1

30. If tan x= ½ , tan y= , what is

TRIGONOMETRY 3
the value of tan (x + y)?
15. Points A and B are 100 m apart A. 1
and are of the same elevation as B. 2
the foot of the tower. The angles of C. 3
elevation of the top of the tower D. 4
from the points A and B are 21
degrees and 32 degrees
respectively. How far is A from the
tower in meters?

A. 259.28
B. 265.42
C. 271.62
D. 277.92
45. In a right-angled triangle, the
hypotenuse is dour times as long
as the perpendicular to it from the
opposite vertex, one of the acute
angle is _____.

A. 15 deg
B. 30 deg
C. 22.5 deg
D. 45 deg

60. In a triangle ABC, angle A is 60

deg and angle B is 45 deg.
Compute the ratio of sides BC to to a stake within the plot. Find the
AC? minimum length of the rope tied so
the goat so that it can graze over
A. 1.22 the entire plot.
B. 1.56
C. 1.87 A. 12.54
D. 1.15 B. 15.67
C. 16.47
D. 17.27

90. The area of the inner triangle

ABC is ¼ that of triangle ADE. AB=
75. The sides of a triangular grass 45 m, AD = 65 m, AE= 90m. Point
plot are 20.4 m, 28.5 m and 32.6 B is along line AD and point C is
m, respectively. A goat is tethered
along line AE. Find the length of the
segment CE?

A. 62.4
B. 57.5
C. 49.2
D. 71.8

PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY

15. The area of a rhombus is 168 of the circles. Compute the area of
m2. If one of its diagonals is 12 m, the bigger segment.
fin the length of the sides of a
rhombus. A. 363.56
B. 234.56
A. 15.23 C. 456.76
B. 34.55 D. 343.56
C. 12.34
D. 18.56

45. The lateral area of a right

circular cone is 4 times the area of
the base. Find the angle at which
an element of the cone is inclined
to the base.

A. 76º45’
30. A circle having an area of 452 B. 73º36’
sq.m. is cut into segments by a C. 75º31’
chord which is 6m from the center D. 77º42’
 75. The frustum of a regular
triangular pyramid has equilateral
60. The circumference of the base triangles for its bases and has an
of a right circular cylinder is 48 cm altitude of 8 m. The lower base
and its altitude is 15 cm. Determine edge is 9 m. If the volume is 135
its total surface area. cu. m, what is the upper base
edge?
A. 1086.69 cm3
B. 1042.52 cm3 A. 2 m
C. 1204.23 cm3 B. 4 m
D. 1102.62 cm3 C. 5 m
D. 3 m
90. The area of a zone of a
spherical segment is 180 π sq. m.
and has a volume of 466 π cu. m. PROBABILITY & STATISTICS AND
Find the volume of the sphere. SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY

A. 4000 π
B. 4500 π 15. A study has a sample size of 9,
C. 4800 π a standard deviation of 4.0, and a
D. 4200 π sample standard deviation of 4.2.
What is most nearly the sample
variance?

A. 16
B. 18
C. 34
D. 36

30. What is the probability that a

number selected at random from
the set of numbers (1, 2, 3, . . ., 99,
100) is a cube?

A. 1/25
B. 2/25
C. 3/25 60. Which of the following
D. 4/25 parameters does not measure the
central tendency of a data set?

A. Average/ Mean
B. Median Value
C. Mode
D. Skewness
75. Five horses are in a race. A
man selects two of the horses at
random and belts on them. What is
the probability that this man
selected the winning horse?

A. 3/5
45. What is the probability that of B. 4/5
all 3 digit numbers having all digits C. 2/5
the same? D. 1/5

A. 1/10
B. 1/3
C. 1/100
D. 3/100
90. An urn contains 4 black balls
and 6 white balls. What is the
probability of getting 1 black ball ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 01
and 1 white ball in two consecutive
draws from the urn? 15. Determine the area of the
triangle bounded by the straight
A. 0.04 lines x +2 y=7 , 3 x−4 y +1∧2 x − y+ 8=0.
B. 0.27
C. 0.53 A. 15
D. 0.04 B. 25
C. 20
D. 30
 A. 2 x− y−2=0
B. 2 x+ y+ 2=0
C. y +2 x−2=0
D. y−2 x−2=0

60. Determine the distance from

(5, 10) to the line x− y =0.

A. 3.54
B. 4.23
C. 5.45
D. 3.33
30. If the points (-2, 3), (x, y) and (-
3, 5) lie on a straight line, then the
equation of the line is,

A. x−2 y−1=0
B. 2 x+ y−1=0
C. x +2 y−1=0
D. 2 x+ y+1=0
75. The points A(1,0); B(9, 2) and
C(3,6) are vertices of a triangle.
Which of the following is an
equation of one of the medians?

A. 7 x− y =23
B. x−7 y =23
C. 7 x + y=23
D. x−7 y =23

45. What is the equation of a straight line

with a slope of 2 and x-intercept of 1.
90. What is the volume of the solid ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 02
bounded by the plane 15. Find the equation of the directrix of
3 x+ 4 y +6 z=12 and the coordinate the parabola (x−4)2=16 y
axes.
A. y=0
A. 4 B. y=−4
B. 9 C. y=2
C. 6 D. y=−2
D. 12
 45. The locus of a point which moves
at a constant distance from a fixed
point is called its center.

A. Circle
B. Ellipse
30. Find the center and the radius C. Parabola
of the equation x 2+ y 2−4 x+2 y−20=0 . D. Hyperbola

A. radius 6 centered at (2, -1)

B. radius 5 centered at (-2, -1)
C. radius 5 centered at (2, 1)
D. radius 5 centered at (2, -1)

60. Find the area bounded by the curve

2 2
9 x + 25 y + 8 x−100 y =116.

A. 15 π
B. 24 π
C. 20 π
D. 31 π
 75. The length of the transverse
axis of a hyperbola.

A. Is always greater than the

conjugate axis
B. Is always less than the
conjugate axis
C. May be greater or less that but
never equal to the conjugate
axis
D. May be greater than, equal to,
or less than the conjugate axis

90. Find the location of the vertex of the

parabola (x +2)2=−16( y −3).

A. (2, -5)
B. ( -2, 3)
C. (-5, -1)
D. (1,2)
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DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS 01 15. The best approximation, in

cubic inches, to the increase in
15. Evaluate: lim
x →0
x csc 2 x volume of a sphere when the
radius is increased from 3 to 3.1 is
____
A. -1/3
B. ½
A. (0.04 pi)/3
C. ¼
B. 0. 04 pi
D. 1/5
C. 1.2 pi
D. -3.6 pi
 45. At the maximum point of
y=f ( x ) .
30. Find the change in y if y=2 x−3
where x changes from 3.3 to 3.5. A. The curve is concave upward
B. The curve is concave downward
A. 3. 01 C. y” is positive
B. 0.7 D. y” is zero
C. 0.4
D. 0.2
 75. Find the 60th derivative of y
with respect to x for y=x θ x
60. Find dy/dx if y=cos ⁡( 1−2 x)
x
A. xθ
A. −2 sin(1−2 x ) B. (x +60)θ
x

B. sin 2(1−2 x ) C. 60 x θ
x

C. 2 sin(1−2 x ) D. x
( x θ )60
D. −sin(1−2 x)
90. Find the partial derivative of
xy −5 x +6 with respect to y.
2

2
A. y −5
2
B. x −10
C. 2 xy
2
D. x −5

DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS 02
15. An ambulance is 20 ft away from there are t+ √ t gallons in the pool.
a long straight wall. Its beacon, At what rate is the water pouring
rotating 1 revolution per second, into the pool when t=9 hours .
shines a beam of light on the wall.
Find how fats is the beam moving A. 1 gph
when it is closest to the ambulance. B. 7/6 gph
C. ½ gph
A. 15 π ft / s D. 1/6 gph
B. 30 π ft / s
C. 20 π ft / s
D. 40 π ft /s

30. What number will be greater its

square by the minimum amount?
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A. ¼
15. Water is pouring into a B. 1
swimming pool. After t hours, C. 1/3
D. 1/2

60. What is the maximum volume

of a box that is constructed from a
45. If the sum of two numbers is 4, piece of cardboard 16 inches
find the minimum value of the sum square by cutting equal squares
of their cubes. out of the corners and turning up
the sides?
A. 16
B. 10 A. 303.407
C. 18 B. 245.430
D. 32 C. 134.458
D. 453.347

90. What is the maximum length of

75. Which of the following of the the perimeter if the hypotenuse of
point of inflection of the curve a right triangle is 5m long?
y=x −3 x ?
3

A. 20. 09 m
A. ( 0, 0 ) B. 15. 09 m
B. ( 0, 1 ) C. 12. 08 m
C. ( 1, 0 ) D. 8. 99 m
D. ( 1, 1 )
INTEGRAL CALCULUS 01

15. Determine the length of the arc

of the curve y=e x from x=0 to x=1

A. 2.0
B. 2.2
C. 1.8
D. 1.68
 30. Find the area of the curve
y=9−x and the x-axis.
2

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A. 36
15. Evaluate the integral of (sinx) B. 45
raised to 4 times (cosx ) raised to 6 C. 56
with the limits from 0 to pi/2. D. 76

A. 3 pi/512
B. 5 pi/512
C. pi/312
D. 7 pi/512
 60. What is the approximate area
4
xdx under the curves y=8−x 2 and
45. Evaluate ∫ ( x +1)(x +2) y=−2+ x
2
2

A. 0. 300 A. 22.4
B. 0. 500 B. 26.8
C. 1. 500 C. 29.8
D. 2. 500 D. 44.7
 90. The velocity of the body is
given by v ( t )=sin ( πt ) , where the
75. Find the length of the arc of the velocity is given in meters per
curve x 2+ y 2=64 from x=−1 to x=−3 , second and t is given in seconds.
in the second quadrant. The distance covered in meters
1
between t=
A. 2.07 4
B. 2.63 1
To t= seconds.
C. 3.22 2
D. 2.12
A. 0.5221 m
B. -0. 2251 m
C. 0. 2251 m
D. -0. 5221 m
INTEGRAL CALCULUS 02

TAKE HOME PROBLEMS

15. What is the surfacd area

generated by revolving the
2
parabola y=x from x=0 to
x=sq . rt of 2 about the y-axis.

A. 12.74
B. 14.98
C. 11.65
D. 13.61
 45. When a catenary ( y=cos h x ¿ ¿ is
30. Find the moment of inertia of rotated about its axis of symmetry,
the area bounded by the curve it generates a solid called
x =8 y the line x=4 and the x-axis
2

on the first quadrant with respect A. Paraboloid

to the y-axis. B. Conold
C. Catenoid
A. 20.2 D. Hyperboloid
B. 24.3
C. 28.3
D. 25.6
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION

15. Find the general solution of the

given differential equation
( 2 x+3 y ) dx + ( 3 x− y +5 ) dy=0

2 2
A. 2 x +3 xy + y +15 y=C
2 2
B. x + 6 xy− y +12 y=C
2 2
C. x + 6 xy+ y + 10 y =C
2 2
D. 2 x +6 xy − y + 10 y=C
 30. Given:

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=
dx 13 ( 5
2
3 3
)
1+ x= − k What is the
2 4
15. The differential value of k such that y1 is perpendicular to
''' 3 ' 4
( y ) −5 x ( y ) =e x +1is of degree the curve y 2=2 x at (1, 1)?

A. 1 A. 2
B. 3 B. 3
C. 2 C. 6
D. 4 D. 7
 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION 02

45. Which of the following is an exact 15. In a tank are 100 liters of brine
differential equation? containing 50 kg of salt. Pure water is
allowed to run into the tank at a rate of 3
liters per minute. Brine runs out the tank
A. ( 2 xy−3 y ) dx+ ( x 2−3 x ) dy=0 at a rate of 2 liters per minute. The
B. ( 2 xy− y 3 ) dx− ( x2 + xy 2 ) dy=0 instantaneous concentration in the tank
C. ( 2 x+ xy ) dx +2 ddx=0 is kept uniform by stirring. How much salt
is in the tank at the end of one hour?
D. xdy− ydx=x 2 lnxdx

A. 19.53 kg
B. 14.56 kg
C. 30.56 kg
D. 15.67 kg

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 unchanged. What is the proportionality
15. A body having a temperature of 100 constant if the amount of the substance
deg. C was placed in a room whose changes from 1000 grams to 500 grams
temperature is 0 deg. C. At the end of 1 in 2 hours.
minute, the temperature was reduce to
50 deg. C. What is the temperature of the A. -0. 897
body after 3 minutes? B. -0. 378
C. -0. 347
A. 12.5 deg. C D. -0. 987
B. 10 5 deg. C
C. 10.35 deg. C
D. 11. 45 deg. C

45. Solve the D.E.

30. The rate at which a chemical
substance decomposes is proportional to 2
d y dy 1∧dy ( 0 )
−7 =0 , y ( 0 )= =1 ?
the amount of the substance still dx
2
dt dt
 15. If

( 17 ) e + 67
35t
A=40 ej 120 °, B=20 ←40 , C=26.46+ j 0.Solv
A.
e for A+B+C

B. ( ) e +
7t
1 6
7 7 A. 27.7 < 45º
B. 35.1 < 45º
C. ( ) e +
−7 t
1 6
7 7 C. 30.8 < 45º
D. 3 e 3 t−2 D. 33.4 < 45º

ADVANCED MATH
TAKE HOME PROBLEMS
15. Compute the value of x by A. Composite functions
determinant: B. Onto functions
C. One to one function
D. Transcendental functions
4 -1 2 3
2 0 2 1
x= 10 3 0 1
14 2 4 5

A. -29
B. -28
C. -26
D. -27

4 5 0 1 0 0
45. If A= 6 7 3 and B= 0 1 0, what is A
30. Refers to a function which are not 1 2 3 0 0 1
algebraic B?
 4 0 0 needed to invest monthly for a year at 12
A. 0 7 0 % nominal interest rate, compounded
0 0 5 monthly so that each employee will
receive P 1000 bonus?
0 0 0
B. 0 7 0
A. P2070
1 0 0
B. P3940
C. P3840
6 7 0
C. 8 9 4 D. P4170
2 3 6

4 5 0
D. 6 7 3
1 2 3

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ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
15. You deposit P 1000 into a 9% account
15. The president of a growing today. At the end of two years, you will
engineering from wishes to give each 50 deposit another P 3000. In five years, you
employees a holiday bonus. How much is plan a P 4000 purchase. How much is left
in the account one year after the D. P 400, 000
purchase?

A. P1, 211.83
B. P 1, 155.66
C. P1, 551.83
D. P2, 151.83

45. How much must you invest today in

order to withdraw P 2, 000 annually for
30. What id the present worth of a 10 years if the interest rate is 22%?
perpetuity of P 5000 at 5% compounded
semi-annually? A. P12, 853,32
B. P 12, 385. 32
A. P 100, 000 C. P 12, 881. 37
B. P 300, 000 D. P 12, 835. 32
C. P 200, 000
 75. What is the effective annual interest
rate on a loan if the nominal interest rate
60. Find the number of years when P 2, us 12% per year compounded quarterly?
500.00 is compounded to P 5, 800.00 if
invested at 12 % compounded annually? A. 11.75%
B. 12.25%
A. 6.12 years C. 12%
B. 8.12 years D. 12.55%
C. 7.12 years
D. 5.12 years
90. An association of two or more
individuals for the purpose of operating a
business as co-owners for profit.

A. Sole proprietorship
B. Company
C. Partnership
D. Corporation
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15. The purchase of a motor for $6000
ENGINEERING ECONOMICS 02 and a generator for $4000 will allow a
company to produce its own energy. The
15. How much should a prospective configuration can be assembled for $500.
investor pay a bond, if he desires a 6% The service will operate for 1600 hours
return of his investment and the bond per year for 10 years. The maintenance
will return P 5, 000 per year for 20 years costs $300 per year and the cost to
and P100, 000 after 20 years. operate is $0.85 per hour for fuel and
related costs. Using straight-line
depreciation, what is the annual cost for
A. P82, 530.07 the operation?
B. P86, 530.07 There is $400 in salvage value for the
C. P84, 530.07 system at the end od 10 years.
D. P88, 530.07
Ans. 2670
 45. A manufacturer of sports equipment
produces tennis rackets for which there
30. A manufacturing firm maintains one is demand of 200 per month. The
product assembly line to produce signal production set cost for each lot of racket
generators. Weekly demand for the us P 300.00. In addition, the inventory
generators is 35 units, and the line carrying cost for each racket is P 24.00
operates 7 hours per day, five days per per year. Using the Economic Order
week. What is the maximum production Quantity (EOQ) model, which is the best
time per unit, in hours, required of the production batch size for the rackets.
line in order to meet demand?
A. 245 units
A. 0. 75 hour B. 71 units
B. 2.25 hour C. 173 units
C. 1 hour D. 346 units
D. 5 hours
 75. A manufacturing company buys a
machine for $50, 000. It estimates the
60. A machine costing P 480, 000 has a machine’s useful life is 20 years and that
life expectancy of 12 years with a it can then be sold for $5000. Using
salvage value of 10% of the first cost. straight line depreciation, what is the
What is the book value after five years annual depreciation charge?
using the declining balance method?
A. $2000
B. $2250
A. P183, 892 C. $2500
B. P174, 322 D. $2750
C. P152, 758
D. P166, 342
90. A man was offered a certificate with a
face value of P 100, 000 which is bearing
interest of 6% per year payable semi-
annually and due in 6 years. If he wants
to earn 8% semi-annually, how much
must he pay the certificate?

A. 100, 520.32
B. 90, 614.93
C. 98, 434. 32
D. 96, 562.52
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ENGINEERING MECHANICS 01 15. A cable carries a horizontal load of

20kg.m. Neglecting its own weight, find
15. A certain cable is suspended between the maximum tension on the cable if the
two supports at the same elevation and distance between the supports is 100 m
500 feet apart, the load is 500 lbs per and the sag is 5 m.
horizontal foot including the weight of
the cable is 30 feet. Calculate the total A. 5087 kg
length of the cable. B. 5078 kg
C. 5099 kg
D. 5102 kg
30. A branch of mechanics which deals
with bodies at rest.

A. Statics
B. Kinetics
C. Dynamics
D. Kinematics

45. The moment of inertia of any plane

figure can be expresses in units of length
to the

A. First power
B. Second power
C. Third power
D. Fourth power
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ENGINEERING MECHANICS 02
15. A flywheel is revolving at 200 rpm.
15. At what rpm is the Ferris wheel How long will it take to stop the flywheel
turning when the riders felt if it is decelerated at a constant rate of 2
weightlessness or zero gravity every time rad/s2
each rider is at the topmost part of the
wheel 9 m in radius? A. 10.47 s
B. 12.45 s
C. 14.5 s
D. 11.2 s
30. A force of 15 N acts on a 16 kg body another is thrown upward from the
for 2 seconds. If the body is initially at ground. The balls pass each other at a
rest, how far is it displaced by the force? point 60 m above the ground. What was
the initial velocity of the second ball?
A. 1.1 m
B. 1.5 m A. 30 m/s
C. 1.9 m B. 35 m/s
D. 2.1 m C. 32 m/s
D. 29 m/s

60. Traffic is expected to move around a

curve of radius 200 m and 90 km/hr.
45. A ball is dropped from the top of a what should be the value of the banking
building 150 m high at the same instant
angle if no impedance is to be placed on one side and then allowed to swing
friction? freely. If an astronaut was to repeat this
experiment on the moon where the
gravitational attraction is approximately
A. 8.7º 1/6th that of the earth, the observed
B. 12.5º period would be
C. 17.7º
D. 11.7º A. 0.33 seconds
B. 0. 82 seconds
C. 4.90 seconds
D. 12.00 seconds

90. A solid disk flywheel (l=200 kg-m) is

75. A heavy brass plump-bob suspended rotating with a speed of 900 rpm. What
from a 38-inch cord was observed to is the rotational kinetic energy?
have a natural period of oscillation of
about two seconds if puled 24 inches to A. 730 x 103 J
B. 880 x 103 J
C. 888 x 103 J
D. 1100 x 103 J

ENGINEERING MECHANICS 03

15. What is the sound power level of a

whisper that emits a power of 1 nW and a
rocket engine that emits 10MW.

A. 30 dB and 150 dB
B. 30 dB and 190 dB
C. 20 dB and 140 dB
 D. 10 dB and 200 dB C. 5.45 s
D. 6.37 s

30. A 20 m by 30 m flat bottom car ferry

is used to transport automobiles across
TAKE HOME PROBLEMS the river has a mass of 35, 000 kg and
can carry a total of 60 automobiles at
15. A pick-up truck is travelling forward 5000 kg each. How far will the ferry sink
at 25 m/s. The truck bed is loaded with in the water.
boxes. Whose coefficient of friction with
the bed is 0.4. What is the shortest time A. 0.45 m
that the truck can be brought to a stop B. 0.56 m
such that the boxes do not shift? C. 0.34 m
D. 1.45 m
A. 4.75 s
B. 2.35 s
45. A 1530 kg car is towing a 300 kg
trailer. The coefficient of friction between
all tires and the road is 0.80. The car and
trailer are travelling at 100 km/h around
a banked curve of radius 200 m. What is
the necessary banking angle such that
tire friction will not be necessary to
prevent skidding?

A. 8.0º
B. 21º
C. 36º
D. 78º