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1. Determine the coefficient of the term containing x^2 in the expansion of

(x^2 1/x)^10.
a. -252 c. 210
b. -210 d. 252

2. What is the apparent frequency of a siren emitting a 427 Hz sinusoidal

signal that you are approaching at 62 m/s?
a. 369 Hz c. 505 Hz
b. 412 Hz d. 549 Hz

3. In how many ways can the letters of the word ABACUS be rearranged such
that the vowels always appear together?
a. 52 c. 140
b. 72 d. 256

4. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of the tower to be 30

degrees. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds its angle of elevation
to be 60 degrees. What is the height of the tower?
a. 65.8 m c. 73.6 m
b. 70.2 m d. 78.4 m

5. A projectile is fired with a muzzle velocity of 300 m/s from a gun aimed
at an angle of 30o with the horizontal? How high in km will it rise?
a. 1.15 km c. 5.11 km
b. 1.51 km d. 11.5 km

6. Water flows into a cylindrical tank at the rate of 20 cu. m per sec. How
fast is the water rising in the tank if the diameter of the tank is 4 m?
a. 0.4 m/s c. 1.6 m/s
b. 1.2 m/s d. 2.2 m/s

7. How much will P750 be 5 years from now when the interest rate is 6%
compounded quarterly?
a. P1010 c. P1800
b. P1465 d. P3750

8. A certain radioactive material decomposes at a rate proportional to the

quantity present. How long will it take to decompose 90% of the material
if its half-life is 38 years?
a. 76 years c. 168 years
b. 126 years d. 243 years

9. Find the 30th term in the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10,

a. 61 c. 81
b. 71 d. 91

10. The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 1980 degrees.
How many sides does the polygon have?
a. 10 c. 12
b. 11 d. 13

11. Which of the following is the derivative of cos x?

a. sin x c. sin x
b. tan x d. tan x

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12. Which among the following is the moment of inertia for a sphere with
mass M and radius R?
a. 1/2 MR^2 c. 1/2 MR^4
b. 2/5 MR^2 d. 2/5 MR^4

13. A cylindrical pressure vessel is fabricated from steel plates which

have a thickness of 20 mm. The diameter of the pressure vessel is 500 mm
and its length is 3 m. Determine the maximum internal pressure which can
be applied if the stress in the steel is limited to 140 MPa.
a. 5.6 MPa c. 11.2 MPa
b. 8.4 MPa d. 16.8 MPa

14. A regular hexagonal pyramid has a volume of 240 m3 and an altitude of 8

m. Compute for its base edge.
a. 3.16 m c. 7.61 m
b. 5.89 m d. 8.42 m

15. What is the speed of light travelling through vodka if its refractive
index is equal to 1.363?
a. 1.4 x 10^8 m/s c. 2.2 x 10^8 m/s
b. 1.9 x 10^8 m/s d. 3.0 x 10^8 m/s

16. A car passes point A at a speed of 30 kph. It then uniformly

accelerates for 18 minutes until it reaches point B 21 km away. What was
the cars acceleration?
a. 0.021 m/s2 c. 2.23 m/s2
b. 0.045 m/s2 d. 3.34 m/s2

17. In a class of 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25 like Chemistry. If

there were 4 students who liked neither, how many students like both
Calculus and Chemistry?
a. 10 c. 14
b. 12 d. 16

18. The differential equation y + 2y + 2y = cos 2x can be classified as:

a. Linear and homogeneous c. Non-linear and homogeneous
b. Linear and non-homogeneous d. Non-linear and non-homogeneous

19. Five sample points are given: 600 mm, 470 mm, 170 mm, 430 mm and 300
mm. What is the standard deviation?
a. 20 c. 394
b. 147 d. 21704

20. Which among the following is the Clean Water Act of 2004?
a. R.A. 6969 c. R.A. 9275
b. R.A. 8749 d. R.A. 9729

21. Ball A is dropped from a window of a building. As it passes a second

window below the first, ball B was then dropped from the second window.
Which among the two balls will hit the ground first?
a. Ball A will hit the ground first
b. Ball B will hit the ground first
c. Both balls will hit the ground at the same time
d. It will depend on the relative masses of the two balls

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22. A steel wire is 4 m long and has a diameter of 2 mm. How much
elongation will occur if a 20-kg body is suspended from it? Youngs
modulus is 196 GPa.
a. 0.13 mm c. 1.28 mm
b. 0.79 mm d. 3.19 mm

23. If 8 men can do a job in 9 days, how long will it take 12 men to do the
same job?
a. 6 days c. 10 days
b. 8 days d. 13.5 days

24. A 10 kg body moving to the left with a velocity of 6 m/s collides with
a 20 kg body moving to the right with a velocity of 4 m/s. The bodies got
interlocked during impact. What is the velocity immediately after impact
in m/s?
a. 0.67 m/s c. 1.33 m/s
b. 0.94 m/s d. 2 m/s

25. Which among the following is the annuity divided by the present worth?
a. equal-payment-series present worth factor
b. equal-payment-series capital recovery factor
c. equal-payment-series compound factor
d. equal-payment sinking fund factor

26. What is the equation of the line that contains the points with (3,7)
and (5,1)
a. y = 3x 2 c. y = 1/3 x + 8
b. y = x + 10 d. y = x + 4

27. Find the area of a circular sector with a central angle of 135 degrees
taken from a circle of radius 5 cm.
a. 16.7 cm2 c. 41.2 cm2
b. 29.5 cm2 d. 54.9 cm2

28. If f(4) = 0 and f(6) = 6, which of the following could represent f(x)?
a. x - 4 c. x + 6
b. x + 2 d. 3x 12

29. A hollow steel ball, 20 inches in diameter, has a thickness of 2

inches. If the steel weights 490 lb/ft3, find the weight of the ball.
a. 322 lb c. 580 lb
b. 456 lb d. 1188 lb

30. The sides of a triangle are 10 cm, 14 cm, and 8 cm long. Determine the
smallest interior angle.
a. 34.0 degrees c. 101.5 degrees
b. 44.4 degrees d. 145.3 degrees

31. A purse contains 2 silver coins and 4 copper coins, and in a second
purse, 4 silver coins and 3 copper coins. If a coin is selected at random
from one of the two purses, what is the probability that it is a silver
coin?
a. 0.33 c. 0.50
b. 0.45 d. 0.57

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32. How long does it take a given amount of money to triple itself if the
money is invested at a nominal rate of 15%, compounded monthly?
a. 6.4 years c. 8.4 years
b. 7.4 years d. 9.4 years

33. A tank was initially filled with 100 gal of salt solution containing 1
lb of salt per gallon. Fresh brine containing 2 lbs of salt/gal runs into
the tank at the rate of 5 gal/min. The mixture, assumed uniform, runs out
at the same rate. At what time will the concentration of the salt in the
tank become 1.753 lbs/gal?
a. 14 min c. 42 min
b. 28 min d. 56 min

34. A place is inclined at an angle of 30. A force P = 50 N is acting

perpendicularly on the surface of the plane. What is the horizontal
component of P?
a. 25 N c. 50 N
b. 43.3 N d. There is no horizontal component

35. At 4 feet above the ground, Albert, on a swing, is moving at a speed of

13.5 ft/s. How high is he from the ground when his speed is 2.5 ft/s?
a. 5.88 ft c. 10.17 ft
b. 6.74 ft d. 12.98 ft

36. A machine costing P80000 has a salvage value of P8000 with a useful
life of 5 years. What is its book value after 4 years using the Straight
line depreciation method?
a. P16000 c. P22400
b. P18600 d. P28000

37. What is the area of the ellipse represented by 4x2 + 9y2 = 36?
a. 18.85 c. 59.40
b. 36.55 d. 83.10

38. The roots of a quadratic equation become imaginary if the discriminant

is:
a. Zero c. Negative
b. Positive d. Imaginary

39. This refers to any word, name, symbol, or device used by a business to
distinguish its goods and services from others.
a. Copyright c. Patent
b. Industrial Design d. Trademark

40. Which among the following is NOT a root of the function y = x4 8x3 +
7x2 + 36x 36?
a. 1 c. 3
b. -2 d. -4

41. This is the branch of classical mechanics that describes the motion of
points, bodies, and systems of bodies without consideration of the forces
that cause it.
a. Kinetics c. Inertial mechanics
b. Kinematics d. Particle dynamics

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42. A 150 N block is in contact with an inclined plane at an angle of 37

degrees to the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction is 0.18.
What is the magnitude of the force needed to be exerted parallel to and
acting upwards to the surface of the incline just to prevent the downward
motion of the block?
a. 33.6 N c. 55.4 N
b. 49.2 N d. 68.7 N

43. What is the minimum diameter of a solid steel shaft that will not twist
through more than 3 degrees in a 6-m length when subjected to a torque of
12 kN-m? Use G = 83 GPa.
a. 41.4 mm c. 86.4 mm
b. 65.9 mm d. 114.0 mm

44. What is the sum of all the terms in an infinite geometric series if the
first term is 10 and the common ratio is 1/3?
a. 10 c. 20
b. 15 d. 30

45. Calculate the integral of 1/3x-5 evaluated from x = 0 to x = 6.

a. 0.08 c. 0.32
b. 0.16 d. 0.64

46. Determine the equation of the line through (-2,1) and is perpendicular
to the line 3x + 2y = 5.
a. 3x + 2y + 4 = 0 c. 2x + 3y + 1 = 0
b. 3x 2y + 8 = 0 d. 2x 3y + 7 = 0

47. Max is 3 years older than Tom. Two years ago, Toms age was half that
of Maxs. How old is Max now?
a. 5 c. 7
b. 6 d. 8

48. Which of the following is equivalent to (sin x)^4 (cos x)^4?

a. sin 2x c. cos 2x
b. sin 2x d. cos 2x

49. The image formed by a plane mirror is always

a. Real and erect c. Real and inverted
b. Virtual and erect d. Virtual and inverted

50. A hollow steel tube with an inside diameter of 100 mm must carry a
tensile load of 400 kN. Determine the outside diameter of the tube if the
stress is limited to 120 MN/m2.
a. 85 mm c. 114 mm
b. 102 mm d. 120 mm

51. Which among the following is the factored form of 2p2 15p + 25?
a. (p-5)(2p-5) c. (p+5)(2p-5)
b. (p-5)(2p+5) d. (p+5)(2p+5)

52. 3(4-x) < 4x + 5

a. x < 1 c. x > 6
b. x > 1 d. x < 6

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53. A circle with center at (-4 , -2) is tangent to the line 3x + 4y = 5.

What is the area of the circle?
a. 56.3 c. 93.1
b. 78.4 d. 143.9

54. On a shelf are 6 books on Calculus, 8 books on Chemistry, and 5 books

on Physics. In how many ways can one choose 2 books that come from
different subject matters?
a. 88 c. 118
b. 93 d. 133

55. A man purchases a jeepney worth P450,000 with a downpayment of

P100,000. If the rate of interest on the balance is 15% compounded
monthly for the next 3 years, how much will he have to pay at the end of
every month?
a. P9,722 c. P12,133
b. P11,248 d. P13,003

56. The distance of a moving body from its original position is defined by
the equation: s = 4t2 + 3t 2 where s is in meters and t is in seconds.
How far is the body from its initial position when its velocity is 35 m/s?
a. 4 m c. 54 m
b. 24 m d. 74 m

57. What is the sum of the first 50 terms in an arithmetic progression if

the first term is 14 and every subsequent term is 2 more than the previous
term.
a. 1575 c. 3150
b. 1750 d. 3500

58. Which among the following is not included and/or discussed in the Clean
Air Act of 1999?
a. Regulation of fuels and fuel additives
b. Allowable limits for incineration
c. Pollution from smoking
d. Fines and penalties for violations

59. A steel rod 3 m long is secured between two walls. If the load on the
rod is zero at 32 C, compute the stress when the temperature drops to 20
degC. The cross-sectional area of the rod is 2000 mm2, a = 0.0117 mm/m-
degC, and E = 200 GPa. Assume that the walls are rigid.
a. 28 MPa c. 36 MPa
b. 32 MPa d. 40 MPa

60. If sin A = -8/17 and tan B = 12/5, evaluate cos (2A B). A is in the
4th quadrant while B is in the 3rd quadrant.
a. -0.75 c. 0.55
b. -0.55 d. 0.75

61. Four downward forces of magnitudes 3 N, 6 N, 9 N, and 12 N are spaced

equally across a 15-meter beam. What is the location of the resultant
force, measured from the leftmost portion of the beam?
a. 7 m c. 9 m
b. 8 m d. 10 m

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62. What are the coordinates of the vertex of the parabola x2 = y + 4x 1?

a. (2 , 3) c. (1 , 3)
b. (3 , 2) d. (2 , 3)

63. If f(x) = 3x + 5 and g(x) = 7 4x, what is f[g(2)]

a. 0 c. 2
b. 1 d. 3

64. What surface does the equation x2 + y2 = 9 represent in three-

dimensional space?
a. Circle c. Cylinder
b. Sphere d. Cone

65. Give the value of x where the function f(x) = x3 9x2 + 24x + 4 has a
local maximum.
a. 4 c. 2
b. 2 d. 4

66. A hospital receives 40% of its flu vaccines from Company A and the
remainder from Company B. Each shipment contains a large number of vials
of vaccine. From Company A, 3% of the vials are ineffective, while from
Company B, 2% are ineffective. If a randomly selected vaccine is
determined to be ineffective, what is the probability that it came from
Company A?
a. 0.3 c. 0.5
b. 0.4 d. 0.6

67. Solve for x: 3e^x 2e^-x + 5 = 0

a. -0.693 c. -1.39
b. -1.10 d. -1.61

68. Convert 8 cis 30 degrees to rectangular coordinate form.

a. 4 + 6.93i c. 0.43 + 0.25i
b. 0.25 + 0.43i d. 6.93 + 4i

69. Five balls are each labeled with a number {1,2,3,4,5}. These balls are
placed inside a sack and mixed together. What is the probability that the
sum of the two numbers of the faces of the balls is at least 4?
a. 10% c. 70%
b. 50% d. 90%

70. Which conic section is described as a locus of points that are

equidistant to a fixed point and a fixed line?
a. Circle c. Ellipse
b. Parabola d. Hyperbola

71. How many sections are there in the Chemical Engineering Code of Ethics?
a. 16 c. 20
b. 18 d. 22

72. The centroid of a semicircle whose diameter is 1 unit is how many units
away from the midpoint of the base?
a. 0.049 c. 0.250
b. 0.212 d. 0.393

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73. Electrostatic interactions are governed by a simple relationship of

electric field and point charges known as:
a. Amperes Law c. Gausss Law
b. Coulombs Law d. Thompsons Law

74. The distance between two towns is 380 km. At the same moment, a
passenger car and a truck start moving towards each other from different
towns. They met 4 hours later. If the car drives 5 km/hr faster than the
truck, what is the speed of the car?
a. 40 kph c. 50 kph
b. 45 kpg d. 55 kph

75. A series of equal quarterly receipts of P1000 extends over a period of

5 years. What is the present worth of his quarterly payment series at 8%
interest, compounded continuously?
a. P14350 c. P16320
b. P15970 d. P18350

76. A cylindrical steam boiler is to have a volume of 1340 ft3. What should
be its base diameter in order to minimize the cost of the metal sheets to
make the boiler?
a. 2.99 ft c. 8.75 ft
b. 5.97 ft d. 11.95 ft

77. The sum of the roots of a quadratic equation is 0.5 while the product
of the roots is 1.5. Which among the following is the equation?
a. 2x2 x + 3 = 0 c. 2x2 + x 3 = 0
b. x2 2x + 3 = 0 d. x2 + 2x 3 = 0

78. A team of 5 students is to be chosen for a math contest. If there were

ten male and eight female students to choose from, what is the probability
that three team members will be male and two will be female?
a. 0.29 c. 0.49
b. 0.39 d. 0.59

79. The point through which the whole weight of the body acts, irrespective
of its position, is known as:
a. Center of gravity c. Mass moment of inertia
b. Center of percussion d. Polar moment of inertia

80. The main factor which affects the speed of a sound wave is the:
a. Amplitude of the sound wave
b. Intensity of the sound
c. Loudness of the sound
d. Properties of the medium

81. Perry received the ff grades after he took the Chemical Engineering
Licensure Examination: Physical and Chemical Principles 52%, Chemical
Engineering 74% and General Engineering 83%. What is his computed
score?
a. 69.7 c. 70.4
b. 70.1 d. 70.7

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82. A steel tie rod on a bridge must be made to withstand a pull of 5,000
lbs. Find the diameter of the rod assuming a factor of safety of 5 and an
ultimate strength of 64,000 psi.
a. 0.142 in c. 0.355 in
b. 0.284 in d. 0.710 in

83. A 84-ft tree casts a shadow that is 47 ft long. What is the angle of
depression of the sun?
a. 24.5 degrees c. 42.6 degrees
b. 29.2 degrees d. 60.8 degrees

84. Which of the following is equal to sin (270 x)?

a. sin x c. cos x
b. sin x d. cos x

85. How many liters of 10% acid solution must be added to 2.5 L of 30%
solution to produce a solution that is 15% acid?
a. 2.5 L c. 7.5 L
b. 5 L d. 10 L

86. A series of 10 end-of-year payments of P2000 is to be made. The nominal

rate is 12% compounded quarterly. What is the equivalent future worth at
the end of the 10th year?
a. 11,000 c. P36,000
b. 24,000 d. P42,000

87. Hookes Law states that stress and strain are:

a. Curvilinearly related c. Inversely proportional
b. Directly proportional d. Equal to each other at all times

88. A cylindrical water tank is 8 m in diameter and 12 m high. If the tank

is to be completely filled, what is the minimum thickness of plating if
the stress is limited to 40 MPa?
a. 2.94 mm c. 11.77 mm
b. 5.89 mm d. 23.54 mm

89. What is the probability of getting 2 tails and 1 head after 3 coin
tosses if the coin is biased such that the tail is twice as likely to
occur as the head?
a. 0.15 c. 0.50
b. 0.44 d. 0.67

90. A plane leaves the airport and travels west at 570 miles/hr. Another
plane leaves 20 minutes later and travels 22 degrees west of north at a
rate of 585 miles/hr. How far apart are they 40 minutes after the second
plane leaves?
a. 440 miles c. 520 miles
b. 480 miles d. 560 miles

91. One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times faster than a second pipe. When
both pipes are opened, they fill the pool in five hours. How long would it
take to fill the pool if only the slower pipe is used?
a. 8 hours c. 11.25 hours
b. 9.75 hours d. 15 hours

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92. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, 10, and
100 degrees, respectively, what is the length of the shorter diagonal
a. 8 c. 11.66
b. 10.73 d. 12.52

93. What is the critical angle for an air-water inference? The index of
refraction of water is n = 1.33.
a. 31.6 degrees c. 48.8 degrees
b. 42.2 degrees d. 58.4 degrees

94. The ratio of shear stress and shear strain is known as:
a. Bulk modulus c. Modulus of rigidity
b. Modulus of elasticity d. Poissons ratio

95. In how many ways can 9 people be divided into three tents that can
accommodate 2, 3, and 4 people, respectively?
a. 1260 c. 15120
b. 1680 d. 362880

96. Which among the following is equivalent to tan (A/2)?

a. (cos A + 1) / sin A c. sin A / (1 cos A)
b. (cos A 1) / sin A d. sin A / (1 + cos A)

97. It is a measure of dispersion of a random variables probability

distribution.
a. Mean c. Mode
b. Median d. Standard deviation

98. What is the largest distance between 2 vertices of a 512 cm3 cube?
a. 7.39 cm c. 11.31 cm
b. 8.52 cm d. 13.86 cm

99. Two bodies undergo a perfectly elastic collision. Which of the

following is true?
a. Their kinetic energy increases and they separate afterwards.
b. Their kinetic energy decreases and they separate afterwards.
c. Their kinetic energy does not change and they separate afterwards.
d. Their kinetic energy does not change and they stick together.

100. Jack and Jill are sitting on opposite ends of a seesaw 6 meters long.
If Jack weighs 80 kg and Jill weighs just 60 kg, how far away from the
edge must Jack move in order to balance the seesaw?
a. 0.25 m c. 0.75 m
b. 0.50 m d. 1 m

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