PREBOARD

Prepared by Engr. June Cyrel A. Simon

1. A line in a map was drawn at a scale of 1:25000. An error of 0.02 mm in the drawing is equivalent to
how many meters in actual?
A. 5 m C. 0.05 m
B. 0.5 m D. 50 m

2. One day a Celsius thermometer and a Fahrenheit thermometer registered exactly the same numerical
value for the temperature. What was the temperature that day?
A. -20 C. 40
B. 20 D. -40

3. Convert 405° to mils.

A. 2,800 mils C. 7,200 mils
B. 10,200 mils D. 6,200 mils

4. Rationalize the following:

√a
√ a− √ab
1−√ b a−a √ b
A. C.
1+ b a−b
a+a √ b 1+ √ b
B. D.
a−b 1−b

5. Solve for B in the given partial fraction:

4 3 2
x −15 x −32 x −12 x−14 A B C D
= + + + 2
2
( x +1 )( x−2 )( x +3 ) ( x +2) x +1 x−2 x+ 3 x +2
A. -3 C. -4
B. 3 D. 2

6. Solve for the given equation, 7.4 x 10−4 =e−9.7 x.

A. 0.7432 C. 0.7243
B. 0.7342 D. 0.4732

7. Log8 975 = x. Find x.

A. 3.31 C. 5.17
B. 4.12 D. 2.87

8. There are 9 arithmetic means between 6 and 18. What is the common difference?
A. 1.2 C. 5.17
B. 1 D .0.8

9. There are four geometric means between 3 and 729. Find the fourth term.
A. 81 C. 243
B. 27 D. 9

10. The geometric mean of two numbers is 8 and their arithmetic mean is 17. What is the first number?
A. 45 C. 32
B. 36 D. 48

11. Twenty-eight persons can do a job in 60 days. They all start complete. Five persons quitted the job at the
beginning of the 6th day. They were reinforced with 10 persons at the beginning of the 45th day. How
many days was the job delayed?

A. 5.75 days C. 1.97 days

B. 1.14 days D. 2.45 days
12. Twenty men can finish a job in 20 days. Twenty-five men started the job. If ten men quitted the job after
18 days, find the total number of days to finish the job.
A. 27 C. 26
B. 28 D. 29

13. Twelve workers could do a job in 20 days. Six workers started the job. How many workers should be
reinforced at the beginning of the 7th day to finish the job for a total of 18 days from the start?
A. 10 C. 9
B. 13 D. 11

14. Box A has 4 white balls, 3 balls, and 3 orange balls. Box B has 2 white balls, 4 blue balls, and 4 orange
balls. If one ball is drawn from each box, what is the probability that one of the two balls will be orange?
A. 27 /50 C. 23/50
B. 27 /50 D. 7 /25

15. Twelve books consisting of six mathematics books, 2 hydraulics books and four structural books are
arranged on a shelf at random. Determine the probability that books of the same kind are all together.
A. 1/2310 C. 1/3810
B. 1/5620 D. 1/1860

16. The expression [tanθsecθ ¿ ¿/(cosθ)simplifies to:

A. sinθ C. tanθ
B. secθ D. cosθ
4 sinA−cosA
17. Given thattanA=4 /5, what is the value of ?
3 cosA + sinA
A. 0.579 C. 0.654
B. 0.752 D. 0.925

18. A flagpole 3 m high stands at the top of a pedestal 2 m high located at one side of a pathway. At the
opposite side of the pathway directly facing the flagpole, the flagpole subtends the same angle as the
pedestal. What is the width of the pathway?
A. 4.47 m C. 6.28 m
B. 3.21 m D. 8.1 m

19. Two sides of a triangle measure 18 cm and 6 cm. The third side may be:
A. 12 C. 10
B. 13 D. 11

20. The perimeter of an ellipse is 28.448 units. If the major axis is 5 units, what is the length of the minor
axis?
A. 9 C. 8
B. 7 D. 6

21. A right regular hexagonal prism is inscribed in a right circular cylinder whose height is 20 cm. The
difference between the circumference of the circle and the perimeter of the hexagon is 4 cm. Determine
the volume of the prism.
A. 9756 cc C. 10857 cc
B. 114752 cc D. 10367 cc

22. Find the area bounded by the x-axis, the line x=4 , and the parabola y 2=4 x .
A. 64/2 C. 32/4
B. 32/3 D. 32/2

23. What is the area bounded by the curves y 2=4 x and x 2=4 y ?
A. 6.0 C. 6.666
B. 7.333 D. 5.333
 24. Given a regular hexagonal with consecutive corners ABCDEF. If the bearing of side AB is N
25° E, what is the bearing of side FA?
A. N 15° W C. N 35° W
B. N 45° W D. N 5° W

25. The perimeter of a triangle is 58 cm and its area is 144 sq. Cm. What is the radius of the inscribed
circle?
A. 4.97 cm C. 5.52 cm
B. 9.65 cm D.3.12 cm

26. What is the area bounded by the curves y=8−x 2 and y=−2+ x2 ?
A. 22.4 C. 44.7
B. 26.8 D. 29.8

27. A solid sphere of radius 20 cm was placed on top of hallow circular cylinder of radius 10 cm. What
volume of the sphere was inside the cylinder?
A. 431 cc C. 325 cc
B. 568 cc D. 542 cc

28. A trough is formed by nailing together, edge two boards 130 cm in length, so that the right section is a
right triangle. If 3500 cc of water is poured into the trough and if the trough is held so that right section
of the water is an isosceles right triangle, how deep is the water?
A. 6.32 cm C. 4.21 cm
B. 5.19 cm D. 6.93 cm

29. The lateral area of a right circular cone of radius 4 cm is 100.53 sq. cm. Determine the slant height.
A. 8 cm C. 6 cm
B. 9 cm D. 10 cm

30. The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral triangles for its bases and has an altitude of 8
m. The lower base edge is 9 m. If the volume is 135 cu. m., what is the upper base edge?
A. 2 m C. 4 m
B. 5 m D. 3 m

31. A cylinder of radius 6 m has its axis along the x-axis. A second cylinder of the same radius has its axis
along the y-axis. Find the volume, in the first octant, common to the two cylinders.
A. 866 m3 C. 144 m3
B. 1152m3 D.288 m3

32. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder whose lateral area is 25.918 m2 and base area of 7.068 m2 .
A. 19.44m3 C. 20.53 m3
B. 15.69m3 D. 18.12 m3

33. A solid has a circular base of base radius 20 cm. find the volume of the solid if every plane section
perpendicular to a certain diameter is an isosceles right triangle with one leg in the plane of the base.
A. 21333 cc C. 18667 cc
B. 24155 cc D. 20433 cc

34. The base diameter of a cone is 18 cm and its axis is inclined 60° with the base. If the axis is 20 cm long,
what is the volume of the cone?
A. 1524 cc C. 1245 cc
B. 1469 cc D. 1689 cc

35. The equation 9 x 2+ 16 y 2+54 x−64 y=−1 describes:

A. a circle C. a hyperbola
B. a parabola D. an ellipse
36. Two vertices of a triangle are (6, -1) and (7, -3). Find the ordinate of the vertex such that the centroid of
the triangle will be (0, 0).
A. -13 C. 13
B. 4 D. -4

37. Determine the equation of the directrix of the curve x 2=16 y ?

A. x +4=0 C. y−4=0
B. x−4=0 D. y + 4=0
2 2
38. Find the area of the curve x + y + 6 x−12 y + 9=0.
A. 125 sq. units C. 92 sq. units
B. 113 sq. units D. 138 sq. units

39. Find the distance between the foci of the curve9 x 2+ 25 y 2−18 x+100 y −116=0.
A. 7 C. 8
B. 6 D. 12

40. What is the equivalent rectangular coordinate of a point whose coordinate is (7, 38°).
A. (3.56, 4.31) C. (5.52, 4.31)
B. (4.31, 5.52) D. (4.31, 3.56)

41. The chords of the parabola y 2=16 x having equal slope of 2 is bisected by its diameter. What is the
equation of the diameter?
A. y=16 C. y=2
B. y=8 D. y=4

42. Find the slope of the line whose parametric equation is x=3 t 2−6and y=4 t 2+ 7.
3
A. C. 3
4
1 4
B. D.
2 3
43. The first derivative with respect to y of the function f ( y )=√3 9 is:
A. 3 √ 9/2 C. 9
B. 0 D. 3√ 9

44. Find the derivative of f ( x )=¿to the 3rd power – ( x−1 ) to the 3rd power] to the 3rd power?
A. 3 x 3−3 ( x−1 )
B. 9 ¿to the 3rd power – ( x−1 ) to the 3rd power]2[ x 2−( x−1 )2 ]
C. 9 ¿to the 3rd power – ( x−1 ) to the 3rd power] [ x 2−( x−1 )2 ]
D. 9 ¿to the 3rd power – ( x−1 ) to the 3rd power]

45. The derivative of sin ( 2 x 2+1 ) with respect to x is:

A. 4 x cos ( 2 x 2 +1 ) C. cos ⁡(2 x 2+1)

B. xsin ( 2 x 2 +1 ) D. x cos ( 2 x2 +1 )

46. What is the second derivative of y=4 x 2−2 x+ 1at x=2.

A. 8 C. 1
B. 0 D. Not defined

47. At what value of x will the slope of the curve x 3−9 x− y =0be 18?
A. 2 C. 5
B. 4 D. 3

48. The slope of the curve at any point is given as 6 x−2and the curve passes through (5, 3). Determine the
equation of the curve.
A. 3+2 x− y +62=0 C.2 x 2+3 x− y −62=0
B. 2 x 2−3 x + y +62=0 D. 3 x 2−2 x − y−62=0
 49. The total surface area of a closed cylindrical tank is 153.94 sq. m. If the volume is to be maximum, what
is its height in meters?
A. 6.8 m C. 3.6 m
B. 5.7 m D. 4.5 m

50. A closed cylindrical tank having a volume of 71.57 m3 is to be constructed. If the surface area is to e
minimum, what is the required diameter of the tank?
A. 4 m C. 5 m
B. 5.5 m D. 4.5 m

51. Two post, one 16 feet and the other 24 feet are 30 feet apart. If the post are to be supported y a cable
running from the top of the first post to a stake on the ground and then back to the top of the second
post, find the distance from the lower post to the stake to use the least amount of wire.
A. 6 feet C. 15 feet
B. 9 feet D. 12 feet

52. The motion of a body moved vertically upwards is expressed as h=100 t−16.1t 2
Where h is the height in feet and t is the time in seconds. What is the velocity of the body when t=2 seconds?
A. 21.7 fps C. 24.1 fps
B. 28.7 fps D. 35.6 fps

53. A lighthouse is 2 km off a straight shore. A searchlight at the lighthouse focuses to a car moving along
the shore. When the car is 1 km from the point nearest to the lighthouse, the searchlight rotates 0.25
rev/hour. Find the speed of the car in kph.
A. 3.93 C. 2.92
B. 2.56 D. 3.87
x
2
54. Evaluate ∫ 3 e 3 sinθ cosθ dθ
0
A. 15.421 C. 17.048
B. 19.086 D. 20.412

55. Determine the are enclosed by the curve r 2=4 a 2 cos 30

A. a 2 C. 8 a 2
B. 4 a2 D. 16 a 2

56. Determine the moment of inertia about the x-axis, of the area bounded by the curve x 2=¿4y, the line
x=−4 , and the x-axis.
A. 9.85 C. 10.17
B. 13.24 D. 12.19

xdx
57. Evaluate the integral of 2 with limits from 0 to 1.
x +2
A. 0.322 C. 0.203
B. 0.018 D. 0.247

58. The area bounded by the curve y=sinx from x=0 to x=π is revolved about the x-axis. What is the
volume generated?
A. 2.145 cu. units C. 3.452 cu. units
B. 4.935 cu. units D. 5.214 cu. units

59. If you borrow money from your friend with simple interest of 12%, find the present worth of 20,000
which is due at the end of nine months.
A. P18,688.20 C. P18,518.50
B. P18,691.50 D. P18,348.60
60. Business needs to have P100, 000 in five years. How much must he put into his 10% account in the bank
now?
A. P72,085.6 C. P70,654.1
B. P62,092.1 D. P60,345.2
61. What is the present worth of P54, 000.00 due in five years if money is worth 11% and is compounded
semi-annually?
A. P30,367.12 C. P31,613.25
B. P28,654.11 D. P34,984.32

62. How long will it take for money to quadruple itself if invested at 20% compounded quarterly?
A. 10.7 years C. 9.5 years
B. 6.3 years D. 7.1 years

63. The interest on an account is 13% compounded annually. How many years approximately will take to
triple the amount?
A. 8 years C. 9.5 years
B. 8.5 years D. 9 years

64. When will an investment of P4000 double if the effective rate is 8% per annum?
A. 8.4 C. 9.01
B. 8.3 D. 10.2

65. A savings association pays 1.5% interest quarterly. What is the effective annual interest rate?
A. 6.14% C. 7.32%
B. 8.54% D. 6.45%

66. A bank offers 0.5% effective monthly interest. What is the effective annual rate with monthly
compounding?
A. 6.2% C. 7.2%
B. 6% D. 7%

67. What nominal rate converted quarterly could be used instead of 12% compounded semi-annually?
A. 10.76% C. 11.82%
B. 11.43% D. 11.97%

68. P1, 000,000 was invested to an account earning 8% compounded continuously. What is the amount after
20 years?
A. P4,452,796.32 C. P5,356,147.25
B. P4,953,032.42 D. P3,456,254.14

69. A sum of money is deposited now in a savings account. The effective annual interest rate is 12%. How
much money must be deposited to yield P500.00 at the end of 11 months?
A. P153.00 C. P446.00
B. P144.00 D. P451.00

70. lim [ex -1] / x as x approaches 0 is equal to

a. 1
b. 0
c. is of the form 0 / 0 and cannot be calculated.
d. None of the above

71. Determine how much water should be evaporated from 50kg of 30% salt solution to produce a 60% salt
solution. All percentages are by weight.

a. 25 kg
b. 35 kg
c. 15 kg
d. 20 kg
72. A runs around a circular track in 60 seconds, and in 50 seconds. Five seconds after A starts, B starts
from the same point in the same direction. When will they be together for the first time, assuming they
run around the track continuously?

a. 3.5 mins
b. 6.5 mins
c. 5.5 mins
d. 7.5 mins

73. An antelope is now 50 of her leaps ahead of a cheetah which is pursuing her. How many more leaps will
the antelope take before it is overtaken if she takes 5 leaps while the cheetah takes 4 leaps, but 2 of the
cheetah’s leaps are equivalent to 3 of the antelope’s leaps?

a. 350
b. 325
c. 420
d. 250

74. Line L passes through the points (-2, 0) and (0, a). Line LL passes through the points (4, 0) and (6, 2).
What value of a makes the two lines parallel?

a. 1/2
b. -2
c. 2
d. -1/2

75. Solve for x if the equation is 104(54 - 24) / 21 = x

a. 209,000
b. 289,000
c. 290,000
d. 208,000

76. Two dice are tossed. What is the probability that the sum of the two dice is greater than 3?

a. 3/4
b. 5/6
c. 11/12
d. 1/4

77. If L is a line through the points (2,5) and (4,6), what is the value of k so that the point of coordinates
(7,k) is on the line L?

a. 5
b. 6
c. 15/2
d. 11/2

78. Find a negative value of k so that the graph of y = x2 - 2x + 7 and the graph of y = kx + 5 are tangent?

a. - 4√2
b. - 2 - 2√2
c. -2
d. - √2

79. The circle of equation (x - 3)2 + (y - 2)2 = 1 has center O. Point M(4,2) is on the circle. N is another
point on the circle so that angle MON has a size of 30°. Find the coordinates of point N.

a. (3 + √3/2 , 5/2)
 b. (5/2 , 3 + √3/2)
c. (3 - √3/2 , 3/2)
d. (3/2 , 3 - √3/2)

80. Vectors u and v are given by u = (2 , 0) and v = (-3 , 1). What is the length of vector w given by w = -u -
2v?

a. 6
b. √26
c. 2√5
d. 2

81. What is the smallest distance between the point(-2,-2) and a point on the circumference of the circle
given by (x - 1)2 + (y - 2) 2 = 4?

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

82. What is the equation of the horizontal asymptote of function: f(x) = 2/(x + 2) - (x + 3)/(x + 4)?

a. -4
b. -2
c. -1
d. 1

83. The lines with equations x + 3y = 2 and -2x + ky = 5 are perpendicular for k = ?

a. 1/3
b. 2/3
c. 2/4
d. 1/4

84. If f(x) = (x - 1)2 and g(x) = √x, then (g o f)(x) = ?

a. |x - 1|
b. x-1
c. 1-x
d. |1 - x|

85. The domain of f(x) = √(4 - x2) / √(x2 - 1) is given by the interval

a. (-2 , 2) U (-1 , 2)
b. (-2 , -1) U (1 , 2)
c. (-2 , 2) U (-1 , 1)
d. (-2 , -1) U (1 , 2)

86. The area of the circle x2 + y2 - 8y - 48 = 0 is

a. 96Pi
b. 64Pi
c. 48Pi
d. 20Pi

87. An investor has P100,000, part of which he invested at 12% interest and the rest at 18%. He received a
total annual interest of P15,300. How much did he invest at 18% interest rate?

a. 65,000
b. 60,000
c. 55,000
d. 75,000
88. For what value of k will the two equations 2x + 4 = 4(x - 2) and -x + k = 2x - 1 have the same solution?

a. 6
b. 2
c. 17
d. 20

89. An object travels at fifteen feet per minute. How many feet does it travel in 24 minutes and 40 seconds?

a. 360
b. 370
c. 365
d. 375

90. Solve for x if the equation is 4 / (√20 - √12) = x

a. 1/2
b. 4 / √8
c. √5 - √3
d. √5 + √3

91. DE is parallel to CB and (length of AE / length of EB) is 4. If the area of triangle AED is 20 square
inches, what is the area, in square inches, of triangle ABC?

a. 31.25
b. 80
c. 320
d. 1,600

92. If a and b are both even numbers, which of the following could be and odd integer?

a. a2 + b2
b. (a + 1)2 + (b + 1)2
c. (a + 1)*(b + 1) - 1
d. (a + 1) / (b + 1)

93. If n is a positive integer such that n! / (n - 2)! = 342, find n.

a. 19
b. 17
c. 18
d. 16

94. What is the sum of the reciprocals of the solutions to the equation: x2 - (3/5)x = -11/3

a. 5/3
b. 9/55
c. -11/3
d. 94/65

95. A number is given as 987562153ab where a and b are digits. Which values of a and b, such that a + b =
11 and a < b, would result in 987562153ab being divisible by 4?

a. a=3,b=8
b. a=7,b=8
c. a=5,b=6
d. a=3,b=4

96. AC is parallel to DE. AE, FG and CD intersect at the point B. FG is perpendicular to AC and DE. The
length of DE is 5 inches, the length of BG is 8 inches and the length of AC is 6 inches. What is the area,
in square inches, of triangle ABC?
 a. 28.8
b. 20
c. 24
d. 22

97. Points A, B and C are defined by their coordinates in a standard rectangular system of axes. What
positive value of b makes triangle ABC a right triangle with AC its hypotenuse?

a. 6
b. √6
c. 1 + √6
d. 1 + 2√3
98. A woman started a chain letter by writing to four friends and requesting each to copy the letter and send
it to four other friends. If the chain was unbroken until the 5th set of letters was mailed, how much was
spent for postage at P8.00 per letter?

a. 16,219
b. 10,912
c. 21,835
d. 13,291

99. A soccer ball is dropped from height of 6 meters. On each rebound it rises 2/3 of the height from which
it last fell. What distance has it traveled at the instant it strikes the ground for the 7 th time?

a. 27.89 m
b. 19.86 m
c. 20.87 m
d. 24.27 m
100. In how many ways can 10 different magazines be divide among A, B, and C so that A gets 5
magazines, B 3 magazines and C 2 magazines?

a. 2,520
b. 2,250
c. 2,050
d. 2,052