90.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding the minimum rate of return used in judging proposed
investments?
A. It is not relevant in engineering economy studies.
B It is the same for every organization.
C. It is Frequently a policy decision made by organization’s management.
D. It is larger than the interest rate used to discount expected cash flow from investment.

91. When using net present worth calculations to compare two projects, which of the following could
invalidate the calculation?
A. differences in the magnitudes of the projects C. evaluating over different time periods
B. mutually exclusive projects D. nonconventional cash flows

92. What is the accumulated amount of 10 yr annuity paying P10,000 at the end of each year. With interest
at 15% compounded annually?
A. P207,330 B. P203,037 C. P107, 037 D. 107,330

93. A bond with a par value of P1,000 and with a bond rate of 10% payable annually is sold now for P1,080.
If the yield is to be 12%, how much should the redemption price be at the end of 8 years?
A. P1,777.03 B. P1,555.04 C. 1,222.05 D. 1,444.07

94. Suppose a man receives an initial annual salary of P60,000 increasing all the rate of P5,000 a year. If
money is worth at 10%. Determine his equivalent uniform salary for a period of 8 yrs.
A. P70,055.35 B. 72,022.39 C. 75,022.39 D. 72,220.35

95. A Registered Master Electrician shall work under a supervision of a Professional EE or Registered EE if
the machinery is rated in excess of _____ kVA and _____ Volts.
A. 500, 500 B. 500, 600 C. 600, 750 D. 750, 1000

96. In the qualifications of applicants for Registered Master Electrician Examination, he/she must be at least
_____ years of age.
A. 18 B. 20 C. 24 D. 21

97. Who s in-charge in recommending the member of board in case vacancy?

A. Senator B. Congressman C. Commissioner of PRC D. President

98. Lighting outlet is NOT installed in _____.

A. Concrete B. Plywood C. Plaster D. Frame members

99. For rigid metallic conduit, the minimum trade size is _____ mm.
A. 15 B. 20 C. 32 D. 25

100. At any user system, the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of the voltage shall not exceed _____ during
normal operating condition.
A. 2.5% B. 5% C. 10% D. 8%
60. It refers to the basic rules, procedures, requirements and standards that govern the operation,
maintenance and development if the electric distribution in the Philippines.
A. Philippine Electrical Code (PEC) C. Philippine Distribution Code (PDC)
B. Philippine Grid Code (PGC) D. PSALM corporation

61. How many kilograms are there in 10 slugs?

A. 146 B. 32. 2 C. 10 D. 322

62. Given a free falling body with air resistance neglected. If the final position travelled is four times its
initial position. By what factor does the velocity of the body increases?
A. twice B. same C. half D. four times

63. What is the angle of banking for a highway curve of radius 100 m designed to accommodate cars
travelling at 120 kph? The coeffiecient of friction between tires and road is 0.60.
A. 17.6° B. 35.2° C. 16.7° D. 23.5°

64. The “SLENDERNESS RATIO” of a column is generally defined as the ratio of _____.
A. length to its minimum width C. unsupported length to its maximum radius of gyration
B. length of its moment of inertia D. unsupported length to its least radius of gyration

65. A thin hollow sphere of radius 10 inches and thickness 0.1 inch is subjected to an internal pressure of
100 psig. The maximum normal stress on an element of the sphere is:
A. 7,070 psi B. 10,000 psi C. 5,000 psi D. 14,140 psi

66. A displacement of 6.4 x 10-3 rad/ meter, and G= 80 GPa, find the maximum torque
that can be developed when the shaft has inner and outer diameter of 120mm and 150mm respectively.
A. 15,024 N-m B. 12,405 N-m C. 15,420 N-m D. 12,540 N-m

67. Determine the angular velocity of a rotating steel ring when allowable stress reaches 200 MPa. The
mean radius of the rings is 250mm and the mass density of steel is 7850 kg/m3
A. 638.5 rad/sec B. 685.3 rad/sec C. 159.6 rad/sec D. 165.9 rad/sec

68. What is the maximum shearing stress of a triangular plate with base “b” & height “h”. if “V” is shear
force?
A. 3V/bh B. 4V/bh C. 5V/bh D. 1.5V/bh

69. A hydrometer scale for measuring relative density (sp, gr.) of liquids.
A. Baume scale B. Backman scale C. Buckley scale D. Beaufort scale

70. Which of the following is the most accurate about streamline?

A. It is a line normal to the velocity vector everywhere C. It is a path of fluid particle
B. Is is fixed in space in steady flow D. It is a perpendicular to path line

71. A drum contains a 0.10m layer of oil floating on water that is 0.45 m deep. If the density of the oil is 600
kg/m3. What is the gage pressure at the oi;-water interface?
A. 588.6 Pa B. 688.9 Pa C. 388.6 pa D. 468.8 Pa

72. A circular window with a radius of 0.25 meter has its center three meters below water’s surface. Find the
force acting on the window. The window is vertical.
A. 2.9 kN B. 5.8 kN C. 17.7 kN D. 92 Kn

73. What does dunamics in Thermodynamics mean?

A. Energy transfer C. Curvilinear motion
B. Particles in motion D. Momentum of electron

74. Brayton cycle consists of:

A. Two isentropic and two constant volume processes
B. Two isentropic and two constant pressure processes
C. One constant pressure, one constant volume and two adiabatic processes
D. Two isothermal and two constant volume processes
44. Multiplying (912) base 8 by (111) base 2 Hexadecimal base 16 is?
A. 46 B. 11 C. A7 D. FE

45. What is the value of “A” after this program segment is performed? A=0
DO 77 | = 1.4
77 A = A + 1
A. 4 B. 8 C. 10 D. 5

46. What is the frequency range for TV channels 2 to 13?

A. UHF B. VHF C. SHF D. HF

47. Which is NOT a full-duplex communication?

A. Local Area Network B. Radar C. Telemetry D. Telephone

48. What is the factor name of the formula (1 + i) n ?

A. Single payment compound amount factor C. Uniform gradient future worth factor
B. Single payment present worth factor D. Capital recovery factor

49. What must two investments with same present worth and unequal lives have?
A. Identical salvage values C. Identical equivalent uniform annual cash flows
B. Different salvage values D. Different equivalent uniform annual cash flows

50. If normal interest rate per year is 12%, and compounding is continuous, what is the effective interest rate
per year?
A. 0.127% B. 1.000% C. 1.500% D. 12.75%

51. What will be the future worth of monet after 15 minutes if a sum of P20,000 is invested today at a
simple interest rate of 15% per year?
A. P37,750 B. P27,350 C. P23,750 D. P33,350

52. Amount of P1435 payable for 70 days 5% discount if paid with 35 days. What is the rate of interest?
A. 63.15% B. 24.49% C. 54.14% D. 57.15%

53. A father deposit a P50,000.00 upon birth of his son at an interest rate of 12% compounded annually. His
son withdraw P40,000.00 at his 17, 18, 19, 20 yrs old for his college tuition. How much is money left
after 21 yrs?khhhg
A. P214, 113.89 B. P540,192.41 C. 326.078.52 D. 349,019.29

54. R.A. 7920 is an act providing for responsive and comprehensive _____ for the practice, licensing, and
registration of electrical engineers and electricians.
A. regulation B. evaluation C. enactment D. control

55. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) was created under

A. PD 223 B. PD 59 C. PD 1081 D. PD 232

56. In the qualifications of applicants for Registered Electrical Engineer Examination, he/she must be atleast
_____ years of age.
A. 24 B. 20 C. 22 D. 21

57. In other than dwelling, _____ receptacle must have GFCI protection in a commercial building.
A. bathroom B. outdoor C. garage D. indoor

58. In rigid metal conduit wiring, conduits shall be supported at least every _____.
A. 2000 mm B.3000 mm C. 2500 mm D. 3500 mm

59. In R.A. 9136, what does PEMC mean?

A. Philippines Electricity Market Commission C. Philippine Energy Market Commission
B. Philippine Energy Management Corporation D. Philippine Electricity Market Corporation
26. A spherical helium balloon at STP has a diameter of 10 m. What is its lifting power?
Given Rair = 287.03 J/kg-K1 RHE = 2077.03 J/kg-K.
A. 4.72kN B. 5.72 C. 6.72 kN D. 3.72 kN

27. A 10 BTU are transferred in a process where a piston compresses a spring and in so doing does 1500 ft-
lbf of work. Find the change in internal energy of the system.
A. 11.93 BTU B. 8.07 BTU C. 15.10 BTU D. 15.71 BTU

28. A freezer has COP of 5, if the temperature inside the freezer is -20°C. What is the temperature at which
it rejects heat? Assume an ideal system.
A. 21°C B. 31°C C. 25°C D. 35°C

29. What is the chemical symbol for Calcium Chloride?

A. CaCl3 B. CaCl2 C. Ca2Cl D. Ca3Cl

30. What is the chemical symbol for sulfuric acid?

A. H2SO3 B. H5SO5 C. H2SO2 D. H2SO4

31. Which of the following gases is classified as electronegative?

A. Acetylene B. Sulfur hexafluoride C. Nitrogen D. Methane

32. How many moles are there in 50g of Chlorofluorocarbon (CF2Cl2) that damages the ozone layer in the
atmosphere? Take MW for C = 12, F= 19 and Cl = 35 45)
A. 0.144 mol B. 0.414 mol C. 0.525 mol D. 0.255 mol

33. What is the combined volume of 1.0 g of hydrogen gas (H2) and 10.0 g of helium gas (He) when
confined at 20°C. and 5 atmospheres?
A. 4.4 Liters B. 12.4 Liters C. 14.4 Liters D. 24.2 Liters

34. A mixture at 14.7 psia and 68°F that is 30% weight CO2 (MW = 44) and 70% weight N2 (MW = 28) has
a partial pressure of CO2 psia that is nearest to:
A. 3.15 B. 2.14 C. 6.83 D. 7.86

35. What is the oxidation number or Cr in the dichromate ion (Cr2O7)-2?

A. -1 B. 0 C. 7 D. 6

36. Which one of the following is Charle’s Law?

A. (V/T) = k B. V = k x (1/P) C. P1/T1 = P2T2 D. PV = nRT

37. The purpose of Aluminum in steel alloying is to _____.

A. hardness and strength C. brittleness
B. atmospheric corrosion resistance D. deoxidize

38. In general, what are the effects of cold-working a metal?

A. increased strength and ductility C. decreased strength and ductility
B. increased strength, decreased ductility D. decreased strength, increased ductility

39. What is the most common reinforcement for polymer composites?

A. Phosphorous B. Ceramic C. Graphite D. Glass Fiber

40. Which of the following materials is NOT a viscoelastic material?

A. plastic B. metals C. concrete D. Glass

41. How many atoms are there for each until in a Hexagonal closed Packed (HCP) crystal structure?
A. 2 – BCC B. 12 C. 6 D. 4 – FCC

42. What is the S.I. unit of thermodynamic temperature?

A. centigrade B. farenheit C. kelvin D. rankine

43. A body of 30 slugs, what is its equivalent in Newtons?

A. 3400 B. 4200 C. 2400 D. 4300
11. A steel bar 50 mm in diameter and 2 m long is surrounded by a shell of cast iron 5 mm thick compute
the load that will combined bar for 1 mm in the length of 2 m?
For steel E = 200 GPa and for cast iron E = 100 GPa.
A. 240 kN B. 13.5 GN C. 745 MN D. 550 kN

12. Determine the maximum shearing stress in a helical steel spring composed of 20 turns of 20mm
diameter wire on a mean radius of 80 mm when spring is supporting a load of 2kN
A. 121 MPa B. 429 MPa C. 370 MPa D. 529 MPa

13. A solid steel shaft 5 m long with diameter of 0.104 m is stressed to 60 MPa when twisted through 4°.
Determine the power that can be transmitted by the shaft at 20 rps.
A. 275 HP B. 4.75 MW C. 1.66 MW D. 650 kW

14. A cantilever wooden mast 12 m high tapers linearly from 20 cm diameter at the base to 10 cm diameter
at the top. If the ultimate strength of the material of the mast is 35 MN/ sqm, Calculate the magnitude of
the load which will cause failure.
A. 2036 N B. 1933 N C. 1780 N D. 1859 N

15. Hydraulic brakes in an automobiles work on _____.

A. Bernoulli’s Law C. Pascal’s Law
B. Posieuille’s Law D. Archimedes’s principles

16. What is the dimensionless number that is used to describe by viscosity of fluid?
A. Reynold’s Number C. kinematic viscosity
B. coefficient of viscosity D. Mach Number

17. Which of the following is NOT the basic component of motion of a fluid element?
A. translation B. rotation C. twist D. volume distortion

18. Find the gauge pressure of sea water of specific gravity of 10.1 kN/m3 at 100 m head.
A. 1212 kPa B. 1414 kPa C. 20.06 m D. 12.03 m

19. A bubble at the bottom of the sea has thrice the volume as it reaches the surface. How deep is the sea?
Take sp. Gr. of sea water 1.03
A. 23.06 m B. 11.03 m C. 20.06 m D. 12.03 m

20. What is the minimum volume of block of wood (density = 850kg/ m3) If it is to hold a 50kg woman
entirely above water she stands on it?
A. 0.23 m3 B. 0.33 m3 C. 0.43 m3 D. 0.53 m3

21. A turbine is rated at 600hp when the flow of water through it is 0.61 m3/ sec. Assuming an efficiency of
87%. What head is acting on the turbine?
A. 68 m B. 96 m C. 86 m D. 69 m

22. Carnot cycle consist of:

A. Adiabatic process only C. 2 isothermal and 2 reversed cycle
B. 1 Adiabatic and 2 isothermal D. 2 isentropic and 2 isothermal

23. Which of the following provides the basis for measuring thermodynamic property of temperature?
A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics C. Second law of thermodynamics
B. First law of thermodynamics D. Third law of thermodynamics

24. The first law of thermodynamics is based on which of the following principles?
A. action and reaction C. conservation of energy
B. conservation of mass D. entropy-temperature relationship

25. An ice cube whose mass is 50 g is taken from a refrigerator where its temperature was -10°C and it is
dropped into a glass of water at 0°C. If no heat is gained or lost from the outside, how much water will
freeze onto the cube?
A. 2.55 g B. 4.33 g C. 3.44 g D. 5.22 g
INSTRUCTION: Select tbe correct answer for each of the following question. 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. Please do not mark or write anything in this questionnaire.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Work and energy can be a function of all of the following EXCEPT:

A. Force and time C. Torque and angular rotation
B. Force and distance D. Temperature and entropy

2. A child on a sled is sliding down he hill covered with snow. The combined mass of the child and the sled
is “m”, the angle of inclination of the hill is “Ф” (phi), and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the
snow and the sled runners is “μ” (mu). Which of these expressions gives the frictional force?
A. μ mg sin Ф B. μ mg C. mg D. μ mg cos Ф

3. A balloon is rising from the ground at initial velocity of 25 m/sec between two engineers at the same
horizontal line on the ground observe the balloon at angle of elevation 60 deg. And 45 deg. Respectively
after 3 sec. What is the horizontal distance between the two engineers?
A. 48.67 m B. 30.86 m C. 17.81 m D. 58.67 m

4. A stone is dropped down a well and 5 sec. later the sound of the splash is heard. If Velocity of sound is
1100 ft/sec, what is the depth of the well?
A. 325.33 ft B. 353.55 ft C. 535.22 ft D. 525.33 ft

5. A roller coaster rolls without friction around the loop-the-loop track. It starts from rest at a height “h”
above the bottom of the loop. What is the minimum value of “h” in terms of radius of the loop “R” such that
the roller coaster moves around the loop without falling off at the top?
A. 5/2(R) B. 3R C. 3/2(R) D. 4R

6. A car is moving around a level curve of radius 200m. Find the velocity to prevent the car from skidding.
The coefficient of static friction between the tires and the road is 0.6.
A. 62.16 m/sec B. 43.31 m/sec C. 34.31 m/sec D. 21.26 m/sec

7. For a constant angular acceleration, a hydraulic turbine is brought to its normal operating speed 180 rpm
in 5 minutes. How many complete revolutions did the turbine make in coming to normal speed?
A. 540 B. 450 C. 90 D. 108

8. A man pushes a 50-kg refrigerator at a distance of 12 m across a level floor where the coefficient of
friction is 0.40. How much work in N-m does the man do?
A. 2744 B. 2352 C. 3136 D. 3528

9. The linear portion of the stress-strain diagram of steel is known as the _____.
A. Modulus of elongation C. irreversible range
B. elastic range D. plastic range

10. What overload condition that occurs near large concentrated load?
A. Lateral buckling B. Rotation C. Superposition D. Local buckling
75. The heat needed to make a cup of coffee is “Q”. How much heat is needed to make three cups of coffee?
A. 3Q B. 4Q C. Q D. 2Q

76. The state pf an ideal gas is changed in a steady-state open process from 400kPa and 1.2 m3 to 300 kPa
and 1.5 m3 . The relationship between pressure and volume during the process is pV1.3 = constant. What
work is performed?
A. 9030 kJ B. 930 kJ C. 1210 kJ D. 130 kJ

77. The pressure in a car tire is 28 psi at 0°C. As the car runs on the road, the temperature of the fire
increases. What is the temperature of the fire when the tire gauge reads 35 psi? Assume that the volume of
the fire remains constant and that of the atmospheric pressure is 14.7 psi.
A. 44.75°C B. 68.25°C C. 54.75°C D. 63.25°C

78. What is oxidized and what is reduced in the following reaction? Zn + H2SO4 → ZnSO4 + H2
A. Zinc is oxidized only C. Zinc is oxidized and hydrogen is reduced
B. Zinc is reduced only D. Zinc is deduced and hydrogen is oxidized

79. In fission, energy is produced when _____.

A. chemical compound splits into its constituents C. nuclear particle combine
B. nuclear particles split D. molecules combine

80. The subject which covers the refinement of pure metals from their ores is _____ metallurgy
A. Oreic B. Refinement C. Extractive D. Pure Metal

81. What is the equivalent of 1 kilobyte (kB)?

A. 1024 bytes B. 1000 bits C. 1042 bytes D. 1024 bits

82. Convert (100101) 2 to octal.

A. (45) 8 B. (47) 8 C. (54) 8 D. (25) 8

83. Find the gray code of the four digit 2.

A. 1010 B. 1100 C. 0011 D. 1111

84. MS-DOS is a/an _____ software.

A. application B. system C. utility D. none of these

85. What does BIOS means?

A. Basic Input/Output System C. Basic Interface Operating Source
B. Bytes Input/Output Storage D. Buffer Input Operating System

86. In MS Excel, in cell A2 the input value is equal to 3, at cell B2, the input formula was A2*4/$A$2.
The formula at cell B2 is copied to C2 and D2. Where $ means absolute cell reference. What is the output in
cell D2?
A. 12 B. 32 C. 6 D. non of these

87. What defines information system?

A. Composed of people and computers that processes or interprets information
B. Composed of hardware only which interprets information
C. It is the systematic study of the feasibility, structure, expression to access information.
D. is a discipline that integrates several fields required to develop computer hardware and software.

88. The unrecovered depreciation results due to poor estimates as to the life of the equipment;
A. In-place value B. Salvage value C. Resale value D. Sunk cost

89. If I = interest rate, n = period, P = present worth and F = future worth, which of the following best
describes Future worth?
A. P(1+in) – 1 B. P (1 – i)n – n C. P( 1 + i) n D. P(1 + i)-n