Republic of the Philippines

Eastern Visayas State University

Tacloban City

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Mechanical Engineering Preboard Examination

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 08:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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MATHEMATICS AND BASIC ENGINEERING SCIENCES
SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No.2 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Three numbers m+2, 4m – 6, 3m – 2 are in arithmetic progression if m is
equal to what value?
A. 0 C. 2
B. 1 D. 3
2. Using the wheel and the axle, a 400 N load can be raised by a force of
50N applied to the rim of the wheel. The radii of the wheel and the axle
are 85 cm and 6 cm respectively. Calculate the efficiency of the
machine.
A. 56% C. 12.5%
B. 65% D. 10 %
3. The sum of the reciprocals of three numbers in H.P. (harmonic
progression) is 12 and the product of these numbers is 1/48. What is the
largest number?
A. 1/2 C. 1/6
B. 1/4 D. 1/3
4. A machine costing Php 720,000 is estimated to have a life of 10 years.
If the annual rate of depreciation is 25%, determine the total
depreciation using the constant percentage or declining balance method.
A. 523,845.34 C. 542,437.23
B. 679,454.27 D. 753,243.33
5. What is the geometric mean between – 4 and – 25?
A. 10 C. 16
B. – 10 D, - 16
6. A train weighing 1000 KN is being pulled up a 2% grade. The train’s
resistance is 5 N/KN. Traveling the distance of 300 m the speed of the
train was increased from 6 m/s to 12 m/s. What is the maximum power
developed by the locomotive.
A. 520.4 kW C. 503.5 kW
B. 432.8 kW D. 521.7 kW
7. There are 15 men is a room shake hands with each other, the total number
of handshakes is:
A. 90 C. 110
B. 105 D. 115
8. Which of the following is not an assumption implicit in engineering
economic analysis?
A. The beginning of the year convention is applicable.
B. There is no inflation now, nor will there be any inflation during
the lifetime of the project.
C. The effective interest rate in the problem will be constant during
the lifetime of the project.
D. Non-quantifiable factors can be disregarded.
9. The number of triangles that can be formed with 6 points on a circle is
A. 6 C. 15
B. 12 D. 20
10. The term independent of x in the expansion of (2x + 1/3x) (raised to 6)
is
A. 80/3 C. 160/27
B. 80/9 D. 160/9
11. An air-water vapor mixture is at a temperature of 20oC. The partial
pressure of water is 2.3 kPa, and the partial pressure of the dry air is
99.1 kPa. The saturation pressure for water vapor at 20oC is 2.339 kPa.
What is most nearly the humidity ratio of the air-water vapor mixture?
A. 0.014 C. 0.35
B. 0.26 D. 0.38
12. If matrix A is equal to first row (ab, b(squared)) and second row (- a
(squared), - ab), then A is a:
A. Scalar matrix C. idempotent matrix
B. Nilpotent matrix D. involuntary matrix
13. In calculations using standard structural shapes of I-beams, it is
assumed that the shear stress is carried by the
A. entire cross-sectional area. C. web only.
B. top flange only when in compression. D. flanges only.
14. A torsional pendulum is composed of a 0.5 m long shaft with a diameter
of 0.5cm and a shear modulus of 8 x 104 MPa, and a thin 3 kg disk with a
radius of 30 cm. The natural frequency of the pendulum is 8.5 rad/s.
What is most nearly the period of oscillation?
A. 0.61 s C. 0.87 s
B. 0.74 s D. 0.96 s
15. Calculate the largest diameter circle that will fit inside a regular
pentagon with 2-cm sides?
A. 1.54 cm C. 3.29 cm
B. 2.752 cm D. 1.54 cm
16. Compute the sum of integers from 1 to 100 that are divisible by 2 or 5.
A. 5450 C. 3050
B. 2520 D. 2050
17. If matrix A, first row (-3, 4 ) , second row ( 2 , - 1 ) , then its
characteristic roots are:
A. ( 1, -5) C. (-1 , 5 )
B. ( 1, 5) D. (-1, -5 )
18. An engine is expected to have a maintenance cost of P1000 the first
year. It is believed that the maintenance cost will increase P 500 per
year. The interest rate is 6% compounded annually. Over a 10-year
period, what will be the approximate effective annual maintenance cost?
A. P 3011.00 C. P 2450.00
B. P 3452.00 D. P 1345.00
19. There are 10 defectives per 1,000 items of a product in the long run.
What is the probability that there is one and only one defective in
random lot of 100?
A. 0.01 C. 0.5
B. 0.99(raised to 100) D. 0.3697
20. A company has N machines of equal capacity that produce a total of 180
pieces each work day. If 2 machines break down, the workload of the
remaining is increased by 3 pieces each per day to maintain production.
What is the value of N?
A. 8 C. 10
B. 12 D. 15
21. A substance goes into solution at the rate of 25% of the undissolved
portion each minute. If the initial amount was 64/27 lb, what amount is
undissolved after 6 minutes?
A. 2/27 C. 27/64
B. 16/27 D. ¾
22. On a certain day the sun is observed to subtend an angle 0°32’10”. If
the diameter of the sun is 866,500 miles, how far away from it?
A. 9.26 x 10(raised to 6) miles
B. 4.63 x 10(raised to 8) miles
C. 9.26 x 10 (raised to 5 miles)
D. 4.68 x 10 (raised to 6) miles
23. All of the following processes can be found on a psychrometric chart
except
A. heating and humidifying. C. cooling and dehumidification.
B. black body radiation. D. evaporative cooling.

24. The number of ways which 5 boys and 5 girls can be seated so that no
two girls sit next to each other.
A. 5! (squared) C. 6!x5!
B. 10!/5! D. 10!/(5!)(squared)

25. The Carnot refrigeration cycle includes all of the following processes
except
A. isentropic expansion. C. isothermal heating.
B. isenthalpic expansion. D. isentropic compression.
26. Three posts are set in level ground in such a manner that their bases
form an equilateral triangle with sides 20 ft long. If the heights of
the posts are 12, 18, and 30 ft, find the area of the triangle formed by
their tops?
A. 342 sq ft C. 235 sq. ft
B. 153 sq. ft D. 205 sq. ft.
27. Find the equation that must be satisfied by the coordinates of every
point(x, y) that is equidistant from the origin and the point (1,1)?
A. x + y = 1 C. 2x = y
B. x – y = 1 D. 3x – 2y = 1.
28. Which of the following statements is false?
A. The time rate of change of the angular momentum about a fixed point
is equal to the total moment of the external forces acting on the
system about the point.
B. The coefficient of restitution can be less than zero.
C. Momentum is conserved during elastic collisions.
D. The period of a simple pendulum is independent of the mass of the
pendulum.
29. A cubical box designed to hold 8 cu ft of water holds only 7.997 cu.ft.
What is the relative error in its edge?
A. – 0.00125 C. – 0.125
B. – 0.00025 D. – 0.000125
30. A stone dropped into a calm lake causes series of circular ripple. The
radius of the outer one increases at 2 ft/sec. How rapidly is the
disturbed area are changing at the end of 3 seconds?
A. 24pi sq.ft/s C. 12pi sq.ft/s
B. 48pi sq.ft/s D. 2pi sq.ft./s
31. If the first term of an infinite geometric series is 1 and its every
term is the sum of the next successive terms, the its fourth term will
be:
A. 1/8* C. 1/4
B. 1/16 D. 1/2
32. Find the area of the region bounded by y = x(squared)/ 4 and y = x/2 +
2.
A. 11 C. 12
B. 9 D. 1
33. A solid is constructed with a circular base of radius 1 and such that
every plane section perpendicular to a certain diameter of the base is
an isosceles triangle whose altitude is 2. Find the volume.
A. pi/2 C. pi
B. 2pi D. 1.5 pi
34. Find the area of the largest isosceles triangle that can be drawn with
equal sides k inch long.
A. k(square)/3 C. k(square)/2
B. 2k(square) D. 2.5 k(square)
35. When using net present worth calculations to compare two projects,
which of the following could invalidate the calculation?
A. differences in the magnitudes of the projects
B. evaluating over different time periods
C. mutually exclusive projects
D. nonconventional cash flows
36. The inclined plane is 15 m and rises 3 m. A force is needed to slide a
20 kg box up the plane if friction is neglected. Find the AMA (Actual
Mechanical Advantage) if the force if a 70 N force is actually required.
A. 2.8 C. 3.1
B. 3.6 D. 5.0
37. If a quantity increase by 0.1% of its current value every 0.1 sec, the
doubling time is approximately equal to:
A. 14 sec C. 690 sec
B. 69 sec D. 69,000 sec
38. One of the advantages of comparing interest rates to the minimum
attractive rate of return (MARR)is that
A. the MARR is easy to calculate.
B. an effective interest rate need never be known.
C. it need not be used in numerical calculations.
D. it is guaranteed by an agency of the federal government.
39. The diameter of a sphere and the base of a cone are equal. What
percentage of that diameter must the cone’s height be so that both
volumes are equal?
A. 133% C. 166%
B. 150% D. 200%
40. What do you think is the reason why does a spinning ice skater’s
angular velocity increase as she brings her arms in toward her body?
A. Her mass moment of inertia is reduced.
B. Her angular momentum is constant
C. Her radius of gyration is reduced.
D. All of these
41. A cubical container that measures 2 in. on a side is tightly packed
with 8 marbles and is filled with water. All the 8 marbles are in
contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent marbles. All
the marbles are the same in size. What is the volume of water in the
container?
A. 0.38 cu in C. 2.5 cu in
B. 3.8 cu in D. 4.2 cu in
42. What is the product of the complex numbers 3 + 4j and 7 – 2j?
A. 10 + 2j C. 13 + 34j
B. 13 + 22j D. 29 + 22j
43. What is the general solution to the following differential equation?
2d(squared)y / dx(squared) – 4 dy/dx + 4y = 0
A. y = C1cosx + C2sinx
B. y = C1e(raised to x) + C2e(raised to –x)
C. y = e(raised to –x) (C1cosx - C2sinx)
D. y = e(raised to x) (C1cosx + C2sinx)

44. A particle’s curvilinear motion is represented by the equation s (t) =

40t + 5t(squared) - 8t(cube). Calculate the initial acceleration of the
particle?
A. 2 m/ s (squared) C. 8 m/ s (squared)
B. 3 m/ s(squared) D. 10 m/ s (squared)
45. A particle position defined by S(t) = 2 sin t i + 4 cos t j (t in
radians)
What the magnitude of the particle’s velocity when t = 4 rad?
A. 2.6 C. 3.3
B. 2.7 D. 4.1
46. A projectile has an initial velocity of 110 m / s and a launch angle of
20o from the horizontal. The surrounding terrain is level, and air
friction is to be disregarded. Compute the flight time of the
projectile?
A. 3.8 s C. 8.9 s
B. 7.7 s D. 12 s
47. A 1530 kg car is towing a 300 kg trailer. The coefficient of friction
between all tires and the road is 0.80. The car and trailer are
traveling at 100 km/h around a banked curve of radius 200 m. What is the
necessary banking angle such that tire friction will not be necessary to
prevent skidding?
A. 8.0 C. 36
B. 21 D. 78
48. A pickup truck is traveling forward at 25 m/s. The bed is loaded with
boxes whose coefficient of friction with the bed is 0.40. What is most
nearly the shortest time that the truck can be brought to a stop such
that the boxes do not shift?
A. 2.3 s C. 5.9 s
B. 4.7 s D. 6.4 s
49. Solve for the value of x in the equation square root of (x – 3 ) = - 6.
A. 0 C. 39
B. - 3 D. no solution
50. Two circles are such that the sum of their circumference is 24 pi and
the sum of their areas is 84 pi square ft. Find the smaller radius.
A. 3.55 C. 6
B. 8.45 D. 48
51. A debt of Php 10,000 with 10% interest compounded semi-annually is to
be amortized by semi-annual payments over the next 5 years. The first
due is 6 months. Determine the semi-annual payment.
A. Php 1,200.00 C. Php 1,295.05
B. Php 1,193.90 D. Php 1,400.40
52. A gun is shot into a 0.50 KN block which is hanging from a rope of 1.8
m long. The weight of the bullet is equal to 5 N with a muzzle velocity
of 320 m/s. How high will the bag swing after it was hit by the bullet?
A. 0.61 m C. 0.90 m
B. 0.51 m D. 0.34 m
53. All of the following units are acceptable for quantifying work except
A. foot-pounds. C. joules.
B. watt-seconds. D. dynes.
54. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base diameter of 12 cm. It
holds water to a depth of 18 cm above its vertex. Find the volume of its
content in cubic centimeter.
A. 387.4 cm3 C. 381.7 cm3
B. 383.5 cm 3 D. 385.2 cm3
55. What is the minimum initial velocity a rocket must be fired if it is to
be able to reach the target 1000 km away?
A. 3.1 km/s C. 4.4 km/s
B. 3.4 km/s D. 2.4 km/s
56. An object weighing 400 N is held by a rope that passes over a
horizontal drum. The coefficient of friction between the rope and the
drum is 0.25. If the angle of contact is 150°, determine the force that
will raise the object.
A. 350 N C. 540 N
B. 770 N D. 780 N
57. Two freight cars weighing 5 mtons each roll toward each other and
couple. The left car has a velocity of 1.5 m/s and the right car has a
velocity of 1.2 m/s prior to the impact. What is the velocity of the two
cars coupled together after the impact?
A. 0.15 m/s right C. 0.15 m/s right
B. 0.25 m/s left D. 0.17 m/s right
58. A company issued 50 bonds of P 1,000.00 face value each, redeemable at
par at the end of 15 years to accumulate the funds required for
redemption. The firm established a sinking fund consisting of annual
deposits, the interest rate of the fund being 4 %. What was the
principal in the fund at the end of the 12th year?
A. Php 32,938.00 C. Php 40,378.00
B. Php 38,453.00 D. Php 37,519.00
59. If the nominal interest rate is 3%, how much is Php 5000.00 worth in 10
years in a continuously compounded account?
A. P 5,450.00 C. P 6,750.00
B. P 6,300.00 D. P 6,120.00
60. The population of a certain city doubles every 40 yr. If the population
is 1950 was 10,000, what was the population in 2010?
A. 2/27 C. 27/64*
B. 16/27 D. 3/4
61. A tank contains 100 L of brine made by dissolving 60 kg of salt in pure
water. Salt water with a concentration of 1 kg/L enters the tank at a
rate of 2 L/min. A well-stirred mixture is drawn from the tank at a rate
of 3 L/min. The mass of salt in the tank after one hour is most nearly:
A. 13 kg C. 37 kg
B. 43 kg D. 51 kg
62. If the sum of first n terms of a series is be 5n(squared) + 2n ,then
the second term is
A. 7 C. 24
B. 17 D. 42
63. The first term of an infinite geometric progression if 1 and each term
is twice the sum of the succeeding terms, then the sum of the series is:
A. 3/2 C. 5/3
B. 4/3 D. 5/2
64. The rule of 72 can be used to calculate the
A. number of monthly payments in six years.
B. time to double an investment.
C. time to triple an investment.
D. time to decrease an investment to 1/72 of its original value.
65. What is the area of an ellipse with an aspect ratio of two and total
perimeter of 18 inches?
A. 20.63 C. 14.53
B. 12.54 D. 22.54
66. What percent increase in volume is achieved for a sphere whose diameter
increases from 3cm to 4cm?
A. 200% C. 105%
B. 137% D. 270%
67. A current of 7 A passes through a 12 ohm resistor. What is most nearly
the power dissipated in the resistor?
A. 0.10 Hp C. 0.60 Hp
B. 0.8 Hp D. 8 Hp
68. A piece of equipment has an initial cost of Php5000 in year 1. The
maintenance cost is Php 300/yr for the total lifetime of seven years.
During years 1-3, the rate of inflation is 5%, and the effective annual
rate of interest is 9%. The uninflated present worth of then equipment
during year 1 is most nearly
A. Php 3200 C. Php 3400
B. Php 3300 D. Php 3500
69. Calculate the surface area (including both side and base) of a 4 m high
right circular cone with a base 3 m in diameter?
A. 24 m2 C. 32 m2
B. 27 m 2 D. 36 m2
70. One item that differentiates the “Christmas club problem” from a
standard cash flow problem is
A. varying interest rates through the life of the problem.
B. varying cash flows through the life of the problem.
C. the existence of a payment at the beginning of the time at t = 0 and
the absence of a payment at the end of the problem.
D. the nonexistence of interest in the problem at all.
71. Permanent mineral rights on parcel of land are purchased for an initial
lump-sum payment of Php 5,000,000. Profits from mining activities are
Php 600,000 and each year, and these profits are expected to continue
indefinitely. The interest rate earned on the initial investment is most
nearly
A. 8.3% C. 10%
B. 9.0% D. 12%
72. An auditorium is designed to seat 200 people. The ventilation rate is
2.50 x 10(raised to 4) cu m/h of outside air, or 3.3 x 10(raised to 4)
kg/h. The outside temperature is -10oC dry-bulb, and the outside pressure
is 101.3 kPa. Air leaves the auditorium at 23oC dry-bulb. The air
temperature entering the auditorium is 21.6oC. Most nearly, how much heat
should be supplied to the ventilation air?
A. 120 kW C. 540 kW
B. 290 kW D. 780 kW
73. Air enters a cooling tower at 50°F dry-bulb and 49°F wet-bulb
temperature. It leaves the tower saturated at 70°F. Which condition is a
likely outcome of this?
A. Adsorption C. Condensation
B. Fog D. Sublimation
74. The parameter that has the greatest limiting effect on the thermal
performance of an open, evaporative cooling tower is:
A. Approach C. Range
B. Dry-bulb temperature D. Wet-bulb temperature
75. How many joules is equivalent to the energy of 1 kg matter??
A. 10 (raised to -10) J C. 1 MJ
B. 10(raised to -15) J D. 10 (raised to 17)
76. The Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) is defined as the order quantity
which minimizes the inventory cost per unit time. Which of the following
is not an assumption of basic EOQ model with no shortages?
A. The demand rate is uniform and constant.
B. There is a positive cost on each unit inventoried.
C. The entire reorder quantity is delivered instantaneously.
D. There is an upper bound on the quantity ordered.
77. Which of the following is NOT a correct derivative?
A. d(cos x)/dx = –sin x
B. d( 1 – x) cubed / dx = – 3(1 – x )squared
C. d(1/x) / dx = – 1 /x(squared)
D. d(csc x )/dx = – cot x

78. Which of the following is the engineering economic analysis that is

concerned with situations in which there is not enough information to
determine probability or frequency for the variables involved?
A. synthetical analysis
B. risk analysis
C. sensitivity analysis
D. uncertainty analysis
79. When exposed to the atmosphere, which of the following liquids is
coldest?
A. oxygen C. nitrogen
B. argon D. helium
80. Find the locus of a point that moves so that it is always twice as far
from (1, 2) as from (-3 , 4)
A. 3x(squared) + 3y(squared) + 26x – 28y + 95 = 0
B. 3x(squared) - 3y(squared) + 20x – 12y + 90 = 0
C. 5x(squared) - 5y(squared) + 25x – 10y + 45 = 0
D. 5x(squared) + 5y(squared) + 15x – 7y + 40 = 0
81. Which of the following is the acceleration produced when a particle
moves away from its center of rotation?
A. tangential acceleration C. centripetal acceleration
B. coriolis acceleration D. centrifugal acceleration
82. All of the following are recognized and accepted methods of general
systems modelling except:
A. Monte Carlo simulation.
B. Replacement and renewal models.
C. Decision trees.
D. Rule of thumb methods.
83. Comparing successive terms of an unknown series to those of a series
that is known to converge or diverge is called :
A. the comparison test. C. the ratio test.
B. L’Hôpital’s rule. D. the mean value theorem.
84. A cable carrying a constant uniform load per unit length along the
length of the cable (e.g., a loose cable loaded by its own weight) will
have a shape of a
A. Straight line C. catenary
B. Parabola D. hyperbola
85. A room’s sensible space load is 72.5 kW. The latent load from occupants
and infiltration, but excluding intentional ventilation, 3.2 kW. A total
of 600 L/s of outside air is required. What is most nearly the room
sensible heat ratio?
A. 0.12 C. 0.96
B. 0.39 D. 1.1
86. A 12.5 mm diameter steel rod is pinned between two rigid walls. The rod
is initially unstressed. The rod’s temperature subsequently increases
50oC. The rod is adequately stiffened and supported such that buckling
does not occur. The coefficient of linear thermal expansion for steel is
11.7 x 10-6 1/oC. The modulus of elasticity for steel is 210 GPa. What is
the approximate axial force in the rod?
A. 2.8 kN C. 19 kN
B. 15 kN D. 58 kN
87. Which of the following metals has the highest specific heat capacity at
1000C?
A. aluminum C. copper
B. bismuth D. iron
88. Solve the spherical excess of the triangle formed by the North pole and
two points on the earth’s equator separated by 85° of longitude?
A. 85 deg C. 275 deg
B. 60 deg D. 95 deg
89. Study the series of numbers to discover “system” in which they are
arranged. For the series 1, 5, 14, 30, ____, 91 the fifth term is:
A. 59 C.55
B. 53 D.50
90. If an all-positive term diverging series is equal term for term to a
converging series with alternating signs, the original series is said to
be:
A. Monotonically increasing. C. Absolutely convergent.
B. Conditionally convergent. D. Finite.

91. The study of the practical laws of fluid flow and the resistance of
open pipes and channels is the purview of
A. fluid mechanics. C. aerodynamics
B. hydraulics. D. thermodynamics.
92. A circular sector has a radius of 8 cm and an arc length of 13 cm.
Calculate its area?
A. 48 cm2 C. 52 cm2
B. 50 cm2 D. 60 cm2
93. The relationship between the total volume of a mixture of nonreacting
gases and their partial volumes is given by
A. gravimetric fractions. C. Dalton’s law.
B. Amagat’s law. D. mole fractions.
94. All of the following processes are irreversible except
A. stirring of a viscous fluid.
B. a isentropic deceleration of a moving, perfect fluid.
C. an unrestrained expansion of a gas.
D. phase changes.
95. What is the indirect product cost (IPC) spending variance
A. the difference between actual IPC and IPC absorbed
B. the difference between actual IPC and IPC volume adjusted budget
C. the IPC volume adjusted budget (fixed + volume(variable IPC rate))
D. the IPC volume adjusted budget minus the total IPC absorbed
96. The sinking fund method is seldom used in industry because
A. the term “sinking fund” has a bad connotation for business.
B. sometimes it gives misleading answers.
C. the initial depreciation is low.
D. the initial depreciation is high.
97. Second law limitation on the maximum horsepower output from any power
unit burning 1,000,000 BTU/hr of fuel with high and low temperature
extremes of 15400F and 400F is:
A. 98. C. 1140.
B. 295. D. 3830.
98. Equilibrium conditions exist in all except which of the following:
A. in reversible processes.
B. along ideal frictionless, nondissipative paths where forward and
reverse processes occur at equal rates.
C. in processes where driving forces are infinitesimals.
D. in a steady state flow process.
99. If one root of equation x(squared) + ax + 12 = 0 is 4 while the
equation x(squared) + ax + b = 0 has equal roots, then the value of b
is:
A. 4/7 C. 4/49
B. 7/4 D. 49/4
100. The ratio of a load-bearing force to the applied force for a lever is
called its
A. Load factor C. mechanical advantage
B. Efficiency D. influence factor

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