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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.

NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means exponentation.
Ex. X^2 means x2; (x+y)^(x-z) means
(x+y) raised to the (x-z). Pi=3.1416

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Given a 3-digit number. The sum of the digits is 14. The unit’s digit is half the
ten’s digit. If the digits are reversed, the resulting number is 198 more than the
original number. Find the number.
A. 563 B. 284 C. 842 D. 275

2. An organization has 25 members, 4 of whom are ECE’s. In how many ways can a
committee of 3 be formed so as to include one ECE?
A. 840 B. 128 C. 970 D. 311

3. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock will the hands of the clock be at right angle
for the first time?
A. 4:5.45 B. 4:6.42 C. 4:5.23 D. 4.7.62

4. Seymour is twice as old as Cassandra. If 16 is added to Cassandra's age and 16 is

subtracted from Seymour's age, their ages will then be equal. How old is Seymour
now?
A. 15 years old B. 64 years old C. 26 years old D. 24 years old

5. It takes an airplane one hour and forty-five minutes to travel 500 miles against the
wind and covers the same distance in one hour and fifteen minutes with the wind.
What is the speed of the airplane?
A. 342.85 mph B. 450.50 mph C. 375.50 mph D. 285.75 mph

6. If 3 is subtracted from the numerator of a certain fraction, the value of the

fraction becomes 3/5. If one is subtracted from the denominator of the same
fraction, the value of the fraction becomes 2/3. Find the original fraction.
A. 34/56 B. 36/55 C. 38/56 D. 34/52

7. Solve the equation: log (x − 1) + log (x + 1)=2 log (x +2).

A. -5/4 B. -3/7 C. 2/3 D. -3

8. Once a month a man put some money into the cookie jar. Each month he put 50 centavos
more into the jar than the month before. After 12 years he counted his money; he had
P5436. How much money did he put in the jar in the last month?
A. P 73.50 B. P 75.50 C. P 74.50 D. 72.50

9. In the expansion of (x+4y)^(12), what is the numerical coefficient of the 5th term?
A. 63,360 B. 126,720 C. 506,880 D. 253,440

10. A and B working together can finish painting a house in 6 days.” A” working alone,
can finish it in five days less than B. How long will it take B to do the job alone?
A. 15 B. 10 C. 2 D. 12

11. Sin (B – A) is equal to _____, when B = 270 degrees and A is an acute angle.
A. –cos A B. cos A C. –sin A D. sin A
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12. If sec² A is 5/2, the quantity 1 - sin² A is equivalent to

A. 2.5 B. 1.5 C. 0.4 D. 0.6

13. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30°. He walks 85 m
nearer the tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 60°. What is the height of
the tower?
A. 76.31 m B. 73.16 m C. 73.31 m D. 73.61 m

14. The sides of a scalene triangle are 5, 7 and 10 cm respectively. Determine the
radius of the inscribed circle.
A. 1.48 B. 2.48 C. 4.18 D. 4.28

15. What is the value of angle B of the spherical triangle whose given parts are C =
90°, A = 80°10.5’ and c = 110°46.3’?
A. 142°52.1’ B. 152°52’ C. 148°54.2’ D. 153°58.3’

16. What is the amplitude and period, respectively, of the equation y = 4cos(2θ + 30◦)?
A. 4,180° B. 2,90° C. 2, 60° D. 4, 30°

17. Solve the equation 8sin2θ + 2sinθ − 1 = 0, for π < θ < 3π/2.
A. 330° B. 235° C. 210° D. 200°

18. Two cities 270 mi apart lie on the same meridian. Find their difference in
latitude.
A. 3/44 rad B. 3/34 rad C. 4/33 rad D. 4/43 rad

19. If the sides of the triangle are 2x+3, x2+3x+3, and x2+2x, find the greatest angle.
A. 100 deg. B. 130 deg. C. 120 deg. D. 110 deg

20. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 5,4, and 7. What is the largest angle of
this triangle?
A. 36.3° B. 101.5° C. 136.3° D. 57.7°

21. Identify the graph of the equation x2 +y2 +2x - 2y +2 = 0.

A. circle B. point C. empty set D. hyperbola

22. The curve represented by x=2cosθ, y=3sinθ is:

A. helix B. circle C. ellipse D. spiral

23. Two balls, one 6 cm in diameter and the other 4 cm in diameter are placed in a
cylindrical jar 9 cm in diameter. Find the volume of water necessary to cover them.
A. 234.44 cm3 B. 257.22 cm3 C. 362.33 cm3 D. 262.22 cm3

24. One end of the diameter of the circle (x – 4)2 + y2 = 25 is the point(1, 4). Find
the coordinates of the other end of this diameter.
A. (7, -4) B. (3, 4) C. (-4, 7) D. (-7, 4)

25. A hut has a parabolic cross-section whose height is 30 m. and whose base is 60 m.
wide. If a ceiling 40 m. wide is to be placed inside the hut, how high will it be
above the base?
A. 16.67 m B. 15.48 m C. 14.47 m D. 19.85 m

26. Find the equation of the line parallel to 7x + 2y – 4 = 0 and passing through (-3,
-5).
A. 7x + 2y + 31 = 0 C. 3x – 4y + 7 = 0
B. 2x – 4y – 7 = 0 D. 2x – 7y + 31 = 0
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27. Find the equation of the line normal to the tangent at (4,0) on the curve x 2 + 16y
= 32 – 4x – y2.
A. 2x – 4y = 18 C. 4x – 3y = 12
B. 4x – 3y = 16 D. 4x + 3y = 16

28. Compute the transform equation of the curve xy = 1 by rotating the axes through
45.
A. (x’)2 – (y’)2 = 2 C. (x’)2 – (y’)2 = 4
B. (x’)2 – (y’)2 = 3 D. (x’)2 – (y’)2 = 5

29. What is the equivalent spherical coordinates of a point B having a Cartesian

coordinates of (3,4,5)
A. 5 2,5308 ',45 C. 5 2,2308 ',45
B. 5,53  08 ',25  D. 5,33 08 ', 45 

30. Two secants AC=80m and AE=100m are drawn from a point A outside a circle and
intersecting the circle at B, C and E. The angle between the two secants is 25°.
Find the area of the quadrilateral ECBD inscribed in a circle if AB=40m long.
A. 1240 m2 B. 1024 m2 C. 1420 m2 D. 2140 m2

31. Find the second derivative of the function y = 5x cubed + 2x + 1.

A. 2x B. x C. 30x D. 24x

32. Find the 10th derivative of the function f(x)=x10-14x7+3x2-x+2.

A. 0 B. 10!x C. 10! D. x/10!

33. Find the average value of 1/x on [3, 5].

A. 0.51 B. 0.551 C. 0.255 D. 0.125

34. The charge that passes through a wire after t seconds is given by the function Q(t)
= t3− 2t2 + 5t + 2. Determine the current at the end after 3 seconds.
A. 20 amperes B. 9 amperes C. 16 amperes D. 6 amperes

35. Find the slope of the curve y = 2 (1 + 3x )2 at po int (1,32 )

A. 12 B. 11 C. 10 D. 48

36. A 5-lb monkey is attached to the end of a 30-ft hanging rope that weighs 0.2 Ib/ft.
The monkey climbs the rope to the top. How much work has it done?
A. 550 ft-lb B. 625 ft-lb C. 450 ft-lb D. 240 ft-lb

37. The top of a 32 m ladder leans on a vertical wall. The foot of the ladder is being
pushed toward the wall at the rate of 2 in/min. At what distance from the bottom of
the wall is the top of the ladder rising at the rate of 3 in/min?
A. 15.10 m B. 15.50 m C. 17.75 m D. 2.43 m

38. A kite is flying 100 ft above the ground, moving in a strictly horizontal direction
at a rate of 10ft/sec. How fast is the angle between the string and horizontal
changing when there is 300 ft of string out?
A. 1/85 rad/s B. 1/120 rad/s C. 2/pi deg/s D. 1/pi deg/s

39. A man 1.8 m tall is walking at the rate of 1.2 m/s away from a lamp post 6.7 m
high. At what rate is the tip of his shadow receding from the lamp post?
A. 2.16 m/s B. 1.83 m/s C. 1.64 m/s D. 1.78 m/s
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40. The lower edge of a mural, 12 ft high, is 6 ft above an observer’s eye. Under the
assumption that the most favorable view is obtained when the angle subtended by the
mural at the eye is a maximum, at what distance from the wall should the observer
stand?
A. 8.48 ft B. 10.4 ft C. 15.5 ft D. 12.7 ft

41. If y = x^(3/2) what is the approximate change in y when x changes from 9 to 9.01?
A. 0.045 B. 0.035 C. 0.085 D. 0.025

42. Find the area bounded by the hyperbola xy = a^2, the x-axis, and the two
coordinates x = a, x = na?
A. a^2 ln n B. a ln n C. (ln n)/a D. (ln n)/a^2

43. Evaluate the integral cos8 3A dA from 0 to pi/6.

A. 23pi/765 B. 12pi/81 C. 27pi/363 D. 35pi/768

44. Find the area of the region above the x-axis bounded by y = x2 – 5x +6, the x-axis,
and the vertical lines x= 0 and x = 4.
A. 23/5 B. 17/3 C. 32/17 D. 13/4

45. Find the volume of the solid of revolution formed by rotating the region bounded by
the parabola y=x2 and the lines y=0 and x=2 about the x axis.
A. 25.01 cu. units C. 20.11 cu. Units
B. 15.50 cu. Units D. 30.14 cu. Units

46. Determine the volume generated by rotating the curve 4x2 + 9y2 = 36 about the line
that is tangent to it at (9/5, 8/5).
A. 364.83 B. 463.38 C. 264.83 D. 285.23

47. Find the moment of inertia of the area bounded by the curve x2 = 4y, the line y = 1
and the y-axis on the first quadrant with respect to the y-axis.
A. 25.6 B. 1.7 C. 26.5 D. 1.07

48. Find the surface area generated by rotating the first quadrant portion of the curve
x2 = 16 – 8y about the x – axis.
A. 36.57 B. 61.27 C. 43.56 D. 39.77

49. The general solution of the differential equation dy/dx = y is a family of:
a. straight line c. ellipse
b. parabola d. none of these

50. The initial value problem, d2x/dt2 +5dx/dt +6x = 0 x(0)=0 is

a. C1-C2=0 b. C1=0 c. C1+C2=0 d. C2=0

51. Determine the differential equation of the family of circles with center on the y
axis.
a. (y’’’)3-xy’’+y’=0 c. xy’’-(y’)3-y’=0
b. y’’-xyy’=0 d. (y’)3+(y’’)2+xy=0
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52. Find the equation of the curve which passes through points (1,4) and (0,2) if
d2y/dx2 = 1.
a. 4y=2x2+3x+4 c. 5y=x2+3x+4
b. 2y=x2+3x+4 d. 3y=x2+x+4

53. Find the general solution of y’’-3y’+2y = 0

a. y=C1e^(2x) + C2e^x c. y=C1e^(2x) + C2e^(-x)
b. y=C1e^(3x) + C2e^x d. y=C1e^(-2x) + C2e^x

54. A 10 ohms resistance R and a 1.0 henry inductance L are in series. An AC voltage
e(t) = 100sin 377t is applied across the series circuit. The applicable differential
equation is:
di
Ri + L = e (t )
dt
Solve for the particular solution (without the complimentary solution) to the
differential equation, and determine the amplitude of the resulting sinusoidal
current i(t).
A. 0.265 ampere C. 0.292 ampere
B. 0.321 ampere D. 0.241 ampere

55. The half – life of radium is 1690 years. If 10 per cent of an original quantity of
radium remains, how long ago was the radium created?
A. 5641 B. 5614 C. 5461 D. 5416

56. When a condenser is discharging electricity, the rate at which the voltage V
decreases is proportional to V. If the decay constant is K = -0.025, per second, how
long does it take before V has decreased to one – quarter of its initial value?
A. 53.5 B. 55.4 C. 56.2 D. 54.6

57. Solve the integrating factor of (y') tan x = sec x -y .

A. sec x B. csc x C. cos x D. sin x

58. Find the equation of the family of orthogonal trajectories of the parabolas
y^2=2x+C.
a. y=ke^(-2x) c. y=ke^(x)
b. y=ke^(2x) d. y=ke^(-x)

59. Determine the Wronskian of the given second order D.E.: y ''+ y = tanx
A. -5 B. 1 C. 2 D. 5

60. Determine the Wronskian of 1, e3x, e-3x.

A. 45 B. 62 C. 54 D. 44

61. Find a power series representation for cosh x.

 n  4n  3n  2n

A.  x B.  x C.  x D.  x
n!
n=0 4n!
n=0 3n!
n=0 2n!
n=0

62. Evaluate 12 + 22 + 32 + 42 + ..... + n 2

n ( n + 1)( 2 n + 3 ) n ( n +1)( 2 n +1)
A. 6
C. 6
2
n ( n + 1)( 2 n + 3 ) n 2
( n +1)
B. 3
D. 4
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63. Determine the Divergence of the vector:

( )
V = i x 2 y + j ( − xy ) + k ( xyz ) at coordinates (3, 2, 1).
A. 7.00 C. 11.00
B. 9.00 D. 15.00

64. Find the value of x that satisfies the following equation: (2x-j5y) + 3(y+jx) = 8-j
a. 2 b. 4 c. 1 d. 3

65. Simplify j^1940 + j^1969 + j^2009

a. j3 b. 1 c. 1+j2 d. j2

66. Determine the principal root of the cube root of negative one.
a. 0.333 + j 0.333 c. 1+ jpi/3
b. 0.5 + j0.866 d. 1 + j0.5

67. The z transform of the signal {0,0,1,2,4} is

a. z-2+ z-3+4z-4 c. z-2+2z-3+2z-4
b. z-2+2z-3+4z-4 d. z-2+2z-3+z-4

68. Determine the modulus and argument, respectively, of the complex number Z = 2+j3.
A. 5.202, 65.23° C. 5.404, 56.34°
B.3.606, 56.31° D. 2,3

69. In a certain assembly plant, three machines, B1, B2, and P3, make 30%:, 45%, and
25%, respectively, of the products. It is known from past, experience that 2%, 3%,
and 2% of the products made by each machine, respectively, are defective. Now,
suppose that a finished product is randomly selected. What is the probability that
if is defective?
A. 0.0225 B. 0.0215 C. 0.0275 D. 0.0245

70. A sample of 5 is to be chosen from a batch of 6 resistors and 9 transistors. If

the selection is made randomly, what is the probability that the sample consists of
3 resistors and 2 transistors?
A. 240/1001 B. 340/1001 C. 440/1001 D. 540/1001

71. Find the standard deviation of 4, 7, 8, 9, and 2.

A. 2.61 B. 2.41 C. 2.81 D. 2.31

72. The number of homerun a certain football team hit in 8 consecutive games were 2, 3,
0, 3, 4, 1, 3, 0. Calculate the mean, median and mode respectively.
A. 2, 2, 3 C. 2.5, 2, 3.5
B. 2, 2.5, 3 D. 2.5, 3, 3.5

73. Find the variance of the sample of observation 2, 5, 7, 9, 12.

A. 14.91 B. 3.41 C. 11.6 D. 5.27

74. Let the random variable X represent the number of defective parts for a machine
when 3 parts are sampled from a production line and tested. The following is the
probability distribution of X,
X 0 1 2 3
F(X) 0.51 0.38 0.10 0.01

Calculate the variance.

A. 0.5979 B. 0.6979 C. 0.4979 D. 0.2979
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75. Studies have shown a particular television commercial is understood by a 25% of pre
school pupils and 80% of grade school pupils. If a television advertising agency
randomly selected one preschooler and one grade-schooler, what is the probability
neither child would understand the commercial, assuming the children reaction’s are
independent?
A. 0.15 B. 0.25 C. 0.50 D. 0.12

76. Ten books consisting of 5 mathematics books, 3 physics books, and 2 chemistry books
are placed in a bookcase at random. What is the probability that the books of each
kind are all together?
A. 1/420 B. 3/512 C. 2/241 D. 5/246

77. If the probability that a basketball player sinks the basket at 3-point range is
2/5, determine the probability of shooting 5 out of 8 attempts.
A. 12.4% B. 10.4% C. 25.4% D. 16.8%

78. In a gambling game a man is paid P5 if he gets all heads or all tails when three
coins are tossed, and he will pay out P3 if one head show. What is his expected
gain?
A. -1 B. -2 C. 1/8 D. 3/8

79. Find the 30th term of an A.P. 4,7,10,...

A. 91 B. 90 C. 88 D. 75

80. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second layer,
55 bricks in the third layer and so until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How
many bricks are there together?
A. 638 B. 637 C. 640 D. 639

81. In a certain group of consumers, each one may drink beer, and/or brandy, and/or
whisky, or all. Also, 155 drink brandy, 173 drink beer, 153 drink whisky, 53 drink
beer and brandy, 79 drink beer and whisky, 66 drink brandy and whisky. 21 of them
brink beer, brandy and whisky. How many are there in the group?
A. 302 B. 303 C. 304 D. 305

82. An arithmetic progression starts with 1, has 9 terms and the middle term is 21.
Determine the sum of the first 9 terms.
A. 190 B. 199 C. 168 D. 189

83. The Number 28,x+2, 112 form a G.P. What is the 10th term?
A. 14336 B. 15433 C. 14875 D. 15475

84. In how many ways can a party of 6 people be seated on a row of 6 seats if a
certain 2 refuse to sit next to each other?
A. 240 ways B. 480 ways C. 180 ways D. 320 ways

85. In a class of 50 students, 18 take music, 26 take art, and 2 take both art and
music. How many students in the class are not enrolled in either music or art?
A. 6 B. 8 C. 16 D. 24

86. The Pentagon building in Washington, D.C., is shaped like a regular pentagon. If
the length of one side of the Pentagon is represented by n + 2, its perimeter would
be represented
A. 5n + 10 C. n + 10
B. 5n + 2 D. 10n
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87. A telephone number consists of 7 digits. How many different telephone numbers if
each digit appears only once in the number?
A. 10!/3! B. 107 C. 10! D. 710

88. The ratio of three numbers is 2:5:7. If 7 is subtracted from the second, the
resulting numbers form an arithmetic progression. Determine the smallest of the
three numbers.
A. 28 B. 15 C. 21 D. 18

89. How many answer patterns are there in a standard multiple choice exam with 10
items?
A. 2,405,657 B. 1,048,576 C. 1,230,872 D. 2,251,200

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90. Find the term involving x^5 of  x +  .
 2x 
A. (2/9)x^5 B. (7/2)x^5 C. 34x^5 D. 11x^5

91. Express as a single logarithm –loga x + 6loga(x – 1) + 3loga x2.

A. a log x5(x – 1)4 C. loga x5(x – 1)6
B. loga (x – 1)5 D. all of these

92. In building a suspension bridge a cable is to be stretched from the top of a pier to a point
852.6 ft from its foot. If from this point the angle of elevation of the top of the pier is
27.60 degrees, assuming a straight cable, what length would be required.
a. 678.3 ft b. 719.9 ft c. 811.3 ft d. 962.3 ft

93. Find the length of the side of a regular pentagon inscribed in a circle of radius 10 cm.
A. 12.98 B. 12.25 C. 11.76 D. 11.13

94. A two sides of a parallelogram are 22m.and 12m.respectively and one diagonal is 28m long.
Find the length of the other diagonal.
A. 13.87 B. 17.67 C. 21.73 D. 24.87

95. How far is the center of the circle x2+y2-10x-24y+25=0 from the line y=-2?
A. 10 B. 14 C. 12 D. 16

96. Find an equation for the hyperbola with foci at (1, 3) and (9, 3), and eccentricity 2.
A. x2 – 3y2 – 30x + 6y + 54 =0 C. x2 – y2 – 30x + 6y + 54 =0
2 2
B. 3x – y – 30x + 6y + 54 = 0 D. 3x2 – y2 – 6x + 30y + 54 =0

97. A curve has an equation of x2=Cy+d. The length of the latus rectum is 4 and the vertex is at
(0,2). Compute the value of C and d.
A. 4, -8 B. 6, -2 C. 2, -5 D. 3, -7

98. Find the equation of the diameter of a parabola y2=64x which bisects chords parallel to the
line 2x – 3y =6.
A. y – 50 = 0 B. y – 49 = 0 C. y – 48 = 0 D. y – 47 = 0

99. Two legs of a right triangle are 70cm. If one leg grows at the rate of 5cm/min and the other
shrinks at the rate of 5cm/min, how fast is the hypotenuse of the triangle changing 2 minutes
later?
A. 2.5 cm/min B. 2.1 cm/min C. 1.5 cm/min D. 1.0 cm/min

100. An 1800-gallon tank of water drains from the bottom in 30 minutes. According to Torricelli’s
law, the volume of water remaining in the tank after t minutes is V=1800(1-(t/30))^2, 0<t<30.
How fast is the water draining from the tank after 20 minutes?
A. 25 gallons/min B. 35 gallons/min C. 40 gallons/min D. 60 gallons/mi
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