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1. A man deposited P5,000 on the date his son 7. What is the capitalized cost of the machine with an
celebrated his 1st birthday. If money is worth 10% initial cost of P250,000 maintenance cost of P10,000
compounded semi-annually, what is the maximum and an infinite life? The effective interest rate is
st
amount the son can withdraw on his 21 birthday? 10%.

a. P35,500 c. P35,800 a. P350,000 c. P352,000

b. P35,200 d. P36,750 b. P250,000 d. P100,000

2. A man buys an electric fan from a merchant that 8. The president of the growing engineering firm wishes
charges P1,500 at the end of 90 days. The man to give each of 50 employees a holiday bonus. How
wishes to pay cash. What is the cash price if money much is needed to invest monthly for a year at 12%
is worth 10% simple interest? nominal interest rate, compounded monthly, so that
each employee will receive P1000 bonus?
a. P1,513 c. P1,463
b. P1,614 d. P1,452 a. P3,200 c. P3,940
b. P3,720 d. P3,890
3. Based on its purchase price, a machine is expected to
depreciate at uniform rate of 18% annually until it has 9. P7500 is deposited in a savings account at 6.5% rate
zero salvage value. What is the useful life of the of interest compounded quarterly for 25 years.
machine using the SLD method. Determine the accumulated sum.

a. 8 c. 7 a. P37,594 c. P36,801
b. 6 d. 4 b. P98,594 d. P63,594

4. A heavy duty copying machine was procured for 10. A machine costs P20,000 today and has an estimated
P100,000 with an estimated salvage value of P10,000 scrap value of P2000 after 8 years. Inflation is 8%
after 10 years. What is the book value after five per year. The effective annual interest rate earned
years? Use straight-line depreciation. on money invested is 8%. How much money needs to
be set aside each year to replace the machine with an
a. P45,000 c. P35,000 identical model 8 years from now?
b. P55,000 d. P65,000
a. P2,990 c. P3,290
5. If P25,000 is invested now, P35,000 two years from b. P3,920 d. P3,610
now, and P45,000 four years from now, what will be
the total amount in 10 years? Interest rate is 4%. 11. In how many years will the amount of P10,000 triple
if invested at an interest rate of 10% compounded per
a. P141,150 c. P141,845 year?
b. P142,245 d. P140,845
a. 6 c. 8
6. A shoes factory has a production capacity of 9000 b. 12 d. 15
units per month. The fixed and variable costs are as
follows: 12. A loan for P50,000 is to be paid in 3 years at the
amount of P65,000. What is the effective rate of
Fixed monthly operating cost = P800,000 money?

Material and labor cost = P200/unit a. 9.14% c. 12.44%

Selling price per unit = P500

b. 10.35% d. 15.12%

What is the profit per month if the factory has an

efficiency of 80%?

a. P1,450,000 c. P1,360,000
b. P1,280,000 d. P1,540,000
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a. P3900 b. P3920

c. P3960 d. P3990

13. Determine the break-even point in terms of number

of units produced per month using the following data:
19. A unit of welding machine cost P45,000 with an
Selling price per unit ……………………………. 600 estimated life of 5 years. Its salvage value is
P2,500. Find its depreciation rate by the straight
Total monthly overhead expenses ……… 428,000 line method.

Labor cost per unit…………………………………… 115 a. 17.75% c. 19.88%

Cost of materials per unit ……………………… 76 b. 18.89% d. 15.56%

Other variable cost per unit …………..….. 2.32 20. A small machine has an initial cost of P20,000, a
salvage value of P2,000 and a life of 10 years. If
a. 1036 c. 1052
b. C. 1044 d. 1025 your cost of operation per year is P3,500 and your
revenues per year is P9,000, what is the
14. To maintain its newly acquired equipment, the approximate the rate of return (ROR) on the
company needs P40,000 per year for the first five years and investment?
P60,000 per year for the next five years. In addition, an
amount of P140,000 would also be needed at the end of the a. 25% c. 22.5%

fifth year and eighth year. At 6%, what is the present worth
b. 23.9% d. 24.8%
of these costs?
21. A steel pipe with an inside diameter of 10 in. will be
a. P689,214 c. P512,453 used to transmit steam under a pressure of 800 psi.
b. P549,812 d. P586,425 If the hoop stress in the pipe must be limited to 10
ksi, determine the minimum thickness of the pipe.
15. How long will it take the money to triple itself if a. 0.2 in c. 0.4 in
invested at 10% compounded semi-annually?
b. 0.6 in d. 0.8 in
a. 10 yrs c. 10.7 yrs
22. A steel pipe column has an outside diameter of 150
b. 11 yrs d. 11.3 yrs mm and a wall thickness of 15 mm. The load imposed
on the column by the timber beam is 150 kN.
16. What is the effective rate corresponding to 16% Determine the average bearing stress between the
compounded daily? Take 1 year = 360 days. column and the steel bearing plate.
a. 23.6 MPa c. 24.7 MPa
a. 17.35% c. 17.63%
b. 27.3 MPa d. 29.5 MPa
b. 18.14% d. 18.37%
23. A copper rolled wire 10 m long and 1.5 m in diameter
17. Mandarin Bank advertises 9.5% account that yields when supporting a weight of 350 kN elongates 18.6
9.84% annually. Find how often the interest is mm. Compute the value of Young’s Modulus of
compounded. Elasticity of the wire.
a. 98.5 MPa c. 102.6MPa
a. daily b. monthly b. 104.2 MPa d. 106.5 MPa

b. bi-monthly d. quarterly 24. What is the angle of twist per meter of length of a
solid circular shaft with a diameter of 100 mm if the
18. In five years, P18,000 will be needed to pay for a maximum shearing stress applied is 50 MPa? Use
building renovation. In order to generate this sum, a G=80 GPa.
sinking fund of three annual payments is established a. 0.350 c. 0.450

now. For tax purposes, no further payments will be b. 0.650 d. 0.720

made after three years. What payment is necessary

25. A steel rod having a cross sectional area of 0.002 m 2
if money is worth 15% per annum?
and length 1.5 m is attached to supports. Find the
force exerted by the rod on the supports if the
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temperature falls 600C and the supports are

unyielding. Use E= 200 x 109 N/m2 and α = 11.5 x 10-
6
per oC.

a. 225 kN c. 238 kN
b. 276 kN d. 298 kN

26. Find the moment of inertia of a triangle with base 6

33. A 5 Kg mass supported by a string of length L = 2m
in and height 10 in with respect to an axis parallel to
is moving around a vertical axis in a horizontal path.
and 4 in below the base of the triangle.
a. 1780 in4 c. 1870 in4 Determine the required rpm if angle  = 450.

b. 870 in4 d. 780 in4 a. 25.2 c. 36.4

b. 45 d. 50
27. Locate the centroid on a Norman window that consists
of a semicircle of diameter 1.75 m atop a rectangle 34. Three forces 20N, 30N, and 40N are in equilibrium.
with height 2.80 m. Find the angle between the 30-N and 40-N forces.
a. 1.65 m above the base c. 1.75 m above the base
a. 30015’25” c. 400
b. 1.85 m above the base d. 1.95 m above the base
b. 28.960 d. 25.970
28. A vector P = 2 i – 5 j + 1.5 k (lb) . What is the angle
y between P and the positive Y- axis? 35. A 10-kg weight is suspended by a rope from a ceiling.
a. 1530 c. 1680 If a horizontal force of 5.80 kg is applied to the weight,
b. 1880 d. 1980 the rope will make an angle with the vertical equal to

29. A particle moves horizontally with an initial velocity a. 60.80 c. 450

of 60 ft/sec. For the first five seconds it has no
acceleration, and after 5 seconds it is acted on by a b. 30.10 d. 75.50
retarding force which gives it a constant acceleration
a = -15 ft/sec2. Calculate the velocity at 7 secs. 36. A 500-kg block of wood is resting on a 30 0 inclined
a. 20 fps c. 30 fps plane with a 𝜇 = 0.3. Find the required force P acting
horizontally that will prevent the block from sliding.
b. 40 fps d. 50 fps
a. 1020 N c. 4236 N
30. The acceleration of a particle is governed by the
function a = 4s (fps2). When t = 0, v = 3 fps. What b. 1160 N d. 5205 N
is the velocity when the particle has moved 2 ft from
its initial position? 37. The velocity of an automobile starting from rest is
a. 2 fps c. 3 fps
given by
b. 4 fps d. 5 fps
𝑑𝑠 90𝑡
= (𝑓𝑡/𝑠𝑒𝑐)
31. The position of an object during the interval of time 𝑑𝑡 𝑡 + 10
from t = 0 to t = 6 is defined by x = -1/2 t3 + 6t2 +4t (m).
Determine its acceleration after an interval of 10 sec (in ft/s 2)
What is the maximum velocity?

a. 2.10 c. 2.25
a. 16 fps c. 20 fps
b. 1.71 d. 2.75
b. 28 fps d. 30 fps
38. A coin is tossed vertically upward from the ground at
32. A simply supported beam is 5m in length. It carries a
a velocity of 12m/s. How long will the coin touch the ground?
uniformly distributed load including its own weight of
300N/m and a concentrated load of 100N , 2m from the a. 4.45 s c. 2.45 s
left end. Find the reactions if reaction A is at the left
end and reaction B at the right end. b. 3.45 s d. 1.45 s

a. RA = 810 N & RB = 700 N 39. A bullet is fired at an initial velocity of 350 m/s and an
b. RA = 810 N & RB = 790 N angle of 500 with the horizontal. Neglecting the air resistance,
what maximum height could the bullet rise?
c. RA = 700 N & RB = 800 N
d. RA = 700 N & RB = 810 N a. 3,646 m c. 3,466 m
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b. 4,366 m d. 3,664 m 46.At her highest point, a girl on the swing is 7 feet above
the ground, and at her lowest point, she is 3 feet above the
ground. What is her maximum velocity?

a. 10 fps c. 14 fps

b. 12 fps d. 16 fps

40. What is the range of a projectile if the initial velocity

is 30 m/s at ang angle of 300 with the horizontal?

a. 100 m c. 79.45 m
47. What is the kinetic energy of a 4000 lb automobile,
b. 92 m d. 110 m
which is moving at 44 ft/s?

41. Using a constant angular acceleration, a water turbine a. 2.10 x 105 ft-lb c. 1.12 x 105 ft-lb
is brought to its normal operating speed of 180 rev/min in 6
minutes. How many complete revolutions did the turbine make b. 1.20 x 105 ft-lb d. 1.80 x 105 ft-lb
in coming to normal speed?
48. An automobile has a power input of 1 hp. When it pulls
a. 550 c. 560 a cart with a force of 300N, what is the cart’s velocity?

b. 530 d. 540 a. 249 m/s c. 2.49 m/s

42. The radius of the Earth is 3,960 miles. The b. 24.9 m/s d. 0.249 m/s
2
gravitational acceleration at the Earth’s surface is 32.16 ft/s .
What is the escape velocity from the Earth in miles/sec? 49. A simple beam 10m long carries a concentrated load of
500 kN at the midspan. What is the maximum moment of the
a. 6.95 c. 9.36 beam?

b. 8.62 d. 7.83 a. 1250 kN-m c. 1520 kN-m

43. An elevator weighing 2,000 lb attains an upward b. 1050 kN-m d. 1510 kN-m
velocity of 16 fps in 4 sec with uniform acceleration. What is
the tension in the supporting cable? 50. What is the inertia of a bowling ball (mass 0.5 kg) of
radius 15 cm rotating at an angular speed of 10 rpm for 6
a. 1,950 lb c. 2,495 lb seconds.

b. 2,150 lb d. 2,250 lb a. 0.0045 kg-m2 c. 0.005 kg-m2

44. A vertical bar of length L with a mass of 40 kg is b. 0.001 kg-m2 d. 0.002 kg-m2
rotated vertically about its one end at 40 rpm. Find the length
of the bar if it makes an angle of 45 0 with the vertical.

a. 1.58 m c. 3.26 m

b. 2.38 m d. 1.86 m

45. The average horsepower required to raise a 150-kg box

to a height of 20m over a period of one minute is:

a. 450 hp c. 2960 hp

b. 0.657 hp d. 785 hp
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