JCSF Engineering Review Center Math T 2

MATHEMATICS (Refresher Trivia Examination Math T2)

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by
shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 1 only..

1. What is the value of 1 radian in degrees? 11. How many 3 digit numbers may be formed from the
a) 90 digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 if no digit may be repeated in a
b) 57 given number?
c) 60 a) 90
d) 45 b) 180
2. How many degrees are 4800 mils? c) 45
a) 180o d) 52
b) 315o 12. In how many ways can you line-up 4 marines and 6
c) 90o army soldiers if all the marines must be side by side
d) 270o with each other and the army soldiers are likewise?
3. The secant function is positive in what quadrants? a) 35 460
a) I and III b) 34 560
b) I and IV c) 36 450
c) II and III d) 30 546
d) II and IV 13. A semiconductor company will hire 7 mean and 4
4. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of the women. In how many ways can the company choose
tower to be 30o. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the
finds its angle of elevation to be 60o. What is the positions?
height of the tower? a) 540
a) 76.31 m b) 480
b) 73.31 m c) 680
c) 73.16 m d) 840
d) 73.61 m 14. In a single throw of a pair of dice, what is the
5. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is 6.8284 probability of having a 7 or 11?
units. Compute the area of the triangle in square units. a) ¾
a) 2 b) 1/8
b) 1 c) 2/18
c) 0.5 d) 2/9
d) 4 15. If the area of an equilateral triangle is 9 3 cm2,
6. Solve the value of x in the equation: log x2 – log 5x = determine the perimeter.
log 20.
a) 10 a) 9 2 cm
b) 20 b) 12 cm
c) 2 c) 18 cm
d) 100 d) 18 2 cm
7. A man is three times as old as his son. Five years ago, 16. The area bounded by two concentric circles is said to
he was five times as old as his son was at that time. be known as:
How old is the son? a) Disk
a) 8 b) Annulus
b) 10 c) Ring
c) 12 d) Sector
d) 14 17. The angle that the line of sight to the object, makes
8. Jaime and Allan can do a piece of work in 20 days, with the horizontal, which is above the eye of the
Allan and Raymond in 30 days, Raymond and Jaime observer is called:
in 40 days. If thee three work together, how long will a) Angle of elevation
they be able to finish the job? b) Bearing
a) 18.46 days c) Acute angle
b) 17.46 days d) Angle depression
c) 16.47 days 18. If the volume of the sphere is 35 m3, determine its
d) 14.67 days surface area, in m2.
9. Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. a) 36
Determine the number. b) 24
a) 7 c) 18
b) 5 d) 12
c) 4 19. A metal washer 1 inch in diameter is pierced by ½
d) 6 inch hole. What is the volume of the washer if it is
10. At what time after 3’oclock will the hands of the 1/8 inch thick, in cubic inch?
clock be together? a) 0.028
a) 16.36 minutes b) 0.074
b) 13.66 minutes c) 0.082
c) 16.63 minutes d) 0.047
d) 16.36 minutes 20. The volumes of two spheres are in the ratio of 27:343
and the sum of their radii is 10. Find the radius of the
smaller sphere.
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a) 6 c) 1050 kN-m
b) 5 d) 1510 kN-m
c) 3 31. How far does an automobile move while its speed
d) 4 increases uniformly from 15 kph to 45 kph in 20
21. When a line y = mx + b slopes downwards from left seconds?
to right, the slope m is: a) 185 m
a) Less than zero b) 167 m
b) Greater than zero c) 200 m
c) Equal to zero d) 172 m
d) Equal to 1 32. A mango falls from a branch 5 m above the ground.
22. Find the equation of the directrix of the parabola y2 = With what speed in m/s does it strike the ground?
16x. Assume g = 10 m/s2.
a) x = 8 a) 8 m/s
b) x = - 8 b) 12 m/s
c) x = 4 c) 14 m/s
d) x = - 4 d) 10 m/s
x 2 y2 33. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane
23. Given an ellipse + = 1 . Determine the distance following a parabolic path with an initial velocity of
36 32
100 m/s at an angle of 30o above the horizontal. How
between foci. far from the throwing point will the ball attain its
a) 3 original level?
b) 4 a) 882.8 m
c) 2 b) 828.8 m
d) 8 c) 288.8 m
24. If y = x ln x , find the 2nd derivative with respect to x. d) 888.2 m
1 34. A man expects to receive P20,000.00 in ten years.
a) − How much is that money worth now considering
x2
interest of 6 % compounded quarterly?
1
b) − a) P12,698.65
x b) P11,698.25
1 c) P17,567.95
c)
x d) P15,678.45
1 35. If you borrowed money from your friend with simple
d) interest of 12 %, find the present worth of P50,000.00,
x
25. The depth of water in a cylindrical tank, 4 m in which is due at the end of 7 months.
diameter, is increasing at the rate of 0.7 m/min. Find a) P46,200.00
the rate at which the water is flowing into the tank. b) P44,893.00
a) 8.80 m3/min c) P46,730.00
b) 7.64 m3/min d) P45,789.00
c) 6.12 m3/min 36. An employee obtained a loan of P10,000.00 at the
d) 2.24 m3/min rate of 6 % compounded annually in order to repair a
26. What is the area of the largest rectangle that can be house. How much must he pay monthly to amortize
inscribed in a semi-circle of radius 10? the loan within a period of ten years?
a) 1000 sq. units a) P112.02
b) P110.22
b) 50 sq. units c) P150.55
c) 100 sq. units d) P198.20
d) 2 50 sq. units 37. If money is worth 8 %, determine the present value of
a perpetuity of P1,000.00 payable annually, with the
 ( 2x + 4x ) dx .
1
3
27. Evaluate the first payment due at the end of 4 years.
0
a) P9,272.64
a) 2
b) P9,187.87
b) 4
c) P9,272.46
c) 6
d) P9,178.87
d) 8
38. What is effective rate of 15 % compounded semi-
28. What is the appropriate total area bounded by y =
annually?
sinx and y = 0 over the interval 0  x  2 , where x
a) 15.56 %
is in radians. b) 16.02 %
a) /2 c) 18.78 %
b) 2 d) 15 %
c)  39. What will be the future worth of money after 12
d) 4 months, if the sum of P25,000.00 is interest today at
29. What is the area between y = 0, y = 3x2, x = 0 and x = simple interest rate of 12 % a year?
2? a) P30,000.00
a) 8 b) P29,000.00
b) 24 c) P28,000.00
c) 12 d) P27,000.00
d) 6 40. How much money must you invest today in order to
30. What is the maximum moment of 10 m simple withdraw P2,000.00 annually for 10 years if the
supported beam subjected to a concentrated load of interest rate is 9 %?
500 kN at the mid-span? a) P12,853.32
a) 1250 kN-m b) P12,881.32
b) 1520 kN-m c) P12,385.32
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d) P12,835.32 steam leaves the turbine with specific enthalpy of
41. The force of gravity per unit volume of a substance is 2660 kJ/kg. If heat losses from the turbine are 120
known as: kW. Determine the power output.
a) Density a) 406 kW
b) Weight b) 420 kW
c) Specific weight c) 460 kW
d) Specific gravity d) 640 kW
42. In a thermodynamics process following, pV n = C , 47. A heat engine operates on the Carnot cycle. It produces 50
kW of power while operating between temperature limits of
what is the process if the value of n is infinity? 800 oC and 100 oC. Determine the heat added.
a) Isentropic process a) 66.74 kW
b) Polytropic process b) 64.67 kW
c) Isometric process c) 76.64 kW
d) Isobaric process d) 74.66 kW
43. Air at 21 oCis used to inflate an automobile tire to 48. The most efficient theoretical engine that operates
207 kPag. After being driven, the temperature has between two temperature levels.
risen to 38 oC. What is the resulting pressure if the a) Rankine engine
tire did not stretch? b) Brayton engine
a) 224.828 kPag c) Carnot engine
b) 224.828 kPaa d) Otto engine
c) 326.153 kPag 49. An air-standard Otto cycle has a compression ratio of
d) 236.153 kPag 8 and has air conditions at the beginning of
44. One kilogram of water (cp= 4.2 kJ/kg-oK) is heated compression of 100 kPaa and 25 oC. The heat added
by 300 Btu of energy. What is the change of is 1400 kJ/kg. Determine the thermal efficiency.
temperature, in oK? a) 46.57 %
a) 75.36 oK b) 56.47 %
b) 348.36 oK c) 45.67 %
c) 76.53 oK d) 47.65 %
d) 73.56 oK 50. An air-standard Diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 20
45. A closed rigid container has a volume of 1 m3 and and a cut off ratio of 3. Inlet pressure and temperature are
100 kPaa and 27 oC, respectively. Determine the thermal
holds air at 343 kPaa and 273 oK. Heat is added until
efficiency.
the temperature is 600 oK. Determine the heat added. a) 60.61 %
a) 1033.10 Btu b) 61.60 %
b) 1033.10 kJ c) 50.61 %
c) 1330.10 Btu d) 51.60 %
d) 1330.10 kJ
46. A steam turbine takes in steam, with specific
enthalpy of 3095 kJ/kg, at a rate of 80 kg/min. The

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ANSWERS KEY

1. b
2. d
3. b
4. d
5. a

6. d
7. b
8. a
9. d
10. a

11. a
12. b
13. a
14. d
15. c

16. b
17. a
18. a
19. b
20. c

21. a
22. d
23. b
24. c
25. a

26. c
27. a
28. b
29. a
30. a

31. b
32. d
33. a
34. b
35. c

36. b
37. b
38. a
39. c
40. d

41. c
42. c
43. a
44. a
45. b

46. c
47. c
48. d
49. b
50. a