You are on page 1of 7

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC.

International Charter No. I-07

PRACTICE PROBLEM: SET No. 1 Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer.
1. Which number has three significant figures?
a. 0.0014
b. 1.1414
c. 0.01414
d. 0.0141
2. 7 + 0i is
a. irrational number
b. real number
c. imaginary number
d. a variable
3. Express decimally: Fourteen ten Thousandths
a. 0.0014
b. 0.00014
c. 0.014
d. 0.14
4. MCMXCIV is equivalent to what number?
a. 1694
b. 1994
c. 1984
d. 1974
5. An angular unit equivalent to 1/400 of a circumference of a circle is called?
a. mil
b. degree
c. radian
d. grad
6. How many degrees Celsius is 100 degrees Fahrenheit?
a. 2.667 0C
b. 1.334 0C
c. 13.34 0C
d. 37.8 0C
7. Determine the sum of the positive valued solution to the simultaneous equations
xy=15, yz=35, zx=21.
a. 15
b. 13
c. 17
d. 19

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC.


International Charter No. I-07

8. Find the value of k so that


is a perfect square.
a. 36
b. 2.5
c. 9
d. 2.25
9. What is the least common multiple of 15 & 18?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 90
d. 270
10. What is the least common factor of 10 and 320?
a. 320
b. 2
c. 180
d. 90
11. Find the quotient of
divided by
a.
b.
c.
d.
12. Find the remainder if we divide
by
.
a. 10
b. 11
c. 15
d. 13
13. The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two numbers are added to the
progression, the new set of numbers will have an arithmetic mean of 19. What
are the two numbers if their difference is 4?
a. 21 & 25
b. 23 & 27
c. 8 & 12
d. 16 & 20
14. Find the 5th term of the expression of (
a.
b.
c.
d.

260
5040
210
420

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC.


International Charter No. I-07

15. What is the sum of the coefficient of the expansion of


?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
16. Find the value of
.
a. 1.460
b. 0.275
c. 1.273
d. 0.165
17. Given log 6 + x log 4 = log 4 + log (32+4x). Find X
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 6
18. A girl is one-third as ols as her brother and 8 years younger than her sister. The
sum of their ages is 38 years, How old is the girl?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
19. Debbie is now twice as old as Jerry. Four years ago, Debbie was three times as
old as Jerry then. How old is Debbie?
a. 17
b. 16
c. 18
d. 24
20. A pump can pump out water from a tank in 11 hours. Another pump can pump
out water from the same tank in 20 hours. How long will it take both pumps to
pump out the water in the tank?
a. 7 hours
b. 6 hours
c. 7 hours
d. 6 hours
21. A farmer can plow the field in 8 days. After working for 3 days, his son joins him
and together they plow the field in 3 days. How many days it requires for the son
to plow the field alone?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC.


International Charter No. I-07

22. Ten liters of 25% solution and 15 liters of 35& solution are poured into a drum
originally containing 30 liters of 10% solution. What is the percent concentration in
the mixture?
a. 19.55%
b. 21.15%
c. 27.05%
d. 25.72%
23. A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being 70% pure and the second
being 60% pure. How many ounces of the 60% pure gold must be used to make
100 ounces of an alloy which will be 66% gold?
a. 40
b. 35
c. 45
d. 38
24. Find the product of two numbers such that twice the first added to the second
equals 19 and three times the first is 21 more than the second.
a. 24
b. 32
c. 18
d. 20
25. The second of the four numbers is three less than the first, the third is four more
than the first and the fourth is two more than the third. Find the fourth number if
their sum is 35.
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
26. The tens digit of a number is 3 less than the units digit. If the number is divided by
the sum of the digits, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 3. What is the original
number?
a. 36
b. 47
c. 58
d. 69
27. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8kph. Five minutes later, a second
jogger starts the same course at 10kph. How long will it take the second jogger
to catch the first?
a. 20 min
b. 21 min
c. 22 min
d. 18 min

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC.


International Charter No. I-07

28. A boat rows to a place 4.8 miles with the stream and back in 14 hours, but finds
that he can raw 14 miles with the stream in the same time 3 miles against the
stream. Find the rate of the stream.
a. 1.5 mph
b. 1.0 mph
c. 0.8 mph
d. 0.6 mph
29. What time after 3 oclock will the hands of the clock be together for the first
time?
a. 3:02.30
b. 3:17.37
c. 3:14.32
d. 3:16.36
30. At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour hand and minute hand of the clock
first form an angle of 120o?
a. 12:18.818
b. 12:21.818
c. 12:22.818
d. 12:24.818
31. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14 when y=7 and z=2, find the
value of x when y=16 and z=4.
a. 14
b. 4
c. 16
d. 8
32. The electric power with a transmission line can transmit is proportional to the
product of its design voltage and current capacity, and inversely to the
transmission distance. A 115-kilovolt line rated at 100 amperes can transmit 150
megawatts over 150 km. How much power, in megawatts can a 230 kilovolt line
rated at 150 amperes transmit over 100km?
a. 785
b. 485
c. 675
d. 595
33. How many terms of the progression 3,5,7, must be taken in order that their sum
will be 2600?
a. 48
b. 49
c. 50
d. 51

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC.


International Charter No. I-07

34. A pile of log, each layer contains one more log than the layer above and the
top contains just one log. If there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are
there?
a. 11
b. 12
c. 13
d. 14
35. The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th term is 6. Find the 11th
term.
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
36. If the first term of a G.P. is 9 and the common ratio is -2/3, find the fifth term.
a. 8/5
b. 16/9
c. 15/7
d. 13/4
37. The seventh term is 56 and the twelfth term is -1792 of a geometric progression.
Find the common ratio and the first term.
a. -2, 5/8
b. -2, 7/8
c. -1, 5/8
d. -1, 7/8
38. In a class of 40 students, 27 likes calculus and 25 like chemistry. How many likes
both calculus and chemistry?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
39. A club of 40 executives, 33 likes to smoke Marlboro and 20 likes to smoke Philip
Morris. How many like both?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC.


International Charter No. I-07

40. In a commercial survey involving 1000 persons on brand preference, 120 were
found prefer brand x only, 200 prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand z only, 370
prefer either brand x or y but not z, 450 prefer brand y 0r z but not x and 370
prefer either z or x but not y. How many persons have no brand preference,
satisfied with any of the three brands?
a. 280
b. 230
c. 180
d. 130
41. How many permutations are there in the letters PNRCSE are taken six at a time?
a. 1440
b. 480
c. 720
d. 360
42. In how many ways can 6 distinct books be arranged in a bookshelf?
a. 720
b. 120
c. 360
d. 180
43. What is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA?
a. 36
b. 60
c. 52
d. 42
44. How many committees can be formed by choosing 4 men from an organization
of a membership of 15 men?
a. 1390
b. 1240
c. 1435
d. 1365
45. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of drawing
a king or a red card.
a. 0.5835
b. 0.5385
c. 0.3585
d. 0.8535

You might also like