September 2014 Board Exam Problems Mathematics 1. Given an ellipse b*2x"2 4a"2y*2, what is the length of the longest line tangent to it? Ans. ab Aconic section whose eccentricity is less than 1. Ans. Ellipse What conic section represents the equation 9x"2 + 4y*2= 9. Ans. Ellipse Solve the differential equation xdy-ydx=0. Ans. Y=ox a PeN What are the dimensions of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in a right triangle with legs of length 90m and 60 m? ans. 45m x 30m 2 What is the value of i439? Ans. -i 7. Find the radius of the circle inscribed in the triangle determined by the line y=x+4, y=-x-d and y=2/7 x#2. Ans. 0.35, 8. Locate the centroid of the area bounded by x2 +y=4 and the axis. Ans. (0,1.6) 9. The cost per hour of running a motor boat is proportional to the cube of speed. At what speed will the boat run against a current of 8kph in order to go a given distance most economically? Ans. 12kph 10. In polar coordinate system, the distance of point to the pole. Ans. Radius vector 11. Find the laplace transform of t*n. ans, NI/ s*n#1 12, Ina 15 multiple choice test question with 5 possible choices of which only one is correct, what is the standard deviation of getting a correct answer? Ans. 1.55 13, What is the ratio of the diameters of the a sphere whose volume is 8 times its original volume? Ans. 2 14. Find the moment of inertia of the area bounded by the curve x"2=8y , the line x=4 and the x axis on the first quadrant with respect to y-axis. Ans. 25.6 15. Express in McLaurin SeriesEngineering Sciences and Allied Subjects 1. Compute the distance travelled by a car whose velocity is 60kph which decelerated 2m/min*? in 12 minutes. Ans. 11.82 km The purpose of pulverizing coal is: a. increase calorific value _b. better combustion Definition of Compound Interest In thermodynamics, we focus on: ans. Internal Energy Unstable in its pure form: ans, Sodium Sl unit of mass: kilogram Sl unit of length: meter % of EE subject: 45% No subject below: 50% smneoneson 10. Min. size of steel grounding electrode: 16 mm 11. MS Word is a/an: application software 12, Definition of Wet Location 13. Definition of Damp Location 14, What is the buoyant force on a 0.9kg ice submerged in fresh water? Ans. 8.8N 15, Find the max shear stress on a triangular plate. Ans. 4S/bh 16. Who is not a member of BEE? Ans. Cayetano 12. The second law of thermodynamics can be expressed in many ways. Which of the following is/are one: i. Heat cannot go directly from colder to hotter body ii, Entropy of the universe never decrease Ans. Lonly 18. A gas approaches to be an ideal gas at what conditions? a. High temperature low temperature b. High temperature high pressure c. Low temperature high pressure d. Low temperature low pressure 19. What is BIOS? Basic Input Output System 20, Power P is produced. What power interms of P when the area is half and the thickness ishalf? Ans. P 21. Used to locate a website. Ans. URL 22, A.60kg man jumps with a speed of Im/s into a 40kg log, Whatis the speed of the log relative to the shore? Ans. 0.6m/s 23, Which is not included in thermodynamics? Ans. Utilization of energy 24, Phenomenon of deformation of plastics at very high temperature. Ans. Twinning? 25, A conductor that is intended to be grounded. Ans. Grounded conductor 26. Casehardening process by which carbon content of steel near surface is increased. Ans. Carburizing 27. Coal that has been previously burned in an oxygen-poor environment. Ans. Coke 28. Definition of Information System 28, Arithmetic Logic unit is a combination of 30, What do you call negative gage pressure? Ans. Vacuum 31. The differential of shear equation is ... ans. Load of the beam 32. Efficiency of carnot cycle is maximum at... ans. Reversible cycle 33, Aman invested P25,000 and receives an annual income of P2,500. He recover his capital investment after 5 years. What is the rate of retum. Ans. 10% 34, Definition of GEC! 36, Definition of Electrode Grounding Conductor 36, What is the decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number EE? Ans. 238 37. Composed of 8 bits. Ans. Byte 38, Ratio of the surface area to the volume of a cube. Ans. 6/s 39. Acircuit that controls another circuit through a relay. Ans. Remote control circuit 40, Two balls of same initial velocity are thrown from the top of a building. One ball is thrown horizontally and the other ball at an angle of 20 degrees from the horizontal Which ball will have a greater velocity when it reached the ground? 41. An instrument used to measure pressure commercially. a. Kelvin gauge —_b, manometer c. bourdon gauge 42,___ wizard used to create colums.... a. Chart b. Pie c. Excel d. Data43, Ratio of the lateral strain to the axial strain. Ans. Poisson's ratioELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SUBJECT Fiber optic is based on the principle of... Ans. Reflection yo Frequency used in communication such as mobile phones. Ans. SHF 3. Tworesistors each of 30 chms are connected in series, When a resistor Ris connected in parallel in one of them, the total resistance is 40 ohms. What is the value of R. ans. 15 ohms 4, Max. allowable continuous load for a branch circuit conductor. Ans. 0.8 5. The power circuit for bathroom can also supply: i. One luminaire and one receptacle for the same bathroom ii, Two receptacles of the same bathroom and two more for another bathroom iii. ? ‘Two types of instrument transformer. Ans. Current and potential When you place a meter in parallel to a load, the meter is... ans. Voltmeter Used to measure current. Ans. Ammeter. pane Definition of Thevenin’s theorem 10. Definition of Norton's theorem 11. In the left hand rule, the thumb represents: a. current b, magnetic field c. voltage d. force 12, The ampere hour of a battery depends on _of the plates a. thickness b, strength . distance d. area 13. ifa motor connected in wye draws a current of 5A, what current will it draw when connected in delta? A. 8.33 A B.5A 14, when the sole purpose of ac is to produce heat, the selection is based on... ans. RMS 15. in an RLC circuit, given L, C and bandwidth, compute for the resistance. 16. Long term voltage variation: a. 5% —b. 10% c.25% 17. Max. voltage drop in feeder that supplies lighting: 2. 2% b. 3% ©. 5% 18, which of the following is net a rule in PEC? Ans. Construction rule