Republic of the Philippines

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Province of Laguna
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

AC 12 – Engineering Utilities 2
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Second-Semester 2019 – 2020

Name : __________________________________________ Date :___________________

PLUMBING ARITHMETIC
1. Convert 100°F into degree Celsius. d. 3/2
a. 37.8°C
b. 2.667°C 9. If 42x +1 = 1024, find the value of 4x.
c. 1.344°C a. 16
d. 13.34°C b. 14
c. 18
2. The angle of inclination of the road is 32°. d. 20
What is the angle of inclination in mils?
a. 456.23 10. If 3x+1 = 81, find 32x-1.
b. 568.89 a. 243
c. 125.36 b. 253
d. 284.44 c. 323
d. 212
3. What is the value in degrees of 𝜋 radians?
a. 90° 11. If log xy = 6 and log 𝑦𝑥 = 2. Solve for x and y.
b. 270° a. x = 1000, y = 100
c. 180° b. x = 10000, y = 100
d. 45° c. x = 100000, y = 1000
d. x = 10500, y = 150
4. The acceleration due to gravity in English unit
is equal to: 12. Determine k so that the equation
a. 32.2 ft/s2 4x2 + kx + 1= 0 will have just one real
b. 3.22 ft/s2 situation.
c. 9.81 m/s2 a. 5
d. 98.1 m/s2 b. 6
c. 4
5. How many significant figures are there in the d. 8
value 500.00?
a. one 13. Find the 5th term of the expansion (x2 – 5)8.
b. three a. 44736 x8
c. five b. 46940 x8
d. six c. 45827 x8
d. 43750 x8
6. Find k in the equation 4x2 + kx + 1 = 0, so that
it will only have one real root. 14. It takes Butch twice as long as it takes Dan to
a. 1 do a certain piece of work. Working together
b. 2 they can do the work in 6 days. How long
c. 3 would it take for Dan to do it alone?
d. 4 a. 6
b. 9
7. If 4x3 + 18x2 + 8x – 4 is divided by x – 3, the c. 7
remainder is: d. 5
a. 120
b. 250 15. Find the remainder when (x12 + 2) is divided
c. 290 by (x - √3).
d. 234 a. 652
b. 731
3𝑥 2
8. If 3x = 4y then
4𝑦 2
is equal to: c. 231
a. 3/4 d. 851
b. 4/3
c. 2/3
16. A job could be done by eleven workers in 15
days. Five workers started the job. They were 24. The measure of 2.25 revolutions counter
reinforced with four more workers at the clockwise is
beginning of the 6th day. Find the total number a. -835°
of days it took them to finish the job. b. -810°
a. 22.36 c. 805°
b. 21.42 d. 810°
c. 23.22
d. 20.56 25. What is the sine of 820°?
a. 0.985
17. In two hours, the minute hand of the clock b. -0.866
rotates through an angle of: c. 0.866
a. 45° d. -0.500
b. 90°
c. 360° 26. Csc 270 degree =?
d. 720° a. -√3
b. -1
18. It is now between 3 and 4 o’clock and in c. √3
twenty minutes the minute hand will be as d. 1
much as the hour hand as it is now behind it.
What is the time now? 27. If coversine θ is 0.134, find the value of θ.
a. 3:06.36 a. 60°
b. 3:07.36 b. 45°
c. 3:09.36 c. 30°
d. 3:08.36 d. 20°
19. At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour 28. If sin 3A = cos 6B then:
hand and the minute hand of a clock first form a. A+B=180°
an angle of 120°? b. A+2B=30°
a. 12:21.82 c. 1-2B=30°
b. 12:15.38 d. A+B=30°
c. 12:50.36
d. 12:40.36 29. If cos θ = √3, then find the value of x if
2
x = 1-tan2 θ.
20. Find the supplement of an angle whose
a. -2
compliment is 62°.
b. -1/3
a. 28°
c. 4/3
b. 118°
d. 2/3
c. 152°
d. none of these
30. If x+y = 90°, then 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑦 is equal to:
21. A certain angle has a supplement five times 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥

its compliment. Find the angle. a. tan x

a. 67.5° b. cos x
b. 157.5° c. cot x
c. 168.5° d. sin x
d. 186°
31. Find the value in degrees of arc cos (tan24°).
22. The sum of the two interior angles of the a. 61.48
triangle is equal to the third angle and the b. 62.35
difference of the two angles is equal to 2/3 of c. 63.56
the third angle. Find the third angle. d. 60.84
a. 15°
b. 75° 32. Simplify cos4 θ – sin4 θ.
c. 90° a. 2
d. 120° b. 1
c. 2sin2 θ+1
23. The measure of 112 revolutions counter d. 2cos2θ-1
clockwise is
a. +540° 33. In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse
b. -540° is how much longer than its sides?
c. +90° a. 2 times
d. -90° b. √2 times
 c. 1.5 times a. 60
d. none of these b. 54
c. 80
34. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34 cm. d. 90
Find the length of the shortest leg if it is 14 cm
shorter than the other leg. 41. A polygon has 170 diagonals. How many
a. 15 sides does it have?
b. 16 a. 20
c. 17 b. 18
d. 18 c. 25
d. 26
35. Given triangle: C=100°, a=15, b=20. Find c.
a. 34 42. The area of a regular hexagon inscribed in a
b. 27 circle of radius 1 is:
c. 43 a. 2.698 sq. units
d. 35 b. 2.598 sq. units
c. 3.698 sq. units
36. Given angle A=32°, angle B=70°, and side d. 3.598 sq. units
c=27 units. Solve for side a of the triangle.
a. 24 units 43. Two sides of a parallelogram measure 68 cm
b. 10 units and 83 cm and the shorter diagonal is 42 cm.
c. 14.63 units Determine the smallest interior angle of the
d. 12 units parallelogram.
a. 23.87°
37. An observer wishes to determine the height of b. 30.27°
a tower. He takes sights at the top of the tower c. 49.45°
from A and B, which are 50ft. apart, at the d. 12.65°
same elevation on a direct line with the tower.
The vertical angle at point A is 30 degrees and 44. Find the area of the circle shown.
at point B is 40 degrees. What is the height of 1
the tower? 4 4
a. 85.6 feet
b. 143.97 feet
c. 110.29 feet
d. 92.54 feet

38. Find EB if the area of the inner triangle is ¼ of a. 152.53 sq. units
the outer triangle as shown. b. 193.30 sq. units
C c. 215.30 sq. units
d. 226.98 sq. units

AC=65 45. Find the area of the shaded portion.

D
AD=45 10

A B
E AB=90
a. 32.5
b. 55.7 a. 50 𝜋
c. 56.2 b. 25 𝜋
d. 57.5 c. 20 𝜋
d. 30 𝜋
39. The sum of the interior angles of polygon is
540°. Find the number of sides. 46. Two complementary angles are in the ratio
a. 4 2:1. Find the larger angle.
b. 24 a. 30°
c. 7 b. 60°
d. 5 c. 75°
d. 15°
40. How many diagonals does a dodecagon
have?
47. One side of a rectangle, inscribed in a circle d. 883.9
of diameter 17 cm, is 8 cm. Find the length of
the other side. 55. Find the value of w in the equation:
a. 16 cm 3x - 2y + w = 11
b. 15 cm x + 5y - 2w = -9
c. 14 cm 2x + y - 3w = -6
d. 13 cm a. 2
b. -1
48. The volume of a cube is reduced by how c. 3
much if all sides are halves? d. 4
a. 1/8
b. 5/8 56. Solve for the value of x and y.
c. 6/8 4x + 2y = 5
d. 7/8 13x - 3y = 2
a. 1/2, 3/2
49. Find the total surface area of a cube of side 6 b. 2, 3
cm. c. 1, 2
a. 214 sq. cm. d. 5/2, 5
b. 216 sq. cm.
c. 226 sq. cm. 57. Multiply the following: (2x + 5y) (5x – 2y).
d. 236 sq. cm. a. 10x2 – 21xy + 10y2
b. -10x2 + 21xy + 10y2
50. The space diagonal of a cube is 4√3 m. Find c. x2 + 5xy – 5y2
its volume. d. 10x2 + 21xy – 10y2
a. 16 cubic meters
b. 48 cubic meters 58. The value of (3 to 2.5 power) square is equal
c. 64 cubic meters to:
d. 86 cubic meters a. 729
b. 140
51. The base of a right prism is a hexagon with c. 243
one side 6 cm long. If the volume of the prism d. 81
is 450 cc, how far apart are the bases?
a. 5.74 cm 59. Simplify bm/n.
b. 3.56 cm a. √𝑏
𝑚
c. 4.11 cm b. bm+n
d. 4.81 cm 𝑛
c. √𝑏 𝑚
d. bm-n
52. A cylindrical tank, lying horizontally, 0.90 m.
in. diameter and 3 m long is filled to a depth 60. If f(x) = 2x2 + 2x + 4, what is f(2)?
of 0.60 m. How many gallons of gasoline does a. 4x + 2
it contain? b. 16
Hint: one cubic meter = 256 gallons c. 8
a. 250 d. 24
b. 360
c. 300 61. How many feet difference between 1 nautical
d. 270 mile and 1 statue mile?
a. 100
53. A right circular cone has a volume of 127𝜋/3 b. 200
cm3 and an attitude of 8 cm. c. 400
The lateral area is: d. 800
a. 16√5 𝜋 cm2
b. 12√5 𝜋 cm2 62. 1 fathom is how many feet?
c. 16 𝜋 cm2 a. 72
d. 15 𝜋 cm2 b. 6
c. 48
54. A cube of edge 25 cm is cut by a plane d. 36
containing two diagonally opposite edges of
the cube. Find the area of the section thus 63. How many cubic meters is 100 gallons of
formed in sq. cm. liquid?
a. 812.3 a. 1.638
b. 912.7 b. 0.164
c. 841.2 c. 3.785
 d. 0.738 c. 12%
d. 9%
64. One horsepower is equal to
a. 746 watts 72. An asset is purchased for P9,000.00 it’s
b. 74.6 watts estimated economic life is 10 years after
c. 7460 watts which it will be sold for P1,000.00. Find the
d. 7.46 watts depreciation in the first three years using
straight-line method.
65. A price tag of P1200 is specified if paid within a. P2,500
60 days but offers a 3% discount for cash in b. P2,400
30 days. Find the rate of interest. c. P3,000
a. 37.11% d. P2,000
b. 38.51%
c. 40.21% 73. An equipment cost P7,000 has a life of 8yrs.
d. 39.31% and salvage value of “x” after 8yrs., if the book
value of the equipment at the 4th yr. is equal
66. P4,000 is borrowed for 75 days at 16% per to P2,197.22, compute the salvage value “x”
annum simple interest. How much will be due using the sum of the years digit method.
at the end of 75 days? a. 594
a. P4,186.43 b. 430
b. P5,124.54 c. 350
c. P4,133.33 d. 290
d. P5,625.43
74. If P500.00 is invested at the end if each year
67. If you borrowed money from your friend with for 6 years at an annual interest rate of 7%,
simple interest of 12%, find the present worth what is the total peso amount available upon
of P50,000 which is due at the end of 7 the deposit of the sixth payment?
months. a. P3,210.00
a. P46,200 b. P3,576.00
b. P44,893 c. P3,000.00
c. P46,729 d. P4,260.00
d. P45,789
75. The direct labor cost and material cost of a
68. The amount of P12,800 in 4 yrs. at 5% certain product are P300 and P400 per unit
compounded quarterly is ______. respectively. Fixed charges are P100,000 per
a. P14, 785.34 month and other variable cost are P100 per
b. P15,614.59 unit. If the product is sold at P1,200 per unit,
c. P16,311.26 how many units must be produced and sold to
d. P15,847.33 break even?
a. 250 units
69. A man expect to receive P25,000 in 8 years. b. 200 units
How much is that worth now considering c. 300 units
interest at 8% compounded quarterly? d. 260 units
a. P13,859.12
b. P13,958.33 76. A company which manufactures electric
c. P13,675.23 motors has a production capacity of 200
d. P13,265.83 motors a month. The variable cost are P150
per motor. The average selling price is P275.
70. How many years will P100,000 earned a Fixed cost of the company amounts to
compound interest of P50,000 if the interest P20,000 per month which included taxes. The
rate is 9% compounded quarterly? number of motors that be sold each month to
a. 3.25 break even is closest to:
b. 4.55 a. 40
c. 5.86 b. 150
d. 2.11 c. 80
d. 160
71. A machine initial cost of P50,000.00 and a
salvage value of P10,000 after 10 years. What 77. Two forces of 20 units and 30 units act at right
is the straight-line method depreciation rate angle. What is the magnitude of resultant
as a percentage of the initial cost? force?
a. 10% a. 36
b. 8% b. 42
 c. 40 What is the coefficient of restitution between
d. 44 the ball and the pavement?
a. 0.84
78. What is the magnitude of the resultant force b. 0.8
of the two forces 200 N at 20° and 400 N at c. 0.74
144°? d. 0.36
a. 332.5 N
b. 323.5 N 86. The number 50 in the roman numerals.
c. 313.5 N a. V
d. 233.5 N b. M
c. L
79. A 100 kg weight rest on a 30° smooth incline d. C
plane. How much pull must one exert to bring
the weight up the plane? 87. The shortest distance between any two
a. 88.67 kg points.
b. 100 kg a. chord
c. 70.71 kg b. arc
d. 50 kg c. line
d. point
80. A 200 kg crate impends to slide down a ramp
inclined at an angle of 19.29° with the 88. The 1000 in the roman numerals.
horizontal. What is the frictional resistance? a. C
a. 612.39 N b. N
b. 628.38 N c. M
c. 648.16 N d. O
d. 654.12 N
89. The triangle whose vertices are midpoints of
81. What is the acceleration of the body that the sides of a given triangle.
increases in velocity from 20m/s to 40 m/s in a. medial
3 sec? b. median
a. 5 m/s2 c. mode
b. 6.67 m/s2 d. standard
c. 7 m/s2
d. 8 m/s2 90. A polygon of six sides.
a. pentagon
82. A ball is dropped from a building 100 m high. b. hexagon
How long does it take to hit the ground? c. heptagon
a. 4.52 s d. nonagon
b. 4.42 s
c. 5.61 s
d. 2.4 s 91. A triangle having two sides equal in length.
a. scalene
83. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane b. isosceles
following parabolic path with an initial velocity c. plane
of 100 m/s at an angle of 30° with the d. solid
horizontal. How far from the throwing point will
the ball attain its original level? 92. A line that is tangent to two or more curves.
a. 890 m a. common sine
b. 883 m b. common cosine
c. 880 m c. common tangent
d. 875 m d. none of these

84. A projectile leaves a velocity of 50 m/s at an 93. Having a common point.

angle of 30° with the horizontal. Find the a. existed
maximum height that it could reach. b. co existed
a. 31.86 m c. concurrent
b. 30.63 m d. coplanar
c. 31.28 m
d. 31.12 m 94. Referring to the four divisions of the
rectangular coordinates system.
85. A ball dropped from a height of 10 ft. upon a a. room
stone pavement rebounds to a height of 7 ft. b. space
 c. quadrant
d. four sides

95. Another name for natural number.

a. number
b. one number
c. whole number
d. complete number

96. Space occupied by a solid.

a. plane
b. solid
c. volume
d. content
e.

97. The SI unit of power.

a. horsepower
b. brake horsepower
c. watts
d. joules

98. Force per unit area.

a. stress
b. force
c. area
d. volume

99. A chord containing the center of the circle.

a. chord
b. arc
c. line
d. diameter

100. Means “broken surface” in Latin.

a. broken
b. fractals
c. fractions
d. pieces

Prepared by: Checked by: Approved by:

Engr. Dominic C. Aquino, RCE,RMP,AME-1,SO2 Engr. Revelina C. Ansay, RCE,RSE Engr. Jonnel K. Pabico, MSEE, PECE
Instructor Program Head OIC Dean, College of Engineering