De La Salle University - Dasmariñas

College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

General Directions:
1. Use recommended pencil only for SHADING.
2. Except for a small dot beside the choices, any other markings (e.g., circle, slash, etc.) found on the questionnaire, will INVALIDATE your answer.
3. No borrowing and exchanging of ANYTHING during the exam. No talking to, looking at, and hearing from anyone or anything except your instructor.
4. Any form of CHEATING would merit a grade of 0.0.

If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won’t correct you for asking.
~ James 1:5 CEV

Multiple Choice. Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question by shading/writing the letter on the
provided answering area.

1. Two angles are adjacent and form an angle of 120O. If the larger angle is 20O less than three times
the smaller angle, find the larger angle.
A. 75O B. 30O C. 85O * D. 65O

2. For the given parts: a = 120O , b = 73O15’ and c = 62O45’ of a spherical triangle ABC, compute for
angle A.
A. 127O45’ B. 115O26’ C. 185O15’ D. 137O56’*

3. An airplane flew from Tokyo whose latitude is 14o36’N and longitude of 121o05’E on a course S30OW and
maintaining a uniform altitude. How many hours will it take to cross the equator with a constant
speed of 350 nautical miles per hour?
A. 2.14 hours B. 2.87 hours* C. 1.83 hours D. 1.67 hours

4. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point A is 55O30’. From another point B, the angle
of elevation of the top of the tower is 23O30’, which is directly west of A. The points A and B are
117.45 m apart and on the same horizontal plane as the foot of the tower. Find the height of the
tower.
A. 90.6 m B. 86.7 m C. 89.5 m D. 53.5 m*

5. A pine tree broken over by the wind forms a right triangle with the ground. If the broken part makes
an angle of 40O with the ground and the top of the tree is now 30 ft from its base, how tall was the
pine tree?
A. 35 B. 45 C. 55 D. 64 *

6. Two towers are 60 m apart from each other. From the top of the shorter tower, the angle of elevation
of the top of the taller tower is 40O. How high is the taller tower if the height of the smaller tower
is 40 m.
A. 90 * B. 100 C. 90 D. 70

7. From a helicopter flying at 20,000 feet, the angles of depression of two cities are 28O and 55O. How
far apart are the two cities?
A. 35,415.56 ft. B. 23, 610.38 ft. * C. 53, 452.67 ft. D. 43,254.76 ft.

8. The angle of inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% grade is ________ degrees.
A. 0.464 B. 4.72 * C. 4.64 D. 0.472

9. A ladder, with its foot in the street, makes an angle of 25O with the street when its top rests on a
building on one side of the street and makes an angle of 50O with the street when its top rests on a
building on the other side of the street. If the ladder is 50 ft. long, how wide is the street?
A. 96.2 ft B. 81.6 ft C. 77.5 ft * D. 64.3 ft

10. A clock has a dial face of 12 in. radius. The minute hand is 9 in. while the hour hand is 6 in. The
plane of rotation of the hour hand is 2 inches about the plane of rotation of the minute hand. Find
the distance between tips of the minute hand and hour hand at 5:40 a.m.
A. 7.48 in. B. 6.48 in C. 9.17 in * D. 10.16 in

11. If coversed sinθ = 0.134, find the value of versed sinθ.

A. 0.8 B. 0.3 C. 0.5 * D. 0.2

12. Using the given data, determine the value of A: sin A=2.571 x :cos A=3.064 x
A. 0.1 B. 0.25 C. 0.35 D. 40 *

13. Express 45 degrees in mils.

A. 80 mils B. 800 mils * C. 50 mils D. 500 mils

14. Evaluate arccot[2cos(arcsin0.5)].

A. 20O B. 45O C. 60O D.30O*

15. Considering the earth to be a sphere of radius 6400 km, find the radius of the 60th parallel of
latitude.
A. 3,200 km * B. 1,300 km C. 2,300 km D. 3,100 km

16. Find the value of x in the equation (square root of 5)^(2cos x) = 5.

A. 0O* B. 45O C. 60O D.30O

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17. A point P within an equilateral triangle has a distance of 4, 5, and 6 units respectively from the
vertices. Determine the length of the equilateral triangle.
A. 9.5 B. 7.55 C. 8.53 * D. 9

18. The angle of inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% grade is ________ degrees.
A. 0.464 B. 4.72 * C. 4.64 D. 0.472

19. If an equilateral triangle is circumscribed about the circle of radius 10 meters, determine the sides
of the triangle.
A. 34.64 cm* B. 65.26 cm C. 32.63 cm D. 17.32 cm

20. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34 cm. Find the lengths of the two legs if one leg is 14 cm
longer than the other.
A. 18 and 32 B. 17 and 31 C. 16 and 30 * D. 15 and 29

21. A swimming pool is to be constructed in the shape of partially overlapping identical circles. Each of
the circles has a radius of 9 m, and each passes through the center of the other. Find the area of
the swimming pool.
A. 302.33 m2 B. 362.55 m2 C. 398.99 m2 D. 409.44 m2 *

22. A circle of radius 5 cm has a chord which is 6 cm long. Find the area of the circle concentric to
this circle and tangent to the given chord.
A. 14π B. 16 π * C. 9 π D. 4 π

23. A regular hexagon with an area of 93.53 cm2 is inscribed in a circle. The area in the circle not
covered by the hexagon is:
A. 18.38 cm2 B. 19.57 cm2 * C. 16.72 cm2 D. 15.68 cm2

24. A circle having an area of 201 cm2 is to be divided into two segments by a chord which is 3 cm from
the center of the circle. Compute the area of the smaller segment.
A. 53.65 cm2* B. 68.21 cm2 C. 124.2 cm2 D. 92.15 cm2

25. A piece of wire of length 52 cm is cut into two parts. Each part is then bent to from a square. It is
found that total area of the two squares is 97 sq. cm. What is the dimension of the bigger square?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 9 * D. 6

26. A cylindrical water tank which is 35 ft in diameter and 105 ft in length is placed temporarily on an
18.5 degree slope. The filler is located flush with the top of the tank at midpoint. What is the
maximum volume of water which can be placed in the tank?
A. 90,303.09 ft3 B. 100,455.45 ft3 C. 89,232.56 ft3 D. 90,343.92 ft3*

27. A satellite orbits the earth at constant height above the surface of earth equal to twice the radius
of the earth. A man observes that the satellite appears above the horizon every two hours and passes
directly overhead. For how long is the satellite above the horizon?
A. 0.5907 hour B. 0.7837 hour* C. 0.835 hour D. 0.5123 hour

28. A reversed curved on a railroad track consist of two circular arcs. The central angle of one side is
20 degrees with radius 2500 feet, and the central angle of the other is 25 degrees with radius 3000
feet. Find the total length of two arcs.
A. 2912 ft B. 2218 ft C. 2821 ft D. 2182 ft *

29. A rectangle ABCD which measures 18x24 is folded once, perpendicular to diagonal AC, so that the
opposite vertices A and C coincide. Find the length of the fold.
A. 18.5 B. 22.5 * C. 20.5 D. 19.5

30. A circle with radius 6 has half its area removed by cutting off a border of uniform width. Find the
width of the border.
A. 2.2 B. 1.86 C. 2.75 D. 1.76 *

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