1.

If ax = by and b p = a q, then
a. x p = y q
b. xy = pq
c. px = qy
d. qx = py
2. If ax 3 + bx 2 + cx + d is divided by x - 2, then the reminder is equal to
a. a - b + c - d
b. 8a + 4b + 2c + d
c. -8a + 4b -2c + d
d. a + b + c + d
3. The range of the function f(x) = -|x - 2| - 3 is
a. y ≥ 2
b. y ≤ -3
c. y ≥ -3
d. y ≤ -2
4. It takes Michael 60 seconds to run around a 440-yard track. How long does it take Jordan to run
around the track if they meet in 32 second after they start together in a race around the track in
opposite direction?
a. 58.76 seconds
b. 68.57 seconds
c. 65.87 seconds
d. 86.57 seconds
5. The time required by an elevator to lift a weight, vary directly with the weight and the distance
through which it is to be lifted and inversely as the power of the motor. If it takes 30 seconds for
a 10-hp motor to lift 100lbs through 50 feet, what size of motor is requires to lift 800 lbs. in 40
seconds through a distance of 40 feet?
a. 48 hp
b. 50 hp
c. 56 hp
d. 58 hp
6. An angle measures x degree. What is its measure in radians?
a. 180° x / π
b. π x / 180°
c. 180° π / x
d. 180° π x
7. Express 45° in mils.
a. 80 mils
b. 800 mils
c. 8000 mils
d. 80000mils
8. What is the value in degrees of π radians?
a. 90° b. 57.3°
c. 180° d. 45°
9. The sum of the sides of a triangle is equal to 100 cm. If the angles of the triangle are in the
continued proportions of 1:2:4. Compute the shortest side of the triangle.
a. 17.545
b. 19.806
c. 18.525
d. 14.507
10. The sides of the triangular field which contains an area of 2400 sq. cm. are in continued
proportion of 3:5:7. Find the smallest side of the triangle.
a. 45.74
b. 63.62
c. 95.43
d. 57.67
11. Determine the equation of the line tangent to the graph y = 2x 2 + 1, at the point (1, 3).
a. y = 4x + 1
b. y = 4x – 1
c. y = 2x – 1
d. y = 2x + 1
12. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve x 2 + y 2 = 41 through (5, 4).
a. 5x + 4y = 41
b. 4x – 5y = 41
c. 4x + 5y = 41
d. 5x – 4y = 41
13. The midpoint of the line segment joining a moving point to (6, 0) is on the line y=x. Find the
equation of its locus.
a. x – y + 6 = 0
b. x – 2y + 6 = 0
c. 2x – y -3 = 0
d. 2x + 3y – 5 = 0
14. The base of an isosceles triangle is the line from (4, -3) to (-4, 5). Find the locus of the third
vertex.
a. x – y + 1 = 0
b. x + y + 1 = 0
c. x – y – 2 = 0
d. x + y – 3 = 0
15. What is the new equation of the line 5x + 4y + 3 = 0 if the origin is translated to the point (1, 2)?
c. 4x’ + 3y’ + 16 = 0
d. 5x’ + 4y’ + 16 = 0
e. 5x’ – 4y’ – 16 = 0
f. 6x’ + 6y’ – 16 = 0
16. A body moves such that its acceleration as a function of time is a=2+12t, where “a” is in m/s 2. If
its velocity after 1 s is 11 m/s. find the distance traveled after 5 seconds.
a. 256 m b. 340 m
c. 290 m d. 420 m
17. A runner and his coach are standing together on a circular track of radius 100 meters. When the
coach gives a signal, the runner starts to run around the track at a speed of 10 m/s. How fast is
the distance between the runners has run ¼ of the way around the track?
a. 5.04 m/s
b. 6.78 m/s
c. 5.67 m/s
d. 7.07 m/s
18. Find dy/dx: y = sin (ln x2).
a. 2 cos (ln x 2)
b. 2 cos (ln x 2) / x
c. 2x cos (ln x 2)
d. 2 cos (ln x 2) / x 2
19. The derivative of ln (cos x) is:
a. sec x
b. –sec x
c. –tan x
d. tan x
20. Find the derivative of arcos 4x with respect to x.
a. -4 / [1 – (4x) ^2] ^2
b. -4 / [1 – (4x)] ^0.5
c. 4 / [1 – (4x) ^2] ^0.5
d. -4 / [(4x) ^2 - 1] ^0.5
21. Evaluate the integral of tan^2 x dx.
a. tan x – x + c
b. sec^2 x + x + c
c. 2sec x – x + c
d. (tan^2 x)/s + x + c
22. Evaluate the integral of sqrt (3t – 1) dt.
a. (2/9)(3t – 1)^5/2 + c
b. (2/9)(3t – 1)^3/2 + c
c. (1/2)(3t – 1)^5/2 + c
d. (1/2)(3t – 1)^3/2 + c
23. 3. Evaluate the integral of (3t – 1)^3 dt.
a. (1/12)(3t – 1)^4 + c
b. (1/4)(3t – 1)^4 + c
c. (1/3)(3t – 1)^4 + c
d. (1/12)(3t – 1)^3 + c
24. Find the area of the region above the x axis bounded by the curve y = -x 2 + 4x – 3.
c. 1.333 square units
d.3.243 square units
e.2.122 square units
f. 1.544 square units
25. Find the volume of the solid of revolution formed by rotating the region bounded by the
parabola y = x 2 and the lines y = 0 and x = 2 about the x axis.
a. 25.01 cu. units
b. 15.50 cu. units
c. 20.11 cu. units
d. 30.14 cu. Units
26. Find the differential equation of the family of line passing through the origin.
A. xdy – ydx = 0 C. xdy + ydx = 0
B. ydy + xdx = 0 D. xdx + dy = 0
27. The rate of population growth of a country is proportional to the number of inhabitants. If the
population of a certain country now is 40 million and 50 million in 10 years’ time, what will be its
population 20 years from now?
A. 62.5 million C. 56.20 million
B. 65.20 million D. 52.6 million
28. What is the equation (DE) of the family of parabolas having their vertices at the origin and their
foci n the x – axis.
A.2xdy – ydx = 0 C. xdy – 2y 2dx = 0
B. 2ydy + x 2dx D. y 2 dy + 2xydx = 0
29. Determine the degree of the given ordinary D.E y’’’’ – 4(y’’’) ² + 3(y’’) ³ - y’ = 0
a. 1* c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
30. A thermometer reading 18 deg F is brought into a room where the temperature is 70 deg F; a
minute later, the thermometer reading is 31 deg F. determine the temperature reading 5
minutes after the thermometer is first brought into the room.
A. 57.68 deg F C. 30.01 deg F
B. 42.4 deg F D. 53.89 deg F
31. The probability that both stages of a two-stage rocket to function correctly is 0.92. The reliability
of the first stage is 0.97. The reliability of the second stage is:
a. 0.948
b. 0.958
c. 0.968
d. 0.8924
32. Ricky and George each throw dice. If Ricky gets a sum of four what is the probability that George
will get less than of four?
a. ½
b. 5/6
c. 9/11
d. 1/12
33. Two fair dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the dice is divisible by 5?
a. 7/36
b. 1/9
c. 1/12
d. ¼
34. An um contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of getting one black ball
and white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?
a. 0.24
b. 0.27
c. 0.53
d. 0.04
35. Five fair coins were tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting three heads and
two tails?
a. 1/32
b. 1/16
c. 1/8
d. ¼
36. An objects acceleration as it starts to fall is:
A. equal to g C. less than g
B. greater than g D. zero
37. Going against a wind, a domestic plane can travel 5/8 of the distance in one hour that it is going
with the wind. If the plane can fly 300mph in calm wind, what is the velocity of the wind?
A. 69.3 mph C. 96.3 mph
B. 73.3 mph D. 93.3 mph
38. A bullet is fired from a gun at an angle of 40 0. What is the range if its velocity is 300 m/s? g = 10
m/s.
A. 192.9m C. 8863 m
B. 229.8 m D. 12000 m
39. A car accelerates from rest at 2 m/s² for 5 seconds, travels at constant speed for 10 seconds and
decelerates to rest at 2 m/s². Calculate the distance traveled by the car.
a. 525 m c. 450 m
b. 315 m d. 150 m
40. Two mass collide on a frictionless horizontal floor and perfectly inelastic collision. Mass 1 is 4
times Mass 2; velocity of mass 1 is 10 m/s to the right while mass 2 is 20 m/s to the left. What is
the velocity and direction of the resulting combined mass?
a. 10 m/s to the right c. 4 m/s to the right
b. 10 m/s to the left d. 1.5 m/s to the left
41. A body weighing 40lb starts from rest and slides down a plane at an angle of 30deg with the
horizontal for which the coefficient of friction u = 0.30. How far will it move during the third
second?
a. 19.63 feet
b. 19.33 feet
c. 18.33 feet
d. 19.99 feet
42. A pick-up truck is traveling forward at 25m/s. The bed is loaded with boxes whose coefficient of
friction with the bed is 0.4. What is the shortest time that the truck can be brought to a stop
such that the boxes do not shift?
a. 2.35s b. 4.75s
c. 5.45s d. 6.37s
43. Two cars A and B accelerate from a stationary start. The acceleration of A is 4 ft/sec^2 and that
of B is 5 ft/sec^2. If B was originally 20 feet behind A , how long will it take B to overtake A.
a. 18.6 sec
b. 10 sec
c. 12.5 sec
d. 6.32 sec
44. Two cars, A and B, are travelling at the same speed of 80 km/hr in the same direction on a level
road, with car A 100 meters ahead of car B. Car A slows down to make a turn decelerating at 7
ft/sec^2. In how many seconds will B overtake A.
a. 6.96 sec
b. 5.55 sec
c. 7.85 sec
d. 9.69 sec
45. What is the magnitude of the resultant force of the two forces 200N at 20deg and 400N at
144deg?
a. 332.5N
b. 323.5N
c. 313.5N
d. 233.5N
46. A load of 100 lb is hung from the middle of the rope, which is stretched between two rigid walls
30ft. apart. Due to the load, the rope sags 4 feet in the middle. Determine the tension in the
rope.
a. 165lbs.
b. 173lbs.
c. 194lbs.
d. 149lbs.
47. A 100kg weight rest on a 30degrees incline plane. Neglecting friction, how much pull must one
exert to bring the weight up the plane?
a. 88.67kg.
b. 100kg
c. 70.71kg
d. 50kg
48. A block weighing 500kN rest on a ramp inclined at 25degrees with the horizontal. The force
tending to move the block down the ramp is ________
a. 121kN
b. 265kN
c. 211kN
d. 450kN
49. A 200kg crate impends to slide down a ramp inclined at an angle of 19.29deg with the
horizontal. What is the frictional resistance?
a. 612.38N
b. 628.38N
c. 648.16N
d. 654.12N
50. A man can exert a maximum pull of 1000N but wishes to lift a new stone door for his cave
weighing 20,000N. If he uses a lever, how much closer must the fulcrum be to the stone then to
his hand?
a. 10 times nearer
b. 20 times farther
c. 10 times farther
d. 20 times nearer