* PRE-BOARD EXAM – MATH 5 *

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

1. The velocity of two bodies is given by:

Body A : VA = 2t2 – 12, t > 0 Body B : VB = – t, t > 0
The velocity of Body A is twice that of Body B for t > 0 at t = ?
A. –3 C. 3
B. 2 D. – 1+ 97

2. A company has N machines of equal capacity that produce a total of 180 pieces each work day. If
2 machines break down, the work load of the remaining machines is increased by 3 pieces each
day to maintain production. What is N?
A. 10 C. 11
B. 12 D. 9

3. The sample standard deviation of the following data is 2, 8, 3, 10 is close to:

A. 3.345 C. 3.862
B. 5.750 D. 44.75

4. Consider 10 throws of an ordinary coin. The probability for heads or tails is equal to ½. What is
the probability that exactly 5 heads will turn up?
A. 0.351 C. 0.246
B. 0.448 D. 0.500

5. A point “X” outside a circle makes a line tangent to the circle at point “Y”. If a secant line drawn
from “X” to another points on the circle which is “W” and “Z”. Find the length of the tangent line if
XW = 25 cm and XZ = 9 cm.
A. 225 cm C. 16 cm
B. 34 cm D. 15 cm

6. Three electric 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. 235 sq. ft C. 253 sq. ft
B. 71.11 sq. ft D. 38.08 sq. ft

7. The inner surface area in square meters of a closed (both ends) cylinder 2 meters in height and
3 meters in diameter is…
A. 8.25 π C. 30 π
B. 10.5 π D. 21 π

8. The towers of a parabolic suspension bridge 200 meters long are 40 meters high and the lowest
point of the cable is 10 meters above the roadway. Find the height in meters of a vertical support
to the cable at 50 meters from both ends.
A. 27.5 C. 17.5
B. 22.5 D. 12.5

9. What is the volume of the solid having an equation of 2x + 6y + 4z =12 ? Where x, y, & z are all in
centimeters.
A. 8 cu. cm C. 3 cu. cm
B. 4 cu. cm D. 2 cu. cm

10. Find d2y/dx2 if x = 3 – 2z and y = z2 – 3z3

A. 0.5 + 9z C. 0.5 – 4.5z
B. 1 – 9z D. –1 + 3z2/2
11. A wire 2 ft long is to be cut into two pieces. One piece is then used to form a circle and the other
piece is used to form a square. How much wire in feet should be used to form the square if the
sum of the areas enclosed by the circle and the square is to be a minimum?
A. 2/(π + 4) C. 8/(π + 4)
B. (π + 4)/2 D. (π +4)/8

12. Sand poured on the ground at a rate of 3 cu. ft per minute forms a conical pile whose height is
one-third the diameter of the base. How fast in feet per minute is the altitude of the pile increasing
when the radius of its base is 2 ft?
A. 4/3 π C. 3 π/4
B. 3/4 π D. 4 π/3
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13. The integral

0
2 sin 6 t  cos 4 t  dt

A. 3π / 512 C. π / 256
B. 3 / 256 D. 512 / 3π

14. Find the volume of the solid generated by rotating about x axis the region bounded by the curves
y = x3, x = 2, and the x–axis.
A. 128 / π C. 128π / 7
B. 128 / 3π D. 256π / 7

15. A small hole in the sack of rice cause some rice to be wasted while the sack is being lifted
vertically to a height of 30 m. The weight lost is proportional to the cube root of the distance
traversed. If the total loss was 16 kg, find the work done in lifting the said sack of rice which
weighs 110 kg.
A. 2490 kg-mts C. 1940 kg-mts
B. 1490 kg-mts D. 2940 kg-mts

16. Given the differential equation

dy
dx
x
 5 y  0 with y 1  0 , find y  2 . 
e
A. e5 C. e 5  2
B. 
e 2.5 e 2.5  2  D. e 5  e 2.5

17. Find the equation of the system of orthogonal trajectories of the family of circles:
 x  h 2   y  k  2  a 2 .
A. y  k  c x  h  
C. y 2  k  c x 2  h 
B. yhcx  2
k  D. y k  c  3
x h 
18. Evaluate log j  j 2 where j  1
A. 1  j 0.441 C. 0.441  j
B. 1  j 0.441 D. 0.441  j 0.441

19. From theorem of matrices: If any two columns or rows of a determinant have their corresponding
element identical or proportional its value of det A is:
A. not zero C. unity
B. zero D. null

20. Find the component of A = 3i – j + 2k along the vector B = i + 2j – k.

A.  6 C.  1 6
B. 2 6 D. 6 2

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