BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering and Architecture

MAIN Campus
Department of Electrical Engineering M4
EECE 513 – COMPETENCY ENHANCEMENT 1
Group Assignment No. 4
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following TEST items. Mark only one
answer for each item by encircling the corresponding letter of your choice. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES ALLOWED

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A mass of 3 kg is attached to the end of a spring that is stretched 20 cm by

a force of 15 N. It is set in motion with the initial position XO = 0 and
initial velocity VO = -10m/s. Find the period of the resulting motion.
A. pi/3 C. pi/4
B. 2pi/5 D. 3pi/2

2. Find the equation of the line thru (4,1) perpendicular to the line 2x – 3x +
4 = 0.
A. 4x + 5y + 11 = 0 C. 3x + 2y – 14 = 0
B. 6x – 3y – 21 = 0 D. 2x – 3y + 5=0

3. An isosceles right triangle has its perimeter 10.2426 ft. What is the area
of the triangle?
A. 2 ft22 C. 3 ft2
B. 4.5 ft 2 D. 4 ft2

4. Find the value of x in

xy + xz = -8
xy + yz = 1
xz + yz = -3
A. ±1 C. ±3
B. ±2 D. ±4

5. Find the 12th term of the harmonic progression 1, 1/3, 1/5…

A. 1/9 C. 1/23
B. 1/17 D. 1/21

6. When the second derivative of the equation of a curve is positive, the curve
at that point is concave in what direction?
A. to the left C. to the right
B. downward D. upward

7. A cylindrical spar bouy 18 inches in diameter stands in fresh water with its
axis vertical. When depressed lightly and released, the period of vibration
is found to be 1.5 seconds. Find the weight of the bouy.
A. 258 lbs C. 201 lbs
B. 189 lbs D. 165 lbs

8. The water in a 4ft x 2ft x 1ft rectangular water tank is discharged at a

point 2ft above its surface level. Find the work required in lb.ft.
A. 1,248 C. 1,380
B. 1,648 D. 1,050
9. The chemist needs to dilute 50% boric solution to a 10% solution. If he
needs 25 liters of the 10% solution, how much of the 50% solution should be
used?
A. 4li C. 6li
B. 7li D. 5li

10. A drug for the relief of asthma can be purchased from 5 different
manufacturers in liquid, tablet, or capsule form, all of which come in
regular and extra strength. In how many different ways can a doctor
prescribe the drug for a patient suffering from asthma?
A. 21 C. 10
B. 30 D. 210

11. What is the value of x in trigonometric substitution with an integrand

involving (x2+a2)?
A.asecӨ C.asinӨ
B.atanӨ D.acosӨ

12. The center of the suspension bridge forms a parabolic arc. The cable is
suspended two support towers which are 800ft apart. The tops of the towers
are 170ft. above the road and the lowest point of the cable is midway
between the towers and 10ft. above the road, find the height of the cable at
a distance 100ft from the tower.
A. 90 C. 85.5
B. 100 D. 80

13. A farmer estimates that if he digs his potatoes now he will have 120
bushels, which he can sell at $1.75 per bushels. If he expects his crop to
increase 8 bushels per week, but the price to drop 5 cents per bushels per
week, in how many weeks should he sell to realize the maximum amount for his
crop?
A. 10 weeks C. 15 weeks
B. 20 weeks D. 18 weeks

14. The number of newspaper distributed is given by C = 50t2 – 200t + 1,000

where t is in years. Find the minimum number of copies distributed from 2000
to 2007.
A. 300 C. 1,000
B. 800 D. 450

15. Find the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in x2 = -(y-26) and x2 = y
– 2.
A. 8cm x 8cm C. 4cm x 16cm
B. 8cm x 32cm D. 4cm x 32cm

16. A bicycle travels along a straight road. At t o’clock, it is (t squared)

miles from the end of the end of the road. Compute its average velocity in
mi/hr from 1:00 to 4:00
A. 4 C. 5
B. 3 D. 2

17. Determine the equation of the line through (3,4) which forms, with the
positive x and positive y axes, the triangle with the least area.
A. 4x + 5y = 32 C. 4x + 3y = 24
B. 3x + 4y =25 D. 2x + 3y = 18
18. At maximum point, the value of second derivative of the function is
________.
A. infinite C. positive
B. negative D. zero

19. Simplify: (i raised to29) + (i raised to 21) + i.

A. -1 C. -2i
B. 3i D. i

20. There are n couples at a party. Each man shakes hands with everyone else
except his spouse. No hand shake take place between women. How many
handshakes take place?(as a polynomial function of n)
A. n! – 1 C. (n – 1)(n – 2)
B. n(n – 1) D. (1/2)(3n2 – 3n)

21. Evaluate (1 + i)10

A. -2i C. 32
B. 32i D. 2i

22. A rectangular box with an open top is to be made from a piece of cardboard
60cm2 by cutting equal squares from each corner and turning up the pertinent
portions of the cardboard to form the sides. Determine by calculus the
maximum volume of the box.
A. 2, 500 cm3 C. 9,000 cm3
B. 4,000 cm 3 D. 16,000 cm3

23. The probability that a person recovers some heart attack is 0.9. Find the
probability that 5 out of 7 heart attack patients will recover.
A. 0.194 C. 0.124
B. 0.181 D. 0.168

24. Evaluate the limit of sin x all over x as n approaches zero.

A. 1 C. 0
B. infinity D. pi

25. Find the volume generated by revolving the area bounded by y = x3, y= 8,
x=0 about the y – axis.
A. 64pi/7 C. 768pi/7
B. 512pi/5 D. 96pi/5

26. What is the probability of getting a 7 or 11 when a pair of dice are

thrown.
A. 2/9 C. 1/6
B. 1/18 D. 3/8

27. The orbit of Halley’s comet around the sun is an ellipse with a the sun as
focus and eccentricity e = 0.967, the position where the comet is closest to
the sun to the position where it is farthest from the sun is approximately
3.365 x 109 miles. Approximately how close the comet gets to the sun in
million miles.
A. 13 C. 56
B. 48 D. 23

28. In the chemical processing of a certain mineral, the rate of change of the
amount of mineral present varies as the amount of the mineral remaining. If
after 8hrs, 100lbs of mineral have been reduced to 70 lbs, what quantity of
the mineral will remain after 24hrs?
A. 53.2 C. 34.3
B. 43.4 D. 25.3

29. Given n = 5 measurements 2, 1, 1, 3, 5 solve for the sample variants, s2?

A. 1.6 C. 3
B. 2.4 D. 2.8

30. From the relation y = 1/x, x is called the ________ of y.

A. means C. surd
B. inverse D. mutual

31. A right triangle has a fixed hypotenuse of 30 cm. and the other 2 sides
are allowed to vary. Determine the largest possible area of the triangle.
A. 225 cm2 C. 243 cm2
B. 234 cm2 D. 216 cm2

32. Find the perimeter of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in x/400
+ y/16 = 1.
A. 400 C. 416
B. 41.6 D. 40

33. Find the seventh and the eighth term of 1, 3, 6, 10.

A. 18, 27 C. 21,28
B. 25,23 D. 28,36

34. Marksman hits 75% of all his targets, what is the probability of hitting
of exactly 4 of his next 10 shots?
A. 0.01622 C. 0.004055
B. 0.4005 D. 0.001622

35. Find the remainder when (x12 + 2) is divided by (x - ).

A. 652 C. 231
B. 851 D. 731

36. Change the equation y = x from rectangular to polar coordinates.

A. theta equals pi/3 or 4pi/3 C. theta pi of pi/4
B. theta equals pi/4 or 5pi/4 D. theta equals 2pi or 3/4pi

37. In a multiple-choice test consist of 5 questions each with 4 possible

answers of which only 1 is correct, in how many ways can a student check off
one answer to each question and get all the answers wrong?
A. 720 C. 1024
B. 120 D. 243

38. Cos law is

A. a2 = b2 + c2 – 2abccosA C. b2 = a2 + c2 – 2accosA
B. c2 = a2 + b2 – 2abcosA D. a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bcosA

39. Find the Laplace Transform of sinhat.

A. s/ (a2 + s2) C. a/(1 – s2)
B. a/(s + a )
2 2 D. a/(s2 – a2)

40. Transform into intercept form:

A. C.
B. D.

41. A janitor with bunch of 9 keys to open a door but only one key can open.
What is the probability that he will succeed in 3 trials.
A. 0.107 C. 0.375
B. 0.333 D. 0.425

42. A weight is attached to one end of a 35 ft. rope which passes over a
pulley 18 ft. above the ground. The other end is attached to truck at a
point 3 ft. above the ground. If truck moves away at a rate of 2 ft. per
sec, how fast is the weight rising when it is 8 ft. from the ground (spot
directly under the pulley)?
A. 1.4 fps C. 1.6 fps
B. 1.5 fps D. 1.8 fps

43. A card is drawn from an ordinary deck and we are told that it is red.
What is the probability that the card is greater than 2 but less than 9?
A. 6/13 C. 7/26
B. 12/51 D. 13/52

44. A right circular cylinder is inscribe in a right circular cone of radius,

r. Find the radius R of the cylinder if its lateral area is a maximum?
A. R = r/3 C. R = 3r/2
B. R = 2r/3 D. R = r/2

45. Find the dy/dx if y = log(3x – 2 ) and x = 2.

A. 0.362 C. 0.326
B. 0.263 D. 0.236

46. Foghorn C sounds every 34 sec. Foghorn D every 38 sec. The sound together
at noon. How many seconds later will they next sound together?
A. 1, 444 C. 646
B. 1, 938 D. 969

47. An array of mxn quantities which represents a single number and is

composed of elements in rows and columns is known as
A. transpose of a matrix C. matrix
B. determinant D. co-factor of a matrix

48. A contractor wishes to build 5 houses, each different in design. In how

many ways he can place these houses on a street if 2 lots are on one side on
the street and 3 lots are on the opposite side.
A. 422, 680 C. 1, 814, 400
B. 388, 660 D. 362, 880

49. Find the moment of inertia with respect to the x axis of the volume of a
sphere generated by revolving a circle of radius a fixed diameter.

A. (4/15)pi (r5) C. (2/15)pi(r5)

B. (8/15)pi(r5) D. (7/15)pi(r5)

50. A Clock hands 1 and inches long respectively. At what rate are the ends
of the hands approaching each other when the time is 2:00 clock.
A. 0.0280 C. 0.0144
B. 0.0466 D. 0.0362