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.

1. A debt of 100,701.30 is to be paid by 10-end of the year payments.

The first payment begins at the end of the 10th year. Find the yearly
payment if rate of interest is 8%
A. 30,000 C. 32,150
B. 41,501 D. 28,614

2. How many numbers can we get from the digits 0, 1, 3, 4, 8, and 9 that
are greater than 430?
A. 48 C. 51
B. 43 D. 60

3. A 150 g mass hangs at the end of a Hookean spring. When 20 g more is

added to the end of the spring, it stretches 20 cm more. What will be
the period of motion after 20 g is removed?
A. 2.62 sec C. 2.46 sec
B. 0.84 sec D. 0.90 sec

4. A machine costing P1.5M has a salvage value of P600,000 at the end of

its economic life. What is the economic life of this machine if using
the sum-of-the-years-digit method, its book value at the end of 2
years is estimated to be P870,000?
A. 4 C. 6
B. 5 D. 7

5. At how many minutes after 3 PM will the hands of the clock be

perpendicular to each other for the first time?
A. 32.73 min C. 35.11 min
B. 31.27 min D. 36.33 min

6. A regular octagon is to be cut from a square section having a side of

16 cm. Determine the side of the octagon.
A. 4.69 cm C. 6.63 cm
B. 9.37 cm D. 5.33 cm

7. The spread of energy along a wave crest is called:

A. Reflection C. Diffraction
B. Refraction D. Dissipation

8. A poultry farm has only chickens and pigs. When the manager of the
poultry counted the heads of the stock in the farm, the number
totaled up to 200. However, when the number of legs was counted, the
number totaled up to 540. How many chickens were there in the farm?
A. 70 C. 120
B. 130 D. 80

9. Bitoy and Boloy are 500 m apart, Bitoy walks 1 kph faster than Boloy
and tries to catch Boloy. If Boloy walks 3 kph, find the distance
travelled by Bitoy when it catches Boloy.
A. 2 km C. 2.5 km
B. 1.5 km D. 3 km

10. A function is normally distributed with mean value of 8 and standard

deviation of 2. What percentage of the observation is greater than 5?
A. 93.32% C. 85.64%
B. 56.32% D. 72.41%
11. What percentage of the observation is greater than 10?
A. 13.26% C. 12.89%
B. 15.87% D. 18.75%

12. What percentage of the observation will have a value less than 3?
A. 2.38% C. 0.968%
B. 1.256% D. 0.621%

13. A standard cell has an emf “e” of 1.2 volts. If the resistance “r” of
the circuit is increasing at the rate of 0.03 ohm/sec, at what rate
is the current “i” changing at the instant when the resistance is 6
ohms? Assume ohm’s law e=ir.
A. -0.002 amp/sec C. 0.003 amp/sec
B. -0.001 amp/sec D. 0.004 amp/sec

14. You can design a web site in 30 hours. Your friend can design the
same site in 20 hours. How long will it take to design the web site
if you both work together?
A. 12 C. 16
B. 15 D. 18

15. Guide signs are generally ______ in shape.

A. Triangular C. Circle
B. Square D. Rectangular

16. A descending grade of 4.2 intersects an ascending grade of 3% grade

at station 12+125 at elevation 14.2 m. These two grades are to be
connected by a 260 m vertical parabolic curve. A reinforced concrete
culvert pipe with overall diameter of 105 cm is to be constructed
with its top 30 cm below the subgrade. What will be the invert
elevation?
A. 13.15 m C. 15.13 m
B. 2.34 m D. 16.47 m

17. A savings bank offers long-term savings certificate at 7.5% per year,
compounded continuously. If a 10-year certificate costs P1000, what
will be its value at maturity?
A. P2,190 C. P2,711
B. P2,117 D. P2,091

18. Find the area of a piece of land with an irregular boundary as

follows:
Station Offset distance (m)
0+000 5.59
0+015 3.38
0+030 2.30
0+045 3.96
0+060 4.80

A. 222.53 m^2 C. 222.35 m^2

B. 221.75 m^2 D. 221.57 m^2

19. What is the probability of getting at least 1 one in 2 throws of a

dice?
A. 5/6 C. 11/36
B. 5/18 D. 25/36

20. A chord of a circle 0.65m from the center is 1.25m long. What is the
area of the circle?
A. 2.555 m^2 C. 3.672 m^2
B. 6.236 m^2 D. 4.975 m^2
21. A plane flies 465 miles with the wind and 345 miles against the wind
in the same length of time. If the speed of the wind is 20 mph, find
the speed of the plane in still air.
A. 184 mph C. 153 mph
B. 148 mph D. 135 mph

22. The eccentricity of an ellipse having its major axis parallel to the
x-axis and center at the origin is equal to 0.6. The distance between
foci of the ellipse is equal to 12. Compute the distance between
directrices.
A. 16.67 C. 8.34
B. 33.33 D. 25.34

23. Determine the equation of the curve such that the sum of its
distances of any point of the curve from two points whose coordinates
are (-3, 0) and (3, 0) is always equal to 8.
A. 7x^2 + 16y^2 = 112 C. 49x^2 + 16y^2 = 112
B. 16x^2 + 7y^2 = 112 D. 16x^2 + 49y^2 = 112

24. The diameters of two spherical balls are in the ratio 3:4. What is
the ratio of their volumes?
A. 0.4612 C. 0.4941
B. 0.4728 D. 0.4219

25. How large must the coefficient of static friction be between the
tires and the road if the car is to round a level curve at a radius
85 m at a speed of 95 kph?
A. 0.48 C. 0.76
B. 0.84 D. 0.67

26. The number of accidents for 6 years recorded in a certain section of

a highway is 5432. If the average daily traffic is 476, what is the
rate per million entering vehicles?
A. 5211 C. 5411
B. 5311 D. 5511

27. A projectile is fired with an initial speed of 196 m/s at an angle of

30˚ above the horizontal from the top of a cliff 98.0 m high.
Determine the time to reach maximum height.
A. 7 s C. 9 s
B. 8 s D. 10 s

28. A store has three kinds of toys given in every purchase. What is the
probability of getting all three toys in five purchases?
A. 0.3333 C. 0.3456
B. 0.6173 D. 0.6834

29. What is the present worth of two P10,000 payments at the end of the
third year and fourth year if the annual interest rate is 8%?
A. P15,388.6 C. P15,288.6
B. P15,188.6 D. P15,088.6

30. The tires of a truck make 60 revolutions as the truck reduces its
speed from 90 kph to 50 kph. The tires have a diameter of 0.80 m.
What is the angular acceleration of the tires? Hint: v0 = rω0; ωf^2 =
ω0^2 +2αθ
A. -11.52 rad/s^2 C. -11.55 rad/s^2
B. -11.25 rad/s^2 D. -11.22 rad/s^2
31. It is the maximum number of vehicles, which have a reasonable
expectation of passing over a given section of a lane or a roadway in
one direction or in both directions during one hour under prevailing
road and traffic conditions
A. Flow of traffic C. Density
B. Road capacity D. Free flow

32. An existing highway with bearing N 20˚ E is to be connected to

another highway with bearing of N 80˚ E by a 4˚ simple curve. What
length of curve is required?
A. 200 m C. 400 m
B. 300 m D. 500 m

33. The cost for producing x units of the product is given by C(x) = x^2
+ 560x + 1000. Find the approximate cost for producing the fiftieth
unit.
A. 965 C. 569
B. 659 D. 695

34. Applying full brakes at a speed of 60 kph, the car traveled 40 m

until it stopped. Determine the average skid resistance.
A. 0.35 C. 0.55
B. 0.45 D. 0.65

35. Find the partial sum of the given sequence: S_4 if a1 = 6 and r = 5.
A. 936 C. 396
B. 639 D. 369

36. On a Richter scale, the magnitude R of an earthquake of intensity I

is given R = log(I/Io), were Io is a certain minimum intensity. If
intensity of an earthquake is 1000Io, find R.
A. 3 C. 5
B. 7 D. 9

37. The number of accidents for 6 yrs. recorded in a certain section of a

highway is 5432. If the average daily traffic is 476, what is the
accident rate per million entering vehicles?
A. 5211 C. 5002
B. 5106 D. 5010

38. An engineering consultant company must decide between two jobs. The
decision is based on the following information.
Job 1
Probability .2 .8
Outcome loss of Php 30,000 profit of 100,000

Job 2
Probability .4 .6
Outcome loss of Php 10,000 profit of 125,000

Which job has the greater expected profit?

A. Job 2 because it has greater expected profit of Php64,000
B. Job 1 because it has greater expected profit of Php74,000
C. Job 1 because it has greater expected profit of Php67,000
D. Job 2 because it has greater expected profit of Php74,000

39. A dark brown to black cementitious material solid or semi-solid in

consistency, in which the predominating constituent is bitumen which
occur in nature as residue in refining petroleum.
A. Asphalt C. Cut Back
B. Tack Coat D. Cement
40. In many parts of the world, the high waters reach their greatest
height and the low waters at the least height, soon after the time of
full and new moon, this tides are called:
A. Flood tides C. Ebb tides
B. Neap tides D. Spring tides

41. The length of the spiral curve is 82 m and the radius of the central
curve of the spiral curve is 260 m. Compute the length of throw.
A. 4.31 m C. 2.16 m
B. 1.08 m D. 0.54 m

42. A liquor vendor borrowed P2,400 and agreed to pay P3,200 after 60
days. What is the simple interest rate per annum?
A. 30% C. 300%
B. 20% D. 200%

43. A phone costs Php 35,000 and has a salvage value of 10% of its
original price. If it has a useful life of 8 years, find the book
value of the phone in its 4th year using straight line depreciation
method.
A. Php 11,067.97 C. Php 19,250.00
B. Php 12,250.00 D. Php 11,788.68

44. In the previous question, find the book value in its 4th year using
declining balance method.
A. Php 11,067.97 C. Php 19,250.00
B. Php 12,250.00 D. Php 11,788.68

45. In question 43, find the book value in its 4th year using sum of the
years depreciation method.
A. Php 11,067.97 C. Php 19,250.00
B. Php 12,250.00 D. Php 11,788.68

46. In the expression (3x - 4)^12, find the coefficient of the fifth
term.
A. -277136640 C. -1773674496
B. 831409920 D. 1773674496

47. A man avails an educational plan and deposits a certain amount at 5%

annual interest compounded yearly. If after one year the investment
yielded Php 50,000 per year for the next five years, how much did the
man deposit?
A. Php 290,095.64 C. Php 276,281.56
B. Php 216,473.83 D. Php 195,881.54

48. A store has three kinds of toys given in every purchase. What is the
probability of getting all three toys in five purchases?
A. 0.3333 C. 0.3456
B. 0.6173 D. 0.6834

49. Objects A and B with the same mass m = 2 kg undergo a direct central
impact. A is moving to the right with a velocity of 4 m/s and B is
stationary. Determine the velocity of A after impact if the impact is
perfectly elastic.
A. 4 m/s to the left C. 2 m/s to the right
B. 4 m/s to the right D. none of the above

50. The price of houses increases at 10% per year. A house is currently
priced at P8,000,000. After how many years will its price be at least
doubled?
A. 7 C. 10
B. 8 D. 9
51. A survey was conducted by SWS to find out which of the three
presidentiables they liked best. The results indicated that 500 liked
Leni, 470 liked Bongbong, and 430 liked Isko. But of these, 180 liked
both Leni and Isko. 140 liked both Leni and Bongbong. 210 liked both
Bongbong and Isko. Only 60 liked all three presidentiables. How many
liked Leni alone?
A. 260 C. 240
B. 180 D. 100

52. How many liked Bongbong alone?

A. 260 C. 240
B. 180 D. 100

53. How many persons responded to the survey?

A. 910 C. 680
B. 960 D. 930

54. An unsymmetrical parabolic curve has a forward tangent of -8% and

backward tangent of +5%. The length of curve on the left side is 40 m
long while that of the right side is 60 m long. PC is at Sta 6 + 780
and at elevation 110 m. What is the grade of the common tangent?
A. -4.8% C. -2.8%
B. 5.2% D. 7.5%

55. Determine the stationing of the highest point.

A. 5+731.55 C. 6+805.64
B. 7+678.15 D. 8+812.19

56. Determine the elevation at Sta 6+820.

A. 115.34 m C. 126.53 m
B. 110.44 m D. 109.53 m

57. A man planned of building a house. The cost of construction is

P500,000 while annual maintenance cost is estimated at P10,000. If
the interest rate is 6%, what is the capitalized cost of the house?
A. Php 666,000.00 C. Php 666,666.67
B. Php 633,333.33 D. Php 650,000.00

58. What is the equation of the asymptote of the hyperbola x^2/9 – y^2/4
= 1?
A. 2x – 3y = 0 C. 3x – 2y = 0
B. 2x - y = 0 D. 2x + y = 0

59. A point moves on the parabola y = x^2 so that its abscissa increases
at the rate of 3 ft per second. At what rate is the ordinate
increasing when x = 2?
A. 10 ft/s C. 15 ft/s
B. 12 ft/s D. 8 ft/s

60. A company pays its employees an average wage of $3.25 an hour with a
standard deviation of 60 cents. If the wages are approximately
normally distributed, determine the proportion of the workers getting
wages between $2.75 and $3.69 an hour.
A. 0.43401 C. 0.08327
B. 0.56599 D. 0.91673

61. In the previous question, determine the minimum wage of the highest
5%
A. $5.54 C. $5.11
B. $3.92 D. $4.24
62. Find the area of the circle when the rate of change of the area with
respect to a diameter is 4π square feet per foot.
A. 8π C. 16π
B. 4π D. 32π

63. The offset distance of the simple curve from the PT to the tangent
line passing through the PC is equal to 120.20 m. The simple curve
has an angle of intersection of 50˚. Find the radius of the simple
curve.
A. 165.69 m C. 168.25 m
B. 336.49 m D. 331.38 m

64. A rectangular field was measured using a 100 m tape, which was
actually 10 cm too short. The recorded area was 4500 m^2. What is the
true area of the field?
A. 4504.50 m^2 C. 4509.00 m^2
B. 4495.50 m^2 D. 4901.00 m^2

65. AB and CD are two buildings of height H and 40 m, respectively. The

angle of elevation of A from C and D are 30 and 45 ̊, respectively.
Find the height H.
A. 8.07 m C. 54.64 m
B. 94.64 m D. 136.56 m

66. A hemispherical tank having a radius of 2.5 m is filled with water to

a depth of 1.8 m. If a solid sphere having a diameter of 1.8 m is
placed on the bowl, determine how high will the water rise on the
bowl.
A. 0.065 m C. 0.166 m
B. 2.279 m D. 1.272 m

67. Find the time it would take an airplane flying at a speed of 1200 kph
to fly along a great circle route from Manila (14 3
̊ 8’ N, 121 ̊5’ E) to
Moscow (55 4
̊ 5’ N, 37 3
̊ 7’ E).
A. 3.42 hrs C. 6.89 hrs
B. 5.56 hrs D. 7.12 hrs

68. The probability that three men hit a target are 1/6, 1/4, and 1/3,
respectively. Each shoot once at the target. If only one of them hits
the target, find the probability that it was the first man.
A. 6/31 C. 5/72
B. 1/12 D. 3/4

69. A basketball team scored 105 points during a game. There were as many
two point baskets as free throws, and the number of three point
baskets was five less than the number of free throws. Find the number
of three point baskets.
A. 5 C. 10
B. 20 D. 15

70. A gardener has 26 kg of a mixture of a fertilizer and weed killer. If

one kilo of the mixture is replaced by weed killer, the result is a
mixture that is 5% weed killer. What percent of the original mixture
was weed killer?
A. 1.2% C. 3.6%
B. 2.4% D. 4.8%

71. Andrea is twice as old as Rica while Marie is 6 years younger than
Andrea. If Rica’s age four years ago, Andrea’s age now, and Marie’s
age four years from now are added up, the result is 34. What is
Andrea’s present age?
A. 16 C. 10
B. 8 D. 18
72. During a board meeting, each member shakes hands with all other
members. If there were a total of 91 handshakes, how many members
were in the meeting?
A. 7 C. 21
B. 14 D. 28

73. The probability that a skilled archer shoots a bullseye is 0.55. Find
the probability that the archer shoots a bullseye before the 4th try.
A. 0.909 C. 0.680
B. 0.091 D. 1.000

74. A line was measured to have 8 tallies, 6 pins, and 30 links. How long
is the line in feet?
A. 6595.8 ft C. 6955.8 ft
B. 5695.8 ft D. 5596.8 ft

75. Solve for x from the given equation: 81^(x + 2) = 27^(5x + 4)

A. -4/11 C. -9/5
B. -2/9 D. -3/2