1.

What is the volume of a frustum of a cone whose upper base is 15 cm in diameter

and lower base of 10 cm in diameter with altitude of 25 cm?
a.3018.87 cm3
b. 3180.87 cm3
c. 3108.87 cm3
d. 3081.87 cm3
2. Pass a plane through a cube so that the section formed will be a regular hexagon.
If the edge of the cube is 2 units, find the area of this section.
a.5.196 units2
b. 2.39 units2
c. 4.098 units2
d. 2.678 units2
3. A lady grows cabbages in her garden that is in the shape of a square. Each
cabbage takes 1 square feet of area in her garden. This year, she has increased her
output by 211 cabbage as compared to last year. The shape of the area used for
growing the cabbages has remained a square in both these years. How many
cabbages did she produce this year?
a.11236
b.11025
c.14400
d. 11900
4. The length of a rope, to which a cow is tied, is increased from 19m to 30m. How
much additional ground will it be able to graze? Assume that the cow is able to
move on all sides with equal ease.
a. 1696 sq. m.
b. 1694 sq. m.
c. 1594 sq. m.
d. 1756 sq. m.
5. An equilateral triangle of the side a=6 units rotates around a line parallel to its
side on the distance that equals the triangles height (not passing through the
vertex of the triangle) find the volume of the solid of revolution.
a. 890.76 units3
b. 709.44 units3
c. 678.684 units3
d. 532.09 units3
6. In an oblique circular cone the longest slant height s1= 6(sqrt.3) unit and the
shortest s2=6 unit subtend at the vertex of the cone, the angle of 30 degrees, find
the volume of the cone.
a. 60.45 units3
b. 48.97 units3
c. 50.023 units3
d. 46.55 units3
7. An isosceles triangle, of leg b=2 that is inclined to the base at alpha=30 degrees,
rotates around its base bisector. Find the volume of obtained solid of revolution.
a. pi
b. 2pi
c. 3pi
d. 4pi
8. Find the volume of a cube whose space diagonal length is 10(sqrt.3).
a. 900 cm3
b. 1000 cm3
c. 800 cm3
d. 850 cm3
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9. Right square prism volume V=1152 cm and h= 8 cm find its surface area.
a. 672 cm3
b. 899 cm3
c. 800 cm3
d. 673 cm3
10. The longest space diagonal of a regular hexagonal prism is d=4 cm. If the
diagonal and the lateral edge form the angle of 30 degrees, find the volume of the
prism.
a. 3 cm3
b. 9 cm3
c. 7 cm3
d. 4 cm3
11. Two vertical conical tanks both inverted have their vertices connected by a short
horizontal pipe. One tank, initially full of water, has an altitude of 6m and a
diameter of base 7m. The other tank initially empty has an altitude of 9 m and a
diameter of base 8 m. if the water is allowed to flow through the connecting pipe,
find the level to which the water will ultimately rise in empty tank.
a. 4.254 m
b. 3.257 m
c. 4.687 m
d. 5.151 m
12. A bell (f=300 Hz) is being moved from an observer at a rate of 3 m/s, if the
sound travels at 343 m/s in air, what is the apparent frequency of sound?
a. 247.4 Hz
b. 294.8 Hz
c. 217.4 Hz
d. 277.4 Hz
13. An ambulance is traveling toward a truck. Both the ambulance and truck are
traveling at the same speed. The truck sounds its horn (f= 508.0 Hz). The

ambulance hears the drivers truck horns at f=542 Hz. The speed of sound in air is
343 m/s. How fast is each going?
a. 12 m/s
b. 14 m/s
c. 13 m/s
d. 11 m/s
14-15. An ambulance siren emits a note of 500 Hz when at rest. Take Vsound=343
m/s
14. When the ambulance is moving at 10 m/s, what frequency is heard by an
observer travelling at 15 m/s toward the source?
a. 537 Hz
b. 623 Hz
c. 800 Hz
d. 467 Hz
15. When the ambulance is moving at 10 m/s, what frequency is heard by an
observer travelling at 15 m/s after the observer has passed the ambulance and
recedes from it?
a. 537 Hz
b. 623 Hz
c. 800 Hz
d. 464Hz
16. Two cars travelling at the same speed move directly away from one another.
One car sounds a horn whose frequency is 205 Hz and a person in the other car
hears a frequency of 192 Hz. What is the speed of the cars?
a. 12.3 m/s
b. 34.6 m/s
c. 11.23 m/s
d. 9.2 m/s
17. A box is sliding up an incline that makes an angle of 20 degrees with respect to
the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the surface of
the incline is 0.2. The initial speed of the box at the bottom of the incline is 2 m/s.
How far does the box travel along the incline before coming to rest?
a.1.3 m
b.1.2 m
c.0.67 m
d. 0.71 m
18. A block weighing 80 N rests on a plane inclined at 30 degrees to the horizontal.
The coefficients of static and kinetic friction are 0.2 and 0.1 respectively. What is the
minimum magnitude of the force F, parallel to the plane that will prevent the block
from slipping?
a. 26 N
b. 37 N
c. 55 N
d. 43 N
19. How fast should the earth spin in order for a 150 lb human not to be able to
walk on the ground?
a. 0.0013 rad/s
b. 0.0043 rad/s
c. 0.0012 rad/s
d. 0.0023 rad/s
20. A block of mass 5 kg lies on a horizontal table. The block is at rest. The only
forces acting on the block are the force due to gravity and the normal force from the
table. What is the magnitude of the friction force?
a. 3.5 N
b. 4 N
c. 0N
d. 2N
21. A box sits on a horizontal wooden board. The coefficient of static friction
between the box and the board is 0.5. You grab one end of the board and lift it up,
keeping the other end of the board on the ground. What is the angle between the
board and the horizontal direction when the box begins to slide down the board?
a. 43 degrees
b. 27 degrees
c. 68 degrees
d. 12 degrees
22. An archer shoots an arrow with a velocity of 30 m/s at an angle of 20 degrees
with respect to the horizontal. An assistant standing on the level ground 30 m
downrange from the launch point throws an apple straight up with the minimum
initial speed necessary to meet the path of the arrow. What is the initial speed of
the apple and at what time after the arrow is launched should the apple be thrown
so that the arrow hits the apple?
a. 2 s
b. 1 s
c. 0.5 s
d. 0.01 s
23. In reaching her destination, a backpacker walks with an average velocity of 1

m/s, due west. This average velocity results, because she hikes for 6 km with an
average velocity of 3 m/s due west, turns around, and hikes with an average
velocity of 0.3 m/s due east.
How far east did she walk (in kilometers)?
a. 1.714 km
b. 1.802 km
c. 2.5 km
d. 2.01 km
24-26.A rock is shot up vertically upward from the edge of the top of the building.
The rock reaches its maximum height 2 s after being shot. Them, after barely
missing the edge of the building as it falls downward, the rock strikes the ground 8 s
after it was launched. Neglecting air resistance, find:
24. upward velocity the rock was shot at
a. 20 m/s
b. 11.4 m/s
c. 13.1 m/s
d. 19.6 m/s
25. the maximum height it reaches above the building
a. 20 m
b. 11.4 m
c. 13.1 m
d. 19.6 m
26. How tall is the building?
a. 190 m
b. 105 m
c. 157 m
d. 200 m
27-29. A cylindrical steel pressure vessel 400 mm in diameter with a wall thickness
of 20 mm, is subjected to an internal pressure of 4.5 MN/m 2. Calculate the ff:
27. tangential stress
a. 82 MPa
b. 34 MPa
c. 45 MPa
d. 32 MPa
28. longitudinal stress
a. 22.5 MPa
b. 23 MPa
c. 32 MPa
d. 21 MPa
29. To what value may the internal pressure be increased if the stress in the steel is
limited to 120 MN/m2?
a. 13 MPa
b. 12 MPa
c. 14 MPa
d. 11 MPa
30. A hollow steel tube with an inside diameter of 100 mm must carry a tensile load
of 400 kN. Determine the outside diameter of the tube if the stress is limited to 120
MN/m2.
a. 119. 35 mm
b. 201.2 mm
c. 107 mm
d. 108 mm
31. What force is required to punch a 20-mm-diameter hole in a plate that is 25 mm
thick? The shear strength is 350 MN/m2.
a. 450 kN
b. 401.1 kN
c. 549.8 kN
d. 309 kN
32-33. A steel rod with a cross-sectional area of 0.25 in2 is stretched between two
fixed points. The tensile load at 70F is 1200 lb. Assume = 6.5 10-6 in/(inF)
and E = 29 106 psi. answer the ff:
32. What will be the stress at 0F?
a. 18 ksi
b. 14 ksi
c. 12 ksi
d. 16 ksi
33. A steel rod is stretched between two rigid walls and carries a tensile load of
5000 N at 20C. If the allowable stress is not to exceed 130 MPa at -20C, what is
the minimum diameter of the rod? Assume = 11.7 m/(mC) and E = 200 GPa.
a. 13.22 mm
b. 14.06 mm
c. 16.7 mm
d. 11.4 mm
34-35. Steel railroad reels 10 m long are laid with a clearance of 3 mm at a
temperature of 15C. Assume = 11.7 m/(mC) and E = 200 GPa.
34. At what temperature will the rails just touch?
a. 56.7 C
b. 46. 64 C
c. 34 C
d. 60 C
35. What stress would be induced in the rails at that temperature if there were no
initial clearance?

a.70 MPa
b. 43.2 MPa
c. 60 MPa
d. 56 MPa
36. Suppose that an object initially having a temperature of 20 C is placed in a
large temperature controlled room of 80 C and one hour later the object has a
temperature of 35 C. What will its temperature be after three hours?
a. 37.125 C
b. 45.892 C
c. 52.112 C
d. 30.2 C
37. When a chicken is removed from an oven, its temperature is measured at 300 0F.
Three minutes later its temperature is 200o F. How long will it take for the chicken to
cool off to a room temperature of 70oF.
a. 10.77 min.
b. 10.9 min.
c. 9.10 min.
d. 12.2 min.
38. Let population of country is decreasing at the rate proportional to its population.
If the population has decreased to 25% in 10 years, how long will it take to be half?
a. 5 years
b. 7.2 years
c. 8.3 years
d. 8.5 years
39. The population of a community is known to increase at a rate proportional to the
number of people present at a time t. If the population has doubled in 6 years, how
long it will take to triple?
a. 9.6 years
b. 7.3 years
c. 6.2 years
d. 8 years
40. A radioactive isotope has an initial mass 200mg, which two years later is 50mg.
What is its half-life?
a. 4.95 years
b. 2 years
c. 7 years
d. 6.3 years
41-42. Water is heated to a boiling point temperature 120 0C. It is then removed
from the burner and kept in a room of 300C temperature. Assuming that there is no
change in the temperature of the room and the temperature of the hot water is
110oC after 3 minutes.
41. Find the temperature of water after 6 minutes.
a.100 C
b. 101.1 C
c. 102.3 C
d. 100.4 C
42. Find the duration in which water will cool down to the room temperature?
a. 25.47 min.
b. 30 min.
c. 30.12 min.
d. 29 min.
43. A culture initially has Po number of bacteria. At t=1 hour, the number of

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bacteria is measured to be
P0. If the rate of growth is proportional to the number
of bacteria P(t) present at time t, determine the time necessary for the number of
bacteria to triple.
a. 2.7 hrs.
b. 4 hrs.
c. 1.7 hrs.
d. 1.6 hrs.
44. A breeder reactor converts relatively stable uranium 238 into the isotope
plutonium 239. After 30 years it is determined that 0.022% of the initial amount N 0
of plutonium has disintegrated. Find the half-life of this isotope if the rate of
disintegration in proportional to the amount remaining.
a.1000 yrs.
b. 892.2 years
c.934.764 yrs.
d. 800 yrs.
46. What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws of a dice?
a.1/6
b.1/8
c.1/9
d.1/12
47. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two
heads?
a.3/4
b.1/4
c.3/8
d.7/8
48. In a lottery, there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn at random. What is the
probability of getting a prize?

a. 1/10
b. 2/5
c. 2/7
d. 5/7
49. A fair die is rolled three consecutive times. What is the probability that the digit
sum of the three rolls is 15 or larger?
a. 5/54
b. 2/45
c. 12/21
d. 1/10
50-54. A family has three children, ages 5, 7, and 10. If we assume that the
probability of giving birth to a boy is the same as the probability of giving birth to a
girl, determine the following probabilities.
50. Three girls
a. 1/8
b.
c. 3/4
d. 0
51. At least two are boys
a. 1/8
b.
c. 3/4
d. 0
52. The oldest is a girl.
a. 1/8
b.
c. 3/4
d. 0
53. two are children of the same gender
a. 1/8
b.
c. 3/4
d. 0
54. equal number of boys and girls
a. 1/8
b.
c. 3/4
d. 0