Republic of the Philippines

EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY - ORMOC CITY CAMPUS

Ormoc City
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Mechanical Engineering Preboard Examination
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
07:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
---------------------------------------------------------------MATHEMATICS,ENGG ECONOMICS & ENGG SCIENCES

SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following

questions. Mark only one answer for each item by marking the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No.2 only.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Solve for the value of x:
xy = 12
yz = 20
zx = 15.
A. x = + 1
B. x = + 2
2. Solve
x(x
y(x
z(x

for
+ y
+ y
+ y

C. x = + 3*
D. x = + 4
the value of x:
+ z) = 6
+ z) = 12
+ z) = 18.

A. x = + 1*
B. x = + 2
3. Solve for
x2 + y2
y2 + z2
z2 + x2

the value of x:
= 10
= 34
= 26.

A. x = + 1*
B. x = + 2
4.

C. x = + 3
D. x = + 4

C. x = + 3*
D. x = + 4

A loan of P5,000 is made for a period of 15 months, at a

simple interest rate of 15%, what future amount is due at the
end of the loan period?
A. P5,690.12
C. P5,712.40
B. P5,873.20
D. P5,937.50*

5. Determine the exact simple interest on P5,000 invested for the

period from January 15,1996 to October 12,1996, if the rate
interest is 18%.
A. P664.23
C. P665.21
B. P664.89
D. P666.39*

6.

A student plans to deposit P1,500.00 in the bank now and

another P3,000.00 for the next 2 years. If he plans to withdraw
P5,000.00 three years from after his last deposit for the
purpose of buying shoes, what will be the amount of money left
in the bank after one year of his withdrawal? Effective annual
interest rate is 10%.
A. P1,549.64*
C. P1,345.98
B. P1,459.64
D. P1,945.64

7. A mechanical engineer wishes to

in a savings account at the end
only 4% compounded quarterly,
deposit?
A. P6,167.35
B. P6,176.35
8.

accumulate a total of P10,000

of 10 years. If the bank pays
what should be the initial
C. P6,716.53*
D. P6,761.35

Today, a businessman borrowed money to be paid in 10 equal

payments for 10 quarters. If the interest rate is 10% compounded
quarterly and the quarterly payment is P2,000, how much did he
borrow?
A. P17,304.78
C. P17,504.13*
B. P17,404.12
D. P17,604.34

9. A house and lot can be acquired by a downpayment of P500,000

and a yearly payment of P100,000 at the end of each year for a
period of 10 years, starting at the end of 5 years from the
date of purchase. If money is worth 14% compounded annually,
what is the cash price of the property?
A. P806,899.33
C. P807,778.12
B. P807,100.12
D. P808,835.92*
10. The place where buyers and sellers come together.
A. Market *
C. Recreation center
B. Business
D. Buy and sell section
11. An evil wrong committed by a person damaged another persons
property or reputation is
A. tort *
C. negligence
B. material breach
D. fraud
12. What is the probability of not getting a red ball from a bag
containing 3 white balls, 5 blue balls , and 4 red balls?
A. 2/3
*
C. 1/3
B. 5/12
D. 1/4
13. In how many ways can 7 persons be seated on a round table if
a certain couple is in the group and must be seated together?
A. 240 *
C. 120
B. 360
D. 720
14. A 100 liter mixture with 85%
container. How much water should be
with 65% alcohol?
A. 25.6
C.
B. 20.6
D.

alcohol is placed in a
added to produce a mixture
30.8
35.8

15. What is the highest position in the corporation?

A. President
C. Chairman of the Board

B. Board of Directors

D. Stockholders

16. At present, the sum of the parents ages is twice the sum of
the childrens ages. Five years ago, the sum of the parents
ages was 4 times the sum of the childrens ages. Fifteen years
hence, the sum of the parents ages will be equal to the sum
of the childrens ages. How many children are there?.
A.3
C. 5*
B. 4
D. 6
17. In a mixed company of poles, Italians, Greeks, Turks, and
Germans, the poles are one less than 1/3 of the Germans; and
three less than half the Italians; the Germans and the Turks
out number the Greeks and Italians by 3; the Greeks and
Germans form one less than half the company, and the Greeks
and Italians form 7/16 of the company. How many persons of
each nationality were there?
A. Poles = 6, Turks = 13, Greeks = 14, Germans = 23, &
Italians = 19
B.Poles = 7, Turks = 14, Greeks = 15, Germans = 24, &
Italians = 20*
C.Poles = 8, Turks = 15, Greeks = 16, Germans = 25, &
Italians = 21
D. None of the above
18. How do you call an angle that is greater then 180 degree but
less than 360 degrees?
A. Complex
C. Obtuse
B. Reflex*
D. Exterior
19. If the z
A. 0.453
B. 0.618*
20.
xx

Solve
x

..
x.

10

for

the

1 ...

value

, what is the value of z?

C. 0.816
D. 0.681
of

from

the

following

equation:

A. 1.258925*
B. 1.892525

C. 1.85925
D. 1.528925

21. Those funds that are required to make the enterprise

project a going concern.
A. Initial investment
C. Working capital *
B. Current accounts
D. Subscribed capital

or

22. The payment for the use of borrowed money is called

A. loan
C. interest *
B. maturity value
C. principal
23. Sometimes called second hand value.
A. Scrap value
C. Book value
B. Salvage value *
D. Going value
24. If John gives $5 to Allen and Allen gives $2 to Eduard, and
they have the same money thereafter, how much is Johns money
higher than Allen?
A. $7
C. $8 *
B. $5
D. $3

25. Transform the polar equation r2cos(theta)sin(theta)= 4 to

rectangular coordinates.
A. xy = 4 *
C. x + y = 4
2
B. x y = 4
D. x2 + y2 = 4
26. Given
of f(x)
A. 0,
B. 0,
27.

f(x)= (x 1)/(x3 3x2 + 2x), find x when the value

is undefined.
-1 and -2
C. 0 and 2
1 and 2 *
D. 1 and 2

Given f(x)= 3x 5, g(f(x))= x , find g(x).

A. (2x + 5)/3
C. (x + 5)/3 *
B. (3x 5)/4
D. (x 5)/3

28. It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal intervals

of time where the first payment is made after several periods,
after the beginning of the payment.
A. Deferred annuity *
C. Progressive annuity
B. Delayed annuity
D. Simple annuity
29. A method of computing depreciation in which the annual charge
is a fixed percentage of the depreciation book value at the
beginning of the year to which the depreciation applies.
A. Straight lime method
C. SYD method
B. Sinking fund method
D. Declining balance method*
30. A method of
depreciation where a fixed sum of money is
regularly deposited at compound interest in a real or
imaginary fund in order to accumulate an amount equal to the
total depreciation of an asset at the end of the assets
estimated life.
A. Straight line method
C. Declining balance method
B. Sinking fund method *
D. SYD method
31. The lessening of the value of an asset due to the decrease
in the quantity available (referring to the natural resources,
coal, oil, etc.)
A. Depreciation
C. inflation
B. depletion *
D. incremental cost
32. An association of two or more persons for a purpose of
engaging in a profitable business.
A. Sole proprietorship
C. Partnership *
B. Enterprise
D. Corporation
33. A distinct legal entity which can practically transact any
business transaction which a real person could do.
A. Sole of proprietorship
C. Partnership
B. Enterprise
D. Corporation *
34. The quantity of a certain commodity that is bought at a
certain price at a given time and place.
A. Demand *
C. Market
B. Supply
D. Utility
35. Instead of paying P100,000.00 in annual rent for office
space at the beginning of each year for the next 10 years, an

engineering
firm
has
decided
to
take
out
a
10-year
P1,000,000.00 loan for a new building at 6% interest. The firm
will invest P100,000.00 of the rent saved and earn 18% annual
interest on that amount. What will be the difference between
the firms annual revenue and expenses?
A. P10,200.12
C. P10,210.67
B. P10,205.13*
D. P10,215.56
36. A fund donated by a benefactor to PSME to provide annual
scholarships to deserving ME students. The fund will grant
P5,000 for each of the first five years, P8,000 for the next
five years and P10,000 each year thereafter. The scholarship
will start one year after the fund is established. If the fund
earns 8% interest, what is the amount of the donation?
A. P99,490.00
C. P99,601.71*
B. P99,507.35
D. P99,723.54
37. A VOM has a selling price of P400. If its selling price is
expected to decline at a rate of 10% per annum due to
obsolescence, what will be its selling price after 5 years?
A. P222.67
C. P236.20*
B. P212.90
D. P231.56
38. ABC Corporation makes it a policy that for any new equipment
purchased, the annual depreciation cost should not exceed 20%
of the first cost at any time with no salvage value. Determine
the length of service life necessary if the depreciation used
is the SYD method.
A. 7 years
C. 9 years*
B. 8 years
D. 10 years
39. A machine has an initial cost of P50,000 and a salvage value
of P10,000 after 10 years. What is the book value after 5
years using straight line depreciation?
A. P30,000.00*
C. P30,500.00
B. P31,000.00
D. P31,500.00
40. Solve for N if log of 3 top the base 6 equals N.
A. 0.613 *
C. 0.316
B. 0.218
D. 0.816
41. A man bought a $20 book and wishes to sell it. At what price
should he mark it if he wishes to give a 40 percent discount
and make 50 percent profit on the cost?
A. $40
C. $ 50 *
B. $55
D. $30
42. A steel plate 6 cm square is to be formed into an open box
by cutting equal squares out of the corners and bending up the
edges to form a box. What is the side of the square removed so
that the box formed will have a maximum volume?
A. 1.0 cm *
C. 0.5 cm
B. 1.5 cm
D. 2.0 cm
43. The greatest unit pressure the soil can continuously stand
is called
A. bearing strength *
C. ultimate strength
B. yield strength
D. fatigue strength

44. Refers to the highest ordinate on the stress-strain diagram.

A. Rapture strength
C. Yield strength
B. Ultimate strength *
D. Allowable strength
45. A kind of stress that is caused by forces acting along or
parallel to the area resisting the force.
A. Tensile stress
C. Shearing stress *
B. Bearing stress
D. Tangential stress
46. The ratio of the unit deformation or strains in a transverse
direction is constant for stresses within the proportional
limit. This is known as
A. Hookes Law
C. Poisson ratio *
B. Mohrs circle
D. Slenderness ratio
47. What is the constant term in the expansion of (2x2 + 1/x)9 ?
A. 672 *
C. 748
B. 724
D. 860
29. Solve for x: 23x = 64
A. 4
B. 6

C.
D.

2 *
1

48. Find x in the expression log 3 to the base 6 equals x times

log 3 to the base 2.
A. 1/3 *
C. 2/3
B. 1/2
D. 3/4
49. If ln x = 3 and ln y = 5, find ln(x2 /y1/2)
A. 1.5
C. 3.5 *
B. 2.5
D. 4.5
50. A river is 580 ft wide. The bridge constructed across the
river is banked 1/7 of its length in the east and 1/6 in the
west. What is the length of the bridge?
A. 840 ft *
C. 910 ft
B. 760 ft
D. 1000 ft
51. What is the probability of getting two faces in a deck of
cards if drawing of cards is to be done twice?
A. 0.02
C. 0.04
B. 0.05 *
D. 0.03
52. A plane with a velocity of 300 mph din still air, is
travelling against the wind and travels a distance of 900
miles in 4 hours. Find the headwind velocity.
A. 75 mph *
C. 150 mph
B. 100 mph
D. 200 mph
53. A, B and C are points on a circle. AC bisects the circle and
AB = BC. The area of triangle ABC is most clearly what percent
of the circles area?
A. 44
C. 32 *
B. 36
D. 24
54. Find the value of x for which f(x) is minimum given f(x) =
x2 + 5x + 2 = 0

A. 0
B. -5/2 *

C.
D.

55. Solve for x: x 3 = 3(1 x)

A. 0.67
C.
B. 0.33
D.

-2
-3/2
1.50 *
1.67

56. Find the equation of the family of lines in which the slope
and the y- intercept are equal.
A. y = x/y
C. y = y/x
B. y = y/(x + 1) *
D. y = x + y
57. Find the radius of the circle circumscribing
pentagon with area 560 square units.
A. 15.347 *
C. 11.254
B. 16.879
D. 10.543

regular

58. Find the equation of the circle circumscribing a triangle

with vertices (-1,-3), (-2, 4), (2, 1).
A. x2 + 3x + y2 7y 10 = 0
B. x2 + 3x + y2 + 7y 10 = 0
C. x2 + 3x + y2 y 10 = 0 *
D. x2 + 3x + y2 7y + 10 = 0
59. The upper and lower bases of a trapezoid measures 12 in and
16 in respectively. If the base angles are 55 deg and 65 deg.
What is the length of the shorter leg?
A. 3.78 *
C. 5.24
B. 2.18
D. 4.29
60. What is the maximum area of the rectangle inscribed in an
ellipse having an equation of 4x2 + 16y2 = 16.
A. 4 *
C. 8
B. 12
D. 6
61. When a right circular cone is cut by a plane parallel to the
axis of the cone the conic section formed is a/an
A. parabola
C. circle
B. ellipse
D. hyperbola *
62. If the second derivative of the equation of a curve is equal
to the negative of the equation of that same curve, the curve
is
A. paraboloid
C. tangent
B. exponential
D. sinusoidal *
63. Maximum plant capacity in which a CPM is allowed to operate,
tend or maintain
A. 200 kW
C. 224 kW
B. 220 kW
D. 242 kW *
64. The state of a thermodynamic system is defined by its
A. temperature
C. process
B. pressure and temperature
D. properties *
65. 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. Daltons law *
C. Amagats law

B.

Avogadros law

D.

Pascals law

66. A man ascends the last half of a mountain at a rate one-km

an hour less than his rate during the first half, and reaches
the top in 3 3/5 hours. On the descent, his rate is one km an
hour greater than during the first half of the ascent, and he
accomplishes it in 2 2/7 hours. Find the distance to the top,
and his rate during the first half of the ascent.
A. 6 km and 2.0 kph
C. 8 km and 2.5 kph*
B. 7 km and 2.25 kph
D. 9 km and 2.75 kph
67. Given f(x)= 2x + 4, g(x) = 1/x, find f(g(f(x)))
A. 1/(2x + 4) *
C. 2x + 4
x
B. 1/2
D. 2x + 4
68. Simplify : (a-2)2 / (b-2)3
A. b6/a4 *
B. a6/b4

C.
D.

b4/a6
a4/b6

69.

Find the roots of the equation x3 16x = 0.

A. 0,4
C. 0,-4
B. 0,-4,-4
D. 0,-4,4 *
70. Solve for x in the equations: 2(x + y)=100 and 4(x
A. 4.55
C. 4.75
B. 4.25
D. 4.15 *
71.

=10.

+ y)

What is the value of x in the proportion (x + 1):4 = 15:44.

A. 6
C. 5
B. 4 *
D. 3

72. Determine the number of diagonals of a polygon with 15

sides.
A. 60
C. 120
B. 80
D.
90 *
73. What is the area of the rhombus with diagonals of 10 m and
24 m ?
A. 150
C. 120 *
B. 240
D. 180
74.

Evaluate the limit of xx as x approaches to zero.

A. 0
C. 1 *
B. 1/2
D. indeterminate

75. Three circles are externally tangent to each other and

having the distances of their centers of 20 in., 23 in., and
25 in. What is the radius of the largest circle?
A. 10
C. 12
B. 14 *
D. 16
76. Tom earned $200 for working 40 hours, if he works overtime
he will be paid 1.5 times his regular income. If tom received
a total of $230, how many hours did he worked?
A. 4
C. 5
B. 44 *
D. 55
77.

The first derivative of cosine x is

A. sin x
C. sin x *

B. cosx

D.

sec x

78. The sum of three numbers is 19. What is the smallest number
in the group if their geometric mean is 6.
A. 2
C. 8
B. 6
D. 4 *
79. Which of the following numbers will
difference when subtracted by its cube?
A. 0.707
C. 0.500
B. 0.533
D. 0.577 *
80. Decrease in the value
passage of time.
A. depreciation *
B. inflation

of

physical
C.
D.

give

property

due

maximum

to

the

recession
depletion

81. The minimum grade of mechanical engineer required in the

operation of 500 kW Diesel Power Plant.
A. RME *
C. PME
B. CPM
D. MPE
82.

The ratio of average load to plant capacity.

A. capacity factor *
C. demand factor
B. use factor
D. load factor

83. Two cylinders each weighing 100 kN and 200 kN with radii of
100 mm and 200 mm respectively, are placed with the heavier
weight above the lighter weight and placed in a container with
a width of 500 mm. Assume the lengths of the cylinders and
container are the same. What is the reaction between the
cylinders?
A. 268.28 *
C. 200.00
B. 300.00
D. 293.25
84. A man is standing on a cliff 897 meters. He struck a tree
with his axe and the sound 5.2 seconds after. Assuming
constant temperature, what is the velocity of sound on that
day?
A. 340 m/s
C. 345 m/s *
B. 342 m/s
D. 453 m/s
85. A 4 inches diameter sphere is floating on water with its
hemisphere submerged. Solve for the density of the sphere.
A. 31.2 lb/ft3 *
C. 62.4 lb/ft3
3
B. 1000 lb/ft
D. 64.2 lb/ft3
86. A block of wood is floating in seawater with submerged
height of 30 cm. If placed in a pool of mineral oil with
specific gravity of 0.80, what will be the submerged height of
the wood?
A. 30 cm
C. 43 cm
B. 39 cm *
D. 29 cm
87. Find the velocity of the liquid in the tank at the bottom 10
meters below the surface.
A. 14 m/s *
C. 16 m/s
B. 20 m/s
D. 10 m/s

88.

The cause of a fluid to contract.

A. adhesion
C. capillary
B. surface tension *
D. cohesion

89.

Entropy is a measure of
A. randomness or disorder
B. the change of enthalpy
C. the heat capacity of a
D. the internal energy of

*
of a system
substance
a gas

90.

What is the most efficient thermodynamic cycle?

A. Rankine
C. Diesel
B. Otto
D. Carnot *

91.

What is the pressure at 4000 ft above sea level?

A. 29.92 in Hg
C. 26 in Hg *
B. 24.00 in Hg
D. 22 in Hg

92. At what temperature are the degrees Fahrenheit and degrees

Celsius equal?
A. 40
C. -40 *
B. 60
D. -60
93. A pendulum has a certain frequency in London. What is the
effect of this frequency if it is measured with respect to the
equator?
A. increase
C. remains the same
B. decrease *
D. none of these
94. An interest earning fund in which equal deposits are made at
equal intervals of time for the purpose of gradually
accumulating a specific sum of money required at some future
date.
A. sinking fund *
C. amortization
B. annuity
D. capitalized cost
95. Find the minimum force P required to turn a 350 lb wheel
with diameter of 10 inches over a block with a height of 2
inches.
A. 240 N *
C. 120 N
B. 340 N
D. 170 N
96. A formal organization of producers with an industry forming
a perfect collision purposely formed to increase profit and
block new comers from the industry:
A. monopoly
C. cartel *
B. corporation
D. competitors

97. A pile of logs contains 75 logs so that the top layer

contains 3 logs and each lower layer has one more log than the
layer above. How many logs are there in the bottom layer?
A. 10
C. 12 *
B. 14
D. 16
98.

If f(x, y) = (x2 - 2xy + y2)/(x2 y2), f(-x , -y)is equal to

A. 1/(-x + y)
C. (-x + y)/(x + y)

B.

(x + y)/(y x)

D.

(x y)/(x + y) *

99. The length of the time during which property may be operated
at a profit:
A. life
C. physical life
B. length of time
D. economic life *
100. In a cantilever beam with a concentrated load at the free
end, the moment is:
A. constant along the beam
C. maximum half way out on
the beam
B. maximum at the wall *
D. maximum at the free end
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