KW C. 9.8 KW B. 12.5 KW D. 29.3 KW An operational amplifier has a gain-bandwidth product of 2 x 107 rad/s. The amplifier is used as an inverting mode with a feedback resistance of 25,000 ohms and an input resistance of 5,000 ohms. The gain of the circuit is A. -10 B. -5 C. 0 D. 10

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A manufacturing firm operates a 10 MW power plants, the voltage is 480 volts, 3-phase and rated power factor is 85%. The monthly generation is 5,000,000 KW-hr at 90% power factor. What is the average plant load factor? A. 69.4% C. 76.66% B. 90% D. 85% What will be the phase angle difference between the current and the voltage of a series RC circuit containing R=4 and XC=-j7 with an impressed voltage of 120V(rms), 60 Hz? Take the voltage as the reference. A. -60 B. -35 C. -30 D. +60 A piezoelectric transducer is A. an Italian B. a device used as a receiver C. a ceramic disk to produce sound D. a device used as a transmitter

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Natural gas consists mostly of ________ and to some extent of ___________ A. propane, ethane C. propane, methane B. butane, ethane D. methane, ethane Two distribution transformers are connected in parallel supplying a load of 125 kVA. If transformer A is rated 50 kVA, with 14 ohms equivalent reactance and transformer B is rated 75 kVA with 11 ohms equivalent reactance, solve for the loading in kVA of each transformer. A. 55 kVA, 70 kVA C. 50 kVA, 75 kVA B. 58 kVA, 67 kVA D. 52 kVA, 73 kVA A series RC circuit consists of R = 20 and an uncharged capacitor C = 5,000 F. The circuit voltage E of 100 volts is applied across the series circuit at t = 0 and the initial current i(0) = 5 A. The applicable differential equation is : R (di/dt) + i/c=0. Solve the differential equation and determine the resulting current i(t) at t = 0.05 seconds A. 3.34 A C. 3.67 A B. 2.78 A D. 3.03 A A separately excited motor runs at 1045 rpm, with a constant field current, while taking an armature current of 50 A at 120 V. The armature resistance is 0.1 ohms. If the load on a motor changes such that it now takes 95 A at 120 V , determined the speed at this load A. 1004 rpm B. 1020 rpm C. 1110 rpm D. 975 rpm An impedance draws a current i = 10 cos (wt 30 o) from a voltage v = 220 sin wt. What is the maximum power? A. 2200 watts C. 1100 watts B. 190.5 watts D. 1320 watts A germanium diode which has an offset voltage of 0.2 V and an incremental resistance of 20 ohms, is connected in series with a 10,000 ohm resistor across a 100 V DC source. What is the current? A. 9.98 mA C. 9.78 mA B. 10 mA D. 9.96 mA An unbalanced wye connected system Ia = 10 cis (-32o) Vna = 132 cis 0o Ib = 13 cis (212o) Vnb = 130 cis 235o Ic = 14 cis 86o Vnc = 133 cis 117o A. 2820 B. 4271 C. 4325 D. 3650

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At a certain location an electric system, the available faults MVA is 400 MVA. A 15 MVA, 34.5 kV/6.24 kV, 25% impedance, wye-wye grounded transformer is installed at the location. Determine the short-circuit MVA at the secondary side of the transformer A. 195 MVA B. 150 MVA C. 90 MVA D. 240 MVA For A. B. C. D. ac transmission, whether overhead or underground, the most unsuitable system is the three phase, three wire three phase, four wire single phase two phase, three wire

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Range of carrier frequencies for commercial FM broadcasting. A. 535 Khz - 1605 Khz C. 88 Ghz - 108 Ghz B. 88 Mhz - 108 Mhz D. 0.88 Khz - 1.08 Khz The flux density emanating from a pole of generator is 20,000 gauss. A conductor 1 meter long cuts the flux perpendicularly at a speed of 40 m per second. What voltage is developed? A. 80 volts C. 230 volts B. 800 volts D. 8 volts The amount of kinetic energy by which an electron increases when it falls through a potential of 1 V and is equal to 1.6 x 10-19J is A. 1.0 eV C. 1.10 ev B. 1.6 eV D. 0.67 eV The connected electrical load of an office building is 300 KVA. The main circuit breaker to be installed is 1, 600 A, 2 poles, 250 volts. The distribution transformer is rated 20, 000/230 volts. It is to serve this load with a rated connected load of 500 KVA, single phase, 60 Hz, 3% volts. What interrupting rating should be required of the main circuit breaker ? A. 50,000 A B. 15,000 A C. 100,000 A D. 75,000 A The differential equation of a series RC circuit with DC applied voltage is : Ri +1/C idt = E, if R = 50 ohms , C = 0.0001 farad, e = 100 volts and I(o) = 2.0 amperes, determine the Laplace transform expression for I(s). A. 1 (s) = 2 /( s + 200) C. 1 (s) = 2 /[ s (s + 2)] B. 1 (s) = 2 / (s + 50) D. 1 (s) = 2 / (s + 2) The distribution system is 34.5 kv grounded, which arrester shall be installed to protect a distribution transformer. A. 34.5 KV B. 27KV C. 38 KV D. 30 KV The electric energy required to raise the temperature of a water in a pool is 1000 kWh. If the heat losses are 25%, the heating energy required will be________ A. 1111 kWh C. 1266 kWh B. 1750 kWh D. 1333 kWh Solenoid has magnetic reluctance of 1.75x10 raised to the (-3). It has 300 turns when the current flowing is ampere. What is the total flux? A. 9.12 X 104 maxwell C. 8.57 X 104 maxwell B. 9.82 X 104 maxwell D. 9.52 X 10 4 maxwell The function of moderator in nuclear reaction is A. to accelerate the reaction C. to control the reaction B. to absorb excessive neutrons D. to liberate excessive neutrons The illumination of a room being designed. The illumination intensity required is 50 FC. The maintenance factor is 70% and coefficient of utilization is 0.6. If is the room is 20 ft. by 15 ft. What is the total required lumen output of the lamp? A. 10,500 lumens C. 6,300 lumens B. 12,800 lumens D. 35,700 lumens A series circuit with R = 10 and L = 20 mH has a current of i = 2 sin 500t. Determine total voltage across the circuit and the angle by which current lags voltage A. 10 v, 60 0 C. 20 v, 60 0 B. 20 v, 450 D. 10 v, 45 0 The main difference between the circuits of the AM and FM receivers lies in the A. Mixer circuit C. Oscillator circuit B. Demodulator circuit D. power amplifier circuit A synchronous motor A. will have a low power factor when run below rated speed B. may have its speed varied by inserting a rheostat in the D.C. field circuit C. will slow down with an increase in load within the limits of its pull-out torque D. will take minimum line current at any load when operating at unity power factor The maximum instantaneous voltage and current outputs of the alternator are 300 V and 20 A, respectively. what is the power output in watts if the voltage leads the current by 30 o? A. 2598 C. 6000 B. 5196 D. 3000 Two single-phase wattmeters are connected to a balanced three-phase, Y-connected load. The impedances are, Z=4+j3, and the line voltage is 440 volts. Phase sequence is a-b-c. Calculate total power dissipation of the load. A. 30,976 W C. 40,534 W B. 45,123 W D. 92,928 W Three single-phase 167 KVA, 14400/24940 y 240/480 volts transformers are connected delta-delta to supply an assorted load of 400 KW at 0.80 pf lagging. If one transformer is taken out for repair, determine by how much in KVA each of the remaining transformers will be overloaded. A. 63.4 kva B. 334 KVA C. 121.67 KVA D. no overload A 3-phase alternator generates an open-circuit phase voltage of 4000 V when exciting current is 50 A; the short circuit current for the same excitation being 800 A. The synchronous reactance per phase is ____. A. 80 B. 5 C. 15 D 46.2

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Two lumens pass through a circular hole of diameter 0.5 m in a screen located 6 m from an omnidirectional source. What luminous flux is emitted by the source? A. 5790 lm B. 4608 lm C. 6490 lm D. 1085 lm A wattmeter and varmeter are connected into a 120 V single-phase line that feeds an ac motor. They respectively indicate 1800 W and 960 var. Determine the phase angle between line voltage and current. A. 28.1 0 B. 56.2 0 C. 35.8 0 D. 19.70 The Q-factor in a given parallel resonant circuit is given by A. 1/R

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The phase b line voltage and the phase a line current of a balanced three-phase system are v = 220 sin (wt + 210o) and i = 10 sin ( wt 30o), respectively. What is the power of the system? A. 1005 w C. 3300 W B. 5716 W D. 3810 W DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

8:00-12:00 PM SET A SEAT NO._______

ENGINEERING SCIENCES & ALLIED SUBJECTS

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. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only. MULTIPLE CHOICE 51. A group of persons who have organized a joint venture for the purpose of supplying electric energy to a specific area. A. corporation C. cooperatives B. supplier D. joint business The radical ion (NO2)- is called A. Nitrate B. Nitride C. Nitrite D. Binitrate

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The hexadecimal number B6C7 is equal to the decimal number A. 46791 C. 49761 B. 47691 D. 49671 A bank pays one percent interest on saving accounts four times a year. The effective annual interest rate is A. 2.04 percent C. 4.00 percent B. 3.96 percent D. 4.06 percent Among the physical laws listed below, which one is different? A. Law of Acceleration C. Law of Gravity B. Law of Reaction D. Law of Inertia The heat of fusion of ice in calories per gram is approximately A. 540 C. 970 B. 80 D. 144 The speed with which a liquid escapes from a vessel through an orifice is given by A. Archimedes Principle C. Bernoullis Theorem B. Torrecellis Theorem D. Lenz Law It is the maximum frequency which the human ear can hear. A. 30,000 Hz C. 40,000 Hz B. 10,000 Hz D. 20,000 Hz The uncovered depreciation results due to poor estimate as to the life of the equipment. A. Sunk cost C. Economic life B. In-place value D. Annuity It refers to the magnitude of the auditory sensation produced by the sound. A. loudness C. intensity B. pitch D. tone

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A friend of yours purchased a new car, making P20T down payment and agreed to make twenty-four (24) monthly payments to settle the balance. Interest on the unpaid balance was to be charged at the rate of 1.5% per month. At the time he made his 10 th monthly payment, an amount of P62,716.91 will settle the remaining balance. If the interest in the final settlement worth at the same rate as in the final transaction, what was the purchase price of the car?

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The stress in a 90 cm diameter pipe having a wall thickness of 9.5 cm and under a static head of 70 m of water is A. 3.25 MPa C. 32.5 MPa B. 32.5 kPa D. 325 kPa A 50 g mass hangs at the end of the spring. When 20 g more are added to the end of the spring, it stretches 7 cm more. Find the spring constant. A. 2.3 C. 2.9 B. 4.3 D. 2.5 A quantity which measures the resistance of the mass to be revolved about the line is A. modulus of elasticity C. stress B. strain D. moment of inertia One angstrom is equal to A. 10-6 cm B. 10-8 cm C. 10-10 cm D. 10-4 cm

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A 1.5 cm solid shaft rotates at 1,800 rpm. If the allowable torsional shearing stress is 50 MPa, what power in kW can be transmitted by the said shaft? A. 6.2 C. 5.2 B. 4.2 D. 3.2 Assuming that the barometer reads 760 mm Hg, what is the absolute pressure for 900 mm Hg gauge. A. 74.21 kPa C. 48 kPa B. 221.24 kPa D. 358 kPa DPWH Form No. 96-001E as amended under Art. 1.2.1.2 requires Box (s), which Box is for electrical practitioner in charge of installation? A. Box 4 C. Box 3 B. Box 2 D. Box 5 Generally a contractor may be sued in court for damages when he fails to comply with a contract. In certain cases, the law does not require a demand for damages. Which one of the following is this? A. When a contract is explicit about damage for non-compliance B. When the contractor failed to perform due to his own faults C. When the obligation or the law expressly declares D. When the time for delivery of service is not controlling motive in the contract An ideal gas in a cylinder is compressed adiabatically to one-third of its original volume. During the process 45 J of work is done on the gas by the compressing agent. By how much did the internal energy of the gas change in the process? A. 55 J C. 40 J B. 50 J D. 45 J

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Section 17 (e) of ARTICLE III: Examination and Registration, Qualification of Applicants for Registered Electrical Engineer states that: ______? A. He is of good reputation with high moral values B. He is a holder of the degree of BSEE from a university, school, college, etc. recognized and accredited by the Philippine government C. He is a citizen of the Philippines D. He is at least twenty-one (21) years of age A roller starts from rest at the highest point of the track 30 m above the ground. What speed will it have at the ground level if the effect of friction is neglected? A. 35.6 mps C. 65.2 mps B. 58.8 mps D. 24.5 mps According to P.E.C , what is the minimum size of overhead service drop of overhead conductor to a building or other structure in which a disconnecting meter is installed from the pole? A. 8.00 sq. mm C. 10.0 sq.mm B. 5.5 sq. mm D. 2.0 sq. mm A protective technique where under normal operating conditions, any arcing or thermal effects are not capable of igniting the flammable gas, vapor or dust-in-air mixture. a. Nonincendive C. Non-inductive b. inflammable D. Non-conductive How much 58% sulfuric acid solution is needed to provide 150 grams of H 2SO4? A. 240 grams C. 215 grams B. 180 grams D. 259 grams A copper column of annular cross section has an outer diameter, d 2, of 15 feet, and isa subjected to a force of 45 kips. The allowable compressive stress is 300 lbf/ft 2. What should be the wall thickness of this column? A. 3.52 ft C. 4.59 ft B. 5.03 ft D. 5.83 ft How much heat is needed to change 2 kg of ice at -10 oC to steam at 100oC. Sp. Heat of ice = 0.5 kcal/kg-oC. Latent heat of vaporization = 540 kcal/kg. Latent heat of fusion = 80 kcal/kg

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A new certificate of final electrical inspection shall be required before reconnection if the service has been cut off A. more than 6 months C. more than a month B. more than a year D. none of these A sealed tank contains 27oC at a pressure of 2 atm. If the temperature increases to 100 oC the pressure inside the tank will be A. 0.54 atm C. 1.60 atm B. 2.49 atm D. 4.15 atm In a certain line factory, a bucket ascending at a rate of 9.8 fps is used to fill up a hopper elevated at a height of 60 m from the ground. At that instant the bucket was 19.6 ft above the ground, a limestone fell from the hopper. Find the distance in meter where the bucket and the lime stone meet. A. 10 m C. 15 m B. 20 m D. 25 m

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Section 4 (a) Power and Duties of the Board of ARTICLE II Board of Electrical Engineering is to ________. A. determined and evaluate the qualifications of the applicants for registration with or without licensure examinations for special permits. B. Issue special permits to individual foreign electrical engineers and electricians. C. Supervise and regulate the practice of electrical engineering in the Philippines. D. Promulgate rules and regulations including a code of ethics, administrative policies, orders and issuances to carry out issuances to carry out the provisions of this Act. An electrical technology graduated applicant who finished two(2) years of school may apply for a license when he has accumulated a minimum of ___________ actual experience under Sec 18 (2) Art III, RA 7920. A. 3 years C. no experience required B. 2 years D. 1 year The Board of Electrical Engineering may suspend a professional from the practice of his profession for unprofessional of dishonorable conduct. Among these are, except: a. Signing and sealing electrical plans brought to him for approval. b. Represented himself as having taken charge of or supervised any electrical construction without actually having done so. c. For perpetration of fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration. d. Signing technical reports, estimates or specification not prepared by him. John owed Joseph P3000 due on November 18, 2003. Joseph in turn owed John P 3000 due on December 15, 2003. On November 10, they both agreed on the compensation of their respective debts and credits. This illustrates what kind of compensation A. total compensation C. voluntary compensation B. judicial compensation D. legal compensation Which of the following BASICs string has not been correctly written? A. 84.56 C. 2 + 7 B. TWENTY SEVEN D. SYMBOL IS X Pick out the item that does not belong to the computer. A. OCR C. Mouse B. MICR D. Plotter Which are the oxidizing and reducing agents in the following reaction? 2CCl4 + K2CrO4 2Cl2C0 +CrO2Cl2 + 2KCl A. There are no oxidizing or reducing agents in this reaction B. Oxidizing agent: Chromium; reducing agent: Chlorine C. Oxidizing agent: Chlorine; reducing agent: Carbon D. Oxidizing agent: Oxygen; reducing agent: Chlorine

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The Miller indices of a plane in a crystal are (2 1 0). What do these indices mean? A. (2 1- 0) 1/5 : 1/6 : 1/ 04 B. (2 1- 0) 1/7 : 1/3 : 1/ 10 C. (2 1- 0) 1/9 : 1/5 : 1/ 100 D. (2 1- 0) 1/1/2 : 1/1 : 1/ 100 Inward force that must be applied on the body to keep the body rotating in a circular motion. A. resisting C. centripetal B. external D. centrifugal

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Monday, March 27, 2006 8:00-12:00 PM SET A SEAT NO._______

MATHEMATICS

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d. 12000

14. A rectangle is 5 cm long and 3 cm wide. The obtuse angle between its diagonals, correct to the nearest degree, is a. 1180 b. 1200 c. 1250 d. 1280

15. Two perpendicular chords both 5 cm from the center of the circle divides the circle into 4 parts. If the radius of the circle is 13 cm., find the area of the smallest part. a. 13.01 cm2 b. 31.01 cm2 c. 30.10 cm2 d. 33.01 cm2

16. A ship sails 15.0 miles on a course S 40 0 101 W and then 21.0 mi on a course N 28 0 201 W. Find the direction of the last position from the first. a. N 300 71W b. N 700 301W c. N 30 71W d. N 70 301W 17. How many times does the volume of a sphere increases if the radius is doubled? a. 4 times b. 2 times c. 6 times d. 8 times 18. In a portion of an electrical railway cutting, the areas of cross section taken every 50 m are 2556, 2619, 2700, 2610 and 2484 sq. m. Find its volume. a. 522, 600 m3 b. 520, 500 m3 c. 540, 600 m3 d. 534, 200 m3

19. A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism having a square base one meter on an edge. The volume of the cylinder is 6. 283 cu m. Find its altitude. a. 4.00 b. 3.75 c. 3.50 d. 3.25 20. Find the volume common to two spheres of radii 9m and 6m, respectively, if the distance between their 5 centers is 12m. a. 39.66 m2 b. 93.66 m2 c. 66.93 m2 d. 69.63 m2 21. A regular octahedron has an edge of 2m. Find its volume in m 3.

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a. 7.37

b. 3.77

c. 7.73

d. 4.77

22. On a certain clock the minute hand is 2 meters long and the hour hand is 1 meter long. How fast is the 5 distance between the tip of the hand changing at 3:00 P.M. a. 0.418 mph b. 0.814 mph c. -0. 481 mph d. -0.148mph 23. Find the length of a rod that can be carried from one 4 m wide corridor to a similar corridor at right angle 6 to the first. Assume that the rod has negligible diameter. a. L=11.31 m b. L=12.13 m c. L=13.31 m d. L=10.31 m 24. A ship lies 10 km from shore, and opposite a point 14 km farther along the shore another ship lies 22 km 6 offshore. A boat from the first ship is to land a passenger and then proceed to the other ship. What is the least distance the boat can travel? a. 26.38 b. 23.68 c. 28.36 d. 32.86 25. Suppose an object is dropped from a height of 100 meters, its height S at time t is S(t) = -4.9 t 2 where S is 6 measured in meters and t in seconds. a. 19.6 mps b. 44.3 mps c. -16.9 mps d. 29.4 mps 26. The sum of two numbers is 120. Find one of the number if the product of the first and the square of the other is maximum. a. 30 b. 40 c. 60 d. 100 27. Find the area of the largest isosceles triangle that can be draw with equal sides 10 cm long. a. 100 b. 75 c. 50 d. 25 28. Find one of the bisectors of the angles between the lines: x + 7y =8, x-y = 10. 5 a. 3x+y =29 b. 3x y =29 c. 2x +6y =21 d. 2x +6y =-21 29. Two sides of a square lie along the lines 2y = 20 3x, 3x + 2y = -6. Find the area of the square. 5 a. 52 b. 52 c. 153 d. 153 30. Find the equation of the circle whose center at (1,3) and tangent to the line 3x + 4y + 10 =0. 5 a. x2+ y22x6y15=0 b. x2+ y2+2x+6y15=0 c. x2+ y22x+6y+15=0 d. x2+ y22x6y+15=0 31. Find the distance between the lines : 5 a. 2 10 b. 310 x + 3y =5, x + 3y = 25 c. 10 d. 25

32. In the triangle with vertices (2,0), (3,2), (4,-3), find the point of intersection of the medians. 5 a. (3, -1/3) b. (3, 1/3) c. (-3,1/3) d. (-3,-1/3) 33. Find the area bounded by the curve y -= x2 + 2 and the lines x = 0 and y = 0 and x = 4. a. 88/3 b. 64/3 c. 54/3 d. 65/5 34. Find the integral a. b. c. d. 35. 1 of [ ( e exp x-1)] divided by [(e exp x +1)] dx ln (e exp x- 1) square + x + c ln (e exp x+ 1) - x + c ln (e exp x- 1) + x + c ln (e exp x+ 1) square - x + c

From the following tabulation, calculate the correlation coefficient between x and y. X: 80 84 88 92 98 104 Y: 4 8 10 8 12 14 a. 0.8862 b. 0.9585 c. 0.9217 d. 0.8521

36. What is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA? 2 a. 36 b. 60 c. 52 d. 42

37. 2

Given the following statistical data, determine the standard deviation: 112 a. 26.22 132 144 156 164 176 183 197

b. 27.53

c. 28.84

d. 30.15

38. How many sides does a regular polygon have if there are 54 diagonals can be formed from it. 4 a. 10 b. 12 c. 14 d. 16 39. If any 10 of the 26 letters of the alphabet are chosen to represent the 10 digit 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, how 4 many possible coding patterns are there? a. 1. 93 x 1013 b. 1.13 x 1012 c. 6.3 x 1010 d. 3.08 x 1014 40. A coil having a resistance of 9.6 ohms and an inductance of 2.4 H is switched across a 25 V DC supply. 4 Determine the time constant of the circuit. a. 0.24 s b. 4 s c. 0.25 s d. 2.6 s

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41. A voltage is described by 0.01 dv/dt + 0.0025 v = 0, v= 100 volts, at t = 0. Determine v for t>0 7 a. 50 e t /4 volts b. 120 e t / 0.001 volts c. 100 e t /4 volts d. 125 e t /4 volts 42. An electromotive force of 60 volts is applied to a simple electrical circuit consisting of a resistor of 20 7 ohms and an inductor of 4 henrys. If i amperes is the current at t seconds and i=0 when t = 0, express i as a function of t. a. i = 3 3e-5t b. i =3 e-5t c. i = 3 - 3e-t d. i = 3 e-t 43. A series circuit has R = 10 ohms, L= 0.1 henry and C = 0.0001 farad. An AC voltage e = 100 sin377t is 7 applied across the series circuit and the applicable differential equation is: L (d2 i / dt2) + R (di /dt) + (1/C)i = de/dt Solve for the particular solution ( without complimentary solution), and determine the amplitude of the resulting sinusoidal current i(t). a. 5.51 amperes b. 6.67 amperes c. 7.34 amperes d. 6.06 amperes 44. In the series RLC circuit, R 2 ohms, L = I H, C = 0.5 F, V = 50 V. Determine the Laplace Transform of the 7 current. (note: there is no initial charge on the capacitor) a. I(s)= (50)/ (s2 + 2s 2) b. I(s)= (50)/ (s2 - 2s 2) c. I(s)= (50)/ (s2 + 2s +2) d. I(s)= (50)/ (s2 - 2s +2) 45. The Power series of cos x = [(-1) n x2n ]/ (2n)!, where x is in radians, find the value of cos 45 0 using only 4 7 terms of the series. a. 0.7071 b. 0.7074 c. 0.7066 d. 0.7069 46. 1 Given I1 2 I2 2I3 = 7 1 I1 +3 I2 I3 = 0 2 I1 + 4I2 3I3 = 3 3 b. 1 1 0 2 0 -1 0 3 1 0

Solve for I1 by determinants. c. 2 d. 2

a. 1 47. 6

Find the inverse of the matrix

a. 3 -6 -2 -1 2 -1 -1 5 0

b. 3 6 2 -1 2 1 1 3 0

c. 3 -6 -2 -1 2 1 -1 3 1

d. 3 -7 -2 1 2 1 -1 -3 0

48. What is the equivalent Y of the balance delta load 16 j 12 ohms? 6 a. 8 j6 ohms b. 4 j 3 ohms c. 5.33 j4 ohms d. 10 j8 ohms 49. For a high-voltage long transmission line, we have the per-phase vector relation. 6 Es = AER + BIR If ER = 127,000 volts at 0 degree, I R = 100 amperes at 30 deg. A = 0.9 at 0 deg., and B = 100 at 90 deg. , determine the magnitude of the sending end voltage Es. a. 120,614 V b. 119,614 V c. 120,615 V d. 119,615 V 50. What is the simplified complex expression of (4.33 + j2.5) square? 1 a. 12.5 + j21.65 c. 20 + j20 b. 15 + j20 d. 21.65 +j12.5

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