Republic of the Philippines

Manila
Macro Integrated Training and Review Center

PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION MATHEMATICS Engineering SETA

Date: __________________
Time: __________________

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

1. A closed polygon has 14 diagonals. The number of sides of the polygon is

a. 6 c. 8
b. 7 d. 9

2. A freely falling body is a body in rectilinear motion and with constant _____
a. Velocity c. Deceleration
b. Speed d. Acceleration

3. In how many ways can a party of 6 people be seated in a row of 6 if a certain 2 insist on sitting next to each other?
a. 720 ways c. 240 ways
b. 480 ways d. 360 ways

4. The line passing through the focus and is perpendicular to the directrix of a parabola
a. Tangent line c. Latus rectum
b. Directrix d. Axis of the parabola

5. Given f(x)=(x-4)(x+3)+4. When f(x) is divided by (x-k), the remainder is k. What is k?

a. 2 c. –4
b. –2 d. 8

6. If y  x ln x , find its 3rd derivative.

a. 1 c. 1
 
x 3
x2
b. 1 d. 1
x3 x2

7. A car is overtaking a trailer uniformly accelerated its speed from 40 kph to 90 kph in 9 sec. Calculate the distance
traveled during the period of acceleration?
a. 200 m c. 144 m
b. 95 m d. 221 m

8. When the total kinetic energy of a system is the same as before and after the collision of two bodies, it is called
a. Static collision c. Inelastic collision
b. Elastic collision d. Plastic collision

9. If the 1st and the 4th terms of the harmonic progression are 1/3 and 1/9 respectively, find the 8th term?
a. 1/17 c. 1/11
b. 1/14 d. 1/15

10. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of drawing a king or a red.
a. 0.5835 c. 0.5385
b. 0.8355 d. 0.8535

11. Find the slope of the curve y=1-x3 at the point where y=9.
a. –12 c. –10
b. –11 d. –9

12. A ball is dropped from the top of a building 90 meters tall will hit the ground with a velocity of:
a. 35 m/s c. 37 m/s
b. 42 m/s d. 45 m/s

13. It is a stock has prior right to dividends. It usually does not bring voting rights to the owners and the dividend is fixed
and cannot be higher than the specified amount
a. Common stock c. Preferred stock
b. Voting stock d. Non par value stock

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14. If dV denotes error in V, then the ratio of dV/V is called the ________ error in V.
a. absolute c. percent
b. numerical d. relative

15. A plane dropped a bomb horizontally at an elevation of 1000 m from the ground intending to hit a target whose
elevation is 200 m from the ground. If the plane is flying at a velocity of 3000 kph at what distance from the target
must the bomb be dropped to hit the target?
a. 1 km c. 2 km
b. 1.54 km d. 5 km

16. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10…..

a. 61 c. 81
b. 91 d. 71

17. Evaluate log28 .

4
a. 24 c. 32
b. 38 d. 64

18. What is the probability of obtaining at least 4 heads when a coin is tossed 5 times?
a. 0.1658 c. 0.1765
b. 0.1875 d. 0.1758

19. An arc has the shape of a parabola with vertex at the top and axis vertical. It is 4m wide at the
base and 8m high. How wide is it halfway?
a. 2.83m c. 3.56m
b. 3.15m d. 6.21m

20. A theory used to determine the energy, distribution in space, and other properties of particles such as electrons
when in different environments.
a. Theory of Relativity c. Quantum Physics
b. Quantum Mechanics d. Energy Conversion

21. The integral of a function between certain limits divided by the difference in abscissa between
those limits gives the _________ of the function.
a. average c. sum
b. asymptote d. intercept

22. If P1000 is invested at the end of each year for 10 years at an annual interest rate of 7%, what is the total peso
amount available upon the deposit of the tenth payment?
a. P 13800 c. P 14205
b. P 12500 d. P 15520

23. If the angle of friction is 350, what is the coefficient of friction?

a. 0.70 c. 0.63
b. 0.25 d. 0.47

24. The path of the projectile is

a. circle c. ellipse
b. parabola d. hyperbola

with the horizontal. The tension in the line

25. A canal boat is towed by a rope by making an angle of 35 0
being 115kg. How much of this is effective in propelling the boat?
a. 94.20 kg c. 102.23 kg
b. 32.57 kg d. 72.45 kg

26. Find the positive nos. whose difference of their cubes is 2168 and the cube of their difference is 8.
a. 20,18 c. 19,17
b. 23,21 d. 22,20

27. Three copies of ECE books, 4 copies of EE books and 2 copies of ME books are covered with covers of different
colors of each kind of book. In how many different ways can they be placed on a shelf?
a. 2,720 ways c. 7,720 ways
b. 1,260 ways d. 2,260 ways

28. An urn contains 7 yellow balls and 10 green balls. Another urn contains 5 yellow balls and 3 green balls. If one ball is
drawn from each urn, determine the probability that both are yellow.
a. 15/64 c. 35/136

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b. 5/16 d. 1/32

29. The initial cost of a paint sand mill including the installation is P 800 000. The BIR approved life of this machine is 10
years for depreciation. The estimated salvage value of the mill is P 50 000 and the cost of dismanting is P15 000. Using
straight line depreciation, what is the annual depreciation charge?
a. P 76 300 c. P 76 800
b. P 76 500 d. P 80 000

30. These are product or services that are desired by humans and will be purchased if money is available
after the required necessities have been obtained
a. products, goods and services c. necessities
b. utilities d. luxuries

31. Find the probability of getting exactly 12 out of 30 questions on true or false questions.
a. 0.04 c. 0.12
b. 0.15 d. 0.08

32. In how many ways can 9 books be arranged on a shelf so that 5 of the books are always together?
a. 30240 c. 15170
b. 14400 d. 14200

33. A number of ECE examinees decided to have an excursion after their licensure exam. They hire a boat
for P 56. But for some reasons two of them were not able to join so that the share of the remaining in the
group increased by P 3.20. How many are in the original group?
a. 4 c. 5
b. 6 d. 7

34. What is the 5th term of the expansion of (ex+e-x)8

a. 70 b. e4x
c. x2x d. sinhx

35. An inexperience statistical clerk submitted the following statistics to his manager on the average rate of production of
radios in an assembly line, 15 workers produce 3 radios in 2 hours. How many workers are employed in the assembly
line working 40 hours per weekly production is 480 radios
a. 100 b. 120
c. 110 d. 130

36. The equation of whose roots are the reciprocal of the roots of 2x2 – 3x – 5 = 0 is:
a. 5x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 b. 4x2 – 5x + 4 = 0
2
c. 3x – 4x + 4 = 0 d. 6x2 – 3x – 4 = 0

37. The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3 and ¼. What is the equation?
a. 12x2 + 7x + 1 = 0 b. 12x2 – 7x + 1 = 0
2
c. 12 – 7x – 1 = 0 d. 12x2 – 7x –1 = 0

38. f the roots of an equation are zero, then they are classified as
a. Conditional solutions b. Trivial solutions
c. Extraneous solutions d. Hypergolic solutions

39. A small line truck hauls poles from a substation stockyard to pole sites along a proposed distribution line. The truck
can handle only one pole at a time. The first pole is 150 m. from the substation and the poles are to be 50 m. apart.
Determine the total distance traveled by the line truck back and forth, after returning from delivering the 30th pole.
a. 37.5 km b. 30 km
c. 52.5 km d. 40 km

40. If the first derivative of a function is a constant, then the function is

a. Sinusoidal b. Linear
c. Logarithmic d. Quadratic

41. It takes a boat 3 times to travel upstream against a river current than it takes the same boat to travel downstream. If
the speed of the boat is 40 kph, what is the speed of the current (in kph)?
a. 10 b. 20
c. 30 d. 40

42. The first table of logarithm with 10 as base was developed in 1615 by?
a. James Naismith b. John Napier
c. Henry Briggs d. John Wallis

43. A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. IN how many ways can the company choose from 9 men
and 6 women who is qualified for the position

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a. 680 b. 480
c. 540 d. 840

44. A sequence of numbers where the succeeding term is greater than the preceding term
a. Isometric series b. Divergent series
c. Convergent series d. Dissonant series

45. Triangle ABC has sides a, b, and c. If sides a=75m, b=100m, and the angle opposite side a is 32, find the angle
opposite side c.
a. 93 b. 80
c. 103 d. 73

46. Mika mixed 40 mL of 35% hydrochloric acid solution with 20 mL of 50%hydrochloric acid solution. What is the
percentage of the new hydrochloric acid of the new solution?
a. 40 % b. 38%
c. 39% d. 41%

47. Aplane is approaching your home and you assume that it is traveling at approximately 550 miles
per hour. If the angle of elevation of the plane is 16 degrees at one time and one minute later the
angle is 57 degrees, approximate the altitude
a. 3.23 miles b. 2.23 miles
c. 3.86 miles d. 2.73 miles

48. A ladder 10 m long is placed between two buildings so that it will reach a window 6m high on
one building. With its foot at the same point and turned over, it will reach a window 5 m high on the
other building. What is the distance between the buildings?
a. 16.66m b. 12.53m
c. 20.43m d. 22.63m

49. A hotel is to be constructed in a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 800 m. What is the largest
area that can be enclosed by fencing the perimeter?
a. 4 hectares b. 5 hectares
c. 6.2 hectares d. 3.5 hectares

50. A statue 3.2 m high stands on a pedestal such that its foot is 0.4 m above the observer’s eye
level. How far from the statue must the observer stand in order that the angle subtended by the
statue will be maximum?
a. 1.2 m b. 1.13 m
c. 1.5 m d. 1.37 m

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