PEB ENGINEERING REVIEW
Bacolod City
MECHANICAL ENGINEER REVIEW SYSTEM
Registered Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination
Saturday, August 2024 08:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
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PROBLEM SET: MECHANICS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A 300-kg block on a 20-degree incline us pushed by force parallel to the incline surface.
The coefficient of friction is 0.3. What force is required in order to start the block moving
up the incline?
A. 1250 N B. 1540 N C. 1840 N D. 1990 N
2. A traction pushes a slab or rock weighing 10,000 lbs down a miner’s ramp inclined at 15 degrees
with u = 0.20. If the traction force is horizontal at 4,000 lbs, what is the acceleration
of the weight?
A. 8 ft/s2 B. 11 ft/s2 C. 13 ft/s2 D. 15 ft/s2
3. An 50-degrees incline is used to lift a 100lb-load to a height of 6 feet using an effort of
80 lbf against friction and gravity. Determine the actual mechanical advantage (AMA) of the
force:
A. 3/4 B. 4/3 C. 5/4 D. 2/5
4. A chain contains 6 binary joints, 4 ternary joints and 3 quaternary joint is made in order
to restrict the degrees of freedom of motion to 2. What number of links are required?
A. 13 B. 21 C. 17 D. 57
5. Determine the velocity of a 12.5 gram bullet if on, ballistics test, the bob of the 2 kg -wood
pendulum displaced an angle of 65 degrees with the vertical. The length of the bob if 1.2
meters:
a. 454 m/s b. 329 m/s c. 795 m/s d. 593 m/s
6. A pulley system contains six sheaves in a single attachment compound arrangement.
Determine the IMA if the system:
a. 16 b. 32 c. 8 d. 4
7. Determine the maximum speed at which a car traverse a 600 feet radius road that is banked
at 15 degrees and the friction coefficient is 0.2 in mi/hr ( 1 mi = 5280 feet)
a. 66 b. 23 c. 99 d. 212
8. The power exerted by the engine of a car running at 70 mph exerting a forward thrust of 70
lbs is most nearly _________ horsepower.
a. 11 b. 12 c. 13 d. 11
9. A 250 kg block rests on a 30 degrees plane. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.20,
determine the horizontal force P applied on the block to start the block moving up the plane.
a. 59.30 kg b. 58.10 kg c. 219.71 kg d. 265.29 kg
10. A highway curve has a super elevation of 7 degrees. What is the radius of the curve such that
there will be no lateral pressure between the tires and the roadway at a speed of 40 mph?
A. 265.71 m B. 438.34 C. 345.34 m D. 330.78 m
11. A baseball is thrown a horizontal plane following a parabolic path with an initial velocity
of 100 m/s at an angle of 30o above the horizontal. Solve the range from the throwing point
that the ball attains its original level.
A. 890 m B. 883 m C. 858 m D. 820 m
12. A projectile is fired from a cliff 300 m high with an initial velocity of 400 m/s. If the
firing angle is 30o from the horizontal, compute the horizontal range of the projectile.
A. 15.74 km B. 14.54 km C. 12.31 km D. 20.43 km
13. A mechanism containing 9 links and 10 joints is said to be:
A. Locked B. unconstrained C. constrained d. statically indeterminate.
14. A ball is kicked from the ground at 17 m/s at an angle of 35 degrees from a hieght of 10 meters.
Determine the maximum height will the ball achieve:
A. 23.6 m B. 21.8 m C. ZZZZ D. 19.45 m
15. What horizontal force P can be applied to a 100-kg block in a level surface with a coefficient
of friction of 0.20 that will cause an acceleration of 2.50 m/sq.sec?
a. 446.2 N b. 224.5 N c. 53.8 N d. 343.5 N
16. The velocity of a sled along an iced lined pavement is given by V(t) = 4t^2 + 8/t in feet/min.
Determine the acceleration of the sled in ft sqd./min in when in reaches 17 meters in t =
2 min?
a.11 b. 18 c. 14 d. 10
17. A chain contains is made using 88 links. What number of joints is required to make a triple
degrees of movability?
A) 129 B) 133 C) 128 D) 126
18. What minimum banking angle is required for an Olympic bobsled to negotiate a 100-m radius
turn at 35 m/s without skidding?
A) 31D B) 41D C) 51D D) 61D
19. A block and tackle pulley system is used to lift a load of 1200 lbs using an available of
120 lbs effort weight. Which of the following system will be employed?
a. 9 sheaves with 4 fixed pulleys c. 8 sheaves with 3 moving pulleys
b. 9 sheaves with 5 fixed pulleys d. 8 sheaves with 4 moving pulleys
20. A bullet ( m = 5 grams) is fired on a wooden mass (M = 2 kg) attached to a 0.85 meter pendulum.
The entire combination displaced at a swing angke of 16 degrees with the vertical. Determine
the speed of the bullet in KPH:
a. 1160 b. 2190 c. 780 d. 990
21. A 300-kg block on a 20-degree incline us pushed by force parallel to the incline surface.
The coefficient of friction is 0.3. What force is required in order to start the block moving
up the incline?
A. 1250 N B. 1540 N C. 1840 N D. 1990 N
22. What is the ideal mechanical advantage (IMA) of a bolo knife that is 3.2 inches wide and 1/4
inch thick at the base?
A. 15.4 B. 8 C. 12.8 D. 18.6
23. A traction pushes a slab or rock weighing 10,000 lbs down a miner’s ramp inclined at 15 degrees
with u = 0.20. If the traction force is horizontal at 4,000 lbs, what is the acceleration
of the weight?
A. 8 ft/s2 B. 11 ft/s2 C. 13 ft/s2 D. 15 ft/s2
24. An 50-degrees incline is used to lift a 100lb-load to a height of 6 feet using an effort of
80 lbf against friction and gravity. Determine the actual mechanical advantage (AMA) of the
force:
B. 3/4 B. 4/3 C. 5/4 D. 2/5
25. A kinematic chain contains 42 links should have _______ number of joints:
A. 57 B. 61 C. 67 D 53
26. A chain contains 6 binary joints, 4 ternary joints and 3 quaternary joint is made in order
to restrict the degrees of freedom of motion to 2. What number of links are required?
B. 13 B. 21 C. 17 D. 57
27. A crank and slider lever quick return mechanism is employed in a reciprocating planer machine
TP-003G such that the ram gear radius is 15 inches and the center-to-center distance between
oscillations is 31 inches. The cutting time to return stroke time ratio will be:
A. 2.34 B. 1.95 C. 1.23 D. 0.89
28. Determine the velocity of a 12.5 gram bullet if on, ballistics test, the bob of the 2 kg
-wood pendulum displaced an angle of 65 degrees with the vertical. The length of the bob if
1.2 meters:
b. 454 m/s b. 329 m/s c. 795 m/s d. 593 m/s
29. Three concurrent forces have magnitudes 40, 60 and 50 N. Determine the largest angle between
the forces in order to establish equilibrium? Use cosine law.
a. 97⁰ b. 156⁰ c. 135⁰ d. 104⁰
30. A stone is thrown vertically upward and return to earth in 10 sec. What was its initial
velocity?
a. 161 ft/s b. 180 ft/s c. 132 ft/s d. 104 ft/s
31. A coin is dropped down a well and 5 sec later, the sounds of the splash is heard. If the
velocity of sound is 1120 ft/sec, what is the depth of the well?
a. 353 ft b. 249 ft c. 450 ft d. 408 ft
32. A pulley system contains six sheaves in a single attachment compound arrangement.
Determine the IMA if the system:
a. 16 b. 32 c. 8 d. 4
33. A uniform ladder is leaning on a wall at an angle of 80 degrees. The ladder is 9 feet long
and weighs 80 lbs at the center. What distance from the foot of a ladder can a 30 lb man position
before slip? Assume coefficient of friction on all contact surfaces are 0.4:
a. 3.56 ft b. 6.11 ft c. 7.89 ft d. 5.5 ft
34. Determine the maximum speed at which a car traverse a 600 feet radius road that is banked
at 15 degrees and the friction coefficient is 0.2 in mi/hr ( 1 mi = 5280 feet)
a. 66 b. 23 c. 99 d. 212
35. A ball falls from a height of 100 meters and bounces a concrete floor such that the coefficient
of restitution is 0.75. Determine the height it attains after rebound:
a. 50 m b. 78.6 m c. 56.25 m d. 105 m
36. A Whitworth mechanism is used in a planer machine such that the center of oscillation is 34
inches apart and the diameter of the gear wheel is 24 inches. Determine the ratio of cutting
time-to-return stroke of the planer:
A. 0.557 b. 0.833 c. 0.443 d. 0.626
37. The power exerted by the engine of a car running at 70 mph exerting a forward thrust of 70
lbs is most nearly _________ horsepower.
b. 11 b. 12 c. 13 d. 11
38. A stone is thrown vertically upward and return to earth in 10 sec. What was its initial
velocity?
a. 161 ft/s b. 180 ft/s c. 132 ft/s d. 104 ft/s
39. Determine the resultant of the following forces: A = 600 N at 40 degrees, B = 800 N at 160
degrees and C = 200 N at 300 degrees.
A. 532.78 N, 55.32 degrees C. 435.94 N, 235.12 degrees
B. 522.68 N, 111.57 degrees D. 627.89 N, 225.81 degrees
40. A type of single slider mechanism that will only involves single con necting rod that is
centrally pinned at both drier wheel and the slider:
A. Crank and Slotted Lever C. Geneva Mechanism
B. Whitworth D. Bull Engine
41. A “For a planar four-bar linkage, the sum of the shortest and longest lengths cannot be greater
than the sum of the remaining two link lengths if there is to be a continuous relative rotation
between two members.” The preceding statement is known as:
a. Grubler’s Law b. Coriolli’s Law c. Grashof’s Law d. Freudentein’s Law
42. A 250 kg block rests on a 30 degrees plane. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.20,
determine the horizontal force P applied on the block to start the block moving up the plane.
A. 59.30 kg B. 58.10 kg C. 219.71 kg D. 265.29 kg
43. A block weighing 500 N is held by a rope that passes over a horizontal drum. The coefficient
of friction between the rope and the drum is 0.15. If the angle of contact is 150 degrees,
compute the force that will raise the object.
A. 740.7 N B. 760.6 N C. 770.5 N D. 780.8 N
44. “The sum of individual moments about a point caused by multiple concurrent forces is equal
to the moment of the resultant force about the same point”. This statement is known as ____.
A. Pappus proposition B. D’ Alembert’s principle
C. Varignon’s theorem D. Newton’s method
45. A block is slides from rest on an incline that is tilting at 40 degrees. The coefficient of
friction is 0.2. The acceleration of the box is most nearly:
A. 13.8 ft/s2 B. 15.8 ft/s2 C. 11.4 ft/s2 D. 8.5 ft/s2
46. A highway curve has a super elevation of 7 degrees. What is the radius of the curve such that
there will be no lateral pressure between the tires and the roadway at a speed of 40 mph?
A. 265.71 m B. 438.34 C. 345.34 m D. 330.78 m
47. A baseball is thrown a horizontal plane following a parabolic path with an initial velocity
of 100 m/s at an angle of 30o above the horizontal. Solve the distance from the throwing point
that the ball attains its original level.
A. 890 m B. 883 m C. 858 m D. 820 m
48. A 100-lb block of silicon mold is pulled along a pavement with u = 0.3. The force of 50 lb
is applied at 70 degrees with the horizontal. If the block started from rest, what distance
can it reach in 5 seconds?
A. 2.5 ft B. 6.8 ft C. 4.8 ft D. 1.8 ft
49. Determine the acceleration in feet/sec/sec of mass system composed of two steel weights 70
lbs and 90 lbs connected between opposite sides of a frictionless pulley:
A. 3.702 B. 8.544 C. 1.826 D. 4.025
50. Compute the minimum distance that a truck slides on a horizontal asphalt road if it is traveling
at 20 m/s? The coefficient to sliding friction between asphalt and rubber tire is at 0.50.
The weight of the truck is 8000 kg.
A. 40.8 B. 48.5 C. 35.3 D. 31.4
51. A projectile is fired from a cliff 300 m high with an initial velocity of 400 m/s. If the
firing angle is 30o from the horizontal, compute the horizontal range of the projectile.
A. 15.74 k B. 14.54 km C. 12.31 km D. 20.43 km
52. A block and tackle of a crane boom monolith is used to lift a load of 12,350 lbs using a compound
pulley system with 6 sheaves and one of which is fixed on the block. The amount of effort
to lift the load is nearly:
A. 386 lbs B. 278 lbs C. 1890 lbs d. 982 lbs
53. A mechanism containing 9 links and 10 joints is said to be:
B. Locked B. unconstrained C. constrained d. statically indeterminate.
54. A body which is 16.1 lb rests on a horizontal plane and acted upon by a 10-lb force. Find
the acceleration of the body if the coefficient of friction between the plane and the body
is 0.2. Note: 1 lbf = 32.2 lbm-ft/s2.
A. 12.34 ft/s2 B. 11.57 ft/s2 C. 15.57 ft/s2 D. 13.56 ft/s2
55. A 400 lb ice is pushed up an incline that has a slope of 40 degrees. If the coefficient of
friction is 0.3, determine the amount of horizontal force required in order to impend the
motion of the ice?
A. 360 lb B. 1290 C. 609 lb D. 430 lb
56. A ball is kicked from the ground at 17 m/s at an angle of 35 degrees from a hieght of 10 meters.
Determine the maximum height will the ball achieve:
B. 23.6 m B. 21.8 m C. ZZZZ D. 19.45 m
57. The frictional forces that can result when two surfaces are sliding to each other is
proportional to the normal force applied on the surface.
a) friction force b) kinetic friction
c) static friction d) pending motion
58. A 200 lb sled is situated on an inline that is 30 degrees with the horizontal. Determine the
mechanical efficiency (AMA : IMA) of the force parallel to the incline if the sled is
accelerating at 20 feet in 10 seconds up the incline? Assume u = 0.1.
a. 76.8% b. 91.7% c. 42.7% d. 83.5%
59. The height of a cannonball launched from a 120 feet tall tower is given by h(t) = -5t^2 +
20t + 30 in feet and seconds units. Determine the velocity when it strikes the ground:
a. 31.62 ft/s b. 45.67 ft/s 78.90 ft/s d. zero.
60. What horizontal force P can be applied to a 100-kg block in a level surface with a coefficient
of friction of 0.20 that will cause an acceleration of 2.50 m/sq.sec?
a. 446.2 N b. 224.5 N c. 53.8 N d. 343.5 N
61. The driver of a car traveling at 24 m/sec sees a cow on the road. Calculate the stopping distance
if the driver’s reaction time before applying the brakes is 0.75 sec and the car’s deceleration
after the brakes are applied is 3.6 m/sec2.
a. 89.0 m b. 85.6 m c. 93.0 m d. 98.0 m
62. A kinematic chain contains 11 binary joints, 7 ternary joints, and 5 quaternary joints. The
number of links required is:
a. 24 b. 28 c. 32 d. 34
63. An elevator on an office building starting from rest at the first floor is accelerated 0.75
m/sec2 for 5 seconds. It continues at constant speed for 12 seconds more and is then stopped
in 3 seconds with constant deceleration. If the floors are 3.75 m apart, at what floor did
the elevator stop?
a. 15 b. 16 c. 17 d. 18
64. The velocity of a sled along an iced lined pavement is given by V(t) = 4t^2 + 8/t in feet/min.
Determine the acceleration of the sled in ft sqd./min in when in reaches 17 meters in t =
2 min?
a.11 b. 18 c. 14 d. 10
65. In an Atwood machine (Two mass and a pulley system), if M = 0.60 kg and m = 0.40 kg, what
is the magnitude of the acceleration of the system? (Ignore friction and the mass of the pulley.)
a. 5.3 m/s2 b. 3.9 m/s2 c. 2.0 m/s2 d.0.98 m/s2
66. An operator pulls a box of steel on a smooth horizontal floor with a force of 100 N in a direction
of 37 deg above the horizontal. If the mass of the box and the steel is 40.0 kg, what is the
acceleration of the box? Neglect friction
A) 1.5 m/s2 B) 1.9 m/s2 C) 2.0 m/s2 D) 3.3 m/s2
67. A chain contains is made using 88 links. What number of joints is required to make a triple
degrees of movability?
B) 129 B) 133 C) 128 D) 126
68. What minimum banking angle is required for an Olympic bobsled to negotiate a 100-m radius
turn at 35 m/s without skidding?
A) 31D B) 41D C) 51D D) 61D
