TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE (C) Php24,980 (D) Php26,980

PHILIPPINES 12. The equation of a circle on the y-axis and passes through
MANILA the origin and the point (4,2) is
PRE BOARD EXAM DAY 3 a. x + y2 - 10y = 0
2
c. x2 + y2 - 10x = 0
STUDENT 2 2
b. x + y - 10x + 10y = 0 d. x2 + y2 + 10y = 0
NUMBER_________________________________________ 13. Find the largest area of a rectangle with vertices at the
______________DATE________________ origin of a cartesian coordinates system, on the x axis,
DIRECTIONS: PROVIDE THE SOLUTION TO on the y axis, and on the parabola y = 4 x2.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER. a. 16/3 b. 16/3
1. At what point in the Celsius and Fahrenheit scale will they c. 4(3) - d. NOTG
be equal? 14. Find the centroid of a hemisphere of radius R revolving
a. 30 b. 55 c. 40 d. 25 about the x-axis.
2 Find the orthogonal family to the family of circles, a. 5/8 from center b. 2/5 from center
x2 + y2 = C2 c. 3/5 from center d. 3/8 from center
a. y = mx + b b. y = ln x 15. Any line through two points on a curve is called.
c. y = mx d. NOTG a. tangent line b. secant line
3. Simplify the following expression: c. slope d. normal line
a. 2i/(2)1/2 b. 4i/(2)1/2 16. The solution for dy/dx = xe x when y(0) = 0
c. (2)1/2 /4i d. none of the given a. y = - ex (x+1) b. y = - ex (x+1) + 2
2x
4. A 200 lb man hangs from the middle of a tightly stretched c. y = - e (x+1) + 1 d. NOTG
rope so that the angle between the rope and the horizontal 17. Given the force vectors; A = 8i + 4j -2k and the position
vectors B = 2j + 6k m and C =3i 2j + 4k m, the dot product
5 of A and B is
direction is . Calculate the tension of the rope? a. 4N.m b. 3.71 N.m
a. 1104 lb b. 1147 lb c. 4.5 N.m d. 7.3 N.m
c. 1205 lb d. 1250 lb 18. You are saving up for a big investment in six years. You
5. The bottle sterilizing machine of a beverage company costs estimate it will take Php14,500 to secure this investment. How
P1M when new. The service life is estimated to be 10 years much do you need to put into a savings account at the end of
and the scrap value is P100,000. Using the sum-of-the-years each year if the savings account earns 4%?
digit method, what is the asset value after the second year? (A) Php2,185 (B) Php2,375
a. P689,091 b. P852,727 (C) Php2,415 (D) Php2,485
c. P589,900 d. P736,364 19. A man wants to fence a rectangular area as inexpensively
as possible. If the fencing material cost Php 38 per meter and
6. If the straight line method is used, what is the asset value at
Php 1,520 is available for the project, how much area can be
the end of 3 years?
enclosed?
a. 630000 b. P700000
a. 100 m2 b. 105 m2
c. P750000 d. P730000 c. 110 m 2
d. NOTG
7. Six draws are made from an ordinary deck of playing cards, 20. Find the smallest angle between the lines 2x + y = 0 and
the card drawn being replaced and the deck thoroughly x + 3y + 4 = 0
shuffled before the next draw is made. What is the a. 40 b. 60
probability of obtaining exactly 4 spades? c. 45 d. 30
a. 135/4960 b. 153/4096 90 C
c 135/4690 d. 135/4096 21. In preparing a tea, 600 g of water at is poured into
8. Suppose that a corpse was discovered in a motel room at
midnight and its temperature was 80F. The temperature of the C
room is kept constant at 60F. Two hours later the temperature 200 g china pot whose specific heat capacity is 840J/kg
of the corpse dropped to75F. Find the time of death. Note: 20 C
The temperature of a live person is 98.6F. and temperature of . What is the final temperature of
a. 8:30 PM b. 7:30 PM water?
c. 9:00 PM d. NOTG 81 .6C 83 .6C
9. The plate is acted on by 4 parallel forces. Three of which
a. b.
are shown. The fourth force P and its line of action are
unknown. The resultant of this force system is the couple 85 .6C 87 .6C
vector CR = -1100i + 1500j KN-m. Determine P and its line of c. d.
action (x,y) 22. In a certain culture the rate of growth of bacteria is
a. (3m, 4m) b. (4m, 3m) proportional to the amount present. Initially, 1000 bacteria are
c. (3m,4003m)
KN
d. (4m, 2m)15 KN/m present and the amount doubles in 12 minutes. Determine the
time it takes for the bacteria to multiply to 10,000.
200 KN 300 KN
10 KN/m
a. 20 min b. 40 min
c. 60 min d. NOTG
23. Find the equation of the hyperbola with vertices at ( 2,0)
3m
and asymptotes y = 3x
4m 4m 6m Figure 10
Figure 9 a. 4x2 36y2 = 144 b. 36x2 4y2 = 144
10. Determine the resultant of the line load acting on the beam c. 9x2 4y2 = 36 d. 4x2 9y2 = 36
shown in the figure. 24. Certain manufactured articles are sold in boxes of 25 each.
a. P = 105 KN b. P=75 KN They are inspected by taking a random sample of 5 from each
c. P=90 KN d. P=45 KN box and passing the box as satisfactory if no defective articles
11. Toms retirement account in a company currently totals are found in the sample. Find the probability that a box will be
Php416,384. What perpetual income can Tom and his heirs passed if it contains 1 defective.
receive per year if he retires now and the money is invested in a. 0.8 b. 0.76 c. 0.65 d. NOTG
an annuity earning 6% interest? 25. Assume that a 20-mm-diameter rivet joins the plates that
(A) Php20,980 (B) Php22,980 are each 110 mm wide. The allowable stresses are 120 MPa
 for bearing in the plate material and 60 MPa for shearing of a.65.3 m/s c. 56.2 m/s
rivet. Determine (a) the minimum thickness of each plate; and b. 45.1 m/s d. 61.3 m/s
(b) the largest average tensile stress in the plates. 0.5C 0.2C
a. 8.9 mm, 30 MPa b. 7.9 mm, 26.7 MPa 39. Two charges, one of + and the other of ,
c. 4.2 mm, 28.5 MPa d. NOTG
attract each other with a force of 100 N. How far apart are
they?
a. 3 mm b. 4 mm c. 30 mm d. 40 mm
Figure 26
40. A particular moon rock is analyzed and it is found to
contain equal amounts of Potassium-19 and Argon-18, which
are denoted as , respectively. is a radioactive
isotope that can decay to . Note that for
26. At each point (x,y) on a certain curve, the tangent line has
slope 4x3 + 2. Find the equation of the curve if it contains the potassium decay and that the yield of is about 11% (i.e.
point (1,7) about 1 out of every 9 atoms decays to ). Assuming
a. x4 + 2x + 3 b. x4 + 2x + 4 that the initial amount of argon was zero and that all of the
4
c. x + 2x + 6 d. NOTG argon is the result of potassium decay, estimate the age of the
27. In an arithmetic sequence, t23 = 519 and t71 = 1503, what is moon rock.
t114? a. 2 billion years b. 4.3 billion years
a. 3824.5 b. 2458.3 c. 5.3 billion years d. NOTG
c. 2384.5 d. none of the given 41. In how many ways can 3 red balls, 4 black balls, and
28. Find an approximation for the sum of all the terms of {16, 2green balls be arranged adjacent to each other in a shelf if
-8, 4, -2, 1, -1/2, , } one does not distinguish between balls of the same color?
a. 11 1/3 b. 10 2/3 a. 1260 b. 1344
c. 9 d. none of the given c. 1458 d. NOTG
29. A circle whose equation is X2 + Y2 + 4X+ 6Y- 23 = 0 has a 42. The act regulating the practice of chemical engineering in
radius of the Philippines is
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6 a. R.A. 9297 b. R.A. 9792
30. A plane cuts through a cube in such a way that the plane c. R.A. 813 d. R.A. 318
passes through three of the cubes vertices, no two of which lie 43. Find the particular solution of y''' = 0 given that: y(0) = 3,
on the same edge. If the edge of the cube has a length of 1, y'(1) = 4, y''(2) = 6
what is the surface area of the smaller fragments of the cube? a. y = 2x2 3x + 3 b. y = 3x2 2x + 3
2
a. 2.4 b. 2.7 c. y = 2x 2x + 2 d. NOTG
c. 3.1 d. 3.7 44. In how many ways can one make a selection of 4 black
31. Buildings are usually depreciated at an annual rate of balls, 5 red balls, and 2 white balls from a box containing
about ____ of the initial cost. 8 black balls, 7 red balls and 5 white balls?
(A) 5% (B) 12%
(C) 15% (D) 10% a) 14700 b) 17400 c) 47100 d) 10740
32. An inlet pipe can fill up the tank in 6 hours while an outlet 45. A nominal rate of 9.5% has an equivalent effective rate of
pipe can empty the tank in 9 hours. One day, the tank was 9.84%. What is the compounding period?
being filled. When it was 1/3 full, a boy opened the outlet a) monthly b) bi-monthly
pipe. How long did it take to fill the rest of the tank? c) quarterly d) semi- annually
a.8 hours b. 10 hours 46. The total surface of two cubes is 150 sq. m, The total
c.12 hours d. 13 hours length of their edges is 84 cm. Find the edge of the larger
33. A man 5.5 ft tall walks away from a lamppost 10 feet high cube.
a. 3.54 b. 3 c. 4 d. NOTG
at a rate of 8 feet per second. How fast does his shadow 47. What is the probability that 5 cards dealt from a well
lengthen? shuffled deck , 3 will be hearts and 2 spades?
c a. 0.00633 b. 0.00858
A a. 88/9 fps . 9/88 fps c. 0.011 d. 0.0153
d 20 C
B b. 160/9 fps . 9/160 fps 48.. A total of 0.8 kg of water at is placed in 1 kW
34. A rubber ball is dropped on a floor from a height of 5 m. If electric kettle. How long a time is needed to raise the
the coefficient of restitutions is 0.7, find the height of the
100 C
which ball rebounds?
a. 2.45 m b. 2.75 m temperature of water to .
c. 3.25 m d. 3.5 m a. 3.5 min b. 4.5 min c. 5.5 min d. 6.5 min
35. A revolving beacon is located 1000 ft. from a straight sea 49.. A steel shaft 3 ft long that has a diameter of 4 in is
wall and rotates at the constant rate of 2 rpm. How fast does subjected to a torque of 15 kipft. Determine the maximum
the beam of light cast by the beacon sweep along the sea wall shearing stress. Use G = 12 106 psi.
at the nearest point to the beacon? a. 15.3 ksi b. 18.3 ksi
a. 262 fps b. 210 fps c. 14.3 ksi d. NOTA
c. 186 fps d. NOTG
50. A flanged bolt coupling consists of 8 10 mm diameter
36. The particular solution of d2y/dx2 + 4y = 0
a. y = c1 sin 2x + 3 cos 2x b. y = 3sin 2x + c1cos 2x steel bolts on a bolt circle 400 mmm in diameter, and 6 10 mm
c. y = c1 sin 2x + 6 cos 2x d. NOTG diameter steel bolts on a concentric bolt circle 300 mm in
37. A ball is thrown from a tower 30 m high above the ground diameter. What torque can be applied without exceeding a
with a velocity of 300 m/s directed at 20 from the horizontal. shearing stress of 60 Mpa in the bolts.
How long will the ball hit the ground?
a. T = 10.7 kN.m b. 15.7 kN.m
a. 21.2 s b. 22.2 s c. 23.2 s d.24.2s
38. Using a powerful air gun, a steel ball is shot vertically c. 20.5 kN.m d. NOTA
upward with a velocity of 80 meters per second, followed by
another shot after 5 sec. Find the initial velocity of the second Figure 55
ball in order to meet the first ball 150 meters from the ground.
 b. bearing stress d. tensile stress
69. It refers to the highest ordinate in the stress-strain diagram.
a. working stress c. ultimate stress
51. The 36 m cable shown in Figure weigh 1.5 KN/m. b. allowable stress d. non eof the above
determine the sag H and the maximum tension in the cable.
a. T = 44.3 KN, H = 8.67 m b. T = 34.3 KN, H = 8.77 m Figure 51
c. T = 74.3 KN, H = 5.77 m d. T = 94.3 KN, H = 6.77 m
52. Miles is camping in Glacier National Park. In the midst of
a glacier canyon, he makes a loud holler. He hears an echo
1.22 seconds later. The air temperature is 20 degrees C. How 70. A flywheel is 15 cm in diameter accelerates uniformly
far away are the canyon walls? from rest to 500 rpm in 20 s. What is its angular acceleration?
a. 310 m b. 209 m c. 107 m d. 236 m a.2.62 rad/s c. 3.95 rad/s
53. You purchase 1,000 shares of stock at Php15.00 per share. b. 3.45 rad/s d. 4.42 rad/s
The stock pays quarterly dividends of Php125 for two years at 71.simplify sec-(sec)sin2
which time you sell the stock at the trading price of Php16.50 a. cos2 b. cos c.sin2 d. sin
per share. The yearly return on your investment is most nearly: 72. What is the number of permutations of the letters in the
(A) 2% (B) 4% (C) 6% (D) 8% word BANANA?
54. What is the distance between the center of the circles a. 36 b. 60 c. 52 d. 42
X2 + Y2 + 2X + 4Y 3 = 0 and X2 + Y2- 8X 6Y + 7 = 0 73. Environmental Impact Assessment Law
A. PD 602 C. PD 1586
a. 7.07 b. 7.77 c. 8.07 d. 8.77
B. PD 1160 D. NOTG
55.. Calculate the distance when the moment is zero. 74. Ecological Solid Waste Management
a. 3.25 m b. 2.55 m c. 2.154 m d. 1.75 m A. RA 6969 C. RA 9003
56. How many different value of X lies between 0 and 180 B. RA 9275 D. NOTG
for the equation ( 2 sinX -1 ) (cosX + 1) = 0 75. When using net present worth calculations to compare two
a) 0 b) 1 c) 3 d) 2 projects, which of the following could invalidate the
57. In a triangle ABC, angle B = 45o and angle A= 60o. What calculation?
is the ratio of the sides AB to AC? a) difference in the magnitudes of the projects
a. 1.37 b. 1.22 c. 1.48 d. 0.73 b) evaluating over the different time periods
58. A thermometer reading 750F is taken out where the c) mutually exclusive projects
temperature is 200F. The thermometer reading is 300F after 4 d) nonconventional cash flows
minutes later. Find the thermometer reading in 0F, 7 minutes 76. What must two investments with the same present worth
after the thermometer was brought outside. and unequal lives have?
a. 21.8 b. 22.8 c. 23.8 d. 24.8 a) identical salvage values
59. When the top T of a mountain is viewed from point A, b) different salvage values
2000 m from ground, the angle of depression a is equal to 15 o c) identical equivalent uniform annual cash flows
and when it is viewed from point B on the ground the angle of d) different equivalent uniform annual cash flows
elevation b is equal to 10o. If points A and B are on the same 77. Which of the following is true regarding the minimum
attractive rate of return used in judging proposed investments?
vertical line, find the height h of the mountain.
a) it is the same for every organization.
a. 756.3 m b. 793.8 m c. 821.4 m c. 865.2 b) it is frequently a policy decision made by an
m e. 912.1 m60. The daily cost to a small firm of organizations management.
producing x units of a product is C(x) = 2002 + 120 x 5x2 + c) it is not relevant in engineering economy studies.
1/3 x3 dollars. The market price of 1 unit is $264. What should d) both A and B
be the daily output x in order to maximize the daily profit. 78. For an equipment purchased three years ago for $15,000 if
a. 10 units b. 18 units c. 36 units d. NOTG it is depreciated using the sum of years digit method. The
61. What part of 90% alcohol must be removed and replaced expected life is five years. The depreciation charge for year 2
by an equal amount of pure alcohol to make 95% alcohol is
solution? a) $4,000 b) $5,000
a. 5% or less b. between 5% and 10% c) $6,000 d) $7,000
c. 5% d. 50% 79. The total depreciation in year 3 is
62.The set of all possible outcomes in an experiment. a) $12,000 b) $13,000
a. sample space b. event c) $14,000 d) $15,000
c. sample point d. population 80. The book value is
63. Future value less the present value a) $3000 b) $4,000
a. discount b. rate discount c) $5,000 d) $6,000
c. discount rate d. profit 81. On the television show Kayang kaya kaya? each
64. It is the worth of the property as recorded in the books of contestant was given P100.00 at the start. For each question
account of the company. answered correctly, he was given a bonus of P75.00 and for
a. book value b. fair value each one he missed, he was penalized by 15.00. If a contestant
c. market value d. goodwill value. was asked a total of 20 questions and ended the game with
65. Find the asymptotes of the hyperbola 4x2 9y2 = 36. P1330.00, how many questions were answered correctly?
a. y = 3 b. y = 2/3 a. 13 b. 15 c. 17 d. 19
c. y = (13)1/2 d. y = 1/3
66. What is the modulus of elasticity if the stress is 44,000 psi 82. Find the particular solution of y''' = 0 given that: y(0) = 3,
and a unit strain of 0.00105? y'(1) = 4, y''(2) = 6
a. 41.905 x 10+8 c. 41.202 x 10+6 a. y = 2x2 3x + 3 b. y = 3x2 2x + 3
+6
b. 42.300 x 10 d. 43.101 x 10+6 2
c. y = 2x 2x + 2 d. NOTG
67. If the ultimate shear strength of a steel plate is 42,000 psi, 83. In an arithmetic sequence, t23 = 519 and t71 = 1503, what is
what force is necessary to punch a 0.75-inch hole in a 0.625 t114?
inch thick plate? a. 3824.5 b. 2458.3
a. 63,000 c. 61,850 b. 68,080 d. 66,800 c. 2384.5 d. none of the given
68. It is the stress caused by forces acting along or parallel to 84. The lines y = (5/12)x are asymptotes of a hyperbola
the area resisting the forces. whose foci are 26 units apart. Which CANNOT be a vertex of
a. shearing stress c. punching stress the hyperbola?
a. (-12, 0) b. (0, 5) c. (0, -12) d. (12, 0)
85. If an ellipse and a parabola share a focus and
corresponding vertex, which of these is true?
a. The parabola has a shorter latus rectum
b. The length LR of the conics are equal.
c. The ellipse has a shorter latus rectum
d. The length of LR cannot be compared.