Quadratic Equation Progression Trigonometric Identities Spherical Trigonometry

Form: AM ∙ HM = (GM)2 Squared Identities: Sine Law:

2 sin 𝑎 sin 𝑏 sin 𝑎
Ax + Bx + C = 0 2 2
sin A + cos A = 1
Arithmetic Progression: = =
Roots: 1 + tan2 A = sec 2 A sin 𝐴 sin 𝐵 sin 𝐴
d = a 2 − a1 = a 3 − a 2
s 2 − 4AC
−B ± √B 1 + cot 2 A = csc 2 A Cosine Law for sides:
x= a n = a1 + (n − 1)d cos 𝑎 = cos 𝑏 cos 𝑐 + sin 𝑏 sin 𝑐 cos 𝐴
2A Sum & Diff of Angles Identities:
a n = a x + (n − x)d Cosine Law for angles:
Sum of Roots:
n sin (A ± B) = sin A cos B ± cos A sin B cos 𝐴 = − cos 𝐵 cos 𝐶 + sin 𝐵 sin 𝐶 cos 𝑎
B Sn = (a1 + a n )
x1 + x2 = − 2 cos (A ± B) = cos A cos B ∓ sin A sin B Spherical Polygon:
A
Harmonic Progression: tan A ± tan B πR2 E E = spherical excess
Product of Roots: - reciprocal of arithmetic tan (A ± B) =
C 1 ∓ tan A tan B AB = E = (A+B+C+D…) – (n-2)180°
progression 180°
x1 ∙ x2 = + Double Angle Identities:
A Geometric Progression: Spherical Pyramid:
1 minute of arc =
r = a 2 /a1 = a 3 /a2 sin 2A = 2 sin A cos A 1 πR3 E 1 nautical mile
Binomial Theorem cos 2A = cos 2 A − sin2 A V = AB H = 1 nautical mile =
a n = a1 r n−1 3 540°
6080 feet
Form:
a n = a x r n−x cos 2A = 2 cos 2 A − 1 1 statute mile =
(x + y)n cos 2A = 1 − 2 sin2 A 5280 feet
1 − rn n-sided Polygon
rth term: Sn = a1 2 tan A # of diagonals:
1 knot =
r th
= nCm x n−m y m 1−r tan 2A = n Interior Angle, ɤ: 1 nautical mile
a1 1 − tan2 A d = (n − 3) (n − 2)180° per hour
where: m=r-1
S∞ = 2 γ=
1−r n
Deflection Angle, δ: Area = n ∙ ATRIANGLE
Worded Problems Tips Triangle Common Quadrilateral δ = 180° − γ 1
 Age Problems 1 Square: Rectangle: Area = n ∙ R2 sinβ
A = bh Central Angle, β: 2
→ underline specific time conditions A = s2 A = bh
2 360° 1
 Motion Problems P = 4s P = 2a + 2b β= Area = n ∙ ah
1 n 2
→a =0 A = ab sin C d = √2s d = √b 2 + h2
2
→s = vt Parallelogram:
1 sin B sin C Polygon Names
A = a2 A = bh 16 - hexadecagon
 Work Problems 3 - triangle
2 sin A A = ab sin θ 17 - septadecagon
Case 1: Unequal rate 4 - quad/tetragon 18 - octadecagon
work A = √s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c) 1 5 - pentagon
A = d1 d2 sin θ 19 - nonadecagon
rate = 2 6 - hexagon/sexagon 20 - icosagon
time a+b+c 7 - septagon/heptagon 21 - unicosagon
Case 2: Equal rate s= Rhombus: 8 - octagon 22 - do-icosagon
→ usually in project management 2 A = ah 9 - nonagon 30 - tricontagon
→ express given to man-days or man-hours A = a2 sin θ 10 - decagon 31 - untricontagon
Trapezoid 1 11 - undecagon/ 40 - tetradecagon
 Clock Problems A = d1 d2 monodecagon 50 - quincontagon
11M − 60H 1 2 12 - dodecagon/ 60 - hexacontagon
+ if M is ahead of H
θ= - if M is behind of H
A = (a + b)h bidecagon 100 - hectogon
2 2
Ellipse 13 - tridecagon 1,000 - chilliagon
A1 n ma2 + nb 2 14 - quadridecagon 10,000 - myriagon
a2 + b2
Ex-circle- 1 1 1 1 = ;w = √ A = πab C = 2π√ 15 - quindecagon/ 1,000,000 - megagon
A2 m m+n 2 pentadecagon ∞ - aperio (circle)
= + +
In-circle 𝑟 𝑟1 𝑟2 𝑟3
Triangle-Circle Relationship General Quadrilateral
Centers of Triangle Inscribed Circle:
Circumscribing Circle: Cyclic Quadrilateral: (sum of opposite angles=180°)
INCENTER abc AT = rs
- the center of the inscribed circle (incircle) AT = A = √(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)(s − d)
of the triangle & the point of intersection of
4R
Escribed Circle: Ptolemy’s Theorem is applicable:
the angle bisectors of the triangle.
opposite side a+b+c+d
diameter = AT = R a (s − a) ac + bd = d1 d2 s=
sine of angle 2
a b c AT = R b (s − b) Non-cyclic Quadrilateral:
d= = = AT = R c (s − c) ε
sin A sin B sin C
A = √(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)(s − d) − abcd cos 2
2
Pappus Theorem
CIRCUMCENTER
- the center of the circumscribing circle Pappus Theorem 1: Prism or Cylinder Pointed Solid
(circumcircle) & the point of intersection of SA = L ∙ 2πR V = AB H = AX L 1
the perpendicular bisectors of the triangle. v
V = AB H
Pappus Theorem 2: LA = PB H = Px L 3
AB/PB → Perimeter or Area of base Right Circ. Cone Reg. Pyramid
V = A ∙ 2πR H → Height & L → slant height 1
AX/PX → Perimeter or Area of cross- LA = πrL LA = PB L
NOTE: It is also used to locate centroid of an area. section perpendicular to slant height 2

Spherical Lune: Spherical Wedge:

Special Solids Spherical Solids
ORTHOCENTER Alune 4πR2 4
Sphere: Vwedge 3 πR
3
- the point of intersection of the altitudes of Truncated Prism or Cylinder: =
4 θrad 2π =
the triangle. V = AB Have V = πR3 θrad 2π
LA = PB Have 3 Alune = 2θR2 2
LA = 4πR2 Vwedge = θR3
3
Frustum of Cone or Pyramid: Spheroid:
H 4 Spherical Zone:
V = πabc
V= (A + A2 + √A1 A2 ) 3
Azone = 2πRh
3 1 LA = 4π [
a2 + b2 + c 2
]
CENTROID Spherical Sector:
3
- the point of intersection of the medians of 1
the triangle. Prolate Spheroid: V = Azone R
3
4 2
V = πabb V = πR2 h
3
a2 + b2 + b2 3
Prismatoid:
LA = 4π [ ] Spherical Segment:
H 3
V = (A1 + 4AM + A2 ) For one base:
6 Oblate Spheroid: about major axis 1
EULER LINE 4
V = πh2 (3R − h)
V = πaab 3
- the line that would pass through the 3 For two bases:
orthocenter, circumcenter, and centroid of a2 + a2 + b2
LA = 4π [ ] 1
the triangle. 3 V = πh(3a2 + 3b2 + h2 )
about minor axis 6
Archimedean Solids Analytic Geometry Ellipse Hyperbola
- the only 13 polyhedra that are - the locus of point that moves such - the locus of point that moves such
convex, have identical vertices, and Slope-intercept form: Distance from a point to another point: that the sum of its distances from that the difference of its distances
their faces are regular polygons. y = mx + b d = √(y2 − y1 )2 + (x2 − x1 )2 two fixed points called the foci is from two fixed points called the foci
constant. is constant.
Nn Nn Point-slope form:
E= V= Distance from a point to a line: General Equation: General Equation:
2 v y − y1
where: s m= |Ax + By + C| Ax 2 + Cy 2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0 Ax 2 − Cy 2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0
E → # of edges x − x1 d=
V → # of vertices √A2 + B 2 Standard Equation: Standard Equation:
N → # of faces Two-point form: (x − h)2 (y − k)2 (x − h)2 (y − k)2
n → # of sides of each face Distance of two parallel lines: − =1
v → # of faces meeting at a vertex y2 − y1 y − y2 a2
+
b2
=1
a2 b2
= |C1 − C2 |
x 2 − x1 x − x 2 d= (x − h)2 (y − k)2 (y − k)2 (x − h)2
Conic Sections
Point-slope form:
√A2 + B 2 b2
+
a2
=1
a2
−
b2
=1
General Equation: x y Angle between two lines:
Ax 2 + Bxy + Cy 2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0 + =1 m2 − m1
a b tan θ =
Based on discriminant: 1 + m1 m2
B 2 − 4AC = 0 ∴ parabola
B 2 − 4AC < 0 ∴ ellipse Parabola
B 2 − 4AC > 0 ∴ hyperbola - the locus of point that moves such that it is always equidistant from a
fixed point (focus) and a fixed line (directrix).
Based on eccentricity, e=f/d: Elements: Elements:
General Equation: Elements:
𝑒 = 0 ∴ circle 2 Eccentricity, e: Loc. of directrix, d:
Location of foci, c: Same as ellipse:
Length of LR,
𝑒 = 1 ∴ parabola y + Dx + Ey + F = 0 Location of foci, c: a c 2 = a2 + b2 Loc. of directrix, d
df
𝑒 < 1 ∴ ellipse x 2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0 e=
dd
=1 c 2 = a2 − b2 d= Eq’n of asymptote:
Eccentricity, e
e y − k = ±m(x − h)
𝑒 > 1 ∴ hyperbola Standard Equation: Length of LR:
Length of latus Eccentricity, e: where:
2
(x − h) = ±4a(y − k) rectum, LR: 2b2 c m is (+) for upward asymptote;

LR = 4a LR = e= m is (-) for downward

Circle (y − k)2 = ±4a(x − h) a a m = b/a if the transverse axis is horizontal;

m = a/b if the transverse axis is vertical
- the locus of point that moves such
that its distance from a fixed point 1 revolution
called the center is constant. Engineering Economy
= 2π rad Unit Circle
General Equation: = 360˚  Simple Interest:
Versed sine:
x 2 + y 2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0 I = P𝑖n where:
= 400 grads vers A = 1 − cos A F → future worth
Standard Equation: = 6400 mills Versed cosine: F = P(1 + 𝑖n) P → principal or present worth
i → interest rate per interest period
(x − h) + (y − k)2 = r 2
2
covers A = 1 − sin A r → nominal interest rate
 Compound Interest:
Tetrahedron n → no. of interest periods
Half versed sine: F = P(1 + 𝑖)n m → no. of interest period per year
Line Tangent to Conic Section 1 − cos A t → no. of years
hav A = r mt ER → effective rate
To find the equation of a line 2 2 F = P (1 + )
tangent to a conic section at a H = a√ Exsecant:
m
given point P(x1, y1):
3 I r m
exsec A = sec A − 1 ER = = (1 − ) − 1
In the equation of the conic 2 P m
equation, replace:
SA = a √3
 Inflation:  Rate of return:  Continuous Compounding Interest:
𝑥 2 → 𝑥𝑥1 √2 3 𝑖f = 𝑖 + f + 𝑖f annual net profit F = Pe rt
V=a RR =
𝑦 2 → 𝑦𝑦1 12 capital
ER = er − 1
 Break-even analysis: Annual net profit
𝑥 + 𝑥1 = savings – expenses

𝑥→ cost = revenue – depreciation (sinking fund)

1
 Annuity:
2 RP = ′
𝑦 + 𝑦1 RR (1 + 𝑖)n − 1 where:

𝑦→ F = A[ ] F → future worth
2 𝑖 P → principal or present worth
Depreciation A → periodic payment
𝑥𝑦1 + 𝑦𝑥1 (1 + 𝑖)n − 1
′
i → interest rate per payment
𝑥𝑦 → BVm = FC − Dm P = A[ ] n → no. of interest periods
2 𝑖(1 + 𝑖)n n’ → no. of payments

 Straight-Line: CALTECH:
Differential Calculus FC − SV Mode 3 2  Perpetuity:
x y
d= (time) (BV) A
Curvature: Radius of curvature: n P= = F(1 + 𝑖)−n
0 FC
y" 3
Dm = d(m) n SV 𝑖 where:
k= 3
[1 + (y′)2 ]2 C → capitalized cost
ρ=  Capitalized Cost: FC → first cost
[1 + (y′)2 ]2 𝑦"  Sinking Fund: where: OM → annual operation
FC → first cost OM RC − SV or maintenance cost
Maxima & Minima (Critical Points): (1 + i)n − 1 −1 SV → salvage cost C = FC + + RC → replacement cost
d = (FC − SV) [ ] d → depreciation 𝑖 (1 + 𝑖)n − 1 SV → salvage cost
𝑑𝑦 𝑖 per year
AC → annual cost
= y′ = 0 (+) minima m
(1 + i) − 1
n → economic life
m → any year before n
AC = C ∙ 𝑖
𝑑𝑥 (-) maxima Dm = d [ ] BVm → book value (RC − SV)𝑖
𝑖 after m years
AC = FC ∙ 𝑖 + OM +
Point of inflection: Dm → total depreciation
(1 + i)n − 1
 Sum-of-the-Years-Digit (SYD):
𝑑2 𝑦 n−m+1
= y" = 0 dm = (FC − SV) [ ] CALTECH:  Single-payment-compound-amount factor:
𝑑𝑥 2 ∑ years Mode 3 3
(F/P, 𝑖, n) = (1 + 𝑖)n
x y
(time) (BV)
∑nn−m+1 x 0 FC  Single-payment-present-worth factor:
Integral Calculus-The Cardioid Dm = (FC − SV) [ ] n SV −n
∑n1 x n+1 SV
(P/F, 𝑖, n) = (1 + 𝑖)
A = 1.5πa2  Equal-payment-series-compound-amount factor:
 Declining Balance (Matheson): ′
P = 8a BVm = FC(1 − k)m CALTECH: (1 + 𝑖)n − 1
Mode 3 6 (F/A, 𝑖, n) = [ ]
r = a(1 − sin θ) r = a(1 − cos θ) SV = FC(1 − k)n k → obtained x y 𝑖
(time) (BV)
r = a(1 + sin θ) r = a(1 + cos θ) Dm = FC − BVm 0 FC  Equal-payment-sinking-fund factor:
n SV ′ −1
 Double Declining Balance:
(1 + 𝑖)n − 1
(A/F, 𝑖, n) = [ ]
BVm = FC(1 − k)m 𝑖
k = 2/n k → obtained  Equal-payment-series-present-worth factor:
′
Dm = FC − BVm (1 + 𝑖)n − 1
where: (P/A, 𝑖, n) = [ ]
FC → first cost 𝑖(1 + 𝑖)n
 Service Output Method: SV → salvage cost
FC − SV d → depreciation per year  Equal-payment-series-capital-recovery factor:
Qn → qty produced during
d= ′ −1
Qn economic life
Qm → qty produced during
(1 + 𝑖)n − 1
up to m year
(A/P, 𝑖, n) = [ ]
D = dQ m Dm → total depreciation
𝑖(1 + 𝑖)n
Statistics Fractiles Transportation Engineering Traffic Accident Analysis
Measure of Natural Tendency  Range Design of Horizontal Curve  Accident rate for 100 million
= 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 − 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 vehicles per miles of travel in a
 Mean, x̅, μ → average
 Minimum radius of curvature segment of a highway:
→ Mode Stat 1-var  Coefficient of Range 2
→ Shift Mode ▼s Stat Frequency? on 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 − 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 v A (100,000,000)
= R= R=
→ Input 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 + 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 g(e + f) ADT ∙ N ∙ 365 ∙ L
→ AC Shift 1 var x̅ R → minimum radius of curvature
A → no. of accidents during period of analysis
 Quartiles e → superelevation
f → coeff. of side friction or ADT → average daily traffic
 Median, Me → middle no. when n is even
skid resistance N → time period in years
n+1 1 2 3 v → design speed in m/s L → length of segment in miles
Me th = Q1 = n Q2 = n Q3 = n g → 9.82 m/s2
2 4 4 4
 Accident rate per million entering
1 n n when n is odd  Centrifugal ratio or impact factor
Me th
= [( ) + ( + 1)] vehicles in an intersection:
2 2 2 1 1 1 2
Q1 = (n + 1) ; Q1 = (n + 1) ; Q1 = (n + 1) v A (1,000,000)
4 4 4 Impact factor = R=
 Mode, Mo → most frequent gR
 Interquartile Range, IQR
ADT ∙ N ∙ 365
R → minimum radius of curvature
Standard Deviation v → design speed in m/s A → no. of accidents during period of analysis
= 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒 − 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒
g → 9.82 m/s2 ADT → average daily traffic entering all legs
 Population standard deviation = Q3 − Q1 N → time period in years
→ Mode Stat 1-var Power to move a vehicle
 Coefficient of IQR  Severity ratio, SR:
→ Shift Mode ▼ Stat Frequency? on P = vR
𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒 − 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒
→ Input = P → power needed to move vehicle in watts f∙i
𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒 + 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒 SR =
→ AC Shift 1 var σx v → velocity of vehicle in m/s
Q − Q1 R → sum of diff. resistances in N
f∙i∙p
= 3
 Sample standard deviation
Q3 + Q1 f → fatal
Design of Pavement i → injury
→ Mode Stat 1-var  Quartile Deviation (semi-IQR) = IQR/2 p → property damage
→ Shift Mode ▼ Stat Frequency? on  Rigid pavement without dowels
→ Input  Outlier  Spacing mean speed, US:
→ AC Shift 1 var sx
→ extremely high or low data higher than 3W ∑d n
or lower than the following limits: t=√ Us = =
f ∑t ∑ 1
NOTE:
Q1 − 1.5IQR > x ( )
If not specified whether population/sample U1
in a given problem, look for POPULATION. Q 3 + 1.5IQR < x  Rigid pavement with dowels
Coefficient of Linear Correlation  Time mean speed, Ut:
 Decile or Percentile 3W 3W
or Pearson’s r d
m t=√ t=√ ∑
im = (n) 2f 4f ∑ U1
→ Mode Stat A+Bx
10 or 100 Ut = t =
→ Input (at the edge) (at the center) n n
→ AC Shift 1 Reg r t → thickness of pavement Ʃd → sum of distance traveled by all vehicles
Normal Distribution W → wheel load Ʃt → sum of time traveled by all vehicles
NOTE: f → allow tensile stress of concrete Ʃu1 → sum of all spot speed
-1 ≤ r ≤ +1; otherwise erroneous 1/Ʃu1 → reciprocal of sum of all spot speed
 Flexible pavement n → no. of vehicles
 Population standard deviation
W  Rate of flow:
Variance t=√ −r
 Z-score or
standard score → Mode Stat 𝜋f1 q = kUs
 standard deviation = σ
or variate → AC Shift 1 Distr f1 → allow bearing pressure of subgrade q → rate of flow in vehicles/hour
 variance = σ2 r → radius of circular area of contact
left of z → P( k → density in vehicles/km
x−μ between wheel load & pavement
 relative variability = σ/x z= uS → space mean speed in kph
σ right of z → R(
Mean/Average Deviation bet. z & axis → Q(  Thickness of pavement in terms  Minimum time headway (hrs)
x → no. of observations
μ → mean value, x̅ → Input of expansion pressure = 1/q
 Mean/average value σ → standard deviation expansion pressure
t=  Spacing of vehicles (km)
b pavement density
1 = 1/k
mv = ∫ f(x)dx Exponential Distribution
b−a a  Stiffness factor of pavement
 Peak hour factor (PHF)
P(x ≥ a) = e−λa = q/qmax
 Mean value
P(x ≤ a) = 1 − e−λa
Es 3 s

SF = √
1 b P(a ≤ x ≤ b) = e−λa − e−λb Ep
RMS = √ ∫ f(x)2 dx ES → modulus of elasticity of subgrade
b−a a EP→ modulus of elasticity of pavement

Discrete Probability Distributions Walli’s Formula

π
 Binomial Probability Distribution 2 [(m − 1)(m − 3)(m − 5) … (1 or 2)][(n − 1)(n − 3)(n − 5) … (1 or 2)]
P(x) = C(n, x) p q x n−x ∫ cosm θ sinn θ dθ = ∙α
0 (m + n)(m + n − 2)(m + n − 4) … (1 or 2)
where:
p → success NOTE:
q → failure
α = π/2 for m and n are both even
 Geometric Probability Distribution α =1 otherwise
x−1
P(x) = p(q ) Tip to remember:
Fibonacci Numbers
 Poisson Probability Distribution 𝑥2 − 𝑥 − 1 = 0
n n
x −μ 1 1 + √5 1 − √5 Mode Eqn 5
μ e
P(x) = an = [( ) −( ) ]
x! √5 2 2 𝑥=
1 ± √5
2

Period, Amplitude & Frequency

x = r cos θ
Period (T) → interval over which the graph of y = r sin θ
function repeats r = x2 + y2
Amplitude (A) → greatest distance of any point y
on the graph from a horizontal line which passes θ = tan−1
halfway between the maximum & minimum
x
values of the function
Frequency (ω) → no. of repetitions/cycles per unit
of time or 1/T

Function Period Amplitude

y = A sin (Bx + C) 2π/B A
y = A cos (Bx + C) 2π/B A
y = A tan (Bx + C) π/B A
 SAMPLE PROBLEMS B. 19 potatoes D. 25 potatoes

1. Solve for x: √x − √1 − x = 1 − √x 12. How many terms of the sequence -9, -6, -3, ….. must
A. -16/25 and 0 C. -25/16 and 0 be taken so that the sum is 66?
B. 25/16 and 0 D. 16/25 and 0 A. 11 C. 4
B. 6 D. 9
2. Solve for x: 3𝑥 5𝑥+1 = 6𝑥+2
A. 2.1455 C. 2.4154 13. In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more log
B. 2.1445 D. 2.1544 than the layer above and top contains just one log. If
there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are
3. The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two there?
numbers are added to the progression, the new set of A. 10 C. 14
number will have ab arithmetic mean of 19. What are B. 12 D. 15
the two numbers if their difference is 4?
A. 21, 29 C. 24, 26 14. A machine costs P50, 000 and depreciates 20% of
B. 23, 27 D. 22, 28 the original cost during the first year, 16% during the
second year, 12% during the third year, and so on, for
4. The logarithm of the quotient and the product of two 5 years. What is its value at the end of 5 years?
numbers are 0.352182518 and 1.556302501, A. P10,000 C. P30,000
respectively. Find the first number. B. P20,000 D. P40,000
A. 9 C. 11
B. 10 D. 12 15. What is the remainder when the product of the first 7
primes is divided by 510?
5. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of A. 0 C. 9
(x + 2y − z)8 . B. 6 D. 17
A. 256 C. 1
B. 1024 D. 6 16. Find the remainder if we divide:4y3 + 18y2 + 8y-4 by
(2y + 3)
6. The middle term in the expansion of (𝑥 2 − 3)8 is. A. 10 C. 15
A. -70 x8 C. -5670 x8 B. 11 D. 13
B. 70 x8 D. 5670 x8
17. Maria is 12 years older than her sister Josie. Six
2 years ago, Maria was four times as old as Josie.
7. Find k so that the expression 𝑘𝑥 − 3𝑘𝑥 + 9 is a
Find their ages now.
perfect square.
A. 3 C. 12
18. Find the sum of odd integers from 1 to 41.
B. 4 D. 6
A. 361 C. 431
B. 421 D. 441
8. There are 6 geometric means between 4 and 8748.
Find the sum of all the terms.
19. Find the value of the seventeenth term of 68, 56, 44,
A. 13120 C. 10250
32, ... 17th term.
B. 15480 D. 9840
A. 41 C. 14
B. -124 D. -142
9. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 15m. On
each rebound, it rises 2/3 of the height from which it
20. Find the sum of the integers between 2 and 100
last fell. Find the distance traveled by the ball before
which are divisible by 3.
it comes to rest.
A. 970 C. 1683*
A. 75 m C. 100 m
B. 1100 D. 1985
B. 96 m D. 85 m
21. Letty is 10 years older than Cory who is half as old as
10. If the average (arithmetic mean) of a series of
Ben. If the total of their ages is 54 years, find their
numbers is 64 and their sum is 448, how many
respective ages now.
numbers are there in the series?
A. 7 C. 131
22. Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ana was
B. 14 D. 384
when Mary was as old as Anna now. How old is
Anna?
11. Twenty five potatoes are placed on the ground 4 ft.
apart in a straight row. In line with potatoes and 10 ft
23. A can do a job in 8 days, and A and B can do the job
from the first one is a basket. A runner starting from
in 3 days. How long would it take B to do the job
the basket one at a time to the basket. If he runs at
alone?
an average rate of 5 yards per sec., how many
potatoes he put into the basket in 76 seconds?
A. 15 potatoes C. 21 potatoes
24. One pipe can fill the tank alone in 6 hours, another 36. What is the sum of the roots of the equation: 2x2 + 5x
pipe can dill it alone in 9 hours. A drain pipe can + 5 = 0?
empty the tank in 12 hours. If the tank is empty, and A. – 2.5* C. 2.5
all the three pipes are open, how long will it take to fill B. 2.25 D. – 2.25
the tank?
37. Compute the arithmetic Mean of the following set of
25. Find two consecutive odd numbers such that thrice numbers: 18, 24, 27, 30, 35, 42, 50.
the smaller number exceeds the larger by 12. A. 31.82 C. 30
B. 32.29* D. 29.96
26. A chemist has two alcohol solutions of different
strengths, 30% alcohol and 45% alcohol solutions, 38. Five years ago the father is three times as old as his
respectively. How many cubic cm of each must be son. Ten years from now, the father will be twice as
used so as to make a mixture of 30 cubic cm which old as his son. How old is the son twelve years from
will contain 39% alcohol? now?
A. 32* C. 20
27. Determine how much water should be evaporated B. 50 D. 38
from 50 kg of a 30% salt solution to produce a 60%
salt solution. All percentages are by weight. 39. If A was four times as old as B 8 years ago, and if A
will be twice as old as B 8 years hence, find their ages
28. Two cars A and B, with average speeds of 40 and now.
50 kph, respectively, are 220 km apart. Car A starts A. 16, 40* C. 24, 48
at 8:00 AM toward B, while B starts at 9:00 AM B. 32, 48 D. 8, 32
toward A. at what time and where will they meet?
40. A boy is one-third as old as his brother and 8 years
29. A man has P100, 000, part of which he invests at 12% younger than his sister. The sum of their ages is 38
interest and the rest at 18%. He received a total years. How old is the boy?
annual interest of P15, 300. How much did he invest A. 18 C. 6*
at each rate? B. 14 D. 8

30. At what time after 5 o’clock will the hands of the 41. The sum of the digits of a number of three digits is 11,
clock be 120o angle? the tens’ digit being thrice the units’ digit. If 99 is
subtracted from the number, the digits will be
31. A farmer is to plant rice in a rectangular field 30m by reversed. Find the number.
40m. He started on the edge and plant around the A. 623 C. 263
perimeter. How wide a strip should he plant for each B. 362* D. 632
side in order to do half the work? 42. A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being 70%
A. 5 m* C. 3 m pure gold and the second 60% pure gold. How many
B. 2.5 m D. 5.5 m grams of the 70% pure gold must be used to make
100 grams of an alloy which will be 66% pure gold?
32. There are 6 geometric means between 4 and 8748. A. 40 grams C. 60 grams*
Find the sum of all terms. B. 50 grams D. 70 grams
A. 12310 C. 13210
B. 12130 D. 13120* 43. A and B start at the same time from two places 136
km apart and travel toward each other. A travels 10
33. Find the distance travelled by a particle between a kph and B 8 kph. If B rests 1 hour on the way, in how
time interval of 0.2 sec and 0.3 sec if its velocity is many hours will they meet?
v=12t4+7/t, where v is in cm/s and t in seconds. A. 6 C. 8*
A. 3.75 cm C. 2.75 cm B. 7 D. 9
B. 2.84 cm * D. 3.84 cm
44. A tank can be filled by two pipes in 4 and 6 hours,
34. A pole cast a shadow 15m long when the angle of respectively. It can be emptied by a third pipe in 5
elevation of the sun is 61o. If the pole has lean 15o hours. In what time can an empty tank be filled if the
from the vertical directly toward the sun, what is the pipes are open?
length of the pole? A. 4.62 hrs* C. 6 hrs
A. 54.23 m* C. 36.84 m B. 5 hrs D. 6.42 hrs
B. 48.64 m D. 64.84 m
45. The excess of the sum of the fourth and fifth parts
35. From a deck of ordinary cards, what is the probability over the difference of the half and the third parts of a
of drawing a heart or face card? number is 119. Find the number.
A. 48.08% C. 5.77% A. 240 C. 540
B. 42.31% * D. 33.33% B. 420* D. 450
46. The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive A. 4410* C. 161
integers is 265. What are the integers? B. 11440 D. 2940
A. 9, 10 C. 11, 12*
B. 10, 11 D. 13, 13 58. An observer on top of a cliff 45.8 m high observes the
angles of depression of two ships, which are due
47. An audience of 540 persons is seated in rows having north of him, to be 20°12’ and 47°39’. Find the
the same number of persons in each row. If 3 more distance between the ships.
persons seat in each row, it would require 2 rows less A. 82.73 m* C. 73.28 m
to seat the audience. How many persons where in B. 87.32 m D. 78.23 m
each row originally?
A. 30 C. 60 59. For a given spherical triangle whose given parts are:
B. 21 D. 27* a = 72°27’, b = 61°49’, and C = 90°, find side c.
A. 74°25’ C. 81°49’*
48. What is the 13th term of the expansion of (x + B. 62°56’ D. 47°52’
2/sq.rt.y)15?
A. 1,863,680 x3/y6* C. 1,863,680 x5/y8 60. Find the area of the spherical triangle whose angles
2
B. 1,863,680 x /y5 D. 1,863,680 x4/y7 are: A = 135°40’, B = 88°5’, and C = 67°, if the radius
of the sphere is 100 m.
49. Find the 7th term of an A.P. if the 10th term is 32, and A. 193.30 m2 C. 193, 295.2 m2
15th term is 47. B. 19, 329.52 m2* D. 1, 932.95 m2
A. 5 C. 30
B. 23* D. 27 61. Determine the sum of the coefficient of the variables
in the expression (2x + 3y –z)8.
50. Find the sum of 2, 5 8, ….. to 30 terms. A. 65,536* C. 56,563
A. 1635 C. 1563 B. 63,655 D. 66,535
B. 1365* D. 1356
62. Which of the following is the equivalent of the
51. Three numbers are in arithmetic progression. Their expression 2logb 6 – logb 4?
sum is 15, and the sum of their squares is 83. Find A. 2logb 3* C. 3logb 2
the second number. B. 2logb 2 D. 3logb 3
A. 3 C. 7
B. 5* D. 9 63. Given f(x) = 5/(x – 2) and g(x) = 2x + 1, find the
composite function f of function g, (f • g)(3)
52. Find the 11th term of a G.P. if the 2nd term is 8 and the A. 2 C. 3
5th term is 64 B. 1* D. 4
A. 4, 096* C. 2, 048
B. 8, 192 D. 1, 024 64. How many permutation can be made out of the letters
of the word ENGINEERING?
53. Two numbers differ by 40, and their arithmetic mean A. 277 200* C. 272 700
exceeds their positive geometric mean by 2. Find the B. 200 277 D. 227 700
larger number.
A. 81 C. 121* 65. How many permutations can be made out of the
B. 18 D. 112 letters in the word DIEGO taken 3 at a time?
A. 50 ways C. 60 ways*
54. Convert 0.77777…. to a common fraction. B. 120 ways D. 80 ways
A. 7/9* C. 7/10
B. 14/20 D. 14/18 66. What is the temperature in degrees Celsius of a
molecule at absolute zero?
55. A building has 5 outside doors. In how many ways can A. 0oC C. -273 oC*
a person enter and leave by any door? o
B. -32 C D. 273 oC
A. 20* C. 15
B. 25 D. 30 67. The sum of the two interior angles of the triangle is
equal to the third angle and the difference of the two
56. In how many ways can 5 persons be seated in a room angles is equal to 2/3 of the third angle. Find the third
where there are 9 seats? angle.
A. 120 C. 362, 880 A. 60° C. 30°
B. 24 D. 15, 120* B. 90°* D. 40°

57. In how many ways can one select 4 mathematics 68. A man left Sta. Rosa City to drive to Lopez, Quezon
books and 3 chemistry books from a set of 9 at 6:15 PM and arrived at 11:45 PM. If he averaged
mathematics books and 7 chemistry books, all 50 kph and stopped 1 hour for dinner, how far is
different? Lopez, Quezon from Sta. Rosa City?
 A. 225 km* C. 522 km B. 0.55 D. 0.005
B. 252 km D. 215 km
79. If three students work on a certain math problem,
69. A bag contains 3 white and 5 red ball. If two balls are student A has a probability of success 0.5, student B,
drawn at random, find the probability that both are 0.4, and student C, 0.3. If they work together
white. independently, what is the probability that no one
A. 0.375 C. 0.10714* works the problem successfully?
B. 0.46667 D. 0.28571 A. 0.12 C. 0.32
B. 0.25 D. 0.21*
70. Five fair coins were tossed simultaneously. What is
the probability of getting three heads and two tails? 80. If three balls are drawn in succession from 5 white
A. 1/32* C. 1/8 and 6 black balls in a bag, find the probability that all
B. 1/16 D. ¼ are of one color, if the ball is replaced immediately
while the second is not replaced before the third draw.
71. The probability of getting a credit in an examination is A. 10/121 C. 28/121*
1/3. If three students are selected at random, what is B. 18/121 C. 180/14641
the probability that at least one of them got a credit?
A. 8/27 C. 7/27 81. In a dice game, one fair die is used. The player wins
B. 14/27 D. 19/27* P20.00 if he rolls either 1 or 6. He losses P10.00 if he
turns up any other face. What is the expected winning
72. A marksman hits 75% of all his targets. What is the for one roll of the die?
probability that he will hit exactly 4 of his next 10 A. P40.00 C. P20.00
shots? B. P0.00* D. P10.00
A. 0.01622* C. 0.004055
B. 0.4055 D. 0.001622 82. From a box containing 6 red balls, 8 white balls and
10 blue balls, one ball is drawn at random. Determine
73. A two digit number is chosen randomly. What is the the probability that, it is red and not red.
probability that it is divisible by 7? A. ¼, ¾* C. 3/8, 5/8
A. 7/50 C. 1/7 B. 3/7, 4/7 D. 3/9, 2/3
B. 13/90* D. 7/45
83. A fair coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability of
74. There are ten defectives per 1000 items of a product getting at least one tail.
in the long run. What is the probability that there is A. 0.64 C. 0.58
one defective in a random lot of 100? B. 0.97* D. 0.86
A. 99 x 0.0199 C. 0.5
B. 0.01 D. 0.9999* 84. How many line segments can be formed by 13 distinct
points?
75. The probability that both stages of a 2-stage missile A. 156 C. 98
will function correctly is 0.95.The probability that the B. 36 D. 78*
first stage will function correctly is 0.98. What is the
probability that the second stage will function 85. A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4
correctly given that the first does? women. In how many ways can the company choose
A. 0.99 C. 0.97* from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the
B. 0.98 0. 0.95 position?
A. 680 C. 480
76. A standard deck of playing cards is thoroughly B. 840 D. 540*
shuffled. The probability that the first four cards dealt
from the deck will be the four aces is closest to: 86. How many ways can you invite one or more of five
A. 0.20 C. 0.0004 friends to a party?
B. 0.08 D. 0.000004* A. 25 C. 31*
77. A bin contains 50 bolts, ten of which are defective. If B. 15 D. 62
a worker grabs five bolts from the bin in one grab,
what is the probability that no more than two of the 87. How many permutations can be made out of the
five are bad? letters of the word MISSISSIPI?
A. About 0.5 C. about 0.90 A. 6300* C. 55400
B. About 0.75 D. about 0.95* B. 3150 D. 75600

78. A widget has three parts, A, B, and C, with 88. The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers is 55. If two
probabilities of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.25, respectively, of numbers namely 250 and 850 are removed, what is
being defective. What is the probability of exactly one the arithmetic mean of the remaining numbers?
of these parts being defective? A. 42.31* C. 38.62
A. 0.375* C. 0.95 B. 50 D. 57.12
 produce an alloy containing 50% gold and 20%
89. Two fair dice are thrown. What is the probability that silver?
the sum shown on the dice is divisible by 5? A. 43.33 kg gold and 23.33 kg silver*
A. 7/36* C. 1/12 B. 37.33 kg gold and 42.11 kg silver
B. 1/9 D. ¼ C. 23.33 kg silver and 45.23 kg gold
D. 24.4 kg silver and 21.41 kg gold
90. James Yap sinks 50% of all his attempts. What is the
probability that he will make exactly 3 of his next 10 98. If the numerator and the denominator of a certain
attempts? fraction are both increased by 3, the resulting fraction
A. 1/256 C. 30/128 equals ¾. However, if the numerator and
B. 3/8 D. 15/128* denominator are both decreased by 2, the resulting
fraction equals 1/3. Determine the fraction.
91. Mara is 5 years older than her sister Clara. 10 years A. 2/5 C. 1/5
ago Mara was twice as old as Clara. How old is Mara B. 3/5* D. 2/6
now?
A. 10 C. 30 99. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock are the hands
B. 20* D. 40 of a clock opposite each other?
A. 4:21.54 C. 4:05.45
92. The sum of the ages of the father and his son is 99. If B. 4:38.18 D. 4:54.54*
the age of the son is added to the inverted age of the
father, the sum is 72. If the inverted age of the son is 100. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock are the
subtracted from the age of the father, the difference hands of a clock coincident?
is 22. What are their ages? A. 4:21.54* C. 4:05.45
A. 20, 74 C. 25, 70 B. 4:38.18 D. 4:54.54
B. 22, 70 D. 25, 74*
101. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock are the
93. Diophantine spent 1/12 of his life in childhood, 1/6 in hands of a clock be at right angles for the second
youth, and 1/7 as a bachelor. Fiver years after his time?
marriage was born a son who died four years before A. 4:21.54 C. 4:05.45
him at half his final age. How old was Diophantine B. 4:38.18* D. 4:54.54
when he died?
A. 72 C. 94 102. A tank can be filled by two pipes in 4 and 6 hours,
B. 84* D. 108 respectively. It can be emptied by a third pipe in 5
hours. In what time can an empty tank be filled if the
94. Two pipes running simultaneously can fill a tank in 8 pipes are open?
hours. If both pipes run for 4 hours and the first is then A. 4.62 hrs* C. 6 hrs
closed, it requires 12 hours more for the second to fill B. 5 hrs D. 6.42 hrs
the tank. When a third pipe is used simultaneously
with the first two pipes, the tank can be filled in 4 103. The excess of the sum of the fourth and fifth parts
hours. How long would it take the third pipe alone to over the difference of the half and the third parts of a
fill the tank? number is 119. Find the number.
A. 8 hours* C. 12 hours A. 240 C. 540
B. 10 hours D. 17 hours B. 420* D. 450

95. One crew can do a job in 10 days. After this crew had 104. The sum of the squares of two consecutive
worked for 4 days, another crew joins them and positive integers is 265. What are the integers?
together they complete the job in 4 more days. How A. 9, 10 C. 11, 12*
long could the second group have done the job B. 10, 11 D. 13, 13
alone?
A. 15 C. 18 105. An audience of 540 persons is seated in rows
B. 17 D. 20* having the same number of persons in each row. If 3
more persons seat in each row, it would require 2
96. A 100 kg salt solution originally 4% by weight salt in rows less to seat the audience. How many persons
water is evaporated until the concentration is 5% by where in each row originally?
weight salt. What percentage of the water in the A. 30 C. 60
original solution is evaporated? B. 21 D. 27*
A. 20.83%* C. 23.54%
B. 12.56% D. 32.56% 106. What is the 13th term of the expansion of (x +
2/sq.rt.y)15?
97. How much gold and silver must be added to 100 kg A. 1,863,680 x3/y6* C. 1,863,680 x5/y8
of an alloy containing 40% gold and 10% silver to B. 1,863,680 x2/y5 D. 1,863,680 x4/y7
107. Three numbers are in arithmetic progression. mathematics books and 7 chemistry books, all
Their sum is 15, and the sum of their squares is 83. different?
Find the second number. A. 4410* C. 161
A. 3 C. 7 B. 11440 D. 2940
B. 5* D. 9
118. Tangents are drawn to a circle of radius 10 cm
108. Find the 11th term of a G.P. if the 2nd term is 8 and from a point 25 cm from its center. Find the length of
the 5th term is 64 the tangents.
A. 4, 096* C. 2, 048 A. 26.9 cm C. 22.9 cm*
B. 8, 192 D. 1, 024 B. 18.03 cm D. 11.18 cm

109. Find the 12th term of the harmonic progression: 1, 119. An observer on top of a cliff 45.8 m high observes
1/3, 1/5, 1/7, …. the angles of depression of two ships, which are due
A. 23 C. 32 north of him, to be 20°12’ and 47°39’. Find the
B. 1/23* D. 1/32 distance between the ships.
A. 82.73 m* C. 73.28 m
110. Spheres of the same diameter are piled in the B. 87.32 m D. 78.23 m
form of a pyramid with a square base having 3
spheres on each side of the base until there is just 120. An elephant is chained to a corner of a 30 m by
one sphere at the top layer. What is the total number 35 m building. If the chain is 40 m long and the
of spheres in the pile? elephant can reach 1 m farther than the chain length,
A. 20 C. 16 what is the maximum area the elephant can cover?
B. 10 D. 14* A. 3870 m2 C. 3960 m2
B. 3970 m 2 D. 4080 m2*
111. Spheres of the same diameter are piled in the
form of a complete pyramid with an equilateral 121. From a second floor window of a building, the
triangle as base having 3 spheres on each side of the angle of depression of an object on the ground is
base until there is just one sphere at the top layer. 35°58’, while from a fifth floor window, 9.75m above
How many spheres are in the pile? the first point of observation the angle of depression
A. 20 C. 16 is 58°35’. How far is the object from the building?.
B. 10* D. 14 A. 10.70 m* C. 7.76 m
B. 17.10 m D. 6.77 m
112. How many three-digit numbers, each less than
500, can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 if 122. Two streets intersect at an angle of 63°. A
no digit is to be repeated? triangular lot has frontages of 36.65 m and 51.18 m
A. 75 C. 24 on the two streets. Find the length of the third side.
B. 36* D. 40 A. 45.17 m C. 74.53 m
B. 74.15 m D. 47.53 m *
113. How many three-digit numbers, each less than
500, can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 if 123. A and B are points on the opposite sides of a
repetitions are allowed? certain body of water. Another point C is located such
A. 75* C. 24 that AC = 197 m and BC = 157 m, and angle BAC is
B. 36 D. 40 51°. Determine the distance AB.
A. 168.56 m C. 186.56 m
114. A building has 5 outside doors. In how many ways B. 158.76 m * D. 185.67 m
can a person enter and leave by any door?
A. 20 C. 15 124. For a given spherical triangle whose given parts
B. 25* D. 30 are: A = 125°32’, C = 90°, and a = 140°. Find side b,
A. 49°21’ C. 36°49’ *
115. A building has 5 outside doors. In how many ways B. 52°10’ D. 127°50’
can a person enter and leave by any door?
A. 20* C. 15 125. A vertical pole is 10 m from a building. When the
B. 25 D. 30 angle of elevation of the sun is 45°, the pole cast a
shadow on the building 1 m high. Find the height of
116. In how many ways can 5 persons be seated in a the pole.
room where there are 9 seats? A. 0 C. 12 m
A. 120 C. 362, 880 B. 11 m* D. 13 m
B. 24 D. 15, 120*
126. Calculate the area of a spherical triangle whose
117. In how many ways can one select 4 mathematics radius is 5 m and whose angles are 40°, 65°, and
books and 3 chemistry books from a set of 9 110°..
A. 12.34 m2 C. 16.45 m2
 B. 14.89 m2 D. 15.26 m2 * 137. The sum of the digits of a number of three digits
is 11, the tens’ digit being thrice the units’ digit. If 99
127. A right spherical triangle has an angle C = 90°, a is subtracted from the number, the digits will be
= 50°, and c = 80°. Find the side b. reversed. Find the number.
A. 45.33° C. 74.33° * A. 623 C. 263
B. 78.66° D. 75.89° B. 362* D. 632

128. If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2:4:6; 138. The sum of Juan’s income for one year on
what is the largest angle? P15,000 at simple interest, and on P20,000 for two
A. 30° C. 90° * years at simple interest, is P4,800. If the rates of
B. 60° D. 15° interest are interchanged, he would receive P4,550.
What are the rates of interest?
129. Find the largest angle of a triangle, if the sum and A. 7% , 8% C. 9%, 10%
difference of two angles are 100° and 20°, B. 8%, 9%* D. 10%, 11%
respectively.
A. 60° C. 40° 139. The sum of the capitals of A, B, and C is
B. 80° * D. 90° P110,000. A’s capital invested at 7%, B’s 8%, and C’s
at 9%, and the sum of their incomes for one year is
130. What is the measure of one of the remote angles P9,000. If the rates at which B’s and C’s are invested
of a triangle if the exterior angle is 130° and the other are interchanged, the income for all is increased by
remote angle measures 60°? P100. What is the capital of A?
A. 70° * C. 50° A. P20,000* C. P40,000
B. 30° D. 40° B. P30,000 D. P50,000

131. A chord is 24 cm long and its midpoint is 8 cm 140. A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being
from the midpoint of its shorter arc. What is the radius 70% pure gold and the second 60% pure gold. How
of the circle? many grams of the 70% pure gold must be used to
A. 12.65 cm C. 15.62 cm make 100 grams of an alloy which will be 66% pure
B. 11.30 cm D. 13.00 cm * gold?
A. 40 grams C. 60 grams*
132. What is the length of the common chord of two B. 50 grams D. 70 grams
circles of radii 25 cm and 26 cm, respectively, if the
distance between their centers is 17 cm? 141. A and B start at the same time from two places
A. 7 cm C. 48 cm* 136 km apart and travel toward each other. A travels
B. 24 cm D. 51 cm 10 kph and B 8 kph. If B rests 1 hour on the way, in
how many hours will they meet?
133. Two circles of radii 5 cm and 12 cm, respectively. A. 6 C. 8*
If the distance between their centers is 25 cm, what is B. 7 D. 9
the length of the common external tangent of the two
circles? 142. A man can row 20 km downstream in the time it
A. 24 cm* C. 42 cm takes him to row 8 km upstream. He rows
B. 25 cm D. 28 cm downstream for 1.5 hrs, then turns and rows back for
3 hours, but he finds that he is still 3 km from his
134. What is the length of the common internal tangent starting place. Find the rate of the man in still water.
to two circles of radii 3 cm and 12 cm, respectively, if A. 3 kph C.6 kph
the distance between their centers is 25 cm? B. 5kph D.7 kph*
A. 16 cm C. 22 cm
B. 12 cm D. 20 cm* 143. A can walk 4 km in the time it takes B to walk 5
km. A requires 3 minutes longer than B to walk a km.
135. If A was four times as old as B 8 years ago, and What is the rate of B?
if A will be twice as old as B 8 years hence, find their A. 3 kph C. 5 kph*
ages now. B. 4 kph D. 6 kph
A. 16, 40* C. 24, 48
B. 32, 48 D. 8, 32 144. A and B run around a circular track whose
circumference is 150 meters. When they run in
136. A boy is one-third as old as his brother and 8 opposite direction they meet every 5 seconds, but
years younger than his sister. The sum of their ages when they run in the same direction from the same
is 38 years. How old is the boy? point they are together every 25 seconds. What is the
A. 18 C. 6* rate of B?
B. 14 D. 8 A. 9 m/s C. 15 m/s
B. 12 m/s* D. 18 m/s
145. Carlos and Juan run two 200-meter races. In the rows less to seat the audience. How many persons
first race Carlos gives Juan a start of 20 meters and where in each row originally?
beats him by 5 seconds. In the second race Carlos A. 30 C. 60
gives Juan a start of 8 seconds and beats him by 8 B. 21 D. 27*
meters. Find the rate of Juan.
A. 3 m/s C.5 m/s 155. What is the 13th term of the expansion of (x +
B. 4 m/s* D.6 m/s 2/sq.rt.y)15?
A. 1,863,680 x3/y6* C. 1,863,680 x5/y8
146. A cat is now 50 of her own leaps ahead of a dog 2
B. 1,863,680 x /y5 D. 1,863,680 x4/y7
which is pursuing her. How many more leaps will the
cat take before it is overtaken if she takes 5 leaps 156. Three numbers are in arithmetic progression.
while the dog takes 5, but 2 of the dog’s leaps are Their sum is 15, and the sum of their squares is 83.
equivalent to 3 of the cat’s leaps? Find the second number.
A. 350 C. 200 A. 3 C. 7
B. 250* D. 400 B. 5* D. 9

147. A policeman is pursuing a thief who is ahead by 157. Find the 11th term of a G.P. if the 2nd term is 8 and
72 of his own leaps. The thief takes 6 leaps while the the 5th term is 64
policeman is taking 5 leaps, but 4 leaps of the thief A. 4, 096* C. 2, 048
are as long as 3 leaps of the policeman. How many B. 8, 192 D. 1, 024
leaps will the policeman makes before the thief is
caught? 158. Find the 12th term of the harmonic progression: 1,
A. 540* C. 450 1/3, 1/5, 1/7, ….
B. 648 D. 486 A. 23 C. 32
B. 1/23* D. 1/32
148. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock are the
hands of a clock opposite each other? 159. Spheres of the same diameter are piled in the
A. 4:21.54 C. 4:05.45 form of a pyramid with a square base having 3
B. 4:38.18 D. 4:54.54* spheres on each side of the base until there is just
one sphere at the top layer. What is the total number
149. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock are the of spheres in the pile?
hands of a clock coincident? A. 20 C. 16
A. 4:21.54* C. 4:05.45 B. 10 D. 14*
B. 4:38.18 D. 4:54.54
160. Spheres of the same diameter are piled in the
150. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock are the form of a complete pyramid with an equilateral
hands of a clock be at right angles for the second triangle as base having 3 spheres on each side of the
time? base until there is just one sphere at the top layer.
A. 4:21.54 C. 4:05.45 How many spheres are in the pile?
A. 4:38.18* D. 4:54.54 A. 20 C. 16
C. 10* D. 14
151. A tank can be filled by two pipes in 4 and 6 hours,
respectively. It can be emptied by a third pipe in 5 161. How many three-digit numbers, each less than
hours. In what time can an empty tank be filled if the 500, can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 if
pipes are open? no digit is to be repeated?
A. 4.62 hrs* C. 6 hrs A. 75 C. 24
B. 5 hrs D. 6.42 hrs B. 36* D. 40

152. The excess of the sum of the fourth and fifth parts 162. How many three-digit numbers, each less than
over the difference of the half and the third parts of a 500, can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 if
number is 119. Find the number. repetitions are allowed?
A. 240 C. 540 A. 75* C. 24
B. 420* D. 450 B. 36 D. 40

153. The sum of the squares of two consecutive 163. A building has 5 outside doors. In how many ways
positive integers is 265. What are the integers? can a person enter and leave by any door?
A. 9, 10 C. 11, 12* A. 20 C. 15
B. 10, 11 D. 13, 13 B. 25* D. 30

154. An audience of 540 persons is seated in rows 164. A building has 5 outside doors. In how many ways
having the same number of persons in each row. If 3 can a person enter and leave by any door?
more persons seat in each row, it would require 2 A. 20* C. 15
 B. 25 D. 30 174. Find the value of x if the 8th term of the expansion
of (x3 + 1)12 is equal to 25952256.
165. In how many ways can 5 persons be seated in a A. 2 * C. 6
room where there are 9 seats? B. 4 D. 3
A. 120 C. 362, 880
B. 24 D. 15, 120* 175. Find the remainder when x2 - 4x + 7 is divided by
x- 2.
166. In how many ways can one select 4 mathematics A. 5 C. 3 *
books and 3 chemistry books from a set of 9 B. 4 D. 2
mathematics books and 7 chemistry books, all
different? 176. The resistance of a wire varies directly with its
A. 4410* C. 161 length and inversely with its area. If a certain piece of
B. 11440 D. 2940 wire 10 m long and 0.10 centimeter in diameter has a
resistance of 100 ohms, what will its be its resistance
167. Tangents are drawn to a circle of radius 10 cm if it is uniformly stretched so that its length becomes
from a point 25 cm from its center. Find the length of 12 m. Assume diameter to be constant after it is being
the tangents. stretched.
A. 26.9 cm C. 22.9 cm* A. 130 C. 120 *
B. 18.03 cm D. 11.18 cm B. 100 D. 140

168. An observer on top of a cliff 45.8 m high observes 177. A pipe can fill the tank in 10 hours. A second pipe
the angles of depression of two ships, which are due can fill tank in 40 hours. If both pipes are left open,
north of him, to be 20°12’ and 47°39’. Find the determine the time to fill the tank.
distance between the ships. A. 6 C. 8 *
C. 82.73 m* C. 73.28 m B. 9 D. 7
D. 87.32 m D. 78.23 m
178. A man driving his car at a certain speed from his
169. For a given spherical triangle whose given parts home will reach his office in 6 hours. If he increased
are: a = 72°27’, b = 61°49’, and C = 90°, find side c. his speed by 24 kph he would have reach his office
C. 74°25’ C. 81°49’* one hour less. Find the distance of his office from his
D. 62°56’ D. 47°52’ home.
A. 720 kph * C. 580 kph
170. Find the area of the spherical triangle whose B. 640 kph D. 600 kph
angles are: A = 135°40’, B = 88°5’, and C = 67°, if the
radius of the sphere is 100 m. 179. Roberto is 25 years younger than his father.
C. 193.30 m2 C. 193, 295.2 m2 However his father will be twice his age in 10 years.
D. 19, 329.52 m2* D. 1, 932.95 m2 Find the ages of Roberto and his father.
A. 15, 40 * C. 18, 43
171. Find the value of k so that the two roots of 2x 2 + B. 12, 37 D. 20, 45
3kx + 9 = 0 are equal.
A. –2 2 * C. 3 180. How many liters of water must be removed from
a 50 liter containing 3% salt solutions so that the
B. 3 2 D. 2 3
remaining solution will be 5% salt?
A. 15 C. 25
172. Two engineering students attempts to solve a B. 30 D. 20 *
problem that reduces to a quadratic equation. One of
the students made a mistake only in the constant term 181. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the
of the quadratic equation and gives an answer of 8 hands of the clock extend in opposite direction for the
and 2 for the roots. The other student solving the first time?
same problem made an error in the coefficient of the A. 42.636 C. 40.636
first degree term only and gives his answer as –9 and B. 41.636 D. 43.636 *
-1 for the roots. If you are to check their solutions,
what would be the correct quadratic equations? 182. A mechanical Engineer bought 24 boxes of
A. x2 - 10x + 9 = 0 * C. x2 + 9x – 10 =0 screws for P2200.00. There were three types of
B. x - 10x – 9 = 0
2 D. x2 - 8x + 10 = 0 screws bought. Screw A cost P300 per box, screw B
cost P150 and screw C cost P50 per box. How many
173. Find the sum of the coefficient of the expansion boxes of screw A did he buy?
4
of ( x+ 2) . A. 2 * C. 17
A. 65 * C. 72 B. 5 D. 14
B. 81 D. 102
183. What is the sum of progression 4, 9, 14, 19… up
to the 20th term?
 A. 1045 C. 1030 * A. 64 sq. cm C. 252 sq. cm
B. 1035 D. 1040 B. 244 sq. cm D. 256 sq. cm *

184. In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more log

than the layer above and the top contains just one log.
If there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are
there? 195. The sum of two numbers is 160. If one- third of
A. 8 C. 10 the larger number is 40, what is one-eighth of the
B. 12 D. 14 * smaller number?
A. 5 * C. 20
185. Find the sum of the integers between 2 and 100 B. 8 D. 40
which is divided by 3.
A. 1484 C. 1699 196. Count the number of gifts received in the song “
B. 1683 * D. 4299 The Twelve Days of Christmas”.
A. 78 C. 364 *
186. The 1st and last term of an A.P. are 2 and 12 B. 144 D. 388
respectively. If there are 4 arithmetic mean between
2 and 12, determine the sum of all terms. 197. The ratio of boys to girls in a group of children
was 5 to 3. When 24 boys left the group and 24 girls
A. 40 C. 36 joined it, the ratio of boys to girls became 3 to 5. Find
B. 42 * D. 54 the number of children in the group.
A. 36 C. 80
187. The 6th term of a harmonic progression is 12, the B. 60 D. 96 *
10 term is 6, find the 18th term.
th

A. 3 * C. 6 198. Edmound plans to rotate the five tires of his new

B. 4 D. 5 Ford Expedition so that each tire will have the same
number of kilometers when the odometer reads 50
188. The fourth term of a GP is 216, and the 6th term 000 km. How many kilometers will each tire travel?
is 1944, find the 8th term. A. 10 000 C. 30 000
A. 17496 * C. 18692 B. 20 000 D. 40 000*
B. 21644 D. 16486
199. In a certain game, sixteen targets are numbered
189. A body dropped from a height falls 16 m during 1 to 16 and the number of points scored is equal to
the first second, 48 m in the next second; 144 m on the sum of the numbers hit on the targets. If each
the third second and so on. Find how far the body falls target is hit exactly once and if Beth hits each odd-
during the 7th second. numbered target and Jovie hits each even-numbered
A. 14661 C. 18620 target, Jovie’s total score is how many points greater
B. 13200 D. 11664 * than Beth’s?
A. 1 C. 8 *
190. A man who is on diet losses 24 lb. in 3 months, B. 4 D. 16
16 lb. in the next 3 months and so on for a long time.
What is the maximum total weight loss? 200. If 15 kg of dog food are needed to feed seven
A. 72 * C. 54 dogs in 3 days, how many kilograms of dog food are
B. 64 D. 81 required to feed 18 dogs in14 days?
A. 21 C. 140
191. Find the product of (4- 2i) and (4 + 3i) B. 125 D. 180 *
A. 22 + 4i * C. 18 + i
B. 16 + 6i D. 20 + 3i 201. Find the angle whose supplement exceeds 6
times its complement by 20 degrees.
192. Evaluate the value of: 10 x 7 A. 76 deg. * C. 67.50 deg.
A. imaginary C. B. 66 deg. D. 54.75 deg.
17
B. - 70 D. - 70 * 202. If the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 80
degrees, what are the base angles?
193. If each side of a cube is tripled, the resulting A. 50 * C. 60
volume is ______ the original. B. 70 D. 80
A. thrice C. six times
B. nine times D. 27 times * 203. How many sides has an equiangular polygon if
each of its exterior angles is 180/7 degrees?
194. A rectangular wire 18 cm by 14 cm is twisted into A. 14 * C. 15
a shape of a square. Find the area of the square B. 16 D. 12
formed.
204. Two sides of a triangle are 13 and 21, A. 14, 784 x5 y6 * C. 11, 784 x6 y7
respectively, and its area is 126 sq. units. Find the B. 985 x6 y5 D.765 x6 y7
third side.
A. 20 * C. 26 216. Find the term involving y4 in the expansion
B. 24 D. 2812. (x+y)7.
A. 35 x4 y3 C. 35 x3 y4 *
205. Find the term involving y4 in the expansion 4
B. 25 x y 3 D. 25 x4 y4
7
(x+y) .
A. 35 x4 y3 C. 35 x3 y4 * 217. Find the last term of the progression: 10, -2, -
B. 25 x y4 3 D. 25 x y4
4 14… to 17th term.
A. -182* C. -1462
206. Find the last term of the progression: 10, -2, - B. 220 D. -1530
14… to 17th term.
A. -182* C. -1462 218. What is the value of k to make the expression
B. 220 D. -1530 kx2 – 3kx + 9 a perfect square?
A. 2 C. 3
207. Find the sum of the integers between 2 and 100 B. 4 * D. 5
which are divisible by 3.
C. 970 C. 1683* 219. How many terms of the sequence -9, -6, -3, …..
D. 1100 D. 1985 must be taken so that the sum is 66?
A. 11* C. 4
208. If the average ( arithmetic mean) of a series of B. 6 D. 9
numbers is 64 and their sum is 448, how many
numbers are there in the series? 220. There are 6 geometric means between 4 and
A. 7* C. 131 8748. Find the sum of all terms.
B. 14 D. 384 A. 12310 C. 13210
B. 12130 D. 13120 *
209. What is the remainder when the product of the
first 7 primes is divided by 510? 221. Find the HCF of 27, 81, 108.
C. 0 * C. 9 A. 12 C. 36
D. 6 D. 17 B. 27* D. 4

210. Find the remainder if we divide:4y3 + 18y2 + 8y-4 222. What is the 13th term of the expansion of (x +
by (2y + 3) 2/sq.rt.y)15?
C. 10 C. 15 C. 1,863,680 x3/y6* C. 1,863,680 x5/y8
D. 11* D. 13 D. 1,863,680 x2/y5 D. 1,863,680 x4/y7

211. The seating section in a coliseum has 30 seats 223. What is the term containing x9 in the expansion of
in the first row, 32 seats in the second row, 34 seats (x + 1/x)11?
3

in the third row, and so on, until the tenth row is A. 426 x9 C. 264 x9
reached, after which there are ten rows each B. 462 x *9 D. 246 x9
containing 50 seats. Find the total number of seats
in the section. 224. The constant term in the expansion of (x +
A. 900 C. 890* 1/x3/2)15 is.
B. 810 D. 390 A. 5, 500 C. 5, 005*
B. 5, 050 D. 5, 000
212. If a train passes as many telegraph poles in one
minute as it goes miles per hour, how far apart are 225. Find the 7th term of an A.P. if the 10th term is 32,
the poles? and 15th term is 47.
A. 18 feet C.88 feet* C. 5 C. 30
B. 38 feet D.96 feet D. 23* D. 27

213. Find the sum of odd integers from 1 to 41. 226. A sequence of terms whose reciprocals form an
C. 361 C. 431 arithmetic progression.
D. 421 D. 441* A. Geometric C. Algebraic
B. Harmonic * D. Ratio and Proportion
214. Find the value of the seventeenth term of 68, 56,
44, 32, ... 17th term. 227. The logarithm of a number to the base e is called,
C. 41 C. 14 A. Naperian logarithm * C. Mantissa
D. -124* D. -142 B. Characteristic D. Briggsian logarithm

215. Determine the 7th term of the expansion (2y-x)11

228. Two or more equations are equal if and only if 240. Terms what differ only in numeric coefficients are
they have the same: known as:
A. Solution set * C. An event A. Unequal terms C. Like terms *
B. A random point D. A finite set B. Unlike terms D. Equal terms

229. What can you say to the following statement: “the 241. The middle term in the expansion of (𝑥 2 − 3)8 is.
volume of a circular cylinder is equal to the product of C. -70 x8 C. -5670 x8
its base and altitude.”? D. 70 x 8 D. 5670 x8 *
A. Postulate C. Corollary
B. Theorem * D. Axiom 242. Find k so that the expression 𝑘𝑥 2 − 3𝑘𝑥 + 9 is a
perfect square.
230. Solve for x: √x − √1 − x = 1 − √x C. 3 C. 12
C. -16/25 and 0 C. -25/16 and 0 D. 4 * D. 6
D. 25/16 and 0 D. 16/25 and 0 *
243. If the roots of an equation are zero, then they are
231. Solve for x: 3 5𝑥 𝑥+1
=6 𝑥+2 classified as:
C. 2.1455 C. 2.4154 A. Trivial solutions * C. Conditional
D. 2.1445 D. 2.1544 * solutions
B. Extraneous solutions D. Hyperbolic solutions
232. The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two
numbers are added to the progression, the new set of 244. Any number divided by infinity is equal to:
number will have ab arithmetic mean of 19. What are A. 1 C. 0 *
the two numbers if their difference is 4? B. Infinity D. Indeterminate
C. 21, 29 C. 24, 26
D. 23, 27 * D. 22, 28 245. The term in between any two terms of an
arithmetic progression is called:
233. If log 8 x = −n, then x is equal to: A. Arithmetic mean * C. Middle terms
A. 8n C. 1/8n * B. Median D. Mean
B. 1/8-n D. 81/n
246. There are 6 geometric means between 4 and
234. The logarithm of the quotient and the product of 8748. Find the sum of all the terms.
two numbers are 0.352182518 and 1.556302501, C. 13120 * C. 10250
respectively. Find the first number. D. 15480 D. 9840
C. 9 * C. 11
D. 10 D. 12 247. Twenty five potatoes are placed on the ground 4
ft. apart in a straight row. In line with potatoes and 10
235. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion ft from the first one is a basket. A runner starting from
of (x + 2y − z)8 . the basket one at a time to the basket. If he runs at
C. 256 * C. 1 an average rate of 5 yards per sec., how many
D. 1024 D. 6 potatoes he put into the basket in 76 seconds?
C. 15 potatoes * C. 21 potatoes
236. A statement the truth of which is admitted without D. 19 potatoes D. 25 potatoes
proof is called,
A. Axiom * C. Theorem 248. How many terms of the sequence -9, -6, -3, …..
B. Postulate D. Corollary must be taken so that the sum is 66?
C. 11 * C. 4
237. In proportion of four quantities, the first and the D. 6 D. 9
fourth terms are referred to as the:
A. Means C. extremes * 249. In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more log
B. Denominators D. numerators than the layer above and top contains just one log. If
there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are
238. A sequence of numbers where the succeeding there?
term is greater than the preceding term is called: C. 10 C. 14 *
A. Dissonant series C. isometric D. 12 D. 15
series
B. Convergent series D. divergent 250. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 15m. On
series * each rebound, it rises 2/3 of the height from which it
239. The number 0.123123123…. is last fell. Find the distance traveled by the ball before
A. Irrational C. Rational * it comes to rest.
B. Surd D. Transcendental C. 75 m * C. 100 m
D. 96 m D. 85 m
251. If the average (arithmetic mean) of a series of 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑦 2 = 6
numbers is 64 and their sum is 448, how many 3𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 = 35
numbers are there in the series? A. x = 3, -3; y = 2, -2* C. x = 3, -3; y =
C. 7 * C. 131 -2, -1
D. 14 D. 384 B. x = 3, -3; y = -2, 1 D. x = 3, -3; y =
2, -3
252. A company has a certain number of machines of
equal capacity that produced a total of 180 pieces 262. solve for the value of w in the following equations:
each working day. If 2 machines breakdown, the work 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 𝑤 = 11
load of the remaining machines is increased by 3 𝑥 + 5𝑦 − 2𝑤 = −9
pieces each per day to maintain production. Find the 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 3𝑤 = −6
number of machines. A. 3* C. 4
A. 10 C. 12 * B. 2 D. -2
B. 18 D. 25
263. Solve for the value of x.
253. The logarithm of 1 to any base is: 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 6
A. Indeterminate C. infinity 𝑥 − 3𝑦 − 2𝑧 = 13
B. 0 * D. 1 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 − 3𝑧 = 16
A. 4 C. 2*
254. A statement that one mathematical expression is B. 3 D. 1
greater than or less than another is called:
A. Inequality * C. absolute condition 264. If f(x) = 2x2 + 2x + 4, what is f(2)?
B. Non-absolute condition D. conditional A. 2x + 2 C. x2 + x + 2
expression B. 16* D. 8

255. A machine costs P50, 000 and depreciates 20% 265. The polynomial 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 8 is divided by x
of the original cost during the first year, 16% during – 5, then the remainder is,
the second year, 12% during the third year, and so A. 175 C. 218*
on, for 5 years. What is its value at the end of 5 years? B. 140 D. 200
C. P10,000 C. P30,000
D. P20,000 * D. P40,000 266. Given 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 4) + 4. When f(x) is
divided by (x – k), the remainder is k. Find k.
256. If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x – 1. A. 2 C. 6
A. 14* C. 12 B. 4* D. 8
B. 3 D. 5
267. The mean of x and y is a, the mean of y and z is
𝑥+1 2𝑥
257. Find the value of x in + = 47 − 2𝑥 b and the mean of x and z is c. What is the mean of
3 4
A. 16.47* C. 18.27 x, y, and z?
B. 12.87 D. 20.17 A. (a + b + c)/3* C. (a + b + c)/(abc)
B. (a + b + c)/2 D. (abc)/(a + b + c)
258. Find the value of x in the equations:
𝐴 𝐴 268. Find the mean proportional of 4 and 36.
10 [ + ] = 𝐴 A. 72 C. 12*
𝑥 𝑦
3𝐴 4𝐴 B. 24 D. 20
2[ − ] = 𝐴
𝑥 𝑦
269. The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers is 55. If two
A. 50/9 C. 70/9*
numbers namely 250 and 850 are removed, what is
B. 80/9 D. 60/9
the arithmetic mean of the remaining numbers?
A. 42.31* C. 38.62
259. Find the values of x and y from the equations:
B. 50 D. 57.12
𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 2 = 0
2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 4 = 0
270. The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two
A. 11/7, -5/7 C. 4/9, 8/9 numbers are added to the progression, the new set of
B. 11/9, 8/9* D. 3/2, 5/3 numbers will have an arithmetic mean of 19. What are
the two numbers if their difference is 4?
260. Solve for the value of x and y. A. 21, 25 C. 23, 27*
4𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 5 B. 8, 12 D. 16, 20
13𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 2
A. y = ½, x = 3/2* C. y = 2, x = 1 271. The equation of whose roots are the reciprocal of
B. y = 3/2, x = ½ D. y = 3, x = 1 the roots of 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 5 = 0 is,
A. 5𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 2 = 0 C. 3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 +
261. solve the simultaneous equations:
2=0
 B. 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 5 = 0 * D. 2𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − B. 5040 𝑥 8 D. 420 𝑥 8
3=0
284. In the expression of (𝑥 + 4𝑦)12 , the numerical
2
272. In the equation 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 0, one root is x equal to coefficient of the 5th term is,
A. 1 C. ¼ A. 63, 360 C. 506, 880
B. 5 D. none of these* B. 126, 720 * D. 253, 440

273. Solve for the value of “a” in the equation 𝑎8 − 285. What is the fourth term of the expansion of
4
17𝑎 + 16 = 0. (𝑥 + 𝑥 2 )100 ?
A. ±2* C. ±4 A. 1650 𝑥 103 C. 167 100 𝑥 103
103
B. ±3 D. ±5 B. 161 700 𝑥 * D. 167 100 𝑥 100

274. Solve for the x that satisfies the equation 6𝑥 2 − 286. What is the numerical coefficient of the term next
7𝑥 − 5 = 0. to 495 𝑥 8 𝑦 4 ?
A. 5/3 or -1/2* C. 7/5 or -7/15 A. 660 C. 792*
B. 3/2 or 3/8 D. 3/5 or ¾ B. 990 D. 1100

275. Find the values of x in the equation 24𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 1 16

287. Find the 6th term of the expansion of ( − 3) ?
1 = 0. 2𝑎
A. (1/6, 1) C. (1/2, 1/5) A. -66939/256a11 C. -33669/256a11
B. (1/6, 1/5) D. (1/8, -1/3)* B. -66339/128a11* D. -39396/128a11

276. Determine k so that the equation 4𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 1 = 288. What is the coefficient of the term free of x of the
0 will have just one real solution. expansion of (2𝑥 − 5𝑦)4 ?
A. 3 C. 5 A. 256 C. 526
B. 4* D. 6 B. 265 D. 625*

277. Solve for x: 10𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 + 1 = 0. 289. Find the 6th term of (3𝑥 − 4𝑦)8 ?
A. -0.113, -0.887* C. -0.113, -0.788 A. −148,288 𝑥 3 𝑦 5 C. −154,288 𝑥 3 𝑦 5
2 5
B. -0.331, -0.788 D. -0.311, -0.887 B. −548 𝑥 𝑦 D. −1,548,288 𝑥 3 𝑦 5 *

278. If 1/3 and -3/2 are the roots of a quadratic 290. What is the sum of the coefficients of the
equation, then the equation is expansion of (2𝑥 − 1 )20 ?
A. 6𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 3 = 0 * C. 6𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 − A. 0* C. 2
3=0 B. 1 D. 3
B. 6𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 3 = 0 D. 6𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 +
1=0 291. What is the sum of the coefficients in the
expansion of (𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧)8 ?
279. Which of the following is a root of this quadratic A. 0 C. 2
equation, 30𝑥 2 + 49𝑥 + 20 = 0? B. 1* D. 3
A. 0.6 C. -0.8*
B. -0.6 D. 0.75 292. Find the value of log 8 48.
A. 1.86* C. 1.78
280. What is the discriminant of the equation 4𝑥 2 = B. 1.68 D. 1.98
8𝑥 − 5?
A. 8 C. 16 293. Evaluate the log 6 845 = 𝑥
B. -16* D. -8 A. 3.76* C. 4.48
B. 5.84 D. 2.98
281. Given the equation 3𝑥 2 + 𝐵𝑥 + 12 = 0. What is
the value of B so that the roots of the equation are 294. What is the value of log to base 10 of 10003.3?
equal? A. 10.9 C. 9.9*
A. 4 C. 10 B. 99.9 D. 9.5
B. 8 D. -12*
295. What is the value of (log 5 to the base 2) + (log 5
282. Find the term involving y5 in the expansion of to the base 3)?
(2𝑥 2 + 𝑦)10 . A. 7.39 C. 3.79*
A. 8064 𝑥 10 𝑦 5 * C. 8046 𝑥 10 𝑦 5 B. 3.97 D. 9.37
5 5
B. 8046 𝑥 𝑦 D. 4680 𝑥 5 𝑦 5
296. Find the value of log 4 (log 3 5).
1 10
A. 1.460 C. 1.273
283. Find the 5th term of the expansion of (𝑥 2 + ) . B. 0.275* D. 0.165
𝑥
A. 260 𝑥 8 C. 210 𝑥 8 *
 1
297. Given: log 4 7 = 𝑛. Find log 4 transmission distance. A 115-kilovolt line rate at 100
7
amperes can transmit 150 megawatts over 150 km.
A. 1/n C. -1/n
how much power, in megawatts can a 230-kilovolt line
B. n D. –n*
rated at 150 amperes transmit over 100 km?
A. 785 C. 675*
298. If log 𝑎 10 = 0.25, what is the value of log10 𝑎?
B. 485 D. 595
A. 2 C. 6
B. 4* D. 8
309. The time required for an elevator to lift a weight
varies directly with the weight and the distance
299. Given: log 𝑏 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + log 𝑏 𝑥. Which of the
through which it is to be lifted and inversely as the
following is true?
power of the motor. If it takes 30 seconds for a 10 hp
A. 𝑦 = 𝑏 2𝑥 C. 𝑦 = 2𝑥𝑏
2𝑥 motor to lift 100 lbs through 50 ft, what size of motor
B. 𝑦 = d. 𝑦 = 𝑥𝑏 2𝑥 * is required to lift 800 lbs in 40 seconds through 40 ft?
𝑏
A. 42 C. 46
300. Solve for the value of x in the following equation: B. 44 D. 48*
𝑥 3 log 𝑥 = 100𝑥.
A. 12 c. 30 310. A group of ME examinees decided to hire a
B. 8 D. 10* mathematics tutor from PRIME Review Center and
planned to contribute equal amount for the tutor’s fee.
301. Given: log 6 + 𝑥 log 4 = log 4 + log(32 + 4𝑥 ) . find If there were 10 more examinees, each would have
x. paid P2.00 less. However, if there were 5 less
A. 2 C. 4 examinees, each would have paid P2.00 more. How
B. 3* D. 6 many examinees are there in the group?
A. 14 C. 18
302. If log of 2 to the base 2 plus log of x to the base B. 16 D. 20*
2is equal to 2, then the value of x is,
A. 4 C. 2* 311. The arithmetic mean of a and b is
B. -2 D. -1 A. (a+b)/2 * C. √𝑎𝑏
B. ab/2 D. (a – b)/2
303. Find the value of x if log12 𝑥 = 12.
A. 144* C. 524 312. The sum of three arithmetic means between 34
B. 414 D. 425 and 42 is
A. 114 * C. 134
6
304. Solve for the value of x: log 2𝑥 3 + log = 6.278 B. 124 D. 144
𝑥
A. 379.65 C. 397.56*
B. 365.97 D. 356.79 313. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 ft in the first
second, 48.3 in the 2nd second, 80.5 in the 3rd second.
305. The resistance of a wire varies directly with its How far did the body fall during the 10th second?
length and inversely with its area. If a certain piece of A. 248.7 ft C. 241.5 ft
wire 10 m long and 0.10 cm in diameter has a B. 308.1 ft D. 305.9 ft*
resistance of 100 ohms, what will its resistance be if
it is uniformly stretched so that its length becomes 12 314. If the first term of an arithmetic progression is 25
m? and the fourth term is 13, what is the third term?
A. 80 C. 144* A. 17* C. 19
B. 90 D. 120 B. 18 D. 20

306. Given that “w” varies directly as the product of “x” 315. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4,
and “y” and inversely as the square of “z” and that w 7, 10, ….
= 4 when x = 2, y = 6 and z = 3. Find the value of “w” A. 75 C. 88
when x = 1, y = 4 and z = 2. B. 90 D. 91*
A. 3* C. 5
B. 4 D. 6 316. How many terms of the progression 3, 5, 7, …
must be taken in order that their sum will be 2600?
307. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x A. 48 C. 50*
= 14 when y = 7 and z = 2, find the value of x when y B. 49 D. 51
= 16 and z = 4.
A. 14 C. 16* 317. In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more log
B. 4 D. 8 than the layer above and the top contains just one log.
If there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are
308. The electric power which a transmission line can there?
transmit is proportional to the product of its design A. 11 C. 13
voltage and current capacity, and inversely to the B. 12 D. 14*
 B. 780 feet D. 784 feet
318. What is the sum of the progression 4, 9, 14, 19,
… up to the 20th term? 327. When all odd numbers from 1 to 101 are added,
A. 1030* C. 1040 the result is
B. 1035 D. 1045 A. 2500 C. 2501
B. 2601* D. 3500
319. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer,
58 bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks in the third 328. How many times will a grandfather’s clock strikes
layer, and so on until there are 10 bricks in the last in one day if it strikes only at the hours and strike once
layer. How many bricks are there all together? at 1 o’clock, twice at 2 o’clock, thrice at 3 o’clock and
A. 638 C. 639* so on?
B. 637 D. 640 A. 210 C. 156*
B. 24 D. 300
320. Determine the sum of the progression if there are
7 arithmetic mean between 3 and 35. 329. To conserve energy due to the present energy
A. 171* C. 232 crisis, VECO tried to re-adjust their charges to
B. 182 D. 216 electrical energy users who consume more than 2000
kW-hrs. The first 100 kW-hr, they charged 40
321. A besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who have centavos and increasing at a constant rate more than
provisions for 66 days. if the garrison losses 20 men the preceding one until the fifth 100 kW-hr, the charge
each day, for how many days can the provision hold is 76 centavos. How much is the average charge for
out? the electrical energy per 100 kW-hr?
A. 72 C. 76* A. 58 centavos* C. 62 centavos
B. 74 D. 78 B. 60 centavos D. 64 centavos

322. In the recent “Gulf War” in the Middle East, the 330. The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and
Allied Forces captured 6400 of Saddam’s soldiers the 9th term is 6. Find the 11th term.
and with provisions on hand it will last for 216 meals A. 4 C. 6
while feeding 3 meals a day. The provision lasted 9 B. 5* D. 7
more days because of daily deaths. At an average,
how many died per day? 331. Find the fourth term of the progression ½, 0.2,
A. 15 C. 17 0.125, …
B. 16 D. 18* A. 1/10 C. 1/11*
B. 0.102 D. 0.099
323. A Mechanical Engineering student got a score of
30% on test 1 of the five number test in Industrial. On 332. Find the 9th term of the harmonic progression 3,
the last number he got 90% in which a constant 2, 3/2, …
difference more on each number that he had on the A. 3/5* C. 4/5
immediately preceding one. What was his average B. 3/8 D. 4/9
score in Industrial?
A. 50 C. 60* 333. Find the sum of 4 geometric means between 160
B. 55 D. 65 and 5.
A. 130 C. 150*
324. If the sum is 220 and the first term is 10, find the B. 140 D. 160
common difference if the last term is 30.
A. 2* C. 3 334. The fourth term of a GP is 216 and the 6th term is
B. 5 D. 2/3 1944. Find the 8th term.
A. 17649 C. 16749
325. Once a month, a man puts some money onto the B. 17496* D. 17964
cookie jar. Each month he puts 50 centavos more into
the jar than the month before. After 12 years, he 335. Determine x so that: x, 2x + 7, 10x – 7 will be a
counted his money, he had P5,436. How much geometric progression.
money did he put in the jar in the last month? A. 7, -7/12 C. 7, -5/6
A. P73.50* C. P75.50 B. 7, -14/5 D. 7, -7/6*
B. P74.50 D. P72.50
336. If one third of the air in a tank is removed by each
326. A girl on a bicycle coasts downhill covering 4 feet stroke of an air pump, what fractional part of the total
the first second, 12 feet the second second, and in air is removed in 6 strokes?
general, 8 feet more each second than the previous A. 0.7122 C. 0.6122
second. If she reaches the bottom at the end of 14 B. 0.9122* D. 0.8122
seconds, how far did she coasts?
A. 782 feet C. 784 feet*
337. A product has a current selling P325.00. If its A. 16 C. 12
selling price is expected to decline at the rate of 10% B. 18* D. 15
per annum because of obsolescence, what will be its
selling price four years hence? 356. The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In 3
A. P213.33* C. P302.75 years, Kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What are
B. P202.75 D. P156.00 their ages now?
A. 4, 14 C. 7, 11
338. The numbers 28, x + 2, 112 form a GP. What is B. 5, 13* D. 6, 12
the 10th term?
A. 14336* C. 13463 357. Robert is 15 years older than his brother Stan.
B. 16433 D. 16344 However “y” years ago, Robert was twice as old as
Stan. If Stan is now “b” years old and b > y, find the
339. The sum of the first 10 terms of a geometric value of (b – y).
progression 2, 4, 8, … is A. 15* C. 17
A. 1023 C. 225 B. 16 D. 18
B. 2046* D. 1596
358. Ernesto is three times as old as Jonathan. Three
340. If the first term of a GP is 9 and the common ratio years ago, Ernesto was four times as old as
is -2/3, find the fifth term. Jonathan. The sum of their ages is
A. 8/5 C. 15/7 A. 20 C. 28
B. 16/9* D. 13/4 B. 24 D. 36*

341. The seventh term is 56 and the twelfth term is - 359. A girl is one-third as old as her brother and 8
1792 of a geometric progression. Find the common years younger than her sister, the sum of their ages
ratio and the first term. is 38 years, how old is the girl?
A. -2, 5/8 C. -1, 5/8 A. 4 C. 6*
B. -1, 7/8 D. -2, 7/8* B. 5 D. 7

342. A person has 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great 360. Paula is now 18 years old and her colleague
grandparents and so on. How many ancestors during Monica is 14 years old. How many years ago was
the 15 generations preceding his own, assuming no Paula twice as old as Monica?
duplication? A. 5 C. 8
A. 131 070 C. 65 534* B. 7 D. 10*
B. 32 766 D. 16 383
361. A father tells his son, “I was your age now when
343. In the PBA three-point shootout contest, the you were born.” If the father is now 38 years old, how
committee decided to give a prize in the following old was his son 2 years ago?
manners: A prize of P1 for the first basket made, P2 A. 15 C. 19
for the second, P4 for the third, P8 for the fourth and B. 17* D. 21
so on. If the contestant wants to win a prize of no less
than a million pesos, what is the minimum number of 362. Six years ago, Nilda was five times as old as Riza.
baskets to be converted? In five years, Nilda will be three times as old as Riza.
A. 20* C. 18 What is the present age of Riza?
B. 19 D. 21 A. 17* C. 15
B. 16 D. 14
344. In a benefit show, a number of wealthy men
agreed that the first one to arrive would pay 10 363. At present, the sum of the parents’ ages is twice
centavos to enter and each later arrive would pay the sum of the children’s ages. Five years ago, the
twice as much as the preceding man. The total sum of the parents’ ages was 4 times the sum of the
amount collected from all of them was P104, 857.50. children’s ages. Fifteen years hence, the sum of the
How many wealthy men paid? parents’ ages will be equal to the sum of the children’s
A. 18 C. 20* ages. How many children are there?
B. 19 D. 21 A. 3 C. 5*
B. 4 D. 6
345. Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent to
1785/9999 starting from the decimal point. 364. Debbie is now twice as old as Jerry. Four years
A. 8* C. 7 ago, Debbie was three times as old as Jerry then.
B. 1 D. 5 How old is Debbie?
A. 14 C. 18
355. Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann B. 16* D. 24
was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is
Ann now?
365. A pump can pump out water from a tank in 11 374. A and B can do a piece of work in 42 days, B and
hours. Another pump can pump out water from the C in 31 days, and A and C in 20 days. In how many
same tank in 20 hours. How long will it take both days can all of them do the work together?
pumps to pump out the water in the tank? A. 19* C. 21
A. 7 hours* C. 7 ½ hours B. 17 D. 15
B. 6 hours D. 6 ½ hours
375. It takes Myline twice as long as Jeana to do a
366. A 400-mm φ pipe can fill the tank alone in 5 hours certain piece of work. Working together, they can
and another 600-mm φ pipe can fill the tank alone in finish the work in 6 hours. How long would it take
4 hours. A drain pipe 300-mm φ can empty the tank Jeana to do it alone?
in 20 hours. With all the three pipes open, how long A. 9 hours * C. 12 hours
will it take to fill the tank? B. 18 hours D. 14 hours
A. 2.00 hrs C. 2.50 hrs*
B. 2.25 hrs D. 2.75 hrs 376. Mike, Loui and Joy can mow the lawn in 4, 6 and
7 hours, respectively. What fraction of the yard can
367. A tank is filled with an intake pipe in 2 hours and they mow in 1 hours if they work together?
emptied by an outlet pipe in 4 hours. if both pipes are A. 47/84* C. 84/47
opened, how long will it take to fill the empty tank? B. 45/84 D. 39/60
A. 3 hours C. 5 hours
B. 4 hours* D. 6 hours 377. A farmer can plow the field in 8 days. After
working for 3 days, his son joins him and together
368. A tank can be filled in 9 hours by one pipe, 12 they plow the field in 3 more days. How many days
hours by a second pipe and can be drained when full will it require for the son to plow the field alone?
by a third pipe in 15 hours. How long will it take to fill A. 10 C. 12*
an empty tank with all pipes in operation? B. 11 D. 13
A. 7 hrs & 12 min C. 7 hrs & 42 min
B. 7 hrs & 32 min D. 7 hrs & 50 min* 378. Crew 1 can finish installation of an antenna tower
in 200 man-hour while Crew 2 can finish the same job
369. If A can do the work in “x” days and B in “y” days, in 300 man-hour. How long will it take both crews to
how long will they finish the job working together? finish the same job, working together?
A. (x+y)/xy C. xy/(x+y)* A. 100 man-hr C. 140 man-hr
B. (x+y)/2 D. sq. rt of xy B. 120 man-hr* D. 160 man-hr

370. Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan 379. On one job, two power shovels excavate 20,000
and 20% faster than Pilar, and together they can paint cubic meters of earth, the larger shovel working 40
a given fence in 4 hours. How long will it take Pedro hours and the smaller for 35 hours. On another job,
to paint the same fence if he had to work alone? they removed 40,000 cubic meters with the larger
A. 6 C. 10* shovel working 70 hours and the smaller working 90
B. 8 D. 12 hours, how much earth can each removed in 1 hours
working alone?
371. Genn can paint a house in 9 hours while Stewart A. 169.2, 287.3 C. 173.9, 347.8*
can paint the same house in 16 hours. They work B. 178.3, 294.1 D. 200.1, 312.4
together for 4 hours. After 4 hours, Stewart left and
Genn finished the job alone. How many more hours 380. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15liters pf 35%
did it take Genn to finish the job? salt solution are poured into a drum originally
A. 2. 75* C. 2.5 containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is the
B. 2.25 D. 3.0 percent concentration of salt in the mixture?
A. 19.55% * C. 27.05%
372. It takes Butch twice as long as it takes Dan to do B. 22.15% D. 25.72%
a certain piece of work. Working together they can do
the work in 6 days. How long would it take Dan to do 381. A chemist of a distillery experimented on two
it alone? alcohol solutions of different strength, 35% alcohol
A. 9 days* C. 11 days and 50% alcohol, respectively. How many cubic
B. 10 days D. 12 days meters of each strength must he use in order to
produce a mixture of 60 cubic meters that contain
373. A and B working together can finish painting a 40% alcohol?
house in 6 days. A working alone can finish it in 5 A. 20 m3, 40 m3 C. 50 m3, 20 m3
days less than B. How long will it take each of them 3
B. 20 m , 50 m 3 D. 40 m3, 20 m3*
to finish the work alone?
A. 8, 13 C. 6, 11 382. A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being
B. 10, 15* D. 7, 12 70% pure and the second being 60% pure. How many
 ounces of the 60% pure gold must be used to make 393. The denominator of a certain fraction is three
100 ounces of an alloy which will be 66% gold? more than twice the numerator. If 7 is added ot both
A. 35 C. 40* terms of the fraction, the resulting fraction is 3/5. Find
B. 38 D. 45 the original fraction?
A. 8/5 C. 5/13*
383. 2000 kg of steel containing 8% nickel is to be B. 13/5 D. 3/5
made by mixing a steel containing 14% nickel with
another containing 6% nickel. How much of each is 394. Find the product of two numbers such that twice
needed? the first added to the second equals 19 and three
A. 1500 kg, 500 kg C. 500 kg, 1500 kg* times the first is 21 more than the second.
B. 750 kg, 1250 kg D. 125 kg, 750 kg A. 24* C. 18
B. 32 D. 20
384. How much water must be evaporated from 10 kg
solution which has 4% salt to make a solution of 10% 395. The ten’s digit of a number is 3 less than the unit’s
salt? digit. If the number is divided by the sum of the digits,
A. 4 kg C. 6 kg* the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 3. What is the
B. 5 kg D. 7 kg original number?
A. 36 C. 58
385. If a two digit number has x for its unit’s digit and y B. 47 * D. 69
for its ten’s digit, represent the number.
A. 10x + y C. yx 396. The second of the four numbers is three less than
B. 10y +x * D. xy the first, the third is four more than the first and the
fourth is two more than the third. Find the fourth
386. One number is 5 less than the other. If their sum number if their sum is 35.
is 135, what are the numbers? A. 10 C. 12
A. 85, 50 C. 70, 65* B. 11 D. 13*
B. 80, 55 D. 75, 60
397. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph.
387. Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. Five minutes later, a second jogger starts the same
Determine the number. course at 10 kph. How long will it take the second
A. 6* C. 8 jogger to catch the first?
B. 7 D. 9 A. 20 min* C. 22 min
B. 21 min D. 18 min
388. The sum of two numbers is 21 and one number is
twice the other. Find the numbers. 398. A boat man rows to a place 4.8 miles with the
A. 6, 15 C. 8, 13 stream and back in 14 hours, but finds that he can row
B. 7, 14 * D. 9, 12 14 miles with the stream in the same time as 3 miles
against the stream. Find the rate of the stream.
389. If eight is added to the product of nine and the A. 1.5 mph C. 0.8 mph*
numerical number the sum is seventy-one. Find the B. 1 mph D. 0.6 mph
unknown number.
A. 5 C. 7* 399. A man rows downstream at the rate of 5 mph and
B. 6 D. 8 upstream at the rate of 2 mph. How far downstream
should he go if he is to return in 7/4 hours after
390. Find the fraction such that if 2 is subtracted from leaving?
its terms it becomes ¼, but if 4 is added to its terms it A. 2.5 miles * C. 3.1 miles
becomes ½. B. 3.3 miles D. 2.7 miles
A. 3/5 C. 5/14*
B. 5/12 D. 6/13 400. An airplane with the wind, took 2 hours to travel
1000 km and 2.5 hours in flying back. What was the
391. The product of ¼ and 1/5 of a number is 500. wind velocity in kph?
What is the number? A. 50* C. 70
A. 50 C. 100* B. 40 D. 60
B. 75 D. 125
401. A boat travels downstream in 2/3 of the time as it
392. If 3 is subtracted from the numerator of a certain goes going upstream. If the velocity of the river’s
fraction, the value of the fraction becomes 3/5. If 1 is current is 8 kph, determine the velocity of the boat in
subtracted from the denominator of the same fraction, still water.
it becomes 2/3. Find the original fraction? A. 40 kph* C. 30 kph
A. 35/55 C. 3/7 B. 50 kph D. 60 kph
B. 36/55* D. 32/41
402. Two planes leave Manila for a southern city, a 411. From the time 6:15 PM to the time 7:45 Pm of the
distance of 900 km. plane A travels at a ground speed same day, the minute hand of a standard clock
of 90 kph faster than the plane B. Plane A arrives in describe and arc of?
their destination 2 hours and 15 minutes ahead of A. 60 degrees C. 180 degrees
Plane B. What is the ground speed of plane A? B. 90 degrees D. 540 degrees*
A. 205 kph C. 240 kph*
B. 315 kph D. 287 kph 412. Two times the father’s age is 8 more than six
times his son’s age. Ten years ago, the sum of their
403. A train, an hour after starting, meets with an ages was 44. The age of the son is:
accident which detains it an hour, after which it A. 49 C. 20
proceeds at 3/5 of its former rate and arrives three B. 15* D. 18
hour after time but had the accident happened 50
miles farther on the line, it would have arrived one and 413. Peter’s age 13 years ago was 1/3 of his age 7
one-half hours sooner. Find the length of the journey. years hence. How old is Peter?
A. 910/9 miles C. 920/9 miles A. 15 C. 23*
B. 800/9 miles* D. 850/9 miles B. 21 D. 27

404. On a certain trip, Edgar drive 231 km in exactly 414. A man is 41 years old and in seven years he will
the same time as Erwin drive 308 km. If Erwin’s rate be four times as old as his son is at that time, how old
exceeded that of Edgar by 13 kph, determine the rate is his son now?
of Erwin. A. 9 C. 5*
A. 39 kph C. 48 kph B. 4 D. 8
B. 44 kph D. 52 kph*
415. A father is three times as old as his son. Four
405. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the years ago, he was four times as old as his son was at
hands of the clock extend in opposite directions for that time. How old is his son?
the first time? A. 36 C. 32
A. 42.4 minutes C. 43.2 minutes B. 24 D. 12*
B. 42.8 minutes D. 43.6 minutes*
416. A 100 kg salt solution originally 4% by weight.
406. In how many minutes after 7 o’clock will the Salt in water is boiled to reduce water content until the
hands be directly opposite each other for the first concentration is 5% by weight salt. How much water
time? s evaporated?
A. 5.22 minutes C. 5.33 minutes A. 10 C. 20*
B. 5.46 minutes* D. 5.54 minutes B. 15 D. 25

407. What time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the 417. A pound of alloy of lead and nickel weighs 14.4
clock be together for the first time? ounces in water, where lead losses 1/11 of its weight
A. 3:02.30 C. 3:14.32 and nickel losses 1.9 of its weight, how much of each
B. 3:17.37 D. 3:16.36 * metal is in the alloy?
A. Lead: 7.2 oz; Nickel: 8.8 oz C. Lead: 6.5 oz;
408. At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour hand Nickel: 5.4 oz
and minute hand of the clock first form and angle of B. Lead: 8.8 oz; Nickel: 7.2 oz* D. Lead: 7.8 oz;
120 degrees? Nickel: 4.2 oz
A. 12:18.82 C. 12:22.82
B. 12:21.82 * D. 12:24.82 418. Nonoy can finish a certain job in 10 days if Imelda
will help for 6 days. The same work can be done by
409. At what time between 8 and 9 o’clock will the Imelda in 12 days, if Nonoy helps for 6 days. If they
minute hand coincide with the hour hand? work together, how long will it take for them to do the
A. 8:42.5 C. 8:43.6* job?
B. 8:43.2 D. 8:43.9 A. 8.9 C. 9.2
B. 8.4* D. 8
410. A man left his home at past 3:00 o’clock PM as
indicated in his wall clock, between 2 to 3 hours after, 419. Delia can finish a job in 8 hours. Daisy can do it
he returns home and noticed the hands of the clock in 5 hours. If Delia worked for 3 hours and then Daisy
interchanged. At what time did the man leave his was asked to help her finish it, how long will daisy
home? have to work with Delia to finish the job?
A. 3:31.47 * C. 3:46.10 A. 2/5 hr C. 28 hrs
B. 3:21.45 D. 3:36.50 B. 25/14 hrs D. 1.923 hr*

420. The sum of reciprocals of two numbers is 11.

Three times the reciprocal of one of the numbers is
 three more than twice the reciprocal of the other 428. A boat going across a lake 8 km wide proceed 2
number. Find the numbers. km at a certain speed and then completes the trip at
A. 5, 6 C. 1/5, 1/6* a speed ½ kph faster. By doing this, the boat arrives
B. 7, 4 D. 1/7, ¼ 10 minutes earlier than if the original speed had been
maintained. Find the original speed of the boat.
421. Twice the middle digit of a three-digit number is A. 2 kph C. 9 kph
the sum of the other two. If the number is divided by B. 4 kph* D. 5 kph
the sum of its digit, the answer is 56 and the
remainder is 12. If the digits are reversed, the number 429. Juan can walk from his home to his office at the
becomes smaller by 594. Find the number. rate of 5 mph and back at the rate of 2 mph. what is
A. 258 C. 852* the average speed in mph?
B. 567 D. 741 A. 2.86* C. 4.12
B. 3.56 D. 5.89
422. A man fires a target 420 m away and hears the
bullet strike 2 seconds after he pulled the trigger. An 1.
observer 525 m away from the target, and 455 m from
the man heard the bullet strike the target one second
after he heard the report of the rifle. Find the velocity
of the bullet.
A. 525 m/s* C. 350 m/s
B. 360 m/s D. 336 m/s

423. It takes Jordan 60 seconds to run around a 440

yard track. How long does it take Michael to run
around the track if they meet in 32 seconds after they
start together in a race around the track in opposite
directions?
A. 58.76 sec C. 65.87 sec
B. 68.57 sec * D. 86.57 sec

424. A boat takes 2/3 as much time to travel

downstream from C to D, as to return. If the rate of
the river’s current is 8kph, what is the speed of the
boar in still water?
A. 38 C. 40*
B. 39 D. 41

425. A man rows downstream at the rate of 5 mph and

upstream at the rate of 2 mph. How far downstream
should he go if he is to return in 7/4 hours after
leaving?
A. 2 miles C. 3 miles
B. 3.5 miles D. 2.5 miles*

426. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph.

Five minutes later, a second jogger of the same
course at 10 kph. How long will it take for the second
jogger to catch the first?
A. 20 min * C. 30 min
B. 25 min D. 15 min

427. At 2:00 PM, an airplane takes off at 340 mph on

an aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier moves due
south at 25 mph in the same direction as the plane.
At 4:05 PM, the communication between the plane
and the aircraft carrier was lost. Determine the
communication range in miles between the plane and
the carrier.
A. 656 miles * C. 557 miles
B. 785 miles D. 412 miles
Instruction: Answer the following problems. Please try to
time yourself in solving the problem. 18. Rice worth P15.00 per kg is to be mixed with rice worth
P20.00 per kg to make up 50 kg of a mixture to sell at
1. A boy is one-third as old as his brother and 8 years younger P18.00 per kg. Determine the weight of each kind of rice in
than his sister. The sum of their ages is 38 years. How old the mixture.
is each of them? Answer: P15/kg = 20 kg, P20/kg = 30 kg
Answer: brother = 18, sister = 14
19. A and B start at the same time from two places 136 km apart
2. Maria is 12 years older than her sister Josie. Six years ago, toward each other. A travels 10 km/hr, and B 8 km/hr. If B
Maria was four times as old as Josie. Find their ages now. rests 1 hour on the way, in how many hours will they meet?
Answer: Josie = 10, Maria = 22 Answer: 8 hrs

3. Eight years ago, Manny was three times as old as Ronnie. 20. A runs around a circular track in 60 seconds, and B in 50
Now he is only twice as old as Ronnie. Find their ages. seconds. Five seconds after A starts, B starts from the
Answer: Ronnie = 16, Manny = 32 same point in the same direction. When will they be
together for the first time, assuming they run around the
4. Letty is 10 years older than Cory who is half as old as Ben. track continuously?
If the total of their ages is 54 years, find their respective Answer: 330 seconds or 5.5 minutes
ages now.
Answer: Cory=11 years, Letty=21, Ben=22 21. A runs around a circular track in 60 seconds, and B in 50
seconds. Five seconds after A starts, B starts from the
5. In what time would A, B, and C together do a piece of work same point in the opposite direction. When will they be
if A alone could do it in 6 hours more, B alone in 1 hour together for the first time, assuming they run around the
more, and C alone in twice the time? track continuously?
Answer: 2/3 hr = 40 min Answer: 30 seconds

6. A can do a piece of work in p days, while B can do the same 22. Two cars, A and B, with average speeds of 40 and 50 km/hr,
work in q days. In how many days can they do the work respectively, are 22- km apart. Car A starts at 8:00 AM
together? toward B, while N starts at 9:00 AM toward A. At what time
Answer: pq/(p + q) days will they meet?
Answer: 11:00 AM
7. A can do a piece of work in p days, B in q days, and C in r
days. In how many days can they do the work together? 23. A motorboat has an average of 20 km/hr in still water. It can
Answer: pqr/(p+q+r) days travel upstream 5 km against a river current in the same
time that it can travel downstream 7 km with the river
8. A can do a job in 8 days, and A and B can do the job current. What is the speed of the current?
together in 3 days. How long would it take B to do job alone? Answer: 3 1/3 kph
Answer: 4.8 days
24. A man started on his bicycle for Manila, a distance of 30
9. One pipe can fill a tank alone in 6 hours, another pipe can km, intending to arrive at a certain time. After riding 10 km
fill it alone in 9 hours. A drain pipe can empty the tank in 12 he was detained for half and hour, and as a result he was
hours. If the tank is empty, and all three pipes are open, obliged to ride the rest of the way 2 kph faster. What was
how long will it take to fill the tank? his original speed?
Answer: 4.8 hrs Answer: 8 kph

10. Find the number which is 7/4 times the excess of the 25. A cat is now 50 of her leaps ahead of a dog which is
number over 3. pursuing her. How many more leaps will the cat take before
Answer: 420 it is overtaken if she takes 5 leaps while the dog takes 4
leaps, but 2 of the dog’s leaps are equivalent to 3 of the
11. The difference between two numbers is 24 and their sum is cat’s leaps?
60. Find the numbers. Answer: 250 leaps
Answer: 18 and 42
26. A policeman is pursuing a thief who is ahead of 72 of his
12. Find two consecutive odd numbers such that thrice the own steps. The thief takes 6 steps while the policeman is
smaller number exceeds the larger by 12. taking 5 steps, but 4 steps of the thief are as long as 3 steps
Answer: 7 and 9 of the policeman. How many leaps will each make before
the thief is caught?
13. Find two consecutive positive even numbers such that the Answer: 540 steps for policeman, 648 steps for thief
difference of their squares is 76.
Answer: 18 and 20 27. A and B submitted separate proposals for the construction
of a bridge, A offering the lower price for the winning bid.
14. A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being 70% pure Had A and B reduced their bid prices by 5% and 10%,
gold, and the second 60% pure gold. How many grams of respectively, A would still have won the bid, but the
each must be used to make 100 grams of an alloy which difference in their bids would have been reduced by P3,000.
will be 66% pure gold? If the sum total of the bids is P90,000, what are the bids of
Answer: 70% alloy = 60 grams, 60% alloy = 40 grams A and B?
Answer: A’s bid = P40,000, B’s bid = 50,000
15. A chemist has two alcohol solutions of different strengths,
30% alcohol and 45% alcohol solutions, respectively. How 28. A man has P100,000, part of which he invests at 12%
many cubic cm of each must be used so as to make a interest and the rest at 18%. He received a total annual
mixture of 30 cubic cm which will contain 39$ alcohol? interest of P15,300. How much did he invest at each rate?
Answer: 30% alc = 12 cm3, 45% alc = 18 cm3 Answer: 12% = P45000, 18% = P55000

16. Determine how much water should be evaporated from 50 29. A fruit vendor goes to market to buy fruits for resale at her
kg of a 30% salt solution to produce a 60% salt solution. All store. She spends half her money for mangoes, and one-
percentages are by weight. third of what remains for bananas. She spends P150 for
Answer: 25 kg other fruits and still has P200 left from the amount she
originally had. How much money did she have at the start?
17. How many liters of 45% alcohol solution must be added to Answer: P1,050.00
60 liters of a 15% alcohol solution to obtain a 25% alcohol
solution?
Answer: 30 liters
30. A parcel of land in the form of a rectangle is 6 m longer than
its width. If it were 3 m shorter and 2 m wider its area would 43. Maria is 36 years old. Maria was twice as old as Anna was
be decreased by 14 sq. m. find its dimensions. when Maria was as old as Ann is now. How old is Anna
Answer: 26 m x 20 m now?
Answer: 24 years old
31. One angle of a triangle is half the second, and the third is
30 degrees more than the second. Find the angles it being 44. The sum of the ages of a married couple and their four
known that sum of the interior angles of any triangle is 180 children is 40 years over the century mark. Ten years ago,
degrees. the sum of the ages of the couple, the eldest child and the
Answer: 30°, 60°, 90° second child is 5 decades and 5 years less than the sum of
all (the six of them) their ages now. The father’s age is 10
32. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock are the hands of a times the age of the youngest, while the mother’s age is 8
clock, (a) opposite each other (b) coincident (c) right times that of the youngest. The difference between the age
angles? of the second child and the sum of the ages of the third and
Answer: (a) 4:54 (b) 4:21 (c) 4:05 and 4:38 the last child is zero, while the difference between the ages
of the first child and the sum of the ages of the second and
33. It is between 3 and 4 o’clock, and in 20 minutes the minute last child is also zero. Find their ages.
hand will be as much after the hour hand as it is now behind Answer: father=50; mother=40; 1st child=20; 2nd child=15;
it. What is the time? 3rd child=10; 4th child=5
Answer: 3:06
45. In an organization, there are CEs, EEs, and MEs. The su of
34. At what time will the hands of a clock be in a straight line their ages is 2,160; their average age is 36; the average of
between 7:00 o’clock and 8:00 o’clock (a) in the morning? the CEs and MEs is 39; of the Mes and EEs 32 8/11; of the
(b) in the evening? CEs and EEs 36 2/3. If each CE had been one year older,
Answer: (a) 7:05 AM and 7:38 AM (b) 7:38 AM each EEs 7 years and each MEs 6 years older, their
average age would have been greater by 5 years. Find the
35. In a certain community of p persons a% can read and write; number in each group and their average ages.
of the males alone b% and of the females c% can read and Answer: CE = 16; ME = 24, EE = 20
write. Find the number of males and females in the Ave ages: CE = 45; ME = 35; EE = 30
community.
Answer: males = (a-c)p/(b-c), females = (b-a)p/b-c 46. A and B can do a piece of work in p days, B and C in q days,
and C and A in r days. In how many days can each do the
36. During the last election, the total number of voters recorded work alone?
in a certain municipality was 8,600. Had one-third of RM’s Answer: A = 2pqr/(pq+qr-pr)
supporters stayed away from the polls and one-half of EQ’s B = 2pqr/(pr+qr-pq)
behaved likewise, RM’s majority would have been reduced C = 2pqr/(pq+pr-qr)
by 200. How many votes did RM and Q actually received?
Answer: RM = 5400, EQ = 3200 47. A and B can do a piece of work in p days, B and C in q days,
and C and A in r days. In how many days can they work
37. A certain Loan Association has invested in three different together?
transactions. The first investment is in real estate earning Answer: 2pqr/(pq+pr+qr)
9% interest annually, second investment is in loans earning
6% annually; and the third investment in bonds earning 4% 48. A certain job can be done by A and B working together in 5
annually. The total annual income is P3,400, but the annual days, B and C together can do the job in 4 days, and A and
interest in loans is three times that in bonds. How much is C together in 3 days. If each of them works alone, in how
each investment? many days can each do the work?
Answer: real estate: P20,000; loans: P20,000; bonds: Answer: A = 7 1/120 days
P10,000 B = 17 1/120 days
C = 5 1/24 days
38. A basket of oranges costing P80.00 was jointly purchased
by three housewives A, B, and C. One-half of what A paid 49. A man and a boy can do in 15 days a piece of work which
added to 1/5 of what B paid and 1/10 of what C paid will would be done by 7 men and 9 boys in 2 days. How long
total P30.00; and the sum that A paid increased by 1/8 of would it take one man to do it alone?
what paid B diminished by ¼ of what C paid will make it Answer: 20 days
P50.00 How much did each pay?
Answer: A = P50.00; B = P20.00; C = P10.00 50. A and B can do a piece of work in 42 days; B and C in 31
days; and C and A in 20 days.
39. A owes P50.00 and B owes P30.00. A could pay all his (a) In how many days can each worker do the work?
debts if besides his own money he had 2/5 of B’s; and B (b) In how many days can all of them do the work
could pay all but P1,000 of his debts if besides his own together?
money he had ½ of A’s. How much does each have?
Answer: A = P48,000; B = P5,000 Answer: (a) A = 48.13 days; B = 329.62 days; C = 34.22
days; (b) 19 days
40. A sum of money at compound interest amounts to
P10,035.20 in 2 years and to P12,588.16 in 4 years. What
are the sum of money and the rate of interest?
Answer: P8,000 and 12%

41. Seven carpenters and 5 masons earn a total of P2,300 per

day. At the same rate of pay 3 carpenters and 8 masons
earn P2,040. What are the wages per day of a carpenter
and a mason?
Answer: carpenter = P200; mason = P180

42. A man has three sums of money invested, one at 12%, one
at 10%, the last at 8%. His total annual income from the
three investments is P2,100. The first investment yields as
much as the other two combined. If he could receive 1%
more on each investment his annual income would be
increased by P202.50. How much is his investment at each
rate?
Answer: P8,750, P6,500; P5,000
 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COMPREHENSIVE EVALAUTION COURSE 1
TOPIC: PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY
Instruction: Answer the following multiple choice
questions. 17. If two angles are said to be complementary angles and one
1. If two angles are said to be supplementary angles and one of angle is of 52 ° then other angle is of
of angle is of 122 ° then other angle is of A. 100° C. 68°
A. 35° C. 58°* B. 128° D. 38°*
B. 60° D. 32°
18. Out of following, one angle which is acute is
2. Angle which is less than 360° and larger than 180° is A. 23⁄86 of a complete rotation
classified as B. 4⁄9 of a right angle*
A. acute angle C. obtuse angle C. 45⁄47 of a right angle
B. right angle D. reflex angle* D. 10⁄20 of a complete rotation

3. Angle which is equal to 90° is classified as 19. Line segment if extended from only one end-point and
A. acute angle C. obtuse angle other point remains same then it is considered as
B. right angle* D. reflex angle A. line
B. ray*
4. If line segment is extended in two directions indefinitely C. intersecting line
from each of two points then it is classified as D. plane
A. intersecting line C. plane
B. line * D. ray 20. Certain point where two rays meet to form an angle is called
A. Vertex*
5. Flat surface in which two points are joined by using straight B. acute angle
line is classified as C. right angle
A. Line C. ray D. obtuse angle
B. intersecting line D. plane*
21. Out of following options, two angles that are together
6. Any line segment can be formed by joining classified as supplementary angles are
A. two points* C. three points A. 70° and 50° C. 55° and 65°
B. four points D. more than three points B. 60° and 30° D. 135° and 45°*

7. Out of following, one angle which is obtuse is 22. Angle which is less than 360° and is larger than 180° is
A. 11⁄21 of a right angle called
B. 11⁄21 of a complete rotation A. acute angle C. obtuse angle
C. 8⁄20 of a complete rotation* B. right angle D. reflex angle*
D. 8⁄20 of a right angle
23. Angle which is less than 180° and larger than 90° is
8. Angle which is less than 90° is called classified as
A. reflex angle C. acute angle* A. obtuse angle* C. right angle
B. obtuse angle D. right angle B. reflex angle D. acute angle

9. Out of following options, two angles that are together 24. Out of following, one angle which is reflex is
classified as complementary angles are A. 10⁄13 of a complete rotation
A. 120° and 60° C. 50° and 30° B. 3⁄4 of a complete rotation
B. 65° and 25°* D. 70° and 30° C. 11⁄21 of a complete rotation
D. all of above*
10. When two rays meet each other at a certain point then the
A. line segment is formed C. line is formed 25. Find the angle in mills subtended by a line 10 yards long at
B. angle is formed* D. all of above a distance of 5000 yards.
A. 1 C. 2*
11. If two angles are classified as complementary angles then B. 2.5 D. 4
their sum must be equal to
A. 120° C. 90°* 26. Assuming that the earth is sphere whose radius is 6400 km.
B. 180° D. 360° Find the distance along a 3 degree arc at the equator of the
earth’s surface.
12. Path described by any moving point is classified as A. 335.10 km* C. 533.10 km
A. ordinate ray C. rays B. 353.10 km D. 353.01 km
B. line segment D. line*
27. The angle subtended by an arc is 24o. If the radius of the
13. On a line, sum of adjacent angles is equal to circle is 45 cm, find the length of arc
A. 90° C. 180°* A. 16.85 cm C. 17.85 cm
B. 140° D. 120° B. 18.85 cm* D. 19.85 cm

14. Angles that have common vertex and a common side on a 28. A rat feel on a bucket of a water wheel with diameter of
line are classified as 600 cm which travelled an angle of 190obefore it dropped
A. vertically opposite angles C. supplementary angles from the bucket. Calculate for the linear cm that the rat was
B. adjacent angles* D. complementary angles carried by the bucket before it fell.
A. 950 C. 965
15. Angles formed when two straight lines intersect each other B. 985 D. 995*
are classified as
A. adjacent angles 29. Given the circle whose diameter AB equals 2 m. If two
B. complementary angles points C and D lie on the circle and angles ABC and BAD are
C. supplementary angles 18o and 36o, respectively, find the length of the major arc
D. vertically opposite angles* CD.
A. 1.26 m* C. 1.36 m
16. If two angles are classified as supplementary angles then B. 1.63 m D. 1.45 m
their sum must be equal to
A. 180°* C. 120° 30. A certain angle has as supplement 5 times its complement.
B. 160° D. 90° What is the angle?

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TOPIC: PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY
A. 67.5 *o
C.B. 58.5o
46. A circle with radius 6 cm has half its area removed by
B. 30o D. 27o cutting off a border of uniform width. Find the width of the
border.
31. Each angle of a regular dodecagon is equal to A. 1.76 cm* C. 1.35 cm
A. 135o C. 150o* B. 1.98 cm D. 2.03 cm
B. 125o D. 105o
47. The area of a circle is 89.42 sq. inches. What is its
32. How many sides has a polygon if the sum of the interior circumference?
angles is 1080o? A. 32.25 in. C. 33.52 in. *
A. 5 C. 6 B. 35.33 in. D. 35.55 in.
B. 7 D. 8*
48. A square section ABCD has one of its sides equal to x. Point
33. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 540o. Find E is inside the square forming an equilateral triangle BEC
the number of sides. having one side equal in length to the side of the square.
A. 3 C. 4 Find the angle AED.
B. 5* D. 6 A. 130o B. 140o
B. 150o* D. 160o
34. Find the sum of the interior angles of the vertices of a five
pointed star inscribed in a circle. 49. The area of a circle circumscribing about an equilateral
A. 150o C. 160o triangle is 254.47 sq. m. What is the area of the triangle in
B. 170o D. 180o* sq. m?
A. 100.25 C. 102.25
35. How many sides are in a polygon if each interior angle is B. 104.25 D. 105.25*
165 degrees?
A. 12 C. 24* 50. What is the area in sq. cm of the circle circumscribed about
B. 20 D. 48 an equilateral triangle with a side 10 cm long?
A. 104.7* C. 105.7
36. How many diagonals are there in a polygon of 20 sides? B. 106.7 D. 107.7
A. 200 C. 170*
B. 100 D. 158 51. The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle is 39.19 cm2 and
the radius of the circumscribed circle is 7.14 cm. If the two
37. Find each interior angle of a hexagon. sides of the inscribed triangle are 8 cm and 10 cm,
A. 90o C. 120o* respectively, find the third side.
B. 150o D. 180o A. 11 cm C. 12 cm
B. 13 cm D. 14 cm*
38. Given a triangle, C = 100o, A = 15 m, B = 20 m. Find C.
A. 26 m C. 27 m* 52. The area of a triangle is 8346 sq. m and two of its interior
B. 28 m D. 29 m angles are 37o25’ and 56o17’. What is the length of the
longest side?
39. In triangle ABC, angle A = 45o and C = 70o. The side A. 171.5 m C. 181.5 m*
opposite angle C is 40 m long. What is the length of the B. 191.5 m D. 200.5 m
side opposite angle A?
A. 26.1 m C. 27.1 m 53. The angle of a sector is 30o and the radius is 15 cm. What
B. 29.1 m D. 30.1 m* is the area of the sector in cm2?
A. 59.8 C. 89.5
40. In triangle ABC, angle C = 70o, A= 45o, AB = 40 m. What B. 58.9* D. 85.9
is the length of the median drawn from vertex A to side BC?
A. 36.3 m* C. 36.6 m 54. Two perpendicular chords both 5 cm from the center of a
B. 36.9 m D. 37.2 m circle divide the circle into four parts. If the radius of the
circle is 13 cm, find the area of the smallest part.
41. From a point outside of an equilateral triangle, the distances A. 30 cm2 C. 31 cm2*
to the vertices are 10 m, 18 m and 10 m, respectively. What B. 32 cm2 D. 33 cm2
is the length of one side of a triangle?
A. 17.75 m C. 18.50 m 55. The distance between the centers of the three circles which
B. 19.95 m* D. 20.50 m are mutually tangent to each other externally are 10, 12,
and 14 units. The area of the largest circle is?
42. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm and 14 cm. A. 72 π C. 23 π
Determine the radius of the inscribed circle. B. 64 π* D. 16 π
A. 2.25 cm C. 2.35 cm
B. 2.45 cm* D. 2.55 cm 56. The arc of a sector is 9 unites and its radius is 3 units. What
is the area of the sector in square units?
43. What is the radius of the circle circumscribing an isosceles A. 12.5 C. 13.5*
right triangle having an area of 162 sq. cm? B. 14.5 D. 15.5
A. 12.73 m* C. 13.52 m
B. 14.18 m D. 15.55 m 57. A circle having an area of 452 sq. m is cut into two
segments by a chord which is 6 m from the center of the
44. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm and 14 cm. circle. Compute the area of the bigger segment.
Determine the radius of the circumscribing circle. A. 354. 89 sq. m C. 363. 68 sq. m*
A. 7.14 cm* C. 7.34 cm B. 378. 42 sq. m D. 383. 64 sq. m
B. 7.54 cm D. 7.74 cm
58. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two partially
45. Two sides of a triangle are 50 m and 60 m long. The angle overlapping identical circles. Each of the circles has a radius
included between these sides is 30o. What is the interior of 9 m and each circle passes through the center of the
angle opposite the longest side? other. Find the area of the swimming pool.
A. 93.74o C. 92.74o A. 380 m2 C. 390 m2
B. 90.74o D. 86.38o* B. 400 m2 D. 410 m2*

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59. Find the difference of the area of the square inscribe in a 72. In a circle of diameter of 10 m, a regular five-pointed star
semi-circle having a radius of 15 ,. The base of the square touching its circumference is inscribed. What is the area of
lies on the diameter of the semi-circle. that part not covered by the star?
A. 171.5 cm2 C. 172.5 cm2 A. 40. 5 sq. m C. 45. 5 sq. m
B. 173.5 cm2* D. 174.5 cm2 B. 50. 5 sq. m* D. 55. 5 sq. m

60. A rectangle ABCD which measures 18 cm. by 24 cm. is 73. A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner pentagon
folded once, perpendicular to diagonal AC, so that the with sides of 10 cm is inside and concentric to the large
opposite vertices A and C coincide. Find the length of the pentagon. Determine the area inside and concentric to the
fold. larger pentagon but outside of the smaller pentagon.
A. 20.5 cm2 C. 21.5 cm2 A. 430.70 cm3 C. 573.26 cm3
B. 22.5 cm2* D. 23.5 cm2 B. 473.77 cm3 D. 516.14 cm3*

61. A trapezoid has an area of 36 m2 and an altitude of 2 m. 74. Determine the area of a regular 6-star polygon if the inner
Its two bases have the ration of 4:5. What are the lengths regular hexagon has 10 cm sides.
of the bases? A. 441.66 cm2 C. 467.64 cm2
A. 12, 15 C. 7, 11 B. 519.60 cm2* D. 493.62 cm2
B. 8, 10 D. 16, 20*
75. The sides of a right triangle have lengths (a – b), a, and (a
62. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine + b). What is the ratio of a to b if a is greater than b and b
its area. could not be equal to zero?
A. 360 in2 C. 280 in2 A. 1 : 4 C. 3 : 1
B. 320 in2* D. 400 in2 B. 1 : 4 D. 4 : 1*

63. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, 76. Two sides of a triangle measure 8 cm and 12 cm. find its
10 and 100o, respectively, find the length of the shorter area if its perimeter is 26 cm.
diagonal. A. 21.33 sq. m. C. 32.56 sq. cm.
A. 10.63 C. 10.37 B. 3.306 sq. in. * D. 32.56 sq. in.
B. 10.73* D. 10.23
77. If three sides of a triangle of an acute triangle is 3 cm, 4
64. Find the area of a quadrilateral having sides AB = 10 cm, cm, and “x” cm, what are the possible values of x?
BC = 5 cm, CD = 14.14 cm and DA = 15 cm, if the sum of A. 1 < x < 5* C. 0 < x > 5
the opposite angles is equal to 225o. B. 0 < x < 7 D. 1 < x > 7
A. 96 sq. m C. 100 sq. m*
B. 94 sq. m D. 98 sq. m 78. In triangle ABC, AB = 8 m and BC = 20 m. one possible
dimension of CA is:
65. Determine the area of the quadrilateral shown, OB = 80 A. 13* C. 7
cm, AO = 120 cm, OD = 150 cm and ϕ = 25o B. 9 D. 11

79. In a triangle BCD, BC = 25 m. and CD = 10 m. The

perimeter of the triangle may be.
A. 72 m. C. 70 m.
B. 69 m. * D. 71 m.
A. 2721.66 cm2* C. 2271.66 cm2
B. 2172.66 cm2 D. 2217.66 cm2 80. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 25 cm, BC = 39 cm,
and AC = 40 cm. Find its area.
66. Find the area of a quadrilateral have sides 12 m, 20 m, 8 m A. 486 sq. cm. C. 846 sq. cm.
and 16.97 m. If the sum of the opposite angles is equal to B. 648 sq. cm. D. 468 sq. cm. *
225o, find the area of the quadrilateral.
A. 100 m2 C. 124 m2 81. The corresponding sides of two similar triangles are in the
B. 168 m2* D. 158 m2 ratio 3:2. What is the ratio of their areas?
A. 3 C. 2
67. The area of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius B. 9/4* D. 3/2
1 is?
A. 1.316 C. 2.945 82. Find the area of the triangle whose sides are 12, 16, and
B. 2.598* D. 3.816 21 units.
A. 95.45 sq. units* C. 102.36 sq. units
68. Find the area (in cm2) of a regular octagon inscribed in a B. 87.45 sq. units D. 82.78 sq. units
circle of radius 10 cm?
A. 283* C. 289 83. The sides of a right triangle are 8, 15 and 17 units. If each
B. 298 D. 238 side is doubled, how many square units will be the area of
the new triangle?
69. A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle whose diameter is A. 240* C. 300
20 m. Find the area of the 6 segments of the circle formed B. 320 D. 420
by the sides of the hexagon.
A. 36. 45 sq. m C. 63. 54 sq. m 84. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one triangle
B. 45. 63 sq. m D. 54. 36 sq. m* is 3 units more than its base and the altitude of the other is
3 units less than its base. Find the altitudes, if the areas of
70. Find the area of a regular pentagon whose side is 25 m and the triangle differ by 21 square units.
apothem is 17.2 m. A. 5 & 11 C. 4 & 10*
A. 1075 m2* C. 1085 m2 B. 6 & 12 D. 3 & 9
B. 1080 m2 D. 1095 m2
85. A triangular piece of wood having a dimension 130 cm, 180
71. The area of a circle is 89.42 sq. inches. What is the length cm, and 190 cm is to be divided by a line bisecting the
of the side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle? longest side drawn from its opposite vertex. The area of the
A. 5.533 in. C. 5.335 in. * part adjacent to the 180-cm side is:
B. 6.335 in. D. 7.335 in. A. 5126 sq. cm. C. 5162 sq. cm.
B. 5612 sq. cm. * D. 5216 sq. cm.

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86. Find EB if the area of the inner triangle is ¼ of the outer 100. A trapezoid has an area of 36 m2 and altitude of 2 m. Its
triangle. two bases in meters have ratio of 4:5, the bases are:
A. 32.5 C. 55.7 A. 12, 15 C. 7, 11
B. 56.2 D. 57.5* B. 16, 20* D. 8, 10

87. A piece of wire is shaped to enclose a square whose area is 101. Determine the area of the quadrilateral ABCD shown if OB
169 cm2. It is then reshaped to enclose a rectangle whose = 80 cm, OA = 120 cm, OD = 150 cm and Ѳ = 25°.
length is 15 cm. The area of the rectangle is: A. 2272 sq. cm C. 7222 sq. cm
A. 165 cm2* C. 175 cm2 B. 2572 sq. cm D. 2722 sq. cm*
B. 170 cm2 D. 156 cm2
102. A corner lot of land is 35 m on one street and 25 m on the
88. The diagonal of the floor of a rectangular room is 7.50 m. other street. The angle between the two lines of the street
The shorter side of the room is 4.5 m. What is the area of being 82°. The other to two lines of the lot are respectively
the room? perpendicular to the lines of the streets. What is the worth
A. 36 sq. m. C. 27 sq. m. * of the lot if its unit price is P2500 per square meter?
B. 58 sq. m. D. 24 sq. m. A. P1,978,456 C. P1,588,045
B. P2,234,023 D. P1,884,050*
89. A man measuring a rectangle “x” meters by “y” meters,
makes each side 15% too small. By how many percent will 103. Determine the area of the quadrilateral having (8, -2), (5,
his estimate for the area be too small? 6), (4, 1), and (-7, 4) as consecutive vertices.
A. 23.55% C. 25.67% A. 22 sq. units* C. 44 sq. units
B. 27.75%* D. 72.25% B. 32 sq. units D. 48 sq. units

90. The length of the side of a square is increased by 100%. 104. Find the area of the shaded portion shown if AB is parallel
Its perimeter is increased by: to CD.
A. 25% C. 100%* A. 16 sq. m. C. 18 sq. m. *
B. 200% D. 300% B. 20 sq. m. D. 22 sq. m.

91. A piece of wire of length 52 cm is cut into two parts. Each 105. The deflection angles of any polygon has a sum of:
part is then bent to form a square. It is found that total area A. 360°* C. 720°
of the two squares is 97 sq. cm. the dimension of the bigger B. 180°(n – 3) D. 180° n
square is:
A. 4 C. 9* 106. The sum of the interior angles of a dodecagon is:
B. 3 D. 6 A. 2160° C. 1980°
B. 1800°* D. 2520°
92. In the figure shown, ABCD is a square and PDC is an
equilateral triangle. Find Ѳ. 107. Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 165°. How many
A. 5° C. 15°* sides?
B. 10° D. 25° A. 23 C. 24*
B. 25 D. 26
93. One side of a parallelogram is 10 m and its diagonals are
16 m and 24 m, respectively. Its area is: 108. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 540°. Find
A. 156.8 sq. m. C. 185.6 sq. m. the number of sides.
B. 158.7 sq. m. * D. 142.3 sq. m. A. 4 C. 6
B. 7 D. 5*
94. If the sides of the parallelogram and an included angle are
6, 10 and 100 degrees respectively, find the length of the 109. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon of n sides is
shorter diagonal. 1080°. Find the value of n.
A. 10.63 C. 10.37 A. 5 C. 6
B. 10.73* D. 10.23 B. 7 D. 8*

95. The area of a rhombus is 132 square cm. if its shorter 110. How many diagonals does a pentedecagon have:
diagonal is 12 cm, the length of the longer diagonal is: A. 60* C. 70
A. 20 centimeter C. 21 centimeter B. 80 D. 90
B. 22 centimeter* D. 23 centimeter
111. A polygon has 170 diagonals. How many sides does it have?
96. The diagonals of a rhombus are 10 cm. and 8 cm., A. 20* C. 18
respectively. Its area is: B. 25 D. 26
A. 10 sq. cm. C. 50 sq. cm.
B. 60 sq. cm. D. 40 sq. cm. * 112. A regular hexagon with an area of 93.53 square centimeters
is inscribed in a circle. The area in the circle not covered by
97. Given a cyclic quadrilateral whose sides are 4 cm, 5 cm, 8 hexagon is:
cm, and 11 cm. Its area is: A. 18.38 cm2 C. 16.72 cm2
A. 40.25 sq. cm. * C. 48.65 sq. cm. B. 19.57 cm2* D. 15.68 cm2
B. 50.25 sq. cm. D. 60.25 sq. cm
113. The area of a regular decagon inscribed in a circle of 15 cm
98. A rectangle ABCD which measure 18 by 24 cm is folded diameter is:
once, perpendicular to diagonal AC, so that the opposite A. 156 sq. cm. C. 158 sq. cm.
vertices A and C coincide. Find the length of the fold. B. 165 sq. cm. * D. 185 sq. cm.
A. 2 C. 7/2
B. 54/2 D. 45/2* 114. The sum of the interior angle of polygon is 2,520°. How
many are the sides?
99. The sides of a quadrilateral are 10m, 8m, 16m and 20m, A. 14 C. 15
respectively. Two opposite interior angles have a sum of B. 16* D. 17
225°. Find the area of the quadrilateral in sq. m.
A. 140.33 sq. cm. C. 145.33 sq. cm. * 115. The area of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius
B. 150.33 sq. cm. D. 155.33 sq. cm. 1 is:

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A. 2.698 sq. units C. 2.598 sq. units* 129. Given are two concentric circles with the outer circle having
B. 3.698 sq. units D. 3.598 sq. units a radius of 10 cm. If the area of the inner circle is half of
the outer circle, find the boarder between the two circles.
116. The corners of a 2-meter square are cut off to form a A. 2.930 cm* C. 2.856 cm
regular octagon. What is the length of the sides of the B. 3.265 cm D. 2.444 cm
resulting octagon?
A. 0.525 C. 0.626 130. A circle of radius 5 cm has a chord which is 6cm long. Find
B. 0.727 D. 0.828* the area of the circle concentric to this circle and tangent
to the given chord.
117. If a regular polygon has 27 diagonals, then it is a: A. 14π C. 16π*
A. Hexagon C. Nonagon* B. 9π D. 4π
B. Pentagon D. Heptagon
131. A reversed curve on a railroad track consists of two circular
118. One side of a regular octagon is 2. Find the area of the arcs. The central angle of one side is 20° with radius 2500
region inside the octagon. feet, and the central angle of the other is 25° with radius
A. 19.3 sq. units* C. 13.9 sq. units 3000 feet. Find the total lengths of t he two arcs.
B. 21.4 sq. units D. 31 sq. units A. 2812 ft. C. 2218 ft.
B. 2821 ft. D. 2182 ft. *
119. A regular octagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 10. Find
the area of the octagon. 132. Given a triangle whose sides are 24 cm, 30 cm, and 36 cm.
A. 228.2 sq. units* C. 288.2 sq. units find the radius of a circle which is tangent to the shortest
B. 282.8 sq. units D. 238.2 sq. units and longest side of the triangle, and whose center lies on
the third side.
120. The area of a circle is 89.4 square inches. What is the A. 9.111 cm C. 11.91 cm*
circumference? B. 12.31 cm D. 18 cm
A. 35.33 inches C. 32.25 inches
B. 33.52 inches* D. 35.55 inches 133. Find the area of the largest circle that can be cut from a
triangle whose sides are 10 cm, 18 cm, and 20 m.
121. A circle whose area is 452 cm square is cut into two A. 11π cm2 C. 12π cm2
segment by a chord whose distance from the center of the B. 14π cm2* D. 15π cm2
circle is 6 cm. Find the area of the larger segment in cm
square. 134. The diameter of the circle circumscribed about a triangle
A. 372.5 C. 363.6* ABC with sides a, b , c is equal to:
B. 368.4 D. 377.6 A. a/sin A C. b/sin B
B. c/sin C D. all of the above*
122. A circle is divided into two parts by a chord, 3 cm away from
the center. Find the area of the smaller part, in cm square, 135. The sides of a triangle are 14 cm., 15 cm., and 13 cm. find
if the circles has an area of 201 cm square. the area of the circumscribing circle.
A. 51.4 C. 57.8 A. 207.4 sq. cm. * C. 209.6 sq. cm.
B. 55.2 D. 53.7* B. 215.4 sq. cm. D. 220.5 sq. cm.

123. A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a semi-circle with side 136. What is the radius of the circle circumscribing an isosceles
AD coinciding with the diameter of the circle. If sides AB, right triangle having an area of 162 sq. cm?
BC, and CD are 8 cm, 10 cm, and 12 cm long, respectively, A. 13.52 C. 14.18
find the area of the circle. B. 12.73* D. 1564
A. 317 sq. cm. * C. 356 sq. cm.
B. 456 sq. cm. D. 486 sq. cm. 137. If the radius of the circle is decreased by 20%, by how
much is its area decreased?
124. A semi-circle of radius 14 cm is formed from a piece of wire. A. 36%* C. 26%
If it is bent into a rectangle whose length is 1cm more than B. 46% D. 56%
its width, find the area of the rectangle.
A. 256.25 sq. cm. C. 323.57 sq. cm. * 138. The distance between the center of the three circles which
B. 386.54 sq. cm. D. 452.24 sq. cm are mutually tangent to each other externally are 10, 12
and 14 units. The area of the of the largest circle is:
125. The angle of a sector is 30 degrees and the radius is 15 cm. A. 72π C. 23π
What is the area of the sector? B. 64π* D. 16π
A. 89.5 cm2 C. 58.9 cm2 *
B. 59.8 cm2 D. 85.9 cm2 139. The sides of a cyclic quadrilateral measures 8 cm, 9 cm, 12
cm, and 7 cm, respectively. Find the area of the
126. A sector has a radius of 12 cm. if the length of its arc is 12 circumscribing circle.
cm, its area is: A. 8.65 cm2 C. 186.23 cm2
A. 66 sq. cm. C. 82 sq. cm. B. 6.54 cm2 D. 134.37 cm2*
B. 144 sq. cm. D. 72 sq. cm. *
140. The wheel of a car revolves n times, while the car travels x
127. The perimeter of a sector is 9 cm and its radius is 3 cm. km. the radius of the wheel in meter is:
What is the area of the sector? A. 10,000 x/ (π n) C. 500 x/ (π n) *
A. 4 cm2 C. 9/2 cm2 * B. 500,00 x/ (π n) D. 5,000 x/ (π n)
B. 11/2 cm2 D. 27/2 cm2
141. If the inside wheels of a car running a circular track are
128. A swimming pool is to be constructed in the space of going half as fast as the outside wheel, determine the
partially overlapping identical circles. Each of the circles has length of the track, described by the outer wheels, if the
a radius of 9 m, and each passes through the center of the wheels are 1.5 m apart.
other. Find the area of the swimming pool. A. 4π C. 5π
A. 302.33 m2 C. 362.55 m2 B. 6π* D. 8π
B. 398.99 m2 D. 409.44 m2*
142. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the
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the rope length, what is the maximum area the goat can 156. A circular having an altitude of 9 m is divided into 2
cover? segments having the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is
A. 5281 ft2 C. 4084 ft2* 6 m, find the ratio of the volume of the small cone to the
B. 3961 ft2 D. 3970 ft2 big cone.
A. 0.186 C. 0.296*
143. The interior angles of a triangle measures 2x, x + 15, and B. 0.386 D. 0.486
2x + 15. What is the value of x?
A. 30°* C. 66° 157. Find the volume of a cone to be constructed from a sector
B. 42° D. 54° having a diameter of 72 cm and central angle of 210o.
A. 12367.2 cm3 C. 13232.6 cm3
144. Two complementary angles are in the ratio 2:1. Find the B. 13503.4 cm3* D. 14682.5 cm3
larger angle.
A. 30° C. 60°* 158. Find the volume of a cone to be constructed from a sector
B. 75° D. 15° having a diameter of 72 cm and a central angle of 150o.
A. 5533.32 cm3 C. 6622.44 cm3
145. Two transmission towers 40 feet high is 200 feet apart. If B. 7710.82 cm3* D. 8866.44 cm3
the lowest point of the cable is 10 feet above the ground,
the vertical distance from the roadway to the cable 50 feet 159. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base diameter
from the center is: of 12 cm. It holds water to a depth of 18 cm above its
A. 17.25 feet C. 17.5 feet* vertex. Find the volume (in cm3) of its content.
B. 17.75 feet D. 18 feet A. 188.40 C. 298.40
B. 381.70 * D. 412.60
146. What is the area bounded by the curves y2 = 4x and x2 =
4y 160. What is the height of a right circular cone having a slant
A. 6.0 C. 7.333 height of and a base diameter of 2x?
B. 6.666 D. 5.333* A. 2x C. 3x*
B. 3.317x D. 3.162x
147. What is the area between y = 0, y = 3x2 , x = 0, and x =
2? 161. The ratio of the volume to the lateral area of a right circular
A. 8* C. 12 cone is 2:1. If the altitude is 15 cm, what is the ratio of the
B. 24 D. 6 slant height to the radius?
A. 5:6 C. 5:4
148. A circular piece of cardboard with a diameter of 1 m will be B. 5:3 D. 5:2*
made into a conical hat 40 cm high by cutting a sector off
and joining the edges to form a cone. Determine the angle 162. A regular triangular pyramid has an altitude of 9 m and a
subtended by the sector removed. volume of 187.06 cu. m. What is the base edge in meters?
A. 144o * C. 148o A. 12* C. 13
B. 152o D. 154o B. 14 D. 15

149. What is the area in sq. me of the zone of a spherical 163. The volume of the frustum of a regular triangular pyramid
segment having a volume of 1470.265 cu. m if the diameter is 135 cu. m. The lower base is an equilateral triangle with
of the sphere is 30 m? an edge of 9 m. The upper base is 8 m above the lower
A. 465.5 m2 C. 565.5 m2* base. What is the upper base edge in meters?
B. 665.5 m2 D. 656.5 m2 A. 2 C. 3*
B. 4 D. 5
150. A sphere having a diameter of 30 cm is cut into 2 segments.
The altitude of the first segment is 6 sm. What is the ratio 164. What is the volume of a frustum of a cone whose upper
of the area of the second segment to that of the first? base is 15 cm in diameter and lower base 10 cm. in
A. 4:1* C. 3:1 diameter with an altitude of 25 cm?
B. 2:1 D. 3:2 A. 3018.87 cm3 C. 3180.87 cm3
B. 3108.87 cm3* D. 3081.87 cm3
151. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is
the surface area increased? 165. In a portion of an electrical railway cutting, the areas of
A. 30 % C. 33 % cross section taken every 50 m are 2556, 2619, 2700, 2610
B. 60 % D. 69 %* and 2484 sq. m. Find its volume.
A. 522,600 m3* C. 520,500 m3
152. Each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By what percent is B. 540,600 m3 D. 534,200 m3
the volume of the cube increased?
A. 1.21% C. 2.8% 166. Determine the volume of a right truncated triangular prism
B. 3.03%* D. 3.5% with the following definitions: Let the corners of the
triangular base be defined by A, B and C. The length of AB
153. Given a sphere of a diameter, d. What is the percentage = 10 ft., BC = 9 ft. and CA = 12 ft. The sides A, B and C
increase in its diameter when the surface area increases by are perpendicular to the triangular base and have the
21%? height of 8.6 ft., 7.1 ft. and 5.5 ft. respectively.
A. 5% C. 10%* A. 413 ft3 C. 311 ft3*
B. 21% D. 33% B. 313 ft3 D. 391 ft3

154. Given a sphere of a diameter, d. What is the percentage 167. A circular cylinder with a volume of 6.54 cu. m is
increase in its volume when the surface area increases by circumscribed about a right prism whose base is an
21%? equilateral triangle of side 1.25 m. What is the altitude of
A. 5% C. 10% the cylinder in meters?
B. 21% D. 33%* A. 3.50 C. 3.75
B. 4.00* D. 4.25
155. How many times does the volume of a sphere increases if
the radius is doubled? 168. A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism
A. 4 times C. 2 times having a square base one meter on an edge. The volume
B. 6 times D. 8 times* of the cylinder is 6.283 cu. m. Find its altitude in meters.
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B. 3.50 D. 3.25 A. 1/8 C. 5/8
B. 6/8 D. 7/8*
169. The bases of a right prism is a hexagon with one of each
side equal to 6 cm. The bases are 12 cm apart. What is the 180. Each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By what percent is
volume of the right prism? the volume of the cube increased?
A. 1211.6 cm3 C. 2211.7 cm3 A. 23.4% C. 33.1%*
B. 1212.5 cm3 D. 1122.4 cm3* B. 3% D. 34.56%

170. Two vertical conical tanks are joined at the vertices by a 181. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is
pipe. Initially the bigger tank is full of water. The pipe valve the surface area increased?
is open to allow the water to flow to the smaller tank until A. 67 C. 69*
it is full. At this moment, how deep is the water in the bigger B. 63 D. 65
tank? The bigger tank has a diameter of 6 ft and a height
of 10 ft, the smaller tank has a diameter of 6 ft and a height 182. Find the approximate change in the volume of a cube of
of 8 feet. Neglect the volume of water in the pipeline. side x inches caused by increasing its side by 1%.
3
A. √200 *
3
C. √50 A. 0.3×3 cu. in. C. 0.1×3 cu. in.
3
B. √25
4
D. √50 B. 0.02 cu. in. D. 0.03×3 cu. in. *

171. The central angle of a spherical wedge is 1 radian. Find its 183. A rectangular bin 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet high
volume if its radius is 1 unit. is solidly packed with bricks whose dimensions are 8 in. by
A. 2/3 * C. 1/2 4 in. by 2 in. The number of bricks in the bin is:
B. ¾ D. 2/5 A. 68 C. 386
B. 648* D. 956
172. A regular octahedron has an edge 2m. Find its volume (in
m3). 184. Find the total surface area of a cube of side 6 cm.
A. 3.77* C. 1.88 A. 214 sq. cm. C. 216 sq. cm. *
B. 3.22 D. 2.44 B. 226 sq. cm. D. 236 sq. cm.

173. A mixture compound of equal parts of two liquid, one white 185. The space diagonal of a cube is 4√3 m. Find its volume.
and the other black, was placed in a hemispherical bowl. A. 16 cubic meters C. 48 cubic meters
The total depth of the two liquids in 6 inches. After standing B. 64 cubic meters* D. 86 cubic meters
for a short time, the mixture separated, the white liquid
settling below the black. If the thickness of the segment of 186. A reservoir is shaped like a square prism. If the area of its
the black liquid is 2 inches, find the radius of the bowl in base is 225 sq. cm, how many liters of water will it hold?
inches. A. 3.375* C. 3375
A. 7.33 * C. 7.53 B. 33.75 D. 3375
B. 7.73 D. 7.93
187. Find the angle formed by the intersection of a face diagonal
174. The volume of water in a spherical tank having a diameter t the diagonal of a cube drawn from the same vertex.
if 4 m is 5.236 m3. Determine the depth of the water in the A. 35.26° * C. 32.56°
tank. B. 33.69° D. 42.23°
A. 1.0 * C. 1.2
B. 1.4 D. 1.8 188. The space diagonal of a cube (the diagonal joining two non-
coplanar vertices) is 6 m. The total surface area of the cube
175. An ice cream cone is filled with ice cream and surmounted is:
ice cream in the form of a hemisphere on top of the cone. A. 60 C. 66
If the hemispherical surface is equal to the lateral area of B. 72 * D. 78
the cone, find the total volume (in cubic inches) of ice
cream if the radius of the hemisphere is 1 inch and 189. The base edge of a regular hexagonal prism is 6 cm and its
assuming the diameter of hemisphere is equal to the bases are 12 cm apart. Find its volume in cu. cm.
diameter of the cone. A. 1563.45 cm3 C. 1058.45 cm3
A. 3.45 C. 3.91* B. 1896.37 cm3 D. 1122.37 cm3*
B. 4.12 D. 4.25
190. The base edge of a regular pentagonal prism is 6 cm and
176. A cubical container that measures 2 inches on a side is its bases are 12 cm apart. Find its volume in cu. cm.
tightly packed with 8 marbles and is filled with water. All 8 A. 743.22 cm3* C. 786.89 cm3
marbles are in contact with the walls of the container and B. 567.45 cm3 D. 842.12 cm3
the adjacent marbles. All of the marbles are of the same
size. What is the volume of water in the container? 191. The base of a right prism is a hexagon with one side 6 cm
A. 0.38 in3 C. 2.5 in3 long. If the volume of the prism is 450 cc, how far apart are
B. 3.8 in3 * D. 4.2 in3 the bases?
A. 5.74 cm C. 3.56 cm
177. The corners of a cubical block touched the closed spherical B. 4.11 cm D. 4.81 cm*
shell that encloses it. The volume of the box is 2744 cubic
cm. What volume in cubic centimeters inside the shell is not 192. A trough has an open top 0.30 m by 6 m and closed vertical
occupied by the block? ends which are equilateral triangles 30 cm on each side. It
A. 2714.56 C. 3714.65 is filled with water to half its depth. Find the volume of the
B. 4713.56 * D. 4613.74 water in cubic meters.
A. 0.058 * C. 0.046
178. If the edge of a cube is doubled, which of the following is B. 0.037 D. 0.065
incorrect?
A. The lateral area will be quadrupled 193. Determine the volume of a right truncated prism with the
B. The volume is increased 8 times following dimensions: Let the corner of the triangular base
C. The diagonal is doubled be defined by A, B, and C. the length AB = 10 feet, BC = 9
D. The weight is doubled* feet and CA = 12 feet. The sides at A, B and C are
perpendicular to the triangular base and have the height of
179. The volume of a cube is reduced by how much if all sides 8.6 feet, 7.1 feet, and 5.5 feet, respectively.
are halved? A. 413 ft3 C. 311 ft3*

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B. 313 ft3 D. 391 ft3 206. A right circular cone with an altitude of 8 cm is divided into
two segments. One is a smaller circular cone having the
194. The volume of a regular tetrahedron of side 5 cm is: same vertex with the volume equal to ¼ of the original
A. 13.72 cu. cm C. 14.73 cu.cm* cone. Find the altitude of the smaller cone.
B. 15.63 cu. cm D. 17.82 cu. cm A. 4.52 cm C. 6.74 cm
B. 5.04 cm* D. 6.12 cm
195. A regular hexagonal pyramid whose base perimeter is 60
cm has an altitude of 30 cm, the volume of the pyramid is: 207. The slant height of a right circular cone is 5m long. The
A. 2958 cu. cm. C. 2598 cu. cm. * base diameter is 6m. What is the lateral area in sq. m?
B. 2859 cu. cm. D. 2589 cu. cm. A. 37.7 C. 47*
B. 44 D. 40.8
196. A frustum of a pyramid has an upper base 100 m by 10 m
and a lower base of 80 m by 8 m. if the altitude of the 208. A right circular cone has a volume of 128π/3 cm3 and an
frustum is 5 m, find its volume. altitude of 8 cm. The lateral area is:
A. 4567.67 cu. m. C. 3873.33 cu. m. A. 16√5 π cm2 * C. 12√5 π cm2
B. 4066.67 cu. m. * D. 2345.98 cu. m. B. 16π cm2 D. 15π cm2

197. The altitude of the frustum of a regular rectangular pyramid 209. The volume of a right circular cone is 36π. If its altitude is
is 5m the volume is 140 cu. m. and the upper base is 3m 3, find its radius.
by 4m. What are the dimensions of the lower base in m? A. 3 C. 4
A. 9 x 10 C. 6 x 8* B. 5 D. 6*
B. 4.5 x 6 D. 7.50 x 10
210. A cone and hemisphere share base that is a semicircle with
198. The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral radius 3 and the cone is inscribed inside the hemisphere.
triangles for its bases. The lower and upper base edges are Find the volume of the region outside the cone and inside
9 m and 3 m, respectively. If the volume is 118.2 cu. m.., the hemisphere.
how far apart are the base? A. 24.874 C. 27.284
A. 9m C. 8m B. 28.274* D. 28.724
B. 7m* D. 10m
211. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the
199. A cylindrical gasoline tank, lying horizontally, 0.90 m. in form of a sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central
diameter and 3 m long is filled to a depth of 0.60 m. How angle of 210°. What is the volume of the cone in cc?
many gallons of gasoline does it contain? Hint: One cubic A. 13,602 C. 13,504*
meter = 265 gallons B. 13,716 D. 13,318
A. 250 C. 360*
B. 300 D. 270 212. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the
form of a sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central
200. A closed cylindrical tank is 8 feet long and 3 feet in angle of 150°. Find the volume of the cone in cc.
diameter. When lying in a horizontal position, the water is A. 7733 C. 7722
2 feet deep. If the tank is the vertical position, the depth of B. 7744 D. 7711*
water in the tank is:
A. 5.67 m C. 5.82 m 213. A chemist’s measuring glass is conical in shape. If it is 8 cm
B. 5.82 ft D. 5.67 ft* deep and 3 cm across the mouth, find the distance on the
slant edge between the markings for 1 cc and 2 cc.
201. A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism A. 0.82 cm C. 0.79 cm*
having a square base one meter on an edge. The volume B. 0.74 cm D. 0.92 cm
of the cylinder is 6.283 cu. m. find its altitude in m. meter
on an edge. The volume of the cylinder is 6.283 cu. m. Find 214. The base areas of a frustum of a cone are 25 sq. cm. and
its altitude in m. 16 sq. cm, respectively. If its altitude is 6 cm, find its
A. 5 C. 4.5 volume.
B. 69.08 D. 4* A. 120 cm3 C. 122 cm3*
B. 129 cm3 D. 133 cm3
202. If 23 cubic meters of water are poured into a conical vessel,
it reaches a depth of 12 cm. how much water must be 215. What is the surface area of a sphere whose volume is 36
added so that the length reaches 18 cm.? cu. m?
A. 95 cubic meters C. 100 cubic meters A. 52.7 m2* C. 48.7 m2
B. 54.6 cubic meters* D. 76.4 cubic meters B. 46.6 m2 D. 54.6 m2

203. The height of a right circular base down is h. If it contains 216. If the surface area of a sphere is increased by 21%, its
water to depth of 2h/3 the ratio of the volume of water to volume is increased by:
that of the cone is: A. 13.31% C. 33.1%*
A. 1:27 C. 2:3 B. 21% D. 30%
B. 8:27 D. 26:27*
217. The surface area of the sphere is 4πr2. Find the percentage
204. A right circular cone with an altitude of 9m is divided into increase in its diameter when the surface area increases by
two segments; one is a smaller circular cone having the 21%.
same vertex with an altitude of 6m. Find the ratio of the A. 5% C. 10%*
volume of the two cones. B. 15% D. 20%
A. 19:27 C. 2:3
B. 1:3 D. 8:27* 218. Find the percentage increase in volume of a sphere if its
surface area is increased by 21%
205. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm. and a base diameter A. 30.2% C. 33.1%*
of 12 cm. It holds water to a depth of 18 cm. above its B. 34.5% D. 30.9%
vertex. Find the volume of its content in cc.
A. 387.4 C. 381.7* 219. The volume of a sphere is increased by how much if its
B. 383.5 D. 385.2 surface area is increased by 20%?
A. 32.6% C. 33%
B. 44% D. 72.8%*

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220. Given two spheres whose combined volume is known to be 234. The corners of a cubical block touch the closed spherical
819 cu. m. if their radii are in the ratio 3:4, what is the shell that encloses it. The volume of the box is 2744 cc.
volume of the smaller sphere? What volume in cc, inside the shell is not occupied by the
A. 576 cu. m. C. 243 cu. m. * block?
B. 343 cu. m. D. 476 cu. m. A. 1356 cm3 C. 4721 cm3*
B. 3423 cm3 D. 7623 cm3
221. How much will the surface area of a sphere be increased if
its radius is increased by 5%? 235. A cubical container that measures 2 inches on each side is
A. 25% C. 15.5% tightly packed with 8 marbles and is filled with water. All 8
B. 12.5% D. 10.25%* marbles are in contact with the walls of the container and
the adjacent marbles. All of the marbles are of the same
222. The volume of a sphere is 904.78 cu. m. Find the volume size. What is the volume of water in the container?
of the spherical segment of height 4 m. A. 0.38 cu. in. C. 2.5 cu. in.
A. 234.57 cu. m. * C. 256.58 cu. m. B. 3.8 cu. in. * D. 4.2 cu. in.
B. 145.69 cu. m. D. 124.58 cu. m.
236. The volume of the water is a spherical tank is 1470.265
223. A sphere of radius r just fits into a cylindrical container of cm3. Determine the depth of water if the tank has a
radius r and altitude 2r. Find the empty space in the diameter of 30 cm.
cylinder. A. 8 C. 6*
A. (8/9)πr3 C. (20/27)πr3 B. 4 D. 10
B. (4/5)πr3
D. (2/3)πr3*
237. The volume of water in a spherical tank having a diameter
224. If a solid steel ball is immersed in an eight cm. diameter of 4 m. is 5.236 m3. Determine the depth of the water on
cylinder, it displaces water to a depth of 2.25 cm. the radius the tank.
of the ball is: A. 1.0* C. 1.4
A. 3 cm* C. 6 cm B. 1.2 D. 1.6
B. 9 cm D. 12 cm
238. A mixture compound from equal parts of two liquids, one
225. The diameter of two spheres is in the ratio 2:3. If the sum white and the other black was placed in a hemispherical
of their volumes is 1,260 cu. m., the volume of the larger bowl. The total depth of the two liquids is 6”. After standing
sphere is: for a short time the mixture separated the white liquid
A. 972 cu. m. * C. 927 cu. m. settling below the black. If the thickness of the segment of
B. 856 cu. m. D. 865 cu. m. the black liquid is 2”, find the radius of the bowl in inches.
A. 7.53 C. 7.33*
226. A hemispherical bowl of radius 10 cm is filled with water to B. 7.73 D. 7.93
such a depth that the water surface area is equal to 75π
cm2 The volume of water is: 239. 20.5 cubic meters of water is inside a spherical tank whose
A. 625/3 cm3 C. 625π/3 cm3* radius is 2 m. find the height of the water surface above
B. 625π/2 cm3 D. 625π cm3 the bottom of the tank, in m.
A. 2.7 C. 2.5
227. A water tank is in the form of a spherical segment whose B. 2.3* D. 2.1
base radii are 4 m and 3 m and whose altitude is 6 m. The
capacity of the tank in gallon is: 240. The volume of the sphere is 3π cu. m. The surface area of
A. 91,011 C. 92,011* this sphere in sq. m. is:
B. 95,011 D. 348.72 A. 36π* C. 24π
B. 18π D. 12π
228. Find the volume of a spherical sector of altitude 3 cm. and
radius 5 cm. 241. Spherical balls 1.5 cm in diameter area packed in a box
A. 75π cu. cm. C. 100π cu. cm. measuring 6 cm by 3 cm by 3 cm. If as many balls as
B. 50π cu. cm. * D. 25π cu. cm. possible are packed in the box, how much free space
remains in the box?
229. How far from the center of a sphere of a radius 10 cm A. 28.41 cc C. 20.47 cc
should a plane be passed so that the ratio of the areas of B. 29.87 cc D. 25.73 cc*
two zones is 3:7?
A. 3 cm C. 4 cm* 242. A solid has a circular base of radius r. find the volume of
B. 5 cm D. 6 cm the solid if every plane perpendicular to a given diameter is
a square.
230. A 2-m diameter spherical tank contains1396 liter of water. A. 16 r3/3* C. 5 r3
How many liters of water must be added for the water to B. 6 r3 D. 19 r3/3
reach a depth of 1.75 m?
A. 2613* C. 2723 243. A solid has circular base of diameter 20 cm. Find the volume
B. 2542 D. 2472 of the solid if every cutting plane perpendicular to the base
along a given diameter is an equilateral triangle.
231. Find the volume of a spherical segment of radius 10 m and A. 2514 cc C. 2107 cc
the altitude 5 m. B. 2309 cc* D. 2847 cc
A. 654.5 cu. m. * C. 659.8 cu. m.
B. 675.2 cu. m. D. 680.5 cu. m. 244. The base of a certain solid is a triangle of base b and
altitude h. if all sections perpendicular to the altitude of the
232. Find the volume of a spherical wedge of radius 10 cm. and triangle are regular hexagons, find the volume of the solid.
1
central angle 50°. A. √3𝑏2 ℎ * C. 2√3𝑏2 ℎ
2
A. 425.66 sq. m. C. 431.25 sq. m. √3𝑏 2ℎ
B. 581.78 sq. m. * D. 444.56 sq. m. B. 3
D. √3𝑏2 ℎ

233. Determine the area of the zone of a sphere of radius 8 in. 245. The volume generated by the circle by the circle x2 + y2 +
and altitude 12 in. 4x – 6y – 12 = 0 revolved about the line 2x – 3y – 12 = 0
A. 192π sq. in. * C. 198π sq. in. is:
B. 185π sq. in. D. 195π sq. in. A. 3242 cubic units C. 3342 cubic units

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B. 3452 cubic units D. 3422 cubic units* 260. A reservoir is shaped like a square prism. If the area of its
base is 225 sq. cm., how many liters of water will it hold?
246. The volume generated by rotating the curve 9× 2 + 4y2 = A. 3.375* C. 33.75
36 about the line 4x + 3y = 20 is: B. 3375 D. 337.5
A. 48π C. 58π2
C. 42π D. 48π2* 261. Find the angle formed by the intersection of a face diagonal
to the diagonal of a cube drawn from the same vertex.
247. Find the volume generated by revolving the area bounded A. 35.36° * C. 33.69°
by the ellipse (y2/9) + (x2/4) = 1 about the line x = 3. B. 32.56° D. 42.23°
A. 347.23 cu. units C. 355.31 cu. units*
B. 378.43 cu. units D. 389.51 cu. units 262. The space diagonal of a cube (the diagonal joining two non-
coplanar vertices) is 6 m. The total surface are of the cube
248. The area in the second quadrant of the circle x2 + y2 = 36 is:
is revolved about the line y + 10 = 0. What is the volume A. 60 C. 72*
generated? B. 66 D. 78
A. 2218.6 C. 2228.8*
B. 2233.4 D. 2208.5 263. The base edge of a regular hexagonal prism is 6 cm and its
bases are 12 cm apart. Find its volume in cubic cm.
249. A square area of edge “a” revolves about a line through one A. 1563.45 C. 1896.37
vertex, making an angle Ѳ with an edge and not crossing B. 1058.45 D. 1122.37*
the square. Find the volume generated.
A. 3π a3 (sin Ѳ + cos Ѳ) C. π a3 (sin Ѳ + cos Ѳ) / 2* 264. The base edge of a regular pentagonal prism is 6 cm and
C. 2π a3 (sin Ѳ + cos Ѳ) D. π a3 (sin Ѳ + cos Ѳ) its bases are 12 cm apart. Find its volume in cubic cm.
A. 743.22 * C. 587.45
250. Given an ellipse whose semi-major axis is 6 cm. and semi- B. 786.89 D. 842.12
minor axis is 3 cm. what is the volume generated if it is
revolved about the minor axis? 265. The bases of a right prism is a hexagon with one side 6 cm
A. 36π cu. cm. C. 72π cu. cm. long. If the volume of the prism is 450 cc, how far apart are
B. 96π cu. cm D. 144π cu. cm* the bases?
A. 5.74 cm C. 4.11 cm
251. A square hole 2” x 2” is cut through a 6-inch diameter long B. 3.56 cm D. 4.81 cm*
along its diameter and perpendicular to its axis. Find the
volume of wood that was removed. 266. A trough has an open top 0.30 m by 6 m and closed vertical
A. 27.32 cu. in. C. 23.54 cu. in. * ends which are equilateral triangles 30 cm on each side. It
B. 21.78 cu. in. D. 34.62 cu. in. is filled with water to half its depth. Find the volume of the
water in cubic meters.
252. If the edge of a cube is doubled, which of the following is A. 0.058* C. 0.037
incorrect? B. 0.046 D. 0.065
A. The lateral area will be quadrupled
B. The volume is increased 8 times +++NOTHING FOLLOWS+++
C. The diagonal is doubled
D. The weight is doubled*

253. The volume of a cube is reduced by how much if all sides

are halved?
A. 1/8 C. 6/8
B. 5/8 D. 7/8*

254. Each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By what percent is

the volume of the cube increased?
A. 23.4% C. 3%
B. 33.1% * D. 34.56%

255. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is

the surface area increased?
A. 67% C. 63%
B. 69%* D. 65%

256. Find the approximate change in the volume of a cube of

side x inches caused by increasing its side by 1%.
A. 0.3x3 cu. m. C. 0.02x3 cu. m.
B. 0.1x3 cu. m. D. 0.03x3 cu. m. *

257. A rectangular bin 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet high
is solidly packed with bricks whose dimensions are 8 in by
4 in by 2 in. The number of bricks in the bin is:
A. 68 C. 648*
B. 386 D. 956

258. Find the total surface area of a cube of side 6 cm.

A. 214 sq. cm C. 226 sq. cm
B. 216 sq. cm* D. 236 sq. cm

259. The space diagonal of a cube is 4√3m. find its volume.

A. 16 cu. m C. 64 cu. m*
B. 48 cu. m D. 86 cu. m

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1. Three numbers m+2, 4m – 6, 3m – 2 are in arithmetic B. 0.26 D. 0.38
progression if m is equal to what value?
A. 0 C. 2 12. If matrix A is equal to first row ( ab , b(squared) ) and
B. 1 D. 3 * second row ( - a (squared) , - ab), then A is a:
A. Scalar matrix C. idempotent matrix
2. Using the wheel and the axle, a 400 N load can be raised by B. Nilpotent matrix * D. involuntary matrix
a force of 50N applied to the rim of the wheel. The radii of
the wheel and the axle are 85 cm and 6 cm respectively. 13. In calculations using standard structural shapes of I-
Calculate the efficiency of the machine. beams, it is assumed that the shear stress is carried by the
A. 56% * C. 12.5% A. entire cross-sectional area. C. web only. *
B. 65 % D. 10 % B. top flange only when in compression. D. flanges only.

3. The sum of the reciprocals of three numbers in H.P. 14. A torsional pendulum is composed of a 0.5 m long shaft
(harmonic progression) is 12 and the product of these with a diameter of 0.5cm and a shear modulus of 8 x 104
numbers is 1/48. What is the largest number? MPa, and a thin 3 kg disk with a radius of 30 cm. The natural
A. 1/2* C. 1/6 frequency of the pendulum is 8.5 rad/s. What is most nearly
B. 1/4 D. 1/3 the period of oscillation?
A. 0.61 s C. 0.87 s
4. A machine costing Php 720,000 is estimated to have a life of B. 0.74 s * D. 0.96 s
10 years. If the annual rate of depreciation is 25%,
determine the total depreciation using the constant 15. Calculate the largest diameter circle that will fit inside a
percentage or declining balance method. regular pentagon with 2-cm sides?
A. 523,845.34 C. 542,437.23 A. 1.54 cm C. 3.29 cm
B. 679,454.27 * D. 753,243.33 B. 2.752 cm * D. 1.54 cm

5. What is the geometric mean between – 4 and – 25? 16. Compute the sum of integers from 1 to 100 that are
A. 10 C. 16 divisible by 2 or 5.
B. – 10 * D, - 16 A. 5450 C. 3050 *
B. 2520 D. 2050
6. A train weighing 1000 KN is being pulled up a 2% grade.
The train’s resistance is 5 N/KN. Traveling the distance of 17. If matrix A, first row (-3, 4 ) , second row ( 2 , - 1 ) , then
300 m the speed of the train was increased from 6 m/s to its characteristic roots are:
12 m/s. What is the maximum power developed by the A. ( 1, -5)* C. (-1 , 5 )
locomotive. B. ( 1, 5) D. (-1, -5 )
A. 520.4 kW * C. 503.5 kW
B. 432.8 kW D. 521.7 kW 18. An engine is expected to have a maintenance cost of P1000
7. There are 15 men is a room shake hands with each other, the first year. It is believed that the maintenance cost will
the total number of handshakes is: increase P 500 per year. The interest rate is 6%
A. 90 C. 110 compounded annually. Over a 10-year period, what will be
B. 105 * D 115 the approximate effective annual maintenance cost?
A. P 3011.00 * C. P 2450.00
8. Which of the following is not an assumption implicit in B. P 3452.00 D. P 1345.00
engineering economic analysis?
A. The beginning of the year convention is applicable. * 19. There are 10 defectives per 1,000 items of a product in the
B. There is no inflation now, nor will there be any long run. What is the probability that there is one and only
inflation during the lifetime of the project. one defective in random lot of 100?
C. The effective interest rate in the problem will be A. 0.01 C.0.5
constant during the lifetime of the project. B. 0.99(raised to 100) D.0.3697 *
D. Nonquantifiable factors can be disregarded.
20. A company has N machines of equal capacity that produce
9. The number of triangles that can be formed with 6 points on a total of 180 pieces each work day. If 2 machines break
a circle is down, the workload of the remaining is increased by 3 pieces
A. 6 C. 15 each per day to maintain production. What is the value of
B. 12 D. 20 * N?
A. 8 C. 10
10. The term independent of x in the expansion of ( 2x + 1/3x) B. 12 * D. 15
(raised to 6) is
A. 80/3 C. 160/27* 21. A substance goes into solution at the rate of 25% of the
B. 80/9 D. 160/9 undissolved portion each minute. If the initial amount was
64/27 lb, what amount is undissolved after 6 minutes?
11. An air-water vapor mixture is at a temperature of 20oC. A. 2/27 C. 27/64*
The partial pressure of water is 2.3 kPa, and the partial B. 16/27 D. ¾
pressure of the dry air is 99.1 kPa. The saturation pressure
for water vapor at 20oC is 2.339 kPa. What is most nearly 22. On a certain day the sun is observed to subtend an angle
the humidity ratio of the air-water vapor mixture? 032’10”. If the diameter of the sun is 866,500 miles, how
A. 0.014 * C. 0.35 far away from it?
 A. 9.26 x 10(raised to 6) miles* diameter of the base is an isosceles triangle whose altitude
B. 4.63 x 10(raised to 8) miles is 2. Find the volume.
C. 9.26 x 10 (raised to 5 miles) A. pi/2 C. pi *
D. 4.68 x 10 (raised to 6) miles B. 2pi D. 1.5 pi

23. All of the following processes can be found on a 34. Find the area of the largest isosceles triangle that can be
psychrometric chart except drawn with equal sides k inch long.
A. heating and humidifying. C. cooling and A. k(square)/3 C. k(square)/2 *
dehumidification. B. 2k(square) D. 2.5 k(square)
B. black body radiation. D. evaporative cooling. *
24. The number of ways which 5 boys and 5 girls can be seated 35. When using net present worth calculations to compare two
so that no two girls sit next to each other. projects, which of the following could invalidate the
A. 5! (squared) C. 6!x5! * calculation?
B. 10!/5! D. 10!/(5!)(squared)
A. differences in the magnitudes of the projects
25. The Carnot refrigeration cycle includes all of the following B. evaluating over different time periods*
processes except C. mutually exclusive projects
A. isentropic expansion. C. isothermal heating. D. nonconventional cash flows
B. isenthalpic expansion. * D. isentropic compression.
26. Three posts are set in level ground in such a manner that 36. The inclined plane is 15 m and rises 3 m. A force is needed
their bases form an equilateral triangle with sides 20 ft long. to slide a 20 kg box up the plane if friction is neglected. Find
If the heights of the posts are 12, 18, and 30 ft, find the area the AMA (Actual Mechanical Advantage) if the force if a 70
of the triangle formed by their tops? N force is actually required.
A. 342 sq ft C. 235 sq. ft * A. 2.8* C. 3.1
B. 153 sq. ft D. 205 sq. ft. B. 3.6 D. 5.0

27. Find the equation that must be satisfied by the coordinates 37. If a quantity increase by 0.1% of its current value every
of every point(x, y) that is equidistant from the origin and 0.1 sec, the doubling time is approximately equal to:
the point (1,1)? A. 14 sec C. 690 sec
A. x+y=1* C. 2x = y B. 69 sec * D. 69,000 sec
B. x–y=1 D. 3x – 2y = 1.
38. One of the advantages of comparing interest rates to the
28. Which of the following statements is false? minimum attractive rate of return (MARR)is that
A. The time rate of change of the angular momentum about A. the MARR is easy to calculate.
a fixed point is equal to the total moment of the external B. an effective interest rate need never be known. *
forces acting on the system about the point. C. it need not be used in numerical calculations.
B. The coefficient of restitution can be less than zero. * D. it is guaranteed by an agency of the federal
C. Momentum is conserved during elastic collisions. government.
D. The period of a simple pendulum is independent of the
mass of the pendulum. 39. The diameter of a sphere and the base of a cone are equal.
What percentage of that diameter must the cone’s height be
29. A cubical box designed to hold 8 cu ft of water holds only so that both volumes are equal?
7.997 cu.ft. What is the relative error in its edge? A. 133% C. 166%
A. – 0.00125 C. – 0.125 B. 150% D. 200% *
B. – 0.00025 D. – 0.000125 *
40. What do you thing is the reason why does a spinning ice
30. A stone dropped into a calm lake causes series of circular skater’s angular velocity increase as she brings her arms in
ripple. The radius of the outer one increases at 2 ft/sec. How toward her body?
rapidly is the disturbed area are changing at the end of 3 A. Her mass moment of inertia is reduced.
seconds? B. Her angular momentum is constant
A. 24pi sq.ft/s * C. 12pi sq.ft/s C. Her radius of gyration is reduced.
B. 48pi sq.ft/s D. 2pi sq.ft./s D. All of these *

31. If the first term of an infinite geometric series is 1 and its 41. A cubical container that measures 2 in. on a side is tightly
every term is the sum of the next successive terms, the its packed with 8 marbles and is filled with water. All the 8
fourth term will be: marbles are in contact with the walls of the container and
A. 1/8* C. 1/4 the adjacent marbles. All the marbles are the same in size.
B. 1/16 D. 1/2 What is the volume of water in the container?
A. 0.38 cu in C. 2.5 cu in
32. Find the area of the region bounded by y = x(squared)/ 4 B. 3.8 cu in * D. 4.2 cu in
and y = x/2 + 2.
A. 11 C. 12 42. What is the product of the complex numbers 3 + 4j and 7
B. 9* D. 10 – 2j?
A. 10 + 2j C. 13 + 34j
33. A solid is constructed with a circular base of radius 1 and B. 13 + 22j D. 29 + 22j *
such that every plane section perpendicular to a certain
43. What is the general solution to the following differential with a muzzle velocity of 320 m/s. How high will the bag
equation? swing after it was hit by the bullet?
2d(squared)y / dx(squared) – 4 dy/dx + 4y = 0 A. 0.61 m C. 0.90 m
A. y = C1cosx + C2sinx B. 0.51 m * D. 0.34 m
B. y = C1e(raised to x) + C2e(raised to –x)
C. y = e(raised to –x) (C1cosx - C2sinx) 53. All of the following units are acceptable for quantifying
D. y = e(raised to x) (C1cosx + C2sinx) * work except
A. foot-pounds. C. joules.
44. A particle’s curvilinear motion is represented by the B. watt-seconds. D. dynes. *
equation s (t) = 40t + 5t(squared) - 8t(cube).Calculate the 54. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base diameter
initial acceleration of the particle? of 12 cm. It holds water to a depth of 18 cm above its vertex.
A. 2 m/ s (squared) C. 8 m/ s (squared) Find the volume of its content in cubic centimeter.
B. 3 m/ s(squared) D. 10 m/ s (squared)* A. 387.4 cm3 C. 381.7 cm3 *
B. 383.5 cm3 D. 385.2 cm3
45. A particle position defined by S(t) = 2 sin t i + 4 cos t j (t
in radians) 55. What is the minimum initial velocity a rocket must be fired
What the magnitude of the particle’s velocity when t = 4 if it is to be able to reach the target 1000 km away?
rad? A. 3.1 km/s * C. 4.4 km/s
A. 2.6 C. 3.3 B. 3.4 km/s D. 2.4 km/s
B. 2.7 D. 4.1
56. An object weighing 400 N is held by a rope that passes
46. A projectile has an initial velocity of 110 m / s and a launch over a horizontal drum. The coefficient of friction between
angle of 20o from the horizontal. The surrounding terrain is the rope and the drum is 0.25. If the angle of contact is 150,
level, and air friction is to be disregarded. Compute the flight determine the force that will raise the object.
time of the projectile? A. 350 N C. 540 N
A. 3.8 s C. 8.9 s B. 770 N * D. 780 N
B. 7.7 s * D. 12 s
57. Two freight cars weighing 5 mtons each roll toward each
47. A 1530 kg car is towing a 300 kg trailer. The coefficient of other and couple. The left car has a velocity of 1.5 m/s and
friction between all tires and the road is 0.80. The car and the right car has a velocity of 1.2 m/s prior to the impact.
trailer are traveling at 100 km/h around a banked curve of What is the velocity of the two cars coupled together after
radius 200 m. What is the necessary banking angle such that the impact?
tire friction will not be necessary to prevent skidding? A. 0.15 m/s right* C. 0.15 m/s right
A. 8.0° C. 36° B. 0.25 m/s left D. 0.17 m/s right
B. 21 ° * D. 78°
58. A company issued 50 bonds of P 1,000.00 face value each,
48. A pickup truck is traveling forward at 25 m/s. The bed is redeemable at par at the end of 15 years to accumulate the
loaded with boxes whose coefficient of friction with the bed funds required for redemption. The firm established a
is 0.40. What is most nearly the shortest time that the truck sinking fund consisting of annual deposits, the interest rate
can be brought to a stop such that the boxes do not shift? of the fund being 4 %. What was the principal in the fund at
A. 2.3 s C. 5.9 s the end of the 12th year?
B. 4.7 s D. 6.4 s * A. Php 32,938.00 C. Php 40,378.00
B. Php 38,453.00 D. Php 37,519.00*
49. Solve for the value of x in the equation square root of (x –
3 ) = - 6. 59. If the nominal interest rate is 3%, how much is Php
5000.00 worth in 10 years in a continuously compounded
A. 0 C. 39 account?
B. -3 D. no solution * A. P 5,450.00 C. P 6,750.00 *
B. P 6,300.00 D. P 6,120.00
50. Two circles are such that the sum of their circumference is
24 pi and the sum of their areas is 84 pi square ft. Find the 60. The population of a certain city doubles every 40 yr. If the
smaller radius. population is 1950 was 10,000, what was the population in
A. 3.55 * C. 6 2010?
B. 8.45 D. 48 * A. 2/27 C. 27/64*
B. 16/27 D. 3/4
51. A debt of Php 10,000 with 10% interest compounded semi-
annually is to be amortized by semi-annual payments over 61. A tank contains 100 L of brine made by dissolving 60 kg of
the next 5 years. The first due is 6 months. Determine the salt in pure water. Salt water with a concentration of 1 kg/L
semi-annual payment. enters the tank at a rate of 2 L/min. A well-stirred mixture is
A. Php 1,200.00 C. Php 1,295.05 * drawn from the tank at a rate of 3 L/min. The mass of salt
B. Php 1,193.90 D. Php 1,400.40 in the tank after one hour is most nearly:
A. 13 kg C. 37 kg*
52. A gun is shot into a 0.50 KN block which is hanging from a B. 43 kg D. 51 kg
rope of 1.8 m long. The weight of the bullet is equal to 5 N
62. If the sum of first n terms of a series is be 5n(squared) +
2n ,then the second term is
 A. 7 C. 24 entering the auditorium is 21.6oC. Most nearly, how much
B. 17 * D. 42 heat should be supplied to the ventilation air?
A. 120 kW C. 540 kW
63. The first term of an infinite geometric progression if 1 and B. 290 kW * D. 780 kW
each term is twice the sum of the succeeding terms, then
the sum of the series is: 73. Air enters a cooling tower at 50F dry-bulb and 49F wet-
A. 3/2 * C. 5/3 bulb temperature. It leaves the tower saturated at 70F.
B. 4/3 D. 5/2 Which condition is a likely outcome of this?
A. Adsorption C. Condensation
64. The rule of 72 can be used to calculate the B. Fog * D. Sublimation
A. number of monthly payments in six years.
B. time to double an investment. * 74. The parameter that has the greatest limiting effect on the
C. time to triple an investment. thermal performance of an open, evaporative cooling tower
D. time to decrease an investment to 1/72 of its original is:
value. A. Approach C. Range *
65. What is the area of an ellipse with an aspect ratio of two B. Dry-bulb temperature D. Wet-bulb temperature
and total perimeter of 18 inches?
A. 20.63 * C. 14.53 75. How many joules is equivalent to the energy of 1 kg
B. 12.54 D. 22.54 matter??
A. 10 (raised to -10) J C. 1 MJ
66. What percent increase in volume is achieved for a sphere B. 10(raised to -15) J D. 10 (raised to 17)*
whose diameter increases from 3cm to 4cm?
A. 200% C. 105% 76. The Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) is defined as the
B. 137% * D. 270% order quantity which minimizes the inventory cost per unit
time. Which of the following is not an assumption of basic
EOQ model with no shortages?
67. A current of 7 A passes through a 12 ohm resistor. What
is most nearly the power dissipated in the resistor? A. The demand rate is uniform and constant.
A. 0.10 Hp C. 0.60 Hp B. There is a positive cost on each unit inventoried.
B. 0.8 Hp * D. 8 Hp C. The entire reorder quantity is delivered instantaneously.
D. There is an upper bound on the quantity ordered.*
68. A piece of equipment has an initial cost of Php5000 in year
1. The maintenance cost is Php 300/yr for the total lifetime 77. Which of the following is NOT a correct derivative?
of seven years. During years 1-3, the rate of inflation is 5%, A. d(cos x)/dx = –sin x
and the effective annual rate of interest is 9%. The B. d( 1 – x) cubed / dx = – 3(1 – x )squared
uninflated present worth of then equipment during year 1 is C. d(1/x) / dx = – 1 /x(squared)
most nearly D. d(csc x )/dx = – cot x *
A. Php3200 C. Php3400
B. Php3300 * D. Php3500 78. Which of the following is the engineering economic
analysis that is concerned with situations in which there is
69. Calculate the surface area (including both side and base) not enough information to determine probability or
of a 4 m high right circular cone with a base 3 m in diameter? frequency for the variables involved?
A. 24 m2 C. 32 m2 A. synthetical analysis
B. 27 m 2 * D. 36 m2 B. risk analysis
C. sensitivity analysis
70. One item that differentiates the “Christmas club problem” D. uncertainty analysis *
from a standard cash flow problem is
A. varying interest rates through the life of the problem. 79. When exposed to the atmosphere, which of the following
B. varying cash flows through the life of the problem. liquids is coldest?
C. the existence of a payment at the beginning of the A. oxygen C. nitrogen
time at t = 0 and the absence of a payment at the B. argon D. helium*
end of the problem. *
D. the nonexistence of interest in the problem at all. 80. Find the locus of a point that moves so that it is always
71. Permanent mineral rights on parcel of land are purchased twice as far from (1, 2) as from (-3 , 4)
for an initial lump-sum payment of Php 5,000,000. Profits A. 3x(squared) + 3y(squared) + 26x – 28y + 95 = 0
from mining activities are Php 600,000 and each year, and *
these profits are expected to continue indefinitely. The B. 3x(squared) - 3y(squared) + 20x – 12y + 90 = 0
interest rate earned on the initial investment is most nearly C. 5x(squared) - 5y(squared) + 25x – 10y + 45 = 0
A. 8.3% C. 10% D. 5x(squared) + 5y(squared) + 15x – 7y + 40 = 0
B. 9.0% D. 12% *
81. Which of the following is the acceleration produced when
72. An auditorium is designed to seat 200 people. The a particle moves away from its center of rotation?
ventilation rate is 2.50 x 10(raised to 4) cu m/h of outside A. tangential acceleration C. centripetal acceleration
air, or 3.3 x 10(raised to 4) kg/h. The outside temperature B. coriolis acceleration* D. centrifugal
is -10oC dry-bulb, and the outside pressure is 101.3 kPa. Air acceleration
leaves the auditorium at 23oC dry-bulb. The air temperature
82. All of the following are recognized and accepted methods 94. All of the following processes are irreversible except
of general systems modelling except: A. stirring of a viscous fluid.
A. Monte Carlo simulation. B. a isentropic deceleration of a moving, perfect fluid. *
B. Replacement and renewal models. C. an unrestrained expansion of a gas.
C. Decision trees. D. phase changes.
D.Rule of thumb methods. * 95. What is the indirect product cost (IPC) spending variance
83. Comparing successive terms of an unknown series to those A. the difference between actual IPC and IPC absorbed
of a series that is known to converge or diverge is called : B. the difference between actual IPC and IPC volume
A. the comparison test.* C. the ratio test. adjusted budget*
B. L’Hôpital’s rule. D. the mean value C. the IPC volume adjusted budget (fixed +
theorem. volume(variable IPC rate))
84. A cable carrying a constant uniform load per unit length D. the IPC volume adjusted budget minus the total IPC
along the length of the cable (e.g., a loose cable loaded by absorbed
its own weight) will have a shape of a
A. Straight line C. catenary * 96. The sinking fund method is seldom used in industry
B. Parabola D. hyperbola because
85. A room’s sensible space load is 72.5 kW. The latent load A. the term “sinking fund” has a bad connotation for
from occupants and infiltration, but excluding intentional business.
ventilation, 3.2 kW. A total of 600 L/s of outside air is B. sometimes it gives misleading answers.
required. What is most nearly the room sensible heat ratio? C. the initial depreciation is low. *
A. 0.12 C. 0.96 * D. the initial depreciation is high.
B. 0.39 D. 1.1 97. Second law limitation on the maximum horsepower output
86. A 12.5 mm diameter steel rod is pinned between two rigid from any power unit burning 1,000,000 BTU/hr of fuel with
walls. The rod is initially unstressed. The rod’s temperature high and low temperature extremes of 15400F and 400F is:
subsequently increases 50oC. The rod is adequately stiffened A. 98. C. 1140.
and supported such that buckling does not occur. The B. 295.* D. 3830.
coefficient of linear thermal expansion for steel is 11.7 x 10- 98. Equilibrium conditions exist in all except which of the
6 1/oC. The modulus of elasticity for steel is 210 GPa. What following:
is the approximate axial force in the rod?
A. 2.8 kN C. 19 kN A. in reversible processes.
B. 15 kN * D. 58 kN B. along ideal frictionless, nondissipative paths where
forward and reverse processes occur at equal rates.
C. in processes where driving forces are infinitesimals.
87. Which of the following metals has the highest specific heat D. in a steady state flow process.*
capacity at 1000C?
A. aluminum* C. copper
B. bismuth D. iron 99. If one root of equation x(squared) + ax + 12 = 0 is 4 while
88. Solve the spherical excess of the triangle formed by the the equation x(squared) + ax + b = 0 has equal roots, then
North pole and two points on the earth’s equator separated the value of b is:
by 85 of longitude? A. 4/7 C. 4/49
A. 85 deg * C.275 deg B. 7/4 D. 49/4 *
B. 60 deg D.95 deg
100. The ratio of a load-bearing force to the applied force
89. Study the series of numbers to discover “system” in which for a lever is called its
they are arranged. For the series 1, 5, 14, 30, ____, 91 the A. Load factor C. mechanical advantage *
fifth term is: B. Efficiency D. influence factor
A. 59 C.55 *
B. 53 D.50
90. If an all-positive term diverging series is equal term for
term to a converging series with alternating signs, the
original series is said to be:
A. Monotonically increasing. C. Absolutely
convergent.
B. Conditionally convergent.* D. Finite.
91. The study of the practical laws of fluid flow and the
resistance of open pipes and channels is the purview of
A. fluid mechanics. C. aerodynamics
B. hydraulics. * D. thermodynamics.
92. A circular sector has a radius of 8 cm and an arc length of
13 cm. Calculate its area?
A. 48 cm2 C. 52 cm2 *
B. 50 cm2 D. 60 cm2
93. The relationship between the total volume of a mixture of
nonreacting gases and their partial volumes is given by
A. gravimetric fractions. C. Dalton’s law.
B. Amagat’s law. * D. mole fractions.
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Instruction: Answer the following multiple choice
questions. 18. Find the value of y in the given: y = (1 + cos 2θ) tan θ.
1. Sin (B – A) is equal to _______, when B = 270 degrees and A. sin θ C. sin 2θ*
A is an acute angle. B. cos θ D. cos 2θ
A. – cos A* C. cos A
B. – sin A D. sin A 19. Find the value of
A. 2 sin θ C. 2 tan θ*
2. If sec2 A is 5/2, the quantity 1 – sin2 A is equivalent to? B. 2 cos θ D. 2 cot θ
A. 2.5 C. 1.5
B. 0.4* D. 0.6 20. Simplify the equation sin2 θ (1 + cot2 θ)
A. 1* C. sin2 θ sec2 θ
3. (cos A)4 – (sin A)4 is equal to ______. B. sin2 θ D. sec2 θ
A. cos 4A C. cos 2A*
B. sin 2A D. sin 4A 21. Simplify the expression sec θ – (sec θ) sin2 θ
A. cos2 θ C. sin2 θ
4. Of what quadrant is A, if sec A is positive and csc A is B. cos θ* D. sin θ
negative?
A. IV* C. III 22. Arc tan [2 cos (arc sin [(31/2) / 2]) is equal to
B. II D. I
A. C.
5. Angles are measured from the positive horizontal axis, and B. * D.
the positive direction is counter clockwise. What are the
values of sin B and cos B in the 4th quadrant? 23. Evaluate arc cot [2cos (arc sin 0.5)]
A. sin B > 0 and cos B < 0 C. sin B > 0 and cos B > 0 A. 30o* C. 60o
B. sin B < 0 and cos B < 0 D. sin B < 0 and cos B > 0* B. 45 o
D. 90o

6. csc 520o is equal to 24. Solve for x in the given equation: Arc tan (2x) + arc tan (x)
A. cos 20o* C. tan 45o = π/4
B. csc 20o D. sin 20o A. 0.149 C. 0.421
B. 0.281* D. 0.316
7. Solve for θ in the following equation: Sin 2θ = cos θ
A. 30o* C. 60o 25. Solve for x in the equation: arc tan (x + 1) + arc tan (x –
B. 45o D. 15o 1) = arc tan (12).
A. 1.5 C. 1.20
8. If sin 3A = cos 6B, then B. 1.34* D. 1.25
A. A + B = 90o C. A + B = 180o
B. A + 2B = 30o* D. None of these 26. Solve for A for the given equation cos2 A = 1 – cos2 A.
A. 45, 125, 225, 335 degrees C. 45, 135, 225, 315 degrees*
9. Solve for x, if tan 3x = 5 tan x. B. 45, 125, 225, 315 degrees D. 45, 150, 220, 315 degrees
A. 20.705o* C. 35.705o
B. 30.705o D. 15.705o 27. Evaluate the following:

10. If sin x cos x + sin 2x = 1, what are the values of x?

A. 32.2o, 69.3o C. 20.90o, 69.1o*
A. 1* C. 45.5
B. – 20.67o, 69.3o D. – 32.2, 69.3o
B. 0 D. 10
11. Solve for G is csc (11G – 16 degrees) = sec (5G + 26
28. Simplify the following:
degrees).
A. 7 degrees C. 6 degrees
B. 5 degrees* D. 4 degrees
A. 0* C. 1
B. sin A D. cos A
12. Find the value of A between 270 and 360 if sin 2 A – sin
o o

A = 1.
29. Evaluate:
A. 300o C. 310o
B. 320o D. 330o*

13. If cos 65o + cos 55o = cos θ, find the θ in radians. A. sin θ C. tan θ
A. 0.765 C. 1.213 B. cos θ D. cot θ*
B. 0.087* D. 1.421
30. Solve for the value of “A” when sin A = 3.5x and cos A =
14. Find the value of sin (arc cos 15/17 ). 5.5x.
A. 8/11 C. 8/15 A. 32.47°* C. 34.12°
B. 8/19 D. 8/17* B. 33.68° D. 35.21°

15. The sine of a certain angle is 0.6, calculate the cotangent 31. If sin A = 2.511x, cos A = 3.06x and sin 2A = 3.939x, find
of the angle. the value of x?
A. 4/3* C. 4/5 A. 0.265 C. 0.562
B. 5/4 D.3/4 B. 0.256* D. 0.625

32. If coversed sin θ = 0.134, find the value of θ.

16. If , determine the angle of A in degrees. A. 30o C. 60o*
A. 5o C. 3o B. 45o D. 90o
B. 6o* D. 7o
33. A man standing on a 48.5 meter building high, has an
17. If tan x = 1/2, tan y = 1/3, what is the value of tan (x + eyesight height of 1.5 m from the top of the building, took
y)? a depression reading from the top of another nearby
A. ½ C. 2 building and nearest wall, which are 50° and 80°
B. 1/6 D. 1* respectively. Find the height of the nearby building in

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meters. The man is standing at the edge of the building and the tower. The vertical angle at point A is 30° and at point
both buildings lie on the same horizontal plane. B is 40°. What is the height of the tower?
A. 39.49* C. 30.74 A. 85.60 feet C. 110.29 feet
B. 35.50 D. 42.55 B. 92.54 feet* D. 143.97 feet

34. Points A and B 1000 m apart are plotted on a straight 45. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The
highway running East and West. From A, the bearing of a angles of depression of the top and bottom of the
tower C is 32° W of N and from B the bearing of C is 26° N monument viewed from the top of the PLDT tower at 13°
of E. Approximate the shortest distance of tower C to the and 35° respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. Find
highway. the height of the monument.
A. 364 m C. 384 m A. 29.13 m C. 32.12 m
B. 374 m* D. 394 m B. 30.11 m D. 33.51 m*

35. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one triangle 46. If an equilateral triangle is circumscribed about a circle of
is 3 units more than its base and the altitude of the other radius 10 cm, determine the side of the triangle.
triangle is 3 units less than its base. Find the altitudes, if A. 34.64 cm* C. 36.44 cm
the areas of the triangles differ by 21 square units. B. 64.12 cm D. 32.10 cm
A. 6 and 12 C. 5 and 11
B. 3 and 9 D. 4 and 10* 47. The two legs of a triangle are 300 and 150 m each,
respectively. The angle opposite the 150 m side is 26°.
36. A ship started sailing S 42°35’ W at the rate of 5kph. After What is the third side?
2 hours, ship B started at the same port going N 46°20’W A. 197.49 m C. 341.78 m*
at the rate of 7 kph. After how many hours will the second B. 218.61 m D. 282.15 m
ship be exactly north of ship A?
A. 3.68 C. 5.12 48. The sides of a triangular lot are 130 m., 180 m and 190 m.
B. 4.03* D. 4.83 the lot is to be divided by a line bisecting the longest side
and drawn from the opposite vertex. Find the length of the
37. An aerolift airplane can fly at an airspeed of 300 mph. If line.
there is a wind blowing towards the cast at 50mph, what A. 120 m C. 125 m*
should be the plane’s compass heading in order for its B. 130 m D. 128 m
course to be 30°? What will be the plane’s ground speed if
it flies in this course? 49. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157 and 210, respectively.
A. 19.7, 307.4 mph C. 21.7, 321.8 mph* What is the area of the triangle?
B. 20.1, 309.4 mph D. 22.3, 319.2 mph A. 73,250 sq. units C. 14,586 sq. units*
B. 10,250 sq. units D. 11,260 sq. units
38. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to
be 30°. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds its angle 50. The sides of a triangle are 8, 15 and 17 units. If each side
of elevation to be 60°. What is the height of the tower? is doubled, how many square units will the area of the new
A. 76.31 m C. 73.16 m triangle be?
B. 73.31 m D. 73.61 m* A. 240* C. 320
B. 420 D. 200
39. A pole cast a shadow 15 m long when the angle of elevation
of the sun is 61°. If the pole is leaned 15° from the vertical 51. Find the supplement of an angle whose compliment is 62°.
directly towards the sun, determine the length of the pole. A. 28° C. 152°*
A. 54.23 m* C. 42.44 m B. 118° D. None of these
B. 48.23 m D. 46.21 m
52. A certain angle has a supplement 5 times its compliment.
40. When supporting a pole is fastened to it 20 feet from the Find the angle.
ground 15 feet from the pole. Determine the length of the A. 67.5° * C. 168.5°
wire and the angle it makes with the pole. B. 157.5° D. 186°
A. 24 ft, 53.13° C. 24 ft, 53.13°
B. 24 ft, 36.87° D. 25 ft, 36.87°* 53. The sum of the two interior angles of the triangle is equal
to the third angle and the difference of the two angles is
41. When supporting a pole is fastened to it 20 feet from the equal to 2/3 of the third angle. Find the third angle.
ground 15 feet from the pole. Determine the length of the A. 15° C. 90°*
wire and the angle it makes with the pole. B. 75° D. 120°
A. 24 ft, 53.13° C. 24 ft, 53.13°
B. 24 ft, 36.87° D. 25 ft, 36.87°* 54. The measure 0f 1 ½ revolutions counter-clockwise is:
A. 540° * C. +90°
42. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are of the same B. 520° D. -90°
elevation as the foot of a building. The angles of elevation
of the top of the building from points A and B are 21° and 55. The measure of 2.25 revolutions counterclockwise is:
32° respectively. How far is A from the building in meters.? A. -835° C. 805°
A. 259.28* C. 271.64 B. -810° D. 810°*
B. 265.42 D. 277.29
56. Solve for θ: sin θ – sec θ + csc θ – tan 2θ = –0.0866
43. The captain of a ship views the top of a lighthouse at an A. 40° C. 47°
angle of 60° with the horizontal at an elevation of 6 meters B. 41° D. 43°*
above sea level. Five minutes later, the same captain of the
ship views the top of the same lighthouse at an angle of 57. What are the exact values of the cosine and tangent
30° with the horizontal. Determine the speed of the ship if trigonometric functions of acute angle A, given that sin A =
the lighthouse is known to be 50 meters above sea level. 3/7?
A. 0.265 m/sec C. 0.169 m/sec*
B. 0.155 m/sec D. 0.210 m/sec

44. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He

takes sights at the top of the tower from A and B, which are
50 feet apart, at the same elevation on a direct line with

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B. -1/3 D. 2/3*
58. Given three angles A, B, and C whose sum is 180°. If the
tan A + tan B + tan C = x, find the value of tan A x tan B x 75. If sin Ѳ – cos Ѳ = -1/3, what is the value of sin 2 Ѳ?
tan C. A. 1/3 C. 8/9*
A. 1 – x C. x/2 B. 1/9 D. 4/9
B.√x D. x*
76. If x cos Ѳ + y sin Ѳ = 1 and x sin Ѳ – y cos Ѳ = 3, what is
59. What is the sine of 820°? the relationship between x and y?
A. 0.984 * C. 0.866 A. x2 + y2 = 20 C. x2 + y2 = 16
B. -0.866 D. -0.500 B. x2 – y2 = 5 D. x2 + y2 = 10*

60. csc 270° = ? 77. If sin x + 1/sin x = √2 , then sin2 x + 1/sin2 x is equal to:
A. -√3 C. √3 A. √2 C. 2
B. -1 * D. 1 B. 1 D. 0*

61. If coversine Ѳ is 0.134, find the value of Ѳ. 78. The equation 2 sin Ѳ + 2 cos Ѳ – 1 = √3 is:
A. 60° * C. 30° A. An identity C. A conditional equation*
B. 45° D. 20° B. A parametric equation D. A quadratic equation

62. 62. Solve for cos 72° if the given relationship is cos 2A = 2 79. If x + y = 90°, then ((sin x tan y)/(sin y tan x)) is equal
cos2 A – 1. to:
A. 0.309* C. 0.268 A. tan x C. cot x*
B. 0.258 D. 0.315 B. cos x D. sin x

63. 63. If sin 3A = cos 6B then: 80. if cos Ѳ = x / 2 then 1 – tan2 Ѳ is equal to:
A. A + B = 180° C. A – 2B = 30° A. (2×2 + 4)/x2 C. (2×2 – 4)/x
B. A + 2B = 30°* D. A + B = 30° B. (4 – 2×2)/x2 D. (2×2 – 4)/x2*

64. Find the value of sin (arcos 15/17). 81. Find the value in degrees of arcos (tan 24°).
A. 8/17* C. 8/21 A. 61.48 C. 63.56*
B. 17/9 D. 8/9 B. 62.35 D. 60.84

65. Find the value of cos [arcsin (1/3) + arctan (2/√5)] 82. arctan [2 cos ((√3)/2)] is equal to:
A. π/3 C. π/6
B. π/4* D. π/2

83. Solve for x in the equation: arctan (2x) + arctan (x) = π/4
A. 0.821 C. 0.281*
B. 0.218 D. 0.182
*
66. If sin 40° + sin 20° = sin Ѳ, find the value of Ѳ. 84. Solve for x from the given trigonometric equation:
A. 20° C. 120° arctan (1 – x) + arctan (1 + x) = arctan 1/8
B. 80°* D. 60° A. 4 * C. 8
B. 6 D. 2
67. How many different value of x from 0° to 180° for the
equation (2sin x – 1)(cos x + 1) = 0? 85. Solve for y if y = (1/sin x – 1/tan x)(1 + cos x)
A. 3 * C. 1 A. sin x* C. tan x
B. 0 D. 2 B. cos x D. sec2 x

68. For what value of Ѳ (less than 2π) will the following 86. Solve for x: x = (tan θ + cot θ)2 sin2 θ – tan 2 θ.
equation be satisfied? A. sin θ C. 1*
sin2 Ѳ + 4sinѲ + 3 = 0 B. cos θ D. 2
A. π C. 3π/2*
B. π/4 D. π/2 87. Solve for x: x = 1 – (sin θ – cos θ)2
A. sin θ cos θ C. cos 2θ
69. Find the value of x in the equation csc x + cot x = 3. B. -2 cos θ D. sin 2θ*
A. π/4 C. π/2
B. π/3 D. π/5* 88. Simplify cos4 θ – sin4 θ
A. 2 C. 2 sin2 θ + 1
70. If sec2 A is 5/2, the quantity 1 – sin2 A is equivalent to: B. 1 D. 2 cos2 θ – 1*
A. 2.5 C. 1.5
B. 0.6 D. 0.4* 89. Solve for x: x = ((1 – tan2 a)/(1 + tan2 a))
A. cos a C. cos 2a*
71. Find sin x if 2 sin x + 3 cos x – 2 = 0. B. sin 2a D. sin a
A. 1 & -5/13* C. 1 & 5/13
B. -1 & 5/13 D. -1 & -5/13 90. which of the following is different from the others?
A. 2 cos 2x – 1 C. cos 3x – sin 3x*
72. If sin A = 4/5, A in quadrant II, sin B = 7/25, B in quadrant B. cos 4x – sin 4x D. 1 – 2 sin 2x
I, find sin (A + B).
A. 3/5* C. 3/4 91. Find the value of y: y = (1 + cos 2θ) tan θ.
B. 2/5 D. 4/5 A. cos θ C. sin 2θ*
B. sin θ D. cos 2θ
73. If sin A = 2.571x, cos A = 3.06, and sin 2A = 3.939x, find
the value of x. 92. The equation 2 sinh x cosh x is equal to:
A. 0.350 C. 0.100 A. ex C. sinh 2x*
B. 0.250* D. 0.150 B.e-x D. cosh 2x

74. If cos Ѳ = √3/2, what is the value of x if x = 1 – tan2 Ѳ. 93. Simplifying the equation sin2 θ(1 + cot2 θ)
A. -2 C. 4/3
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A. 1* C. sin θ sec2 θ
2
A. 36.8 meters C. 36.3 meters*
B. sin2 θ D. sin2 θ B. 37.1 meters D. 37.4 meters

94. If tan θ = x2, which of the following is incorrect? 109. The area of the triangle whose angles are 61°9’32”,
A. sin θ = 1/√(1 + x4) * C. cos θ = 1/√(1 + x4) 34°14’46”, and 84°35’42” is 680.60. the length of the
B. sec θ = √(1 + x4) D. csc θ = √(1 + x4) / x2 longest side is:
A. 35.53 C. 52.43*
95. In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is how much B. 54.32 D. 62.54
longer than its sides?
A. 2 times C. 1.5 times 110. Given a triangle ABC whose angles are A = 40°, B = 95°
B. √2 times * D. None of these and side b = 30 cm. find the length of the bisector of angle
C.
96. Find the angle in mils subtended by a line 10 yards long at A. 21.74 cm* C. 20.45 cm
a distance of 5000 yards. B. 22.35 cm D. 20.98 cm
A. 2.5 mils C. 4 mils
B. 2 mils* D. 1 mil 111. The sides of a triangular lot are 130 m, 180 m, and 190 m.
the lot is to be divided by a line bisecting the longest side
97. The angle or inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% and drawn from the opposite vertex. The length of this
grade is _____degrees. dividing line is:
A. 5.12 degrees C. 1.86 degrees A. 100 meters C. 125 meters*
B. 4.72 degrees* D. 4.27 degrees B. 130 meters D. 115 meters

98. The sides of a right triangle is in arithmetic progression 112. From a point outside of an equilateral triangle, the distances
whose common difference if 6 cm. its area is: to the vertices are 10m, 10m, and 18m. Find the dimension
A. 216 cm2 * C. 360 cm2 of the triangle.
B. 270 cm2 D. 144 cm2 A. 25.63 C. 19.94*
B. 45.68 D. 12.25
99. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34 cm. Find the length
of the shortest leg if it is 14 cm shorter than the other leg. 113. Points A and B 1000 m apart are plotted on a straight
A. 15 cm C. 17 cm highway running East and West. From A, the bearing of a
B. 16 cm* D. 18 cm tower C is 32 degrees N of W and from B the bearing of C
is 26 degrees N of E. Approximate the shortest distance of
100. A truck travels from point M northward for 30 min. then tower C to the highway.
eastward for one hour, then shifted N 30° W. if the constant A. 264 meters C. 284 meters
speed is 40 Kph, how far directly from M, in km. will be it B. 274 meters* D. 294 meters
after 2 hours?
A. 43.5 C. 47.9* 114. An airplane leaves an aircraft carrier and flies South at 350
B. 45.2 D. 41.6 mph. The carrier travels S 30° E at 25 mph. If the wireless
communication range of the airplane is 700 miles, when will
101. Two sides of a triangle measures 6 cm. and 8 cm. and their it lose contact with the carrier?
included angle is 40°. Find the third side. A. after 4.36 hours C. after 2.13 hours*
A. 5.144 cm* C. 4.256 cm B. after 5.57 hours D. after 4.54 hours
B. 5.263 cm D. 5.645 cm
115. A statue 2 meters high stands on a column that is 3 meters
102. Given a triangle: C = 100°, a = 15, b = 20. Find c: high. An observer in level with the top of the statue
A. 34 C. 43 observed that the column and the statue subtend the same
B. 27* D. 35 angle. How far is the observer from the statue?
A. 5√2 meters C. 20 meters
103. Given angle A = 32°, angle B = 70°, and side c = 27 units. B. 2√5 meters* D. √10 meters
Solve for side a of the triangle.
A. 24 units C. 14.63 units* 116. From the top of a building 100 m high, the angle of
B. 10 units D. 12 units depression of a point A due East of it is 30°. From a point
B due South of the building, the angle of elevation of the
104. In a triangle, find the side c if the angle C = 100°, side b = top is 60°. Find the distance AB.
20, and side a = 15. A. 100 + 3√30 C. 100 (√30) / 3
A. 28 C. 29 B. 200 – √30 D. 100√3/ 30*
B. 27* D. 26
117. An observer found the angle of elevation of the top of the
105. Two sides of a triangle are 50 m. and 60 m. long. The angle tree to be 27°. After moving 10m closer (on the same
included between these sides is 30 degrees. What is the vertical and horizontal plane as the tree), the angle of
interior angle (in degrees) opposite the longest side? elevation becomes 54°. Find the height of the tree.
A. 92.74 C. 94.74 A. 8.65 meters C. 7.02 meters
B. 93.74* D. 91.74 B. 7.53 meters D. 8.09 meters*

106. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 15 cm, BC = 18 cm, 118. From a point A at the foot of the mountain, the angle of
and CA = 24 cm. Determine the distance from the point of elevation of the top B is 60°. After ascending the mountain
intersection of the angular bisectors to side AB. one (1) mile to an inclination of 30° to the horizon, and
A. 5.21 cm C. 4.73 cm* reaching a point C, an observer finds that the angle ACB is
B. 3.78 cm D. 6.25 cm 135°.
A. 14386 C. 11672
107. If AB = 15 m, BC = 18 m and CA = 24 m, find the point of B. 12493* D. 11223
intersection of the angular bisector from the vertex C.
A. 11.3 C. 13.4 119. A vertical pole is 10 m from a building. When the angle of
B. 12.1 D. 14.3* elevation of the sum is 45°, the pole cast a shadow on the
building 1 m high. Find the height of the pole.
108. In triangle ABC, angle C = 70 degrees; angle A = 45 A. 0 meter C. 12 meters
degrees; AB = 40 m. what is the length of the median B. 11 meters * D. 13 meters
drawn from vertex A to side BC?

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120. A pole cast a shadow of 15 meters long when the angle of 131. A plane hillside is inclined at an angle of 28° with the
elevation of the sun is 61°. If the pole has leaned 15° from horizontal. A man wearing skis can climb this hillside by
the vertical directly toward the sun, what is the length of following a straight path inclined at an angle of 12° to the
the pole? horizontal, but one without skis must follow a path inclined
A. 52.43 meters C. 53.25 meters at an angle of only 5° with the horizontal. Find the angle
B. 54.23 meters* D. 53.24 meters between the directions of the two paths.
A. 13.21° C. 15.56°*
121. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He B. 18.74° D. 17.22°
takes sights at the top of the tower from A and B, which are
50 ft. apart, at the same elevation on a direct line with the 132. If circumference of a circle is divided into 360 congruent
tower. The vertical angle at point A is 30° and at point B is parts, angle subtended by one part at center of circle is
40°. What is the height of the tower? called
A. 85.6 feet C. 110.29 feet A. Angle C. radian
B. 143.97 feet D. 92.54 feet* B. Degree* D. minute

122. From the top of tower A, the angle of elevation of the top 133. Vertex of an angle in standard form is at
of the tower B is 46°. From the foot of tower B the angle of A. (1,0) C. (0,1)
elevation of the top of tower A is 28°. Both towers are on a B. (1,1) D. (0,0)*
level ground. If the height of tower B is 120m, how high is
tower A in m? 134. In one hour, minutes hand of a clock turns through
A. 38.6 C. 44.1 A. 5π/6 radians C. 4π/9 radians
B. 42.3 D. 40.7* B. π/4 radians D. 180π radians*

123. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are on the same 135. 1 radian =
elevation as the foot of a building. The angles of elevation A. 57°17′45″* C. 1°
of the top of the building from points A and B are 21° and B. 180° D. 180′
32°, respectively. How far is A from the building in m?
A. 271.6 C. 259.2* 136. Central angle of an arc of a circle whose length is equal to
B. 265.4 D. 277.9 radius of circle is called the
A. Degree C. radian*
124. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to B. Minute D. second
be 30 degrees. He walks 85 m. nearer the tower and finds
its angle of elevation to be 60 degrees. What is the height 137. System of measurement in which angle is measured in
of the tower? radians called the
A. 76.31 meters C. 73.31 meters A. Circular system* C. Sexagesimal system
B. 73.61 meters* D. 73.16 meters B. MKS system D. CGS system

125. The angle of elevation of a point C from a pint B is 29°42’; 138. System of measurement in which angle is measured in
the angle of elevation of C from another point A 31.2 m degrees, and its sub-units, minutes and seconds is called
directly below B is 59°23’. How high is C from the horizontal the
line through A? A. Circular system C. Sexagesimal system*
A. 47.1 meters* C. 35.1 meters B. MKS system D. CGS system
B. 52.3 meters D. 66.9 meters
139. 60th part of one degree is called one
126. A rectangular piece of land 40m x 30m is to be crossed A. Second C. radian
diagonally by a 10-m wide roadway. If the land cost B. Degree D. minute*
P1,500.00 per square meter, the cost of the roadway is:
A. P401.10 C. P601,650.00* 140. Union of two non-collinear rays which have a common
B. P60,165.00 D. P651,500.00 endpoint is called the
A. Angle* C. radian
127. A man improvises a temporary shield from the sun using a B. Degree D. minute
triangular piece of wood with dimensions of 1.4m, 1.5 m,
and 1.3 m. with the longer side lying horizontally on the 141. A ladder leans against wall at point B (window end) from a
ground, he props up the other corner of the triangle with a ground level and makes an angle horizontally at 52°. height
vertical pole 0.9m long. What would be the area of the of ladder is 15 m. When same ladder leans above point B
shadow on the ground when the sun is vertically overhead? at point A (window start) and makes an angle of 85°
A. 0.5 m2 * C. 0.84 m2 horizontally. distance between point A and point B is
B. 0.75 m2 D. 0.95 m2 A. 12.4 m C. 5 m
B. 4.12 m D. 3.12 m*
128. A rectangular piece of wood 4 cm x 12 cm tall is titled at an
angle of 45°. Find the vertical distance between the lower 142. Height of a light house is 65 m. angles of elevation and
corner and the upper corner. depression of top and foot of a radar mast are 52° and 30°
A. 4√2 cm C. 8√2 cm* respectively. height of radar mast is
B. 2√2 cm D. 6√2 cm A. 102 m C. 305 m
B. 209.09 m* D. 109.09 m
129. A clock has a dial face 12 inches in radius. The minute hand
is 9 inches long while the hour hand is 6 inches long. The 143. A house is built at top of cliff. From foot of cliff at a distance
plane of rotation of the minute hand is 2 inches above the of 75 m, angle of elevation of top of house is 51° and angle
plane of rotation of the hour hand. Find the distance of elevation at top of cliff 41°. height of house is
between the tips of the hands at 5:40 AM. A. 38.25 m C. 36 m
A. 9.17 inches* C. 10.65 inches B. 32.42 m D. 27.42 m*
B. 8.23 inches D. 11.25 inches
144. From top of mountain 68 m high, angle of depression of
130. If the bearing of A from B is 40° W, then the bearing of B two boats due east of it are 52° and 26° respectively.
from A is: distance between ships is
A. N 40° E * C. N 50° E A. 58.28 m C. 86.29 m*
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145. Express 45° in mils. building B is 120 m high, determine the height of building
A. 50 C. 200 A. assume both buildings lie in the same horizontal plane.
B. 800* D. 112 A. 75.91 m C. 57.30 m
B. 73.21 m D. 79.29 m*
146. What is the value in degrees for 1 rad?
A. 57.3°* C. 0.159° 162. The angle of elevation of a tower at a place A south of it is
B. 62.8° D. 114.59° 30°, and B west of A and a distance of 50 m from the angle
of elevation is 18°, determine the height of the tower.
147. How many radians is equivalent to 100 grads? A. 19.65 m* C. 22.22 m
A. /2* C. /3 B. 15.42 m D. 26.32 m
B. 3 /4 D. 2/3
163. A tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The angle
148. Find the supplement of an angle whose complement is 62°. of depression of the top and bottom of the monument
A. 152°* C. 28° viewed from the top of the tower are 13° and 31°,
B. 75° D. 87° respectively. The height of the tower is 145 ft. Find the
height of the monument.
149. Find the angle equal to 3/7 of its supplement. A. 75.7 ft C. 92.2 ft
A. 54° C. 36° B. 89.3 ft* D. 98.6 ft
B. 24° D. 27°*
164. A pole stands on a plane which makes an angle of 15° with
150. If the supplement of a given angle is 5/2 of its complement, the horizontal. A wire from the top of the pole is anchored
find the value of the angle. on a point 8 meters from the foot of the pole. If the angle
A. 50° C. 30°* between the wire and the plane is 30°, find the length of
B. 20° D. 40° the wire.
A. 10.93 m * C. 12.56 m
151. A certain angle has an explement 5 times the supplement, B. 11.62 m D. 13.29 m
find the angle.
A. 120° C. 165° 165. The sides of a triangle are in a ratio 4:5:6. The smallest
B. 135°* D. 150° angle is ____.
A. 82° C. 69°
152. Simplify sec θ – sec θ sin2 θ B. 56° D. 41°*
A. sin θ C. cos θ*
B. cos2 θ D. sin2 θ 166. The sides of a triangle are 40, 50 and 70 cm, respectively.
Find the length of the bisector of the largest angle.
sin4 𝑥−cos4 𝑥 A. 28.13* C. 20.52
153. Simplify 2
sin 𝑥−cos2 𝑥
B. 26.32 D. 28.40
A. 1 * C. sin x
B. sec x D. 3/2
167. A pole which leans to the sun by 10°15’ from the vertical
sin 𝑥 tan 𝑦 casts a shadow of 9.43m on the level ground when the
154. If x + y = 90°, then is equal to _____. angle of elevation of the sun is 54°50’. Find the length of
sin 𝑦 tan 𝑥
A. tan y* C. cot y the pole.
B. –tan y D. –cot x A. 15.6 m C. 17.7 m
B. 18.3 m* D. 116.9 m
1−sin 𝑥
155. The expression is equal to _____.
cos 𝑥 168. From the top of a hill the angles of depression of the top
1−sin 𝑥 sin 𝑥
A. cos 𝑥
C. 1−sin 𝑥 and bottom of a flagpole 25 ft high at the foolt of the hill
1+cos 𝑥 cos 𝑥
B. D. * are observed to be 45°13’ and 47°12’, respectively. Find
sin 𝑥 1+sin 𝑥
the height of the hill.
156. Is sec A = -5/4 and A is in the second quadrant, find tan A. 334.4 ft C. 320.2 ft
2A. B. 410.5 ft D. 373.2 ft*
A. -24/7* C. 7/24
B. 12/25 D. -25/12 169. From a boat sailing due north at 16.5 kph, a wrecked ship
and an observation tower are observed in a line due east.
157. If sin A = 3/5 and A is in the second quadrant while cos B One hour later the wrecked ship and the tower have
= 7/25 and B is in the first quadrant, find sin (A + B). bearings S 34°40’ E and S 65°10’ E. Find the distance
A. 4/5 C. -3/5* between the wrecked ship and the tower.
B. -4/5 D. 2/5 A. 24.25 km* C. 42.71 km
B. 27.62 km D. 11.18 km
158. If sin A = 3/5 and A is in the first quadrant while cos B = -
7/25 and B is on the third quadrant, find cos (A + B). 170. Two points X and Y, 1000m apart are located on a straight
A. -117/125* C. -44/125 road running east and west. From X, the bearing of a tower
B. 3/5 D. 117/125 is 32° W of N and from Y the bearing of the tower is 26° N
of E. determine the shortest distance of the tower from the
159. The value of tan (A + B), where tan A = 1/3 and tan B = road.
¼ is _____. A and B are acute angles. A. 331 m C. 374 m*
A. 1/11 C. 7/13 B. 415 m D. 443 m
B. 11/12 D. 7/11*
171. A plane travels 500 miles due east from A to B, then banks
160. A man found that the angle of elevation of the top of the to the right and travels 1000 miles to C and finally travels
tower to be 30°. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds 1200 miles from C back to A. Find the bearing of the course
its angle of elevation to be 60°. What is the height of the taken by the airplane from B to C.
tower? A. N 11.95° E C. S 10.95° E*
A. 65.43 m C. 87.76 m B. S 12.05° E D. N 10.56° E
B. 73.61 m* D. 80.13 m
172. Find the area of the excircle, which is tangent to side AB of
161. The angle of elevation of the top of a building B from the triangle ABC where AB = 12 cm, BC = 24 cm, and CA = 32
top of building A is 28° and the angle of elevation of the cm.
top of building A from the base of building B is 46°. If A. 63.4 C. 97.1

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B. 72.1 * D. 83.2

173. A circle is inscribed in an isosceles triangle whose base is

16 cm and whose altitude is 15 cm. Determine the area of
the said circle.
A. 66.10 cm2 C. 62.32 cm2
A. 25 cm2 * C. 10 cm2
B. 72.38 cm2 * D. 73.32 cm2
B. 5 cm2 D. 100 cm2
174. Three circles with radii 3, 5 and 9 cm, respectively, are
186. Find the area of the shaded portion as shown :
externally tangent. What is the area of the triangle formed
by joining their centers?
A. 48 cm2* C. 52 cm2
B. 44 cm2 D. 50 cm2 6 cm

175. A triangular piece of wood has an area of 375 cm2. Two of

r
8 cm
its angles are 16° and 56°. Find the length of the longest
side.
A. 62.52 cm C. 48.32 cm
6 cm
B. 52.61 cm D. 55.87 cm*

176. The sides of a triangle are 14 cm, 15 cm, and 13 cm, R

A. 65  B. 56 *
respectively. What is the area of the circumscribing circle?
B. 81  D. 25 
A. 202.2 C. 184.3
B. 110.5 D. 207.4*
187. Find the radius of the small circle as shown :
177. The sides of a right triangle are in arithmetic progression
whose common difference is 6. Find the hypotenuse.
4m
A. 36 C. 18
B. 30* D. 24 8m

178. A ladder 5 m long leans on a wall and makes an angle of r

30° with the horizontal. Find the vertical height from the
top to the ground.
A. 0.385 m C. 0.686 m*
A. 2.50 m* C. 1.50 m
B. 0.581 m D. 0.985 m
B. 2.00 m D. 2.75 m
188. If tan x = 1/2 , tan y = 1/3 , What is the value of tan ( x
179. In a triangle, find the side c if angle C = 100° , side b = 20
+y)?
and side a = 15.
A. 1* C. 3
A. 28 C. 29
B. 2 D. 4
B. 27* D. 26
189. Simplify cos(30 degrees – A) – cos(30 degrees + A) as a
180. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane .
function of angle A only.
The angles of depression of the top and bottom of the
A. tan A C. cos A
monument viewed from the top of the PLDT tower are
B. sec A D. sin A*
13° and 35° respectively. The height of the tower is 50
m. Find the height of the monument.
190. Find the area of the excircle, which is tangent to side AB of
A. 33.51 m* C. 47.30 m
triangle ABC where AB = 12 cm, BC = 24 cm, and CA = 32
B. 7.58 m D. 30.57 m
cm.
A. 63.4 C. 97.1
181. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to
B. 72.1 * D. 83.2
be 30 degrees. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and find
its angle of elevation to be 60 degrees. What is the height
191. A circle is inscribed in an isosceles triangle whose base is
of the tower ?
16 cm and whose altitude is 15 cm. Determine the area of
A. 76.31 m C. 73.16 m
the said circle.
B. 73.31 m D. 73.61 m*
A. 66.10 cm2 C. 62.32 cm2
B. 72.38 cm2 * D. 73.32 cm2
182. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157, and 210 respectively.
What is the area of the triangle ?
192. Three circles with radii 3, 5 and 9 cm, respectively, are
A. 73 250 sq. units C. 14 586 sq. units*
externally tangent. What is the area of the triangle formed
B. 10 250 sq. units D. 11 260 sq. units
by joining their centers?
A. 48 cm2* C. 52 cm2
183. In triangle BCD, BC = 25 m, and CD = 10 m. The perimeter
B. 44 cm2 D. 50 cm2
of the triangle maybe :
A. 69 m* C. 71 m
193. A triangular piece of wood has an area of 375 cm2. Two of
B. 70 m D. 72 m
its angles are 16° and 56°. Find the length of the longest
side.
184. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm , 10 cm, and 14 cm.
A. 62.52 cm C. 48.32 cm
Determine the radius of the inscribed and circumscribing
B. 52.61 cm D. 55.87 cm*
circle.
A. 3.45, 7.14 C. 2.45, 8.14
194. The sides of a triangle are 14 cm, 15 cm, and 13 cm,
B. 2.45, 7.14* D. 3.45, 8.14
respectively. What is the area of the circumscribing circle?
A. 202.2 C. 184.3
185. Find the area of the shaded portion of the two concentric
B. 110.5 D. 207.4*
circles whose chord outside the small circle is 10 cm.
195. The spherical excess of a spherical triangle with A = 56°, B
= 90°, and C = 102° is ___.
A. 68° * C. 96°
B. 78° D. 86°
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211. Solve for a in a spherical triangle given b=30°15’, c=68°27’,
196. A spherical triangle has the following angles: A = 79°, B = A=126°43’.
66°, and C = 115°. Solve for the spherical excess. A. 27°57’ C. 67°31’
A. 70° C. 80°* B. 87°52’* D. 57°12’
B. 75° D. 85°
212. Solve for b in a spherical triangle given A = 55°17’, B =
197. What is the area of a spherical triangle whose angles are 77°28’, and C = 97°43’.
123°, 84°, and 73°? The radius of the sphere is 30m. A. 82.15° C. 55.21°
A. 1480 m2 C. 1959 m2 B. 70.51° D. 80.05°*
B. 1571 m2 * D. 1863 m2
213. Solve for A in a spherical triangle given a = 86°20’, b =
198. The radius of the spherical triangle on a sphere is 15 cm 45°30’, and C = 120°45’.
and the angles are A = 95°, B = 73°, and C = 130°. Solve A. 66°11’ C. 20°37’
for the area of the spherical triangle. B. 24°34’ D. 64°49’*
A. 632.384 cm2 C. 433.458 cm2
B. 628.564 cm2 D. 463.385 cm2* 214. Solve for C in a spherical triangle given a = 59°38’, c =
130°38’, and B = 98°40’.
199. Find the area of a spherical triangle on a sphere of radius A. 133°39’11’’ C. 119°21’51’’
10 inches, if A = 132°, B = 138°, and C = 150°. B. 95°47’31’’ D. 123°53’23’’*
A. 439.549 in2 C. 418.879 in2*
B. 485.225 in2 D. 460.125 in2 215. Solve for B in the spherical triangle having a = 57°24’, b =
69°17’, and A = 45°38’.
200. Given the right spherical triangle with A = 70°45’; B = A. 52°32’ * C. 35°24’
149°10, solve for a. B. 25°23’ D. 17°26’
A. 49°58’ * C. 63°22’
B. 29°52’ D. 36°16’ 216. In the following oblique spherical triangle given that:
B=65°33’, b=64°23’15”, a=99°40’4”, solve for A.
201. Given the right spherical triangle with A = 63°15’ and B = A. 44°11’25” C. 84°21’10” *
135°43’, solve for side b. B. 64°23’12” D. 104°43’23”
A. 143°17’13’’* C. 122°39’53’’
B. 132°19’33’’ D. 151°15’23’’ 217. Solve for B in a spherical triangle given A = 118°52’38’’, C
= 28°24’14’’, and b = 100°50’.
202. Given the right spherical triangle with a = 24°52’ and A = A. 61°44’34.22’’ C. 72°38’42.11’’
38°24’, solve for b. B. 69°43’34.08’’* D. 75°21’25.28’’
A. 114°27’ C. 144°13’*
B. 151°56’ D. 122°33’ 218. Solve for b in a spherical triangle given A = 43°27’, B =
69°33’, and C = 105°11’.
203. Given the right spherical triangle with A = 60.5° and B = A. 76.12° * C. 83.25°
135.5°, solve for c. B. 79.41° D. 89.09°
A. 115.24° C. 175.32°
B. 125.15° * D. 143.12° 219. In a spherical triangle given a = 64°22’, b = 73°01’, and C
= 102°33’, solve for A.
204. Given a spherical triangle whose parts are a = 73°, b = 62°, A. 45°21’ C. 61°50’ *
and C = 90°. Solve for A. B. 58°37’ D. 75°33’
A. 74.89° * C. 69.24°
B. 71.52° D. 47.92° 220. In spherical trigonometry, 1 nautical mile is equivalent to
____ feet.
205. Given the right spherical triangle ABC given that a = 87°16’; A. 1609 C. 5280
B = 38°45’; and C = 0°, solve for c. B. 2567 D. 6080*
A. 82°42’9’’ C. 87°52’3’’*
B. 77°22’4’’ D. 91°32’7’’ 221. In spherical trigonometry, 1 statute mile is equivalent to
____ feet.
206. Given the right spherical triangle with A = 48°32’ and B = A. 1609 C. 5280*
123°47’, solve for side b. B. 2567 D. 6080
A. 135.61° C. 127.31°
B. 137.91° * D. 115.81° 222. The section of the surface of a sphere made by any plane
is a ___.
207. For an oblique spherical triangle, find side ‘a’ given that b A. Circle* C. hyperbola
= 7.5 m, c = 5.9 m and A = 49°. B. Ellipse D. parabola
A. 2.33 m C. 5.73 m*
B. 9.26 m D. 4.29 m 223. This term refers to the angle between the north vector and
the perpendicular projection of the start down onto the
For numbers 203 – 205: horizon.
Solve the following oblique spherical triangle given that: b = A. Azimuth * C. Solstice
156°12’, c = 112°48’, A = 76°32’. B. Declination D. Zenith

208. Solve for a. 224. The term refers to an imaginary point directly above a
A. 62°42’12” C. 63°49’34” * particular location, on the imaginary celestial sphere.
B. 55°24’24” D. 47°21’51” A. Azimuth C. Solstice
B. Declination D. Zenith*
209. Solve for B.
A. 113°1’2.33” C. 161°7’1.53” 225. The two points where the rotation axis meets the surface
B. 154°4’2.63” * D. 135°2’7.23” of the Earth are known as the North Pole and the South
Pole and the great circle perpendicular to the rotation axis
210. Solve for C. and lying halfway between the poles is known as the ___.
A. 87°26’32.52” * C. 65°32’11.74” A. Meridian C. Parallel
B. 77°22’31.44” D. 42°25’32.44” B. Equator * D. Bisector

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TOPIC: PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY
226. It refers to the angular distance between the local meridian 239. Which of the following is not true about a sphere.
(which passes through the point) and the Greenwich A. The section of the surface of a sphere by a plane is
meridian (which passes through the Royal Greenwich called a great circle if the plane passes through the
Observation in London). center of the sphere.
A. Longitude* C. Co-latitude B. The radius of a great circle is equal to the radius of the
B. Latitude D. Pole sphere.
C. The diameter of a small circle is equal to the radius of
227. It refers to the angular distance north or south of the a great circle. *
equator, measured along the meridian through the point. D. The section of the surface of a sphere by a plane is
A. Longitude C. Co-latitude called a small circle if the plane does not pass through
B. Latitude * D. Pole the center of the sphere.

228. It refers to the angular distance between a point and the 240. Which of the following is/are true about spherical triangles?
closest pole as measured along the meridian passing I. The angles at the base of an isosceles spherical triangle
through the point. are equal.
A. Longitude C. Co-latitude* II. If two angles of a spherical triangle are equal, the
B. Latitude D. Pole opposite sides are also equal.
III. The angles at the base of a right spherical triangle are
229. In spherical trigonometry, meridians are defined as ____. equal.
A. Great circles which pass through the North Pole and
South Pole. * A. I, II, and III C. I and II only*
B. Small circles which lie parallel to the equator. B. I and III only D. II and III only
C. Great circles which lie parallel to the equator.
D. Small circle which pass through the North Pole and 241. Which of the following is/are true about spherical triangle?
South Pole. I. If one triangle be the polar triangle of another, the
latter will be the polar triangle of the former.
230. In spherical trigonometry, parallels are defined as ____. II. The three angles of a spherical triangle are together
A. Great circles which pass through the North Pole and greater than two right angles and less than six right
South Pole. angles.
B. Small circles which lie parallel to the equator. * III. If one angle of a spherical triangle be greater than
C. Great circles which lie parallel to the equator. another, the side opposite the greater angle is greater
D. Small circle which pass through the North Pole and than the side opposite the lesser angle.
South Pole.
A. I and II only C. II and III only
231. In spherical trigonometry, the angle of inclination of the B. I and III only D, I, II, and III*
planes of the circles is ___.
A. The value of the excess of the spherical triangle. 242. Which of the following is/are true about the poles of a
B. The half of the value of one small circle. circle?
C. The angle between two small circles I. The poles of a great circle are equally distant from the
D. The angle between two great circles. * plane of the circle.
II. The poles of a small circle are not equally distant from
232. If one side of a spherical triangle bet greater than another, the plane of the circle.
the angle opposite the greater side is ___ than/to the angle III. The poles of both great circle and small circle are not
opposite the less side. equally distant from the plane of the circle.
A. Lesser C. equal
B. Greater * D. always half A. I and II only* C. II and III only
B. I and III only D. I, II, and III
233. The sum of the three sides of a spherical triangle is ____
than/to the circumference of a great circle. 243. The following are true about spherical triangles except:
A. Twice C. greater A. The three arcs pf great circles which form a spherical
B. Equal D. lesser* triangle are called the sides of the spherical triangle.
B. The three arcs of a great circle which form a spherical
234. The angle subtended at the center of a sphere by the arc triangle are called the angles of the spherical triangle.
of a great circle which joins the poles of two great circles is *
___ to the inclination of the planes of the great circles. C. The angles formed by the arcs at the point where they
A. Twice C. greater meet are called the angles of the spherical triangle.
B. Equal * D. lesser D. The sides and angles of the polar triangle are
respectively the supplements of the angles and sides
235. The sum of the angles of a spherical triangle is ___ than/to of the primitive triangle.
180°.
A. Twice C. greater* 244. The following are true about spherical triangles except:
B. Equal D. lesser A. Two great circles bisect each other.
B. Great circles which passes through the poles of a great
236. The angle between two circles drawn on a sphere is ____ circle are called secondaries to that circle.
than/to the angle between their tangents. C. A pole of a circle is equally distant from every point of
A. Lesser C. greater the circumference of the circle.
B. Equal * D. half D. The arc of a great circle which is drawn from a pole of
a great circle to any point in its circumference is an
237. The sines of the angles of a spherical triangle are ____ to octant. *
the sines of the opposite sides.
A. Lesser C. inversely proportional 245. From a second floor window of a building, the angle of
B. Greater D. proportional* depression of an object on the ground is 35°58’, while from
a fifth floor window, 9.75m above the first point of
238. The following are applications of spherical trigonometry observation the angle of depression is 58°35’. How far is
except: the object from the building?.
A. Navigation C. Stellar map making A. 10.70 m* C. 7.76 m
B. Excavation* D. positions of sunrise and sunset B. 17.10 m D. 6.77 m

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246. Two streets intersect at an angle of 63°. A triangular lot has A. Circle C. spheroid
frontages of 36.65 m and 51.18 m on the two streets. Find B. Sphere* D. ellipsoid
the length of the third side.
A. 45.17 m C. 74.53 m
B. 74.15 m D. 47.53 m *

247. A and B are points on the opposite sides of a certain body

of water. Another point C is located such that AC = 197 m
and BC = 157 m, and angle BAC is 51°. Determine the
distance AB.
A. 168.56 m C. 186.56 m
B. 158.76 m * D. 185.67 m

248. For a given spherical triangle whose given parts are: A =

125°32’, C = 90°, and a = 140°. Find side b,
A. 49°21’ C. 36°49’ *
B. 52°10’ D. 127°50’

249. A vertical pole is 10 m from a building. When the angle of

elevation of the sun is 45°, the pole cast a shadow on the
building 1 m high. Find the height of the pole.
A. 0 C. 12 m
B. 11 m* D. 13 m

250. Calculate the area of a spherical triangle whose radius is 5

m and whose angles are 40°, 65°, and 110°..
A. 12.34 m2 C. 16.45 m2
B. 14.89 m 2
D. 15.26 m2 *

251. A right spherical triangle has an angle C = 90°, a = 50°,

and c = 80°. Find the side b.
A. 45.33° C. 74.33° *
B. 78.66° D. 75.89°

252. If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2:4:6; what is the
largest angle?
A. 30° C. 90° *
B. 60° D. 15°

253. Find the largest angle of a triangle, if the sum and

difference of two angles are 100° and 20°, respectively.
A. 60° C. 40°
B. 80° * D. 90°

254. What is the measure of one of the remote angles of a

triangle if the exterior angle is 130° and the other remote
angle measures 60°?
A. 70° * C. 50°
B. 30° D. 40°

255. To find the angles of a triangle, given only the lengths of

the sides, one would use:
A. Law of cosines* C. Law of sines
B. Law of tangents D. Orthogonal functions

256. Angle between 90° and 180° has:

A. Positive sin and cos
B. Negative cot and csc
C. Negative sec and tan*
D. all functions are negative

257. To find the angles of the triangle, given only the lengths of
the sides, one would use:
A. Law of cosines* C. Law of tangents
B. Law of sines D. The inverse-square law

258. The altitude of the sides of a triangle intersect at the point

known as:
A. Incenter C. orthocenter*
B. Circumcenter D. centroid

259. The center of a circle inscribed inside the triangle and it is

the intersection of the three angle bisectors of the triangle.
A. Incircle C. Incenter*
B. Increment D, Median

260. Body or space bounded by surface every point of which is

equidistant from a point within.

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If the density of a gas is 0.003 slug/ft 3, what is the specific weight of the gas?

a) 15.2 N/m3 b) 9.04 N/m3 c) 98.2 N/m3 d) 76.3 N/m3

A provincial chapter of PSME held a lottery to raise funds for their organization, with P10,000 top prize and 2,000
tickets printed and sold. What is the mathematical expectation of member if he bought 10 tickets.

a) P50 b) 76 c) P50 d) P55

The time required for an elevator to lift a weight varies directly with the weight and the distance through which it is
lifted and inversely as the power of the motor. It takes 30 sec for a 10 HP motor to lift 100 lbs through 50ft. what
size of the motor is required to lift 800 lbs in 40 sec through 40 ft?

a) 50hp b) 48hp c) 45hp d) 59

In how many ways can P500 be made up both 5 peso and 20 peso bills?

a) 20 b) 24 c) 25 c) 26

In how many ways can tomatoes at 2 centavos each and onions at 5 centavos each be bought for P1?

a) 9 b) 10 c) 7 d) 12

In a pile of log ,each layer contains one more log than the layer above the top contains just one log if there are 105
log in the pile how many layers are there?

a) 10 b) 14 c) 12 d) 15

A and B working together can finish painting the house in six days. A, working alone, can finish it in five days less
than B. How long will it take each of them to finish the work alone?

a) 10days b) 12 days c) 11 days d) 15 days

A man bought 23 chickens for P29.00. The cocks cost P3.00 each, the hens P1.5 each, and the chicks at 0.50 each.
How many cocks, hens, and chicks did he buy?

a) 3, 4, 13 b) 4, 6, 13 c) 5, 5, 13 d) 5, 7, 12

A group of students rented a convention hall for P240.00. If there were 4 students less, the share of each would have
been P2.00 more. How many students where in the group?

a) 40 b) 24 c) 30 d) 18
Determine the 7th term of the expansion (2y-x)11

a) 14, 784 x5y3 b) 11, 784x6y7 c) 985x6y5 d) 765x6y7

Find the term involving y4 in the expansion (x+y) 7.

a) 35x4y3 b) 35x3y4 c) 25x4y3 d) 25x4y4

Find the sum of the integers between 2 and 100 which are divisible by 3.

a) 970 c) 1683 c) 1100 d) 1985

A tank can fill by one pipe in 9 hours and by another pipe in 12 hours. Starting empty, how long will it take to fill
the tank if water is being taken out by a third pipe at a rate per hour equal to one-sixth the capacity of the tank?

a) 18hrs b) 15hrs c) 21hrs d) 36hrs

Find the remainder if we divide: 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y – 4 by (2y + 3)

a) 10 b) 15 c) 11 d) 13

The sum of two numbers is 35 and their product is 15. Find the sum of their reciprocal.

a) 2/7 b) 2/3 c) 7/3 d) 5/2

The seating section in a coliseum has 30 seats in the first row, 32 seats in the second row, 34 seats in the third row,
and so on, until the tenth row is reached, after which there are ten rows each containing 50 seats. Find the total
number of seats in the section.

a) 900 b) 890 c) 810 d) 390

Vincent is four times as old as Peter. In six years Vincent will be twice as old as Peter. What is the age of Vincent
now?

a) 6 b) 12 c) 20 d) 39

If a train passes as many telegraph poles in one minute as it goes miles per hour, how far apart are the poles?

a) 18 feet b) 88 feet c) 38 feet d) 95 feet

Find the sum of odd integers from 1 to 41.

a) 361 b) 431 c) 421 d) 441

The equation whose roots are the reciprocal of the roots of the equation, 2x3 – 3x – 5x = 0

a) 2x2 – 5x – 3 =0b) 5x2 -2x -3 = 0 c)

What is the value of k to make the expression kx2 – 3kx + 9 a perfect square?

a) 2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 5

How many terms of the sequence – 9, - 6, - 3, … must be taken so that the sum is 66?

a) 11 b) 6 c) 4 d) 9

A farmer is to plant rice in a rectangular field 30 meters by 40 meters. He started on the edge and plant around the
perimeter. How wide a strip should he plant for each side in order to do half the work?

a) 5 m b) 2.5 m c) 3 m d) 5.5 m

Water is pouring into a swimming pool. After t hours, there are t + t gallons in the pool. At what rate, in GPM is
water pouring into the pool when t = 9 hours?

a) 0.0194 b) 1.167 c) 1.235 d) 3.6

Determine the distance traveled by a particle between a time interval of 0.2 second to 0.3 second if its velocity is
7
V = 12 t 4 + , where V is in cm/s and t is in seconds
t

a) 3.75 cm b) 2.84 cm c) 2.75 cm d) 3.84 cm

A pole cast a shadow 15-m long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61°. If the pole has lean 15° from the
vertical directly toward the sun, what is the length of the pole?

a. 54.23 m b. 48.64 m c. 36.84 m d. 64.84 m

A 100-kg salt solution originally 4 % by weight salt in water is boiled to reduce water content until the concentration
is 5 % by weight salt. How much water is evaporated?

a) 20 b) 25 c) 15 d) 22.5
What is the supplement of an angle whose compliment is 62 o?

a) 152o b) 118o c) 28o d) 60o

A force of 200 lb acts on a block at an angle of 28 o with respect to horizontal. The block is pushed 2 ft horizontally.
Find the work done by this force.

a) 480 J b) 408 J c) 840 J d) 804 J

Determine the slope of the curve y = − x 2 at the point (2, 3).

a) 4 b) – 4 c) 2 d) – 2

Five years ago the father is three times as old as his son. Ten years from now, the father will be twice as old as his
son. How old is the son twelve years from now?

a) 32 years old b) 20 years old c) 50 years old d) 38 years old

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How many different numbers of two In a shooting contest, Jose hits the target 85
different digits each can be formed from the times out of 100, and Pedro hits is 95 times
digits 2, 4, 6, 8? out of 100. What is the probability that at
least one of them hits the target if they shoot
• 12 simultaneously?
How many numbers of 4 different digits, 397
each greater than 6,000 can be formed from • 400
the digits 1,3,4,6,8 and 9?
Compute the ratio of the area of the circle
• 180 x2+y2-10x-24y+25 and the circle x2+y2-
10x+4y-7=0.
In a row of 7 seats, 4 men and 3 women are
to be seated together with women to occupy • 4
the even places. How many such
arrangements are possible? The sum of the digits of a number of three
digits is 11, the tens digit being thrice the
• 144 units digit. If 99 is subtracted from the
number, the digits will be reversed. Find the
How many arrangements can be formed of
number.
the letters in the word Philippines taken all
at a time? • 382

• 1,108,800 The sum of the digits of a number of three

digits is 15. If the digits in the hundreds and
Suppose that a pair of dice is thrown. What
tens places are interchanged, the number is
is the probability that a total of 8 shows?
increased by 360. The units digit is ¼ of the
5 sum of the hundreds and tens places. Find
• the number.
36

Ten books consisting of 5 mathematics • 483

books, 3 physics books, and 2 chemistry
books are placed in a bookcase at random. In how many ways can P500 be made up
What is the probability that the books of both 5 peso and 20 peso bills?
each kind are all together?
• 24 ways
1
• In how many ways can tomatoes at 2
420 centavos each and onions at 5 centavos each
be bought for P1?

• 9 ways
2

There are twelve rows of billiards in a Find the last term of the progression: 10, -2,
symmetrical arrangement on a billiard table. -14 to 17th term.
If there is one ball in the first row, 3 in the
second, 5 in the third and so on, with two • -182
balls in any row more than the preceding Find the sum of the integers between 2 and
one, how many balls are in the 12th row and 100 which are divisible by 3.
how many balls in all are there?
• 1683
• 23,144
A tower and a monument stand on a level
The sides of a right triangle are in plane. The angles of depression of the top
arithmetic progression whose common and bottom of the monument viewed from
difference is 6. Find the sides. the top of the tower are 13° and 35°
• 18, 24, 30 respectively. The height of the tower is
75m. Find the height of the monument.
Two sides of a triangle are 13 and 21,
respectively, and its area is 126 sq. units. • 50.3
Find the third side. Find the area bounded by the parabola, x 2 =
4y and y = 4.
• 20 or 28.6

The sides of triangle are 5,7 and 10, • 21.33

respectively. Find the radius of the inscribed In triangle ABC, AB = 8m, and BC = 20m.
circle. One possible dimension of CA is:
• 1,477 • 13
The sides of a triangle are 5, 7 and 10, Compute the length of the latus rectum of
respectively. Find the radius of the parabola y2+8x-6y+25 =0
circumscribe circle.
• 8
• 5,439
Compute the eccentricity of the given curve
Find the volume of a spherical wedge 9x2+4y2-24y+144=0
whose angle is 54° on the sphere of radius
27 cm. • 0.75

• 3936.8 An iron block weighs 5 Newton’s and has a

volume of 200 cubic centimeters. What is
Find the term involving y4 in the expression the density of the block?
(x+y) 7
• 2550 kg/m3
• 35 x4y3
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If the density of the gas is 0.003 slugs per If a 1/3 horsepower pump runs for 20
cubic foot, what is the specific weight of the minutes, what is the energy used?
gas?
• 0.30 MJ
• 15.2 N/m3
A machine is capable of accelerating a 1 kg
The specific gravity of mercury relative to mass at 1 m/s2 for 1 minute. The machine
water is 13.55. What is the specific weight runs at 60 rpm. What is the power output of
of mercury?(The specific weight of water is the machine?
62.4 lbf per cubic foot)
• 1 watt
• 132.9 kN/m3
A power of 6 kW is supplied to the motor of
If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lb f a crane. The motor has an efficiency of
per cubic foot, what is the specific volume 90%. With what constant speed does the
of the liquid? crane lift an 800 lbf weight?

• 1.0675 cm3/g • 1.52 cm/s

A cylinder weights 150 lbf. Its cross- An engine has an efficiency of 26%. It uses
sectional area is 40 square inches. When the 2 gallons of gasoline per hour. Gasoline has
cylinder stands vertically on one end, what a heating value of 20,500 BTU/lb and
pressure does the cylinder exert on the specific gravity of 0.8. What is the power
floor? output of the engine?

• 25.8 kpa • 20.8 kW

What pressure is a column of water 100 A rectangle is to be inscribed in the ellipse

centimeters high equivalent to? x2 /200 + y2 / 50 = 1. Determine the
maximum possible area?
• 9810 N/m2
• 200
Air has a specific heat of 1 kJ/kg-K. If 2
BTU of energy is added to 100g of air, what An open box is to be constructed from a 12
is the change in air temperature? x 12 inch piece of cardboard by cutting
away squares of equal size from the four
• 21.1OC corners and folding up the sides. Determine
In a constant temperature, closed system the size of the cut-out that maximizes the
process, 100 BTU of heat is transferred to volume of the box?
the working fluid at 100 °F. What is the • 128
change in entropy of the working fluid?

• 0.34 kJ/kg
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If the average (arithmetic mean) of a series It takes Mang Fredie one hour to dig a hole
of numbers is 64 and their sum is 448, how on a rock that is 1.2 feet wide, 1.68 feet
many numbers are there in the series? long and 0.8 feet deep. How long will it
take Mang Fredie to dig a hole in the same
• 7 rock texture that is 2.4 feet wide, 3.36 feet
If 15 kg of dog food are needed to feed long and 1.6 feet deep?
seven dogs in 3 days, how many kilograms • 8
of dog food are required to feed 18 dogs in
14 days? A jar contains white and blue marbles. If
there are 15 marbles in the jar, which of the
• 180 following cannot be the ratio of white to
blue marbles?
Robert has enough money to buy 450 tiles.
If each tile cost one peso less, Robert could • 5:6
buy 50 more tiles. How much money does The sum of two positive integers is 64 and
Robert have to spend on tiles? their difference is 28. What is the value of
• 4500 the positive difference of the squres of the
integers?
The thickness of one sheet of a 120 cm x
240 cm aluminum is 0.125 cm. Find the • 1,757
number of sheet in a half meter pile. Count the number of gifts received in the
• 400 song “ The Twelve Days of Christmas “

What is the remainder when the product of • 364

the first 7 primes is divided by 510? At what time between 6 and 7 o’clock are
• 0 the hands of the clock at right angles?

The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is • 6:16:32

68cm. How many of such triangles can be How many pounds of salt must be added to
formed if the lengths of the sides are a solution containing 6 lbs of salt and 35 lbs
integers? of water so that the resulting mixture will be
• 33 40% salt?

• 18.3 lbs
5

How many liters of a 60% solution of nitric How many liters of water must be added to
acid should be added to 40 liters of a 30% 40 liters of 92% hydrochloric acid solution
solution to obtain a 50% solution of the to reduce its strength to 80%?
acid?
• 6 liters
• 80
Vincent is four times as old as Peter. In six
A tank can be filled by one pipe in 9 hours years Vincent will be twice as old as Peter.
and by another pipe in 12 hours. Starting What is the age of Vincent now?
empty, how long will it take to fill the tank
if water is being taken out by a third pipe at • 12 yrs old
rate per hour equal to one-sixth the capacity A company has a certain number of
of the tank? machines of equal capacity that produced a
• 36 hrs total of 180 pieces each working day. If 2
machines breakdown, the work load of the
Find the remainder if we divide: 4y3 + 18y2 remaining machines is increased by 3 pieces
+ 8y – 4 by (2y+3) each per day to maintain production. Find
the number of machines.
• 11
• 12
The sum of two numbers is 35 and their
product is 15. Find the sum of their A man bought 40 chickens for P40.00. The
reciprocal. cocks cost P3.00 each, the hens P1.50 each
and the chicks at P0.50 each. How many
• 7/3 chicks did he buy?
The seating section in a coliseum has 30 • 13
seats in the first row, 32 seats in the second
row, 34 seats in the third row, and so on, A father is 30 years older than his son. In 8
until the tenth row is reached, after which years he will be twice as old as his son.
there are ten rows each containing 50 seats. What is the present age of the father?
Find the total number of seats in the section.
• 52
• 890
Eight people are on a sinking boat. There
are five life jackets. How many
One pipe can fill a tank in 8 hours and combinations of survivors are there?
another pipe can fill the same tank in 5
hours. A drain pipe can empty the tank in • 56
20 hours. With all three pipes open, how
long will it take to fill in the tank?

• 3.63 hrs
6

A painting of height 3 ft hangs on a wall Find the value of the seventeenth term of
with the bottom of the painting 6 ft above 64, 56, 44, 32, 17th term.
the floor. How far from the wall should
Peter, whose eyes are 5 ft from the floor • -124
stand in order to get the best view of the Vincent is 12 years old and Quennie is 3
painting. (The best view occurs when the years old. In how many years will Vincent
angle of vision from the bottom to the top of be twice as old as Quennie?
the painting is maximized)?
• 6
• 2
The equation whose roots are the
If a train passes as many telegraph poles in reciprocals of the roots of the equation 2x 2-
one minute as it goes miles per hour, how 3x-5=0
far apart are the poles?
• 5x2 -2x -3 = 0
• 88
The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3
A provincial chapter of PSME held a lottery and 1/4. What is the equation?
to raise funds for their organization, with
P10,000 top prize and with 2,000 tickets • 1/3
printed and sold. What is the mathematical
A rectangular 80 m perimeter lot is to
expectation of a member if he bought 10
contain 300 m2 floor area. What should be
tickets?
the dimension if the length is three times its
• P50 width?

The time required for an elevator to lift a • 10 and 30

weight varies directly with the weight and
the distance through which it is to be lifted The logarithms of the quotient and the
product of two numbers are 0.352182518
and inversely as the power of the motor. If
and 1.556302501, respectively. Find the
it takes 30 seconds for a 10 HP motor to lift
first number.
100 lbs through 50 ft. What is the size of the
motor required to lift 800 lbs in 40 seconds • 9
through 40 ft?
In a pile of logs, each layer contains one
• 48 hp more log than the layer above and top
Find the sum of odd integers from 1 to 41. contains just one log. If there are 105 logs
in the pile, how many layers are there?
• 441
• 14
7

A and B are working together can finish A man bought 23 chickens for P29.00. The
painting a house in six days. A, working cocks cost P3.00 each, the hens P1.5 each,
alone, can finish it in five days less than B. and the chicks at P0.50 each. How many
How long will it take B to finish the work cocks, hens and chicks did he buy?
alone?
• 5, 5, 13
• 15
A and B together weights 242 pounds. They
A father is 24 years older than his son. In 8 balance when A is seated 5 feet from the
years he will be twice as old as his son. fulcrum on one side of a lever and B is
What is the present age of the father? seated 6 feet from the fulcrum on the other
side. Find the weight of A.
• 40
• 132
A and B are working together can finish
painting a house in six days. A, working A group of student rented a convention hall
alone, can finish it in five days less than B. for P240.00. If there were 4 students less,
How long will it take B to finish the work the share of each would have been P2.00
alone? more. How many students were in the
group?
• 10
• 24
How much of a 40% solution of alcohol
should be mixed to an 80% solution to give Determine the 7th term of the expansion
150 liters of a 50% solution? (2y-x)11

• 112.5 • 14784 x5y3

Two planes fly toward each other from

points 2500 km apart. When will they meet
if they start at the same instant? Find the term involving y4 in the expansion
(x+y)7
• 2.5
• 3534
Twenty five potatoes are placed on the
ground 4 ft apart in a straight row. In line
with potatoes and 10 ft from the first one of Find the last term of the progression. 10, -2
a basket. A number starting from the basket ,-14.. to -17th term.
one at a line to the basket. If two runs at an
average rate of 5 yards per sec., how many • -182
tomatoes he put into the basket in 76
seconds?

• 15
8

The force F of attraction between two Determine the distance travelled by a

electric charges varies inversely as the particle between a time interval of 0.2 sec to
square of the distance D between them. If 0.3 second if its velocity is v = 12t 4+7/t,
the force is 20 grams when they are 150 mm where v is in cm/s and t in seconds.
apart, find the force when they are 75 mm
apart. • 2.84

• 80 A pole cast a shadow 15 m long when the

angle of elevation of the sun is 61°. If the
What is the value of k to make the pole has lean 15° from the vertical directly
expression kx2-3kx+9 a perfect square? toward the sun, what is the length of the
rope?
• 4
• 54.23
Two times the mother’s age is 8 more than
six times her daughter’s age. Ten years ago, What is the supplement of an angle whose
the sum of their age was 44. What is the complement is 62°?
daughter’s age?
• 152
• 15
A certain angle has a supplementary five
How many terms of the sequence times its compliment. What is the angle?
9,6,3,....must be taken so that the sum is
66? • 67.5

• 11 Water is pouring into a swimming pool.

After t hours, there are t + √𝑖 gallons in the
A farmer is to plant rice in a rectangular pool. At what rate, in GPM is water pouring
field 30 m by 40 m. He started on the edge into the pool when t = 9 hours?
and plant around the perimeter. How wide a
strip should he plant for each side in order • 0.0194
to do half the work?

• 5m

There are 6 geometric means between 4 and

8748. Find the sum of all terms.

• 13120

Find the root mean square of 11, 23 and 35.

• 25
MATHEMATICS,ENG’G ECONOMICS & ENG’G SCIENCES SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only
one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice
on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No.2 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. If the digits 0, 1, and 2 are used to form a three-digit number where repetition of
digits is not allowed, then how many possible numbers can be made?
A. 4 C. 8
B. 6 D. 10

2. An angle is half its supplement. What is its complement?

A. 30 C. 60
B. 45 D. 75

3. It takes 12 men 12 days to build a house. How many days will it take 24 men to
build a house?
A. 2 days C. 12 days
B. 3 days D. 6 days

4. The sum of the two numbers is 21. If their difference is 9, what is there product?
A. 54 C. 104
B. 80 D. 90

5. A term used to describe payment of an employee wherein an employee is called back

to work after his regular days work
A. call back pay C. call in pay
B. back wages D. portal to portal pay

6. Manner of liquidating a debt by installment usually at equal intervals of time

A. investment C. amortization
B. depreciation D. bonding

7. What kind of process occurs between points 3 and 4? See Figure 8

A. Adiabatic
B. isobaric
C. Isentropic
D. there is insufficient information to determine the process
8. Find the lateral strain, y, of the steel specimen shown if Fx = 600 kips, E = 2.8 x
107psi, and v = 0.29. See figure 3
A. – 4 x 10-4 in. C. 1.04 x 10-4 in.
B. – 1.04 x 10-4 in. D. 4 x 10-4 in.
9. What type of power cycle does the following diagram illustrate? See figure 9
A. A Carnot cycle
B. an idealized Rankine cycle with reheat
C. an idealized Diesel cycle
D. an idealized Stirling cycle

10. The reduction value and marketability due to competition from newest products
A. obsolescence C. depreciated cost
B. fixed cost D. indirect cost

11. A goat is tied at the corner of a small building with a square base. If the length
of the rope that ties the goat is 6 meters and the side of the square base is 4
meters, what is the largest grazing area of the goat?
A. 10 sq meters C. 29 sq meters
B. 25 sq meters D. 200 sq meters

12. In a group of 50 students, 30 like Math, a certain number like English, 16 like
both English and Math, and 8 like neither subjects. How many students like
English?
A. 25 C. 30
B. 27 D. 35
13. Terence’s office is 12 km from his house. If, one day, he drove his car to his
office at a constant speed rate of 30 kph and came back home driving at 20 kph,
what is the average speed for the entire trip?
A. 24 kph C. 27 kph
B. 25 kph D. 28 kph
14. During snack break, 1/3 of the total number of snacks were donuts 2/5 were muffins
and the rest were pancakes. If the total number of muffins and pancakes was 20,
how many pieces of snacks were there?
A. 24 C. 35
B. 28 D. 30

15. Together, Lumen and Rey are going home to the province to visit their mothers.
If Lumen visits her mother every 6 days, and Rey visits his mother every 8 days,
after how many days will they visit their mothers together again?
A. 7 C. 18
B. 14 D. 24

16. The sum of the three angles of a triangle is 180 degrees. One angle is twice the
second and the third angle is 20 less than the second. What is the measure of the
largest angle?
A. 50 degrees C. 120 degrees
B. 100 degrees D. 45 degrees

17. Charlie mixed blue and red paint in the ratio 3 : 5 instead of 5 :3 when he
prepared 24 liters of violet paint. How many liters of the blue paint should he
add to obtain the shade he wants?
A. 2 C. 12
B. 8 D. 16

18. A 140-cm stick is cut so that one part is ¾ of the other. How long is the shorter
segment?
A. 105 cm C. 80 cm
B. 35 cm D. 60 cm

19. If 2/3 of the number of red balls in a box is 1/4 of the total number of balls, and
3/4 of the number of blue balls is 3/8 of the total number of balls, then what is
the ratio of the number of red balls to the number of blue balls?
A. 3 : 8 C. 1 : 2
B. 3 : 4 D. 2 : 3

20. A boy’s age is now three-sevenths of what he will be four years from now. How old
is he now?
A. 3 C. 7
B. 4 D. 9

21. A ball rolling on an inclined plane rolls 15 cm in the first second. If in every
second thereafter it rolls 7 cm more than in the preceding second, how far will it
roll in 4 seconds?
A. 29 C. 66
B. 36 D. 102

22. Form of summary of assets, liabilities and net worth

A. production C. balance sheet
B. break even point D. balance method

23. An index of short term paying ability

A. profit margin ratio C. acid test ratio
B. current ratio D. receivable turn over

24. In the ballistic balance shown, a bullet is fired into a block of mass M, which can
swing freely. Which of the following is true for the system after impact?
See figure 7
A. Both mechanical energy and momentum are conserved.
B. Mechanical energy is conserved; momentum is not conserved.
C. Momentum is conserved; mechanical energy is not conserved.
D. Neither mechanical energy nor momentum is conserved.

25. Ratio of annual revenues to the annual expenses

A. benefit ratio C. rate of return
B. benefit cost ratio D. income ratio

26. These are the products or services that are required to support human life and
activities that will be purchased in somewhat the same quantity even though the
price varies considerably
A. luxuries C. necessities
B. utilities D. produces goods and services

27. The length of time during which the property maybe operated at a profit
A. length of time C. life
B. physical life D. economic life
28. Cesar saves P20 in the first week and each week thereafter saves P1 more than in
the preceding week. Hoe much will he have saved after the 3rd month?
 A. 63 C. 275
B. 306 D. 22

29. How many times will a clock strike in 36 hours if it strike only at the hour and
strike once at 1, twice at 2, and thrice at 3 and so on?
A. 63 C. 234
B. 306 D. 666

30. The first of the geometric sequences is 1 and the common ratio is 5, determine the
largest 3-digit number that represents a term of this geometric sequence.
A. 625 C. 995
B. 999 D. 125

31. In the geometric sequence whose first element is 0.0001 and whose common ratio is
10, which element is 10,000 ?
A. 8th C. 10th
B. 9th D. 11th

32. Inee was 5 times as old as Luana five years ago. If Luana will be half as old as
Inee in ten years, how old is Luana now?
A. 5 C. 15
B. 10 D. 30

33. Two cars start at the same time from two places 330 kilometers apart and travel
toward each other. Car A travels at 50 kph and Car B at 45 kph. If Car a rests
for one hour on the way, in how many hours after they left will they meet?
A. 2 C. 4
B. 3 D. 5

34. A motorist set out from A at certain rate and would have reached B in 5 hours if he
had continued at this rate. However, when he had gone three-fourths of the way he
had motor trouble which delayed him for an hour and a half. During the remainder
of the journey he increased his speed by 10 km an hour and reached B one hour and
15 minutes behind schedule. Find the distance from A to B.
A. 150 km C. 250 km
B. 200 km D. 220 km

35. The tens digit of a two-digit number is 2 more than three times the units digit.
How many two-digit numbers satisfy this condition?
A. 1 C. 4
B. 2 D. none

36. What is the largest angle of triangle whose angles are in the ratio 1:2:3?
A. 30 C. 120
B. 60 D. 90

37. It occurs in unique product of services and is available only from a single
supplier and entry of all possible suppliers prevented.
A. competition C. profitability
B. monopoly D. inventory

38. The difference between the book value and the actual lower resale value
A. sunk cost C. resale value
B. salvage value D. fixed cost

39. Grand total of the assets and operational capability of a corporation

A. earning value C. investment
B. money market D. authorized capital

40. An ideal, reversible Carnot cycle is represented on a T-S diagram (See Figure 10)
The efficiency of the cycle is represented by which of the following ratios of
area?
A. ( 1-2-3-6)/(1-2-4-5) C. (3-4-5-6)/(1-2-4-5)
B. ( 1-2-4-6)/(1-2-3-6) D. (1-2-4-5)/(3-4-5-6)
41. A cantilever beam with an end mass, m = 7000 kg, deflects 5 cm when a force of 5 kN
is applied at the end. The beam is subsequently mounted on a spring of stiffness,
ks, = 1.5 kN/mcm. What is most nearly the natural frequency of the mass-beam-spring
system (See Fig.12)?
A. 1.5 rad/s C. 6.0 rad/s
B. 3.1 rad/s D. 6.3 rad/s
42. What is the angle of twist, for the aluminum bar shown? The shear modulus of
elasticity, G, is 3.7 x 106 psi. See Figure 5
A. 0.000554 C. 0.032
B. 0.00554 D. 0.08
 43. What single discount rate is equivalent to successive discount rates of 10% and
10%?
A. 10% C. 21%
B. 19% D. none of these

44. To motivate Jose in studying for an examination, his mom promised him some
incentives. For every correct answer, he gets P15.00 and for every mistake, P5.00
will be taken. How many correct answers did he get in a 100-item exam if he
received P1,000?
A. 15 C. 75
B. 25 D. 100

45. Lines are drawn across a circle so that each line crosses the circle at two points.
If five lines are drawn, what is the maximum number of parts the circle is divided?
A. 12 C. 15
B. 13 D. 16

46. In a certain constant mass system, the conditions change from point 1 to point 2.
How does the change in enthalpy for path A differ from the enthalpy change for path
B in going from point 1 to point 2? (See figure 11)
A. HA > HB C. HA < HB
B. HA = HB D. HA / (P1+P2)/2 = HB/P1
47. By how many cubic centimeters does the volume of a cube whose side is 10 cm exceed
that of another cube whose side is 8 cm?
A. 2 C. 498
B. 8 D. 488

48. If the surface area of a cube is 54 square units, what is its volume?
A. 3 cu units C. 18 cu units
B. 6 cu units D. 27 cu units

49. A cube whose volume is 64 cubic units is put on top of a table. If another cube
whose volume is 27 cubic units is put on the center of the top of the first cube,
what is the total exposed surface area of the first cube?
A. 16 C. 91
B. 64 D. 71

50. Find the probability of getting a head or a tail in a single toss of a coin?
A. 1/4 C. 1/8
B. 1/2 D. 1

51. A pair of dice is tossed. If one die shown a 5, what is the probability that the
other die shows a 5 also?
A. 1/36 C. 1/11
B. 1/6 D. 1/12

52. A multiple choice test consists of 5 questions with 3 possible answers but only one
of which is correct. In how many ways can a student answer the 5 questions and get
them all correct?
A. 1 C. 5
B. 3 D. 15

53. How many straight lines can be drawn, given 5 points no three of which are
collinear?
A. 5 C. 15
B. 10 D. 20

54. Mr. Ayala left P 225,000,000 to his 4 children. For every P100 Carlos received,
Ben received P75 Alfred received P50, and Daniel received P150. What was the total
amount received by Ben?
A. P30,000,000 C. P75,000,000
B. P45,000,000 D. P90,000,000

55. A bookstore raises the prices of all its items by 25% every June. Every October
they offer a Cut-Price Sale, after which they only restore the original prices
before June of that year. To do this, they must reduce the price of each item by
how many percent?
A. 18 % C. 22 %
B. 20 % D. 25 %

56. A kaing of lanzones costing P700 was sold partly at 7 % loss and the remaining at
13% profit. The total proceeds were P741. Find the cost of the part that was sold
at 13% profit?
A. P91 C. P450
B. P250 D. P96.33
57. A factory operator bought a diesel generator set for P 10,000 and agreed to pay the
dealer uniform sum at the end of each year for 5 years at 8% compounded annually,
that the final payment will cancel the debt for principal and interest. What is the
annual payment?
A. 12 years C. 15 years
B. 10 years D. 17 years

58. An electric motor has a cash price of P8000. It can also be bought on installment
basis with down payment of P2000 and with periodic equal payments at the end of
every 6 months for 5 years if interest is fixed at 8% compounded semi-annually, how
much is each periodic payment?
A. 122.56 C. 739.75
B. 439.56 D. 874.32

59. A polygon with fifteen sides

A. Nonagon C. Pentedecagon
B. Decagon D. Dodecagon

60. The point where the second derivative of function is equal to zero
A. inflection point C. point of intersection
B. minima D. maxima

61. A curve generated by a point which moves in uniform circular motion about an axis
while traveling with a constant speed parallel to the axis.
A. Epicycloid C. Cycloid
B. Helix D. Spiral of Archimedes

62. A collateral agreement in a transaction, which gives one of the parties, or both,
the right to choose a course of action. Example, option to buy a thing within a
specific period.
A. executed C. inventory
B. option D. interest

63. Statute limiting the time period in which a lawsuit may be brought
A. stipulation C tender of payment
B. statute of limitations D. nullity

64. It is the return of the land or property to the state if there is no person legally
entitled to inherent it
A. asset C. liability
B. escheat D. cash

65. A ski resort installs two new ski lift at a cost of P 1,800,000. The resort expects
annul gross revenue to increase P 500,000 while it incurs an annual expense of P
50,000 for lift operations and maintenance. What is the pay back period?
A. 4 years C. 2 years
B. 3 years D. 7 years

66. How much money should a man invest in a bank account paying 8 percent annual
interest compounded continuously if he wants to use the money to by 20,000
equipment in 4 years?
A. 14,522.98 C. 12,457.45
B. 15,346.76 D. 11,237.45

67. A stock certificate of a mining company guarantees a dividend of P100 at the end of
each year for 10 years and a final additional payment at the end of 10 years of
P1,200. If money is worth 12% effective, what is the certificate worth now?
A. 951.39 C. 1095.54
B. 897.54 D. 789.45

68. A tank is in the form of a frustum of a tight circular cone is filled with oil
weighing 50 pounds per cubic foot. If the height of the tank is 10 feet, base
radius is 6 ft and the top radius is 4 feet, find the work required in ft-tons to
pump oil to a height 10 feet above the tank.
A. – 312 ft-tons C. – 325 ft-tons
B. – 324 ft-tons D. – 435 ft-tons

69. Find the rate of change of the volume of the sphere with respect to its radius when
its radius is 5.
A. 100  C. 150
B. 200  D. 250

70. A savings association pays 4% interest compounded quarterly. What is the effective
annual interest rate?
A. 18.045% C. 17.155%
B. 16.985% D. 17.230%
71. A bank offers 1.2% effective monthly interest. What is the effective annual rate
with monthly compounding?
A. 15.4% C. 8.9%
B. 14.4% D. 7.9%
72. What is the present worth of P27,000.00 due in 6 years if money is worth 13% and is
compounded semi-annually?
A. P12,681.00 C. P13,500.00
B. P15,1250.00 D. P21,931.00

73. The nominal interest rate is 4%. How much is my P10,000.00 worth in 10 years in a
continuous compounded account?
A. P13,500.10 C. P13,620.10
B. P13,498.60 D. P13,650.20

74. An equilateral polygon or sometimes known as a regular polygon.

A. equigon C. perigon
B. isogon D. decagon

75. The base of a number system.

A. radius C. characteristics
B. radix D. matrix

76. 20000 PS to hp:

A. 17920 C. 17290
B. 19720 D. 19270

77. The product of the n consecutive integers from 1 to n.

A. serial C. differential
B. integral D. factorial

78. Which is not a qualification for an applicant for ME Board Examination?

A. Certified Plant Mechanic
B. Holder of BSME degree
C. At least 18 years of age
D. A citizen of the Philippines

79. The column shown has a cross-sectional area of 13 m2. What can be the approximate
maximum load if the compressive stress cannot exceed 9.6 kPa? See figure 2
A. 125 kN C. 200 kN
B. 102 kN D. 125 kN
80. The figure below shows a two-member truss with a load F=11,500 kips applied
statically. Given that L1 = 4 feet, L2 = 5 feet, and that the beams have cross-
sectional area A= 6 in2, find the elongation of member AB after F is applied. Use E
= 29,000,000 psi. See figure 4
A. -2.48 in. C. – 1.98 in.
B. – 1.48 in. D. 1.48 in.
81. Find the expression for the bending moment as a function of x for the following
beam. See Figure 6
A. M(x) = - x2 + 2x C. M(x) = - x2 + 2x
B. M(x) = -x2 + 1 D. M(x) = x2 – 2x

82. A series of numbers which are perfect square such as the series ( 1,4,9,16,25…….)
A. Fermat’s numbers C. Fibonacci’s numbers
B. Euler’s numbers D. Fourier series

83. It is point on the axis midway between the focus and the directrix of the parabola.
A. vertex C. latus rectum
B. origin D. eccentrity

84. The highest point of figure with respect to the base or the plane of the base.
A. apothem C. apex
B. peak D. altitude

85. What is the MOST nearly the stress at the surface S of the cylindrical object
shown? The specific weight of the material is gamma = 76.9 kN/m^3. See figure 1
A. 310 kPa C. 250 kPa
B. 180 kPa D. 275 kPa

86. How much must be invested on January 1 year 1, in order to accumulate P2,000 on
January 1, year 6 at 6%?
A. P1,495.00 C. P1.595.00
B. P1,295.00 D. P1,695.00

87. A bank charges 12% simple interest on a P300.00 loan. How much will be repaid if
the loan is paid back in one lump sum after three years?
 A. P408.00 C. P551.00
B. P415.00 D. P450.00

88. If P5000.00 shall accumulate for 10 years at 8% compounded quarterly.Find the

compounded interest at the end of 10 years.
A. P6,005.30 C. P6,040.20
B. P6,000.00 D. P6,010.20

89. XYZ Corporation manufactures bookcases that it sells for P65.00 each. It cost XYZ
P35,000.00 per year to operate its plant. This sum includes rent, depreciation
charges on equipment, and salary payments. If the cost to produce one bookcase is
P50.00, how many cases must be sold each year for XYZ to avoid taking a loss?
A. 2334 cases C. 750 cases
B. 539 cases D. 2333 cases

90. An asset is purchased for P9,000.00. Its estimated life is 10 years, after which it
will be sold for P1,000.00. Find the book value during the third year if the sum-
of-the-year’s digit (SYD) depreciation is used.
A. P6,100.00 C. P5,072.00
B. P4,500.00 D. P4,800.00

91. A company issued 50 bonds of P1,000.00 face value each, redeemable at par at the
ends of 15 years to accumulate the funds for redemption, the firm established a
sinking fund consisting of annual deposits, the interest rate of the fund being 4%.
What was the principal in the fund at the end of the 12th year?
A. P35,983.00 C. P41,453.00
B. P38,378.00 D. P37,519.00

92. A sum of P1,000.00 is invested now and left for eight years, at which time the
principal is withdrawn. The interest that has accrued is left for another eight
years. If the effective annual interest rate is 5%, what will be the withdrawal
amount at the end of the 16th year?
A. P706.00 C. P774.00
B. P500.00 D. P799.00

93. How much of a 40% solution of alcohol and how much of an 80% solution should be
mixed to give 150 liters of a 50% solution?
A. 112.5 liters/37.5 liters C. 211 liters/3.5liters
B.121.5 liters/53.7liters D. 212 liters/ 53.7 liters

94. How much water must be evaporated from the 18 kg of 20% salt solution to produce a
50% solution.
A. 2.25 kg C. 7.5 kg
B. 5.0 kg D. 10.5 kg

95. It is straight line towards which a curve approaches but never meets.
A. directrix C. asymptotes
B. major axis D. conjugate axis

96. Consist of the totality of property belonging to a deceased person, which must be
administered and distributed in accordance with a last will and testament and/or
the laws on succession
A. payee C. title
B. tax D. estate

97. Used in sales or ordinary contracts, describes any person who requires property or
negotiable instruments in good faith and for valuable consideration.
A. liability C. bonafide purchaser for value
B. asset D. owner

98. It is rule used for differentiating a function, that is , if z is function if y and

y is function of x, then dz/dx= (dz/dx)(dy/dx)
A. L. Hospital’s rule C. Crammer’s rule
B. Chain rule D. slide rule

99. The process of plotting points to give rise to the graph of a curve. It includes
the use of techniques of symmetry, maxima and minima, curvature and asymptote.
A. drafting C. dimensional analysis
B. curve tracing D. correlation

100. A court writ issued to compel the performance of a public or official duty owed
by the person to whom the order is directed.
A. arrest C. mandamus
B. bail D. payee
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 MATHEMATICS/ENG ECO/BASIC ENG TRIVIA EXAMINATION
DUGs (The UnderGraduates) Review Center

Prepared by: Jose R. Francisco, PME

March 2010
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Select the best answer from each of the following questions. On the answer sheet provided, shade the box that corresponds to your
choice. Strictly no erasures allowed.

1. The roots of the quadratic equation are 1/3 and 3/2. What is the equation?
a. 6x 2 + 5x + 3 = 0 b. 6x 2 − 7 x − 3 = 0 c. 6x 2 + 7 x − 3 = 0 d. 6x 2 + 7 x + 3 = 0

2. Mr. PME covered a distance of 55 km in 4 hours by driving his car 40 kph, part of the way, and by walking the
remainder of the way at 5 kph. What part of the total distance did Mr PME go by car?
7 8 9 10
a. b. c. d.
11 11 11 11

3. The water tank in Calamba Water District can be filled by pipe A in half the time the pipe B can empty the tank.
When both pipes are operating, the tank can be filled in 1 hour and 12 minutes. Determine the time, in hours, for pipe
A to fill the tank alone.
a. 0.6 b. 0.7 c. 0.75 d. 0.8

4. What is the value of k to make the expression kx 2 – 3kx + 9 a perfect square?

a) 2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 5

5. Which of the following is the standard acceleration due to gravity in the English unit?
a) 980.66 fps2 b) 32.2 fps2 c) 9.8066 fps2 d) 32.2 ips2

x2 −1
6. What is the value of Lim ?
x → x3 −1
a) 0 b) 0.25 c) 1.25 d) indeterminate

7. Two times the mother’s age is 8 more than six times her daughter’s age. Ten years ago, the sum of their ages was 44.
What is the daughter’s age?
a) 15 yrs old b) 18 yrs old c) 12 yrs old d) 16 yrs old

8. How many terms of the sequence – 9, - 6, - 3, … must be taken so that the sum is 66?
a) 11 b) 6 c) 4 d) 9

9. A farmer is to plant rice in a rectangular field 30 meters by 40 meters. He started on the edge and plant around the perimeter. How
wide a strip should he plant for each side in order to do half the work?
a) 5 m b) 2.5 m c) 3 m d) 5.5 m

10. There are 6 geometric means between 4 and 8748. Find the sum of all terms.
a) 12 310 b) 12 130 c) 13 210 d) 13 120

11. Compute the arithmetic Mean of the following set of numbers: 18, 24, 27, 30, 35, 42, 50.
a. 31.82 b. 32.29 c. 30 d. 29.96

12. Find the root mean square of 11, 23, and 35.
a. 25 b. 27 c. 26 d. 24
13. Water is pouring into a swimming pool. After t hours, there are t + t gallons in the pool. At what rate, in GPM is water pouring
into the pool when t = 9 hours?
a) 0.0194 b) 1.167 c) 1.235 d) 3.6

14. Determine the distance traveled by a particle between a time interval of 0.2 second to 0.3 second if its velocity is
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V = 12 t 4 + , where V is in cm/s and t is in seconds.
t

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 a) 3.75 cm b) 2.84 cm c) 2.75 cm d) 3.84 cm

15. A pole cast a shadow 15-m long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61°. If the pole has lean 15° from the vertical directly
toward the sun, what is the length of the pole?
a. 54.23 m b. 48.64 m c. 36.84 m d. 64.84 m

16. The volume of the cube is increasing at a rate of 5 cu. m per minute. Determine the rate at which the surface area is increasing, in
m2/min, when its side is 10 m.
a) ½ b) 1.75 c) 1.5 d) 2

17. What is the supplement of an angle whose compliment is 62o?

a) 152o b) 118o c) 28o d) 60o

18. A certain angle has a supplement five times its compliment. What is the angle?
a) 186o b) 168.5o c) 67.5o d) 157.5o

19. Determine the accumulated value of P2,000.00 in 5 years it is invested at 11% compounded quarterly.
a) P3,440.00 b) P3,404.00 c) P3,044.00 d) P4,304.00

20. The sum of P15,000.00, deposited in an account earning 4% per annum compounded quarterly, will become P18,302.85.
Determine the effective rate of interest per year.
a) 3.06 % b) 4.06 % c) 5.06 % d) 6.06 %

21. What is the effective rate equivalent of 12% compounded quarterly?

a) 12.55% b) 11.55 % c) 12.98 % d) 13 %

22. Celestino owes P500, due in 3 years and P800 due in 7 years. He is allowed to settle these obligations by a single payment on the
6th year. Find how much he has to pay on the 6th year if money is worth 14% compounded semi-annually.
a) P1,449.12 b) P 1,559.12 c) P1,339.12 d) P1,669.12

23. Cleofas borrowed P2,000.00 from a bank and agreed to pay the loan at the end of one year. The bank discounted the loan and gave
him P1950 in cash. Determine the rate of discount.
a) 3.75 % b) 3.12 % c) 2.5 % d) 1.2 %

24. From the top of tower A, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower B is 46o. From the foot of tower B the angle of elevation of
the top of tower A is 28o. Both towers are on a level ground. If the height of tower B is 120 m, how high is tower A?
a) 40.7 m b) 44.1 m c) 42.3 m d) 38.6 m

 (x )
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25. Determine the value of
3
+ x 5 + sin x dx .
−1
a. 0 b.1.75 c. 3.1416 d. infinity

26. Think of a number. Double the number. Subtract 6 from the result and divide the answer by 2. The quotient will be 20. What is the
number you think?
a. 12 b. 20 c. 23 d. 32

27. Determine the absolute value of resultant vector of the following vectors: F 1 = 4i + 7j + 6k; F2 = 9i + 2j + 11k, F3 = 5i – 3j – 8k.
a) 21 b) 18 c) 25 d) 9

28. Find the voltage drop to move 2 C of charge from point a to point b that requires – 30 Joules of energy.
a) – 15 V b) + 15 V c) – 5 V d) + 5 V

29. If the z = 1 − 1 − 1 − ... , what is the value of z?

a) 0.453 b) 0.618 c) 0.816 d) 0.681
..
x.

= 10 .
x
30. Solve for the value of x from the following equation: xx
a) 1.258925 b) 1.892525 c) 1.85925 d) 1.528925

31. A 100-kg salt solution originally 4 % by weight salt in water is boiled to reduce water content until the concentration is 5 % by
weight salt. How much water is evaporated?
a) 20 b) 25 c) 15 d) 22.5

32. Determine the diameter of a circle, x 2 + y 2 − 6x + 4 y − 12 = 0 .

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 a) 9 units b) 11 units c) 12 units d) 10 units
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33. What is the minimum point of y = x + ?
x
a) (1, 2) b) (1.5, 2) c) (1, 1.5) d) (2, 1)

34. A man left Sta. Rosa City to drive to Lopez, Quezon at 6:15 pm and arrived at 11:45 pm. If he averaged 50 kph and stopped 1
hour for dinner, how far is Lopez, quezon from Sta. Rosa City?
a) 225 km b) 522 km c) 252 km d) 215 km

35. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14 when y = 7 and z = 2, find the value of x when z = 4 and y = 16.
a) 12 b) 18 c) 14 d) 16

36. Determine the absolute value of the complex number 3 + 4i.

a) 4 b) 5 c) 8 d) 6

37. Simplify i1997 + i1999, where i is an imaginary number.

a) 0 b) i c) 1 + i d) 1 – i

38. If vector A is 10 units and vector B, which makes 600 with vector A, is 20 units. What is the difference of vectors A and B?
a) 15.34 units b) 13.45 units c) 18.76 units d) 17.32 units

39. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above ground. How long does it take to hit the ground?
a) 4.5 seconds b) 3.5 seconds c) 2.5 seconds d) 1.5 seconds

40. A change in position, specified by a length and a direction is said to be:

a. Displacement b. Acceleration c. Velocity d. Dynamic equilibrium

41. The process of one substance mixing with another because of molecular motion is known as:
a. Adhesion b. Diffusion c. Cohesion d. Confusion

42. Those cost that arise at the result of a change in operations or policy or it is the ratio of a small increment cost and a small
increment of output.
a. Increment cost b. Differential cost c. Marginal cost d. Promotion cost

43. The sum of all the costs incurred by the originators of the project up to the time that the promoters of the project accept the project
is known as:
a. Development cost b. Marginal cost c. Construction cost d. Promotion cost

44. It is now between 3 and 4 o’clock and twenty minutes the minute hand will be as much as the hour-hand as it is now behind it.
What is the time now?
a) 3:06.36 b) 3:03.66 c) 3:36.06 d) 3:30.66

45. What is the acid test ratio?

a. The ratio of owner’s equity to total current liabilities
b. The ratio of all assets to actual current liabilities
c. The ratio of current assets (exclusive of inventory) to the total current liabilities.
d. The ratio of gross margin to operating, sates, and administrative expenses

46. How do call an energy required to move 1 Coulomb of charge through an element.
a) Current b) Voltage c) Power d) Resonance

47. This is a number sequence where the succeeding term is obtained by adding the last pair of preceding terms such as the sequence
(1, 1, 2, ,3 5, 8 …). How do you call this number sequence?
a) Euler’s number b) Fermat number c) Fibonacci number d) Fourier series

48. If the roots of an equation are zero, then, how do you classify the solutions?
a. Extranous solutions b. Trivial solutions c. Conditional solutions d. Ambiguous solutions

49. In electricity, how do you call the rate of charge flow?

a) Potential difference b) Current c) Voltage d) Power

50. This law in electrical circuits states, “The algebraic sum of currents entering a node (or a closed boundary) is zero”. How do you
call this law?
a) Kirrchoff’s current law b) Ohm’s current law c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law d) Ohm’s voltage law

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51. This law in electrical circuits state, “The algebraic sum of all voltages around a closed path (or loop) is zero”. How do you call this
law?
a) Kirrchoff’s current law b) Ohm’s current law c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law d) Ohm’s voltage law

52. In electrical, what is the SI unit of conductance?

a) Ohm b) Mho c) Siemens d) Ampere

53. Which of the following is the equivalent of 1 Ampere?

a) 1 Coulomb per second b) 1 Joule per Coulomb c) 1 Volt per Ampere d) 1 Ampere per Coulomb

54. This is the process of expressing a polynomial as the product of another polynomial or monomial of lower degree. What is this
mathematical process?
a) Decomposition b) Rationalization c) Factoring d) Polynomial damping

55. This is a point where the concavity of a curve changes or when the slope of the curve is neither increasing nor decreasing. What is
this point commonly called?
a) Maximum point b) Minimum point c) Point of tangency d. Point of inflection

56. How do you call the axis of the hyperbola that passes through the center, the foci and vertices?
a) Transverse axis b) Conjugate Axis c) Asymptotic axis d) Major Axis

57. What is a number, which could not be expressed as a quotient of two integers?
a. Natural b. Rational c. Irrational d. Surd
58. How do you call the opposite of the prefix nano?
a) Peta b) Tera c) Giga d) Hexa

59. What do you call a triangle having three unequal sides?

a) Obtuse b) Oblique c) Scalene d) Isosceles

60. How do you call the distance of a point from the y-axis?
a) Polar distance b) Coordinate c) Abscissa d) Ordinate

61. This is the measure of central tendency defined as the most frequent score. How do you call this measure of central tendency?
a) Median b) Mode c) Mean d) Deviation

62. Which of the following is the equivalent of 1 mil?

a) One-tenth of an inch b) One-thousandth of an inch c) One millionth of an inch c) One-half of an inch
Answer: a) One-thousandth of an inch

63. A polygon with ten sides is said to be:

a. Dodecagon b. Decagon c. Decahedron d. Dodecahedron

64. Any number expressed in place-value notation with base 12 is known as:
a. Duodecimal b. Deontic c. Decile d. Dedekind

65. Which of the following is true regarding the minimum attractive rate of return used in judging proposed investments?
a. It is much smaller than the interest rate used to discount expected cash flows from investments
b. It is frequently a policy decision made by an organization’s management
c. It is larger than the interest rate used to discount expected cash flow from investments
d. It is not relevant in engineering economy studies
66. Which of the following situations has a conventional cash flow so that an internal rate of return can be safely calculated and used?
a. Your company undertakes a mining project in which the land must be reclaimed at the end of the project.
b. You invest in a safe dividend stock and receive dividends each year.
c. You lease a car and pay by the month
d. Your company invests heavily in a new product that will generate profits for two years. To keep profits high for 10
years, the company plans to reinvest heavily after two years.

67. The economic order quantity (EOQ) is defined as the order quantity which minimizes the inventory cost per unit time. Which of
the flowing is not an assumption of the basic EOQ model with no shortages?
a) Reordering is done when the inventory is zero b) There is an upper bound on the quantity ordered
c) The entire reorder quantity I delivered instantaneously d) The demand rate is uniform and constant

68. Which of the following events will cause the optimal lot size, given by the classic EOQ model with no shortages, to increase?
a) A decrease in inventory carrying cost b) A decrease in demand
c) An increase in demand d) a) or c) above

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69. What is a borrower of a particular loan almost always required to do during repayment?
a) Pay exactly the same amount of principal each payment b) Repay the loan over an agreed-upon amount of time
c) Pay exactly the same amount of interest each payment d) Pay the interest only whenever failure to pay the principal

70. How to you classify work-in-process?

a) A liability b) An expense c) A revenue d) An asset

71. What is the indirect product cost (IPC) spending variance?

a. The IPC volume adjusted budget minus the total IPC absorbed
b. The IPC volume adjusted budget [fixed + volume (variable IPC rate)]
c. The difference between actual IPC and IPC volume adjusted budget
d. The difference between actual IPC and IPC absorbed
72. Which of the following does not affect owner’s equity?
a) Expense to get license of start business b) Investment capital c) License to start business d) Dividends
paid
73. How do you call an increase in the value of a capital asset?
a) Profit b) Capital gain c) Capital expenditure d) Capital stock

74. Another name for derivative is said to be:

a. Differential manifold b. Partial derivative c. Differential form d. Differential coefficient

75. Another term for rhombus is said to be:

a. Dichotomy b. Diamond c. Cyclic quadrilateral d. Bi-rectangular
76. A polygon with twelve sides is known as:
a. Dodecagon b. Decagon c. Decahedron d. Dodecahedron

77. A prefix denoting a multiple of ten times any of the physical units of the system international.
a. Deka b. Nano c. Hecto d. Exa

78. The father of plane geometry.

a. Euclid b. Pythagoras c. Aristotle d. Galileo

79. This is the case of a solution of a plane triangle where the given data leads to two solutions. How do you call this case?
a) Ambiguous case b) Quadratic case c) Extraneous case d) Conditional case
80. It is a type of polygon in which each interior angle must be less than or equal to 180°, and all vertices 'point outwards' away from
the interior. How do you call this polygon?
a) Concave Polygon b) Convex polygon c) Regular polygon d) Irregular polygon

81. It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal intervals of time where the first payment is made after several periods, after the
beginning of the payment. How do you call this payment?
a) Deferred annuity b) Delayed annuity c) Progressive annuity d) Simple annuity

82. What do you think is the negotiation of wage rates, conditions of employment, etc. by representatives of the labor force and
management?
a) Union trade b) Union rally c) Collective bargaining d) Cooperative

83. How do you call a type of bond where the corporation’s owner name is recorded and the interest is paid periodically to the owners
with their asking for it?
a) Registered bond b) Preferred bond c) Incorporator’s bond d) Bail bond

84. How do you call the integral of any quotient whose numerator is the differential of the denominator?
a) Co-logarithm b) Logarithm c) Product d) Derivative

Answer: b) Logarithm

85. What is a regular polygon that has 27 diagonals?

a) Nonagon b) hexagon c) Pentagon d) Heptagon

Answer: a) Nonagon

86. How do you call the formula used to compute the value of n factorial, which is in symbolic form (n!), where n is large number?
a) Matheson formula b) Diophantine formula c) Richardson-Duchman formula d) Stirling’s Approximation

87. What is the reason why an ivory soap floats in water?

a) All matter has mass

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c) The density of ivory soap is unity
d) The specific gravity of ivory soap is less than that of water
88. When two planes intersect with each other, the amount of divergence between the two planes is expressed by measuring the:
a) Reflex angle b) Dihedral angle c) Polyhedral angle d) Plane angle

89. What do you think is the output or sales at which income is insufficient to equal operating cost?
a) Break even point b) Depreciation c) Investment d) Cash flow

90. What is an estimate of assets’ net market value at the end of its estimated life?
a) Book value b) Depreciation c) Salvage value d) Cash flow

91. What do you think is the lessening of the value of an asset due to a decrease in the quantity available as a coal, oil and timber in
forests?
a) Depletion b) Amortization c) Depreciation d) Investment

92. What can you say about the present worth of all depreciation over the economic life of the item?
a) Maintenance b) Capital recovery c) Depreciation recovery d) Annuity

93. What do you think is the provision in the contract that indicates the possible adjustment of material cost and labor cost?
a) Secondary clause b) Specification c) Escalatory clause d) General provision

94. This is the process of determining the value of certain property for specific reasons. Guess, what is this?
a) Amortization b) Investment c) Appraisal d) Depreciation
95. How do you call those products or services that are directly used by people to satisfy their wants?
a) Consumer goods and services b) Producer goods and services
c) Necessity products and services d) Luxury products and services

96. These are used to produce consumer goods and services. Guess, what are these?
a) Consumer goods and services b) Producer goods and services
c) Necessity products and services d) Luxury products and services

97. What do you think are those products or services that are required to support human life and activities that will be purchased in
somewhat the same quantity even though the price varies considerably?
a) Consumer goods and services b) Producer goods and services
c) Necessity products and services d) Luxury products and services

98. How do you call a cylinder with elliptical cross section?

a. Ellipsoid b. Cylindroid c. Hyperboloid d. Paraboloid

99. How do you call a market whereby there is only one buyer of an item for which there are no goods substitutes?
a) Monopoly b) Monopsony c) Oligopoly d) Oligopsony

100. Which statement about a charge placed on a dielectric material is true?

a. The charge increases the conductivity of the material
b. The charge is confined to the region in which the charge was placed.
c. The charge is immediately lost to the atmosphere
d. The charge is instantly carried to the material’s surface

101. Which of the following is not a property of magnetic field lines?

a) Magnetic field lines have no beginnings and no ends b) The lines cross themselves only at right angles
c) The line intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right angles d) The field is stronger where the lines are closer together

102. Tesla is a unit of which of the following?

a) Magnetic induction b) Inductance c) Capacitance d) magnetic flux

103. What is a pole pitch?

a) The angle at which the pole windings are wound b) The space on the stator allocated to two poles
c) The space on the stator allocated to one pole d) The mica used to insulate the poles from each other

104. How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides?

a) Hectogon b) Chilliagon c) Myriagon d) Octacontagon

105. Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side is called as:
a) Newton line b) Secant c) Cevian d) Euclidian line

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106. It is any influence capable of producing a change in the motion of an object.
a) Force b) Acceleration c) Friction d) Velocity

107. How do you call the amount needed at the beginning of operations and permits the enterprise to begin functioning before it
receives any income from the sales of its product or service.
a) Initial working capital b) Regular working capital c) Equity d) Annuity

108. In the problem of writing the equation of a certain curve with respect to another axes in which the new axes are parallel to the
original axes and similarly directed is known as:
a) Translation of axes b) Reversal of axes c) Notation of axes d) Relocation of axes

109. How do you call a ring shaped surface or solid obtained by rotating a circle about a coplanar line that does not intersect?
a) Torus b) Annulus c) Circoloid d) Annular

110. If the eccentricity is less than one, then curve is known as:
a) Ellipse b) Hyperbola c) Parabola d) Circle

111. Determine the outside diameter of a hollow steel tube that will carry a tensile load of 500 kN at a stress of 140 MPa. Assume the
wall thickness to be 0ne-tenth of the outside diameter.
a) 123 mm b) 103 mm c) 113 mm d) 93 mm

112. What can you say to the following statement: “the volume of a circular cylinder is equal to the product of its base and altitude.”?
a) Postulate b) Corollary c) Theorem d) Axiom

113. What is the study of the properties of figures of three dimensions?

a) Physics b) Solid geometry c) Plane geometry d) Trigonometry

114. Points that lie in the same plane:

a) Coplanar b) Collinear c) Oblique d) Parallel

115. When a line y = mx + b slopes downwards from left to right, the slope m is:
a) Less than zero b) Greater than zero c) Equal to zero d) Equal to 1

116. “Whenever a net force acts on a body, it produces acceleration in the direction of the resultant force, an acceleration which is
directly proportional to the resultant force and inversely proportional to the resultant force and inversely proportional to the mass
of the body”. How do you call this theory?
a) Newton’s First law of motion b) Newton’s Second Law of motion
c) Farday’s law of forces d) Hook’s law of equilibrium

117. It is defined that the momentum of a moving object is the product of its mass, m, and velocity, V. In Newton’s Law of Motion,
what is the rate of change of momentum with respect to time?
a) Power b) Momentum c) energy d) Force

118. The loss of weight of a body submerged in a fluid is:

a) Proportional to the weight of the body b) Proportional to the depth of submergence
c) Equal to the weight of the fluid displaced d) Independent of the volume of the body

119. The amount of company’s profits that the board of directors of the corporation decides to distribute to ordinary shareholders.
a) Dividend b) Return c) Share of stock d) Par value

120. Which of the following is not a theorem on limits?

a) The limit of the algebraic sum of several functions is equal to the sum of their limits
b) The limit of the product of several function is equal to the product of their limits
c) The limit of the difference of several functions is equal to the difference of their limits
d) The limit of the quotient of two functions is equal to the quotient of their limits, provided the denominator is not zero

121. When a homogeneous, flexible cord is held at the two ends and allowed to sag freely on its own weight, it will produce a curve
very similar to a parabola opening upwards. How do you call this curve?
a) Parabola b) Catenary c) Cycloid d) Epicycloids

122. Which of the following Common wealth Acts is known as the oldest Mechanical Engineering law?
a) Commonwealth Act 394 b) Commonwealth Act 594
c) Commonwealth Act 294 d) Commonwealth Act 8394

123. What is a borrower of a particular loan almost always required to do during repayment?
a) Pay exactly the same amount of interest each payment.
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c) Pay exactly the same amount of principal each payment
d) The choices a and c above

124. To be a member of the Board of Mechanical Engineering, he/she must be at least how many years old?
a) 25 years b) 30years c) 35 years d) 40yeras

125. How do you call the line passing through the focus and perpendicular to the directrix of a parabola?
a. Latus rectum b. Axis of the parabola c. Transverse axis d. Major axis

126. What is the ratio of the distance between the foci to the distance between the vertices in either hyperbola or ellipse?
a. Eccentricity b. Latus rectum c. Variance d. Deviation

127. It is a statement that one mathematical expression is greater than or less than another. How do you call this?
a) Conditional expression b) Inequality c) Interval d) Domain

128. It is a method of depreciation where a fixed sum of money is regularly deposited at compound interest in a real or imaginary fund
in order to accumulate an amount equal to the total depreciation of an asset at the end of the assets estimated life. How do you call
this depreciation?
a) Straight line method b) Declining balance method
c) SYD method d) Sinking fund method

129. What is an artificial expense that spreads the purchase price of an asset or other property over a number of years?
a) Depreciation b) Amnesty c) Sinking fund d) Bond

130. How do you classify this interest rate, which specifies the actual rate of interest on the principal for one year?
a) Nominal rate b) Rate of return c) Exact interest rate d) Effective rate

131. What type of curve is generated by a point, which moves in uniform circular motion about an axis, while traveling with a constant
speed, V, parallel to the axis?
a) A cycloid b) An epicycloids c) A hypocycloid d) A helix

132. What do you call the possible outcome of an experiment?

a) A sample space b) A random point c) An event d) A finite set

133. How do you call a sequence of numbers where the succeeding term is greater than the preceding term?
a) Dissonant series b) Isometric series c) Convergent series d) Divergent series

134. A branch of mathematics which uses the properties of numbers by using symbols or letters to represent numbers in arithmetic
operations which usually variables and unknown quantities which usually involves the use and rearranging or equations.
a. Trigonometry b. Algebra c. geometry d. calculus

135. This is a series of sequential method for carrying out a desire procedure to solve problem.
a. Algorithm b. hypsogram c. logarithm d. angstrom

136. This is use for expressing wavelengths of light or ultraviolet radiation with a unit or length equal to 10 – 10 metre.
a. Mersenne number b. Midac c. Light year d. Angstrom

137. It refers to a straight line, which a curve approaches closely, but never meets or touches the curve.
a. Asymptote b. Directrix c. Latus rectum d. Line segment

138. It is a collection of numbers or letters used to represent a number arranged properly in rows and columns.
a. Determinant b. Matrix c. Array d. equation

139. It is a high – level programming language for the computer used to express mathematical and scientific problems in a manner that
resembles. English rather than computer notations.
a. Algol b. Cobol c. Pascal d. Aldus

140. In any triangle, the length of a line which is equal to the square root of the sides adjacent to the point where this line started minus
the product of the segments of the third side is known as:
a. Angle bisector b. Median c. Perpendicular bisector d. Trisector

141. The whole is greater than any one of its parts. This statement is known as:
a. Postulate b. Axiom c. Hypothesis d. Theorem

142. A perpendicular segment from a vertex of the triangle to the line containing the opposite side is known as:
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 a. Median b. altitude c. Angular bisector d. Perpendicular bisector

143. An S.I. unit of area equal to 100 sq. m.

a. Arc b. Acre c. Hectares d. Are

144. The angle that the line of sight to the object, makes with the horizontal, which is above the eye of the observer, is called as:
a. Angle of elevation b. Angle of depression c. Acute angle d. Obtuse angle
145. In complex algebra, we use a diagram to represent a complex plane commonly called as:
a. Venn diagram b. Histogram c. Argand diagram d. Funicular diagram

146. The area bounded by two concentric circles is called as:

a. Annulus b. Ring c. Disk d. Sector

147. A series of numbers in which each number or term is derived from the preceding number by adding a constant value to it is
known as:
a. Geometric sequence b. Arithmetic sequence c. Analytical sequence d. Differential sequence

148. 10 to the negative power of 18 is the value of the prefix:

a. Atto b. Femto c. Micro d. Pico

149. A series of equal payments occurring at equal periods of time.

a. Annuity b. Sinking fund c. Cash flow d. annual cost

150. The ratio of annual sales to the average of assets used in producing these sales.
a. Inventory turnover b. Asset turnover c. Operating – expense ratio d. Quick ratio

151. Quick ratio is defined as the ratio of quick assets to the current liabilities, sometimes this is called:
a. Acid test ratio b. Debt ratio c. Equity ratio d. Current ratio

152. Form of business/company ownership:

a. Partnership b. Corporation c. Single proprietorship d. All of the above

153. It is defined to be any method of repaying a debt, the principal and interest included usually by a series of equal payments at
periodic intervals of time.
a. Amortization b. Annuity c. Deferred annuity d. Preferred annuity

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B. 300 M D. 100 M
13. In which quadrant is the point (– 13, – 7) located?
A. Quadrant IV C. Quadrant II
B. Quadrant III D. Quadrant I
14. What must be subtracted from 5x3 – 2x2 + 3x – 5 to get
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2x3 – 8 + 5x – 2x2?
A. 3x3 – 2x + 3 C. 3x3 – 2x2 – 3
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DIAGNOSTIC TEST B. 3x + 2x + 3 D. 3x3 – 2x2 + 3
MATHEMATICS 15. A bomb was dropped in an area where rebels were
hiding. The perimeter of the damage area was 480
1. A certain job can be finished by 18 workers in 26 days, meter and width was 15 meters. What was the length of
how many workers are needed to finish the job in 12 the damage area?
days? A. 300 m C. 225 m
A. 45 C. 30 B. 275 m D. 125 m
B. 39 D. 24 16. A meter stick was cut into two pieces at 640 – mm
2. Given the numerals 9, 2, 7, 5, what is the difference mark. What is the ratio of the smaller piece to the larger
between the largest 3-digit number and the smallest 3- piece?
digit number that can be formed from these numerals if A. 16 : 25 C. 9 : 16
no digits are repeated in a number? B. 13 : 50 D. 9 : 25
A. 777 C. 500 17. A box is 16 inches long, 12 inches wide and 6 inches
B. 718 D. 448 high. How many square inches of paper would be
25
3. What is 30% of ? needed to cover it on all sides?
18
25 5 A. 180 sq. in. C. 360 sq. in.
A. C.
6 12 B. 240 sq. in. D. 720 sq. in.
25 5
B. D. 18. Pipe D can fill a swimming pool in three hours while
54 108
4. You have a bag filled with 20 green marbles, 9 red Pipe C can fill the same pool in two hours. If Pipe D and
marbles and 16 green marbles. You randomly select a Pipe C are both open, how long will they fill the
marble from the bag. What is the probability that you swimming pool?
select a red marble? A. 1.2 hours C. 2 hours
A. 5/9 C. 1/5 B. 1.5 hours D. 5 hours
B. 16/45 D. 4/9 19. Together, Mark, Cardo and Christopher earn P72, 000 a
5. If n < m and a< b, then ____________ ? month. If Mark earns P6, 000 more than Cardo and P9,
A. n + a < m + b C. m = b 000 more than Christopher, how much does Jose earn?
B. n = a D. n + a > m + b A. P22,000 C. P25,000
6. A cube is rectangular solid, the length, width and height B. P23,000 D. P29,000
of the measure called edge (e) of a cube. The volume of 20. A picture 10 cm by 8 ½ cm is mounted on a piece of
the cube is found by ‘cubing the measure of the edge’. hard cardboard. If there is margin of 2 ½ cm around the
What is the volume of the cube whose edge is 4 cm? picture, what is the perimeter of the cardboard used?
A. 27 cm3 C. 125 cm3 A. 67 cm C. 47 cm
B. 64 cm 3
D. 216 cm3 B. 57 cm D. 37 cm
7. Find the equation of the line with slope two and passing 21. A rectangular sheet of paper is folded in half. Then it is
through the point folded in half again, and again in half. If the folding in
(3, - 1) half is done in 5 times, and edges are creased each time.
A. 2x – y – 7 = 0 C. 2x – y + 7 = 0 How many small rectangles will you see when you
B. 2x + y – 7 = 0 D. 2x + y + 7 = 0 unfold the original sheet of paper?
8. Bastian has 7 maroon T-shirts and 5 blue T-shirts. If she A. 32 C. 64
picks one T-shirt at random, what is the probability that B. 48 D. 80
will NOT be blue? 22. How many ways can a committee of 4 people are
A. 7/12 C. 1/6 selected from a group of 7 people?
B. 5/12 D. 1/2 A. 280 C. 70
9. Alexis is 5 times old as Faye. Three years from now, he B. 140 D. 35
will be twice as old as Faye. How old is Faye? 23. A park has a triangular shape. It has a base of 24m and a
A. 9 C. 4 height of 9m. What is its area?
B. 5 D. 1 A. 54 m2 C. 108 m2
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10. What is the measure of the complement of an angle is B. 42 m D. 122 m2
its supplement is 145 degrees? 24. A car comes in two different styles. Each style comes in
A. 25° C. 45° four colors. How many different versions of the car are
B. 35° D. 55° available?
11. Jerome spends 15% of his monthly salary for house A. 8 C. 4
rental, 10% for electric bill and 25% for food and B. 6 D. 2
personal necessities. After paying all these expenses he 25. Eunice received these grades on four math tests: 80, 90,
still has P6,000 left. How much does he earn every 83, and 79. What grade must she receive on a fifth test
month? in order to have an average of 85?
A. P18,000 C. P12,000 A. 95 C. 92
B. P15,000 D. P10,000 B. 93 D. 90
12. The annual budget of a certain department amounts to 26. Six people are standing in a line waiting to file an
2 billion. From this amount, the budgets of three income tax return. In how many ways can they stand in
bureaus are in the ratio 5 : 3 : 2. How much does the line?
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 B. 240 D. 720 41. Which statement about the equation 2(x – 1) = 3x – (x +
27. Water rationed in a village every other day. The truck 2) is true?
tanks deliver 8 tons of water every 10 hour. How many A. The equation has every number as a solution.
tons of water was delivered in 4 days to each house by B. The solution is – 0.5.
the agent? C. The solution is – 1.
A. 24 C. 48 D. The equation has no solution.
B. 32 D. 120 42. Marta spent 30% of her allowance on snacks and 40%
28. The ratio of the number of chickens, dogs and cats in on a book and had P450 pesos left. How much is her
Mang Tomas’ backyard is 5: 1: 2. If there are 64 animals allowance?
of these kinds in his backyard, how many of them are A. P2000 C. P1200
dogs? B. P1500 D. P1000
A. 8 C. 4 43. The quiz scores of Mark are 6, 5, 9, 8, 10, 7, 8, and 9.
B. 6 D. 2 Find the median of Arvin’s quiz score.
29. When Mr.Catapang was asked about his age, he replied A. 8.5 C. 7.5
“I am half century, half score and half decade old.” How B. 8 D. 7
old is she in years? 44. What part of an hour has passed from 2:48 PM to 3:20
A. 80 C. 70 PM?
B. 75 D. 65 A. 8/25 C. 1/3
30. What is 3 m and 28 dm converted to centimeters? B. 8/15 D. 7/8
A. 58 C. 5800 45. Solve: 2√12 + √75 – 4√27 ?
B. 580 D. 58000 A. −3√3 C. 3√3
31. The average height of a male giraffe is 17 feet. What is B. −2√3 D. 2√3
the height in inches? 46. How much interest would be paid on a bank loan of
A. 204 C. 51 P36,000 for 8 months at 12% annual interest?
B. 170 D. 29 A. P3,600 C. P2,880
32. If 8x + 12 = 24, what is the value of 24x + 36? D. P2,400 B. P3,240
A. 48 C. 72 47. Multiply (3 – 2i) (3 + 2i)
B. 64 D. 96 A. 9 – 16i C. 13
33. A homebuilder orders 10% more tiles than the original B. 9 – 4i2 D. 4i
estimate of 170 tiles in case some tiles break while they 48. If a3 is an odd number, which of the following is/are
are being installed. How many tiles does the TRUE?
homebuilder order? I. a5 is odd III. a3 + 1 is odd
A. 207 C. 187 6
II. a is odd IV. a2 + 2 is odd
B. 197 D. 177 A. III and IV C. I, II and IV
34. Pat had incurred the following expenses in his 4 trips in B. III only D. I and II
Ilocos; P4,200 in his first trip, P5,600 in his second trip, 49. A certain bank issues 3 – letter identification codes to its
P6,100 in his third trip and P4,800 in his fourth trip. customers. If each letter can be used only once per
What were his total expenses for his trip to Ilocos? code, how many different codes are possible?
A. P20,700 C. P21,200 A. 72 C. 15,600
B. P20,900 D. P21,500 B. 326 D. 17,576
35. Jayson repacks a 60 kg sack of sugar into small packs of x2 - 9
750 g. How many small packs can be made? 50. If x = – 5, what is the value of : ?
x+3
A. 90 C. 75 A. 7 C. – 6
B. 80 D. 45 B. 5 D. – 8
36. What is the least positive integer that can be divided by 51. Mrs. Mercado purchased an air conditioner for a
4, 5, and 10 without any remainder? discounted price of P10,200. If she got 15% discount,
A. 20 C. 50 what was the original price?
B. 40 D. 100 A. P11,000 C. P11,800
37. A tenant as awarded a house and lot package worth Php B. P11,400 D. P12,000
180 000.00 he has to pay the package for 20 years at 9% 52. The measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon
per annum. How much will the lot cost after 20 years? is 160°. How many sides does it have?
A. P404,000 C. P604,000 A. 12 C. 18
B. P504,000 D. P704,000 B. 15 D. 24
38. One – fifth of the width and one – fourth of the length 53. What is the average mass of an adult man?
of a rectangular cardboard are cut-off. What is the area A. 7000mg C. 70 kg
of the remaining piece? B. 70g D. 700kg
A. 80% of the original area 54. A 10 meter log steel pipe shrank 0.05% when exposed
B. 60% of the original area to below freezing temperature. By how many
C. 50% of the original area centimeters did the pipe shrank?
D. 40% of the original area A. 0.0005 C. 0.05
39. If P75.00 is shared among three children in the ratio of B. 0.005 D. 0.5
3:7:15. What is the size of the smallest share? 55. Which of the weights is the heaviest?
A. P 9 C. P 25 A. 0.42 kg. C. 412 g.
B. P 15 D. P 35 B. 40.25 cg D. 4050 mg.
40. If m is a positive integer in the equation 6m = n, then n 56. A traveler was helped by other passengers for his extra
must be a: weight of 112 kg. There were three travelers who gave
A. negative odd integer their allotment of 25 kg. How much more extra weight
B. positive odd integer will he need to pay?
C. negative even integer A. 48 C. 37
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 57. Eunice has a long strip of cloth that is 9 3/4 ft. long. If 72. Mark’s scores in 5 quizzes in Statistics are 92, 80, 85, 86
she cuts it into three equal parts, how long would each and 72. What must he get in the 6th quiz to get an
piece be? average of 85?
A. 4 ¾ ft. C. 3 ¼ ft. A. 88 C. 90
B. 3 ¾ ft. D. 2 ¼ ft. B. 89 D. 91
58. A music collector has 1200 CDs, and 65% of them were 73. The sum of two integers is 74 and their difference is 26,
produced after 1990. How many of the CDs were what is the bigger number?
produced before 1990? A. 24 C. 48
A. 780 C. 540 B. 36 D. 50
B. 660 D. 420 74. A telephone company charges P18 for the first three
59. A swimming pool is an equilateral triangle in shape. One minutes plus P2.50 every additional minute. At this rate,
side is 11 meters. How many meters of rope is needed how much will a 15 –minute cost?
to enclose the pool? A. P37.50 C. P55.50
A. 66 C. 44 B. P48.00 D. P90.00
B. 55 D. 33 75. In a card game, a player got the following scores:
60. You deposit $1500 into a dollar account that earns 2.4% 35, – 60, – 40, 80, – 100, 25, – 25. What is the final score?
interest compounded annually. Find the balance after 6 A. 115 C. – 85
years. B. 85 D. – 115
A. $1972.38 C. $1729.38 76. The ratio of men to women in the national pool of
B. $1927.83 D. $ 1792.83 athletes is 15 : 7. If there are 72 more men than women,
61. In a theme park, 45% of the staffs are women. If there how many athletes are there in the national pool?
are 220 men in the theme park, how many staffs are A. 1080 C. 198
there? B. 504 D. 192
A. 520 C. 430 77. The price of one seat in theater is P30.00 and an
B. 500 D. 400 average of 300 persons enters every day. If the price
62. For a child, the regular admission price to Ocean Park is was increased to P40.00, how many persons would yield
Php 350. With a special pass, the admission price is the same amount to the theater?
discounted 20%. What is the admission price when the A. 225 C. 275
pass is used? B. 250 D. 280
A. Php 250 C. Php 300 78. Which of the length is the smallest?
B. Php 280 D. Php 320 A. 4199 mm. C. 150 cm.
63. How many gallons of water will fill a fish tank that is 18 B. 445 m. D. 0.451 km.
inches by 12 inches by 48 inches? (there are 231 cubic 79. Which of the following is equal to 225 minutes?
inches per gallon) Round your answer to the nearest A. 3 hours and 35 minutes
gallon. B. 3 hours and 55 minutes
A. 47 gallons C. 40 gallons C. 3 hours and 45 minutes
B. 45 gallons D. 48 gallons D. 4 hours and 5 minutes
64. Find the sum of all integers on the number line starting 80. A room of 10 m by 7 m. There is 7.5 m by 5 m carpet in
from – 32 to 37. the middle. What percent of the room is uncovered?
A. 5 C. 138 A. 46.4% C. 53.6%
B. 50 D. 175 B. 48% D. 62%
65. Riona and Kate are cycling on a track. Kate completes 81. A top of a cliff overlooking the ocean is 1025 ft. above
one lap every 12 seconds, and Riona completes one lap sea level. The sea floor at the foot of the cliff is 45 ft.
every 15 seconds. When will Kate lap Riona, assuming below sea level. A rock falls of the cliff and drops to the
that they started together? sea floor. Which expression represents the change of
A. after 1 minute C. after 3 minutes elevation of the rock?
B. after 2 minutes D. after 45 seconds A. 1050 – (– 45) C. 45 – 1050
66. Successive discounts of 10% and 30% are equivalent to B. 1050 – 45 D. – 45 – 1050
what single discount? 82. A man started painting a wall at 9:00 AM and was able
A. 33% C. 36% to finish painting 3/5 of it at 10:30 AM. Continuing at
B. 34% D. 37% this rate, at what time will he finish painting the wall?
67. An employee earning P9,200 a month will receive a 15% A. 12:30 AM C. 11:35 AM
increase next month. How much will his/her new salary B. 12:15 AM D. 11:30 AM
be? 83. The arithmetic mean of set of 50 numbers is 38. If two
A. P10,600 C. P10,530 numbers 45 and 35 are discarded, the mean of the
B. P10,580 D. P10,500 remaining set of numbers is:
68. What is the sum of all two digit numbers divisible by 5? A. 38.5 C. 37.5
A. 945 C. 960 B. 37.92 D. 37.24
B. 950 D. 1050 84. Which of the following is a factor of the equation x2 – 2x
69. In how many different ways can 5 beads of different – 24 = 0?
colors be arranged on a bracelet? A. x + 6 C. x + 2
A. 10 C. 80 B. x + 4 D. x – 4
B. 24 D. 120 85. What percent of 4 is 3/5 of 8?
70. How many integers between 1 and 150 are divisible by A. 120% C. 80%
both 4 and 5? B. 83 1/3 % D. 48%
A. 7 C. 9 86. What is the range of the following scores: 86, 70, 83, 90,
B. 8 D. 10 85, 78, 79, 81, 87?
71. Which of the following equations has a slope of 1/2? A. 20 C. 15
A. 3y + 6x = 5 C. 4x + 3y = 12 B. 16 D. 12
B. ½ y = 2x + 7 D. x – 2y = 4

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 87. The sum of two integers is 63. If one of the integers is
three more than twice the other, what are the two
integers?
A. 18 and 45 C. 20 and 43
B. 19 and 44 D. 21 and 42
88. A policeman caught a pusher carrying prohibited drugs.
Each package weighted 12 ¾ kg, 10 kg, 8 1/8 kg, and 11
kg. Give the total weight of the confiscated drugs?
A. 43 ¾ kg C. 41 ¾ kg
B. 42 7/8 kg D. 41 7/8 kg
89. What is the volume of a cube whose surface area is 54?
A. 45 C. 27
B. 36 D. 9
90. Rodel spent 1/4 of his money on pair of socks, 1/5 of it
on a magazine and P70 on a snack. If he had P62 left,
how much money did he start with?
A. 360 C. P300
B. P320 D. P240
91. An artist ordered cans of red paint, white paint, and
green paint in the ratio 2: 4: 6, respectively. If he
ordered a total of 24 cans of paint, how many cans of
white paint did he order?
A. 16 C. 8
B. 12 D. 4
92. Employees at Sonic Music town get a 20% discount on
all purchases. If Henry buys three tapes at P7.49 each,
how much will he have to pay after his employee
discount?
A. P19.98 C. P17.98
B. P18.98 D. P16.98
93. A vehicle consumes one liter of gasoline to travel 10 km.
After tune-up, it travels 15% farther on one liter. How
many liters of gasoline will it take for a vehicle to travel
230 km.?
A. 20 C. 23
B. 20.15 D. 23.15
94. Three brothers inherited a cash amount of P120,000
and they divided it among themselves in the ratio of 5 :
2 : 1. How much more is the largest share than the
smallest share?
A. P75,000 C. P30,000
B. P60,000 D. P15,000
95. It takes 20 men build a house for 60 days. How many
men will be needed to build it in 15 days?
A. 40 C. 120
B. 80 D. 160
96. Write this ratio in its simplest form: 3 dm is to 20 cm.
A. 3: 2 C. 20: 3
B. 3: 20 D. 2: 3
97. Mr. Alonzo owns 3/8 of Macro financial shares. After
selling 1/3 of his share, how much of Macro financial
does Mr. Calabia still own?
A. 5/8 C. 5/16
B. ¼ D. 2/9
98. A town map has a scale of 1 cm = 6,500 m. If two streets
are 7 cm apart on the map, what is their actual distance
in kilometers?
A. 0.455 C. 45.5
B. 4.55 D. 455
99. In a class of 58 students, 14 are females. What is the
ratio of males to females?
A. 29:7 C. 7:29
B. 22:7 D. 7:22
100. If a car travels 96 miles on 8 liters of gas, how far can
the car travel on a full tank of gas that holds 20 liters?
A. 230 C. 240
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 DIAGNOSTIC TEST 66. D. 37%
MATHEMATICS 67. B. P10,580
1. A certain job can be finished by 18 workers in 26 days, 68. A. 945
how many workers are needed to finish the job in 12 69. B. 24
days? 70. A. 7
1. B. 39 71. D. x – 2y = 4
2. B. 718 72. C. 90
5
3. C. 73. D. 50
12
4. A. 5/9 74. B. P48.00
5. A. n + a < m + b 75. C. – 85
6. B. 64 cm3 76. C. 198
7. A. 2x – y – 7 = 0 77. A. 225
8. B. 5/12 78. C. 150 cm.
9. D. 1 79. C. 3 hours and 45 minutes
10. D. 55° 80. A. 46.4%
11. C. P12,000 81. A. 1050 – (– 45)
12. A. 400 M 82. D. 11:30 AM
13. B. Quadrant III 83. B. 37.92
14. A. 3x3 – 2x + 3 84. B. x + 4
15. C. 225 m 85. A. 120%
16. C. 9 : 16 86. A. 20
17. D. 720 sq. in. 87. C. 20 and 43
18. A. 1.2 hours 88. D. 41 7/8 kg
19. D. P29,000 89. C. 27
20. B. 57 cm 90. D. P240
21. A. 32 91. C. 8
22. D. 35 92. C. P17.98
23. C. 108 m2 93. A. 20
24. D. 2 94. B. P60,000
25. B. 93 95. B. 80
26. D. 720 96. A. 3 : 2
27. B. 32 97. B. ¼
28. A. 8 98. C. 45.5
29. D. 65 99. B. 22 : 7
30. B. 580 100. C. 240
31. A. 204
32. C. 72
33. C. 187
34. A. P20,700
35. B. 80
36. A. 20
37. B. P504,000
38. B. 60% of the original area
39. A. P 9
40. D. positive even integer
41. A. The equation has every number as a solution.
42. B. P1500
43. B. 8
44. B. 8/15
45. A. −3√3
46. C. P2,880
47. C. 13
48. C. I, II and IV
49. C. 15,600
50. D. – 8
51. D. P12,000
52. C. 18
53. C. 70 kg
54. D. 0.5
55. A. 0.42 kg.
56. C. 37
57. C. 3 ¼ ft.
58. D. 420
59. D. 33
60. C. $1729.38
61. D. 400
62. B. Php 280
63. B. 45 gallons
64. D. 175
65. A. after 1 minute
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A type of bond issued jointly by two or more The 72 rule is used to determine
corporations.
A. How many years money will triple
A. Joint bond B. How many years money will double
B. Debenture bond C. How many years to amass 1 million
C. Registered bond D. How many years to quadruple the money
D. Collateral trust bond
Ans. B
Ans. A
To triple the principal one must use
A type of bond whose guaranty is in lien on
railroads equipments. A. Integration
B. Derivatives
A. Equipment obligation bond C. Logarithms
B. Debenture bond D. Implicit functions
C. Registered bond
D. Insfrastructure bond Ans. C

Ans. A A currency traded in a foreign exchange market

to which the demand is consistently high in
If the security of the bond is a mortgage on relation to its supply.
certain specified asset of a corporation, this
bond is classified as A. Money market
B. Hard currency
A. Registered bond C. Treasury bill
B. Mortgage bond D. Certificated of deposit
C. Coupon bond
D. Joint bond Ans. B

Ans. B Everything a company owns to which has a money

value is classified as an asset. Which of the
A type of bond where the corporation’s owners following is classified as an asset?
name are recorded and the interest is paid
periodically to the owners with their asking A. Intangible asset
for it. B. Fixed asset
C. Trade investments
A. Registered bond D. All of these
B. Preferred bond
C. Incorporators bond Ans. D
D. All of these
Which of the example of an intangible asset?
Ans. A
A. Cash
Bond to which are attached coupons indicating B. Investment in subsidiary companies
the interest due and the date when such C. Furnitures
interest is to be paid. D. Patents

A. Registered bond Ans. D

B. Coupon bond
C. Mortgage bond Land buildings, plants and machinery are
D. Collateral trust bond examples of

Ans. B A. Current assets

B. Trade investments
An amount of money invested at 12% interest C. Fixed assets
per annum will double in approximately D. Intangible assets

A. 4 years Ans. C
B. 5 years
C. 6 years
D. 7 years

Ans. C
An increase in the value of a capital asset is The residual value of a company’s assets after
called all outside liabilities (shareholders
excluded)m have been allowed for.
A. Profit
B. Capital gain A. Divided
C. Capital expenditure B. Equity
D. Capital stock C. Return
D. Par value
Ans. B
Ans. B
The reduction in the money value of a capital
asset is called A saving which takes place because good are
not available for consumption rather than the
A. Capital expenditure consumer really want to save.
B. Capital loss
C. Loss A. Compulsory saving
D. Deficit B. Consumer saving
C. Forced saving
Ans. B D. All of these

It is negotiable claim issued by bank in lieu Ans. C

of a team deposit.
A document that shows proof of legal ownership
A. Time deposit of a financial security.
B. Bond
C. Capital gain A. Bond
D. Certificate of deposit B. Bank note
C. Coupon
Ans. D D. Check

Any particular raw materials or primary Ans. C

product (e.g. cloth, wool, flour, coffee..)
is called Defined as the capacity of commodity to
satisfy human want.
A. Utility
B. Necessity A. Discount
C. Commodity B. Necessity
D. Stock C. Luxuries
D. Utility
Ans. C
Ans. B
If denotes the fall in the exchange rate of
one currency in terms of others. The term It is the profit obtained by selling stocks at
usually applies to floating exchange rates. a higher price than its original purchase
price.
A. Currency appreciation
B. Currency devaluation A. Debenture
C. Currency float B. Goodwill
D. Currency depreciation C. Capital gain
D. Internal rate of return
Ans. D
Ans. C
The deliberate lowering of the price of a
nation’s currency in terms of the accepted The quantity of a certain commodity that is
standard (Gold, American dollar or the British offered for sale at a certain price at a given
pound). time and place.

A. Currency appreciation A. Demand

B. Currency float B. Supply
C. Currency devaluation C. Utility
D. Currency depreciation D. Market

Ans. C Ans. B
The quantity of a certain commodity that is In economics, a “short – term” transaction
bought at a certain price at a given time and usually has a lifetime of
place.
A. 3 months or less
A. Demand B. 1 year or less
B. supply C. 5 years or less
C. market D. 10 years or less
D. Utility
Ans. C
Ans. A
In the cash flow, expenses incurred before
“When free competition exists, the price of a time = 0 is called
product will be that value where supply is
equal to the demand A. Receipts
B. Disbursements
A. Law of diminishing return C. Sunk costs
B. Law of supply D. Firsts costs
C. Law of demand
D. Law of supply and demand Ans. C

Ans. D An imaginary cost representing what will not

be received if a particular strategy is
“When one of the factors of production is rejected.
fixed in quantity or is difficult to increase,
increasing the others factors of production A. Sunk cost
will result in a less than proportionate B. Opportunity cost
increase in output.” C. Replacement cost
D. Initial cost
A. Law of diminishing return
B. Law of supply Ans. B
C. Law of demand
D. Law of supply and demand In replacement studies, the existing process
or piece of equipment is known as
Ans. A
A. Challenger
An accounting term that represents an B. Defender
inventory account adjustments. C. Liability
D. Asset
A. Cost of goods sold
B. Variance Ans. B
C. Overhead
D. Payback In replacement studies, the new process or
piece of equipment being considered for
Ans. A purchase is known as.

The simplest economic order quantity (EOQ) A. Challenger

model is based on which of the following B. Defender
assumptions. C. Asset
D. Liability
A. Shortages are not allowed.
B. Demand is constant with respect to Ans. A
time.
C. Reordering is instantaneous. The time _______ means that the cost of the asset is
between order placement and receipt is divided into equal or unequal parts, and only
zero. one of these parts is taken as an expense each
D. All of the choices year.

Ans. D A. Capitalizing the asset

B. Expensing the asset
C. Depreciating the asset
D. Artificial expense

Ans. A
Indicate the CORRECT statement about The annual costs that are incurred due to the
depreciation. functioning of a piece of equipment is known
as
A. The depreciation is not the same each
year in straight line method. A. General, selling and administrative
B. The declining balance method can be expenses
used even if the salvage calue is zero. B. Prime cost
C. The sum-of-years’ digit method (SYD), C. Operating and maintenance costs
the digits 1 to (n + 1) is summed. D. Total cost
D. Double declining balance depreciation
is independent of the salvage value. Ans. C

Ans. D The sum of the direct labor cost and the

direct material cost is known as
An artificial deductible operating expense
designated to compensate mining organizations A. Prime cost
for decreasing mineral reserves. B. Total cost
C. Indirect manufacturing expenses
A. Deflation D. Total cost
B. Reflation
C. Depletion Ans. A
D. Inflation
Research and development costs and
Ans. C administrative expenses are added to the
factory cost to give the _______ of the
The change in cost per unit variable change is product.
known as
A. Total cost
A. Sunk cost B. Marketing cost
B. Incremental cost C. Manufacturing cost
C. Fixed cost D. Prime cost
D. Semi-variable cost
Ans. C
What type of cost increases step-wise?
The sum of the prime cost and the indirect
A. Supervision cost manufacturing cost is known as
B. Direct labor cost
C. Semi-variable cost A. Factory cost
D. Operating and maintenance cost B. Research and development cost
C. Manufacturing cost
Ans. C D. Total cost

Which of the following is NOT a variable cost? Ans. A

A. Cost of miscellaneous supplies The manufacturing cost plus selling expenses

B. Income taxes equals
C. Payroll benefit costs
D. Insurance costs A. Total cost
B. Indirect production cost
Ans. D C. Administrative cost
D. Miscellaneous cost
Which of the following is Not a fixed cost?
Ans. A
A. Rent
B. Janitorial service expenses Which of the following is NOT a direct labor
C. Supervision costs expense?
D. Depreciation expenses
A. Inspection
Ans. C B. Testing
C. Supervision
D. Assembly

Ans. C
All are administrative expenses EXCEPT: The journal and the ledger together are known
simply as _____ of the company.
A. Marketing
B. Accounting A. Accounting system
C. Data processing B. The books
D. Office supplies C. Bookkeeping system
D. Balance sheet
Ans. A
Ans. B
One of the following is NOT a selling or
marketing expense. Which one? The basic accounting equation is

A. Advertising A. Assets = Liability + Owner’s equity

B. Commission B. Liability = Assets + Owner’s equity
C. Insurance C. Owner’s equity = Assets + Liability
D. Transportation D. Owner’s equity = Liability – Assets

Ans. C Ans. A

Research and development expenses includes all The ability to convert assets to cash quickly
EXCEPT one. Which one? is known as

A. Testing A. Solvency
B. Drafting B. Liquidity
C. Prototype C. Leverage
D. Laboratory D. Insolvency

Ans. D Ans. B

Which is not a factory overhead expense? The ability to meet debts as they become due
is known as
A. Pension, medical, vacation benefits
B. Expediting A. Solvency
C. Quality control and inspection B. Leverage
D. Testing C. Insolvency
D. Liquidity
Ans. D
Ans. A
Bookkeeping consists of two steps, namely
recording the transactions and categorization What is considered as an index of short-term
of transactions. Where are the transactions paying ability?
(receipts and disbursements? Recorded?
A. Current ratio
A. Journal B. Acid test ratio
B. Ledger C. Gross margin
C. Columnar D. Return of investment
D. Statement of account
Ans. A
Ans. A
An acid test ratio is a ratio of
The following are ledger accounts EXCEPT:
A. Gross profit to net sales
A. Asset accounts B. Net income before taxes to net sales
B. Bank accounts C. Quick assets to current liabilities
C. Liability accounts D. Net income to owner’s liabilities
D. Owner’s equity accounts
Ans. C
Ans. B
The ratio of the net income to the owner’s A form of business firm which is owned and run
equity is known as by a group of individuals for their mutual
benefit
A. Price-earning ratio
B. Profit margin ratio A. Cooperative
C. Return of investment B. Corporation
D. Gross margin C. Enterprise
D. Partnership
Ans. C
Ans. A
Payback period is the ratio of
A document which shows the legal ownership of
A. Initial investment to net annual profit financial security and entitled to payments
B. Cost of goods sold to average thereon.
Cost of inventory on hand
C. gross profit to net sales A. Coupon
D. net income before taxes to net sales B. Contract
C. Bond
Ans. A D. Consol

A secondary book of accounts the information Ans. A

of which is obtained from the journal
A government bond which have an indefinite
A. Balance sheet life rather than a specific maturity
B. Ledger
C. Worksheet A. Coupon
D. Trial balance B. T-bill
C. Debenture
Ans. B D. Consol

The present worth of cost associated with an Ans. D

asset for an infinite period of time is
referred to as Refers to the orders quantity that minimizes
the inventory cost per unit time.
A. Annual cost
B. Capitalized cost A. Economic order quantity
C. Increment cost B. Social order quantity
D. Operating cost C. Public order quantity
D. Private order quantity
Ans. B
Ans. A
A stock of a product which is held by a trade
body or government as a means of regulating What is referred to as an individual who
the price of that product. organizes factors of production to undertake a
venture with a view to profit?
A. Stock pile
B. Hoard stock A. Agent
C. Buffer stock B. Entrepreneur
D. Withheld stock C. Salesman
D. Commissioners
Ans. C
Ans. B
A negotiable claim issued by a bank in lieu of
a term deposit is called The money that is inactive and does not
contribute to productive effort in an economy
A. Cheque is known as
B. T-bills
C. Currency A. Idle money
D. Certificate of deposit B. Hard money
C. Soft currency
Ans. D D. Frozen asset

Ans. A
In counting the number of days when computing What refers to an equation stating that the
simple interest, sum of the values, on a certain comparison
date, of one set of obligations is equal to
A. The first day is included the sum of the value of another set of this
B. The last day is excluded date?
C. The first day is included and the last
day is excluded A. Equality of value
D. The first day is excluded and the last B. Equation of value
day is included C. Equality equation
D. Similarity equation
Ans. D
Ans. B
In the so-called “Banker’s Rule”,
What is an annuity whose payments extend over
A. The number of days in 1 year is 360 a period of time whose length cannot be
days foretold accurately?
B. The number of days in 1 year is 365
days A. Annuity certain
C. The number of days in each month is 30 B. Annuity uncertain
days C. Incremental annuity
D. The number of days in 1 year is 366 D. Contingent annuity
days
Ans. D
Ans. A
What do you call the time between successive
To discount an amount F for n conversion payment dates of an annuity?
periods means
A. Period interval
A. To find the present value on a day B. Annuity period
which is n periods after F is due C. Payment interval
B. To find the present value on a day D. Annuity term
which is n periods before F is due
C. To find the present value on a day Ans. C
which is (n-1) periods before F is due
D. To find the present value on a day The time from the beginning of the first
which is (n+1) periods before F is due payment interval to the need of the last one
Ans. B is called the _____ of the annuity.

In the formula for compound interest, F= P A. Period

(1+i)n, the value (1+i)n is called ____. B. Term
C. Nature
A. Discount factor D. Type
B. Interest factor
C. Accumulation factor Ans. B
D. Increase factor
What refers to the extinction of the debt by
Ans. C any satisfactory set of payments?

To find the present worth of a future amount A. Liquidation

in compound interest, we use the formula B. Liability discharge
P=F(1+i)-n. What do you call the factor (1+i)- C. Discharging debt
n? D. Amortization of debt

A. Discount Ans. D
B. Accumulation factor
C. Interest factor
D. Reduction factor

Ans. A
What do you call a fund, usually by periodic When can we say that the bond is purchased at
deposits, to insure the accumulation of money a premium?
to provide for possible large payments?
A. When the price of the bond is greater
A. Escrow fund than the redemption value.
B. Sinking fund B. When the price of the bond is less than
C. Mutual fund the redemption value.
D. Corporate fund C. When the price of the bond is equal
than the redemption value.
Ans. B D. When the price of the bond is either
equal to or greater than the redemption
What is the term for the borrowed principal value.
usually mentioned in a typical bond?
Ans. A
A. Bond rate
B. Face value Which of the following will happen if bond is
C. Coupon rate bought at a discount?
D. Coupon value
A. Each coupon payment is too small to pay
Ans. B all interest due on the investor’s
principal.
Any date on which a coupon of a bond becomes B. Each coupon payment is greater than the
due will be referred to as a _____. interest due on the investor’s
principal.
A. Maturity date
C. The unpaid interest on each coupon date
B. Term of the bond
will not be considered as a new
C. Coupon date
investment in the bond.
D. Due date
D. The difference between the coupon
payment and the interest due is a
Ans. C
partial repayment of principal.
If P is the price of a bond and V is its
Ans. A
redemption value, what do you call the value
P-V?
In the sale of a bond, the actual purchase
price on any day is called ____.
A. Par value
B. Face value
A. Face value
C. Premium
B. Quoted price
D. Bond discount
C. Accrued price
D. Flat price
Ans. C
Ans. D

What do you call the difference between the

When can we say that the bond is purchased at
flat price of the bond and the quoted price
a discount?
of the bond?
A. When the price of the bond is greater
A. Par value
than the redemption value.
B. Accrued interest
B. When the price of the bond is less than
C. Bond rate
the redemption value.
D. And-interest price
C. When the price of the bond is equal
than the redemption value.
The quoted price of a bond is sometimes called
D. When the price of the bond is either
_______.
equal to or greater than the redemption
value. A. Par value
B. Face value
Ans. B
C. An-interest price
D. Coupon price

Ans. C
The yield of a bond is obtained by which of What term is usually used by the banks to
the following formulas: represent the effective interest rate per
period?
A. Average investment__
Average annual interest A. Yield
B. Nominal rate
B. Average annual interest_ C. Fixed rate
Average investment D. Net rate

C. Par value_ Ans. A

Flat value
The acid test ratio is also known as quick
D. Par value_ ratio. Which one represents the quick ratio?
Flat value
A. Quick assets_____
Current liabilities
Ans. B

What is a bond whose face value is redeemable B. Net credit sales___

in installments, with interest payable Average net receivables
periodically as due on outstanding principal?
C. Gross profit____
A. Annuity bond Current liabilities
B. Serial bond
C. Treasury bond D. Gross profit__
D. Government bond Net sales

Ans. B Ans. A

What is the term for the sum of depreciation Which of the following represents the gross
charges to date? margin?

A. Accrued depreciation A. Net income__

B. Applied depreciation Owner’s equity
C. Accumulated depreciation
D. All of the above B. Net credit sales___
Average net receivables
Ans. A
C. Gross profit__
The difference between the value of an asset Current liabilities
and its salvage or scrap value at the end of
the year is called ____. D. Gross profit__
Net sales
A. Depreciation
B. Accrued value Ans. D
C. Book value
D. Wearing value A receivable turnover is calculated using
which of the following formulas?
Ans. D
A. Net income__
What is a life annuity? Owner’s equity

A. A sequence of payment for a certain B. Net credit sales___

person which stops when person dies. Average net receivables
B. A sequence of payment intended for a
life insurance of a person. C. Gross profit__
C. A sequence of payment for a certain Current liabilities
person which continues indefinitely.
D. It is the same as perpetuity. D. Gross profit__
Net sales
Ans. A
Ans. B
The percentage of each peso of sales that is What is the disciple within economics that
net income is called ______. attempts to measure and estimate statistically
the relationship between two or more economic
A. Price-earning ratio variables?
B. Profit margin
C. Profit margin ratio A. Theory of values
D. Return of investment ratio B. Econometrics
C. Economatics
Which one represents that price-earnings D. Econoscience
ratio?
Ans. B
A. Market price per share_
Earnings per share What refers to the fall in the general price
level, frequently accompanied by a reduction
B. Earnings per share___ in the level of national income?
Market price per share
A. Inflationary gap
C. Net credit sales__ B. Dissavings
Average net receivables C. Disinflation
D. Inflation
D. Gross profit_____
Current liabilities Ans. C

Ans. A A price for a product just covers its

production and distribution costs with no
The book value per share of common stock is profit margin added.
the ratio of the common shareholders’
equity to ______. A. Cost price
B. Actual price
A. Average shared C. Real price
B. Number of outstanding shares D. Original price
C. Total subscribed shared
D. Authorized capital stock Ans. A

Ans. B A market where new entrants face cost similar

to those of established firms and where, on
What refers to the price at which the quantity leaving, firms are able to recoup their
demanded of a good is exactly equal to the capital costs, less depreciation.
quantity supplied?
A. Free market
A. Equilibrium market price B. Competitive market
B. Fair market price C. Limited market
C. Real market price D. Contestable market
D. Exact market price
Ans. D
Ans. A
What refers to a temporary grouping of
A principle that states that consumers will independent firms, organization and
tend to spend an increasing proportion of any governments, brought together to pool their
additional income upon luxury goods and a resources and skills in order to undertake a
smaller proportional on staple goods, so that particular project?
a rise in income will lower the overall share
of consumer expenditures spent on stable goods A. Consortium
(such as basic foodstuffs)and increase the B. Cartel
share of consumer expenditures on luxury goods C. Cooperative
(such as motor cars). D. Union

A. Placibo effect Ans. A

B. Luxury effect
C. Engel’s law
D. Staple law

Ans. C
What refers to a market for buying and selling It is a series of equal payment occurring at
of raw materials such as tea, coffee, iron equal interval of time where the first
ore, etc.? paymenyt is made after several periods,
after the beginning of the payment
A. Commodity market a. Perpetuity
B. Raw market b. Ordinary Annuity
C. Natural market c. Annuity due
D. National market d. Deferred annuity

Ans. A ans.D

The total income equals the total operating

cost.
The paper currency issued by the central a. Balance sheet
bank which forms the part of the country’s b. In-place value
money supply c. Check and balance
a. T-bills d. Break even-no gain no loss
b. Bank note
c. Check Ans. D
d. Coupon
Kind of obligation which has no condition
Answer B attached.
a. Analytic
Reduction in the national income and output b. Pure
usually accompanied by the fall in the c. Gratuitous
general proce level d. Private
a. Devaluatio
b. Deflation Ans. C
c. inflation
d. Depreciation Direct labor costs incurred in the factory
and direct material costs are the costs of
Ans. B all materials that go into production. The
sum of these two direct costs is known as
It is a series of equal payment occurring at a. GS and A expenses
equal interval of time b. Operating and maintenance costs
a. Annuity c. Prime cost
b. Debt d. O and M costs
c. Amortization
d. Deposit Ans. C

Ans. A An index of short term paying ability is

called
The place and buyers come together a. Receivable turn-over
a. Market b. Profit margin ratio
b. Business c. Current ratio
c. Recreational center d. Acid-test ratio
d. Buy and sell of section
Ans. D
Ans A
An artificial expenses that spreads the
A market where by there is only one buyer of purchase price of an assets or another
an item for which there are no good property over a number of years.
substitute a. Depreciation
a. Monopsony b. Sinking Fund
b. Oligopoly c. Amnesty
c. Monopoly d. Bond
d. Oligopsony
Ans. A
Ans A
Estimate value at the end of the useful What is the highest position in the
life. corporation?
a. Market value a. President
b. Fair value b. Board of directors
c. Salvage value c. Chairman of the board
d. Book value d. Stockholders

Ans. C Ans. C

Consists of the actual counting or Type of ownership in business where

determinination of the actual quantity of individuals exercise and enjoy the right in
the materials on hand as of a given date. their own interest.
a. Physical inventory a. Equitable
b. Material update b. Public
c. Technological assessment c. Private
d. Material count d. Pure

Ans. A Ans. C

Additional information of prospective Decrease in the value of a physical property

bidders on contract documents issued prior due to the passage of time.
to bidding date. a. Inflation
a. Delict b. Depletion
b. Escalatory c. Recession
c. Technological assessment d. Depreciation
d. Bid bulletin
Ans. D
Ans. D
An association of two or more individuals
A series of uniform accounts over an for the purpose of operating a business as
infinite period of time. co-owners for profit.
a. Depreciation a. Sole proprietorship
b. Annuity b. Company
c. Perpetuity c. Partnership
d. Inflation d. Corporation

Ans. C Ans. C

The quantity of a certain commodity that is We may classify an interest rate, which
offered for sale at a certain price at a specifies the actual rate of interest on the
given place and time. principal for one year as
a. Demand a. Nominal rate
b. Supply b. Rate of return
c. Stocks c. Exact interest rate
d. Goods d. Effective rate

Ans. B Ans. D

Work-in process is classified as It is defined to be the capacity of a

a. An assets commodity to satisfy human want.
b. A liability a. Discount
c. An expenses b. Luxury
d. An owner’s equity c. Necessity
d. Utility
Ans. A
Ans. B
It is the amount which a willing buyer will Grant total of the assets and operational
pay to a willing seller or a property where capability of a corporation.
each has equal advantage and is under no a. Authorized capital
compulsion to buy or sell. b. Investment
a. Fair value c. Subscribed capital
b. Market value d. Money market
c. Book value
d. Salvage value Ans. A

Ans. B The worth of the property equals to the

original cost less depreciation.
This occurs in a situation where a commodity a. Scrap value
or service is supplied by a number of b. Face value
vendors and there is nothing to prevent c. Market value
additional vendors entering the market. d. Book value
a. Perfect competition
b. Oligopoly Ans. D
c. Monopoly
d. Elastic demand Money paid for the use of borrowed capital.
a. Discount
Ans. A b. Credit
c. Interest
These are product or service that are d. Profit
desired by human and will be purchased if
money is a available after the required Ans. C
necessities have been obtained.
a. Utilities Liquid assets such as cash and other assets
b. Necessities that can be converted quickly into cast such
c. Luxuries as accounts receivable and merchandise are
d. Product goods and service called
a. Total assets
Ans. C b. Fixed assets
c. Current assets
These are product or services that are d. None of the above
required to support human life ad activities
that will be purchased in somewhat the same Ans. C
quantity even though the price varies
considerably. The length of time which the property may be
a. Utilities operated at a profit.
b. Necessities a. physical life
c. Luxuries b. Economic life
d. Product goods and services c. Operating life
d. All of the above
Ans. B
Ans. B
A condition where only few individuals
produce a certain product and that any The provision in the contract that indicates
action of one will lead to almost the same the possible adjustment of material cost and
action of the others. labor cost.
a. Oligopoly a. Secondary clause
b. Semi-monopoly b. Esclatory clause
c. Monopoly c. Contingency clause
d. Perfect competition d. Main clause

Ans. A Ans. B
The present worth of all depreciation over A market situation where there is one seller
the economic life of the item is called and one buyer.
a. Book value a. Monopoly
b. Capital recovery b. Monopsony
c. Depreciation recovery c. Bilateral monopoly
d. Sinking fund d. Bilateral monopsony

Ans. C Ans. C

Gross profit, sales less cost of goods sold, A market situation where there are only two
as a percentage of sales is called buyers with many sellers.
a. Profit margin a. Duopoly
b. Gross margin b. Oligopoly
c. Net income c. Duopsony
d. Rate of return d. Oligopsony

Ans. B Ans. C

Worth of the property as shown in the The cumulative effect of elapsed time on the
accounting records of an enterprise. money value of an event, based on the
a. Fair value earning power of equivalent investment funds
b. Market value capital should or will earn.
c. Salvage value a. Present worth factor
d. Book value b. Interest rate
c. Time value of money
Ans. D d. Yield

Those funds that are required to make the Ans. C

enterprise or project a going concern.
a. Initial investment Defined as the future value minus the
b. Current accounts present value.
c. Working capital a. Interest
d. Subscribed capital b. Rate of return
c. Discount
Ans. C d. Capital

A market situation where there are one Ans. C

seller and many buyers.
a. Monopoly The flow back of profit plus depreciation
b. Monopsony from a given project is called.
c. Oligopoly a. Capital recovery
d. Oligopsony b. Cash flow
c. Economic flow
Ans. A d. Earning value

A market situation where there are few Ans. B

sellers and few buyers.
a. Oligopoly The profit derived from a project or
b. Oligopsony business enterprise whithout consideration
c. Bilateral oligopoly of obligations to financial contribution or
d. Bilateral oligopsony claims of other based on profit.
a. Economic life
Ans. C b. Yield
c. Earning value
d. Expected yield

Ans. A
The payment for the use of borrowed money is Scrap value of an asset is sometimes known
called as.
a. Loan a. Book value
b. Maturity value b. Salvage value
c. Interest c. Replacement value
d. Principal d. Future value

Ans. C Ans. B

The interest rate at which the present work What is sometimes called second hand value?
of the cash flow on a project is zero of the a. Scrap value
interest earned by an investment. b. Salvage value
a. Effective rate c. Book value
b. Nominal rate d. Going value
c. Rate of return
d. Yield Ans. B

Ans. C An intangible value which is actually

operating concern has due to its operation.
The ratio of the interest payment to the a. Book value
principal for a given unit of time and b. Fair value
usually expressed as a percentage of the c. Goodwill value
principal. d. Going value
a. Interest
b. Interest rate Ans. D
c. Investment
d. All of the above The value which a disinterested third party,
different from the buyer and seller, will
Ans. B determine in order to establish a price
acceptable to both parties.
The true value of interest rate computed by a. Market value
equations for compound interest for a 1 year b. Good value
period is known as c. Fair value
a. Expected return d. Franchise value
b. Interest
c. Nominal interest Ans. C
d. Effective interest
A type annuity where the payments are made
Ans. D at the end of each payment period starting
from the first period.
The intangible item of value from the a. Ordinary annuity
exclusive right of a company to provide a b. Annuity due
specific product or service in a stated c. Deferred annuity
region of the country. d. Perpetuity
a. Market value
b. Book value Ans. A
c. Goodwill value
d. Franchise value It is a series of time where the first
payment is made after several periods, after
Ans. D the beginning of the payment.
a. Deferred annuity
The recorded current value of an asset is b. Delayed annuity
known as c. Progressive annuity
a. Scrap value d. Simple annuity
b. Salvage value
c. Book value Ans. A
d. Present wort

Ans. C
A type of annuity where the payments are The reduction of the value of an asset due
made at the start of each period from the to constant use and passage of time.
first period. a. Scrap value
a. Ordinary annuity b. Depletion
b. Annuity due c. Depreciation
c. Deferred annuity d. Book value
d. Perpetuity
Ans. C
Ans. B
A method of computing depreciation in which
Which is not an essential element of an the annual charge is a fixed percentage of
ordinary annuity? the depreciated book value at the beginning
a. The amounts of all payments are of the year to which the depreciation
equal. applies.
b. The payments are made at equal a. Straight line method
interval of time b. Sinking fund method
c. The first payment is made at the c. SYD method
beginning of each period d. Declining balance method
d. Compound interest is paid on all
amounts in the annuity Ans. D

Ans. C A method of depreciation whereby the amount

to recover is spread uniformly over the
A is a periodic payment and I is the estimated life of the asset in terms of the
interest rate, then present worth of a periods or units of output.
perpetuity = a. Straight line method
a. Ai b. Sinking fund method
b. Ai^n c. Declining balance method
c. A^n/ i d. SYD method
d. A/i
Ans. A
Ans. D
Which of the following depreciation methods
A mathematical expression also known as the cannot have a salvage value of zero?
present value of one is called a. Declining balance method
a. Load factor b. Sinking fund method
b. Demand facetor c. Straight line method
c. Sinking fund factor d. SYD method
d. Present worth factor
Ans. A
Ans. D
A method of depreciation where a fixed sum
As applied to a capitalized asset, the of money is regularly deposited at compound
distribution of the initial cost by a interest in a real or imaginary fund in
periodic changes to operation as in order to accumulate an amount equal to the
depreciation or reduction of a debt by total depreciation of an asset at the end of
either periodic or irregular prearranged the asset’s estimated life.
program is called a. Straight line method
a. Annuity b. Sinking fund method
b. Capital recovery c. Declining balance method
c. Annuity factor d. SYD method
d. Amortization
Ans. B
Ans. D
The function of interest rate and time
determines the cumulative amount of a an association of two or more person for a
sinking fund resulting from specific purpose of engaging in a profitable business
deposits. a. sole proprietorship
a. Sinking fund factor b. enterprise
b. Present worth factor c. partnership
c. Capacity d. corporation
d. Demand factor
Ans. C
Ans. A
a distinct legal entity which can
The first cost of any property includes practically transact any business
a. The original purchase price and transaction which a real person could do.
freight and transportation a. Sole proprietorship
charges b. Enterprise
b. Installation expenses c. Partnership
c. Initial taxes and permits fee d. Corporation
d. All of the above
Ans. D
Ans. A
Double taxation is disadvatange of which
In SYD method, the sum of years digit is business organization
calculated using which formua with n= number a. Sole proprietorship
of useful years of the equipment. b. Partnership
a. n(n-1)/2 c. Corporation
b. n(n+1)/2 d. Enterprise
c. n(n+1)
d. n(n-1) Ans. C

ans. B Which is NOT a type of business

organization?
capitalized cost of any property is equal to a. Sole proprietorship
the b. Corporation
a. annual cost c. Enterprise
b. first cost + cost of perpetual d. Partnership
cost
c. first cost + cost of perpetual Ans. C
maintenance
d. first cost + salvage value What is the minimum number of incorporators
in order that a corporation be organized?
ans. C a. 3
b. 5
the lessening of the value of an asset due c. 10
to the decrease in the quantity available ( d. 7
referring to the natural resources, coal,
oil, etc) Ans. B
a. depreciation
b. depletion
c. inflation
d. incremental cost

ans. B

is the simplest form of business

organization
a. sole propeitorship
b. partnership
c. enterprise
d. corporation

ans. A
In case of bankruptcy of a partnership
a. The partners are not liable for The amount of company’s profits that the
the liabilities of the board of directors of the corporation
partnership. decides to distribute to ordinary
b. The partnership assets (excluding shareholders.
the partner personal assets) only a. Dividend
will be used to pay the b. Return
liabilities. c. Share stock
c. The partners personal assets are d. Par value
attached to the debt of the
partnership Ans. A
d. The partners may sell stock to
generate additional capital. A certified of indebtness of a corporation
usually for a period not less than 10 years
Ans. C and guaranteed by a mortgage on certain
assets of the corporation.
Which is TRUE about partnership? a. Bond
a. It has a perpetual life. b. T-bill
b. It will be desolved if one of the c. Preferred stock
partners ceases to be connected d. Common stock
with the partnership
c. It can be handed down from one Ans. A
generation of partners to
another. A form of fixed- interest security issued by
d. Its capitalization must be equal central or local governments, companies,
for each partner. banks or other institutions. They are
usually a form of long-term security, buy
Ans. D may be irredeemable, secured or unsecured.
a. Bonds
Which is TRUE about corporation? b. T-bills
a. It is the not best form of c. Certificate of deposit
business organization. d. All of these
b. The minimum number of
incorporators to start a Ans. A
corporation is there.
c. Its life is dependent on the A type of bond where the corporation
lives of the incorporators. pledges securities which it owns (i.e.
d. The stockholders of the stock, bonds of its subsidiaries)
corporation are only liable to a. Mortgage bond
the extent of their investments. b. Register bond
c. Coupon Bond
Ans. D d. Collateral trust bond

Represent ownership, and enjoys certain Ans. D

preference than ordinary stock.
a. Authorized capital stock
b. Preferred stock A type of bond which does not have security
c. Common stock except a promise to pay by the issuing
d. Incorporator’s stock corporation.
a. Mortgage bond
Ans. B b. Register bond
Represent the ownership of stockholders who c. Collateral trust bond
have a residual claim on the assets of the d. Debenture bond
corporation after all other claims have been
settled. Ans. C
a. Authorized capital
b. Preferred stock
c. Incorporators stock
d. Common stock

Ans. D
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 ELEMENTS OF MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
AND BASIC ENGINEERING SCIENCES

1. One nautical mile is equivalent to:

A. 5280 ft. B. 6280 ft. C. 1.256 statute mile D.1.854 km

2. 255oC is equivalent to:

A. 491oF B. 472oF C. 173.67oF D. 109.67oF

3. Which of the following is correct?

A. 1 hp = 746 kW B. 1 hp = 0.746 W C. 1 hp = 0.746 kW D. 1 hp = 546 W

4. If equals are added to equals, the sum is equal.

A. theorem B. postulate C. axiom D. corollary

5. If a = b and b = c, then a = c. This property of real numbers is known as:

A. reflexive B. symmetric C. transitive D. addition

6. If a = b and b = a. This property of real numbers is known as:

A. reflexive B. symmetric C. transitive D. multiplication

7. A line segment joining two points on a circle is called:

A. arc B. tangent C. sector D. chord

8. An angle greater than straight angle and less than two straight angles is called:
A. right angle B. obtuse angle C. reflex angle D. acute angle

9. All circles having the same center but unequal radii are called
A. encircle B. tangent circles C. concyclic D. concentric circles

10. A triangle having three sides equal is called:

A. equilateral B. scalene C. isosceles D. right

11. In a regular polygon, the perpendicular line drawn from the center of the inscribed circle to
any one of the sides is called:
A. radius B. altitude C. median D. apothem

12. A quadrilateral with two and only two sides of which are parallel is called:
A. parallelogram B. trapezoid C. quadrilateral D. rhombus

13. A polygon with fifteen sides is called:

A. dodecagon B. decagon C. pentedecagon D. nonagon

14. A statement the truth of which is admitted without proof is called:

A. an axiom B. a postulate C. a theorem D. a corollary

15. A rectangle with equal sides is called:

A. rhombus B. trapezoid C. square D. parallelogram

16. The sum of the sides of a polygon is termed as:

A. circumference B. altitude C. apothem D. perimeter

17. A line that meets a plane but not perpendicular to it, in relation to the plane, is
A. parallel B. collinear C. coplanar D. oblique

18. A quadrilateral whose opposite sides are equal is generally termed as:
A. a square B. a rectangle C. a rhombus D. a parallelogram

19. A part of a line included between two points on the line is called:
A. a tangent B. a secant C. a sector D. a segment
20. If the edge of a cube is doubled, which of the following is correct?
A. the lateral area will be quadrupled C. the diagonal is doubled
B. the volume is increased 8 times D. the weight is doubled

21. The section of the sphere cut by a plane through its center is termed as:
A. small circle B. incircle C. big circle D. great circle

22. Lines that pass through a common point are called:

A. collinear B. coplanar C. concurrent D. congruent

23. In two intersecting lines, the angles opposite to each other are termed as:
A. opposite angle B. vertical angles C. horizontal angle D. inscribed angle

24. A normal to a given plane is:

A. perpendicular to the plane C. parallel to the plane
B. lying on the plane D. oblique to the plane

25. The chord passing through the focus of the parabola and perpendicular to its axis is
termed as:
A. directrix B. translated axis C. latus rectum D. axis

26. The locus of the point which move so the sum of its distances between two fixed points is
constant is called as:
A. a parabola B. a circle C. an ellipse D. a hyperbola

27. A tangent to a conic is a line

A. which is parallel to the normal C. which passes inside the conic
B. which touches the conic at only one point D. all of the above

28. The focus of a point that moves so that its distance from a fixed point and a fixed line
is always equal is known as:
A. a parabola B. a circle C. an ellipse D. a hyperbola

29. The locus of a point, which moves so that it is always equidistant from a fixed point is
known as:
A. a parabola B. a circle C. an ellipse D. a hyperbola

30. In polar coordinate system, the polar angle is positive when:

A. measured clockwise C. measured in the terminal side of 0
B. measured counterclockwise D. none of these

31. The plane rectangular coordinate is divided into four parts which are known as:
A. coordinates B. octants C. quadrants D. axis

32. The rectangular coordinate system in space is divided into eight compartments which
are known as:
A. quadrants B. octants C. axis D. coordinates

33. A conic section whose eccentricity is greater than one is known as:
A. a parabola B. an ellipse C. a circle D. a hyperbola

34. A conic section whose eccentricity is less than one is known as:
A. a parabola B. an ellipse C. a circle D. a hyperbola

35. A conic section whose eccentricity is equal to one is known as:

A. a parabola B. an ellipse C. a circle D. a hyperbola

36. In polar coordinate system, the distance from a point to the pole is known as:
A. polar angle B. x-coordinate C. radius vector D. y-coordinate

37. The curve represented by the equation r = 6 is:

A. a parabola B. a line C. an ellipse D. a circle
38. When two lines are perpendicular, the slope of one is:
A. equal to the other
B. equal to the reciprocal of the other
C. equal to the negative of the other
D. equal to the negative of the reciprocal of the other

39. The axis of the hyperbola which is parallel to its directrices is known as:
A. conjugate axis B. transverse axis C. major axis D. minor axis

40. The axis of the hyperbola through its foci is known as:
A. conjugate axis B. transverse axis C. major axis D. minor axis

41. Any equation which, because of some mathematical process, has acquired an extra
root is sometimes called a:
A. redundant equation B. literal equation
C. linear equation D. defective equation

42. A statement that one mathematical expression is greater than or less than another is
called:
A. inequality C. absolute condition
B. non-absolute condition D. conditional expression

43. A relation in which every ordered pair (x,y) has one and only one value of y that
corresponds to the value of x is called:
A. function B. range C. domain D. coordinates

44. An equation in which a variable appears under the radical sign is called:
A. literal equation B. radical equation C. irradical equation D. irrational equation

45. In a proportion of four quantities, the first and the fourth terms are referred to as the:
A. means B. denominators C. extremes D. numerators

46. A polygon is ____ if no side, when extended, will pass through the interior of the
polygon.
A. convex B. equilateral C. isoperimetric D. congruent

47. Which of the following statements are correct?

A. All equilateral triangles are similar B. all right triangles are

48. The volume of any solid of revolution is equal to the generating area times the
circumference of the circle described by the centroid of the area. This is commonly
known as:
A. first proposition of Pappus C. Cavalier’s Principle
B. second proposition of Pappus D. Simpson’s Rule

49. It is defined as the motion of a rigid body in which a straight line passing through any
two particles always remains parallel to its initial position
A. translation B. rotation C. plane motion D. kinetics

50. Which of the following is not a vector quantity?

A. mass B. torque C. displacement D. velocity

51. The product of force and the time during which it acts is known as:
A. impulse B. momentum C. work D. impact

52. The property of the body which measures its resistance to changes in motion.
A. acceleration B. weight C. mass D. rigidity
53. The study of motion without reference to the forces which causes motion is known as:
A. kinetics B. dynamics C. statics D. kinematics

54. A branch of physical science that deals with state of rest or motion of bodies under the action
of forces is known as:
A. mechanics B. kinetics C. kinematics D. statics
55. In physics, work is defined in terms of the force acting through a distance. The rate at
which the work is done is called:
A. force B. energy C. power D. momentum

56. The point through which the resultant of the distributed gravity force passes regardless
of the orientation of the body in space is known as:
A. center of inertia B. center of gravity C. center of attraction
D. moment of inertia

57. The specific gravity of the substance is the ratio of the density of the substance to the
density of water. Another term for specific gravity is:
A. specific weight B. unit weight C. relative density D. density

58. The momentum of a moving object is the product of its mass and velocity. Newton’s
Second Law of Motion says that the rate of change of momentum with respect to time is:
A. power B. energy C. momentum D. force

59. The recorded current value of an asset is known as:

A. scrap value B. book value C. salvage value D. present value

60. The ratio of the interest payment to the principal for a given unit of time and is usually
expressed as a percentage of the principal is known as:
A. investment B. nominal interest C. interest D. interest rate

61. A method of depreciation whereby the amount to recover is spread over the estimated
life of the asset in terms of the periods or units of output is called:
A. SYD method C. straight line method
B. declining balance method D. sinking fund method

62. The interest rate at which the present worth of cash flow on a project is zero, or the
interest earned by an investment:
A. rate of return B. effective rate C. nominal rate D. yield

63. The lessening of the value of an asset due to the decrease in the quantity available.
This refers to the natural resources such as coal, oil, and timber in the forest.
A. depreciation B. depletion C. inflation D. incremental cost

64. The method of depreciation where a fixed sum of money is regularly deposited at
Compound interest in a real or imaginary fund in order to accumulate an amount equal to the
total depreciation of an asset at the end of the asset’s estimated life is known as:
A. straight line method C. declining balance method
B. SYD method D. sinking fund method

65. The term used to express the series of uniform payments occurring at equal interval of
time is:
A. compound interest B. annuity C. perpetuity D. depreciation

66. The profit derived from a project business enterprise without consideration of
obligations to financial contributors and claim of others based on profit is known as:
A. yield B. earning value C. economic return D. expected yield

67. As applied to capitalized asset, the contribution of the initial cost by periodic changes to
operation as in depreciation of the reduction of the depth by either periodic or irregular
prearranged program is called:
A. amortization B. annuity C. depreciation D. capital recovery

68. The term used to define the loss in the value of an asset due to its use or passage of
time is:
A. amortization B. depletion C. depreciation D. depression

69. The number of favorable outcomes divided by the number of possible outcomes is:
A. permutations B. probability C. combination D. chance
70. Two factors are considered essentially the same if:
A. one is merely the negative of the other C. both of them are negative
B. one is exactly the same as the other D. both of them are positive

71. All integer is said to be prime if:

A. it is factorable by any value
B. it is an odd integer
C. it has no other integer as a factor except itself or 1
D. it is an even integer

72. Equations in which the members are equal for all permissible values of unknowns are
called:
A. a conditional equation C. a parametric equation
B. an identity D. a quadratic equation

73. Equation which satisfy only for some values of unknown are called:
A. a conditional equation C. a parametric equation
B. an identity D. a quadratic equation

74. Those funds that are required to make the enterprise or project a going concern:
A. Banking C. working capital
B. accumulated amount D. principal or present work

75. Ivory soap floats in water because:

A. all matter has mass
B. the density of ivory soap is unity
C. the specific gravity of ivory soap is greater than that of water
D. the specific gravity of ivory soap is less than that of water

76. If the product of the slopes of any two straight lines is negative 1, one of these lines
are said to be:
A. parallel B. skew C. perpendicular D. non-intersecting

77. When two planes intersect with each other, the amount of divergence between the two
planes is expressed by measuring the:
A. dihedral angle B. plane angle C. polyhedral angle D. reflex angle

78. The angle which the line of sight to the object, makes with the horizontal, which is
above the eye of the observer is called:
A.angle of depression B. angle of elevation C. acute angle D. bearing

79. These are product or services that are desired by humans and will be purchased if
money is available after the required necessities have been obtained:
A. utilities B. necessities C. luxuries D. producer goods and services

80. These are product or services that are required to support human life and activities,
that will be purchased in somewhat the same quantity even though the price varies
considerably:
A. utilities B. necessities C. luxuries D. producer goods and services

81. In complex algebra, we use a diagram to represent a complex plane commonly called:
A. Argand diagram B. Venn diagram
C. Funicular diagram D. De Moivre’s diagram

82. The graphical representation of the commulative frequency distribution in a set of

statistical data is called:
A. Ogive B. Histogram C. Frequency polyhedron D. Mass diagram

83. The median of a triangle is the line connecting a vertex and the midpoint of the
opposite side. For a given triangle, these medians intersects at a point which is called
the:
A. orthocenter B. incenter C. circumcenter D. centroid
84. The altitudes of the side of a triangle intersect at the point known as:
A. orthocenter B. circumcenter C. centroid D. incenter

85. The angular bisector of the sides of a triangle intersect at the point which is known as:
A. orthocenter B. circumcenter C. centroid D. incenter

86. The arc length equal to the radius of the circle is called:
A. 1 radian B. 1 quarter circle C. pi radian D. 1 grad

87. A five-pointed star is also known as:

A. pentagon B. pentatron C. pentagram D. quintagon

88. A point on the curve where the second derivative of a function is equal to zero is
called:
A. maxima B. minima C. point of inflection D. point of intersection

89. The point on the curve where the first derivative of a function is zero and the second
derivative is positive is called:
A. maxima B. minima C. point of inflection D. point of intersection

90. The area bounded by two concentric circles is called:

A. ring B. disk C. annulus D. sector

91. A condition where only few individuals produce a certain product and that any action of
one will lead to almost the same action of the others:
A. oligopoly B. semi-monopoly C. monopoly D. perfect competition

92. An angular unit equivalent to 1/400 of the circumference of a circle is called:

A. mil B. degree C. radian D. grad

93. Any two points along a streamline in an ideal fluid in steady flow, the sum of the
pressure, the potential energy per unit volume, and the kinetic energy per unit volume
has the same value. This concept is known as the:
A. Pascal’s theorem C. Fluid theory
B. Bernoulli’s energy theorem D. Hydraulic theorem

94. It is the amount that a willing buyer will pay to a willing seller for a property where each
has equal advantage and is under no compulsion to buy or sell.
A. fair value B. use value C. market value D. book value

95. The line passing through the focus and perpendicular to the directrix of a parabola is
called:
A. latus rectum B. axis of parabola C. tangent line D. secant line

96. A sequence of numbers where the succeeding term is greater than the preceeding
term is called:
A. dissonant series B. convergent series
C. isometric series D. divergent series

97. The number 0.123123123…. is

A. irrational B. surd C. rational D. transcendental

98. The altitudes of the sides of a triangle intersect at the point known as:
A. orthocenter B. circumcenter C. centroid D. incenter

99. When two plane intersect with each other, the amount of divergence between the two
planes is expressed by measuring the:
A. polyhedral angle B. plane angle C. reflex angle D. dihedral angle

100. What is the point where the second derivative of a function is equal to zero?
A. maxima B. minima C. inflection point D. point of intersection
101. It is defined to be the capacity of a commodity to satisfy human want: A. discount
B. luxuries C. utility D. necessity

102. Kinematic viscosity in an SI derived unit is described as:

A. watt per meter Kelvin C. Pascal-second
B. sq. meter per second D. Newton per meter

103. The length of the time during which the property may be operated at a profit is called:
A. life B. length of time C. physical life D. economic life

104. The logarithm of 1 to any base is:

A. indeterminate B. zero C. infinity D. one

105. A form of summary of assets, liabilities, and net worth:

A. balance method B. break-even point C. balance sheet D. production

106. In a cantilever beam with a concentrated lead at the free end, the moment is:
A. constant along the beam C. ¼ maximum halfway out on the beam
B. maximum at the wall D. maximum at the free end

107. What is the name for the vector that represents the sum of two vectors?
A. scalar B. tangent C. tensor D. resultant

108. The worth of property, which is equal to the original cost less depreciation, is known
as:
A. earning value B. scrap value C. book value D. face value

109. What is the natural logarithm of e to the xy power?

A. 1/xy B. 2.718/xy C. xy D. 2.718xy

110. When using net present worth calculations to compare two projects, which of the
following could invalidate the calculations?
A. mutually exclusive projects C. non-conventional cash flow
B. evaluation over different periods D. difference in the magnitude of the projects

111. The loss of weight of a body submerged in a fluid is:

A. the proportional to the weight of the body
B. proportional to the depth of submergence
C. equal to the weight of the fluid displaced
D. independent of the volume of the body

112. Which of the following is a form of business/company ownership?

A. partnership B. corporation C. single proprietorship D. a,b, and c

113. What is annuity?

A. the future worth of a present amount
B. a series of uniform amounts over a period of time
C. an annual payment of a loan
D. the present worth of a future amount

114. What must two investments with the same present worth and unequal lives have?
A. identical salvage value
B. identical equivalent uniform annual cash flows
C. different salvage values
D. different equivalent annual cash flows

115. What is the formula for the straight-line depreciation rate?

100% − %net salvage value 100%net salvage value
A. C.
estimated service life estimated service life
%net salvage value average net salvage value
B. D.
estimated service life estimated service life
116. This occurs when a certain product is offered for sale by many vendors or suppliers,
and there is no restriction against other vendors from entering the market
A. monopoly B. oligopoly C. perfect competition D. inelastic demand

117. It is defined as the capacity of a commodity to satisfy human want

A. necessity B. demand C. utility D. none of these

118. The amount received from the sale of an additional unit of a product is termed as:
A. marginal cost B. marginal utility C. marginal unit D. marginal revenue

119. An accounting book where the original record of all transactions is ordinarily recorded.
A. journal B. credit entry C. debit entry D. transaction record

120. An interest-earning fund in which equal deposits are made at equal intervals of time for
The purpose of gradually accumulating a specific sum of money required at some future date.
A. amortization B. sinking fund C. annuity D. capitalized cost

121. The decrease in value of a physical property due to the passage of time.
A. inflation B. depletion C. recession D. depreciation

122. A leak from a faucet comes out in separate drops. Which of the following is the main
cause of this phenomenon?
A. gravity B. air resistance C. viscosity of the fluid D. surface tension

123. What is work-in-process classified as?

A. an asset B. a liability C. an expense D. owner’s equity

124. Prisms are named according to their____________

A. diagonals B. sides C. vertices D. bases

125. An array of m x n quantities which represent a single number system composed of

elements in row and column is known as:
A. transpose of a matrix C. co-factor of matrix
B. determinants D. matrix

126. The characteristics is equal to the exponent 10, when the number is written in:
A. exponential B. scientific notation C. logarithmic D. irrational

127. It is a polyhedron in which two faces are equal to polygons in parallel planes and the
other faces are parallelograms.
A. tetrahedron B. prism C. frustum D. prismatoid

128. Terms that differ only in numeric coefficients are known as:
A. unequal terms B. unlike terms C. like terms D. equal terms

129. Inelastic collision is collision in which the total kinetic energy after collision is
___________ before collision.
A. equal to zero B. equal C. less than D. greater than

130. The property by virtue of which a body tends to return to its original size or shape after a
deformation and when the deforming forces have been removed.
A. Elasticity B. Malleability C. Ductility D. Plasticity

131. A Plain Geometry, two circular arcs that together make up a full circle are called:
A. conterminal arcs B. conjugate arcs C. half arcs D. congruent arcs

132. It represents the distance from the y-axis.

A. ordinate B. coordinate C. abscissa D. polar distance

133. At a minimum point, the slope of the tangent line is:

A. negative B. infinity C. positive D. zero

134. _________ is a sequence of terms whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression.

A. geometric progression C. algebraic progression
B. harmonic progression D. ratio and proportion
135. The logarithm of a number to the base e (2.718281828….) is called.
A. Naperian Logarithm C. Mantissa
B. Characteristic D. Briggsian logarithm

136. The ratio or product of two expressions in direct or inverse relation with each other is
called:
A. ratio and proportion C. means
B. constant variation D. extremes

137. In any square matrix, when the elements of any two rows are exactly the same, the
determinant is:
A. zero B. positive integers C. negative integers D. unity

138. We may classify an interest rate, which specifies the actual rate on interest on the
principal for one year as:
A. Nominal rate B. Rate of return C. Exact interest rate D. Effective rate

139. Two or more equations are equal if and only if they have the same:
A. solution set B. degree C. order D. variable set

140. At the point of inflection where x = a,

A. f’(a) = is not equal to zero C. f’(a) > 0
B. f’(a) = 0 D. f’(a) < 0

141. Polygons are classified according to the number of:

A. vertices B. sides C. diagonals D. angles

142. One joules of work is done by a force of one Newton acting through a distance of:
A. one cm. B. one inch C. one meter D. one foot

143. In a conic section, if the eccentricity e>1, the locus is:

A. an ellipse B. a hyperbola C. a parabola D. a circle

144. Kinetic energy equals:

A.1/2 mass(velocity) B. mass(velocity) C. mass(acceleration) D. ½ mass(velocity) 2

145. In an ideal gas where p = pressure, V = volume, and T = absolute temperature in

degrees Kelvin, which of the following is constant.
A. pV/T B. pT/V C. pVT D. p/VT

146. The worth of property which is equal to the original cost less the deprecation:
A. scrap value B. earning value C. book value D. face value

147. Intangible assets of a corporation or company.

A. dacion-en-pago B. investment C. patents D. equity

148. The logarithm of negative numbers is:

A. irrational number B. real numbers
C. imaginary numbers D. complex numbers

149. The impulse and momentum principle is mostly useful for solving problem involving:
A. velocity acceleration, and time C. force, velocity, and time
B. force, acceleration, and time D. force, velocity, and acceleration

150. The equilibrium temperature that a regular thermometer measures if posed to

atmospheric air is:
A. dry bulb temperature C. wet bulb temperature
C. OC D. dew point

151. On the hoist or load block or some equally visible space of every hoist designed to lift its
load vertically shall be legibly marked:
A. its electrical voltage C. its rated load capacity
B. its brand and model D. its motor horsepower or KW
152. Additional information to prospective bidders on contract documents issued prior to
bidding date:
A. ascalatory clause B. delicts
C. technological assessment D bid bulletin

153. In general triangles the expression (sinA)/a = (sinB)/b = (sin C)/c is called:
A. Eulers formula B. Law of cosine
C. Law of sine D. Pyhthagorean theorem

154. What type of curve is generated by a point which move in uniform circular motion about
an axis, while traveling at constant speed, v, parallel to the axis?
A. helix B. spiral of Archimedes C. hypocycloid D. cycloid

155. An angle more than  radian but less than 2 radian is:
A. straight angle B. obtuse angle C. related angle D. reflex angle

156. A civil wrong committed by one person causing damage to another person or of his
property or reputation:
A. tort B. negligence C. material breach D. fraud

157. What is an annuity?

A. A series of equal payment at an equal period of time
B. The cost of manufacturing a product
C. An investment that yields an equal amount of interest each year.
D. The over cost per unit production

158. Consist of actual counting or determination of the actual quantity of the materials on
hands as of a given date:
A. physical inventory B. technological assessment
C. material update D. material count

159. The sum of the sides of a polygon:

A. perimeter B. square C. hexagon D. circumference

160. A plane closed curve, all points of which are the same distance from a point within,
called the center:
A. arc B. circle C. radius D. chord

161. One-fourth of a great circle:

A cone B. quadrant C. circle D. sphere

162. An artificial expense that spreads the purchase price of an asset or other property over a
number of years:
A. Depreciation B. Amnesty C. Sinking Fund D. Bond

163. Point that lie in the same plane:

A. coplanar B. oblique C. collinear D. parallel

164. Estimated value at the end of the useful life:

A. salvage value B economic life
C. balance sheet D. compounded annually

165. The study of properties of figures of three dimensions:

A. physics B. plane geometry C. solid geometry D. trigonometry

166. The total income equals the total operating cost:

A. balance sheet C. in-plane value
B. break-even-no-gain-no-lose D. check and balance

167. The volume of a circular cylinder is equal to the product of its base and altitude.
A. postulate B. theorem C. corollary D. axiom
168. In finding the distance of two point P1(x1,y1) and P2(x2,y2), the most direct procedure is to
use
A. the law of cosines C. the translation of the axis
B. the slope of the line D. the Pythagorean Theorem

169. In finding the distance between two points P1(r1,Ө1) and P2(r2,Ө2), the most direct
procedure is to use:
A. the law of cosines C. the translation of the axis
B. the slope of the line D. the Pythagorean Theorem

170. It describes the luminous flux incidence per unit area and is expressed in lumens per
square meter:
A. Luminous intensity B. Illuminance C. Radiance D. Luminace

171. Point of the derivatives, which do not exist (and so equal to zero) are called:
A. stationary point B. maximum point
C. maximum and minimum point D. minimum point

172. It can be defined as the set of all points in the plane the sum of whose distance from two
fixed points is constant:
A. circle B. ellipse C. hyperbola D. parabola

173. The moment of inertia of a plane figure:

A. is zero at the centroidal axis
B. increase as distance of the axis moves farther from the centroid
C. decrease as the distance of the axis moves farther from the centroid
D. is maximum at the centroidal axis

174. If the equation is unchanged by the substitution of –x for x, its curve is symmetric with
respect to the:
A. y-axis B. x-axis C. origin D. line 45 degree with the axis

175. Which of the following cannot be an operation of matrices?

A. subtraction B. addition C. multiplication D. division

176. The quartile division is a measure of:

A. division B. central tendency C. certainty D. dispersion

177. In complex algebra, we use a diagram to represent a complex planer commonly called:
A. De Moivre’s Diagram C. Argand Diagram
B. Funicula Diagram D. Venn Diagram

178. A marked whereby there is only one buyer of an item for which there are no goods
A Monopoly B. Oligopoly C. Oligopsony D. Monopsony

179. Convergent sequence in a series of decreasing numbers or when the succeeding term
is ______ than the proceeding term.
A. ten times more B. greater C. equal D.lesser

180. If the second derivative of a curve is equal to the negative of the equation of that same
curve, the curve is:
A. a cissoid B. a paraboloid C. a sinusoidal D. an exponential

181. A line which is perpendicular to the x-axis has a slope equal to:
A. zero B. either C. one D. infinity

182. It is a characteristic of a population which is measurable:

A. frequency B. distribution C. sample D. parameter

183. According to the law, “The force between two charges varies directly as the magnitude
of each change and inversely as the square of the distance between them.”
A. Law of Universal Gravitation C. Coulomb’s Law
B. Newton’s Law D. Inverse Square Law
184. In an ellipse, the chord which contains a focus and a line perpendicular to the major axis
is:
A. latus rectum B. minor C. focal width D. conjugate axis

185. This form of business ownership is a legal entity possessing many of legal powers of
individuals. It can hold title to property, sue and be sued in its own name. It is called:
A. corporation B. company
C. general partnership D. individual proprietorship

186. The balance sheet is a statement showing the financial status of the company at a given
time. Which of the following statement is not a part of a balance sheet?
A. liabilities B. asset C. cost of goods sold D. net worth

187. Refers to the cost of merchandise which includes freight and insurance cost:
A. freight-on-board B. sunk cost C. debentures D. book valve

188. A fund into which annual deposit of A are made in order to accumulate fund F at n years
in the future:
A. Amortization B. Annuity C. Deprecation D. sinking fund

189. Cash money credit necessary to establish and operate an enterprise:

A. funds B. capital C. liabilities D. assets

190. The act of charging two or more buyers or sellers different prices for the same product
where the elasticity of supply or demand at each price level differs among market, is
known as:
A. Price optimization B. Price discrimination
C. Price manipulation D.

191. A formal organization of producers within an industry forming a perfect collision

purposely formed to increase profit and block newcomers from the industry is termed
as:
A. Oligopoly B. Monopoly C. Price leadership D. Cartel

192. A situation at which rival firms drive prices down through attempts to undercut each
other’s prices is called:
A. Price war B. Price discrimination
C. Price leadership D. Oligopolistic monopoly

193. The price that the quantity per unit time that the buyers want to buy is just equal to the
quantity the sellers want to sell is called:
A. Break-even-price B. Equilibrium price
C. Minimum price D. Maximum price

194. The length of time during which a property is capable of performing the function for
which it was designed and manufactured, is termed as:
A. Economic life B. Life span C. Eternal life D. Physical life

195. It is distinct legal entity, separate from the individuals who own it and which can engage
in practically any business transaction which a real person can do:
A. Partnership B. Single proprietorship
C. Corporation D. Competition

196. How many faces have an icosahedron?

A. 16 B. 18 C. 20 D. 22

197. Which of the following cannot be a probability?

A.1 B. 0 C. 1/e D. 0.43434343

198. Each of the faces of a regular hexahedron is a:

A. Square B. Triangle C. Hexagon D. Circle

199. Infinity minus infinity is:

A. infinity B. zero C. indeterminate D. none of these
200. Any number divided by infinity is equal to:
A. 1 B. infinity C. zero D. indeterminate

201. The term in between any two terms of an arithmetic progression is called:
A. Arithmetic mean B. Median C. Middle term D. Mean

202. An arc length, which is equal to the radius of the circle, is called:
A. 1 degree B. 2п radians C. 1 radians D. 1 п radians

203. Polygons with all interior angles less than 180O is called:
A. Concave polygon B. Convex polygon
C. Acute polygon D. Supplemental polygon

204. If every element of a column (or row) of a square matrix is multiplied by m, the
determinant of the matrix will be:
A. unchanged B. multiply by m C. it depends D. none of these

205. Any number multiplied by__________ equals unity

A. infinity B. itself C. its reciprocal D. zero

206. Calorie is the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of ___________ of
water by one degrees Celsius;
A. 1 kg. B. 1 lb. C. 1 mg. D. 1 gram

207. In probability theory, the set of possible outcomes of an experiment is termed as:
A. a sample space C. a set of random variable
B. a set of random events D. a fuzzy set

208. What is not true for the differential equation y’ + y/x2 = 1/x2?
A. it is linear
B. it is homogenous
C. it is separable
D. it can be solved using the integrating factor e-1/x

209. If the second derivative of the equation of a curve is equal to the negative of the
equation of the same, the curve is:
A. sinusoidal B. a tangent C. a conic section D. an exponential

210. To cut a right circular cone in order to reveal a parabola, it must be cut:
A. perpendicular to the axis of symmetry
B. at any acute angle to the axis of symmetry
C. parallel to the element of a cone and intersecting the axis of symmetry
D. parallel to the axis of symmetry

211. To find the angle of a triangle, given only length of the sides, one would use:
A. the laws of cosine C. the law of sine
B. the law of tangent D. the inverse square law

212. The parabola y = x2 + x + 1 opens:

A. to the right B. to the left C. upward D. downward

213. The path of the projectile is:

A. a parabola B. an ellipse C. a part of a circle D. a hyperbola

214. What is a possible outcome of an experiment called?

A. a sample space B. a random point C. an event D. a finite set

215. The family of curves which intersect a given family of curves at an angle less than 90O
are called:
A. orthogonal trajectories C. isogonal trajectories
B. intersecting curves D. acute angle
216. A series of numbers which are perfectly square numbers (1,4,9,16,…) is called:
A. Fourier series B. Fermat’s number
C. Euler’s number D. Fibonacci Number

217. A sequence of numbers where every term is obtained by adding all the preceding terms
such as 1, 5, 14, 30,….. is called:
A. triangle number B. pyramidal number
C. tetrahedral number D. Euler’s number

218. “Equal volume of all gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure
contain the same number of molecules”. This hypothesis is promptly known as:
A. Daltons hypothesis C. Debye-Sear’s hypothesis
B. Avogadro’s hypothesis D. Compton’s hypothesis

219. The ratio of the triaxial stress, to the change on volume at equal stress in all directions
is:
A. Modulus of flexure C. Bulk modulus of elasticity
B. Modulus of rapture D. Coefficient of restitution

220. According to the law of Johannes Kepler, “The orbit of satellite is an ellipse, the radius of
vector sweeps equal areas in equal interval of time and the square of the periods of
revolution with respect to both satellite and planet is proportional to the cubes of their
mean distance from each other. “The shape of the ellipse depends upon its:
A. Eccentricity C. Apogee and perigee
B. Length of latera recta D. Ascending and descending nodes

221. This implies to

the resistance to shock or difficulty of breaking and expresses the work

per unit volume required to fracture a material.
A. Toughness B. Malleability C. Hardness D. Ductility

222. The reciprocal of bulk modulus of elasticity of any fluid is called:

A. Compressibility B. Volume strain C. Volume stress D. Shape factor

223. A line perpendicular to the x-axis has a slope of:

A. Zero B. Unity C. Infinity D. None of these

224. The locus of points generated when a circle is made to roll externally along a
circumference of another circle.
A. Cissoids of Diocles B. Folium of Descartes C. Epicycloid D. Cardoid
225. This law states that “When the use of one of the factors of production is limited, either in
increasing cost or absolute quantity, a point will be reached beyond which an increase
in the variable factor will result in less than proportionate increase in output.”
A. Law of Supply and Demand C. Law of Gravity
B. Law of Diminishing Return D. Law of Diminishing Utility

226. If the roots of an equation are zero, then they are classified as:
A. Trivial solution B. Extraneous roots
C. Conditional solution D. Hypergolic solution

227. A complex number associated with a phase-shifted sine wave in polar form whose
magnitude is in RMS and angle is equal to the angle of the phase-shifted sine wave is
known as:
A. Argand’s number B. Imaginary number
C. Phasor D. Real numbers

228. “The resultant of the external force applied to an object composed of a system of
particles, is equal to the vector summation of the effective force acting on all particle”.
This principle is known as:
A. Archimedes Principle C. D’Alembert’s Principle
B. Bernoulli’s Principle D. Gauss-Jordan Principle

229. It is a surface generated by moving a straight line ( called the generator ) which is
 always parallel to a fixed line and which always intersect a fixed plane curve ( called the
directrix ) is:
A. Cylindrical surface C. Spherical surface
B. Locus of a point D. Paraboloid

230. The space diagonal of a cube ( the diagonal joining two non-coplanar vertices ) is 6 m.
The total surface area of the cube is:
A. 60 B. 66 C. 72 D. 78

231. The difference between the present worth and the worth at some future time is:
A. Discount B. Profit C. Credit D. Debit

232. In raw data, the term, which occurs mostly frequently, is known as:
A mean B. Median C. Mode D. Quartile
 ME591D
QUIZ #3 BASIC SCIENCES (ENGINEERING ECONOMICS)
NAME: DATE:
STUDENT NO.: SCORE:

I. Encircle the letter of the correct answer. No erasure. Erasures will not be credited.

1. The worth of a property which is equal to the original cost less depreciation.
A. earning value B. scrap value C. book value D. face value
2. That kind of obligation which has no condition attached?
A. analytical B. gratuitous C. private D. pure
3. The difference between sales revenue and the cost of goods sold.
A. rate of return B. net income
C. gross profit D. gross national product
4. The first cost of any property includes ______ _
A. installation expenses
B. original purchase price and freight and transportation charges
C. initial taxes and permits' fee
D. all of the above
5. A type of annuity where the payments are made at the start of each period, beginning from the first period.
A. annuity due B. ordinary annuity C. deferred annuity D. perpetuity
6. The value of the stock as stated on the stock certificate.
A. par value B. market value C. book value D. scrap value
7. Which of the following terms is not related to ethics?
A. honesty B. morality C. profitability D. integrity
8. The exclusive right of a company to provide a specific product/service in a given region of the country.
A. outlet B. franchise C. branch D. extension
9. A condition where only few individuals produce a certain product that action of one will lead almost the same action by the other.
A. oligopoly B. semi monopoly C. monopoly D. cartel

10. The length of time during which it is capable of performing the function for which it was designed and manufactured.
A. business life B. economic life C. physical life D. insular life
11. The personnel required for a mechanical plant with 500 kW capacities is "
A. RME B. CPM C. PME D. MPE

13. A situation in which rival firms drive prices down through attempts to undercut each other prices is called
A. price war B. price control C. price maneuver D. oligopoly
14. The place where currency traded in a foreign exchange market for which the demand is consistently high in relation to its supply.
A. money market B. foreign bill C. treasury bill D. hard currency
15. A form of fixed-interest security issued by central or local governments, companies, banks and other institutions. They are
usually formed of long-term security, but maybe irredeemable, incurred or unsecured.
A. bonds B. T-bill C. cash deposit D. all of these
16. The amount of the company's profit that the Board of Directors of the corporation decides to distribute to ordinary
shareholders.
A. dividend B. par value C. share stock D. return

17. A document that shows proof of legal ownership of a financial security.

A. coupon B. bond C. bank note D. check

18. Decrease in value of physical property due to the passage of time.

A. depreciation B. inflation C. recession D. depletion
19. It is a series of equal payment occurring at equal interval of time where the first payment is delayed after several periods, after
the beginning of the payment
A. deferred annuity B. delayed annuity C. progressive annuity D. simple annuity
20. Under the law is the ability of a person to take a recognized legal action. Also, it is natural power or competency to perform an
act, as capacity to contract and ete.
A. supra B. surety C. capacity D. vendee
21. The interest-earning fund in which equal deposits are made at equal intervals of time for the purpose of gradually accumulating
a specific sum of money required at same future date.
A. amortization B. sinking fond C. annuity D. capitalized cost
22. These are products or services that are required to support human life and activities that will be purchased in somewhat the
same quantity even though the price varies considerably.
A. utilities B. necessities
C. luxuries D. product good and services

23. The amount earned by one unit of principal during a unit of time.
A. rate of interest B. cash C. Rate of Return D. receivables

24. A method of depreciation whereby the amount to recover is spread over the estimated life of
the asset in terms of the periods or units of output is called ____
A. SOYD Method B. Declining Balance Method
C. Straight Line Method D. Sinking Fund Method
25. Funds supplied by others on which a fixed rate of interest must be paid and the debt be repaid at a specific place and time.
A. discount B. cash flow C. working capital D. borrowed capital
26. What must two investments with the same present worth and unequal lives have?
A. Different salvage returns B. Different equivalent uniform annual cash flows
C. Identical tax consequences D. Identical salvage values
27. Total amount spent on a physical property until the property is put in operation.
A. First cost B. marginal cost C. sunk cost D. increment cost
28. Gross, profit, sales less cost of goods sold as a percentage of sales called
A. gross margin B. ROI (Rate Of Return) C. profit margin D. price earnings

29. The acquisition of all or a greater part of stock and fixtures of a business in a manner other than in the ordinary course of its
business.
A. tenement B. appeal C. chattel D. bulk sale

30. A general term for various analytical measurements of profitability related to the input resources. Rate earned on average
common stock holders equity and Rate earned on average total assets.
A. lease B. bill of exchange
C. Return on Investment (ROI) D. breach

31. To render void or null, reduce to nothing, cancel, invalid

A delict B. ejectment C. duress D. annulment

32. The act of charging two or more buyers or sellers of different prices for the same product where the elasticity of supply or
demand at each price level differs among market is known as .
A. price optimization B. price discrimination C. price manipulation D. price war

33. A type of bond where the corporation pledges and are secured by assets which it owns (i.e. stocks, bonds of its subsidiaries).
A mortgage bond B. collateral trust bond C. debenture bond D. register bond

34. A situation whereby payment is made for work net done. The term also applies to the case where more workers are used than
are a reasonable requirement for efficient operation.
A. feather bedding B. downtime pay
C. check-in pay D. moon lighting

35. It is where buyers and sellers come together.

A. business B. market C. recreation center D. mall

36. 69Method of paying a debt by installment usually, but not necessarily. by equal payments and by equal periods of time.
A. amortization B. interest due C. annuity due D. balance due

37. A financial summary showing the relationship among assets, liabilities and ownership in the corporation on a specific date.
A. audit statement B. balance sheet statement
C. income statement D. credit-debit statement

38. The difference between the present worth and the worth at some time in the future.
A. discount B. investment C. amortization D. depletion
39. The output or sales at which income is sufficient to equal the operating cost.
A. cash flow B. break even C. investment D. depreciation

40. An accounting book where the original record of all transactions are on its content.
A. journal B. ledger C. income statement D. balance sheet

41. Occurs when one of the parties fails to satisfy all of its obligations under a contract
A. breach of contract B. negligence C. tort D. force majeure

42. An index of short term paying ability is called _____.

A. cash index B. maturity index C. current ratio D. cut off index

43. What is the acid test ratio?

A. The ratio of owner's equity to total current liabilities.
B. The ratio of current assets (exclusive of inventory) to total current liabilities.
C. The ratio of all assets to total liabilities.
D. The ratio of gross margin to operating sales, and administrative expenses.

44. Type of annuity in which the schedule of payments is postponed, that is, the first payment is made after several periods.
A. deferred annuity B. annuity due C. ordinary annuity D. perpetuity

45. The span of life of an equipment during which it produces a product and it is designed to produce at a profit
A. economic life B. write-off period C. physical life D. maturity life
46. The price that can be obtained from the sale of the property after it has been used.
A scrap value B. interest C. book value D. salvage value
47. Parties whose consent or signature in a contract is not considered intelligent.
A. minors B. dead persons C. senior citizens D. demented persons
48. The ratio of the output power in Watts and the product of Volts and Amperes.
A. capacity factor B. power factor C. load factor D. demand factor
49. A foreign Mechanical Engineer will be allowed to practice in the Philippines if the country where he is a citizen or subject also
allows Filipino engineers to practice, this is called .
A foreign repatriation B. foreign exchange
C. foreign policy D. foreign reciprocity

50. A system used to record historical financial transactions, the resultant records of which are used for product costing, satisfaction
of statutory requirements, reporting of profit for income tax purposes, and general company management
A. bookkeeping system B. cost accounting system
C. cash and accrual system D. periodic inventory system
51. The decrease in value of property due to the gradual extraction of its contents.
A. depletion B. depreciation C. amortization D. asset
52. A depreciation model where the value of an asset decreases at a decreasing rate.
A. SOYD B. Sinking fund
C. Straight line depreciation D. Declining balance

53. Which of the following methods of advertising is most likely to violate ethical standard for engineering design firms?
A. Yellow pages (phone book) advertising
B. Radio or television advertising
C. Company brochures using self-laudatory language
D. Distribution of company calendars to clients
54. The ratio of kilowatt rating of a motor to its kilowatt ampere rating.
A. generator efficiency B. motor efficiency
C. power factor D. capacity factor
55. The annual change that is made for the maintenance of investments in wasting assets.
A. maintenance cost B. depletion
C. depreciation D. annual cost
56. The interest charges under the condition that interest in any time is charged only to the capital
A. compound interest B. simple interest
C. declining balance D. rate of return
57. Maximum plant capacity in which a CPM is allowed to operate, tend or maintain.
A. 100 kW B. 300 kW C. 200 kW D. 500 kW
58. All funds which are required to make a business enterprise a going concern.
A. working capital B. investment C. sales D. interest
59. Under the Code of Ethics, the mechanical engineer should recognize as one of the major resources of our country.
A. people B. labor C. machine D. technology
59. The length of time during the property may be operated at a profit
A. length of time B. economic life C. physical life D. life
60. A situation where a commonly service is supplied by a number of vendors and there is nothing to prevent additional vendors
entering the market
A. perfect competition B. anarchy C. monopoly D. oligopoly
61. A court writ issued to compel the performance of a public or official duty owed by the person to whom the order is directed.
A. arrest B. mandamus C. bail D. payee
62. A formal written promise to pay a certain amount of money at a specified future date.
A. letter B. promissory note C. summons D. payor
63. Association of two or more individuals for the purpose of operating a business as co-owners of a profit
A organization B. partnership C. company D. corporation
64. An index of short-term paying ability is called __ --'
A. receivable turnover B. profit margin ratio C. current ratio D. acid-test ratio
65. What is the work in-process classified as?
A. an asset B. a revenue C. a liability D. an expense
66. Indicates that a person does not have the ability, due to his mental condition, to know the nature of his act
A. emancipation B. injunction C. non compos mentis D. estate
67. A collateral agreement in a transaction, which gives one of the parties, or both, the right to choose a course of action. Example,
option to buy a thing within a specific period.
A. executed B. inventory C. option D. interest
68. Statute limiting the time period in which a lawsuit may be brought
A. stipulation R tender of payment C. statute of limitations D. nullity

69. It is the return of the land or property to the state if there is no person legally entitled to inherent it
A. asset B. liability C. escheat D. cash
70. Consist of the totality of property belonging to a deceased person, which must be administered and distributed in accordance
with a last will and testament and/or the laws on succession
A. payee B. title C. tax D. estate
71. Used in sales or ordinary contracts, describes any person who requires property or negotiable instruments in good faith and for
valuable consideration.
A. liability B. bonafide purchaser for value
C. asset D. owner
72. A fixed sum agreed upon, at the outset of a contractual arrangement, as a proper compensation to be paid to the injured party in
the event of breach.
A. capacity B. liability
C. depreciation D. liquidated damages
73. The ability of a company to meet it's obligations as they come due.
A. due Process B. liquidity C. auction D. lien
74. Periodic allocation of the cost of tangible noncurrent operating assets over the periods benefit by use of the asset.
A. asset B. ownership C. liability D. depreciation
75. A depreciation method providing decreasing periodic charges for depreciation by applying a constant percentage to a declining
asset book value.
A. declining-balance methods B. Sinking fund Method
C. replacement cost D. Double declining balance method
76. Penal provision of a contract to compensate for the losses incurred by one party due to the failure to comply with the
contract provisions,
A decision page B. liquidated damages C. force majeure D. quasi-effects
77. Consists of the actual counting or determination of the actual quantity of the materials on hand as of a given date.
A. physical inventory B. material update C. material assessment D. material count

78. To be binding and enforceable written contract: documents must satisfy the best requirements, thus, there must be clear,
specific and definite offer with no room for misunderstandings; there must be some form of conditional future consideration (i.e.
payment);
A. there must be a third party B. there must be an acceptance of the offer
C. there must be a bond D. there must be an arbitrator

79. The Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) is defined as the order quantity which minimizes the inventory cost per unit time. Which of
the following is not an assumption of the basic (EOQ) with no shortages?
A. The demand rate is uniform and constant,
B. There is a positive cost on each unit invention.
C. There is no upper bound on the quantity ordered.
D. The entire recorder quantity is delivered instantaneously.

80. What is the acid test ratio?

A the ratio of owner's equity to total current liabilities
B. the ratio of all assets to total liabilities
C. the ratio of gross margin to operating sales and administrative expenses
D. the ratio of current assets (exclusive of inventory) to total current liabilities

81. When using net present worth calculations to compare two projects, which of the following could invalidate the calculations?
A. Mutually exclusive projects
B. Evaluation over different time periods
C. Non-conventional cash flows
D. Difference in the magnitude of the projects

82. Liquid assets such as cash and other assets that can be converted quickly into cash, such as accounts receivable and
merchandise are called ____.
A. current assets B. fixed assets C. total assets D. variable assets

83. A situation whereby payment is made for work not done. The term also applies to the case where more workers are used than
are a reasonable requirement for efficient operation.
A check-in pay B. feather bedding C. downtime pay D. moon lighting

84. In a business environment, balancing the books means reconciling checkbooks and bank statements and posting all accounting
entries in such a way as to maintain the equality of the basic accounting equation.
A Plant, property and equipment and other assets
B. assets = current liabilities + owner's equity
C. owner's and stockholder's equity and liability
D. assets = liabilities + owner's equity

85. Grand total of the assets and operational capability of a corporation.

A. authorized capital B. investment C. earning value D. money market

86. A tax on imports.

A. import tariff B. import quote C. value added tax D. capital account

87. The difference between the starting and ending inventory valuations, a term that represents an inventory account adjustments is
called ____.
A. cost of goods sold B. perpetual inventory C. physical inventory D. periodic inventory

88. A term used to describe payment of an employee from time spent on the property of the employer though not actually
working at the job, e.g. time spent changing clothes to get ready for work or time spent traveling from the plant entrance to the
place of work.
A. portal-to-portal pay B. downtime pay C. call pay D. lost time pay

89. How is the material purchase price variance defined?

A. (quantity issued - standard quantity) (standard price)
B. (actual price- standard price) (quantity used)
C. (quantity purchased - quantity used) (actual price)
D. (quantity purchased x actual price) - (quantity purchased x standard price)

90. Those funds that are required to make the enterprise or project a going concern.
A. circulating capital B. accumulated amount
C. banking D. principal or present worth

91. Additional information to prospective bidders on contract documents issued prior to bidding date.
A. delicta B. escalatory clause C. technological info D. bid bulletin

92. A diagram drawn to help visualize and simplify problem having diverse receipts and disbursements.
A. budget B. investment C. year-end chart D. cash flow
93. A legally binding environment or promise to exchange goods or services.
A. contract B. barter C. memorandum D. pro-forma
94. The peso amount as earned from investment or project is called _____.
A. ROI B. surplus C. interest D. ROR

95. The present worth of all depreciation over the economic life of the item is called
A maintenance B. capital recovery C. depreciation recovery D. annuity

96. Modes of extinguishing obligations when creditor abandons his right to collect
A. condonation B. forfeiture C. debt cancellation D. not liquidated

97. A provision in the contract that indicates the possible adjustment of material cost and labor cost.
A. secondary clause B. specification
C. escalatory clause D. general provision
98. Instead of the profits being paid out to the stockholders or owners as dividends, they are retained in the business and used to
finance expansion. This is called
A. retained earnings B. flow back C. bond D. deposit

99. Fall after the increase reaches a certain variable amount

A. inflation B. Law of supply and demand
C. Law of diminishing returns D. process factor
100. Ratio of annual revenues to the annual expenses.
A. benefit ratio B. rate of return C. benefit cost ratio D. income ratio
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1. Which of the following is the standard acceleration due to gravity in
the English unit?
a) 980.66 fps2 b) 32.2 fps2*
c) 9.8066 fps2 d) 32.2 ips2

2. Two times the mother’s age is 8 more than six times her daughter’s
age. Ten years ago, the sum of their ages was 44. What is the daughter’s
age?
a) 15 yrs old* b) 18 yrs old
c) 12 yrs old d) 16 yrs old

3. Determine the accumulated value of P2,000.00 in 5 years it is

invested at 11% compounded quarterly.
a) P3,440.00* b) P3,404.00
c) P3,044.00 d) P4,304.00

4. Cleofas borrowed P2,000.00 from a bank and agreed to pay the loan at
the end of one year. The bank discounted the loan and gave him P1950 in
cash. Determine the rate of discount.
a) 3.75 % b) 3.12 %
c) 2.5 %* d) 1.2 %
..
x.

5. Solve for the value of x from the following equation: x xx

= 10 .
a) 1.258925* b) 1.892525
c) 1.85925 d) 1.528925

6. Determine the absolute value of resultant vector of the following

vectors: F1 = 4i + 7j + 6k; F2 = 9i + 2j + 11k, F3 = 5i – 3j – 8k.
a) 21* b) 18
c) 25 d) 9

7. Determine the diameter of a circle, x²+y²-6x+4y-12=0.

a) 9 units b) 11 units
c) 12 units d) 10 units*

8. Determine the absolute value of the complex number 3 + 4i.

a) 4 b) 5*
c) 8 d) 6

9. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above ground. How long

does it take to hit the ground?
a) 4.5 seconds b) 3.5 seconds*
c) 2.5 seconds d) 1.5 seconds

10. It is now between 3 and 4 o’clock and twenty minutes the minute hand
will be as much as the hour-hand as it is now behind it. What is the
time now?
a) 3:06.36* b) 3:03.66
c) 3:36.06 d) 3:30.66

11. How do call an energy required to move 1 Coulomb of charge through

an element.
a) Current b) Voltage*
c) Power d) Resonance
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12. This is a number sequence where the succeeding term is obtained by
adding the last pair of preceding terms such as the sequence (1, 1, 2,
,3 5, 8 …). How do you call this number sequence?
a) Euler’s number b) Fermat number
c) Fibonacci number* d) Fourier series

13. If the roots of an equation are zero, then, how do you classify the
solutions?
a. Extraneous solutions b. Trivial solutions*
c. Conditional solutions d. Ambiguous solutions

14. In electricity, how do you call the rate of charge flow?

a) Potential difference b) Current*
c) Voltage d) Power

15. This law in electrical circuits states, “The algebraic sum of

currents entering a node (or a closed boundary) is zero”. How do you
call this law?
a) Kirrchoff’s current law* b) Ohm’s current law
c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law d) Ohm’s voltage law

16. This law in electrical circuits state, “The algebraic sum of all
voltages around a closed path (or loop) is zero”. How do you call this
law?
a) Kirrchoff’s current law b) Ohm’s current law
c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law* d) Ohm’s voltage law

17. This is a point where the concavity of a curve changes or when the
slope of the curve is neither increasing nor decreasing. What is this
point commonly called?
a) Maximum point b) Minimum point
c) Point of tangency d) Point of inflection*

18. What is a number, which could not be expressed as a quotient of two

integers?
a. Natural b. Rational
c. Irrational* d. Surd

19. How do you call the opposite of the prefix nano?

a) Peta b) Tera
c) Giga* d) Hexa

20. How do you call the distance of a point from the y-axis?
a) Polar distance b) Coordinate
c) Abscissa* d) Ordinate

21. Which of the following situations has a conventional cash flow so

that an internal rate of return can be safely calculated and used?
a) Your company undertakes a mining project in which the land must
be reclaimed at the end of the project.
b) You invest in a safe dividend stock and receive dividends each
year.*
c) You lease a car and pay by the month

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d) Your company invests heavily in a new product that will generate

profits for two years. To keep profits high for 10 years, the company
plans to reinvest heavily after two years.

22. What is a borrower of a particular loan almost always required to do

during repayment?
a) Pay exactly the same amount of principal each payment
b) Repay the loan over an agreed-upon amount of time*
c) Pay exactly the same amount of interest each payment
d) Pay the interest only whenever failure to pay the principal

23. What is the indirect product cost (IPC) spending variance?

a) The IPC volume adjusted budget minus the total IPC absorbed
b) The IPC volume adjusted budget [fixed + volume (variable IPC rate)]
c) The difference between actual IPC and IPC volume adjusted budget*
d) The difference between actual IPC and IPC absorbed

24. A prefix denoting a multiple of ten times any of the physical units
of the system international.
a. Deka* b. Nano
c. Hecto d. Exa

25. This is the case of a solution of a plane triangle where the given
data leads to two solutions. How do you call this case?
a) Ambiguous case* b) Quadratic case
c) Extraneous case d) Conditional case

26. It is a type of polygon in which each interior angle must be less

than or equal to 180°, and all vertices 'point outwards' away from the
interior. How do you call this polygon?
a) Concave Polygon b) Convex polygon*
c) Regular polygon d) Irregular polygon

27. How do you call the integral of any quotient whose numerator is the
differential of the denominator?
a) Co-logarithm b) Logarithm*
c) Product d) Derivative

28. What is a regular polygon that has 27 diagonals?

a) Nonagon* b) hexagon
c) Pentagon d) Heptagon

29. What can you say about the present worth of all depreciation over
the economic life of the item?
a) Maintenance b) Capital recovery
c) Depreciation recovery* d) Annuity

30. What do you think is the provision in the contract that indicates
the possible adjustment of material cost and labor cost?
a) Secondary clause b) Specification
c) Escalatory clause* d) General provision

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31. These are used to produce consumer goods and services. Guess, what
are these?
a) Consumer goods and services
b) Producer goods and services*
c) Necessity products and services
d) Luxury products and services

32. What do you think are those products or services that are required
to support human life and activities that will be purchased in somewhat
the same quantity even though the price varies considerably?
a) Consumer goods and services
b) Producer goods and services
c) Necessity products and services*
d) Luxury products and services

33. Which statement about a charge placed on a dielectric material is

true?
a) The charge increases the conductivity of the material
b) The charge is confined to the region in which the charge was
placed.*
c) The charge is immediately lost to the atmosphere
d) The charge is instantly carried to the material’s surface

34. Which of the following is not a property of magnetic field lines?

a) Magnetic field lines have no beginnings and no ends
b) The lines cross themselves only at right angles*
c) The line intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right angles
d) The field is stronger where the lines are closer together

35. Tesla is a unit of which of the following?

a) Magnetic induction* b) Inductance
c) Capacitance d) Magnetic flux

36. What is a pole pitch?

a) The angle at which the pole windings are wound
b) The space on the stator allocated to two poles
c) The space on the stator allocated to one pole*
d) The mica used to insulate the poles from each other

37. How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides?

a) Hectogon b) Chilliagon
c) Myriagon* d) Octacontagon

38. Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on the

opposite side is called as:
a) Newton line b) Secant
c) Cevian* d) Euclidian line

39. In the problem of writing the equation of a certain curve with

respect to another axes in which the new axes are parallel to the
original axes and similarly directed is known as:
a) Translation of axes* b) Reversal of axes
c) Notation of axes d) Relocation of axes

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40. How do you call a ring shaped surface or solid obtained by rotating
a circle about a coplanar line that does not intersect?
a) Torus* b) Annulus
c) Circoloid d) Annular

41. Which of the following Common wealth Acts is known as the oldest
Mechanical Engineering law?
a) Commonwealth Act 394 b) Commonwealth Act 594
c) Commonwealth Act 294* d)Commonwealth Act 8394

42. It is a statement that one mathematical expression is greater than

or less than another. How do you call this?
a) Conditional expression b) Inequality*
c) Interval d) Domain

43. It is a method of depreciation where a fixed sum of money is

regularly deposited at compound interest in a real or imaginary fund in
order to accumulate an amount equal to the total depreciation of an
asset at the end of the assets estimated life. How do you call this
depreciation?
a) Straight line method b) Declining balance method
c) SYD method d) Sinking fund method*

44. An S.I. unit of area equal to 100 sq. m.

a. Arc* b. Acre
c. Hectares d. Are

45. The angle that the line of sight to the object, makes with the
horizontal, which is above the eye of the observer, is called as:
a) Angle of elevation* b) Angle of depression
c) Acute angle d) Obtuse angle

46. In complex algebra, we use a diagram to represent a complex plane

commonly called as:
a) Venn diagram b) Histogram
c) Argand diagram* d) Funicular diagram

47. The area bounded by two concentric circles is called as:

a) Annulus* b) Ring
c) Disk d) Sector

48. A series of equal payments occurring at equal periods of time.

a) Annuity* b) Sinking fund
c) Cash flow d) annual cost

49. The ratio of annual sales to the average of assets used in producing
these sales.
a) Inventory turnover b) Asset turnover*
c) Operating – expense ratio d) Quick ratio

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50. If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lbf per cubic foot, what
is the specific volume of the liquid?
a) 1.0675 cm3/g* b) 0.5321 cm3/g
c) 1.5502 cm3/g d) 0.9504 cm3/g

51. The sum of P15,000.00, deposited in an account earning 4% per annum

compounded quarterly, will become P18,302.85. Determine the effective
rate of interest per year.
a) 3.06 % b) 4.06 %*
c) 5.06 % d) 6.06 %

52. The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1 gram per gram-atom. What is the
mass of a hydrogen atom?
a) 1.66 x 10-24 g/atom* b) 6.02 x 10-23 g/atom
c) 1 g/atom d) The mass is too small to calculate

53. A 5 meter extension ladder leans against the wall; the bottom is 3 m
from the wall. If the bottom stays at the same place, how much should
the ladder be extended so that the top would lean against the wall 1
meter higher?
a) 1.2 m b) 1.5 m
c) 0.5m d) 0.83095 m*

54. Determine the value of each interior angle of a regular pentagon.

a) 108°* b) 120°
c) 98° d) 135°

55. A machine was purchased under these terms: P30,000 down and P5,000
each month for 5 years. If money is worth 12% compounded monthly, what
is the cash price of the machine?
a) P144, 775.19 b) P245, 775.19
c) P542, 775.91 d) P254, 775.19*

56. Determine the amount that must be deposited every 3 months in a fund
paying 12% compounded quarterly in order to have P25,000 in 8 years.
a) P746.71 b) P476.17*
c) P674.71 d) P700.00

57. A situation whereby payment is made for work not done. The term also
applies to the case where more workers are used than a reasonable
requirement for efficient operation.
a) Downtime pay* b) Check-in-pay
c) Feather bidding d) Moon lighting

58. A net force that will give to a mass of one gram an acceleration of
1 cm/s2 is said to be:
a) Newton b) Ergs
c) Kilogram force d) Dyne*

59. The index that gives the rate earned per share based on current
price per share is called as:
a) Price-earning ratio b) Operating expense ratio
c) Dividend yield* d) Equity ratio

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60. A regular polyhedron having 12 regular pentagons is called as:
a) Icosahedron b) Octahedron
c) Dodecahedron* d) Tetrahedron

61. Two angles whose sum is 360° is called:

a) Explementary angles* b) Complimentary angles
c) Supplementary angles d) Elementary angles

62. A leak from a faucet comes out in separate drops. Which of the
following is the main cause of this phenomenon?
a) Air resistance b) Gravity
c) Surface tension* d) Viscosity of the fluid

63. What is the actual geometric shape of the methane molecule?

a) Tetrahedral* b) Pyramidal
c) Square planar d) Linear

64. What are Van der Waals forces?

a) Forces present only in gases
b) Forces not present in liquids
c) Primary bonds between atoms
d) Weak secondary bonds between atoms*

65. What do you call the one-fourth of a great circle?

a) Cone b) Pyramid
c) Chord d) Quadrant*

66. What do you call the replacement of the original cost of an

investment?
a) Pay off* b) Return on investment
c) Breakeven d) Capital recovery

67. Which is not a qualification of an applicant for ME Board

Examination?
a) He must be holder of BSME degree
b) He must be a citizen of the Philippines
c) He must be at least 18 years old
d) He must be a Certified Plant Mechanics*

68. Firm A use full absorption costing while B was variable products
costing. How will the finance statements of these companies differ?
a) Firm A has higher cost of good sold and therefore, smaller profit
b) Firm A has a higher cost of goods sold, higher inventory value and
higher retained earnings*
c) Firm A has smaller cost of good sold and a larger profit
d) There are nod difference

69. Companies A and B are identical except for their inventory

accounting systems. Company A uses the last-in, first-out convention
while company B uses the first-in, first-out convention. How will their
financial statements differ in an inflationary environment?

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a) Company A’s profits will be higher and the book value of their
inventory will be higher than for the company B.
b) Company A’s profits will be higher and the book value of their
inventory will be lower than for company B.
c) Company B’s profits and inventory book value will be higher than
for company A.*
d) Company B’s profits will be higher than A’s, but inventory book
value will be lower.

70. A type of annuity where the payments are made at the start of each
period beginning from the first period:
a) Ordinary annuity b)Annuity due*
c) Deferred annuity d)Perpetuity

71. It is the amount which a willing buyer will pay to a willing seller
for property each has equal advantage and is under no compulsion to buy
or sell
a) Fair value b) Market value*
c) Book value d) Salvage value

72. It refers to a straight line, which a curve approaches closely, but

never meets or touches the curve.
a) Asymptote* b) Directrix
c) Latus rectum d) Line segment

73. What rate compounded-quarterly is equivalent to 14% compounded

semi-annually?
a) 10.76 % b) 11.76 %
c) 12.76 % d) 13.76 %*

74. A type of bond whose guaranty is in lien on railroad equipment

a) Mortgage bond b) Infrastructure bond
c) Collateral trust bond d) Equipment*

75. The length o time usually in years for cumulative net annual profit
to equal the investment
a) Receivable turnover b) Return of investment
c) Payback period* d) Price earning ratio

76. The study of motion without reference to the forces which causes
motion is known as:
a) Kinetics b) Dynamics
c) Kinematic d) Statics

77. If the graph of the conic equation turns out to be just a pair of
lines a single point or there has be no graph at all. The conic section
is called:
a) Regenerative conic b) Recursive conic
c) Ancillary conic d) Degenerative conic*

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78. The sum of the two interior angles of the triangles is equal to the
third angle and the difference of the angles is equal to 2/3 of the
third angle. Find the third angle.
a) 15° b) 75°
c) 90°* d) 120°

79. A payment made to an owner of an industrial property right for the

grant of exclusive sell for profit of the item concerned.
a) salary b) commission
c) royalty* d) all of these

80. An intangible itrem of value arising from the exclusive right of

the company to provide a specified product and service in a certain
region of the country
a) marked value b) fair value
c) goodwill value d) franchise value*

81. Find the sum of all prime numbers between 1 to 15

a)41* b) 42
c)51 d) 57

82. How do you classify this interest rate, which specifies the actual
rate of interest on the principal for one year?
a) Nominal rate b) Rate of return
c) Exact interest rate d) Effective rate*

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*** What is an estimate of assets’ net market value at the end of its
estimated life?
a) Market value b) Fair value
c) Salvage value* d) Book value

***Work-in-process is classified as:

a) An asset* b) A liability
c) An expense d) A revenue

***Simplify i1997 + i1999, where i is an imaginary number.

a) 0* b) i
c) 1 + i d) 1 – i

***Which of the following is true regarding the minimum attractive rate

of return used in judging proposed investments?
a) It is much smaller than the interest rate used to discount
expected cash flows from investments
b) It is frequently a policy decision made by an organization’s
management*
c) It is larger than the interest rate used to discount expected
cash flow from investments
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d) It is not relevant in engineering economy studies

***How do you call a cylinder with elliptical cross section?

a. Ellipsoid b. Cylindroid*
c. Hyperboloid d. Paraboloid

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***Those funds that are required to make the enterprise on project a
going concern

a) Working capital*
b) Accumulated amount
c) Banking
d) Principal or present worth

***Liquid assets such as cash and other assets that can be converted
quickly into cash, such as accounts receivable and merchandise are
called:
a) Current assets*
b) Fixed assets
c) Total assets
d) Land and buildings

***A type of bond, without any security behind them except a promise to
pay by the issuing corporation is known as:
a. Collateral trust bond b. Mortgage bond
c. Debenture bond* d. Joint bond

***It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal intervals of time

where the first payment is made after several periods, after the
beginning of the payment. How do you call this payment?
a) Deferred annuity* b) Delayed annuity
c) Progressive annuity d) Simple annuity

***“Whenever a net force acts on a body, it produces acceleration in the

direction of the resultant force, an acceleration which is directly
proportional to the resultant force and inversely proportional to the
resultant force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body”. How
do you call this theory?
a) Newton’s First law of motion b) Newton’s Second Law of motion*
c) Farday’s law of forces d) Hook’s law of equilibrium

***The amount of company’s profits that the board of directors of the

corporation decides to distribute to ordinary shareholders:
a) Dividend* b) Return
c) Share of stock d) Par value

***What do you think is the output or sales at which income is

insufficient to equal operating cost?
a) Break even point* b) Depreciation
c) Investment d) Cash flow

***What is an artificial expense that spreads the purchase price of an

asset or other property over a number of years?
a) Depreciation* b) Amnesty
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Problems and Elements (with Answers and Solutions)

Select the best answer from each of the following questions. On the answer sheet provided, shade the box that
corresponds to your choice. Strictly no erasures allowed.

1. Which of the following is the standard acceleration due to gravity in the English unit?
a) 980.66 fps2 b) 32.2 fps2 c) 9.8066 fps2 d) 32.2 ips2

Answer: 32.2 fps2

2. What is the value of 1 radian in degrees?

a) 89.55o b) 57.3o c) 60.3o d) 45.58o

Answer: 57.3o

Solution:

3. How many (
𝜃 degrees ) ( mils? ) 57 3
are 4800 𝑒𝑒𝑠
a) 180o = 1𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 b) 315 o
= . 𝑑𝑒𝑔 𝑟 c) 90o d) 270o
18
𝜋𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠
0𝑜
Answer: 270o

 1 deg ree 
Solution:  = (4800 mils)  = 270o
 17.78 mils 

4. If the density of a gas is 0.003 slug/ft3, what is the specific weight of the gas?
a) 15.2 N/m3 b) 9.04 N/m3 c) 98.2 N/m3 d) 76.3 N/m3

Answer: 15.2 N/m3

( )( )
Solution:  = g = 0.003 slugs / ft 3 32,2 fps2 (14.59 kg / slug )(1 ft / 0.3048)2 = 15.2 N / m3

5. If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lbf per cubic foot, what is the specific volume of the liquid?
a) 1.0675 cm3/g b) 0.5321 cm3/g c) 1.5502 cm3/g d) 0.9504 cm3/g

Answer: 1.0675 cm3/g

 1
Solution:  = 58.5 lbf / ft 3 = 9189.6 N / m3 = = 936.8 kg / m3 v= = 1.0675 cm3 / g
g 
6. From a deck of ordinary cards, what is the probability of drawing a heart or face card?
a) 48.08% b) 42.31% c) 5.77% d) 33.33%

Answer: 42.31%
Solution: P(A or B) = P(A ) + P(B) + P(A and B) = + −
13 12 3 22
= = 42.131%
52 52 52 52

7. A perfect gas is expanded polytropically with an initial volume and temperature of 0.06 m 3 and 147 0C
respectively. If the final volume and temperature are 0.21 m3 and 21 0C respectively, what is the index of
the expansion?

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 a) 1.285 b) 1.212 c) 1.333 d) 1.400
answer:1.285
T1 V
Solution: = { 1 }n −1 solving for n, n = 1.285
T2 V2

8. If the loan was for 15 months at 16.8% interest a year and the repayment on a loan was P12,100.00, how
much was the principal?
a) P8,500.00 b) P9,500.00 c) P10,000.00 d) P10,500.00

answer: P10,000.00
F 12,100.00
Solution: P = = = P9,965.10  P10,000.00
(1 + i ) (1.168)1.25
n

9. Determine the accumulated value of P2,000.00 in 5 years it is invested at 11% compounded quarterly.
a) P3,440.00 b) P3,404.00 c) P3,044.00 d) P4,304.00

answer: P3,440.00
mn (4 )(5)
 in   0.11 
Solution: F = P1 +  = 2,000.001 +  = P3,440.00
 m  4 

10. The sum of P15,000.00, deposited in an account earning 4% per annum compounded quarterly, will
become P18,302.85. Determine the effective rate of interest per year.
a) 3.06 % b) 4.06 % c) 5.06 % d) 6.06 %

answer: 4.06 %
 i  m   0.04  4 
Solution: i e = 1 + n  − 1 (100 % ) = 1 +  − 1 (100 % ) = 4.06 %
 m   4  

11. If a machine is purchased on installment and the buyer makes an P80,000.00 down payment and owes a
balance of P150,000 in 2 years. Determine the machine cash value if money is worth 14% compounded
quarterly.
a) P199,312.00 b) P183,912.00 c) P193,912.00 d) P139,912.00

answer: ) P193,912.00

Solution: Cash Value = Down payment + Present value of the balance

F 150,000.00
Cash Value = P80,000.00 + mn
= P80,000.00 + 4 (2 )
= P193,912.00
 in   0.14 
1 +  1 + 
 m  4 

12. Find the number of years when P2,500.00 is compounded to P5,800.00 if invested at 12% compounded
quarterly.
a) P6.12 years b) 7.12 years c) 8.12 years d) 5.12 years

answer: 7.12 years

mn
 in  F   i   F
Solution: 1 +  = → mn ln1 + n  = ln 
 m P   m  P

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 F  5,800.00 
ln  ln 
P 2,500.00 
n= m
=  4
= 7.12 years
 i   0.12 
ln1 + n  ln1 + 
 m  4 

13. What is the effective rate equivalent of 12% compounded quarterly?

a) 12.55% b) 11.55 % c) 12.98 % d) 13 %

answer: ) 12.55%
 i  m   0.12  4 
Solution: i e = 1 + n  − 1 (100 % ) = 1 +  − 1 (100 % ) = 12.55 %
 m   4  

14. What rate compounded-quarterly is equivalent to 14% compounded semi-annually?

a) 10.76 % b) 11.76 % c) 12.76 % d) 13.76 %

answer: 13.76 %

 i  4   0.14  2   in 
4
Solution: i e = 1 + n  − 1 (100 % ) = 1 +  − 1 (100 % ) 1 +  = 1.1449
 4   2    4

 1 
i n = 4(1.1449) 4 − 1 = 13.76 %
 

15. Celestino owes P500, due in 3 years and P800 due in 7 years. He is allowed to settle these obligations by a
single payment on the 6th year. Find how much he has to pay on the 6th year if money is worth 14%
compounded semi-annually.
a) P1,449.12 b) P 1,559.12 c) P1,339.12 d) P1,669.12

answer: ) P1,449.12
2(3)
 0.14  800
Solution: F6 th = 5001 +  + 2(1)
= 750.37 + 698.75 = P1,449.12
 2   0.14 
1 + 
 2 

16. Cleofas borrowed P2,000.00 from a bank and agreed to pay the loan at the end of one year. The bank
discounted the loan and gave him P1950 in cash. Determine the rate of discount.
a) 3.75 % b) 3.12 % c) 2.5 % d) 1.2 %

answer: 2.5 %
F−P  2,000.00 − 1,950.00 
Solution: d= (100 %) =  (100 %) = 2.5 %
 F   2,000.00 

17. A machine was purchased under these terms: P30,000 down and P5,000 each month for 5 years. If money
is worth 12% compounded monthly, what is the cash price of the machine?
a) P144,775.19 b) P245,775.19 c) P542,775.91 d) P254,775.19

answer: ) P254,775.19

Solution: Cash Price = Down Payment + Present Worth of Annuity

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  i  mn 
A 1 + n  − 1
 m 
Cash Pr ice = Down Payment +  mn
 i 
i 1 + n 
 m
 0.12 12 (5) 
5,000.001 +  − 1
 12  
Cash Pr ice = P30,000.00 + 1295
= P 254,775.19
 0.12 
0.121 + 
 12 

18. Determine the amount that must be deposited every 3 months in a fund paying 12% compounded quarterly
in order to have P25,000 in 8 years.
a) P746.71 b) P476.17 c) P674.71 d) P700.00

answer: ) P476.17
 in   0.12 
 F  (25,000.00)
Solution: A= m =
4 
= P476.17
mn 4(8 )
 in   0.12 
1 +  −1 1 + 
 m  4 

19. What is the value of 1 radian in degrees?

a) 89.55o b) 57.3o c) 60.3o d) 45.58o

answer:57.3o
 180o 
Solution:  = (1 radians) 
= 57.3 deg rees
  radians 

20. How many degrees are 4800 mils?

a) 180o b) 315o c) 90o d) 270o

answer: 270o

 1 deg ree 
Solution:  = (4800 mils)  = 270o
 17.78 mils 

21. If the density of a gas is 0.003 slug/ft3, what is the specific weight of the gas?
a) 15.2 N/m3 b) 9.04 N/m3 c) 98.2 N/m3 d) 76.3 N/m3

( )( )
Solution:  = g = 0.003 slugs / ft 3 32,2 fps2 (14.59 kg / slug )(1 ft / 0.3048)2 = 15.2 N / m3

22. If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lbf per cubic foot, what is the specific volume of the liquid?
a) 1.0675 cm3/g b) 0.5321 cm3/g c) 1.5502 cm3/g d) 0.9504 cm3/g

 1
Solution:  = 58.5 lbf / ft 3 = 9189.6 N / m3 = = 936.8 kg / m3 v= = 1.0675 cm3 / g
g 

23. A force of 200 lb acts on a block at an angle of 28o with respect to horizontal. The block is pushed 2 ft
horizontally. Find the work done by this force.

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 a) 480 J b) 408 J c) 840 J d) 804 J

Solution: W = F  dx = F cos   x = (200 cos 28)(2) = 353.18 ft  lb = 480 J

24. The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1 gram per gram-atom. What is the mass of a hydrogen atom?
a) 1.66 x 10-24 g/atom b) 6.02 x 10-23 g/atom
c) 1 g/atom d) The mass is too small to calculate

• By definition, the mass of an atom is its atomic weight divided by the Avogadro’s number.

1
W= = 1.66 x 10− 24 g / atom
6.02 x 1023

25. A truck starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 6 m/s 2. Find the speed of the truck after
4 seconds.
a) 18 m/s b) 28 m/s c) 24 m/s d) 35 m/s

Solution: For uniformly accelerated motion, V = Vo + at = 0 + (6)(4)2 = 24 m / s

26. A car starts from rest and has a constant acceleration of 3 fps 3. Determine the average velocity during the
first 10 seconds of motion.
a) 15 fps b) 20 fps c) 12 fps d) 18 fps

1
Solution: The distance traveled by the car, S = Vo t + at 2 = 0 +   (3)(10 ) = 150 ft
1 2

2  
2
S 150
VAverage = = = 15 fps
t 10

27. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above ground. How long does it take to hit the ground?
a) 4.5 seconds b) 3.5 seconds c) 2.5 seconds d) 1.5 seconds

2(S − Vo t ) 260 − 0
Solution: S = Vot +   g t 2
1
t= = = 3.5 sec onds
2 g 9.81

28. A 5 meter extension ladder leans against the wall; the bottom is 3 m from the wall. If the bottom stays at
the same place, how much should the ladder be extended so that the top would lean against the wall 1
meter higher?
a) 1.2 m b) 1.5 m c) 0.5m d) 0.83095
m

LET h be the height of the wall then h = 5 2 − 32 = 4m

If it leans I m higher and let x be the extended length then (5 + x )2 = 5 2 + 32 and x = 0.83095m.

29. If a stone dropped from a balloon while ascending at the rate of 7.5m/s reaches the ground in 6seconds,
what was the height of the balloon when the stone was dropped?
a) 110.12 m b) 120.25 m c) 131.81 m d) 140.12

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 gt 2 9.81(6)2
y = vi t − = 7.5(6) − = −131.58m
2 2

Therefore the stone is dropped at a height 131.58m above the ground.

30. The salary of an employee’s job has five levels, each one 5% greater than the one below it. Due to
circumstances, the salary of the employee must be reduced from the top (fifth) level to the second level,
which means a reduction of P3000.00 per month. What is the employee’s present salary per month?
a) P22,032.50 b) P23,022.50 c) P22,320.50 d) P22,302.50

Solution: The salary levels can be seen as a geometric sequence. Let Sn be the salary at level n.

S3 = 1.05S2 S4 = 1.05S3 S5 = 1.05S4

S5 = 1.05 (1.05S3 ) = (1.05)2 S3 = (1.05)2 (1.05)S2 = (1.05)3 S2

Due to circumstance, S5 − 3,000.00 = S2

3000(1.05)3
S5 = (1.05)3 (S5 − 3,000.00) → S5 = = P 22,032.50
(1.05)3 − 1

31. Determine the value of each interior angle of a regular pentagon.

a) 108o b) 120o c) 98o d) 135o

Solution: For a regular polygon, the value of each interior angle, ,

=
No. of Sides − 2
No. of Sides
( ) 5−2
180o =  ( )
 180o = 108o
 5 

32. A cubical container that measures 50.8 mm on a side is tightly packed with eight marbles and is filled with
water. All eight marbles are in contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent marbles. All of the
marbles are the same size. What is the volume of water in the container?
a) 131 096.51 mm3 b) 62 454.54 mm3 c) 68 641.97 mm3 d) 131 960.51 mm3

Solution: Since marbles are tightly packed, rmarble = 12.7 mm

Volume of container, Vcontainer = (50.8)3 = 131096.5 mm 3

Volume of eight marbles, Vmarbles = 8  (r )3  = (8) (12.7)3 = 68 641.97 mm 3

4 4
3  3

Volume of water, Vwater = Vcontainer − Vmarbles = 131096.5 − 68 641.97 = 62 454.54 mm 3

 7 6
33. What is the determinant of the 2 x 2 matrix,   ?
 5 9
a) – 33 b) 33 c) – 43 d) 43

7 6
Solution: The determinant, D = = 7(9) − 5(6) = 33
5 9

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 1 2 − 1
 
34. What is the determinant of the 3 x 3 matrix,  2 − 1 1  ?
1 1 
 1
a) 6 b) 7 c) – 6 d) – 7

1 2 −1
Solution: D = 2 − 1 1 = 1(− 1)(1) + 2(1)(1) + (− 1)(1)(2) − 1(− 1)(− 1) + 2(2)(1) + 1(1)(1) = − 7
1 1 1

 cos  − sin  
35. What is the inverse of the 2 x 2 matrix, A =   ?
 sin  cos  
 cos  sin    cos  − sin    − cos  sin    cos  sin  0 
a)   b)   c)   d)  
 − sin  cos    sin  cos    sin  cos    0 sin 2
 

a b 1  d −b 
Solution: For 2 x 2 matrix, X =   , the inverse, X-1, is: X −1 =  
c d D  − c a 

cos  − sin 
Where, D = determinant of X. For matrix A, D = = cos2  − (sin )(− sin ) = cos2  + sin2  = 1
sin  cos 
 cos  sin  
Then, A−1 =  
 − sin  cos  

36. The equation y = a1 + a2x is an algebraic expression for which of the following choices?
a) A cosine expansion series b) A circle in polar formc) Projectile motion d) A straight line

Answer: d) A straight line.

• y = mx + b is the slope-intercept form of the equation of a straight line. Thus, y = a 1 + a2x

describes a straight line.

37. Determine the absolute value of resultant vector of the following vectors: F1 = 4i + 7j + 6k; F2 = 9i + 2j +
11k, F3 = 5i – 3j – 8k.
a) 21 b) 18 c) 25 d) 9

Solution: The resultant of vectors given in unit-vector form is the sum of the components.

R = (4 + 9 + 5)i + (7 + 2 − 3)j + (6 + 11 − 8)k = 18i + 6 j + 9k R = (18)2 + (6)2 + (9)2 = 21

38. Given the following vectors: A = 3i + 2j, B = 2i + 3j + k, C = 5i + 2k. Simplify the expression (A x B)  C .
a) 20 b) 0 c) 60i + 24k d) 5i + 2k

i j k
Solution: Solving first for A x B, let D = A x B, A x B = 3 2 0 = i(2 − 0) − j(3 − 0) + k (9 − 4) = 2i − 3 j − 5k
2 3 1

Let E = D  C , then E = D  C = Dx Cx + DyCy + DzCz = 2(5) + (−3)(0) + 5(2) = 20

6 + 2.5i
39. Determine the rationalized value of the complex number .
3 + 4i
a) 1.12 – 0.66i b) 0.32 – 0.66i c) – 32 + 0.66i d) – 1.12 + 0.66i
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 Solution:
• In order to rationalize a complex number, multiply the numerator and denominator by the complex
conjugate of the denominator and simplify.

6 + 2.5i (6 + 2.5i )(3 − 4i ) 28 − 16.5i

= = = 1.12 − 0.66i
3 + 4i (3 + 4i )(3 − 4i ) 25

40. Determine the first derivative with respect to x of the function: g(x ) = 5 10 − 35 .
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a) ¾ b) 0 c) 4(9)4 d) 35

Solution: The derivative of a constant is zero.

41. Determine the slope of the curve y = − x 2 at the point (2, 3).
a) 4 b) – 4 c) 2 d) – 2

Solution: The slope of a curve is given by the first derivative. y' = =

( )
dy d − x 2
= −2x
dx dx

At point (2, 3): y' (x ) = y' (2) = −2(2) = −4

42. What is the sum of the roots of the equation: 2x2 + 5x + 5 = 0?

a) – 2.5 b) 2.5 c) 2.25 d) – 2.25

b 5
Solution: The sum of the roots is: rsum = x1 + x 2 = − = −
a 2

43. Determine the distance traveled by a particle between a time interval of 0.2 second to 0.3 second if its
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velocity is V = 12 t 4 + , where V is in cm/s and t is in seconds.
t
a) 3.75 cm b) 2.84 cm c) 2.75 cm d) 3.84 cm

0.3  7
 
dS 7
Solution: = V = 12t 4 + dS = 12t 4 +  dt
dt t 0.2  t

S= (
12 5 5
)  t   12 
 
 0.3 
t 2 − t1 + 7 ln 2  =   (0.3)5 − (0.2)5 + 7 ln  = 2.84 cm
5  t1   5   0.2 

44. A force of 200 lb acts on a block at an angle of 28o with respect to horizontal. The block is pushed 2 ft
horizontally. Find the work done by this force.
a) 480 J b) 408 J c) 840 J d) 804 J

Solution: W = F  dx = F cos   x = (200 cos 28)(2) = 353.18 ft  lb = 480 J

45. The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1 gram per gram-atom. What is the mass of a hydrogen atom?
a) 1.66 x 10-24 g/atom b) 6.02 x 10-23 g/atom
c) 1 g/atom d) The mass is too small to calculate

• By definition, the mass of an atom is its atomic weight divided by the Avogadro’s number.

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 1
W= = 1.66 x 10− 24 g / atom
6.02 x 1023

46. A truck starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 6 m/s2. Find the speed of the truck after
4 seconds.
a) 18 m/s b) 28 m/s c) 24 m/s d) 35 m/s

Solution: For uniformly accelerated motion, V = Vo + at = 0 + (6)(4)2 = 24 m / s

47. A car starts from rest and has a constant acceleration of 3 fps 3. Determine the average velocity during the
first 10 seconds of motion.
a) 15 fps b) 20 fps c) 12 fps d) 18 fps

1
Solution: The distance traveled by the car, S = Vo t + at 2 = 0 +   (3)(10)2 = 150 ft
1
2 2
S 150
VAverage = = = 15 fps
t 10

48. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above ground. How long does it take to hit the ground?
a) 4.5 seconds b) 3.5 seconds c) 2.5 seconds d) 1.5 seconds

2(S − Vo t ) 260 − 0
Solution: S = Vot +  1  g t 2 t= = = 3.5 sec onds
2 g 9.81

49. A 5 meter extension ladder leans against the wall; the bottom is 3 m from the wall. If the bottom stays at
the same place, how much should the ladder be extended so that the top would lean against the wall 1
meter higher?
a) 1.2 m b) 1.5 m c) 0.5m d) 0.83095
m

LET h be the height of the wall then h = 5 2 − 32 = 4m

If it leans I m higher and let x be the extended length then (5 + x )2 = 5 2 + 32 and x = 0.83095m.

50. If a stone dropped from a balloon while ascending at the rate of 7.5m/s reaches the ground in 6seconds,
what was the height of the balloon when the stone was dropped?
a) 110.12 m b) 120.25 m c) 131.81 m d) 140.12

gt 2 9.81(6)2
y = vi t − = 7.5(6) − = −131.58m
2 2

Therefore the stone is dropped at a height 131.58m above the ground.

51. The salary of an employee’s job has five levels, each one 5% greater than the one below it. Due to
circumstances, the salary of the employee must be reduced from the top (fifth) level to the second level,
which means a reduction of P3000.00 per month. What is the employee’s present salary per month?
a) P22,032.50 b) P23,022.50 c) P22,320.50 d) P22,302.50

Solution: The salary levels can be seen as a geometric sequence. Let Sn be the salary at level n.
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 S3 = 1.05S2 S4 = 1.05S3 S5 = 1.05S4

S5 = 1.05 (1.05S3 ) = (1.05)2 S3 = (1.05)2 (1.05)S2 = (1.05)3 S2

Due to circumstance, S5 − 3,000.00 = S2

3000(1.05)3
S5 = (1.05)3 (S5 − 3,000.00) → S5 = = P 22,032.50
(1.05)3 − 1
52. Determine the value of each interior angle of a regular pentagon.
a) 108o b) 120o c) 98o d) 135o

Solution: For a regular polygon, the value of each interior angle, ,

=
No. of Sides − 2
No. of Sides
( ) 5−2
180o =  ( )
 180o = 108o
 5 
 7 6
53. What is the determinant of the 2 x 2 matrix,   ?
 5 9
a) – 33 b) 33 c) – 43 d) 43

7 6
Solution: The determinant, D = = 7(9) − 5(6) = 33
5 9
 1 2 − 1
 
54. What is the determinant of the 3 x 3 matrix,  2 −1 1  ?
1 1 1 
 
a) 6 b) 7 c) – 6 d) – 7
1 2 −1
Solution: D = 2 − 1 1 = 1(− 1)(1) + 2(1)(1) + (− 1)(1)(2) − 1(− 1)(− 1) + 2(2)(1) + 1(1)(1) = − 7
1 1 1
 cos  − sin  
55. What is the inverse of the 2 x 2 matrix, A =   ?
 sin  cos  
 cos  sin    cos  − sin    − cos  sin    cos  sin  0 
a)   b)   c)   d)  
 − sin  cos    sin  cos    sin  cos    0 sin2  

a b 1 d −b 
Solution: For 2 x 2 matrix, X =   , the inverse, X-1, is: X −1 =  
 c d  D  − c a 

cos  − sin 
Where, D = determinant of X. For matrix A, D = = cos2  − (sin )(− sin ) = cos2  + sin2  = 1
sin  cos 
 cos  sin  
Then, A−1 =  
 − sin  cos  

56. The equation y = a1 + a2x is an algebraic expression for which of the following choices?
a) A cosine expansion series b) A circle in polar formc) Projectile motion d) A straight line

Answer: d) A straight line.

• y = mx + b is the slope-intercept form of the equation of a straight line. Thus, y = a 1 + a2x

describes a straight line.

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57. Determine the absolute value of resultant vector of the following vectors: F1 = 4i + 7j + 6k; F2 = 9i + 2j +
11k, F3 = 5i – 3j – 8k.
a) 21 b) 18 c) 25 d) 9

Solution: The resultant of vectors given in unit-vector form is the sum of the components.

R = (4 + 9 + 5)i + (7 + 2 − 3)j + (6 + 11 − 8)k = 18i + 6 j + 9k R = (18)2 + (6)2 + (9)2 = 21

58. Given the following vectors: A = 3i + 2j, B = 2i + 3j + k, C = 5i + 2k. Simplify the expression (A x B)  C .
a) 20 b) 0 c) 60i + 24k d) 5i + 2k
i j k
Solution: Solving first for A x B, let D = A x B, A x B = 3 2 0 = i(2 − 0) − j(3 − 0) + k (9 − 4) = 2i − 3 j − 5k
2 3 1

Let E = D  C , then E = D  C = Dx Cx + DyCy + DzCz = 2(5) + (−3)(0) + 5(2) = 20

6 + 2.5i
59. Determine the rationalized value of the complex number .
3 + 4i
a) 1.12 – 0.66i b) 0.32 – 0.66i c) – 32 + 0.66i d) – 1.12 + 0.66i

Solution:
• In order to rationalize a complex number, multiply the numerator and denominator by the complex
conjugate of the denominator and simplify.

6 + 2.5i (6 + 2.5i )(3 − 4i ) 28 − 16.5i

= = = 1.12 − 0.66i
3 + 4i (3 + 4i )(3 − 4i ) 25

60. Determine the first derivative with respect to x of the function: g(x ) = 5 10 − 35 .
3
a) ¾ b) 0 c) 4(9)4 d) 35

Solution: The derivative of a constant is zero.

61. Determine the slope of the curve y = − x 2 at the point (2, 3).
a) 4 b) – 4 c) 2 d) – 2

Solution: The slope of a curve is given by the first derivative. y' = =

( )
dy d − x 2
= −2x
dx dx

At point (2, 3): y' (x ) = y' (2) = −2(2) = −4

62. What is the sum of the roots of the equation: 2x2 + 5x + 5 = 0?

a) – 2.5 b) 2.5 c) 2.25 d) – 2.25

b 5
Solution: The sum of the roots is: rsum = x1 + x 2 = − = −
a 2

63. Determine the distance traveled by a particle between a time interval of 0.2 second to 0.3 second if its
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velocity is V = 12 t 4 + , where V is in cm/s and t is in seconds.
t
a) 3.75 cm b) 2.84 cm c) 2.75 cm d) 3.84 cm

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 0.3  7
 dS = 
dS 7
Solution: = V = 12t 4 + 12t 4 +  dt
dt t 0.2  t

S= (
12 5 5
)  t   12 
 
 0.3 
t 2 − t1 + 7 ln 2  =   (0.3)5 − (0.2)5 + 7 ln  = 2.84 cm
5  1  
t 5  0.2 

64. Compute the arithmetic Mean of the following set of numbers: 18, 24, 27, 30, 35, 42, 50.
a. 31.82 b. 32.29 c. 30 d. 29.96
18 + 24 + 27 + 30 + 35 + 42 + 50
Arithmetic Mean = = 32.29
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65. Find the root mean square of 11, 23, and 35.
a. 25 b. 27 c. 26 d. 24

RMS =
Root Mean Square (RMS),  (x 2
)' s
=
112 + 23 2 + 35 2
= 25
n 3
66. Five years ago the father is three times as old as his son. Ten years from now, the father will be twice as
old as his son. How old is the son twelve years from now?
a) 32 years old b) 20 years old c) 50 years old d) 38 years old

Solution: Let x = age of the father y = age of the son x − 5 = 3(y − 5)

x + 10 = 2(y + 10)
x − 5 = 3y − 15 x + 10 = 2y + 20 x = 3y − 10 x = 2y + 10

3y − 10 = 2y + 10 y = 20 x = 3(20) − 20 = 40

Age of the son 12 years from now: 20 + 12 = 32 years old

67. From the top of tower A, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower B is 46o. From the foot of tower B
the angle of elevation of the top of tower A is 28o. Both towers are on a level ground. If the height of tower
B is 120 m, how high is tower A?
a) 40.7 m b) 44.1 m c) 42.3 m d) 38.6 m
E
Solution: DE = 120 m
44o
DE CD
In triangle DCE, =
Sin(46 + 28) Sin 44o

 sin 44o   o
CD = DE   = 120  sin 44  = 86.72 m
 sin 74o   sin 74o  Tower B
    C 46o
28o
h = CD sin 28o = (86.72) sin 28o = 40.71 m
h Tower A

D
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  (x )
1
68. Determine the value of
3
+ x 5 + sin x dx .
−1
a. 0 b.1.75 c. 3.1416 d. infinity
1 1

 (x )
1 x4 x6 1
Solution: 3
+ x 5 + sin x dx = + + cos x −1 = 0
−1 4 6
−1 −1

69. Determine the distance between the foci of a hyperbola if the lengths of the transverse and conjugate axes
are 10 m and 8 m, respectively.
a. 20.8 m b. 12.8 m c. 13.8 m d. 25.6 m

Solution: S = 2c = 2 a 2 + b 2 = 2 (10 )2 + (8)2  = 25.61 m

 

70. Think of a number. Double the number. Subtract 6 from the result and divide the answer by 2. The
quotient will be 20. What is the number you think?
a. 12 b. 20 c. 23 d. 32

Solution: Le: x - be the number

2x − 6 2x-6 = 40; x = 23
= 20
2

71. Determine the absolute value of resultant vector of the following vectors: F1 = 4i + 7j + 6k; F2 = 9i + 2j +
11k, F3 = 5i – 3j – 8k.
a) 21 b) 18 c) 25 d) 9

Solution: The resultant of vectors given in unit-vector form is the sum of the components.

R = (4 + 9 + 5)i + (7 + 2 − 3)j + (6 + 11 − 8)k = 18i + 6 j + 9k R = (18)2 + (6)2 + (9)2 = 21

72. An Electrical Engineer obtained a loan of P50,000.00 at the rate of 6% compounded annually in order to
repair his mistress’ house. Mow much must the Electrical Engineer pay monthly to amortize the loan
within a period of ten years?
a) P605.20 b) P550.90 c) P505.90 d) P508.90

Solution: Converting the interest into effective monthly interest, one peso-one year analysis,

1
1(1 + 0.6)1 year = 1(1 + i )12 months i = (1.06)12 − 1 = 0.00486 or 0.486 %

i (1 + i )N P 0.00486(1.00486)120 (50,000.00)
N = mn = 12(10) = 120 A= = = P550.90
(1 + i )N − 1 (1.00486)120 − 1

73. Determine the diameter of a circle, x 2 + y 2 − 6x + 4 y − 12 = 0 .

a) 9 units b) 11 units c) 12 units d) 10 units

Solution: x 2 + y 2 − 6x + 4 y − 12 = 0 (x 2
) ( )
− 6x + 9 + y 2 + 4 y + 4 = 12 + 13 = 25

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 (x − 3)2 + (y + 2)2 = 25 Then, r = 5 units and d = 10 units

74. What is the present value of P5,000.00 due in 8 years if money is worth 12% compounded semi-annually?
a) P1,896.23 b) P1,869.23 c) P1,698.23 d) P1,968.23

F 5,000.00
Solution: P= = = P1,968.23
mn 2(8)
 in   0.12 
1 +  1 + 
 m  2 

75. How many permutation can be made out of the letters of the word ENGINEERING?
a) 277 200 b) 272 700 c) 200 277 d) 227 700

n! 11!
Solution: P= = = 277 200
p! q!... 3!3! 2! 2!

Where, n = 11 objects with 3E’s, 3N’s, 2G’s, and 2I’s

76. If vector A is 10 units and vector B, which makes 600 with vector A, is 20 units. What is the difference of
vectors A and B?
a) 15.34 units b) 13.45 units c) 18.76 units d) 17.32 units

Solution: by cosine law, c = a 2 + b 2 − 2ab cos  = 17.32 units

77. From a deck of ordinary cards, what is the probability of drawing a heart or face card?
a) 48.08% b) 42.31% c) 5.77% d) 33.33%

P(A or B) = P(A ) + P(B) + P(A and B) =

13 12 3 22
+ − = = 42.131%
52 52 52 52

78. A perfect gas is expanded polytropically with an initial volume and temperature of 0.06 m 3 and 147 0C
respectively. If the final volume and temperature are 0.21 m3 and 21 0C respectively, what is the index of
the expansion?
a) 1.285 b) 1.212 c) 1.333 d) 1.400

T1 V
= { 1 }n −1 solving for n, n = 1.285
T2 V2

79. If the loan was for 15 months at 16.8% interest a year and the repayment on a loan was P12,100.00, how
much was the principal?
a) P8,500.00 b) P9,500.00 c) P10,000.00 d) P10,500.00

F 12,100.00
Solution: P= = = P9,965.10  P10,000.00
(1 + i ) n
(1.168)1.25

80. Determine the accumulated value of P2,000.00 in 5 years it is invested at 11% compounded quarterly.
a) P3,440.00 b) P3,404.00 c) P3,044.00 d) P4,304.00

mn (4 )(5)
 i   0.11 
Solution: F = P1 + n  = 2,000.001 +  = P3,440.00
 m  4 

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81. The sum of P15,000.00, deposited in an account earning 4% per annum compounded quarterly, will
become P18,302.85. Determine the effective rate of interest per year.
a) 3.06 % b) 4.06 % c) 5.06 % d) 6.06 %

 i  m   0.04  4 
Solution: i e = 1 + n  − 1 (100 % ) = 1 +  − 1 (100 % ) = 4.06 %
 m   4  

82. If a machine is purchased on installment and the buyer makes an P80,000.00 down payment and owes a
balance of P150,000 in 2 years. Determine the machine cash value if money is worth 14% compounded
quarterly.
a) P199,312.00 b) P183,912.00 c) P193,912.00 d) P139,912.00

Solution: Cash Value = Down payment + Present value of the balance

F 150,000.00
Cash Value = P80,000.00 + mn
= P80,000.00 + 4 (2 )
= P193,912.00
 in   0.14 
1 +  1 + 
 m  4 

83. Find the number of years when P2,500.00 is compounded to P5,800.00 if invested at 12% compounded
quarterly.
a) P6.12 years b) 7.12 years c) 8.12 years d) 5.12 years

mn
 in  F   i   F
Solution: 1 +  = → mn ln1 + n  = ln 
 m P   m  P
F  5,800.00 
ln  ln 
P  2,500.00 
n= m
= 4
= 7.12 years
 i   0.12 
ln1 + n  ln1 + 
 m  4 

84. What is the effective rate equivalent of 12% compounded quarterly?

a) 12.55% b) 11.55 % c) 12.98 % d) 13 %

 i  m   0.12  4 
Solution: i e = 1 + n  − 1 (100 % ) = 1 +  − 1 (100 % ) = 12.55 %
 m   4  

85. What rate compounded-quarterly is equivalent to 14% compounded semi-annually?

a) 10.76 % b) 11.76 % c) 12.76 % d) 13.76 %

 i  4   0.14 
2   in 
4
Solution: i e = 1 + n  − 1 (100 % ) = 1 +  − 1 (100 % ) 1 +  = 1.1449
 4   2    4

 1 
i n = 4(1.1449) 4 − 1 = 13.76 %
 

86. Celestino owes P500, due in 3 years and P800 due in 7 years. He is allowed to settle these obligations by a
single payment on the 6th year. Find how much he has to pay on the 6th year if money is worth 14%
compounded semi-annually.
a) P1,449.12 b) P 1,559.12 c) P1,339.12 d) P1,669.12

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 2(3)
 0.14  800
Solution: F6 th = 5001 +  + 2(1)
= 750.37 + 698.75 = P1,449.12
 2   0.14 
1 + 
 2 

87. Cleofas borrowed P2,000.00 from a bank and agreed to pay the loan at the end of one year. The bank
discounted the loan and gave him P1950 in cash. Determine the rate of discount.
a) 3.75 % b) 3.12 % c) 2.5 % d) 1.2 %

F−P  2,000.00 − 1,950.00 

Solution: d= (100 %) =  (100 %) = 2.5 %
 F   2,000.00 

88. A machine was purchased under these terms: P30,000 down and P5,000 each month for 5 years. If money
is worth 12% compounded monthly, what is the cash price of the machine?
a) P144,775.19 b) P245,775.19 c) P542,775.91 d) P254,775.19

Solution: Cash Price = Down Payment + Present Worth of Annuity

 i  mn 
A 1 + n  − 1
 m 
Cash Pr ice = Down Payment +  mn
 i 
i 1 + n 
 m
 0.12 12 (5) 
5,000.001 +  − 1
 12  
Cash Pr ice = P30,000.00 + 1295
= P 254,775.19
 0.12 
0.121 + 
 12 
89. Determine the amount that must be deposited every 3 months in a fund paying 12% compounded quarterly
in order to have P25,000 in 8 years.
a) P746.71 b) P476.17 c) P674.71 d) P700.00

 in   0.12 
 F  (25,000.00)
Solution: A= m =  4 
= P476.17
mn 4(8 )
 in   0.12 
1 +  −1 1 + 
 m  4 

90. What is the acid test ratio?

a. The ratio of owner’s equity to total current liabilities
b. The ratio of all assets to actual current liabilities
c. The ratio of current assets (exclusive of inventory) to the total current liabilities.
d. The ratio of gross margin to operating, sates, and administrative expenses

91. How do call an energy required to move 1 Coulomb of charge through an element.
a) Current b) Voltage c) Power d) Resonance
dw
Answer: b) Voltage V= where q = charge in C w = energy in Joules
dq

92. This is a number sequence where the succeeding term is obtained by adding the last pair of preceding
terms such as the sequence (1, 1, 2, ,3 5, 8 …). How do you call this number sequence?
a) Euler’s number b) Fermat number c) Fibonacci number d) Fourier series

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93. If the roots of an equation are zero, then, how do you classify the solutions?
a. Extranous solutions b. Trivial solutions c. Conditional solutions d. Ambiguous
solutions

94. In electricity, how do you call the rate of charge flow?

a) Potential difference b) Current c) Voltage d) Power
95. This law in electrical circuits states, “The algebraic sum of currents entering a node (or a closed boundary)
is zero”. How do you call this law?
a) Kirrchoff’s current law b) Ohm’s current law c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law d) Ohm’s
voltage law

96. This law in electrical circuits state, “The algebraic sum of all voltages around a closed path (or loop) is
zero”. How do you call this law?
a) Kirrchoff’s current law b) Ohm’s current law c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law d) Ohm’s voltage
law
97. In electrical, what is the SI unit of conductance?
a) Ohm b) Mho c) Siemens d) Ampere

98. Which of the following is the equivalent of 1 Ampere?

a) 1 Coulomb per second b) 1 Joule per Coulomb c) 1 Volt per Ampere d) 1 Ampere per Coulomb
Answer: a) 1 Coulomb per second
1 Ohm = 1 Volt/Ampere 1 Siemens = 1 Ampere/Volt
1 Volt = 1 Joule/Coulomb 1 Ampere = 1 Coulumb per second
99. This is the process of expressing a polynomial as the product of another polynomial or monomial of lower
degree. What is this mathematical process?
a) Decomposition b) Rationalization c) Factoring d) Polynomial
damping

100. This is a point where the concavity of a curve changes or when the slope of the curve is neither
increasing nor decreasing. What is this point commonly called?
a) Maximum point b) Minimum point c) Point of tangency d. Point of
inflection
101. How do you call the axis of the hyperbola that passes through the center, the foci and vertices?
a) Transverse axis b) Conjugate Axis c) Asymptotic axis d) Major Axis

102. What is a number, which could not be expressed as a quotient of two integers?
a. Natural b. Rational c. Irrational d. Surd
103. How do you call the opposite of the prefix nano?
a) Peta b) Tera c) Giga d) Hexa
104. What do you call a triangle having three unequal sides?
a) Obtuse b) Oblique c) Scalene d) Isosceles
105. How do you call the distance of a point from the y-axis?
a) Polar distance b) Coordinate c) Abscissa d) Ordinate

106. This is the measure of central tendency defined as the most frequent score. How do you call this
measure of central tendency?
a) Median b) Mode c) Mean d) Deviation
107. Which of the following is the equivalent of 1 mil?
a) One-tenth of an inch b) One-thousandth of an inch c) One millionth of an inch c) One-half
of an inch

108. A polygon with ten sides is said to be:

a. Dodecagon b. Decagon c. Decahedron d. Dodecahedron
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109. Any number expressed in place-value notation with base 12 is known as:
a. Duodecimal b. Deontic c. Decile d. Dedekind

110. Another name for derivative is said to be:

a. Differential manifold b. Partial derivative c. Differential form d. Differential coefficient
111. Another term for rhombus is said to be:
a. Dichotomy b. Diamond c. Cyclic quadrilateral d. Bi-
rectangular

112. A prefix denoting a multiple of ten times any of the physical units of the system international.
a. Deka b. Nano c. Hecto d. Exa
113. The father of plane geometry.
a. Euclid b. Pythagoras c. Aristotle d. Galileo

114. This is the case of a solution of a plane triangle where the given data leads to two solutions. How do
you call this case?
a) Ambiguous case b) Quadratic case c) Extraneous case d) Conditional case
115. It is a type of polygon in which each interior angle must be less than or equal to 180°, and all vertices
'point outwards' away from the interior. How do you call this polygon?
a) Concave Polygon b) Convex polygon c) Regular polygon d) Irregular polygon

116. It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal intervals of time where the first payment is made
after several periods, after the beginning of the payment. How do you call this payment?
a) Deferred annuity b) Delayed annuity c) Progressive annuity d) Simple annuity

117. What do you think is the negotiation of wage rates, conditions of employment, etc. by representatives
of the labor force and management?
a) Union trade b) Union rally c) Collective bargaining d)
Cooperative
118. How do you call a type of bond where the corporation’s owner name is recorded and the interest is
paid periodically to the owners with their asking for it?
a) Registered bond b) Preferred bond c) Incorporator’s bond d) Bail bond

119. How do you call the integral of any quotient whose numerator is the differential of the denominator?
a) Co-logarithm b) Logarithm c) Product d) Derivative

120. What is a regular polygon that has 27 diagonals?

a) Nonagon b) hexagon c) Pentagon d) Heptagon
121. How do you call the formula used to compute the value of n factorial, which is in symbolic form (n!),
where n is large number?
a) Matheson formula b) Diophantine formula c) Richardson-Duchman formula d) Stirling’s
Approximation

122. What is the reason why an ivory soap floats in water?

a) All matter has mass
b) The specific gravity of ivory soap is greater than that of water
c) The density of ivory soap is unity
d) The specific gravity of ivory soap is less than that of water
123. When two planes intersect with each other, the amount of divergence between the two planes is
expressed by measuring the:
a) Reflex angle b) Dihedral angle c) Polyhedral angle d) Plane angle
124. What do you think is the output or sales at which income is insufficient to equal operating cost?
a) Break even point b) Depreciation c) Investment d) Cash flow

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125. What is an estimate of assets’ net market value at the end of its estimated life?
a) Book value b) Depreciation c) Salvage value d) Cash flow
126. What do you think is the lessening of the value of an asset due to a decrease in the quantity available
as a coal, oil and timber in forests?
a) Depletion b) Amortization c) Depreciation d)
Investment

127. What can you say about the present worth of all depreciation over the economic life of the item?
a) Maintenance b) Capital recovery c) Depreciation recovery d) Annuity
128. What do you think is the provision in the contract that indicates the possible adjustment of material
cost and labor cost?
a) Secondary clause b) Specification c) Escalatory clause d) General provision

129. This is the process of determining the value of certain property for specific reasons. Guess, what is
this?
a) Amortization b) Investment c) Appraisal d) Depreciation

130. How do you call those products or services that are directly used by people to satisfy their wants?
a) Consumer goods and services b) Producer goods and services
c) Necessity products and services d) Luxury products and services

131. These are used to produce consumer goods and services. Guess, what are these?
a) Consumer goods and services b) Producer goods and services
c) Necessity products and services d) Luxury products and services

132. What do you think are those products or services that are required to support human life and activities
that will be purchased in somewhat the same quantity even though the price varies considerably?
a) Consumer goods and services b) Producer goods and services
c) Necessity products and services d) Luxury products and services

133. How do you call a cylinder with elliptical cross section?

a. Ellipsoid b. Cylindroid c. Hyperboloid d. Paraboloid

134. How do you call a market whereby there is only one buyer of an item for which there are no goods
substitutes?
a) Monopoly b) Monopsony c) Oligopoly d) Oligopsony

135. Which statement about a charge placed on a dielectric material is true?

a. The charge increases the conductivity of the material
b. The charge is confined to the region in which the charge was placed.
c. The charge is immediately lost to the atmosphere
d. The charge is instantly carried to the material’s surface

• In a dielectric, all charges are attached to specific atoms or molecules.

136. Which of the following is not a property of magnetic field lines?

a) Magnetic field lines have no beginnings and no ends
b) The lines cross themselves only at right angles
c) The line intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right angles
d) The field is stronger where the lines are closer together

• Magnetic field lines do not cross. Their direction at any given point is unique.

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137. Tesla is a unit of which of the following?
a) Magnetic induction b) Inductance c) Capacitance d) magnetic flux

138. What is a pole pitch?

a) The angle at which the pole windings are wound b) The space on the stator allocated to two poles
c) The space on the stator allocated to one pole d) The mica used to insulate the poles from each
other
• Pole pitch is defined as the periphery of the armature divided by the number of poles. Thus, it is
the space on the stator allocated to one pole.
•
139. How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides?
a) Hectogon b) Chilliagon c) Myriagon d) Octacontagon

140. Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side is called as:
a) Newton line b) Secant c) Cevian d) Euclidian line

141. It is any influence capable of producing a change in the motion of an object.

a) Force b) Acceleration c) Friction d) Velocity

142. How do you call the amount needed at the beginning of operations and permits the enterprise to begin
functioning before it receives any income from the sales of its product or service.
a) Initial working capital b) Regular working capital c) Equity d) Annuity

143. In the problem of writing the equation of a certain curve with respect to another axes in which the new
axes are parallel to the original axes and similarly directed is known as:
a) Translation of axes b) Reversal of axes c) Notation of axes d) Relocation of axes

144. How do you call a ring shaped surface or solid obtained by rotating a circle about a coplanar line that
does not intersect?
a) Torus b) Annulus c) Circoloid d) Annular

145. If the eccentricity is less than one, then curve is known as:
a) Ellipse b) Hyperbola c) Parabola d) Circle

146. Determine the outside diameter of a hollow steel tube that will carry a tensile load of 500 kN at a
stress of 140 MPa. Assume the wall thickness to be 0ne-tenth of the outside diameter.
a) 123 mm b) 103 mm c) 113 mm d) 93 mm

147. What can you say to the following statement: “the volume of a circular cylinder is equal to the product
of its base and altitude.”?
a) Postulate b) Corollary c) Theorem d) Axiom

148. What is the study of the properties of figures of three dimensions?

a) Physics b) Solid geometry c) Plane geometry d) Trigonometry

149. A type of bond, without any security behind them except a promise to pay by the issuing corporation
is known as:
a. Collateral trust bond b. Mortgage bond c. Debenture bond d. Joint bond

150. A situation whereby payment is made for work not done. The term also applies to the case where
more workers are used than a reasonable requirement for efficient operation.

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 a. Downtime pay b. Check-in-pay c. Feather bidding d. Moon lighting

151. The difference between what a negotiable paper is worth in the future and its present worth is known
as:
a. Book value b. Salvage value c. Sunk value d. Discount

152. The temperature to which the air must be cooled at constant temperature to produce saturation.
a. Absolute temperature b. 273 K c. Dew point d. Critical
temperature
153. A net force that will give to a mass of one gram an acceleration of 1 cm/s2 is said to be:
a. Newton b. Ergs c. Kilogram force d. Dyne

154. A change in position, specified by a length and a direction is said to be:

a. Displacement b. Acceleration c. Velocity d. Dynamic equilibrium
155. The process of one substance mixing with another because of molecular motion is known as:
a. Adhesion b. Diffusion c. Cohesion d. Confusion

156. Those cost that arise at the result of a change in operations or policy or it is the ratio of a small
increment cost and a small increment of output.
a. Increment cost b. Differential cost c. Marginal cost d. Promotion cost
157. The index that gives the rate earned per share based on current price per share is called as:
a. Price-earning ratio b. Operating expense ratio c. Dividend yield d.
Equity ratio

158. A regular polyhedron having 12 regular pentagons is called as:

a. Icosahedron b. Octahedron c. Dodecahedron d. Tetrahedron

159. Two angles whose sum is 360o is called:

a. Explementary angles b. Complimentary angles c. Supplementary anglesd. Elementary angles
160. What is an annuity?
a) The future worth of a present amount. b) A series of uniform amounts over a period of time
c) The present worth of a future amount d) An annual repayment of a loan

161. When using net present worth calculations to compare two projects, which of the following could
invalidate the calculation?
a) Use of the same discount rate for each period b) Differences in the magnitudes of the
projects
c) Evaluating over different time periods d) Mutually exclusive projects

• a), b) and d) are all problems with internal rate of return calculations that net present worth
handles nicely. However, the net present worth of two projects must be calculated for the same
time period.

162. What must two investments with the same present worth and unequal lives have?
a) Different equivalent uniform annual cash flows b) Identical salvage values
c) Different salvage values d) Identical equivalent uniform annual cash flows

163. Which of the following is true regarding the minimum attractive rate of return used in judging
proposed investments?
a. It is much smaller than the interest rate used to discount expected cash flows from investments
b. It is frequently a policy decision made by an organization’s management
c. It is larger than the interest rate used to discount expected cash flow from investments
d. It is not relevant in engineering economy studies
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164. Which of the following situations has a conventional cash flow so that an internal rate of return can be
safely calculated and used?
a. Your company undertakes a mining project in which the land must be reclaimed at the end of the
project.
b. You invest in a safe dividend stock and receive dividends each year.
c. You lease a car and pay by the month
d. Your company invests heavily in a new product that will generate profits for two years. To keep
profits high for 10 years, the company plans to reinvest heavily after two years.

• The situation in choice b) has a negative cash flow, one sign change, then positive cash flow.
Thus, it is the only situation that has a conventional cash flow so that an IRR can be safely
calculated and used.

165. The economic order quantity (EOQ) is defined as the order quantity which minimizes the inventory
cost per unit time. Which of the flowing is not an assumption of the basic EOQ model with no shortages?
a) Reordering is done when the inventory is zero
b) There is an upper bound on the quantity ordered
c) The entire reorder quantity I delivered instantaneously
d) The demand rate is uniform and constant

2aK
• Recall that, EOQ = , where a = the constant depletion rate (items per unit time); K = the fixed
h
cost per order in dollars; h = the inventory storage cost (Pesos per item per unit time). Thus, there
is no upper bound on the quantity ordered.

166. Which of the following events will cause the optimal lot size, given by the classic EOQ model with no
shortages, to increase?
a) A decrease in inventory carrying cost b) A decrease in demand
c) An increase in demand d) a) or c) above

2aK
• EOQ = , where a = the constant depletion rate (items per unit time); K = the fixed cost per
h
order in dollars; h = the inventory storage cost (Pesos per item per unit time). Thus, a decrease in
inventory carrying cost, h, or an increase in demand, a, will cause the optimal lot size to increase.

167. What is a borrower of a particular loan almost always required to do during repayment?
a) Pay exactly the same amount of principal each payment
b) Repay the loan over an agreed-upon amount of time
c) Pay exactly the same amount of interest each payment
d) Pay the interest only whenever failure to pay the principal

168. How to you classify work-in-process?

a) A liability b) An expense c) A revenue d) An asset

• Work-in-process is included in the working fund investments. The working fund investments is an
asset not subjected to depreciation.

169. What is the indirect product cost (IPC) spending variance?

a. The IPC volume adjusted budget minus the total IPC absorbed
b. The IPC volume adjusted budget [fixed + volume (variable IPC rate)]
c. The difference between actual IPC and IPC volume adjusted budget
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 d. The difference between actual IPC and IPC absorbed
e.
170. A leak from a faucet comes out in separate drops. Which of the following is the main cause of this
phenomenon?
a) Air resistance b) Gravity c) Surface tension d) Viscosity of the fluid

171. Which of the following elements and compounds is unstable in its pure form?
a) Hydrochloric acid b) Carbon dioxide c) Sodium d) Helium

172. What is the actual geometric shape of the methane molecule?

a) Tetrahedral b) Pyramidal c) Square planar d) Linear

173. A substance is oxidized when which of the following occurs?

a) It losses electrons b) It becomes more negative
c) It gives off heat d) It absorbs energy

• By definition, a substance is oxidized when it losses electrons.

174. Reactions generally proceed faster at higher temperatures because of which of the following?
a) The molecules are less energetic b) The activation energy is less
c) The molecules collide more frequently d) Both b) & c) above

175. Which one of the following statements regarding organic substances is false?
a. Organic matter is generally stable at very high temperatures
b. Organic substances generally dissolve in high-concentration acids
c. All organic matter contains carbon
d. Organic substances generally do not dissolve in water.
e.
176. Which of the following affects most of the electrical and thermal properties of materials?
a) The weight of the atoms b) The weight of the protons
c) The electrons, particularly the outermost one d) The magnitude of electrical charge of the
protons

• The outermost electrons are responsible for determining most of the material’s properties.

177. What are the valence electrons?

a) The electrons of complete quantum shells b) Electrons with positive charge
c) The outer-shell electrons d) The K-quantum shell electrons

• By definition, the outermost electrons are the valence electrons

178. How do you call the strong bond between hydrogen atoms?
a) Ionic and metallic bonds b) The covalent bond c) The ionic bond d) The metallic bond

• Covalent bonds provide the strongest attractive forces between atoms.

179. What are Van der Waals forces?

a) Forces present only in gases b) Forces not present in liquids
c) Primary bonds between atoms d) Weak secondary bonds between
atoms

• By definition, Van der Waals forces are weak attractive forces between molecules.

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180. Which of the following materials is not a viscoelastic material?
a) Metal b) Plastic c) Rubber d) Glass

• A material which is viscoelastic exhibits time-dependent elastic strain. Of the choices, only metal
does not fit this description. Metal is considered to be an elastoplastic material.

181. In molecules of the same composition, what are variations of atomic arrangements known as?
a) Isomers b) Polymers c) Monomers d) Crystal systems

• Isomers are molecules that have the same composition but different atomic arrangements.

182. Which of the following is false?

a. The acceleration of a body rotating with a constant angular velocity is zero.
b. Angular momentum for rigid bodies may be regarded as the product of angular velocity and
inertia.
c. The radius of gyration for a mass of uniform thickness is identical to that for a planar area of the
same shape.
d. Kinematics is the study of the effects of motion, while kinetics is the study of the causes of
motion.

• A body rotating at a constant angular velocity has no angular acceleration. It does have a linear
acceleration.

183. Which statement about a charge placed on a dielectric material is true?

a. The charge increases the conductivity of the material
b. The charge is confined to the region in which the charge was placed.
c. The charge is immediately lost to the atmosphere
d. The charge is instantly carried to the material’s surface

o In a dielectric, all charges are attached to specific atoms or molecules.

184. Which of the following is not a property of magnetic field lines?

a) Magnetic field lines have no beginnings and no ends
b) The lines cross themselves only at right angles
c) The line intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right angles
d) The field is stronger where the lines are closer together

o Magnetic field lines do not cross. Their direction at any given point is unique.

185. Tesla is a unit of which of the following?

a) Magnetic induction b) Inductance c) Capacitance d) magnetic flux

186. What is a pole pitch?

a) The angle at which the pole windings are wound
b) The space on the stator allocated to two poles
c) The space on the stator allocated to one pole
d) The mica used to insulate the poles from each other

• Pole pitch is defined as the periphery of the armature divided by the number of poles. Thus, it is
the space on the stator allocated to one pole.

187. How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides?

a) Hectogon b) Chilliagon c) Myriagon d) Octacontagon

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188. Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side is called as:
a) Newton line b) Secant c) Cevian d) Euclidian line

189. It is any influence capable of producing a change in the motion of an object.

a) Force b) Acceleration c) Friction d) Velocity

190. How do you call the amount needed at the beginning of operations and permits the enterprise to begin
functioning before it receives any income from the sales of its product or service.
a) Initial working capital b) Regular working capital c) Equity d) Annuity

191. In the problem of writing the equation of a certain curve with respect to another axes in which the new
axes are parallel to the original axes and similarly directed is known as:
a) Translation of axes b) Reversal of axes c) Notation of axes d)
Relocation of axes

192. How do you call a ring shaped surface or solid obtained by rotating a circle about a coplanar line that
does not intersect?
a) Torus b) Annulus c) Circoloid d) Annular

193. If the eccentricity is less than one, then curve is known as:
a) Ellipse b) Hyperbola c) Parabola d) Circle

194. What can you say to the following statement: “the volume of a circular cylinder is equal to the product
of its base and altitude.”?
a) Postulate b) Corollary c) Theorem d) Axiom

195. What is the study of the properties of figures of three dimensions?

a) Physics b) Solid geometry c) Plane geometry d) Trigonometry

196. Points that lie in the same plane:

a) Coplanar b) Collinear c) Oblique d) Parallel

197. What do you call the one-fourth of a great circle?

a) Cone b) Pyramid c) Chord d) Quadrant

198. A plane closed curve, all points of which are the same distance from a point within, called the center.
a) Arc b) Radius c) Circle d) Chord

199. What do you call the replacement of the original cost of an investment?
a) Pay off b) Return on investment c) Breakeven d) Capital recovery

200. This is the case of a solution of a plane triangle where the given data leads to two solutions. How do
you call this case?
a) Ambiguous case b) Quadratic case c) Extraneous case d) Conditional case

201. What do you think is the provision in the contract that indicates the possible adjustment of material
cost and labor cost?
a) Secondary clause b) Specification c) Escalatory clause d) General provision

202. This is the process of determining the value of certain property for specific reasons. Guess, what is
this?
a) Amortization b) Investment c) Appraisal d) Depreciation

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203. If f " ( x 1 ) = 0 , then the point (x1, y1) is called;
a) Minimum point b) Maximum point c) Inflection point d) Critical point

Solution: if the second derivative of the function is zero then this is the inflection point.

204. Adding more solute to an already saturated solution will cause the excess solute to settle to the bottom
of the container. What is this process called?
a) Precipitation b) Hydration c) Dehydration d) Saturation

205. The length of time at which the original cost of capital used to purchase a unit has already been
recovered.
a) Economic life b) Write off period c) Physical life d) Salvage life

206. The actual interest earned by a given principal is known as:

a) Compound interest b) Simple interest c) Effective interest d) Nominal interest

ADDITIONAL COACHING PROBLEMS

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1. A woman went shopping for some canned goods which were on sale. She bought three times as many cans
of peaches and two times as many cans of tuna as cans of peaches. It she purchased a total of 24 cans, how
many cans did he buy?
a.5 b.8 c.4 d.12
Ans: C

2. A man makes a business trip from his house to batangas in 2 hours. One hour later, he returns home in
traffic at a rate of 20kph less that his going rate. If he is gone a total of 6 hours. How fast did he travel going
back home?
a.50 b.60 c.40 d.30
Ans: C

3. A trapezoid has its 2 bases in meters in ratio of 4:5 with an latitude of 20 meters if the trapezoid has an area
of 360 find the two bases.
a.20 and 16 b.8 and 10 c.40 and 32 d.12 and 50
Ans: A

4. Which of the following is the nth term of the set of number 8,4,0,-4?
a.12-4n b.10-5n c.5-3n d.7-5n
Ans: A

5. A spring whose normal length is 10 inches has a modulus of 12 pounds per inch. How much work is done in
stretching this spring from length of 12 inches to a total length of 15 inches?
a.126 in-lb b.109 in-lb c.150 in-lb d.200 in-lb
Ans: A

6. A right circular tank of depth 12 feet and radius of 4 feet is half full of oil weighing 60 pound per cubic foot.
Find the work done in pumping the oil to a height 6 feet above the tank.
a.136 ft-tons b.159 ft-tons c.180 ft-tons d.250 ft-tons
Ans: A

7. Hooke’s law states that within the limits of elasticity the displacement produced in a body is proportional to
the force applied. That is F=kx, where k is called modulus. Thus., if the modulus of a spring is 20 pounds per
inch, the work required to stretch or compress the spring a distance of 6 inches is
a.30 in-lb b.32 in-lb c.35 in-lb d.55 in-lb
Ans. A.

8. What is the value of square root -7 x square root of -10?

a.Square root of 70 b.Negative square root of 70 c.Imaginary d.Square root of 70 times i
Ans B

9. The points A(1,0) , B(9,2) and C(3,6) are vertices of triangle which of the following is an equation of one
of medians?
a.X + 7y =23 b.2x – 3y = 12 c.4x + 4y =15 d.2x – y =13
Ans. A

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10. Find the area of the triangle which the line 4x – 6y +12 = 0 forms with the coordinate axes
a.3 b.5 c.10 d.7
Ans: A

11. A particles position (in inches ) along the axis after 1 seconds of travel is given by the equation x = 24t^2 -
3t^3 + 10. What is the particle’s average velocity, in in/sec during the first 3 seconds
a.63 b.45 c.70 d.47
Ans: B

12. Find the area of the region bounded by y = x^3 -3x^2 +2x +1 the axis, and vertical lines x = 0 and x=2
a.4 b.2 c.10 d.3
Ans: B

13. Find the rate of change of the area of a square with respect to its side when x=5
a.63 b.45 c.10 d.47
Ans: C

14. A spherical snow ball melting in such a way that its surface area decreases at rate of 1 cm^3/min. How fast
is its radius shrinking when it is 3 com?
a.-1/2 Pie b.-1/48pie c.-1/20pie d.-1/12pie
Ans: A

15. Two cities 270 km apart lie on the same meridian. Find their difference in latitude if the arth’s radius is
3960 km.
a.3/55 rad b.2/44 rad c.1/12 rad d.5/27 rad
Ans: A

16. Find the maximum area of a rectangle circumscribed about a fixed rectangle of length 6 cm and width of 4
cm.
a.60 b.24 c.48 d.100
Ans: A

17. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is 10.2426. Compute the area of the triangle in square units.
a.4 b.2 c.4.5 d.5.2
Ans: C

18. A piece of wire is shaped in enclose a rectangle with a length of 15 cm and whose area is 150 sq. cm. It is
then reshaped to enclose a square. Find the area of the square in cm^2.
a.156.25 b.125.72 c.453.72 d.187.45
Ans: A

19. Find the area of the region bounded by the parabola x = y^2 and the line y=x-2
a.8/2 b.3/2 c.7/2 d.11/1
Ans: A
20. Five horses are in a race. A woman picks two of the horses in random, and bets one of them. Find the
probability “p” that a person picked the winner
a.1/10 b.2/5 c.3/10 d.7/10
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Ans: A

21. The probability that a hits the target is 1/3 and the probability that b hits target is 1/5 they both fire at the
target. Find the probability that one of them hits the target.
a.2/5 b.3/5 c.3/7 d.9/10
Ans: A

22. What is (1+i) raised to the power 10?

a.32i b.52i c.I d.Undefined
Ans: A
23. What is the maximum area of the rectangle whose base is on the x-axis and whose upper two vertices line
on the parabola y = 12 – x^2
a.32 b.16 c.54 d.20
Ans: A

24. Find the equation of a line through point A(4,1) perpendicular to the line 2x -3y +4 = 0
a.A 3x + 2y =14 b.2x +5y = 10 c.5x -3y =10 d.2x -10y =15
Ans: A

25. Find the particular solution of the differential dx/dt = x -1 ; x(0) =1

a.X(t) = 1 b.X(t) = 2 c.X(t) = 3 d.X(t) = 0
Ans: A

26. Fin the volume of the solid of revolution formed by rotating the region bounded by the parabola y= x^2
and the line y=0 and x = 2 about the x – axis
a.2 Pie/5q b.Pie/5 c.32pie/5 d.Pie/5
Ans: A

27. Find the slope of the curve defined by the equation yx^2 -4 = 0 at point (4.4)
a.-2 b.5 c.-5 d.2
Ans: A

28. A function y has the set of positive integers N as domain and for each n contained in N, y(n) =12 + cos (n x
pi) + sin [(2n-1) pi/2]. What are the values of y corresponding to any odd positive integer?
a.12 b.1 c.50 d.3
Ans: A

29. Find the volume obtained if the region bounded by y = x^2 and y -2x = 0 is rotated about the x-axis
a.64pie/15 b.24pie/5 c.34pie/15 d.Pie/15
Ans: A

30. Which of the following are the solutions to the following y”’ – 3y” + 3y’ –y = 0
I. e^x II. X(e^x) III. e^-x

a.I only b.III only c.I and II only d.II only

Ans: C

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31. Find all integers n such that (2n-6) is greater than 1 but less than 14
a.4,5,6,7,8,9 b.3,4,5,6,7,8 c.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 d.1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Ans: A

32. Write the equation of the line with x intercept a = 4/5 and y – intercept b =1/2
a.5x + 8y =4 b.5x – 8y = 4 c.3x + 8y = 4 d.X + 2y =7
Ans: A

33. Find all the values of m for which ; y = e( to power mx ) is a solution of 6y” – y’ – y =0 on ( -infinity , +
infinity)
a.m = -1/2, 2/3 b.m = -1,2,3 c.m= -3,-1/3 d.m= -1/3, ½
Ans: D

34. If the columns ( or rows ) of determinant are identical, the value of the determinant is
a.negative b.positive c.zero d.undefined
Ans: C

35. What is I (raised to power 96)

a.m = -1/2, 2/3 b.m= -1,2,3 c.m = -3,1/3 d.m = -1/3, ½
Ans: D

36. The probability that a married man watches a certain television show is 0.4 and the probability that a
married woman watches the shoe is 0.5. The probability that a man watches the show given that his wife does
is 0.70 . Find the probability that at least 1 person of married couple will watch the shoe
a.0.35 b.0.65 c.0.75 d.0.55
Ans: D

37. A coin is biased so that a head is twice as likely to occur as a tail. If the coin is tossed 3 times, what is the
probability of getting 2 tails and 1 head?
a.2/9 b.3/7 c.2/5 d.1/5
Ans: A

38. The probaoloty that a doctor correctly diagnosis a particular illness is 0.70. Given that the doctor makes
and incorrect and incorrect diagnosis, the probability that the doctor makes an incorrect diagnosis and the
patient sues?
a.0.27 b.0.17 c.0.32 d.0.70
Ans: A

39. In the curve y = 3 cos (1/2) x, what is the amplitude and period ?
a.3, 3pie/2 b.3,4pie c.3, 2pie d.3, pie/2
Ans: B

40. A Man invested Php 50,00. Part of it he put in an oil stock from which he hoped to receive a 20% return
per year. The rest he invested in a bank stock which was paying 6% per year. If he received Php 400 more the
first year from the bank stock than from the oil stock, how much did the invest in the oil stock?
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a.10,000 b.5,000 c.2,000 d.30,000
Ans: A

41. In the non-generate conic 3x^2 + 6xy + 5y^2 – x +y = 0

a.Parabola b.Ellipse c.Hyperbola d.Circle
Ans: B
42. A baseball diamond is a square …………………..batter hits the ball and runs to first base at the rate
………………….how fast is his distance from the second base changing when he runs 50 fr?
a.80/ Sqrt(97) b.40/sqrt/(97) c.20/3 d.15/7
Ans: A

43. The dimensions of a rectangle are continuously changing. The width increases at the rate of 3 in/2 while
the length decreases at the rate of 2 in/s. At one instant the rectangle is a 20-in square. How fast is tis area
changing 3 seconds later?
a.-16 b.-32 c.16 d.32
Ans: A

44. A through filled with water is 2m long and has a cross section in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid 30 cm
wide at the bottom, 60 cm wide at the top, and height of 50 cm. If the through leaks water at the rate of 2000
cm^ 3 / min, how fast is the water level falling when the water is 20 cm deep?
a.-5/21 b.-3/23 c.-15/32 d.-2/3
Ans: A

45. The height (in feet) at any time t (in seconds) of a projectile thrown vertically is : h(t) = -16t^2 + 256t.
What is the velocity when it reached the ground?
a.16s b.18s c.12s d.10s
Ans: A

46. The height (in feet) at any time t (in seconds ) of projectile thrown vertically is : h(t) = -16t^2 + 256t. What
is the velocity when it reached the ground?
a.-256 b.312 c.352 d.0
Ans: A

47. The charge in coulombs that passes through a wire after 1 seconds is given by the function Q9t) = t^3 -2t^2
+ 5t +2 determine the average current during the first two seconds
a. 5Ab. 3Ac. 2Ad. 10A
Ans: A

48. Water is being pumped into the conical tank at the rate of 100 ft3/min. the height of the tank is 20ft and its
radius is 5ft. how fast the water level rising when the water height is 10 ft?
a.16/π b.12/π c.2π d.10π
Ans: A

49. Change the equation y=x from rectangular to polar coordinates

a.π/4 b.π/3 c.π d.π/2
Ans. A

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50. A runner and his trainer are standing together on a circular track of radius 100 meters. When the trainer
gives a signal, the runner starts to run around the track at a speed of 10 m/s. how fast is the distance between
the runner and the trainer increasing when the runner has run ¼ of the way around the track?
a.5 b.3 c.2 d.7
Ans: A

51. Find the point on the graph y = ( x squared ) + 1 that is closest to the point ( 3, 1).
A. (1, 3) B. (2, 1) C. (1, 2) D. (1, 4)
Ans. C

52. What is the polar equation of the circle with the center at pole containing the given point (1,1), rectangular
coordinates.
A. r = 1 B. r = ½ C. r= sq rt of 2 D. r =2
Ans. C

53. An elevator carries two passengers from the first to the second floor, where an additional passengers enters
Two people get out at the third floor and the remaining person rides to the fourth floor Find the work in ft-lb
required to lift the passengers if each passenger weighs 150 ft-lb and the floors are 12 ft apart.
A. 12800 B 20800 C. 10800 D. 20800
Ans. C

54. An agent has 8 master keys to open several homes. Only 1 master key will open any house. If 40% of that
the agent can get into a specific home if the agent selects 3 master keys at random before leaving the office?
A. 1/8 B. ¼ C. 5/8 D. 1/4
Ans. C
55. Evaluate the following:
[(cos 15 deg + I sin 15) to the 3rd power]
A. (1/3 + ( sq. rt of 2) i) B. ( sq rt. of 2) /2 + ( sq. rt of 2) / 2i
C. ( sq. rt of 2) + (sq. rt of 2) + (sq. rt of 2) i D. ( sq. rt of 2) + i
Ans. B
56. A box contains 2 white socks and 2 blue socks. Two socks are drawn at random. Find the probability p
they are a match (same color).
A. 1/3 B. 1/8 C. 1/4 D. 1/2
Ans. C

57. A long rectangular sheet of metal, 12 inches wide, is to be made into a gutter by turning up 2 sides so that
they are perpendicular to the sheet. How many inches should be turned up to give the gutter its greatest
capacity?
A. 3 B. 1/8 C. ¼ D. 1/2
Ans. A
58. Revolve the area bounded by a pentagon with vertices ( 1,0), (2,2), (0,4), (-2,2), (-1,0) about the axis and
find volume generated.
A. 104 π / 3 B. 124 π / 3 C. 114 π D. 135 π
Ans. A

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59. Two cars headed to a town. One is 50 km ahead of the other on the same road. The one in front is traveling
60 kph while the second car traveling 70 kph. How many kms did the second car travel before overtaking the
first car?
A. 350 km B. 254 km C. 312 km D. 300 km
Ans. A

60. The proportions of blood phenotypes A, B, AB and O in the population of all Caucasians in the US are
reported as 0.41, 0.10, 0.04 and 0.45, respectively. If the Caucasian is chosen randomly from the population,
what is the probability that he or she will have either type A or type AB blood?
A. 0.45 B. 0.35 C. 0.15 D 0.10
Ans. A

61. Find the limit of [(-1 to the nth power) (2 to the –nth power)] as n approaches infinity
A. 0 B. 1 C. infinity D. undefined
Ans. A

62. In the curve y = tan 3x, what is its period?

A. π/3 B. 1 C. infinity D. undefined
Ans. A

63. What number will be greater its square by the minimum amount?
A. π/3 B 1/3 C. infinity D. undefined
Ans. B

64. Find the centroid along the y –axis of the solid formed by revolving about the y – axis the first quadrant
area bounded by the parabola (y squared) = 4ax and the lines y = 0 and x =a
A. 5a/6 B. 3a/5 C. 2a/7 D. 3a/5
Ans. A

65. Find the equation of the bisector of the pair of acute angles formed by the lines 4x + 2y = 9 and 2x – y = 8
A. 8x – 25 = 0 B. 4x – 13 = 0 C. 7x – 17 = 0 D. 4x – 15 = 0
Ans. A

66. A kite is flying 100 feet above the ground, moving in a strictly horizontal direction at a rate of 10 ft/s. How
fast is the angle between the string and the horizontal changing when there is 300 ft of string out?
A. -1/90 B. -1/70 C. -3/20 D. -5/70
Ans. A

67. Find the rectangular coordinates of [ 3 (square root of 2), 45 deg ]

A. (3,3) B. (2,2) C. (1,1) D. All of these
Ans. A

68. Find the area bounded by the parabola y = 5 + 2x – x2 and the chord joining (-2, -3) and (3,2)
A. 20.833 B. 30.345 C. 17.432 D. 12.475
Ans. A

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69. What is the polar equation of the circle with the given radius a = 3/2 and with center in polar coordinates
(3/2, π)?
A. (0,3) B. (1,5) C. (2,5) D. (0,1)
Ans. A

70. Find the pole of the polar line 2x – y = 0 with respect to the conic whose equation is x3 + 8xy – 2y2 – 12x +
6y – 9 = 0
A. (0,3) B. (1,5) C. (2,5) D. (0,1)
Ans. A

71. Find how far an airplane will move in landing, if in t seconds after touching the ground its speed in feet per
second is given by the equation V = 180 -18t.
A. 900 ft B. 800 ft C. 200 ft D. 150 ft
Ans. A

74 The value of a machine after t years is V(t) = 100t2 – 3000t + 20,000 in pesos. At what rate does the
machine depreciate after 5 years?
A. -2000 B -3000 C. 1500 D. 2350
Ans. A

75. The rate at which a tablet of Vitamin C begins to dissolve depends on the surface area of the tablet. One
brand of tablet is 2 cm long and is in the shape of cylinder with the hemispheres of diameter 0.5 cm attached to
both ends. A second brand of tablet is to be manufactured in the shape of right circular cylinder of altitude
0.5cm. Find the volume of the tablet in cubic cm.
A. π/8 B. π/2 C. π/3 D. π/ 16
Ans. A.

76. Find the rate of change of the volume of the sphere with respect to its radius is 5.
A. 100 π B. 200 π C. 150 π D. 250 π
Ans. A

77. The dimension of a rectangle are continuously changing. The width increases at the rate of 3 in/s while the
length decreases ar the rate of 2 in/s. At one instant, the rectangle is a 20 in square. How fast is its area
changing 3 seconds later?
A. -16 B. -24 C. -32 D. -45
Ans. A

78. A tank is in the form of a frustum of a tight circular cone is filled with oil weighing 50 pounds per cubic
foot. If the height of the tank is 10 feet, base radius is 6 ft and the top radius is 4 ft, find the work required in
ft-tons to pump oil to a height 10 feet above the tank.
A. -312 ft-tons B. -342 ft-tons C. -325 ft-tons D. -435 ft-tons
Ans. A

79. Find the limit of { [(x cubed) – 2x +5] / [2(x cubed ) -7]} as approaches infinity
A. ½ B. 1/3 C. ¼ D. 1/7
Ans. A

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80. In the ellipse (x squared) + 3 (y squared) + 2x – 6y = 0, find the length of the diameter which has a slope of
1.
A. 2 sq. rt of 2 B. 3 sq. rt of 3 C. 3 sq. rt of 7 D. 5 sq. rt of 3
Ans. A

81. A stock certificate of a mining company guarantees a dividend of P120 at the end of each year for 12 years
and a final additional payment at the end of 10 years of P1200. If the money is 12% effective, what is the
certificate worth now?
A. 951.39 B. 857.54 C. 1095.54 D. 789.45
Ans A.

82. Find the value of x for the given function csc 2x is continuous.
A. 1/3 πx B. 1/3 πx C. 1/4 πx D. 1/7 πx
Ans A.

83. Find the radius of curvature for the curve y = sinx at the point (π/2, 1)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
Ans. A

84. Find the equation of the set of all points equally distant from y –axis and (4,0)
A. y2 – 8x +16 = 0 B. x2 – 8x +16 = 0 C. y2 – 10x +2 = 0 D. x2 – 5y – 10 = 0
Ans. A

85. Find the equation of all points equally which are twice as far from (4,4) and (1,1).
A. x2 + y2= 8 B. 2 x2 + 3 y2 = 10 C. x2 + y2 = 100 D. xy = 4
Ans. A

86. Find the maximum area of a rectangle inscribed in a semi-circle of radius 5 inches if its base lies along the
diameter of the semi-circle?
A. 25 B. 5 C. 100 D. 35
Ans. A

87. Find the dimensions of the right circular cylinder of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a right
circular cone whose radius is 3 inches and whose height is 10 inches?
A. 40π / 3 B. 32π / 3 C. 15π / 3 D. 17π / 3
Ans. A
88. A television camera is located 5000 ft from the base of a rocket launching pad. The camera is designed to
follow vertical path of the rocket. If the rocket’s speed is 500 ft/s when it has risen 2000 ft, how fast is the
camera,s angle of elevation changing at this instant?
A. 4.94 deg/s B. 5.48 deg/s C. 1.25 deg/s D. 2.35 deg/s
Ans. A

89. A painting of height 3 ft hangs on a wall with the bottom of the painting 6 ft above the floor. How far from
the wall should Lindsay, whose eyes are 5 ft from the floor stand in order to get the best view of the painting.
(The best view occurs when the angle of vision from the bottom to the top of the painting is maximize)?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D 1.7
Ans. A
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90. A man at point A on the shores of a circular take of radius 1 mile wants to reach point B on the shore
diametrically opposite A. If he can row a boat 3 mi/hr and jog 6 mi/hr, at what angle Ѳ with the diameter
should he row in order to reach B in the shortest possible time?
A.45.12 B.35.12 C.73.23 D.23.45
Ans. A

91. How much money should a man invest in a bank account paying 8 percent annual interest compounded
continuously if he wants to use the money to buy 20,000 equipment in 4yrs.?
A. 14,552.98 B. 15,346.76 C. 12,457.45 D. 11,237.45
Ans. A

92. According to Newton,s Law of cooling the temperature of n object changes at a rate proportional to the
difference in temperature between the object and the outside medium. If an object whose temperature is 70F is
placed in a medium whose temperature is 20⁰ and 40⁰ after 3 minutes, what will its temperature be after 6
minutes?
A. 28 deg B. 38 deg C. 26 deg D. 20 deg
Ans A.

93. A public health report states that t weeks after the outbreak of a new strain of flu, the number of people in
thousands who wi he number of people, in thousands, who will contract the disease is Q(t)=10/1+100e^-1.5t.
At what rate did people contract the disease after two weeks?
A. 2089 B. 3125 C. 2312 D. 2908
Ans. A

94. Find the volume obtained if the region bounded by y=x^2 and y=2X is rotated about the X-axis
A. 64rad/15 B. 32rad/15 C. 16rad/15 D. 12rad/15
Ans. A

95. A police car is 20 ft away from a long straight wall. Its beacon , ratating 1 revolution per second, shines a
beam of light on the wall. How fast is the beam moving when it is closest to the police car?
A. 40rad ft/s B. 20rad ft/s C. 30rad ft/s D. 15rad ft/s
Ans. A

96. A rectangle os to be inscribed in the ellipse x^2/200+y^2/50=1.

A. 200 B. 100 C. 300 D. 150
Ans. A

97. An open box is to be constructed from a 12x12 inch piece of cardboard by cutting away squares of equal
size from the four corners and folding up the sides. Determine the size of the cut out that maximizes the
volume of the box?
A. 128 B. 231 C. 350 D. 274
Ans. A

98. A factory operator bought a diesel generator set P 10,000 and agreed to pay the dealer uniform sum at the
end of each year for 5 yrs at 8% compounded semi-annually, that the final payment will cancel the debt for
principal and interest. What is the annual payment?
A. 12yrs (2504.50 – correct answer) B.10yrs C. 15yrs D. 17yrs
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Ans. A

99. An electric motor has a cash price of P 8000. It can also be bought on installment basis with down payment
of P2000 and with periodic equal payments at the end of every 6 months for 5 yrs if interest is fixed at 8%
compounded semi-annually, how much is each periodic payment?
A. 122.56 B. 439.56 C. 739.75 D. 874.32
Ans. C

100. A ski resort installs two new ski lift at a cost of P 1, 800, 000. The resort expects annul gross revenue to
increase P 500, 000 while it incurs an annual expense of P 50, 000 for lift operations and maintenance. What is
the pay back period?
A. 4 years B. 3 years C. 2 years D. 7 years
Ans. A

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INSTRUCTION: Solve the following very probable problems. DO NOT
WRITE ANYTHING ON THE QUESTIONAIRES!

1. What is the integral of the following equation?

 1 
 15x  8x + +7  dx 6. Determine the (x,y) coordinates of the center of the circle
4 3

 x  defined by the following equation. x2 – 8x + y2 – 10y + 25 = 0.

A. (3, 2) C. (4, 5 )
A. 3x5 – 2x4 + ln x + 7 x +C
B. (3, 4) D. (5, 4 )
B. 60x4 – 24x3 – 1/x2 +7x + C

C. 60x3 – 24x2 – 1/x2 +C

D. (15/4) x5 – (8/3)x4 – 1/x2 + 7x + C

2. What is the general solution for the following differential 7. What is the partial derivative with respect to x of the following
equation? function z = exy ?
 d2 y   dy  A. exy C. exy /y
2  2   4   + 4y = 0 xy
 dx   dx  B. e /x D. yexy

A. C1 cos x + C2 sin x C. e-x (C1 cos x + C2 sin x )

B. C1 ex + C2 e-x D. ex (C1 cos x + C2 sin x )

3 2 7 
 
8. What is the determinant of the following matrix 3 7 1 ?
 1 5 2
A. – 113 C. 12
B. –7 D. 73

 sin 5x 
9. What is the value of the following limit? Lim  
x 0
 x 
A. 0 C. 1
3. What is the distance between points P ( 1, - 3, 5 ) and Q (-3,4,- B. 0.087 D. 5
2) ?
A. 10 C. 8
B. 14 D. 114

4. If the rectangular coordinates of a point are ( -3, - 5.2), what are

the polar coordinates (r, ) of the point? 10. What is most nearly angle between V1 and V2 ?
A. ( - 6, -120) C. ( 6, 120) V1 = 3i + 2j + k
B. ( 6, - 120) D. (6, - 150) V2 = 2i + 4j + 6k
V3 = 2i + 3j + 2k

A. 35.5 C. 45.6

B. 44.4 D. 88.5

5. What are the three roots of the equation ( x – 1 )3 = 0 ?

A. ( 1, 1, 1 ) C. ( -1, 1, 1 )
B. ( - 1, -1, -1 ) D. ( 1, 1, 0 )
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11. What is cross product of V2 and V3 ? 14. What is the most nearly the length of the longest side of the
triangle defined by the following lines?
V1 = 3i + 2j + k
y = 2x – 2 ; y = – 2x + 3 and y = 12x – 7
V2 = 2i + 4j + 6k A. 1.20 C. 1.73
V3 = 2i + 3j + 2k B. 2.58 D. 1.68

A. – 10i + 8j – 2k C. – 2i + 8j – 10 k

B. 26i + 16j + 14k D. 4i + 12j + 12 k

12. An ellipse whose center at (0, 0) passing through ( x, 15). Find

its shortest distance from the origin to the given point if the
major axis on the x-axis is 60 and minor axis in the y-axis is
equivalent to 40.
A. 22.9 C. 25.0
B. 24.9 D. 27.0

15. An ancient square pyramid is 60m tall and 200 m on each side at
the base. The density of the building stone is 1300 kg/m3 . If the
pyramid is solid throughout, what is the pyramid’s approximate
mass?
A. 0.80 Mg C. 1.0 Gg
B. 2.4 Mg D. 1.0 Tg

13. Solve the system of simultaneous equations for x,y, and z.

x–y+z=0
x–y–z=–3
–x–y+z=5
A. ( -5/2, - 4, -3/2) C. ( 0, -1, 4 )
B. (5/2, 4, 3/2) D. ( -5/2, -1, 3/2)

16. Use the logarithmic identities to evaluate the numerical value for
the following expression. log3 3/2 + log3 12 – log3 2
A. 0.95 C. 2.00
B. 1.33 D. 2.20
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21. On average, a piece of machinery jams three times a week.

Assuming a Poisson distribution for the frequency of jams, the
probability that the machine will jam exactly five times in a given
17. In the following progression, what is the value of the term a?
week is most nearly:
125, 50, a, 8, 3.2
A. 0.0033 C. 0.33
A. 16 C. 25
B. 0.10 D. 0.40
B. 20 D. 30

22. The least squares method is used to plot a straight line through
the data points (1,6) , (2,7), (3,11), and (5,13). The slope of the
line is most nearly:
A. 0.867 C. 1.86
18. A cloth bag contains six cards numbered 1 through 6. Two cards B. 1.73 D. 2.03
are drawn without replacement. What is the probability that the
sum of the numbers on the two drawn card is 7?
A. 1/12 C. 1/5
B. 7/36 D. 7/18

19. Four dice are thrown. The probability of rolling at least one six 23. An asset is purchased for $ 100,000. The useful life is estimated
most nearly : at 7 years. The salvage value is estimated as $ 15,000. If the
A. 0.50 C. 0.63 asset is subsequently sold after 3 years, most nearly what will be
B. 0.52 D. 0.67 its remaining book value if straight-line depreciation is used?
A. $ 12,100 C. $ 57,100
B. $ 36,400 D. $ 63,600

24. What is most nearly the annual effective interest rate of money
invested at 5% per annum and compounded quarterly?
A. 1.3% C. 5.1 %
B. 5.0 % D. 20%
20. What is the sample standard deviation for the data set ( 4, 6, 9,
9,) ?
A. 2.1 C. 4.2
B. 2.4 D. 6.0

25. A machine has an initial cost of $ 7600 and an annual

maintenance cost of $ 380. The life of the machine is 12 years,
and the salvage value is $ 2000. Assuming an effective annual
interest rate of 6%, the equivalent uniform annual cost for the
machine is most nearly equal to:
A. $ 12,000 C. $ 16,000
B. $ 36,400 D. $ 18,000
 i  0.06
Note: (A/P,6%,12) =  -n 
 12
 0.1193
1 - (1+i)  1  1.06
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 i  0.06 A. 5300 chairs/year C. 6400 chairs/year
(A/F,6%,12)=   12
 0.0593 B. 5600 chairs/year D. 6900 chairs/year
 (1+i) - 1 1.06  1
n

31. A machine has an initial cost of $ 18,000 and operating costs of $

2500 each year. The salvage value decreases by $ 3000 each
year. The machine is now three years old. Assuming an effective
annual interest rate of 12% , the cost of owning and operating
the machine for one more year is most nearly :
A. $ 5500 C. $ 6600
B. $ 6100 D. $ 7100

26. A tractor manufacturer signs a long term contract with a farm

consortium to provide a new tractor every 5 years. The cost of
each tractor is $ 24,000. What is the most nearly capitalized cost
of the contract if interest is 6% over the life of the contract?
A. $ 950 C. $ 80,000
B. $ 5700 D. $ 95,000

 i  0.06
Note: (A/P,6%,5) =  -n 
  0.2374
 1 - (1+i)  1  1.065

32. A block is pushed up a plane inclined at 25 to the horizontal. If

the block has a mass of 5 kg and the coefficient of friction
between the plane and the block is 0.25, Most nearly, how much
force is required to accelerate the block up the plane at the rate
of 5 m/s2?
27. A bank advertises an interest rate of 4.6% per annum with A. 13 N C. 180 N
continuous compounding. What is most nearly the effective B. 57 N D. 240 N
annual interest rate?
A. 4.62% C. 4.89%
B. 4.71% D. 4.94%

33. A 2 kg clay ball moving at a rate of 40 m/s collides with a 5 kg

ball of clay moving in the same direction at a rate of 10 m/s.
28. A lump sum of money is to be invested now at 8% interest, so What is the final velocity of both balls if they stick together after
that $ 800 can be withdrawn at the end of each year for 8 years. colliding?
The minimum amount that must be invested is most nearly : A. 11.8 m/s C. 15.3 m/s
A. $ 4400 C. $ 5100 B. 12.4 m/s D. 18.6 m/s
B. $ 4600 D. $ 5900

Note: (P/A,8%,8) = 1 - (1+i)   1  1.08  5.7466

-n 8

 i  0.08

29. A machine has an initial cost of $ 14,000, a life of 15 years, and a 34. A 1000 kg car enters an unbanked curve at 1 km radius with a
salvage value of $ 1200. The straight line method depreciation velocity of 80 km/hr. What is the minimum coefficient of friction
value of this machine is most nearly: between the road and the car that will allow the car to travel
A. $ 780 C. $ 830 through the turn without breaking?
B. $ 800 D. $ 850 A. 0.05 C. 0.35
B. 0.25 D. 0.65

30. A factory that manufacture chairs costs $ 180,000 per year to

operate, including rent, depreciation charges on equipment, and
salaries. Each chair costs $ 31 to make and sells for $ 59. What is
the factory’s break even sales volume?
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39. A waterfall has a total drop of 15 m and a flow rate 2 m 3/s. Most
nearly what theoretical power is available?
A. 294 kW C. 439 kW
B. 375 kW D. 750 kW

35. A force of 315 N is carried by a wire 60 m long with a diameter of

1.75 mm. The wire’s modulus of elasticity is 200 GN/m 2. Neglect
the mass of the wire. What is most nearly the unit elongation?
A. 4.32 x 10-3 m/m C. 6.55 x 10-4 m/m
B. 5.41 x 10-4 m/m D. 7.89 X 10-4 m/m

40. To what height will 20C ethyl alcohol (surface tension 0.0227
N/m, contact angle 0, specific heat 0.68, kcal/kgC, density 0.79
g/cm3 ) rise is a 0.25 mm internal diameter glass capillary tube ?
The density of the alcohol is 790 kg/m3.
A. 0.012 m C. 0.12 m
B. 0.047 m D. 0.47 m

36. Fluid flows at 5 m/s in a 5 cm diameter pipe section. The section

is connected to a 10 cm diameter section. At most nearly what
velocity does the fluid flow in the 10 cm section?
A. 1 .00 m/s C. 2.50 cm/s
B. 1.25 m/s D. 10.0 cm/s

41. Given the following properties of saturated steam at 9 Mpa and

303.4C, what is most nearly the specific volume at 85% quality?
Vf = 1.4178 cm3/g, Vg = 20.48 cm3/g
A. 0.00126 m3/kg C. 0.01620 m3/kg
B. 0.00428 m3/kg D. 0.01762 m3/kg

37. A venturi meter installed horizontally is used to measure to flow

of water in a pipe. The area ratio, A 2/A1 , of the meter is 0.50,
and the velocity through the throat of the meter is 3 m/s. What is
the most nearly the pressure differential across the venture
meter?
A. 1.5 kPa C. 3.5 kPa
B. 2.3 kPa D. 6.8 kPa

42. A turbine with an isentropic efficiency of 85% receives steam

with a pressure of 1.4 Mpa and an enthalpy of 3900 kJ/kg. At the
output, the pressure is 0.10 Mpa and the enthalpy of 3900 kJ/kg.
At the output, the pressure is 0.10 Mpa and the enthalpy is 2680
kJ/kg. What is the most nearly the turbine’s work output?
A. 1040 kJ/kg C. 1510 kJ/kg
B. 1220 kJ/kg D. 1700 kJ/kg

38. The 8 cm x 12 cm rectangular flume is filled to the three-quarters

of its height. What is most nearly the hydraulic radius of the
flow?
A. 1.5 cm C. 3.0 cm
B. 2.5 cm D. 5.0 cm
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43. A Carnot engine operates on steam between 65C and 425C. 48. An individual contributes Php200 per month to a 401 (k)
What is most nearly the ideal efficiency? retirement account. The account earns interest at a nominal
A. 19% C. 52% annual interest rate of 8%, with interest being credited
B. 48% D. 81% monthly. What is the value of the account after 35 years?
A. Php368,000 C. Php447,000
B. Php447,000 D. Php459,000

44. A 2.8 m3 of a perfect gas at 310C is compressed in an isobaric

process to 1.4 m3. What is most nearly the temperature ?
A. 19C C. 110C
B. 54C D. 150C

49. A graduating high school student decided to take a year off

and work to save money for college. The student plans to
invest all money earned in a saving account earning 6%
interest, compounded quarterly. The student hopes to have
45. An oxygen tank has a total volume capacity of 1 m3. The gas
Php5000 by the time school starts in 12 months. How much
constant for oxygen is R = 259.8 J/kg.K. If the tank and
money will the student have to save each month?
oxygen are at 30C and the absolute pressure in the tank is
A. Php396 / mo C. Php407 / mo
100 kPa, what is most nearly the mass of oxygen inside the
B. Php405 / mo D. Php411 / mo
tank?
A. 1.1 kg C. 12 kg
B. 1.3 kg D. 13 kg

46. A 550 g of air at 200 kPa and 375 kPa and 375C are cooled
at constant volume to 160C. The resulting pressure is most
nearly:
A. 30 kPa C. 130 kPa
B. 85 kPa D. 185 kPa
50. A gold mine is projected to produce Php20,000 during its first
year of operation, Php19,000 the second year, Php18,000 the
third year, and so on. If the mines is expected to produce for
a total of 10 years, and the effective annual interest rate is
6%, what is the present worth?
A. Php118,000 C. Php150,000
B. Php125,000 D. Php177,000

1 - (1+i)-n  1  1.0610
Note: (P/A,6%,10) =    7.36
 i  0.06
1 - (1+i)-n n
Note: (P/G,6%,10) = 
47. Approximately how many years will it take to double an i2 i(1+i)n
investment at a 6% effective annual rate? 1  1.0610 10
   29.6023
A. 10 yr C. 15 yr 0.062 0.06(1.06)10
B. 12 yr D. 17 yr
Note: (F/P,6%,n) = (1+i)n = (1.06)n

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The process of one substance mixing with another because of molecular motion is known as:
A. Adhesion C. Cohesion
B. Diffusion* D. Confusion

Those cost that arise at the result of a change in operations or policy or it is the ratio of a small
increment cost and a small increment of output.
A. Increment cost C. marginal cost
B. Differential cost * D. promotional cost

What is acid test ratio?

A. The ratio of owners’ equity to total current liabilities
B. The ratio of all assets to actual current liabilities.
C. The ratio of current assets (exclusive of inventory) to the total current liabilities.*
D. The ratio of gross margin to operating, sates, and administrative expenses.

How do you call an energy required to move 1 coulomb of charge through an element?
A. Current C. power
B. Voltage * D. resonance

In electricity, how do you call the rate of charge flow?

A. Potential difference C. Voltage
B. Current * D. Power

Which of the following is the equivalent of 1 ampere?

A. 1 coulomb per second *
B. 1 volt/ampere
C. 1 joule per coulomb
D. 1 ampere per coulomb

This is the process of expressing a polynomial as the product of another polynomial or

monomial of lower degree. What is the mathematical process?
A. Decomposition
B. Factoring *
C. Rationalization
D. Polynomial clamping

This is the point where the concavity of a curve changes or when the slope of the curve is
neither increasing nor decreasing. What is this point?
A. Maximum point C. Point of tangency
B. Minimum point D. Point of inflection*

How do you call the axis of hyperbola that passes through the centre, the foci, and the vertices?
A. Transverse axis * C. Asymptote axis
 B. Conjugate axis D. Major axis

What is the number, which could not be expressed as a quotient of two integers?
A. Natural C. Irrational *
B. Rational D. Surd

How do you call the distance of a point from the y-axis?

A. Polar distance C. Abscissa *
B. Coordinates D. Ordinate

A polygon with 10 sides is said to be.

A. Dodecagon C. Decahedron
B. Decagon * D. Dodecahedron
The economic order quantity (EOQ) is defined as the order quantity which minimizes the
inventory cost per unit time. Which of the following is not an assumption of the basic EOQ
model with no shortages?
A. Reordering is done when inventory is zero.
B. There is an upper bound on the quantity ordered.*
C. The entire recorded quantity is delivered instantaneously.
D. The demand rate is uniform and constant.

How do you classify work-in process?

A. A liability C. A Revenue
B. An expense D. An asset *

Which of the following does not affect owners’ equity?

A. Expense to get license of start business
B. Investment capital
C. License to start business *
D. Dividends paid

How do you call an increase in the value of a capitalize asset?

A. Profit C. Capital expenditure
B. Capital gain * D. Capital stock

Another term of rhombus is said to be.

A. Dichotomy C. Cyclic quadrilateral
B. Diamond D. Bi-rectangular

A polygon with twelve sides is known as?

A. Dodecagon C. Decahedron
B. Decagon * D. Dodecahedron
It is a series of equal payments occurring equal intervals of time where the first payment is
made after several periods after the beginning of the payment. How do you this payment?
A. Deferred annuity * C. Progressive annuity
B. Delayed annuity D. Simple annuity

How do you call the integral of any quotient whose numerator is the differential of the
denominator?
A. Co-logarithm C. Product
B. Logarithm * D. Derivative

What is a regular polygon that has 27 diagonals?

A. Nonagon * C. Pentagon
B. Hexagon D. Heptagon

What is the reason why an ivory soap floats in the water?

A. All matter has mass
B. The specific gravity of ivory soap is greater than that of water.
C. The density of ivory is unity.
D. The specific gravity of ivory soap is less than that of water.*

What do you think is the negotiation of wage rates conditions of employment, etc.. By
representatives of the labor force and management?
A. Union trade C. Collective bargaining *
B. Union rally D. Cooperative

What do you think is the output of sales at which income is insufficient to equal operating cost?
A. Break-even point * C. Depreciation
B. Salvage value D. Cash flow
How do you call a type of bond where the corporation’s owner name is recorded and the
interest is paid to the owners with their asking for it?
A. Registered bond * C. Preferred bond
B. Incorporators bond D. Bail bond

What is an estimate of assets net market value at the end of its estimated life?
A. Book value C. Salvage value *
B. Depreciation D. Cash flow

What do you think is the provision in the contract that indicates the possible adjustment of
material cost and labor cost?
A. Secondary clause C. Escalatory Clause *
B. Specification D. Cash flow

What can you say about the present worth of all depreciation over the economic life of an
item?
 A. Maintenance C. Capital recovery
B. Depreciation recovery * D. Annuity

This is the process of determining the value of a certain property for specific reasons. What is
this?
A. Amortization C. Appraisal *
B. Investment D. Depreciation

What do you think are those products or services that are required to support human life and
activities that will be purchased in somewhat the same quantity even through the price varies
considerably?
A. Consumer goods and services
B. Producer goods and services
C. necessity products and services *
D. Luxury products and services

How do you call a market where there is only one buyer of an item for which there is no goods
substitute?
A. Monopoly C. Oligopoly
B. Monopsony * D. Oligopsony

Which of the following is not a property of magnetic field lines?

A. Magnetic field lines have no beginnings and no ends.
B. The lines cross themselves only at right angles.*
C. The line intersects surfaces of equal intensity at right angles.
D. The field is stronger where the line is closer together.

Tesla is unit of which of the following?

A. Magnetic induction* C. Capacitance
B. Induction D. Magnetic flux

How do you call a polygon with 10, 000 sides?

A. Hectogon C. Myriagon *
B. Chilliagon D. Octacontagon

It is an influence capable of producing a change in the motion of an object.

A. Force * C. Acceleration
B. Friction D. Velocity

How do you call a ring shaped surface or solid obtained by rotating a circle about a coplanar line
that does not intersect?
A. Torus * C. Circoloid
B. Annulus D. Annular
If the eccentricity is less than one, then the curve is:
 A. Ellipse * C. Parabola
B. Hyperbola D. Circle

What do you say to the following statement: the volume of a circular cylinder is equal to the
product of its base and altitude?
A. Postulate C. Theorem *
B. Corollary D. Axiom

What is the study of the properties of figures of three dimensions?

A .Physics C. Plane Geometry
B. Solid Geometry * D. Trigonometry

Points that lie on the same plane.

A. Coplanar C. Oblique
B. Collinear D. Parallel

The sum of all the cost incurred by the originators of the project up to time that the promoters
of the project accepts the project is known as.
A. Development cost* C. Construction cost
B. Marginal cost D. Promotion cost

This is the number sequence where the succeeding term is obtained by adding the last pair on
preceding terms such as the sequence (1,1,2,3,5,8,…).how do you call this number sequence?
A. Euler’s number C. Fibonacci number *
B. Fermat number D. Fourier number

If the roots of an equation are zero, then, how do classify the solutions?
A. Extranous solution C. Conditional solution
B. Trivial solution* D. Ambiguous solution

This law in electrical circuits states, “The algebraic sum of current entering a node (or a closed
boundary) is zero”. How do you call this law?
A. Kirchhoff’s current law* C. Kirchhoff’s voltage law
B. Ohms current law D. Ohms voltage law

This law in electrical circuits states, “The algebraic sum of voltages around a closed path (or
loop) is zero”. How do you call this law?
A. Kirchhoff’s current law C. Kirchhoff’s voltage law*
B. Ohms current law D. Ohms voltage law

In electrical, what is the SI unit of conductance?

A. Ohm C. Mho
B. Siemens * D. Ampere
How do you call the opposite of the prefix Nano?
A. Peta C. Giga *
B. Tera D. Hexa

What do you call a triangle having three unequal sides?

A. Obtuse C. Scalene *
B. Oblique D. Isosceles

This is the measure of central tendency defined as the most frequent score. How do you call
this measure of central tendency?
A. A. Median C. Mean
B. B. Mode * D. Deviation

Which of the following is the equivalent of 1 mil?

A. One-tenth of an inch
B. One-thousandth of an inch *
C. One-million of an inch
D. One-half of an inch

Any number expressed in place-value notation with base 12 is known as:

A. Duodecimal* C. Decile
B. Deonite D. Dedekind

Which of the following is true regarding the minimum attractive rate of return used in judging
proposed investments?
A. It is much smaller than the interest rate used to discount expected cash flow from
investment.
B. It is frequently a policy decision made by an organisation’s management.*
C. It is larger than the interest rate used to discount expected cash flow from investments.
D. It is not relevant in engineering economy study.

Which of the following situation has a conventional cash flow so that an internal rate of return
can be safely calculated and used?
A. Your company undertakes mining projects in which the land must be reclaimed at the
end of the project.
B. You invest in the safe dividend stock and receive dividends each year.*
C. You lease a car and pay by the month.
D. Your company invest heavily in a year product that will generate profit for two years. To
keep profits high for 10 years, the company plans to reinvest heavily after two years.

Which of the following events will cause the optimal lot size, given by the classic EOQ model
with no shortages, to increase?
 A. A decrease in inventory
B. A decrease in demand
C. An increase in demand
D. A or C above *

What is the indirect product cost (IPC) spending variance?

A. The IPC volume adjust budget minus the local IPC absorbed.
B. The IPC volume adjust budget [fixed +volume (variance IPC rate)]
C. The difference between actual IPC and IP volume adjusted budget. *
D. The difference between actual IPC and IPC absorbed.

Another name for derivative is said to be?

A. Difference manifold
B. Difference form
C. Partial derivative
D. Differential coefficient *

A prefix denoting a multiple of ten times any of the physical units of the system international.
A. Deka * C. Hecto
B. Nano D. Exa

The father of plane Geometry.

A. Euclid * C. Aristotle
B. Phythagoras D. Galileo

This is the case of a solution of a plane triangle where the given data leads to two solutions.
How do you call this case?
A. Ambiguous* C. Extraneous case
B. Quadratic case D. Conditional case

It is a type of polygon in which each interior angle must be less than or equal to 180˚, and all
vertices point upwards away from the interior. How do you call this polygon?
A. Concave polygon C. Regular polygon
B. Convex polygon * D. Irregular polygon

How do you call the formula used to compute the value of n factorial, which is in symbol form
(n!) where n is larger number.
A. Matheson formula
B. Richardson-duchman formula
C. Diophnetine formula
D. Stirling’s approximation *

When two planes intersects with each other, the amount of divergence between the two plane
is expressed by measuring the:
 A. Reflex angle C. Polyhedral angle
B. Dihedral angle * D. Plane angle

How do you call those products or services that are directly used by people to satisfy their
wants?
A. Consumer goods and service *
B. Producer goods and service
C. Necessity product and service
D. Luxury product and service

How do you call a cylinder with elliptical cross-section?

A. Ellipsoid C. Hyperboloid
B. Cylindroid * D. Paraboloid

Which statement about a charged placed on a dielectric material is true?

A. The charge increases the conductivity of the material.
B. The charge is confined to the region on which the charge was placed.*
C. The charge is immediately lost the atmosphere
D. The charge is instantly carried to the materials surface.

What is a pole pitch?

A. The angle at which the pole windings are wound.
B. The space on the stator allocated to two poles.
C. The space on the stator allocated to one pole.*
D. The mica used to insulate the poles from each other.

Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side is called as:
A. Newton line C. Cevian *
B. Secant D. Euclidian

How do you call the amount needed at beginning of operations and permits the enterprise to
begin functioning before it receives any income from the sales of its product or service?
A. Initial Working Capital *
B. Equity
C. Regular Working Capital
D. Annuity
When a line y=mx + b slopes downwards from left to right, the slope m is
A. Less than zero * C. Equal to zero
B. Greater than zero D. Equal to 1
Which of the following is not a theorem on limits?
A. The limit of the algebraic sum of several functions is equal to the sum of their limits
B. The limit of products of several functions is equal to the product of their limits
C. The limit of the difference of several functions is equal to the difference of their limits *
 D. The limit of the quotient of two functions is equal to the quotient of their limits,
provided the denominator is not zero
Which of the following Commonwealth Act is known as the oldest Mechanical Engineering Law?
A. Commonwealth Act 394
B. Commonwealth Act 594
C. Commonwealth Act 294 *
D. Commonwealth Act 8394
How do you call a sequence of numbers where the succeeding term is greater than the
preceding term?
A. Dissonant series C. Convergent series
B. Isometric series D. Divergent series *
This is a series of sequential method for carrying out a desire procedure to solve problems
A. Algorithm * C. Logarithm
B. Hypsogram D. Angstrom
This is use for expressing wavelengths of light or ultraviolet radiation with a unit or length equal
to 10- 10 metre
A. Mersenne number C. Light year
B. Midae D. Angstrom *
It is a collection of numbers or letters used to represent a number arrange properly in a rows
and columns
A. Determinants C. Array *
B. Matrix D. Equation
It is a high-level programming language for the computer used to express mathematical and
scientific problems in a manner that resembles English rather than computer notations
A. Algol * C. Pascal
B. Cobol D. Aldus
In a complex algebra we use a diagram to represent a complex plane commonly called as
A. Venn diagram C. Argand Diagram *
B. Histogram D. Funicular Diagram
The area bounded by two concentric circles is called as
A. Annulus * C. Disk
B. Ring D. Sector
The ratio of annual sales to the average of assets used in producing these sales
A. Inventory Turn-Over C. Asset Turn-over*
B. Operating-expense Ratio D. Quick Ratio
10 to the negative power of 10 is the value of prefix:
A. Atto* C. Micro
B. Femto D. Pico
“Whenever a net force acts on a body, it produces acceleration in the direction of the resistant
force, an acceleration which is directly proportional to the resistant force and inversely
proportional to the mass of the body”. How do you call this theory?
A. Newton’s First Law of Motion
B. Faradays Law of Forces
C. Newton’s Second Law of Motion *
 D. Hooks Law of Equilibrium
It is defined that the momentum of a moving object is the product of its mass m and velocity v.
In newtons law of motion, what is the rate of change of momentum with respect to time?
A. Power C. Energy
B. Momentum D. Force *
The loss of weight of a body submerged in a fluid is:
A. Proportional to the weight of the body
B. Proportional to the depth of submersed
C. Equal to the weight of the fluid displaced *
D. Independent of the volume of the body
The amount of company’s profit that the board of directors of the corporation decides to
distribute to ordinary shareholders
A. Dividend *
B. Return
C. Share of Stock
D. Par Value
To be a member of the board of Mechanical Engineering, he/she must be at least how many
years?
A. 25 years C. 35 years *
B. 30 years D. 40 years
When a homogeneous flexible chord is held at the two ends and allowed to sag freely on its
own weight, it will produce a curve very similar to a parabola opening upwards. How do you call
this curve?
A. Parabola C. Cycloid
B. Catenary * D. Epicycloids
How do you call the line passing through the focus and perpendicular to the directrix of a
parabola?
A. Latus rectum C. Transverse axis
B. Axis of parabola * D. Major axis
What is the ratio of the distance between the foci to the distance between the vertices in either
hyperbola or ellipse?
A. Eccentricity * C. Variance
B. Latus rectum D. Deviation
It is a statement that one mathematical expression is greater than or less than another. How do
you call this?
A. Conditional expression C. Interval
B. Inequality * D. Domain
What is the artificial expense that spreads the purchase price of an asset or another property
over a number of years?
A. Depreciation * C. Sinking fund
B. Amnesty D. Bond
How do you classify the interest rate, which specifies the actual rate of interest on the principal
for one year?
A. Nominal rate C. Exact interest rate
 B. Rate of return D. Effective rate *
What type of curve is generated by a point, which moves in uniform circular motion about an
axis, while traveling with a constant speed v, parallel to the axis.
A. A cycloid C. A hypocycloids
B. An epicycloids D. A helix *
What do you call the possible outcome of an experiment?
A. A sample space C. An event *
B. A random point D. A finite set
A branch of mathematics which used the properties of numbers by using symbols or letters
which usually variables and unknown quantities which usually involves the use and rearranging
or equations.
A. Trigonometry C. Geometry
B. Algebra * D. Calculus
It refers to a straight line, which a curve approaches closely, but never meets or touches the
curve.
A. Asymptote* C. Latus Rectum
B. Directrix D. Line Segment
In a triangle, the length of a line which is equal to the square root of the sides adjacent to the
point where this line started minus the product of the segments of the third side is known as
A. Angle Bisector *
B. Perpendicular Bisector
C. Median
D. Trisector
The whole is greater than any one of its parts. This statement is known as
A. Postulate C. Axiom *
B. Hypothesis D. Theorem
A perpendicular segment from a vertex of the triangle to the line containing the opposite side is
known as:
A. Median C. Altitude *
B. Angular Bisector D. Perpendicular Bisector
An SI unit of area equal to 100 sq. meter
A. Arc C. Hectares
B. Acre D. Are *
The angle that the line of sight to the object makes with the horizontal, which is above the eye
of the observer, is called as:
A. Angle of Elevation* C. Acute Angle
B. Angle of Depression D. Obtuse Angle
A series of numbers in which each number or term is derived from the preceding number by
adding a constant value to it is known as:
A. Geometric Sequence
B. Analytical Sequence
C. Arithmetic Sequence *
D. Differential Sequence
A series of equal payments occurring at equal periods of time
 A. Annuity * C. Cash Flow
B. Sinking Fund D. Annual Cost
Quick ratio is defined as the ratio of quick assets to the current liabilities, sometimes this is
called as:
A. Acid test ratio * C. Equity ratio
B. Debit ratio D. Current ratio
Form of business/company ownership
A. Partnership C. Single partnership
B. Corporation D. All of the above*
It is defined to be any method of repaying debt, the principal and interest included usually by a
series of equal payments at periodic intervals of time.
A. Amortization * C. Deferred annuity
B. Annuity D. Preferred Annuity
What is a borrower of a particular loan almost always required to do during repayment?
A. Pay exactly the same amount of interest each payment
B. Repay the loan over an agreed-upon amount of time *
C. Pay exact the same amount of principal each payment
D. The choices A and C above
What is the value of 1 radian in degrees?
A. 89.55˚ C. 57.3˚ *
B. 60.3˚ D. 45.58˚
How many degrees are 4800 mils?
A. 180˚ C. 315˚
B. 90˚ D. 270˚ *
If the density of a gas is 0.003 slug/ft3, what is the specific weight of the gas?
A. 15.2 N/m3 * C. 9.04 N/m3
B. 98.2 N/m3 D. 76.3 N/m3
If the specific weight of the liquid is 58.5 lbsf per cubic foot, what is the specific volume of the
liquid?
A. 1.0675 cm3/g * C. 0.5321 cm3/g
B. 1.5502 cm /g3 D. 0.9504 cm3/g
From a deck of ordinary cards, what is the probability of drawing a heart or face card?
A. 48.08% C. 42.31% *
B. 5.77% D. 33.33%
A perfect gas is expanded polytropically with an initial volume and temperature of 0.06 m3 and
1.47˚C, respectively. If the final volume and temperature are 0.21 m3 and 21˚C, respectively,
what is the index of the expansion?
A. 1.285 * C. 1.212
B. 1.333 D. 1.400
If the loan was for 15 months at 16.8% interest a year and the repayment on a loan was
P12,100.00, how much was the principal?
A. P8, 500 C. P9,500
B. P10, 000 * D. P10, 500
The sum of P15, 000, deposit in an account earning 4%per annum compounded quarterly, will
become P18, 302.85. Determine the effective rate of interest per year.
A. 3.06% C. 4.06% *
B. 5.06% D. 6.06%
If a machined is purchased on instalment and the buyer makes an P80, 000 down payment and
owes a balance ofP150, 000 in 2 years. Determine the machines cash value if money is worth
14% compounded quarterly
A. P199, 312 C. P183, 912
B. P193, 912 * D. P139, 912
Find the number of years when P2, 500 is compounded to P5,800 if investment at 12%
compounded quarterly.
A. 6.12 years C. 7.12 years *
B. 8.12 years D. 5.12 years
What rate compounded quarterly is equivalent to 14% compounded semi-annually?
A. 10.67% C. 11.76%
B. 12.76% D. 13.76% *
What is the value of k to make the expression kx2 - 3kx + 9 a perfect square?
A. 2 C. 3
B. 4 * D. 5
Which of the following is the standard acceleration due to gravity in the English unit?
A. 980.66 fps2 C. 9.8066 fps2
2
B. 32.2 fps * D. 32.2 lps2
Two times the mother’s age is 8 more than six times her daughter’s age. Ten years ago, the sum
of their age was 44. What is daughter’s age?
A. 15 yrs old * C. 12 yrs old
B. 18 yrs old D. 16 yrs old
How many terms of the sequence -9, -6, -3,….must be taken so that the sum is 66?
A. 11 * C. 4
B. 6 D. 9
Find the root mean square of 11, 23 and 35.
A. 25 * C. 26
B. 27 D. 24

There are 6 geometric means between 4 and 8748. Find the sum of all terms.
A. 12310 C. 13210
B. 12130 D. 13120 *
A farmer is to plant rice in a rectangular field 30 m by 40 m. he started on the edge and plant
around the perimeter. How wide a strip should he plant for each side in other to do half the
work?
A. 5 m * C. 3 m
B. 2.5 m D. 5.5 m
A pole cast a shadow 15m long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61˚. If the pole is lean
15˚ from the vertical directly toward the sun, what is the length of the pole?
A. 54.23 m * C. 36.84 m
 B. 48.64 m D. 64.84 m
What is the supplement of an angle whose complement is 62?
A. 152˚ * C. 28˚
B. 118˚ D. 60˚
A certain angle has a supplement five times its compliment. What is the angle?
A. 186˚ C. 67.5˚ *
B. 168.5˚ D. 157.5˚
Water is pouring into swimming pool. After 1 hour/s there are t+/t ̅ ̅ galloons in the pool. At
what rate in GPM is water pouring into the pool when t=9 hours?
A. 0.0194 * C. 1.235
B. 1.167 D. 3.6
From the top of tower A, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower B is 46˚. From the foot
of tower B to the foot of tower A is 28˚. Both towers are on a level ground. If the height of
tower B is 120 m, how high is tower A?
A. 40.7 m * C. 42.3 m
B. 44.1 m D. 38.6 m
Think of a number. Double the number. Subtract 6 from the result and divide the answer by 2.
The quotient will be 20. What is the number you think?
A. 12 C. 23 *
B. 20 D. 32
Determine the absolute value of resultant vector of the following vectors: F1=4i + 7j + 6k; F2=9i
+2j +11k;
F3=5i – 3j – 8k.
A. 21 * C. 25
B. 18 D. 9
The volume of the cube is increasing at a rate of 5 cu.m per minute. Determine the rate at
which the surface area is increasing in m2/min. when its side is 10 m.
A. ½ C. 1.5
B. 1.75 D. 2 *
Determine the accumulated value of P2,000.00 in 5 years. If it is invested at 11% compounded
quarterly.
A. P3,440.00 * C. P3,044.00
B. P3,404.00 D. P3,304.00
What is the effective rate equivalent of 12% compounded quarterly?
A. 12.55% * C. 11.55%
B. 12.98% D. 13%
A man borrowed P2,000.00 from a bank and agreed to pay the loan at the end of the year. The
bank discounted the loan and give P1950 in cash.
A. 3.75% C. 2.5% *
B. 3.12% D. 1.2%
Find the voltage drop to move 2 C of change from point A to B that requires -30 joules of
energy.
A. -15 V * C. 15 V
B. -5 V D. 5 V
Solve the value of x from the following equation; xx=10.
A. 1.258925 * C. 1.892525
B. 1.85925 D. 1.528925
If vector A is 10 units and vector B, which makes 60˚ with vector A, is 20 units. What is the
difference of vectors A and B?
A. 15.34 units C. 13.45 units
B. 13.45 units D. 17.32 units *
Determine the diameter of a circle, x2 +y2 – 6x + 4y – 12 = 0.
A. 9 units C. 12 units
B. 11 units D. 10 units *
If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14 when y = 7 and z = 2, find the value of x hen
z = 4 and y = 16.
A. 12 C. 14
B. 8 D. 16 *
Determine the absolute value of the complex number 3 + 4i.
A. 4 C. 5 *
B. 8 D. 6
Simplify i 1997 +i 1999 here I is an imaginary number.
A. 0 * C. i
B. 1 + I D. 1 – i
A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above the ground. How long does it take to hit the
ground?
A. 4.5 sec. C. 3.5 sec. *
B. 2.5 sec. D. 1.5 sec.
Determine the outside diameter of a hollow steel tube that will carry a tensile load of 500 KN at
a stress of 140 Mpa. Assume the wall thickness to be one-tenth of the outside diameter.
A. 123 mm. C. 113 mm. *
B. 103 mm. D. 93 mm.
A change in position, specified by a length and a direction is said to be;
A. Displacement * C. Acceleration
B. Velocity D. dynamic equilibrium
A man owes P500, due in 3 years and P800 due in 7 years. He is allowed to settle these
obligations by a single payment on the 6th year. Find how much he has to pay on the 6th year if
money is worth 14%.
A. P1,449.12 * C. P1,559.12
B. P1,339.12 D. P1,669.12
A machined was purchased under these terms: P30,000 down and P5,000 each month for 5
years. If money is worth 12% compounded monthly, what is the cash price of the machine?
A. P144,775.19 C. P245,775.19
B. P542,775.91 D. P254,775.19 *
Determine the amount that must be deposited every 3 month in a fund paying 12%
compounded quarterly in order to have P25,000 in 8 years.
A. P745.71 C. P476.17 *
B. P674.71 D. P700.00
A force of 200 lb acts on a block at an angle of 28˚ with respect to horizontal. The block is
pushed 2 ft horizontally. Find the work done by this force.
A. 480 J * C. 408 J
B. 840 J D. 804 J
The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1 gram per gram atom. What is the mass of a hydrogen atom?
A. 1.66 x 10-24 g/atom *
B. 1 g/atom
C. 6.02 x 10-23 g/atom
D. The mass is too small to calculate
A truck start from rest and move with constant acceleration of 6 m/s. find the speed of the
truck after 4 seconds.
A. 18 m/s C. 28 m/s
B. 24 m/ * D. 53 m/s
A car starts from rest and has a constant acceleration of 3 fps 2. Determine the average velocity
during the first 10 seconds motion.
A. 15 fps * C. 20 fps.
B. 12 fps. D. 18 fps.
A 5 meter extension ladder lean against the wall; the bottom is 3 meter from the wall. If the
bottom stays at the same place, how much should the ladder be extended so that the top
would lean against the wall 1 meter higher?
A. 1.2 m. C. 1.5 m.
B. 0.5 m. D. 0.83095 m. *
If a stone is dropped from a balloon while ascending at the rate of 7.5 m/s reaches the ground
in 6 seconds, what was the height of the balloon when the stone is dropped?
A. 110.12 m. C. 120.25 m.
B. 131.81 m. * D. 140.12 m.
The salary of an employee’s job has five levels, each one 5% greater than the one below it. Due
to circumstances, the salary of the employee must be reduced from the top (fifth) level to the
second level, which means a reduction P3000 per month. What is the employee’s present salary
per month?
A. P22,032.50* C. P22,320.50
B. P23,022.50 D. P22,303.50
Determine the value of each interior of a regular pentagon.
A. 108˚* C. 120˚
B. 98˚ D. 135˚
A cubical container that measures 50.8 mm on a side is tightly packed with eight marbles and is
filled with water. All eight marbles are in contact with the walls of the container and the
adjacent marbles. All of the marbles are the same size. What is the volume of water in the
container?
A. 131,096.51 mm3 C. 62,454.54 mm3 *
B. 68,641.97 mm3 D. 131,960.51 mm3
What is the determinant of the 2x2 matrix. (Insert equation)
A. -33 C. 33 *
B. -43 D. 43
What is the determinant of 3x3 matrix
A. 6 C. 7
B. -6 D. -7 *
What is the inverse 2x2 matrix

The equation y=a₁+a₂x is an algebraic expression for which of the following choices?
A. A cosine expansion series
B. A circle in polar term
C. Projectile motion
D. A straight line *
Given the following vectors: A= 3i + 2j, B= 2i +3j +k, C= 5i +2k. Simplify the expression (A+B) (C).
A. 20* C. 60i + 24k
B. 0 D. 5i + 2k
Determine the rationalize value of the complex number
A. 1.12-0.66i * C. 0.32 – 0.66i
B. -32 +0.66i D. -1.12 + 0.66i
Determine the first derivative with respect to x of the function g(x) =
A. ¾ C. 0 *
B. 4(9) ¾ D. 35
Determine the slope of the curve y =-x2 at the point (2, 3).
A. 4 C. -4 *
B. 2 D. -2
What is the sum of the root of the equation 2x2+5x+5=0.
A. -2.5 * C. 2.25
B. 2.5 D. -2.25
Compute the arithmetic mean of the following set of numbers 18, 24, 27, 30, 35, 42, 50.
A. 31.81 C. 32.29 *
B. 30 D. 29.96
Five years ago the father is three times as old as his son. Ten years from now, the father will be
twice as old as his son. How old is the son twelve years from now?
A. 32 yrs. old * C. 20 yrs. old
B. 50 yrs. old D. 38 yrs. old
Determine the distance between the foci of a hyperbola if the lengths of the transverse and
conjugate are 10 m and 8 m respectively.
A. 20.8 C. 12.8
B. 13.8 D. 25.6 *
An electrical engineer obtained a loan P50, 000 at the rate of 6% compounded annually in order
to repair his mistress house. How must the engineer pay monthly to amortize the loan within a
period of ten years?
A. P605.20 C. P550.90 *
B. P505.90 D. 508.90
What is the present value of P5, 000 due in 8 years if money is worth 12% compounded semi-
annually?
A. P1, 896.23 C. P1, 869.23
 B. P1, 698.23 D P1, 968.23 *
How many permutation can be made out of the letters of the word ENGINEERING?
A. 277, 200 C. 272, 700 *
B. 200, 277 D. 227, 700
What do you think is the lessening of the value of an asset due to a decrease in the quantity
available as a coal, oil, and timber in forest?
A. Depletion * C. Depreciation
B. Amortization D. Investment
In the problem of writing the equation o a certain curve with respect to another axes in which
the new axes are parallel to the original axes and similarly directed is known as.
A. Translation axes *
B. Reversal axes
C. Notation axes
D. Relocation axes
A type of bond without any security behind them except a promise to pay by the issuing
corporation is known as.
A. Collateral trust bond
B. Mortgage bond
C. Debenture bond *
D. Joint bond
A situation where by payments is maid for work not done. The term also applies to the case
were more workers are use done a reasonable requirement for efficient operation.
A. Downtime pay * C. Check-in-pay
B. Feather bidding D. Moon lighting
The difference between what a negotiable paper is worth in the future and its present worth is
known as;
A. Book value C. Salvage value
B. Sunk value D. Discount *
The temperature to which the air must be cooled at constant temperature to produce
saturation.
A. Absolute temperature
B. Dew point *
C. 273 K
D. Critical temperature
A net force that will give to a mass of one gram an acceleration of 1m/s2 is said to be.
A. Newton C. Ergs
B. Kilogram force D. Dyne *
The index that gives the rate earned per share based on current price per share is called as.
A. Price-earning ratio
B. Operating expenses ratio
C. Dividend yield *
D. Equity ratio
A regular polyhedron having 12 regular pentagons is called as;
A. Icosahedron C. Octahedron
 B. Dodecahedron * D. Tetrahedron
Two angles whose sum is 360˚ is called;
A. Explementary angles *
B. Complimentary angles
C. Supplementary angles
D. Elementary angles
What is annuity?
A. The future worth of a present amount.
B. The present worth of a future amount.
C. A series of uniform amounts over a period of time. *
D. An annual repayment of a loan.
When using a net present worth calculations to two projects, which of the following could
invalidate the calculation.
A. Use of the same discount rate for each period.
B. Evaluating over different time periods. *
C. Differences of the magnitudes of the projects.
D. Mutually exclusive projects.
What must two investments with the same present worth and unequal lives have?
A. Different equivalent uniform annual cash flows. *
B. Different salvage value.
C. Identical salvage value.
D. Identical equivalent uniform annual cash flows.
A leak from a faucet comes out in separate drops. Which of the following is the main cause of
the phenomenon?
A. Air resistance C. Gravity
B. Surface tension* D. viscosity of the fluid
Which of the following elements and compound is unstable in its pure form?
A. Hydrochloric acid
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Sodium *
D. Helium
What is the actual geometric shape of methane molecule?
A. Tetrahedral * C. Pyramidal
B. Square planer D. linear
Reactions generally proceed faster at higher temperatures because of which of the following?
A. The molecules are less energetic.
B. The molecules collide more frequently.
C. The activation of energy is less.
D. Both B and C. *
Which of the following statements regarding organic substances is false?
A. Organic matter is generally stable at very high temperature. *
B. Organic substances generally dissolved at high concentration acids.
C. All organic matter contains carbon.
D. Organic substances generally do not dissolve in water.
Which of the following affects most of the electrical and thermal properties of materials?
A. The weight of the atoms.
B. The electrons, particularly the outer most one. *
C. The weight of the protons.
D. The magnitude of electrical charge of protons.
What are the valence electrons?
A. The electros of complete quantum shells.
B. The outer shell electron *
C. Electrons with positive charge
D. The quantum shell electrons.
How do you call the strong bond between hydrogen atoms?
A. Ionic and metallic bonds C. Covalent bond*
B. Ionic bond D. metallic bond
What are Van der Waals forces?
A. Forces present only in gases
B. Primary bonds between atoms
C. Forces not present in liquid
D. Weak secondary bonds between atoms *
Which of the following is not a viscoelastic material?
A. Metal * C. Plastic
B. Rubber D. Glass
In molecules in the same composition, what are variations of atomic arrangements known as?
A. Isomers * C. Polymers
B. Monomers D. Crystal system
Which of the following is false?
A. The acceleration of a body rotating with a constant angular velocity is zero. *
B. Angular momentum for rigid bodies may be regarded as the product of angular velocity
and inertia.
C. The radius of gyration for a mass of uniform thickness is identical to that for a planar
area of the same shape.
D. Kinematics is the study of the effect of motion, while kinetics is the study of the causes
of the motion.
What do you call the one-fourth of a great circle?
A. Cone C. Pyramid
B. Chord D. Quadrant *
A plane closed curve, all points of which are the same distance within, called the center.
A. Arc C. Radius
B. Circle * D. Chord
What do you call the replacement of the original cost of an investment?
A. Pay-off * C. Capital recovery
B. Return on investment D. Break even
If f(X1) = 0, then point (X1 ,Y1) is called?
A. Minimum point * C. Maximum point
B. Inflection point D. Critical point
The length of time at which the original cost of capital used to purchase a unit has already been
recovered.
A. Economic life C. Write of period *
B. Physical life D. Salvage life
The actual interest earned by a given principal is known as:
A. Compound interest C. Simple interest
B. Effective interest * D. Normal interest
Determine the sum of the coefficient of the variables in the expression (2x + 3y - z)6.
A. 65,535 * C. 56.563
B. 63,655 D. 66,535
How many permutations can be made out of the letters in the word DIEGO taken 3 at a time?
A. 50 ways C. 60 ways *
B. 120 ways D. 80 ways
What is the temperature in degrees Celsius of a molecule at absolute zero?
A. 0˚C C. -273˚C *
B. -32˚C D. 273˚C
This law states that,” The voltage V, across a resistor is directly proportional to the current
flowing through the resistor”. How do you call this law?
A. Kirchhoff’s law C. Ohm’s law *
B. Ampere’s law D. Gases law
In electricity, it is an ability of an element to resist the flow current. What is this?
A. Resonance C. Conductance
B. Inductance D. Resistance *
If 4y = 3x, then, what is the value of 3x2/4y2 ?
A. 4/3 * C. 3/4
B. 2/3 D. 3/2
How do you call the line segment from the center of a regular polygon to the midpoint of a
side? It is also called as inradius the radius of an circle?
A. Radius C. Apothem *
B. Circumradius D. Inradius
If the daily wage of CPM and a plumber are in the ratio 2:1. In a day, a CPM has to work 8 hours
but the plumber only 6 hours. Determine the ratio of their hour wages.
A. 4:3 C. 5:3
B. 3:2 D. 8:3 *
Which of the following is the equivalent of one circular mil?
A. ∏/4 (0.01)2 C. ∏/4 (0.001)2 *
B. ∏/4 (0.0001) 2 D. ∏/4 (o.00001)2
How do you call a method of describing a set where the elements are separated by commas
and enclosed in braces?
A. Tabular or roster form * C. Rule form
B. Equal form D. Equivalent form
Which of the following is the equivalent of the expression 2logb6 – logb4 ?
A. 2logb 3 * C. 3logb 2
B. 2logb 2 D. 3logb 3
A 100-kg salt solution originally 4% by weight salt in water is boiled to reduce water content
until the concentration is 5% by weight salt. How much water is evaporated?
A. 20 * C. 25
B. 15 D. 22.5
Tom can paint a fence 50% faster than Carl and 20% faster than Ted and together they can
paint a given fence in 4 hours. How long will it take Tom to paint the same fence if he had to
work alone?
A. 11 C. 8
B. 9 D. 10
This is the amount of property in which a willing buyer will pay for a willing seller for the
property when neither one is under the compulsion to buy or sell. What do you call this value?
A. Fair value C. Good value
B. Book value D. Market value *
What is the minimum point of y = x + 1/x ?
A. (1 , 2) C. (1.5 , 2)
B. (1 , 1.5) D. (2 , 1)
What is the simple interest rate if an investment of P37, 500 accumulates to P45, 937.50 in 18
months?
A. 0.15 * C. 0.2
B. 0.21 D. 0.3
This is type of bond whose guaranty is lied on railroad equipment. What is this type of bond?
A. Equipment obligation bond *
B. Registered bond
C. Debenture bond
D. Infrastructure bond
A bag contains 3 white and 5 red balls. If two balls are drawn at random, find the probability
that both are white?
A. 0.375 C. 0.10714 *
B. 0.46667 D. 0.28571
The sum of the interior angles of the triangle is equal to the third angle and the difference of
the two angles is equal to 2/3 of the third angle. Find the third angle.
A. 60˚ C. 30˚
B. 90 ˚ D. 40˚
What is the ratio of the distance between the foci to the distance between the vertices in either
hyperbola or ellipse?
A. Eccentricity * C. Latus rectum
B. Variance D. Deviation
It is a method of depreciation where a fixed sum of money is regularly deposited at compound
interest in a real or imaginary fund in order to accumulate an amount equal to the total
depreciation of an asset at the end of the assets estimated life. How do you call this
depreciation?
A. Straight line method
B. Declining balance method
C. SYD method
 D. Sinking Fund *
Grand total of the assets operational capability of a corporation.
A. Authorized capital * C. Investment
B. Earning value D. Money market
The process of recording all the transactions of the company which affect any investments may
be known as:
A. Book keeping * C. Balancing accounts
B. Profit and loss statement D. Accounting
A system of units based on time, length and mass is called;
A. Absolute system C. Gravitational system
B. Cgs system D. mass system *
A US unit capacity used to measure solids exactly 7056 cubic inches.
A. Furlong C. Barrel *
B. Bushel D. Bar
It refers to a statistical distribution having two distinct peaks of frequency distribution.
A. Bimodal * C. Binomial
B. Biaxial D. bisegual
The straight line or plane that divides a line a plane, or an angle into two equal parts.
A. Divisor C. Insector
B. Eliminator D. Bisector *
A law, which states that a curvature of the central fiber is proportional to the bending moment
in homogeneous bar.
A. Euclid C. Thallus
B. Bernoulli-Euler * D. Torrecelli
A mathematical method that combines two numbers, quantities, etc.. to give a third quantity.
An example is the multiplication of two numbers in arithmetic.
A. Binary operation * C. Polynomial
B. Trinomial D. Sequence
An algebraic expression having two variables in it. For examples, 3x + y is called.
A. Boolean Algebra * C. Elementary Algebra
B. Matrix D. Laplace
A logarithm having a base of 10 is called:
A. Natural logarithm
B. Briggsian logarithm *
C. Complex logarithm
D. Naperian logarithm
Any two points along a streamline in an ideal fluid in steady flow, the sum of the pressure, the
potential energy per unit volume and the kinetic energy per unit volume has the same value.
This concept is known as the:
A. Pascal’s Theorem
B. Fluid Theorem
C. Hydraulic Theorem
D. Bernoulli’s Energy Theorem *
If the temperature of a confined gas does not charge, the product of the pressure and volume is
constant. This is known as:
A. Calorie C. Specific heat
B. British Thermal unit * D. Energy
Which statement about a charged place on a dielectric material is true?
A. The charge increases the conductivity of the material.
B. The charge is confined to the region in which the charged was placed. *
C. The charge is immediately lost to the atmosphere.
D. The charge is instantly carried to the material’s surface.
Given that a, b, and c are real numbers. If a = b, then a + c = b + c, what property is it?
A. Reflexive
B. Symmetric
C. Transitivity
D. Addition proper of equality *
Simplify (x2 + y - 2)(x2 – y + 2).
A. -2x + 4 C. 2x + 4
B. 2x – 4 D. x4 – y2 + 4y – 4 *
The expression x4 + ax3 + 5x2 + bx + 6, when divided by (x - 2) leaves a remainder of 16, and
when divided by (x - 1) leaves a remainder of 10. Find the value of a and b.
A. 7/3, 5/4 C. 2/5, -4/7
B. 3/7, 5/6 D. -11/3, 5/3 *
Find the middle term of the expansion (x2 – 2y)10 ?
A. -8864 X12Y5 C. -9064 X10Y5
B. -8064 X10Y6 D. -8064 X 10Y5 *
Solve for x in the equation; 2log x = log 2 + log (3x - 4).
A. 2, 4 * C. 3, 4
B. 5, 3 D. 2, 5
Solve for x in the equation; x-1/2 – 2x1/2 + x3/2 = 0.
A. 0 C. 10
B. 3 D. 1 *
If the machine is purchased on instalment and the buyer makes an P80,000 down payment and
owes a balance of P150,000 in 2 years. Determine the machine’s cash value if money is worth
14% compounded quarterly.
A. P199,312 C. P183,912
B. 193,912 * D. 139,912
Find the sum of the infinite geometric series 2 + 2/5 + 2/25 + 2/125 + … + 2/5n+ …
A. 6/3 C. 5/2 *
B. 7/2 D. 5/4
A type of bond, without any security behind them except a promise to pay the issuing
corporation is known as:
A. Collateral trust bond C. Mortgage bond
B. Debenture bond * D. Joint bond
A situation whereby payment is made for work not done. The term also applies to the case
where more workers are used than a reasonable requirement for efficient operation.
 A. Downtime pay * C. Check-in-pay
B. Feather bidding D. Moon lighting
The difference between what a negotiable paper is worth in the future and its present worth is
known as;
A. Book value C. Salvage value
B. Sunk value D. Discount *
A ball is dropped from a height of 60 ft. Each time it strikes the ground it rebounds to a height
60% of the distance it fell. Find the total distance the ball travels.
A. 240 ft C. 180 ft
B. 150 ft D. 140 ft *
A machined was purchased under those terms: P30,000 down and P5,000 each month for 5
years. If money is worth 12% compounded monthly, what is the cash price of the machine?
A. P144, 775.19 C. P245,775.19 *
B. P5432, 775.91 D. P254,775.19
The property of wave whereby waves of different frequency spread apart from one another.
A. Reflection C. Dispersion *
B. Refraction D. Diffraction
The audible sound frequency is in the range of which of the following?
A. Above 20,000 Hz C. between 100 and 1000 Hz
B. Below 20 Hz D. 10 to 20,000 Hz *
In an Olympic games, a team which participated in 1,600 m relay event had the following
individual speed. First runner, 24 kph; 2nd runner, 20 kph; 3rd runner, 22 kph and 4th runner, 23
kph. What was the team speed?
A. 21 kph C. 23 kph
B. 22.15 kph * D. 23.25 kph
In a survey concerning the smoking habits of consumers it was found the 55% smoke cigarette
A, 50% smoke cigarette B, 20% smoke cigarettes A and C, 12% smoke cigarettes B and C, only
10% smoke all the three cigarettes. What percentage of the population did not smoke?
A. 5% C. 15%
B. 10% D. 7% *
The salary of an employee’s job has five levels, each one 5% greater than the one below it. Due
to circumstances, the salary of the employee must be reduced from the top (5 th) level to the 2nd
level, the means of the reduction of P3000.00 per month. What is the employee’s present
salary per month.
A. P22, 032.50 * C. P22,320.50
B. P23, 022.50 D. P22.302.50
Pedro is as old as Juan when Juan is twice as old as Pedro was. When Pedro will be as old as
Juan now, the difference of their ages is 6 years. Find the age of each now;
A. 24, 18 C. 10, 15
B. 12, 18 * C. 28,18
A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10 days, A and B can do it in 12 days, A and C in 2o days.
How many would it take each to do the work alone?
A. 40, 50, 60 C. 10, 40, 50
B. 20, 50, 70 D. 30, 20, 60 *
Find the distance along an arc on the surface of the earth that subtends a central angle of 1
minute (1 minute = 1/60 degree). This distance is called a nautical mile. (The radius of the earth
is 3,960 miles)
A. 2.15 miles C. 2.15 miles
B. 1.5 miles D. 1.15 miles *
What is the value of (sin 0˚ + sin 1˚ + sin 2˚ + …+ sin 90˚)/(cos 0˚ + cos 1˚ + cos 2˚ + …+cos 90˚)
A. Tan 0˚ C. 1 *
B. Tan 90˚ D. 0
The motion describe by the equation x(t) = A cos (wt - ᵩ) is;
A. Motion with constant velocity
B. Motion with constant acceleration
C. Oscillatory motion *
D. Motion in which the acceleration is proportional to the velocity
Evaluate the Lim (2x2 – 4x)/(x - 2), as x approaches to 2;
A. 0 C. 8
B. Infinity D. 4 *
The project engineering segment of an economic feasibility study will include all of the
following except:
A. A description of a fabrication process
B. Raw materials and supplies
C. The estimated demand for the final product
D. The transportation expensed for raw materials and products *
When a mouth organ is blown harder which one of the following changes occurs in the
characteristic of the sound wave?
A. The wave frequency increases
B. The wave will travel faster
C. The wave frequency decreases
D. The wave amplitude increases
A diagonal matrix is a square matrix whose:
A. Diagonal entries are all one
B. Non-diagonal entries are all zero *
C. Diagonal entries are all zero
D. Non-diagonal entries are all one
It took longer than two hours for a driver to cover a distance of 120 miles even though the
average reading on this car’s speedometer was 60 mi/hr the most logical explanation for this
delay is that:
A. The speedometer is faulty
B. The luggage in car impeded its progress
C. The tires are underinflated; thus reducing the ave. diameter of the tires *
D. The headwind is too strong
For an airfoil that is in motion through a fluid, the lift on the airfoil results from;
A. The turbulent flow occurring above the airfoil
B. The dragforce that increases the angle of the wind relative to the flow
C. The increased velocity of the fluid above the air foil
 D. The reduce pressure above the air foil *
A satellite orbiting the earth passes directly overhead stations in phoenix and Los Angeles 340
miles apart. At an instant when the satellite is between these two stations, its angle of
elevation is simultaneously observed to be 60 deg at phoenix and 75 deg at Los Angeles. How
far the satellite from Los Angeles?
A. 170 miles C. 653 miles
B. 416 miles * D. 316 miles
The radius of a circle which is inscribed outside the triangle is 12 cm and its tangent to the 18
cm side of the triangle. The other side of the triangle is 24 cm, the area of the triangle is 216
cm2, find the 3rd side of the triangle.
A. 55 C. 30 *
B. 35 D. 40
The vertex of an equilateral triangle has coordinates of A (0,0), B (8,0) and C (4,y). find the value
of y;
A. 2 sq. rt of 3 C. sq. rt of 3
B. 3 sq. rt of 3 D. 4 sq. rt of 3 *
Solve the slope of the given curve x2 + y2 – 6x + 10y + 5 = 0, at (1, 0)
A. 2/5 C. -2/5 *
B. 5/2 D. -5/2
Compute the radius of curvature at point and of curvature at point (1, 2) of the curve 4x – y2 = 0
?
A. 5.66, 0.176, (5, -2) *
B. 5.21, 0.289, (3, -1)
C. 6.21, 0.234, (2, -2)
D. 6.66, 0.361, (-2, 4)
The height of the circular cylinder is 50 inches and decreases at the rate of 4 inches per second,
while the radius of the base is 20 inches and increases at the rate of one inch per second. At
what rate is the volume changing?
A. 0.1257 in3/sec. * C. 11130 in3/sec.
B. 1.257 in3/sec. D. 111.30 in3/sec.

If f(x) = x2, find the average value of f on the interval (1, 3).
A. 4.33 * C. 3.23
B. 2.33 D. 3.43
The delay on the part of the creditor to accept the performance of an obligation.
A. Dolo incidence C. dolo causante
B. Mora acipiende * D. mora solvendi
Evaluate double integral of (3y – 2x2) dA of A is the region consisting all points (x, y) for which –
1 ≤ x ≤ 2 and – 1 ≤ y ≤ 3.
A. 24 * C. 35
B. 22 D. 33
Find the value of the solid bounded by the surface f(x, y) = 4 – 1/2x2 – 1/16y2, the planes x = 3
and y = 2, and the three coordinates planes.
A. 21.5 * C. 22.5
 B. 31.6 D. 21.04
Find the surface area generated by rotating the portion of the curve y = x 3/3 from x = 0 to x = 1
about the x-axis.
A. 0.638 C. 0.568
B. 0.235 D. 0.568
Find the length of arc of the curve y = x2/3 from point (1, 1) and (8, 4).
A. 7.634 * C. 7.542
B. 6.235 D. 6.351
A water tank in the form of an inverted right circular cone is 2 m across the top and 1.5 m deep.
If the surface of the is 0.5 m below the top of the tank, find the work done in pumping the
water to top of the tank.
A. 3424 joules * C. 4554 joules
B. 2359 joules D. 3546 joules
Solve sin x sin y dx + cos x cos y dy = 0.
A. Sin y = c cosx C. cos y = c sinx
B. Sin y = c siny D. cos = c cos x
Eliminate the arbitrary constant B and α from the relation x = B cos (ωt + α).
A. d2x/dt2 + ω2x = 0 C. d2x/dt2 – ω2x = 1
2 2 3
B. d x/dt + ω x = 0 D. d2x/dt3 – ω3x = 0
At 9 am.., a thermometer reading 70˚F is taken outside where the temperature is 15˚F. At 9:05
am, the thermometer of reading is at 45˚F. At 9:10 am, the thermometer is taken back indoors
where the temperature is fixed at 70˚F, find the reading at 9:20 am.
A. 58˚F * C. 55˚F
B. 50˚F D. 59˚F
A tank initially holds 100 g of a brine solution containing 20 of salt. At t = 0, fresh water is
poured into the tank at the rate of 5 gal/min, while the will stirred mixture leaves the tank at
the same rate. Find the amount of salt in the tank after 20 min.
A. 7.36 lb C. 4.76 lb
B. 2.98 lb D. 9.87 lb
A boat is being towed at the rate of 12 mi/hr. At the instant (t = 0) that the towing line is cast
off, a man in the boat begins to row in direction motion, exerting a force of 20 lb. If the
combined weight of the man and boat is 480 lb. and the resistance (in pounds) is equal to
1.75v, where v is measured in ft/s, find the speed of the boat after ½ min.
A. 11.6 ft/s. C. 45.32 ft/s.
B. 6.76 ft/s. D. 8.98 FT/s.
Find the trajectory of the curve ax2 + by2 = c with a and be held fixed.
A. Y2 = kx2 C. y = bx2
B. Y2 = x D. y = b2x
Solve ( D2 + 3D + 2 ), y = 1 + 3x + x2.
A. Y = C1ex + C2e-2x + ½ x2
B. Y = C1e-x – C2e-2x + ½ x3
C. Y = C1e-x + C2e-2x – x2
D. None of these *
What is the value of i1997 + i1999..
 A. – i C. 0 *
B. 1 + i D. 1
Determine the magnitude of the gradient at a point (1, 2, 3).
A. 8.25 C. 6.00
B. 7.48 * D. 7.21
A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above the ground. How long does it take to hit the
ground?
A. 4.5 seconds C. 2.5 seconds
B. 3.5 seconds * D. 1.5 seconds
The Laplace transform of cosh 3t is:
A. s/(s2 - 9) * C. s/(s2 - 3)
B. 2s/(s2 - 9) D. 3s/(s2 - 9)
5 -2y
Evaluate the integral of y e dy with the limits from 0 to infinity.
A. 15/8 * C. 9/5
B. 12/8 D. 3/2
How many permutation can be made out of the letters of the word ENGINEERING?
A. 277, 200 * C. 200, 277
B. 272, 700 D. 227, 700
Evaluate the Beta function β (3, 7/2).
A. 56/12 C. 16/693 *
B. 568/25 D. 12/345
If a machined is purchased on instalment and the buyer makes an P80, 000 down payment and
owes a balance of P 150,000 in 2 years. Determine the machines cash value if money is worth
14% compounded quarterly.
A. P 199,312.00 C. P 193,912.00 *
B. P 183,912.00 D. P 139,912.00

Given, V1 = 2i + 3j – 4k ; V2 = 3i + 2j + 3k ; V3 = 3i – 5j + 3k. Evaluate V1xV2xV3;

A. 30 C. 60 *
B. 50 D. 70
It is a type of polygon in which each interior angle must be less than or equal to 180˚, and all
vertices point upwards away from the interior. How do you call this polygon?
A. Concave polygon C. Regular polygon
B. Convex polygon * D. Irregular polygon
What is the indirect product cost (IPC) spending variance?
A. The IPC volume adjusted budget minus the local IPC absorbed.
B. The IPC volume adjusted budget [fixed + volume (variable IPC rate)].
C. The difference between actual IPC and IPC volume adjusted budget. *
D. The difference between actual IPC and IPC absorbed.
A leak from a faucet comes out in separate drops. Which of the following is the main cause of
this phenomenon?
A. Air resistant C.
B. Gravity D.
What is the value of k to make the expression kx2 + 3kx + 9 a perfect square?
 A. 2 C. 3
B. 4 * D. 5
Which of the following is the standard acceleration due to gravity in the English unit?
A. 980.66 fps2 C. 9.8066 fps2
B. 32.2 fps2 * D. 32.2 ips2
Two times the mother’s age is 8 more than six times her daughter’s age. Ten years ago, the sum
of their age was 44. What is the daughter’s age?
A. 15 years old * C. 12 years old
B. 18 years old D. 16 years old
How many terms of the sequence -9, -6, -3,….must be taken so that the sum is 66?
A. 11 * C. 4
B. 6 D. 9
A farmer is to plant rice in a rectangular field 30 m by 40 m. He started on the edge and plant
around the perimeter. How wide a strip should he plant for each side in circle to do half the
work?
A. 5 m * C. 3 m
B. 2.5 m D. 5.5 m
There are 6 geometric means between 4 and 8748. Find the sum of all terms?
A. 12310 C. 13210
B. 12130 D. 13120 *
Find the root mean square of 11, 23 and 35.
A. 25 * C. 26
B. 27 D. 24
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1. Find the 30th term of an A.P. 4,7,10 …
A. 91 * C. 88 15. The difference of the squares of the digits of a two digit
B. 90 D. 75 positive number is 27. If the digits are reversed in order
and the resulting number subtracted from the original
2. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58
number, the difference is also 27. What is the original
bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks in the third layer and
number?
so until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How many
A. 63 C. 48
bricks are there together ?
B. 54 D. 73
A. 638 C. 640
B. 637 D. 639 *
16. Jojo bought a second hand Betamax VCR and then sold it to
Rudy at a profit of 40% . Rudy then sold the VCR to Noel
3. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the geometric
at a profit of 20%. If Noel paid P 2,856 more than it cost
progression 2, 4, 8, 16,…
to Jojo , how much did Jojo paid for the unit ?
A. 1023 C. 225
A. P 4,000 C. 4,200 *
B. 2046 * D. 1596
B. P 4,100 D. 4,300
4. Once a month a man put some money into the cookie jar.
17. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15 liters of 35% salt
Each month he put 50 centavos more into the jar than
solution are poured into a drum originally containing 30 liters
the month before. After 12 years he counted his money;
of 10 % salt solution. What is the percent concentration in
he had P 5436. How much money did he put in the jar in
the mixture?
the last month ?
A. 19.55 % * C. 27.05 %
A. P 73.50 * C. 74.50
B. 22.15 % D. 25.72 %
B. P 75.50 D. 72.50
18. The boat travels downstream in 2/3 of the time as it does
5. The seventh term is 56 and the 12th term is -1792 of the
going upstream. If the velocity of the river current is 8 kph,
geometric progression . Find the ratio and the first term .
determine the velocity of the boat in still water.
Assume the ratios are equal.
A. 40 kph * C. 50 kph
A. –2, 5/8 C. – 1, 7/8
B. 30 kph D. 60 kp
B. –1, 5/8 D. – 2, 7/8 *

6. Factor the expression x2 + 6x + 8 as completely as 19. A batch of concrete consisted of 200 lbs fine aggregates,
possible ? 350 lbs coarse aggregate , 94 lbs cement, and 5 gallons of
A. ( x + 8 )( x – 2 ) C. ( x + 4 )( x + 2 ) * water. The specific gravity of sand and gravel maybe taken
B. ( x + 4 )( x – 2 ) D. ( x – 4 )( x – 2 ) as 2.65 and that of the cement as 3.10. How much weight
of cement is required to produced one cubic yard ?
7. Find the value of k of the equation x2 + kx + 4 = 0 , so A. 765 lbs C. 675 lbs
that the roots are equal. B. 657 lbs D. 567 lbs *
A. 4 * C.  12 20. A club of 40 executives , 33 likes to smoke Marlboro, and 20
B. 8 D.  2 likes to smoke Phillip Moris. How many like both ?
A. 13 * C. 11
8. If the roots of the equation are 1 and 2 . What is the B. 10 D. 12
quadratic equation ?
A. x2 – 3x + 2 = 0 * C. x2 + 3x + 2 = 0
2
B. x – 3x – 2 = 0 D. x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 21. A and B working together can finish painting a home in 6
days . A working alone , can finish it in five days less than
9. In the expansion of ( x + 4y )12 , the numerical coefficient B. How long will it take each of them to finish the work
alone ?
of the 5th term is :
A. 63,360 C. 506,880 A. 10, 15 C. 20, 25
B. 15, 20 * D. 5, 10
B. 126,720 * D. 253,440
22. Given that “w” varies directly as the product of x and y and
10. Find the remainder if we divide 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y – 4
by ( 2y + 3 ) . inversely as the square of z , and that w = 4, when x = 2
, y = 6 and z = 3. Find the value of “w” when x = 1 , y =
A. 10 C. 15
B. 11* D. 13 4 and z = 2 .
A. 2 C. 4
11. Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent to B. 3 * D. 5
1785
starting from decimal point . 23. A merchant has three items on sale, namely a radio for P 50
9999 , a clock for P 30 and a flashlight for P 1.00 . At the end of
A. 8 * C. 7 the day , he has sold a total of 100 of the three items and
B. 1 D. 5 has taken exactly P 1000 on the total sales. How many radios
did he sale ?
12. What is the lowest common factor of 10 and 32 . A. 16 * C. 18
A. 320 C. 180 B. 20 D. 24
B. 2 * D. 90
24. The third term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9 th
13. The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In three years, term is 6. Find the 11th term ?
Kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What are their ages A. 4 C. 6
now ? B. 5 * D. 7
A. 4, 14 C. 7, 11
B. 5, 13 * D. 6, 12 25. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (
2x – 1 )20 .
14. What time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the clock be A. 0 * C. 2
together for the first time ? B. 1 D. 3
A. 3:16.36 * C. 3:12.30
B. 3:14.32 D. 3:17.37 26. Find the ratio of the infinite geometric series if the sum is 2
and the first term is 1/2.
A. 1/3 C. 3/4 *
B. 1/2 D. 1/4
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27. Determine the sum of the positive valued solution to the 40. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make
simultaneous equations : xy = 15 , yz = 35 , zx = 21. coded signal. How many signals can be made if a signal
A. 15 * C. 17 consists of the display of one or more flags .
B. 13 D. 19 A. 64 * C. 68
B. 66 D. 62
28. A bookstore purchased a best selling book at P 200.00 per
copy. At what price should this book be sold so that, giving a 41. There are four balls of four different colors. Two balls are
20% discount, the profit is 30 %. taken at a time and arranged in a definite order. For
A. P 347 C. P 325 * example if a white and a red ball are taken, one definite
B. P 280 D. P 350 arrangement is white first, red second and another
arrangement is red first, white second. How many such
29. In a certain community of 1,200 people , 60% are literate. Of arrangements are possible ?
the males, 50% are literate, and of the females 70% are A. 24 C. 12 *
literate. What is the female population? B. 6 D. 36
A. 850 C. 550
B. 500 D. 600 * 42. Three A, B, and C get into a bus that has six vacant seats
on each side. In how many ways can they be seated if A
30. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 feet in the 1st second, insists on sitting on the right side ?
48.3 in the 2nd second, 80.5 in the 3rd second, and so on . A. 660 * C. 530
How far did the body fall during the 10th second ? B. 720 D. 410
A. 248.7 ft C. 241.5 ft
B. 308.1 ft D. 305.9 ft * 43. A group of 6 speakers consists of 2 politicians and 4
lawyers who are not politicians. In arrangements for a
31. In a commercial survey involving 1,000 persons on brand speaking order at a meeting , the politicians will speak in
preference, 120 were found to prefer brand x only, 200 prefer succession and the lawyers in succession. In how many
brand y only, 150 prefer brand z only, 370 prefer either ways can the order be arranged ?
brand x or y but not z, 450 prefer brand y or z but not x, and A. 69 C. 96 *
420 prefer either brand z or x but not y. How many persons B. 138 D. 192
have no brand preference, satisfied with any of the 3 brands.
A. 230 * C. 180 44. In how many ways can a PSME chapter with 15 Directors,
B. 280 D. 130 choose a President, a Vice-President , a Secretary, a
Treasurer, and an Auditor , if no member can hold more
32. The electric power which a transmission line can transmit is than one position ?
proportional to the product of its design voltage and current A. 15 C. 36,060
capacity, and inversely to the transmission distance. A 115 B. 3,003 D. 360,360 *
kilovolt line rated at 1000 amperes can transmit 150
Megawatts over 150 km. How much power, in Megawatts, 45. A PSME unit has 10 ME’s, 8 PME’s and 6 CPM’s. If a
can a 230 kilovolt line rated at 1,500 amperes transmit over committee of 3 members one from each group is to be
100 km ? formed , how many such committees can be formed ?
A. 785 C. 675 * A. 260 C. 480 *
B. 485 D. 595 B. 380 D. 360

33. The number x, 2x + 7 , 10x – 7 form a Geometric 46. The lotto uses numbers 1 – 42 . A winning number consists
Progression. Find the value of x . of six different numbers in any order . What are your
A. – 5 & –3/7 C. 7 & -7/6 * chances of winning it?
B. 7 & 7/ 6 D. 8 & 3/7 A. 5, 245, 786 * C. 10, 127, 420
B. 8, 437, 224 D. 2, 546, 725
34. Solve for x : 20  x =x
A. 4 , – 5 C. – 4 , 5 47. How many ways can you invite one or more of five friends
B. – 4 , – 5 D. no solution * to a party ?
A. 25 C. 15
B. 31 * D. 62
35. If 15 people won prizes in the state lottery, in how many
ways can these 15 people win first , second , third , fourth 48. A semi-conductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women .
, and fifth prizes ? In how many ways can the company choose from 9 men
A. 4, 845 C. 360, 360 * and 6 women ?
B. 116, 280 D. 3,003 A. 680 C. 480
B. 540 * D. 840
36. How many 4 digits number can be formed without
repeating any digit from the following digits : 1, 2, 3, 4, and 49. In how many ways can a committee of three consisting of
6? two chemical engineers and one mechanical engineer can be
A. 120 * C. 140 formed from four chemical engineers and three mechanical
B. 130 D. 150 engineers ?
A. 18 * C. 32
37. In how many ways can a set of 6 distinct books be arranged B. 64 D. none of these
in a bookshelf?
A. 720 * C. 360 50. In Mathematics examination , a student may select 7
B. 120 D. 180 problems from a set of 10 problems . In how many ways
can he make his choice ?
38. What is the number of permutations of the letters in the A. 120 * C. 720
word BANANA ? B. 530 D. 320
A. 36 C. 52
B. 60 * D. 42 51. How many line segments can be formed with 6 distinct
points , no three of which are collinear ?
39. In how many ways can 3 MARINES and 4 ARMIES be seated A. 10 C. 20
on a bench if the ARMIES must be seated together ? B. 15 * D. 25
A. 640 C. 576 *
B. 720 D. 144
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52. Tony went to a drugstore. He bought a bottle of aspirin and 65. The logarithm of the quotient (M/N) and the logarithm of the
bottle of Tylenol. The aspirin cost Php 1.25 more than product MN is equal to 1.55630251 and 0.352182518
Tylenol. He also bought cologne which cost twice as much as respectively. Find the value of M.
the total of the other two combined. How much did the A. 6 C. 8
Tylenol cost if his total bill ( without tax ) was Php 24.75? B. 7 D. 9 *
A. Php 4.50 C. Php 6.25
B. Php 3.50 * D. Php 5.75 66. The angle of elevation of the top of tower B from the top of
the tower A is 28and the angle of elevation of the top of
53. Lita has ten bills in her wallet. She has a total of Php 40.00. tower A from the base of the tower B is 46. The two towers
If she has one more Php 5 bill than Php 10 bills, and two lie in the same horizontal plane. If the height of the tower B
more Php 1 bills than Php 5 bills, how many Php 10 bills is 120 m , find the height of tower A.
does she have ? A. 87.2 m C. 90.7 m
A. 4 C. 2 * B. 79.3 m * D. 66.3 m
B. 3 D. 5
67. Solve for x in the equation : arctan ( x + 1 ) + arctan ( x – 1
54. In how many ways 7 scientists be assigned to one triple and ) = arctan ( 12 ).
two double hotel rooms? A. 1.50 C. 1.20
A. 210 * C. 300 B. 1.34 * D. 1.25
B. 200 D. 230
68. How many degrees is 4800 mils ?
55. How many different sums of money can be made from a A. 270 deg * C. 180 deg
penny , a nickel , a dime , and a quarter ? B. 90 deg D. 215 deg
A. 24 C. 15 *
B. 12 D. 20 69. In the curve y = tan 3x , what is its period ?
A. 3 C. 2/3
56. If sin A = 2.511x , cos A = 3.06x and sin 2A = 3.939x , B. /3 D. 
find the value of x ?
A. 0.265 * C. 0.562 70. Three circles are externally tangent to each other. The
B. 0.256 D. 0.625 distances between their centers are 50 cm between circles A
and B, 46 cm between circles B and C , and 40 cm
57. If tan x = ½ , tan y = 1/3 , What is the value of tan ( x + y ) between circles C and A. Determine the diameters, in cm,
? of each circle A, B, and C, respectively.
A. 1 * C. 3 A. 40 for A , 50 for B, 46 for C
B. 2 D. 4 B. 44 for A , 56 for B, 36 for C *
C. 50 for A , 46 for B, 40 for C
58. If log 2 = x and log 3 = y , find log 1.2 in terms of x and y. D. 56 for A , 36 for B, 44 for C
A. 2x – y + 1 C. 2x + y – 1 *
B. 2x – y – 1 D. x + 2y – 1 71. The central circle has 10-cm radius. Six equal smaller circles
are to be arranged so that they are externally tangent each
59. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane . The other and the centers lie in the circumference of the central
angles of depression of the top and bottom of the circle. What should be the radius in cm, of the smaller circle ?
monument viewed from the top of the PLDT tower are 13 A. 6.000 C. 4.167
and 35respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. Find B. 3.472 D. 5.000 *
the height of the monument.
A. 33.51 m * C. 47.3 m 72. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157, and 210 respectively.
B. 7.58 m D. 30.57 m What is the area of the triangle ?
A. 73 250 sq. units C. 14 586 sq. units *
60. The angle or inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% B. 10 250 sq. units D. 11 260 sq. units
grade is _____ degrees?
A. 4.72 * C. 5.12 73. Given a triangle of sides 10 cm and 15 cm an included angle
B. 4.27 D. 1.86 of 60. Find the area of the triangle.
A. 70 C. 80
61. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, B. 72 D. 65 *
10, and 100 degrees respectively, find the length of the
shorter diagonal. 74. In triangle BCD, BC = 25 m, and CD = 10 m. The perimeter
A. 10.63 C. 10.73 * of the triangle maybe :
B. 10.37 D. 10.23 A. 69 m * C. 71 m
B. 70 m D. 72 m
62. Points A and B 1000 m apart are plotted on a straight
highway running east and west. From A , the bearing of a 75. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm , 10 cm, and 14 cm .
tower C is 32 degrees W of N and from B the bearing of C Determine the radius of the inscribed and circumscribing
is 26 degrees N of E . Approximate the shortest distance of circle.
tower C to the highway. A. 3.45, 7.14 C. 2.45, 8.14
A. 364 m C. 394 m B. 2.45, 7.14 * D. 3.45, 8.14
B. 374 m * D. 384 m
76. A quadrilateral have sides equal to 12 m, 20 m, 8 m , and
63. Given a triangle with an angle C = 28.7, side a = 16.97 m respectively. If the sum of the two opposite angles
132 units and side b = 224 units. Solve for the side c. is equal to 225, find the area of the quadrilateral.
A. 95 units C. 110 units A. 168 * C. 100
B. 125.4 units * D. 90 units B. 124 D. 158

64. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He 77. Find the area of the shaded portion of the two concentric
takes sight at the top of the tower from A and B, which circles whose chord outside the small circle is 10 cm.
are 50 ft apart at the same elevation on a direct line with A. 25  cm2* C. 10  cm2
the tower. The vertical angle at point A is 30and at point B B. 5  cm2 D. 100 cm2
is 40. What is the height of the tower ?
A. 85.60 ft C. 110.29 ft
B. 143.97 ft D. 92.54 ft *
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B. 5178 cm3 D. 5871 cm3
78. A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner pentagon
with sides of 10 cm is inside and concentric to the larger 92. The volume of the water in a hemisphere having a radius of
pentagon. Determine the area inside and concentric to the 2 m is 2.05 m3 . Find the height of the water.
larger pentagon but outside of the smaller pentagon. A. 0.602 * C. 0.498
A. 430.70 cm2 C. 573.26 cm2 B. 0.782 D. 0.865
2
B. 473.77 cm D. 516.14 cm2 *
93. The bases of a right prism is a hexagon with one of each
79. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine its side equal to 6 cm. The bases are 12 cm apart. What is the
area. volume of a right prism ?
A. 360 in2 C. 280 in2 A. 1211.6 cm3 C. 2211.7 cm3
B. 320 in2 * D. 400 in2 B. 1212.5 cm3 D. 1122.4 cm3 *

80. In a circle with a diameter of 10 m, a regular five pointed star 94. Each side of a cube is increased by 1% . By what percent is
touching its circumference is inscribed. What is the area of the volume of the cube increased ?
the part not covered by the star? A. 23.4 % C. 30.3 %
A. 60.2 m2 C. 50.48 m2 * B. 34.56 % D. 3.03 % *
2
B. 45.24 m D. 71.28 m2
95. If the lateral area of a cylinder circumscribed about a sphere
81. Find the area of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle of A, what is the surface of the sphere?
radius 10 cm. A. A * C. 3A
A. 186.48 cm2 C. 148.91 cm2 B. 2A D. 4A
2
B. 282.24 cm * D. 166.24 cm2
96. A group of children playing with marbles placed 50 pieces
82. Find the area of a regular pentagon whose side is 25 m and of the marbles inside a cylindrical container with water filled
apothem is 17.2 m. to a height of 20 cm. If the diameter of each marble is 1.5 cm
A. 846 m2 C. 1090 m2 and that of the cylindrical container 6 cm. What would be
B. 1075 m2 * D. 988 m2 the new height of water inside the cylindrical container after
the marbles were placed inside ?
83. The area of a circle circumscribing a hexagon is 144 m2 . A. 23.125 cm * C. 24.125 cm
Find the area of the hexagon. B. 22.125 cm D. 25.125 cm
A. 374.12 m2 * C. 275.36 m2
B. 415.26 m2 D. 225.22 m2 97. A pipe lining material of silicon carbide used in the
conveyance of pulverized coal to fuel a boiler, has a
84. If an equilateral is circumscribe about a circle of radius 10 cm, thickness of 2 cm and inside diameter of 10 cm. Find the
determine the side of the triangle. volume of the material with a pipe length of 6 meters.
A. 34.64 cm * C. 36.44 cm A. 45,239 cm3 * C. 42,539 cm3
B. 64.12 cm D. 32.10 cm B. 49,532 cm3 D. 43,932 cm3

85. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the 98. The corners of a cubical block touched the closed spherical
rope is 40 ft long and the goat can reach 1 ft farther than the shell that encloses it. The volume of the box is 2744 cm 3.
rope length , What is the maximum. area the goat can cover What volume in cm3 inside shell is not occupied by the block
? ?
A. 4840.07 C. 8044.07 A. 4,713.56 * C. 3,360.14
B. 4804.07 D. 4084.07 * B. 4133.25 D. 5,346.42

86. The distance between the center of the three circles which 99. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into 2
are mutually tangent to each other externally are 10, 12, segments having the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is 6
and 14 units. Find the area of the largest circle. m. Find the ratio of the volume of small cone to the big cone.
A. 72 C. 64  * A. 0.296 * C. 0.386
B. 23  D. 16  B. 0.186 D. 0.486

87. Determine the area of a regular 6-star polygon if the inner 100. A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism
regular hexagon has 10 cm sides. having a square base one meter on an edge. The volume of
A. 441.66 cm2 C. 467.64 cm2 the cylinder is 6.283 m3. Find its altitude in m.
B. 519.60 cm2 * D. 493.62 cm2 A. 4.5 C. 5.5
B. 4 * D. 5
88. How many sides are in a polygon if each interior angle is 165
degrees. 101. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base
A. 12 sides * C. 20 sides diameter of 12 cm. It holds water to a depth of 18 cm
B. 24 sides D. 48 sides above its vertex. Find the volume of its content in cubic
centimeter.
3
89. A cubical container that measures 2 in. on a side is tightly A. 387.4 cm
3
packed with 8 marbles and is filled with water. All the 8 B. 381.7 cm *
3
marbles are in contact with the walls of the container and the C. 383.5 cm
3
adjacent marbles. All the marbles are the same in size. What D. 385.2 cm
is the volume of water in the container?
A. 0.38 in3 C. 2.5 in3
3*
B. 3.8 in D. 4.2 in3 … End …

90. The ratio of the volume to the lateral area of a right circular
cone is 2:1. If the altitude is 15 cm, what is the ratio of the
slant height to the radius?
A. 5 : 2 * C. 5 : 3
B. 4 : 3 D. 4 : 2

91. A pyramid with a square base has an altitude of 25 cm. If

the edge of the base is 15 cm. Calculate the volume of the
pyramid.
A. 1785 cm3 C. 1875 cm3 *
 BASIC MATHEMATICS & ELEMENTS

1. In mathematical number system, π is considered ?

a.) Radical b.) Non – Radical c) Rational d) none of the above

2. In mathematical number system, e is considered ?

a.) Radical b.) Non – Radical c) Rational d) non of the above

3. In mathematical number system, √3 is considered ?

a.) Radical b.) Non – Radical c) Rational d) non of the above

4. In mathematical number system, √25 is considered ?

a.) Radical b.) Non – Radical c) Rational d) non of the above

5. In mathematical number system, 1/3 is considered ?

a.) Radical b.) Non – Radical c) Rational d) non of the above

6. Evaluate and solve for x . 3x + 9x = 27x ---- Ans : 0.438

7. Evaluate and solve for x . ex + e-x = 5 ---- Ans : 1.57

8. Evaluate and solve for x . log7x + log7(x-2) = (log315)/(log37) ---- Ans : 5

9. The equation x2-4Kx+10-6K = 0 will have two equal roots if the value of K is ---- Ans : -5/2

10. If x , y, and 5x are three consecutive term of an arithmetic progression whose sum is 81, find x ? ---- Ans : 9

11. What is the sum of the first 100-positive odd integers ? ---- Ans : 10,000

12. In how many ways can a poster colored if there are 5 different colors available ? --- Ans : 31

13. In how many ways can a panel of 5-judges make a majority decision ? ---- Ans : 16

14. How many ways can four girls and four boys be seated alternately in a row of eight chairs ? ---- Ans : 1152

15. What is the value of “ x “ in the expression : x – 1/x = 0 ---- Ans : x = 1 , -1

16. What is the value of A : A-6/8 = 0.001. ----- Ans : 10000

17. How many 4-digits number can be made using the digits from 1 to 9 if no digit is repeated in each number ? ---- Ans :
3024

18. How many arrangements can be made from the letters of the word “ RESISTORS” when all are taken all at a time ? ----
Ans : 40,320

19. In how many ways can 8-students be divided into 4-groups of 2 ? ---- Ans : 2520

20. In how many ways can be 3-men be selected out of 15 men if 2 of the men are to be excluded from every selection ? ----
Ans : 286

21. How many possible mathematical methods we can solve a linear equation ? --- 5 (by elimination, by substitution, by
determinants, by graphical, & by comparison)

22. Is cologarithm of a number is equal to the reciprocal of the logarithm of that number ? (no)

23. Is the greater angle is opposite the squares of the other angles complementary to each other ? ( no )

24. The total surface area of the cube is twice the square of its diagonal. Derive the solution.
 • Where D = is the diagonal & x = is the side
• D2 = X 2 + X 2 + X 2 = 3 X 2
• Surface Area = 6 (area of each face) = 6 X2 = 2 (3 X2)
• Where 3 X2 = D
• Then Surface Area = 2 D2

25. Vector components are called _____________________ (rectangular components)

26. How many times the volume of a sphere increases if the radius of the sphere is doubled ? (8 times)

27. Is the function of a reference angle is the function of any angle A which is equal to plus or minus. (no)

28. The term _____________ refers to describe another mathematical expression and appears most frequently in column
formulas. (radius of gyration).

29. State the quadrant in which the coordinate (15,-2) lies : (quadrant IV)

30. Add the given vectors (-4 , 7) + (5,-9) : (1 , -2)

31. The straight lines : 4x-y+3 = 0 & 8x-2y+6 = 0 . They intersect at __________________ : (coincident , parallel, infinity,
origin)

32. If a circle of radius b rolls without slipping on the inside of a circle of radius a, any point of the 1 st Circle traces a roulette
known as _____________ : (hypocycloid , cycloid, strophoid, epicycloid)

33. The equation x3 + y3 – 3axy = 0 represents a curve called ______________ (stropoid, cardioid , lemniscate, folium of
descartes)

34. The cotangent function is negative in what quadrant _____. (III only, II & IV , IV only , I & III)

35. What curve is represented by the equation r = a ? (spiral of Archimedes, four leaved rose, cardiod, three leaved rose)

36. If n is large & positive the it is _______ . (large, irrational, negative, none of these insufficient data)

37. The inflection point of the function f (x) = 3x (5/3) is ______ : (0, -1, infinity, non-existent)

38. The acute angle between the two straight lines y=3x+2 & y=4x+7 is close to ____. ( 0deg , 90deg, 4.399 deg, & 28.305
deg)

39. The earliest recorded std. of length was ___________ . (palm, digitus, cubit, uncia)

40. King Henry I of England invented the ____________. (yard, pace, cubit, foot)

41. Mile is equal to _________ paces. (1000, 590, 5000, 1130)

42. The std. cubit was made of a stable material available during those days, which is ________ . (stainless steel, alloy,
platinum, granite)

43. The _____is also called the Iron Ulna . (yard, pace, cubit, foot)

44. The metre is equal to 1,650,763.73 wavelengths in vacuum of the orange-red radiation emitted from the atom of _______
( krypton 86)

45. An equation that is true for all values of the variable is called ______________ (identity, like terms, expression,
coefficient)

46. _______ is an equation that contains letters, in addition to variable & numbers (literal eqn., simple eqn, linear eqn., none
of these)
47. _______________ is the values obtained by equal subdivisions of a set of values. (quantiles, quartiles, percentiles, none
of these)

48. It is a measure of dispersion which depends only on two scores in the entire distribution. (mean deviation, quartile
deviation, variance, range)

49. The most numerous or most common value in a series of values is called the ________. (range, mode, mean, median)

50. An arrangement of raw numerical data in ascending or descending order of magnitude is called _______. (data, array,
frequency, category)

51. The probability of an impossible event is ______. (zero, unity, infinity, undefined)

52. It is a variable that can only assume designated values . (continuous variable, parameter, discrete variable, variate)

53. If two events have no outcomes in common, then they are said to be _______. (dependent, independent, mutually
exclusive, mutually inclusive)

54. The class interval 50-52 theoretically includes all measurements from 49.5 to 52.5 and these end points are called the
__________ . (class limits, class boundaries, class marks, none of these).

55. The total area under a probability curve is always _________. (equal to unity, between zero & one, greater than one, less
than one)

56. The range is a measure of ___________________. (variability, deviation, central tendency, distribution)

57. If A & B are two events and p(A & B) = p(A) p(B), then the two events are said to be _______. (complementary, disjoint,
independent, dependent)

58. The highest score in a distribution minus the lowest score is called the ____________. (class mark, median, range,
standard score)

59. The most widely used measure of dispersion is the __________. (mean deviation, std. deviation, quartile deviation,
average deviation)

60. The sum of the squared deviations about the mean is called ____________. (variate, variable, variance, value)
 Republic of the Philippines
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION
Manila

BOARD OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Registered Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination

Sunday, August 6, 2017 07:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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MATHEMATICS,ENG’G ECONOMICS & ENG’G SCIENCES SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only
one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice
on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No.2 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. If the digits 0, 1, and 2 are used to form a three-digit number where repetition of
digits is not allowed, then how many possible numbers can be made?
A. 4 C. 8
B. 6 D. 10

2. An angle is half its supplement. What is its complement?

A. 30 C. 60
B. 45 D. 75

3. It takes 12 men 12 days to build a house. How many days will it take 24 men to
build a house?
A. 2 days C. 12 days
B. 3 days D. 6 days

4. The sum of the two numbers is 21. If their difference is 9, what is there product?
A. 54 C. 104
B. 80 D. 90

5. A term used to describe payment of an employee wherein an employee is called back

to work after his regular days work
A. call back pay C. call in pay
B. back wages D. portal to portal pay

6. Manner of liquidating a debt by installment usually at equal intervals of time

A. investment C. amortization
B. depreciation D. bonding

7. What kind of process occurs between points 3 and 4? See Figure 8

A. Adiabatic
B. isobaric
C. Isentropic
D. there is insufficient information to determine the process
8. Find the lateral strain, y, of the steel specimen shown if Fx = 600 kips, E = 2.8 x
107psi, and v = 0.29. See figure 3
A. – 4 x 10-4 in. C. 1.04 x 10-4 in.
B. – 1.04 x 10-4 in. D. 4 x 10-4 in.
9. What type of power cycle does the following diagram illustrate? See figure 9
A. A Carnot cycle
B. an idealized Rankine cycle with reheat
C. an idealized Diesel cycle
D. an idealized Stirling cycle

10. The reduction value and marketability due to competition from newest products
A. obsolescence C. depreciated cost
B. fixed cost D. indirect cost

11. A goat is tied at the corner of a small building with a square base. If the length
of the rope that ties the goat is 6 meters and the side of the square base is 4
meters, what is the largest grazing area of the goat?
A. 10 sq meters C. 29 sq meters
B. 25 sq meters D. 200 sq meters

12. In a group of 50 students, 30 like Math, a certain number like English, 16 like
both English and Math, and 8 like neither subjects. How many students like
English?
A. 25 C. 30
 B. 27 D. 35
13. Terence’s office is 12 km from his house. If, one day, he drove his car to his
office at a constant speed rate of 30 kph and came back home driving at 20 kph,
what is the average speed for the entire trip?
A. 24 kph C. 27 kph
B. 25 kph D. 28 kph

14. During snack break, 1/3 of the total number of snacks were donuts 2/5 were muffins
and the rest were pancakes. If the total number of muffins and pancakes was 20,
how many pieces of snacks were there?
A. 24 C. 35
B. 28 D. 30

15. Together, Lumen and Rey are going home to the province to visit their mothers.
If Lumen visits her mother every 6 days, and Rey visits his mother every 8 days,
after how many days will they visit their mothers together again?
A. 7 C. 18
B. 14 D. 24

16. The sum of the three angles of a triangle is 180 degrees. One angle is twice the
second and the third angle is 20 less than the second. What is the measure of the
largest angle?
A. 50 degrees C. 120 degrees
B. 100 degrees D. 45 degrees

17. Charlie mixed blue and red paint in the ratio 3 : 5 instead of 5 :3 when he
prepared 24 liters of violet paint. How many liters of the blue paint should he
add to obtain the shade he wants?
A. 2 C. 12
B. 8 D. 16

18. A 140-cm stick is cut so that one part is ¾ of the other. How long is the shorter
segment?
A. 105 cm C. 80 cm
B. 35 cm D. 60 cm

19. If 2/3 of the number of red balls in a box is 1/4 of the total number of balls, and
3/4 of the number of blue balls is 3/8 of the total number of balls, then what is
the ratio of the number of red balls to the number of blue balls?
A. 3 : 8 C. 1 : 2
B. 3 : 4 D. 2 : 3

20. A boy’s age is now three-sevenths of what he will be four years from now. How old
is he now?
A. 3 C. 7
B. 4 D. 9

21. A ball rolling on an inclined plane rolls 15 cm in the first second. If in every
second thereafter it rolls 7 cm more than in the preceding second, how far will it
roll in 4 seconds?
A. 29 C. 66
B. 36 D. 102

22. Form of summary of assets, liabilities and net worth

A. production C. balance sheet
B. break even point D. balance method

23. An index of short term paying ability

A. profit margin ratio C. acid test ratio
B. current ratio D. receivable turn over

24. In the ballistic balance shown, a bullet is fired into a block of mass M, which can
swing freely. Which of the following is true for the system after impact?
See figure 7
A. Both mechanical energy and momentum are conserved.
B. Mechanical energy is conserved; momentum is not conserved.
C. Momentum is conserved; mechanical energy is not conserved.
D. Neither mechanical energy nor momentum is conserved.

25. Ratio of annual revenues to the annual expenses

A. benefit ratio C. rate of return
B. benefit cost ratio D. income ratio

26. These are the products or services that are required to support human life and
activities that will be purchased in somewhat the same quantity even though the
price varies considerably
 A. luxuries C. necessities
B. utilities D. produces goods and services

27. The length of time during which the property maybe operated at a profit
A. length of time C. life
B. physical life D. economic life
28. Cesar saves P20 in the first week and each week thereafter saves P1 more than in
the preceding week. Hoe much will he have saved after the 3rd month?
A. 63 C. 275
B. 306 D. 22

29. How many times will a clock strike in 36 hours if it strike only at the hour and
strike once at 1, twice at 2, and thrice at 3 and so on?
A. 63 C. 234
B. 306 D. 666

30. The first of the geometric sequences is 1 and the common ratio is 5, determine the
largest 3-digit number that represents a term of this geometric sequence.
A. 625 C. 995
B. 999 D. 125

31. In the geometric sequence whose first element is 0.0001 and whose common ratio is
10, which element is 10,000 ?
A. 8th C. 10th
B. 9 th D. 11th

32. Inee was 5 times as old as Luana five years ago. If Luana will be half as old as
Inee in ten years, how old is Luana now?
A. 5 C. 15
B. 10 D. 30

33. Two cars start at the same time from two places 330 kilometers apart and travel
toward each other. Car A travels at 50 kph and Car B at 45 kph. If Car a rests
for one hour on the way, in how many hours after they left will they meet?
A. 2 C. 4
B. 3 D. 5

34. A motorist set out from A at certain rate and would have reached B in 5 hours if he
had continued at this rate. However, when he had gone three-fourths of the way he
had motor trouble which delayed him for an hour and a half. During the remainder
of the journey he increased his speed by 10 km an hour and reached B one hour and
15 minutes behind schedule. Find the distance from A to B.
A. 150 km C. 250 km
B. 200 km D. 220 km

35. The tens digit of a two-digit number is 2 more than three times the units digit.
How many two-digit numbers satisfy this condition?
A. 1 C. 4
B. 2 D. none

36. What is the largest angle of triangle whose angles are in the ratio 1:2:3?
A. 30 C. 120
B. 60 D. 90

37. It occurs in unique product of services and is available only from a single
supplier and entry of all possible suppliers prevented.
A. competition C. profitability
B. monopoly D. inventory

38. The difference between the book value and the actual lower resale value
A. sunk cost C. resale value
B. salvage value D. fixed cost

39. Grand total of the assets and operational capability of a corporation

A. earning value C. investment
B. money market D. authorized capital

40. An ideal, reversible Carnot cycle is represented on a T-S diagram (See Figure 10)
The efficiency of the cycle is represented by which of the following ratios of
area?
A. ( 1-2-3-6)/(1-2-4-5) C. (3-4-5-6)/(1-2-4-5)
B. ( 1-2-4-6)/(1-2-3-6) D. (1-2-4-5)/(3-4-5-6)
41. A cantilever beam with an end mass, m = 7000 kg, deflects 5 cm when a force of 5 kN
is applied at the end. The beam is subsequently mounted on a spring of stiffness,
ks, = 1.5 kN/mcm. What is most nearly the natural frequency of the mass-beam-spring
system (See Fig.12)?
A. 1.5 rad/s C. 6.0 rad/s
 B. 3.1 rad/s D. 6.3 rad/s
42. What is the angle of twist, for the aluminum bar shown? The shear modulus of
elasticity, G, is 3.7 x 106 psi. See Figure 5
A. 0.000554 C. 0.032
B. 0.00554 D. 0.08

43. What single discount rate is equivalent to successive discount rates of 10% and
10%?
A. 10% C. 21%
B. 19% D. none of these

44. To motivate Jose in studying for an examination, his mom promised him some
incentives. For every correct answer, he gets P15.00 and for every mistake, P5.00
will be taken. How many correct answers did he get in a 100-item exam if he
received P1,000?
A. 15 C. 75
B. 25 D. 100

45. Lines are drawn across a circle so that each line crosses the circle at two points.
If five lines are drawn, what is the maximum number of parts the circle is divided?
A. 12 C. 15
B. 13 D. 16

46. In a certain constant mass system, the conditions change from point 1 to point 2.
How does the change in enthalpy for path A differ from the enthalpy change for path
B in going from point 1 to point 2? (See figure 11)
A. HA > HB C. HA < HB
B. HA = HB D. HA / (P1+P2)/2 = HB/P1
47. By how many cubic centimeters does the volume of a cube whose side is 10 cm exceed
that of another cube whose side is 8 cm?
A. 2 C. 498
B. 8 D. 488

48. If the surface area of a cube is 54 square units, what is its volume?
A. 3 cu units C. 18 cu units
B. 6 cu units D. 27 cu units

49. A cube whose volume is 64 cubic units is put on top of a table. If another cube
whose volume is 27 cubic units is put on the center of the top of the first cube,
what is the total exposed surface area of the first cube?
A. 16 C. 91
B. 64 D. 71

50. Find the probability of getting a head or a tail in a single toss of a coin?
A. 1/4 C. 1/8
B. 1/2 D. 1

51. A pair of dice is tossed. If one die shown a 5, what is the probability that the
other die shows a 5 also?
A. 1/36 C. 1/11
B. 1/6 D. 1/12

52. A multiple choice test consists of 5 questions with 3 possible answers but only one
of which is correct. In how many ways can a student answer the 5 questions and get
them all correct?
A. 1 C. 5
B. 3 D. 15

53. How many straight lines can be drawn, given 5 points no three of which are
collinear?
A. 5 C. 15
B. 10 D. 20

54. Mr. Ayala left P 225,000,000 to his 4 children. For every P100 Carlos received,
Ben received P75 Alfred received P50, and Daniel received P150. What was the total
amount received by Ben?
A. P30,000,000 C. P75,000,000
B. P45,000,000 D. P90,000,000

55. A bookstore raises the prices of all its items by 25% every June. Every October
they offer a Cut-Price Sale, after which they only restore the original prices
before June of that year. To do this, they must reduce the price of each item by
how many percent?
A. 18 % C. 22 %
 B. 20 % D. 25 %

56. A kaing of lanzones costing P700 was sold partly at 7 % loss and the remaining at
13% profit. The total proceeds were P741. Find the cost of the part that was sold
at 13% profit?
A. P91 C. P450
B. P250 D. P96.33

57. A factory operator bought a diesel generator set for P 10,000 and agreed to pay the
dealer uniform sum at the end of each year for 5 years at 8% compounded annually,
that the final payment will cancel the debt for principal and interest. What is the
annual payment?
A. 12 years C. 15 years
B. 10 years D. 17 years

58. An electric motor has a cash price of P8000. It can also be bought on installment
basis with down payment of P2000 and with periodic equal payments at the end of
every 6 months for 5 years if interest is fixed at 8% compounded semi-annually, how
much is each periodic payment?
A. 122.56 C. 739.75
B. 439.56 D. 874.32

59. A polygon with fifteen sides

A. Nonagon C. Pentedecagon
B. Decagon D. Dodecagon

60. The point where the second derivative of function is equal to zero
A. inflection point C. point of intersection
B. minima D. maxima

61. A curve generated by a point which moves in uniform circular motion about an axis
while traveling with a constant speed parallel to the axis.
A. Epicycloid C. Cycloid
B. Helix D. Spiral of Archimedes

62. A collateral agreement in a transaction, which gives one of the parties, or both,
the right to choose a course of action. Example, option to buy a thing within a
specific period.
A. executed C. inventory
B. option D. interest

63. Statute limiting the time period in which a lawsuit may be brought
A. stipulation C tender of payment
B. statute of limitations D. nullity

64. It is the return of the land or property to the state if there is no person legally
entitled to inherent it
A. asset C. liability
B. escheat D. cash

65. A ski resort installs two new ski lift at a cost of P 1,800,000. The resort expects
annul gross revenue to increase P 500,000 while it incurs an annual expense of P
50,000 for lift operations and maintenance. What is the pay back period?
A. 4 years C. 2 years
B. 3 years D. 7 years

66. How much money should a man invest in a bank account paying 8 percent annual
interest compounded continuously if he wants to use the money to by 20,000
equipment in 4 years?
A. 14,522.98 C. 12,457.45
B. 15,346.76 D. 11,237.45

67. A stock certificate of a mining company guarantees a dividend of P100 at the end of
each year for 10 years and a final additional payment at the end of 10 years of
P1,200. If money is worth 12% effective, what is the certificate worth now?
A. 951.39 C. 1095.54
B. 897.54 D. 789.45

68. A tank is in the form of a frustum of a tight circular cone is filled with oil
weighing 50 pounds per cubic foot. If the height of the tank is 10 feet, base
radius is 6 ft and the top radius is 4 feet, find the work required in ft-tons to
pump oil to a height 10 feet above the tank.
A. – 312 ft-tons C. – 325 ft-tons
B. – 324 ft-tons D. – 435 ft-tons

69. Find the rate of change of the volume of the sphere with respect to its radius when
its radius is 5.
 A. 100  C. 150
B. 200  D. 250

70. A savings association pays 4% interest compounded quarterly. What is the effective
annual interest rate?
A. 18.045% C. 17.155%
B. 16.985% D. 17.230%

71. A bank offers 1.2% effective monthly interest. What is the effective annual rate
with monthly compounding?
A. 15.4% C. 8.9%
B. 14.4% D. 7.9%
72. What is the present worth of P27,000.00 due in 6 years if money is worth 13% and is
compounded semi-annually?
A. P12,681.00 C. P13,500.00
B. P15,1250.00 D. P21,931.00

73. The nominal interest rate is 4%. How much is my P10,000.00 worth in 10 years in a
continuous compounded account?
A. P13,500.10 C. P13,620.10
B. P13,498.60 D. P13,650.20

74. An equilateral polygon or sometimes known as a regular polygon.

A. equigon C. perigon
B. isogon D. decagon

75. The base of a number system.

A. radius C. characteristics
B. radix D. matrix

76. 20000 PS to hp:

A. 17920 C. 17290
B. 19720 D. 19270

77. The product of the n consecutive integers from 1 to n.

A. serial C. differential
B. integral D. factorial

78. Which is not a qualification for an applicant for ME Board Examination?

A. Certified Plant Mechanic
B. Holder of BSME degree
C. At least 18 years of age
D. A citizen of the Philippines

79. The column shown has a cross-sectional area of 13 m2. What can be the approximate
maximum load if the compressive stress cannot exceed 9.6 kPa? See figure 2
A. 125 kN C. 200 kN
B. 102 kN D. 125 kN
80. The figure below shows a two-member truss with a load F=11,500 kips applied
statically. Given that L1 = 4 feet, L2 = 5 feet, and that the beams have cross-
sectional area A= 6 in2, find the elongation of member AB after F is applied. Use E
= 29,000,000 psi. See figure 4
A. -2.48 in. C. – 1.98 in.
B. – 1.48 in. D. 1.48 in.
81. Find the expression for the bending moment as a function of x for the following
beam. See Figure 6
A. M(x) = - x2 + 2x C. M(x) = - x2 + 2x
B. M(x) = -x2 + 1 D. M(x) = x2 – 2x

82. A series of numbers which are perfect square such as the series ( 1,4,9,16,25…….)
A. Fermat’s numbers C. Fibonacci’s numbers
B. Euler’s numbers D. Fourier series

83. It is point on the axis midway between the focus and the directrix of the parabola.
A. vertex C. latus rectum
B. origin D. eccentrity

84. The highest point of figure with respect to the base or the plane of the base.
A. apothem C. apex
B. peak D. altitude

85. What is the MOST nearly the stress at the surface S of the cylindrical object
shown? The specific weight of the material is gamma = 76.9 kN/m^3. See figure 1
A. 310 kPa C. 250 kPa
B. 180 kPa D. 275 kPa
86. How much must be invested on January 1 year 1, in order to accumulate P2,000 on
January 1, year 6 at 6%?
A. P1,495.00 C. P1.595.00
B. P1,295.00 D. P1,695.00

87. A bank charges 12% simple interest on a P300.00 loan. How much will be repaid if
the loan is paid back in one lump sum after three years?
A. P408.00 C. P551.00
B. P415.00 D. P450.00

88. If P5000.00 shall accumulate for 10 years at 8% compounded quarterly.Find the

compounded interest at the end of 10 years.
A. P6,005.30 C. P6,040.20
B. P6,000.00 D. P6,010.20

89. XYZ Corporation manufactures bookcases that it sells for P65.00 each. It cost XYZ
P35,000.00 per year to operate its plant. This sum includes rent, depreciation
charges on equipment, and salary payments. If the cost to produce one bookcase is
P50.00, how many cases must be sold each year for XYZ to avoid taking a loss?
A. 2334 cases C. 750 cases
B. 539 cases D. 2333 cases

90. An asset is purchased for P9,000.00. Its estimated life is 10 years, after which it
will be sold for P1,000.00. Find the book value during the third year if the sum-
of-the-year’s digit (SYD) depreciation is used.
A. P6,100.00 C. P5,072.00
B. P4,500.00 D. P4,800.00

91. A company issued 50 bonds of P1,000.00 face value each, redeemable at par at the
ends of 15 years to accumulate the funds for redemption, the firm established a
sinking fund consisting of annual deposits, the interest rate of the fund being 4%.
What was the principal in the fund at the end of the 12th year?
A. P35,983.00 C. P41,453.00
B. P38,378.00 D. P37,519.00

92. A sum of P1,000.00 is invested now and left for eight years, at which time the
principal is withdrawn. The interest that has accrued is left for another eight
years. If the effective annual interest rate is 5%, what will be the withdrawal
amount at the end of the 16th year?
A. P706.00 C. P774.00
B. P500.00 D. P799.00

93. How much of a 40% solution of alcohol and how much of an 80% solution should be
mixed to give 150 liters of a 50% solution?
A. 112.5 liters/37.5 liters C. 211 liters/3.5liters
B.121.5 liters/53.7liters D. 212 liters/ 53.7 liters

94. How much water must be evaporated from the 18 kg of 20% salt solution to produce a
50% solution.
A. 2.25 kg C. 7.5 kg
B. 5.0 kg D. 10.5 kg

95. It is straight line towards which a curve approaches but never meets.
A. directrix C. asymptotes
B. major axis D. conjugate axis

96. Consist of the totality of property belonging to a deceased person, which must be
administered and distributed in accordance with a last will and testament and/or
the laws on succession
A. payee C. title
B. tax D. estate

97. Used in sales or ordinary contracts, describes any person who requires property or
negotiable instruments in good faith and for valuable consideration.
A. liability C. bonafide purchaser for value
B. asset D. owner

98. It is rule used for differentiating a function, that is , if z is function if y and

y is function of x, then dz/dx= (dz/dx)(dy/dx)
A. L. Hospital’s rule C. Crammer’s rule
B. Chain rule D. slide rule

99. The process of plotting points to give rise to the graph of a curve. It includes
the use of techniques of symmetry, maxima and minima, curvature and asymptote.
A. drafting C. dimensional analysis
B. curve tracing D. correlation
100. A court writ issued to compel the performance of a public or official duty owed
by the person to whom the order is directed.
A. arrest C. mandamus
B. bail D. payee

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MATHEMATICS,ENG’G ECONOMICS & ENG’G SCIENCES SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only
one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice
on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No.2 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. If the digits 0, 1, and 2 are used to form a three-digit number where repetition of
digits is not allowed, then how many possible numbers can be made?
A. 4 C. 8
B. 6 D. 10

2. An angle is half its supplement. What is its complement?

A. 30 C. 60
B. 45 D. 75

3. It takes 12 men 12 days to build a house. How many days will it take 24 men to
build a house?
A. 2 days C. 12 days
B. 3 days D. 6 days

4. The sum of the two numbers is 21. If their difference is 9, what is there product?
A. 54 C. 104
B. 80 D. 90

5. A term used to describe payment of an employee wherein an employee is called back

to work after his regular days work
A. call back pay C. call in pay
B. back wages D. portal to portal pay

6. Manner of liquidating a debt by installment usually at equal intervals of time

A. investment C. amortization
B. depreciation D. bonding

7. What kind of process occurs between points 3 and 4? See Figure 8

A. Adiabatic
B. isobaric
C. Isentropic
D. there is insufficient information to determine the process
8. Find the lateral strain, y, of the steel specimen shown if Fx = 600 kips, E = 2.8 x
107psi, and v = 0.29. See figure 3
A. – 4 x 10-4 in. C. 1.04 x 10-4 in.
B. – 1.04 x 10-4 in. D. 4 x 10-4 in.
9. What type of power cycle does the following diagram illustrate? See figure 9
A. A Carnot cycle
B. an idealized Rankine cycle with reheat
C. an idealized Diesel cycle
D. an idealized Stirling cycle

10. The reduction value and marketability due to competition from newest products
A. obsolescence C. depreciated cost
B. fixed cost D. indirect cost

11. A goat is tied at the corner of a small building with a square base. If the length
of the rope that ties the goat is 6 meters and the side of the square base is 4
meters, what is the largest grazing area of the goat?
A. 10 sq meters C. 29 sq meters
B. 25 sq meters D. 200 sq meters

12. In a group of 50 students, 30 like Math, a certain number like English, 16 like
both English and Math, and 8 like neither subjects. How many students like
English?
A. 25 C. 30
B. 27 D. 35
13. Terence’s office is 12 km from his house. If, one day, he drove his car to his
office at a constant speed rate of 30 kph and came back home driving at 20 kph,
what is the average speed for the entire trip?
A. 24 kph C. 27 kph
B. 25 kph D. 28 kph
14. During snack break, 1/3 of the total number of snacks were donuts 2/5 were muffins
and the rest were pancakes. If the total number of muffins and pancakes was 20,
how many pieces of snacks were there?
A. 24 C. 35
B. 28 D. 30

15. Together, Lumen and Rey are going home to the province to visit their mothers.
If Lumen visits her mother every 6 days, and Rey visits his mother every 8 days,
after how many days will they visit their mothers together again?
A. 7 C. 18
B. 14 D. 24

16. The sum of the three angles of a triangle is 180 degrees. One angle is twice the
second and the third angle is 20 less than the second. What is the measure of the
largest angle?
A. 50 degrees C. 120 degrees
B. 100 degrees D. 45 degrees

17. Charlie mixed blue and red paint in the ratio 3 : 5 instead of 5 :3 when he
prepared 24 liters of violet paint. How many liters of the blue paint should he
add to obtain the shade he wants?
A. 2 C. 12
B. 8 D. 16

18. A 140-cm stick is cut so that one part is ¾ of the other. How long is the shorter
segment?
A. 105 cm C. 80 cm
B. 35 cm D. 60 cm

19. If 2/3 of the number of red balls in a box is 1/4 of the total number of balls, and
3/4 of the number of blue balls is 3/8 of the total number of balls, then what is
the ratio of the number of red balls to the number of blue balls?
A. 3 : 8 C. 1 : 2
B. 3 : 4 D. 2 : 3

20. A boy’s age is now three-sevenths of what he will be four years from now. How old
is he now?
A. 3 C. 7
B. 4 D. 9

21. A ball rolling on an inclined plane rolls 15 cm in the first second. If in every
second thereafter it rolls 7 cm more than in the preceding second, how far will it
roll in 4 seconds?
A. 29 C. 66
B. 36 D. 102

22. Form of summary of assets, liabilities and net worth

A. production C. balance sheet
B. break even point D. balance method

23. An index of short term paying ability

A. profit margin ratio C. acid test ratio
B. current ratio D. receivable turn over

24. In the ballistic balance shown, a bullet is fired into a block of mass M, which can
swing freely. Which of the following is true for the system after impact?
See figure 7
A. Both mechanical energy and momentum are conserved.
B. Mechanical energy is conserved; momentum is not conserved.
C. Momentum is conserved; mechanical energy is not conserved.
D. Neither mechanical energy nor momentum is conserved.

25. Ratio of annual revenues to the annual expenses

A. benefit ratio C. rate of return
B. benefit cost ratio D. income ratio

26. These are the products or services that are required to support human life and
activities that will be purchased in somewhat the same quantity even though the
price varies considerably
A. luxuries C. necessities
B. utilities D. produces goods and services

27. The length of time during which the property maybe operated at a profit
A. length of time C. life
B. physical life D. economic life
28. Cesar saves P20 in the first week and each week thereafter saves P1 more than in
the preceding week. Hoe much will he have saved after the 3rd month?
 A. 63 C. 275
B. 306 D. 22

29. How many times will a clock strike in 36 hours if it strike only at the hour and
strike once at 1, twice at 2, and thrice at 3 and so on?
A. 63 C. 234
B. 306 D. 666

30. The first of the geometric sequences is 1 and the common ratio is 5, determine the
largest 3-digit number that represents a term of this geometric sequence.
A. 625 C. 995
B. 999 D. 125

31. In the geometric sequence whose first element is 0.0001 and whose common ratio is
10, which element is 10,000 ?
A. 8th C. 10th
B. 9th D. 11th

32. Inee was 5 times as old as Luana five years ago. If Luana will be half as old as
Inee in ten years, how old is Luana now?
A. 5 C. 15
B. 10 D. 30

33. Two cars start at the same time from two places 330 kilometers apart and travel
toward each other. Car A travels at 50 kph and Car B at 45 kph. If Car a rests
for one hour on the way, in how many hours after they left will they meet?
A. 2 C. 4
B. 3 D. 5

34. A motorist set out from A at certain rate and would have reached B in 5 hours if he
had continued at this rate. However, when he had gone three-fourths of the way he
had motor trouble which delayed him for an hour and a half. During the remainder
of the journey he increased his speed by 10 km an hour and reached B one hour and
15 minutes behind schedule. Find the distance from A to B.
A. 150 km C. 250 km
B. 200 km D. 220 km

35. The tens digit of a two-digit number is 2 more than three times the units digit.
How many two-digit numbers satisfy this condition?
A. 1 C. 4
B. 2 D. none

36. What is the largest angle of triangle whose angles are in the ratio 1:2:3?
A. 30 C. 120
B. 60 D. 90

37. It occurs in unique product of services and is available only from a single
supplier and entry of all possible suppliers prevented.
A. competition C. profitability
B. monopoly D. inventory

38. The difference between the book value and the actual lower resale value
A. sunk cost C. resale value
B. salvage value D. fixed cost

39. Grand total of the assets and operational capability of a corporation

A. earning value C. investment
B. money market D. authorized capital

40. An ideal, reversible Carnot cycle is represented on a T-S diagram (See Figure 10)
The efficiency of the cycle is represented by which of the following ratios of
area?
A. ( 1-2-3-6)/(1-2-4-5) C. (3-4-5-6)/(1-2-4-5)
B. ( 1-2-4-6)/(1-2-3-6) D. (1-2-4-5)/(3-4-5-6)
41. A cantilever beam with an end mass, m = 7000 kg, deflects 5 cm when a force of 5 kN
is applied at the end. The beam is subsequently mounted on a spring of stiffness,
ks, = 1.5 kN/mcm. What is most nearly the natural frequency of the mass-beam-spring
system (See Fig.12)?
A. 1.5 rad/s C. 6.0 rad/s
B. 3.1 rad/s D. 6.3 rad/s
42. What is the angle of twist, for the aluminum bar shown? The shear modulus of
elasticity, G, is 3.7 x 106 psi. See Figure 5
A. 0.000554 C. 0.032
B. 0.00554 D. 0.08
 43. What single discount rate is equivalent to successive discount rates of 10% and
10%?
A. 10% C. 21%
B. 19% D. none of these

44. To motivate Jose in studying for an examination, his mom promised him some
incentives. For every correct answer, he gets P15.00 and for every mistake, P5.00
will be taken. How many correct answers did he get in a 100-item exam if he
received P1,000?
A. 15 C. 75
B. 25 D. 100

45. Lines are drawn across a circle so that each line crosses the circle at two points.
If five lines are drawn, what is the maximum number of parts the circle is divided?
A. 12 C. 15
B. 13 D. 16

46. In a certain constant mass system, the conditions change from point 1 to point 2.
How does the change in enthalpy for path A differ from the enthalpy change for path
B in going from point 1 to point 2? (See figure 11)
A. HA > HB C. HA < HB
B. HA = HB D. HA / (P1+P2)/2 = HB/P1
47. By how many cubic centimeters does the volume of a cube whose side is 10 cm exceed
that of another cube whose side is 8 cm?
A. 2 C. 498
B. 8 D. 488

48. If the surface area of a cube is 54 square units, what is its volume?
A. 3 cu units C. 18 cu units
B. 6 cu units D. 27 cu units

49. A cube whose volume is 64 cubic units is put on top of a table. If another cube
whose volume is 27 cubic units is put on the center of the top of the first cube,
what is the total exposed surface area of the first cube?
A. 16 C. 91
B. 64 D. 71

50. Find the probability of getting a head or a tail in a single toss of a coin?
A. 1/4 C. 1/8
B. 1/2 D. 1

51. A pair of dice is tossed. If one die shown a 5, what is the probability that the
other die shows a 5 also?
A. 1/36 C. 1/11
B. 1/6 D. 1/12

52. A multiple choice test consists of 5 questions with 3 possible answers but only one
of which is correct. In how many ways can a student answer the 5 questions and get
them all correct?
A. 1 C. 5
B. 3 D. 15

53. How many straight lines can be drawn, given 5 points no three of which are
collinear?
A. 5 C. 15
B. 10 D. 20

54. Mr. Ayala left P 225,000,000 to his 4 children. For every P100 Carlos received,
Ben received P75 Alfred received P50, and Daniel received P150. What was the total
amount received by Ben?
A. P30,000,000 C. P75,000,000
B. P45,000,000 D. P90,000,000

55. A bookstore raises the prices of all its items by 25% every June. Every October
they offer a Cut-Price Sale, after which they only restore the original prices
before June of that year. To do this, they must reduce the price of each item by
how many percent?
A. 18 % C. 22 %
B. 20 % D. 25 %

56. A kaing of lanzones costing P700 was sold partly at 7 % loss and the remaining at
13% profit. The total proceeds were P741. Find the cost of the part that was sold
at 13% profit?
A. P91 C. P450
B. P250 D. P96.33
57. A factory operator bought a diesel generator set for P 10,000 and agreed to pay the
dealer uniform sum at the end of each year for 5 years at 8% compounded annually,
that the final payment will cancel the debt for principal and interest. What is the
annual payment?
A. 12 years C. 15 years
B. 10 years D. 17 years

58. An electric motor has a cash price of P8000. It can also be bought on installment
basis with down payment of P2000 and with periodic equal payments at the end of
every 6 months for 5 years if interest is fixed at 8% compounded semi-annually, how
much is each periodic payment?
A. 122.56 C. 739.75
B. 439.56 D. 874.32

59. A polygon with fifteen sides

A. Nonagon C. Pentedecagon
B. Decagon D. Dodecagon

60. The point where the second derivative of function is equal to zero
A. inflection point C. point of intersection
B. minima D. maxima

61. A curve generated by a point which moves in uniform circular motion about an axis
while traveling with a constant speed parallel to the axis.
A. Epicycloid C. Cycloid
B. Helix D. Spiral of Archimedes

62. A collateral agreement in a transaction, which gives one of the parties, or both,
the right to choose a course of action. Example, option to buy a thing within a
specific period.
A. executed C. inventory
B. option D. interest

63. Statute limiting the time period in which a lawsuit may be brought
A. stipulation C tender of payment
B. statute of limitations D. nullity

64. It is the return of the land or property to the state if there is no person legally
entitled to inherent it
A. asset C. liability
B. escheat D. cash

65. A ski resort installs two new ski lift at a cost of P 1,800,000. The resort expects
annul gross revenue to increase P 500,000 while it incurs an annual expense of P
50,000 for lift operations and maintenance. What is the pay back period?
A. 4 years C. 2 years
B. 3 years D. 7 years

66. How much money should a man invest in a bank account paying 8 percent annual
interest compounded continuously if he wants to use the money to by 20,000
equipment in 4 years?
A. 14,522.98 C. 12,457.45
B. 15,346.76 D. 11,237.45

67. A stock certificate of a mining company guarantees a dividend of P100 at the end of
each year for 10 years and a final additional payment at the end of 10 years of
P1,200. If money is worth 12% effective, what is the certificate worth now?
A. 951.39 C. 1095.54
B. 897.54 D. 789.45

68. A tank is in the form of a frustum of a tight circular cone is filled with oil
weighing 50 pounds per cubic foot. If the height of the tank is 10 feet, base
radius is 6 ft and the top radius is 4 feet, find the work required in ft-tons to
pump oil to a height 10 feet above the tank.
A. – 312 ft-tons C. – 325 ft-tons
B. – 324 ft-tons D. – 435 ft-tons

69. Find the rate of change of the volume of the sphere with respect to its radius when
its radius is 5.
A. 100  C. 150
B. 200  D. 250

70. A savings association pays 4% interest compounded quarterly. What is the effective
annual interest rate?
A. 18.045% C. 17.155%
B. 16.985% D. 17.230%
71. A bank offers 1.2% effective monthly interest. What is the effective annual rate
with monthly compounding?
A. 15.4% C. 8.9%
B. 14.4% D. 7.9%
72. What is the present worth of P27,000.00 due in 6 years if money is worth 13% and is
compounded semi-annually?
A. P12,681.00 C. P13,500.00
B. P15,1250.00 D. P21,931.00

73. The nominal interest rate is 4%. How much is my P10,000.00 worth in 10 years in a
continuous compounded account?
A. P13,500.10 C. P13,620.10
B. P13,498.60 D. P13,650.20

74. An equilateral polygon or sometimes known as a regular polygon.

A. equigon C. perigon
B. isogon D. decagon

75. The base of a number system.

A. radius C. characteristics
B. radix D. matrix

76. 20000 PS to hp:

A. 17920 C. 17290
B. 19720 D. 19270

77. The product of the n consecutive integers from 1 to n.

A. serial C. differential
B. integral D. factorial

78. Which is not a qualification for an applicant for ME Board Examination?

A. Certified Plant Mechanic
B. Holder of BSME degree
C. At least 18 years of age
D. A citizen of the Philippines

79. The column shown has a cross-sectional area of 13 m2. What can be the approximate
maximum load if the compressive stress cannot exceed 9.6 kPa? See figure 2
A. 125 kN C. 200 kN
B. 102 kN D. 125 kN
80. The figure below shows a two-member truss with a load F=11,500 kips applied
statically. Given that L1 = 4 feet, L2 = 5 feet, and that the beams have cross-
sectional area A= 6 in2, find the elongation of member AB after F is applied. Use E
= 29,000,000 psi. See figure 4
A. -2.48 in. C. – 1.98 in.
B. – 1.48 in. D. 1.48 in.
81. Find the expression for the bending moment as a function of x for the following
beam. See Figure 6
A. M(x) = - x2 + 2x C. M(x) = - x2 + 2x
B. M(x) = -x2 + 1 D. M(x) = x2 – 2x

82. A series of numbers which are perfect square such as the series ( 1,4,9,16,25…….)
A. Fermat’s numbers C. Fibonacci’s numbers
B. Euler’s numbers D. Fourier series

83. It is point on the axis midway between the focus and the directrix of the parabola.
A. vertex C. latus rectum
B. origin D. eccentrity

84. The highest point of figure with respect to the base or the plane of the base.
A. apothem C. apex
B. peak D. altitude

85. What is the MOST nearly the stress at the surface S of the cylindrical object
shown? The specific weight of the material is gamma = 76.9 kN/m^3. See figure 1
A. 310 kPa C. 250 kPa
B. 180 kPa D. 275 kPa

86. How much must be invested on January 1 year 1, in order to accumulate P2,000 on
January 1, year 6 at 6%?
A. P1,495.00 C. P1.595.00
B. P1,295.00 D. P1,695.00

87. A bank charges 12% simple interest on a P300.00 loan. How much will be repaid if
the loan is paid back in one lump sum after three years?
 A. P408.00 C. P551.00
B. P415.00 D. P450.00

88. If P5000.00 shall accumulate for 10 years at 8% compounded quarterly.Find the

compounded interest at the end of 10 years.
A. P6,005.30 C. P6,040.20
B. P6,000.00 D. P6,010.20

89. XYZ Corporation manufactures bookcases that it sells for P65.00 each. It cost XYZ
P35,000.00 per year to operate its plant. This sum includes rent, depreciation
charges on equipment, and salary payments. If the cost to produce one bookcase is
P50.00, how many cases must be sold each year for XYZ to avoid taking a loss?
A. 2334 cases C. 750 cases
B. 539 cases D. 2333 cases

90. An asset is purchased for P9,000.00. Its estimated life is 10 years, after which it
will be sold for P1,000.00. Find the book value during the third year if the sum-
of-the-year’s digit (SYD) depreciation is used.
A. P6,100.00 C. P5,072.00
B. P4,500.00 D. P4,800.00

91. A company issued 50 bonds of P1,000.00 face value each, redeemable at par at the
ends of 15 years to accumulate the funds for redemption, the firm established a
sinking fund consisting of annual deposits, the interest rate of the fund being 4%.
What was the principal in the fund at the end of the 12th year?
A. P35,983.00 C. P41,453.00
B. P38,378.00 D. P37,519.00

92. A sum of P1,000.00 is invested now and left for eight years, at which time the
principal is withdrawn. The interest that has accrued is left for another eight
years. If the effective annual interest rate is 5%, what will be the withdrawal
amount at the end of the 16th year?
A. P706.00 C. P774.00
B. P500.00 D. P799.00

93. How much of a 40% solution of alcohol and how much of an 80% solution should be
mixed to give 150 liters of a 50% solution?
A. 112.5 liters/37.5 liters C. 211 liters/3.5liters
B.121.5 liters/53.7liters D. 212 liters/ 53.7 liters

94. How much water must be evaporated from the 18 kg of 20% salt solution to produce a
50% solution.
A. 2.25 kg C. 7.5 kg
B. 5.0 kg D. 10.5 kg

95. It is straight line towards which a curve approaches but never meets.
A. directrix C. asymptotes
B. major axis D. conjugate axis

96. Consist of the totality of property belonging to a deceased person, which must be
administered and distributed in accordance with a last will and testament and/or
the laws on succession
A. payee C. title
B. tax D. estate

97. Used in sales or ordinary contracts, describes any person who requires property or
negotiable instruments in good faith and for valuable consideration.
A. liability C. bonafide purchaser for value
B. asset D. owner

98. It is rule used for differentiating a function, that is , if z is function if y and

y is function of x, then dz/dx= (dz/dx)(dy/dx)
A. L. Hospital’s rule C. Crammer’s rule
B. Chain rule D. slide rule

99. The process of plotting points to give rise to the graph of a curve. It includes
the use of techniques of symmetry, maxima and minima, curvature and asymptote.
A. drafting C. dimensional analysis
B. curve tracing D. correlation

100. A court writ issued to compel the performance of a public or official duty owed
by the person to whom the order is directed.
A. arrest C. mandamus
B. bail D. payee
***END***
TRIGONOMETRY
sin A cos B – cos A sin B is equivalent to:

a. cos (A – B)
b. sin (A – B)
c. tan (A – B)
d. cos2(A – B)

Answer: B
The angular distance of a point on the terrestrial
sphere from the north pole is called

a. coaltitude
b. latitude
c. altitude
d. codeclination

Answer: A
csc 520° is equal to

a. cos 20°
b. csc 20°
c. tan 45°
d. sin 20°

Answer: B
What is the sine of 820°?

a. 0.984
b. 0.866
c. -0.866
d. -0.5

Answer: a
The logarithm of the negative number is

a. imaginary
b. irrational
c. real
d. rational

Answer: a
The sum of the squares of the sine and cosine of
an angle.

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3

Answer: b
The logarithm of a number to the base e
(2.7182…) is called

a. Napierian Logarithm
b. Characteristic
c. Mantissa
d. Briggsian Logarithm

Answer: A
The characteristic is equal to the exponent of 10,
when the number is written in

a. exponential logarithm
b. scientific notation
c. logarithmic form
d. irrational number

Answer: c
Napierian logarithms have a base closest to
which number?

a. 2.72
b. 2.82
c. 2.92
d. 10

Answer: a
The logarithm of 1 to any base is

a. indeterminate
b.zero
c. infinity
d. one

Answer: b
sin (270° + β) is equal to

a. – cos β
b. Sinβ
c. – sin β
d. cos β

Answer: a
The sum of the angles in an octant spheric
triangle is

a. 180°
b. 270°
c. 360°
d. 540°

Answer: b
The median of a triangle is the line connecting
the vertex and the midpoint of the opposite
side. For a given triangle, these medians
intersects at a point which is called the

a. orthocenter
b. circumcenter
c. centroid
d. incenter

Answer: c
The altitudes of the sides of a triangle intersects
at the point known as

a. orthocenter
b. circumcenter
c. centroid
d. incenter

Answer: a
The angle which the line of sight to the object
makes with the horizontal which is above the
eye of the observer is called

a. angle of depression
b. angle of elevation
c. acute angle
d. bearing

Answer: b
log M – log N is equal to

a. log MN
b. log (M – N)
c. log M/N
d. log ( N – M)

Answer: c
The other form of log a N = b is

a. N = ba
b. N = ab
c. N = ab
d. N = a/b

Answer: b
The point of concurrency of the altitude of the
triangle.

a. orthocenter
b. circumcenter
c. centroid
d. incenter

Answer: a
The point of concurrency of the perpendicular
bisector of the sides of the triangle.

a. orthocenter
b. circumcenter
c. centroid
d. incenter

Answer: b
The point of concurrency of the angle bisector of
the triangle is called

a. orthocenter
b. circumcenter
c. centroid
d. incenter

Answer: d
The logarithm of the reciprocal of N is called the
________ of N

a. antilogarithm
b. cologarithm
c. natural logarithm
d. briggsian logarithm

Answer: b
The inverse function of a logarithm is known as

a. antilogarithm
b. cologarithm
c. natural logarithm
d. briggsian logarithm

Answer: a
The cologarithm of a number is the _____ of the
logarithm of a number

a. positive
b. absolute value
c. negative
d. reciprocal

Answer: c
The first table logarithms with 10 as base was
developed in 1615 by

a. James Naismith
b. Henry Briggs
c. John Napier
d. John Wallis

Answer: B
Who invented logarithms in 1614?

a. John Wallis
b. Henry Briggs
c. John Napier
d. L’Hospital

Answer: c
The number log a b is called the ______ of the
system of a base a with respect to the system of
base b.

a. coefficient
b. logarithm
c. modulus
d. exponent

Answer: c
Napierian logarithm has a base of

a. π
b. 10
c. 1
d. e

Answer: d
log x = ____ ln x

a. 0.434
b. 10
c. 2.303
d. e

Answer: a
ln x = ____ log x

a. 0.434
b. 10
c. 2.303
d. e

Answer: c
Which of the following cannot be a base for a
logarithm?

a. 10
b. π
c. 1
d. e

Answer: c
The integral part of a common logarithm is

a. 10
b. e
c. mantissa
d. characteristic

Answer: d
The mantissa of a logarithm is a

a. positive value only

b. negative value only
c. positive value, negative value or zero
d. positive value or zero

Answer: d
For 0 < x < 1, ln x is

a. positive
b. zero
c. negative
d. between 0 and 1

Answer: c
If 1 < N < 10, then

a. 1 < log N < 2

b. 0 < log N < 1
c. 2 < log N < 3
d.- 1 < log N < 0

Answer: a
To change log a to log b N, multiply log a N by

a. log a b
b. log b a
c. log N a
d. log N b

Answer: b
The number log a b and log b a are

a. equal
b. equal but different in signs
c. reciprocal to each other
d. negative reciprocal to each other

Answer: c
Logarithm using 10 as base

a. decimal logarithm
b. scientific logarithm
c. common logarithm
d. Natural logarithm

Answer: c
The logarithm of a product is the ____ of the
logarithms, and the logarithm of a quotient is
the ____ of the logarithms

a. sum, difference
b. difference, sum
c. quotient, product
d. product, quotient

Answer: a
When a logarithm is expressed as an integer
plus a decimal (between 0 and 1), the integer is
called

a. Briggsian Logarithm
b. napierian Logarithm
c. Mantissa
d. Charcteristic

Answer: D
The characteristic of a logarithm is 3. the
number between

a. 1 and 10
b. 10 and 100
c. 100 and 1000
d. 1000 and 10000

Answer: d
The characteristics of a common logarithm of a
number greater than 1 is

a. zero
b. positive
c. negative
d. zero or positive

Answer: d
The characteristics is ____ the exponent of 10,
when the number is written in scientific
notation

a. equal to
b. greater than
c. less than
d. none of the above

Answer: a
If logarithm to base 10 (denoted as log 10) is
called common logarithm is called natural
logarithm, what do you call the logarithm of
base 2 (denotes as lb)?

a. Binary Logarithm
b. Bit Logarithm
c. Bilogarithm
d. all of the above

Answer: a
If the unknown is a conditional equation occurs
as an exponent, the best way to solve the
unknown is by

a. raising the power of both sides

b. taking the logarithm of both sides
c. extracting the root of both sides
d. applying the Newton’s method

Answer: b
Angles of rotation with the same initial side and
terminal side

a. Terminal angles
b. Conjugate angles
c. Coterminal Angle
d. Supplementary angles

Answer: c
An angle equal to one revolution of 360°

a. perigon
b. explement angle
c. reflex angle
d. supplement angle

Answer: a
The angle which the line of sight to the object
makes with the horizontal above the eye of the
observer.

a. angle of depression
b. angle of elevation
c. acute angle
d. bearing

Answer: b
The angle which the line of sight to the object
makes with the horizontal below the eye of the
observer.

a. angle of depression
b. angle of elevation
c. acute angle
d. bearing

Answer: a
A triangle inscribed in a given triangle whose
vertices are the feet of the three perpendiculars
to the sides from same point inside, the given
triangle

a. inscribed triangle
b. primitive triangle
c. pedal triangle
d. obtuse triangle

Answer: c
The triangle with minimum perimeter but
maximum area inscribed in another triangle is
known as

a. pedal triangle
b. Euclid’s triangle
c. Primitive triangle
d. None of the above

Answer: a
A right triangle whose length of sides may be
expressed as ratio of integral units.

a. pedal triangle
b. isosceles triangle
c. scalene triangle
d. primitive triangle

Answer: d
A triangle with no sides equal is known as

a. acute triangle
b. oblique triangle
c. equilateral triangle
d. scalene triangle

Answer: d
If two triangles have congruent bases, then the
ratio of their areas equals the ratio of

a. their perimeter s
b. the lengths of their altitudes
c. their sides
d. None of the above

Answer: b
In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is
____ times as long as each of the legs

a. 2
b. 3
c. 2
d. 3

Answer: a
Which of the following is not a secondary part of
a triangle?

a. altitudes
b. medians
c. exterior angles
d. sides

Answer: d
Which of the following is not a property of a
triangle?

a. the sum of the three angles is always equal to

two right angles
b. the sum of two sides is less than the third side
c. if the two sides are equal , the angles opposite
are unequal
d. the altitudes of the triangle meet in a point

Answer: b
Given the sides of a triangle as 3 m and 5 m. The
third side is

a. between 3 m and 8 m
b. greater than 8 m
c. from to 3 m to 7 m
d. from 2 m to 8 m

Answer: c
A straight from the vertex of a triangle to the
midpoint of the opposite side is known as

a. altitude
b. median
c. height
d. A or B

Answer: b
Indicate the false statement:

a. an altitude of a triangle is a perpendicular

drop from any vertex to the opposite side.
b. three or more lines which have one point in
common are said to be coplanar
c. the altitudes of a triangle meet at a point
d. a locus is a figure containing all the points and
only those which fulfil a given requirement

Answer: b
The case of the solution of the triangle in the
plane where the given data leads to two
solutions

a. axioms of Euclid
b. absurd case
c. ambigous case
d. all of the above

Answer: c
The most proved theorem in mathematics

a. Gauss lemma
b. Fermat’s Theorem
c. Ptolemy’s Theorem
d. PythagoreanTheorem

Answer: d
The least proved theorem in mathematics

a. Goldbach conjecture
b. Fermat’s last theorem
c. Mersennes’s proportion
d. Pappus Proportion

Answer: b
 Equations used for checking the solution to a plane
triangle using law of sine’s are as follows:
1 1
𝑎+𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (𝐴−𝐵) 𝑎−𝑏 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝐴−𝐵)
2 2
= 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 = 1 . These
𝑐 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐶 𝑐 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐶
2 2
equations are called

a. Diophantine equations
b. Mollweide’s equations
c. Mohr equations
d. Gauss equations

Answer: b
Napier’s rule states that the sine of any middle
part is equal to the product of the _____ of the
opposite parts.

a. sine
b. cosine
c. tangent
d. secant

Answer: b
Napier’s rule states that the sine of any middle
part is equal to the product of the _____ of the
adjacent parts.

a. sine
b. cosine
c. tangent
d. cotangent

Answer: c
How many formulas may be derived from using
the Napier’s Rules?

a. 5
b. 6
c. 8
d.10

Answer: d
The sum of all interior angles in a spherical
triangle is always

a. greater than 180° but less than 270°

b. greater than 180° but less than 360°
c. greater than 180° but less than 540°
d. greater than 270° but less than 540°

Answer: c
The maximum value for the longitude is

a. 90°
b. 180°
c. 45°
d. 360°

Answer: b
The maximum value for a latitude is

a. 90°
b. 45°
b. 180°
d. 360°

Answer: a
If R is the radius of a sphere and E is a spherical
excess (in radians), then the area of a spherical
triangle is

a. πR2E
b. R2E
C.1/2 R2E
R2/E

Answer: b
One minute of the great circle arc on the surface
of the earth is equivalent to

a. 1 statute mile
b. 1nautical mile
c. 60 statute mile
d. 60 nautical mile

Answer: B
A spherical triangle with all angles equals to a
right triangle is called ____ spherical triangle

a. birectangular
b. quadrantal
c. trirectangular
d. right

Answer: a
A spherical triangle with at least one side is a
quarter of a great circle called _____ spherical
triangle

a. octant
b. quadrantal
c. trirectangular
d. birectangular

Answer: c
One of the two great circles intersecting at right
angle at the piles and dividing equinoctial points
and ecliptic into 4 parts

a. Nadir
b. Zenith
c. Declination
d. Colure

Answer: d
The radius of the earth used in spherical
trigonometry is

a. 3989 statute miles

b. 3979 statute miles
c. 3969 statute miles
d. 3959 statute miles

Answer: d
The difference between a nautical mile and a
statute mile

a. 800 ft
b. 900 ft
c. 1000 ft
d. 500 ft

Answer: a
Manila has a longitude of 121°05’E. what is the
time difference between Manila and Greenwich,
England which is at prime meridian?

a. 8 hrs and 40 mins

b. 8 hrs and 34 mins
c. 8 hrs and 14 mins
d. 8 hrs and 4 mins

Answer: d
The earth is divided into how many time zone?

a. 24
b. 18
c. 16
d. 12

Answer: a
In aspherical triangle, two angles (or sides) are
on the same species if they are both

a. between 0° and 180°

b. between 0° and 90°
c. between 90° and 180°
d. between 0° and 90° or both between 90° and
180°

Answer: d
Spherical degree is a unit of spherical area taken
as 1/720 of the surface of the sphere. How many
spherical degrees a hemisphere have?

a. 360°
b. 720°
c. 180°
d. 270°

Answer: a
Which of the following statements is false about
spherical trigonometry?

a. if two angles of a spherical triangle are equal, the

sides equal are opposite and conversely
b. if two angles of a spherical triangle are unequal,
and the greater side lies opposite the greater angle,
and conversely
c. the sum of two sides of a spherical triangle is
greater than the third sides
d. the sum of all interior angles of a spherical
triangles is 360°

Answer: d
The sum of the sides of a spherical triangles is
always less than

a. 270°
b. 360°
c. 540°
d. 180°

Answer: b
The sum of any two angles of a spherical triangle
is

a. greater than 180°

b. less than 180°
c. less than 180° + the third angle
c. greater than 180° + the third angle

Answer: c
Refers to the angular distance from the equator
measured along a meridian

a. longitude
b. latitude
c. meridian
d. declination

Answer: b
Refers to the angle at either pole between the
meridian passing through a point and some
fixed meridian known as the prime meridian .

a. longitude
b. latitude
c. declination
d. equinox

Answer: a
Is half of a great circle terminated by the north
pole and south pole.

a. longitude
b. latitude
c. declination
d. meridian

Answer: d
When the hypotenuse of a right spherical
triangle is less than 90°

a. the two legs are on the same quadrant

b. the two legs are on the different quadrant
c. one leg is one the first quadrant and the other
on the second quadrant
d. none of the above

Answer: a
When the hypotenuse of a right spherical
triangle is greater than 90°

a. the two legs are on the same quadrant

b. the two legs are on the different quadrant
c. one leg is one the first quadrant and the other
on the second quadrant
d. none of the above

Answer: c
The point where a ray from the center of the
earth through an observer’s position on it
intersects the celestial sphere is called the
observer’s

a. zenith
b. nadir
c. pole
d. equinox

Answer: a
The point that is diametrically opposite the
zenith is called

a. pole
b. equinox
c. nadir
d. celestial meridian

Answer: c
The great circles through the north and south
celestial poles are called

a. hour circles
b. celestial meridians
c. elevated poles
d. a and b

Answer: d
An oblique equilateral parallelogram:

a. square
b. rectangle
c. rhombus
d. trapezoid

Answer: c
mil is a unit of

a. angle
b. length
c. angle and length
d. weight

Answer: c
Two circles whose radii are 18 m and 20
m respectively intersect each other. The
angle between the tangents at either of
the points of intersection is 30o. Find the
distance between the centers of the
circles.
A. 37.61 B. 36.71
C. 31.67 D. 63.71

Ans. B
The two chords of a circle has a length AB
= 8 cm, and BC = 12 cm long. If the
angle ABC is equal to 120o, find the
radius of the circle.
A. 11.27
B. 10.07
C. 9.87
D. 8.48

Ans. B
Two chords AB and BC are drawn on a
circle of radius 12 cm. Find the angle
between the chord (∟ABC) if the arc ABC
is 24 cm long.
A. 122o42’
B. 142o22’
C. 210o42’
D. 124o42’

Ans. A
A spring with a natural length of 10 cm, is
stretched by ½ cm by a 12 N force. Find
the work done in stretching the spring
from 10 cm to 18 cm.
A. 7.86 Joules
B. 8.47 Joules
C. 9.47 Joules
D. 6.92 Joules

Ans. A
A 5 lb monkey is attached to a 20 ft
hanging rope that weigh 0.30 lb/ft. The
monkey climbs the rope up to the top.
How much work has it done?
A. 160 ft-lb
B. 120 ft-lb
C. 140 ft-lb
D. 100 ft-lb

Ans. A
A bag containing originally 60 kg of flour, is lifted
through a vertical distance of 9 m. While it is
being lifted, flour is leaking from the bag at such
rate that the number of kg lost is proportion to
the square root of the distance traversed. If the
total loss of the flour is 12 kg, find the amount of
work done in lifting the bag.
A. 4591 N-m B. 4800 N-m
C. 4682 N-m D. 4785 N-m

Ans. A
Find the volume of the solid formed if we
rotate the ellipse x2/9 + y2/4 = 1 about a
line 4x + 3y = 20.
A. 48π2
B. 56 π2
C. 36 π2
D. 64 π2

Ans. A
How many ancestors would an individual
have in 8 generations?
A. 610
B. 55
C. 510
D. 160

Ans. C
The area of a quadrilateral is 12 sq cm
and the radius of the inscribed circle is
1.71 cm. If the lengths of the three sides
of the quadrilateral are 3 cm, 3 cm, and 4
cm, find the length of the fourth side of
quadrilateral.
A. 8 cm B. 6 cm
C. 4 cm D. 2 cm

Ans. C
Three spheres A, B and C have the
following relations. The surface area of A
is 4 times the surface area of B, while the
volume of B is only twice the volume of C.
What is the ratio of the volume of A to C.
A. 16 B. 18
C. 20 D. 22

Ans. A
A rectangular farm is to be fenced along
its four sides and along two additional
fence dividers parallel to its longest sides.
The total amount of fencing material
required is 840 yd and a total area of
18,000 yd2. Find the width of the farm.
A. 150 yd B. 60 yd
C. 120 yd D. 180 yd

Ans. C
Find the maximum area of a rectangular
piece of land that needs fencing on its
four sides and two additional dividers
parallel to its shortest sides, if 2400 feet of
fencing are available.
A. 180,000 ft2
B. 190,000 ft2
C. 200,000 ft2
D. 170,000 ft2

Ans. A
Solve the differential equation
y” – 4y = 6x – 4x3
A. y = C1 e2X + C2 e-2X + x3
B. y = C1 e3X + C2 e-2X + x4
C. y = C1 e4X + C2 e-2X + x5
D. y = C1 e5X + C2 e-2X + x6

Ans. A
A box with a capacity of 216 in3 is to be
made from a rectangular cardboard by
cutting 3 in squares from the corners, and
then folding up the sides. If the length of
the box is to be 6 inches more than the
width, find the area of the cardboard
needed.
A. 271 in B. 126 in
C. 216 in D. 430 in

Ans. C
Find the orthogonal trajectories of the
family of curve x2 - y2 = C
A. x = Cy
B. x2 = C/y
C. y = C/x
D. y = Cx

Ans. C
Find the area of the region bounded by
the graph r = 2 cosθ.
A. π
B. 2π
C. 3π
D. 4π

Ans. A
Find the length of one arch of the cycloid
having parametric equations x = t – sint,
y = 1 - cost
A. 8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 10

Ans. A
If all components of a vector V are
positive, and if two of its direction angles
are x = 60o, y = 45o, find z.
A. 60o
B. 54o
C. 62o
D. 68o

Ans. A
The magnitude and direction of a constant
force are given by a = 5i + 2j + 6k. Find
the work done if the point of application of
the force moves from P(1, -1, 2) and
R(4, 3, -1)
A. 2 B. 3
C. 4 D. 5

Ans. D
Find a unit vector orthogonal to u = 2i – 4j
A. 0.694i + 0.247j
B. 0.794i + 0.347j
C. 0.894i + 0.447j
D. 0.994i + 0.547j

Ans. C
A storekeeper bought $80 worth of eggs.
He broke 5 dozen during stacking. He
sold the rest at $0.15 per dozen more
than he paid for them, making a profit
of$27.25. How many dozen did he buy?
A. 170 B. 180
C. 190 D. 200

Ans. D
An investor bought $720 worth of stock. A
month later the value of each share of his
stock dropped by $6. Then he sold some
of the shares for $450 and kept the last 5
shares. How many shares did he buy at
the start?
A. 45 B. 40
C. 35 D. 30

Ans. D
If a train reduces its speed 5 mph, it will
take 1 hour more to reach a city 450 miles
away. Find the speed of the train.
A. 50 mph
B. 52 mph
C. 58 mph
D. 56 mph

Ans. A
Jim work for 20 hours but did not complete the
job. Then his friend John worked 12 hours to
complete the job. Working alone, Jim could
have done the whole job in 6 hours less than
John would have taken if he had worked alone.
How many hours does Jim need to do the job
by himself?
A. 30 hrs B. 32 hrs
C. 34 hrs D. 36 hrs

Ans. D
Find the polar moment of inertia of a
triangle whose sides is 8 in.
A. 136.73 in4
B. 147.46 in4
C. 380.23 in4
D. 290.34 in4

Ans. B
A concrete retaining wall is to have
trapezoidal cross sections. The length of
the wall is 25 feet, and its top base has
length of 1 foot. The height of the wall is
2 feet greater than of the lower base.
Find the height if 250 cubic feet of
concrete is required.
A. 5 ft B. 6 ft
C. 7 ft D. 8 ft

Ans. A
A man invested two amounts of money, the first
at 6% and the second at 7%. His total profit at
the end of the year was $710. Twice the first
investment was $3000 less than three times the
second investment. Find the largest amount
invested.
A. $5000 B. $5200
C. $5800 D. $6000

Ans. D
Determine c such that the vectors 3i – j +
ck and 2ci + 3j + 4k are orthogonal.
A. ¼
B. ½
C. ¾
D. 3/2

Ans. D
A woman invested a total of $3000 in three
amounts: the first at 6%, the second at 7%, and
the third is 9%. Her total profit for one year was
$221. However, if she had invested the first
amount at 9%, the second at 7%, and the third
at 6%, the profit would have been $3 less. Find
the smallest amount she actually invested.
A. $900 B. $5000
C. $8000 D. $1000

Ans. A
If f(x, y) = 1 + x2 + y2, find the extrema of
f.
A. (0, 0)
B. (1, 0)
C. (1, 2)
D. (0, 3)

Ans. A
The area of a parallelogram is 55 ft2 and
its perimeter is 42 ft. Find the longest
side if the shorter side is twice the height.
A. 10 ft B. 11 ft
C. 12 ft D. 13 ft

Ans. B
A ladder is leading against a wall. The distance
from the foot of the ladder to the base of the
building is twice the distance from the top of the
ladder to the base of the building. If the foot of
the ladder were move 2 metes closer to the
base of the building, the top of the ladder would
be raised 3 meters. Find the length of the
ladder.
A. 10.53 m B. 11.37 m
C. 13.36 D. 14.53 m

Ans. D
Solve the differential equation
y” - 10y’ + 41y = 0
A. y = e2x (C1 cos4x + C2 sin4x)
B. y = e3 (C1 cos4x + C2 sin4x)
C. y = e4x (C1 cos4x + C2 sin4x)
D. y = e5x (C1 cos4x + C2 sin4x)

Ans. D
Find the degree polynomial over the reals
in the complex domain having -1 as a
zero with multiplicity 3 and having 6 as a
zero with multiplicity 2.
A. 2 B. 3
C. 1 D. 5

Ans. D
A company estimates that the cost (in
dollars) of producing x units of a certain
commodity is given by C(x) = 200 + 0.05x
+ 0.0001x2. Find the average cost of
producing 500 units.
A. $0.15 B. $0.65
C. $0.25 D. $0.35

Ans. D
A triangle have sides a = 10 in, b = 14 in,
c = 18 in. Find the altitude of triangle from
side a to its opposite vertex.
A. 9.23 in
B. 10.67 in
C. 12.56 in
D. 13.93 in

Ans. D
A company estimates that the weekly cost
(in dollars) of manufacturing x units of a
certain commodity is given by: C(x) = x3
- 3x2 - 80x + 500 . Each unit produced
is sold for P2,800. What weekly
production rate will maximized the profit?
A. 30 units B. 32 units
C. 34 units D. 36 units

Ans. B
Solve P(x) = 2x4 – 5x3 + 5x2 – 2 = 0 given
that 1 – i is a root.
A. {1 – i, 1 + i, -1, ½}
B. {1 – i, 1 + i, 1}
C. {1 – i, 1 + i, 1, -½}
D. {1 – i, 1 + i, -1, -½}

Ans. C
Find the altitude of the right circular
cylinder of maximum curved surface area
that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius
10 in.
A. 10.14 in
B. 12.14 in
C. 14.14 in
D. 16.14 in

Ans. C
Find the polar section modulus of a
square whose sides is 6 in.
A. 20.90 in3
B. 16.23 in3
C. 14.23 in3
D. 10.80 in3

Ans. D
A glass tank to be used as an aquarium is
3 feet long and has square ends of width
1 foot. If the tank is filled with water, find
the force exerted by the water on one
end.
A. 11.25 lbs
B. 21.25 lbs
C. 31.25 lbs
D. 41.25 lbs

Ans. C
Find the area of the region which is inside
the cardoid r = 2 + 2cosθ and outside the
circle r = 3.
A. 2.65 sq. units
B. 3.65 sq. units
C. 4.65 sq. units
D. 5.65 sq. units

Ans. C
Find the volume of a spherical segment,
the radii of whose bases are 4 cm and 5
cm and whose altitude is 9 cm.
A. 841.20
B. 762.84
C. 643.20
D. 961.33

Ans. D
What is the area of bi-rectangular
spherical triangle whose third angle is 30o
on the sphere of area 64 sq. m?
A. 2.67 m3
B. 1.49 m3
C. 3.26 m3
D. 4.16 m3

Ans. A
What is the area of spherical triangle ABC
whose parts are A = 70o, B = 80o, C = 92o
if the radius is 64 km.
A. 1512π
B. 1411π
C. 1612π
D. 1214π

Ans. B
Find the area of a pentagonal spherical
pyramid whose base are 102o, 128o, 132o,
145o and 160o on a sphere of radius 10
km.
A. 60.72π
B. 58.34π
C. 70.56π
D. 80.64π

Ans. C
What is the volume of the spherical
pyramid whose base is a tri-rectangular
triangle in a sphere of radius 10 m?
A. 523.60 m3
B. 428.52 m3
C. 364.72 m3
D. 624.84 m3

Ans. A
A pyramid whose altitude is 10 cm,
weighs 24 kg. At what distance from its
vertex must it be cut by a plane parallel to
its base so that the frustum cut off may
weigh 12 kg only?
A. 7.94 cm
B. 8.36 cm
C. 6.42 cm
D. 5.46 cm

Ans. A
Find the volume of an ellipsoid having the
equation of x2/64 + y2/16 + z2/9 = 1
A. 128π
B. 144π
C. 164π
D. 180π

Ans. A
Find the volume of conoid having a
circular base radius of 2 m and an altitude
of 4 m.
A. 8π
B. 6π
C. 12π
D. 10π

Ans. A
From the given relation of distance and
time, S = (3t2 + 5) find the average
velocity when t changes from 2 to 3 sec.
A. 15 m/s
B. 20 m/s
C. 10 m/s
D. 12 m/s

Ans. A
Find the orthogonal trajectories of the
family of ellipses of the family of ellipses
x2 + 3y2 = C
A. x dy – 3ydx = 0
B. dy – 3y2 dx = 0
C. x2 dy – 3y dx = 0
D. dy – dx = 0

Ans. A
Solve the differential equation
6y” – 7y’ + 2y = 0
A. y = C1 e2x + C2 e2x
B. y = C1 ex/3 + C2 ex/2
C. y = C1 e2x/3 + C2 ex/2
D. y = C1 ex + C2 ex/2

Ans. C
Two sides of triangle are 15 ft and 20 ft
long respectively. How fast is the area
increasing if the angle between the given
sides is 60o and is increasing at the rate
of 2o per sec?
A. 5π/6 ft2/s
B. 3π/4 ft2/s
C. 2π/3 ft2/s
D. 4π/7 ft2/s

Ans. A
A revolving bacon is situated 3600 ft off a
straight shore. If the beacon turns at 4π
rad/min, how fast does the beam sweep
along the shore at its nearest point in
ft/sec?
A. 240π B. 250π
C. 260π D. 270π

Ans. A
A bombardier is sightening on a target on
the ground directly ahead. If the bomber
is flying 2 miles above the ground at 240
mph, how fast must the sightening
instrument be turning when the angle
between the path of the bomber and the
line of sight is 30o, in rad/hour.
A. 20 B. 25
C. 30 D. 35

Ans. C
A market vendor sold 100 eggs, 80 of
them were sold at a profit of 30% while
the rest were sold at a loss of 40%. What
is the percentage loss or gain on the
whole stock?
A. 20% gain
B. 20% loss
C. 16% gain
D. 16% loss

Ans. C
Determine the value of k such that the
following two equations are inconsistent,
that is no solution.
4x + y = 3 and 8x + ky = 7.
A. 8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 2

Ans. D
Glycerene is flowing into a conical vessel
18 cm deep and 10 cm across the top at
the rate of 4 cm3/min. Find the rate at
which the surface is rising when the
glycerene is 12 cm deep?
A. 0.10 in/min
B. 0.01 in/min
C. 0.11 in/min
D. 0.12 in/min

Ans. C
A man rows to a place 48 km distant and
back in 14 hours and finds that he can
row 4 km with the stream in the same
time as 3 km against the stream, find rate
of the stream.
A. 1 kph B. 2 kph
C. 3 kph D. 4 kph

Ans. A
A and B working together can finish a
piece of work in 20 days. After working
for 4 days, A quits and B finishes the work
in 24 days more. Find the number of
days it requires for A to work alone.
A. 60 B. 50
C. 70 D. 60

Ans. A
Oil is running into a hemispherical bowl
having a radius 10 cm at the rate of 3 cm3
per minute. How fast is the water surface
rising when the water is 4 cm.
A. 3/64π cm/min
B. 2/64π cm/min
C. 4/64π cm/min
D. π/64π cm/min

Ans. A
Find the moment of inertia of the area
bounded by the curve x2 = 4y, the line
y = 1 and y-axis on the first quadrant with
respect to x-axis.
A. 4/7
B. 3/7
C. 5/7
D. 6/7

Ans. A
The three surfaces of a cuboid has areas
10 cm2, 14 cm2 and 35 cm2 respectively.
Find the volume of the cuboid.
A. 100 cm3
B. 90 cm3
C. 80 cm3
D. 70 cm3

Ans. D
What time between 2 and 3 o’clock will
the angle between the hands of a clock
be bisected by the line connecting the
center of the clock and the 3 o’clock mark.
A. 2:18.46
B. 2:16.46
C. 2:17.46
D. 2:15.46

Ans. A
If versed sinθ = 0.423, find the value of θ
A. 54.76o
B. 36.26o
C. 42.54o
D. 27.56o

Ans. A
A cyclic quadrilateral has sides equal to
60, 25, 52 and 39 m respectively. Find
the radius of circle circumscribing the
cyclic quadrilateral if the area of cyclic
quadrilateral is 1764 sq. m.
A. 21.10 B. 26.40
C. 31.40 D. 36.20

Ans. A
A trapezoid has its parallel sides equal to
160 m and 240 m and an altitude of 40 m.
Find the length of the dividing line which
is parallel sides and divides the trapezoid
into two equal areas.
A. 200.20
B. 203.96
C. 199.86
D. 210.20

Ans. B
The three sides of a cyclic quadrilateral
are 50 m, 40 m, and 60 m, and has
diagonals equal 60 m and 70 m
respectively. Find the fourth side of cyclic
quadrilateral.
A. 30 m B. 50 m
C. 25 m D. 20 m

Ans. A
The following are the height in cm of 9
boys: 190 110 200 180 130 150
180 100 200
What is the median of distribution?
A. 240
B. 200
C. 180
D. 160

Ans. C
If f(x) = x2 + 1, find the volume generated
by revolving the region under the graph of
f from -1 to 1 about x-axis.
A. 2.73 π
B. 3.73 π
C. 4.73 π
D. 5.73 π

Ans. B
Find the volume generated by revolving
the area bounded by y = x3, y = 1 and
y = 8 about y-axis.
A. 18.61 π
B. 19.61 π
C. 20.61 π
D. 21.61 π

Ans. A
Solve the differential equation f’(x) = 6x2
+ x – 5 with boundary value f(0) = 2.
A. f(x) = 2x3 - ½ x2 - 5x + 2
B. f(x) = 2x3 + ½ x2 + 5x + 2
C. f(x) = 2x3 + ½ x2 - 5x + 2
D. f(x) = 2x3 + ½ x2 - 5x - 2

Ans. C
Find the area bounded by 2y2 = x + 4
and x = y2
A. 32/7
B. 27/4
C. 32/3
D. 37/3

Ans. D
A triangle have sides a = 10 in, b = 14 in,
c = 18 in. Find the length of median of
triangle from the median of side b to its
opposite vertex.
A. 10.23 in
B. 15.23 in
C. 12.77 in
D. 19.23 in

Ans. C
The denominator of a certain fraction is 1
more than the numerator. If the numerator
is increased by 2 1/2, the value will be
equal to the reciprocal of the original
fraction. Find the original fraction.
A. 2/3
B. ¾
C. ½
D. 3/8

Ans. A