The ratio of the moment of inertia or the
If the shear stress in the fluid varies
cross section of the beam to the section
modulus
a. a measure of distance
b. equal to the radius of gyration
c. equal to the area of the cross section
d. multiplied by the bending moment to
determine the stress
When air entrainment agent is introduced
into a concrete mix
a. the strength will decrease
b. the strength will increase
c. the strength will not be affected
d. the water cement ratio must be reduced
from 10-15%
Which of the following is not a basic
component of motion of fluid element?
a. twist
b. translation
c. rotation
d. angular distortion
For a fluid, viscosity is defined as the
constant of proportionality between shear
stress and what other variable?
a. the spatial derivative of velocity
b. the time derivative of pressure
c. the time derivative of density
d. the spatial derivative of density
37. A leak from a faucet comes out in
separate drops. Which of the following is the
main cause of this phenomenon?
a. surface tension
b. gravity
c. air resistance
d. viscosity of the fluid
38.
linearly with the velocity gradient, which of
the following describes the fluid?
a. it is a Newtonian gas
b. it is inviscid
c. it is a perfect gas
d. it is at constant temperature
39. How are lines in constant pressure in a
fluid related to the force field?
a. they are perpendicular to the force field
b. they are parallel to the force field
c. they are at a 45° angle to the force field
d. they are unrelated to force fields
40. Which of the following is most accurate
about a streamline?
a. it is fixed in space in steady flow
b. it is a path of a fluid particle
c. it is defined for non-uniform flow only
d. it is perpendicular to tie path line
41. Under what condition is mass conserved
in fluid flow?
a. it is always conserved
b. the fluid is baratropic
c. flow is isentropic
d. the flow is adiabatic
42. What is the origin of the energy
conservation equation used in flow systems?
a. the first law of thermodynamics
b. Newton 's first law of motion
c. Newton's second law of motion
d. the second law of thermodynamics
43. Which of the following is the basis for state of pure gaseous compound?
Bernoulli's law for fluid flow?
a. 2
a. the principle of conservation of energy b. 1
b. the principle of conservation of mass c. 3
c. the continuity equation d. 4
d. Fourier's law 49. Which of the following is true for water
at reference temperature where enthalpy is
44. What are the units of Reynolds number zero?
for pipe now?
a. internal energy is negative
a. no unit b. entropy is non-zero
b. m/s c. specific volume is zero
c. sq.ft/s d. vapor pressure is zero
d. lb/ft-sec
50. The first law of thermodynamics is
45. Which of the following ratio is correct in based on which of the following?
providing a physical meaning for the
Reynolds number? a. conservation of energy
b. conservation of mass
a. inertial force/viscous force c. the enthalpy-entropy relationship
b. buoyant force/inertial force d. action-reaction
c. viscous force/inertial force
d. drag force/viscous force 51. What is the value of the work done for a
closed, reversible, isometric system?
46. What is the friction factor for fully
developed flow in circular pipe where a. zero
Reynolds number is 1000? b. positive
c. negative
a. 0.064 d. positive or negative
b. 0.008
c. 0.08 52. In a reversible process, the area under
d. 0.10 pV curve in pV diagram represents which of
the following?
47. For fully developed laminar flow of
fluids through pipes, the average velocity is a. work done by the system
what fraction of the maximum velocity in b. heat transfer
pipe? c. enthalpy change
d. entropy change
a. 1/2
b. 1/8 53. What is true about the polytropic
c. 1/4 exponent n for a perfect gas undergoing on
d. 3/4 isobaric process?

48. How many independent properties are a. n = 0

required to completely fix the equilibrium b. n greater than zero
c. n less than zero 59. Which of the following thermodynamic
d. n approaches infinity cycles is the most efficient?

54. During an adiabatic, internally reversible a. Carnot

process, what is true about the change in b. Brayton
entropy? c. Rankine
d. Diesel
a. it is always zero
b. it is always less than zero 60. The ideal, reversible Carnot cycle
e. it is always greater than zero involves four basic processes. What type of
d. it is temperature dependent processes are they?

55. For irreversible process, what is true a. two isothermal and two isentropic
about the total change in entropy of the b. all isothermal
system and surroundings? c. all adiabatic
d. all isentropic
a. it is always greater than zero
b. it is always less than zero
c. itis always zero
d. it is temperature dependent

56. For which type of process does the

equation dQ = TdS hold?

a. reversible
b. irreversible
c. isothermal
d. isobaric

57. Which is always true for any process?

a. change in entropy is greater than or equal

to zero
b: change in entropy is less than or equal to
zero
c. change in entropy is less than zero
d. change in entropy is greater than zero

58. The area under the TS curve in the TS

diagram represents?

a. heat transfer
b. enthalpy change
c. work
d. free energy change
61. Which one of the following is standard 66. A substance is oxidized when which of
temperature and pressure (STP)? the following occur?

a. 0°C and one atmosphere pressure a. it loses electron

b. 0°K and one atmosphere pressure b. it turns red
c. 0°F and zero pressure c. it becomes more negative
d. 32°F and zero pressure d. it gives off heat

62. The critical point for a mixture occurs

for which of the following cases?

a. the vapor and liquid have a single form

b. the liquid has no absorbed gas
c. the vapor phase is stable
d. the liquid is completely vaporized

63. How is molality defined?

a. the number of moles of solute in 1000g of

solvent
b. the number of moles of solute in one liter
of solution
c. the number of gram-formula weight of
solute per liter
d. the number of gam equivalent weight of
solute in one liter of solution

64. Which of the following element and

compounds is unstable in its pure form?

a. sodium, Na
b. helium, He
c. carbon dioxide, CO2
d. hydrochloric acid, HCI

65. Two major types of chemical bonds are

observed in chemical bonding: ionic and
covalent. Which of the following has a bond
that is the least ionic in character?

a. H2 , hydrogen
b. NaCl, sodium chloride
c. CH4 methane
d. H2 O, water
67. The voltage of galvanic cell does not
depend on which of the following
parameters?

a. volume
b. concentration of solutions
c. temperature
d. pressure

68. Which of the following organic

chemicals is most soluble in water?

a. CH3 OH, methanol

b. CCl4 , carbon tetrachloride
c. CH4 , methane
d. C2 H6 , ethane

69. Who discovered the electron?

a. Joseph John Thomson

b. John Dalton
c. Ernest Rutherford
d. James Chadwick

70. Who discovered the proton?

a. Ernest Rutherford
b. Joseph John Thomson
c. John Dalton
d. James Chadwick

71. Who discovered the neutron?

a. James Chadwick
b. Ernest Rutherford
c. Joseph John Thomson
d. John Dalton

72. Who is the father of modem chemistry?

a. Antoine Lavoisier
b. Aristotle
c. Robert Boyle
d. John Dalton
73. Approximately, what percent of
elements in the periodic table metals?

a. 80%
b. 70%
c. 60%
d. 90%
74. Who formulated the atomic theory?

a. John Dalton
b. Henri Becquerel
c. Ernest Rutherford
d. Humphrey Davy

75. Who proposed a plum-pudding (raisin

bread) model ofan atom?

a. Joseph John Thomson

b. Robert Andrews Millikan
c. John Dalton
d. Ernest Rutherford

76. Who discovered radioactivity?

a. Henri Becquerel
b. Marie Curie
c. Niels Bohr
d. Pierre Curie

77. What are the rows in periodic table

called?

a. periods
b. groups
c. families
d. transitions

78. The elements with similar properties are

placed in column of the periodic table. The
columns are commonly called?

a. groups or families
b. periods
c. groups
d. families
79. The elements in group in the periodic a. plasma
table are called? b. Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC)
c. quartz
a. cogeners d. quark
b. affinities
c. representatives
d. families

80. Elements in group IA in the periodic

table are called?

a. Alkali metals
b. Alkaline earth metals
c. Boron group
d. Carbon group

81. Elements in group II A in periodic table

are called?

a. Alkaline earth metals

b. Alkali metals
c. Boron group
d. Carbon group

82. What element is used as electric power

source for pacemakers and artificial hearts?

a. promethium
b. neodymium
c. uranium
d. plutonium

83. What element is commonly used in

making lasers?

a. neodymium
b. chromium
c. terbium
d. promethium

84. What is a high energy, electrically

charged gas, produced by heating the gas
until the electrons in the outer orbital of the
atoms separates, leaving the atom with a
positive charge?
85. It is made of gas atoms that have been a. acid
cooled to near absolute zero at which b. fluid
temperature the atoms combine and forms a c. oxide
super atom? d. carbon

a. Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) 91. The condition of liquid electrolyte is

b. plasma measured in terms of?
c. quartz
d. quark a. specific gravity
b. acid content
86. What is formed by sharing electrons c. voltage output
between atoms? d. current value

a. covalent bond 92. What bond is involved in bronze the

b. ionic bond alloy of copper and tin?
c. metallic bond
d. electronic bond a. metallic bond
b. ionic bond
87. It is the electrostatic attraction that holds c. covalent bond
together the oppositely charge ions in the d. van der Waals
solid compound?
93. What is the chemical formula for
a. ionic bond aluminum nitride?
b. covalent bond
c. metallic bond a. AlN
d. electronic bond b. AlN2
c. Al2 N2
88. What forces hold molecules together in d. Al2 N
crystals?
94. What is the chemical formula for
a. Van der Waals forces Magnesium Nitrite?
b. ionic forces
c. cohesive forces a. Mg(NO2 )2
d. diffusive forces b. Mg(NO3 )2
c. Mg 2 NO2
89. It is a substance which when added to d. Mg 2 NO3
reacting mixture increases the rate of
reaction but remains unchanged? 95. What is the chemical formula for nitric
acid?
a. catalyst
b. inhibitors a. HNO3
c. accelerators b. H2 NO3
d. neutral substance c. HNO3
d. H2 NO3
90. What is the opposite to alkali?
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ANS: 63 b. H2 SO3
c. H2 SO2
96. What is the chemical formula for d. HSO
calcium chloride?
102. IEEE 802.11 is the code for global
a. CaCl2 wireless standard representing
b. CaCl
c. Ca2 Cl a. wifi
d. CaCl3 b. bluetooth
c. wimax
97. What is the chemical formula for d. gprs
dinitrogen pentoxidc?

a. N2 O5
b. NO5
c. N5 O2
d. N5 O

98. Vvmat is the chemical fomula for

magnesium hydroxide. (a laxative)?

a. Mg(OH)2
b. Mg 2 OH
c. MgOH2
d. Mg(OH)3

99. What is the chemical formula for

laughing gas?

a. N2 O
b. NO2
c. NO3
d. N2 O5

100. What is the chemical formula for

carbon diselenide?

a. CSe2
b. C2 Se
c. CaSe
d. (CSe)2

101. What is the chemical formula for

sulphuric acid?
103. The rear Wheels of the car move a. 8
forward. What is the nature of the frictional b. 12
force under the rear tires? c. 6
d. 16
a. static and backward
b. static and forward
c. kinetic and backward
d. kinetic and forward

104. Which of the following materials is not

a viscoelastic material?

a. metal
b. plastic
c. rubber
d. glass

5. In molecules of the same composition,

what are variations of atomic arrangement
known as?

a. isomers
b. polymers
c. monomers
c. crystal system

106. How many atoms in the unit cell of a

body centered cubic (BCC) crystal
structure?

a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8

107. How many atoms per unit cell of face

centered cubic crystal structure?

a. 4
b. 2
c. 6
d. 8

108. What is the first coordination number

of a BCC structure?
109. What is the first coordination number strengths of metals mainly be attributed?
of a FCC structure?
a. dislocation
a. 12 b. heat
b. 8 c. low density
c. 6 d. stress direction
d. 16
115. In general, what are the effects of cold-
110. What is the atomic packing factor for a working a metal?
simple cubic crystal.
a. increase strength, decrease ductility
a. 0.52 b. increase strength and ductility
b. 0.48 c. decrease strength and ductility
c. 1.00 d. decrease strength, increase ductility
d. 1.05
116. For completely corrosion resistant
111. Which crystal structure possesses the stainless steel, what minimum percentage of
highest number of closed packed planes and chromium in the alloy is required?
closed packed directions?
a. 11%
a. face centered cubic b. 1.1%
b. body centered cubic c. 3.2%
c. simple cubic d. 15%
d. close packed hexagonal
117. Which of the following would most
112. Which of the following is a line defect likely require a steel containing 0.6% carbon
in a lattice crystal structure? that has been spheroidized, cold-drawn and
slightly tempered?
a. screw dislocation
b. tilt boundary a. cutting tool
c. vacancy b. water pipe
d. Frenkel defect e. bridge beam
d. ball bearing
113. Under a very slow deformation at high
temperature, it is possible to have some 118. A hollow circular bar has an inner
plastic flow in a crystal at shear stress lower 1
radius r1 and an outer radius r2 . If r1 = 2 r2 ,
than crititical shear stress. This phenomenon
what percentage of torque can the shaft carry
is called?
in comparison with solid shaft?
a. creep
a. 94%
b. slip
b. 73%
c. twinning
c. 50%
d. bending
d. 25%
114. To which of the following can the large
119. Which of the following effects are
discrepancy between actual and theoretical
generally less for an alternating current than
for a direct current? b. has a valence of-2
c. reacts violently with water
a. chemical effects d. decays spontaneously
b. heating effects
c. magnetic effects 126. A chemical process which occurs when
d. both chemical and magnetic effects water is added to cement is?

120. What type of materials usually has a a. hydration

higher index of refraction? b. oxidation
c. plastic flow
a. denser materials d. counter diffusion
b. lighter materials
c. heavier materials 127. Hydrogen is common to all?
d. gaseous material
a. acids
121. Electrons are in a one-dimensional box b. salts
of length 2L. What is the relationship c. oxides
between Er , the Fermi energv and Eave , the d. metals
average energy?
128. Which of the following is a member of
Er the halogen family?
a. Eave = 3
Er
b. Eave = a. fluorine
4
Er b. sodium
c. Eave = 2
c. hydrogen
d. Eave = Er
d. phosphorus
123. The atomic nuclei of all isotopes have
129. When exposed to atmosphere, which of
the same?
the following liquids is the coldest?
a. number of protons
a. helium
b. number of neutrons
b. oxygen
c. radius
c. nitrogen
d. mass
d. argon
124. All of the following elementary
130. Which of the following metals is the
particles have detectable mass, except?
best heat conductor?
a. neutrino
a. silver
b. positron
b. copper
c. electron
c. gold
d. proton
d. aluminum
125. An amphoteric hydroxide is one which?
131. Which metal is used in
microelectronics because it does not tarnish?
a. can act as acid or base in a chemical
reaction
a. gold
b. silver
c. copper
d. aluminum

132. Which is not equivalent to one ton of

refrigeration?

a. 42.4 BTU/min
b. 200 BTU/min
c. 211 kJ/min
d. 288000 BTU/day
133. It is the rate of chemical quantity per
unit area or volume.

a. chemical flux
b. chemical structure
c. chemical composition
d. chemical Stoichiometry

134. It is the make up of any chemical

compound described in a system for
determining its properties?

a. chemical structure
b. chemical compositions
c. chemical bonds
d. chemical components

137. The external pressure applied a

confined fluid increases the pressure of
every point in the fluid by an amount equal
to external pressure is known as

a. Pascal's principle
b. Torricelli's principle
c. Archimedes principle
d. Bernoulli's theorem

138. It is a device used to determine if a

substance is radioactive.

a. Geiger counter
b. Van de Graaf generator
c. linear accelerator
d. cyclotron
139. UPS represents which one of the PEP = the overall energy program
following? formulated and updated yearly by the
DOE and submitted to congress pursuant
a. uninterruptible power supply to RA 7638.
b. uninterrupting portable supply
c. uninterruptible portable supply
d. uninterrupting power supply

140. EPIRA represents which one of the

following?

a. electric power industry reform act

b. electric power information reform act
c. electric power institute reform act
d. electric power industry reform association

141. RES represents which one of the

following?

a. Retail electricity suppliers

b. retail electricity supply
c. retail energy suppliers
d. retail energy supply

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142. PDC represents which one of the

following?

a. Philippine distribution code

b. Philippine development corporation
c. Philippine distribution corporation
d. Philippine development code

143. PEP represents which one of the

following?

a. Philippine energy plan

b. Philippine energy progam
c. Philippine electrical plan
d. Philippine energy project

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144. WESM represents which one of the and review centers for at least ___ yrs prior
following? to his appointment

a. wholesale electricity spot market a. 3

b. wholesale energy spot market b. 5
c. wholesale electricity support market c. 10
d. wholesale energy support market d. 7

145. CPE represents which one of the

following?

a. continuing professional education

b. continuing program of education
e. continuing professional enhancement
d. continuing process of examination

146. The members of the board shall hold

office for a term ____ yrs.

a. 3
b. 5
c. 6
d. 10

147. Each board member must be at least of

age at the time of his appointment:

a. 35
b. 30
c. 40
d. 28

148. Each board member must have

practiced electrical engineering for a period
of not less than ____ yrs prior to his
appointment with a sworn statement as such.

a. 10
b. 15
c. 20
d. 5

149. Each board member must not be

connected with schools, universities
conferring a degree in electrical engineering
150. The board of electrical engineering
shall be composed of how many members?

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

189. What principle states that for a

horizontal flow of a fluid through a pipe the
sum of pressure and kinetic energy per unit
volume of the fluid is constant?

a. Bernoulli's principle
b. Pascal's principle
c. Archimedes principle
d. Torricelli's principle

190. The hydrometer is an instrument that

uses the principle of

a. Archimedes principle
b. Pascal's principle
c. Reynolds principle
d. Bernoulli's principle

191. Which of the following is not a basic

component of motion of a fluid element?

a. twist
b. translation
c. rotation
d. volume distortion
192. For a fluid, viscosity is defined as the
constant of proportionality between shear
stress and what other variable?
a. the spatial derivative of velocity
b. the time derivative of density
c. the time derivative of pressure
d. the spatial derivative of density
193. What is the definition of pressure?
a. limit of force over area as area approaches
zero
b. limit of force over area as force
approaches zero
c. limit of area over force as force
approaches zero
d. limit of area over force as area approaches
zero
194. A leak from faucet comes out in
separate drops. Wffch of.the following is the
main cause of this phenomenon?
a. surface tension
b. gravity
c. air resistance
d. viscosity of the fluid
195. If the shear stress in a fluid varies
linearly with the velocity gradient, which of
the following describes the fluid?
a. it is a Newtonian fluid
b. it is inviscid
c. it is a perfect gas
d. it is at constant temperature
196. If a fluid fails in piping system, the
failure is related to which of the following
properties?
a. vapor pressure
b. viscosity
c. surface tension
d. bulk modulus
197. The speed by which a liquid escapes
from vessel through an orifice is given by
a. Toricelli's principle
b. Bernoulli's theorem
c. Archimedes principle
d. Flow equation
198. How are lines of constant pressure in a
fluid related to the force field?
a. they are perpendicular to the force field
b. they are parallel to the force field
e. they are at 45° angle to the force field
d. they are perpendicular only to the force of
gravity
199. Under what condition is mass
conserved in fluid flow?
a. it is always conserved
b the fluid is baratropic
c. the fluid is incompressible
d. the flow is adiabatic
200. What is the absolute velocity of a real
fluid at a surface?
a. the velocity of the surface
b. the same as the bulk fluid velocity
c. zero
d. proportional to the smoothness of the
surface
201. What is the origin of the energy
conservation equation used in flow system?
a. the first law of thermodynamics
b. Newton's first law of motion
c. Newton's second law of motion
d. the second law of thermodynamics
202. Which of the following is the basis for
Bernoulli's law for fluid flow?
a. the principle of conservation of energy
b. the principle of conservation of mass
c. the continuity equation
d. Fourier's law

203. Which of the following ratio is correct

in providing a physical meaning for the
Reynolds number?

a. inertial force/viscous force

b. buoyant force/inertial force
c. viscous force/ inertial force
d. drag force/ viscous force
204. Where does the Moody for friction c. 100
factors for pipe flow come from? d. 10^6

a. experimental results for viscous fluids

b. experimental results for inviscid fluids
c. calculations based on potential flow
d. applying the principle of conservation of
mass

205. For pipe flow in the laminar region, the

friction factor is equal to?

a. 64/Re
b. 1/Re
c. Re
d. Re^2

206. For fully developed laminar flow of

fluid in pipes, the average velocity is what
fraction of the maximum velocity in the
pipe?

a. 1/2
b. 1/8
c. 1/4
d. ¾

207. It is the cause of the rise or fall of

liquid in tubes with small diameter.

a. capillarity
b. surface tension
c. cohesion
d. adhesion

208. What is negative pressure?

a. vacuum pressure
b. absolute pressure
c. gage pressure
d. hydrostatic pressure

209. How many Pascal is one bar?

a. 10^5
b. 10^3
210. How many Pa-s is one poise? 218. EPIRA is Republic Act No. ______

a. 0.1 a. 9136
b. 0.01
c. 0.001
d. 0.0001

211. What is PSALM Corporation?

a. Power Sector Assets and Liabilities

Management Corporation

212. What is SPUG?

a. Small Power Utilities Group

SPUG = the functional unit of NPC

created to pursue the missionary
electrification function

213. The chairman of the board of PSALM

corporation is

a. Sec. of the Department of Finance

214. From the effectivity of RA9136,

PSALM corporation shall exist for,

a. 25 years

215. Sec.38 of the Electric Power Industry

Reform Act (EPIRA) is the creation of
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). The
chairman must be a lawyer and shall have a
term of __ yrs

a. 7 years

216. What is IPP?

a. Independent Power Producer

217. What is TRANSCO?

a. National Transmission Corporation

219. A notice issued by the system operator
when a tropical disturbance is expected to
make a land fall within 24 hrs.
a. Blue alert

220. A notice issued by the system operator

when the contingency reserve is less than the
capacity of the largest synchronized
generating unit.

a. yellow alert

221. A notice issued by the system operator

when the grid contingency reserve is zero.

a. Red alert

222. The ability to respond to a re-dispatch

performed by the system operator during a
trading interval

a. backup reserve / cold-standby

Backup Reserve = a generating unit that

has fast start capability and can
synchronized with the grid to provide its
declared capacity for a minimum period
of 8 hrs.

223. Generating capacity from qualified

generating unit allocated to cover loss of a
synchronized generating unit

a. contingency reserve

224. A synchronized generating capacity

from qualified generating unit allocated to
cover loss of a synchronized generating unit

a. spinning reserve

225. What is PEC?

a. Philippine Electrical Code