Philippine State College of Aeronautics

Piccio Garden, Villamor, Pasay City

MOCK EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS (10%)

1. The present age of Jacob’s father is three times that of Jacob. After 5 years, sum of
their ages would be 70 years. Find Jacob’s age.
a. 15 years old
b. 20 years old
c. 18 years old
d. 21 years old

2. It refers to the smallest angle which that line makes with the reference meridian.
a. Azimuth b. Crab
c. Bearing d. Latitude

3. Slope can be defined as _____.

a. tangent function of angle of inclination
b. ratio of the change in x-coordinate to the change in y - coordinate
c. magnitude of angle of inclination
d. distance from a fixed point called origin

4. Solve 3x + 5(x + 1) ≤ 4x – 1.
a. -3/2 b. 3/2
c. -2/3 d. 2/3

5. At noon, two tracking station on Earth (A and B), 20 km apart, measure the angle of
elevation of a rocket thaw was launched with a weather satellite. From Station A, the
angle of elevation is 41 degrees and from Station B it is 75 degrees. Find the height
of the rocket to the nearest tenths. Note: The rocket is not in between the stations.
a. 34.500 km b. 34.000 km.
c. 34.540 km d. 34.545 km.

6. A branch of geometry that employs the straight edges and compass as its basic tools is
known as _____.
a. synthetic geometry b. analytic geometry
c. plane trigonometry d. solid geometry

7. It is defined as an enclosed plane figure whose sum of the distances from the fixed
points is constant.
a. Parabola b. Center
c. Hyperbola d. Ellipse

8. If the tangent of an angle is negative and its secant is positive, in which quadrant
does the angle terminate?
a. I b. II
c. III d. IV

9. The present ages of Deklerk and Saniya are in the ratio 3:4. Five years from now, the
ratio of their ages will be 4:5. Find their present ages.
a. Deklerk is 15 years old while Saniya is 20 years old
b. Deklerk is 18 years old while Saniya is 21 years old
c. Deklerk is 21 years old while Saniya is 28 years old
d. Deklerk is 12 years old while Saniya is 16 years old

10. Two dices were rolled, what is the probability that the sum is equal to one?
a. 0 b. 1/5
c. 1/12 d. 1

11. Simplify the rational expression ((x^2) – x – 2 )/(x + 1)

a. x + 1 b. x - 1
c. x - 2 d. x + 2

12. Find the midpoint between the two points (-8, 1) and (20, 23).
a. (6, 12) b. (8, 10)
c. (14, 11) d. (12, 11)

13. Suppose you work in a lab. You need a 15% acid solution for a certain test, but your
supplier only ships a 10% solution and a 30% solution. Rather than pay the hefty
surcharge to have the supplier make a 15% solution, you decide to mix 10% solution
with 30% solution, to make your own 15% solution. You need 10 liters of the 15% acid
solution. How many liters of 30% solution should you use?

a. 2.5 liters b. 5 liters

c. 7.5 liters d. 10 liters
14. A chandelier is suspended from the ceiling by two chains. One chain is 46 cm long and
forms 60 degrees with the ceiling. The other chain is 64 cm long. What angle does
the longer chain makes with the ceiling?
a. 60.0 degrees b. 81.5 degrees
c. 38.5 degrees d. 40.6 degrees

15. A conic section that has a discriminant of zero on its quadratic equation represents
a/an ______.
a. ellipse b. hyperbola
c. circle d. parabola

16. An aircraft tracking station determines the distance from a common point O to each
aircraft and the angle between the aircrafts. If angle O between the two aircrafts
is equal to 49 degrees and the distances from point O to the two aircrafts are 50 km
and 72 km, find distance d between the two aircrafts.
a. 33.80 miles
b. 54.40 miles
c. 81.60 miles
d. 26.40 miles

17. A private plane flies for 1.3 hours at 110 mph on a bearing of 40°. Then it turns and
continues another 1.5 hours at the same speed, but on a bearing of 130°. At the end
of this time, how far is the plane from its starting point?
a. 250 miles
b. 165 miles
c. 143 miles
d. 218 miles

18. A die is rolled and a coin is tossed, find the probability that the die shows an odd
number and the coin shows a head.
a. 1/4 b. 1/2
c. 1/3 d. 0

19. If the forward azimuth of a line measures 50 degrees, what is the corresponding back
azimuth of the said line?
a. 230 degrees
b. 410 degrees
c. 130 degrees
d. 140 degrees

20. The daily profit, P, of an oil refinery is given by P = 8x − 0.02x^2, where x is the
number of barrels of oil refined. How many barrels will give maximum profit?
a. 800
b. 200
c. 400
d. 600

21. A directed line with its points corresponding to a real number is known as
___________.
a. number line
b. cartesian coordinate plane
c. polar coordinate plane
d. abscissa

22. A class has 24 students. 4 can represent the class at a board examination. How many
combinations are possible when choosing this group?
a. 10 626 b. 9 173
c. 11 356 d. 8 567

23. What is the inverse function of f(x) = x – 1?

a. x - 1
b. x + 2
c. x - 2
d. x + 1

24. What is the coordinates of the fixed point given by the equation:
x^2 – 4x + 2 + y^2 – 6y + 9 = 4?
a. (2, 3) b. (2, -3)
c. (-2, 3) d. (-2, -3)

25. Solve the equations simultaneously (a.) 2x – y = 4 (b.) x + y = 5.

a. (2, 3) b. (3, 2)
c. (-2, 3) d. (-3, -2)
26. An automobile radiator contains 16 liters of antifreeze and water. This mixture is
30% antifreeze. How much of this mixture should be drained and replaced with pure
antifreeze so that there will be 50% antifreeze?
a. 10.5 liters
b. 11.4 liters
c. 1.37 liters
d. 4.57 liters

27. As the slope of a line increases negatively in magnitude, what will happen to the
angle of inclination?
a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Approaching 0
d. Approaching Infinity

28. A man leaves a point walking at 6.5 km/h in a direction E 20° N °. A cyclist leaves
the same point at the same time in a direction E 40° S travelling at a constant
speed. Find the average speed of the cyclist if the walker and cyclist are 80 km
apart after 5 hours.
a. 18.23 kph
b. 19.65 kph
c. 20.31 kph
d. 21.84 kph

29. Equation xy = 2 represents a/an _____.

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

30. Given ln(x-3) + ln(x-2) = ln(x-3). Solve for X if X is any real number greater than
3.
a. 5 b. 3
c. 4 d. 9

31. Determine the number of petals of a rose graph represented by equation r = a+sin(5θ).
a. 5 petals
b. 3 petals
c. 10 petals
d. 7 petals

32. A 555-mile, 5-hour plane trip was flown at two speeds. For the first part of the
trip, the average speed was 105 mph. Then the tailwind picked up, and the remainder
of the trip was flown at an average speed of 115 mph. For how long did the plane fly
at each speed?
a. 105 mph for 2 hours and 115 for three hours
b. 115 mph for 2 hours and 105 for three hours
c. 125 mph for 1 hour and 95 for four hours
d. 125 mph for 4 hours and 95 for 1 hour

33. Which of the following numbers does not represent probability?

a. 0.50 b. -0.13
c. 2% d. 0

34. Which of the following is not a polyhedron?

a. Cube b. Pyramid
c. Prism d. Sphere

35. The expression (1 + cos x)(1 - cos x) is equivalent to _____.

a. 1
b. sec2x
c. sin2x
d. csc2x

36. What time between 2 and 3 o’clock will the angle between the hands of the clock
bisected by the line connecting the center of the clock and the 3 o’clock mark?
a. 2:19:03.1
b. 2:17:56.3
c. 2:16:00.0
d. 2:18:27.6

37. A rectangular storage area is to be constructed along the side of a tall building. A
security fence is required along the remaining 3 sides of the area. What is the
maximum area that can be enclosed with 800 m of fencing?
a. 8.5 hectares
b. 8.0 hectares
 c. 9.8 hectares
d. 7.6 hectares

38. An isosceles triangle has an altitude equal to 12 inches and a perimeter equal to 36
inches. Find the length of the base and the length of the equal sides.
a. 10 inches and 13 inches
b. 11 inches and 14 inches
c. 15 inches and 10 inches
d. 9 inches and 17 inches

39. Find the Laplace transform f(t)=1 when t>0.

a. 1/2
b. 1/4
c. 1/8
d. 1/16

40. Water flows into a vertical cylindrical tank at 12 ft^3/min, the surface rises 6
in/min. Find the radius of the tank.
a. 2.76 ft.
b. 4.20 ft.
c. 3.10 ft.
d. 3.85 ft.

41. A train starting at noon, travels north at 40 miles per hour. Another train starting
from the same point at 2 PM travels east at 50 miles per hour. Find, to the nearest
mile per hour, how fast the two trains are separating at 3 PM.
a. 51.16 mph
b. 56.15 mph
c. 53.35 mph
d. 51.51 mph

42. Accelerations of a1 = 1.5 m/s2 at 90° and a2 = 2.6 m/s2 at 145° act at a point. Find
and a1 − a2.
a. 2.13 m/s2 at 125.47
b. 2.13 m/s2 at 0°
c. 3.67 m/s2 at 125.47°
d. 3.67 m/s2 at 0°

43. A sound wave is modeled by the curve y = 3sin4x. What is the period of this curve?
a. 3.1416
b. 3.1416/2
c. 3
d. 4

44. Simply the expression (2<35°)^5 in polar form.

a. 32<175°
b. 35<185°
c. 40<75°
d. 180<63°

45. A machine is producing many bolts automatically. In a box of these bolts, 95% are
within the allowable tolerance values with respect to diameter. The remainder being
outside of the diameter tolerance values. Seven bolts are drawn at random from the
box. Determine the probability that two of the seven bolts are outside of the
diameter tolerance values.
a. 0.0038
b. 0.0406
c. 0.0506
d. 0.0189

46. In how many ways can a team of eleven be picked from sixteen possible players?
a. 4368
b. 4683
c. 4863
d. 4865

47. A box with a square base has no top. If 64 cm^2 of material is used, what is the
maximum possible volume for the box?
a. 3 cubic inches
b. 49 cubic inches
c. 0.0017 cubic inches
d. 1.7 cubic inches

48. Find the area of the region bounded by the curve y = sqrt of x minus 1 and the lines
y = 5 and y = 1.
a. 46.33 sq. units
 b. 45.33 sq. units
c. 34.33 sq. units
d. 35.44 sq. units

49. A boat sails from a certain port in the direction N 30º W. After the boat has sailed
20 km, how far is it west of the port?
a. 15 km
b. 20 km
c. 10 km
d. 25 km

50. If 3 people can complete a task in 4 hours, how long will it take 5 people to
complete the same task? Assuming the rate of work remains constant.
a. 2 hours 24 minutes
b. 12 hours
c. 3 hours 35 minutes
d. 1 hour 45 minutes