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In how many ways can you arrange a group of 5 girls and 3 boys in
ME Review: Strength of Materials 7 vacant chairs?
1. In the cross section of a shaft subjected to torsion, the stress is a. 40320
maximum at what location? b. 5040
a. Near the center of the shaft c. 720
b. Between the surface and the center of the shaft d. 8
c. At the surface of the shaft
d. The stress is uniform from center to surface of the shaft 2. How many 3-digit numbers can you make out of the numbers 1 to 5
without repetition?
2. The stress experienced by a body under torsion is a. 720
a. Shear stress b. 10
b. Compressive stress c. 60
c. Tensile stress d. 120
d. Bending stress
3. There are 2 white, 3 red, and 4 blue balls inside a basket. If three
3. The stress experienced by a pressurized vessel is balls are drawn randomly in succession without replacement, what is
a. Shear stress the probability that the first ball is white, and the next two balls are
b. Compressive stress blue?
c. Tensile stress a. 32/729
d. Bending stress b. 4/63
c. 8/243
4. The Maximum Shear Theory, one of the known theories of failure d. 1/21
is also known as
a. Mises Yield theory 4. What is the mode of the following numbers: 54, 45, 75, 60, 65, 65,
b. Guests theory 60, and 57?
c. Venant theory a. 65
d. Rankine Theory b. 60
c. 62.5
5. In the stress-strain curve, it is the point at which there is an d. 60 and 65
appreciable elongation without corresponding increase in load.
a. Elastic limit 5. From the given numbers of question number 4, what is the median?
b. Rupture strength a. 65
c. Proportional limit b. 60
d. Yield point c. 62.5
d. 60 and 65
6. What will happen to the stress in a shaft under torsion if the
diameter was decreased to half the original? 6. From the given numbers of question number 4, what is the
a. The stress will be twice as much variance?
b. The stress will be halved a. 77.84
c. The stress will be increased eightfold b. 60.125
d. The stress will remain the same c. 68.11
d. 8.82
7. What will happen to the stress of a body under compression if the
force applied to it was doubled? 7. Seven boys are to be seated around a circular table. How many
a. The stress will increase to twice the original arrangements can be made?
b. The stress will increased to four times the original a. 7
c. The stress will remain the same b. 2520
d. The stress will increase eightfold c. 5040
d. 720
8. Bending is actually a combination of two types of stresses
a. Compression and torsion 8. In how many ways can you arrange 3 boys and 4 girls in a 7-seater
b. Torsion and bearing bench supposing that the four girls want to be seated together?
c. Compression and tension a. 24
d. Thermal stress and shear stress b. 5040
c. 576
9. The Mises yield theory of failure is best applied to what type of d. 48
materials?
a. Brittle materials 9. The probability that you will arrive late is 35% and the probability
b. Ductile materials that you will scolded by your boss is 15%. What is the probability that
c. Elastomers you will be both late and scolded by your boss?
d. Metals only a. 5.25%
b. 50%
10. The slope of the line before the proportional limit in a stress-strain c. 44.75%
curve is also known as d. 2.33%
a. Modulus of rigidity
b. Modulus of resilience 10. From question number 9, what is the probability that you will either
c. Modulus of elasticity be late or scolded by your boss?
d. Modulus of toughness a. 5.25%
b. 50% A. 77.84
c. 44.75%
d. 2.33% 7. Seven boys are to be seated around a circular table. How many
arrangements can be made?
1. In how many ways can you arrange a group of 5 girls and 3 boys in Since no indication as to the number of seats available, lets assume
7 vacant chairs? that it is equal to the number of boys, 7
Solution: Again, this is a permutation problem, but this time, in circular
The total number of persons to be seated is 8 and the number of chairs arrangement
is only 7. The formula for circular permutation is given by nPr (cyclic) = (n-1)!
When words denoting arrangement are used, it most likely pertains to So, nPr (cyc) = (7-1)! = 720
permutations. D. 720
So, the formula to be used is permutation of 8 taking 7 at a time.
n = 8, r = 7, nPr, then use your calculator or this formula 8. In how many ways can you arrange 3 boys and 4 girls in a 7-seater
nPr = n!/(n-r)! = 8!(8-1)!=40320 permutations or arrangements bench supposing that the four girls want to be seated together?
A. 40320 Solution:
Since one group wants to be together, then we will use conditional
2. How many 3-digit numbers can you make out of the numbers 1 to 5 permutation techniques.
without repetition? In this case, because the girls cant be separated, lets treat the girls
Solution: group as one person or block.
Since the number varies as you rearrange the digits (example 1342 is The permutation of the boys and the group of girls therefore has the
different from 1423), then this problem is about permutation. total number of n= 4, that is 3 boys plus 1 girls block.
So, the formula is the permutation of 5 numbers taken 3 at a time. The number of arrangement possible is given by nPr = 4P4=24
n = 5, r = 3, nPr; use your calculator or this formula: nPr = n!/(n-r)! Remember though, that the girls can be rearranged as long as they are
nPr = 5!/(5-3)!=60 permutations together, therefore, the total permutation inside the girls block is nPr =
C. 60 4P4=24.
Combining the two permutations we have nPr (total) = (24) (24) = 576
3. There are 2 white, 3 red, and 4 blue balls inside a basket. If three C. 576
balls are drawn randomly in succession without replacement, what is
the probability that the first ball is white, and the next two balls are 9. The probability that you will arrive late is 35% and the probability
blue? that you will scolded by your boss is 15%. What is the probability that
Solution: you will be both late and scolded by your boss?
The probability that the first ball is white is Pw = 2/(2+3+4)=2/9 Solution:
The probability that the second ball is blue is The problem doesnt mention that the cause of being scolded is
Pb1=4/8 =1/2; we changed the denominator since the total number of caused by you being late. With that we can treat those two events as
balls has been reduced. independent from each other.
The probability that the last ball drawn is blue again is The probability that the two independent events will happen can be
Pb2 = 3/7; we reduced the total to 7 and the number of available blue obtained by getting the product of each probabilities.
is down to 3. Pa&b = (Pa)(Pb) = (0.35)(0.15)=0.0525 = 5.25%
The probability that all this happen in correct succession is: A. 5.25%
Pwbb = (2/9)(1/2)(3/7)=1/21
D. 1/21 10. From question number 9, what is the probability that you will either
be late or scolded by your boss?
4. What is the mode of the following numbers: 54, 45, 75, 60, 65, 65, Solution:
60, and 57? This is an OR condition (the condition is valid if only when one of the
Solution: the mode of a given set of numbers is the most frequent two conditions happened) and is not mutually exclusive (meaning the
number; in this case those numbers are 65 and 65, both occurring two outcomes may happen at the same time: being late and being
twice. scolded)
D. 60 and 65 The formula to be used is: Paorb = Pa+Pb Pa&b
Paorb = 0.35+0.15-(0.35)(0.15)=0.4475
5. From the given numbers on question number 4, what is the median? Paorb = 44.75%
Solution: C. 44.75%
The media is the number that divides the upper and the lower half of
the samples. Mechanical Engineering Board Exam Reviewer: Algebra,
To find the media, arrange the data in order either increasing or Mathematics, Computation Part 1
decreasing
In this case: 45 54 57 60 60 65 65 75;
Since the number of samples is 8 (even), we have to get the average
of the two middle samples
Median = (60+60)/2 = 60
B. 60

6. From the given numbers of question number 4, what is the


variance?
Solution: variance is the measure of how much does the samples
deviate from the mean or average. Variance (^2) is given by the
formula ^2= [(x-ave)^2/(n-1)] or use your calculator
Average = 60.125
^2= [(x-ave)^2/(n-1)] = 77.84

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