ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

INSTRUCTIONS: Read each question carefully and shade the letter of

the BEST ANSWER on the provided answer sheet.

1. The set A consists of elements {1,3,6}, and the set B consists

of elements {1,2,6,7}. Both sets come from the universe of {1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}. What is A∩B?
(A) {2,7} (B) {2,3,7}
(C) {2,4,5,7,8} (D) {4,5,8}

2. For a given function, f(t) = f(–t). What type of symmetry does

f(t) have?
(A) odd symmetry (B) even symmetry
(C) rotational symmetry (D) quarter-wave symmetry

3. What is the value of each interior angle of a regular pentagon?

(A) =D/5 (B) 2=D/5 (C) =D/2 (D) 3=D/5

4. A cubical container that measures 2 m on a side is tightly

packed with eight balls and is filled with water. All eight balls
are in contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent
balls. All the balls are the same size. What is the volume of water
in the container?
(A) 0.38 m^3 (B) 2.5 m^3 (C) 3.8 m^3 (D) 4.2 m^3

5. Which number has four significant figures?

(A) 0.01414 (B) 0.141 (C) 1.4140 (D) 0.0014

6. What is the solution of the equation 50x^2 + 5(x-2)^2 = -1,

where is a real-valued variable?
(A) -6.12 and -3.88 (B) -0.52 and 0.700
(C) 7.55 (D) NO SOLUTION

7. Napierian logarithms have a base closest to which number?

(A) 2.17 (B) 2.72 (C) 3.14 (D) 10.0

8. Determine the radius of the circle defined by x^2 + y^2 – 4x +

8y = 7.
(A) <<3 (B) 2 <<5 (C) 3 <<3 (D) 4 <<3

9. What is the natural logarithm of e^(xy)?

(A) 1/xy (B) xy (C) 2.718xy (D) 2.718/xy

10. 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 results in a reduction of $122.00 per month.
What is the employee’s present salary per month?
(A) $440/mo (B) $570/mo (C) $680/mo (D) $900/mo

11. Experimental data show that a body’s temperature declines

exponentially in time according to the expression T(t)= 50e^-
0.044), where 50 is a constant expressed in ½C, 0.04 is the cooling
rate in min^(-1), and t is the cooling time expressed in minutes.
How long would it take the body to reach 25½C?
(A) 12.4 min (B) 15.6 min (C)16.5 min (D) 17.3 min

12. Which is true regarding the signs of the natural functions for
angles between 90½ and 180½?
(A) The tangent is positive. (B) The cotangent is positive.
(C) The cosine is negative. (D) The sine is negative.
13. The Taylor series expansion for cos x contains which powers of
x?

(A) 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, …
(B) 1, 3, 5, 9, …
(C) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …
(D) ½, 3/2, 5/2, 7/2, …

14. A transit set up 40 m from the base of a vertical chimney reads

32½30′ with the crosshairs set on the top of the chimney. With the
telescope level, the vertical rod at the base of the chimney is
2.1 m. Approximately how tall is the chimney?
(A) 15 m (B) 26 m (C) 28 m (D) 38 m

15. The equation y=a1 + (a2)x is an algebraic expression for which

of the following?
(A) cosine expansion series (B) projectile motion
(C) circle in polar form (D) straight line

16. Find the slope of the line defined by y-x=5.

(A) 5+x (B) -1/2 (C) ¼ (D) 1

17. Find the equation of a line with slope = 2 and y-intercept of

-3.
(A) y = -3x +2 (B) y = 2x -3
(C) y = 2x/3 +1 (D) y = 2x +3

18. Find the equation of the line that passes through the points
(0, 0) and (2, -2).
(A) y=x (B) y=-2x+2 (C) y=-2x (D) y=-x

19. What is the name for a vector that represents the sum of two
vectors?
(A) scalar (B) resultant (C) tensor (D) moment

20. What is the resultant, R, of the vectors F1, F2, and F3?

F1=4i+7j+6k
F2=9i+2j+11k
F3=5i-3j-8k

(A) R=18i+6j+9k (B) R=-18i+6j+9k

(C) R=18i+12j+25k (D) R=21i

21. What type of curve is generated by a point that moves in

uniform circular motion about an axis, while travelling with a
constant speed, v, parallel to the axis?
(A) a cycloid (B) an epicycloid
(C) a hypocycloid (D) a helix

22. What is the term that describes a possible outcome of an

experiment?
(A) a sample space (B) a random point
(C) an event (D) a finite set

23. In probability theory, what is the term that describes the set
of all possible outcomes of an experiment?
(A) a set of random events (B) a fuzzy set
(C) a cumulative distribution (D) a sample space

24. How can the values of a random variable defined over a sample
space be described?

(A) always continuous

(B) always numerical
(C) strictly nonzero
(D) defined only over a finite horizon

25. If two random variables are independently distributed, what is

their relationship?

(A) They are not identically distributed.

(B) They are uncorrelated.
(C) They are mutually exclusive.
(D) Either option (A) or option (B) is true.

26. One fair die is used in a dice game. The player wins $10 if he
rolls either a 1 or a 6. He loses $5 if he turns up any other face.
What is the expected winning for one roll of the die?
(A) $0.00 (B) $3.33 (C) $5.00 (D) $6.67

27. An urn contains four black balls and six white balls. What is
the probability of getting one black ball and one white ball in
two consecutive draws from the urn without replacement?
(A) 0.040 (B) 0.24 (C) 0.27 (D) 0.53
28. If the second derivative of the equation of a curve is
proportional to the negative of the equation of the same curve,
what is that curve?
(A) a hyperbola (B) a square wave
(C) a sinusoid (D) a cycloid

29. Water is pouring at a varying rate into a swimming pool that

is initially empty. After t hours, where t + <<t liters in the
pool. At what rate is the water pouring into the pool when t= 9 h?
(A) 1/6 L/h (B) ½ L/h (C) 1 L/h (D) 7/6 L/h

30. If x increases uniformly at the rate of 0.001 per unit time,

at what rate is the expression (1+x)^3 increasing when x becomes
9?
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.003 (C) 0.3 (D) 1

31. A spherical balloon is filled with air at a rate of 1 m^3/s.

Compute the time rate of change of the surface area of the balloon
at the instant the balloon’s volume is 113.1 m^3.
(A) 0.67 m^2/s (B) 1.7 m^2/s
(C) 3.1 m^2/s (D) 3.7m^2/s

32. Find the area under the curve y=1/x between the limits y=2 and
y=10.
(A) 1.61 (B) 2.39 (C) 3.71 (D) 3.97

33. Find the area of the shaded region between y=6x-1 and y=¼x+3,
bounded by x=0 and the intersection point.
(A) 32/529 (B) 16/23 (C) 32/23 (D) 1440/529

34. Determine the solution of the following differential equation.

 y’+5y=0

(A) y=5x+C (B)y=Ce^(-5x)

(C) y=Ce^(5x) (D)y=ln(5x)

35. What is the general solution of the following differential

equation?
y”+4y=0
(A) y= sin x + 2tan x + C
(B) y= e^x – 2e^-x + C
(C) y= 2x^2 – x + C
(D) y= sin 2x + cos 2x + C

36. In the REE Board Examination, the probability that an examinee

will pass each subject is 0.75. What is the probability that an
examinee will pass at least two subjects?
(A) 0.421875 (B) 0.84375 (C) 0.25 (D) 0.9375

37. What acute angle does a line of slope -2/3 makes with the
vertical line?
(A) 34½ (B) 56½ (C) 72½ (D) 28½

38. A particle moves on a straight line with a velocity of v=(4-

2t)^3 at time t. Find the distance travelled from t = 0 to t = 3.
(A) 30 (B) 32 (C) 34 (D) 36

39. The displacement of the end of a vibrating rod is 5.83e^(-

1.20j) cm. Write this in rectangular form.
(A) 2.11 + j5.43 cm (B) 2.11 – j5.43 cm
(C) 5.43 + j2.11 cm (D) 5.43 – j2.11 cm

40. Evaluate cos(0.492 + j0.942).

(A) 1.3023 – j0.5138 (B) 1.3023 + j0.5138
(C) 0.5138 + j1.3023 (D) 0.5138 - j1.3023

41. Find the ratio of the diameter of the sphere whose volume is
8 times the volume of the other sphere.
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

42. Given the half-life of radium is 1,690 years, how much will
remain of one gram of radium after one century?
(A) 0.3737 g (B) 0.6636 g
(C) 0.7263 g (D) 0.5634 g

43. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is 10.2426 units.

Compute the area of the triangle in square units.
(A) 7/2 (B) 4 (C) 9/2 (D) 5

44. What is the locus represented by |z-i|=2.

(A) circle (B) parabola (C) hyperbola (D) ellipse

45. Three light bulbs are chosen at random from 15 bulbs of which
5 are defective. Find the probability that none is defective.
(A) 67/91 (B) 45/91 (C) 27/91 (D) 24/91

46. In a quadratic formula, if the discriminant is less than zero,

the roots are:
(A) real and equal (B) real and unequal
(C) imaginary complex (D) cannot be determined

47. Find the length of the vector (2,4,4).

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

48. Find the distance between two parallel lines 4x-3y-9=0 and 4x-
3y-24=0.
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

49. Evaluate (1+i)^10.

(A) -2i (B) 32i (C) 32 (D) 2i

50. A ladder 20 ft long leans against a vertical building. If the

bottom of the ladder slides away from the building horizontally at
a rate of 2 ft/s, how fast in ft/s is the ladder sliding down the
building when the top of the ladder is 12 ft above the ground?
(A) 8/3 (B) -8/3 (C) -5/3 (D) 5/3

51. In the non-degenerate conic, what conic section is

3x^2+6xy+5y^2–x+y=0?
(A) circle (B) parabola (C) ellipse (D) hyperbola

52. A 25-ft long board is to be cut into two parts. The longer
part is one foot more than twice the shorter part. How long is the
longest side?
(A) 8 (B) 17 (C) 19 (D) 24

53. Find the angle formed by the lines 2x+y-8=0 and x+3y+4=0.
(A) 30½ (B) 45½ (C) 60½ (D) 75½
54. The area in the second quadrant of the circle x^2+y^2=36 is
revolved about the line y+10=0. What is the volume generated?
(A) 2208.53 (B) 2218.33 (C) 2228.83 (D) 2233.48

55. A normal to a given plane is:

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

56. Find the point along the line x=y=z that is equidistant from
(3,0,5) and (1,-1,4).
(A) (1,1,1) (B) (2,2,2) (C) (3,3,3) (D) (4,4,4)

57. What percent of 50 is 12?

(A) 14 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 24

58. Joseph gave ~ of his candies to Joy and Joy gave 1/5 of what
she got to Tim. If Tim received 2 candies, how many candies did
Joseph have originally?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50

59. From past experience, it is known 90% of one-year old children

can distinguish their mother’s voice from the voice of similar
sounding female. A random sample of 20 one-year olds are given
this voice recognition test. Let the random variable x denote the
number of children who do not recognize their mother’s voice. Find
the mean of x.
(A) 20 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 1
60. A point is chosen at random inside a circle having a diameter
of 8 inches. What is the probability that the point is at least
1.5 in away from the center of the circle?
(A) 55/64 (B) 5/8 (C) 5/64 (D) 12/45

61. In an ellipse, a chord which contains a focus and is in line

a line perpendicular to the major axis is a:
(A) conjugate axis (B) minor axis
(C) latus rectum (D) focal width

62. The lateral area of a right circular cylinder is 77 cm^2 and

its volume is 231 cm^3. Find its radius.
(A) 4 cm (B) 5 cm (C) 6 cm (D) 7 cm

63. A runner has completed one lap around a 200-m circular track
with a constant speed in 50 seconds. What is his average velocity?
(A) 0 m/s (B) 2 m/s (C) 4 m/s D. 8 m/s

64. Hotels, like airlines, often overbook, relying on the fact

that some people with reservations will cancel at the last minute.
A certain hotel chain finds 20% of the reservation will not be
used. If 4 reservations are made, what is the probability fewer
than two will cancel?
(A) 0.8192 (B) 0.8912 (C) 0.9812 (D) 0.8291

65. Determine the equation that expresses the statement:

F is directly proportional to y
Symbols a, b, c and d are constants.
(A) F = a (B) F = ay (C) F = b (D) F = Cy^3 + a
66. Determine the differential equation of the family of lines
passing through (h,k).
(A) (y-h) + (x-k) = dy/dx
(B) (x-h)dx – (y-k)dy = 0
(C) (x+h)dx – (y-k)dy = 0
(D) (y-k)dx – (x-h)dy = 0

67. If 3x^2 is multiplied by the quantity 2x^3y raised to the 4th

power, what would this expression simplify to?
(A) 6x^9y to the 4th power (B) 48x^14y to the 4th power
(C) 6x^14y to the 4th power (D) 48x^9y to the 4th power

68. Find the domain of the following function: f(x) = 3x, -6 ≤ x

≤ 8.
(A) (-6,8) (B) [-18,24] (C) (-18,24) (D) [-6,8]

69. If in the Fourier series of a periodic function, the

coefficient a0 = 0 and an = 0, then it must be having ________
symmetry.
(A) odd (B) odd quarter-wave
(C) even (D) either A or B

70. A rotating sprinkler sprays water 10 feet as it rotates in a

circle. How much grass will the sprinkler water?
(A) 20pi ft^2 (B) 100pi ft^2
(C) 200pi ft^2 (D) 400pi ft^2

71. A spring whose normal length is 10inches has a modulus of 12

pounds per inch. How much work is done in stretching this spring
from length of 12inches to a total length of 15 inches?
(A) 126 in-lb. (B) 109 in-lb.
(C) 150 in-lb. (D) 200 in-lb.

72. 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 cm?
(A) -1/2 pi (B) -1/48 pi
(C) -1/20 pi (D) -1/12 pi

73. Ellison invested P 50,000. Part of it he put in an oil stock

from which he hoped to receive a 20% return per year. He invested
the rest in a bank stock which was paying 6% per year. If he
received P 400 more the first year from the bank stock than from
the oil stock, how much did the invest in the oil stock?
(A) P 10,000 (B) P 5,000 (C) P 2,000 (D) P 30,000

74. Water is being pumped into the conical tank at the rate of 100
ft^3/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 ft/min (B) 12/π ft/min
(C) 2π ft/min (D) 10π ft/min

75. Find the radius of curvature for the curve y = sin x at the
point (π/2, 1).
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

76. How many numbers greater than 1,000 but not greater than 4,000
which can be formed with the digits 0,1,2,3 and 4 (repetition of
digits is allowed)?
(A) 350 (B) 374 (C) 375 (D) 575
77. What is the area of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed
in an ellipse with an equation 4x^2 + y^2 = 4?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 1

78. With initial price of P 3,000 and 7% discount, how much is the
discount price?
(A) P 250 (B) P 220 (C) P 200 (D) P 210

79. Group A consisting of 6 members can paint an antenna tower in

80 hours while Group B of 8 members can paint it in 120 hours. If
Group C is to be formed consisting of 3 members from both groups,
in how many hours can they finish the job?
(A) 112.67 hours (B) 109.67 hours
(C) 106.67 hours (D) 116.67 hours

80. A vat contains a mixture of acid and water. If 25 gallons of

acid are added, the mixture will be 80% acid. If 25 gallons of
water are added, the mixture will be 60% acid. Find the percentage
of acid in the mixture.
(A) 65% (B) 70% (C) 75% (D) 72%

81. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is

three more than twice the third. Find the third integer.
(A) 9 (B) 13 (C) 11 (D) 15

82. The ratio of the two numbers is 5:6. If smaller number is 70,
what is the larger number?
(A) 68 (B) 80 (C) 58 (D) 84

83. In how many minutes after 7 o’clock will the hands of the clock
be opposite each other?
(A) 5.45 (B) 4.54 (C) 38.18 (D) 31.88

84. Domenic left Makati City to drive to San Fernando, La Union at

6:15 PM and arrived at 11:45 PM. If he averaged 50 kph and stopped
1 hour for dinner, how far is San Fernando, La Union from Makati
City?
(A) 125 km (B) 225 km (C) 325 km (D) 235 km

85. Determine the first derivative of x^2 + 2xy + y^2 = 0.

(A) -2 (B) -4 (C) -3 (D) -1

86. 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 in (B) 274 in (C) 231 in (D) 350 in

87. A length of the latus rectum of the parabola y^2=4x is:

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

88. When two lines are perpendicular, the slope of one is:
(A) equal to the negative of the other
(B) equal to the other
(C) equal to the negative reciprocal of the other
(D) equal to the reciprocal of the other

89. Determine the equation that expresses that G is proportional

to k and inversely proportional to C and z.
(A) G = ck/GG (B) G = a/bc
(C) G = ck/zC (D) G = hC/zk
90. Determine the locus represented by |z+2i| + |z-2i|=6.
(A) circle (B) parabola (C) ellipse (D) hyperbola

91. The parabola defined by the equation 3y^2 + 4x = 0 opens:

(A) upward (B) downward
(C) to the left (D) to the right

92. A point where the concavity of a curve change or when the

ellipse of the curve is neither increasing nor decreasing is known
as:
(A) inflection point (B) maximum point
(C) minimal point (D) point of tangency

93. The rectangular coordinate system is divided into eight

compartments which are known as:
(A) quadrants (B) octants
(C) coordinates (D) octagents

94. Which of the following is a disadvantage of using the sample

range to measure of spread or dispersion?
(A) It produces very small spreads.
(B) The largest of the smallest observation (or both) may be a
mistake or an outlier.
(C) The sample range is not measured in the same units as the data.
(D) It produces spreads that are too large.

95. In what quadrants will theta be terminated if cos theta is

negative?
(A) 1,4 (B) 2,3 (C) 1,3 (D) 2,4
96. A triangle has angles of 71 degrees and 62 degrees. Which of
the following best describes the triangle?
(A) acute scalene (B) acute isosceles
(C) obtuse scalene (D) obtuse isosceles

97. Which of the following rope lengths is the longest?

(A) 1 meter (B) 32 inches (C) 1 yard (D) 85 cm

98. Any number divided by infinity is equal to:

(A) 1 (B) zero
(C) infinity (D) indeterminate

99. A cylindrical container open at the top with minimum surface

area at a given volume. What is the relationship of its radius to
height?
(A) radius = height (B) radius = twice the height
(C) radius = half the height (D) radius = thrice the height

100. A periodic waveform possessing half-wave symmetry has no:

(A) even harmonics (B) odd harmonics
(C) sine terms (D) cosine terms
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