TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES- MANILA

PRE BOARD EXAM DAY 3

NAME:_____________________SN_______________DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2014
DIRECTIONS: PROVIDE THE SOLUTION TO SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER.

1. On the television show “Kayang – kaya kaya?” each contestant was given P100.00 at the start. For each question
answered correctly, he was given a bonus of P75.00 and for each one he missed, he was penalized by 15.00. If a
contestant was asked a total of 20 questions and ended the game with P1330.00, how many questions were answered
correctly?
a. 13 b. 15 c. 17 d. 19

2. Rain is falling into a cylindrical barrel at the rate of 20 cm 3/min. If the radius of the base is 18 cm, how fast is the water
rising?
a. 5.81cm/min b. 3.10cm/min c. 0.3cm/min d. 4.28cm/min

3. A ship leaves port at 1 pm traveling north at the speed of 30 miles/hour. At 3 pm, the ship adjusts its course 20 degrees
eastward. How far is the ship from the port at 4pm?
a. 55 mi b. 68 mi c.73 mi d. 89 mi

4. A pipe 10 cm in diameter contains steam at 100°C. It is covered with asbestos 5cm. thick, the thermal conductivity of
which , k= 0.00060 cal/cm sec. The outside surface is at 30°C. Find the heat loss per hour from a meter length of pipe.
a. 11,840cal/hr b. 140,000 cal/hr c. 125,256 cal/hr d. 36,000 cal/hr
5. Find the volume of the largest circular cylinder that can be cut from a circular cone of radius 6cm and height 9cm.
a. 36 cu.cm. b. 48cu.cm c. 54cu.cm d. 49cu.cm

6. The rigid platform in the figure has negligible mass and rests on two steel bars, each 250.00 mm long. The center bar is
aluminum and 249.90 mm long. Compute the stress in the Al bar after the center load P=400 kN has been applied. For each
steel bar, the area is 1200 mm2 and E = 200 Gpa. For the Al bar, the area is 2400 mm2 and E=70 GPa.
a. 22.5 MPa b. 25.4 MPa c. 32.1 MPa d. 35.8 MPa

Figure 7

8. A metal bar at a temperature of 100°F is placed in a room at a constant temperature of 0°F. If after 20 minutes the
temperature of the bar is 50°F, find (a) the time it will take the bar to reach a temperature of 25°F?
a.39.6 mins b. 43.1mins c. 15.28mins d. 12.1 mins

9. Determine the area bounded by y =8 – x3, the x-axis and the y-axis.
a. 14 b. 10 c. 16 d. 12

10. In an arithmetic sequence, t23 = 519 and t71 = 1503, what is t114?
a. 3824.5 b. 2458.3 c. 2384.5 d. NOTG
11. A sequence of annual payments of $2000 each will start with the first payment at the end of 5 years, then will continue
forever. Find the present value of the perpetuity when money is woth 5%?
a. $33,000 b. $ 35,000 c. $40,000 d. $ 54,000

12. What is the velocity of a projectile at an altitude of 8,000 feet after it was fired directly upward from the ground with a
muzzle velocity of 1,000 feet per second?
a. 130 ft/sec b. 616 ft/sec c. 158ft/sec d. 700 ft/sec

13. The lines y = ±(5/12)x are asymptotes of a hyperbola whose foci are 26 units apart. Which CANNOT be a vertex of the
hyperbola?
a. (-12, 0) b. (0, 5) c. (0, -12) d. (12, 0)

14. It is desired to give a spherical tank of diameter 20 feet ( 240 inches) a coat of point 0.1 inch thick. Estimate how many
gallons of paint will be required, if 1 gallon is about 231 cubic inches.
a.9.44 gal b. 21gal c. 7.83 gal d. 32 gal

15. A fossilized bone is found to contain (1/1000) the original amount of radioactive carbon C-14. Given the half life of C14
is approximately 5600 years, determine the age of the fossil.
a. 187,00 years b. 157,320 years c. 103,583 years d. 55,800 years
16. A car is braked to a stop with constant acceleration. The car stops 10 secs after the brakes are applied and travels 250
ft. during this time. Find the speed of the car when the brakes were applied.
a. 100 fps b. 75 fps c. 50 fps d. NOTG

17. A parallel force system acts on the lever shown in Fig. P-236. Determine the magnitude and position of the resultant.
a. 80 lb,4 ft. to the r of A b. 90 lb,6 ft. to the r of A c. 100 lb, 5 ft. to the r of A d. 110 lb,6 ft. to the r of A

18. The reciprocal of Bulk modulus of any liquid is called ________.

a. Compressibility b. Volume strain
c. volume stress d. shape elasticity

19. A plant bought a calciner for P220,000 and used it for 10 years, the life span of the equipment. What is the book value
of the calciner after five years of use. Assume a scrap value of P20,000 for the double declining method.
a. PP69,570.108 b. P72,089.60 c. P120,000.00 d. NOTG

20. Two vertices of triangle are (2,4) and (-2,3) and the area is 2 sq. units, the locus of the third vertex is
a. 4x-y =14 b. 4x+4y =14 c. x+4y =12 d. x-4y =-10
21. An aircraft tracking station determines the distance from a common point O to each aircraft and the angle between the
aicrafts. If angle O between the two aircrafts is equal to 49 o and the distances from point O to the two aircrafts are 50 km
and 72 km, find distance d between the two aircrafts.
a. 40.3 km b. 45.3 km c.54.4 km d. 58.9 km

22. A 5 kg rifle fires a 15 g bullet at a muzzle velocity of 600 m/s. Find the recoil velocity of the rifle.
a. –1.8 m/s b. –2.25 m/s c. –2.5 m/s d. –3 m/s

23. In a certain culture the rate of growth of bacteria is proportional to the amount present. Initially, 1000 bacteria are
present and the amount doubles in 12 minutes. Determine the time it takes for the bacteria to multiply to 10,000.
a. 20 min b. 40 min c. 60 min d. NOTG

24. A steel shaft 3 ft long that has a diameter of 4 in is subjected to a torque of 15 kip·ft. Determine the maximum shearing
stress. Use G = 12 × 106 psi.
a. 12.3 ksi b. 13.3 ksi c. 14.3 ksi d. 15.3 ksi

25. A developer of a new subdivision offers a prospective home buyer a choice of 4 designs, 3 different heating systems, a
garage or carport, and a patio or screened porch. How many different plans are available to this buyer?
a. 48 b. 56 c. 36 d.24
26. A tank initially holds 100 gallons of a brine solution containing 20 lb of salt. At t =0 , fresh water is poured into the tank at
the rate of 5 gal/min, while the well –stirred mixture leaves the tank at the same rate. Find the amount of salt in the tank at
any time t.
a. S = 10e-t/5 b. S = 20e-t/20 c. S = 20e-t/5 d. S = 5e-t/10

27. What weight W is necessary to start the system of blocks shown in Fig. P-510 moving to the right? The coefficient of
friction is 0.10 and the pulleys are assumed to be frictionless.
a. 29.5 kN b. 32.4 kN c. 38.4 kN d. notg

28. What is the radius of a circle, if a central angle of 110º subtends a chord of length 84 inches.
a) 34.4 b) 48.4 c) 51.1 d) 68.8

29. Find the distance of the centroid from the y-axis, bounded by x=10, y=x and y=-x
a. 6.67 b. 6.06 c. 5.51 d. 7.33

30. If the distance between an endpoint of the latus rectum to the vertex of a parabola is 80, than what is the length of the
latus rectum?
a. 45(5)1/2 b. 62(2)1/2 c.62(5)1/2 d.64(5)1/2
31. The siren of a stationary fire engine has frequency of 500 Hz. If a car drives away from it at 20m/s, what frequency does
a person in the car hear?
a. 471 Hz b. 500 Hz c. 531 Hz d. 565 Hz
32. An investment of P60,000 can be made in depreciable assets that will produce revenues of P29,000 per year for 5 years
Annual cost for operations and maintenance will be P12,000 per year. Taxes and insurance will be 2% of the first cost. If the
company expects capital to earn not less than 15% before tax, is this a desirable investment. Use sinking fund method to
calculate for annual depreciation. What is the % rate of return ?
4. 10% b. 11.5% c. 13.5% d. 17%

33. Find the distance between center and directrix of an ellipse x 2/36 + y2/16 =1
a.5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8

34. An inlet pipe can fill up the tank in 6 hours while an outlet pipe can empty the tank in 9 hours. One day, the tank was
being filled. When it was 1/3 full, a boy opened the outlet pipe. How long did it take to fill the rest of the tank?
a.8 h b. 10 h c.12 h d. 13 h

35. Farmer Johnson hitches his tractor to a sled loaded with firewood and pulls it a distance of 20 m along level frozen
ground. The total weight of sled and load is 14700 N. The tractor exerts a constant 5000 N force at an angle of 36.9* above
the horizontal as shown. There is a 3500N. Friction force opposing the motion. Find the work done by each force acting on
the sled and the total work done by all the forces.
a. 10 kJ b. 20 kJ c. 30 kJ d. 40 kJ

36. Determine the coordinates of the point which is three-fifths of the way from the point (2,-5) to the point (-3,5)
a.(-1,1) b. (-1,-2) c. (-2,-1) d. (1,-1)
37. Given : dy1/dx = (2/13) (1+ 5/2 x - 3/2 – ¾ k), What is the value of k such that y1 is perpendicular to the curve y2 = 2x
at (1,1)
a. 3 b. 6 c. 7 d. 10

38. A plane cuts through a cube in such a way that the plane passes through three of the cube’s vertices, no two of which
lie on the same edge. If the edge of the cube has a length of 1, what is the surface area of the smaller fragments of the
cube?
a. 2.4 b. 2.7 c. 3.1 d. 3.7

39. Determine the reactions R1 and R2 of the beam in Fig. P-333

loaded with a concentrated load of 1600 lb and a load varying from
zero to an intensity of 400 lb per ft.
a. 1400 b. 1900 c. 2100 d. notg

40. A passenger weighing 60 kg rides a ferris wheel with a radius of 8.0 m. The wheel makes one revolution in 10 s.
Calculate the force the seat exerts on the passenger at the top of the circle.
a. 398 N b. 498 N c. 588 N d. 778 N

41. A hotel swimming pool has for its boundary a curve given by the equation:x 2 +y2 =2x-4y+20 where the units are all in
meters. Find the volume of water required to fill the pool to a depth of 1.5m.
a. 117.8m3 b. 168.7m3 c. 121.5m3 d. 171.5m3
42. At 7:00 AM, Mr. Castro left home for work driving at a rate of 40kph. 15 minutes later, his wife discovered that Mr.
Castro left his wallet at home so Mrs. Castro pursue him on her car at a rate of 50 kph. At what time did Mrs. Castro catch
up with her husband?
a. 8:00 AM b. 8:15 AM c. 8:30 AM d. 8:45 AM

43. Determine the reaction R1 of the beam in Fig. P-333 loaded with a concentrated load of 1600 lb and a load varying
from zero to an intensity of 400 lb per ft.
a.1900 b.2100 c.2500 d. 1400

44. A fisher man 10 km from the shore desires to reach a point on the shore 20 km. from his present position. If he can walk
4km per hr and rows 2km per hr, in what direction Ѳ should he row in order to reach his destination in the shortest possible
time?
a.25° b. 30° c. 53° d. 45°

45. A student taking a true-false test consisting of 15 questions guesses at the answers. Assuming that he is equally likely
to make a correct or an incorrect guess on each question, find the probability that 8 of his answers will be right and the rest
wrong.
a) 6435 / 32768 b) 6543 / 32768 c) 6435 / 37268 d) 6435 / 32876

46. The lower edge of a picture frame is 4ft. while its upper edge is 9ft. above the eyes of the observer who is 6 ft. tall. How
far horizontally from the picture should the observer stand such that the angle subtended by the picture at the observers
eyes would be maximum?
a.5ft b. 6ft c. 4ft d. 3ft
47. A 2lb mass is dropped from a great height. Air resistance is proportional to kv 2 where k = 1/20,000. Find the velocity
when the mass has fallen 1000ft.
a. 162.3 b. 158.7 c. 178.6 d. 175.4

48. Find the annual payments to extinguish a debt of P10,000 payable for five years at 12% interest.
a. P1985.90 b. P2774.10
c. P3,012.35 d. P3550.67

49. Find the moment of inertia about the indicated x-axis for the shaded area shown in Fig. P-821.
a. 606.19 in4 b. 756.19 in4 c. 865.19 in4d. 906.19 in4

50. Ten coins are tossed. What is the probability that at least six of them will be tail?
a) 512 /193 b) 391 / 152 c) 193 / 512 d) 512 / 391

51. A train moving with constant acceleration travels 24 ft (7.32 m) during the 10th sec of its motion and 18 ft (5.49 m)
during the 12th sec of its motion. Find its its constant acceleration.  
a. 1.47 m/s2 b. -0.915 m/s2 c. - 0.47 m/s2 d. 2.47 m/s2

52. Vector A has magnitude 6 units and is in the direction of the +x-axis. Vector B has a magnitude 4 units and lies in the
xy-plane, making an angle of 30˚ with the + x-axis. Find the vector product A x B.
a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12
53. The distance between points ( 4,7,z) and ( 5,1,6) is 7.28. Find z.
a.2 b. 6 c. 4 d. 8

54. A hemispherical tank of radius 2 ft. is initially filled with water. At the bottom of the tank, there is a hole of radius 1 in.
through which the water drains under the influence of gravity. Determine how long it will take the tank to drain completely.
a. 2.3 h b. 3.6 h c. 4.8 h d. 5.5 h

55. A particle moves according to the following function of time: x(t) = 3sint and y(t) = 4 cost, what is the resultant velocity at
t= pi?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 9 d. 25

56. A Ferris wheel has a radius of 10m. Its center is 12m above the ground. When a passenger is 17m above the ground he
is moving vertically at the rate of 1.81 m/s. What is the speed of rotation of the wheel in rpm?
a. 0.209 b. 10.5 c. 1.81 d. 2

57. Water is pouring into a swimming pool. After t hours, there are t+ t 1/2 gallons in the pool. At what rate is the water pouring
into the pool when t = 9 hours?
a. 7/6 gph b. 1 gph c. ½ gph d. 1/6 gph

58. A man agrees to make $5,000 payments at the ends of the first five years, $4000 at the ends of the next five years, and
$3,000 at the ends of the next five years. If money is worth 4%, find the present value of this agreement.
a. $46,000 b. $50,000
c. $ 65,000 d. $69,000

59. What is the standard equation of the locus of points in the Cartesian plane, the absolute difference of whose distances
from the points (±4,0) is 4?
a. (x2/9)-(y2/16) =1 b. (x2/4)-(y2/12) =1 c. (x2/12)-(y2/16) =1 d. (x2/12)-(y2/9) =1.
 60. The truss pinned to the floor at D, and supported by a roller at point A is loaded as shown
in Fig. T-06. Determine the force in member CG.
a. 8.01 KN b.9.48 KN c. 10.98 KN d. NOTG

61. A debtor agrees to pay $500 at the beginning of each 3 months for 6 years. If money is worth 6.5% compounded
quarterly, find the present value of his debt before he makes his payment.
a. $4655 b. $ 4155
c. $6703 d. $10,032
15.His outstanding liability just before his 15 th payment
a. $4655 b. $ 4155
c. $6703 d. $10,032

62. A conic has the lines y = -3 and y = 5 as directrices and the point (1, 26) as a focus. What are the coordinates of the
vertex closest to the given focus?
a. (1,11) b. (2, 11) c. (3, 8) d. NOTG

63. The cost of producing a small transistor radio set consists of P23 for labor and P37 for materials. The fixed charges in
operating the plant are P100,000 per month. Other variable cost is P1/set. The radio set can be sold for P75 each.
Determine how many sets must be produced per month to break even.
a. 5000 b 7200 c. 8400 d. 10000

64. A plane cuts through a cube in such a way that the plane passes through three of the cube’s vertices, no two of which
lie on the same edge. If the edge of the cube has a length of 1, what is the surface area of the smaller fragments of the
cube?
a. 2.4 b. 2.7 c. 3.1 d. 3.7
65. A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism having a square base one-meter on an edge. The volume of the
cylinder is 6.283m3. Find its altitude in m.
a. 3 b.4m c. 4.2 m d. 5.2 m

66. Find the area of the triangle which the line 2x-3y+6=0 forms with the coordinate axes.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 2

67. A balloon leaving the ground 60 ft from an observer, rises 10 ft per sec. How fast is the angle of elevation of the line of
sight decreasing after 8 sec?
a.0.03 rad/sec b. 0.09 rad/sec
c. 0.011 rad/sec d. 0.06 rad/sec

68. A shell is fired at an angle 40 above the horizontal at a velocity of 300 m/s. What is the time of flight?
a. 39 s b. 41 s c. 43 s d. 45 s

69. Future value less the present value

a. discount b. rate discount
c. discount rate d. profit
70. It is the worth of the property as recorded in the books of account of the company.
a. book value b. fair value
c. market value d. goodwill value.

71. A 200 g of water is mixed to 300 g of alcohol whose density is 790kg/ m 3. Calculate the specific gravity of the total
mixture.
a. 0.675 b. 0.862 c. 0.912 d. 1.0
72. A firm bought an equipment for P56,000, other expenses including installations amounted to P4,000. The equipment is
expected to have a life of 16 years with a salvage value of 10% of the original cost. Determine the book value at the end of
12 years by the straight line method.
5. a. P19,500 b. P25,500
c. P29,500 d. P34,500
6. Determine the book value using the sinking fund method at 12% interest.
a. P19,500 b. P25,500
c. P29,500 d. P34,500

74. The set of all possible outcomes in an experiment.

a. sample space b. event
c. sample point d. population

75. It is the worth of the property as recorded in the books of account of the company.
a. book value b. fair value
c. market value d. goodwill value.
76. Plastic deformation means __________ deformation
a. elastic b. temporary
c. permanent d. reversible

77. In Fig. P-512, the homogeneous block weighs 300 kg and the coefficient of friction is 0.45.
If h = 50 cm, determine the force P to cause motion to impend.
a. 45 kg b. 65 kg
c. 72 kg d. NOTG
78. Find the number of different arrangements that can be made of the letters to the word
COLLEGE.
a) 2160 b) 6210 c) 2016 d) 1260
79.Locate the centroid of the shaded area in Fig. P-723.  
a. x= 49.40 mm, y = 10.29 mm
b. x= 38.27 mm, y = 20.39 mm
c. x= 39.71 mm, y = 30.39 mm
d. x= 29.14 mm, y = 10.9 mm
80. How many different kinds of bouquets of 3 kinds of flowers each can be made
from 8 varieties of flowers?
a) 363 b) 65 c) 56 d) 336
81) At the end of each year for 8 years, a corporation will deposit $12,500 in a
depreciation fund to provide for replacement of machinery at the end of 8
years. If the fund accumulates at 8% effective, how much is in it just after the last deposit.
a. $120,453 b. $126,980
c. $132,958 d. NOTG

20. How much is it after the fifth deposit?

a. $58,980 b. $67,777
c. $73,333 d. $83,333
82. Find the altitude of a rectangular close box with volume 100 with length twice the width so that surface area is minimum;
Note this is also the wet economical.
a.5.681 b. 4.463 c. 1.566 d. 4.672

83. The perimeter of a triangle is 84m. while its area is 102 sq.m. Determine the diameter of the circle that maybe inscribed
in this triangle.
a. 2.48m b. 4.86m c. 8.43m d. 1.23m

84. Compute the volume generated if we revolve the area about the line x-y =0
a. 53.95 b. 77.12 c. 62.1 d. 12.4

85. The area of a circle circumscribed about an equilateral triangle is 254.47 sq. m. What is the area of the triangle in sq.
m.?
a.105.22 b. 85. 612 c. 125.34 d. 184.52

86. The formula for lateral strain is ε

δ −δ −δ
a. ¿ b. ¿ c. ¿ d. notg
Lo LO Wo

87. A cable has a length of 10 meters and is hung between two poles set 7 meters apart. How much does the cable sag?
a. 2.8 m b. 3.2 mc. 3.8 m d. 4.1 m
88. There are 8 baseball teams in a league. How many games will be played if each team plays each of the other teams 40
times?
a) 280 b) 560 c) 320 d) 1120

89. A water tank, 22 ft in diameter, is made from steel plates that are 1/2 in. thick. Find the maximum height to which the
tank may be filled if the circumferential stress is limited to 6000 psi. The specific weight of water is 62.4 lb/ft3.
a. 38.7 ft b. 42.6 ft. c. 52.5 ft. d. 68.9 ft