PEB ENGINEERING REVIEW

Bacolod City

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Registered Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination

September 2024 08:00 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.
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MATHEMATICS PREBOARD 7

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark ONLY ONE
answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. If two sides of triangle ABC are a = 75 units and b = 100 units and the angle opposite
sides a is 32 degrees, approximately the angle opposite side c is
a) 101 degrees b) 102 degrees c) 103 degrees d) 104 degrees

2. Hotels, like airlines, often overbook, relying on the fact that some people with
reservations will cancel at the last minute. A certain hotel chain finds 20% of the
reservation will not be used. If 4 reservations are made, what is the probability fewer than
two will cancel?
a) 0.8192 b) 0.3825 c) 0.7241 d) 0.5211

3. A tangent to a conic is a line which __________.

a) passes inside a conic c) is parallel to the normal
b) touches the conic at only one point d) touches the normal

4. Find the area of a triangle having vertices at -4 - i, 1 + 2i, 4 - 3i.

a) 7 b) 17 c) 10 d) 107

5. Find the length of A = i + (sqrt of 3) j.

a) 1 b) sqrt of 3 c) 2 d) 4

6. Which of the following is an exact DE?

a) (x^2 + 1)dx - xydy = 0 c) 2xydx + (2 = x^2)dy = 0
b) xdy + (3x - 2y)dx = 0 d) x^2(y)dy - ydx = 0

7. Determine the nature of the surface whose equation is 6x^2 - 3y^2 - 2z^2 - 12x - 18y + 16z
= 83.
a) sphere b) ellipsoid c) hyperboloid d) elliptic paraboloid

8. At a height of 23,240 ft, a pilot of an airplane measures the angle of depression of a

light at an airport as 28 deg 45 min. How far is he from the light?
a) 20,375 ft b) 26,510 ft c) 12,750 ft d) 48,330 ft

9. Find all the values of z for which e4z = i.

a) 1/6 pi i + 1/2 kpi i c) 1/8 pi i + 1/2 k pi i
b) -1/6 pi i + 1/2 kpi i d) -1/8 pi i + 1/2 kpi I

10. The area bounded by the curve y^2 = 12x and the line x = 3 is revolved about the line x =
3. What is the volume generated?
a) 186 b) 179 c) 181 d) 184

11. Determine the sum of the infinite series: (0.9) + (0.9)² + (0.9)³ + … + (0.9)^n + …
a) 8 b) 7 c) 9 d) 6

12. Find the value of the constant “h” in the equation 2x^2 - hx^2 + 4x + 5h = 0 so that the
sum of the roots is 2.
a) 4 b) 12 c) 6 d) 18

13. Find the domain of the following function: f(x) = 3x, -6 ≤ x ≤ 8.

a) (-6, 8) b) [-18, 24] c) (-18, 24) d) [-6, 8]

14. What is the equation of the directrix of the parabola x^2 = 4(y - 2)?
a) x = -1 b) x = 1 c) y = -1 d) y = 1

15. Determine x if y = 3x^2 - 2x and dy/dx = 10.

a) 3 b) 0 c) 1 d) 2

16. A rotating sprinkler sprays water 10 feet as it rotates in a circle. How much grass will
the sprinkler water?
a) 20 pi sq. ft. b) 100 pi sq. ft. c) 200 pi sq. ft. d) 400 pi sq. ft.

17. In special rule of addition of probability, events are always

a) Independent Events c) Bayesian
b) Mutually Exclusive Events d) Empirical

18. Find all values of z for which e^(3z) = 1.

a) 2kpi i/3 c) (1/8) pi i + (1/2)k pi i
 b) 3k pi i d) (1/2)k pi i

19. If in the Fourier series of a periodic function, the coefficient a0 = 0 and an = 0, then
it must be having __________ symmetry.
a) odd b) odd quarter-wave c) even d) either A or B

20. A large horizontal circular ring has 8 hooks around its circumference. In how many ways
can 8 different lantern be hung with one lantern on each hook?
a) 5040 b) 5420 c) 2520 d) 1080

21. Which of the following is divisible by 6?

a) 792 b) 794 c) 790 d) 796

22. A man on an observation sees a fire directly south of him. A boy on another lower 20 km
east of the first tower observes the fire at bearing S 40°15’ W. What is the distance of the
first tower from the fire?
a) 26.20 km b) 15.26 km c) 16.93 km d) 23.62 km

23. A lamina with density δ (x, y) = x + y is bounded by the x-axis, the line x = 1, and the
curve y = x^(1/2). Find its mass.
a) 13/20 b) 20/13 c) 9/20 d) 20/9

24. Find the value of x for which the tangent to y = 4x - x^2 is parallel to the x-axis.
a) 2 b) -1 c) 1 d) -2

25. A normal to a given plane is

a) perpendicular to the plane c) parallel to the plane
b) lying on the plane d) oblique to the plane

26. Find the angle formed by the lines 2x + y - 8 = 0 and x + 3y + 4 = 0.

a) 30 deg b) 35 deg c) 45 deg d) 60 deg

27. Find the surface area generated by rotating the parabolic arc y^2 = x about the x-axis
from x = 0 to x = 1.
a) 5.33 b) 4.98 c) 5.73 d) 4.73

28. Find the point along the line x=y=z that is equidistant from (3, 0, 5) and (1, -1, 4).
a) (1, 1, 1) b) (2, 2, 2) c) ( 3, 3, 3) d) (4, 4, 4)

29. A ladder 10 ft long is resting against a side of a building. If the foot of the ladder
slips away from the wall at the rate of 2ft/min, how fast is the angle between the ladder and
the building changing when the foot of the ladder is 6 ft away from the building?
a) 1/2 rad/min b) 1/4 rad/min c) 1/3 rad/min d) 1/6 rad/min

30. A triangular corner lot has perpendicular sides of lengths 90 m and 60 m. Find the
dimensions of the largest rectangular building that can be constructed on the lot with sides
parallel to the streets.
a) 30 m x 30 m b) 24 m x 24 m c) 25 m x 40 m d) 45 m x 30 m

31. The area in the second quadrant of the circle x^2 + y^2 = 36 is revolved about the line y
+ 10 = 0. What is the volume generated?
a) 2208.53 b) 2218.33 c) 2228.83 d) 2233.48

32. Evaluate the Inverse Laplace Transform of 6 over (s^2 + 4).

a) 3sin2t b) 3cos2t c) 3sinh2t d) 3cosh2t

33. What is the allowable error in measuring the edge of a cube that is intended to hold 8
cu.m., if the error of the computed volume is not to exceed 0.03 cu.m?
a) 0.002 b) 0.003 c) 0.0025 d) 0.001

34. The force required to stretched a spring is proportional to the elongation. If 24 N

stretches a spring 3mm, find the force required to stretch the spring 2mm.
a) 16 N b) 18 N c) 14 N d) 12 N

35. Find the area bounded by the curves: r = 2/(1 + cosθ) and cosθ = 0.
a) 2/3 b) 8/3 c) 5/3 d) 11/3

36. If the tangent of angle A is equal to the square root of 3, angle A in the 3rd quadrant,
find the square of the tangent of A/2.
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

37. Solve the inequality 3 - 2x < 4x - 5.

a) x < 4/3 b) x > 4/3 c) x < 3/4 d) x > 3/4

38. A motorist drives for 2 h at 90 km/h and for 2 h at 80 kph. What is the average speed of
the motorist?
a) 80 b) 85 c) 90 d) 100

39. The lateral area of a right circular cylinder is 77 sq. cm. and its volume is 231 cu. cm.
Find its radius.
a) 4 cm b) 5 cm c) 6 cm d) 7 cm
40. Determine the equation that expresses that G is proportional to k and inversely
proportional to C and z. Symbols a, b, and c are constants.
a) G = ck/(GG) b) G = a/(bc) c) G = ck/(zC) d) G = bc/(zK)

41. If Rita can run around the block 5 times in 20 minutes. How many times can she rum around
the block in one hour?
a) 10 b) 15 c) 50 d) 100

42. The area enclosed by the ellipse 4x^2 + 9y^2 + 36 is revolved about the line x = 3, what
is the volume generated?
a) 370.3 b) 360.1 c) 355.3 d) 365.1

43. Compute the Briggsian log of 4.

a) 0.60206 b) 0.62060 c) 0.60026 d) 0.66002

44. If the general equation of the conic Ax^2 + Bxy + Cy^2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0. If B^2 - 4AC >
0, the equation described a/an ________.
a) ellipse b) hyperbola c) parabola d) circle

45. Find the area bounded by the curve r = 8cosθ.

a) 50.27 b) 12.57 c) 8 d) 67.02

46. Identify the property of real numbers being illustrated: x + (y + z) = (x + y) + z.

a) Commutative Property of Addition
b) Commutative Property of Multiplication
c) Associative Property of Addition
d) Associative Property of Multiplication

47. Find the height of a right circular cylinder of maximum volume which can be inscribed in
a sphere of radius 10 cm.
a) 11.55 cm b) 14.55 cm c) 12.55 cm d) 13.55 cm

48. A passenger in a helicopter shines a light on a car stranded 45 ft from a point just
below the helicopter. If the helicopter is hovering at 85 ft, what is the angle of depression
from the light source to the car?
a) 82 degrees b) 80 degrees c) 60 degrees d) 62 degrees

49. Listed below are functions each denoted g(x) and each involving a real number x, constant
c > 1. If f(x) = 2^x, which of these function yield the greatest value of f(g(x)), for all x
> 1?
a) g(x) = cx b) g(x) = c/x c) g(x) = c - x d) g(x) = x/c

50. Solve for F in degrees if: tan (8F + 1) = cot (F + 17).

a) 7° b) 9° c) 8° d) 6°

51. Which of the following is true?

a) sin(-θ) = cos θ b) tan(-θ) = tan θ c) cos(-θ) = cos θ d) csc(-θ) = csc θ

52. If there are 2 computers for every 4 students, how many computers are needed for 60
students?
a) 24 b) 26 c) 30 d) 32

53. Given a conic section, if B^2 - 4AC = 0, it is called?

a) Circle b) Parabola c) Hyperbola d) Ellipse

54. If equal spheres are piled in the form of a complete pyramid with a square base, find the
total number of spheres in the pile if each side of the base contains 4 spheres.
a) 18 b) 20 c) 30 d) 28

55. Given the following data: male and swimmer-25, male and runner-60, male and cyclist-25,
female and swimmer-20, female and runner-50, female and cyclist-20. What is the probability
that he is a male or a swimmer or both?
a) 1/2 b) 1/4 c) 1/8 d) 1/16

56. The vertices of the base of an isosceles triangle are (-1, -2) and (1, 4). If the third
vertex lies on the line 4x + 3y = 12. Find the area of the triangle.
a) 8 b) 15 c) 12 d) 10

57. Find the area of a triangle having vertices at -4 - i, 1 + 2i, 4 - 3i.

a) 7 b) 17 c) 10 d) 107

58. Find the particular solution of y” - 5y’ + 4y = 8e^x.

a) yp = (8/3)xe^x b) yp = (-8/3)xe^x c) yp = (3/5)x^2e^x d) yp = (-3/5)x^2e^x

59. Find the magnitude of the shortest distance between the lines (x/2) = (y/-3) = (z/1) and
(x-2)/3 = (y - 1)/-5 = (z + 2)/2.
a) 0.85 b) 0.58 c) 0.97 d) 0.79

60. Given a conic section, if B^2 - 4AC = 0, it is called?

a) Circle b) Parabola c) Hyperbola d) Ellipse

61. Find the parametric equations for the line through the point (1, 7, 1) that is parallel
to the plane x + y + z = 10 and perpendicular to the line x = 3 + t, y = -18 - t, z = 5t.
a) x = 6t - 1, y = 4t - 7, z = -2t - 2 c) x = 6t + 1, y = -4t + 7, z = -2t + 2
 b) 4t + 1, y = -6t + 7, z = 2t + 2 d) x = 4t + 1, y = -6t, z = 2t + 2

62. It represents the distance of a point from the y-axis.

a) Ordinate b) Abscissa c) Coordinate d) Polar Distance

63. The locus of a point which moves so that its distance from a fixed point and a fixed line
is always equal is __________.
a) Ellipse b) Parabola c) Circle d) Hyperbola

64. Jerome ate 3 oz. of a 16-oz ice cream pack. What percentage of the pack did he eat?
a) 18.75% b) 19.50% c) 17.25% d) 16.75%

65. Determine the equation that expresses the statement.

F is directly proportional to y
Symbols a, b, c, and d are constants
a) F = a b) F = a · y c) F = b d) cy^3 + a

66. If a quiz consists of four true-false questions, and a student guesses at each answer,
what is the probability the student answer exactly half of the questions correctly?
a) 0.5000 b) 0.2500 c) 0.1536 d) 0.7521

67. Evaluate lim | (n2 + 3i) (n - i) |

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
n - - > infinity | in ^3 - 3n + 4 - i |
a) 1 b) 0 c) i/2 d) -i/2

68. Find the equation of the circle with center at the origin and passes through (-3, 4).
a) x² + y² = 36 b) x² + y² = 25 c) x² + y² = 9 d) x² + y² = 16

69. Find the area bounded by r = 2/(1 + cos theta) and cos theta = 0.
a) 1/3 b) 2/3 c) 5/3 d) 8/3

70. The value of 5! is equal to:

a) 120 b) 1. c) 25. d) 5.

71. If sin theta = a and cos² theta = b, then what is the value of sin² theta - 2 cos theta?
I. a² + 2 square root of b
II. a² - 2 square root of b
III. b² + 2 square root of a
IV. b² - 2 square root of a
a) I only b) I and II only c) III and IV only d) III only

72. Find the equation of the parabola with vertex t(-1, -2) latus rectum 12, opens downward.
a) x² + 12x + 12y - 25 = 0 c) x² - 2x + y - 23 = 0
b) x² + 12x2y + 22 = 0 d) x² + 2x + 12y + 25 = 0

73. A man is driving a car at the rate of 30 km/hour towards the foot of a monument 6m high.
At what rate is he approaching the top when he is 36m from the foot of the monument?
a) -52.80 km/hr b) 10.55 km/hr c) -29.59 km/hr d) 12.52 km/hr

74. A cross-section of a trough is a semi-ellipse with width at the top 18 in. and depth 12
in. The trough is filled with water to a depth of 8 in. Find the width of the surface of the
water.
a) 6 square root of 5 in c) 6 in
b) square root of 5 in d) 5 square root of 6 in

75. A secondary school is contracting its alumni for asking donations to help put up new
computer laboratory. Past records show that 80% of the alumni will make a contribution of at
least P50.00. A random sample of 20 alumni is selected. What is the probability that exactly
15 alumni will make a donation of at least P50.00?
a) 0.576 b) 0.167 c) 0.174 d) 0.204

76. Determine the differential equation of the family of lines passing through (h, 1=k).
a) (y - h) + (y - k) + dy/dx c) (x + h)dx - (y - k)dy = 0
b) (x - h)dx - (y - k)dy= 0 d) (y - k)dx - (x - h)dy = 0

77. Find two complex numbers whose sum is 4 and whose product is 8.
a) 1 + 2i & 1 - 2i b) 2 + i & 2 - i c) 1 + i & 1 - i d) 2 + 2i & 2 - 2i

78. If 3x² is multiplied by the quantity 2x^3y raised to the 4th power, what would this
expression simplify to?
a) 6x^9y to the 4th power c) 6x^14y to the 4th power
b) 48x^14y to the 4th power d) 1296x^16y to the 4th power

79. A point is chosen at random inside a circle having a diameter of 8 inches. What is the
probability that the point is at least 1.5 in away from the center of the circle?
a) 55/64 b) 5/8 c) 5/64 d) 12/45

80. In an ellipse a chord which contains a focus and is in a line perpendicular to the major
axis is a;
a) conjugate axis b) latus rectum c) focal width d) minor axis

81. Find the position value of c such that the area of the region bounded by the parabola y =
x² - c² and y = c² - x² is 576.
 a) 13 b) 5 c) 8 d) 6

82. Obtain L^-1{1/(s^2 + 1)^2}.

a) 1/2(sin t - t cos t) c) 1/2(sin t + t cos t)
b) -1/2(sin t - t cos t) d) -1/2(sin t + t cos t)

83. If Jim and Jerry work together they can finish a job in 4 hours. If working alone takes
Jim 10 hours to finish the job, how many hours would it take Jerry to do the job alone?
a) 16 b) 6.0 c) 6.7 d) 5.6

84. A line through (0, 0) intersects y = x² at a point (a, a²). The area of the upper region
bounded above by the line and below by the curve is 27. Find a.
a) 2 cube root of 6 b) cube root of 6 c) 3 cube root of 6 d) cube root of 3

85. Simplify i^(39).

a) -i b) 1 c) -1 d) i

86. If a rock is dropped, its distance below the starting point at the end of t sec is given
by s = 16 t square, where s is in ft. Find the rate of change of distance after 1.5 minutes.
a) 288 ft/sec b) 281 ft/sec c) 2,880 ft/sec d) 800 ft/sec

87. Find the equation of a line with slope 3 and y-intercept -2.
a) y = 2x + 3 b) y = 2x - 3 c) y = -3x + 2 d) y = 3x - 2

88. Three randomly chosen senior high school students was administered a drug test. Each
student was evaluated as positive to the drug test (P) or negative to the drug test (N).
Assume the possible combinations of the three students drug test evaluation as PPP, PPN, PNP,
NPP, PNN, NPN, NNP, NNN. Assuming each possible combinations is equally likely, what is the
probability that all three students get positive results?
a) 1/2 b) 1/7 c) 3/4 d) 1/8

89. Find the area of the first octant part of the plane x/a + y/b + z/c = 1, where a, b, and
c are positive.
a) 1/2 square root of (a²b²+b²c²+a²c²) c) square root of (a + b + c)
b) a + b + c d) square root of (a²+b²+c²)

90. Find the volume generated by revolving the area bounded by y² = 12x and x = 3 about the
line x = 3.
a) 131 b) 191 c) 181 d) 151

91. Joey will be x years old y years from now. How old is she now?
a) y - x b) x c) x - y d) y

92. A rectangle with sides parallel to the coordinate axes has one vertex at the origin, one
on the positive x-axis and its fourth vertex in the first quadrant on the line with equation
2x + y = 100. What is the maximum possible area of rectangle?
a) 3520 b) 1250 c) 1908 d) 2250

93. Find the volume generated by revolving the area bounded by y² = 12x and x - 3 about the
line x = 3.
a) 191 b) 181 c) 151 d) 131

94. Find the equation of the line passing 3 nits from the origin and parallel to 3x _ 4y - 10
= 0.
a) 3x + 4y - 5 = 0 b) 4x + 3y + 1 = 0 c) x - 3y + 15 = 0 d) 3x + 4y - 15 = 0

95. Patrick has a rectangular patio whose length is 5m less than the diagonal and a width
that is 7m less than the diagonal. If the area of his patio is 195m², what is the length of
the diagonal?
a) 20 m b) 10 m c) 16 m d) 8 m

96. Find |u x v| correct to three decimal places where |u| = 9, |v| = 3, LO = 85 deg.
a) 2.989 b) 31.897 c) 2.353 d) 26.897

97. If 1 is added to the difference when 10x is subtracted from -18x, the result is 57. What
is the value of x?
a) 7 b) 2 c) -2 d) -7

98. Joseph gave 1/4 of his candies to Joy and Joy gave 1/5 of what she got to Tim. If Tim
received 2 candies, how many candies did Joseph have originally?
a) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) 50

99. From past experience, it is known 90% of one-year-old children can distinguish their
mother voice from the voice of a similar sounding female. A random sample of 20 one year old
are given this voice recognition test. Let the random variable x denote the number of
children who do not recognize their Mother’s voice. Find the mean of x.
a) 20 b) 2 c) 4 d) 1

100. What percent of 50 is 12?

a) 14% b) 4% c) 2% d) 24%
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