1. The moon’s nearly circular orbit around the 14. Which property of a material enables it to 24.

t to 24. Crude oil having a density of 856 kg/m3

earth has a radius of about 384,000 km under large permanent strains before and absolute viscosity of 72 x 10-4 Pa-sec
and a period of 27.3 days. Determine the failure? flows in a 75 mm diameter pipe 1250 m
acceleration of the moon towards the earth a. Proportional Limit long at the rate of 0.12 m/s. What is the
in m/s2 b. Strain hardening Reynold’s Number?
a. 2.275 x 10 -3 c. 2.725 x 10 -3 c. Ductility a. 1700 c. 1070
b. 2.527 x 10 -3 d. 2.257 x 10 -3 d. Creep b. 2070 d. 700

2. What is the maximum speed at which a car 15. A block of wood floats in water with 20 cm 25. A rectangular plate is measuring 4 ft by 6 ft
can round a curve of 24 m radius of a level projecting above the water surface. The is submerged in water such that the edge
road if the coefficient of friction between same block when placed in oil (s = 0.80) is the shorter side. The top edge is 4 ft
the tires and the road is 0.30? floats with 15 cm projecting above the oil below the surface. What is the depth of the
a. 5.6 m/s c. 7.8 m/s surface. Find the specific gravity of the center of pressure?
b. 8.4 m/s d. 6.5 m/s block. a. 6.54 ft c. 7.43 ft
a. 0.45 c. 0.50 b. 8.73 ft d. 6.87 ft
3. It takes a force of 130 N to stretch a spring b. 0.64 d. 0.72
by 50 cm. Find the work done in stretching 26. Crude oil having a density of 856 kg/m3
the spring by 20 cm beyond its natural 16. Which material has the same compression and absolute viscosity of 72 x 10-4 Pa-sec
length. at any point? flows in a 75 mm diameter pipe 1250 m
a. 4.5 J c. 3.8 J a. Homogeneous long at the rate of 0.12 m/s. What is the
b. 6.9 J d. 5.2 J b. Isotropic Reynold’s Number?
c. Plastic c. 1700 c. 1070
4. A 20-lb block slides down a 30o inclined d. Orthotropic d. 2070 d. 700
plane with an initial velocity of 2 ft/s.
Determine the velocity of the block in 3 s if 17. A wooden block having a specific gravity of 27. Water flows in a 3 – m wide rectangular
the coefficient of kinetic friction between 0.60, 40 mm x 60 mm x 3.5 m long is made channel. If the critical depth was
the block and the plane is 0.25. to float in water. How many kilograms of determined to be 0.542 m, what is the
a. 24.9 ft/s c. 29.4 ft/s stone having specific gravity of 3.25 should maximum rate of flow?
b. 92.4 ft/s d. 42.9 ft/s be attached at the bottom to make the a. 3.75 m3/s c. 2.55 m3/s
wooden block float 300 mm exposed to b. 1.25 m3/s d. 3.66 m3/s
atmosphere?
5. A 5-lb block is given an initial velocity of 10
a. 4.7 kg c. 3.8 kg 28. A cylindrical water tank used in lifting water
ft/s up a 45o smooth slope. Determine the
b. 2.9 kg d. 3.2 kg to the top of a tower is 1.5 m high. If the
time for it to travel up the slope before it
stops. pressure at the bottom of the tank must not
18. A ball is thrown vertically upward with an exceed 16 kPa, what maximum vertical
a. 0.34 s c. 0.56 s
initial speed of 80 ft/sec. How long will it acceleration can be imposed in the
b. 0.44 s d. 0.67 s
take for the ball to return to the thrower? cylinder when it is filled with water?
a. 2.48 s c. 4.97 s a. 2.331 m/s2 c. 0.233 m/s2
6. The coefficient of static friction between a
b. 3.42 s d. 5.12 s b. 0.997 m/s2 d. 0.857 m/s2
200-kg block and the flat bed of a truck is
0.30. Determine the shortest time for the
truck to reach a speed of 60 km/hr starting 19. Compute the maximum shearing stress 29. Find the vertical effective stress at 10 m
from rest with constant acceleration so that developed in a light spring having mean depth. Assume that the unit weight of soil
the block does not slip. diameter of 200 mm and consisting of 24 particles is 26.5 kN/m3 and that the soil
turns of 20-mm-diameter wire when the above the capillary action rise and ground
a. 5.66 s c. 4.55 s
spring is stretched 100 mm and G = 42 surface is partially saturated at 50%.
b. 3.44 s d. 6.33 s
GPa. a. 154.91 kPa c. 193.71 kPa
a. 98.43 MPa b. 160.32 kPa d. 174.09 kPa
7. Determine the time of oscillation of a
b. 112.54 MPa
pendulum having a length of 12 m long.
c. 78.65 MPa 30. A cohesionless soil has friction angle of
a. 6.95 s c. 5.96 s 30O and deviator stress of failure of 400
d. 29.24 MPa
b. 9.56 s d. 6.59 s kPa. Find the angle that the failure plane
20. Find the required diameter of a steel makes with the major principal plane.
8. A boy is entitled to 10 yearly endowments a. 45O c. 35O
member if the tensile design load is 7000
of P30, 000 each starting at the end of 11th b. 60O d. 50O
pounds. Assume a safety factor of 5 based
year from now. Using an interest rate of 8%
on an ultimate strength of 60,000 psi.
compounded annually, what is the value of 31. An archer hits 75% of all his targets. What
this endowment now? a. 0.5406 in c. 0.8618 in
b. 0.3237 in d. 0.4695 in is the probability that he will exactly hit 4
a. P86,335.17 c. P93,241.98 out of his next 10 targets?
b. P101,211.21 d. P80,343.21 a. 0.01622 c. 0.00405
21. A solid shaft in a rolling mill transmits 20
kW at 2 revolutions per second. The length b. 0.4050 d. 0.00162
9. A freshman student placed P2500 in an
investment account earning an annual rate of the shaft is 3 m and modulus of rigidity
is 83,000 MPa. Which of the following 32. Find the probability of getting exactly 12
of 6.5% compounded continuously. The
gives the torque carried by the shaft? out of 30 questions in a true or false
future value of the account after 15 years
a. 1.59 kN-m c. 2.69 kN-m examination.
is?
b. 3.45 kN-m d. 4.81 kN-m a. 0.091 c. 0.081
a. P6,627.92 c. P5,432.23 b. 0.071 d. 0.021
b. P5,766.75 d. P6,744.44
22. Three identical cylinders are stacked within
a rigid bin as shown in the figure. Weight 33. A ladder weighing 600 N is prevented from
10. Find the present value, in pesos, of
of each cylinder is 500 N. There is no sliding down by exerting a horizontal force
perpetuity of P15, 000 payable semi-
friction at any contact surface. Which of the at C. The coefficient of friction at A is 0.2
annually if money is worth 8%
following most nearly gives the force at B? while at B is a smooth plane.
compounded quarterly.
a. P210,123 c. P371,287 500 N
b. P144,655 d. P211,117

11. The sum of Php. 26,000 was deposited in

a fund earning interest at 8% per annum 500 N 500 N
compounded quarterly. What was the
principal in the fund at the end of three
years?
a. Php. 35,765.29
A
b. Php. 23,456.89 B
c. Php. 65,472.42
d. Php. 32,974.29

12. A debt of Php. 1,500 will have a discount C

of 5% if paid in 60 days. Find the rate of What is the horizontal force exerted at
interest. a. 288.7 N c. 425.1 N
point C?
a. 21.50% c. 31.58% b. 144.3 N d. 750.0 N
a. 229 N c. 832 N
b. 29.90% d. 30.45% b. 154 N d. 533 N
23. A rectangular plate is measuring 4 ft by 6 ft
13. A man deposits Php 500 each month in an is submerged in water such that the edge
investment earning 7% compound is the shorter side. The top edge is 4 ft
monthly. Find amount of the investment below the surface. What is the depth of the
after 5 years. center of pressure?
a. Php 46,796.08 a. 6.54 ft c. 7.43 ft
b. Php 64,871.54 b. 8.73 ft d. 6.87 ft
c. Php 35,796.45
d. Php 24.231.65