Republic of the Philippines

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION

Manila

BOARD OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Registered Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination

Saturday, January 29, 2011 07:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
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MATHEMATICS,ENGG ECONOMICS & ENGG 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. A type of bond where the corporation pledges securities which

it owns (I,e, stocks, bonds of its subsidiaries).
A. Mortgage C. Coupon bond
B. Registered bond D. Collateral trust bond *

2. The place where buyers and sellers come together.

A. Market * C. Recreation center
B. Business D. Buy and sell section

3. An evil wrong committed by a person damaged another persons

property or reputation is
A. tort * C. negligence
B. material breach D. fraud

4. What is the probability of not getting a red ball from a bag

containing 3 white balls, 5 blue balls , and 4 red balls?
A. 2/3 * C. 1/3
B. 5/12 D. 1/4

5. In how many ways can 7 persons be seated on a round table if a

certain couple is in the group and must be seated together?
A. 240 * C. 120
B. 360 D. 720

6. A 100 liter mixture with 85% alcohol is placed in a container.

How much water should be added to produce a mixture with 65%
alcohol?
A. 25.6 C. 30.8 *
B. 20.6 D. 35.8

7. What is the highest position in the corporation?

A. President C. Chairman of the Board *
B. Board of Directors D. Stockholders
8. An association of two or more individuals for the purpose of
operating a business as co-owners for profit.
A. Sole proprietorship C. Partnership *
B. Company D. Corporation

9. Liquid assets such as cash and other assets that can be

converted quickly into cash, such as accounts receivable and
merchandise are called
A. total assets C. current assets *
B. fixed assets D. none of the above

10. The length of time which the property may be operated at a

profit.
A. Physical life C. Operating life
B. Economic life * D. All of the above

11. The provision in the contract that indicates the possible

adjustment of material cost and labor cost.
A. Secondary clause C. Contingency clause
B. Escalatory clause * D. Main clause

12. Gross profit, sales less cost of good sold, as a percentage

of a sales is called
A. profit margin C. net income
B. gross margin * D. rate of return

13. Those funds that are required to make the enterprise or

project a going concern.
A. Initial investment C. Working capital *
B. Current accounts D. Subscribed capital

14. The payment for the use of borrowed money is called

A. loan C. interest *
B. maturity value C. principal

15. Sometimes called second hand value.

A. Scrap value C. Book value
B. Salvage value * D. Going value

16. If John gives $5 to Allen and Allen gives $2 to Eduard, and

they have the same money thereafter, how much is Johns money
higher than Allen?
A. $7 C. $8 *
B. $5 D. $3

17. Transform the polar equation r2cos(theta)sin(theta)= 4 to

rectangular coordinates.
A. xy = 4 * C. x + y = 4
B. x2y = 4 D. x2 + y2 = 4

18. Given f(x)= (x 1)/(x3 3x2 + 2x), find x when the value
of f(x) is undefined.
A. 0, -1 and -2 C. 0 and 2
B. 0, 1 and 2 * D. 1 and 2

19. Given f(x)= 3x 5, g(f(x))= x , find g(x).

A. (2x + 5)/3 C. (x + 5)/3 *
B. (3x 5)/4 D. (x 5)/3
20. The value which has a disinterested third party, different
from the buyer and seller, will determine in order to
establish a price acceptable to both parties.
A. Market value C. Fair value *
B. Goodwill value D. Franchise value

21. It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal intervals

of time where the first payment is made after several periods,
after the beginning of the payment.
A. Deferred annuity * C. Progressive annuity
B. Delayed annuity D. Simple annuity

22. A method of computing depreciation in which the annual charge

is a fixed percentage of the depreciation book value at the
beginning of the year to which the depreciation applies.
A. Straight lime method C. SYD method
B. Sinking fund method D. Declining balance method *

23. A method of depreciation where a fixed sum of money is

regularly deposited at compound interest in a real or
imaginary fund in order to accumulate an amount equal to the
total depreciation of an asset at the end of the assets
estimated life.
A. Straight line method C. Declining balance method
B. Sinking fund method * D. SYD method

24. The lessening of the value of an asset due to the decrease

in the quantity available (referring to the natural resources,
coal, oil, etc.)
A. Depreciation C. inflation
B. depletion * D. incremental cost

25. An association of two or more persons for a purpose of

engaging in a profitable business.
A. Sole proprietorship C. Partnership *
B. Enterprise D. Corporation

26. A distinct legal entity which can practically transact any

business transaction which a real person could do.
A. Sole of proprietorship C. Partnership
B. Enterprise D. Corporation *

27. A type of bind where the corporation pledges securities

which it owns (I,e, stocks, bonds of its subsidiaries).
A. Mortgage C. Coupon bond
B. Registered bond D. Collateral trust bond *
28. A type of bond which does not have security except a
promise to pay by the issuing corporation.
A. Mortgage bond C. Collateral trust bond
B. Registered bond D. Debenture bond *

29. The residual value of a companys assets after all outside

liabilities (shareholders excluded) has been allowed for.
A. Dividend C. Return
B. Equity * D. Per value
30. The quantity of a certain commodity that is bought at a
certain price at a given time and place.
A. Demand * C. Market
B. Supply D. Utility

31. Solve for N if log of 3 top the base 6 equals N.

A. 0.613 * C. 0.316
B. 0.218 D. 0.816

32. A man bought a $20 book and wishes to sell it. At what
price should he mark it if he wishes to give a 40 percent
discount and make 50 percent profit on the cost?
A. $40 C. $ 50 *
B. $55 D. $30

33. A steel plate 6 cm square is to be formed into an open box

by cutting equal squares out of the corners and bending up the
edges to form a box. What is the side of the square removed so
that the box formed will have a maximum volume?
A. 1.0 cm * C. 0.5 cm
B. 1.5 cm D. 2.0 cm

34. The greatest unit pressure the soil can continuously stand
is called
A. bearing strength * C. ultimate strength
B. yield strength D. fatigue strength

35. Refers to the highest ordinate on the stress-strain

diagram.
A. Rapture strength C. Yield strength
B. Ultimate strength * D. Allowable strength

36. A kind of stress that is caused by forces acting along or

parallel to the area resisting the force.
A. Tensile stress C. Shearing stress *
B. Bearing stress D. Tangential stress

37. The ratio of the unit deformation or strains in a

transverse direction is constant for stresses within the
proportional limit. This is known as
A. Hookes Law C. Poisson ratio *
B. Mohrs circle D. Slenderness ratio

38. What is the constant term in the expansion of (2x2 + 1/x)9 ?

A. 672 * C. 748
B. 724 D. 860

29. Solve for x: 23x = 64

A. 4 C. 2 *
B. 6 D. 1

39. Find x in the expression log 3 to the base 6 equals x times

log 3 to the base 2.
A. 1/3 * C. 2/3
B. 1/2 D. 3/4
40. If ln x = 3 and ln y = 5, find ln(x2 /y1/2)
A. 1.5 C. 3.5 *
B. 2.5 D. 4.5

41. A river is 580 ft wide. The bridge constructed across the

river is banked 1/7 of its length in the east and 1/6 in the
west. What is the length of the bridge?
A. 840 ft * C. 910 ft
B. 760 ft D. 1000 ft

42. What is the probability of getting two faces in a deck of

cards if drawing of cards is to be done twice?
A. 0.02 C. 0.04
B. 0.05 * D. 0.03

43. A plane with a velocity of 300 mph din still air, is

travelling against the wind and travels a distance of 900
miles in 4 hours. Find the headwind velocity.
A. 75 mph * C. 150 mph
B. 100 mph D. 200 mph

44. A, B and C are points on a circle. AC bisects the circle

and AB = BC. The area of triangle ABC is most clearly what
percent of the circles area?
A. 44 C. 32 *
B. 36 D. 24

45. Find the value of x for which f(x) is minimum given f(x) =
x2 + 5x + 2 = 0
A. 0 C. -2
B. -5/2 * D. -3/2

46. Solve for x: x 3 = 3(1 x)

A. 0.67 C. 1.50 *
B. 0.33 D. 1.67

47. Find the equation of the family of lines in which the slope
and the y- intercept are equal.
A. y = x/y C. y = y/x
B. y = y/(x + 1) * D. y = x + y

48. Find the radius of the circle circumscribing a regular

pentagon with area 560 square units.
A. 15.347 * C. 11.254
B. 16.879 D. 10.543

49. Find the equation of the circle circumscribing a triangle

with vertices (-1,-3), (-2, 4), (2, 1).
A. x2 + 3x + y2 7y 10 = 0
B. x2 + 3x + y2 + 7y 10 = 0
C. x2 + 3x + y2 y 10 = 0 *
D. x2 + 3x + y2 7y + 10 = 0

50. The upper and lower bases of a trapezoid measures 12 in and

16 in respectively. If the base angles are 55 deg and 65 deg.
What is the length of the shorter leg?
A. 3.78 * C. 5.24
B. 2.18 D. 4.29
51. What is the maximum area of the rectangle inscribed in an
ellipse having an equation of 4x2 + 16y2 = 16.
A. 4 * C. 8
B. 12 D. 6

52. When a right circular cone is cut by a plane parallel to

the axis of the cone the conic section formed is a/an
A. parabola C. circle
B. ellipse D. hyperbola *

53. If the second derivative of the equation of a curve is

equal to the negative of the equation of that same curve, the
curve is
A. paraboloid C. tangent
B. exponential D. sinusoidal *

54. The act of charging two or more buyers or sellers different

prices for the same product where the elasticity of supply or
demand at each price level differs among market is known as
A. price manipulation C. price discrimination *
B. price optimization D. price war

55. A situation in which rival firms drive prices down through

attempts to undercut each others prices is called
A. price war * C. price leadership
B. price discrimination D. price manipulation

56. Maximum plant capacity in which a CPM is allowed to

operate, tend or maintain
A. 200 kW C. 224 kW
B. 220 kW D. 242 kW *

57. The state of a thermodynamic system is defined by its

A. temperature C. process
B. pressure and temperature D. properties *

58. The partial pressure of a gas is the pressure that the gas
will exert if it alone occupies the volume occupied by the
mixture at the same temperature of the mixture.
A. Daltons law * C. Amagats law
B. Avogadros law D. Pascals law

59. An accounting book where the original record of all

transaction is ordinarily recorded.
A. journal * C. ledger
B. balance sheet D. balance sheet

60. Given f(x)= 2x + 4, g(x) = 1/x, find f(g(f(x)))

A. 1/(2x + 4) * C. 2x + 4
x
B. 1/2 D. 2x + 4

61. Simplify : (a-2)2 / (b-2)3

A. b6/a4 * C. b4/a6
B. a6/b4 D. a4/b6

62. Find the roots of the equation x3 16x = 0.

A. 0,4 C. 0,-4
B. 0,-4,-4 D. 0,-4,4 *
63. Solve for x in the equations: 2(x + y)=100 and 4(x + y)
=10.
A. 4.55 C. 4.75
B. 4.25 D. 4.15 *

64. What is the value of x in the proportion (x + 1):4 = 15:44.

A. 6 C. 5
B. 4 * D. 3

65. Determine the number of diagonals of a polygon with 15

sides.
A. 60 C. 120
B. 80 D. 90 *

66. What is the area of the rhombus with diagonals of 10 m and

24 m ?
A. 150 C. 120 *
B. 240 D. 180

67. Evaluate the limit of xx as x approaches to zero.

A. 0 C. 1 *
B. 1/2 D. indeterminate

68. Three circles are externally tangent to each other and

having the distances of their centers of 20 in., 23 in., and
25 in. What is the radius of the largest circle?
A. 10 C. 12
B. 14 * D. 16

69. Tom earned $200 for working 40 hours, if he works overtime

he will be paid 1.5 times his regular income. If tom received
a total of $230, how many hours did he worked?
A. 4 C. 5
B. 44 * D. 55

70. The point on the curve where the second derivative of the
function is zero.
A. maxima C. point of inflection *
B. minima D. point of deflection

71. What is the trigonometric substitution used for a function

involving a2 x2 ?
A. x = asin(theta)* C. x = atan(theta)
B. x = acos(theta) D. x = asec(theta)

72. The first derivative of cosine x is

A. sin x C. sin x *
B. cosx D. sec x

73. The sum of three numbers is 19. What is the smallest number
in the group if their geometric mean is 6.
A. 2 C. 8
B. 6 D. 4 *

74. Which of the following numbers will give a maximum

difference when subtracted by its cube?
A. 0.707 C. 0.500
B. 0.533 D. 0.577 *
75. Decrease in the value of physical property due to the
passage of time.
A. depreciation * C. recession
B. inflation D. depletion

76. A situation whereby payment is made for work not done. The
term also applies to the case where more workers are used than
are reasonable requirement for efficient operation.
A. feather bedding * C. check-in pay
B. downtime pay D. moon lighting

77. The minimum grade of mechanical engineer required in the

operation of 500 kW Diesel Power Plant.
A. RME * C. PME
B. CPM D. MPE

78. The ratio of average load to plant capacity.

A. capacity factor * C. demand factor
B. use factor D. load factor

79. Two cylinders each weighing 100 kN and 200 kN with radii of
100 mm and 200 mm respectively, are placed with the heavier
weight above the lighter weight and placed in a container with
a width of 500 mm. Assume the lengths of the cylinders and
container are the same. What is the reaction between the
cylinders?
A. 268.28 * C. 200.00
B. 300.00 D. 293.25

80. A man is standing on a cliff 897 meters. He struck a tree

with his axe and the sound 5.2 seconds after. Assuming
constant temperature, what is the velocity of sound on that
day?
A. 340 m/s C. 345 m/s *
B. 342 m/s D. 453 m/s

81. A 4 inches diameter sphere is floating on water with its

hemisphere submerged. Solve for the density of the sphere.
A. 31.2 lb/ft3 * C. 62.4 lb/ft3
3
B. 1000 lb/ft D. 64.2 lb/ft3

82. A block of wood is floating in seawater with submerged

height of 30 cm. If placed in a pool of mineral oil with
specific gravity of 0.80, what will be the submerged height of
the wood?
A. 30 cm C. 43 cm
B. 39 cm * D. 29 cm

83. Find the velocity of the liquid in the tank at the bottom
10 meters below the surface.
A. 14 m/s * C. 16 m/s
B. 20 m/s D. 10 m/s
84. The cause of a fluid to contract.
A. adhesion C. capillary
B. surface tension * D. cohesion
85. Entropy is a measure of
A. randomness or disorder *
B. the change of enthalpy of a system
C. the heat capacity of a substance
D. the internal energy of a gas

86. What is the most efficient thermodynamic cycle?

A. Rankine C. Diesel
B. Otto D. Carnot *

87. What is the pressure at 4000 ft above sea level?

A. 29.92 in Hg C. 26 in Hg *
B. 24.00 in Hg D. 22 in Hg

88. At what temperature are the degrees Fahrenheit and degrees

Celsius equal?
A. 40 C. -40 *
B. 60 D. -60

89. A pendulum has a certain frequency in London. What is the

effect of this frequency if it is measured with respect to the
equator?
A. increase C. remains the same
B. decrease * D. none of these

90. An interest earning fund in which equal deposits are made

at equal intervals of time for the purpose of gradually
accumulating a specific sum of money required at some future
date.
A. sinking fund * C. amortization
B. annuity D. capitalized cost

91. Find the minimum force P required to turn a 350 lb wheel

with diameter of 10 inches over a block with a height of 2
inches.
A. 240 N * C. 120 N
B. 340 N D. 170 N

92. Find the nominal rate which if converted semi-annually

could be used instead of 11.55% compounded quarterly?
A. 11.06% C. 11.72% *
B. 11.39% D. 12.72%

93. A company purchased an asset for P10,000 and plans to keep

it for 10 years. The salvage value after 10 years is P2000.
Find the book value after 3 years.
A. P6700 C. P7600 *
B. P7100 D. P8000

94. A formal organization of producers with an industry forming

a perfect collision purposely formed to increase profit and
block new comers from the industry:
A. monopoly C. cartel *
B. corporation D. competitors
95. A pile of logs contains 75 logs so that the top layer
contains 3 logs and each lower layer has one more log than the
layer above. How many logs are there in the bottom layer?
A. 10 C. 12 *
B. 14 D. 16

96. If f(x, y) = (x2 - 2xy + y2)/(x2 y2), f(-x , -y)is equal to

A. 1/(-x + y) C. (-x + y)/(x + y)
B. (x + y)/(y x) D. (x y)/(x + y) *

97. Kinematic viscosity is an SI derivative unit described as

A. watt per meter Kelvin C. Pascal second
B. sq. meters per second * D. Newton per meter

98. The length of the time during which property may be

operated at a profit:
A. life C. physical life
B. length of time D. economic life *

99. In a cantilever beam with a concentrated load at the free

end, the moment is:
A. constant along the beam C. maximum half way out on
the beam
B. maximum at the wall * D. maximum at the free end

100. The logarithm of 1 to any base is:

A. indeterminate C. infinity
B. zero * D. one

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