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Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Lucena City
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Monday, February 22, 2021 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
MATHEMATICS SET A
INSTRUCTION : Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each
item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES ALLOWED. NOTC means – None of the three choices.

MULTIPLE CHOICE :

1. What is the sum of the prime factors of 3210?

a. 115 c. 127
b. 117 d. 218
2
2. What is the discriminant of the equation 4x + x + 6 = 0 ?
a. 96 c. -96
b. 95 d. -95
3. Find the quadratic equation if one of its roots is 2 + 3i.
a. x2 – 4x – 13 = 0 c. x2 + 4x + 15 = 0
b. x2 – 4x + 13 = 0 d. x2 – 3x + 7 = 0
4. Solve for x y: 9 – 2y ≤ y + 6
a. y > 3 c. y ≤ 3
b. y ≥ 1 d. y ≤ 1
5. Solve for x: │2x - 1│ + 3 = 6
a. 3 or -2 c. 2 or -7
b. 2 or -1 d. 3 or -2
Resolve its fraction into partial fractions
4𝑥 − 27𝑥 + 20 𝐴 𝐵 𝐶
= + +
(𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 + 2) 𝑥 − 3 𝑥 − 4 𝑥 + 2
6. From the equation above, which of the following gives the value of A?
a. 3 c.5
b. 4 d.6
7. From the equation above, which of the following gives the value of B?
a. - 4 c. -5
b. 5 d. 6
8. From the equation above, which of the following gives the value of C?
a. 3 c. 5
b. 4 d. 6
9. What is the interval notation for -5 ≤x ≤ 9?
a. (-5, 9) c. [-5, 9]
b. (-5, 9] d. [-5, 9)
A Civil Engineer proceeded to do the stadia survey work to determine the topography of certain area. The
transit was set up at a point A, with the line of sight horizontal, took rod readings from the rods placed at B and
C which is 200m and 60m from A respectively.
Stadia Intercept

Rod at B 2.001
Rod at C 0.600

10. Compute the stadia interval factor.

a. 99.93 c. 101.34
b. 100.25 d. 101.67
11. Using the same instrument this was used for determining the elevation of point D with a stadia intercept
of 2.12m and vertical angle of +4o22’. If the elevation of the point where the instrument was west up is
100m, compute the elevation of point D. stadia constant is 0.30m
a. 112.85 c. 116.11
b. 114.68 d. 118.45
12. Compute the horizontal distance from the point where the instrument was set up to point D.
a. 209.45m c. 211.86
 b. 210.92m d. 224.65

13. Which of the following functions is periodic?

a. Absolute of x – x c. absolute of x + x
b. Cos(1/x) d. xsinx
14. How many digits are there in 123999?
a. 2,088 c. 3,487
b. 1,808 d. 7,898
15. A man and a boy can do in 15 days a piece or work which would be done by 7 men and 9 boys in 2
days. How long would it take one man to do it alone?
a. 20 days c. 15 days
b. 30 days d. 40 days
16. Three bulbs begin flashing at the same time and continue to do so at intervals of 21, 28, and 30 seconds,
respectively. How many seconds will then all flash together again?
a. 140 c. 210
b. 420 d. 250
x x-1 x-2
17. Simplify 3 – 3 – 3

a. 3x-2 c. 5 x 3x- 2
b. 3 – 33x-3 d. 13 x 3x
18. Which of the following is true?
a. √−2 𝑥 − √−2 = 2 c. √10 = √5 + √2
b. 24 = 4√6 d. 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 5
19. Simplify √2𝑥 − √16𝑥 + 2 √54𝑥
a. 5√𝑥 c. 5√2𝑥
b. 2√5𝑥 d. 2√𝑥
20. If 3a = 7b, then
a. 1 c. 9
b. 3/7 d. 7/3
21. Solve for x from the following equation
27x = 9y; 81y 3x = 243
a. 1 c. 2
b. 1.5 d. 2.5
22. Find the sum of the first 5 terms in the sequence whose general term is 2n-1.
a. 16 c. 81
b. 31 d. 15
23. In how many ways can a committee consisting of 3 engineers and 2 nurses be chosen from 5 engineers
and 7 nurses?
a. 210 c. 170
b. 325 d. 150
24. In how many ways can 18 points, no three of which are collinear, be connected to form a triangle?
a. 550 c. 816
b. 970 d. 850
25. If sinxcosx > 0, then x may lie in what quadrant?
a. I & II c. II & III
b. I & III d. I & IV
x y p q
26. If a = b and b = a , then
a. px = qy c. xp = yq
b. xy = pq d. qx = py
27. If the angles of a triangle are 2x, x + 15, and 2x + 15, find the smallest angle in mils.
a. 600 mils c. 900 mils
b. 800 mils d. 700 mils
28. Three circles of radii 6, 8 and 10m, respectively are tangent to each other externally. Find the largest
angle of a triangle formed by joining the centers.
a. 72.6 deg c. 73.4 deg
b. 75.1 deg d. 71.3 deg
29. If the complement of an angle theta is 2/5 of its supplement, then theta is _____.
 a. 45 deg c. 60 deg
b. 75 deg d. 30 deg
30. The angle of elevation of the top of a light house from a boat 50 m from it is the compliment of the
angle of elevation of the same light house when the boat is 110m from it. Find the height of light house.
a. 56.44m c. 74.16m
b. 67.86m d. 45.67m
31. Two towers are 60 m apart. From the top of the shorter tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the
taller is 40 deg. How high is the taller tower if the height of the smaller tower is 40m.
a. 90.35m c. 86.76m
b. 100.24m d. 75.84m
32. A wall is 15 ft high and 10 ft from a building. Find the length of the shortest ladder which will just touch
the top of the wall and reach a window 20.5 ft above the ground.
a. 42.54ft c. 54.45ft
b. 35.54ft d. 47.45ft
33. From a helicopter flying at 30,000 ft, the angles of depression of two towns are 28 deg and 55 deg. How
far apart are the two towns?
a. 6.71 miles c. 7.61miles
b. 8.45miles d. 9.46 miles
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34. A pole tilts toward the sun at an angle 10 from the vertical casts a shadow 8 m long. If the angle of
elevation from the tip of the shadow to the top of the pole is 43o, how tall is the pole?
a. 10.2m c. 11.3m
b. 13.7m d. 12.6m
35. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 15cm, BC = 18cm, and CA = 24cm. find the distance from the
point of intersection of the angle bisectors to side AB.
a. 3.73cm c. 3.87cm
b. 4.73cm d. 5.34cm

36. Find the value of log (aa)a

a. 2aloga c. aloga2
b. a2loga d. (aloga)a
37. Find x if logx27 + logx3 = 2
a. 7 c. 9
b. 8 d. 12
38. Find a if log2 (a + 2) + log2(a – 2) = 5
a. 2 c. 6
b. 4 d. 8
39. If 3log10x – log10y = 0, find y in terms of x
a. √𝑥 c. x3
b. √𝑥 d. x
40. Solve for x if log5x = 3
a. 115 c. 135
b. 125 d. 145
41. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2x – 1)20?
a. 0 c. 215
b. 1 d. 225
42. In the quadratic equation Ax2 + Bx + C = 0, the product of the roots is:
a. C/A c. –C/A
b. –B/A d. B/A
43. In the equation 3x2 + 4x + (2h – 5) = 0, find h if the production of the roots is 4.
a. 4 c. 17/2
b. 7/2 d. 13
44. Find the area of the ellipse having the equation 9x2 – 36x + 25y2 = 189.
 a. 10pi c. 20pi
b. 15pi d. 25pi
The parcel post regulations limit the size of a package to such a size that the length plus the girth equals 1.8m.
Determine the dimensions and the volume of the largest cylindrical package that can be sent by the parcel post.
45. Find the diameter of the cylinder.
a. 35cm c. 40cm
b. 38cm d. 44cm
46. Find the length of the cylinder.
a. 35cm c. 60cm
b. 38cm ` d. 61cm
47. Find the volume of the cylinder.
a. 0.07cu.m c. 0.09cu.m
b. 0.08cu.m d. 0.10cu.m
48. Water is pouring into a conical cistern at the rate of 8cu.m/min. If the height of the inverted cone is 12m
and the radius of its circular opening is 6m, how fast is the water level rising when the water is 4m depth?
a. 0.635m/min c. 0.637m/min
b. 0.636m/min d. 0.638m/min
49. Find the area of the region bounded by y2 = 8x and y = 2x.
a. 1.20sq.units c. 1.33sq.units
b. 1.30sq.units d. 1.34sq.units
50. Find the centroid of a hemisphere from the base of radius r by integration.
a. 1/2r c. 4/9r
b. 1/3r d. 3/8r
51. A hotel swimming pool has for its boundary a curve given by the equation: x2 + 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 c. 123.87cu.m
b. 122.9cu.m d. 231.8cu.m
Two flat belt pulleys having a center to center distance of 137cm have diameters of 72cm and 36cm. without
providing allowance for sagging.
52. Compute the length of belt if both pulleys will rotate in the same direction.
a. 156.0.34cm c. 345.671cm
b. 234.5cm d.446.016cm
53. Compute the length of the belt if the belt will be cross-connected to make the pulleys rotate in opposite
directions.
a. 235.6cm c. 354.22cm
b. 27.67cm d. 465.22cm
54. The point from the center of the bigger pulley where the belt will cross when cross-connected.
a. 21.789cm c. 34.675cm
b. 23.456cm d. 91.333cm
55. The bases of a trapezoid are equal to 10 and 5 and the altitude is 4. Find the distance between the shorter
base and the point at which the extended lateral sides intersect.
a. 2 c. 4
b. 3 d. 5
56. Find the volume of a largest cone that can be inscribed in a hemisphere, if its volume is 12 cu. Meters.
a. 6m3 c. 2pi m3
3
b. 3.82 m d. 4 m3
57. In the expression y = f(x) indicates that for each element in the domain that replaces x, the function
assigns one and only one replacement for y.
a. X is the dependent variable c. x is the range
b. Y is the dependent variable d. f(x) is the domain
58. Find the general solution for: y2dy = (1 – x) dx
a. 3y2 – 2x3 – x + C = 0 c. 2y3 - 3x2 + 6x = C
b. 2y2 – 3x3 + x + C = 0 d. 2y2 – 3x3 + 6x + C = 0
2
59. In evaluation the general solution for 3x y’ = 5x – 6xy, x = 2 when y = 1. Find the constant term.
a. -5/6 c. 6/5
 b. 5 d. -6/5
60. Find the general solution of the differential equation (x – y)dx + xdy = 0
a. X = ey + C c. x = e-x/y + C
-y/x
b. X = e + C d. x = ex + C
61. Compute the area bounded by the curves f(x) = 1 – x2 and g(x) = x4 – 3x2.
a. 3.45 c. 4.14
b. 3.89 d. 4.49
62. A culture of microorganisms grows at a rate proportional to the amount present at any given time. If
there are 500 bacteria present after one day and 1200 after two days, how many bacteria will be present after
four days?
a. 5000 c. 6912
b. 5567 d. 7520

63. Which of the following gives the inverse laplace of sin(bt)?

a. b/ (s + t) c. 1/(s – a)
b. b/(s2+ b2) d. 1/(s + b)
64. solve the equation d2y/dt2 + y = sin t with initial conditions y(0) = 0, y’(0) = 2.
a. Y = cost + sin t c. y = 0.5 (-t cos t + 5sin t)
b. Y = -2(cos t – sin t) d. y = 2 (t cos t – sin t)
65. The length of the shadow cast by a lower is 38.5m. At the same moment the shadow cast by a tree 18m
in height is 21m long. Find the height of the tower.
a. 30 c. 32
b. 31 d. 33
66. Inscribed in an angle are two mutually tangent circles whose radii are 10m and 26m. Determine the
distances between their centers.
a. 22 c. 23
b. 22.5 d. 36
67. A triangle ABC with obtuse angle A is inscribed in a circle. The altitude BD of the triangle is tangent to
the circle. Find the altitude if the side AC = 48cm, and the segment AD = 12cm.
a. 10.87 c. 13.40
b. 11.67 d. 26.83
68. The bases of a trapezoid are 18cm and 32cm long. Determine the length of the line segment which is
parallel to the bases and divide the given trapezoid into two similar trapezoid.
a. 20 c. 24
b. 22 d. 28
69. In a circular segment with an arc of 120 ⁰ and h = 1m, an inscribe rectangle is drawn with length twice as
width. Find the perimeter of the rectangle.
a. 1.48 c. 3.93
b. 2.91 d. 4.94
70. The diagonals of a parallelogram with perimeter equal to 26 are equal to 7 and 11. Find the length of one
of the sides.
a. 7 c. 9
b. 8 d. 10
71. In a triangle ABC the base BC = 10cm, the side AC = 17cm, and its projections on the base is equal to
15.4. In what portion is the side AB divided by the bisector of the angle C.
a. 2.58; 3.14 c. 3.88;8.67
b. 3.33;5.67 d. 4.58;5.17
72. Find the length of a side of a regular hexagram inscribed in a circle whose radius is 6.
a. 2.5 c. 4.5
b. 3.5 d. 6.9
73. Find the equation of the tangent line to the cissoids y2 = x3/(2 – x) at (1,1)
a. 1 – 2x = y c. 2x2 – y = 1
b. 2x – y = 1 d. 3x2 – y = 3
74. Find the equation of the tangent line to the parabola y2 = 6x – 3 perpendicular to the line 3x + y = 7
a. x – 3y = -13 c. x – 3y2 = 13
 b. x2 - 3y = 13 d. x2 – 3y2 = 13
75. Find the shortest distance form point (0,5) to curve 2x2 = y3.
a. 2.66 c. 4.61
b. 3.61 d. 4.66
76. A 5m long ladder leans against a vertical wall 4m high. If the lower end sliding at 1m/s, how fast is the
top slides downward when it is 4m high?
a. 0.4m/s c. 5/9 m/s
b. 1/6 m/s d. ¾ m/s
77. A 6 ft tall man walks away from a 20 ft high lamp post at the rate 3ft/s. Find how fast is the tip of his
shadow moving.
a. 1.11ft/sec c. 6.67ft/s
b. 30/7 ft/s d. 50/7 ft/s
78. An LRT train 14m above ground level crosses CM Recto Avenue (perpendicular to the train railing) at
the rate of 2m/s. At the instant a car along CM Recto Avenue is approaching the crossing at 3m/s and is 12m
upstreet. How fast is the train and the car is separating after 2 secs.
a. 0.635m/s c. 1.034m/s
b. 0.963m/s d. 1.400m/s
79. In the previous problem, find the shortest distance between LRT and the said car.
a. 11.5m c. 16.5m
b. 15.5m d. 21.5m
80. Find the area enclosed by r = 4sin 2θ
a. 12.44 c. 23.46
b. 18.85 d. 28.90
81. The maximum value of the function cot A – cot B is _______.
a. Indeterminate c. positive infinity
b. negative infinity d. zero
82. The equation y = (x – 1)/(x + 2) is not defined at x = ___.
a. -2 c. 1
b. 0 d. 2
83. Find the length of the vector (2, 1, 4)
a. Sqrt of 17 c. sqrt of 20
b. sqrt of 19 d. sqrt of 21
84. Find the length of the common chord of the curve x2 + y2 = 64 and x2 + y2 – 16x = 0
a. 12.88 c. 20.56
b. 13.86 d. 22.33
85. The equation of two concentric circles are x2 + y2 = 72 and x2 + y2 = 18 respectively. Compute the
length of chord of the outer circle which is tangent to the inner circle.
a. 12.60 c. 16.56
b. 14.70 d. 21.12
86. The parabolic antenna has an equation of y2 + 8x = 0. Determine the length of the latus rectum.
a. 8 c. 10
b. 9 d. 12
87. Find the equation of the directrix of the parabola x2 = 16y.
a. x – 4 = 0 c. y – 4 = 0
b. x + 4 = 0 d. y + 4 = 0
88. If an automobile head light reflector is cut by a plane through its axis, the section is a parabola having
the light center as a focus. If the light is 18mm from the vertex and the diameter of the light is 250mm, find
the depth of the headlight.
a. 186mm c. 202mm
b. 196mm d. 217mm
The vertex of a parabola is at (5,4). The coordinates of one of the end latus rectum is at (9, 6). The axis of the
parabola is parallel to the y-axis.
89. Compute the length of the latus rectum.
a. 4 c. 8
b. 5 d. 12
90. What is the equation of the directrix?
a. Y = -1 c. y = -2
b. y = 1 d. y = 2
 91. Compute the coordinates of the directrix.
a. (3,2) c. (4,2)
b. (3,3) d. (5,6)
Course Bearing Distance(m)

1–2 N 9.27 ⁰E 58.7

2–3 S88.43 ⁰ E 27.3

3–4

4–5 S 5.3 ⁰E 35.0

5–1 S 72.07W 78.96

92. Compute the bearing of 3-4.

a. N86 ⁰47’ W c. S86 ⁰47’W
b. N86 ⁰47’E d. S86 ⁰47’E
93. Compute the latitude of 3-4
a. +35.15 c. +53.15
b. -35.15 d. -53.15
94. Find the distance of 3-4.
a. 55.40 c. 35.20
b. -55.40 d. -35.20
A 3-degree curve has an angle of intersection of 24 ⁰. Using chord basis.
95. How long is each chord?
a. 10m c. 30m
b. 20m d. 40m
96. How long is the radius of the curve?
a. 382.02m c. 322.08m
b. 328.02m d. 320.80m
97. How long is the curve?
a. 158.85m c. 184.58m
b. 155.08m d. NOTC

A parabola is expressed in a given equation equal to y2 = 64x

98. Determine the equation of the diameter which bisects chords having a slope of 2/3.
a. y + 12 = 0 c. y – 48= 0
b. y – 20 = 0 d. y = 56
99. If the slope of the curve y2 = 64x is equal to 4, at point (x, y), find the value of x.
a. 4 c. 8
b. 6 d. 10

100. Solve for “x” if x = 1 − 1 − √1 − ⋯

a. 0.453 c. 0.723
b. 0.618 d. 0.852