1. What can you say about the following 6.

Which of the following is not a unit of

statement regarding centrifugal pumps? work?
“The discharge of the centrifugal pumps A. N-m
can be throlled without the building up of B. Erg
an excessive pressure or overloading its C. Dyne
driving unit.” D. Kg-sq. m/sq. sec
I.True
II.False
A. Either I or II
B. Both I and II 7. A young electrical engineer borrowed
C. II money P at 12% interest and paid P2000
D. I per annum for the last 4 years. What
does he have to pay at the end of the fifth
year in order to pay off his loan?
2. Based on Section 18 of the R.A. 7920, A. P6,222.39
the minimum requirement for the B. P6,999.39
qualifications of applicants for C. P6,292.93
Registered Master Electricians D. P6,922.93
Examination is at least __ years of age.
A. Eighteen
B. Nineteen years of age 8. What is the UPS stand for?
C. Twenty-one years of age A. Uninterrupting Power Supply
D. Twent years of age B. Uninterruptible Power Supply
C. United Power Supply
D. Uninterruptible Portable Supply
3. What are the basic lens formulas?
A. 1/Di = 1/F + Do; So/Si = Do/Di
B. 1/Di + 1/Do = 1/F ; So/Si = Di/Do 9. An interest rate of 10% compounded
C. 1/Di = 1/F + Do ; Si/So = Do/Di semi-anually is equivalent to how many
D. 1/Di + 1/Do = 1/F ; So/Si= Do/Di percent compounded quarterly?
A. 10.852%
B. 9.878%
4. A description of the arrangements of C. 8.901%
atoms or ions in a material is called ____. D. 7.922%
A. Mixture
B. Composition
C. Component 10. The Central Processing Unit of a
D. Structure computer is a combination of ______.
A. Arithmetic logic and input unit
B. Control and storage
5. Which of the following is qualified as the C. Arithmetic logic and control unit
Chairman of the Continuing Professional D. Control and input unit
Development Council for Electrical
Engineering?
A. Representative from Association of 11. Convert the binary number 10101 to
Professional Organization decimal number.
B. PRBEE board member A. 25
C. Representative from Academy B. 18
D. PRC commissioner C. 10
D. 29
12. Which of the following statement/s about 17. A student deposits P2,500 in a savings
sounds is/are true? account that pays interest at the rate of
I. All sounds are produced by the 6% per year. How much money will the
vibration of bodies student have after one year?
II. Sound cannot trave through a vacuum A. P2,650 C. P2,800
III. Sound can be transmitted through B. P2,450 D. P2,900
some material

A. I and II C. I and III 18. A volume of 450 cu. cm of air is

B. I, II and III D. II and III measured at a pressure of 740 mm Hg
absolute and a temperature of 20°C.
What is the volume in cu. cm at 760
mmHg absolute and 0°C?
A. 408.25 C. 375.85
13. A piston cylinder contains air at 600 kPa,
B. 516.12 D. 620.76
290 K and a volume of 0.01 m^3. A
constant pressure process gives 54 kJ of
work out. Find the final temperature of
19. The position of a vertical piston-cylinder
the air, in K.
device containing a gas has a mass of 60
A. 26,390 C. 2,900
kg and a cross-sectional area of 0.04 sq.
B. 2,639 D. 3,225
m. The local atmospheric pressure is
0.97 bar, and the gravitational
acceleration is 9.81 m/sec^2. Determine
14. What is the MAXIMUM distance from
the pressure in bar inside the cylinder.
the flooring to the receptacle outlet in
A. 1.23 C. 1.12
dwelling unit in mm?
B. 1.01 D. 0.94
A. 2500 C. 1500
B. 1800 D. 2800
20. What refers to a slender member which
prevents parts of structure moving to
15. The focal length on a camera with a
each other under compressive force?
zoom lens can vary from 35 mm to 120
A. Tie C. Arch
mm. You photograph a very distant
B. Column D. Strut
object 2m tall, first using the 35 mm focal
length and then using the 120 mm focal
length. What is the approximate ratio of
21. The leaning tower of Pisa is 54.5 tall.
the sizes of the two images?
Supposedly Galileo investigated the
A. 3.2 C. 4.8
behavior of falling objects by dropping
B. 3.4 D. 4.6
them from the top of this tower to fall 54.5
m if air effects are negligible?
A. 3.48 C. 34.8
16. A new engine design incorporates a
B. 33.3 D. 3.33
piston that contains 0.60 kg of steel
(specific heat = 470 J/kg°K) and 1.20 kg
of aluminum (specific heat = 910 J/kg°K).
22. What does R.A. 9136 stand for?
How much heat is required to raise the
A. Electric Power Industry Reform Act of
piston from an initial temperature of 20
2001
degree C to its operating temperatures of
B. Electrification Power Reform Act of
160 degree C?
2001
A. 192.36 kJ C. 198.84 kJ
C. Energy Power Reform Act of 2001
B. 205.520 kJ D. 185.78 kJ
D. Energization Power Reform Act of
2001
23. Three Capacitors C1= 2 microfarad, C2= 28. What will P1,000 be worth after three
3 microfarad and C3= 5microfarad are years if it earns interest at the rate of 5%
connected as C1 in series to C2 and C1 compounded annually?
and C2 are in parallel to C3. What is the A. P1,190.38 C. P1,175.00
equivalent capacitance of this B. P1,157.63 D. P1,150.00
arrangement in microfarad?
A. 2.5 C. 5.2
B. 2.6 D. 6.2 29. In Rigid Metal Conduit (RMC) wiring,
conduits shall be supported at least
every ____ mm.
24. Materials in this group are composed of A. 1500 C. 3000
one or more metallic elements such as B. 2000 D. 1000
iron, aluminum, copper, titanium, gold,
and nickel. What is this group called?
A. Metals C. solids 30. Section 23 of Article III of R.A. 7920-
B. Metalloid D. Crystals Issuance of Certification of Registration.
The professional is required to renew
license every ___ year/s upon payment
25. Consider a project that involves the of registration of fee.
investment of P100,000 now and A. Three C. Six
P100,000 at the end of the year 1. B. Two D. Five
Revenue of P150,000 will be generated
at the end years of 1 and 2. What is the
MOST nearly the net present value of 31. When installing the heatsink back into a
this project if the effective annual interest computer after replacing a failed
rate is 10%? processor which of the following must be
A. P58,400 C. P69,500 done during installation?
B. P80,400 D. P77,500 A. Thermal compound must be installed
between the processor and the
heatsink.
26. Where receptacles are connected to a B. Thermal compound must be installed
30-A branch circuit, the maximum between the processor and the
allowable cord and plug connected load system board.
shall NOT be more than ___ A. C. An isopropyl alcohol pad must be
A. 24 C. 30 placed between the processor and
B. 26 D. 34 the heatsink
D. An isopropyl alcohol pad must be
placed between the processor and
27. A technician has installed a new video the system board.
card and the computer will now only boot
into VGA mode. Which of the following
may be the cause of the problem? 32. If you lie on the bottom of a swimming
A. There is an operating system pool and look up, you can see the entire
incompatibility outside world by looking up from the
B. The external monitor is not vertex of a cone of half angle Ө. For
compatible water, n=1.33 index of refraction. What is
C. The new card is not DVI compatible the angle Ө?
D. The incorrect drivers are installed A. 42.7° C. 41.2°
B. 48.8° D. 47.3°
33. The unit of joule can be converted to 39. What are the van der Waals forces?
which of the following? A. Primary bonds between atoms
A. Pa*m^2 C. Pa*m^3 B. Forces not present in liquids
B. N-kg D. Pa/m^2 C. Forces between electrons and
protons
D. Weak secondary bonds between
34. Which of the following computer program them
is not considered open-source software?
A. Firefox
B. Microsoft Office 40. A typical jet fighter plane launched from
C. Linux an aircraft carrier reaches a take-off
D. OpenOffice.org speed of 175 mi/hr. in a launch distance
of 310 ft. How long in seconds does it
take to launch the fighter?
35. The total load on overcurrent device A. 2.4 C. 2.8
located in a panelboard shall NOT B. 3.3 D. 3.9
exceed a certain percentage of its rating.
What is this percentage?
A. 120% C. 100% 41. In a combustion chamber, fuel is burned
B. 90% D. 80% to raise the temperature of the medium
prior to production of work through an
expansion process. The heat generated
36. Find the rate of conduction heat transfer during the combustion reaction is the
in N/m^2 through a 1.5 cm thick ___.
hardwood biard, k= 0.16 W/m-k, with a A. Heat of formation
temperature difference between the two B. Specific heat
sides of 20-degree C. C. Heat of vaporization
A. 3,125 C. 0.048 D. Heat of reaction
B. 213 D. 8,333

42. Eighty grams of brass (specific heat

37. A piston cylinder contains 3 kgs of air 0.092 cal/g-K) at 292 degree C is added
20°C and 300 kPa. It is now heated up in to 200 g of water (specific heat 1 cal-K)
a constant pressure process to 600 k. at 14 degree C in an insulated container
find the work in the process, in kJ when of negligible heat capacity. What is the
R= 0.287. final temperature in degree C?
A. 275 C. 282 A. 29.3 C. 23.5
B. 23.9 D. 25.3
B. 253 D. 264

38. A 25-candle power lamp is placed 10 ft 43. Which of the following do you called the
from a screen. At what distance from the brain of any computer system?
opposite side of the screen should a 36- A. Arithmetic logic unit
candle power lamp be placed in order B. Central processing unit
that two sides of the screen may be C. Random access memory
equally illuminated? D. Control processing system
A. 15 ft C. 20 ft
B. 12 ft D. 10 ft
44. What is the term used when an 49. A printed circuit board that has (at least)
American citizen is allowed to practice slots to connect cards into. Often, they
his profession, e.g. electrical engineering also include a CPU and memory is called
profession, here in the Philippines? ____.
A. APEC registry A. Mainframe C. motherboard
B. ACPE registry B. IDE port D. server
C. Foreign Reciprocity
D. ASEAN Engr
50. What is the metal used to recover copper
from a solution of copper sulphate?
45. How many times the diameter of the A. Ag C. Fe
largest raceways shall the length of the B. Hg D. Na
box be in straight pulls?
A. 6 C. 8
B. 4 D. 10 51. Which of the following is/are hazardous
practice/s?
A. Using equipment improperly
46. The Philippines Electrical Code Part 1 B. Failure to warn or secure
2009 was based on the National C. All of these
Electrical Code 2005 while the Philippine D. Horseplay
Electrical Code Part 1 2017 Edition was
based on the National Electrical Code
____. 52. The modulus of rigidity of a steel member
A. 2017 C. 2008 is ____.
B. 2011 D. 2014 A. Defined as the length divided by the
moment of Inertia
B. Defined as the unit shear stress
47. Pedro won P10,000,000 in the lottery. divided by the unit shear deformation
Unfortunately, the lottery commission will C. Equal to the modulus of elasticity
not pay Kiko the entire amount now. divided by one plus Poisson’s ratio
Instead, they will pay Kiko Php 500,000 D. A function of the length and depth
each year for the next 20 years, starting
at the end of the first year. What is the
present worth of Pedro’s winnings? 53. What is the reason why incidents are
Assume a nominal annual interest rate of investigated?
10%? A. To prevent or control a future
A. Php 3,547,318 recurrence on a similar incident
B. Php 4,256,782 B. To determine the cause of incident
C. Php 5,000,000 C. To gather evidence of the incident
D. Php 867,769 D. To determine who is at fault in the
incident

48. Given a free falling body with air

resistance neglected, of the final position 54. A woman stands on a bathroom scale in
travelled is four times its initial position. an elevator that is not moving. The scale
By what factor does the velocity of the reads 450 N. the elevator then moves
body increase? downward at a constant velocity of 4.5
A. Twice C.Four-times m/s. What does the scale reads while the
B. Half D. same elevator descends with constant velocity.
A. 450 N C. 225 N
B. 250 N D. 500 N
55. Which law that for a confined fluid, the 61. What is the transfer of heat due to
pressure at a point has the same motions of a fluid near the surface of an
magnitude in all directions? object?
A. Pascal’s Law A. Insulation C. Convection
B. Bernoulli’s theorem B. Radiation D. Conduction
C. Avogadro’s Law
D. Amagat Law
56. Which of the following treatments will 62. Objects that emit their own light are
result in an increase in the fatigue called ___ bodies.
strength of the steel? A. Solar C. photovoltaic
A. Shot peening B. Luminated D. illuminated
B. Surface roughening
C. Cold working
D. Annealing 63. What is the change in length (in cm) of a
steel bar that is heated to 125°C, where
coefficient of expansion for steel = 12
57. A garden hose fills a 32 L wastebasket in microcm/cm/°C and a length = 3m.
120 second. The opening at the end of 0415?
the hose has radius of 1 cm. How fast is A. 0.15 C. 0.45
the water traveling as it leaves the hose B. 0.79 D. 0.55
in m/s?
A. 0.63 C. 0.50
B. 0.85 D. 0.38 64. What form of software can also be called
firmware?

58. Which of the following is the basic A. Cache memory

symbol used as a beginning or B. Operating system
termination in logic diagram or flowchart? C. System BIOS
A. Square box D. Random memory
B. Oval symbol
C. Rectangular box
D. Diamond box 65. In a mixed gas such as air, the rms speed
of different molecules are ____.
A. Proportional to molecular mass
59. You are thinking about retirement and B. Independent of molecular mass
you are considering investing money C. Proportional to square root of
each month so you will have Php molecular mass
1,000,000 in 30 years. If the nominal D. Inversely proportional to square root
annual interest rate is 8% and the of molecular mass
interest is compounded monthly, what is
the amount of monthly investment?
66. Divide (1111) base 2 by (100) base 2.
A. Php 780.95 C. Php 690.70 Express the answer in base 10.
B. Php 670.98 D. Php 750.89 A. 11.101 C. 11.110
B. 11.010 D. 11.011

60. A 3kg rifle fires a 10-g bullet at a muzzle

velocity 500m/s. What is the recoil
velocity of the rifle in meter per second?
A. 1.25 C. 1.43
B. 1.11 D. 1.67
67. Which of the following is a ground for B. The head developed cannot be
disqualification for the applicant for REE determined by the rotation of the
licensure examination? vanes
A. has been finally convicted by the C. The head developed is due to the
court of an involving moral turpitude rotation of the impeller.
B. good reputation with low moral values D. The head developed is due to the
C. citizen of the Philippines action of centrifugal force
D. at least twenty-one (21) years of age

73. What is the MOST nearly effective

68. An electrical equipment is purchased at annual interest rate on a loan if the
a cost of Php 10,000. It has a ten year life nominal interest rate is 9% per year
and a salvage value of Php 500. What is compounded quarterly?
the straight line depreciation? A. 9.68% C. 9.52%
A. Php 950 C. Php 800 B. 9.84% D. 9.31%
B. Php 900 D. Php 850

74. What is the heaviest subatomic particle?

69. Under which of the following type of A. Electron C. Atom
loading does fatigue occur? B. Proton D. neutron
A. Repeated load
B. Plane load
C. Static load 75. What is the gas present in the
D. High load atmosphere which filters out of the sun’s
ultraviolet light and provides an effective
shield against radiation damage to living
things?
A. Helium C. Oxygen
70. Find how much should be put in as
B. Methane D. Ozone
investment with 12% effective annual
rate of interest today to have P12,000 in
five years?
76. What percent of human body is carbon?
A. P7,121.42 C. P6,513.12
A. 25% C. 15%
B. P6,078.57 D. P6,089.12
B. 18% D. 20%

71. A 20 microfarad capacitor is connected

to a source of potential difference of 230
V. What is the resulting charge on the 77. In printing your document in the
capacitor. computer, what is the default mode?
A. 4.8 x 10^-3 C A. Page View C. Page
B. 4.2 x 10^-3 C Setup
C. 4.6 x 10^-3 C B. Landscape D. Portrait
D. 4.4 x 10^-3 C

78. What refers to the measure of the

72. Which of the following is TRUE for a disorder present in a given substance or
propeller-type impeller centrifugal system?
pump? A. Enthalpy C. Heat Capacity
A. The head developed is due to the B. Entropy D. Molar Heat
push of the vanes and flow is almost
entirely axial
79. Which of the following is NOT a 86. A rigid container is heated by the sun.
hazardous practices? there is NO shaft work associated with
A. Using the right tools/equipment the container. From the first law of
B. Using improvised tools thermodynamics, what is the resulting
C. Servicing equipment in motion work equal to?
D. Operating without authority A. The change in internal energy
B. Zero
C. Heat transfer
80. What is the wavelength of the sound D. The volume times the change in
emitted by violin string vibration 500 pressure
times pers second? Assume the velocity
of sound to be 1,100 m/s.
A. 2.0 m C. 2.4 m 87. As specified by the Energy Regulatory
B. 2.2 m D. 2.6 m Commission, a contestable customer is
a customer with a demand of least ___
MW.
81. Which of the following insulation color A. Five C. One
identify the grounded conductor of a B. Two D. Three
branch circuit?
A. Black C. Yellow
B. Green D. White 88. At what annual interest rate is P500 one
year ago equivalent to P600 today?
A. 20% C. 18%
82. An electric motor takes 5 A from a 220 V B. 23% D. 17%
line. Determine the energy in kWh if the
supplied to the motor in 2 hours.
A. 2.2 C. 4.1 89. The general manager of the distribution
B. 1.5 D. 3.4 utility wishes to five each of 50
employees a holiday bonus. Calculate
the amount needed to invest monthly for
83. What is the percent composition by mass a year at 12% nominal monthly, so that
of oxygen (O) element in sulfuric acid each employee will received a P10,000
(H2SO4)? H=1.008 amu, S=32.07 amu, bonus.
O= 16.00 amu A. P39,424.39 C. P39,607.50
A. 65.25% C. 62.25% B. P39,241.97 D. P39,791.28
B. 34.65% D. 32.27%

90. What is a device used to determine the

84. Which of the following corresponds to the specific gravity of the liquids?
meaning of annuity? A. Psychrometer C. Manometer
A. A lump sum at the end of the Year B. Hydrometer D. Venturi Meter
B. A series of uniform amounts over a
period of time
C. The future worth of a present amount 91. A reservoir dam holds an 8 sq. km lake
D. An annual repayment of a loan behind it. Just behind the dam, the lake
85. A 0.15 m diameter pipe discharge into a is 12m deep. What is the water pressure
0.10-m diameter pipe. Determine the at the base of the dam?
velocity head (meter/s) in the 0.10 m A. 118 kPa C. 125 kPa
diameter pipe if the pipes are carrying B. 181 kPa D. 152 kPa
0.12 m^3/s of kerosine.
A. 10.39 C. 10.48
B. 10.93 D. 10.84
92. In the periodic table of elements, which 97. A student borrows P30,000 from his
ONE of the following is light metal? uncle in order to finish school. His uncle
A. Potassium C. Silver agrees to charge him simple interest of
B. Mercury D. Gold 5.5% per year. Suppose the student
waits two years and then repays the
entire loan. How much will he have to
93. Which of the following statements is repay?
FALSE? A. P55,500 C. 63,500
A. Steady flows do not change with time B. P60,500 D. 52,500
at any point
B. The Navier-Stokes equation is the
equation of motion for a viscous 98. A home experimeter wants to make a
Newtonian fluid one ohm resistor from 1 mm diameter
C. Bernoulli’s equation only holds on the carbon rod from a mechanical pencil.
same streamline What length of the rod does the
D. The Reynolds number is the ratio of experimenter needs if the resistivity of
the viscous force to the inertial force carbon is 3.5 x 10^-5 ohmmeter?
A. 22.44 mm C. 22.44 cm
B. 24.44 cm D. 24.44 mm
94. Which is more desirable?
I. Investing P2000 at 6% per year
compounded interest for three years 99. How long will it take for an investment of
II. Investing P2000 per year simple P5000 to grow to P7500, if it earns 10%
interest for three years simple interest per year?
A. II C. I A. 7 years C. 5 years
B. Either I or II D. Both I and II B. 6 years D. 4 years

95. What is the metal used to recover copper 100. What is the MAXIMUM number of
from a solution of copper sulphate? overcurrent devices for a lighting and
A. Fe C. Ag appliance that be installed in a single
B. Na D. Hg cabinet?
A. 36 C. 24
B. 42 D. 48
96. The gauge pressure in a car tire is 305
kPa when its temperature is 15°C. After
running at high speed, the tire has
heated up and its pressure gauge is 360
kPa. What is then the temperature of the
gas in the tire? Assume atmospheric
pressure to be 101 kPa.
A. 42°C C. 59°C
B. 54°C D. 47°C