GERTC – Enhancement Training Test 1

1. Convert 250°Fto degrees Celsius. 10. What are the values of a, b, and c in the following experience such that
A. 115°C n(∞) = 100, n(0) = 10, and dn(0)/dt = 0.5?
B. 121°C a
C. 124°C n(t ) =
D. 420°C 1 + be ct
2. Convert the Stefan-Boltzmann constant (0.1713⨯10-8 Btu/ft2-hr-°R4) A. a = 10, b = 9, c = 1
from English to SI units B. a = 100, b = 10, c = 1.5
A. 5.14⨯10-10 W/m2*K4 C. a = 100, b = 9, c = -0.056
B. 0.95⨯10-8 W/m2*K4 D. a = 1000, b = 10, c = 0.056
C. 5.67⨯10-8 W/m2*K4 11. Find all minima, maxima, and inflection points for
D. 7.33⨯10-8 W/m2*K4 y = x 3 − 9x 2 − 3
3. How many U.S. tons (2000 lbm per ton) of coal with a heating value A. maximum at x = 0
of 13,000 Btu/lbm must be burned to provide as much energy as a inflection at x = 3
complete nuclear conversion of 1 g of its mass? (Hint: Use Einstein’s minimum at x = 6
equation: E=mc2) B. maximum at x = 0
A. 1.7 tons inflection at x = -3
B. 14 tons minimum at x = -6
C. 779 tons C. maximum at x = 0
D. 3300 tons inflection at x = -3
4. Calculate the following sum. minimum at x = 6
5
D. maximum at x = 3
 ( j + 1) − 1
2

j =1
 inflection at x = 0
minimum at x = -3
A. 15 12. Solve the following differential equation for y.
B. 24
C. 35 y ''− 4 y '− 12 y = 0
D. 85 A. A1e6x +A2e-2x
5. If every 0.1 sec a quantity increases by 0.1% of its current value, B. A1e-6x + A2e2x
calculate the doubling time. C. A1e6x + A2e2x
A. 14 sec D. A1e-6x + A2e-2x
B. 70 sec 13. Solve the following differential equation for y.
C. 690 sec y '− y = 2xe2x
D. 69,000 sec
6. What is the determinant of matrix A? y ( 0) = 1
A. y = 2e-2x(x-1)+3e-x
8 2 0 0
B. y = 2e-2x(x-1)+3ex
2 8 2 0  C. y = -2e-2x(x-1)+3e-x
A= D. y = 2e2x(x-1)+3e-x
0 2 8 2
  Situation 1 – The oscillation exhibited by the top story of a certain
0 0 2 4 building in free motion is given by the following differential equation.
A. 459 x ''+ 2x '+ 2x = 0
B. 832 x ( 0) = 0
C. 1552
D. 1776 x ' ( 0) = 1
7. Use Cramer’s rule to solve for the values of x, y, and z that 14. What is x as a function of time?
simultaneously satisfy the following equations. A. e-2t sin t
x + y = −4 B. et sin t
x + z −1 = 0 C. e-t sin t
D. e-t sin t + e-t cos t
2z − y + 3x = 4 15. What is the building’s fundamental natural frequency of vibration?
A. (x,y,z) = (3,2,1) A. 1/2
B. (x,y,z) = (-3,-2,1) B. 1
C. (x,y,z) = (3,-1,-3) C. √2
D. (x,y,z) = (-1,-3,2) D. 2
8. A 5 lbm (5 kg) block sits on a 20° incline without slipping. Determine 16. What is the amplitude of oscillation?
the magnitude of the frictional force on the block. A. 0.32
A. 1.71 lbf (16.8 N) B. 0.54
B. 3.35 lbf (32.9 N) C. 1.7
C. 4.70 lbf (46.1 N) D. 6.6
D. 5.00 lbf (49.1 N) 17. What is x as a function of time if a lateral wind load is applied with a
9. The diameter of sphere and the base of a cone are equal. What form of sin t?
percentage of that diameter must the cone’s height be so that both 6 −t 2
volumes are equal? A. e sin t + e −t cos t
A. 133% 5 5
B. 150% 6 t 2
C. 166% B. e sin t + et cos t
D. 200% 5 5
2 −t 6 2 1
C. e sin t + e −t cos t + sin t − cos t
5 5 5 5
6 −t 2 −t 1 2
D. e sin t + e cos t + sin t − cos t
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18. A 90 lbm (40 kg) bag of a chemical is accidentally dropped in an 25. A mechanical component exhibits a negative exponential failure
aerating lagoon. The chemical is water soluble and nonreacting. The distribution with a mean time to failure of 1000 hr. What is the
lagoon is 120 ft (35m) in diameter and filled to a depth of 10ft (3m). maximum operating time such that the reliability remains above
The aerators circulate and distribute the chemical evenly throughout 99%?
the lagoon. A. 3.3 hours
B. 5.6 hours
Water enters the lagoon at the rate of 30 gal/min (115 L/min). Fully C. 8.1 hours
mixed water is pumped into a reservoir at a rate of 30 gal/min (115 D. 10 hours
L/min).
Situation 4 – A survey field crew measures one leg of a traverse four
The established safe concentration of this chemical is 1 ppb (part per times. The following results are obtained.
billion). How many days will it take for the concentration of the
discharge water to reach this level? Repetition Measurement Direction
A. 25 days 1 1249.529 Forward
B. 50 days 2 1249.494 Backward
C. 100 days 3 1249.384 Forward
D. 200 days 4 1249.348 Backward
The crew chief is under orders to obtain readings with confidence
19. A tank contains 100 gal (100 L) of brine made by dissolving 60 lbm limits of 90%.
(60 kg) of salt in pure water. Salt water with a concentration of 1 26. Which readings are acceptable?
lbm/gal (1 kg/L) enters the tank at a rate of 2 gal/min (2 L/min). A A. No readings are acceptable
well – stirred mixture is drawn from the tank at a rate of 3 gal/min (3 B. Two readings are acceptable
L/min). Find the mass of salt in the tank after 1 hour. C. Three readings are acceptable
A. 13 lbm (13 kg) D. All four readings are acceptable
B. 37 lbm (37 kg) 27. Which readings are not acceptable?
C. 43 lbm (43 kg) A. No readings are unacceptable
D. 51 lbm (51 kg) B. One reading is unacceptable
C. Two readings are unacceptable
Situation 2 – Four military recruits whose respective shoe sizes are 7, 8, D. All four readings are unacceptable
9, and 10 report to the supply clerk to be issued boots. The supply 28. Explain hot to determine which readings are not acceptable.
clerk selects one pair of boots in each of the four required sizes and A. Readings inside the 90% confidence limits are unacceptable.
hands them at random to the recruits. B. Readings outside the 90% confidence limits are unacceptable.
20. What is the probability that all recruits will receive boots of an C. Readings outside the upper 90% confidence limit are
incorrect size? unacceptable.
A. 0.25 D. Readings outside the lower 90% confidence limit are
B. 0.38 unacceptable.
C. 0.45 29. What is the most probable value of the distance?
D. 0.61 A. 1249.399
21. What is the probability that exactly three recruits will receive boots B. 1249.410
of the correct size? C. 1249.439
A. 0 D. 1249.452
B. 0.063 30. What is the error in the most probability value (at 90% confidence)?
C. 0.17 A. 0.08
D. 0.25 B. 0.11
C. 0.14
22. The time taken by a toll taker to collect the toll from vehicles crossing D. 0.19
a bridge is an exponential distribution with a mean of 23 sec. What is 31. If the distance is one side of a square traverse whose sides are all
the probability that a random vehicle will be processed in 25 sec or equal, what is the most probable closure error?
more (i.e., will take longer than 25 sec)? A. 0.14
A. 0.17 B. 0.20
B. 0.25 C. 0.28
C. 0.34 D. 0.35
D. 0.52 32. What is the probability error of the previous question expressed as a
fraction?
Situation 3 –the number of cars entering a toll plaza on a bridge during A. 1:17,600
the hour after midnight follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of B. 1:14,200
20. C. 1:12,500
23. What is the probability that 17 cars will pass through the toll plaza D. 1:10,900
during that hour on any given night? 33. What is the order of accuracy of the closure?
A. 0.076 A. first order
B. 0.12 B. second order
C. 0.16 C. third order
D. 0.23 D. fourth order
24. What is the probability that three or fewer cars will pass through the
toll plaza at that hour on any given night?
A. 0.00032
B. 0.0019
C. 0.079
D. 0.11

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Situation 5 – California law requires a statistical analysis of the average 44. What is the probability that 2 holes out of sample of 15 will be out
speed driven by motorists on a road prior to the use of radar speed specification?
control. The following speeds (all in mi/hr) were observed in a A. 0.074
random sample of 40 cars. B. 0.12
C. 0.15
44, 48, 26, 25, 20, 43, 40, 42, 29, 39, 23, 29, 24, 47, 45, 28, 29, 41, 38, D. 0.32
36, 27, 44, 42, 43, 29, 37, 34, 31, 33, 30 ,42, 43, 28, 41, 29, 36, 35, 30,
32, 31 45. A function is given as y = 3x0.93 + 4.2. What is the percent error if the
value of y at x = 2.7 is found by using straight line interpolation
34. What is the upper quartile speed? between x = 2 and x = 3?
A. 30 mph A. 0.06%
B. 35 mph B. 0.18%
C. 40 mph C. 2.5%
D. 45 mph D. 5.4%
35. What is the median speed?
A. 31 mph 46. Given the following data points, find y by straight line interpolation
B. 33 mph for x = 2.75.
C. 35 mph x y
D. 37 mph 1 4
36. What is the standard deviation of the sample data? 2 6
A. 2.1 mph 3 2
B. 6.1 mph 4 -12
C. 6.8 mph A. 2.1
D. 7.4 mph B. 2.4
37. What is the sample standard deviation? C. 2.7
A. 7.5 mph D. 3.0
B. 18 mph
C. 35 mph 47. Using the bisection method, find the real root of f(x) = 0 to the nearest
D. 56 mph 0.000005.
38. What is the sample variance? f ( x ) = x3 + 2x 2 + 8x − 2
A. 56 mi2/hr2
B. 324 mi2/hr2 A. 0.234623
C. 1225 mi2/hr2 B. 0.234375
D. 3136 mi2/hr2 C. 0.234153
D. 0.632513
Situation 6 –A spot speed study is conducted for a stretch of roadway.
During a normal day, the speeds were found to be normally 48. Volumes of an 8% solution, a 10% solution, and a 20% solution of
distributed with a mean of 46 and standard deviation of 3. nitric acid are to be mixed in order to get 100mL of a 12% solution. If
39. What is the 50th percentile speed? the 8% solution contributes half of the total volume of nitric acide
A. 39 contributed by the 10% and 20% solutions, what volume of 10% acid
B. 43 solution is required?
C. 46 A. 20mL
D. 49 B. 30mL
40. What is the 85th percentile speed? C. 50mL
A. 47.1 D. 80mL
B. 48.3
C. 49.1
D. 52.7
41. What is the upper two standard deviation speed?
A. 47.2
B. 49.3
C. 41.1
D. 52.0
42. the daily average speeds for the same stretch of roadway on
consecutive normal days were determined by sampling 25 vehicles
each day. What is the upper two – standard deviation speed?
A. 46.6
B. 47.2
C. 52.0
D. 54.7

Situation 7 –The diameters of bolt holes drilled in structural steel

members are normally distributed with a mean of 0.502 in and a
standard deviation of 0.005 in. Holes are out of specification if their
diameters are less than 0.497 in or more than 0.507in.
43. What is the probability that a hole chosen at random will be out of
specification?
A. 0.16
B. 0.22
C. 0.32
D. 0.68

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