Comprehensive Examination for

Mathematics, Basic Engineering Sciences,

Engineering Economy and ME Laws and 6. An interest earning fund in which equal
Contracts deposits are made at equal intervals of time
for the purpose of gradually accumulating a
First Semester, A.Y.2016-2017 specific sum of money at some future data.

a. annuity

1. A spherical water tank 5m diameter is filled b. amortization

with 4 m in height. Find the volume of water in
the tank. c. sinking fund
a. 78.64 m d. geometric gradient
b. 58.64 m

c. 68.64 m 7. Find the area bounded by the curve

d. 88.64 m x2+y2=9 and 4x2+9y2=36 on the first quadrant.
a. 2/3 π

b. 3/4 π
2. Two cities 270 km apart lie on the same
direction. Find their difference in latitude if the c. 1/2 π
earth’s radius is 3960 km. d. 3/2 π
a. 15/44 rad

b. 3/44 rad 8. The probability that A hits the target is 1/3

c. 9/44 rad and the probability that B hits the target is 1/5.
They both fire at the target. Find the
d. 21/44 rad probability that one of them hits the target.

a. 1/3

3. Given of diameter x and altitude of h. What b. 7/15

percent is the volume of the largest cylinder
which can be inscribed in the cone to the c. 8/15
volume of the cone? d. 2/5
a. 44%

b. 56% 9. What are the radius, r, and height, h, of

c. 46% cylindrical oil can that holds 5 liter of oil but
must have minimum surface area?
d. 65%
a. r= 54 cm, h=108 cm

b. r= 159 cm, h=1256.6 cm

4. Find the area of the triangle which the line
4x-6y+12=0 forms with the coordinate axes. c. r=9.27 cm, h= 18.53 cm

a. 3 d. r= 1.26 cm, h= 20.84 cm

b. 4

c. 5 10. The acute angle between the two straight

lines y=3x
d.10 +2 and y=4x+7 is closest to

a. 0

5. Find the slope form of the line passing b. 4.399 deg

through the points (1.7, 3.4) and (8.3, 9.5).
c. 90 deg
a. y=0.924x+2.830
d. 28.30 deg
b. y=2.924x+4.830

c. y=0.924x+1.830
11. A penal provision of a contract to
D y=1.924x+0.830 compensate for the losses incurred by one
party due to the failure to comply with contract a. resistance in ohms
provisions.
b. voltage
a. dacion-en-pago
c. current in amperes
b. force majeure
d. power in watts
c. liquidated damages

d. quasi-delicts
17. A sphere whose diameter increases from
4 cm to 5cm. What is the percent increase in
surface area?
12. To be binding and enforceable, written
contract documents must satisfy the basic a. 56.25%
requirements, thus, there must be clear,
specific and definite offer with no room for b. 66.25%
misunderstanding; there must be some form c. 76.25%
to conditional future consideration, (I.e.
payment); and d. 86.25%

a. there must be a third party.

b. there must be an acceptance of the offer. 18. What is the probability that of 5 cards
dealt from a well-shuffled deck will be black
c. there must be a bond cards and two red cards?
d. there must be an arbitrator. a. 143/16680

b. 29/4560
13. Provisions in contract for construction to c. 1625/4998
allow cost adjustments due to charges in cost
of materials and statutory minimum wage. d. 143/4680

a. escalatory clause

b. specifications 19. An artificial expense that spreads the

purchase price of an asset or other property
c. general conditions over a certain number of years.
d. quasi-delicts a. depreciation

b. marginal expense
14. Find the distance between 3x+4y=4 and c. bond
point (0,5).
d. depth
a. 2.8

b. 3.0
20. The velocity of an object divided by the
c. 3.2 velocity of sound is called
d. 3.4 a. Michelson’s number

b. Planck’s number
15. Find the equation of the locus of a point c. Mach number
that moves so as to be always equidistant
from A(3,4) and B(-2,1). d. velocity factor
a. 5x-3y-10=0

b. 5x+3y-10=0
21. When a right circular cone is cut by a
c. 5x+3y+10=0 plane parallel to the axis of the cone, the
conic section formed is
d. 5x+3y-8=0
a. a hyperbola

b. an ellipse
16. In electrical circuits, the potential
difference across terminals of circuit element c. a parabola
is called
d. a circle

27. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed

without repeating any digit from the following
22. The point on the curve where the first digits: 1,2,3,4, and 6?
derivative of a function is zero and the second
derivative is positive is called a. 120

a. maxima b. 130

b. minima c. 140

c. point of inflection d. 150

d. critical point

28. A thermometer reading 75°F is taken out

where the temperature is 20°F. the
23. The sum of the distances from the two thermometer reading is 30°F after 4 minutes
foci to any point in a/an ______ is a constant. later. Find the thermometer reading in °F, 7
a. parabola minutes after the thermometer was brought
outside.
b. any conic
a. 21.8
c. hyperbola
b. 22.8
d. ellipse
c. 23.8

d. 24.0
24. Find the maximum area of a rectangle
whose perimeter is 100 in.

a. 525 in2 29. Find the number of ways two balls, four
dolls, and six guns can be given to 12
b. 725 in2 children, if each child gets as toy?
c. 625 in2 a. 13,860
d. 825 in2 b. 12,660

25. The difference of the square of the digits
of a two digit positive number is 27. If the digit
are reversed in order and the resulting
number is subtracted from the original
number, the difference is also 27. what is the
original number?
a. 63
c. 10,260
d. 11,460
30. What is the maximum profit when the
profit-versus-production function is as given
below? P is Profit and x is unit of production.
P=200,000-1x-[-1.1/(x=1)]8.

b. 54 a. 285,000

c. 48 b. 200,000

d. 73 c. 250,000

d. 305,000

26. If P25,000 is invested now, P35,000 two

years from now, and P45,000 four years from
31. A batch of concrete consisted of 200 lbs
now (all at 4%), what will be the total amount
fine aggregate, 350 lbs coarse aggregate, 94
in ten years?
lbs cement, and 5 gallons of water. The
a. P141,850 specific gravity of the the sand and gravel
may be taken as 2.65 and that of cement as
b. P141,500 3.10. What was the total volume of concrete
produced?
c. P141,000
a. 4.48 cu.ft
d. P142,000
b. 4.13 cu.ft
c. 3.83 cu.ft 36. An engine is expected to have a
maintenance cost of P 1000 the first year. It is
d. 5.03 cu.ft believed that the maintenance cost will
increase P 500 per year. The interest rate is
65 compounded annually. Over a 10-year
32. A rectangular box with an open top is to period, what will be the approximate effective
be formed from a rectangular piece of annual maintenance cost?
cardboard which is 3 inches by 8 inches. How
many inches should be cut from each corner a. P3011.00
to form a box with maximum volume? b. P2450.00
a. 1 c. P3452.00
b. 2/3 d. P1345.00
c. 1/2

d. 1/3 37. You borrow P3,500 for one year from a

33. A bullet of mass 25 grams is fired and
strikes a 2 kg block resting on a friction less
surface with a velocity of 600m/s. If the block
is attached to a spring (k=30kN-m). How long
will the spring be compressed until the block
and the bullet are brought to stop?
a. 4.7 cm
friend at an interest rate of 1.5% per month
instead of taking a load from a bank at a rate
of 18% per year. Compare how much money
you will save or lose on the transaction.
a. You will pay P155 more than if you
borrowed from the bank.
b. You will save P55 by borrowing from your
friend.

b. 2.5 cm c. You will pay P85 more than if you borrowed

from the bank.
c. 3.4 cm
d. You will pay P55 less than if you borrowed
d. 6.0 cm from the bank.

34. A shot is fired at an angle of 45° with the 38. John is four times as old as harry. In six
horizontal and a velocity of 300 fps. Calculate, years John will be twice as old as Harry. What
to the nearest, the range of the projectile. is the age of harry now?
a. 3500 ft a. 4
b. 1200 ft b. 6
c. 4000 ft c. 5
d. 834 yards d. 3

35. The number arrangement shown 39. Find two positive numbers whose sum is
represents a customer ID of a certain 8 if the product of one number by the cube of
company. The numbers are arranged on a the other number is to be maximum.
decreasing manner and are to be used not
more than once. What is the difference a. 1 and 7
between the highest and lowest ID number? b. 2 and 6
9 6 3 1 c. 3 and 5

d. 4 and 4
a. 4444

b. 6513 40. The original cost of a certain piece of

c. 6666 equipment is P150,000 and it is depreciated
by 105 sinking fun method. What is manual
d. 7777 depreciation charged if the book value of the
equipment after 10 years is the same as if it
had been depreciated at P14,000.00 each c. x2+3x+y2-8y-10=0
year by straight-line formula.
d. x2+3x+y2+8y+10=0
a. P8784.36

b. P 5645.57
c. P6454.54
d. P3484.23
41. Tony went to a drugstore. He bought a
bottle of aspirin cost Php 1.25 more than
Tylenol. He also bought cologne which cost
twice as much as the total of the other two
combined. How much did the Tylenol cost if
his total bill(without tax) was Php 24.75?
45. An observer wishes to determine the
height of the tower. He take sight at the top of
the tower from points A and B, which are 50 ft
apart at the same elevation, and on a direct
line with the tower. The vertical angle at point
A is 30° and at point B is 40°. What is the
height of the tower?
a. 85.60 ft
b. 143.97 ft
c. 110.29 ft

a. Php 4.50 d. 92.54 ft

b. Php 3.50

c. Php 6.25 46. Find the value of x for which f(x) is

minimum given f(x)=x2+5x+2.
d. Php 5.75
a. 0

b. -3
42. Instead of paying P100,000 in annual rent
for office space at the beginning of each year c. -2
for the next ten years, an engineering firm has
decided to take-out a 10 year P1,000,000 d. -5/2
loans for a new building at 6% interest. The
firm will invest P100,000 of the rent served
and earn 18% annual interest on that amount. 47. Evaluate dy/dx=2y/x at x=2, y=2.
What will be the difference between the firm’s
a. y=1/2 x2
annual revenue and expenses?
b. y=2x2
a. The firm will need p17,900.00 extra.
c. x2+2y2=-12
b. The firm will break even.
d. x2+2y2=12
c. The firm will have P21,000 left over.

d. The firm will need p13,000 extra.

43. The upper and lower bases of a trapezoid
measures 12 in and 16 in, respectively. If the
base angles are 55° and 65°, what is the
length of the shorter leg?
48. An aluminum plate 6 cm square is to be
formed into an open box by cutting equal
squares from the corner and banding up the
sides to form a box. Find the side of the
square removed so that the box formed will
have maximum volume.

a. 2.45 in a. 3 cm

b. 15.3 units b. 1 cm

c. 3.78 in c. 2 cm

d. 4.15 in d. 1.5 cm

44. Find the equation of the circle, 49. The equation of the family of lines in
circumscribing the triangle with vertices: (-1,- which the slope is equal to y intercept is.
3), (-2,4) and (2,1).
a. y’=y/(x+1)
a. x+3x+y2-y-10=0
b. y’=x/y
2 2
b. x +3x+y +y+10=0
c. y’=(x+1)/y
d. y’=y/2x
50. 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of
alcohol (d=790 kg/cu.m). What is the specific
volume of its resulting mixtures assuming that
the fluids mix completely?
55. The partial pressure of a gas is the
pressure that the gas will exert if it alone
occupies the volume occupied by the mixture
at the same temperature of the mixture.
a. Pascal’s law
b. Bernouli’s law

a. 1.16 cu.cm/g c. Dalton’s law

b. 0.88 cu.cm/g d. Part’s law

c. 0.63 cu.cm/g

d. 0.82 cu.cm/g 56. A student taking a true-false test

consisting of 15 questions guesses at the
answers. Assuming that he is equally likely to
51. Points A and B 1000 m apart are plotted make a correct or incorrect guess on each
on a straight highway running east and west. question, find the probability that all of his
From A, the bearing of a tower C is 32 answer will be right.
degrees W of N and from B the bearing of C
is 26 degrees N of E. approximate the a.3/32768
shortest distance of tower C to the highway.
b. 5/32768
a. 364 m
c. 1/32768
b. 374 m
d. 7/32768
c. 394 m

d. 384 m

57. Evaluate ∫ (ex-1)/(ex+1) dx

52. What is the point where the second a. ln (ex + 1)2 + x + C

derivative is zero?
b. ln (ex + 1) + x + C
a. maxima
c. ln (ex +1) -x + C
b. minima
d. ln (ex +1)2 -x + C
c. inflection point

d. point of intersection
58. What is the radius of an expanding circle
at the moment when the rate of its area is
numerically twice as large as the rate of
53. Republic Act.8495 is a consolidation of change of its radius?
Senate Bill and House Bill Nos. Respectively.
a. 3/π
a. 1993 and 9907
b. 2/π
b. 1793 and 9806
c. 1/π
c. 1893 and 8906
d. 4/π
d. 1792 and 8806

59. A line passes through point (2,2). Find the

54. What causes space capsules to become equation of the line if the length of the
hot when they re-enter the earth’s segments intercepted by the coordinates axes
atmosphere? of the square root of 5.
a. The firing of its rocket engine a. 2x+y-2=0
b. Earth atmosphere is hot b. 2x-y-2=0
c. The friction of the air c. 2x-y+2=0
d. All of these d. 2x+y+2=0
60. Each side of a cube 1 increased by 1 %.
By what percent is the volume of the cube
increased? 65. The corporation purchased a machine for
P1,000,000. Freight and installation charges
a. 23.4% amounted to 3% of the purchase price. If the
machine shall be depreciated over a period of
b. 30.3% 8 years with a salvage value of 12%.
c. 34.56% Determine the depreciation charged during
the 5th year using the sum of the year’s digit
d. 3.03% method.

a. P101,107.11
61. If a process is carried out in such a b. P170,110.11
manner that at every instant, the system
departs only infinitesimally from an c. P107,110.11
equilibrium state. d. P100,711.11
a. Isentropic process

b. Non-flow process 66. What is the probability that of 5 cards

c. Throttling process dealt from a well-shuffled deck, 3 will be face
card and 2 will be non -face card?
d. Quasi-static process
a. 29/4560

62. An observer wishes to determine the
height of the tower. He take sight at the top of
the tower from points A and B, which are 50 ft
apart at the same elevation, and on a direct
line with the tower. The vertical angle at point
A is 30° and at point B is 40°. What is the
height of the tower?
a. 85.60 ft
b. 143.97 ft
c. 110.29 ft
d. 92.54 ft
b. 55/833
c. 253/16860
d. 43/4560
67. A man borrowed P300,000 from a lending
institution which would be paid after 10 years
at an interest rate of 12% compounded
annually. If money is worth 8% per annum
how much should he deposit to a bark
monthly in order to discharge his debt 10
years hence?
a. P2,798.52

b. P3,952.50
63. The areas of two square differ by 7 sq. Ft
and their perimeters differ by 4 ft. Determine c. P4,672.31
the sum of the areas. d. P5,093.06
2
a. 25 ft

b. 27 ft2 68. If the volume of the cube is increasing at a

c. 28 ft 2 rate of 5 cu. m per minute, find the rate at
which the surface area is increasing in sq.m
d. 22 ft per minute when its side is 10 m.

a. 1/2
64. A balloon leaving the ground, 18 m from b. 1
the observer, rises vertically at a steady rate
of 3 m/s. How fast is the angle of elevation of c. 2
the line of sight increasing after 8 seconds? d. 1.5
a. 0.12 rad/s

b. 0.09 rad/s 69. Money borrowed today is to be paid in 6

c. 0.08 rad/s equal payment at the end of 6 quarters. If the
interest is 12% compounded quarterly. How
d. 0.06 rad/s
much is initially borrowed if quarterly payment 74. During a rain, 2mm of water fell. Find
is P2000? how many gallons of water fell on a level 10-
acre park.
a. P10,834.38
a. 21,383
b. P10,832.90
b. 25,383
c. P10,586.99
c. 27,383
d. P10,200.56
d. 30,383

70. In Casa Marcos Restaurant, column A

has a list of 10 menus and column B has a list 75. A quadrilateral have sides equal to 12 m,
of 20 menus. A family wants to share 5 20 m, 8 m and 16.97 respectively. If the sum
menus from column A and another 5 menus of the two opposite angles is equal to 225,
from column B. However, none of the menus find the area of the quadrilateral.
from column A and column B have the same
menu. How many different combinations can a. 168
be family have to choose? b. 124
a. 252 c. 100
b. 3,907,008 d. 158
c. 15,504

d. 155,008 76. In circle with a diameter of 10 m, a regular

71. There are 4 red flags, 3 yellow flags and 1
pink flag. How many signals can be sent if
each signal consists of 8 flags?
five pointed star touching its circumference is
inscribed. What is the area of the part not
covered by the star?
a. 60.2 m2

a. 120 b. 45.24 m2

b. 240 c. 50.48 m2

c. 280 d. 71.28 m2

d. 900 77. What is the diameter of a circle with the

following equation? x2+y2-6x+4y-12=0

72. Which is identically equal to (sec A + tan a. 8

A)? b. 6
a.1/(secA - tanA) c. 5
b. cscA - 1 d. 10
c. 2/(1- tanA)

d.cscA + 1sin2A 78. The distance between the centers of the

73. In how many ways can a picture be
painted by using two (2) or more of the seven
(7) different colors?
three circles which are manually tangent to
each other externally are 10, 12, and 14 units.
Find the area of the largest circle.
a. 64π

a. 110 b. 72π

b. 120 c. 23π

c. 128 d. 16π

d. 135 79. Express in gradient the angle between the

hands of a clock at 7:25 PM.

a. 65.3
b. 72.5 c. 24.125 cm

c. 77.8 d.25.125 cm

d. 80.6

85. The equation of the line that intercepts the

x-axis at x=4 and the y-axis at y=-6 is:
80. The daily wage of a RME and a CPM are
in the ratio 2:1. In a day, a RME has to work 8 a. 3x + 2y = 12
hours but the CPM only 6 hours. The hour
wages of a RME and CPM are in the ratio. b. 2x - 3y = 12

a. 4:3 c. 3x - 2y = 12

b. 5:3 d. 2x + 3y = 12

c. 3:2

d. 8:3 86. The front wheel of a bicycle has a

81. What is the inverse natural function of the
cosecant?
diameter of 50 cm. Approximately how many
times has the front wheel turned if the
bicycles has traveled 1 km?
a. π/50

a. sine b. 1000/π

b. secant c. 2000/π

c. tangent d. 50/π

d. cosine

87. Two posts, one is 10 m high and the other

15 m high stand 30 m apart. They are to
82. Determine the area of a rectangular 6 star stayed by transmission wires attached to a
polygon if the inner regular hexagon has 10 single stake at ground level, the wires running
cm sides. to the top of the posts. Where are stake
a. 441.66 cm2 should be placed to use the least amount of
wire.
b. 467.64 cm2
a. 12 m
c. 519.60 cm2
b. 14 m
d. 493.62 cm2
c. 18 m

83. The triangle defined by the points A(6,1), d. 16 m

B(2,4), C(-2,1) is what?

A isosceles.
88. Determine the area of the triangle
b. right bounded by the straight lines x+2y-7=0, 3x-
4y-1=0, and 2x-y+6=0.
c. obtuse
a. 10 sq.units
d. equilateral
b. 15 sq.units

84. A group of children playing with marbles
places 50 pieces of the marbles inside a
cylindrical container with water filled to a
height of 20 cm. If the diameter of each
marble is 1.5 cm and that of the cylindrical
container 6 cm. What would be the new
height of after inside the cylindrical container
after the marbles were placed inside?
a. 23.125 cm
c. 20 sq.units
d. 25 sq. units
89. The lower edge of a picture is 3 m, the
upper edge is 5 m above the eye of an
observer. At what horizontal distance should
he stand if the vertical angle subtended by the
picture is to be greatest?

b. 22.125 cm a. 15 m
b. 3√5 m c. 16.5%

c. 5√3 m d. 16.64%

d. √15 m

95. A rocket is moving through a vacuum. It

changes its velocity from 9020 ft/sec to 5100
90. Find the minimum volume of a right ft/sec in 48 sec. How much power is required
circular cylinder that can be inscribed in a to accomplish this if the rockets mass is
sphere having a radius r. 13,000 slugs?
a. 1/√3 volume of sphere a. 7.5 x 109 Hp
b.√3 volume of sphere b. 1.36 x 107 Hp if the
c. 2/√3 volume of sphere c. 965 Hp
d. √(2/3) volume of sphere d. 3.78 x 106 Hp

91. A rectangular 200 m is to contain 125 m 2 96. The mother is three times as old as her
of flooring. If the length is to be five times its daughter. In four years, she will be 4 times as
width, what should its dimension be? old her daughter was two years ago. What is
a. 25 m x 125 m the age of her daughter?

b. 5 m x 25 m a. 20

c. 3 m x 15 m b. 16

d. 5 m x 75 m c. 12

d. 8

92. The muzzle velocity of a projectile is 1500

fps and the distance of the target is 10 miles. 97. Two ships leave a dock at the same time.
What must be the angle of elevation of the One sails northeast at the rate of 8.5 mph, the
gun? other sails north at the rate of 10 mph. How
a. 25°31’ many miles apart are they at he end of 2
hours?
b. 24°33’
a. 11.4
c. 23°34’
b. 12.4
d. 26°34’
c. 13.4

d. 14.4
93. What annuity over a 10 year period at 8%
interest is equivalent to a present worth of
$100? 98. Find the area of the region bounded by
a. $12 the line x=y, x=2 and y=1/x2.

b. $13.80 a. 0.5 sq.unit

c. $14.90 b. 1 sq.unit

d. $15 c. 2 sq.unit

d. 2.5 sq.unit

94. A person pays interest on a loan

semiannually at a nominal annual interest rate 99. As asset is purchased for P9,000.00. It is
of 16%. What is the effective annual interest estimated life is 10 years after which it will be
rate? sold for P1,000.00. Find the book value
a. 15.5% during the first year if sum of the year’s digit
depreciation is used.
b. 15.65%
a. P8,000.00
b. P6,500.00 d. inflation

c. P7,545.00

d. P6,000.00 105. The lessening/decrease in value of an

asset due to gradual extraction of its contents.

a. deflation
100. A 250 N block is initially at rest on a flat
surface that is inclined at 30 degrees. If the b. depreciation
coefficient of static friction is 0.40, find the
force (P) required to start the block moving up c. depletion
to the plane. d. Inflation
a. 143.5 N

b. 234.5 N 106. An accounting book where the original

c. 124.54 N record of all transactions is ordinarily
recorded.
d. 189.95 N
a. balance sheet

b. ledger
101. Find the y-intercept of the equation x= 3y
+8 c. income statement

a. -3/5 d. journal

b. -8/3

c. 3/8 107. The amount received from the sale of an

additional unit of a product is termed as
d. 2/3
a. marginal cost

b. marginal factor
102. The standard equation of a straight line:
y-y1 = m(x-x1) describes: c. marginal revenue

a. point-slope form d. marginal product

b. slope form

c. two-point form 108. An interest earning fund in which equal

deposits are made at equal intervals of time
d. point-intercept form for the purpose of gradually accumulating a
specific sum of money at some future date.

a. annuity
103. The rate of emission pf radiant energy
b. amortization
that body to the rate of emission for perfect
black body. c. sinking fund

a. reflectivity d. geometric gradient

b. emissivity

c. transmissivity 109. A financial summary showing the

relationship among assets, liabilities and
d. absorptivity ownership in the corporation on a specific
date.

104. The process of looking for new a. balance sheet statement

possibilities making use of new ways of doing b. income statement
things, being alert to new opportunities, and
overcoming old limits. c. company’s statement

a. expansion of market d. statement of asset

b. exchange

c. entrepreneurship
110. A distinct legal entity which can b. SYD Method
practically any business transaction which a
real person could do. c. Declining Balance Method

a. corporation d. Matheson Method

b. Sole partnership

c. partnership

d. oligopoly

111. It is a series of equal payments occurring

at equal intervals of time.

a. amortization

b. installment

c. annuity

d. debt

112. The place where buyers and sellers

come together.

a. market

b. recreation center

c. mall

d. Business

113. The length of time, usually in years, for

the cumulative net annual profit to equal the
initial investment is called.

a. real time period

b. ROR

c. payback period

d. ROI

114. A type of bond which does not have a

security except a promise to pay by the
issuing corporation.

a. debenture bond

b. collateral trust bond

c. mortgage bond

d. register bond

115. A method of depreciation whereby the

amount recovered is spread over the
estimated life of the asset in terms of the
periods or units of output.

a. Straight Line Method