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APRIL 2024 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER MSTE 15

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for 2t2, where t is in seconds and x and y
each of the following questions. Mark only are in meters. What is the distance
one answer for each item by shading the box covered by the particle when t = 2
corresponding to the letter of your choice seconds, in m?
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO A. 11.31 C. 5.66
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. B. 11.52 D. 5.76

NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or 8. How large must the coefficient of

A*B. A raised to the power n is static friction be between the tires
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 and the road if the car is to round a
point each. level curve at a radius of 85 m with a
speed of 75 kph?
1. A 150-g ball at the end of a string is A. 0.48 C. 0.84
revolving uniformly in a horizontal B. 0.52 D. 0.25
circle of radius 0.6 m. The ball makes
2.00 revolutions in a second. 9. What net force is required to bring a
Determine the acceleration of the body 1500-kg car to rest from a speed of
toward the center of the circle in 100 km/h within a distance of 55 m?
m/s2. A. -5.1 ´ 104 N C. -7.1 ´ 104 N
A. 49.7 C. 74.9 B. -1.1 ´ 10 N
4 D. -3.1 ´ 104 N
B. 97.4 D. 94.7
10. A projectile is fired with an initial
2. The tires of a car make 65 revolutions
as the car reduces its speed from 95 speed of 196 m/s at an angle 30.0°
kph to 45 kph. The tires have a above the horizontal from the top of a
diameter of 0.80 m. What was the cliff 98.0 m high. Determine the time
angular acceleration of the tires, in to reach maximum height.
rad/s2? A. 10.5 s C. 11.5 s
A. -6.0 C. -1.7 B. 10.0 s D. 11.0 s
B. -2.4 D. -4.1
11. A 65-kg woman descends in an elevator
3. A spotlight shining on a pond strikes that briefly accelerates at 0.20 g
the water so that the angle of downward. She stands on a scale that
incidence q is 23.5°. Find the reads in kg. During this acceleration,
q
refracted angle . Use Snell’s law and what does the scale read?
the fact that n = 1.33 for water and n A. 65 kg C. 78 kg
= 1.0 for air. B. 52 kg D. 39 kg
A. 16.4° C. 14.4°
12. A 5.0 kg box is pushed from the top of
B. 14.7° D. 17.4° an incline and travels down the
incline with an initial speed of 10.0
4. The mean distance from the Earth to m/s. The incline is 5.0 m long, and
the sun is 1.496x 108 km and the period
the angle of the incline is 30°. The
of its motion about the sun is about 1 coefficient of friction between the
year. The period of Jupiter’s motion
box and the incline is 0.20. Determine
about the sun is observed to be 11.86
the loss of potential energy.
years. Determine the mean distance
A. -132 J C. -373 J
from the sun to Jupiter, in terms of
B. -123 J D. -250 J
million miles.
A. 320 C. 672
13. Determine the time of oscillation (in
B. 484 D. 594
minutes) of a pendulum having a length
of 15 m.
5. Assuming an average retarding force on
A. 0.1295 C. 0.0986
the car of FR = 700 N, calculate the
B. 0.1136 D. 0.0679
power required of a 1400-kg car if the
car climbs a 10° hill at a steady
14. Given that the position of a particle
velocity of 80 kph.
is found by x(t) = t3 - 6t2 + 1, t > 0,
A. 50.19 hp C. 61.92 hp
find the distance that the particle
B. 28.09 hp D. 91.89 hp travels from t = 2 to t = 5.
A. 15 C. 27
6. A cylindrical buoy with cross
B. 23 D. 18
sectional area of 1.25 sq. m. is
observed, after being pushed, to bob
15. A 23-gram bullet traveling at 250 m/s
up and down with a period of 0.50
penetrates a 2-kg block of wood and
second. Approximately what is the mass
emerges clearly at 170 m/s. if the
of the buoy in kilograms?
block is stationary by a frictionless
A. 77.65 C. 65.77
surface when hit, how fast does it move
B. 67.57 D. 57.67
after the bullet merges?
A. 1.25 m/s C. 1.87 m/s
7. A particle moves according to the
B. 0.64 m/s D. 0.92 m/s
parametric equations x = t3 and y =
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APRIL 2024 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER MSTE 16
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for 8. A satellite is orbiting the earth with
each of the following questions. Mark only an orbital velocity of 3200 m/s. What
one answer for each item by shading the box is the altitude above earth surface,
corresponding to the letter of your choice in km?
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO Radius of earth = 6400 km
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. Mass of earth = 5.972 × 1024 kg
G = 6.67428×10-11 kg-11m3 s-2
1. A pulley system is used to lift a 4450 A. 33,000 C. 43,000
N block of stone at a distance of 3 m, B. 53,000 D. 63,000
by applying a force of 670 N for a
distance of 24 m. What is the ratio of 9. Applying full brakes at a speed of 60
actual mechanical advantage to the kph, the car traveled 40 m until it
ideal mechanical advantage or stopped. Determine the average skid
efficiency of the pulley system? resistance.
A. 1.20 C. 1.02 A. 0.53 C. 0.42
B. 0.83 D. 0.38 B. 0.35 D. 0.24

2. A student whirls a bucket of water in 10. Chairman dropped a steel ball from the
a vertical circle of radius 0.8 m. New Mactan Bridge and heard the sound
Determine the frequency of rotation striking the water on the river 3.4
required for the bucket to completely seconds later. If the speed of sound
negotiate the top of the loop without is 340 m/s, how high is the bridge from
water spilling out of the bucket. the water level in the river?
A. 47.3 rpm C. 33.4 rpm A. 57.15 m C. 75.15 m
B. 23.7 rpm D. 16.7 rpm B. 71.55 m D. 51.75 m

3. Determine the speed of sound through a 11. A power winch hoists a 360-kg log up
long aluminum rod and the wavelength the 25° incline at a constant speed of
of the sound waves produced by a 440 1.20 m/s. The power output of the winch
Hz vibration in the rod. The elastic is 4 kW. What is the coefficient of
modulus of aluminum is 70.0´109 N/m2 friction between the log and the
and the density is 2.70´103 kg/m3. incline?
A. V = 5000 m/s, λ = 15.1 m A. 0.67 C. 0.44
B. V = 5009 m/s, λ = 55.1 m B. 0.58 D. 0.24
C. V = 5900 m/s, λ = 51.5 m
D. V = 5090 m/s, λ = 11.5 m 12. Calculate the recoil velocity of a
5.0-kg rifle that shoots a 0.020-kg
4. A ball is dropped onto a horizontal bullet at a speed of 620 m/s.
floor. It reaches a height of 1.44 m A. 4.28 m/s C. 2.48 m/s
on the first bounce and 0.81 m on the B. 2.84 m/s D. 4.82 m/s
second rebound. Find the height it
attains on the third rebound. 13. A projectile is shot from the edge of
A. 0.55 C. 0.29 a cliff 115 m above ground level with
B. 0.46 D. 0.36 an initial velocity of 65 m/s at an
angle of 35° with the horizontal.
5. A can throw a ball vertically at a Determine the magnitude of the
speed of 1.5 times faster than B can. velocity as it hits the ground
How many times higher will A’s ball go surface.
than that of B? A. 80.51 m/s C. 37.28 m/s
A. 1.50 C. 3.00 B. 60.38 m/s D. 53.24 m/s
B. 2.25 D. 4.50
14. A block weighing 500 lb is dropped from
6. Roger Sanchez, an architect, is a height of 1.3 ft from the top of a
designing an airport for small planes. spring with a modulus of 20 lb/ft. What
One kind of airplane that might use velocity will the block have at the
this airfield must reach a speed instant the spring is deformed 3 in?
before takeoff of at least 100 kph and A. 9.99 ft/s C. 5.51 ft/s
can accelerate at 2 m/s2. What minimum B. 9.15 ft/s D. 5.05 ft/s
length must the runway have, in m?
A. 192.9 C. 122.9 15. A particle moving in x-y plane has
B. 129.9 D. 199.2 acceleration vector

7. A 3g locust reaches a speed of 3 m/s 1

!√t, #
during its jump. If the locust 1 + t2
transforms energy with 35% efficiency,
how much energy is required for the for all t ≥ 0. The particle is at rest
jump? at time t = 0. How fast is the particle
A. 0.014 J C. 0.039 J moving at time t = 3?
B. 0.005 J D. 0.116 J A. 3.464 C. 3.231
B. 1.249 D. 3.682