Republic of the Philippines

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION

Manila

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Licensure Examination
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Set A
MATHEMATICS
8am - 1pm

PREBOARD EXAM 1 – Math 1

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following

questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only.

1. A cable 100 feet long and weighing 3 pounds per foot hangs from a
windlass. Find the work done in winding it up.
A. 7.5 B. 22.5 C. 15 D. 3.75

2. Find the differential equation whose general solution is y = C(x

square) + 1.
A. x = y' - 1 C. xy' = 2(1 - y)
B. xy' = 2(y - 1) D. x' = 2(y - 1)

3. What is the circumference of the circle with the equation x^2 - 6x +

y^2 - 4y - 12 = 0?
A. 5π B. 20π C. 15π D. 10π

4. The rotating beacon of a lighthouse makes 1 revolution in 15 seconds.

The nearest at point P along the straight shoreline from the beacon is 200
ft. What is the rate of change, in ft/min, that the ray of light makes
along the shore at a point 400 ft from P?
A. 21,533 B. 21,355 C. 23,155 D. 25,133

5. The longest diagonal of a cube is 15 cm, find the volume of the cube.
A. 649.52 cm³ B. 625.85 cm³ C. 1295.36 cm³ D. 1193.24 cm³

6. Determine a point of inflection for the graph of y = x^3 + 6x62.

A. (-2, 16) B. (0, 0) C. (-1, 5) D. (2, 32)

7. Joy is 10 percent taller than Joseph and Joseph is 10 percent taller

than Tom. How many percent is Joy taller than Tom?
A. 11 percent B. 21 percent C. 18 percent D. 15 percent

8. A merchant purchased two lots of shoes. One lot he purchased for $32
per pair and the second lot he purchased for $40 per pair. There were 50
pairs in the first lot. How many pairs in the second in the second lot if
the sold them all at $60 per pair and made a gain of $2800 on the entire
transaction?
A. 50 B. 40 C. 70 D. 60

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9. Find the area enclosed in the second and third quadrants by the curve x
= t^2 – 1, y = 5t^3(t^2 – 1)
A. 8/5 B. 8/7 C. 8/3 D. 18/5

10. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14, when y = 7

and z = 2, find x when y = 16 and z = 4.
A. 4 B. 14 C. 8 D. 16

11. Find the average rate of change of the area of a square with respect
to its side x as x changes from 4 to 7.
A. 8 B. 11 C. 6 D. 21

12. The 5 vectors: 10 cm @ 72k° (k = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4) encompasses the sides

of a regular pentagon. Determine the magnitude of the vector cross-
product: 2.5[(10 @ 144°) x (10 @ 216°)]
A. 285.2 B. 237.7 C. 165.1 D. 198.1

13. Simplify 12 cis 45 deg + 3 cis 15 deg.

A. 2+ j C. 2 sqrt of 3 + j2
B. sqrt of 3 + j2 D. 1 + j2

14. Determine: L (sinh 4t).

A. s/(s^2 + 16) C. 4/(s^2 - 16)
B. 4/(s^2 + 16) D. s/(s^2 - 16)

15. Evaluate: L (t²).

A. 2/s³ B. 2/s C. 2/s² D. 2

16. A polyhedron has 12 faces and 16 vertices. How many edges does it
have?
A. 24 B. 25 C. 26 D. 27

17. An ellipse with major axis 16 and minor axis 8 is revolved about its
minor axis. Find the volume of the solid generated.
A. 1058π/3 B. 1125π/3 C. 1024π/3 D. 512π/3

18. Given the curve y = 4 cos 2x, find the period.

A. π/2 B. 2π C. π D. π/4

19. Find the radius of curvature of y = e^x - 2x at the point (0,1).

A. 2.91 B. 2.83 C. 2.72 D. 2.63

20. The diagonal of a face of a cube is 10 ft. The total area of the cube
is
A. 100 sq. ft. B. 150 sq. ft. C. 200 sq. ft. D. 300 sq. ft.

21. What is the area of the ellipse whose eccentricity is 0.60 and whose
major axis has a length of 8?
A. 40.21 B. 41.20 C. 42.10 D. 40.12

22. A contractor has 50 men of the same capacity of work on a job in 30

days, the working day being 8 hours, but the contract expires in 20 days,
how many workers should he add?

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A. 30 B. 25 C. 15 D. 20

23. The lotto uses numbers 1-42. A winning number consists of six (6)
different numbers in any order. What are your chance of winning it?
A. 2546725 B. 10127420 C. 8437224 D. 5246786

24. What percentage of the volume of a cone is the maximum right circular
cylinder that can be inscribed in it?
A. 24 percent B. 44 percent C. 34 percent D. 54 percent

25. Integrate 1/(3x + 4) with respect to x and evaluate the result from x
= 0 and x = 2.
A. 0.278 B. 0.252 C. 0.305 D. 0.336

26. A box contains 9 red balls and 6 blue balls. If two balls are drawn in
succession, what is the probability that one of them is red and the other
is blue?
A. 18/35 B. 18/37 C. 16/35 D. 16/37

27. On a certain day, the nurses at a hospital worked the following number
of hours. Nurse Stephen worked for 8 hours. Nurse Kevin worked for 10
hours, Nurse Lebron worked 9 hours, Nurse Russel worked for 8 hours, Nurse
Klay worked 7 hours, and Nurse Ayesha worked 12 hours. What is the average
number of hours worked per nurse on this day?
A. 9 B. 7 C. 8 D. 10

28. Which of the following is not included?

A. 0.60 B. 60% C. 0.06 D. 3/5

29. Given the following statistical data, determine the standard deviation
of: 112, 132, 144, 156, 164, 176, 183, 197.
A. 26.22 B. 27.53 C. 30.15 D. 28.84

30. How many rectangles are there in a rectangle with dimension 5 x 8

units?
A. 280 B. 40 C. 560 D. 540

31. If the radius of a sphere is increasing at the constant rate of 3m per

second, how fast is the volume changing when the surface is 10 sq. mm?
A. 16 cu. mm per sec C. 30 cu. mm. per sec
B. 20 cu. mm. per sec D. 40 cu. mm. per sec

32. Find the equation of the bisector of the pair of acute angles formed
by the lines: 4x + 2y = 9 and 2x - y = 8.
A. y + 8x - 25 = 0 C. 8x - 25 = 0
B. y - 8x - 25 = 0 D. y + 4x - 25 = 0

33. There are 5 main roads between the cities A and B, and four between B
and C. In how many ways can a person drive from A and C and return, going
through B on both trips, without driving on the same road twice?
A. 120 B. 160 C. 260 D. 240

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34. Integrating 1/(3x + 4) with respect to x and evaluate the result from
x = 0 and x = 2 gives?
A. 0.252 B. 0.278 C. 0.305 D. 0.336

35. One term of the Fourier Series is cosine form is 10 cos 40πt. Write in
exponential form.
A. 10e^-j40πt C. 5e^j40πt + 5e^-j40πt
B. -10e^-j40πt D. 5e^j40πt

36. Evaluate the integral (cos x - x sin x) dx from x = 1 to 2.

A. 0.72 B. -0.53 C. -1.37 D. 0.48

37. The plate number of a vehicle consists of 5 alphanumeric sequence is

arranged such that the first 2 characters are alphabet and the remaining 3
are digits. How many arrangements are possible if the first character is a
vowel and repetitions are not allowed?
A. 90 B. 900 C. 9000 D. 90000

38. Solve for F in degrees if: tan (8F + 1) = cot (F + 17). (OCT96-13)
A. 7° B. 9° C. 8° D. 6°

39. If y = 4 cos x + sin 2x, what is the slope of the curve when x = 2?
A. -2.21 B. 2.21 C. -4.94 D. -3.25

40. What is the area of an isosceles triangle whose base is 10 and its
base angle is 60 degrees?
A. 2(5 sqrt 3) B. 50 (sqrt 3) C. 25 D. 50

41. There are three consecutive integers. The sum of the smallest and
larges is 36. Find the largest number.
A. 17 B. 18 C. 19 D. 20

42. The arc of a sector is 9 units and its radius is 3 units. What is the
area of the triangle?
A. 73,250 B. 10,250 C. 14,586 D. 11,260

43. Describe the locus represented by absolute value of (z - i) = 2. Feb

2014
A. circle B. parabola C. ellipse D. hyperbola

44. A 100 Kg weight rest rest on a 30° inclined plane. Neglecting friction
how much pull must one exert to bring the weight up the plane?
A. 70.71 Kg B. 86.67 Kg C. 50 Kg D. 100 Kg

45. If the function f is even and the integral of f(x)dx from 0 to a

equals 5m -1, then the integral of f(x) dx from -a to a =
A. 0 B. 10m -2 C. 10m -1 D. 10m

46. In the sequence 1, 1, 1/2, 1/6, 1/24, …, determine the 6th term.
A. 1/120 B. 1/100 C. 1/80 D. 1/74

47. Differentiate: y = (e^x)(cos x^2).

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A. -(e^x)(sin x^2) C. (e^x)(cos x^2 - 2x sin x^2)
B. (e^x)(cos x^2) - 2x sin x^2 D. -2x(e^x)(sin x)

48. Evaluate the double integral of xy dx dy, when the limits of x = 0 and
1, and the limits of y = 1 and 2.
A. 0 B. 3/4 C. 1 D. 1/4

49. A triangle is inscribed in a circle of radius 10. If two angles are 70

degrees and 50 degrees, find the length of the side opposite to the third
angle.
A. 15.32 B. 16.32 C. 17.32 D. 18.32

50. The rate at which a tablet of Vitamin C begins to dissolve depends on

the surface area of the tablet. One brand of tablet is 2 centimeters long
and is in the shape of a cylinder with hemispheres of diameter of 0.5
centimeter attached to both ends. A second brand of tablet is to be
manufactured in the shape of a right circular cylinder of altitude of 0.5
centimeter. Find the volume of the tablet.
A. 9π/4 B. π/8 C. 9π/5 D. π/16

51. Sept 2017. What is the value of x if log of 1296 to the base x is 4?
A. 3 B. 6 C. 5 D. 4

52. What is the area bounded by the parabola x² = 4ay, its latus rectum
and the y-axis.
A. 2a²/3 B. 3a²/4 C. 3a²/2 D. 4a²/3

53. Find curl of F = i(x² + yz) + j(y² + zx) + k(z² + xy).

A. 1 B. 0 C. 2xi + yj + zk D. xi - jy

54. Find the slope of the line defined by y - x = 5

A. 1 B. 1/4 C. -1/2 D. -1

55. Find y’’ if y= xlnx.

A. 1/x2 B. -1/x C. 1/x D. -1/x2

56. k divided by (s^2 + k^2) is the Laplace Transform of:

A. sin kt B. e^kt C. cos kt D. 1

57. Which of the following number can be divided evenly by 19?

A. 54 B. 63 C. 76 D. 82

58. The cross product of vector A = 4i + 2j with vector B = 0. The dot

product A and B = 30. Find B.
A. 6i + 3j B. 6i - 3j C. 3i + 6j D. 3i - 6j

59. Evaluate: 1² + 2² + 3² + 4² + … + 100².

A. 338,350 B. 384,340 C. 336,548 D. 335,450

60. A right circular cone has a surface area of 15π sq. m. If the radius
of the cone is 3 m., find the volume of the cone.
A. 12π B. 16π C. 15π D. 14π

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61. A rectangle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle with 10 cm sides,
such that one side of the rectangle rests on one side on the triangle.
Determine the area in square centimeters of the largest possible inscribed
rectangle.
A. 22.73 B. 23.82 C. 19.48 D. 21.65

62. The slope of a line is 1/2 and the slope of the second line is -2/3.
The lines intersect at point (3, 1). What is the acute angle between the
lines?
A. 50° B. 60° C. 80° D. 27°

63. Find the coordinates of the trisection points of the line segment
joining P and Q where P = -6i + 3j and Q = 3i + 6j.
A. (-3, 3), (0, 5) C. (-3, 4), (0, 5)
B. (-3, 4), (0, -5) D. (-3, 3), (0, -5)

64. Determine the simplified form: 2/(1 - cos 2C).

A. sec² C B. sec C C. csc² C D. csc C

65. Determine (1 - n)^(1/n) as n approaches zero, where n is non-negative.

A. infinity B. 0.368 C. 0 D. 1

66. A conical tank in upright position ( vertex uppermost) stored water of

depth 2/3 that the depth of the tank. Calculate the ratio of the volume of
water to that of the tank.
A. 1/27 B. 26/27 C. 8/ 27 D. 19/27

67. In throwing a pair of dice, what is the probability of getting a total

of 5?
A. 1/36 B. 1/9 C. 1/18 D. 1/8

68. A chord passing through the focus of the parabola y^2 = 8x has one end
at the point (8,8). Where is the other end of the chord?
A. (1/2, 2) B. (-1/2 -2) C. (-1/2, 2) D. (1/2, -2)

69. From the top of the lighthouse, 120 ft above the sea, the angle of
depression of a boat is 15 degrees, how far is the boat from the
lighthous?
A. 444ft B. 333ft C. 222ft D. 555ft

70. If s = t^2 - t^3, find the velocity when the acceleration is zero.
A. 1/4 B. 1/2 C. 1/3 D. 1/6

71. What kind of graph has r = 2sec theta?

A. straight line C. ellipse
B. parabola D. hyperbola

72. (SEPT 2017). Find the equation of the family of orthogonal

trajectories of the system of parabolas y^2 = 2x + C
A. y = Ce^2x B. y=Ce^-2x C. y = Ce^x D. y = Ce^-2

73. Express the power (1 + i)^8 in rectangular form.

A. 8(1 - i) B. -16 C. 8i D. 16

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74. The parabola having its axis along the x-axis passes through (-3, 6).
Compute the length of latus rectum if the vertex is at the origin.
A. 12 B. 8 C. 6 D. 10

75. The area under the portion of the curve y = cos x from x = 0 to x =
pi/2 is revolved about the x-axis. Find the volume of the solid generated.
A. 2.47 B. 2.74 C. 3.28 D. 3.82

76. From a regular hexagon with side of 6 units, six more regular hexagon
were formed from each side. What is the ratio of the total area of 7
hexagons to the perimeter?
A. 0.866 B. 3.284 C. 1.02414 D. 6.062

77. If Rita can run around the block 5times in 20 minutes. How many times
can she run around the block in one hour?
A. 10 B. 15 C. 50 D. 100

78. Once in a month, a man put some money into the cookie jar. Each month
he puts 50 centavos more into the jar than the month before. After 12
years, he counted his money, he had P 5436. How much money did he put in
the jar in the last month?
A. P 74.50 B. P 75.50 C. P 73.50 D. P 72.50

79. A question was lost in which 600 persons had voted; the same persons
having voted again on the same question, it was carried by twice as many
as it was before lost by; and the new majority was to the former as 8:7.
How many changed their minds?
A. 200 B. 250 C. 125 D. 150

80. The radii of two circles that are tangent externally are 8 m and 3 m
respectively. What is the distance between the points of tangency of one
of their common tangents?
A. 9.80 B. 6.90 C. 8.90 D. 7.80

81. Compute the moment of inertia of a rectangle 8 cm by 24 cm with

respect to a line through its center of gravity and parallel to the short
side.
A. 8743 cm^4 B. 9216 cm^4 C. 8576 cm^4 D. 9074 cm^4

82. Solve for x in the equation: arc tan (x + 1) + arc tan (x - 1) = arc
tan 12.
A. 1.25 B. 1.34 C. 1.20 D. 1.50

83. In a conic section, if the eccentricity is greater than one(1), the

locus is:
A. a parabola B. an ellipse C. a circle D. a hyperbola

84. A spherical triangle where given parts are a = 100° 10.2', b = 48°
0.4' and C = 55° 36.8'. Find the vertex (angle) A.
A. 120° 40.2' B. 119° 41' C. 121° 46.5' D. 121° 31.6'

85. A drawer contains 10 white ball and 6 black balls. What is the
probability of randomly drawing a white and a black ball.

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A. 0.208 B. 0.250 C. 0.360 D. 0.300

86. A conic section whose eccentricity is equal to one(1) is known as:

A. a parabola B. an ellipse C. a circle D. a hyperbola

87. A survey was conducted in a certain barangay in Metro Manila to find

out which of the three political parties the like best. The results
indicated that 350 liked PDP-LABAN, 320 liked LP and 160 liked UNA. But of
these, 180 liked both PDP-LABAN and LP, 80 liked both PDP-LABAN and UNA,
and 120 liked both LP and UNA. Only 50 said they liked all the three
parties and none admitted that they did not like any party. How many
voters are there in the barangay?
A. 400 B. 500 C. 600 D. 700

88. The sum of the base and altitude of an isosceles triangle is 36 cm.
Find the altitude of the triangle if its area is to be maximum.
A. 16 cm B. 17cm C. 18cm D. 19cm

89. Find the point along the line x=y=z that is equidistant from (3, 0, 5)
and (1, -1, 4).
A. (1, 1, 1) B. (2, 2, 2) C. (3, 3, 3) D. (4, 4, 4)

90. Given the following statistical data, determine the standard

deviation: 112, 132, 144, 156, 164, 176, 183, 197.
A. 26.22 B. 30.15 C. 27.53 D. 28.84

91. Evaluate (tan (j0.78))^2

A. 0.653 B. -0.653 C. 0.426 D. -0.426

92. The volume of the sphere is 36 pi cu.m. The surface area of this
sphere in sq.m. is
A. 36pi B. 24pi C. 16 pi D. 12pi

93. There are 8 fruits in all in a basket which contains mangoes, papayas
and watermelons. The cost of each kind of fruits are P 12.00, P 25.00 and
P 50.00 respectively. Find the total cost of mangoes if all fruits has a
total cost of P 198.00.
A. P 24.00 B. P 96.00 C. P 48.00 D. P 60.00

94. Express decimally: Fifty-eight millionth.

A. 0.000058 B. 0.00000058 C. 0.000000058 D. 0.0000058

95. If tan a = 1/3 and cot B = 4. find tan(A + B)

A. 11/7 B. 7/11 C. 7/12 D. 12/7

96. In throwing a pair of dice, what is the possible outcome of getting a

10?
A. 1/9 B. 1/12 C. 1/36 D. 1/18

97. A bus leaves Manila at 12 NN from Baguio 250 km away, traveling an

average of 55 kph. At the same time, another bus leaves Baguio for Manila
traveling 65 kph. At what distance from Manila they will meet?
A. 135.42 km B. 114.58 km C. 129.24 km D. 120.76 km

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98. If y = sqrt of (3 - 2x), find y'.
A. 1/sqrt of (3 - 2x) C. 2/sqrt of (3 - 2x)
B. -1/sqrt of(3 - 2x) D. -2/sqrt of(3-2x)

99. The probability of John's winning whenever he plays a certain game is

1/3. If he plays 4 times, find the probability that he wins just twice.
A. 0.2963 B. 0.2963 C. 0.2693 D. 0.2639

100. A balloon is released at eye level and rises at the rate of 5ft/s. An
observer 50ft away watches the balloon rise. How fast is the angle of
elevation measuring 6 seconds after the moment of release?
A. 0.007 rad/s B. 0.07 rad/s C. 0.008 rad/s D. 0.08 rad/s

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