MATH C. 2nd degree D.

3rd degree

1. A tank contains 80 gallons of pure water. A brine solution 11. the two bases of a trapezoid are 12 in and 18 in
with 2 lb/gal of salt enters at 2 gpm, and the well-stirred respectively. If the angles at the extremities of one leg are 65 o
mixture leaves at the same rate. Find the time at which the and 40o respectively, find the longer leg.
brine leaving will contain 1 lb/gal of salt. A. 5.63 B. 6.23
A. 17.73 min B. 22.73 min C. 7.21 D. 7.81
C. 27.73 min D. 32.73 min
12. A boat travels three times as fast when it is empty as
2. Which of the following is a nominal variable? when it is full. If it travels 20 km north with cargo, spends 2
A. height B. color hours unloading, and returns to the original port empty,
C. less than D. 300 kg taking 6 hours to complete the entire trip, what is the speed
of the barge when it is empty?
3. What is the moment of inertia of a cylinder of radius 5m A. <4 kph B. 10<x<5 kph
and mass of 5 kg? (in kg-m2) C. 5<x<4 kph D. 15<x<10 kph
A. 120 B. 80
C. 62.5 D. 72.5 13. Resisting forces at the supports of a structure are called
A. Concentrated forces B. Distributed forces
4. 4x2 – y2 = 16 is an equation of a/an _____ C. Acting forces D. Reacting forces
A. Circle B. Parabola
C. Ellipse D. Hyperbola 14. What is the equation of the line of symmetry o y2 – 4y = x
+ 1?
5. Find C so that the line [y = 4x +3] is tangent to [y = x 2 + C] A. x = -5 B. y = 2
A. 7 B. 6 C. y = 0 D. x = 2
C. 5 D. 4
15. The regular hexagonal pyramid whose base perimeter is
6. The deviation of the neutral surface, or elastic curve, of the 60 cm has an altitude of 30 cm. What is the volume in cubic
loaded beam from its original position in the unloaded beam cm?
A. Deformation B. Stress A. 2598 B. 2859
C. Strain D. Deflection C. 2895 D. 2985

7. From the word “MISSISSIPI”, the number of permutations 16. The fluid used in hydraulic controller
of which can be made is A. Water B. Steam
A. 36,450 B. 34,650 C. Air D. Oil
C. 35,460 D. 34,056
17. What part of 90% alcohol must be removed and replaced
8. A job can be done in as many days as there are men in the by an equal amount of pure alcohol to make 95% alcohol
group. If the number of men is reduced by 4, the work is solution?
delayed by 5 days. How many were there in the original A. 5% or less B. 5%
group? C. Between 5 and 10% D. 50%
A. 18 B. 16
C. 20 D. 24 18. If 24 resistances, each of value 72 ohms are connected in
parallel, then the total resistance is
9. What is the area bounded by the curve y = x3, the x-axis, A. 5 ohms B. 3 ohms
and the lines x = -2 and x = 1? C. 4 ohms D. None of the above
A. 2.45 B. 4.25
C. 5.24 D. 5.42 19. A man is walking at a rate of 1.5 m/s towards a street light
which is 5 m above the level ground. At what rate is the tip of
10. What us the degree if the given homogeneous differential his shadow moving if the man is 2 m tall?
equation? A. -1.5 m/s B. -2.5 m/s
y C. -3.5 m/s D. -4.5 m/s
xysin
x()
dy−( x 2 + y 2 ) dx=0

A. 0th degree B. 1st degree

20. Determine the differential equation of the family of 28. The area bounded by the curve y2 = 12x and the line x = 3
straight lines through the origin is revolved about the line x = 3. What is the volume
A. xdy + ydx = 0 B. xdx + ydy = 0 generated?
C. xdy – ydx = 0 D. xdx – ydy = 0 A. 186 B. 179
C. 180 D. 184
x x
21. ∫ tan 3 sec 3 dx 29. Two dice are rolled. Find the probability that the sum of
2 2
the two dice is at least 10.
A. B.
A. 1/18 B. 1/12
2 x 2 x 1 x 1 x
sec 5 − sec 3 + c sec 5 − sec 3 + c C. 1/9 D. 1/6
5 2 3 2 10 2 6 2
1 5 x 1 3 x 1 5 x 1 3 x 30. It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal interval
C. sec − sec + c D. sec + sec +c
5 2 3 2 5 2 3 2 of time where the first payment is made multiple periods
after the beginning of the payment
ln x A. deferred annuity B. delayed annuity
22. Find the ∫ dx
x C. progressive annuity D. simple annuity
A. ½ ln x + C B. 2 ln x + C
C. x ln x – x + C D. ½ ln x2 + C 31. Given vectors A and B where
A = (2, -1, 6) and B = (2, 4, 1)
23. A 0.3 kg mass attached to a 1.5 m long string is whirled What is the dot product A and B?
around a horizontal circle at a speed of 6 m/s. Considering its A. 14 B. 10
centripetal acceleration, what is the tension in the string? C. 8 D. 6
A. 7.2 N B. 720.0 N
C. 24 N D. 240 N 32. A policeman aimed his rifle at the bull’s eye of a target 50
m away. If the speed of the bullet is 500 m/s, how far below
xdx the bull’s eye will the bullet strike the target?
24. To integrate ∫ 1+ x 4 , by the u-substitution method, let A. 5.0 cm B. 6.8 cm
C. 5.7 cm D .6.78 cm
u
A. 1+x2 B. x2
33. Determine the length of the shortest 2-mm diameter
C. 1+x4 D. x4
bronze wire, which can be looped through two complete
25. Consider a lake with a volume of 8 billion ft 3 and an initial turns without exceeding a shearing stress of 70 MPa. Use G =
pollutant concentration of 0.25%. An inflowing river brings in 35 GPa
500 million ft3 of water daily with a low pollution A. 5.28 m B. 5.78 m
C. 6.28 m D. 6.78 m
concentration of 0.05% and an outflowing river removes 500
million ft3 of the lake water daily. Assume the water is
34. The area of the triangle inscribed in a circle is 39.19 sq.
perfectly mixed. How long will it take to reduce the pollutant
cm. The radius of the circle is 7.14 cm. If the two sides of the
concentration in the lake to 0.10%?
inscribed triangle are 8 cm and 10 cm respectively, find the
A. 35.3 days B. 29.7 days
length of the third side in cm.
C. 22.2 days D. 18.4 days
A. 14 B. 9
C. 12 D. 15
26. The function f(x) = (x-3) / (x3 – 6x2 + 10x – 8) is
discontinuous at x = ___
35. According to Robert Hooke: “within the elastic limit of any
A. 1 B. 2
body, the ratio of the stress to the strain produced is
C. 3 D. 4
constant.” This constant is called _____
27. The simplest measure of variability computed by A. Modulus of elasticity B. Bulk modulus
C. Modulus of rupture D. Modulus of rigidity
subtracting the highest and lowest observations
A. Range B. Variance
36. Find the general solution of the following linear equation:
C. Average Deviation D. Standard Deviation
( D ¿ ¿ 3−D2−4 D+ 4) y=0 ¿
A. B.
 y=c1 e−2 x +c 2 e x + c 3 e 2 x y=c1 e−2 x +c 2 e−2 x + c 3 e x 46. The differential equation
C. D. d2 x ( dx x
5 2 + 1+ x ) +10 x −3 e =0 is
y=c1 e−2 x +c 2 e2 x + c3 e− x y=c1 e−2 x +c 2 e x + c 3 xe x dt dt
A. l.d.e., homogeneous, second-order
37. The center of gravity of an isosceles triangle is B. l.d.e., second-order, homogeneous with variable
A. 2/3 from the base B. 2/3 from one of the sides coefficients
C. 2/3 from the apex D. 1/3 from the apex C. l.d.e., second-order, non-homogeneous with const.
coefficients
38. The installed cost of a machine is P20,000. Its salvage
D. l.d.e., second-order, non-homogeneous with variable
value after 10 years of useful life is P4,000. Interest rate is
coefficients
10% and the annual maintenance cost is P1,000. The annual
cost of the machine is most nearly
47. The most appropriate experimental design when there
A. P3,004 B. P3,618
are two apparent field factors intersecting each other
C. P4,004 D. P4,506
approximately along perpendicular directions that could
39. The measure of the strength of the agent that is causing possible affect experimental errors
the deformation A. Completely Randomized Design
A. Bulk modulus B. Strain B. Randomly Complete Block Design
C. Young’s modulus D. Stress C. Latin Square Design
D. Factorial Design
40. If the radius of a sphere is increased by 3, its surface area
becomes 4 times as great as it was. Find the radius of the 48. The rate of change of the area of a circle with respect to
sphere. its radius when the diameter is 6 cm is _____
A. 3 B. 5
A.4 π
c m2 B. 5 π
c m2
C. 4 D. 6 cm cm
C. 6 π
c m2 D. 7 π
c m2
41. Two point charges are located on the positive x-axis of a
coordinate system. Charge q1=2.0 nc is 2.0 cm from the origin
cm cm
and charge q2=-3.0 nc is 4.0 cm from the origin. What is the
49. Determine the equation of the axis of symmetry of the
total force exerted by these two charges on a charge q3=5.0
function y = 2x2 – 7x + 5
nc located at the origin?
A. 4x – 7 = 0 B. 4x + 7 = 0
A. 2.25 x 10-4 N B. 3.10 x 10-4 N C. 7x + 4 = 0 D. 7x – 4 = 0
-4
C. 0.84 x 10 N D. 1.41 x 10-4 N
50. Chemical Engineering Board Examination is given every
42. The perpetual annual worth of P50,000 now and P50,000
A. May B. October
three years from now at an interest rate of 10% per year is C. May and November D. June and December
A. P5,760 B. P7,570
C. P8,760 D. P9,750 51. A body of mas 0.26 kg is moving in a horizontal circle of
radius 1.5 m with an angular velocity of 4 rad/s. What is the
43. Find the distance between two lines represented by the
magnitude of the force acting on the body?
linear equations: 4x – 3y – 8 = 0 and 8x – 6y + 9 = 0.
A. 4.16 N B. 1.56 N
A. 2 B. 2.5 C. 6.24 N D. 3.12 N
C. 3 D. 3.5
52. What is the value of (log 5 to the base 2) + (log 5 to the
44. In a heat exchanger, outlet temperature of
base 3)?
heating/cooling fluid is
A. 7.39 B. 3.79
A. Load variable B. Manipulated variable C. 3.97 D. 9.37
C. Controlled variable D. Input signal
53. If x, 3x + 3, 5x + 5 are three consecutive forms of a
45. cos (A + B) cos A + sin (A + B) sin A
geometric sequence, the sum of these three terms is
A. sin B B. cos B
A. -9/4 B. -4/184
C. sin A D. cos A
C. -5074 D. 5904
 A. 9.27 N B. 12.4 N
54. it is a technique of numerical data presentation using C. 4.58 N D. 6.31 N
pictures
A. Summation of data B. Decimal Calculation 63. The equation of the radical axis of two intersecting circles
C. Graphic Presentation D. All of these x2 + y2 + 2x – 4y – 4 = 0 and x2 + y2 + 8x + 2y – 6 = 0 is ___
A. 4x – 3y – 1 = 0 B. 4x – 3y + 1 = 0
55. If the radius of the Quezon City Circle is decreased by C. 3x + 4y – 1 = 0 D. 4x – 3y + 1 = 0
20%, then the area is decreased by how much percentage?
A. 10% B. 20% 64. The winning candidate for president of the NTC-SG class
C. 30% D. 36% receive 2898 votes. If that was 210 more than half the vote
cast, the number of voters are
56. The three dimensions of a rectangular parallelepiped are A. 4210 B. 5376
in the ratio 2:3.5. If the volume is 810 cu cm, what is the C. 4376 D. 6210
length of the longest side?
A. 6 B. 9 65. Find the partial derivatives with respect to x of the
C. 15 D. 18 function xy2 – 5y + 6.
A. y2 – 5 B. y2
57. A series of equal quarterly deposits of P1000 extends over C. xy – 5y D. 2xy
a period of 3 years. What is the future worth of this quarterly
deposit series at 9% interest, compounded monthly? 66. Which of the following is suitable for measuring the
A. P13,160 B. P13,615 temperature of a red hot moving object (e.g. steel ingots on
C. P12,590 D. P13,112 roller table)?
A. thermocouple B. radiation pyrometer
58. A solid shaft 48.2 cm long is used for a transmission of C. thermistor D. radiograph
mechanical power at a rate of 30 kW running at 1000 rpm.
The stress is 8.13 MPa. Calculate the diameter 67. Executive Order that institutionalizing CPE council in
A. 30 mm B. 35 mm various Professional Regulatory Board
C. 40 mm D. 50 mm A. EO 259 B. EO 269
C. EO 29 D. EO 265
59. The homogeneous 800 kg bar is supported at either end
by a steel cable. Calculate the smallest safe area of each cable x
68. Find the integral of 4
dx from x = 0 to x = 1
if the yield stress is 240 MPa for steel and the factor of safety x +1
to use is 2. A. 0.3792 B. 0.3927
A. 8.2 mm2 B. 16.3 mm2 C. 0.3297 D. 0.3279
C. 32.7 mm2 D. 65.3 mm2
69. Determine the how many turns does a steel have if it has
60. A 12 ft ladder that weighs 50 lb rests against a frictionless a wire diameter of 20 mm, 80 mm mean radius, load of 2 kN,
wall at a point 10 ft above the ground. How much force does and elongation of 98.7 mm. G = 83 GPa
the ladder exerts on the ground? A. 10 B. 15
A. 50 lb B. 53 lb C. 20 D. 25
C. 56 lb D. 60 lb
70. DENR Administrative Order formulating the
61. Find the shortest distance from the point (9,0) to the implementation of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Nuclear
parabola y=2x2 Wastes Control Act
A. √ 66 B. √ 68 A. DAO 29 B. DAO 34
C. √ 67 D. √ 69 C. DAO 56 D. DAO 62

62. A small plastic box with a mass of 0.200 kg resolves 71. Find the ∫ ( x +1 ) ( x −1 ) dx
uniformly in a circle on a horizontal frictionless surface such A. ½ x2 + x + C B. ½ x2 – x + C
as an air-hockey table. The box is attached by a horizontal C. 1/3 x2 + x + C D. 1/3 x2 – x + C
cord 0.200 m long to a pin set in the surface. If the box makes
72. A nominal rate of 8% compounded semi-annually has an
two complete revolutions per second, find the force F exerted
effective rate of
on it by the cord.
 A. 8.00% B. 7.75%
C. 8.24% D. 8.16% 83. An increase in the value of capital asset is called
A. Profit B. Capital gain
73. First condition of equilibrium is governed by _____ C. Capital expenditure D. Capital stock
A. Law of Conservation of B. First Law of Motion
Energy 84. Find the area of a regular polygon whose side is 25 m and
C. First Law of D. All of these apothem of 17.2 m
Thermodynamics A. 1075 sq. m B. 1290 sq. m
C. 1505 sq. m D. 1720 sq. m
74. An airplane travelling horizontally at 78 m/s at an
elevation of 210 m drops bales of hay to cows stranded in a 85. A case in which each country can produce more of
snowstorm. At what horizontal distance from the cow should something per unit of inputs than can the rest of the world. If
the bales of hay be dropped? there were no trade, each country would have to consume its
A. 510 m B. 560 m own production
C. 610 m D. 660 m A. Comparative advantage B. Supply and Demand
C. Absolute advantage D. Economy of scales
θ
2 tan
2 86. Which of the items would never appear in the balance
75. Simplify:
θ sheet of a firm?
1+ tan 2 A. Cash B. Land
2
C. Marketable securities D. Wages
A. cosθ B. secθ
C. sinθ D. tanθ
87. If sec 2A = 1/sin 13A, determine the value of A in degrees
A. 3 B. 5
76. An integer having more than one prime factors
C. 6 D. 7
A. prime number B. composite number
C. compound number D. cardinal number
88. If a population is increasing exponentially at the rate of
2% per year, what will be the percentage increase over a
77. Find a quadratic equation whose roots are 2-√ 5 and 2+
period of 10 years?
√5 A. 19.9% B. 21.9%
A. x2 – 4x + 1 = 0 B. x2 + 4x + 1 = 0 C. 23.9% D. 25.9%
C. x2 – 4x – 1 = 0 D. x2 + 4x – 1 = 0
89. Lines drawn from the focus to any point on an ellipse are
78. Find the derivative of y if tan y = x called the focal radii of the ellipse. Find the equation of the
A. sec2 x B. sec x tan x focal radii drawn to the point (2, 3) on the ellipse 3x2 + 4y2 =
C. 1/(1+x2) D. 1/(1-x2) 48
A. 3x – 4y = 6 B. 2x – 4y = -8
79. A polygon has 350 diagonals. How many sides are there? C. 3x – 4y = -6 D. 3x – 3x = 3
A. 28 B. 25
C. 32 D. 30 90. Consider an idealized model with a point source emitting
constant soud power intensity inversely proportional to the
80. A circle having a diameter of 30 cm is cut into segments.
square of the distance from the bird. By how many dB does
The altitude of the first segment is 6 cm. What is the ratio of
the sound level (intensity level) drop when you move twice
the area of the smaller segment to the larger segment?
far away from the bird?
A. 1/6 B. 1/5
A. 0.5 dB B. 4 dB
C. ¼ D. 1/3
C. 6 dB D. 1.414 dB

81. Simplify: i 2002 +i 2000

x 2−1
A. -i - 1 B. i 91. Evaluate lim
C. -1 + I D. 0 x →1 x 2+ 3 x −4
82. It is caused by forces acting along or parallel to the area A. 1/5 B. 3/5
resisting the forces C. 2/5 D. 4/5
A. Shearing Stress B. Bearing Stress
C. Bending Stress D. Tensile Stress
92. A mild steel column is hollow and circular in cross section
with an external diameter of 350 mm and internal diameter
of 300 mm. It carries a compressive axial load of 2000 kN.
What is the corresponding strain of the column? Modulus of
elasticity = 200 GPa
A. 0.000392 B. 0.00392
C. 0.0392 D. 0.392

93. Forces acting on a single point

A. Coplanar forces B. Compressive
C. Concurrent forces D. Shearing force

x −x́
94. The formula Z= is used to calculate
s
A. Mean B. Variance
C. Z Scores D. None of these

95. Which of the following is an equation of a circle?

A. x2 + 2y2 – 2x + 3y = 2 B. y = x2 – x + 6
2 2
C. 4x – 4y = 64 D. 4x2 + 4y2 = 64

96. An equation which contains partial derivatives is called

A. A differential equation B. A partial differential
C. A transcendental D. An algebraic equation
equation

97. Find the ∫ x √ x dx

A. 2/5 x5/2 + C B. 5/2 x5/2 + C
C. 2 x3/2 + C D. ½ x1/2 + C

98. Phase lag of the sinusoidal response of a first order

system
A. 120o B. 30o
o
C. 180 D. 90o

99. Find the eccentricity of the curve 9X2 – 4Y2 – 36X + 8Y = 4

A. 1.76 B. 1.80
C. 1.86 D. 1.92

100. Chemical Engineering Law of 2004

A. RA 165 B. RA 2067
C. RA 6136 D. RA 9297