Eliminations:

1. Solve for x: 37x+1=6561 (5) -15 secs

A. 2 C.1
B. 2/7 D. 1/7
Answer:
C. 1

2. What is the sum of all natural numbers, from 1 to infinity , following the Ramanujan Summation? -10
secs

Answer: -1/12

3. True or False: The horizontal component of the velocity of an object in projectile motion is constant
all through out the course. -10 secs

Answer: True

4. Kirchoff’s current law is based on the conservation of ________. -10 secs

a. Charge
b. Energy
c. Momentum
d. Mass

Answer: A

5. According to Kirchoff’s Voltage Law, the algebraic sum of all IR drops and E.M.F.s in any closed loop of
a network is always ______. 10 secs

a. Positive
b. Negative
c. One
d. Zero

Answer: D.
6. 16.What is the binary equivalent of 139? (454) -15 seconds
A. 01100101 C. 10001011
B. 01100101 D. 11100111
Answer: C

7. What is the standard deviation of 1, 4 and 7? (245) -15 secs

A. 4.85 C. 5.22
B. 2.22 D. 2.45
Answer: D
8. The induced voltage across a coil with 250 turns that is located in a magnetic field that is changing at a
rate of 8 Wb/s is -15 secs

a. 1000V
b. 2000V
 c. 31.25V
d. 62.5V

Answer: B.

9. A 12 V source has an internal resistance of 90 . If a load resistance of 20 is connected to the voltage

source, the load power is? -15 secs

a. 2.38mW
b. 2.38W
c. 238mW
d. 23.8W

Answer: C.

10. A square wave has a period of 60 microseconds. The first odd harmonic is ______ . 15 secs

a. 5kHz
b. 50kHz
c. 500kHz
d. 33.33kHz
Answer: B.
11. The average half-cycle value of a sine wave with a 40 V peak is 15 secs
a. 25.48V
b. 6.37V
c. 14.14V
d. 50.96V

Answer: A.

12.The two basic components of a Thevenin equivalent AC circuit are 10 secs

a. the equivalent voltage source and the equivalent series impedance

b. the equivalent voltage source and the equivalent series resistance
c. the equivalent voltage source and the equivalent parallel impedance
d. the equivalent voltage source and the equivalent parallel resistance
Answer: A

13. In order to get maximum power transfer from a capacitive source, the load must 10 secs
a. have a capacitive reactance equal to circuit resistance
b. have an impedance that is the complex conjugate of the source impedance
c. be as capacitive as it is inductive
d. none of the above

Answer: B
14. John can run a certain course in 9 minutes, and Henry can run it in 6 min. If they start at opposite
ends and run toward one another, how long will they run before they meet? (77) 10 secs
A. 3.0 min C. 3.6 min
B. 3.2 min D. 3.4 min
Answer: C. 3.6 mins

15. The Mean weight of n boys is 53 kg. If Peter, who weighs 73 kg is included, the mean becomes 55.
Find n. (250) -15 seconds
A. 9 C. 8
B. 7 D. 10
Answer: A

16. A line has an equation y+3x-6= 0. Solve for the x- intercept of this line. (368) 10 secs
A. 6 C. 1
B. 2 D. -6
Answer: B
17. What interest rate compounded monthly is equivalent to 10% effective rate? (363) – 20 seconds
A. 9.47% C. 9.75%
B. 9.68% D. 9.57%
Answer: D. 9.57%

18. A paint mixture contains yellow, blue and red in a 3:2:1 ratio, respectively. If the mixture contains 12
pints of yellow paint, how many pints are there altogether? (37) 10 secs
A. 20 C. 38
B. 24 D. 30
Answer:
D. 24

19. In a 52-deck card, how many ways can you pick-up a ten or a jack? (160) 10 secs
A. 8 C. 16
B. 26 D. 32
Answer: A
20. A 50% solution of alcohol is needed. How many liters of pure alcohol must be added to 10 liters of
40% alcohol to get the proper solution? 10 secs
A. 5 C. 4
B. 3 D. 2
Answer: D
Final Rounds:
Easy:

1. A projectile is fired from a gun and has initial horizontal and vertical components of velocity
equal to 30 m/s and 40 m/s, respectively. What is the speed of the projectile when it is at the
highest point in its trajectory? 10 secs
a. 0 m/s
b. 30 m/s
c. 70 m/s
d. 50 m/s

Answer: B.

2. A boy is whirling a stone around his head by means of a string. The string makes one complete
revolution every second, and the tension in the string is FT. The boy then speeds up the stone,
keeping the radius of the circle unchanged, so that the string makes two complete revolutions
every second. What happens to the tension in the sting? 10 secs
a. The tension is unchanged
b. The tension reduces to half of its original value
c. The tension increases twice its original value
d. The tension increases to four times its original value
Answer: D.
3. It is a figure eight-shaped space curve where it is the intersection of a sphere with a cyclinder
that is tangent to the sphere and passes through the center of the sphere. 10 secs
Answer: Viviani’s curve or Viviani’s window
4. What is the neutral current in a three-phase system, where the load is perfectly balanced?
10 secs
Answer: zero or 0A
5. A two-phase generator is connected to two 90   load resistors. Each coil generates 120 V AC. If
a common neutral line exists. How much current flows through the common neutral line? Limit
your answer in two decimal places. 15 secs
Answer: 1.77A
6. There is 900 mA of current through a wire with 40 turns. What is the reluctance of the circuit if
the flux is 400  Wb? 15 secs
1. Answer: 90,000 At/Wb

7. In how many ways can four persons be seated in a class room where 9 seats are available? (162)
10 secs
Answer: 3024

8. 15. What should be the coefficient of S to balance the given equation? (31) 10 secs
H2S(g) + SO2(g) -> C2H4O2
Answer: 3

9 Peter is 12 years older than his brother John. Six years ago, Peter was four times old as John. How
old is John now? 10 secs
Answer: 10
10. 7. Find the area between the x-axis and one arch of the sine curve y=sin x. 10 secs
Answer: 2
Medium:
5 x+2
1. Evaluate ∫ e dx (610) 20 secs
1 5 x+2
Answer: e +C
5

2. 24. A ladder 8m long is leaning against a house. The base of the ladder is pulled away from the
house wall at a rate of 0.6 m/s. How fast is the top moving down the wall when the base of ladder is
4.5m from the wall? Note: The wall and the floor are perpendicular to each other. (594)
30 secs
Answer. 0.408 m/s

3. When a 3.5 grams of the gas butane, C4H10, is burned in a bomb calorimeter at 25 degrees
Celcius, 85.99 kJ of heat are evolved. Calculate the molar change of internal energy for this reaction.
Write the whole number only
45 secs
Use C = 12.01 g/mol
H = 1.0084 g/mol
Answer: -1428 kJ/mol

4. A girl flips a coin into a 50 m deep wishing well. If she flips the coin upwards with an initial velocity
of 5 m/s. Assume that the motion is plainly translational in y, calculate for the time the coin takes to
reach the bottom of the well. Assume that g = 9.8 m/s^2 and round your answer in 3 decimal places.
Answer: 3.745 s. 30 secs

5. Evaluate 30 secs
Answer: ¼ or 0.25

6. A spherical balloon is inflated at a rate of 100 cm3 /sec. How fast is the radius changing when the
diameter of the balloon is 50 cm? Round your answers in 3 decimal places only 30 secs
Answer: 0.013

si n2 x
7. Differentiate y= (527) 30 secs
co s 2 x
Answer: 2sec2(x)tan(x)

8 Determine the area bounded by the ellipse 4y 2+9x2-24y-72x-144=0 (426)

Answer: 6π

Hard:

1. A retirement fund earns 8% compounded quarterly. If P400 is deposited every three months for
25 years, the amount in the fund at the end of 25 years is nearest to_____ 45 secs
Answer: P125,000
 2. Find the general solution: (x2+y2)dx-xydy=0 (725) 60 secs
Answer: 2x2ln Cx=y2

3. The following elements are connected in parallel, a 2kΩ, 20 mH, and 2µF. Calculate the BW of the
circuit combination. 60 secs
Answer: 250 rad/sec
4. A wire weighing 0.5 lb/ft is stretched between two level supports 160 ft. apart. If the sag is 40 ft,
determine the maximum tension. 60 secs
Answer: 63lbs
5. Two coils of inductances 4 and 6 H are connected in parallel. If their total mutual inductance is 3
H, calculate the equivalent inductance of the combination if mutual inductance assists the self-
inductance. 45 secs
Answer: 3.75H
6. A man left from Manila for Baguio City past 9AM. Between 4 to 5 hours, he arrived Baguio and
noticed that the minute and hour hands of his wrist watch interchanged in position. At wat time di
the man arrived in Baguio?
Answer: 1:45.73PM

Tie Breaker Questions:

1. A ball is kicked at an angle of 35° with the ground. What should be the initial velocity of the ball so
that it hits a target that is 30 meters away at a height of 1.8 meters? Use g = 9.8 m/s 2 , one decimal
place 45 secs
Answer: 18.3 m/s

2.Evaluate ∫ √7 x +9 dx (603) 30 secs

2
Answer: ¿
21

3. A 400 N block slides on a horizontal plane by applying horizontal force of 400 N and reaches a velocity
of 20m/s in a distance of 30m from rest. Determine the coefficient of friction. 30 secs

Answer: 0.32

4. Convert (1477)10 to its hexadecimal equivalent. ( 455) 15 secs

A. 2A3 C. 5C5
B. 4D6 D. 5B3
Answer: C

5. Water is flowing in a 5cm diameter pipe at a velocity of 5 m/s. The pipe expands to a 10 cm diameter
pipe. Find the velocity in the 10cm diameter pipe. 20 secs
Answer: 1.25 m/s
6. Find the probability of drawing either a king or a jack in a single draw from a deck of 52 playing cards?
Answer: 2/13 15 secs

7. Given the parabola y2-4y+8x-28=0, solve the abscissa and the coordinates of the vertex. 30 secs
Answer: -4

8. What is the moment of intertial of a circle of radius of 5m with respect to its tangent? 30 secs
Answer: 2454