Preboard-MSTE Answer Key
Preboard-MSTE Answer Key
Preboard-MSTE Answer Key
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.
a. 87.69 c. 79.68
b.78.96 d.69.87
a. Risk c. Hazard
b. Unsafe act d. Unsafe Condition
3. Determine the volume when the region bounded by y = x^3 – 4x and the
x-axis is revolved about the line x = 3.
!"#$%
a. 𝟒𝟖𝝅 c. &'
!'(% d.24𝜋
b. &'
a. 0.08 m c. 6.25 m
b. 2 m d. 12.5 m
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a. 94.89 hp c. 50.19 hp
b. 84.99 hp d. 59.10 hp
a. Risk c. Hazard
b. Unsafe act d. Unsafe Condition
9. Determine the time mean speed of the following spot speeds: 70 kph,
82 kph, 75 kph, 87 kph, 82 kph.
11. The ratio of the ages of A and B is 5:7. In 3 years, the ratio
will be 3:4. Determine the number of years, since they were in the
original ratio, so that the ratio between their ages will be 4:5.
a. 267.26 mm c. 377.96 mm
b. 188.98 mm d. 308.61 mm
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a. 32.7 c. 2.7
b. 23.7 d. 7.2
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15. Using the logistic equation 𝑃(𝑡) = &*+, !"# to model the population
of a given area where P is in terms of thousand people and t is in
years, determine the rate of logistic growth if its initial
population is 1 thousand, as t approaches a very large value, the
population approaches a million people, and the 500 thousand mark is
after 30 years.
a. 23.02% c. 2.31%
b. 20.72% d. 2.71%
16. From the given data shown below, it is required to compute the
design water depth for a ship having 45000 dead weight tons.
Full load drop of the ship = -10 m
Design low tide = -0.5 m
Construction allowance for no scour protecting riprap = 0.5 m.
a. -10.5 m c. 10.5 m
b. -11 m d. 11 m
18. A stick of length L has one of its endpoints moving along the y-
axis while the other at the x-axis. What is the equation of the curve
defined by the midpoint of the stick?
a. 7.969 c. 6.519
b. 5.454 d. 7.667
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a. 𝟑 √𝟑 c. 1.5 √3
b. 0.75√3 d. 6 √3
a. 0 c. 𝟕𝒆𝟑𝒙
b. −7𝑒 012 d. Insufficient given
a. 171.33 c. 3.34
b. 26.73 d. 87.39
25. In a raffle, there are 3 boxes containing cards with white, red,
and black colors. Box 1 has 3 white, 5 red, and 1 black card. Box 2
has 5 white, 2 red, and 3 black cards. Box 3 has 1 white, 1 red, and
4 black cards. A die is rolled to determine which box to choose then
a card is randomly chosen. If it shows a prime number of dots, it
chooses box 1. If it shows a composite number of dots, it chooses box
2. Otherwise, it chooses the third box. Given that the card is red,
what is the probability that it came from box 2?
a. 12/67 c. 5/67
b. 50/67 d. 1/2
a. 156.13 m c. 135.61
b. 165.31 d. 153.16
a. 796.2 c. 798.3
b. 792.6 d. 793.8
28. A tabulation shown are materials and its properties which are
used in a compacted paving mixture:
a. 2.61 c. 2.71
b. 2.91 d. 2.81
29. You lend a friend a certain amount which is due in 240 days but
he’s too kind enough to pay the debt after 100 days. Thus, you gave
him a 5% discount. Determine the nominal simple interest rate.
a. 13.53% c. 7.89%
b. 18.95% d. 9.48%
a. 5 c. 20
b. 10 d. 15
32. The maximum number of passenger cars that can pass a given point
on a lane or roadway during one hour under prevailing roadway and
traffic conditions.
I. Alertness of driver
II. Recognition of hazard
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a. 3862 c. 3826
b. 3628 d. 3286
a. 977.65 c. 965.09
b. 1016.14 d. 1003.57
a. 10.7368 c. 10.8376
b. 10.3687 d. 10.6378
38. A soil weighs 1163 kg/LCM, 1661 kg/BCM, and 2077 kg/CCM.
Determine the number of compacted cubic meters in 593300 LCM of this
soil.
a. 333000 c. 370000
b. 500000 d. 508400
40. For positive real numbers 𝑎 and 𝑏, determine the maximum value of
) (1
𝑥 − 𝑥)+ in terms of 𝑎 and 𝑏.
a. 𝑎+ 𝑏 ) c.
()*+),-&
), +&
) + 𝒂𝒂 𝒃𝒃
b. 𝑎 𝑏 d. (𝒂*𝒃)𝒂-𝒃
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a. 4.417 c. 8.834
b. 26.35 d. 18.63
a. 162.041 c. 107.849
b. 128.708 d. 74.515
a. 2.858 c. 0.5236
b. 0.4764 cubic m d. 3.142
a. 90 c. 120
b. 45 d. 60
46. Tropical typhoon Yolanda hits the country with an estimated wind
speed of 140 kph. This causes a storm surge in Tacloban City with a
period of 7.47 sec in a point having a depth of 9 m. Compute the
height of the wave if it has a steepness of 0.14.
a. 12.197 c. 14.197
b. 13.197 d. 15.197
a. -2pi/3 c. pi/3
b. 2pi/3 d. -pi/3
a. Reflectors c. Delineators
b. Rumble strips d. Guide posts
a. The EUAC of the proposed machine is more than the current EUAC,
which is Php 5400. Hence, change of machine is not approved.
b. The EUAC of the proposed machine is more than the current EUAC,
which is Php 6400. Hence, change of machine is not approved.
c. The EUAC of the proposed machine is more than the current EUAC,
which is Php 7400. Hence, change of machine is not approved.
d. The EUAC of the proposed machine is more than the current EUAC,
which is Php 8400. Hence, change of machine is not approved.
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52. Determine <2 +
for 𝑥 ' + 𝑦 ' = 2022.
a. −8088𝑥 1 /𝑦 > c. 𝑥 # /𝑦 #
b. 8088𝑥 1 /𝑦 > d. −𝑥 # /𝑦 #
a. Outcrop c. Vein
b. Drift d. Strike
54. Assume that any distance of 100 ft can be taped with an error of
±0.02 𝑓𝑡 if any certain techniques are employed. Determine the error in
taping 5000 ft using these skills.
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a. ± 𝟎. 𝟏𝟒𝟏𝟒 c. ± 7.071
b. ± 1 d. ± 0.02
a. 18.92 c. 29.21
b. 21.29 d. 19.28
57. A highway has a capacity of 3000 vehicles per hour and free flow
speed of 60 kph. Determine the jam density in vehicles per kilometer.
a. 200 c. 50
b. 100 d. 150
a. 2499.469 c. 2436.968
b. 2402.751 d. 2463.715
a. 48.608 c. 89.11
b. 40.506 d. 140
60. Determine the mass moment of inertia of a solid sphere with mass
5 kg and radius 0.5 cm in kgm^2.
a. 0.005 c. 0.05
b. 0.0005 d. 0.00005
a. 0.75pi c. 1.5pi
b. 3pi d. 9pi
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a. 62680 c. 68620
b. 68260 d. 66280
a. 173 c. 175
b. 174 d. 176
64. The difference in height between the mean higher high water and
the mean lower low water.
a. Brown c. Blue
b. Green d. Red
a. 1000 c. 3002
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b. 2001 d. 4003
a. 9.38 ft c. 75.36 ft
b. 30.76 ft d. 100.89 ft
a. 175 c. 186.5
b. 181.5 d. 169
a. -1/10 c. 5/19
b. 19/5 d. -10
a. 0.75 c. 0.25
b. 1.333 d. 0.333
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