PEB ENGINEERING REVIEW

Bacolod City

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Registered Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination

August 2024 08:00 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.
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MATHEMATICS PREBOARD 1

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. 2 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What is the area bounded by the parabola x² = 4ay, y = a and the y-axis?
a) 4a²/3 b) 2a²/3 c) 3a²/2 d) 3a²/4

2. A tetrahedron is a triangular pyramid whose 4 equal faces (surfaces) are each an

equilateral triangle. What is the volume of such a solid whose edges are equal to 10 cm?
a) 117.85 cu. cm. b) 123.74 cu. cm. c) 111.27 cu. cm. d) 117.27 cu. cm.

3. At what time after one o’clock will the hands of the clock coincide for the first time?
a) 1:05:27 b) 1:06:27 c) 1:07:27 d) 1:04:27

4. A spherical balloon is being inflated with r = (cube root of )t as t is greater than zero
and t is less than or equal to 10. Find the rate of change of volume in cubic cm at t = 8.
a) 24π b) 12π c) 48π d) 36π

5. The sum of interior angles if a polygon is 1080°. Find the number of sides.
a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 5

6. 12 oz of chocolate is added to 10 oz of flavoring is equivalent to ________.

a) 1 lb and 8 oz b) 1 lb and 6 oz c) 1 lb and 4 oz d) 1 lb and 10 oz

7. Find y” for the equation x^3 - 3xy + y^3 = 1.

a) -4xy/[y^2 - x)^3] c) -2xy/(y^2 + x^3)
b) 2(1 + y)/[(1 + x)^2] d) 2(1 + x)/[(1 + y)^2]

8. The towers of a 60 meter parabolic suspension bridge are 12 m high and the lowest point of
the cable is 3 m above the roadway. Find the vertical distance from the roadway to the cable
at 15 m from the center.
a) 5.25 m b) 5 m c) 4.50 m d) 3 m

9. A clerk at the Dior Department Store receives $15 in change for her cash drawer at the
start of each day. She receives twice as many dimes as fifty-cent pieces, and the same number
of quarter as dimes. She has twice as many nickels as dimes and a dollar’s worth of pennies.
How many are dimes?
a) 20 b) 40 c) 10 d) 30

10. A’s probability of hitting a target is 1/3 while B has a probability of 1/5 of hitting
the same target. What is the probability that they both hit the target?
a) 8/15 b) 7/15 c) 1/15 d) 2/3

11. A certain radoiactive substance has a half-life of 3 years. If 10 grams are present
initially, how much of the substance remain after 9 years?
a) 2.50g b) 5.2g c) 1.25g d) 10.20g

12. Solve the differential equation: x(y + 1)dx + (x² - 1)dy = 0. If y = 2 when x = 2,
determine y when x = 4.
a) 0.342 b) 0.376 c) 0.282 d) 0.311

13. Evaluate: (1 + i)^10.

a) 16i b) 32i c) -32i d) -16i

14. The towers of a 60 meter parabolic suspension bridge are 12 m high and the lowest point
of the cable is 3 m above the roadway. Find the vertical distance from roadway to the cable
at 15 m from the center.
a) 5.75 m b) 6.00 m c) 5.50 m d) 5.25 m

15. Evaluate d/dx (1/x^6).

a) 6x^-7 b) -6x^-6 c) -6x^-7 d) 6x^-6

16. With a throw of 3 dice, what is the probability of getting a 9 or 11?

a) 56/216 b) 54/216 c) 50/216 d) 52/216
17. A florist wishes to make bouquets of mixed spring flowers. Each bouquet is to be made up
of chrysanthemum (or mums) at Php 30 a bunnch and roses at Php 21 a bunch. How many bundles
of mums should she use to make 15 bunches which she can sell for Php 24 a bunch?
a) 9 b) 5 c) 6 d) 10

18. Through the point (3, 3), determine the equation of the line making an angle of 30° with
the y-axis.
a) y - 3 = 1.732(x - 3) c) y - 3 = 1.428(x - 3)
b) y - 3 = 1.192(x - 3) d) y - 3 = 1.000(x - 3)

19. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine its area.

a) 400 sq. in. b) 280 sq. in. c) 360 sq. in. d) 320 sq. in.

20. The clerk at the Dior Department Store receives $15 in change for her cash drawer at the
start of each day. She receives twice as many dimes as fifty-cent pieces, and the same number
of quarter as dimes. She has twice as many nickels as dimes and a dollar’s worth of pennies.
How many are dimes?
a) 30 b) 10 c) 40 d) 20

21. Find the distance between the line x + y = 2 and a given point (1/2, 1/3).
a) (-12//7)√2 b) (5/6)√2 c) (6/5)√2 d) (-7/12)√2

22. How many numbers between 10 and 200 are exactly divisible by 7? Find their sum.
a) 26 numbers; S = 2835 c) 27 numbers; S = 2835
b) 26 numbers; S = 2830 d) 28 numbers; S = 2840

23. What is the value of √(-10) x √(-7)?

a) (-√70) b) √70 c) (-√70 i) d) √70 i

24. Find the coordinates of the trisection points of the line segment joining P and Q where P
= -6i + 3j and Q = 3i + 6j.
a) (-3, 3), (0, 5) c) (-3, 4), (0, 5)
b) (-3, 4), (0, -5) d) (-3, 3), (0, -5)

25. Find the Inverse Laplace Transform of: I(s) = 10(2s + 5)/(s² + 3s + 2) and i(t) when t =
0.1 sec.
a) 18.96 b) 20.40 c) 19.07 d) 21.23

26. Find the area bounded by the curve y = 2 over (x - 3) and the lines y = 0, x = 4 and x =
5.
a) 4ln2 b) 2ln4 c) (1/2)ln4 d) ln 4

27. Find the length of the common chord of the curves x² + y² = 64 and x² + y² - 16x = 0.
a) 13.86 b) 22.64 c) 20.46 d) 15.53

28. Evaluate the double integral of xy dx dy, when the limits of x = 0 and 1, and the limits
of y = 1 and 2.
a) 0 b) 3/4 c) 1 d) 1/4

29. A bicycle with 20-inch wheels is traveling down a road at 15mi/h. Find the angular
velocity of the wheel in revolutions per minute.
a) 252 b) 342 c) 180 d) 190

30. If a DC generator has an EMF of “E” volts and has an internals resistance of “r” ohms,
what external resistance “R” will consume the most power?
a) R = 0.5 b) R = r c) R = 0.5r d) R = 2r

31. A 10-ohm resistance R and a 1.0-Henry inductance L are in series. An AC voltage e(t) =
100 sin 377t is applied across the series circuit. The applicable differential equation is Ri
+ L(di/dt) = e(t). Solve for the particular solution, determine the amplitude of the
resulting sinusoidal current i(t).
a) 0.292 A b) 0.241 A c) 0.321 A d) 0.265 A

32. A stack of bricks has 61 in bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks in the
third layer, and so on until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How many bricks are there
all together?
a) 638 b) 640 c) 639 d) 637

33. Find the area of the curve: r = a(1 - sin θ).

a) (1/2)πa^2 b) (3/2)πa^2 c) (4/3)πa^2 d) (2/3)πa^2

34. Find the average rate of change of the area of a square with respect to its side x as x
changes from 4 to 7.
a) 8 b) 11 c) 6 d) 21

35. What percentage of the volume of a cone is the maximum volume of a right circular
cylinder that can be inscribed in it?
a) 24% b) 34% c) 44% d) 54%

36. Find the equation of the straight line which passes through the point (6, -3) and with an
angle of inclination of 45 degrees.
 a) x + y = 3 b) 4x - y = 27 c) x - 2y = 12 d) x - y = 9

37. Determine the radius of the sphere whose equation is: x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - 2x + 8y + 16z +
65 = 0.
a) 3 units b) 5 units c) 4 units d) 6 units

38. The angle of a sector is 30 degrees and the radius is 15 cm. What is the area of a
sector?
a) 59.8 sq.cm. b) 58.9 sq.cm. c) 89.5 sq.cm. d) 85.9 sq.cm.

39. The probability of getting a spade and a face card (Jack, Queen, and King) in an ordinary
deck of 52 cards, is
a) 3/52 b) 1/52 c) 1/49 d) 3/39

40. Find the 12th term of a (sub i) = (1 - i)^3.

a) -1331 b) -1311 c) 1331 d) 1311

41. Evaluate the integral of [(sinhx)^3][(cosh x)^2]dx.

a) 1/5 (coshx)^5 - 1/3 (cosh x)^3 + C c) 1/4 cosh 4x - 1/2 cosh 2x + C
b) (coshx)^5 - (cosh x)^3 + C d) (coshx)^4 - (cosh x)^2 + C

42. Calculate the eccentricity of an ellipse whose major axis and latus rectum has lengths of
10 and 32/5, respectively.
a) 0.4 b) 0.5 c) 0.8 d) 0.6

43. A circle with radius of 10 cm is revolved about a line tangent to it. Find the volume
generated.
a) 12,250 cm³ b) 17,834 cm³ c) 19,739 cm³ d) 18,235 cm³

44. What is the equation of the line, in the xy plane, passing through the point (6, 4) and
parallel to the line with parametric equations x = 5t + 4 and y = t - 7?
a) 5y - x = 14 b) 5x - 6 = 26 c) 5y - 4x = -4 d) 5x - 4y = 14

45. Solve for x in the equation: 3^x + 9^x = 27^x.

a) 0.438 b) 0.460 c) 0.416 d) 0.482

46. There are 8 different colors, 3 of which are red, blue, and green. In how many ways can 5
colors be selected out of the 8 colors if red and blue are always included but green is
excluded?
a) 12 b) 11 c) 10 d) 9

47. Evaluate the Inverse Laplace Transform of 6 over (s^2 + 4).

a) 3cosh2t b) 3sin2t c) 3sinh2t d) 3cos2t

48. A freight train starts from Los Angeles and heads for Chicago at 40 mph. Two hours later
a passenger train leaves the same station for Chicago traveling at 60 mph. How long will it
be before the passenger train overtakes the freight train?
a) 3 hrs b) 5 hrs c) 4 hrs d) 6 hrs

49. If the equation of the directrix of the parabola is x - 5 = 0 and its focus is at (1, 0),
find the length of its latus rectum.
a) 6 b) 8 c) 10 d) 12

50. Determine the sum of the positive-valued solutions to the simultaneous equations: xy =
15, yz = 35, zx = 21.
a) 13 b) 19 c) 17 d) 15

51. A hemispherical tank with a diameter of 8 ft is full of water. Find the work done in ft-
lb in pumping all the liquid out of the top of the tank.
a) 15,246 b) 12,546 c) 10,628 d) 16,210

52. Given the triangle with sides 10 cm, 16 cm and 18 cm. Find the area of the triangle in
square centimeters.
a) 79.6 b) 84.0 c) 81.2 d) 80.5

53. What is the value of x in Arctan 3x + Arctan 2x = 45 degrees?

a) 1 b) -1 c) -1/6 d) 1/6

54. Find the value of: sin (arc cos 15/17).

a) 17/9 b) 8/17 c) 8/9 d) 8/21

55. If x = 3t - 1, y = 1 - 3t^2, find d^2y/dx^2.

a) -2/3 b) -1/3 c) -1 d) -4/3

56. A question was lost in which 600 persons had voted; the same persons having voted again
on the same question, it was carried by twice as many as it was before lost by; and the new
majority was to the former as 8:7. How many changed their minds?
a) 200 b) 250 c) 125 d) 150

57. Determine csc (nπ) divided by nπ as n approaches to zero.

a) indeterminate b) 1 c) infinity d) 0
58. Evaluate: ʃsinh² x dx, from x = 0 to x = 1.
a) 0.40672 b) 0.04672 c) 0.46072 d) 0.46702

59. A farmer has enough money to build only 100 meter of fence. What are the dimensions of
the field he can enclose the maximum area?
a) 22.5 m x 27.5 m b) 15 m x 35 m c) 20 m x 30 m d) 25 m x 25 m

60. Simplify 1/(cscx + cotx) + 1/(csc x - cot x).

a) 2cos x b) 2 sec x c) 2 csc x d) 2 sin x

61. Suppose that a dam is shaped like a trapezoid with a height 100 feet, 300 feet long at
the top and 200 feet long at the bottom. When the water level behind the dam level is with
its top, what is the total force that the water exerts on the dam?
a) 84,600 tons b) 24,600 tons c) 42,600 tons d) 36,400 tons

62. A tank with a cross-sectional shape of an equilateral triangle has dimensions of 4 m on

all three sides. What is the water level if the tank is 50% full by volume? The tank vertex
points up.
a) 1.0 m from the bottom c) 1.7 m from the bottom
b) 1.2 m from the bottom d) 2.2 m from the bottom

63. In an arithmetic series, the terms of the series are equally spread out. For example, in
1 + 5 + 9 + 13 + 17, consecutive terms are 4 apart. If the first term in an arithmetic series
is 3, the last term is 136, and the sum is 1,390, what are the first 3 terms?
a) 3, 36, 69 b) 3, 10, 17 c) 3, 23, 43 d) 3, 69.5, 136

64. If the volume of a regular tetrahedron is 85.92 cm³, compute its surface area.
a) 140.30 cm² b) 120.10 cm² c) 150.40 cm² d) 130.20 cm²

65. Given the Fourier Series in cosine form, f(t) = 10 cos 40πt + 2 cos 80πt. What is f(1)?
a) 8 b) -12 c) 3.25 d) 12

66. If f(x) = 2x^2 + 2x + 4, what is f(2)?

a) x^2 + x + 2 b) 16 c) 4x + 2 d) 8

67. Find the sum of infinite geometric series: Ʃ[(-0.2)^n], from n = 2 to infinity.
a) 1/60 b) 1/30 c) 1/45 d) 1/15

68. The height (in feet) at any time t (in seconds) of a projectile thrown vertically is h(t)
= 16t² + 256t. What is the rate of h changing when t = 6 seconds?
a) 960 b) 128 c) 160 d) 64

69. The equations for two lines are 3y - 2x = 6 and 3x + ky = -7. For what value of k will
the two lines be parallel?
a) -9/2 b) 9/2 c) -7/3 d) 7/3

70. Evaluate: sinh (5 + j5).

a) 71.16 - j21.05 b) 21.05 + j71.16 c) 21.05 - j71.16 d) 71.16 + j21.05

71. Given the equations: x + y + z = 2; 3x - y - 2z = 4, and 5x - 2y + 3z = -7. Solve for y

by determinants.
a) 1 b) -2 c) 0 d) 3

72. There are four balls of different colors. Two balls are taken at a time and arranged in a
definite order. For example, if a white and a red ball are take, one definite arrangement is
white first, red second, and another arrangement is red first, white second. How many such
arrangement are possible?
a) 24 b) 12 c) 36 d) 6

73. The Laplace Transform of cos ωt is:

a) ω /(s+ ω) b) s/(s + ω) c) s/(s^2 + ω ^2) d) ω /(s^2 + ω ^2)
74. Mr. Manuel makes a business trip from his house to Laguna in 2 hours. One hour later, he
returns home in a traffic at a rate of 20 kph less than his rate going. If Mr. Manuel is gone
a total of 6 hours, what was his rate going to Laguna?
a) 30 kph b) 40 kph c) 50 kph d) 60 kph

75. Solve for the differential equation: d²x/dt² + 4x = 0. With initial condition, x(0) = 10
and x’(0) = 0.
a) x(t) = 10 sin 2t c) x(t) = 10 cos 2t + 10 sin 2t
b) x(t) = 10 cos 2t d) x(t) = 10 cos t + 10 sin t

76. Find the equation of the normal line to x^2 + y^2 at the point (2, 1).
a) 4x - 3y = 0 b) x - 2y = 0 c) x + y = 0 d) x - y = 0

77. Which is identically equal to (sec A + tan A)?

a) 1/(sec A - tan A) c) 2/(1 - tan A)
b) csc (A + 1) d) csc (A - 1)
78. Solve the inequality, expressing the solution in terms of interval: -4 ≤ (2x - 1)/3 ≤ 4.
a) {x|-9/2 ≤ x ≤ 9/2} c) {x|-7/2 ≤ x ≤ 7/2}
b) {x|-11/2 ≤ x ≤ 11/2} d) {x|-2/3 ≤ x ≤ 2/3}

79. A tangent to a conic section is a line

a) which is parallel to the normal
b) which touches the conic at only one point
c) which passes inside the conic
d) all of the above

80. A survey of 500 television viewers produced the following results: 285 watch football
games; 195 watch hockey games; 115 watch basketball games; 45 watch football and basketball
games; 70 watch football and hockey games; 50 watch hockey and basketball games; 50 do not
watch any of the three games. How many watch football games only?
a) 160 b) 190 c) 200 d) 230

81. Integrating 1/(3x + 4) with respect to x and evaluate the result from x = 0 and x = 2
gives?
a) 0.252 b) 0.278 c) 0.305 d) 0.336

82. For what value of k will the line kx + 5y = 2k have slope 3?

a) 5 b) -15 c) 15 d) -5

83. The acute angle between the two planes 3x + 4y = 0 and 4x - 7y + 4x - 6 = 0 is:
a) 82.5° b) 69.2° c) 64.8° d) 70.5°

84. Ben is two years away from being twice Ellen’s age. The sum of twice Ben’s age and thrice
Ellen’s age is 66. Find Ben’s age now.
a) 19 b) 20 c) 18 d) 21

85. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger
starts the same course at 10 kph. How long will it take the second jogger to catch the first?
a) 22 min. b) 21 min. c) 20 min. d) 18 min.

86. Find the center of curvature of the curve x^3 + y^3 = 4xy at the point (2, 2).
a) (7//4, 7/4) b) (1/3, 3/4) c) (-1/3, -1/4) d) (1/3, 1/4)

87. The rotating beacon of a lighthouse makes 0.2 revolution per second. The nearest at point
P along the straight shoreline from the beacon is 200 ft. What is the rate of change, in
ft/min, that the ray of light makes along the shore at a point 100 ft from P?
a) 200π b) 100π c) 125π d) 150π

88. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the amount at any instant. In 100 years, 100
milligram of Radium decomposes to 96 mg. How many milligram will be left after 100 years?
a) 92.16 b) 95.32 c) 88.60 d) 90.72

89. What is the number of permutations of the letters of the word BANANA?
a) 60 b) 36 c) 42 d) 52

90. Evaluate (3+j4)(3-j4).

a) 9 - j16 b) 9 + j16 c) 25 d) 36

91. What do you call the integral divided by the difference of the abscissa?
a) average value b) mean value c) abscissa value d) integral value

92. Find the orthogonal trajectories of the family of parabolas y^2 = 2x + C.

a) y = Ce^x b) y = Ce^(-x) c) y = Ce^(2x) d) y = Ce^(-2x)

93. Find the force on one face of a right triangle on sides 4m and altitude of 3m. The
altitude is submerged vertically with the 4m side in the surface.
a) 62.64 kN b) 58.86 kN c) 66.27 kN d) 53.22 kN

94. The arc of a sector is 9 units and its radius is 3 units. What is the area if the
triangle?
a) 73,250 b) 10,250 c) 14,586 d) 11,260

95. The moment of inertia of a circle 5 m in diameter about an axis thru its centroid is:
a) 30.68 m^4 b) 28.832 m^4 c) 36.144 m^4 d) 15 m^4

96. Find the 12th term of the harmonic progression: 1, 1/3, 1/5, …
a) 1/23 b) 1/17 c) 1/19 d) 1/21

97. If A = -2 - j3 and B = 3 + j4, what is A/B?

a) (18 - i)/25 b) (18 + i)/25 c) (-18 + i)/25 d) (-18 - i)/25

98. Obtain the general solution of the following differential equation and determine y when x
= 0.06545, in terms of the constants of integration.
a) y = 0.4559a + 0.4559b + 0.7071c c) y = 0.5815a + 0.5815b + 0.4559c
b) y = 0.5815a + 0.5815b + 0.5815c d) y = 0.7071a + 0.7071b - 0.4559c
99. A 100 Kg weight rest on a 30° inclined plane. Neglecting friction, how much pull must one
exert to bring the weight up the plane?
a) 70.71 Kg b) 86.67 Kg c) 50 Kg d) 100 Kg

100. If tan (2D - 3) = 1/tan (5D - 9), determine D in degrees.

a) 14.57° b) 13.88° c) 16.97° d) 15.30°

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