1. The weight of a mass of 10 kg at a location where the acceleration of gravity is 9.

77 m/s^2
is
a) 79.7 N
b) 77.9 N
c) 97.7 N
d) 977 N
2. Two steel balls of masses 500 kg and 50 kg, respectively are placed with their centers
0.5 m apart. The two balls attract with a force of
a) 6.67 x 10^-10 N
b) 6.67 x 10 ^-7 N
c) 6.67 x 10 ^-6 N
d) 6.67 x 10 ^-3 N
3. A 16-gram mass is moving 30 cm/sec while a 4-gram mass is moving in an opposite
direction at 50 cm/sec. They collide head on and stick together. Their velocity after
collision is
a) 0.14 m/s
b) 0.21 m/s
c) 0.07 m/s
d) 0.28 m/s
4. A 10 g block slides with a velocity of 20 cm/s on a smooth level surface and makes a
collision with a 30 g block moving in the opposite direction with a velocity of the 10cm/s. If
the collision is perfectly elastic, what is the velocity of the 30 g block after the collision?
a) 15 cm/s
b) 10 cm/s
c) 25 cm/s
d) 5 cm/s
5. Two children each weigh 75 lbs. They are seated beside each other 1.25 m from the
fulcrum of a seesaw. Where on the opposite of the fulcrum side should a 100 lb child sit to
balance the seesaw?
a) 1.58 m
b) 1.34 m
c) 1.23 m
d) 1.88 m
6. It was discovered that the acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 1.67 m/s2. John can
throw a stone 12 m straight upward on earth, how high should he be able to throw a stone
on the moon? Assume that the throwing speeds are the same in the two cases.
a) 15 m
b) 17 m
c) 70 m
d) 25 m
7. Compute the velocity of an earth satellite whose distance is 4.5 x 10^7 m
a) 10 718 kph
b) 12 000 kph
c) 11 777.4 kph
d) 12 070.2 kph
8. Determine the submerged depth of a cube steel 0.3 m on each side floating in mercury.
The specific gravities of steel and mercury are 7.8 and 13.6 respectively
a) 0.155 m
b) 0.165 m
c) 0.134 m
 d) 0.172 m
9. A hollow cylinder 1 m in diameter and 2 m high weighs 3825 N. How much kN of lead
weighing 110 kN/m^3 must be fastened to the outside bottom of the cylinder to make it
float with 1.5 m submerged in water?
a) 8.5 kN
b) 6.5 kN
c) 10.5 kN
d) 9.5 kN
10. What is the power required to transfer 97 000 coulombs of charge through a potential
rise of 50 volts in one hour?
a) 0.5 kW
b) 1.3 kW
c) 0.9 kW
d) 2.8 kW
11. How much heat is required to convert 75 g of ice at -5 C to steam to 200 C under
standard atmospheric pressure?
a) 58 Cal
b) 48 Cal
c) 38 Cal
d) 28 Cal
12. The temperature of three different liquids are maintained at 15 C, 20 C and 25 C
respectively. When equal masses of the first two liquids are mixed, the final temperature
is 18 C and when equal masses of the last two are mixed, the final temperature is 24 C.
What temperature will be achieved by mixing equal masses of the first and the last
liquid?
a) 15.87 C
b) 10.30 C
c) 8.65 C
d) 23.57 C
13. Find the fundamental frequency if a rope is 1 m long with mass 100 g and tension of 100
N assuming that the nodes are at the both ends.
a) 6.32 Hz
b) 9.49 Hz
c) 12.65 Hz
d) 15.81 Hz
14. A pendulum of length 3 m is pulled aside and released. Find the frequency of the
pendulum on earth.
a) 0.08 Hz
b) 0.29 Hz
c) 2.12 Hz
d) 1.89 Hz
15. If a listener is at rest and a siren with a source frequency at 300 Hz is moving away at 30
m/s, what frequency does the listener hear? Assume the speed of sound is 340 m/s
a) 381 Hz
b) 128 Hz
c) 276 Hz
d) 321 Hz
16. An automobile moving at 30 m/s is approaching a building whistle with a frequency of
500 Hz. If the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s what is the apparent frequency of the
whistle heard by the driver?
a) 459 Hz
 b) 458 Hz
c) 457 Hz
d) 456 Hz
17. Find the resultant of the following forces: F1= 600 N at 40 degrees in the first quadrant,
F2 = 800 N at 20 degrees in the second quadrant and F3 = 200 N at 60 degrees in the
4th quadrant
a) 522.67 N at 63.43 degrees in the 2nd quadrant
b) 453.45 N at 54.34 degrees in the 1st quadrant
c) 523.65 N at 56.43 degrees in the 3rd quadrant
d) 321.45 N at 34.43 degrees in the 4th quadrant
18. A homogeneous ladder 18 ft long and weighing 120 lbs rests against a smooth wall. The
angle between it and the floor and the ladder is 70 degrees. The coefficient of friction
between the floor and the ladder is 0.25. How far up the ladder can a 180 lb man walk
before the ladder slips?
a) 17.6 ft
b) 12.0 ft
c) 14.6 ft
d) 13.2 ft
19. A steel cable is suspended between two supports at the same elevation 500 ft apart.
The load including the weight of the cable is 500 lbs per horizontal foot. Calculate the
total length of the cable if the sag of the cable is not to exceed 30 ft.
a) 513.21 ft
b) 532.34 ft
c) 503.32 ft
d) 504.76 ft
20. A 250 N block is initially at rest on a flat surface that is inclined at 30 degrees. If the
coefficient of static friction is 0.30, find the force (P) required to start the block moving up
the plane.
a) 143.5 N
b) 234.5 N
c) 124.54 N
d) 189.95 N
21. The beam AB in Fig. P-238 supports a load which varies an intensity of 220 N/m to 890
N/m. Calculate the magnitude and position of the resultant load.

a) 3330 N downward at 3.6 m to the left of A.

b) 4330 N downward at 3.6 m to the left of B
c) 3340 N downward at 6.3 m to the left of A
d) 3430 N downward at 6.3 m to the left of B
22. A stone is dropped from a captive balloon at an elevation of 1000 ft (304.8 m). Two
seconds later another stone is thrown vertically upward from the ground with a velocity
of 248 ft/s (75.6 m/s). If g = 32 ft/s2 (9.75 m/s2), when and where the stones pass each
other?
a) t = 5 min; 600 m
 b) t = 5 hrs; 600 ft
c) t = 5 s; 600 ft
d) t = 5 s; 600 m
23. Determine the sag of a flexible wire cable weighing 60 N/m over two frictionless pulleys
100 m apart and carrying one 10 kN weight at each end. Assume the weight of the cable
to be uniformly distributed horizontally. The cable extends 5 m beyond each pulley to the
point they are attached to the weights.
a) 7.2 m
b) 7.4 m
c) 7.6 m
d) 7.8 m
24. The coordinates of two points in space are A (1, 2, 3) and B (4, -1, 2). Determine the
angle between radius vector A and B.
a) 61.20
b) 60.20
c) 62.19
d) 63.19
25. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane following a parabolic path with an initial
velocity of 100 m/s at an angle 30 degrees above the horizontal. How long after will the
ball attains its original vertical level?
a) 8.19 s
b) 9.19 s
c) 10.19 s
d) 11.19 s
26. A shot is fired with an angle of 45 degrees with the horizontal with a velocity of 300 ft/s.
Find the maximum height and range that the projectile can cover, respectively.
a) 800 ft; 1600 ft
b) 923 ft; 3500 ft
c) 700 ft; 2800 ft
d) 1800 ft; 3000 ft
27. A wooden block having a weight of 50 N is placed at a distance of 1.5 m from the center
of a circular platform rotating at a speed of 2 radians per second. Determine the
minimum coefficient of friction of the blocks so that it will not slide. Radius of the circular
platform is 3 m.
a) 0.55
b) 0.58
c) 0.61
d) 0.65
28. The flywheel of a puncher is to be brought to a complete stop in 8 seconds from a speed
of 60 revolutions per minute. Compute the number of turns the flywheel will still make if
its deceleration is uniform.
a) 5 turns
b) 3 turns
c) 4 turns
d) 6 turns
29. A man keeps a 1 kg toy airplane flying horizontally in a circle by holding onto a 1.5 m
long string attached to its wing tip. The string is always in the plane of the circular path. If
the plane flies at 10 m/sec, find the tension in the ring
a) 28 N
b) 15 N
c) 67 N
 d) 18 N
30. A concrete hi-way curve with a radius of 500 ft is banked to give lateral pressure
equivalent to f = 0.15. For what coefficient of friction will skidding impend for a speed of
60 mph?
a) µ > 0.360
b) µ > 0.310
c) µ < 0.310
d) µ < 0.360
31. An automobile travel on a perfectly horizontal, unbanked circular track of radius R. The
coefficient of friction between the tires and track is 0.3. If the car’s velocity is 15 m/s,
what is the smallest radius it may travel without skidding?
a) 68.4 m
b) 69.4 m
c) 71.6 m
d) 76.5 m
32. A body weighing 40 lb starts from rest and slides down a plane at an angle of 30° with
the horizontal for which the coefficient of friction µ = 0.30. How far will it move during the
third second?
a) 19.63 ft
b) 19.33 ft
c) 18.33 ft
d) 19.99 ft
33. An iron column of annular cross section has an outer diameter of 200 mm and is
subjected to a force of 74 kN. Find the thickness of the wall if the allowable compressive
stress is 10 MPa.
a) 12.75 mm
b) 12.57 mm
c) 17.75 mm
d) 15.75 mm
34. A force of 10 N is applied to one end of a 10 inches’ diameter circular rod. Calculate the
stress.
a) 0.20 KPa
b) 0.15 KPa
c) 0.05 KPa
d) 0.10 KPa
35. A steel rod on bridge must be made to withstand a pull of 5000 lbs. Find the diameter of
the rod assuming a factor of safety of 5 and ultimate stress of 64 000 psi.
a) 0.75
b) 0.71
c) 0.84
d) 0.79
36. If the ultimate shear strength of a steel plate is 42 000 psi, what force is necessary to
punch a 0.75-inch diameter hole in a 0.625-inch-thick plate?
a) 63 000
b) 68 800
c) 61 850
d) 66 800
37. Determine the maximum shearing stress in a helical steel spring composed of 20 turns
to 20 mm diameter wire on mean radius of 80 mm when the spring is supporting a load
of 2 kN?
a) 121 Mpa
 b) 130 Mpa
c) 150 Mpa
d) 120 Mpa
38. A hollow shaft has an inner diameter of 0.035 m and an outer diameter of 0.06 m.
Compute for the torque in N-m, if the stress is not to exceed 120 MPa.
a) 4500
b) 4100
c) 4300
d) 4150
39. Compute the nominal shear stress at the surface in MPa for a 40 mm diameter shaft that
transmits 750 kW at 1500 rpm. Axial and bending loads are assumed negligible.
a) 218
b) 312
c) 232
d) 380
40. A hollow bronze shaft of 75 mm outer diameter and 50 mm inner diameter is slipped
over a solid over a solid steel shaft 50 mm in diameter and of the same length as hollow
shaft. The two shafts are then fastened rigidly together at their ends. Determine the
maximum shearing stress developed in the bronze material by end torques of 3 kN-m.
For bronze G=35 GPa; for steel G= 83 GPa
a) 18.11 MPa
b) 12.45 MPa
c) 14.54 MPa
d) 10.56 MPa
41. A simply supported beam 9 meters long carries concentrated loads of 100 kN at every
one third section. Compute the maximum moment of the beam.
a) 450 kN-m
b) 300 kN-m
c) 200 kN-m
d) 150 kN-m
42. Calculate the elongation in a helical steel spring composed of 20 turns of a 35 mm
diameter wire on a mean radius of 100 mm when the spring is supporting a 4 kN load
and G = 83 GPa.
a) 41.11 m
b) 14.11 m
c) 15.11 m
d) 51.11 m
43. What is the tensile load if a ½ “x 4” x 12’ steel tie rod experience an 80 F temperature
decrease from no stress temperature? (Note α = 6.5 x 10^-6 / F)
a) 31200 lb (C)
b) 42400 lb (C)
c) 23000 lb (C)
d) 23400 lb (C)
44. A simply supported beam, 16 m long, carries a uniformly distributed load of 25 kN/m.
Compute for the maximum shear of the beam due to this load.
a) 400 kN
b) 300 kN
c) 200 kN
d) 100 kN
45. A 3-m cantilever beam have a cross section of 40 mm wide by H mm high, carries a
concentrated load of 5 kN at the free end and 3 kN at the center of the beam. Find the
height H if the maximum deflection is not to exceed 15 mm. Use E = 2.5 x 10^9 N/m^2
and neglecting the weight of the beam
a) 350 mm
b) 325 mm
c) 300 mm
d) 275 mm