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PI : PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL ENG INEE RING

Duration: Three Hours

Maximu m Marks: 100

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Q. 1- Q. 25 carry one mark each.

Q .I

If matdx A

~ U;]and matrix B =[: ~] , the transpose of product of these two matrices, i.e.

(AB) T is equal to

(A)[~! ~~]
Q.2

34]
28

48

28

33]
19

(C) [ 28

(D) [ 48

19]
33

If A (0,4,3). B (0.0,0) and C (3,0,4) are three points define

d in x, y, z coordinate system , then
which one of the follow ing vectors is perpen dicular to both
the line vectors BA and BC?
(A) 16[ + 9]- J2k
(C) 16i- 9]-

Q.3

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(B) [ 47

J2k

The solution of the differential equati on

(B)

16i - 9) + 12k

(D)

16t +9]+ 12k

~~' + 6 : + 9 y = 9x + 6

with C 1 and C 2 as consta nts is

(A) y = (C,x + C2) e- 3'

(C) y = (C 1x + C 2) e -lr + x
p,

Q.4

The line integral

J(ydx+ xdy)

from P1 (x 1, y 1) to P2 (x , y ) along the semi-c ircle P P shown

2 2
1 2

in the figure is

(A)x 2y2 -x1y 1

(C) (xz -x,)(y2- y,)

Q.5

It is estimated that the averag e numbe r of events during a year

is three. What is the probability of
occunence of not more than two events over a two-year
duration? Assume that the numbe r of
events follows a Poisso n distribution.
(A) 0.052

Q.6

(B) (y/ - y,2) + (xz2 - x,2)

(D) (yz- y,)2 + (x2 - x/

(B) 0.062

(C) 0.072

(D) 0.082

A circula r steel shaft is under elastic deformation due to torsion

. The relationship between modulus
of elasticity (E) and shear modu lus of elasticity (G), taking v
as Poisson's ratio, is
(A) G

=2 E (1 + v)

(B) E

(C) G = (
I +

v)

(D) E

=2 G (1 + v)
2G
(
l +v )

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subje cted to equal load P. The first bar has

T wo circu lar steel bars having same length L are
bar has diam eter 2d over two-thirds of its length
diam eter dove r its entire length, while the secon d
iour, the ratio of strain energ y of the first bar
as shown in the figure. Assu ming linear elasti c behav
to that of the secon d bar is

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Q.7

(A) -

(B) 4

(C) -

(D) 2

in the following process:

An ideal air stand ard Diesel cycle does NOT conta
(B) const ant volum e heat rejection
(A) const ant volum e heat addition
(D) isentropic expan sion
(C) isentropic comp ressio n
al) imperfection in the cryst al struc ture of
Which of the following is a surfa ce (two-dime nsion
Q.9
common metals?
(D) Inclusion
(C) Grain boun dary
(B) Dislocation
(A) Vaca ncy
ases with
Q.lO In sand castin g, fluidity of the molten metal incre

Q.8

(A) in.cre ase in degre e of super heat

(B) decre ase in pouri ng rate
(C) increase in thermal condu ctivit y o f the moul d
(D) increase in sand grain size

Q. ll

Q.l2

ndable patter n and expen dable moul d?

Which of the following casting processes uses expe
(B) Inves tmen t castin g
(A) Shell mould castin g
(D) Centr ifuga l castin g
(C) Press ure die castin g
in the small est heat affected zone?
Whic h of the following welding processes resul ts
(B) Gas welding
(A) Shielded metal arc weld ing
(D) Therm it welding
(C) Laser beam welding

the form of a
Q.l3 . In resist ance seam welding, the electrode is in
(C) coil of wire
(B) flat plate
(A) cylin der

Q.l4

Q.l5

(D) circu lar disc

produ ces spongy and porou s partic les?

Which of the following powd er production meth ods
(B) Redu ction of metal oxides
(A) Atomization
(D) Pulverization
(C) Elect rolyti c deposition
g tools is
The binding material used in ceme nted carbi de cuttin
(D) cobal t
(C) nickel
(B) tungsten
(A) graph ite

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Grinding ratio is defin ed as

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(A)

volume ofwheel wear

volume of work mate rial removed
(B) volume of work mate rial remo ved
volume of wheel wear
(C) cutting spee d
feed
(D)

Q.l7

longitudinal feed
transverse feed

The best wire size (in mm) for measuring effec

tive diam eter of a metric thread (incl uded angle
is
60) of20 mm diameter and 2.5 mm pitch using
two wire method is
(A) 1.443

Q.l8

Q.19

(B) 0.723

(C) 2.886

(D) 2.086
The numb er of defec tives produced by a six sigma
proce ss (in parts per million) is
(A) 5.2
(B) 4.2
(C) 3.2
(D ) 2.2
A manufacturing cell has 5 machines A, B, C,
D and E. The average cycle time (in minutes)
for a
job on each of the machines is given in the follo
wing table:

cle time
Ther e are three opera tors in the cel l. First opera
tor operates machines A and B. The second oper
ator
operates machine C and the third opera tor opera
tes machines 0 and E. All the jobs have to move
in
the following sequence:
Assuming the job trans fer time between two mach
ines to be negligible, the average cycle time (in
minutes) for the manufactu ring cell is
(A) 5.0

Q.20

(B) 1LO

(C) 11.5

(D) 4.0

For a simple moving avera ge forecasting meth

od, as the lengt h of averaging period increases,
the
forecast sensitivity
(A) increases
(B) decreases
(C) remains cons tant
(D) cann ot be predi cted

0.21

A dedicated machine rece ives jobs at a rate of

20 per hour and the processing rate of the mach
ine is
30 jobs per hour. Assu me the following:
(i) inter-arrival time and processing time for jobs
follow exponential distributions
(ii) queu e disci pline is first-come-first-served
(FCF S)
(iii) queu e capacity and job population arc infin
ite
For how much time (in minutes), on an average,
does a job have to wait befor e it gets loaded on
to
the machine?
(A)4

(B) 3

(C) 5

(D) 6

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Q.22

ledge base and applies a large but stand ard set of

A syste m that acqui res knowledge, creates a know
fic probl em settin g, is termed as
probability based rules to make a decis ion in a speci
(A) an exper t syste m
(B) a mana geme nt infor matio n syste m
(C) a datab ase mana geme nt syste m
(D) a proba bilist ic asses smen t syste m

Q.23

lating depre ciatio n?

Which one of the follow ing is NOT a method of calcu
(A) Straig ht line meth od
(B) Sum of year digits (SYD ) meth od
(C) Decli ning balan ce method
(D) Net prese nt value meth od

Q.24

come
1n a value analy sis exercise, the cost of a produ ct has
by
ved
quality. The product value has impro

Q.25

(D) 30%

(C) 25%

(B) 20%

(A) 15%

down by 20% witho ut any chang e in its

of work ers in a mach ine shop. Whic h of the

11 is propo sed to cond uct a work samp ling study
mine the numb er of obser vatio ns?
followi ng infor matio n would be neces sary to deter
(A) Conf idenc e level only
(B) Accu racy only
(C) Both confi dence level and accuracy
(D) Rating facto r

Q. 26 to Q. 55 carry two marks each.

Q.26

The eigen value s of the follow ing matrix are

10
[ 18

Q.27

(D) -6,8

2
2
re at any location (x, y. z), then the magn itude
If T(x, y, z) = x + l + 2z defin es the temp eratu
of the temp eratu re gradi ent at point P (1,1,1 ) is

(A) 2

Q.28

- 12

(C) 4, 8

(B) 6,-8

(A) 4, 9

-4]

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(C) 24

(B) 4

The value of

z2
4

c z - 1

dz

(D)

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using Cauc hy's integral aroun d the c ircle

Iz + 11= 1,

where

z = x + i y, is
ni

(B) - -

(A) 2n i
I

Q.29

The value of

e _\!

3n i

(C)--

to
dx. using trape zoida l rule for 10 trape zoids, is equal

(A) 0.6778

(B) 0.716 5

(C) 0.698 5

(D) 0.746 2
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Q.30

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A canti lever beam AB of length L, rigidly fixed
at end A, is uniformly loaded with intensity
q
(dow nwar ds) over two-third s of its length from
the free end Bas show n in the figure. The modu
lus
of elasticity is E and the moment of inertia abou
t the horizontal axis is /. The angle of rotation at
the
free end under the applied load is

1..

.:~ 111111111111111111111111:
L/3

(A) 7 q L3

48 /
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Q.32

(B) 13q L
72 /

:
3

(C) 11 q L
601

(D)

qL3
24 /

A short colum n of length L having cross-sect

ional area of 50 mm by 100 mm is pinned at the
ends.
The proportional limit

of the column is 250 MPa and modulus of

elasticity is 200 GPa. The
minimum length of the column (in m) at which
it will buck le elastically is
(A) 5.25
(B) 2.25
(C) 1.65
(D ) 1.15
In a stead y state and adiabatic flow of air throu
gh a horizontal nozzle. the press ure and temp eratu
re
drop from 105 kPa and 300 K to 100 kPa and
296 K respectively. Air is considered to be a perfe
ct
gas. Take specific heat at cons tant press ure Cp
= I005 J/(kg K), density p = I .15 kg/m 3 and ratio of
specific heats y = 1.4 for air. If the inlet kinetic
energy is negligible, then the velocity of air (in
rn/s)
at the nozzle exit is
(A) 85

Q.33

2L/3

(B) 90

(C) 93
(D) 96
Wate r is flowing through a horizontal pipe of
constant diameter and the flow is laminar. If
the
diam eter of the pipe is increased by 50 % keep
ing the volume flow rate cons tant, then the press
ure
drop in the pipe due to friction will decrease by

(A) 33%

Q.34

(B) 56%
(C) 70%
(D) 80 %
Cold wate r flowing at 0.1 kg/s is heated from
20 C to 70 C in a counter-fl ow type heat exch
anger
by a hot water strea m flowing at 0.1 kg/s and
enter ing at 90 C. The specific heat of wate
r is
4200 J/(kg K) and dens ity is 1000 kg/m3. If
the overall heat trans fer coeff icien t U for the
2
heat
exch ange r is 2000 W/(m K), the required heat
exchange area (in m2) is
(A) 0.052

Q.35

(C) 0.151
(D) 0.202
Match the following materials with their most
appropriate application:

Material
1. Low carbon steel
2. Stain less steel
3. Gray cast iron
4. Titan ium alloys
(A) 1-P, 2-R. 3-Q, 4-S
(C) 1-S, 2-Q, 3-P. 4-R
Q.36

(B) 0.525

Application
P. Mach ine tool base
Q. Airc raft parts
R. Kitch en utensils
S. Car body pane ls
(B) 1-P, 2-R, 3-S, 4-Q
(D) 1-S, 2-R, 3-P. 4-Q

In a sand casti ng process, a sphere and a cylin

der of equal volumes are separately cast from
the
same molten metal unde r ident ical conditions.
The he ight and diameter of the cylin der are equa
l.
The ratio of the solidifica tion time of the sphere
to that of the cylinder is
(A) 1.14
(B) 0.87
(C) 1.3 1
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Q.37

Q.38

ng pass es usin g
30 mm to 10 mm by s ucce ssiv e cold rolli
The thick ness of a plate is redu ced from
coef ficie nt of
the
If
h.
me that ther e is no chan ge in widt
iden tical rolls o f diameter 600 mm. Assu
ired is
requ
es
piec e is 0.1, the mini mum num ber of pass
friction betw een the roll s and the work
(D ) 7
(C) 6
(B ) 4
(A) 3
Match the follo wing :

Type of material
J. The rmo plas tics
2. The rmo sets
3. Elas tome rs
4. Ceramics
(A) 1-Q, 2-R, 3-S, 4-P
(C) 1-S, 2-R, 3-Q, 4-P

Nam e of material

P.
Q.
R.
S.

SiA ION
Po lyvinylchlorid e
E poxy
Late x

(B) 1-R, 2-Q, 3-S, 4-P

(D) 1-R, 2-Q , 3-P, 4-S

ity 7.8 glee ) by

mic weig ht = 56, vale ncy 2 and dens
Whi le rem ovin g material from iron (ato
(in A) requ ired
ent
curr
The
oval rate of 2 cc/rnin is desi red.
elec troch emic al mac hinin g, a metal rem
is
for achi evin g this mate rial removal rate
(D ) 5376 4.29
(C) 448. 03
(B ) 14.93
(A) 896. 07
ded angl e is 60) of 3.5 mm
eter of an exte mal metric thre ad ( inclu
Q.40 To meas ure the effe cti ve diam
eter each are used.
diam eter and two wire s of 2 mm diam
pitch , a cylindric al stan dard of 30.5 mm
and 15.3 98 mm,
mm
dard and over the wire s are 16.5 32
The micr ome ter read ings over the stan
mm) of the thre ad is
resp ectiv ely. The effe ctive diam eter (in
(D) 26.3 97
(C) 29.3 66
(B) 30.3 97
(A) 33.3 66
e coun ts num beri ng 10 and
a flatn ess inter fero mete r prod uced fring
Q.4J Obs erva tion of a sli p gaug e on
Assu me that both
is take n by rotat ing the set-u p by 180 .
14 for two read ings. The seco nd read ing
The para lleli sm
wav elen gth of the radia tion is 0.50 86 f..Un.
face s of the slip gaug e arc flat and the
the slip gaug e is
eno r (in J..lm) betw een the two faces of
(D ) 0.12 72
(C) 0.50 86
(B) 1.172
(A) 0.25 43
diam eter of a cylin drica l
ing at an X cont rol char t for oute r
Q.42 A shop -fl oor engi neer is look
a sample size of 25,
as 50 0.1 mm. The control char t uses
com pone nt with desi gn spec ification s
capa bility inde x CP
and a mea n of 50.0 2 nun. The proc ess
and has a stan dard deviati on of 0.01 mm
for this proc ess is
(D) 0 .800
(C) 0.565
(B) 0.75 2
(A) 0.66 7
elate d proc ess varia bles x 1
re lated to two inde pend ent and non- corr
Q.43 The outp ut 'y' of a proc ess is
and x 2 thro ugh the fo llowing relation:
y = 200 + 3x 1 - 8x2
ulati ve stan dard
x 1 and x 2 are 0.5 each . A port ion of cum
bles
varia
the
The stan dard devi ation s of
n belo w:
norm al distr ibut ion table (z table ) is give

Q.39

the value of 'y' is

and 20 resp ecti vely, the prob abili ty that
If the valu es of x 1 and x 2 are set at 10
grea ter than 76.4 1 will be
(D) 0.06 68
(C) 0.02 28
(B) 0.00 62
(A) 0.15 87
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Q.45

Q.4 6

The ave rag e dem and for a com

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pon ent is 10 uni ts per day. A stor
e follows a per iod ic rev iew sys
for this com pon ent . The stoc k
tem
level for this com pon ent is che
cke d afte r eve ry 30 day s. The
tim e to get this com pon ent from
lead
the sup plie r is 5 day s. Dur ing one
rev iew , the sto ck level is found
to be 50. If the pol icy of the com
pan y is to hav e a safe ty stoc k
of 20% of the exp ecte d dem and
dur ing the nex t per iod , ord er size
for the nex t per iod wi ll be
(A) 340
(B) 350
(C) 360
(D) 370
A com pan y pro pos es to spe nd
Rs 2,0 0,00 0 for a new mac hin
e. The serv ice life of the mac hin
thre e yea rs and the min imu m
e is
acc ept abl e rate of retu rn per yea
r is 25 %. The ann ual sav ing s
rupees) due to the mac hin e, ass
(in
um ed to inc ur at the yea r end , sho
uld be at leas t
(A) 1,30 ,95 0
(B) 1,18 ,34 0
(C) 1,02 ,46 0
(D) 86, 500
An ope rati on con sist s of fou r
wor k elem ent s wit h the foll owi
ng dat a obt aine d dur ing a wor
mea sur eme nt exercise:
k

Ele me nt No.
1
2

3
4

Ave rag e ele men t tim e

(in cen ti-m inu tes)
40
50
45
40

Rat ing fac tor

1.00
1.05

1.10
0.9 0

If the total per mis sibl e allo wan

ce is ll % of the stan dar d time,
then the stan dar d tim e (in min
for the ope rati on wou ld be
ute s)
(A) 2.2
Q.4 7

(B) 2.0

(C) 1.8

(D) 1.6

A sma ll pro ject is com pos ed

of sev en acti viti es who se tim
e esti mat es are giv en below.
activiti es are iden tifie d by thei r
The
beg inn ing nod es ( i ) and end ing
nod es ( j

).

Act ivit y
( i)

Opt imi stic tim e

(da ys)

(j )

1
l

3
4

2
3
4

5
5
6

2
2
3
2
3
3
4

Pes sim isti c tim e

(da ys)

8
8
9
2
15
9
16

The exp ecte d pro ject com plet ion

tim e (in day s) is
(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 30

Mo st like ly tim e
(da ys)

2
5
3

2
6
6
7

(D) 40

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Common Data Questions

Common Data for Questions 48 and 49:
is reduced in crosstn a multi-pas s drawing operation , a round bar of 10 mm diameter and 100 mm length
diameter . During each
section by drawing it successiv ely through a s~ries of seven dies of decreasing exit
of the material
of these drawing operation s, the reduction in cross-sec tional area is 35 %. The yield strength
is 200 MPa. Ignore strain harden ing.
Q.48

The total true strain applied and the final length (in mm), respectiv ely, are

(B) 2.45 and 345

( D) 3.02 and 3330

(A) 2.45 and 817

(C) 3.02 and 2043
Q.49

bar through the

Neglecti ng friction and redundan t work, the force (in kN) required for drawing the
first d ie, is
(D) 4 .39
(C) 6.77
(B) 10.21
(A) 15.7 1

Common Data for Questions SO and 51:

. If the item is good,
In an acceptan ce sampling plan , one item is taken at random from the lot and inspected
inspectio n and all
the lot is accepted , otherwis e it is rejected. If the lot is rejected, it is subjected to 100%
defective items in the lot are identified and replaced with good items.
be
Q.50 The slope of the operating characte ristic curve (OC Curve) of this plan would
(A) zero
Q.5l

(C)- 1

(B)+ 1

(D) -2

of items
If the lot size is 50 and it has 10% defective items, then the average total number
inspected .CAT!) per lot would be
(D) L1.5
(C) 9.3
(B) 7.2
(A) 5.9

Linked Answer Questions

Stateme nt for Linked Answer Questions 52 and 53:
angle, the fo llowing
During orthogon al machinin g of a mild steel specimen with a cutting tool of zero rake
data is obtained:
Uncut chip thickness = 0.25 mm
Chip thicknes s 0.75 mm
Width of cut = 2.5 mm
Normal force = 950 N
Thrust force =475 N

Q.52

T he shear angle and shear force, respectively, are

(B) 9.218, 861.64 N
(D) 23. 157, 686.66 N

(A) 71.565, 150.21 N

(C) 18.435, 751.04 N
Q.53

The ultimate shear stress (in Nlmm

(A) 235

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(B) 139

of the work material is

(C) 564

(D) 380

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Statement for Linked Answer Questions 54 and 55:

A system contain s four components A, B, C and D. Their time-to-failure distribu
tions are exponential. The
mean time to failure (in hours) is found to be 5000, 4000, 4000 and 5000 for A,
B, C and D, respectively.
Q.54 The reliabilities RA. R8 , Rc and R0 for these four components after 1000
hours of operation will be
(A) RA =0.855, Ra =0.8, Rc =0.8 and R0 =0.855
(B) R" =0.753, Ra = 0.9, Rc =0.9 and R0 =0.753
(C) RA= 0.951 , Ra = 0.852, Rc =0.852 and R =0.951
0
(D) R" = 0.819, Re =0.779, Rc = 0.779 and Ro= 0.819
Q.55

If the four compon ents in the previous question are connected in a series-p ara
llel structure as shown
in the figure, the system reliability at the end of 1000 hours of operation will
be

(A) 0.853

(B) 0.638

(C) 0.733

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Q. 56 - Q. 60 carry one mark each.
Q.56

te in meaning to the given

Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposi
word:
Amalg amate
(A) merge
(B) split
(C) collect
(D) separate

Q.57

If Log (P)

=(l/2)Log (Q) =(1/3) Log (R), then which of the following options is TRUE?

(A)p2 = Q 3R
Q.58

2
(B) Q =PR

2
3
(C) Q = R P

(D) R=P Q

to comple te the following

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below
sentence.
you canno t do so by being
If you are trying to make a strong impres sion on your audien ce,
unders tated, tentati ve or - - - - - (A) hyperbolic
(B) restrained
(C) argumentative
(D) indifferent

Q.59

below:
Which of the following options is the closest in the meaning to the word
Inexplicable
(A) Incomprehensible
(B) Indelible
(C) Inextricable
(D) Infallible

Q.60

to comple te the following

Choos e the most appropriate word(s) from the options given below
senten ce.
agains t it.
I contem plated _ _ _ _ Singap ore for my vacation but decided
(A) to visit
(B) having to visit
(C) visiting
(D) for a visit

Q. 61 to Q. 65 carry two marks each.

Q.61

contain er l litre of spirit is

A contain er originally contain s 10 litres of pure spirit. From this
is again replaced with 1 litre of
replaced with l litre of water. Subseq uently, 1 litre of the mixture
now left in the container?
water and this process is repeated one more time. How much spirit is
(D) 7.29 litres
(C) 7 litres
(B) 7.84 litres
(A) 7.58 litres

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P, Q, R and S are four types of dangerous microb es recently found
in a human habitat The area of
each circle with its diamet er printed in bracke ts represe nts the growth
of a sing le microb e surviving
human immun ity system within 24 hours of enterin g the body. The
danger to human beings varies
propor tionate ly with the tox icity, potency and growth attribu ted
to a microb e shown in the figure
below:

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-e .......... 1000
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800

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(Probability that microbe will overco me human immunity system
)

Q.63

A pharma ceutica l compa ny is contemplating the develo pment

of a vaccin e against the most
danger ous microbe. Which microb e should the compa ny target in
its first attemp t?
(A) p
(B) Q
(C)R
(D) S
A transpo rter receives the same numbe r of orders each day. Curren
tly, he has some pendin g orders
(backlo g) to be shipped. If he uses 7 trucks, then at the end of
the 4th day he can clear all the
orders. Alterna tively, if he uses on ly 3 trucks, then all the orders
are cleared at the end of the lOth
day. What is the minimu m numbe r of trucks require d so that there
will be no pendin g order at the
end of the 5th day?
(A) 4

Q.64

Q.65

(B) 5

(C) 6

(D) 7

Few school cu rricula include a unit on how to deal with bereavement

and grief, and yet all
studen ts at some point in their lives suffer from losses through death
and partin g.
Based on the above passag e which topic would not be include d in
a unit on bereav ement?
(A) how to write a letter of condo lence
(B) what emotional stages arc passed throug h in the healing process
(C) what the leading causes of death are
(D) how to give suppor t to a griev ing friend
The variable cost (V) of manufa cturing a produc t varies accord ing
to the equatio n V= 4q, where q
is the quantit y produc ed. The fixed cost (F) of produc tion of same
produc t reduces with q accord ing
to the equatio n F = 100/q. How many units should be produc ed to
minimi ze the total cost (V+F)?
(A)5
(B) 4
(C) 7
(D ) 6

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