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1. The equation y = a + bx is an algebraic expression
for which of the following choices?
A. Cosine expansion series
B. A circle in polar form
C. Projectile motion
D. Straight line

The answer is: D

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2. 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

The answer is: C

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

The answer is: B

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4. 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
The answer is: C

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5. 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

The answer is: B

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6. In electricity, how do you call the rate of charge
flow?
a) Potential difference
b) Current
c) Voltage
d) Power

The answer is: B

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7. 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) Kirchhoff's current law
b) Ohm’s current law
c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law
d) Ohm’s voltage law

The answer is: A

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8. 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) Kirchhoff's current law
b) Ohm’s current law
c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law
d) Ohm’s voltage law
The answer is: C

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9. In electrical, what is the SI unit of conductance?
a) Ohm
b) Mho
c) Siemens
d) Ampere

The answer is: C

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10. 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

The answer is: A

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11. 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

The answer is: A

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12. 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

The answer is: D

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13. 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

The answer is: A

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14. What is a number, which could not be expressed as a
quotient of two integers?
a. Natural
b. Rational
c. Irrational
d. Surd

The answer is: C

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15. How do you call the opposite of the prefix nano?
a) Peta
b) Tera
c) Giga
d) Hexa

The answer is: C

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16. What do you call a triangle having three unequal sides?
a) Obtuse
b) Scalene
c) Oblique
d) Isosceles

The answer is: B

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

The answer is: C

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18. 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

The answer is: B

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19.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
d) One-half of an inch

The answer is: B

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20. A polygon with ten sides is said to be:
a. Dodecagon
b. Decagon
c. Decahedron
d. Dodecahedron

The answer is: B

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

The answer is: A

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22. Another name for derivative is said to be:
a. Differential manifold
b. Partial derivative
c. Differential form
d. Differential coefficient

The answer is: D

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23. Another term for rhombus is said to be:
a. Dichotomy
b. Diamond
c. Cyclic quadrilateral
d. Bi-rectangular

The answer is: B

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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

The answer is: A

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25. The father of plane geometry.
a. Euclid
b. Pythagoras
c. Aristotle
d. Galileo

The answer is: A

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26. 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

The answer is: A

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27. 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
The answer is: B
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28. 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
The answer is: A
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29. 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

The answer is: C

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30. 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

The answer is: A

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31. 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

The answer is: B

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32. What is a regular polygon that has 27 diagonals?
a) Nonagon
b) Hexagon
c) Pentagon
d) Heptagon

The answer is: A

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33. 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

The answer is: D

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34. 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

The answer is: D

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35. 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

The answer is: B

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36. 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

The answer is: A

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37. 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

The answer is: C

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38. 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

The answer is: A

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39. 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

The answer is: C

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40. 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

The answer is: C

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41. 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

The answer is: C

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42. 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

The answer is: A

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43. 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

The answer is: B

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44. 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
The answer is: C
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45. How do you call a cylinder with elliptical cross section?
a. Ellipsoid
b. Cylindroid
c. Hyperboloid
d. Paraboloid

The answer is: B

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46. 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

The answer is: B

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47. 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

The answer is: B

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48. 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

The answer is: B

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49. Tesla is a unit of which of the following?
a) Magnetic induction
b) Inductance
c) Capacitance
d) magnetic flux

The answer is: A

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50. What is a pole pitch?
a) The angle at which the pole windings are wound
b) 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

The answer is: C

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51. How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides?
a) Hectagon
b) Chilliagon
c) Myriagon
d) Octacontagon

The answer is: C

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52. 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

The answer is: C

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

The answer is: A

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54. 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
The answer is: A
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55. 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
The answer is: A
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56. 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

The answer is: A

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

The answer is: A

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58. 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

The answer is: C

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59. What is the study of the properties of figures of three
dimensions?
a) Physics
b) Solid geometry
c) Plane geometry
d) Trigonometry

The answer is: B

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60. 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

The answer is: C

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61. 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 bedding
d. Moon lighting

The answer is: A

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62. 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

The answer is: D

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63. 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

The answer is: C

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64. 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

The answer is: D

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65. A change in position, specified by a length and a
direction is said to be:
a. Displacement
b. Acceleration
c. Velocity
d. Dynamic equilibrium

The answer is: A

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

The answer is: B

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67. 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

The answer is: B

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68. 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

The answer is: C

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69. A regular polyhedron having 12 regular pentagons is
called as:
a. Icosahedron
b. Octahedron
c. Dodecahedron
d. Tetrahedron

The answer is: C

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70.Two angles whose sum is 360o is called:
a. Explementary angles
b. Complimentary angles
c. Supplementary angles
d. Elementary angles

The answer is: A

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71. 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

The answer is: B

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72. 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

The answer is: C

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73. 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

The answer is: A

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74. 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

The answer is: B

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75. 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 answer is: B

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76. 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
The answer is: B
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77. 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

The answer is: D

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78. 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

The answer is: B

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79. How to you classify work-in-process?
a) A liability
b) An expense
c) A revenue
d) An asset

The answer is: D

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80. 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

The answer is: C

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81. 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

The answer is: C

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82. Which of the following elements and compounds is
unstable in its pure form?
a) Hydrochloric acid
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Sodium
d) Helium

The answer is: C

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83. What is the actual geometric shape of the methane
molecule?
a) Tetrahedral
b) Pyramidal
c) Square planar
d) Linear

The answer is: A

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84. 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

The answer is: A

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85. 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

The answer is: D

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86. 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.

The answer is: A

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87. 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 answer is: C

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88. 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

The answer is: C

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89. 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

The answer is: B

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90. 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

The answer is: D

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91. Which of the following materials is not a viscoelastic
material?
a) Metal
b) Plastic
c) Rubber
d) Glass

The answer is: A

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92. In molecules of the same composition, what are
variations of atomic arrangements known as?
a) Isomers
b) Polymers
c) Monomers
d) Crystal systems

The answer is: A

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93. 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.

The answer is: A

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94. 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

The answer is: B

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95. 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

The answer is: B

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96. Tesla is a unit of which of the following?
a) Magnetic induction
b) Inductance
c) Capacitance
d) magnetic flux

The answer is: A

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97. 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

The answer is: C

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98. How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides?
a) Hectogon
b) Chilliagon
c) Myriagon
d) Octacontagon

The answer is: C

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99. 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

The answer is: C

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

The answer is: A

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101. 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
The answer is: A
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102. 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
The answer is: A
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103. What is the study of the properties of figures of three
dimensions?
a) Physics
b) Solid geometry
c) Plane geometry
d) Trigonometry

The answer is: B

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104. Points that lie in the same plane:
a) Coplanar
b) Collinear
c) Oblique
d) Parallel

The answer is: A

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105. What do you call the one-fourth of a great circle?
a) Cone
b) Pyramid
c) Chord
d) Quadrant

The answer is: D

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106. 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

The answer is: C

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107. 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

The answer is: A

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108. 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

The answer is: C

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109. If y’’(x) = 0, then the point is:
a) Minimum point
b) Maximum point
c) Inflection point
d) Critical point

The answer is: C

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ES ME REVIEW BATCH FEB 2022
For a given function, it is found that 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

Answer: b
Which number has four significant figures?

A. 0.0014
B. 0.01414
C. 0.141
D. 1.4140

Answer: b
Naperian logarithm have a base closest to which
number?

A. 2.17
B. 2.72
C. 3.14
D. 10

Answer: b
If the second derivative of the equation of a curve
is equal to the negative of the equation of that
same curve, the curve is

A. an exponential
B. a sinusoid
C. a tangent
D. a parabola

Answer: b
To find the angle of the triangle given only the
lengths of the

A. The law of cosines

B. the law of sines
C. the law of tangents
D. the inverse-square law

Answer: a
Which is true regarding the signs of the natural
functions for angles between 90° and 180°?

A. the tangent is positive

B. the cotangent is positive
C. the cosine is negative
D. the sine is negative

Answer: c
What is the inverse natural function of the
cosecant?

A. secant
B. sine
C. cosine
D. cotangent

Answer: b
The graphical presentation of a cumulative
frequency distribution in a set of statistical data is
called ____

A. histogram
B. kurtosis
C. lepticurtic
D. ogive
Answer: d
A statement of truth of which follows with little or no
proof from a theorem

A. axiom
B. hypothesis
C. corollary
D. conclusion
Answer: c
It is a sequence of numbers such that the
succesive terms differ by a constant.

A. arithmetic progression
B. infinite progression
C. geometric progression
D. harmonic progression

Answer: a
A frequency curve which is composed of series of
rectangles constructed with the steps as the base
and the frequency as the height.

A. histogram
B. ogive
C. frequency of distribution
D. bar graph
Answer: a
If the roots of an equation are zero, then they are
classified as

A. hyperbolic solution
B. zeros of function
C. extraneous roots
D. trivial roots
Answer: d
Convergent series is a sequence of decreasing
number or when the succeeding term is ____ the
preceding term.

A. greater than
B. equal to
C. lesser than
D. none of the above
Answer: c
If a = b then b = a. This illustrates what axiom in
algebra?

A. symmetric axiom
B. reflexive axiom
C. transitive axiom
D. replacement axiom
Answer: a
A and B are independent events. The probabilty
that event A will occur is Pa and the probability that
A and B will occur is Pab. From these two
statements, what is the probability that event B will
occur?

A. Pa - Pb
B. Pb - Pab
C. Pa x Pb
D. Pab/Pa
Answer: d
Two or more equation are equal if and only if they
have the same

A. solution set
B. degree
C. order
D. variable set
Answer: a
In any square matrix, when the elements of any
two rows are exactly the same, the determinant is

A. zero
B. positive integer
C. negative integer
D. unity
Answer: a
The ratio or product of two expressions in direct or
inverse relation with each other is called

A. ratio and proportion

B. means
C. extremes
D. constant of variation
Answer: d
Is a sequence of terms whose reciprocals form an
arithmetic progression?

A. geometric progression
B. harmonic progression
C. algebraic progression
D. ratio and proportion
Answer: b
An array m x n quantities which represent a single
number system composed of elements in rows and
columns is known as

A. transposed matrix
B. cofactor of a matrix
C. matrix
D. determinant
Answer: c
Binary number system is a system of notation for
real number that uses the place method with 2 as
the base, what is another name of binary number
system

A. binary digits
B. binumber system
C. dyadic number system
D. bits
Answer: c
The number 0.123123123…. is a/an

A. irrational number
B. surd
C. rational number
D. transcendental
Answer: c
MCMXCIV is the roman numeral equivalent to

A. 1974
B. 1984
C. 1994
D. 2994
Answer: c
A sequence of numbers where the succeeding
term is greater than the preceding term is called

A. dissonant series
B. convergent series
C. divergent series
D. isometric series
Answer: c
Terms that differs only in numeric coefficients are
known as

A. unlike terms
B. unequal terms
C. like terms
D. similar equations
Answer: c
In complex algebra, we use diagram to represent
complex plane commonly called

A. Argand diagram
B. Venn diagram
C. Maxwell diagram
D. Cartesian diagram
Answer: a
7 + 0i is?

A. an irrational number
B. real number
C. imaginary number
D. a variable
Answer: b
The number of successful outcomes divided by the
number of possible outcomes is

A. odd
B. combination
C. permutation
D. probability
Answer: d
If a two digit number has x for its unit digit and y for
its tens digit, the number is represented as

A. x + y
B. y – x
C. 10y + x
D. 10x – y
Answer: c
A statement of truth which is admitted without proof

A. axiom
B. theorem
C. postulate
D. corollary
Answer: a
The part of theorem which is assumed to be true

A. corollary
B. hypothesis
C. postulate
D. conclusion
Answer: b
A statement of truth which follows with little or no
proof from the theorem

A. corollary
B. axiom
C. postulate
D. conclusion
Answer: a
Refers to the construction of drawing of lines and
figures the possibility of which is admitted without
proof

A. corollary
B. theorem
C. postulate
D. hypothesis
Answer: c
A mathematical statement which has neither been
proved nor denied by counterexamples

A. fallacy
B. conjecture
C. theorem
D. paradox
Answer: b
A proved proposition which is useful mainly as
preliminary to the proof of a theorem

A. lemma
B. hypothesis
C. postulate
D. corollary
Answer: a
Axioms are propositions of a general logical nature
(about equal or unequal ) while ______ are
propositions concerning objects and constructions.

A. theorems
B. corollaries
C. conclusions
D. postulates
Answer: d
A ______ is an ancillary theorem whose results is
not for the proof

A. postulate
B. lemma
C. hypothesis
D. conclusion
Answer: b
Statements that are accepted without discussion or
proof are called axioms. The word “axiom” comes
from the Greek “axioma” which means

A. worth
B. correct
C. true
D. perfect
Answer: a
In mathematical and other fields of logical
reasoning, axioms are used as basis for the
formulation of statements called

A. lemma
B. hypothesis
C. postulate
D. theorem
Answer: b
“The product of two or more number is the same in
whatever order they are multiplied “. This refers to

A. Associative law of addition

B. associative law of multiplication
C. commutative law of multiplication
D. distributive law of multiplication
Answer: c
If a = b, then b can replace a in any equation. This
illustrates what law of identity?

A. reflexive law
B. law of symmetry
C. transitive law
D. substitution law
Answer: d
If a = a , then it illustrates what law of identity?

A. reflexive law
B. law of symmetry
C. transitive law
D. substitution law
Answer: a
If a = b and b = c , then a = c this illustrates

A. reflexive law
B. law of symmetry
C. transitive law
D. substitution law
Answer: c
The axiom which related addition and multiplication
is the ______ law

A. commutative
B. associative
C. distributive
D. none of the above
Answer: c
Any combination of symbols and numbers related
by the fundamental operation of algebra is called
a/an

A. equation
B. algebraic expression
C. term
D. algebraic sum
Answer: b
The algebraic expression consisting of a sum of
any number of terms is called a

A. multinomial
B. summation
C. binomial
D. monomial
Answer: a
An equation which is satisfied by all values of the
variables for which the members of equation
defined is known as

A. linear equation
B. rational equation
C. conditional equation
D. irrational equation
Answer: b
An equation in which some or all of the known
quantities are represented by letters is called

A. redundant equation
B. literal equation
C. linear equation
D. irrational equation
Answer: b
An equation in which the variable appear under the
radical symbol

A. irradical equation
B. irrational equation
C. quadratic equation
D. linear equation
Answer: b
An equation which, because of some mathematical
process, has required an extra root is sometimes
called as

A. redundant equation
B. literal equation
C. linear equation
D. defective equation
Answer: a
Any equation which, because of some
mathematical process, has fewer roots than its
original is sometimes called as

A. redundant equation
B. literal equation
C. linear equation
D. defective equation
Answer: d
An algebraic expression which can be represented
as a quotient of two polynomials

A. irrational algebraic equation

B. reduced algebraic expression
C. rational algebraic equation
D. complex algebraic equation
Answer: c
A statement containing one or more variables and
having the property that it becomes either true or
false when the variables are given specific values
from their domains.

A. solution
B. problem
C. open sentence
D. worded problem
Answer: c
Any algebraic term is a/an __________ term in
certain representing numbers if it consists of the
products of possible integral powers of these
numbers and a factor not containing them.

A. integral
B. rational
C. irrational
D. integral rational
Answer: d
An equation in x and y which is not easily solved
for y in terms of x is called

A. explicit
B. implicit function
C. discontinuity
D. quadratic
Answer: b
The number which are represented with letters.

A. variables
B. unknowns
C. literal numbers
D. terms
Answer: c
Equations whose members are equal only for
certain or possibly no value of the unknown.

A. conditional equations
B. inequalities
C. unconditional equations
D. temporary equations
Answer: a
An algebraic expression consisting one term.

A. monomial
B. binomial
C. linear
D. monomode
Answer: a
In algebra, this consists of products and quotients
of ordinary numbers and letters which represent
numbers.

A. expression
B. term
C. equation
D. coefficient
Answer: b
An expression of two terms is called

A. polynomial
B. duomial
C. binomial
D. all of the above
Answer: c
The degree of a polynomial or equation is the

A. maximum exponent
B. maximum sum of exponents
C. exponent of the first variable
D. maximum exponent of x
Answer: b
What is the degree of the polynomial 3x4y + 2x3z3
– 4yz2 ?

A. 6th
B. 5th
C. 4th
D. 3rd
Answer: a
Any fraction which contains one or more fractions
in either numerator or denominator, or both is
called

A. compound fraction
B. composite fraction
C. complex fraction
D. all of the above
Answer: c
A common fraction with unity for numerator and a
positive integer as denominator
(i.e. 1/n)

A. ordinary fraction
B. unit fraction
C. common fraction
D. improper fraction
Answer: b
If the absolute value of the numerator of a fraction
is smaller than the denominator, it is called

A. proper fraction
B. improper fraction
C. Decimal fraction
D. mixed number
Answer: a
A number that consists of an integer part (which
may be zero) and a decimal part less than unity
that follows the decimal marker, which may be a
point or a comma

A. proper fraction
B. improper fraction
C. Decimal fraction
D. mixed number
Answer: c
Considered as the “counting numbers”

A. integers
B. rational numbers
C. irrational numbers
D. natural numbers
Answer: d
A number represented by a non-terminating, non-
repeating decimal.

A. irrational number
B. rational number
C. natural number
D. integer
Answer: a
The completeness axiom proved that the real
number system has numbers other than

A. integers
B. rational numbers
C. natural numbers
D. irrational numbers
Answer: b
The concept of spread of a random variable or a
set of observations.

A. variance
B. standard deviation
C. dispersion
D. range
Answer: c
A number containg a non-terminating but repeating
decimal is a/an

A. integer
B. rational number
C. natural number
D. irrational number
Answer: b
A positive integer which has no perfect-square
factor greater than 1.

A. radical expression
B. square integer
C. square integer
D. square-free integer
Answer: d
Numbers are used to describe a

A. magnitude
B. position
C. magnitude and position
D. none of the above
Answer: c
Are symbols or combinations of symbols which
describe a number.

A. numerals
B. digits
C. terms
D. notations
Answer: a
Which of the following is not classified as an
integer?

A. negative numbers
B. positive numbers
C. zero
D. imaginary numbers
Answer: d
When an imaginary number is raised to an even
exponent, it

A. becomes infinite
B. becomes negative imaginary number
C. becomes relatively small number
D. becomes real number
Answer: d
The complex number is in the form of a + bi. If
a = 0, what do you call the resulting number?

A. absolute value of the complex number

B. pure imaginary number
C. argument
D. irrational number
Answer: b
For a complex number a + bi, the real number
a2 + b2
√ is __________ of the complex

number.

A. absolute value
B. magnitude
C. modulus
D. all of the above
Answer: d
The ________ of two complex number is found by
multiplying each term of the one by every term of
the other.

A. sum
B. difference
C. product
D. quotient
Answer: c
A number which can be expressed as a quotient of
two integers (division of zero is excluded) is called

A. irrational number
B. rational number
C. imaginary number
D. real number
Answer: b
A prime number has exactly how many divisors?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: b
A prime number is an integer greater than 1 which
has

A. 1 as its only positive divisor

B. itself as only positive divisor
C. 1 and itself as its only positive divisors
D. 1 and its additive inverse as its only positive
divisor
Answer: c
An integer which is the product of two integers,
both different from 1 and -1 is called

A. prime number
B. composite number
C. rational number
D. compound number
Answer: b
A composite number has at least ____ divisors.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: c
Two natural numbers a and b are ________. If
their greatest common divisor is one.

A. relatively prime
B. relatively composite
C. equal
D. reciprocal
Answer: a
Number used to count the objects or ideas in a
given collection.

A. cardinal numbers
B. irrational numbers
C. ordinal numbers
D. numerals
Answer: a
Numbers which is used to state the position of
individual objects in a sequence.

A. cardinal numbers
B. irrational numbers
C. ordinal numbers
D. numerals
Answer: c
An integer number that is equal to the sum of all its
possible divisors except the number itself is called

A. amicable number
B. perfect number
C. defective number
D. redundant number
Answer: b
An integer the sum of all its possible divisors
except the number itself is greater than the integer
is called

A. abundant number
B. perfect number
C. defective number
D. amicable number
Answer: a
An integer the sum of all its possible divisors
except the number itself is less than the integer is
called

A. abundant number
B. amicable number
C. friendly number
D. defective number
Answer: d
What is the smallest perfect number possible?

A. 1
B. 6
C. 12
D. 8
Answer: b
All perfect numbers are

A. even numbers
B. odd numbers
C. prime numbers
D. composite numbers
Answer: a
Two integer numbers are said to be ____ if each is
the sum of all possible divisors of the other.

A. perfect numbers
B. defective numbers
C. amicable numbers
D. Fermat’s numbers
Answer: c
What is another name for amicable numbers?

A. compatible numbers
B. friendly numbers
C. Fermats numbers
D. Inconsistent numbers
Answer: b
What is the smallest pair of friendly number?

A. 180 and 190

B. 200 and 120
C. 220 and 284
D. 220 and 264
Answer: c
Prime numbers that appear in pair and differ by 2
(e.g. 3 and 5, 11 and 13 etc.) are called

A. Mersenne primes
B. prime number theorem
C. twin primes
D. pseudo primes
Answer: c
“Every even integer greater than 2 can be written
as the sum of two primes”. This is known as

A. Fermat’s last theorem

B. Goldbach conjecture
C. Prime number theory
D. Mersenne primes
Answer: b
“Every positive integer greater than 1 is a prime or
can be expresses as a unique product of primes
and powers”. This is known as

A. Fundamental theorem of arithmetic

B. Pseudo prime theorem
C. Prime number theorem
D. Mersenne’s Theorem
Answer: a
“Every sufficiently large off number can be
expresses as a sum of three prime numbers” this
is known as

A. Goldbach conjecture
B. Vinogradov’s theorem
C. Pascal’s Law
D. Mersenne’e theorem
Answer: b
The term “ratio” comes from Latin verb “ratus”
meaning

A. to divide
B. to estimate
C. to get the mean
D. to make a proportion
Answer: b
In the proportion of four quantities, the first and
fourth terms are referred to as the

A. means
B. extremes
C. denominators
D. numerators
Answer: b
The first term of a ratio is called

A. antecedent
B. consequent
C. mean
D. extreme
Answer: a
The second term of a ratio is called

A. antecedent
B. mean
C. consequent
D. extreme
Answer: c
The _____ is the square root of the product of the
extremes.

A. antecedent
B. consequent
C. mean proportional
D. mean
Answer: c
If the means of a proportion are equal, their
commo value is called

A. mean
B. extreme
C. mean proportional
D. extreme proportional
Answer: c
The theorem that in every arithmetic progression a,
a + d, a = 2d,…, where a and d are relatively
prime.

A. Fibonacci theorem
B. Gauss theorem
C. Lejeune theorem
D. Dirichlet Theorem
Answer: d
A statement that one mathematical expression is
greater than or less than another is called

A. absolute condition
B. non-absolute condition
C. inequality
D. conditional expression
Answer: c
If an equality is true for all values of the variable, it
is a/an

A. conditional inequality
B. equivalent inequality
C. absolute inequality
D. non-conditional inequality
Answer: c
If the same number is added to both sides of an
inequality, the inequality

A. becomes negative
B. becomes positive
C. is reversed
D. is preserved
Answer: d
An inequality is preserved if both sides are
multiplied by

A. zero
B. – 1
C. a positive number
D. a negative number
Answer: c
An inequality is reversed if both sides are
multiplied by

A. zero
B. – 1
C. a positive number
D. a negative number
Answer: d
Division of a population or same into two groups
based either on measurable variables (e.g. age
under 18, age over 180) or on attributes (e.g. male,
female).

A. decomposition
B. denomination
C. deviance
D. dichotomy
Answer: d
A 3 x 2 matrix can be multiplied to a

A. 3 x 2 matrix
B. 3 x 3 matrix
C. 2 x 5 matrix
D. row matrix
Answer: c
If there are as many equations as unknowns, the
matrix of the coefficient is a

A. row matrix
B. column matrix
C. square matrix
D. rectangular matrix
Answer: c
A method of solving linear equation with several
unknowns simultaneously using determinants.

A. Simpson’s rule
B. Cramer’s rule
C. Trapezoidal rule
D. Chain rule
Answer: b
Using Cramer’s rule, the determinant of the
coefficient is always the

A. numerator of a quotient
B. denominator of the quotient
C. the quotient itself
D. none of the above
Answer: b
In any square matrix, when the elements of any
two rows are exactly the same (i.e. row 1 = row 2 =
row 3, or row 2 = row 3…), the determinant is

A. zero
B. positive integer
C. negative integer
D. unity
Answer: a
When the corresponding elements of two rows of a
determinant are proportional, then the value of the
determinant is

A. one
B. indeterminate
C. infinite
D. zero
Answer: d
An array of m x n quantities which represent a
single number and is composed of elements in
rows and columns is known as

A. transpose of a matrix
B. determinant
C. co-factor of a matrix
D. matrix
Answer: d
When two rows are interchanged in position, the
value of the determinant will

A. remain unchanged
B. be multiplied by – 1
C. become zero
D. become infinite value
Answer: b
If every elements of a row (or column) are
multiplied by a constant, k, then the value of the
determinant is

A. multiplied by – k
B. zero
C. one
D. multiplied by k
Answer: a
If two rows of a determinant are interchange, the
determinant

A. changes sign
B. changes sign and value
C. remains unchanged
D. becomes the inverse of the former
Answer: a
Which of the following cannot be an operation of
matrices?

A. addition
B. subtraction
C. multiplication
D. division
Answer: d
An irrational number which is a root of a positive
integer of fraction is called

A. radical
B. radix
C. surd
D. radicant
Answer: c
The symbol means the principal nth root “n” is

called the

A. radicand
B. radical
C. radix
D. index
Answer: d
In the preceding item, “b” is called the

A. radicand
B. radical
C. radix
D. index
Answer: a
The symbol √ is called

A. radical
B. radical symbol
C. index
D. A or B
Answer: d
The rules of combining radicals follow the rules for

A. signed numbers
B. logarithms
C. fractional exponents
D. factoring
Answer: c
When a number has both a positive and negative
nth root, the principal nth root is

A. the positive root

B. the negative root
C. both the positive and negative root
D. none of the above
Answer: a
Every positive number has _____ nth root

A. zero
B. two
C. two
D. three
Answer: b
The principal nth root of a negative number is the
negative root if n is

A. even
B. odd
C. positive
D. negative
Answer: b
To eliminate a surd, multiply it by its

A. square
B. cube
C. reciprocal
D. conjugate
Answer: d
A radical which is equivalent to a non-terminating
and non-repeating decimal

A. irrational number
B. natural number
C. surd
D. transcendental number
Answer: c
A radical expressing an irrational number is called
a

A. surd
B. radix
C. index
D. complex number
Answer: a
A surd which contains at least one rational term.

A. pure surd
B. mixed surd
C. binomial surd
D. conjugate surd
Answer: b
A surd that contains no rational number, that is, all
its factors or terms are surds, example √3 or

3+ √2
√

A. mixed surd
B. pure surd
C. binomial surd
D. conjugate surd
Answer: b
The process of removing surd from a denominator
is to

A. rationalize the denominator

B. invert the divisor and proceed to multiplication
C. get its multiplicative inverse
D. multiply it why its additive inverse
Answer: a
A quadratic equation of the form ax2 + c = 0,
without the coefficient of the first degree term is
a/an

A. general quadratic equation

B. pure quadratic equation
C. quadratic polynomial
D. incomplete quadratic equation
Answer: b
In the quadratic equation Ax2 + Bx + C = 0, when
the roots are multiplied, the result is

A. C/A
B. – B/A
C. – C/A
D. A/C
Answer: a
In the quadratic equation Ax2 + Bx + C = 0, when
the roots are added, the result is

A. C/A
B. – B/A
C. – C/A
D. A/C
Answer: b
If the discriminant of a quadratic equation is less
than zero, the equation has

A. no real roots
B. one root only
C. two real roots
D. none of the above
Answer: a
When can we say that the two roots of a quadratic
equation are equal?

A. when discriminant is greater than 1

B. when discriminant is zero
C. when the coefficient of the second degree term
is equal to the coefficient of the first degree term
D. none of the above
Answer: b
What is the discriminant of the quadratic equation
Ax2 + Bx + C = 0

A. √ 2 −4

B. 2 −4

C. 2 +4

D. √ 2 +4

Answer: b
What determines the nature of the roots of the
quadratic equation?

A. coefficient
B. discriminant
C. factors
D. all of the above
Answer: b
The real roots of a cubic equation are the

A. points of inflection of the graph of the equation

B. points of intersection of the graph of the
equation with the x-axis
C. points of intersection of the graph of the
equation with the y-axis
D. obtained by using the quadratic formula
Answer: b
For a cubic equation, we produce three distinct
real roots only if the discriminant is

A. equal to zero
B. less than zero
C. greater than zero
D. either less than or greater than zero
Answer: b
For acubic equation, the discriminant is found to be
greater than zero. The roots are

A. one real and two conjugate complex roots

B. three distinct roots
C. three real roots , which two are equal
D. none of these
Answer: a
A succession of numbers in which one number is
designated as first , another as second, another as
third and so on is called

A. series
B. arrangement
C. arrangement
D. sequence
Answer: d
The ratio or product of two expressions in direct or
inverse relation with each other is called

A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer: c
The repeating decimal 0.333… is a geometric
series of a1 = 0.3 and r =

A. 3/10
B. 1/10
C. 10
D. 5
Answer: b
The number between two geometric terms.

A. means
B. arithmetic means
C. geometric means
D. median
Answer: c
The sum of the first terms of a series is called the
nth ______.

A. sum
B. sequence
C. arrangement
D. partial sum
Answer: d
The sum of the terms of an arithmetic progression

A. arithmetic means
B. arithmetic sequence
C. arithmetic series
D. all of the above
Answer: c
The harmonic mean between a and b.

A. (a + b)/2
B. 2ab/(a + b)
C. (a + b)/ab
D. ab/(a + b)
Answer: b
The arithmetic mean of a and b is

A. (a + b)/2
B. 2ab/(a + b)
C. (a + b)/ab
D. ab/(a + b)
Answer: a
The geometric mean of a and b is

A. (a + b)/2
B. 2(a + b)
C. ab/(a + b)
D. √

Answer: d
Are numbers which can be drawn as dots and
arranged in triangular shape ( i.e. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,
21…)

A. triangular number
B. square numbers
C. pentagonal numbers
D. tetrahedral numbers
Answer: a
A figure numbers which can be drawn as dots and
arranged in square shape ( i.e. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25…)

A. cubic numbers
B. square numbers
C. pyramid numbers
D. pentagon numbers
Answer: b
A sequence 1, 5, 12, 22, 35… is known as

A. oblong numbers
B. pentagonal numbers
C. cubic numbers
D. pyramid numbers
Answer: b
A sequence 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216… is known as

A. Pyramid numbers
B. Cubic numbers
C. tetrahedral numbers
D. square numbers
Answer: b (answer c if the same choices)
A sequence 1, 4, 10, 20, 35, 56… is known

A. Pyramid numbers
B. Cubic numbers
C. tetrahedral numbers
D. square numbers
Answer: c
A sequence of numbers where every term is
obtained by adding all the preceding terms a
square number series such as 1, 5, 14, 30, 55,
91…

A. Pyramid numbers
B. Tetrahedral numbers
C. Euler’s numbers
D. Triangular numbers
Answer: a
A sequence of numbers where the number is equal
to the sum of the two preceding numbers such as
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21… is called

A. Fermat’s numbers
B. Fibonacci numbers
C. Gaussian numbers
D. Archimedean numbers
Answer: b
What is the multiplicative inverse of the integer 5?

A. 1
B. 5
C. – 5
D. 1/5
Answer: d
What is the additive identity element?

A. 0
B. 1
C. – 1
D. infinity
Answer: a
What is the multiplicative identity element?

A. 0
B. 1
C. – 1
D. infinity
Answer: b
The number 0 such that 0 + a = a for all a is called

A. additive inverse
B. additive identity
C. commutative law of addition
D. associative law of addition
Answer: b
The additive inverse of a complex number a + bi is

A. a – bi
B. a + bi
C. –a – bi
D. –a + bi
Answer: c
All real numbers have additive inverse, commonly
called

A. reciprocals
B. opposites
C. addends
D. equivalent
Answer: b
All real numbers except zero have multiplicative
inverses, commonly called

A. equivalent
B. factors
C. opposites
D. reciprocals
Answer: d
The number zero has no

A. multiplicative inverse
B. additive inverse
C. multiplicative identity
D. additive identity
Answer: a
What is the additive inverse of a + bi?

A. bi
B. –a – bi
C. 1/(a + bi)
D. a –bi
Answer: b
What is the multiplicative inverse of a + bi?

A. 0
B. 1
C. – a –bi
D. (a/a2 – b2) – bi/(a2 + b2)
Answer: d
Which of the following is NOT a property of a
binomial expansion of (x + y)n ?

A. power is decreasing
B. power of y is increasing
C. sum of exponents in each term = n
D. number of terms = n – 1
Answer: d
A triangular array numbers forming the coefficient
of the expansion of a binomial is called

A. Egyptian triangle
B. Golden triangle
C. Pascal’s triangle
D. Bermuda triangle
Answer: c
The coefficient of the second term of the
expansion of (x + y)n is always equal to

A. n
B. n – 1
C. n + 1
D. n/2
Answer: a
How is a number in the Pascal’s triangle obtained?

A. by getting the product of the two numbers

directly above it
B. by getting the sum of the two numbers directly
above it
C. by getting the difference of the two numbers
directly above it
D. by getting the mean of the two numbers directly
above it
Answer: b
If the sign between the terms of the binomial is
negative, its expansion will have signs which are

A. all positive
B. all negative
C. alternate starting with positive
D. alternate starting with negative
Answer: c
In the absence of the Pascal’s triangle, the
coefficient of any term of the binomial expansion
can be obtained by dividing the product of
coefficient of the preceding term by ____ of the
preceding term.

A. the exponent of y
B. the exponent of y +1
C. the exponent of y – 1
D. the square root of y
Answer: b
The fundamental principle of counting states that is
one thing can be done in “m” different ways and
another thing can be done in “n” different ways,
then the two things can be done in _____ different
ways.

A. m + n
B. m x n
C. m! + n!
D. mn
Answer: b
Is the arrangement of the object s in specific order.

A. permutation
B. combination
C. probability
D. any two of the above
Answer: a
Is the arrangement of the objects regardless of the
order they are arranged.

A. permutation
B. combination
C. probability
D. any two of the above
Answer: b
The shifting of the entire order sequence of
elements one or more steps forwards to backward
– the first element taking the position of the last , or
vice versa without changing the order of the
elements in the sequence is called

A. inversion
B. cyclic permutation
C. transportation
D. identical elements
Answer: b
The number of elements in the collection being
permuted is the _____ of the permutation

A. degree
B. sum
C. index
D. all of the above
Answer: a
The ratio of the successful outcomes over the total
possible outcomes is called

A. combination
B. permutation
C. probability
D. speculation
Answer: c
The value of the probability of any outcome will
never be equal to nor exceed

A. 0.1
B. 0.5
C. 0.75
D. 1
Answer: d
If two events A and B are mutually exclusive
events and the probability that A will happen is Pa
and the probability that b will occur is Pb, then the
probability that A or B happen is

A. Pa + Pb
B. Pa x Pb
C. Pa/Pb
D. Pb/Pa
Answer: a
A and B are two independent events. The
probability that A can occur is p and that for both A
and B to occur is q. the probability that event B can
occur is

A. p + q
B. p – q
C. p/q
D. q/p
Answer: d
If the probability of occurrence of a is Pa, what is
the probability that will nor occur?

A. 1/Pa
B. 1 - Pa
C. 1 + Pa
D. √

Answer: b
In statistics, a pictorial description of the
probability concepts of independent and
dependent events is called

A. Venn diagram
B. histogram
C. frequency polygon
D. ogive
Answer: a
The difference between the highest score and the
lowest score in the distribution

A. deviation
B. range
C. median
D. mode
Answer: b
The second power of the standard deviation is
called

A. mode
B. central tendency
C. variance
D. dispersion
Answer: c
A graph of cumulative frequency distribution
plotted at class makes and connected by straight
lines.

A. histogram
B. Venn diagram
C. Ogive
D. Scattergram
Answer: c
A point in the distribution of scores at which 50
percent of the scores fall below and 50 percent of
the scores fall above

A. mode
B. mean
C. median
D. range
Answer: c
A number that occurs most frequent in a group of
numbers.

A. median
B. mode
C. means
D. standard deviation
Answer: b
The difference between an approximate value of a
quantity and its exact value or true value

A. relative error
B. absolute error
C. mistake
D. relative error
Answer: b
It is the quotient of the absolute error divided by
the true value

A. relative error
B. relative change
C. absolute error
D. mistake
Answer: a
Refers to a value which is not exact but might be
accurate enough for some specific considerations.

A. approximate value
B. absolute value
C. relative value
D. accurate value
Answer: a
If the absolute error does not exceed a half unit in
the last digit, this digit is usually referred to as the

A. significant digit
B. leading digit
C. reliable digit
D. relative digit
Answer: c
The most significant digit of the number 0.2015 is

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 5
Answer: c
The ____ is stated in the magnitude of the
absolute or relative error of the approximated value

A. precision
B. accuracy
C. mistake
D. error
Answer: b
The first non-zero digit from the left of the number.

A. whole number
B. leading digit
C. tens digit
D. units digit
Answer: b
It is any of the digit from 1 to 9 inclusive, and 0
except when it is used to place a decimal.

A. leading digit
B. significant figure
C. decimal number
D. numerals
Answer: b
In algebra, the operation of the root extraction is
called

A. evolution
B. involution
C. revolution
D. indexing
Answer: a
The operation of raising to the integral power
known as

A. evolution
B. involution
C. revolution
D. indexing
Answer: b
Each of two or more numbers which is multiplied
together to form a product are called

A. terms
B. expression
C. dividends
D. factors
Answer: d
When the factors of a product are equal, the
product is called _____ of the repeated factor.

A. coefficient
B. identity
C. power
D. algebraic sum
Answer: c
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. term
B. coordinates
C. function
D. domain
Answer: c
Indicate the false statement

A. the objects in a set are called its elements

B. even numbers is either rational or irrational
C. the additive inverse of number “a” is 1/a
D. the negative of zero is zero
Answer: c
A symbol holding a place for an unspecified
constant is called

A. arbitrary constant
B. parameter
C. variable
D. all of the above
Answer: d
Which of the following is NOT true about significant
figures?

A. all non-zero digits are significant

B. any zero between non-zero digits are significant
C. any zero not needed for placing a decimal point
is not significant
D. zeros used for the purpose of placing a decimal
point are not significant
Answer: c
The sum of any point number and its reciprocal is

A. always less than 2

B. always equal to 2
C. always greater than 2
D. always equal to the number’s additive inverse
Answer: c
What is the absolute value of a number less than
one but greater than negative one raised to
exponent infinity?

A. infinity
B. zero
C. one
D. indeterminate
Answer: b
If a is an odd number and b is an even number,
which of the following must be even?

A. a + b
B. a – b
C. ab
D. a/b
Answer: c
In the equation n x m = q, n is called the

A. multiplier
B. minuend
C. multiplicand
D. product
Answer: c
Any one of the individual constants of an
expressed sum of constant is called

A. addend
B. multiple
C. factor
D. summation
Answer: a
In the equation 5 + 2 = 7, 5 is known as

A. augend
B. minuend
C. dividend
D. addend
Answer: a
A number of the form a + bi with a and b real
constant and i is the square root of – 1.

A. imaginary number
B. complex number
C. radical
D. compound number
Answer: b
The absolute value of a non-zero number is

A. always zero
B. always negative
C. always positive
D. sometimes zero and sometimes positive
Answer: c
A polynomial which is exactly divisible by two or
more polynomials is called

A. least common denominator

B. common multiple
C. factors
D. binomial
Answer: b
A polynomial with real coefficient can be factored
into real linear factors and irreducible _____
factors

A. linear
B. quadratic
C. cubic
D. repeated
Answer: b
If the degree of the numerator is one more than the
degree of the denominator, the quotient is a ____
polynomial

A. linear
B. quadratic
C. cubic
D. quartic
Answer: a
Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. the sum of even numbers is even

B. the difference of even numbers is even
C. the product of even numbers is even
D. the quotient of even numbers is even
Answer: d
For every law of addition and subtraction, there is
a parallel law for multiplication and division, except
division by

A. negative values
B. zero
C. one
D. positive values
Answer: b
Indicate the FALSE statement:

A. the multiplicative identity is 1

B. the product of a positive number and a negative
number is negative
C. ab = ba is the associative law for multiplication
D. x2 – y2 = (x + y)(x – y)
Answer: c
For any two rational number a/b and c/d, which of
the following relations is true?

A. a/b + c/d = ab/cd

B. a/b + cd = (ab + cd)/ad
C. a/b + c/d = (ad +cb)/bd
D. ab + cd = ac/bd
Answer: c
Two rational numbers a/b and c/d are said to be
equal if

A. ad = bc
B. ac = bd
C. ab = cd
D. a + b = c + d
Answer: a
Any number divided by infinity equals

A. 0
B. 1
C. infinity
D. indeterminate
Answer: a
The study of the properties of positive integers is
known as

A. number of theory
B. theory of equation
C. set theory
D. arithmetic
Answer: a
Indicate the FALSE statement

A. a quotient of two polynomials is called as

rational algebraic expression
B. a3 – b3 = (a + b) (a2 – ab + b2)
C. the equation ax + b = 0 has exactly one root
D. the equation 3x2 + 2y2 – 3x + 2y = 10
Answer: b
A number is said to be in _____ when it is written
as the product of a number having the decimal
point just after the leading digit, and a power of 10

A. scientific notation
B. exponential
C. irrational
D. logarithm
Answer: a
A number which cannot be a root of an integral
rational equation is called

A. transcendental number
B. Euler’s number
C. irrational number
D. natural number
Answer: a
Refers to the numbers which are not the roots of
any algebraic equation

A. irrational numbers
B. transcendental numbers
C. imaginary numbers
D. composite
Answer: b
All numbers multiplied by ____ equals unity

A. negative of the number

B. one
C. conjugate
D. its reciprocal
Answer: d
The numbers denoted as “e” and equal to 2.718…
is called the

A. Einstein constant
B. Euler’s number
C. Fibonacci number
D. Fermat’s number
Answer: b
A notation that represent the product of all positive
integers from 1 to a number, n, inclusive

A. factorial
B. exponent
C. summation
D. all of the above
Answer: a
 !
Simplify
( −1)!

A. n + 1
B. n – 1
C. (n + 1)!
D. n
Answer: d
The factorial symbol (!) was introduced in 1808 by

A. Christian Goldbach
B. Christian Kramp
C. Christian Leatner
D. Robert Hooke
Answer: b
The conjecture that every even number (except 2)
equals the sum of two prime numbers.

A. Goldbach conjecture
B. Fibonacci series
C. Number conjecture
D. Fermat’s last theorem
Answer: a
The unending sequence of integers formed
according to the rule that each integer is the sum
of the preceding two

A. Fermat’s last theorem

B. Fibonacci numbers
C. Goldbach conjecture
D. triangular numbers
Answer: b
It was conjecture that the number in the Fp = 2p + 1
will always result to a prime number, however
proved wrong. What do you call the numbers
obtained using the said formula?

A. Mersene numbers
B. Fermat numbers
C. Euler numbers
D. Pseudo number
Answer: b
A theorem which states that if n > 2, the equation
xn + yn = zn can not be solved in positive integers
x, y and z

A. Pythagorean theorem
B. Mersenne theorem
C. Goldbach theorem
D. Fermat’s theorem
Answer: d
The number π = 3.141592563… if only four
decimals are required, it becomes 3.1415 This
process is called

A. rounding off
B. truncation
C. rounding up
D. rounding down
Answer: b
A set of all subsets of a given set, containing
empty set and the original set

A. empty
B. null
C. power set
D. union
Answer: c
A set containing the elements that is common to
the original sets

A. union
B. intersection
C. normal set
D. subset
Answer: b
If an infinite series has a finite sum, it is referred to
as a

A. convergent series
B. divergent series
C. geometric series
D. none of the above
Answer: a
If an infinite series has no sum, it is referred to as a

A. convergent series
B. divergent series
C. geometric series
D. none of the above
Answer: b
The sum of the factorial infinite 1/1! + 1/2! + 1/3! +
1/4!... is

A. π
B. e
C. √2

D. 3
√

Answer: b
Refers exclusively to equations with integer
solution

A. determinate equations
B. indeterminate equations
C. Diophantine equations
D. L’Hospital’s equations
Answer: c
“My Dear Aunt Sally” is the basic rule used I
operation of algebra. Which is used in determining
the signs of trigonometric functions in all
quadrants?

A. all chemists thick solution

B. all students can think
C. all students take chemistry
D. all teachers can sing
Answer: c
The investigation of numbers, space, and many
generalizations of these concepts created by the
intellectual genius of man

A. science
B. arts
C. mathematics
D. astronomy
Answer: c
QED is often written at the end of a proof to
indicate that its conclusion has been reached. This
means

A. quod erat daciendum

B. duod erat demonstrandum
C. quod erat decientrandum
D. none of the above
Answer: b
A sequence of numbers where the succeeding
term is greater than the preceding term

A. isometric series
B. divergent series
C. dissonant series
D. convergent series
Answer: b
The process of reasoning wherein a final
conclusion is obtained by experimental method.

A. mathematical deduction
B. mathematical opposition
C. mathematical conversion
D. mathematical induction
Answer: a
The set of all subsets of a given set, containing the
empty set and the original set

A. intersection
B. power set
C. proper subset
D. improper subset
Answer: b
A sequence having a defined first and last term is
called

A. infinite sequence
B. convergent sequence
C. divergent sequence
D. finite sequence
Answer: d
A series is said to be ____ if it converges when
the terms are replaced by their absolute value

A. absolute convergent
B. conditional convergent
C. infinite convergent
D. finite convergent
Answer: a
A convergent series is said to be ____ if it
diverges when the terms are replaces by their
absolute values

A. absolute convergent
B. conditional convergent
C. infinite convergent
D. finite convergent
Answer: b
Refers to the product of the several prime numbers
occurring in the denominations, each taken with its
greater multiplicity.

A. least common denominator

B. least common multiple
C. least square
D. A or B
Answer: a
The sum of all the exponents of the several
variables of the term is referred to as the _____ of
the term

A. power
B. degree
C. partial product
D. absolute power
Answer: b
Venn diagram is a pictorial representation which
helps us visualize the relations and operations with
sets. This was introduced by

A. John Venn
B. Jan Michael Venn
C. James Venn
D. Stephen Venn
Answer: a
The symbol of equality (=) was introduced in 1557
by

A. Bhaskara
B. Brahmagupta
C. Leonhard Euler
D. Robert Recorde
Answer: d
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ENGINEERING REVIEW MEMBERS
• In general quadratic equation, if the
discriminant is zero, the curve is a
figure that represent a/an

a) Parabola
b) Circle
c) Ellipse
d) Hyperbola
• Equations relating x and y that cannot
readily be solved explicitly for y as a
function of x or for x as a function of x
or vice versa, such function is called

a) Logarithmic function
b) Implicit function
c) Explicit function
d) Continuous function
• In polar coordinate system, the
length of the ray segment from a
fixed origin is known as _______.

a) Amplitude
b) Radius vector
c) Hypotenuse
d) Minimum point
• Given the equations 3x² + 2x – 5y + 7
= 0. Determine the curve.

a) Ellipse
b) Parabola
c) Hyperbola
d) Circle
• If eccentricity is less than one, then
the curve is

a) Parabola
b) Ellipse
c) Hyperbola
d) Circle
• Of what quadrant is A, if sec A is
positive and csc A is negative?

a) IV
b) I
c) III
d) II
• If the general equation of the conic is
Ax² + 2Bxy + Cy² + Ey + F = 0, and B² -
4AC > 0, then the conic is a/an

a) Circle
b) Parabola
c) Hyperbola
d) Ellipse
• What type of conic has equation of
Ax² + Cy² + Dx + Ey + F = 0?

a) Circle
b) Parabola
c) Ellipse
d) Hyperbola
• 4x² - 256 = 0 is the equation of a/an

a) Parabola
b) Parallel lines
c) Circle
d) Ellipse
• The graph of r = a + b cos Ø is a

a) Lemniscate
b) Lituus
c) limacon
d) Cardiod
• In an ellipse, a chord which contains
a focus and is in line perpendicular to
the major axis is called

a) focal width
b) conjugate axis
c) focal chord
d) latus rectum
• If all the y-terms have even
exponents, the curve is symmetric
with respect to the ___

a) x-axis
b) origin
c) y-axis
d) line 45° with the-axis
• If can be defined as the set of all
points in the plane the sum of whose
distances from two fixed points is a
constant.

a) Circle
b) Hyperbola
c) Parabola
d) Ellipse
• If the equation is unchanged by the
substitution of –x for x, its curve is
symmetric with respect to the

a) x-axis
b) y-axis
c) origin
d) line 45° with the axes
• What type of curve is generated by a
point which moves in uniform circular
motion about an axis, while travelling
with a constant speed parallel to the
axis?

a) Spiral of Archimedes
b) Epicycloid
c) Cycloid
d) Helix
• What is the graph of the equation
Ax² + Bx + Cy² + Dy + Ex + F = 0

a) circle
b) ellipse
c) parabola
d) hyperbola
• It represents the distance of a point
from y-axis

a) Ordinate
b) Abscissa
c) Coordinates
d) Polar distance
• A line passing through the focus and
perpendicular to the directrix of a
parabola

a) axis of parabola
b) tangent line
c) secant line
d) latus rectum
• Locus of points on a side which rolls
along a fixed line

a) cardiod
b) epicycloid
c) cycloid
d) hypocycloid
• What is the length of the latus
rectum of the curve x² = 20y ?

a) 5
b) 20
c) √‾20
d) √‾5
• If the product of the slopes of any
two straight lines is negative 1, one
of these is said to be ___ to the
other

a) parallel
b) skew
c) non-intersecting
d) perpendicular
• What is the curve represented by the
equation r = aѲ ?

a) Spiral of Archimedes
b) Rosette
c) Cardiod
d) Lemniscate
• Is the locus of a point that moves in a
plane so that the difference of the
distances from two fixed points of
the locus is constant

a) Ellipse
b) Circle
c) Parabola
d) Hyperbola
• The semi-conjugate axis of the
hyperbola ( x²/9 ) – ( y²/4 ) = 1

a) 3
b) -3
c) 2
d) -2
• The length of the latus rectum of the
parabola y=4px² is

a) 4p
b) 2p
c) 1/4p
d) -4p
• The tangent function is negative in
what quadrants?

a) I and III
b) IV
c) II and IV
d) III
• The Cartesian or rectangular
coordinates system was first
introduces

a) Newton
b) Galileo
c) Descartes
d) Euclid
• Also known as the x-coordinate

a) Abscissa
b) Ordinate
c) Polar ordinate
d) Radius vector
• The x-coordinate of a point is
positive in what quadrants?

a) I and II
b) II and IV
c) I and IV
d) II and III
• The y-coordinate of a point is
positive in what quadrants?

a) II and III
b) I and II
c) III and IV
d) II and IV
• State the quadrants in which the
coordinates (15, -2) lies

a) I
b) II
c) III
d) IV
• The rectangular coordinates system
used to represent a complex number

a) Argand diagram
b) Venn diagram
c) Complex diagram
d) Maxwell’s diagram
• A Cartesian coordinates system in
which the axes are not perpendicular

a) Parallelogram coordinates system

b) Oblique coordinates system
c) Polar coordinates system
d) Argand diagram
• The angle of rotation about the origin of
the positive x-axis into the point with
rectangular coordinates (a, b),
representing the complex number a +
bi is called ____ of the complex number.

a) amplitude
b) argument
c) phase angle
d) all of the above
• The rectangular coordinates system
in space is divided into eight
compartments called

a) quadrant
b) octants
c) cubicles
d) octodrants
• The angle of inclination of a straight
line is the angle it makes with the

a) positive x-axis
b) negative x-axis
c) positive y-axis
d) negative y-axis
• The points where the curve crossed
the coordinates axes are called as the
___ with the axes

a) asymptotes
b) intercepts
c) intersections
d) tangent and normal
• A line which is perpendicular to the x
-axis has slope equal to

a) zero
b) one
c) infinity
d) either zero or infinity
• A horizontal line has a slope of

a) zero
b) negative
c) infinity
d) positive
• A line parallel to the y-axis at a
directed distance x₁ has the equation

a) y = y₁
b) x = x₁
c) y = x₁
d) x = y₁
• Let m₁ and m₂ be the respective
slopes of two perpendicular lines.
Then

a) m₁ + m₂ = 1
b) m₁ + m₂ = 0
c) m₁ x m₂ = 1
d) m₁ x m₂ = -1
• If all the y-terms have even
exponents, the curve is symmetric
with respect to the

a) line 45° with the axis

b) x-axis
c) y-axis
d) origin
• If the equation is unchanged by the
substitution of –x for x an –y for y
simultaneously, its curve is
symmetric with respect to the

a) x-axis
b) y-axis
c) line 45° with the axes
d) origin
• If all of the terms of an equation
have even exponents if all of the
terms have odd exponents, the curve
is symmetric with respect to the

a) x-axis
b) y-axis
c) line 45° with the axes
d) origin
• If two linear equation, the x-coefficient of
the first is equal to the y-coefficient of the
send and the y-coefficient of the first is
numerically equal but of opposite sign to the
x-coefficient of the second, or vice-versa, the
lines represented are

a) parallel to each other

b) perpendicular to each other
c) at 45° with each other
d) none of the above
• A cubic equation has either three real
roots or one real root and two
conjugate imaginary roots. The real
roots are the points of intersection with

a) the x-axis
b) the y-axis
c) line 45° with the axes
d) the z-axis
• If two equations have the same line
as their graph, the equations are said
to be

a) dependent
b) consistent
c) independent
d) linear
• The points (a, 1), (b, 2), (c, 3) are
collinear. Which of the ff. is TRUE

a) c – b = c – a
b) c – b = b – a
c) c – a = a – b
d) c – a = b – a
• In a linear equation Ax + By + C = 0, if
B = 0, then the equation has the
form of x= -C/A. This line is

a) parallel to the x-axis

b) parallel to the y-axis
c) 45° with the axis
d) intersecting the origin
• The straight lines 4x – y + 3 = 0 and
8x – 2y + 6 = 0 are

a) perpendicular to each other

b) intersecting but not perpendicular
c) parallel to each other
d) coincident
• Which of the ff. is the intercept form
of an equation for straight lines?

a) y = mx + b
b) ( x / a ) + ( y / b ) = 1
c) y – y₁ = m (x – x₁)
d) origin
• A straight line where the curve
approaches more and more closely
but never touches it except at a
limiting point of infinity.

a) Asymptotes
b) Axis of symmetry
c) Tangent
d) Normal
• Who coined the word “asymptote” ?

a) John Venn
b) John Navier
c) Thomas Hobbes
d) John Wallis
• The path of a point which moves
according to a given law or equation

a) Cycloid
b) Asymptote
c) formula
d) Directrix
• The curve traced by a point moving
in a plane is shown as the ___ of the
point

a) parameter
b) pattern
c) formula
d) locus
• A conic section is curve which is the
intersection of

a) two cones
b) a cone and a line
c) a cone and a plane
d) a cone and an axis
• When the ellipse approaches a circle
as a limiting shape, its eccentricity
approaches

a) 0
b) 1
c) -1
d) infinity
• The set of points in a plane, the sum
of whose distances form a fixed
points is a constant, is

a) circle
b) parabola
c) hyperbola
d) ellipse
• If a right circular cone is cut by a
plane parallel to its base, it would
reveal a/an

a) circle
b) parabola
c) ellipse
d) hyperbola
• A ___ to a circle is aline that has
exactly one point in common with
the circle

a) diameter
b) secant
c) normal
d) tangent
• A conic section whose eccentricity is
always less than 1

a) Parabola
b) Circle
c) Ellipse
d) Hyperbola
• A locus of appoint which moves so that
the sum of the distances from two fixed
points (foci) is constant and is equal to
the length of the major axis

a) Parabola
b) Circle
c) Ellipse
d) Hyperbola
• If the distance from the center to the
focus of an ellipse is c, from the center
to the vertex is a and from the center to
the directrix is D, its eccentrcity, is

a) D/c
b) D/a
c) c/D
d) c/a
• A locus of a point which move so
that it is always equidistant from a
fixed point (focus) and from a fixed
straight line (directrix)

a) Circle
b) Ellipse
c) Parabola
d) Hyperbola
• The angle between the tangents at
the end points of the latus rectum of
a parabola is

a) 45°
b) 75°
c) 75°
d) 90°
• The tangents to the parabola at the
end points of its latus rectum
intersect

a) at a distance equal to the length of

the latus rectum from the focus
b) at the vertex
c) at the directrix
d) none of the above
• In general equation of a conic section
Ax² + Bxy + Cy² + Dx + Ey + F = 0, if A
and C have different signs, then the
curve is a/an

a) circle
b) parabola
c) ellipse
d) hyperbola
• If the discriminant of a quadratic
equation is greater than zero, the
graph is a/an

a) circle
b) parabola
c) ellipse
d) hyperbola
• A hyperbola passing through the
focus of a parabola and
perpendicular to the axis of
symmetry

a) Directrix
b) Translated axis
c) Latus rectum
d) Axis
• The latus rectum of the parabola x² =
4ay is

a) a
b) 4a
c) 2√‾a
d) 16a²
• If a and b are lengths of semi-major
and semi-minor axis of an ellipse
respectively, then what is the length
of its latus rectum?

a) 2ab
b) 4ab
c) 2b²/a
d) 2a²/b
• The eccentricity of a regular
hyperbola is

a) √‾2
b) √‾3
c) 2
d) 1.5
• A parabola has an eccentricity

a) equal to 1
b) less than 1
c) greater than 1
d) of infinity
• The axis of the parabola that passes
through the foci, vertices and center
is called

a) conjugate axis
b) transverse axis
c) major axis
d) minor axis
• The locus of a moving point in a
plane so that the difference of its
distance from two fixed points (foci)
is constant

a) circle
b) parabola
c) ellipse
d) hyperbola
• What is the term given to a circle with
radius equal to half the transverse axis
of the hyperbola or major axis of an
ellipse and its center is the center of the
conics?

a) Auxiliary circle
b) Unit circle
c) Inscribed circle
d) Concentric circle
• Which of the following is NOT a
central conic?

a) circle
b) parabola
c) ellipse
d) hyperbola
• Confocal conics are conics

a) having the same foci

b) having no focus
c) whose foci coincide with the origin
d) whose foci coincides with the
vertices
• Which of the ff. is NOT true?

a) A confocal ellipse and hyperbola

always intersect at right angle.
b) A prime number is not a
composite number
c) A cosecant curve is a periodic
function of period 360⁰
d) A conjecture is an axiom
• If an ellipse and a hyperbola have the
same foci, they are said to be

a) central conics
b) quartic conics
c) confocal conics
d) congruent conics
• The parabola y = -x² + x + 1 opens

a) to the right
b) to the left
c) upward
d) downward
• A line segment joining two of its
points and passing through a focus of
a conic.

a) Latus rectum
b) Focal radius
c) Focal chord
d) Chord contrast
• Given the polar equation
r=3 / (1 + 3cosѲ). This is a graph of a/an

a) ellipse
b) parabola
c) circle
d) hyperbola
• The equation r = 4cosѲ is a/an

a) ellipse
b) circle
c) hyperbola
d) parabola
• In polar coordinates system, the
distance of any point P from the
origin is called

a) distance
b) polar angle
c) polar distance
d) radius vector
• The plane curve traced out by a fixed
point on the circle as the circle rolls
along a line

a) Envelope
b) Epicycloid
c) Lemniscate
d) Cycloid
• A plane curve traced by a fixed point
on a circle as it rolls along outside of
a fixed circle

a) Epicycloid
b) Hypocycloid
c) Cycloid
d) Envelope
• A plane curved traced by a fixed
point on a circle as it rolls along the
inside of a fixed circle

a) Epicycloid
b) Hypocycloid
c) Cycloid
d) Envelope
• The equation x3 + y3 – 3axy = 0
represents a

a) cardiod
b) Lemniscate
c) Folium of Descartes
d) Strophoid
• Continuous curve traced by a point
moving around fixed point in same
plane are steadily increasing or
decreasing distance.

a) Spiral
b) Helix
c) Lemniscate
d) Limacon
• Curve which is locus of centers of
curvature of another curve envelope
of all its normal

a) Helix
b) Evolute
c) Spiral
d) Cardiod
• Locus of the ultimate intersections or
curves in a system of curves

a) Evolute
b) Pencil
c) Envelope
d) Helix
• Curve formed by uniform chain
hanging freely from two points

a) Trisectrix
b) Parabola
c) Hyperbola
d) Catenary
• The locus of a point such that its
radius vector is proportional to its
vectorial angle

a) Folium of Descartes
b) Spiral of Archimedes
c) Spiral of Pythagoras
d) Helix
• The graph of the equation r = aco2Ѳ
is a

a) limacon
b) lemniscate
c) rosette
d) spiral
• The locus of a point which rolls on a
straight line ( x-axis)

a) Cycloid
b) Epicycloid
c) Astroid
d) Trochoid
• The equation r = a(1 = cosѲ) is a
polar equation of

a) hypocycloid
b) cycloid
c) cardiods
d) spiral
• The equation r² = a² cosѲ is a

a) rosette
b) limacon
c) lemniscates
d) spiral
• The equation r = a cosѲ is a

a) rosette
b) limacon
c) lemniscates
d) spiral
• The equation r - aѲ = 0 is a

a) rosette
b) limacon
c) lemniscate
d) spiral
• The equation r = acosѲ + b is a

a) rosetter
b) limacon
c) lemniscates
d) spiral
• The equation r = a(secѲ – tanѲ) is a

a) rosetter
b) strophoid
c) trisectrix
d) lemniscate
• The equation r = a(4cosѲ – secѲ) is a

a) cardiod
b) trisectrix
c) strophoid
d) fishmouth
• The equation
(x² + 2ay – a²)² = y²(a² + x²) is a

a) rosette
b) cocked hat
c) fishmouth
d) spiral
• The equation x² + y² = a² is a

a) cocked hat
b) fishmouth
c) trisectrix
d) lames quartic
• The equation ax² = y²(2a – y) is a

a) the top
b) cocked hat
c) fishmouth
d) lames quartic
• The equation (x² + y²)² = ax²y is a

a) bifolium
b) cocked hat
c) spiral
d) limacon
• The equation y² = (x² + 1)² (2 - x²)²
is a

a) cocked hat
b) fishmouth
c) lemniscates
d) spiral
• The curve or surface that is
tangential to each of the family of
curves or surfaces

a) envelope
b) pencil
c) family
d) cusp
• A curve that describes the locus of
the centers of curvatures of another
curve to which its tangents are
normal

a) involute
b) evolute
c) lemniscate
d) cusp
• ___ is formed by intersection of rays
from the point reflected or refracted
from a curve surface

a) envelope
b) evolute
c) caustic
d) parabola
• 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
• How do call an energy required to move 1
Coulomb of charge through an element.
• a) Current
• b) Voltage
• c) Power
• d) Resonance
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
• 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
• In electricity, how do you call the rate of
charge flow?
• a) Potential difference
• b) Current
• c) Voltage
• d) Power
• 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
• 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
• In electrical, what is the SI unit of
conductance?
• a) Ohm
• b) Mho
• c) Siemens
• d) Ampere
• 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
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
• 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
• 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
• What is a number, which could not be
expressed as a quotient of two integers?
• a. Natural
• b. Rational
• c. Irrational
• d. Surd
• How do you call the opposite of the prefix
nano?
• a) Peta
• b) Tera
• c) Giga
• d) Hexa
• What do you call a triangle having three
unequal sides?
• a) Obtuse
• b) Oblique
• c) Scalene
• d) Isosceles
• How do you call the distance of a point from
the y-axis?
• a) Polar distance
• b) Coordinate
• c) Abscissa
• d) Ordinate
• 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
• 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
• d) One-half of an inch
• A polygon with ten sides is said to be:
• a. Dodecagon
• b. Decagon
• c. Decahedron
• d. Dodecahedron
• Any number expressed in place-value notation
with base 12 is known as:
• a. Duodecimal
• b. Deontic
• c. Decile
• d. Dedekind
• Another name for derivative is said to be:
• a. Differential manifold
• b. Partial derivative
• c. Differential form
• d. Differential coefficient
• Another term for rhombus is said to be:
• a. Dichotomy
• b. Diamond
• c. Cyclic quadrilateral
• d. Bi-rectangular
• 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
The father of plane geometry.
a. Euclid
b. Pythagoras
c. Aristotle
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 case
• b) Quadratic case
• c) Extraneous 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 outwards' away from the
interior. How do you call this polygon?
• a) Concave Polygon
• b) Convex polygon
• c) Regular polygon
• d) Irregular polygon
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• What is a regular polygon that has 27
diagonals?
• a) Nonagon
• b) hexagon
• c) Pentagon
• d) Heptagon
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-Duchtman formula
d) Stirling’s Approximation
• 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
• 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
• 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 estimate of assets’ net market
value at the end of its estimated life?
• a) Book value
• b) Depreciation
• c) Salvage value
• d) Cash flow
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• How do you call a cylinder with elliptical cross
section?
• a. Ellipsoid
• b. Cylindroid
• c. Hyperboloid
• d. Paraboloid
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Tesla is a unit of which of the following?
• a) Magnetic induction
• b) Inductance
• c) Capacitance
• d) magnetic flux
• 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
• How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides?
• a) Hectogon
• b) Chilliagon
• c) Myriagon
• d) Octacontagon
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
• It is any influence capable of producing a
change in the motion of an object.
• a) Force
• b) Acceleration
• c) Friction
• d) Velocity
• 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
• 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
• 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
• If the eccentricity is less than one, then curve
is known as:
• a) Ellipse
• b) Hyperbola
• c) Parabola
• d) Circle
• 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
• 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
• What is the study of the properties of figures
of three dimensions?
• a) Physics
• b) Solid geometry
• c) Plane geometry
• d) Trigonometry
• 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 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. Featherbedding
• 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
• b. Salvage value
• c. Sunk value
• d. Discount
• 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
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. dynes
• A change in position, specified by a length and
a direction is said to be:
• a. Displacement
• b. Acceleration
• c. Velocity
• d. Dynamic equilibrium
• The process of one substance mixing with
another because of molecular motion is
known as:
• a. Adhesion
• b. Diffusion
• c. Cohesion
• 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
• b. Differential cost
• c. Marginal cost
• d. Promotion cost
• 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
A regular polyhedron having 12 regular
pentagons is called as:
• a. Icosahedron
• b. Octahedron
• c. Dodecahedron
• d. Tetrahedron
• Two angles whose sum is 360o is called:
• a. Explementary angles
• b. Complimentary angles
• c. Supplementary angles
• d. Elementary angles
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• How to you classify work-in-process?
• a) A liability
• b) An expense
• c) A revenue
• d) An asset
• 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
• 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
• Which of the following elements and
compounds is unstable in its pure form?
• a) Hydrochloric acid
• b) Carbon dioxide
• c) Sodium
• d) Helium
• What is the actual geometric shape of the
methane molecule?
• a) Tetrahedral
• b) Pyramidal
• c) Square planar
• d) Linear
•
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Which of the following materials is not a
viscoelastic material?
• a) Metal
• b) Plastic
• c) Rubber
• d) Glass
In molecules of the same composition, what are
variations of atomic arrangements known as?
a. Isomers
b. Polymers
c. Monomers
d. Crystal systems
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• Tesla is a unit of which of the following?
• a) Magnetic induction
• b) Inductance
• c) Capacitance
• d) magnetic flux
• 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
• How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides?
• a) Hectogon
• b) Chilliagon
• c) Myriagon
• d) Octacontagon
• 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
• 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
• 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
• If the eccentricity is less than one, then curve
is known as:
• a) Ellipse
• b) Hyperbola
• c) Parabola
• d) Circle
• 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
• What is the study of the properties of figures
of three dimensions?
• a) Physics
• b) Solid geometry
• c) Plane geometry
• d) Trigonometry
• Points that lie in the same plane:
• a) Coplanar
• b) Collinear
• c) Oblique
• d) Parallel
• What do you call the one-fourth of a great
circle?
• a) Cone
• b) Pyramid
• c) Chord
• d) Quadrant
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
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
•
• 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
• The actual interest earned by a given principal
is known as:
• a) Compound interest
• b) Simple interest
• c) Effective interest
• d) Nominal interest
• When using the net present value method for
capital budgeting analysis, the required rate of
return is called all of the following except the
• A. Risk-free rate.
• B. Cost of capital.
• C. Discount rate.
• D. Cutoff rate.
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1. An economic study is made of the total annual cost (C) for a
series of alternative investments (P) for a given project. If C is
plotted as the ordinate versus P, most desirable investment
occurs when.

B. dC/dP = 1

C. dC/dP = 0

D. dC/dP = Co
E. dC/dP = +1
The answer is: B

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2. The following cost item which is common to both fixed
and operating cost of an enterprise, is
A. interest
B. depreciation
C. taxes
D. supplies

The answer is: A

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3. The center gravity of an isosceles triangle whose height
h is on the median line.
A. 2/3 h from the vertex
B. 2/3 h from the base
C. 1/3 h from the vertex
D. 1/3 h from the vertex

The answer is: A

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4. To comply the requirement of the Mechanical Engineering Law
on the minimum compliment of mechanical engineers, a
mechanical plant with a combined prime movers rating of 373 kw
must have in its employ the following:

A. 1 PME , 1 Rme and 1 CPM

B. 1 PME and 2 RME

C. 1 RME and 2 CPM

D. 1 RME in-charge every shift

The answer is: C

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5. Before an RME may be allowed to take the licensure
examinations for PME, he must have an active practice of

A. 5 years
B. 4 years
C. 3 years
D. 6 years

The answer is: B

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6. Mechanical Plant engineer (MPE) may be allowed to take the
licensure examinations for PME if ________.
A. he has 4 years of active as a MPE
B. he graduated with a BSME degree and 4 years as an RME
C. he has a BSME degree, passed the examinations for RME and 4
years as RME

D. none of these

The answer is: A

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7. The only country that recognizes the mechanical engineering
license of Filipinos issued by the Professional Regulation
Commission and allowed to use the license in their country
is______
A. America
B. England
C. Japan
D. none of these
The answer is: D

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8. A statement of equality between two ratios

A. valuation
B. theorem
C. power factor
D. proportion

The answer is: D

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9. The side opposite the right angle of a right triangle

A. quadrilateral
B. apothem
C. hypotenuse
D. median

The answer is: C

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10. A plane close curve, all points of which are the same distance
from a point within, called the center is

A. chord
B. circle
C. arc
D. radius

The answer is: B

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11. Two triangles are congruent if two angles and the included
side of one arc equal respectively to two angles and the included
side of the other
A. axiom
B. postulate
C. corollary
D. theorem

The answer is: D

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12. The volume of a circular cylinder is equal to the product of its
base and altitude

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

The answer is: C

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13. The National Association for Mechanical Engineers accredited
by the PRC.

A. PAMEE
B. AGMEEP
C. PSME
D. IIEE

The answer is: C

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14. Minimum grade of Mechanical Engineer required in the
design and preparation of plans of a 280 kw diesel power plant

A. RME
B. CPM
C. PME
D. MPE

The answer is: C

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15. The decrease in value of property due to passage of time

A. devaluation
B. depletion
C. salvage value
D. depreciation

The answer is: D

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16. The differences between the book value and the actual lower
resale value is

A. salvage value
B. resale value
C. fixed cost
D. sunk cost

The answer is: D

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17. It occurs when a unique product or service is available only
from a single supplier and entry of all other possible suppliers
prevented
A. monopoly
B. competition
C. profitability
D. inventory

The answer is: A

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18. The radius of a circle inscribe in a triangle with sides of 5, 7
and 10 is

A. 1774
B. 1477
C. 1744
D. 1747

The answer is: B

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19. The ratio of the annual revenues to the annual expenses

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

The answer is: A

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20. The reciprocal of 20 is

A. 0.50
B. 20
C. 0.20
D. 0.05

The answer is: D

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21. A rectangle with equal sides

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

The answer is: D

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22. The sum of the sides of a polygon

A. circumference
B. perimeter
C. square
D. hexagon

The answer is: B

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23. A tax on imports

A. import tariffs
B. import quote
C. value added tax
D. capital account

The answer is: A

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

The answer is: D

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25. 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 Mechanic

The answer is: D

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26. Those funds that are required to make the enterprise or
project a going concern

A. banking
B. accumulate account
C. working capital
D. principal or present worth

The answer is: C

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27. The length of time during which the property may be
operated at a profit

A. length of time
B. economic life
C. physical life
D. life

The answer is: C

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28. Worth of the property as shown in the accounting records of
an enterprise

A. fair value
B. market value
C. use value
D. book value

The answer is: D

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29. Cost of things that are neither labor or materials

A. construction cost
B. expenses
C. labor cost
D. investments

The answer is: B

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30. Kind of obligation which has no condition attached

A. Analytic
B. gratuitous
C. private
D. pure

The answer is: B

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31. Gross profit, sales less cost of goods sold as a percentage
sales is called

A. profit margin
B. gross margin
C. ROI
D. price earnings

The answer is: B

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32. Profit margin ratio id the percentage of each peso of sales
that is net income and profit is:

A. ROR
B. net income / owner’s equity
C. net income before taxes / net sales
D. price earnings

The answer is: C

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33. The series of equal payments at equal intervals of time

A. depreciation
B. annuity
C. interest
D. amortization

The answer is: D

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34. 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

The answer is: C

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35. A provision in the contract that indicates the possible
adjustments of material cost and labor cost a

A. secondary clause
B. specification
C. escalatory clause
D. general provision

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36. The maximum capacity that a certified Plant Mechanic is
authorized to handle

A. 400 hp
B. 150 hp
C. 300 hp
D. 500 hp

The answer is: C

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37. The logarithm of 1 to any base is ________.
A. indeterminate
B. infinity
C. one
D. zero

The answer is: D

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38. Integral of sin x dx

A. sec x + C
B. –cos x + C
C. cos x + C
D. csc x + C

The answer is: B

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39. The intercept form for algebraic straight line equation is

A. a/x + y/b = 1
B. y = mx + b
C. Ax +By + C = 0
D. x/a + y/b = 1

The answer is: D

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40. The sum of the squares of the sine and cosine of angle.

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

The answer is: B

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41. The logarithm of a negative number is

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

The answer is: B

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42. In general triangles the expression (sinA)/a = (sinB)/b =
(sinC)/c is called a________.
A. the law of sines
B. Eulers formula
C. law of cosines
D. Pythagorean theorem

The answer is: A

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43. Is a rational expression usually the sum of several variable
terms known as monomials.

A. monomial
B. polynomial
C. binomial
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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44. The coefficients of the expansion can be determined quickly
from

A. trapezoidal rule
B. Newton’s law
C. PASCAL’s triangle
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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45. _________ of signs determined the maximum number of
positive real roots that a polynomial will have by counting the
number of sign several.

A. Simson’s rule
B. L Hospital rule
C. Descartes’ rule
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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46. The base for common logarithm is

A. 10
B. 0
C. 100
D. none of these

The answer is: A

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47. Napierian logarithm is a

A. 0
B. 10
C. 2.718
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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48. Is used to transform a proper polynomial fraction of two
polynomials into a sum of simpler expressions.

A. synthetic division
B. partial fraction
C. factoring
D. non of these

The answer is: B

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49. A set of linear equation with no simultaneous solution known
as

A. consistent system
B. inconsistent system
C. dependent systems
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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50. The _______ form is a shorthand method of writing a
complex number in rectangular form.

A. cis
B. bis
C. fis
D. none of dis

The answer is: A

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51. _________ should be used when the numerator and
denominator of the expression both approaches zero or both
approach infinity.

A. Simpson’s rule
B. L’ Hospitals rule
C. Decarte’s rule
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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52. A _________ is the matrix that remains when selected rows
or columns are removed from the original matrix.

A. matrix
B. sub-matrix
C. determinant
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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53. A matrix with only one column

A. column matrix
B. cofactor matrix
C. diagonal matrix
D. none of these

The answer is: A

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54. A vector constructed from its component is known as

A. resultant vector
B. component vector
C. resolution vector
D. none of these

The answer is: A

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55. is accomplished by placing the tail of the second vector at the
head of the first

A. rectangular method
B. polygon method
C. parallelogram method
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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56. Are two units for measuring angles

A. gradians and degrees

B. degrees and radians
C. gradians and radians
D. none of these

The answer is B

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57. Is the amount by which the sum of the sides differs from 360
degrees

A. black hole
B. spherical defect
C. spheroid defect
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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58. Is a measure of the angle subtended at the vertex of a cone.

A. spherical angle
B. solid angle
C. spheroidal angle
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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59. __________ approaching the slope of another line
A. parallel
B. co-linear
C. asymptotic
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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60. The solid angle has units of ______.
A. radians
B. degrees
C. Steredians
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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61. Is the horizontal coordinate

A. ordinate
B. abscissa
C. coordinate axis
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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62. Is a straight line that is approach but not intersect by the
curve line

A. asymptote
B. coordinate
C. parallel
D. none of these

The answer is: A

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63. Is a closed figure whose surface is convex everywhere.

A. convex hull
B. concave hull
C. null
D. none of these

The answer is: A

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64. The hyperbola is the locus of points such that difference in
distance from the two foci is.

A. a
B. 2a
C. 4a
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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65. Is the ratio of semi-major and semi-minor axis

A. ellipse ratio
B. parabolic ratio
C. aspect ratio
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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66. All of the following are usually considered variable cost except

A. cost of miscellaneous supplies

B. payroll benefit cost
C. income taxes
D. janitorial service expense

The answer is: D

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67. All of the following are usually considered fixed cost except

A. rent
B. interest on loans
C. direct labor cost
D. property taxes

The answer is: C

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68. Conic sectors which are neither ellipse, parabola or hyperbola

A. spiral conic
B. genetix conic
C. degenerate conic
D. cardoid conics

The answer is: C

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69. A polygon having all angles are equal is known as

A. equiangular polygon
B. equilateral polygon
C. pentagon
D. decagon

The answer is: A

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70. Another term for rhombus is known as

A. diamond
B. dichotomy
C. cyclic quadrilateral
D. bi-rectangular

The answer is: A

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71. A triangle whose three sides are equal is called

A. equilateral
B. scalene
C. acute
D. obtuse

The answer is: A

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72. All of the following are standard cash flows except

A. single payment
B. uniform series
C. derivative
D. exponential gradient

The answer is: C

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73. Angular units use in the sexagesimal system is called

A. mili measure
B. grad
C. degree
D. radian

The answer is: C

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74. A polyhedron which is one of the five platonic solids whose
six faces are all squares

A. square
B. cube
C. pyramid
D. prismatoid

The answer is: B

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75. An absolute name for zero is known as

A. zypher
B. less than 1
C. cypher
D. negative value

The answer is: C

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76. The center of a circle that circumscribe a given
polygon is known as________
A. circle center
B. orthocenter
C. incenter
D. circumcenter

The answer is: A

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77. Is a curve generated bt a point on the rim of a wheel that rolls
on the outside of circle.

A. helix
B. convex
C. epicycloids
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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

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

The answer is: C

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

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

The answer is: B

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80. An index of short term paying ability is called

A. receivable turnover
B. profit margin ratio
C. current ratio
D. acid-test-ratio

The answer is: C

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81. Modes of extinguishing obligation when creditor abandon his
right to collect

A. condonation
B. forfeiture
C. debt cancellation
D. liquidated damages

The answer is: A

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82. Cash money credit necessary to established and operate an
enterprise

A. funds
B. assets
C. capital
D. liabilities

The answer is: C

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83. Intangible assets of a corporation or company

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

The answer is: D

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

The answer is: A

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85. A fund into which annual deposits of A are made in order to
accumulate fund F at N years in the feature

A. amortization
B. depreciation
C. annuity
D. sinking fund

The answer is: C

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86. Points that lie on the same plane

A. coplanar
B. oblique
C. parallel
D. collinear

The answer is: A

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87. Kind of obligation which has no condition attached

A. analytic
B. pure
C. gratuitous
D. private

The answer is: C

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88. Estimated value at the end of the useful life

A. salvage value
B. compounded annually
C. economic life
D. balance sheet

The answer is: A

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89. What is work in process classified as

A. a revenue
B. a liability
C. an expose
D. an asset

The answer is: D

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90. The PRC accredited national for mechanical engineers

A. ASME
B. PSME
C. PAMEE
D. PICE

The answer is: B

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91. All circles having the same center but with unequal radii are
called

A. tangent circles
B. unequal circles
C. eccentric circle
D. concentric circle

The answer is: D

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92. The new Mechanical Engineering Law which was signed last
February 12, 1998 is known as

A. RA 8945
B. RA 8495
C. RA 8954
D. RA 8549

The answer is: B

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93. Maximum plant capacity in which a licensed ME is allowed to
operate tend or maintain

A. 300 kw
B. 2000 kw
C. 1000 kw
D. 6000 kw

The answer is: B

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94. A tax on imports

A. export tax
B. export tariff
C. import tax
D. import tariff

The answer is: D

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95. A legally binding agreement two personalities having an
agreement

A. sign-up
B. contract
C. agreement
D. deal

The answer is: B

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97. Consist of rational numbers and irrational numbers.

A. complex numbers
B. real numbers
C. imaginary numbers
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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98. Are numbers that can be written as the ratio of two integers.

A. irrational numbers
B. rational numbers
C. projected numbers
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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99. Is the mathematical statement of equality.

A. variable
B. constant
C. equation
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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100. Equations that are written in terms of variables.

A. trigonometric equations
B. algebraic equations
C. geometric equations
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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