1.

A silicon chip in an integrated circuit (IC)

of microcomputer has a mass of 6.20
mg. Calculate how many silicon atoms
are present in the chip. It is
____________ x 10 raised to 20th
power, atoms.
Answer: 1.33
2. A thin square steel plate 10 cm on a
side, is heated in a blacksmith forge to a
temperature of 900 degree Celsius. If
the emissivity is 0.60, calculate the total
rate of radiation energy. (S = 5.67 x 10
raised to minus 8th power, W/m
2
K^4).

Answer: 1287 W

3. The combined mass of car and
passengers travelling at 70km/hr is 2000
kg. Calculate the kinetic energy of the
combined masses.

Answer: 378 KJ

4. A pressure gauge registers 40 psig in a
region where the barometer is 14.25
psia. Calculte the absolute pressure. It
is ___________________ KPa.

Answer: 374

5. In the study of lens and mirrors, if a
plane convex lens of focal length 14 cm
in air is to be made of glass whose
refractive index is 1.50, what should be
the radius of curvature of the curved
surface?

Answer: 7.0 cm

6. A satellite orbits at a height of 250 km
above the earth's surface. Calculate the
period of the satellite. (G = 6.67 x 10^ -
11 N.m
2
/kg
2
, mass of earth = 5.98 x
10^24 kg, radius of the earth = 6370
km.)
Answer: 132.6 min
7. Calculate the gravitational force
between two identical balls, separated
by 0.60 meters between the centers.
(Mass of the balls is 6 kg.) It is equal to
__________ x 10^ -9 N.
Answer: 4.0
8. Spherical sound waves are emitted
uniformly in all directions, from a point
source, the radiated power being 20
Watts. What is the sound level pressure
of the sound wave, a distance r = 2.0 m
from the source?
Answer: 116 dB
9. In making calculations of pressure,
meteorologists use bar instead of
Pascals or Newton/m
2
. What is the
equivalent of 10 bars in N/m
2
?
Answer: 1,000,000
10. A 500 g sample of water is heated from
30 degree Celsius to 75 degree Celsius.
Find the amount of heat absorbed by the
water.
Answer: 151 kJ
11. Calculate the mass of 40 litres of
gasoline. (Use as specific gravity of
gasoline = 0.82.)
Answer: 32.8 kg
12. Calculate the volume occupied by 8.80 g
of ammonia gas at STP (Standard
Temperature and Pressure). (Molar
mass of Ammonia is 17.03 g).
Answer: 11.57 L
13. A spaceship moving away from earth
with speed equal to 0.910c fires a robot
space probe in the same direction as its
motion, with speed of 0.710c relative to
the spaceship. Calculate the probe's
velocity relative to the earth. It is in
___________ c.
Answer: 0.984

14. A certain type of gas which is coloress
and very unreactive is in a steel vessel
whose volume is 5.43 L at 30 degree
Celsius temperature. Determine the
pressure (in atm) exerted by 1.2 mole of
gas in the vessel.

Answer: 8.80

15. A bottle of ceramic cleanser, which is
essentially a solution of hydrogen
chloride (HCl), contains 120 g of HCl
and 700 g of water. Calculate the
percentage by mass of HCl in this
cleanser.

Answer: 14.6 %

16. The rate of diffusion of gas is inversely
proportional to the square root of the
molecular mass. Calculate the rate of
diffusion of hydrogen to the rate of
diffusion of oxygen. (Atomic mass of
oxygen is 16, while hydrogen is 1.0).
How fast does hydrogen diffuse
compared to oxygen?

Answer: 4 times

17. Calculate the number of moles of
nitrogen gas present in 67.2 L at STP. It
is _________ mols.

Answer: 3

18. A mass of 8 kg is 100 m above a given
datum, where local g = 9.70 m/s
2
.
Calculate the gravitational force in
Newtons with respect to the datum.

Answer: 77.6 N

19. The weight-density of air at 32 degree
Fahrenheit and 29.92 inches of Hg
pressure is 0.081 lb/cubic ft. Calculate
its weight-density at an altitude where
the pressure is 14.0 inches Hg and a
temperature of 39 degree Fahrenheit.

Answer: 0.370

20. Calculate the final temperature, in
degree Celsius, after a hot iron whose
mass is 800g at 100 degree Celsius is
dropped into 300 g of water at 20
degree Celsius contained in an iron
vessel whose mass is 50 g.

Answer: 18

21. In thermodynamics, a 3 inch wall of
firebrick, whose thermal conductivity (k)
is equal to 9 Btu/ft
2
-hr-F/m, has one
surface at 300 degree Fahrenheit, the
other 100 degree Fahrenheit. Calculate
the heat conducted through the area of
2 ft in one day.

Answer: 28,800 Btu

22. Calculate the work done in compressing
slowly and isothermally 2 moles of an
ideal gas from an initial volume of 5
cubic ft to 2 cubic ft, at a temperature of
310 K. It is minus _______ kJ.

Answer: 4.72

23. For an optical fiber 12 km long with
pulse-spreading constant of 5 ns/km,
calculate the maximum digital
transmission rate for return-to-zero.

Answer: 16 Mbps

24. When 2 lb. of unknown metal at 212
degree Fahrenheit is dropped into 5 lb of
water at 35 degree Fahrenheit, the
resulting temperature is 41.2 degree
Fahrenheit. Calculate the specific heat
of the unknown metal. It is __________
Btu/lb - degree Fahrenheit.

Answer: 0.0907

25. During an isentropic process of 1.5 kg/s
of air, the temperature increases from
4.40 degree Celsius to 115 degree
Celsius. Using Cp to be 1.0062 kJ/kg.K
for air, for a non-flow process, calculate
the change of heat (dH).

Answer: 167 kJ/s

26. A spherical tank has a diameter of 4 ft
and a wall thickness of 4/7 inches.
Determine the allowable internal
pressure if the stress is limited to 8000
psi.

Answer: 157 psi

27. A Carnot heat engine receives 600 kJ
of heat per cycle from a high
temperature source of 800 degree
Celsius. It rejects heat at a low
temperature of 50 degree Celsius.
Calculate the thermal efficiency in
percent, of the Carnot engine.
Answer: 70
28. A piston cylinder device contains a
liquid-vapor mixture of water at 400 K.
During a constant pressure process, 800
kJ of heat is transferred to the water. As
a result, part of the liquid in the cylinder
vaporizes. Find the entropy change of
the water during the process. It is
___________ kJ/K.

Answer: 2.0

29. A 300 N block is resting on a plane
inclined at 30 degree Celsius with the
horizontal. It is subjected to a pull of
constant force of 350 N acting parallel to
the inclined plane directed upwards.
After the block has moved 2 m from rest,
the 350 N force was removed.
Calculate the distance that the block will
move along the inclined plane, until it
stops. (Coefficient of friction is 0.2)
Answer: 2.83 m
30. The normal acceleration of particle on
the rim of a pulley 12 feet in diameter is
constant at 1200 ft/sec
2
. Calculate the
speed of the pulley in revolutions per
minute, rpm.
Answer: 135
31. A snow sled is travelling at 5 m/s speed
along a horizontal stretch of snow. The
coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.05.
Calculate how far will the sled go before
it comes to a halt.
Answer: 25.5 m
32. Material A is water, while material B is
made of glass. The index of refraction
of the glass is 1.55. If the incident ray
makes an angle of 48 degrees with the
normal, calculate the angle of reflection
of the reflected ray. It is
_________________ degrees.
Answer: 48
33. A metal bar suspended from a certain
support has an axial load of 20 kN. If
the bar has a cross-section of 40 mm
2
,
calculate the stress experienced by the
bar.
Answer: 500 MPa
34. A piston cylinder device contains a
liquid-vapor mixture of water at 500 K.
During a constant pressure process, 800
kJ of heat is transferred to the water. As
a result, part of the liquid in the cylinder
vaporizes. Calculate the entropy
change, at kJ/K, of water during the
process.
Answer: 1.6
35. A marksman holds a 4 kg rifle loosely in
his hands. He fires a bullet of mass 4.5
g with a mussel velocity of 200 m/s.
Calculate the recoil velocity of the rifle.
It is equal to minus ___________ m/s.
Answer: 0.225
36. A piston cylinder contains 1 kg of a
system, which expands from state 1 (U1
= 2700 kJ/kg) to state 2 (U2 = 2600
kJ/kg). During the expansion process,
the system receives 40 kJ of heat.
Calculate the work done in the system.
Answer: 60 kJ
37. Calculate the molar concentration of a
solution that contains 15 g of sodium
hydroxide, in 250 ml of solution. (Atomic
weight of Na is 23).
Answer: 1.5
38. A ball is thrown vertically with an initial
speed of 20 m/s from a height of 60 m.
Calculate the speed of the ball in m/s,
just before striking the ground.
Answer: 39.7
39. A uniform solid disk has a radius of 25
cm and spins on an axis through its
center and perpendicular to its plane.
Calculate the radius of gyration.
Answer: 0.17 m
40. Using a wheel and axle, a 400 N load
can be raised by a 40 N applied to the
rim of the wheel. The radii of the wheel
and axle are 85 cm and 6 cm,
respectively. Calculate the efficiency of
the machine.
Answer: 71.4 %
41. The heat of neutralization of a strong
acid and strong base is nearly equal to
_____________ kJ/mol.
Answer: - 57
42. Both ends of a steel girder of length 20
m are clamped in a position at a
temperature 5 degree Celsius.
Calculate the stress produced in the
girder, if the temperature is raised to 35
degree Celsius. (Linear coefficient of
expansion of steel = 1.1 x 10^5/K and
Young's modulus = 2.1 x 10^11 N/m
2
).
The stress produced ___________ x
10^6 N/m
2
.
Answer: 69.3
43. A horse was used to lift water from a
deep well over a certain period of time.
The well is 10 meters deep, and the
horse worked for 8 hours. Calculate
how many liters of water did the horse
lift from the well. It is ___________ x
10^5 liters.
Answer: 2.19
44. A 3.5 lb weight hangs at the end of a
spring with k = 20 lb/ft. The weight is
pulled slightly and released. Calculate at
what frequency it will vibrate.
Answer: 2.17 Hz
45. A projectile is fired with a horizontal
velocity at 300 m/s from the top of a cliff
60 m high. Calculate how far from the
foot of the cliff will it strike?
Answer: 1050 m
46. A 10 N block is to be pulled up a 10
degrees incline at constant speed.
Calculate the force needed to pull the
block if friction is neglected.
Answer: 6.4 N

47. The wavelength of the red light from a
certain light sensor is 600 nanometer in
air, but 474 nanometer in the aqueous
tumor inside the human's eyeballs.
Determine the speed of light in this
substance, ______________ x 10^8
m/s.

Answer: 2.37

48. A xerox machine costs Php 20,000 and
lasts for 5 years. It has a salvage value
equal to Php 200 at the end of 5 years.
Calculate the book value at the end of 4
years, using the straight line method.

Answer: P 4000

49. An IT company bought an equipment
for Php 60,000 and paid Php 2000 for
freight and delivery charges to the job
site. The normal life of the equipment is
10 years with a trade-in value of Php
10,000 against the purchase of a new
equipment at the end of the life.
Calculate the annual depreciation cost
by using the Sinking Fund Method.
Assume interest at 6%

Answer: Php 3945.37

50. A manufacturing company purchased a
machinery for Php 250,000 and used it
for 8 years, the life span of the
equipment. Calculate the book value of
the machine after 4 years of use.
Assume a scrap value of Php 25,000.
Use double declining method.

Answer: 79,101.56
51. Items purchased form a vendor cost
Php 10 each, and the forecast for next
years's demand is 2000 units. If it costs
Php 5 every time an order is placed for
more units, and the storage cost is Php
2 per unit per year, calculate the
quantity that should be ordered each
time.

Answer: 100 units

52. A telephone subscriber line must have
a SNR (dB) above 41 dB. Calculate the
minimum number of bits.

Answer: 6.52

53. A 1kg cart is moving at a speed of 5
meters per second. Find the force
needed to stop the cart in a time of 0.8
milliseconds. It is ___________ x 10
raised to the 4th power N.

Answer: -2.5

54. 4 kg of aluminum with specific heat
capacity, Cv = 900 J/kg. K are placed in
contact at 250 K with a 16 kg of copper,
Cv = 390 J/kg.K at 375 K. If any transfer
of energy is prevented, calculate the
final temperature of the metals, in K.

Answer: 329

55. Calculate the (ASTM) or the American
Society for Testing Materials grain size
number of a metal specimen if 64 grams
per sq. inch are mentioned at a
magnification of 100x.

Answer: 7.02

56. A circular cross-section structural
member has a radius of 120 mm.
Calculate its radius of gyration with
respect to the axis passing through the
center of gravity.

Answer: 60mm

57. Calculate how much larger is the
energy lost when water at 342 K is used
to store the solar energy as compared to
salts at 312 K. Take the ambient
temperature to be 293 K. The heat loss
from water is ___________ times
greater than for salt.

Answer: 3.0

58. Calculate how many electron volt, eV
are there in 40 ergs.

Answer: 2.5 x 10 raised to the 13th
power eV

59. 30 cubic cm of monatomic gas at 12
o
C
and at 100 kPa is suddenly compressed
to 0.50 cu. m. What is its new
pressure?

Answer: 93 MPa

60. Calculate the length of a meter stick (Lo
= 1 m) that is moving at a speed of 2.8 x
10 raised to 8th power m/s.

Answer: 0.36 m

61. A ball is dropped from a height of 100 m
above ground. Calculat the time it takes
the ball to hit the ground.

Answer: 4.5 s

62. Calculate the molarity of ethanol in 80-
proof whiskey if the density of the
alcohol used is 0.8 g/mL. (Use as
molecualr weight of ethanol to be 46
g.mol).

Answer: 6.95 M

63. Calculate the number of MeV in 2 amu.

Answer: 1863 MeV

64. A man is swimming in his elevated pool.
He noticed that his pool is punctured on
one side, and water is flowing out
through the hole, calculate the efflux
velocity of water, if the pool is filled with
water up to 4 feet and the hole is located
2 feet below the water level.

Answer: 11 ft/s

65. A pendulum is used on a planet where
the gravitational acceleration is found to
be 1/6 that of Earth's gravitational
acceleration. If the pendulum has a
period of 2 seconds on Earth, calculate
the period of the pendulum in the planet.

Answer: 4.9 s

66. A wooden block whose mass is 100
grams oscillate on a spring (spring
constant, K = 500 N/m). Calculate the
maximum speed of the block if the
amplitude of oscilaltion is 5 cm.

Answer: 3.5 m/s


67. In the study of lenses, a meniscus lens
whose surface is convex, has a radius of
curvature = 30 cm., while the concave
surface has a radius of curvature = 15
cm. Calculate the value of its focal
length (of the lens) if the index of
refraction is 1.51.

Answer: -59 cm

68. The hydrogen molecules in air are
moving toward a head-on collision
against each other. Before collision,
molecule A is moving to the right with a
velocity of 100 m/s and B is moving to
the left at a velocity of 1,100 m/s.
Calculate the velocity of B after collision
if A bounces back with a velcoity of
1,000 m/s.

Answer: 100 m/s

69. A photoelectric work function for copper
is 4.5 eV. Calculate the maximum
energy of the photoelectron when
ultraviolet light of 1.48 x 10 raised to
15th power Hz strikes the copper
surface.

Answer: 1.6 eV

70. A mechanic tightens a nut using a
wrench, with the following dimension:
pitch = 1.5 mm; effective lever-arm is 18
cm. Calculate the force exerted by the
nut, as it screws down, if the efficiency is
10% and the force of 40 N is applied in
the wrench.

Answer: 3014 N

71. Find the osmotic pressure of an
aqueous solution in isopiestic
equilibrium, having a sucrose solution
molarity of 0.10 at 20
o
C.

Answer: 2.4 atm


72. A speed boat is running with constant
acceleration of 5 m/s
2
. If the initial
velocity of the boat is 8 m/s, calculate its
displacement in 8.0 seconds.

Answer: 224 m.

73. Given a face centered silicon crystal
with lattice constant equal to 4.5
Angstrom and its (110) planes.
Calculate the surface density of atoms
present in each plane.

Answer: 69.80 x 10 raised to 13th
power atoms/sq.cm

74. A rubber ball weighs 50 N. Calculate
the acceleration of the ball if an upward
force 70 N is applied.

Answer: 3.92 m/s
2



75. The quantity of radiation received from
the sun by the earth is 0.14 W/cm
2
.
This is also known as the solar constant.
If we assume the sun to be an ideal
radiator, what is the expected surface
temperature of the sun. The ratio of the
radius of the earth's orbit to the radius of
the sun is 213. (The Stefan-Boltzmann
constant is equal to 5.67 x 10 raised to
minus 8th power.)

Answer: 5.844

76. At STP, the density of chlorine is 3.22
kg/m
3
. Calculate the weight of the gas
contained in a flask of 100 cubic cm at
25
o
C and 100 kPa.

Answer: 0.290 g

77. Air which occupies 6 cu ft at 15 lb/m
2

gauge pressure is expanded
isothermally to atmospheric pressure
and then cooled at constant pressure
until it reaches its initial volume.
Calculate the work done by the gas.

Answer: 7000 lb.ft

78. A stone is dropped from rest from the
top of a tall building. After 4 seconds of
free-fall, calculate the velocity of the
stone.

Answer: -39 m/s

79. In an expedition conducted by an
archeologist, a mosquito is discovered
embedded in a chunk of amber, which
has an index of refraction of 1.62. One
surface of the amber is spherically
convex with radius of curvature of 3.0
mm. The mosquito's head happens to
be along the central axis of that surface
and when viewed along the axis,
appears to be buried at 5.0 mm in the
amber.

Answer: 3.98

80. A sugar solution is made by dissolving
10 g of sugar in 500 g of water at 27
o
C,
the osmotic pressure was measured as
2.45 atm. Calculate the molecular
weight of sugar.

Answer: 2 g/mole

81. Two sheets, one made from brass, the
other steel, each with thickness 1 cm
are placed in contact. The outer surface
of the brass is kept at 100
o
C and the
other surface of steel is kept at 0.1
o
C.
Calculate the temperature of the
common interface. (Thermal
conductivities of brass and steel are in
the ratio of 2 is to 1.)

Answer: 66
o
C

82. If the air in Manila is polluted by carbon
monoxide coming from vehicles
producing 1.4 x 10 raised to 6th power,
kg per year, calculate the amount of
moles of carbon monoxide present in
the air in Manila each year.

Answer: 5 x 10 raised to 7th power
moles

83. A mole of an ideal gas at 273 K is
studied in a laboratory room at school.
The students found out that 1 atm
pressure of the gas occupies a volume
of 22.4 liters. Romy, a student found out
also that the product of the pressure and
volume of the same gas is 1210
calories. Calculate the gas constant
studied by Romy.

Answer: 4.43 cal/mole.K

84. Calculate the molecular weight of an
ideal gas, if 4 grams of the gas occupies
4 liters at 940 torr pressure Hg operating
at 180
o
C. (R = 0.082 L-atm/mole.K)

Answer: 30 g/m

85. A vehicle traveling to the north released
carbon dioxide at a temperature of 303
o
C and pressure of 0.2 atm at an
average rate of 3.3 x 10 rasied to 4th
power, kg/hr. Calculate the volume of
the gas released.

Answer: 1.7 x 10 rasied to 8th power
liters


86. An astronaut measures the intensity of
solar wind at a certain planet, using a
built-in collector strip, approximately
2500 cm
2
. If the strip collected 2.5 x 10
raised to minus 10 g of hydrogen atoms
in 100 minutes, what is the intensity of
the solar wind in that planet?

Answer: 8.33 x 10 raised to 6th power
atoms/cm
2
.sec

87. Power coming from a 100 hp engine is
used to agitate 45 kg of water thermally
insulated from its surroundings.
Calculate the time it takes for the
temperature of water to raise 10
o
C.

Answer: 25 seconds

88. If each molecule of a substance
contains 8 carbon atoms and 12
Hydrogen atoms, neglecting other
impurities or components, calculate the
molecular weight of this substance.

Answer: 108 g/mole

89. A piece of metal weighing 14 g and
acting as a reducing agent gives up 2.2
x 10 raised to 23rd power electrons of
this metal.

Answer: 38 g/equivalent

90. A man drank one gulp of rhum
containing an equivalent of 50 g pure
ethanol. The resulting concentration in
the man's blood after taking the rhum is
0.090 g ethanol over 100 ml of blood. If
the approximate total blood volume of
the man is about 6.9 lietrs, calculate the
percentage of ingested ethanol in his
blood.

Answer: 12.4%

91. When a piece of magnesium ribbon
weighing 0.34 g is burned in oxygen, the
result is magnesium oxide. What is the
percentage composition of oxygen if the
oxide of the resulting magnesium oxide
weighs 0.54 g?

Answer: 37%

92. If the amount of dissociation of water is
13.260 at 50
o
C, calculate the pH of a
neutral solution at the same
temperature.

Answer: 6.63

93. If 75% of any given amount of a
particular substance decompose in an
hour, compute for the half-life of this
substance.

Answer: 1/2 hour

94. Calculate the volume of oxygen needed
to burn 30 liters of CO completely.
Molecular weight of carbon is 12 g/mole,
while oxygen is 16 g/mole.

Answer: 15 liters

95. A copper bar is 10 ft long at 70
o
F and
has an expansivity = 9.3 x 10 raised to
minus 6th power per degree, F.
Calculate its increase in length when
heated to

Answer: 0.0037 ft

96. A steam engine receives steam from the
boiler at 190
o
C (about 150 lb/m
2
gauge
pressure) and exhaust directly into the
air at 100
o
C. Calculate its upper limit of
efficiency.

Answer: 19.4

97. Calculate the number of nuclei in 2 kg of
aluminum. The mass of single
aluminum atom is 26.98 amu. (Mass of
1 proton = 1.66 x 10 raised to minus
27th power kg).

Answer: 4.46 x 10 raised to 25th
power

98. A galvanometer is a basic electric
instrument. It is a device that detects
and measures very small electric
currents. What current will cause a full-
scale delfection (100 division) of a
portable galvanometer for which K or
current sensitivity is equal to 20 ma per
division?

Answer: 2 ma

99. The particles are acted upon by
gravitation forces. Assuming m1 = 24
kg and the distance between the two
particles is 1.2 m, calculate the
magnitude of the gravitational forces
that acts on each particle.

Answer: 1.33 x 10 raised to minus 8th
power N

100. If 1 kg object could be converted
entirely into energy, calculate the time
for a 1000 W light bulb to be illuminated.
(A 100 W bulb uses 100 J of energy per
second).

Answer: 2.9 x 10 raised to 6th power
years

101. A pendulum has a string of length 2 ft.
It is fixed to one end and carries a 4 lb
bob at the other. As the pendulum
swings back and forth in a vertical plane,
the velocity is found to be 10 ft/s when
the angular deflection is 45
o
. At this
instant, calculate the tension in the
string.

Answer: 9.08 lb

102. A man pulls a loaded sled with a mass
equal to 80 kg along a horizontal surface
at constant velocity. The coefficient of
kinetic friction between runners and the
snow is 0.10 with an angle equal to 40
o
.
Calculate the tension in the rope.

Answer: 94 N

103. A particular engine using 170
o
C
geothermal heat has its exhaust directly
to the atmosphere. If the temperature
of the atmosphere is 23
o
C, calculate
the maximum efficiency of the engine.

Answer: 33.2%

104. A meter stick suspended from one
end, swings. It acted like a physical
pendulum. Calculate its period of
oscillation.

Answer: 1.638 seconds

105. Calculate the mass of a piece of
titanium metal whose volume is 5 cubic
cm. (Density of titanium is 4.51 g/cubic
cm).

Answer: 22.6 g

106. A common laboratory cylinder of
methane has a volume of 50 L and is
filled to a pressure of 154 atm.
Assuming that all of the methane (CH4)
from this cylinder is released and
expands until its pressure fills to 1.0
atm. What volume will the methane
occupy?

Answer: 7,700 liters

107. If 10 cu. ft of air is cooled at a constant
pressure of 80 psia, find the change on
internal energy if the initial temperature
was 100
o
F. (Use Cv for air = 0.171.)

Answer: -35 BTU

108. If the radioactive decay constant for
radium is 1.36 x 10 raised to minus 11,
calculate the number of disintegration
per second that occurs in 200 g of
radium. (Atomic mass of radium = 226.)
It is __________ x 10 raised to 12th
power disintegration/s.

Answer: 6.12

109. If 10 cu. ft of air is cooled to 100
o
F, at
a constant pressure of 8 psia whose
initial temperature is 160
o
F, find its
change in enthalpy. (Use Cp of air =
0.240 BTU/lb.R)

Answer: -50 BTU

110. What is the relative rate at which
helium gas diffuse through an orifice at
Standard Temperature and Pressure?
(Molecular weight of helium is 4.003)

Answer: 0.498

111. Calculate the volume of 0.3 Normality
base necessary to neutralize 4 liters of
0.01 Normality nitric acid. It is
__________ liters.

Answer: 0.13

112. If a baseball player tosses a baseball
up along the y-axis with an initial speed
of 12 m/s, calculate how long will the
ball reach its maximum height.

Answer: 1.22 s

113. An astronaut is riding in his spacecraft
and is in circular orbit around the earth.
With an altitude of 520 km from the
earth's surface. He is travelling at a
constant speed mof 7.6 km/sec. The
mass of the astronaut is 80 kg.
Calculate the astronaut's acceleration.
(Radius of the earth = 6.37 x 10 raised
to 6th power, meters)

Answer: 8.38 m/s
2


114. A 1000 g water at its liquid state at 100
o
C is to be converted to steam at 100
o
C by boiling at standard atmospheric
pressure (1.00 atm or 1.01 x 10 raised
to 5th power Pa). The volume of that
water changes from its original value of
0.001 cu.m as liquid to 1.671 cu.m as
steam. Calculate how much work is
done by the system during the process.

Answer: 168.7 kJ

115. Two people are pushing a stalled car.
The mass of the car is 2000 kg. One
person applies a force of 275 N to the
car, while the other applies a force of
400 N. Both forces acted on the same
direction. If a force of 560 N acts also
on the car but opposite direction, due to
friction and ruggedness of pavement,
calculate the acceleration of the car.

Answer: 0.058 m/s
2


116. A trucker carrying 37,000 liters of
diesel fuel left to deliver its load. The
driver encountered cold weather at the
destination place lowering also the
diesel fuel temperature by 23 K. If the
coefficient of volume expansion of diesel
fuel is 9.5 x 10 raised to - 4 per
o
C, how
many liters of fuel were delivered to the
destination?

Answer: 36,192 L

117. A horizontal force of 120 N is needed
tp pull a 50 kg box across the horizontal
floor at constant speed. Calculate the
coefficient of friction between the floor
and the box.

Answer: 0.245 N

118. Two identical balls collide head on.
The initial velocity of one is 3 m/s
towards the east, while the other is 1.0
m/s. If the collision is perfectly elastic,
what is the final velocity of the first ball?

Answer: - 1.0 m/s

119. A 1.8 m string supports a 120 kg load
while vibrating in the 3rd overtone at 28
o
C, as it moves toward a stationary
observer at 10 m/s. If the mass per unit
length of the string is 0.135 kg/m,
calculate the wavelength received by the
observer.

Answer: 3.28 m

120. In a local clinic, a person is subjected
to an x-ray examination. A potential
difference of 87 keV is applied between
the filament and target in the x-ray tube
used. What is the shortest wavelength
that the x-ray tube had produced?

Answer: 14.3 picometer

121. A car with a mass = 1500 kg is
travelling at a constant speed of 20 m/s
along a flat circular road of radius, R =
180 m. Calculate the minimum value of
the coefficient of friction (microsecond),
between the tires of the car and the road
that will prevent the car from slipping.

Answer: 0.23

122. The density of a 2.45 m aqueous
solution in methanol (CH30H) is 0.976
g/mL. Find the molarity of the aqueous
solution of the methanol. (Molar mass
of methanol is 32.04 g.)

Answer: 2.73 m

123. In a human being, the heart pumps
blood into the blood vessel called aorta.
The inner radius of the aorta is 1.0 cm.
The aorta feeds 32 major arteries. If
the blood in the aorta travels at a speed
of 26 cm/s, calculate the approximate
speed that blood travels in the arteries.

Answer: 0.18 m/s


124. A wild flower 1.2 cm in diameter is
90.0 cm from camera's 700 cm lens.
The focal point of the lens has a
magnitude of 150 mm. Find how large
is the flower's image.

Answer: - 2.4 mm

125. The room temperature electrical
conductivity of intrinsic silicon is 4 x 10
raised to - 4 per ohm.m. The electron
and hole mobilities are 0.14 and 0.748
m
2
/v.s, respectively. Calculate the
electron and hole concentration at room
temperature. It is equal to _______ x 10
raised to 15th power, cu. meters.

Answer: 13

126. A rider on his Honda motorcycle
headed for east. In passing a small
town, he accelerates after passing the
post marking the town limits. His
acceleration is constant at 4 m/s
2
. At
time = 0 he is 5 m east of the post,
moving east at 15 m/s. Determine his
position and speed at t = 2.0 s.

Answer: 43 m; 23 m/s

127. A baseball player bats and hits the ball
such that it leaves the bat at a speed
equal to V = 37 m/s at an angle of 53.1
o

at a location where the gravitational
acceleration is 9.8 m/s
2
. Calculate the
time the baseball reaches the highest
point of its flight.

Answer: 3.02 s

128. A baseball player bats and hits the ball
such that it leaves the bat at a speed
equal to V = 37 m/s at an angle of 53.1
o
.
Calculate the height, h when the ball
reaches the highest point.

Answer: 44.7 m

129. In a supermarket foodcourt cafeteria, a
man pushes a 1.0 kg food tray through
the cafeteria line with constant force
equal to 9 N force. As the tray moves, it
pushes on a 1/2 kg carton of milk, the
tray and carton slide on a horizontal
surface that is so full of oil that friction
can be neglected. Calculate the
acceleration of the tray and carton.

Answer: 6 m/s
2
130. In a cafeterial, a man pushes a 1000 g
food tray through the cafeteria line, with
constant force equal to 6 Newtons. As
the tray moves, it pushes in a 500 g
carton of milk. The tray and the carton
slide horizontally on the surface.
Neglecting friction, calculate the
horizontal force that the tray exerted on
the carton.

Answer: 3 N

131. It was observed that when absolute
temperature of the system is doubled,
the equilibrium constant is increased
tenfold. Determine the activation energy
for the systems in kJ/kg mole.

Answer: 38.287 T1

132. A vehicle starting from rest,
accelerates at a constant rate of 10
m/s
2
, driving in a circle of radius equal
to 1000 m. Calculate how long will the
car go before the normal acceleration
component equals that of the tangential
acceleration.

Answer: 10 s

133. Calculate the normality of a NaOH
solution, if 25 mL of it requires 33 mL of
a 0.1 N in CH1 solution.

Answer: 0.13 N

134. The position of a particle moving on
the x-axis is given by x = 7.8 + 9.2t - 2t
raised to 3rd power (t^3). What is its
velocity at t = 3.0 seconds?

Answer: - 44.8 m/s

135. 20 calories of heat are supplied to 1
gram of water. Calculate how much is
the mass of water increased. It is
_____________ x 10 raised to minus
11th power, g.

Answer: 9.3

136. In the study of fluids in motion, a tank
containing water has an orifice of 1.0 m2
in one vertical side 8 ft below the free
surface level in the tank. Calculate the
speed of dischange , assuming that
there is no wasted energy.

Answer: 23 ft/sec

137. The diameter of the sun subtends an
angle approximately 32 min at any point
on the earth. Calculate the diameter of
the solar image formed by a concave
spherical mirror whose radius is 400 cm.

Answer: 1.70 cm

138. A solid circular disk weighing 32 lb and
with a diameter of 3 ft, is suspended at
its midpoint horizontally from the end of
a vertical steel wire 4 ft long and 1/8
inch diameter. (Shear modulus of
elasticity for the wire is G = 12 x 10
raised to 6th power lb/sq. inch.
Caculate the period of tensional
vibration.

Answer: 9.42 seconds

139. A soccer ball with a mass of 0.42 kg
initially is moving to the left at 20 m/s.
But it is kicked and given a velocity of 30
m/s at 45
o
upward and to the right. Find
the average net force and the direction
assuming a collision time of 0.01 sec.. It
is __________ N and _________
degrees from the horizontal.

Answer: 1946; 27

140. An athlete throws a ball and exerted a
force equal to 150 N. If the ball has an
acceleration of 20 m/s
2
, calculate the
mass of the ball.

Answer: 7.5 kg

141. A fireworks box with a mass = 5 kg
slides with speed v= 4.0 m/s across a
frictionless floor in the positive direction
along the x-axis. It suddenly explode
into two pieces. One piece with mass =
2 kg moves in the positive direction
along x-axis with speed Va = 8.0 m/s.
Calculate the velocity of the second
piece with masss, Mb.

Answer: 1.33 m/s

142. A 72 kg baseball player runs and
begins his slide into second base where
he is moving at a speed of 4 m/s. The
coefficient of friction between his
uniform and the earth is 0.70. He slides
so that his speed is 0 just as he reaches
the base. Calculate how much
mechanical energy is lost due to friction
acting on the runner.

Answer: - 576 J

143. A cave rescue team lifts an injured
miner directly dupward and out of a
sinkholeby means of a motor-driven
cable. The lift is performed in three
stages, each requiring a vertical
disatnce of 10 meters. In the first stage,
the initially stationary miner is
accelerated to a speed of 4 m/s.
Calculate how much work is done on the
70 kg miner by the force lifting him.

Answer: 7,420 J


144. Calculate the density of free electrons
in copper at room temperature,
assuming that the conductivity of copper
(58 x 10 raised to 6th power) is entirely
due to free electrons with a mobility of
3.5 x 10 raised to minus 3, m/v.s.

Answer: 103.6 x 10 raised to 27th
power per cu. meter

145. The duration of the 2nd order
defracted image formed by an optical
grating having 5000 lines/cm is 34
o
.
Calculate the wavelength of the light
used.

Answer: 56 x 10 raised to minus 6th
power cm

146. Calculate the amount of work done in
overcoming friction between an object
and the table, if the object weighs 200 g
and slides 80 cm along a horizontal
tabletop. The coefficient of kinetic
friction is 0.20.

Answer: 0.31 N

147. A parallel plate capacitor has a
capacitance of 0.01 F. Calculate the
area of the plates if they are 1.0 mm
apart.

Answer: 1.13 x 10 raised to 6th power,
square meter

148. Calculate the ordinary simple interest
on a Php 20,000 loan payable for 9
months and 5 days if the rate interest as
10%.

Answer: Php 1,527.78

149. A man invested Php 10,000 at an
interest of 6% compounded annually.
Calculate the final amount of his
investment after 5 years if the inflation
remains the same at 8% per year.

Answer: Php 7,215.80

150. Calculate the amount that John could
borrow if he has the capacity to repay
1,000 pesos after two years with a
monthly interest rate of 1%.

Answer: Php 788

151. A company is establishing a sinking
fund for the purpose of getting sufficient
capital that would accumulate to be able
to retire its outstanding bonds upon
reaching maturity. The bonds are
redeemable in 10 years and the maturity
value is Php100,000. Calculate how
much should be deposited annually if
the fund pays interest at the rate of 6%?

Answer: Php 7,586.80

152. A businessman intends to rent a heavy
duty copying machine instead of buying
a new one. The cost of buying machine
is 80,000. Annual maintenance and
operating cost is 8,000. At the end of 5
years, the machine can be traded at
20,000. The cost of money is assumed
to be 6%. If he rents, the rental cost is
Php20.00 per hour, at an average of 3
hours per day usage. Calculate how
much ___________________

Answer: Php 3,200


153. A sewing machine costs 40,000 pesos
and can be traded at the end of 5 years
for 10,000. Assuming that the
depreciation cost is calculated using a
constant percentage of the declining-
book value, determine the annual rate of
depreciation in percentage value.

Answer: 24.2%

154. An office machine costs a Php 20,000.
It has an estimated life of 5 years. Find
its depreciated rate using the straight
line method if its scrap value is P 2, 000.

Answer: 18%

155. A machine is used in construction
costs Php 20,000 with a salvage value
of Php2,000 after 10 years. What is th
annual depreciation cost if it is
calculated using the sinking fund
method at 2% interest?

Answer: Php 1,643.84

156. A mining company generated a gross
income of Php120 million for the year
2005. The net taxable income after
taking all the deductions (except for
depletion) is Php 48 million. Calculate
the allowable depletion allowance for the
year 2005? (Use percentage of gross
income for minerals as 30%)

Answer: Php24 million

157. Chevron, an oil company has
developed an oil well estimated to
contain 10 billion barrels of oil at an
initial costs of 100 million US dollars.
Calculate the depletion charge during
the year where it produces one million
barrels of oil. Use unit factor method of
computing depletion, in million dollars.

Answer: 10

158. The demand for milk can being
manufactured by Alaska company is
3,000 pieces per month. Using
presently a manual operated cutting
implement, the unit cutting cost is
Php20. An electrically operated
hydraulic cutting machine (HCM) costing
Php270,000 was offered for sale to the
company. The cutting cost per unit will
be reduced by 30% if the HCM is used.

Answer: 15 mo.
159. A football star player is presently
playing for his UK team and is receiving
an annual salary of 2 million Euros.
Another European team is offering him
an initial annual salary of 1.5 miilion
Euros, but is increasing the rate at
300,000 annually. if he can still play in
FIFA league for 5 years, and if cost of
money is 10%, what is the price
difference between the two

Answer: 43,000

160. Calculate the number of period (in
years) would it take for a uniform
payment series in an account that earns
6.5% compounded continuously, if the
compound amount factor is 5.66.

Answer: 4.95

161. A bridge cost Php200 M and estimated
to have a life of 20 years. The bridge
must be partically rebuilt at a cost of
Php80 M at the end of each 20 years.
Calculate the capitalized cost of the
bridge at 6%.

Answer: 236,247,000

162. A series of equal receipts of 1,000
pesos extends over a period of 5 years.
Calculate the present worth of this
quarterly payment series at 8% interest
compounded continuously.

Answer: Php16,280

163. A businessman made a loan from a
bank in the amount of 100,000 pesos at
a rate of 6% compounded continuously
for 6 years. Calculate how much must
he pay annually if the money is
compounded continuously.

Answer: Php 20,458

164. Calculate the amount of radiation
exposure of a person that receives a
0.20 dose of alpha particles. (a
substantial dose)

Answer: 4.0 rem

165. In the study of light and optics, the
physical limit to the resolution of two
light sources is set by diffraction effects.
Calculate the diffraction-limited
resolution of the 200 inch Mount
Palomar telescope for yellow light.
(wavelength of yellow light = 6 x 10
raised to minus 7, m).

Answer: 1.441 x 10 raised to minus 7,
rad.

166. In the study of light and optics, the
resolving power of a lens will be best
where the Numerical Aperture (NA) is as
large as possible. Calculate the
maximum practical NA if the space
between the object and the lens is filled
with immersion oil (n = 1.55).

Answer: 1.456

167. Calculate the optimum Resolving
Power (RP) of a lens if the space
between the lens and the object is filled
with immersion oil (n = 1.55) using
yellow light. (Wavelength is 6 x 10
raised to minus 7, meters)

Answer: 2.51 x 10 raised to minus 7,
m

168. Studying the Theory of Relativity, it is
concluded that not only are the time
measurements differ in two reference
systems in relative motion but also
distance measurements. If an observer
moves past a 2-meter stick with a
velocity equal to one-half the velocity of
light, what length does the oberver
measure for the 2-meter stick?

Answer: 1.73 meters

169. A spaceship traveling and moving
away from the earth at a velocity v1 =
0.78 c with respect to earth, launches a
rocket in the direction away from the
earth that attains a velocity v2 = 0.78 c
with respect to the spaceship. Calculate
the velocity of the rocket with respect to
earth.

Answer: 0.97 c

170. Calculate the velocity of th elementary
particles whose mass is 2 times its rest
mass.

Answer: 0.866 c

171. In relation to Einstein's theory of
relativity, calculate the mass of an
electron that has a kinetic energy of 2
MeV. It is equal to _______ times the
mass of the electrons at rest, Mo and
the speed of light, c
2
.

Answer: 4.9

172. The mass -energy conversion factor
that relates the atomic mass unit and
MeV is c
2
=

Answer: 931.48 MeV/u

173. It is found out that the power of the
human eye's lens is maximum when the
eye is fully accommodated. In this
situation, the object distance (for adult
normal eye) is ______ and the image
distance is the diameter of th eyeball
which is abut

Answer: 25 cm ; 23 mm

174. Calculate the resolving power of an
object lens 6 mm in diameter at a
distance of 30 cm under a red light.
(Wavelength of red light is 700 nm).

Answer: 4.27 x 10 raised to minus 5th
power, m

175. Calculate the number of photons of
red light that an e;ectromagnetic energy
of 3 x 10 raised to minus 18th power.
Joules represent. (h, plank's constant =
6.63 x 10 raised to minus 34th power,
J.s). The wavelength of red light is 700
nm.

Answer: 11 photons

176. Calculate the maximum energy of
photoelectrons when a light whose
frequency is 2 x 10 raised to 15the
power, Hz falls on the surface of a
material whose photoelectric fucntion is
4.0 eV.

Answer: 4.28 eV

177. Calculate the speed of a 2000 kg
moving vehicle if the de Broglie
wavelength is 1.4 x 10 raised to minus
38th power, m.

Answer: 24 m/s

178. Calculate the wavelength of an
electron moving at a speed of 6 x 10
raised to 7th power, m/s. (Mass of
electron is 9.109 x 10 raised to minus
31st power, kg.)

Answer: 1.21 x 10 raised to minus
11th power, meters

179. A bus conductor of a stationary bus
leaving Manila for Batangas stands at
the door of the bus. He blew his whistle
signalling that the bus is about to depart.
He uses frequency 3 kHz of the whistle.
Calculate at what frequency will a
passenger driving his car at 20 m/s will
hear his whistle while approching the
bus? Assume the ambient temperature
to be 20
o
C.

Answer: 3.175 kHz

180. Calculate the period of oscillation of a
uniform steel beam 16 ft long and is
suspended from one end by a crane 32
ft above the ground.

Answer: 3.6 s

181. In the study of machines, a man wants
to fix the flat tire of his car by using a
hydraulic jack to raise the car. The input
and output diameter of the pistons of the
jack is 20 mm and 60 mm, respectively.
Calculate the total mechanical
advantage of the system. (Assume the
mechanical advantage of the lever to be
4.)

Answer: 36

182. Calculate the amount of heat energy
pronounced by a flower pot accidentally
dropped from the balcony of a house 10
meters above the ground. The flower
pot has a mass equal to 2 kg.

Answer: 196 J

183. In a ballistic test conducted, a 16 g
bullet made of lead travels at a speed of
100 m/s and strikes a wooden block.
Calculate the change in temperature of
the bullet if the bullet is transformed into
thermal energy in the block and
remainder into thermal energy of the
bullet. (Specific heat capcity of lead =
0.0310 cal/g
o
C.

Answer: 19.3
o
C

184. Calculate the coefficient of
performance of a heat pump, if it
delivers 40,000 kJ/hr of heat with a 1.4
kW input.

Answer: 8

185. A solid cylinder one meter in diameter
is made to roll down an inclined plane
without losing energy due to friction. If it
starts from the top of the incline, which
is 12 m high, calculate its velocity at the
foot of the incline.

Answer: 12.53 m/s

186. A solid cylinder 0.50 meter in diameter
is made to roll down in an incline without
losing energy due to friction. Calculate
its angular velocity at the foot of the
incline if it starts from the top of the
incline which is 12 meters high.

Answer: 50 rad/s

187. Calculate the angular acceleration of a
cylinder flywheel whose diameter is 5 ft
and weighs 500 lb, and is acted upon by
a net torque of 100 ft-lb. (I of the
cylindrical flywheel is equal to 1/2 m
R
2
).

Answer: 2.06 rad/s
2


188. A man driving his car enters an 80-m
radius circumferential road which is an
unbanked circular curve. Calculate the
maximum speed that his car can pass
through the curve if the coefficient of
friction of the pavement is 0.70.

Answer: 23.44 m/s

189. Two blocks having masses of 1 kg and
3 kg, respectively is attached to a string
(with negligible mass) and suspended
from a smooth pulley. Neglecting
friction, calculate the acceleration of the
1 kg block.

Answer: 4.9 m/s
2


190. A 2000-lb car travelling with a speed
20 m/hr strikes an obstruction and is
brought to rest in 0.12 sec. Calculate
the average force on the car.

Answer: 15,000 lb

191. A 250 kg satellite is projected to an
orbit equal to 30 x 10^6 radius.
Calculate the additional potential
energy, the satellite will acquire, rlative
to the earth's surface. (Use for Mass of
Earth = 5.98 x 10^24 kg, Mean radius of
Earth = 6.37 x 10^6 m, and G = 6.67 x
10^ -11 N.m
2
/kg
2
).

Answer: 1.24 x 10^10 J

192. A businessman open an internet cafe
whereby he invested in the electronics
equipments and accessories, 200,000
persos. Assuming the annual cost of
maintenance of the equipment and
accessories is 10,000 pesos, calculate
the capital cost of the electronic
equipment and accessories if money is
worth 5%

Answer: Php 400,000

193. A buisnessman invested P500,000 in
certain business that yields an average
rate of 8% to mature in 10 years.
Assuming an average rate of inflation
during the investment to be 5%,
calculate how much is the equipment
amount of investment at maturity.

Answer: Php 662,500

194. A student brought a new computer at
12,000 pesos with a salvage value of
500 pesos after 5 years. Calculate the
annual depreciation charge using
sinking fund method with an interest rate
of 6%.

Answer: Php 2041

195. A garment factory owner installed a
new machine at a cost of P800,000. It is
estimated to have a useful life of 8
years. What is the capitalized cost if its
salvage value is P40,000 and the
interest rate is 5%?

Answer: Php 475,973

196. A machine costing P550,000 is
estimated to have a book value of
P30,520 when it is retired at the end of
10 years. Using declining balance
method, calculate its annual rate of
depreciation.

Answer: 25%