HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

GEAS

1:00 PM 5:00 PM

1. Jeffrey buys an electric fan from a merchant

who asks P1,250 at the end of 60 days (cash in 60
days). Jeffrey wishes to pay immediately and the
merchant offers to compute the cash price on the
assumption that money is worth 8% simple interest.
What is the cash price today?
A. 1,233.55 *
C. 987.56
B. 1,225.56
D. 1,325.56
2. Determine the ordinary simple interest on P5,000
for 9 months and 10 days if the rate of interest
is 12%.
A. 857.14
C. 687.33
B. 547.67
D. 466.67 *
3. The specific volume of a substance is the volume
per gram of substance. Specific volume is an
example of
A. a physical, extensive property
B. a chemical, intensive property
C. a chemical, extensive property
D. a physical, intensive property*
4.
of
A.
B.

Which of the following is an extensive property

coffee in a mug?
total mg of caffeine* C. temperature
percent sugar
D. color

5. A blue crystalline material is heated strongly

in a test tube. A clear liquid condenses around
the mouth of the tube and the crystals gradually
lose their blue color and become white powder.
Every gram of blue crystal produces 0.36 g of
clear liquid and 0.64 g of colorless powder. The
same weight relationships are observed for samples
of the crystals taken from many different sources.
These observations are consistent with the
hypothesis that the blue crystals are:
A. a wet salt
C. a solution
B. a compound*
D. an element
6. The meteorite ALH84001 contains tiny bubbles of
gas trapped in the rock. The chemical composition
of the gas in these bubbles matches the
composition of the Martian atmosphere as
determined by Viking spacecraft in the 1970's. The
meteorite is an example of a(n)
A. homogeneous mixture
C. heterogeneous mixture*
B. binary compound
D. solution
7. If a nominal interest rate per year is 12%, and
compounding is continuous, what is the effective
interest rate per year?
A. 0.127%
C. 11.275%
B. 1.000%
D. 12.75% *
8. Smoke is an example of a(n):
A. heterogeneous mixture* C. homogeneous mixture
B. compound
D. gaseous solution
9. Which of the following substances is made of
molecules?
A. CaBr2
B. KBr
C. ClBr*
D. NaBr
10. When elements react, their atoms combine in:
A. 1:1 ratios
B. arbitrary proportions
C. simple whole number ratios (more than one
possible)*
D. a simple whole number ratio (unique for each
pair of elements)
11. In general, what are the effects of coldworking a metal?
A. increased strength and ductility
B. increased strength, decreased ductility*
C. decreased strength and ductility
D. decreased strength, increased ductility
12. Which of the following substances must be
covalent?
A. F2*
B. Cs2O
C. KBr
D. NaF

SET - A

13. Which of the following is a characteristic of

covalent compounds?
A. usually made of metals and non-metals
B. liquid forms conduct electricity well
C. always contain both cations and anions
D. made of molecules*
14. Aligning the choices of project priorities,
people, financial resources, technology and
relationships with the attainment of corporate
objectives.
A. Organizing *
C. Planning
B. Deciding
D. Communicating
15. Which of the following is a binary ionic
compound?
A.ClO2
B.BaSO4
C.Na2S*
D. CS2
16. The average resistance of a dry adult human
body is approximately
A. 10000 ohms
C. 1000000 ohms*
B. 100000 ohms
D. 100 ohms
17. According to the Philippine Electronics Code,
the minimum voltage value that is considered
hazardous is:
A. 45V RMS AC*
C. 24V RMS AC
B. 12V RMS AC
D. 50V RMS AC
18. This type of business organization can be set
up without any formality. It exists when there are
a number of people involved who are part owners of
the business.
A. Association
C. Partnership*
B. Corporation
D. Sole proprietorship
19. It involves identifying alternative courses of
action that can be implemented if and when the
original plan proves inadequate because of
changing circumstances.
A. Tactical Planning
C. Strategic Planning
B. Operational Planning D. Contingency Planning*
20. What is the first coordination number of a
face-centered cubic structure?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 12 *
21. Within elastic limit, the shear stress is
proportional to shear strain. What is the constant
of proportionality of this statement called?
A. Modulus of rigidity* C. Modulus of elasticity
B. Youngs modulus
D. Bulk modulus
22. The center of gravity of a uniform lamina lies
at
A. The center of heavy portion
B. The bottom surface
C. The midpoint of its axis*
D. All of the above
23. Which of the following is a line defect in a
lattice crystal structure?
A. tilt boundary
C. vacancy
B. screw dislocation*
D. Schottky imperfection
24. Dalton said that elements are different
distinguished from each other by:
A. the density of their solid forms
B. the charge on their ions
C. the weights of their atoms*
D. the shapes of their atoms
25. Dalton viewed chemical change as:
A. creation and destruction of atoms
B. a rearrangement of atoms*
C. a transfer of electrons
D. a change of atoms from one type into another
26. What is another term for modulus of rigidity?
A. Shear modulus*
C. Youngs modulus
B. Bulk modulus
D. Modulus of elasticity

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27. The ratio of limiting force and the reaction is

known as:
A. Coefficient of friction*
C. Angle of friction
B. Angle of repose
D. Sliding friction
28. Under very slow deformation and at high
temperature, it is possible to have some plastic
flow in a crystal at a shear stress lower than the
critical shear stress. What is this phenomenon
called?
A. slip
C. creep *
B. twinning
D. bending
29. What is the resulting pressure when one pound
of air at 15 psia and 200 F is heated at constant
volume to 800 F?
A. 15 psia
C. 36.4 psia
B. 28.6 psia *
D. 52.1 psia
30. A stone is tied to a string and whirled at
constant speed in a horizontal circle. The speed
is then doubled without changing the length of the
string. Afterward the magnitude of the
acceleration of the stone is:
A. The same
C. Four times as great*
B. Twice as great
D. Half as great
31. The impact strength of a material is an index
of its
A. Toughness*
B. Tensile strength
C. Capability of being cold worked
D. Hardness
32. 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
C. Varignons theorem *
B. DAlemberts principle D. Newtons method
33. The condition of equilibrium or motion of a
rigid body remains unchanged if a force acting at
a given point of the rigid body is replaced by a
force of same magnitude and direction, but acting
at a different point provided that the two forces
have the same line of action. This statement is
known as __________.
A. Pascals priniciple
B. Amgats law
C. Principle of transmissibility*
D. Varignons theorem
34. The force acting along a circumference will
cause stress in the wall in a direction normal to
the longitudinal axis of cylinder. This stress is
called
A. Longitudinal stress
C. Hoop stress*
B. Yield stress
D. Ultimate stress
35. A 2.0 L sample of gas at 0.80 atm must be
compressed to 1.6 L at constant temperature. What
pressure in milliliters must be exerted to bring
it to that volume?
A. 4 atm
B. 1 atm *
C. 8 atm
D. 2 atm
36. It is formally defined as the radiation
intensity required to produce and ionization
charge of 0.000258 Coulombs per kilogram of air.
A. Rem
B. Roentgen* C. Rad
D. Sievert
37. The strain energy of a member is
A. Inversely proportional to the square of the
force acting on the member
B. Directly proportional to the modulus of
elasticity
C. Inversely proportional to the cross-sectional
area of the member*
D. Inversely proportional to the initial length of
the member

SET - A

38. On a day when the partial pressure of water

vapour remains constant, what happen as the
temperature rises?
A. The relative humidity increases
B. The relative humidity decreases*
C. The relative humidity remains constant
D. The air would eventually become saturated
39. A converging lens of focal length 20 cm is
placed 37 cm in front of a screen. At what
distance that the object be placed so that its
image appears on the screen?
A. 43.5 cm*
C. 27.6 cm
B. 35.7 cm
D. 50.7 cm
40. What is the pressure in atmospheres that a gas
exerts if it supports a 380 mm column of mercury?
A. 0.200 atm
C. 0.500 atm *
B. 0.699 atm
D. 1.50 atm
41. It is equivalent to about 0.0015 W of light of
wavelength 555 nm, which corresponds to the
yellow-green light where the eye is most
sensitive.
A. 1 candela
C. 1 lumen*
B. 1 lux
D. 1 phot
42. A closed system is also known as :
A. control volume
C. control mass *
B. isolated system
D. control surface
43. The captain of a spacecraft send a pulse of
light toward Earth and then exactly 1 minute later
(as measured by a clock on the spacecraft), sends
a second pulse. An observer on Earth sees the
second pulse arrive 4 minutes after the first.
What is the velocity of the spacecraft relative to
the Earth?
A. 0.987c
C. 0.954c
B. 0.968c*
D. 0.943c
44. To which of the following can the large
discrepancy between the actual and theoretical
strengths of metals mainly be attributed?
A. heat
C. low density
B. dislocation *
D. stress direction
45. Alpha particle is the same as the nucleus of
what atom?
A. Hydrogen
C. Krypton
B. Helium*
D. Uranium
46. What type of stress is produced whenever the
applied load cause one section of a body to tend
to slide past its adjacent section?
A. normal stress
C. shearing stress *
B. sliding stress
D. bearing stress
47. What energy that is stored in stretching a
spring?
A. Potential Energy C. Elastic Kinetic Energy
B. Kinetic Energy
D. Elastic Potential Energy *
48. Two ft sections of aluminium siding are placed
end-t0end on the outside wall of a house. How
large a gap should be left between the pieces to
prevent buckling if the temperature can change by
55 degree C?
A. 0.21 m
C. 0.31 in
B. 0.18 m
D. 0.18 in*
49. What is the minimum diameter of a solid steel
shaft that will not twist through more than 3 in
a 6-m length when subjected to a torque of 14 kNm? Use G=83 GN/m2.
A. 118 mm *
C. 122 mm
B. 145 mm
D. 113 mm
50. The ratio of the unit lateral deformation to
the unit longitude deformation is called
A. compressibility
C. shear modulus
B. bulk modulus
D. Poissons ratio *

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51. _______ is the partial pressure of the water

vapour at the existing temperature divided by the
equilibrium vapour pressure of water at the
existing temperature.
A. Vacuum pressure
C. Absolute pressure
B. Relative humidity*
D. Vapour pressure
52. What lens is commonly used to correct
nearsightedness?
A. Magnifying lens
C. Microscopic lens
B. Convergent lens
D. Divergent lens*
53. An ideal gas is maintained at constant
temperature. If the pressure is doubles, the
volume is
A. Increased fourfold
C. Decreased by a quarter
B. Doubled
D. Reduced by half*
54. A glass falls from the window of a tall
building. The sound of broken glass reaches the
same level 3 secs. Later. How high is the window?
Assume velocity of sound to be 340 m/s.
A. 40.65 m *
C. 41.40 m
B. 23.56 m
D. 23.40 m
55. How many additional CPE point is awarded if an
ECE finished a doctoral degree?
A.10 CU
B.20 CU
C.30 CU
D.45 CU*
56. The ratio of the depreciation in any one year
to the book value at the beginning of the year is
constant through the life of the asset for which
type of depreciation method?
A. Straight-line method
B. Sinking fund method
C. Declining balance method*
D. SYD method
57. The force acting on a body due to the
acceleration of gravity
A. Load*
B. Bear
C. Shear
D. Mass
58. A cylinder contains 12 liters of oxygen at 20
degrees Celsius and 15 atm. The temperature is
raised to 35 degrees Celsius, and the volume is
reduced to 8.5 liters. What is the final pressure
of the gas in atmospheres? Assume that the gas is
ideal.
A. 22 atm * B. 12 atm
C.20 atm
D.24 atm
59. The product of a scalar and a vector is a
A. Scalar
C. Tensor
B. Vector*
D. None of the above
60. It is a product of the weathering of complex
silicates, particularly of feldspars which are
abundant minerals.
A. clay *
C. pyrite
B. chalk
D. diamond
61. Electrons occupy all the orbitals of a given
subshell singly before pairing begins. These
unpaired electrons have parallel spins. This is
known as:
A. Building Up Principle C. Hund's rule *
B. Aufbau Principle
D. David's rule

SET - A

65. _______ states that the partial pressure of a

solvent over a solution is given by the vapor
pressure of the pure solvent times the mole
fraction of the solvent in the solution.
A. Daltons law of partial pressure
B. de Broglie's hypothesis
C. Aufbau principle
D. Raoult's Law *
66. Suppose you want to store 1.00 J of electric
potential energy in a volume of 1.00 m3 in vacuum.
What is the magnitude of the required electric
field?
A. 0.475 MV/m *
C. 0.336MV/m
B. 0.225TV/m
D. 0.113TV/m
67. The charge of a neutron is ______________
A. +1.6 x 10^-19 Coulomb C. 4.8 x 10^-10 Coulomb
B. -1.6 x 10^-19 Coulomb D. None of these*
68. Determine the number of bit per face we can
obtain fr0om tossing a coin if the coin is honest.
A. 0
B. 1*
C. 2
D. 3
69. The normal acceleration of a particle on the
rim of a pulley 10 ft in diameter is constant at
1200 fps2. Which of the following gives the speed
of the pulley in rpm.
A. 77.4597
C. 147.9371 *
B. 15.4919
D. 73.9686
70. What is the second most abundant element in the
human body?
A. Carbon *
C. Oxygen
B. Hydrogen
D. Nitrogen
71. Farsighted vision can be corrected with a
A. concave lens
B. convex lens *
C. combination of concave and convex lenses
D. combination of lens and mirror
72. It is the process of attracting potential
employees to the company so that the selection
process can be carried out
A. Advertising
C. Selection
B. Benchmarking
D. Recruitment *
73. What is the property of metals that allow them
to be rolled without breaking?
A. Ductility
C. Luster
B. Malleability *
D. Elasticity
74. Proton was discovered by
A. John Dalton
C. J. J. Thomson
B. James Chadwick
D. Ernest Rutherford*
75. A Carnot heat engine receives 500KJ of heat per
cycle from a high-temperature source at 600 C and
rejects heat a low temperature sink at 40C.
Determine the thermal efficiency of this Carnot
engine.
A. 93.33%
C. 35.85%
B. 6.67%
D. 64.15% *

62. It is the scattering of light by colloidal

particles
A. Mott Scaterring
C. Rayleigh Scattering
B. Tyndall Effect *
D. Wolf Effect

76. The density of a 2.45 M aqueous solution of

methanol (CH3OH) is 0.976 g/mL. What is the
morality of the solution? The molar mass of
methanol is 32.04 g.
A. 2.73 m *
C. 2.81 m
B. 1.87 m
D. 2.98 m

63. It is simply a vector whose magnitude is 1

A. Vector unity
C. Tensor
B. Moment vector
D. Unit vector*

77. The mass of a neutron is equal to _________

A. 1.6749 x 10^-27 kg
C. 3.6925 x 10^-27 lbs
B. 1.008665 amu
D. All of the above*

64. It is the Energy change accompanying a mole of

electrons being added to a mole of a gaseous atoms
or ions.
A. Electronic Affinity * C. Biochemical Energy
B. Bingling energy
D. Fission

78. A 50 kg iron block at 80C is dropped into an

insulated tank that contains 0.5 m3 of liquid water
at 25C. Determine the temperature when thermal
equilibrium reached. The specific heat of iron is
0.45kJ/kg-C and for water is 4.18kJ/kg-C.
A. 20.7C
B. 25.6C * C. 30.1C
D.35.6C

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79. When a 2lb of brass at 212F is dropped into

5lb of water at 35F, the resulting temperature is
41.2F. Find the specific heat of brass in Btu/lbF.
A. 1.120
B. 0.091 *
C. 0.321
D. 1.233
80. A 50 millimeter focal length camera lens
photographs a 4 meter tall tree at a distance of
20 meters. How tall is the image of the tree?
A. 10mm *
B. 20 mm
C. 30 mm
D. 40 mm
81. What is the unit charge of alpha particle?
A. +2 *
B. -1
C. +1
D. 0
82. What is the escape velocity of the earth?
A. 6.36 km/s
C. 10.54 km/s
B. 8.17 km/s
D. 11.2 km/s *
83. What name is given to the class of subatomic
particles which include the proton, the neutron,
and several heavier particles, such as the lambda,
the sigma and the omega?
A. Fermions
C. Baryons *
B. Leptons
D. Mesons
84. A solid steel shaft is not to twist through
more than 3 degrees in a 6 m length when subjected
to a torque of 12 kN.m. What maximum shearing
stress is developed? Use G=83GPa.
A. 41.3 MPa *
C. 34.3 MPa
B. 43.4 MPa
D. 17.6 MPa
85. The Atomic packing factor of a BCC structure.
A. 48%
B. 74%
C. 52.35%
D. 68% *
86. What is the effective rate of interest if P1000
is invested at a nominal rate of 15% compounded
quarterly?
A. 15.86% *
C. 17.86%
B. 16.86%
D. 18.86%
87. What is the power of diverging lens whose focal
length is 20cm?
A. 4 diopters
C. 10 diopters
B. 5 diopters*
D. 20 diopters
88. It is the additional cost that results from
increasing the output of a system. It is often
associated with "go-no-go" decisions.
A. increment cost *
C. opportunity cost
B. fixed cost
D. variable cost
89. The stability of an object may be increased by
A. lowering the center of gravity of the object *
B. raising its center of gravity
C. reducing the size of its base
D. reducing its weight
90. Suppose the energy Q is required to accelerate
a car from rest to v, neglecting friction. How
much added energy would be required to increase
the speed from v to 2v?
A. Q
B. 2Q
C.3Q*
D. 0.5Q
91. Why do microwave ovens have metal wires in
their glass door?
A. to strengthen the glass
B. to reflect the microwaves *
C. keep IR radiation inside the oven
D. none of these
92. In semiconductor manufacturing, it is the
partial vaporization that occurs when a saturated
liquid stream undergoes a reduction in pressure by
passing through a throttling valve or other
throttling device.
A. filament evaporation
B. flash evaporation *
C. electron-beam evaporation
D. sputtering

SET - A

93. Newtons Second law of motion states that the

rate of change of momentum with respect to time
is:
A. force*
B. power
C. energy
D. work
94. It describes the luminous flux incidence per
unit area and is expressed in lumens per square
meter.
A. Illuminance*
C. Luminous intensity
B. Luminance
D. Radiance
95. Force acting on an object is called a ____ if
it acts on the volume of the object.
A. Internal force
C. Body force*
B. External force
D. Surface force
96. What is the range of a projectile if the
initial velocity is 30 m/s at an angle of 30
degrees with the horizontal?
A. 100 m
B. 92 m
C.79.45 m*
D.110 m
97. A plant bought a machine for P200,000 and used
it for 10 years, the life span of the equipment.
What is the book value of the machine after 5
years of use? Assume a scrap value of P20,000. Use
double declining balance method.
A. P43,648
C. P65,536 *
B. P59,425
D. P70,923
98. In the Iron-Iron carbide diagram, the alloys
containing solid phase with more that 2% carbon
are known as ______
A. Steel
C. alpha-ferrite
B. Cast iron*
D. graphite
99. The intermetallic compound iron carbide is
called ________
A. Austenite
C. Cementite*
B. Ferrite
D. Pearlite
100._______ raises the elastic limit and ultimate
strength of the steel without reducing the ductility
A. Phosphorus
C. Sulfur
B. Manganese
D. Silicon*