Chemical Engineering Reviewer Day 3 (General Engineering)

Version 1 (June 24, 2016)

1. When a point is observed, the angle
formed by the line of sight with the
horizontal level where the point being
viewed is above the horizontal plane is
known as:
a. Angle of triangle
b. Angle of depression
c. Angle of elevation
d. None of these
2. The number of real solutions of the
equation sin (ex) = 5x + 5 x is
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. Infinitely many
3. The minimum value of the expression sin
+ sin + sin , where , , are the real
numbers satisfying + + = is
a. Positive
b. Zero
c. Negative
d. 3
4. A terrorist standing on the bank of a river
observes that the angle of elevation of
the top of a tree on the opposite bank of
a river is 60 and when he retreats 40 m
away from the tree, the angle of
elevation becomes 30. The breadth of
the river is
a. 20 m
b. 30 m
c. 40 m
d. 60 m
5. Which of the following statements about
the function given by is true?
a. The function has no relative
extremum.
b. The graph of the function has one
point of inflection and the
function has two relative
extrema.
c. The graph of the function has two
points of inflection and the
function has one relative
extremum.

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d. The graph of the function has two

points of inflection and the
function has two relative
extrema.
A curve is described by the parametric
equations x = t3 + 2t and y = t2 + t + 1. An
equation of the line tangent to the curve
at the point determined by t = -1 is:
a. -2x + 3y = 5
b. -3x + 3y = 7
c. -x + 5y = 12
d. x + 5y = 2
Determine the area of the inner loop of
the polar curve r = 1 - 2sin().
a. 0.544
b. 0.585
c. 0.598
d. 0.623
(105) Locate the center of curvature of
the parabola x2=4y at point (2,2).
a. (-2,6)
b. (-3,6)
c. (-2,4)
d. (-3,7)
The sum of Patricks age and Markos age
is 58. Eight years ago, Patrick was twice as
old as Marko then. How old is Marko?
a. 20
b. 22
c. 36
d. 38
The blood groups of 200 people is
distributed as follows: 50 have type A
blood, 65 have B blood type, 70 have O
blood type and 15 have type AB blood. If
a person from this group is selected at
random, what is the probability that this
person has O blood type?
a. 0.25
b. 0.40
c. 0.35
d. 0.38
Find the area enclosed by f(y) = 2y2 and
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a. 32/3
b. 30/3
c. 18/3
d. 15/2
You throw a ball straight up into the air.
The position of the ball can be written as
s(t) = -5t2+4t+1. What is the acceleration
of the ball at t=0.75 s?
a. 9.8 m/s2
b. 9.8 m/s2
c. 10 m/s2
d. -10 m/s2
Find the distance between the points (-5,5) and (-6,-6)
a. 2
b. 22
c. 3
d. 23
In one province, 52% of the voters are
supporters of the Liberal Party, and 48%
are supporters of the Nacionalista Party.
In a second state, 47% of the voters are
Liberal Party fans, and 53% are for the
Nacionalista Party. Suppose a simple
random sample of 100 voters are surveyed
from each province. What is the
probability that the survey will show a
greater percentage of Nacionalista voters
in the second province than in the first
province?
a. 0.04
b. 0.71
c. 0.24
d. 0.76
What is the small possible sum of square
of two numbers, if their product is -16?
a. 18
b. 32
c. 16
d. 8
Find the weight of the snowball 1.2 m in
diameter if the wet compact snow of
which this ball is made weighs 480 kg/m3
a. 398.2 kg
b. 434.3 kg

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c. 367.8 kg
d. 411.7 kg
Two balls, one 15 cm in diameter and the
other 10 cm in diameter, are placed in a
cylindrical jar 20 cm in diameter, as
shown in Figure 014. Find the volume of
water necessary to cover them.
a. 4777.84 cm3
b. 4522.12 cm3
c. 5120.03 cm3
d. 3665.20 cm3
A box is to be made of a piece of cardboard
9 inches square by cutting equal squares
out of the corners and turning up the
sides. Find the volume of the largest box
that can be made in this way.
a. 32 in2
b. 28 in2
c. 36 in2
d. 54 in2
A ladder 20 ft long leans against a vertical
wall. If the top slides downward at the
rate of 2 ft/s, find how fast the lower end
is moving when it is 16 ft from the wall.
a. 0.9 ft/s
b. 1.0 ft/s
c. 1.2 ft/s
d. 1.5 ft/s
A radioactive element follows the law of
exponential change and has a half-life of
38 hours. How long will it take for 90% of
the radioactivity of the element to be
dissipated?
a. 211.10 hrs
b. 172.32 hrs
c. 126.23 hrs
d. 104.09 hrs
A man in a wharf 6m above the water
pulls in a rope to which a boat is tied at
the rate of 1.2 m/s. at what rate is the
boat approaching the wharf when there
is 7.5 m of the rope out?
a. 18 m/s
b. 17.5 m/s
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d. 15 m/s
What time after 3:00 o'clock will the
minute-hand and the hour-hand of the
clock be together for the first time?
a. 3:15:00.00
b. 3:16:21.82
c. 3:17:12.33
d. 3:16:45.07
Find the equation of the curve for which
y = 12/x3 if it passes through (1,0) and is
tangent to the line 6x+y=6 at that point.
a. xy+6x=6
b. 6y+6x=1
c. 6xy+1=6
d. 3xy+2x=1
Find the area enclosed by the cardiod
r=a(1-sinx)
a. 3a2
b. 3a2/2
c. 5a2/2
d. 2a2
Two painters work together and take an
average of 8 hours to paint standard 12
by 12 rooms. One of the painters, who
can do the work alone in 14 hours, is sick
today. How long will it take the other
painter to complete the job on his own?
a. 18.7 hrs
b. 15.3 hrs
c. 18.0 hrs
d. 16.0 hrs
One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times faster
than a second pipe. When both pipes are
opened, they fill the pool in five hours.
How long would it take to fill the pool if
only the slower pipe is used?
a. 12.00 hrs
b. 8.25 hrs
c. 11.25 hrs
d. 10.75 hrs
Identify the conic section that is
represented by the equation x2 - 3y2 + 6x
+ 2y - 5 = 0
a. Circle
b. Ellipse

c. Hyperbola
d. Parabola

28. (#159) The price of the product in a

competitive market is P300. If the cost
per unit of producing the product is
160+x where x is the number of units
produced per month, how many units
should the firm produce and sell to
maximize its profit?
a. 70
b. 80
c. 60
d. 50
29. (#261) Glycerine is flowing into a
conical vessel 18cm deep and 10 cm
across the top at the rate of 4 cu cm per
min. The depth of glycerine is h cm. If
the rate which the surface is rising is
0.1146 cm/min, find the value of h.
a. 16 cm
b. 12 cm
c. 10 cm
d. 25 cm
30. (#468) A 600 N block rests on a 30
plane. If the coefficient of static friction
is 0.30 and the coefficient of kinetic
friction is 0.20, what is the value of P
applied horizontally to prevent the
block from sliding down the plane.
a. 141.85 N
b. 183.29 N
c. 119.27 N
d. 126.59 N
31. A delinquent dropped a stone from the
deck of a bridge. The sound of the
splash reaches the deck 3 seconds later.
If sound travels 342 m/s in still air, how
high is the deck of the bridge above the
water?
a. 40.6 m
b. 45.2 m
c. 57.3 m
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32. A ball is thrown vertically at a speed of 20

m/s from a building 100 m above the
ground. Find the velocity and the position
of the ball above the ground after 5
seconds.
a. 3.34 m, 45.23 m/s
b. 4.54 m, 47.68 m/s
c. 5.67 m, 56.42 m/s
33. The intercepts of a straight line on the x
and y axes are 4 and -6, respectively. Find
its equation.
a. 3x+2y=12
b. 2x+3y=12
c. 3x-2y=12
d. 2x-3y=12
34. An arch 18 m high has a form of parabola
with a vertical axis. The length of the
horizontal beam placed across the arch 8
m from the top is 64 m. Find the width of
the bottom.
a. 96 cm
b. 48 cm
c. 72 cm
d. 64 cm
35. The function f(x) = (x2 - 4) / (x3- 2x2- 3x +
10) is discontinuous at x = ____
a. 2
b. -2
c. 0
d. Both 2 and -2
36. Find the diameter of the minimum size of
circular cloth that will over a triangular
table, 2.5 ft by 2.5 ft by 2.8 ft.
a. 2.82 ft
b. 3.02 ft
c. 0. 3.22 ft
d. 0. 3.42 ft
37. A triangle has sides equal to 68 m, 77 m
and 75 m respectively. Find the radius of
the escribed circle which tangent to the
68 m side.
a. 40m
b. 44 m
c. 50 m
d. 55 m

38. Find the sum of an arithmetic

progression: 2, 5, 8, where n = 25.
a. 900
b. 925
c. 950
d. 975
39. Find the sum of a geometric progression:
2, 3, 4.5, where n = 10.
a. 226.7
b. 235.4
c. 242.5
d. 251.8
40. Find the sum of all integers from 300 to
1000 that are exactly divisible by 17.
a. 24,548
b. 25,194
c. 25,840
d. 26,486
41. Find the standard deviation for the
following data: 2, 5, 3, 4, 7,0, 11, 2, 3, 8.
a. 3.1
b. 3.3
c. 3.5
d. 3.7
42. The charge in coulombs that passes
through a wire after t seconds is given by
the function
Q(t) = t3 - 2t2 + 5t + 2. Determine the
current at the end of two seconds.
a. 6 A
b. 8 A
c. 9A
d. 10 A
43. A bullet from a rifle enters a 50 mm
plank with a speed of 600 m/s and
leaves with a speed of 24 m/s.
Determine the thickness of the plank
that can be penetrated by the bullet.
a. 55 mm
b. 60 mm
c. 65 mm
d. 70 mm
44. The new vehicle plate number system
consists of 3 letters and four numbers. All

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three letters can be repeated. The first of

the four numbers cannot be zero (0). The
numbers may also be repeated. How
many distinct plate numbers can the Land
Transportation Office issue?
a. 78,624,000
b. 101,088,000
c. 140,400,000
d. 158,184,000
45. What is the accumulated amount of a five
year annuity paying P 6,000 at the end of
each year, with interest at 15%
compounded annually?
a. P 40, 454.29
b. P 41, 114.29
c. P 40, 554.29
d. P 41, 454.29
46. The population of a country doubles in 50
years. How many years will it be five times
as much? Assume that the rate of increase
is proportional to the number of
inhabitants.
a. 100 years
b. 120 years
c. 116 years
d. 98 years
47. An equipment costs P 10,000 with a
salvage value of P 500 at the end of 10
years. Calculate the annual depreciation
cost by sinking fund method at 4%
interest.
a. P 632.21
b. P 845.32
c. P 791.26

d. P 971.12
48. A steel drum manufacturer incurs a yearly
fixed operating cost of $ 200,000. Each
drum manufactured costs $ 160 to
produce, and sells $ 200. What is the
manufacturers break-even sales volume
in drums per year?
a. 1000
b. 5000
c. 2500
d. 7500

49. Application of shear strain changes

_____?
a. Shape
b. Area
c. Volume
d. Velocity

50. An engineer wants to report a privatebased suspicious engineer who performs

questionable
chemical
engineering
practices. What organization or institution
must the engineer approach to report the
suspicious engineer?
a. Professional Regulatory Commission
b. Philippine Institute of Chemical
Engineers
c. Office of the Ombudsman
d. Sandiganbayan

Sources:
700 Multiple Choice Questions in Engineering Mathematics
April 2014 ChE Board Exam Questions
General Engineering Reviewer ChE600 Integration Course

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