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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. 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. 1 only.

NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means exponentiation.
Ex. x^2 means x2; (x+y)^(x-z) means
(x+y) raised to the (x-z). Pi=3.1416

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A triangle has its sides having a equations equal to x + 2y – 5 = 0, 2x – y –

10 = 0 and 2x + y + 2 = 0. Find the equation of the circle inscribed in the
triangle.
A. (x-2)2 + (y-1)2 = 5 C. (x-1)2 + (y+1)2 = 5*
B. (x+1)2 + (y-1) = 5 D. (x-1) + (y-1) = 5

2. A diameter of a sphere can be measured with maximum error of 0.2 cm. Find the
corresponding error in the volume of a sphere whose diameter is 90 cm.
A. 2545 cc.* C. 2455 cc.
B. 2454 cc. D. 2554 cc.

3. The locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances between two
fixed points is constant is called
A. Ellipse* C. circle
B. Parabola D. hyperbola
4. What is the area of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in a semicircle
of radius 10?
A. 1000 C. 10
B. 50 D. 100*

5. Find the area bounded by r = 2/(1 + cos theta)and cos theta = 0.

A. 2/3 C. 8/3*
B. 5/3 D. 1/3
6. A triangular fish pen has sides 30 cm, 50 cm and 60 cm. Find the acute angle
opposite to the shortest side.
A. 90 deg C. 30 deg*
B. 45 deg D. 60 deg

7. The cost of student ticket is ten pesos more than half an adult ticket. Six
adults and four students tickets cost 280 pesos. What is the cost of one adult
ticket?
A. 35 C. 60
B. 30* D. 45
8. Ian remodels a kitchen in 20 hours and Jack in 15 hours. If they work together,
how many hours to remodel the kitchen?
A. 8.6* C. 5.6
B. 7.5 D. 12

9. What is the value of x if logx 1296 = 4?

A. 4 C. 6*
B. 5 D. 3
10. Find the acute angles between the two planes 2x-y+z=8 and x+y+2z-11=0.
A. 30° C. 45°
B. 60°* D. 40°

11. If the ladder 30 ft long which is leaning against a wall, has its upper end
sliding down the wall at the rate of ½ ft per sec. What is the rate of change
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of the acute angle made by the ladder with the ground when the upper end is 18
ft above the ground?
A. 0.523 rad per sec C. -0.210 rad per sec
B. 0.01250 rad per sec D. -0.021 rad per sec*

12. What is the amplitude and period, respectively, of the equation y = 4cos (2θ
+30◦)?
A. 4,180°* C. 2, 60°
B. 2,90° D. 4, 30°
13. The top of a 32 m ladder leans on a vertical wall. The foot of the ladder is
being pushed toward the wall at the rate of 2 in/min. At what distance from the
bottom of the wall is the top of the ladder rising at the rate of 3 in/min?
A. 15.10 m C. 17.75 m*
B. 15.50 m D. 2.43 m
14. If sin (xy) = x then dy/dx =
A. Sec (xy) C. (sec(xy)-y)/x*
B. (sec(xy))/x D. sec(xy) – 1

15. A and B are two points on opposite banks for a river. From A a line AC = 275 m
is laid off and the angles CAB = 125 deg 40 min and ACB = 48 deg 50 min are
measured. Find the length of AB.
A. 2450 m C. 2610 m
B. 2540 m D. 2160 m*

16. A stone is thrown in such a manner that it would hit a bird at the top of a
tree and afterwards reach a height double that of the tree. At the moment of
throwing the stone, the bird flies horizontally away. Notwithstanding this, the
stone hits the bird. Determine the horizontal component of the velocity of the
stone if the bird flew at an average speed of 12 m per second.
A. 14.484 m* C. 16.745 m
B. 12.144 m D. 18.192 m

17. The slope of the curve y cubed – x (y squared) = 4 at the point where y = 2 is
A. -2 C. -1/2
B. ½* D. 2
18. Determine the differential equation of the family of lines thru (h, k).
A. (x + h)dx – (y – k)dy = 0 C. (x – h)dx – (y – k)dy = 0
B. (x - h) + y (y – k) = dy/dx D. (y – k)dx – (x - h)dy = 0*

19. A radioactive substance whose mass is 200 mg will decay to 180 mg after 12
years. Determine the half-life of this substance.
A. 70 years C. 79 years*
B. 48 years D. 86 years

20. Find the volume generated when the area bounded by y = 2x + 3 and y = x
squared is revolved about the x – axis.
A. 300 C. 228*
B. 308 D. 422

21. A box contains 8 red, 3 white, and 9 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at
random, determine the probability that all 3 are red.
A. 12/285 C. 16/285
B. 14/285* D. 18/285

22. Find the term involving x squared in the expansion of (x^3 + k/x)^10.
A. 210 k sq. x sq. C. 92 k sq. x sq.
B. 32 k sq. x sq. D. 120 k^7 x sq.*
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23. Martha drives half the distance from A to B at 40 miles per hour and the other
half the distance at 60 miles per hour. What is her average rate of speed, in
miles per hour, for the entire trip?
A. 48* C. 50
B. 49 D. 51

24. Suppose the weights W of 800 male students are normally distributed with mean
of 140 pounds and standard deviation of 10 pounds. Find the number of students
which weights between 138 and 148 pounds.
A. 294* C. 284
B. 298 D. 226

25. An object falls from rest in a medium offering a resistance. The velocity of
the object before the object reaches the ground is given by the differential
equation dv/dt plus v per 10 equals 32 ft per sec squared. What is the velocity
of the object one second after it falls?
A. 34.12 C. 30.45*
B. 40.54 D. 38.65

26. A student is to answer 8 out 10 questions on an exam. Find the number of

choices.
A. 45* C. 40
B. 50 D. 60

27. 1 sq. m = __________sq. cm.

A. 10,000* C. 1,000
B. 100,000 D. 1,000,000

28. If a right circular cone has a lateral surface area of 6 pi and a slant height
of 6, what is the radius of the base?
A. 0.50 C. 1.00*
B. 0.75 D. 1.50

29. If f(x) = x squared and g(x) = 2x, what is the value of f(g(-3)) – g(f(-3))?
A. 54 C. -18
B. 18* D. -54

30. How many liters of water must be added to 1 liter of 35% boric acid solution
in order to produce 20% boric acid solution?
A. 0.75 liters* C. 1.5 liters
B. 0.5 liters D. 1.0 liters

31. Joel burns 500 calories per hour, in how many hours can he burn 750 calories?
A. 2 C. 1
B. 1.5* D. 2.5

32. A long piece of tin 60 feet wide is to be made into a trough by bending up two
sides. Find the inclination of each side if the carrying capacity is a maximum?
A. 30 deg C. 60 deg*
B. 45 deg D. 90 deg

33. From a point on a level ground, the angles of elevation of the top and bottom
of the tower situated on the top of the mountain are measured a 45 deg and 35
deg respectively. Find the height of the tower if the distance directly from
the said point on the ground to the top of the mountain is 100 ft.
A. 25.46 ft C. 48.26 ft
B. 42.68 ft D. 24.56 ft*

34. Determine the modulus and argument, respectively, of the complex number Z
=2+j3.
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A. 5.202, 65.23° C. 3.606, 56.31°*

B. 5.404, 56.34° D. 2,3

35. According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate at which a substance cools in
air is directly proportional to the difference between the temperature of the
substance at that of air. If the temperature of the air is 30 deg C and the
substance cools from 100 deg C to 70 deg C in 15 minutes, how will it take to
cool 100 deg C to 50 deg C?
A. 45.30 min. C. 43.50 min.
B. 35.59 min. D. 33.59 min.*

36. The center of a circle is at (1, 1) and one point on its circumference is (-1,
-3). Find the other end of the diameter through (-1, -3).
A. (3, 5)* C. (1, 4)
B. (2, 5) D. (3, 4)

37. Find the area of a triangle having vertices at -4 – I, 1 + 2i, 4 – 3i.

A. 15 C. 17*
B. 16 D. 18

38. Determine the number of the term whose value is 22 in the series 2.5, 4, 5.5,
7, . . .
A. 15th C. 14th *
th
B. 12 D. 23rd

39. If a substance decomposes at a rate proportional to the amount of the

substance present, and if the amount decreases from 40 g to 10 g in 2 hrs, then
the constant of proportionality is
A. – In 2* C. – 1/4
B. – ½ D. in (1/4)

40. Find the sum of ½, 1/3, 1/6,…to 16 terms.

A. – 8 C. - 16
B. – 4 D. -12 *

41. The parabola y = 3( x squared) – 6x + 5 has its vertex at

A. (2, 5) C. (- 1, 2)
B. (1, 2)* D. (-2, 5)

42. Find the value of z in the following equations.

3x – 2y + z = 11
X + 5y -2z = - 9
2x + y – 3z = - 6
A. 2 C. 4
B. 3* D. 5

43. Water flows into a vertical cylindrical tank, at the rate of 1/5 cu. Ft/sec.
The water surface is rising at the rate of 0.425 ft/min. What is the diameter
of the tank?
A. 6 ft* C. 8 ft
B. 10 ft D. 4 ft

44. A tank in an ice plant is to contains 3,000 liters of brine. It is constructed

to be 4 m long and 1.5 m wide. Find the length of the tank.
A. 0.4 m C. 0.5 m*
B. 0.6 m D. 0.3 m
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45. The inner surface of a tank is in the form of a hemisphere of radius 3.00 m
with the diametral plane on top. Determine the total work done in pumping the
water to the top of the tank. For water, Ɯ = 9.802 kN/cu.m.
A. 632.50 kN-m C. 623.50 kN-m*
B. 542.30 kN-m D. 524.30 kN-m

46. Find the volume formed by revolving the triangle whose vertices are (1, 1),
(2, 4) and (3, 1) about the line 2x – 5y = 10.
A. 42 C. 64
B. 56* D. 36

47. A steel girder 8.00 m long is moved on rollers a passageway 4.00 m wide and
into a corridor at right angles to the passageway. Neglecting the width of the
girder, how many must the corridor be?
A. 2.40 m C. 1.80 m*
B. 1.20 m D. 3.60 m

48. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevation of its top changes from 20
deg to 40 deg as the observer advances 23 meters toward the base.
A. 14.78 m* C. 15.78 m
B. 13.78 m D. 16.78 m

49. A parabolic arch 18 m high has a horizontal beam 64 m long placed across the
arch 8 m from the top. Find the width at the bottom.
A. 109 m C. 82 m
B. 96 m* D. 76 m

50. Evaluate the integral of cosx dx limits from pi/4 to pi/2.

A. 0.392 C. 0.564
B. 0.293* D. 0.789

51. Find the equation of the diameter of the circle x^2 + y^2 + 2x – 4y = 4 that
is parallel to the line 3x + 5y = 4.
A. 3x + 5y =3 C. 3x + 5y = 8
B. 3x – 5y = 7 D. 3x + 5y = 7*

52. Water is running out of a conical funnel at the rate of 1 cu.in/sec. If the
radius of the base of the funnel is 4 in and the altitude is 8 in, find the
rate at which the water level is dropping when it is 2 in from the to.
A. – 1/9 pi in/sec C. ½ pi in/sec
B. – ½ pi in/sec D. 1/9 pi in/sec*

53. Find the area enclosed by the curve y = 4 cos3x, the x-axis and ordinates x =
0 and x = π/6
A. 1.333 sq. units* C. 1.677 sq. units
B. 2.111 sq. units D. 3.211 sq. units

54. Evaluate the Laplace transform of cosh at.

A. 3s/( 2s^2 - a^2 ) C. 2s/( s^2 - a^2 )*
B. 2s/( s^2 + a^2 ) D. 2s/( s^3 + a^3 )

55. In a circle of radius 12 inches, a line from the center perpendicular to a

chord is 4 inches. Find the length of the chord.
A. 64.56 in C. 22.63 in*
B. 55.67 in D. 45.65 in
56. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the circular disk x^2 +
y^2 = a^2 around the vertical line x = a.
A. V = 2 pi^2 a^3* C. V = 2pia
B. V = 3 pi/2a^3 D. V = pi/2a^2
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57. A rectangle with sides parallel to the coordinate axes has one vertex at the
origin, one on the positive x-axis, one on the positive y-axis and its fourth
vertex in the first quadrant on the line with equation 2x + y = 100. What is
the maximum possible area of such a rectangle?
A. 1250* C. 2250
B. 1908 D. 3520

58. Find the area of the region inside the triangle with vertices ( 1, 1 ), ( 3,2
) and ( 2,4 ).
A. 5/2* C. 1/2
B. 3/2 D. 7/2

59. Find the second derivative of the function y = 5x cubed + 2x + 1.

A. 2x C. 30x*
B. x D. 24x

60. Find k so that the line 4x – y + 3 = 0 is tangent to the curve x sq. – y + k =

0.
A. 4 C. 0
B. 11 D. 7*

61. Jody’s English quiz scores are 56, 93, 72, 89 and 87. What is the median of
her score?
A. 87* C. 72
B. 85 D. 56

62. Steve earned a 96% on his first math test, a 74% his second test, and 85% on
his third test. What is his test average?
A. 82 % C. 87 %
B. 91 % D. 85 %*

63. A transmitter with a height of 15 m is located on top of a mountain, which is

located on top of a mountain, which is 3.0 km high. What is the furthest
distance on the surface of the earth that can be seen from the top of the
mountain? Take the radius of the earth to be 6400 km.
A. 225 km C. 196 km*
B. 152 km D. 205 km

64. Find the area bounded by y sq. = 4x and x sq. = 4y.

A. 2.33 C. 0.33
B. 5.33* D. 8.33

65. A water tank is shaped in such a way that the volume of water in the tank is V
= 2y^3/2 cu.in. when its depth is y inches. If water flows out through a hole
at the bottom of the tank at the rate of 3( sq.rt. of y ) cu.in/min. At what
rate does the water level in the tank fall?
A. 11 in/min C. 0.11 in/min
B. 1 in/min* D. 1/11 in/min

66. Find the volume of a cube having its two faces lie in the planes 2x – y + 2z –
3 = 0 and 6x – 3y + 6z + 8 = 0.
A. 5467/729 C. 4319/729
B. 5647/729 D. 4913/729*

67. Find the volume generated by revolving the first quadrant area bounded by x^2
= 8y and y = 2 about the line y = 2.
A. 20.11 C. 24.88
B. 26.81* D. 32.81

68. When two lines are perpendicular, the slope of one is:
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A. Equal to the negative of the other

B. Equal to the other
C. Equal to the negative reciprocal of the other*
D. Equal to the reciprocal of the other

69. A post office can accept for mailing only if the sum of its length and its
girth ( the circumference of its cross section ) is at most 100 in. What is the
maximum volume of a rectangular box with square cross section that can be
mailed?
A. 5432.32 cu.in. C. 2592.25 cu.in.
B. 1845.29 cu.in. D. 9259.26 cu.in.*

70. Evaluate lim ( z squared + 1 )/( z raised to the 6 + 1 ) as z approaches to i.

A. Sq. rt. of 2( 1 + I )/2 C. 1/3*
B. ( - 4/3 ) – 4i D. – 12 + 6i

71. When its brakes are fully applied, a certain automobile has a constant
deceleration of 22 ft/sec^2. If its initial velocity is 90 min/hr, how long
will it take to come to a stop?
A. 11 sec C. 6 sec*
B. 7 sec D. 9 sec

72. A political scientist asked a group of people how they felt about two
political policy statements. Each person was to respond A ( agree ), N (
neutral ) or D ( disagree ) to each NN, ND, DA, DN, AN, and DD. Assuming each
response combination is equally likely, what is the probability the person
being interviewed agrees with one of the two policy statements?
A. 1/9 C. 2/9
B. 2/5 D. 4/9*

73. The sum of the distance from two foci to any point in an _____ is constant.
A. Hyperbola C. parabola
B. Any conic D. ellipse*

74. Evaluate lim x sin ( pi/x ) as x approaches to infinity.

A. 1 C. pi*
B. Pi/2 D. infinity

75. Studies have shown a particular television commercial is understood by a 25%

of pre school pupils and 80% of grade school pupils. If a television
advertizing agency randomly selected one preschooler and one grade-schooler,
what is the probability neither child would understand the commercial, assuming
the children reaction’s are independent?
A. 0.15* C. 0.50
B. 0.25 D. 0.12

76. In polar coordinate system, the polar angle is positive when:

A. Measured clockwise
B. None of these
C. Measured counterclockwise*
D. Measured at the terminal side of theta
77. From past experience, it is known 90% of one year old children can distinguish
their mother’s voice from the voice of a similar sounding female. A random
sample of 20 one year’s old are given this voice recognize test. Find the
probability that all 20 children recognize their mother’s voice.
A. 0.122* C. 1.200
B. 0.500 D. 0.222

78. The volume of a square pyramid is 384 cu.cm. Its altitude is 8 cm. How long is
an edge of the base?
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A. 11 C. 13
B. 12* D. 14

79. From a tower 100 meters high, two objects A and B in the plane of the base are
found to have angles of depression of 15 degrees and 12 degrees respectively.
The horizontal angle subtended by A and B at the foot of the tower is 48
degrees. Find the distance from A to B.
A. 344.5 m C. 364.5 m
B. 354.5 m* D. 374.5 m

80. A conical reservoir has an altitude of 3.60 m and its upper base radius is
1.20 m. If it is filled with a liquid of unit weight 9.40 kN/m^3 to a depth of
2.70 m, find the work done in pumping the liquid to 1.00 m above the top of the
tank.
A. 55.41 kN-m* C. 45.56 kN-m
B. 48.52 kN-m D. 68.24 kN-m

81. Find the k so that the plane ( k + 1 ) x – y + ( 2 – k ) z = 5 is

perpendicular to the plane 2x +6y – z + 3 = 0.
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2* D. 4

82. A hyperbola has its center at ( 1, 1 ), vertex at ( 1,3 ) and an eccentricity

of 2. Find the length of the conjugate axis.
A. 2(sq. rt. of 2) C. 2(sq. rt. of 3)*
B. 3(sq. rt. of 2) D. 3(sq. rt. of 3)
83. If z1 = 3 – 4i and z2 = - 4 + 3i , find z1 x z2.
A. 7 C. 24
B. – 7* D. – 24

84. Find the moment of inertia of the area bounded by the parabola y sq. = 4x, x-
axis and the line x = 1 , with respect to the x-axis.
A. 1.067* C. 0.968
B. 1.244 D. 0.878
85. The radius of a sphere is r when the time is t seconds. Find the radius when
the rate of change of the surface area and the rate of change of the radius are
equal.
A. ½ pi C. 1/6 pi
B. ¼ pi D. 1/8 pi *
86. The velocity attained by an object falling freely a distance h feet from rest
is given by v = sq. rt. of ( 64.4h ) ft/sec. Estimate the error in v due to an
error of 0.5 ft when h is measured as 100 ft.
A. 0.1 ft/sec C. 0.3 ft/sec
B. 0.2 ft/sec* D. 0.4 ft/sec

87. A goat is tethered to a corner of a 4 m by 5 m shed by 6 m rope. What area of

the ground outside the shed can the goat graze?
A. 88.75* C. 77.32
B. 99.78 D. 66.73

88. Which of the following is an exact DE?

A. ( x^2 + 1 ) dx – xydy = 0 C. 2xydx + ( 2 + x^2 ) dy = 0*
B. Xdy + ( 3x – 2y ) dx = 0 D. x^2 ydy – ydx = 0

89. A tower 125 ft high is on a cliff on the bank of a river. From the top of the
tower the angle of depression of a point on the opposite shore is 2840' and
from the base of the tower the angle of depression of the same point is 1820'.
Find the width of the river.
A. 192 ft. C. 580 ft.*
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B. 220 ft. D. 460 ft.

90. Write the differential equation of a family of straight lines with slope and
y-intercept equal.
A. Ydx + ( x – 1 ) dy = 0 C. xdy – ( y + 1 ) dx = 0
B. Ydx – ( x + 1 ) dy = 0* D. ydy + ( x – 1 ) dx = 0

91. A man rows upstream and back in 12 hours. If the rate of the current is 1.5
kph and that of the man in still water is 4 kph, what was the time spent
downstream?
A. 1.75 hr C. 3.75 hr*
B. 2.75 hr D. 4.75 hr

92. How much must a merchant mark a sofa which cost him $120 in order that he can
give a 20% discount on the marked price and still have a 25% gain on the
selling price?
A. $400 C. $300
B. $350 D. $200*

93. Find the area of one loop of r^2 = 16 sin 2 theta.

A. 16 C. 4
B. 8* D. 32

94. It is desired to give a spherical tank of diameter 20 feet ( 240 inches ) a

coat of paint 0.01 inch thick. Estimate how many gallons of paint will be
required.
A. 7.83* C. 6.84
B. 8.37 D. 8.64

95. A tank contains 200 liters of fresh water. Brine containing 2 kg/liter of salt
enters the tank at the rate of 4 liters per min and the mixtures kept uniform
by stirring runs out at 3 liters per min. Find the amount of salt in the tank
after 30 min.
A. 196.99 kg* C. 312.69 kg
B. 186.50 kg D. 234.28 kg
96. Find the altitude of the right circular cone of maximum convex surface
inscribed in a given sphere of radius r.
A. 5/2 r C. 5/4 r*
B. 5/3 r D. r

97. Find the length of the cardiod r = 1 – cos theta.

A. 6 C. 10
B. 8* D. 12

98. Find the equation of the locus of a point P(x, y) which moves so that the sum
of the squares of its distances from A(2,4) and B(-3,5) is 30.
A. x2 + y2 + x - 9y + 12 = 0* C. x2 + y2 + 4x - y + 2 = 0
2 2
B. 4x +3y + 9x - y + 1 = 0 D. x2 + y2 + 9x - y + 21 = 0

99. Find the angle between the velocity vectors v1=5i+2j+7k and v2 =4i+j−k.
A. 55.20° C. 86.50°
B. 66.40°* D. 42.35°

100. If 3% of the resistors produced by a company are defective, determine the

probabilities that in a sample of 80 resistors more than two will be defective.
A. 0.4303* C. 0.6055
B. 0.2613 D. 0.7387

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