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DEPARTMENT OF CEGE

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best 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. If your answer is not among the choices provided shade the box
corresponding to letter E.STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

1. Using prismoidal rule, the volume of a reservoir is to be approximated. A water reservoir is shaped
such that the top is rectangular with dimensions 12 m by 30 m, while the bottom, which is also
rectangular, is 8 m by 20 m. If the depth of the reservoir is 5 meters, the capacity (in liters) would
most probably be:
A.1,542,000 C.1,267,000
B.1,650,000 D.1,453,000

2. The area of a triangle is 65 sq. cm and its perimeter is 48cm. Compute the radius of the
inscribed circle?
A.2.02 C. 4.05
B.6.17 D. 2.71

3. From a point A, the angle of elevation of the top of the pole is measured as 37.1.
measured from the point B on the opposite side but along the same straight line, the
angle of elevation of its top is 35.9. if points A and B are 124 m apart, find the height of
the pole.
A.36.74 m C.59.12 m
B. 45.86 m D. 62.57 m

4. A triangular piece of land has vertices A, B and C and is surveyed producing the
following data. A=30, C = 50 and AC = 13 m. what should be the length of side AB?
A.10.11 m C.30.33 m
B.20.22 m D.40.44 m

5. A certain circle has the equation of x^2+y^2+8x-2y+8=0. What is the coordinate of the
center of the circle?
A.(-4, 1) C. (4, -1)
B. (4, 1) D. (-4, -1)

6. In the order of direct proportionality, x:y as 7.5:9.5 on the other hand y:z as 12.5:3.5. if
z has an original value of 76.48, find the value of x.
A.123.64 C. 384.14
B.215.50 D. 403.14

7. Given an original expression

A.(x+3)/8 C.(x+8)/3
B. (x-3)/8 D. (x-8)/3

8. A steel structural member has a mass of 400 kg. if each of its dimensions are reduced
by 30%, determine its new mass.
A.112.0 kg C. 137.2 kg
B. 127.3 kg D. 148.61 kg

9. What is the slope of the line which is defined by the equation 4y+3x+16=0.
A.-3/4 C.1/3
B.-1/4 D.-2/3

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10. Which of the following is the product of an even prime number and odd prime number.
A.5 C.7
B.6 D.8

11. A water tank is in the form of a sphere. It is filled with water to a depth of 30 cm. the
inner diameter of the tank is 45 cm, what is the volume of water in it in liters?
A.18.25 liters C. 28.49 liters
B. 21.61 liters D.35.34 liters

12. A rectangle ABCD is given such that AB is 5 units of measure while BC is 2 units. A solid
is to be formed by rotating the rectangle around side AB. Determine its volume in
square units.
A.61.23 cu.units C. 61.43 cu.units
B.62.83 cu.units D. 65.46 cu.units

13. A 4.2cm by 4.2cm square pyramid with a lateral edge of 15cm. What is the volume?
A. 89.44 B. 86.44 C. 44.98 D. 44.68

14. The perimeter of an ellipse is 28.448cm. The major axis is 10cm. long lies on the x-axis
with its center at the origin. Determine the equation of the ellipse.
A. 17x^2 + 26y^2 500 = 0 C. 19x^2 + 25y^2 400 = 0
B. 16 x^2 + 25y^2 400 = 0 D. 20x^2 + 26y^2 500 = 0

15. A corner lot is 30 m on the street and 20 m on the other street, the angle between the
two lines on the street being 80. The other two lines of the lot are perpendicular to
the lines on the street. Determine the area of the lot.
A. 495 B. 457 C. 347 D. 747

16. The axis of the cone makes an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal. If the length of
the axis is 30cm. and its base radius is 20cm., compute for the volume of the curve.
A. 10992.5 cu.cm C. 10772.5 cu.cm
B. 10882.5 cu.cm D. 10662.5 cu.cm

17. In a factory, there are 3 machines A, B and C. When all three are running, they produce
222 suitcases per day. If A and B work but C does not, they produce 159 suitcases per
day. If B and C work but A does not, they produce 147 suitcases per day. What is the
daily production of C?
A. 45 B. 36 C. 63 D. 54

18. How many minutes after 3:00 pm will the hands of the clock be at 180o?
A. 49.1 B. 45.6 C. 50.2 D. 46.7

19. How many seconds longer is 3% of an hour than is 20% of a minute?

A. 80 B. 108 C. 96 D. 88

20. The altitude of a regular cone is twice its base radius. If its volume is 3400 cu.cm. What
is the total surface area
A. 1404 m^2 B. 4567 m^2 C. 1505 m^2 D. 5678 m^2

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21. Jim and Joe, working together can print this preboard in 6 and 2/3 hours. Jim became
intoxicated with alcohol after 3 hours of working with Joe, and Joe finished the
printing alone in 8.25 hours. How long will Joe do the printing alone?
A. 12 hours B. 15 hours C. 14 hours D. 13 hours

22. A 100-meter tape is used to measure a horizontal distance. The reading at the other
end is 15.25 m. If the plumb bob at one end was 0.65 m lower than the horizontal,
what is the correct distance?
A. 15.23 B. 15.26 C. 15.24 D. 15.22

23. The sum of the 100 terms of an arithmetic progression is 20100. If the first term of the
progression is 3, find the 50th term.
A. 195 B. 207 C. 203 D. 199

24. A triangle has side lengths 7cm, 9 cm and 13 cm. Find the area of the circumcircle.
A. 146.80 B. 29.95 C. 73.40 D. 293.60

25. Find the period of tan3x.

A. B. 2/3 C. /3 D. None in the list

26. Anne and Mary are walking side by side with initially rates 2 m/s and 1.5 m/s,
respectively. When Mary noticed that Anne is 50 m ahead of her, she increased her
speed by 100%. What is the total distance travelled by Anne, when Mary catches up
with her?
A. 150 B. 225 C. 300 D. 275

27. If sin3A=cos15B, find csc(A+5B).

A. 0 B. 1.414 C. 0.5 D. 2

28. The average of 2013 numbers is 2012. When a number was removed the average of
the remaining became 2011. What was the number removed?
A. 1006 B. 2012 C. 4024 D. 2013

29. Which of the following is a prime number?

A. 231 B. 357 C. 323 D. None in the list

30. River A flows at a rate of 3 kph and river B at 1 kph. It takes the boat to travel twice in
a river A for a distance of 18km than it took the boat to travel 10km. in river B.
Compute the speed of boat in still water.
A. 21 B. 32 C. 45 D. 25

31. A thin sheet of metal in the form of a sector of a circle 72 cm. in diameter with a central
angle of 270 degrees. Compute for the volume of the cone?
A. 18187 B. 17811 C. 81178 D. 18178

32. What is the slope of x=2y+1.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 1/2 D. -1/2

33. A triangle has two sides with length 3 and 4 cm. Which of the following could be the
length of the third side?
A. 1 cm B. 2 cm C. 7 cm D. 8 cm

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34. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 7. Their difference is 3. Which of the
following is the number?
A. 25 B. 46 C. 43 D. 16

35. Two boats A and B are sailing in the vast ocean. Initially, from boat A, B is N34E. Boat
A travelled north for 120 m and B travelled east for 100 m, this time boat B is N43E
from A and their distance is 431 m. How far apart were they initially?
A. 346.8 m B. 344.2 m C. 348.9 m D. 321.6 m

36. A number line is divided by 10 evenly spaced thick mark. The length between each
thick mark equals x, and x is a prime number. What is the total length of the number
line?
A. 8x B. 9x C. 10x D. none in list

37. A hemispherical tank of radius 15 m is being filled with oil at the rate 510 cum/sec.
How fast is the water rising when it is half filled?
A. 0.962 m/s B. 0.820 cm/s C. 0.889 cm/s D. 0.986 cm/s

38. Consider the sequence 9, -3, 1, , which term is -1/243?

A. 7th B. 8th C.9th D. none in list

39. Determine the equation of the line having x and y intercepts 3 and -4 respectively.
A. 4x+3y-12=0 B. 4x+3y+12=0 C. 4x-3y-12=0 D. 4x-3y+12=0

40. Find the area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a regular hexagon with
side 5.
A. 24.36 B. 26.77 C. 33.21 D. 32.48

41. Find the period of 2sin2cos2.

A. B. /2 C. /4 D. /6

42. Determine the equation of the line passing through (-1,3) and perpendicular to the
line 4x-y +5=0.
A. y - 4x - 7=0 B. x + 4y - 11=0 C. x - 4y + 13=0 D. x + 4y +11=0

43. If x, (x-1), and (x+1) forms the sides of a right triangle, then the area of the triangle is
A.4 B.6 C. 9 D. 12

44. Find the area bounded by y2 = 3x + 9 and y2 = 9-3x

A.84 B.48 C. 42 D. 24

45. If a steel ball is immersed in an 8 cm diameter cylinder, it displaces water to a depth of

2.25 cm. Find the surface area of the ball
A. 57 B. 113 C. 38 D. 125

46. The graphs of x^2 + y = 12 and x + y = 12 intersect at two points. What is the distance
between these points?
A. 1 B. 1.4 C. 1.6 D. 14.87

47. How many diagonals does dodecagon have?

A. 44 B. 55 C. 54 D. 64

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48. A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle having an area of 158 square cm. Find the
area of the circle not covered by hexagon.
A. 32.34 B. 27.34 C. 22.98 D. 45.63

49. The surface area of a sphere is 3217 square cm. Determine the volume of the sphere in
cu m.
A. 13982 B. 15092 C. 17157 D. 14764

50. The corners of a cubical block touch the closed spherical shell that encloses it. The
volume of the box is 27000 cc. What volume in cc, inside the shell is not occupied by
the block?
A. 46461 B. 32987 C. 54873 D. 28652

51. A point moves along the parabola y^2 = 4x with a constant speed of 30cm/sec. Find
the horizontal component of the velocity at (1, 2) in cm/sec.
A. 21.2 cm/s B. 36.2 cm/s C. 46.5 cm/s D. 24.4 cm/s

52. A piece of rope is cut into two segments and each segment is formed into a circle. The
sum of the areas of the two circles is 408.41 sq. cm. Find the difference between the
radii of the two circles if the rope is 100.53 cm. long.
A. 8 B. 6 C. 2 D. 4

53. A lateral edge of the frustum of a regular pyramid is 1.8 m long. The upper base is a
square 1 m x 1 m and the lower base 2.4 m by 2.4 m square. Determine the volume of
the frustum un cubic meters.
A. 4.6 B. 3.3 C. 5.7 D. 6.5

54. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x=14 when y=7 amd z=2, find x when
z=4 and y=16.
A. 16 B. 14 C. 4 D. None in the list

55. Find the area bounded by the lines 5x-6y-30=0, 2y+3x-6=0 and the y-axis.
A. 18 B. 8.57 C. 13.71 D. 18.67

56. The vertices of the heptagon are as follows: (1, 4), (3, 2), (2, -2), (1, -5), (-3, -4), (-4, 1),
and (-2, 2). Which of the following gives the distance of the centroid from origin?
A. 0.286 B. 0.331 C. 0.389 D. 0.404

SITUATIONAL

I. Solve the following solid geometry problems.

57. A pyramid is made from a rectangular prism whose height is 6 cm and base
dimensions 4 cm by 3 cm. The base of the pyramid coincides with the base of the
prism while its vertex at the centroid of the top. What is the total surface area of the
pyramid in cm2?
A. 43.71 B. 55.71 C. 45.5 D. 57.5

58. A cone, 5 cm high and 4 cm in diameter at the top, is partially filled with liquid. If the
wet portion is 11.309 cm2, what is the depth of water in the cone?
A. 2 cm B. 2.5 cm C. 3 cm D. 3.5 cm

59. The ratio of the surface area of two cubes is 2/5. What is the ratio of their volumes?
A. 10/25 B. 22/(5) C. (22)/(55) D. None in list

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II. From the top of an edifice, the angle of depression of the bottom of a nearby building is
54 and the angle of depression of the top of the building is 32. The building is 150 m
from the edifice.
60. What is the height of the building in m?
A. 100.45 B. 120.23 C. 115.67 D. 112.72

61. What is the height of the edifice in m?

A. 206.46 B. 202.12 C. 198.54 D. 214.55

62. What is the angle of depression from the top of the building to the bottom of the
edifice?
A. 53.07 B. 36.92 C. 37.63 D. 52.36

III. Given the triangle ABC with sides a=4, b=3 and c=6.
63. Find the angle B in degrees.
A. 26.38 B. 36.33 C. 117.27 D. None in list

64. Find the perimeter of the triangle.

A. 7 B. 9 C. 12 D. 13

65. Find the area of the triangle.

A. 4.67 B. 5.12 C. 5.33 D. 6.2

IV. Given the ellipse: 9x^2+25y^2=225.

66. What is the perimeter of the ellipse?
A. 18.91 B. 25.53 C. 27.73 D. 20.12

67. What is the volume of the solid when ellipse is revolved about the x-axis.
A. 315.16 B. 176.31 C. 188.49 D. 251.33

68. What is the area of the maximum rectangle that can be inscribed in the ellipse?
A. 15 B. 20 C. 7.5 D. 30

V. Three circles A, B and C are externally tangent to each other. The length of lines
segments are AB=7, BC=9 and AC=8.
69. What is the radius of the largest circle?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

70. What is the radius of the smallest circle?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

71. What is the area of the region enclosed by the circles?

A. 2.4 B. 2.3 C. 2.2 D. 2.1

VI. Solve the following analytic geometry problems.

72. Find the distance between the lines 4x-y+2=0 and 4x-y+9=0.
A. 1.6 B. 1.7 C. 1.8 D. 1.9

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73. Given the points A(3,2), B(-2,5), C(4,7) and D(-4,-5). Find the equation of the line
joining the midpoints of segments AB and CD.
A. 5x+y+1=0 B. 5x-y-1=0 C. 5x-y+1=0 D. 5x-y+1=0

74. What is the radius of the circle passing through (-3, 1), (0, 4) and (3, -6)?
A. 5.24 B. 4.80 C. 4.96 D. 5.33

VII. In the next three questions, given are the terminal point of a line which passes
through the origin. Let angle A be measured from positive x-axis to the line.
75. (1, -1), find tanA.
A. 1 B. 0 C. -1 D. undefined

76. (2, 0), find cosA.

A. 1 B. 0 C. -1 D. undefined

77. (0, 2013), find cscA.

A. 1 B. 0 C. -1 D. undefined

VIII. A triangular lot ABC is to be divided by a line DE parallel to BC. D is along AB while
E is along AC. The area of the lot is 2500 m2, DE=120 and BC=270.
78. Find the area of BCED.
A. 494 m2 B. 1980 m2 C. 2006 m2 D. 2231 m2

79. Find the area ADE.

A. 494 m2 B. 1980 m2 C. 2006 m2 D. 2231 m2

80. What part of ABC is ADE?

A. 20.21% B. 19.75% C. 18.67% D. 15.67%

IX. A flagpole stands on top of a pedestal. From a point O at the same elevation as the base
of pedestal, the vertical angle of the top of the flagpole is 60 and the vertical angle of
the bottom of the flagpole is 52. Point O is 14.8 meters away from the base of the
pedestal.
81. How high is the pedestal in meters?
A.18.94 B. 13.56 C. 16.87 D. 21.68

82. How long is the flagpole in meters?

A. 3.46 B. 5.32 C. 8.53 D. 6.69

83. What is the distance from O to the top of the flagpole?

A. 21.24 B. 29.6 C. 32.12 D. 44.6

X. Solve the following algebra problems.

84. A is 12% older than B, while B is 11% older than C. By how much in percent is A older
than C?
A. 34.23% B. 0.01585 C. 0.01588 D. 0.01342

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85. A is 8% taller than B, while B is 9% taller than C. By how much in percent is A taller
than C?
A. 17.72% B. 19.28% C. 19.82% D. 12.12%

86. Given the inequality expressions:

3 <x<7
6>x>2
What are the probable values of x?
A. 3 < x < 6 B. y > x > 2 C. 2 > x > 6 D. 3 < x < 7

XI. Go through the following mathematical problems and attempt to find their solutions
utilizing the principles of algebra, geometry, and/or calculus?
87. You are given a parallelogram ABCD with diagonals AC and BD intersecting each other.
Angle 1 = angle ADB = 45 deg and angle DCB = 120 deg. Find the measure of angle 2 =
angle BDC.
A. 15 B. 45 C. 30 D. 60

88. You are given a certain plane P with a line L perpendicular to plane P at point x.
A. All planes that B. any plane C. Only one line in D. Any point in
intersects plane P containing line L is plane P will place P will also be
will pass through x perpendicular to intersect line L on line L
plane P

89. You are given a triangle ABC. D is the midpoint of AC, E is the midpoint of AB, and F is
the midpoint of BC. AB has a given length of 10 units, AC has a given length of 18 units,
while BC is 22 units. Calculate the perimeter of parallelogram BEDF.
A. 36 B. 32 C. 24 D. 40

XII. A metal block having a mass of 155 kg is to be drawn to form a wire of length 1500
m. Assume the density of metal of 8.5 g/cc.
90. Determine the volume of the metal.
A. 0.0123 m3 B. 0.0621 m3 C. 0.0840 m3 D. 0.0182 m3

91. Determine the cross sectional area of the wire.

A. 0.032 cm2 B. 0.122 cm2 C. 1.874 cm2 D. 1.256 cm2

92. Determine the diameter of the wire.

A. 0.583 cm B. 0.743 cm C. 0.393 cm D. 0.123 cm

XIII. Determine the quadrant for which the angle being describe terminates.
93. cot > 0 and csc >0
A. I B. II C. III D. IV

94. sec < 0 and tan > 0

A. I B. II C. III D. IV

95. csc > 0 and cos < 0

A. I B. II C. III D. IV

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XIV. Solve the following problems in elementary geometry.

96. The lateral faces of a regular pyramid are composed of
A.congruent B. rectangles C. congruent right D. squares
isosceles triangles triangles

97. In the regular coordinate plane, how many points can exist such that it can both 5 units
from the origin and 2 units from the x-axis?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 1 D. 3

98. You are given a system of equations: y = x^2 -4x and x = 4 . How many points of
intersection are there?
A. 0 B. 2 C. 1 D. 3

99. Looking at the characteristics of a right circular cone, when a place cuts it in any part, it
can have a cross section in the shape of all the following EXCEPT:
A. triangle B. ellipse C. rectangle D. circle

100. Using the prismoidal rule, the volume of ta frustum of a sphere is to be determined.
The frustum is made by passing two parallel planes on opposite sides of the center,
each end of radius 7 cm and each 4 cm from the center. The volume of the frustum is
most probably
A. 1,500 cu.m. B. 1,900 cu.m. C. 1,800 cu.m. D. 1,200 cu.m.