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General Engineering & ChE Laws

1. A cylindrical bucket 150 mm in diameter and 200 mm high contains 150 mm of water. A boy swings the bucket
on a vertical plane sothat the bottom of the bucket describes a circle of radius 1 m. How fast should it be rotated
so that no water will be spilled ?
A. 24.22 rpm B. 31.13 rpm * C. 38.88 rpm D. 45.12 rpm
2. Find the volume of the biggest cylinder inscribe by a cone of diameter 12 m and height of 12 m.
A. 64π m3 * B. 32π m3 C. 16π m3 D. 75π m3
3. Calculate the volume of an octahedron whose length of sides are 2 m each.
A. 1.77 m3 B. 2.45 m3 C. 3.77 m3 * D. 4.55 m3
4. SPO2 Cardo Dalisay standing on a level ground shoots a bullet with an initial velocity of 150 m/s at an angle of
56o. Find the maximum height reached by the bullet.
A. 788 m * B. 820 m C. 842 m D. 875 m
5. SPO2 Cardo Dalisay standing on a level ground shoots a bullet with an initial velocity of 150 m/s at an angle of
56o. Find the range.
A. 788 m B. 980 m C. 1554 m D. 2127 m *
6. SPO2 Cardo Dalisay standing on a level ground shoots a bullet with an initial velocity of 150 m/s at an angle of
56o. Find the time of flight.
A. 20.33 s B. 25.35 s * C. 27.22 s D. 31.12 s
7. If a right circular cone is cut parallel with the axis of symmetry, it will reveal a/an
A. circle C. hyperbola *
B. ellipse D. parabola
8. If the second derivative of the equation of a curve is equal to the negative of the equation of
that same curve, the curve is
A. an exponential C. a tangent
B. a conic section D. a sinusoid *
9. An exclusive right granted by the government for the manufacture, use and sale of a specific
product.
A. copyright C. trademark
B. patent * D. goodwill
10. The highest ordinate on the stress-strain curve.
A. ultimate strength * C. yield strength
B. rupture point D. proportional limit
11. Which does not belong to the group?
A. microjoule C. watts *
B. kilowatt-hour D. ergs
12. _______ factor equals sinking fund factor plus interest rate.
A. single payment compound amount
B. uniform series present worth
C. uniform series compound amount
D. capital recovery *
13. Another name of specific gravity.
A. specific weight C. relative weight
B. relative density * D. relative gravity
14. The equation c2 = a2 + b2 where c is the hypotenuse of a right triangle and a and b are the legs is known as what
theorem?
A. Pythagorean theorem * B. Pascal’s Law
C. Snell’s Law D. Law of Cosine
15. Who is the Philippine president who signed RA 9297 also known as the New Chemical Engineering Law of the
Philippines?
A. President Rodrigo Duterte B. President Benigno Aquino III
C. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo * D. President Joseph Estrada
16. Another name for moment is
A. inertia C. force
B. torque* D. none of the above
17. For a system in equilibrium, the sum of the external forces acting on the system must be
A. equal to unity C. a maximum
B. indeterminant D. zero **
18. The vector which represents the sum of a group of force vectors is called
A. magnitude C. resultant*
B. sum D. force polygon
19. To obtain the deflection of beams, the method used is
A. conjugate beam method C. method of superposition
B. double integration method D. any of the three **
20. The “SLENDERNESS RATIO” of a column is generally defined as the ratio of its
A. length to its minimum width
B. unsupported length to its maximum radius of gyration
C. length to its moment of inertia
D. unsupported length to its least radius of gyration ****
21. In a test specimen under stress, the magnitude of the stress when the specimen breaks is the
A. ultimate strength C. rupture strength* *
B. yield strength D. elastic limit
22. Stresses caused by forces acting parallel to the area resisting these forces are ____ stresses.
A. tensile C. shearing *
B. compression D. bearing
23. Poisson’s ratio is
A. ratio of modulus of elasticity to shear modulus
B. ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain*
C. ratio of plastic strain to elastic strain
D. ratio of cross-sectional area under strain to original cross-sectional area
24. The nonlinear portion of an engineering stress-strain diagram represents
A. reversible transformation C. plastic deformation* *
B. engineering modulus D. ultimate tensile strength
25. The modulus of rigidity of a steel member is?
A. a function of the length and depth
B. defined as the unit shear stress divided by the unit shear deformation*
C. defined as the length divided by the moment inertia.
D. equal to approximately seven tenths of the modulus of elasticity
26. The point at which an appreciable elongation occurs on a material under stress without further increasing the
load is
A. equilibrium point C. critical point
B. safety point D. yield point *
27. The type of loading where fatigue failure occurs.
A. high load C. repeated load *
B. plane load D. static load
28. The highest ordinate on the stress-strain curve.
A. ultimate strength* C. yield strength
B. rupture point D. proportional limit
29. What is the acid test ratio?
A. the ratio of owners equity to total current liabilities
B. the ratio of all assets to total liabilities
C. the ratio of current assets (exclusive of inventory) to total current liabilities **
D. the ratio of profit after taxes to equity
30. What is the reciprocal of sinking fund factor?
A. single payment present worth factor
B. single payment compound amount factor
C. capital recovery factor
D. uniform series compound amount factor * *
31. The reciprocal of capital recovery factor is
A. uniform series present worth factor **
B. uniform series compound amount factor
C. sinking fund factor
D. single payment present worth factor
32. Future worth minus present worth is
A. discount ** C. interest
B. overhead cost D. depletion
33. The reciprocal of uniform payment series present worth factor is
A. sinking fund factor
B. capital recovery factor **
C. future worth factor
D. single payment present worth factor
34. This occurs in a situation where a commodity or service is supplied by a number of vendors and there is nothing
to prevent additional vendors entering the market?
A. perfect competition ** C. oligopoly
B. monopoly D. elastic demand
35. The declining balance method of depreciation is also known as
A. Investor’s method C. Matheson method **
B. Pay-out period method D. Cost accounting method
36. The decrease in value of property due to gradual extraction of its contents.
A. depreciation C. mining
B. depletion* * D. valuation
37. Given the initial condition dy/dx = -6xy2 ; y(0) = 1.
(a) What is the general solution?
 A. y-1 = 3x2 +C * B. y = 2x3 + C
-1 2
C. y = 4x -2x+C D. y = 2x2-x+C
(b) What is the particular solution?
A. y-1 = 3x2 +1 * B. y = 2x3 + 3
C. y-1 = 4x2-2x+1 D. y = 2x2-x+3
38. A right circular conical tank has radius of 6 inches across the top and a height of 2 ft and
contains water with a height of 12 inches. If water flows out from the bottom of the tank
at a constant rate 2 in3 / min;
(a) find the dh/dt in in/min at the instant that the height is 12 inches.
A. -2/7π B. -2/9π *
C. 2/7π D. 2/9π
(b) find the volume of water in the tank in in3 when the height of water is 12 inches?
A. 24π B. 30π
C. 36π * D. 40π
(c) find the volume of water in the tank in in3 when the height of water is 6 inches?
A. π/2 B. 3π/2
C. 7π/2 D. 9π/2 *
39. A magician rotates an open bucket containing water vertically with a radius of 0.5 m. Without spilling a drop of
water on the floor, what must be the velocity?
A. 24.3 rpm B. 34.8 rpm
C. 42.3 rpm * D. 55.1 rpm
40. A horizontal cylindrical tank with flat ends, is used to store gasoline. The tank dimensions are D=2.0 m, L= 5.0 m.
When the level in the tank is 0.5m, the content of the tank is
A. 2.50 m³ C. 5.00 m³
B. 3.07 m³ * D. 3.93 m³
41. The volume of a spherical ball is 435 cubic meter. What is its diameter?
A. 9.4 m * C. 8.7 m
B. 7.2 D. 6.1 m
42. The volume of a ball is 435 cubic meter. What is the surface area?
A. 210.52 m² C. 277.64 m² *
B. 220.17 m² D. 291.19 m²
43. A 100-kg car whose speed is 80 km/h has a kinetic energy of
A. 2.52 E4 J * C. 2.47 E5 J*
B. 2.42 E 6 J D. 3.20 E 6 J
44. A 3200-lb car whose speed is 60 mi/h has a kinetic energy of
A. 1.8 E 5 ft-lb C. 3.9 E 5 ft-lb* *
B. 7.7 E 5 ft-lb D. 1.4 E 7 ft-lb

45. Alpha Centauri is the nearest star on Earth, with a distance of 4.2 lightyears. How far is it from
Earth in meters?
A. 3.97 E 14 C. 3.97 E 16 *
B. 3.97 E 15 D. 3.47 E 17
46. The speed of light I 3 E 8 m/s. How long will it take the light to travel a distance of 40000 miles?
A. 0.18 s C. 0.25 s
B. 0.14 s D. 0.21 s *
47. It is a type of wave produced when two waves of the same frequency, wavelength and amplitude travel in
opposite directions and interfere. It is also known as stationary wave.
A. standing waves * B. radio waves
C. tidal waves D. transverse waves
48. An equation in which a variable appears under the radical sign.
A. conditional equation C. radical equation
B. literal equation D. irrational equation*
49. Two factors are considered essentially the same if
A. both of them are negative
B. both of them are positive
C.one is merely the negative of the other
D.one is exactly the same as the other *
50. Which sequence is geometric?
A. 1,-1/2,1/4,-1/8.1/16,… C. 1,1/2,1/4,1/8,1/16,…
B. 10,10x,10x²,10x³,… D. all three are geometric*
51. Naperiam logarithms have a base of:
A. 3.1416 C. 2.171828
B. 10 D. 2.71828*
52. If the discriminant of a quadratic equation is zero, there is/are how many roots?
A. one and is the x-intercept * C. no real roots
B. no roots D. two distinct roots
53. In the equation y=1/x, y approaches infinity when x approaches ___.
A. zero* C. one
B. positive infinity D. negative infinity
54. An angle greater than a straight angle and less than two straight lines.
A. adjacent angle C. obtuse angle
B. oblique angle D. reflex angle *
55. To find the angles of a triangle , given only the lengths of the sides, one would use
A. the law of cosines ** C. the law of tangents
B. the law of sines D. the inverse-square law
56. Consist of all angles except the right and straight angles.
A. obtuse C. oblique*
B. adjacent D. reflex
57. The plane rectangular coordinate system is divided into four parts which are known as
A. quadruple C. octants
B. quadrants * D. axis
58. The rectangular coordinate system in space is divided into eight compartments known as
A. quadrants C. octants *
B. octet D. ogive
59. The locus of a point that moves so that its distance from a fixed point and a fixed line is always equal
is known as
A. a parábola * C. a circle
B. a hyperbola D. an ellipse
60. A set of points in a plane, the sum of whose distances from two fixed points is a constant.
A. circle C. hyperbola
B. parabola D. ellipse*
61. The locus of a point which moves so that it is always equidistant from a fixed point.
A. circle * C. parabola
B. ellipse D. hyperbola
62. The curve represented by the equation r=6 is
A. a parabola C. a line
B. an ellipse D. a circle*
63. In a hyperbola which axis is parallel to the directrix.
A. semi-minor axis C. semi-major axis
B. conjugate axis * D. transverse axis
64. The sum of the currents that enter a junction equals the sum of the currents that leave the junction.
A. Coulomb’s law C. Faraday’s law
B. Kirchoff’s rule * * D. Gaussian Theory
65. Newtons first law of motion says
A. the momentum of a particle remains unchanged in the absence of unbalanced forces*
B. particles with unbalanced forces remain in a state of rest
C. energy cannot be created nor destroyed
D. every action has an equal but opposite reaction
66. Two solid objects cause the height of the liquid in a graduated cylinder to rise to the same level when these are
immersed in the cylinder separately. The objects must have the same
A. volume* * C. density
B. specific gravity D. weight
67. Whenever a net force acts on a body, it produces an acceleration in the direction of the resultant force which is
directly proportional to the resultant force and inversely to the mass of the body.
A. First law of motion C. Second law of motion**
B. Cavalier’s Theorem D. Archimedes principle
68. Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
A. velocity C. speed* *
B. acceleration D. displacement
69. The prefix giga is equivalent to
A. 106 C. 109 **
B. 10 12 D. 1018
70. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A. microjoule C. kilowatt-hour
B. watts* * D. erg
71. What is Newton’s third law of motion?
A. law of inertia C. law of acceleration*
B. law of gravity D. law of interaction *
72. The point through which the resultant of the distributed gravity force passes regardless of the orientation of the
body in space.
A. center of attraction C. center of gravity **
B. moment of inertia D. center of inertia
73. The study of bodies in motion under the action of forces.
A. kinetics* * C. statics
B. hydraulics D. kinematics
74. The study of bodies in motion without reference to the forces which cause the motion.
A. kinetics C. dynamics
B. statics D. kinematics* *
75. A force system is said to be in equilibrium
A. when the effect produced is rotation only
B. when the magnitude of the resultant force and the couple produced are both zero * *
C. when the couple produced is zero
D. when the magnitude of the resultant force is zero
76. To prevent a bridge from being destroyed, soldiers marching on a bridge are asked to break step. Which of the
following is responsible for such a danger?
A. sound waves C. reverberation
B. resonance* * D. beats
77. A ball is thrown at a certain angle. At what point of its path of trajectory is its speed minimum?
A. at the ground C. at its highest point * *
B. at the range D. after 5 seconds
78. The product of force and the time during which it acts is known as
A. momentum C. velocity
B. power D. impulse*
79. The rate of change of velocity is
A. speed C. motion
B. acceleration * D. power
80. Sound waves does not travel in
A. air C. wood
B. vacuum* D. water
81. An upward force (buoyant force) is equal to the weight of the fluid that is being displaced.
This principle lies on :
A. Dalton C. Bernoulli
B. Archimedes* D. Pappus
82. A force of 1 N acting through a distance of one meter.
A. dyne C. Joule *
B. erg D. slug
83. The current through a metal conductor is proportional to the potential difference between its
ends.
A. Coulomb’s law C. Len’s law
B. Faraday’s law D. Ohm’s law *
84. What is the linear momentum units?
A. Pa-s C. N/s
B. N-s* D. N/s²
85. An electrically neutral object has
A. no charge at all
B. equal amount of negative and positive charges*
C. been stripped of all electrons
D. been stripped of all protons
86. The second is the duration of radiation of what radioactive element?
A. magnesium C. krypton
B. cesium** D. platinum
87. 1 Watt = ?
A. 1E6 ergs C. 1E8 ergs
B. 1E7 ergs * D. 1E9 ergs
88. What is the value of the universal gravitational constant?
A. 6.67 E 11 m²-kg/s² C. 6.67 E 11 m³-kg/s²
B. 6.67 E -11 m³-kg/s² D. 6.67 E -11 m³/kg-s² *
89. Which does not belong to the group?
A. Newton C. slug*
B. dyne D. pound
90. The unit of luminous intensity (brightness) of a light source is the
A. lumen C. footcandle
B. lux D. candela*
91. A ball rolling to the right on a level table at 2.5 m/s strikes head-on an identical ball that is at rest. Find the velocity
of the first ball after collision. Assume a perfectly elastic collision.
A. zero* * C. 2.5 m/s moving to the right
B. 2.5 m/s moving to the left D. 1.2 m/s moving to the right
92. Block A slides at 0.5 m/s in a horizontal surface while block B moves in opposite direction at 0.95 m/s. What is the
final velocity of block B after collision? Assume the system to be perfectly elastic.
A. 0.45 m/s C. 0.225 m/s
B. 0.50 m/s * D. 0.95 m/s
93. Two cars of equal weight moving at the same direction collided . What is the final velocity of the wreckage
assuming inelastic collision if their velocities are 100 kph and 80 kph?
A. 80 kph C. 90 kph*
B. 100 kph D. 110 kph
94. Two cars A and B of equal mass are moving in opposite direction at a velocity of 100 kph and 80 kph
respectively. What is the final velocity of the wreckage when the cars collided head-on?
 A. 10 kph at the direction of A * C. 20 kph at the direction of B
B. 20 kph at the direction of B D. 10 kph at the direction of B
95. A 2-kg ball moving at 2.0 m/s to the right collides head-on with a 1-kg ball moving at 3.0 m/s to the left . The
coefficient of restitution is 0.70. Find the speed and direction of the 2-kg ball.
A. 2.7 m/s moving to the right C. 2.7 m/s moving to the left
B. 0.83 m/s moving to the right D. 0.83 m/s moving to the left*
96. A 1 kg object is dropped downward in the 50 m cliff with initial velocity of 20 m/s. If the air resistance
is constant at 5 N, what is the velocity of the object at the time it hit the ground?
A. 29.7 m/s* C. 38.1 m/s
B. 35.2 m/s D. 42.5 m/s
97. An automobile starting from rest at t=0 is in constant acceleration on a straight line. It is
observed to pass two marks (point A and B) separated by 50 m, the first at t=8s and the
second at t=10 s. What is the value of the acceleration in m²/s?
A. 4.6 C. 1.2
B. 3.4 D. 2.8*
98. A car accelerates from rest for 8 minutes, then the driver shift gear and accelerates at a rate
one-half of the previous for 12 minutes and attained a speed of 14 m/s. What is the total
distance travelled in reaching that speed?
A. 9840 m * C. 6550 m
B. 7280 m D. 6200 m
99. A projectile is launched at 2000 ft/sec with angle of projection of 30˚ from A impacts at the same elevation at B.
Calculate the distance from A to B.
A. 7.9 mi C. 10.2 mi
B. 15.9 mi D. 20.3 mi *
100. A body of mass kg is rested on a frictionless horizontal plane. A horizontal force of P = 30 N is applied. Find the
distance at 10 s? What is the velocity at 10 s?
A. 1.2 m, 2.2 m/s C. 2.1 m, 1.2 m/s
B. 6.0 m, 1.2 m/s * D. 1.2 m, 6 m/s

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