TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA
PRE BOARD EXAM DAY 3
STUDENT NUMBER_______________________________________________________DATE________________
DIRECTIONS: PROVIDE THE SOLUTION TO SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER.
1. Cynthia’s class number is a two digit number. The sum of the digits is 12. If the digits are reversed, the resulting number
will be 15 more than twice her class number. What is her class number?
a. 39 b. 66 c. 48 d. 57

2 Find the orthogonal family to the family of circles, x 2 + y2 = C2

a. y = mx + b b. y = ln x
c. y = mx d. NOTG xdx-ydy=0

3. Simplify the following expression:

a. 2i/(2)1/2 b. 4i/(2)1/2
c. (2)1/2 /4i d. none of the given

4. A 200 lb man hangs from the middle of a tightly stretched rope so that the angle between the rope and the horizontal
direction is 5° . Calculate the tension of the rope?
a. 1104 lb b. 1147 lb
c. 1205 lb d. 1250 lb

5. The length of a steel wire is 30 ft with a load of 500 lb. If the maximum allowable stress is 20 ksi with a maximum
allowable elongation of 0.20 inch. Calculate the diameter of the wire, E = 29 x 106 psi
a. 0.50 in b. 0.36 in
c. 0.95 in d. 0.20 inch
6. Determine the maximum shearing stress and elongation in a helical steel spring composed of 20 turns of 20-mm-
diameter wire on a mean radius of 90 mm when the spring is supporting a load of 1.5 kN. G = 83 GPa.
a. 30 MPa b. 99.87 MPa
c. 78.65 MPa d. NOTG

7. Six draws are made from an ordinary deck of playing cards, the card drawn being replaced and the deck thoroughly
shuffled before the next draw is made. What is the probability of obtaining exactly 4 spades?
a. 135/4960 b. 153/4096
c 135/4690 d. 135/4096

8. Suppose that a corpse was discovered in a motel room at midnight and its temperature was 80F. The temperature of the
room is kept constant at 60F. Two hours later the temperature of the corpse dropped to75F. Find the time of death. Note:
The temperature of a live person is 98.6F.
a. 8:30 PM b. 7:30 PM
c. 9:00 PM d. NOTG

9. The plate is acted on by 4 parallel forces. Three of which are shown. The fourth force P and its line of action are
unknown. The resultant of this force system is the couple –vector C R = -1100i + 1500j KN-m. Determine P and its line of
action (x,y)
a. (3m, 4m) b. (4m, 3m)
c. (3m, 3m) d. (4m, 2m)
400 KN

200 KN 300 KN

3m

4m

Figure 9

10. Determine the resultant of the line load acting on the beam shown in the figure.
a. P = 105 KN b. P=75 KN
c. P=90 KN d. P=45 KN

15 KN/m

10 KN/m

4m 6m

Figure 10
11. Tom’s retirement account in a company currently totals Php416,384. What perpetual income can Tom and his heirs
receive per year if he retires now and the money is invested in an annuity earning 6% interest?
(A) Php20,980 (B) Php22,980
(C) Php24,980 (D) Php26,980

12. The equation of a circle on the y-axis and passes through the origin and the point (4,2) is
a. x2 + y2 - 10y = 0 c. x2 + y2 - 10x = 0
b. x2 + y2 - 10x + 10y = 0 d. x2 + y2 + 10y = 0

13. Find the largest area of a rectangle with vertices at the origin of a cartesian coordinates system, on the x – axis, on the
y – axis, and on the parabola y = 4 – x 2.
a. 16/3 b. 16/3½
-½
c. 4(3) d. NOTG

14. Find the centroid of a hemisphere of radius R revolving about the x-axis.
a. 5/8 from center b. 2/5 from center
c. 3/5 from center d. 3/8 from center

15. Any line through two points on a curve is called.

a. tangent line b. secant line
c. slope d. normal line

16. The solution for dy/dx = xe –x when y(0) = 0

a. y = - e–x (x+1) b. y = - e–x (x+1) + 2 c. y = - e–2x (x+1) + 1 d. NOTG

17. Given the force vectors; A = 8i + 4j -2k and the position vectors B = 2j + 6k m and C =3i – 2j + 4k m, the dot product of A
and B is
a. – 4N.m b. – 3.71 N.m c. – 4.5 N.m d. 7.3 N.m

18. You are saving up for a big investment in six years. You estimate it will take Php14,500 to secure this investment. How
much do you need to put into a savings account at the end of each year if the savings account earns 4%?
(A) Php2,185 (B) Php2,375
(C) Php2,415 (D) Php2,485
19. A man wants to fence a rectangular area as inexpensively as possible. If the fencing material cost Php 38 per meter and
Php 1,520 is available for the project, how much area can be enclosed?
a. 100 m2 b. 105 m2 c. 110 m2 d. NOTG

20. Find the smallest angle between the lines 2x + y = 0 and x + 3y + 4 = 0

a. 40° b. 60° c. 45° d. 30°

21. In preparing a tea, 600 g of water at 90 °C is poured into 200 g china pot whose specific heat capacity is 840J/kg
°C and temperature of 20°C . What is the final temperature of water?
a. 81.6° C b. 83.6 ° C c. 85.6° C d. 87.6° C

22. In a certain culture the rate of growth of bacteria is proportional to the amount present. Initially, 1000 bacteria are
present and the amount doubles in 12 minutes. Determine the time it takes for the bacteria to multiply to 10,000.
a. 20 min b. 40 min c. 60 min d. NOTG

23. Find the equation of the hyperbola with vertices at ( ±2,0) and asymptotes y = ±3x
a. 4x2 – 36y2 = 144 b. 36x2 – 4y2 = 144 c. 9x2 – 4y2 = 36 d. 4x2 – 9y2 = 36
24. Certain manufactured articles are sold in boxes of 25 each. They are inspected by taking a random sample of 5 from
each box and passing the box as satisfactory if no defective articles are found in the sample. Find the probability that a box
will be passed if it contains 1 defective.
a. 0.8 b. 0.76 c. 0.65 d. NOTG

25. Assume that a 20-mm-diameter rivet joins the plates that are each 110 mm wide. The allowable stresses are 120 MPa
for bearing in the plate material and 60 MPa for shearing of rivet. Determine (a) the minimum thickness of each plate; and
(b) the largest average tensile stress in the plates.
a. 8.9 mm, 30 MPa b. 7.9 mm, 26.7 Mpa
c. 4.2 mm, 28.5 MPa d. NOTG

Figure 26

26. At each point (x,y) on a certain curve, the tangent line has slope 4x 3 + 2. Find the equation of the curve if it contains the
point (1,7)
a. x4 + 2x + 3 b. x4 + 2x + 4 c. x4 + 2x + 6 d. NOTG

27. In an arithmetic sequence, t23 = 519 and t71 = 1503, what is t114?
a. 3824.5 b. 2458.3 c. 2384.5 d. none of the given

28. Find an approximation for the sum of all the terms of {16, -8, 4, -2, 1, -1/2, ¼, …}
a. 11 1/3 b. 10 2/3 c. 9 ¼ d. none of the given

29. A circle whose equation is X2 + Y2 + 4X+ 6Y- 23 = 0 has a radius of

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
30. A man 5.5 ft tall walks away from a lamppost 10 feet high at a rate of 8 feet per second. How fast does his shadow
lengthen?
a. 88/9 fps b. 160/9 fps c. 9/88 fps d. 9/160 fps

31. A project requires 8 yearly investments. The initial investment at end of year one isPhp20,000 with a 5% negative
gradient for the other 7 investments. Interest is 6%. The present cost of the total investment required is most nearly
(A) Php98,465 (B) Php104,355
(C) Php110,515 (D) Php132,000

32. The graph of a polar equation in the shape of a heart is known as

a. limacon with a dimple b. limacon c. cardiod d. limacon with inner loop

33. A tank can be filled by pipe A in 3 hours and by pipe B in 5 hours. When the tank is full, it can be drained by
pipe C in 4 hours. if the tank is initially empty and all three pipes are open, how many hours will it take to fill
up the tank?
a. 4.55 hours b. 2.84 hours c. 3.53 hours d. none of the given

34. A rubber ball is dropped on a floor from a height of 5 m. If the coefficient of restitutions is 0.7, find the height of the which
ball rebounds?
a. 2.45 m b. 2.75 m c. 3.25 m d. 3.5 m

35. A revolving beacon is located 1000 ft. from a straight sea wall and rotates at the constant rate of 2 rpm. How fast does
the beam of light cast by the beacon sweep along the sea wall at the nearest point to the beacon?
a. 262 fps b. 210 fps c. 186 fps d. NOTG

36. Compute the derivative of the given function at the indicated point. Y = (x 3 – x + 1)/(x3 + 1) at x = 2
a. 4/28 b. 5/27 c. 2/19 d. NOTG

37. A ball is thrown from a tower 30 m high above the ground with a velocity of 300 m/s directed at 20° from the horizontal.
How long will the ball hit the ground?
a. 21.2 s b. 22.2 s c. 23.2 s d.24.2s

38. Using a powerful air gun, a steel ball is shot vertically upward with a velocity of 80 meters per second, followed by
another shot after 5 sec. Find the initial velocity of the second ball in order to meet the first ball 150 meters from the ground.
a.65.3 m/s b. 45.1 m/s c. 56.2 m/s d. 61.3 m/s

39. Two charges, one of + 0.5 μC and the other of 0.2 μC , attract each other with a force of 100 N. How far apart are
they?
a. 3 mm b. 4 mm c. 30 mm d. 40 mm

40. A particular moon rock is analyzed and it is found to contain equal amounts of Potassium-19 and Argon-18, which are
denoted as , respectively. is a radioactive isotope that can decay to . Note that for potassium
decay and that the yield of is about 11% (i.e. about 1 out of every 9 atoms decays to ). Assuming that the initial
amount of argon was zero and that all of the argon is the result of potassium decay, estimate the age of the moon rock.
a. 2 billion years b. 4.3 billion years c. 5.3 billion years d. NOTG

41. In how many ways can 3 red balls, 4 black balls, and 2green balls be arranged adjacent to each other in a shelf if one
does not distinguish between balls of the same color?
a. 1260 b. 1344
c. 1458 d. NOTG

42. Towns A and B are on a north-south line and 34.6 miles apart. An observer on the east of that line finds that the
direction of A and B are N37o 20’ W and S 52o 40’ W. How far is the farther town from the observer?
a. 12.0 miles b. 21.0 miles c. 27.5 mile d. 25.7 miles

43. Find the particular solution of y''' = 0 given that: y(0) = 3, y'(1) = 4, y''(2) = 6
a. y = 2x2 − 3x + 3 b. y = 3x2 − 2x + 3 c. y = 2x2 − 2x + 2 d. NOTG

44. In how many ways can one make a selection of 4 black balls, 5 red balls, and 2 white balls from a box containing 8 black
balls, 7 red balls and 5 white balls?
a) 14700 b) 17400 c) 47100 d) 10740

45. A nominal rate of 9.5% has an equivalent effective rate of 9.84%. What is the compounding period?
a) monthly b) bi-monthly
c) quarterly d) semi- annually

46. The total surface of two cubes is 150 sq. m, The total length of their edges is 84 cm. Find the edge of the larger cube.
a. 3.54 b. 3 c. 4 d. NOTG

47. What is the probability that 5 cards dealt from a well shuffled deck , 3 will be hearts and 2 spades?
a. 0.00633 b. 0.00858 c. 0.011 d. 0.0153

48.. A total of 0.8 kg of water at 20 °C is placed in 1 kW electric kettle. How long a time is needed to raise the temperature
of water to 100 °C .
a. 3.5 min b. 4.5 min c. 5.5 min d. 6.5 min

49.. A steel shaft 3 ft long that has a diameter of 4 in is subjected to a torque of 15 kip·ft. Determine the maximum shearing
stress. Use G = 12 × 106 psi.
a. 15.3 ksi b. 18.3 ksi c. 14.3 ksi d. NOTA
50. A flanged bolt coupling consists of 8 10 – mm diameter steel bolts on a bolt circle 400 mmm in diameter, and 6 10 mm
diameter steel bolts on a concentric bolt circle 300 mm in diameter. What torque can be applied without exceeding a
shearing stress of 60 Mpa in the bolts.
a. T = 10.7 kN.m b. 15.7 kN.m c. 20.5 kN.m d. NOTA

Figure 55

51. The 36 m cable shown in Figure weigh 1.5 KN/m. determine the sag H and the maximum tension in the cable.
a. T = 44.3 KN, H = 8.67 m b. T = 34.3 KN, H = 8.77 m
c. T = 74.3 KN, H = 5.77 m d. T = 94.3 KN, H = 6.77 m

52. Miles is camping in Glacier National Park. In the midst of a glacier canyon, he makes a loud holler. He hears an echo
1.22 seconds later. The air temperature is 20 degrees C. How far away are the canyon walls?
a. 310 m b. 209 m c. 107 m d. 236 m

53. You purchase 1,000 shares of stock at Php15.00 per share. The stock pays quarterly dividends of Php125 for two years
at which time you sell the stock at the trading price of Php16.50 per share. The yearly return on your investment is most
nearly:
(A) 2% (B) 4% (C) 6% (D) 8%

54. What is the distance between the center of the circles X 2 + Y2 + 2X + 4Y – 3 = 0 and X2 + Y2- 8X – 6Y + 7 = 0
a. 7.07 b. 7.77 c. 8.07 d. 8.77

55.. Calculate the distance when the moment is zero.

a. 3.25 m b. 2.55 m c. 2.154 m d. 1.75 m
56. A company produces transmission gears used by several farm tractor manufacturers. The base cost of operation is
Php596,700 per year. The cost of manufacturing is Php18.40 per gear. If the company sells the gears at an average price of
Php37.90 each, how many gears must be sold each year to break even?
(A) 15,740 (B) 18,400 (C) 30,600 (D) 32,430

57. In a triangle ABC, angle B = 45o and angle A= 60o. What is the ratio of the sides AB to AC?
a. 1.37 b. 1.22 c. 1.48 d. 0.73

58. An elevator system for a 20-yr old high-rise office building cost Php400,000 when first installed. The system was
designed to last 30 years, with salvage at 10% of initial cost. Depreciation is straight line. The allowable depreciation charge
per year is:
(A) Php12,000 (B) Php13,333 (C) Php18,000 (D) Php20,000

59. From the mountain 1780 feet high, the angle of depression of a point on the nearer shore of a river is 4840’ and of a
point directly across on the opposite side is 2220”. What is the width of the river between the two points?
a) 2767 feet b) 4332.9 feet c) 1565 feet d) 3381 feet

60. The daily cost to a small firm of producing x units of a product is C(x) = 2002 + 120 x – 5x2 + 1/3 x3 dollars. The market
price of 1 unit is $264. What should be the daily output x in order to maximize the daily profit.
a. 10 units b. 18 units c. 36 units d. NOTG

61. What part of 90% alcohol must be removed and replaced by an equal amount of pure alcohol to make 95% alcohol
solution?
a. 5% or less b. between 5% and 10% c. 5% d. 50%

62.The set of all possible outcomes in an experiment.

a. sample space b. event c. sample point d. population

63. Future value less the present value

a. discount b. rate discount c. discount rate d. profit

64. It is the worth of the property as recorded in the books of account of the company.
a. book value b. fair value c. market value d. goodwill value.
65. Find the asymptotes of the hyperbola 4x 2 – 9y2 = 36.
a. y = ±3 b. y = ±2/3 c. y = ±(13)1/2 d. y = ±1/3

66. What is the modulus of elasticity if the stress is 44,000 psi and a unit strain of 0.00105?
a. 41.905 x 10+8 c. 41.202 x 10+6 b. 42.300 x 10 +6 d. 43.101 x 10+6

67. If the ultimate shear strength of a steel plate is 42,000 psi, what force is necessary to punch a 0.75-inch hole in a 0.625
inch thick plate?
a. 63,000 c. 61,850 b. 68,080 d. 66,800

68. It is the stress caused by forces acting along or parallel to the area resisting the forces.
a. shearing stress c. punching stress b. bearing stress d. tensile stress

69. It refers to the highest ordinate in the stress-strain diagram.

a. working stress c. ultimate stress b. allowable stress d. non eof the above

70. A flywheel is 15 cm in diameter accelerates uniformly from rest to 500 rpm in 20 s. What is its angular acceleration?
a.2.62 rad/s c. 3.95 rad/s b. 3.45 rad/s d. 4.42 rad/s

71.simplify secθ-(secθ)sin2θ
a. cos2θ b. cosθ c.sin2θ d. sinθ
72. What is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA?
a. 36 b. 60 c. 52 d. 42

73. Environmental Impact Assessment Law

A. PD 602 C. PD 1586
B. PD 1160 D. NOTG
74. Ecological Solid Waste Management
A. RA 6969 C. RA 9003
B. RA 9275 D. NOTG

75. When using net present worth calculations to compare two projects, which of the following could invalidate the
calculation?
a) difference in the magnitudes of the projects
b) evaluating over the different time periods
c) mutually exclusive projects
d) nonconventional cash flows
76. What must two investments with the same present worth and unequal lives have?
a) identical salvage values
b) different salvage values
c) identical equivalent uniform annual cash flows
d) different equivalent uniform annual cash flows
77. Which of the following is true regarding the minimum attractive rate of return used in judging proposed investments?
a) it is the same for every organization.
b) it is frequently a policy decision made by an organization’s management.
c) it is not relevant in engineering economy studies.
d) both A and B
78. For an equipment purchased three years ago for $15,000 if it is depreciated using the sum of years digit method. The
expected life is five years. The depreciation charge for year 2 is
a) $4,000 b) $5,000
c) $6,000 d) $7,000
79. The total depreciation in year 3 is
a) $12,000 b) $13,000
c) $14,000 d) $15,000
80. The book value is
a) $3000 b) $4,000
c) $5,000 d) $6,000

81. On the television show “Kayang – kaya kaya?” each contestant was given P100.00 at the start. For each question
answered correctly, he was given a bonus of P75.00 and for each one he missed, he was penalized by 15.00. If a
contestant was asked a total of 20 questions and ended the game with P1330.00, how many questions were answered
correctly?
a. 13 b. 15 c. 17 d. 19

82. Find the particular solution of y''' = 0 given that: y(0) = 3, y'(1) = 4, y''(2) = 6
a. y = 2x2 − 3x + 3 b. y = 3x2 − 2x + 3 c. y = 2x2 − 2x + 2 d. NOTG
83. In an arithmetic sequence, t23 = 519 and t71 = 1503, what is t114?
a. 3824.5 b. 2458.3
c. 2384.5 d. none of the given

84. The lines y = ±(5/12)x are asymptotes of a hyperbola whose foci are 26 units apart. Which CANNOT be a vertex of the
hyperbola?
a. (-12, 0) b. (0, 5) c. (0, -12) d. (12, 0)

85. If an ellipse and a parabola share a focus and corresponding vertex, which of these is true?
a. The parabola has a shorter latus rectum
b. The length LR of the conics are equal.
c. The ellipse has a shorter latus rectum
d. The length of LR cannot be compared..