1.

Which of the following common wealth act is known as the oldest Mechanical
Engineering law?
a. Commonwealth Act 394
b. Commonwealth Act 594
c. Commonwealth Act 294 *
d. Commonwealth Act 8394
2. Prior to Republic Act 8495, what law governs the practice of mechanical engineering the
Philippines?
a. Republic Act No. 5124
b.  Commonwealth Act No. 294 *
c. Commonwealth Act No. 293
d. Republic Act No. 2934
3. One best known practices in industrial plant is:
a. To provide alert security guards
b. To provide machines with appropriate guards*
c. To maintain a fire brigade
d. To train delivery personnel
4. Which of the four does not belong to the group?
a. Class D Fire – fire caused by LPG *
b. Class B Fire – fire caused by oil and other hydrocarbons
c. Class C Fire – electrical fire
d. Class A Fire – fire caused by light combustible materials like paper and wood
5. All heavy machinery should be supported on solid foundations of sufficient mass and
base area to prevent or minimize transmission of
a. objectionable vibration to the building and occupied space *
b. objectionable vibration of forces from nearby machine
c. better control of the drainage system
d. objectionable sound coming from the exhaust
6. On existing installation boiler, the lowest factor of safety permissible shall be
a. 7
b. 6
c. 5
d. 4.5 *
7. The age limit of a horizontal return tubular flue or cylinder boiler having a longitude lap
joint and operating at a pressure in excess of 0.345 MPa or 3.45 bar gage shall be:
a. 18 years
b. 35 years
c. 30 years *
d. 20 years
8. All proposed installation, additions and alterations involving machinery, mechanical
equipment or process shall be covered by plans and specifications prepared by or under
the supervision of a:
a. Mechanical Plant Engineer (MPE)
b. Professional Mechanical Engineer (PME)*
c. Registered Mechanical Engineer (RME)
d. Certified Plant Mechanic(CPM)
9. Minimum grade of Mechanical Engineer required to supervise operation of a 500 kW
diesel engine.
a. RME *
b. PME
c. CPM
d. MPE
10. Following the ASA code for the pressure piping, which pipe is used in power plants for
small control lines, condenser tubes and for tubular water heater?
a. copper alloy
b. cast iron
c. carbon steel *
d. wrought iron
11. In mounting a machine, it should be leveled by driving wedges between the machine base
and concrete foundation and with aid of:
a. a hose and water
b. a tri-square
c. a steel rule
d. a spirit level
12. The machine should be placed on new foundation until ___ days have elapsed depending
upon the volume of the foundation.
a. 4 to 7
b. 7 to 10 *
c. 5 to 6
d. 3 to 6
13. Maintenance shop and machine room shall be at least ____ mm in height from the floor
to the ceiling.
a. 3000 *
b. 2500
c. 2000
d. 1500
14. The new Mechanical Engineering Law which was signed last February 12, 1998 is
known as:
a. RA 8945
b. RA 8954
 c. RA 8495 *
d. RA 8549
15. Maximum plant capacity in which a licensed ME is allowed to operate, tend or maintain:
a. 300 kW
b. 1000 kW
c. 2000 kW *
d. 6000 kW
16. For a mechanical plant with capacity of 100 kW or over but not more than 300 kW, the
personnel required must be at least one
a. CPM *
b. ME
c. CPM, ME or PME
d. PME
17. A legally binding agreement between two persons having an agreement:
a. sign - up
b. agreement
c. contract *
d. deal
18. Kind of obligation which has no conditions attached
a. deal
b. agreement
c. gratuitous *
d. favor
19. Which is not a qualification of an applicant for ME board examination?
a. He must be a holder of BSME degree
b. He must be a citizen of the Philippines
c. He must be at least 18 years old
d. He must be a Certified Plant Mechanic
20. To be responsible and in-charge of the preparation of the plans, design and estimates of a
mechanical plant.
a. PME *
b. CPM
c. ME
d. CPM, ME, or PME
21. If the rated scores of an examinee in a board exam are 85, 82, and 48 in Math, Power, and
Design subjects respectively (average: 72.85%), what will be the overall result?
a. Pass
b. Fail *
c. Removal exam
d. Deferred
22. Which of the following is NOT a qualification for being a member of the Board
of Mechanical Engineering (BME)?
a. Must be at least thirty-five (35) years of age
b. Naturalized or born Filipino citizen *
c. Has never been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude
d. A Professional Mechanical Engineer with a valid professional license and an active
practitioner as such, for not less than ten (10) years prior to his appointment
23. A foreign mechanical engineer may only be allowed to practice mechanical
engineering in the Philippines if his country also allows Filipino mechanical engineers
practice under similar provisions like those in RA8495. This policy is also known as
a. Foreign Reciprocity *
b. Foreign Reciprocality
c. Foreign engineer exchange
d. Foreign affairs
24. According to RA 8495, where will the budget to implement Mechanical Engineering Law
come from?
a. Local Budget
b. Foreign funding
c. National Budget *
d. From members of PSME
25. A plant with rated capacity 500 kW requires with 3 shifts has:
a. At least one(1) registered mechanical engineer or Professional Mechanical engineer for
all three shifts
b. At least two(2) registered mechanical engineer or Professional Mechanical engineer for
all three shifts
c. At least three(3) registered mechanical engineer or Professional Mechanical engineer,
one per shift *
d. At least four (4) registered mechanical engineer or Professional Mechanical engineer,
one per shift plus one (1) as a buffer
26. Who has the power to revoke or suspend license to practice mechanical engineering in
the Philippines?
a. Any PSME official
b. Board of Mechanical engineering *
c. PSME president and chairman
d. PRC chairman
27. An applicant who fails to pass the examination for the third time shall be allowed to take
another examination only after the lapse of ____ 
a. Two years
b. Six months
c. One year and six months
d. One year *
28. In addition to the administrative sanctions imposed under RA8495 any person who
violates any of the provisions of this Act and its rules and regulations shall, upon
conviction be penalize by a fine of not less _______ nor more than Two hundred
thousand pesos (P200,000.00).
a. 50, 000 pesos *
b. 75, 000 pesos
c. 100, 000 pesos
d. 150, 000 pesos
29. Minimum requirement in teaching mechanical engineering subjects in universities and
colleges in the Philippines
a. Doctoral Degree related to mechanical engineering
b. Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering *
c. Registered Mechanical engineer
d. Graduate of Mechanical engineering course
30. As a requirement for permit application, for any installation involving machine,
mechanical equipment, general layout plan for each floor drawn should not be less than
a. 1:200 *  
b. 1:500
c. 1:1000
d. 1:100
31. Standard sheet sizes for mechanical plans and drawings shall be based on a width to
length ratio of
a. 1: sqrt (2) *
b. 1:sqrt(3)
c. 1:3
d. 1:2
32. For commercial and industrial buildings, work rooms (referring to maintenance shop and
machine room) shall be at least _______ height from floor to ceiling.
a. 3 000 mm * 
b. 2 000 mm
c. 5 000 mm
d. 4 000 mm
33. For guyed steel stacks, the angle between the stack and guy wire is usually
a. 30º
b. 45 º 
c. 60 º *
d. 75 º
34. It is a heavy wheel which by its inertia assists in securing uniform motion
of machinery by resisting sudden changes of speed.
a. cartwheel 
b. flywheel *
 c. motor
d. shaft
35. The extension of piston rod passing through a stuffing box in the outside area of an
engine cylinder, compressor cylinder or pump cylinder.
a. tail rod  *
b. pin
c. hub
d. sprocket
36. Type A sprocket has
a. one hub 
b. two side hubs
c. no hub *
d. bolted hubs
37. The reciprocating machine part within a cylinder is called
a. ram
b. plunger 
c. slide mandrel
d. all of the above *
38. Fixed-mounted or movable hood guards covering the length of run of power chains.
a. coupling guards
b. chain guards *
c. belt guards
d. hood guards
39. A boom type mobile crane mounted on endless tracks or thread belts.
a. gantry crane 
b. jib crane 
c. locomotive crane
d. crawler crane *
40. A mechanical contrivance for raising or lowering a load.
a. crane 
b. hoist *
c. rope
d. chain
41. A horizontal arm for supporting a trolley or fall blocks which does not change its
inclination with the horizontal.
a. clevis
b. boom
c. hood 
d. jib *
42. One hand signal for crane movement arm extended, palm down, hold position rigidly.
a. stop *
 b. lower
c. hoist
d. swing boom
43. Two hand signal for crane movement hold both arms horizontally at sides fully extend
and move upward & return.
a. stop
b. lower 
c. hoist *
d. swing boom
44. In elevator systems, a device designed to stop a descending car or counterweight beyond
its lowest limit of travel.
a. bumper 
b. buffer * 
c. dumbwaiter
d. hoist way
45. The minimum factor of safety for suspension wire rods with 1 500 feet per min (fpm)
passenger elevator.
a. 7.6
b. 9.5
c. 10 
d. 11.9 *
46. A closed vessel in which steam or vapor is generated at a pressure of more than 1.055
kg/cm2 gage by direct application of heat.
a. portable boiler
b. miniature boiler 
c. locomotive boiler
d. power boiler *
47. Method of testing boiler integrity that uses x-rays to generate & record on film the
imperfections or defects in the boiler tube material & welds.
a. metallurgical replication
b. ultrasonic thickness gauging 
c. vacuum testing
d. radiographic testing *
48. In the fire protection, class of fire in ordinary combustible materials such as cloth paper,
rubber & many plastics.
a. Class A  *
b. Class B
c. Class C
d. Class D
49. An underground formation that contains sufficient saturated permeable material to yield
significant quantities of water.
a. aquifer  *
b. water table
c. porous layer
d. well
50. Pipe color for acetylene.
a. yellow
b. green 
c. orange *
d. red
51. In metrology, it is a device used to determine whether the part has been made to the
tolerance required and does not usually indicates a specific dimension.
a. bevels 
b. dial indicator
c. gage *
d. trammel
52. In manufacturing, process of making molds for the plastic and die casting industries.
a. intraforming
b. swaging 
c. infiltration
d. hobbing *
53. A copper-silicon alloy available in five slightly different nominal compositions for
applications which require high strength, good fabricating, & fusing qualities.
a. inconel 
b. monel
c. everdur
d. babbit
54. In instrumentation, it is a device whose function is to pass on information in an
unchanged form or in some modified form.
a. programmable logic controller (PLC)
b. controller 
c. pilot light
d. relay
55. To be a member of the board of Mechanical Engineering, he/she must be at least how
many years?
a. 25 years
b. 30 years
c. 35 years *
d. 40 years
56. The project engineering segment of an economic feasibility study will include all of the
following except:
a. A description of a fabrication process
b. Raw materials and supplies
c. The estimated demand for the final product
d. The transportation expensed for raw materials and products *
57. To comply with the requirement of the Mechanical Engineering Law on the minimum
complement of mechanical engineers, a mechanical plant with a combine prime movers
rating of 373 KW must have in its employ the following: Note: the plant is operating 3
shifts
a. 1 PME, 1 RME, and 1 CPM
b. 1 RME, 2 CPM *
c. 1 PME, 2 RME
d. 1 RME is charge of every shift
58. Mechanical Plant Engineer (MPE) may be allowed to take the licensure examination for
PME if
a. He has 4 years practice as MPE *
b. If he graduated with a BSME degree and has a 4 years
c. If he has BSME degree, passed the examinations for RME and has 4 years practice as
RME
d. None of these
59. The only country that recognizes the mechanical engineering licensure of Filipinos issued
by the Professional Regulation Commission and allowed to used the practice as RME
a. America
b. Japan
c. Canada
d. None of these *
60. Maximum plant capacity in which a CPM is allowed to operate, tend or maintain
a. 200 kW
b. 220 kW
c. 224 kW
d. 242 kW *
61. The minimum grade of mechanical engineer required in the operation of 500 kW Diesel
Power Plant.
a. RME *
b. CPM
c. PME
d. MPE
62. The law that governs the practice of mechanical engineering is called:
a. CA No. 194
b. RA No. 7920
c. RA No. 8495*
 d. RA No. 8995
63. In the standard for drawings on mechanical engineering drawings, all dimensions are in
general, given in______.
a. millimeters*
b. feet
c. inches
d. meters
64. In section 18, to pass the examination a candidate must obtain with no rating below
________ percent in any of the subjects and obtain an average of percent on all subjects.
a. 70 %, 50 %
b. 75 %, 60 %
c. 50 %, 70%*
d. 50 %, 75 %
65. The PRC accredited national association for mechanical engineers.
a. ASME
b. PSME*
c. PAMEE
d. PICE
66. The Board of Mechanical Engineering is composed of ________ members to be
appointed by the president of the Philippines.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3*
d. 4
67. The Mechanical Engineering Law is also known as
a. RA 8459 *
b. RA 3449
c. RA 5984
d. RA 6561
68. The Article V of the the Mechanical Engineering Law
a. TITLE, STATEMENT OF POLICY, AND DEFINITION OF TERMS
b. PENAL AND CONCLUDING PROVISIONS *
c. PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSION
d. CONCLUSION
69. Article V, Sec. 43 talks about
a. Implementing Rules and Regulations *
b. Penalties
c. Transitory Provisions
d. Funding Provisions
70. The Article I, Sec. 1 of the Mechanical Engineering Law
a. statement of policy
 b. Title *
c. Definition of terms
d. Creation and Composition of the Board
71. According to Sec 42, t any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act and its
rules and regulations shall, upon conviction be penalized by a fine of not less than
a. P 50, 000 *
b. 30, 000
c. P40, 000
d. P100, 000
72. Mechanical Engineering Law has How many articles
a. 5 *
b. 7
c. 6
d. 8
73. For violating RA 8495, the penalty is not less than P50,000 nor more than ________.
a. P100,000
b. P200,000*
c. P150,000
d. P300,000
74. To be qualified to become a member of the Board of Mechanical Engineering, the
minimum age is ____.
a. 35 *
b. 40
c. 45
d. 32
75. Maximum plant capacity in which a CPM is allowed to operate, tend or maintain
a. 200 kW
b. 500 kW
c. 300 kW *
d. 300 kW
76. Section 22 of Republic Act No. 8495 “The Philippine Mechanical Act of 1998” is about:
a. Oath
b. Issuance of Certificate of Registration and Professional License*
c. Re-examination
d. Seal of a Professional Mechanical Engineer
77. The new Mechanical Engineering Law was signed last ____.
a. February 12, 1998 *
b. February 6, 1998
c. January 18, 1998
d. February 14, 1999
78. The new Mechanical Engineering Law is a House Bill No. 9806 was finally passed by the
House of Representatives last ______.
a. February 3, 1998
b. January 28, 1998*
c. January 18, 1998
d. February 12, 1998
79. The new Mechanical Engineering Law is a Senate Bill No. 1793 was finally passed by
the Senate last ______.
a. February 14, 1999
b. January 12, 1998
c. February 3, 1998*
d. January 28, 1998
80. To teach professional subjects in mechanical engineering course unless he is a duly
licensed:
a. PME
b. Master’s degree in ME
c. Doctorate degree holder in ME
d. Any of these*
81. To be responsible and in-charge of the construction, erection, installation, alteration, or of
the performance of a mechanical engineering service in connection with the manufacture,
sale, supply or distribution of any mechanical works, unless he is a duly registered:
a. CPM
b. Graduate of ME
c. PME or RME
d. Doctor of Education
82. 100 kW or over but not more than 300 kW, the personnel required is one CPM or one
RME or one PME. Provided that every mechanical work in this category operating on
more than __ shift every twenty-four hours.
a. three
b. two
c. four
d. one *
83. The Mechanical Engineering Law has how many articles?
a. two
b. three
c. five *
d. six
84. The Board of Mechanical Engineering is composed of ___ members to be appointed by
the President of the Philippines.
a. one
b. three *
 c. two
d. five
85. One of the following is not a correct qualification of the Member of the Board
a. Natural born citizen and resident of the Philippines
b. Must be at least 35 years of age
c. A PME with a valid professional license and an active practitioner for not less
than 10 years
d. Has not been convicted of any offense and moral turpitude *
86. A member of the board shall hold office for alarm of ___ years from the date of his
appointment.
a. three *
b. two
c. one
d. four
87. No member of the Board shall serve for more than ____ regular terms.
a. one
b. two *
c. three
d. none of the above
88. Section 24 in the Mechanical Engineering law is about:
a. Seal of a Professional Mechanical Engineer *
b. Revocation and Suspension of Certificate
c. Integration and Accreditation of ME
d. Grounds for Suspension
89. The mechanical engineering law is composed of ___ sections.
a. 68
b. 48*
c. 54
d. 35
90. At section 35 of ME Law, pressurized pipes will have a working pressure of not less
than?
a. 150 kPa
b. 95 kPa
c. 100 kPa
d. 70 kPa *
91. The PSME was established in what year?
a. 1945
b. 1970
c. 1952 *
d. 1998
92. PSME is one of the accredited professional organization in the Philippines with a
Certificate No. of:
a. 001
b. 004*
c. 002
d. 010
93. The exact period when the Mechanical Engineering Law begun and held in Manila
during the third regular session of the tenth congress.
a. July 28, 1997*
b. February 4, 1998
c. August 20, 1997
d. February 21, 1998
94. In section 41, where a position requires a Professional Mechanical Engineer license, a
holder of a ____ with a registered mechanical engineer’s license shall be considered for
the position.
a. master’s degree in ME only
b. doctorate degree in ME only
c. master’s or doctorate degree in ME*
d. none of the above
95. In section 6, a member of the board shall hold office for a term of 3 years from the date
of his appointment and no member of the board shall serve for more than ___ regular
terms.
a. one
b. three
c. two *
d. four
96. What is the minimum pipe working pressure to be considered as mechanical equipment?
a. less than 70 kPa
b. 70 kPa *
c. 60 kPa
d. 40 kPa
97. It is the unification of all mechanical engineers including CPM into one national
organization of mechanical engineers.
a. engineering firm
b. engineering management
c. consultation
d. integration *
98. In the implementing rules and regulations, what is the content in section 24?
a. Definition of Terms
b. Issuance of Certification of Registration
c. Scope of Examination *
 d. Renewal of Professional License
99. What is the content in section 43?
a. Seal of a Professional Mechanical Engineer *
b. Code of Ethics
c. Teaching of Mechanical Engineering Subjects
d. Report of the Board
100. The Rules and Regulations Implementing the Philippine Mechanical Engineering Act of
1998 are formulated and issued pursuant to what section of RA 8495?
a. Section 5
b. Section 49
c. Section 10
d. Section 43 *