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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the 9. In the expansion (𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏)2021 where a and b are
following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by relatively prime positive integers, the coefficients of 𝑥 2
shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on and 𝑥 3 are equal. Find a/b.
the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES a. 2016/5 c. 1/1011
ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only. b. 2020/3 d. 3/2019

1. An earth satellite has an apogee of 2450 miles and a 10. In a certain year, January had exactly four Tuesdays
perigee of 410 miles. Assuming that the earth’s radius and four Saturdays. On what day did January 1 fall that
is 400 miles, what is the value of the eccentricity of year?
ellipse, which form with the center of the earth at one a. Monday c. Wednesday
focus and whose apogee and perigee satisfy the b. Saturday d. Sunday
condition above?
a. 0.78 c. 0.71 11. The ratio of the sum of the first seven terms to the sum
b. 0.64 d. 0.56 of the first eleven terms of an arithmetic progression
of natural numbers is 6/11. If the seventh term lies
2. A father and his son can dig a well if the father works between 130 and 140, determine the 10 th term of the
for 6 hours and his son works 12 hours, or they can do sequence.
it if the father works 9 hours, and the son works 8 a. 171 c. 180
hours. How long will it take for the father to dig the b. 162 d. 278
well alone?
a. 15 c. 10 12. How many times in a day are the minute hand and the
b. 20 d. 25 hour hand of the clock be coinciding?
a. 44 c. 48
3. A trainee in a computer company takes 0.85 times as b. 22 d. 24
long to assemble each computer as he took to assemble
the preceding computer. If it took him 45 minutes to 13. A sphere of radius 2 inches is dropped into a conical
assemble the first computer, how long will it take him vessel full of water. Find the altitude of the smallest
to assemble until the fifth computer. cone that will permit the sphere to be entirely
a. 167 c. 10 submerged.
b. 123 d. 24 a. 6 inches c. 10 inches
b. 12 inches d. 8 inches
4. Find x if: 𝑥 + √𝑥 + √𝑥 + ⋯ = 3
a. ±3 c. 3 ± √3 14. A chord measuring 1.25 m is 0.65 m from the center of
a circle. Determine the area of the circle.
b. 3 − √3 d. 3 + √3
a. 2.55 m2 c. 4.33 m2
2
b. 5.68 m d. 6.23 m2
5. Ten students solved a total of 35 problems in a contest
(each problem solved by only one student). At least
15. An alternating current is given by 𝑖 = 30 sin(100𝜋𝑡 +
one student solved only one problem, at least one
0.27) amperes. Determine the periodic time.
student solved exactly 2 problems, and at least one
a. 30 ms c. 15 ms
student solved exactly 3 problems. At least how many
b. 20 ms d. 50 ms
problems did the student who solved the most
problems solve?
16. Two circles tangent externally are tangent to a third
a. 23 c. 11
circle internally. The distances between their centers
b. 4 d. 5
are 12 m, 8 m, and 6 m, respectively. Find the radius of
the biggest circle.
6. What is the greatest divisor of 19! And 19!+17?
a. 13 c. 11
a. 17 c. 19
b. 9 d. 7
b. 18 d. 1
17. A stadia intercept of 0.28 m was recorded for an
7. Gear 1 with 60 teeth and Gear 3 with 80 teeth are both
inclined sight of 3° from the horizontal. If the stadia
tangent externally to Gear 2, with 35 teeth, at opposite
interval factor is 100 and an internal focusing
sides of Gear 2. How many rotations of Gear 1 are
telescope was used, the horizontal distance should be
required before all three returned to their respective
a. 28.27 m c. 28.00 m
initial position?
b. 27.92 m d. 27.96 m
a. 300 c. 1680
b. 5 d. 28
18. Four measurements of a distance were recorded as
352.45, 352.04, 351.89, and 353.12 m, and given
8. Two men can cut a log into three equal logs in 40
weights of 2, 5, 1, and 6, respectively. Determine the
minutes. How many minutes can three men cut the
weighted mean.
same log into 5 equal logs?
a. 352.38 m c. 353.01 m
a. 53.3 mins c. 120 mins
b. 352.55 m d. 353.28 m
b. 44.4 mins d. 100 mins
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19. The total error in the latitude of a certain traverse is 27. A closed traverse has the following data:
15.97 m while the sum of all positive and negative
latitudes is 1870.97 m. Using transit rule, what is the Course Distance (m) Bearing
correction to be applied to a line having a latitude of AB 110.8 N 32° 27’ E
640.13? BC 83.6
a. 4.56 m c. 6.54 m CD 126.9 S 08° 51’ W
b. 5.46 m d. 4.65 m DE S 73° 31’ W
EA 90.2 N 18° 44’ W
20. What is the maximum speed at which a car could pass
through an easement curve having a length of spiral of Compute the distance of line DE.
120m if the radius of curve is 260m. a. 64.0 m c. 84.0 m
a. 86.42 kph c. 78.89 kph b. 74.0 m d. 94.0 m
b. 95.34 kph d. 67.67 kph
28. An existing highway with bearing N 20° E is to be
21. Determine the superelevation of a curved road of 385 connected to another highway with bearing of N 80° E
m radius and designed for a maximum speed of 90 kph by a 4° simple curve. What length of the curve is
if the coefficient of friction is 0.10. required?
a. 0.033 c. 0.055 a. 125 m c. 300 m
b. 0.044 d. 0.066 b. 150 m d. 250 m
Situation 1: (22-24) 29. Device mounted on a fixed support (permanent signs)
The table below shows reported accidents for a 10- or portable support (temporary signs) whereby a
mile highway section of the Diosdado Macapagal specific message is conveyed by means of words or
boulevard. symbols placed or erected for the purpose of
regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
Average a. Traffic signs
Property Injury Fatal
Year Daily b. Roadwork signs
Damage Accidents Accidents
Traffic c. Overhead signs
2000 20,500 165 40 5 d. Special instruction signs
2001 22,000 150 45 5
2002 23,500 170 50 10 30. Find the diameter of a circle that is tangent to the lines
2003 24,000 170 45 16 3x − 4y + 20 = 0 and 3x − 4y − 5 = 0.
2004 25,500 160 60 19 a. 3.67 c. 7.67
b. 4.00 d. 5.00
22. Compute the severity ratio.
a. 0.322 c. 0.450 31. A triangle is inscribed in a circle with radius 12 inches.
b. 0.123 d. 0.266 If the arc subtended by each side of the triangle are
82°, 134° and 144°. What is the area of the triangle?
23. Compute the accident rate for injury accidents in a. 140 in² c. 120 in²
HMVM. b. 110 in² d. 130 in²
a. 63.31 c. 88.95
b. 56.93 d. 57.89 32. When xy = 2 is rotated about the origin at 45°
counterclockwise, what is the new equation?
24. Compute the accident rate in HMVM. a. 𝑥² − 𝑦² = 2 c. 𝑥² + 𝑦² = 2
a. 263.30 c. 888.96 b. 𝑥𝑦 = 0 d. 𝑦² − 𝑥² = 2
b. 358.82 d. 557.89
33. A sphere with radius 6 inches will be cut 2 inches from
25. A line measures 10,000 m at an average elevation of the center. What is volume of the smaller segment?
500 m. If the average radius of curvature in the area is a. 234.57 in3 c. 257.34 in3
7,000 km, determine the sea level reduction factor. b. 273.45 in 3 d. 245.73 in3
a. 0.999922 c. 0.999999
b. 0.999929 d. 0.999992 34. A man is looking at the top of a flagpole. The angle of
elevation was 20°. As he gets directly nearer at about
26. A differential leveling was conducted from BM 1 to BM2 20 feet, the angle of elevation became 40°. If the man
30 km apart. BM1 is at elevation 124.08 m. The is about 5 feet, what is the height of the flagpole?
backsight distances averages 150 m in length and the a. 15.678 ft c. 16.785 ft
foresight distances averages 100 m. The recorded b. 18.567 ft d. 17.856 ft
elevation of BM2 was 274.11 m. If the level used is out
of adjustment such that when the bubble was 35. The top and the base area of a truncated pyramid are
centered, the line of sight was inclined 0.003 m 22.5 cm² and 40.0 cm² respectively. If the distance
upward in distance of 100 m. What would be the between them is 24 cm. What is the volume of the
corrected elevation of BM2? truncated pyramid?
a. 275.01 m c. 273.21 m a. 760 cm³ c. 780 cm³
b. 273.93 m d. 274.29 m b. 720 cm³ d. 740 cm³
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36. A spring has a force equivalent to 𝐹(𝑥) = 4𝑥 − 𝑥², 45. The sum of five consecutive even integers is 1,280.
Newtons where x is in meters. Find the average Find the product of the lowest and largest integers.
applied force for the first 4 meters? a. 62,520 c. 65,024
a. 2.67 N c. 2.33 N b. 64,512 d. 65,532
b. 3.00 N d. 2.00 N
46. Find the value of “b” so that the period of the function
37. Differentiate 𝑦 = (𝑒 −𝑥 )(𝑙𝑛 𝑥) 𝑦 = sin 𝑏𝑥 is 3𝜋.
a. 𝑦 = (𝑒 −𝑥 )(1/𝑥 − 𝑙𝑛 𝑥) a. 3 c. 3/2
b. 𝑦 = (𝑒 −𝑥 )(1/𝑥 + 𝑙𝑛 𝑥) b. 1/3 d. 2/3
c. 𝑦 = (𝑒 −𝑥 )(−1/𝑥 + 𝑙𝑛 𝑥)
d. 𝑦 = (𝑒 −𝑥 )(−1/𝑥 − 𝑙𝑛 𝑥) 47. In a certain town, there are 1000 married couples.
Two-thirds of the husbands who are taller than their
38. An engineer wants to measure the width of a river. In wives are also heavier and three-quarters of the
one side of the river, he measured two points. If AC is husbands who are heavier than their wives are also
16 meters and BC is 13 meters such that AB is the side taller. If there are 120 wives who are taller and heavier
perpendicular with the river. What is the width of the than their husbands, how many husbands are taller
river if the angle C formed is 72 degrees? and heavier than their wives?
a. 14.891 m c. 19.148 m a. 480 c. 880
b. 18.914 m d. 11.489 m b. 320 d. 380

39. There are 20 seats in the front row in the theater. In 48. Find the work done by pumping the water out of a
every row, it has 2 more seats that the row in front. If conical vessel. The cone has a radius of 3 ft and height
there are actually 21 rows in the theater. What is the of 12 ft. The apex is at the bottom. Use 62.4 pcf as
maximum capacity of the theater? water's density.
a. 840 seats c. 902 seats a. 37.325 ft-ton c. 35.732 ft-ton
b. 780 seats d. 722 seats b. 32.573 ft-ton d. 33.257 ft-ton

40. I have a collection of 50 coins. I have 5 less nickels than 49. Find the general solution of the differential equation:
twice the number of dimes and I have 5 less pennies 𝑦′′ + 4𝑦′ + 4𝑦 = 𝑒 2𝑥
that twice the number of nickels. How much do I have? a. 𝑦(𝑥) = (𝐶1 + 𝐶2 𝑥)𝑒 −2𝑥 + 1/16𝑒 2𝑥
a. $ 2.25 c. $ 2.00 b. 𝑦(𝑥) = 𝐶1 + 𝐶2 𝑥𝑒 −2𝑥 − 1/16𝑒 2𝑥
b. $ 1.75 d. $ 2.50 c. 𝑦(𝑥) = (𝐶1 + 𝐶2 𝑥) 𝑒 −2𝑥 − 1/16𝑒 2𝑥
d. 𝑦(𝑥) = 𝐶1 + 𝐶2 𝑥𝑒 −2𝑥 + 1/16𝑒 2𝑥
41. Two friends bid farewell. One ride his bicycle first at a
speed of 3 meters per second. After 4 seconds the 50. I have invested some money at 12% and some at 8%.
other starting riding his bike 5 meters per second to If my total invested money is Php 2,000,000 and my
the direction perpendicular to his friend's path. How total annual income from the investments is Php
fast is their distance increasing 10 seconds after the 180,000.00. How much did I invest in the 12%?
first biker went on? a. Php 750,000 c. Php 500,000
a. 5.92 m/s c. 5.83 m/s b. Php 1,500,000 d. Php 1,250,000
b. 5.75 m/s d. 5.66 m/s
51. Determine the general equation of and ellipse whose
42. The rate of falling of an object has a resistance of one- end points of its major axis are (2,2) and (8,2) and end
eighth of the velocity. Assuming gravitational points of its minor axis are (5,3) and (5,1).
acceleration of 32 feet per square second, what is the a. 𝑥 2 − 9𝑦 2 − 10𝑥 − 27𝑦 + 12 = 0
distance travelled by the object after 10 seconds? b. 𝑥 2 + 9𝑦 2 + 15𝑥 − 36𝑦 + 54 = 0
a. 1,600.00 ft c. 1,480.97 ft c. 𝑥 2 − 9𝑦 2 − 10𝑥 − 27𝑦 − 32 = 0
b. 1,099.76 ft d. 753.42 ft d. 𝑥 2 + 9𝑦 2 − 10𝑥 − 36𝑦 + 52 = 0

43. The rate of increase of a population of a bacteria is 52. Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the sequence:
proportion to its current population. If at first there 7,19,31, 43...
were only 10,000 and after 15 minutes there were a. 4973 c. 5080
15,000, how long does it take for the bacteria to b. 2540 d. 2420
become 100,000?
a. 88.351 min c. 83.518 min 53. The clearance to an obstruction of a simple curve
b. 85.183 min d. 81.835 min having a radius of 420 m is 6.5 m. Determine the sight
distance of the horizontal curve.
44. George left his house at 2:00 PM and rode his bicycle a. 180.45 m c. 172.62 m
down Main Street at a speed of 12 mi/h. When his b. 147.78 m d. 162.45 m
friend Joseph arrived at his house at 2:10 PM, George’s
mother told him about the direction in which George 54. In a geometric sequence of real numbers, the sum of
had gone, and Joseph cycled after him at a speed of 16 the first two terms is 11 and the sum of the first six
mi/h. At what time did Joseph catch up with George? terms is 77. Find the sum of the first four terms of the
a. 2:30 PM c. 2:40 PM progression.
b. 2:50 PM d. 2:20 PM a. 33 c. 55
b. 44 d. 66
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55. The back tangent and the forward tangent of a 65. The distance of the highest point of a vertical curve is
parabolic curve intersects at Sta. 7+380. The grade of 70.59 m from PC. If the length of curve is 120 m and
the back tangent and the forward tangent are 4.03% the slope of the forward tangent is -1.4%, determine
and -3.93%, respectively. If the length of the curve is the slope of the back tangent.
866.01 meters. Determine the station of PT. a. −1% c. +1%
a. 7+274.35 c. 7+740.46 b. −2% d. +2%
b. 7+813.01 d. 7+775.78
66. In order to find the elevation of point B, a stadia is set-
56. The DMD of line BC is equal to 426.20. The departure up at a point A whose elevation is 134.21 m. The height
of the previous line AB is 117.56. What is the departure of the instrument is 1.52 m. The stadia intercept with
of the line BC? the rod at B was taken as 1.82 m with the vertical angle
a. −191.08 c. −308.64 of 4°30’ at 2.1 m. The stadia constant is 99.5 and the
b. 191.08 d. 308.64 value of stadia constant (f+c) is negligible. What is the
elevation of point B in meters?
57. Solve for x: log 2 𝑥 + log 𝑥 16 = 4 a. 147.79 m c. 151.99 m
a. 1 c. 3 b. 149.89 m d. 152.07 m
b. 2 d. 4
67. Stations 5+100 and 5+120 are stations with regular
58. Three side of a certain spherical triangle measures to trapezoidal sections (level sections) with base width
be 50°, 80°, 74°. Determine the spherical excess. of 12 m and sideslope 2:1. The area at station 5+120
a. 24.0° c. 38.8° is 66.5 m2. What is the top width of the section at
b. 25.3° d. 36.0° station 5+100 if the volume between stations is 985
m3?
59. The degree of the central curve is 5.22° and the central a. 20 m c. 24 m
angle is 84.79°. It is to be connected to two tangent b. 18 m d. 22 m
roads through a spiral transition having a length of
317.14 meters. Determine the station of CS if the 68. In a railroad layout, the centerlines of two parallel
station of PI is Sta. 9+726. tracks are connected with a reverse curve of unequal
a. 9+991.59 c. 9+282.73 radii. The central angle of the first curve is 16° and the
b. 10+763.25 d. 10+147.69 distance between parallel tracks is 27.60 m. Stationing
of PC is 15+420 and the radius of the second curve is
60. A horizontal curve is to be design with a central angle 290 m. Compute the stationing of PT.
of 78.75° and with degree of the curve of 3.64°. Station a. 15+500.98 c. 15+625.96
of PI is 5+600. Determine the middle ordinate of the b. 15+537.98 d. 15+618.96
curve.
a. 81.49 c. 82.03 69. If a simple pendulum takes 4 seconds to swing in each
b. 78.81 d. 71.46 direction, determine the length of the pendulum.
a. 15.90 m c. 7.95 m
61. How many edges are there in icosahedron? b. 3.98 m d. 2.59 m
a. 6 c. 20
b. 12 d. 30 70. With a dumpy level, a rod reading of 2.50 m was
observed to a leveling rod which is 100 m away. When
62. A forward tangent having a slope of -4% intersects the the bubble was leveled through 5 spaces on the level
back tangent having a slope of +7% at Sta. 6+300. The tube, the reading changes to 2.58 m. Find the
length of the curve on the side of the back tangent is 60 sensitivity of the tube.
m. The vertical distance from the curve at the point of a. 25” c. 33”
intersection of the tangent is 1.32 m. Compute the total b. 15” d. 36”
length of curve.
a. 96 m c. 150 m 71. A given circle has two intersecting chords, AB and CD,
b. 85 m d. 100 m where their point of intersection is E. If AB =4.47,
AE=3.47, CE=8.01. Determine the length of CD.
63. Which of the following do not describe the graph of the a. 10.27 c. 8.51
curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 4 − 4𝑥 3 + 10. b. 15.92 d. 8.44
a. (3, -17) is the maxima
b. (0, 10) is inflection point 72. A ream of paper containing 500 sheets is 5 cm thick.
c. (2, -6) is inflection point Approximately, how many sheets of this type of paper
d. Concave down on the interval (0, 2) would there be in a stack 7.5 cm high?
a. 550 c. 250
64. Data on a traffic accident recorded on a certain b. 750 d. 667
intersection for the past 4 years has an accident rate of
9200 per million entering vehicles. If the total number 73. The fraction halfway between 1/5 and 1/3 (on the
of accidents is 802, find the average daily traffic number line) is
entering the intersection during the 4-year period. a. 1/4 c. 2/15
a. 51 c. 48 b. 4/15 d. 53/200
b. 70 d. 60
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74. Shureka Washburn has scores 72, 67, 82 and 79 on her

algebra tests. Use an inequality to find the scores she
must take on the final exam to pass the course with an
average of 77 or higher, given that the final exam
counts as two test.
a. greater than or equal to 51
b. greater than or equal to 61
c. greater than or equal to 71
d. greater than or equal to 81

75. A projectile is fired with an initial speed of 196 m/s at

an angle 30.0° above the horizontal from the top of a
cliff 98.0 m high. Determine the time to reach
maximum height. Hint: 𝑣𝑦 = 𝑣𝑦𝑜 − 𝑔𝑡
a. 10.0 s c. 11.0 s
b. 10.5 s d. 11.5 s