GENERAL ENGINEERING REVIEW

Algebra
Name: ____________________________________________

Score: __________

Write answers on space provided before each number.

______ 1. Find the remainder if we divide 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y - 4 by 2y + 3.
a. 10
b. 15
c. 11

d. 13

______ 2. The sum of two numbers is 35 and their product is 15. Find the sum of their
reciprocal.
a. 2/7
b. 2/3
c. 7/3
d. 5/2
______ 3. Supplementary angles are angles whose sum is:
a. 45 degrees
b. 180 degrees
c. 90 degrees

d. 360 degrees

______ 4. Any number multiplied by ____ equals unity.

a. Infinity
b. Its reciprocal
c. Itself

d. zero

______ 5. The seating section in a coliseum has 30 seats in the first row, 34 seats in the
second row, and so on until the tenth row is reached, after which there are ten rows each
containing 50 seats. Find the total number of seats in the section.
a. 900
b. 890
c. 810
d. 390
______ 6. A father is 30 years older than his son. In 8 years, he will be twice as old as
his son. What is the present age of the father?
a. 35
b. 45
c. 52
d. 60
______ 7. Separate 98 into two parts so that, when the greater is divided by the smaller,
the quotient is 3 and the remainder is 6. What is the smaller part?
a. 15
b. 23
c. 32
d. 90
______ 8. One pipe can fill a tank in 8 hours and another pipe can fill the same tank in 5
hours. A drain pipe can empty a tank in 20 hours. With all the three pipes open, how long
will it take to fill the tank?
a. 3.63 hrs
b. 4.64 hrs
c. 5.63 hrs
d. 6.63 hrs
______ 9. How many liters of water must be added to 40 liters of 92% hydrochloric acid
solution to reduce its strength to 80%?
a. 2 L
b. 6 L
c. 10 L
d. 18 L
______ 10. Find the 50th term of an arithmetic progression... 7,10,13,...
a. 102
b. 154
c. 178

D. 220

Answers:
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. B

GENERAL ENGINEERING
Engineering Mathematics (Algebra, Trigonometry, Analytic Geometry, Solid Mensuration,
Precalculus)
____ 1. The sum of two numbers is 35 and their product is 15. Find the sum of their reciprocal.
a. 2/7
b. 2/3
c. 7/3
d. 5/2
____ 2. The seating section in a coliseum has 30 seats in the first row, 32 seats in the second
row, 34 seats in the third row, and so on, until the tenth row is reached, after which there are
ten rows each containing 50 seats. Find the total number seats in the section.
a. 900
b. 890
c. 810
d. 390
____ 3. A bookstore purchased a bestselling book at P200 per copy. At what price should this
book be sold so that, giving a 20% discount, the profit is 30%.
a. P450
b. P357
c. P500
d. P400
____ 4. If the sides of a parallelogram and in included angle are 6, 10 and 100 degrees
respectively, find the length of the shorter diagonal.
a. 10.63
b. 10.73
c. 10.37
d. 10.23
____ 5. Determine the area of a regular 6-star polygon if the inner regular hexagon has 10cm
sides.
a. 441.66cm2
b. 519.60cm2
c. 467.64cm2
d. 493.62cm2
____ 6. The volume of water in a spherical tank having a diameter of 4m is 5.236m 3. Determine
the depth of the water in the tank.
a. 1.6
b. 1.2
c. 1.4
d. 1.0
____ 7. Given of diameter x and altitude of h. What percent is the volume of the largest cylinder
which can be inscribed in the cone to the volume of the cone?
a. 44%
b. 46%
c. 56%
d. 65%
____ 8. The major axis of the elliptical path in which the earth moves around the sun is
approximately 186,000,000 miles and the eccentricity of the ellipse is 1/60. Determine the
apogee of the earth.
a. 93,000,000 miles
b. 91,450,000 miles
c.94,335,000 miles
d. 94,550 miles
____ 9. Determine B such that 3x+2y-7=0 is perpendicular to 2x-By+2=0.
a. 5
b. 3
c. 4
d. 2
____ 10. What is the x-intercept of the line passing through (1,4) and (4,1).
a. 4.5
b. 6
c. 5
d. 4
____ 11. The altitudes of the sides of triangles intersect at the point known as:
a. Orthocenter
b. Centroid
c. Circumcenter
d. Incenter
____ 12. Supplementary angles are angles whose sum is:
a. 45 deg
b. 180 deg
c. 90 deg

d. 360 deg

____ 13. An angle greater than a straight line and less than two straight angles is called:
a. Right angle
b. Acute angle
c. Obtuse angle
d. Reflex angle
____ 14. Find the angle between the lines.
y = -0.752x+3
a. 13.48o
b. 23.48o
c. 33.48o
d. 38.48o

y = +0.752x-6

____ 15. Eight people are on sinking boat. There are five life jackets. How many combinations of
survivors are there?
a. 56
b. 51
c. 45
d. 50
____ 16. A pianist knows five pieces but will have enough stage time to play only three of them.
How many different programs can be arranged?
a. 24
b. 45
c. 60
d. 90
____ 17. A box contains six white balls, three red balls and four green balls. What is the
probability of getting either a white ball or a red ball in one draw from the bowl?
a. 6/13
b. 3/13
c. 9/13
d. 3/5
____ 18. One box contains five white balls, two red balls, and three green balls. Another box

contains three yellow and seven black balls. What is the probability of getting a red ball from
the first box and a yellow ball from the second box in one draw from each bowl?
a. 3/50
b. 1/5
c. 3/10
d. 1/10
____ 19. Find the value of sine 750o.
a. -0.5
b. +0.342

c. +0.5

d. -0.342

____ 20. g = 32.2 ft/sec . How is it expressed in SI?

a. 9.81 m/sec2
b. 9.08 m/sec2
c. 9.86 m/sec2
2

____ 21. The equation 9x2 + 16y2 + 54x - 64y = -1 describes:

a. An ellipse
b. A hyperbola
c. A circle

d. 9.91 m/sec2
d. A sphere

____ 22. In the SI system of measurement, the base unit for pressure is:
a. Joule
b. Watt
c. Newton
d. Pascal
____ 23. Find the 9th term of the progression: 3, 6, 12, 24....
a. 768
b. 1536
c. 945
d. 3072
____ 24. Determine the curve:
a. Ellipse
b. Parabola

9x2+6y2+2x+3y+9=0
c. Hyperbola
d. Circle

____ 25. Find the sum of even integers between 1 to 31.

a. 210
b. 240
c. 220

d. 242

____ 26. Find the sum of odd integers from 1 to 41.

a. 361
b. 431
c. 421

d. 441

____ 27. What is the interior angle (in radians) of a dodecagon?

a. 2.361
b. 2.9
c. 2.618
____ 28. The no. of of a regular octagon is:
a. 6
b. 8
c. 7

d. 15

____ 29. Which of the following is a prime number?

a. 4
b. 12
c. 8
____ 30. Which of the following is a binomial?
a. 3x
b. (x+y)1/2

d. 2.75

d. 17
c. 3x+2y+5z

____ 31. A real number does not include a fractional part is:
a. Irrational
b. Integer
c. rational

d. 7x+2y+z
d. Surd

____ 32. A fraction with a numerator that is greater than the denominator is:
a. Proper fraction b. Improper fraction
c. Geometric mean
d. Terminating fraction
____ 33. In quadratic formula, if b2 - 4ac is greater than one, the roots are:
a. Real and equal
b. Real and unequal
c. Real and imaginary d. Imaginary
____ 34. Factor the expression: 6y4 - y2 - 15.
a. (3y2+5)(2y2-3)
b. (2y2-5)(3y2-3)
3)

c. (3y2-5)(2y2+3)

d. (2y2+5)(3y2-

____ 35. To find the angles of a triangle, given only the lengths of the sides, one would use:
a. The law of cosine
b. The law of sinesc. The law of tangents d. Orthogonal
functions
____ 36. Study the series of numbers to discover the SYSTEM in which they are arranged. For
the series 1, 5, 14, 30,___, 91; the fifth term is:
a. 59
b. 55
c. 53
d. 50
____ 37. What do you call a polygon with 11 sides?
a. Undecagon
b. Pentedecagon
c. Dodecagon

d. Hexadecagon

____ 38. In finding the distance between two points P1( X1 Y1) and P2( X2 Y2), the most direct
procedure is to use:
a. The translation of the axis
b. The derivative
c. The pythagorean theorem
d. The slope of the line
____ 39. One root of x3 - 8x -3 = 0 is:

a. 2

b. 4

c. 3

d. 5

____ 40. The value of Tan (A + B), where tan A = 1/3 and Tan B = 1/4 is:
a. 7/12
b. 7/11
c. 1/11
d. 7/13
____ 41. If a right circular cone is cut parallel with the axis of symmetry, you would reveal:
a. Circle
b. Ellipse
c. Hyperbola
d. Parabola
____ 42. If loga 10 = 0.250, log10 a equals:
a. 4
b. 2

c. 0.50

____ 43. Angle between 90 deg and 180 deg has:

a. A positive sine and cosine
c. A negative secant and tangent
negative

d. 10,000
b. A negative cotangent and cosecant
d. All its trigonometric functions

____ 44. To find the angles of a triangle, given only the lengths of the sides, one would use:
a. law of cosines
b. law of sines
c. law of tangents d. The inversesquare law
____ 45. The sine of 840 degree equals:
a. -cos 30 degree
b. Sin 30 degree
+ 120 degree)

c. -cos 60 degree

d. Sine (2

____ 46. To cut a right circular cone in such a way as to reveal a parabola, it must be cut:
a. Perpendicular to the axis of symmetry
b. At any acute angle to the axis of symmetry
c. Parallel to the axis of symmetry
d. None of these
____ 47. If X3/4 = 8, X equals:
a. 6
b. -9

c. 9

____ 48. If logx 10 = 0.250, log10 x equals:

a. 4
b. 2

c. 1,0000

d. 16
d. 0.50

____ 49. An angle between 90 degree and 180 degree has:

a. A positive sine and cosine
b. A negative cotangent and cosecant
c. A negative secant and tangent
d. All its trigonometric functions negative
____ 50. Solve for x in the equation:
1/x2 - 1/4a2= 0
a. +2, -2
b. +1, 1

c. +2a, -2a

d. +a, -a

____ 51. The dimensions of a covered box are such that it is 1 inch taller than it is wide and 1
inch longer than it is tall. The sum of the volume and surface area is 628. What are the
dimensions of the box in inches?
a. 6 x 7 x 8
b. 1 x 2 x 3
c. 2 x 3 x 4
d. 2 x 4 x 6
____ 52. Find the value of the seventeenth term of 68, 56, 44, 32, ........ 17 th term.
a. 41
b. 14
c. -124
d. -142
____ 53. Find the value of the eighth term of 1/243, 1/81, 1/27,...... 8 th term.
a. 1/9
b. 1/3
c. 9
d. 3
____ 54. The identity sec2 A - sec2 A sin2 A is equal to:
a. Sin A
b. Sec A
c. Zero

d. One

____ 55. Simplify the identity:

(1 + tan2 A)/(1 + cot2 A)
a. 1
b. tan2

d. tan A

c. sin A

____ 56. Find the value of sin 2A if sin A is equal to 12/13 and angle A terminates is the first
quadrant.
a. 0.35
b. 0.79
c. 0.71
d. 1.10
____ 57. The point (5, 2) is the midpoint of the segment of a line connecting A(-3, -5) and B(x,

y). Find point B.

a. 13, 9

b. -2, 7

c. 5, -9

d. -1, -3

____ 58. Find the slope of the line connecting (4, y) and (-6, 13).
a. 10/(y - 13)
b. (y - 13)/10
c. (13 - y)/-2
d. 13/2
____ 59. What is the equation of a line that passes to the point (-2, 1) and a slope of 3/4?
a. 4x +3y = 2
b. x + 2y = -3
c. 3x - 4y = -10
d. 3x + 2y = -4
____ 60. Determine the equation of the line that is perpendicular to the line segment (-4, 2) and
(1, -7) and passes through the point x= 4 and y= -3.
a. 5x - 9y - 47 = 0
b. 2x + 3y +1 = 0
c. 9x - 5y + 40 = 0
d. x +
5y - 10 = 0
____ 61. If the product of the slopes of any two straight lines is negative 1, one of these lines
are said to be:
a. Parallel
b. Perpendicular
c. Skew
d. Non-intersecting
____ 62. Justine is 12 years old and Tresha is 3 years old. How many years will Justine be twice
as old as Tresha?
a. 6
b. 18
c. 9
d. 24
____ 63. What is the expression of three or more terms?
a. Polynomial
b. Multi
c. Monomial

d. Trinomial

____ 64. The part of the theorem which is assumed to be true.

a. Corollary
b. Postulates
c. Hypothesis

d. Conclusion

____ 65. A rectangular array of numbers forming m rows and n columns.

a. Determinants
b. Pascal triangle
c. Elements

d. Matrix

____ 66. Which of the following is NOT a property of a binomial expansion of (x + y) n?

a. Power of x is decreasing
b. Power of y is increasing
c. Sum of exponents in each term = n
d. Number of terms = n -1
____ 67. The absolute value of a non-zero number is
a. Always zero
b. Always negative
c. Always positive
d. Sometimes zero and sometimes positive
____ 68. What is the additive identity element?
a. 0
b. -1
c. 1

d. Infinity

____ 69. What is the multiplicative identity element?

a. 0
b. -1
c. 1

d. Infinity

____ 70. A prime number is an integer greater than I Which has,

a. 1 as its only positive divisor
b. Itself as its only positive divisor
c. 1 and itself as its only positive divisor
d. 1 and it additive inverse as its only pos divisor
____ 71. Indicate the false statement:
a. The objects in a set are called its elements
b. Every number is either rational or irrational
c. The additive inverse of number a is 1/a
d. The negative of zero is zero
____ 72. If the discriminant of a quadratic equation is less than zero, the equation has:
a. No real root b. Two real roots
c. One real root
d. None of the above
____ 73. Considered as the counting numbers
a. Integers
b. Rational numbers
c. Irrational numbers
____ 74. A prime number has exactly how many divisors?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 2
____ 75. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

d. 4

d. Natural numbers

a. The sum of even numbers is even

b. The difference of even numbers is even
c. The product of even numbers is even
d. The quotient of even numbers is even
____ 76. The numbers between two geometric terms
a. Means

b. Geometric mean

c. Arithmetic means

d. Median

____ 77. A number that occurs most frequent in a group of numbers.

a. Median
b. Means
c. Mode
d. Standard deviation
____ 78. What is the the allowable error in measuring the edge of the tube that is intended to
hold cubic meter, if the error of the computed volume is not to exceed 0.02 cubic meter?
Assume volume of a cube equal to 8.
a. 0.0170 m
b. 0.1700 m
c. 0.07190 m
d. 0.0017 m
____ 79. Find the equation of the directrix of the parabola y2 = 16x.
a. x = -4
b. x = 4
c. x = -8
d. x = 8
____ 80. The difference between an approximate value of a quantity and its exact value or true
value is:
a. Absolute error b. One
c. Relative error
d. Change
____ 81. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 540 degrees. Find the number of sides.
a. 11
b. 8
c. 5
d. 6
____ 82. MCMXCIV is a roman numeral equivalent to:
a. 1974
b. 11964
c. 1984

d. 1994

____ 83. The cords of an ellipse, which pass through the center, are known as _____
a. Asymptote
b. Radica axes
c. Major axes
d. Diameters
____ 84. If sin A = 3/5 and A is in quadrant II while cos B = 7/25 and B is in quadrant 1, find sin
(A + B).
a. -3/5
b. 3/5
c. 4/5
d. 3/4
____ 85. A horizontal line has a slope of
a. Negative
b. Positive

c. Infinity

d. Zero

____ 86. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34 cm. Find the length of two legs, if one leg is 14
cm longer than the other.
a. 15 and 29
b. 18 and 32
c. 16 and 30
d. 17 and 31
____ 87. The line passing through the focus and is perpendicular to the directrix of a parabola.
a. Tangent line b. Latus rectum
c. Directrix
d. Axis of the parabola
____ 88. The equation whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots of the equation, 2x 2 - 3x - 5
= 0.
a. 2x2 - 5x - 3 = 0 b. 5x2 - 2x - 3 = 0
c. 5x2 + 3x - 2 = 0
d. 3x2 - 5x - 2 = 0
____ 89. Which of the following is true?
a. sin (- ) = sine
b. cos (- ) = cos

c. tan (- ) = tan

d. csc (- )

= csc

____ 90. Find the area bounded by the curve defined by the equation x = 8y and its latus
rectum.
a. 11/3
b. 16/3
c. 32/3
d. 22/3
2

____ 91. The altitude of the sides of a triangle intersect at the point known as:
a. Incenter
b. Circumcenter
c. Orthocenter
d. Centroid
____ 92. When two planes intersect with each other, the amount of divergence between the
two planes is expressed by measuring the ____
a. Dihedral angleb. Reflex angle
c. Polyhedral angle
d. Plane angle
____ 93. For a particular experiment you need 5 liters of a 10% solution. You find 7% and 12%
solution on the shelves. How much of the 7% solution should you mix with the appropriate
amount of the 12% solution to get 5 liters of a 10% solution.
a. 1.5
b. 3
c. 2
d. 2.5

____ 94. A circle with a radius of 6 has half of its area removed by cutting a border of uniform
width. Find the width of the border.
a. 2.2
b. 1.76
c. 1.35
d. 3.75
____ 95. The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3 and 1/4. What is the equation?
a. 12x2 - 7x + 1 =0
b. 12x2 - 7x - 1 = 0
c. 12x2 +7x + 1 = 0
d. 12x2 +7x - 1
=0
____ 96. A line, which is perpendicular to the x-axis, has a slope equal to ____
a. 1

b. Infinity

c. 0

d. -1

____ 97. Find the approximate change in the volume of a cube of side x inches caused by
increasing its side by 1%.
a. 0.02x3 cubic inch
b.0.1x3 cubic inch
c. 0.3x3 cubic inch d. 0.03x3 cubic inch

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