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2007 

1. A rotameter, through which air at room temperature and atmospheric pressure is flowing,
  gives a certain reading for a flow rate of 100 cc/s. If helium (Molecular weight 4) is used
  and the rotameter shows the same reading, the flow rate is
  A. ! cc/s ". 4 cc/s #. !$ cc/s %. &' cc/s

. A suspension of uniform particles in water at a concentration of '00 g of solids per cuic

metre of slurr* is settling in a tan. %ensit* of the particles is '00 g/m & and terminal
velocit* of a single particle is 0 cm/s. +hat will e the settling velocit* of suspension
-ichardson  ai inde is 4.!.
A. 0 cm/s ". 14.& cm/s #. .1! cm/s %. &.'2 cm/s

&. Air enters an adiaatic compressor at &00 3. he eit temperature for a compression ration
of &, assuming air to e an ideal gas (5 #6 / #7 5/') and the process to e reversile, is.
A. &00(&/) ". &00(&&/') #. &00(&&/) %. &00(&'/)

4. %ilute sulphuric acid is handled in vessels made of8 (9A: 1$2$ $.i.a)
A. stainless steel. ". rass. #. lead. %. cast iron.

'. +hich of these terms appl* to identif*ing ;ualit* standards and how to satisf* them
A. ;ualit* pro<ection ". ;ualit* management #. ;ualit* planning %. ;ualit* overview.

!. +hich of the following definitions appl* to the cost of ;ualif*

a. left over product ". total cost of all pro<ect efforts
#. customer satisfaction %. redoing entire pro<ect.

 . If the replacement of a piece of e;uipment is eing considered, then the cost of etending its
services for another one *ear is affected * all of the under listed factors ecept

A. salvage value at the end of five more *ears.

". initial investment.

#. annual operating epenses.

%. minimum attractive rate of returns.

&
 x + 1
2. =im   x
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+ 20 x + 1
 

 >?
 

A. 0. ". @ #. 1 %. ?

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$. he annual gross revenue from the sales of a particular product is  00, 000.00. he
variale manufacturing costs are !0B of the annual gross revenue and the fied cost per 
*ear is 1!0, 000.00. he annual profit is
A.  40, 000.00. ".  10,000.00 #.  20,000.00 %.  '00,000.00

10. All engineering pro<ects must e preceded *

A. environmental impact assessment. ". energ* input assessment.
#. energ* usage assessment. %. environmental, energ* assessment consideration.

11. echnolog* can e defined as

A. science, engineering and development.
". application of oneCs nowledge for development.
#. science of production
%. information techni;ues and tools with which people utiliDe their environment to
satisf* their needs.
1. 6:- stands for 
A. 6rogramme :valuation and -eview echni;ues.
". 6rogramme :stimate and -eporting echni;ues.
#. 6rocess :valuation and -eporting echni;ues.
%. 6rocess :stimate and -eview echni;ues.

1&. +hich of the following are important for the proper interface of a %ME generator to
a telephone line

  (i) Impedance (ii) =oop current (iii) one impedance

A. (i) and (ii) onl* ". (ii) and (iii) onl*
#. (i) and (iii) onl* %. (i), (ii) and (iii)

14. In the method of s*mmetrical components, a three phase unalanced s*stem of

voltages can e represented * one of the following among others

A. alanced &  phase s*stem in the usual -  F  " se;uence.

".
#. alanced
a s*stem &ofthree
phasephasors
s*stem of
in e;ual
a reversed
phase-revolving
 "  F se;uence.
in the positive phase rotation.
%. a s*stem of three phasors, e;ual in magnitude onl* and revolving in the positive
 phase rotation.

1'. Gi messages with the proailities 1/4, 1/4, 1/2, 1/2 and l/2 of occurrence, can e
accommodated * a single communication channelH the entrop*, in "its per message,
of the s*stem is
A. 0.' ". 0.' #. .'0 %. '.0

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1!. It is a conse;uence of the Mawell  "oltDman distriution law that

A. the most proale particle velocit* increased with temperature

". there is a lower limit to the velocit* of a molecule at an* temperature.

#. on the average, the speed of molecules in a gas is proportional to temperature.

%. the mean free time of an electron in a metal is proportional to temperature.

  1. +hen an electron enters a uniform electric field at an acute angle, its tra<ector* is
A. rectilinear. ". elliptical. #. paraolic. %. circular.

12. :lectrical angle in a p  pole machine is related to mechanical angle *

10  P   P  10
A. θ  e
= θ m   ". θ e = θ m   #. θ m =   θ e   %. θ 
m
= θ e  
 P     P 

1$. Eive e* words in the stages of statistical investigation of numerical data are

A. interpretation, presentation, anal*sis, organisation and collection.

". collection, presentation, anal*sis, organisation and interpretation.

#. collection, organisation, presentation, anal*sis and interpretation.

%. presentation, anal*sis, collection, organisation and interpretation.

0. he following are the causes of pro<ect failure ecept8

A. availailit* of energ* suppl* and water.

". the act of indiscipline, dishonest*.

#. most usinesses are not capale of attracting financial institutions to support pro<ect

%. lac of attitude top ;ualit* assurance.

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 MAY, 2007 SOLUTIONS TO OBE!TI"E #UESTIONS$

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200&$

1. ne of the models used for the depreciation of engineering assets is the
A. accelerated cost recover* s*stem.
". sum of *ear  straight line depreciation model.
#. accelerated declining alance depreciation model.
%. sum of *ear digits doule declining alance depreciation model.

. If * 5 & , find d* / d.

A. ! ". $ #. 1 %. $ 

&. Gtandard generating sets cannot e used to power computers and other digital
electronics e;uipment ecause

A. unurnt fuel washes past the piston rings and mies with sump oil.

". of the relativel* long dela* etween main failures and starts up.
#. of the eistence of a short rea on change over.

%. the* fail to reach efficient running temperatures which causes ecessive piston
wear.

4. he =aplace transform of the unit step function f (t) is given *

A. 1 ". 1 / s #. 1 / s %. E(s)

'. he first igerian engineer ;ualified in

A.12$& ". 1$&0 #. 120 %. 1$&'

!. A non  technical disaster is a

A. radioactive accident.
". collapse of a nuclear power station.
#. c*clone.
%. collapse uilding.

. ne of the options elow is not an advantage of privatisation and deregulation of

government owned usinesses.
A. optimal allocation of resources.
". increase in suppl* of goods and services.
#. loss of <o
%. competition.

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2. +hat does the igerian government intend to achieve through the on going sale of
 pulic corporations
A. Allow open maret forces to drive the production of goods and services.
". :nale 6olitical part* memers participate in running government firms.
#. Allow foreign friends of the government officials participate in managing government
firms.
%. Allow foreigners manage these usinesses sine igerian managers have failed.

$. he operation that taes place at senderJs ends of a communication channel is called
A. modulation and demodulation.
". demodulation and Modulation.
#. signal processing to enale faithful transmission and reception.
%. protocol conversion to enale transmission
10. +hich one of the following descries a communication 6rotocol

A. he rules and regulations * which devices on the networ communicate.

". #orrect echange of information at oth ends of a communication channel.
#. he correct pattern for sending and receiving digital information over a channel.
%. he correct pattern for sending and receiving analogue information over a channel.

11. Appropriate technolog* can e defined as

A. the application of appropriate technolog* principles.

".
#. aa set
set of
of principles
techni;uesused for maes
which the implementation
optimum useof ofappropriate technolog*.
availale resources in a
given environment.
%. a set of managerial activities used for actuating appropriate technolog*.

1. An elevator of mass 4200 g is supported * a cale which can safel* withstand a
maimum tension of !0000 ewtons (). he maimum upward acceleration the
elevator can have is

A. '.0 ms    ". .' ms    #. .' ms    %. 10.0 ms   

1&. A matri of the form

1 0 0
  0 1 0
  0 0 1
is called
A. a s;uare matri. ". the identit* matri. #. a diagonal matri. %. a rectangular matri

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14. An airline compan* ought an aircraft e;uipment for '0, 000.00. he salvage value
after 2 *ears useful life is , 000.00. Ksing the sum of the *earCs digits depreciation
scheme, compute the oo value after  *ears.
A. ', 000.00
". &', 000.00
#. &0, 000.00
%. &, 000.00

1'. According to "ernoulliCs e;uation

A.  L 6/+ L 7/g 5 #
".  L 6/+L7/g 5 #
#.   6/ + L 7/g 5 #
%.   6 /+ L 7/g 5 #
1!. he amount of time * which the activit* completion can e dela*ed without interfering
with the start of succeeding activit* is nown as
A. earliest completion time.
". total float.
#. free float.
%. none of the aove.

1. :valuate (1  <) 10, where < 5  1

A. &
".  &<
#. 1!<
%.  4<.

12. %etermine the normal force acting on the sier at point A, where his velocit* is

0 m/s, weight 5 !0 g and the radius of curvature, p, is &0 m..

 A. 1&!2 ". 12' #. 1&2! %. 1!&!.

1$. %etermine the tension in the rope.

 A. 1201 ". &01 #. '01 %. 201 .

0. ne of these laws and theorems is not a fundamental one in :lectrical /:lectronics
:ngineering8

A. hmCs =aw ". heveninCs heorem #. ortonCs heorem %. ArchimedesJs.

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PART B: THE ENGINEER IN SOCIETY

As a professional igerian engineer woring in a midsiDed consulting engineering

compan*. Fou have a *oung famil* and have recentl* purchased a house in a
neighourhood that oth *ou and *our spouse have dreamed to own. Ad<acent to
*our neighourhood and ;uite close to *our home is a vacant lot which has een
designated for development. he developer is proposing a multistore* mied use
 uilding. he local residentCs association, of which *ou are the vicechair, is strongl*
opposed to the development since it ii epected that it will have a negative impact on
*our ;uiet neighourhood. Fou share the concern and head the drive to prevent the
development.

After a numer of meetings with the Eederal housing Authorit*, the developer and
the residentCs association, *ou learnt that *our firm has een engaged * the
developer to design a ma<or component of the uilding. Four oss has ased *ou to
manage this pro<ect. +hat are the ethical implications for *ou +hat should *ou do

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 AP%IL, 200& SOLUTIONS TO OBE!TI"E #UESTIONS$

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