1.

Which devices in an elevator serve to regulate the operation of an elevator in a predetermined

manner during or after an earthquake?
A. Derailment switch C. Seismic switch
B. All pf the choices D. Collision switch
2. A pump for an Orival side stream filter for a Diesel PP in Mobo, Masbate has a capacity of 2.5
m3/min at a TDH of 11 meters. What is the water horsepower in KW. ?
A. 4.5 C. 5.0
B. 4.0 C. 5.5
3. A seawater pump is used to supply cooling water to a steam condenser for a power plant. Flow
rate is 22,000 cu.m. /hr with a TDH of 18.7 meters. Pump has a pump efficiency of 86% and its
motor efficiency is 90%. What is the nearest motor rating for this pump? KW
A. 1750 C. 1500
B. 1300 D. 1200
4. A 300 TPH CFB coal-fired boiler with 90% efficiency, produced steam at 126.5 barg, 541 deg C
steam (3450 KJ/kg enthalpy) from feed water entering the boiler at 220 deg C (KJ=944 KJ/kg). If
coal consumption is 47.8 MTPH, What is the required coal HHV in KJ/kg?
A. 19,479 C. 16,479
B. 18,479 D. 17,479
5. What type of corrosion occurs when dissimilar metals corrodes preferentially to another when
both metals are in electrical contact, in the presence of an electrolyte?
A. Localized C. Stress cracking
B. Pitting D. Galvanic
6. What is the sensible heat gain due to the 100 employees of an office an area of 1200 m2.
Assume CLF =1.0 and SHG is 345 btu/hr-person? Btu/hr
A. 24,500 C. 34,500
B. 29,500 D. 39,500
7. A coal-fired power plant in Mindanao has a overall plant thermal efficiency of 34.29%. What is
the plant HEAT RATE in KJ/kwhr?
A. 10,499 C. 8,499
B. 9,499 D. 11,499
8. What is the lower heating value (LHV) in Btu/lb of bunker fuel with an HHV of 18, 400 btu/lb and
11.5% hydrogen content?
A. 17,279 C. 16,279
B. 18,279 D. 19,279
9. A forced-circulation Waste Heat Boiler in a copper smelter is operating at 50 barg. MCR is 56
mtph of steam and design circulation volume is 18 mt feedwater circulated per MT of steaming
capacity. What is the required boiler circulation pump capacity, in GPM including 15%
allowance.?
A. 5,100 C. 4,100
B. 5,600 D. 4,600
10. A low pressure (LP) feedwater heater for a power plant uses 1 barg of steam (latent heat = 2201
KJ/kg steam) for heating 350 mtph of feedwater from 30 deg C to 120 deg C. What is the heating
steam required in KG/HR?
A. 60,923 C. 58,923
B. 57,923 D. 59,923
11. A jockey pump for a 200, 000 MB capacity diesel fuel tank fire protection system is rated at 50
gpm at TDH of 200 ft. If overall pump efficiency is 65%, What is the nearest motor rating for the
pump? HP
A. 4 C. 6
B. 3 D. 5
12. What is the uncontrolled growth of micro-organisms that can lead to deposit formation that
contributes to fouling, corrosion and scale formation in cooling water systems?
A. Microbial contamination C. Oxygen scavengers
B. Suspended solids D. Sludge
13. A pneumatic conveying system used to convey high volume of dry materials over long distances
using relatively low volume of high-pressure air.
A. Vacuum exhaust system
B. Low pressure blowers
C. Air slides
D. Positive displacement pneumatic system
14.  What is the energy of 1 megawatt -hour (MW-hr) to gigajoule (GJ) ?
A. 3.6 C. 3,600,000
B. 1,341 D. 3,600
15. The cooling system for a Wartsila 18V38 diesel engine has a flow rate of 246.4 m3/hr entering
the engine at 76 ° C and leaving to be cooled in a heat exchanger at 93 ° C. What is the heat load
of the jacket cooling water in KW. ?
A. 4872 C. 4372
B. 5372 D. 3872
16. What is the required steam line main header going to a hotel laundry facility requiring 2102
kg/hr of steam at 8 bar g (spec. volume = 0.215 m3/kg). Velocity of steam is kept within 25
m/sec? mm
A. 100 C. 125
B. 50 D. 80
17. A white cement plant in Saudi Arabia produces 950 metric tons per day of product. Average
power consumption is 196.65 MW-hr per day. What is the power consumption per ton,
kwhr/MT of product?
A. 207 C. 187
B. 217 D. 197
18. A land-based oil rig has a diesel engine using diesel with a heating value of 20,000 Btu/lb
consumes 292 lbm/hr of fuel. What is a the heat input to the engine in horsepower in Hp?
A. 2,295 C. 2,500
B. 2,400 D. 2,200
19. The Sewer System of a 4-star hotel is designed for a maximum flow rate of 1.0 cu.m. per minute.
What is the expected pump motor load, in horsepower (HP) if required TDH is 5 meters, Sp. Gr.
Is 1.05, pump efficiency is 80% and electrical efficiency. 3.0?
A. 1.5 C. 6.0
B. 1.0 D. 4.0
20. At a geothermal plant, 1500 kgs/second of condensate water at 1.5 MPa is "flashed" in a Flash
Tank to produce 107.84 kgs/sec of steam at a pressure of 0.7 MPa. If the specific steam
consumption of the Turbine generator is 2.3 kg/s/MW, what will be the power output in MW?

A. 37.5 C. 46.9
B. 42.2 D. 51.6
21. Feedwater entering the economizer of a 200 MTPH CFB boiler has an enthalpy of 795 KJ/kg and
steam is produced at 125 bars, 541 ° C has an enthalpy of 3, 440 KJ/kg. If 24, 473 kgs/hr of coal
with an HHVar of 5900 kcal/kg (24, 703 KJ/kg), What is the Design Boiler Efficiency in %?
A. 85.0 C. 90.0
B. 82.5 D. 87.5
22. What is the Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) of an AC unit that has a capacity of 11,500 Btu/hr when
using 1 kw of power?
A. 10.9 C. 10.5
B. 11.7 D. 11.5
23. What is the uncontrolled growth of micro-organisms that can lead to deposit formation that
contributes to fouling, corrosion and scale formation in cooling water systems?
A. Oxygen scavengers C. Sludge
B. Suspended solids D. Microbial contamination
24. An Atlas-Copco oil-free air compressor Model ZT-22 is providing sterile air to a soft drinks
bottling plant. The weight of the compressor 1120 kgs. What is the minimum volume of the
foundation required as per PSME Code 2003. (Assume concrete density at 2.4 MT/m3) in m3?
A. 1.4 C. 3.3
B. 2.8 D. 4.7
25. A mini-hydroelectric plant in Luzon has a flow rate of 5 m3/sec. What is the GPM?
A. 79,250 C. 65,000
B. 75,750 D. 85,600
26. A deepwell pump is to be installed in the Atacama desert of Chile. Test showed that the static
water level is 26m below ground level and drawdown is 1.2m. Standard 3m allowance will be
used. How deep should the deepwell pump be installed from ground level in meter?
A. 23.0 C. 24.2
B. 29.0 D. 30.2
27. A 1250 KW Caterpillar Model 3512 Diesel generator weighing 10 MT is to be installed in a Metal
closure plant in Canlubang, Laguna. The D/G specification are as follows:
Weight - 10,000 kgs
RPM - 1800
Engine base - 1.0mW x 3.5mL
 Foundatuin - 1.6mW x 4.1mL base dimension
Particular location is on hard clay (Safe bearing load of 56 psi or 39.4 MT/m2). What is the
foundation volume required based on an e=0.11 value. Assume concrete density of 2.4 MT/m3
in m3?
A. 15.44 C. 19.44
B. 21.44 D. 17.44
28. A land-based oil rig has a diesel engine using diesel with a heating value of 20,000 Btu/lb
consumes 292 lbm/hr of fuel. What is a the heat input to the engine in horsepower in Hp?
A. 2,295 C. 2,500
B. 2,400 D. 2,200
29.  A diesel-generator is required as emergency power for an office building at the Cebu Business
Park. A Mitsubishi S16R-PTA-S unit rated at 1,550 KW power with a guaranteed specific fuel
consumption of 0.26 li/KW-hr is chosen. What is the fuel consumption in liters/hr at full load. ?
A. 303 C. 323
B. 403 D. 353
30. Condensate from process, 15 mt/hr at 7 barg, 165 deg C, 697 KJ/Kg is to be recovered and
"flashed" in a Flash Tank, to generate steam at 2.2 bargs & 2711 KJ/kg enthalphy. The water
formed in the flash tank is at 2.2 kgs, 123.3 deg C and 517.6 KJ/kg of heat. What is the steam
produced by Flash tank, % of Input?
A. 10.36 C. 9.36
B. 7.36 D. 8.36
31. The intake drag chain conveyor of a flour mill has a working cross area (width of chain x height
of wheat material) of 0.0672 sq.m. and a conveyor speed of 48.38 m/min. Bulk density of wheat
is 0.77 MT/m3. What is the drag chain capacity, MT/Hr.
A. 130 C. 150
B. 170 D. 110
32. In a copper smelter Flash Furnace, the water-cooled Uptake (portion that cools the furnace
gases) has the following design data:
a. Gas Flow - 44,000 Nm3/hr
b. Temp of water entering - 55 deg C
c. Temp of water leaving - 65 deg C
d. Cooling water flow - 250 m3/hr

What is the heat absorbed by the water in Btu/hr?.

a. 8,930,000 C. 10,915,000
b. 9,922,000 D. 7,938,000
33. What is the overall % dust removal efficiency of an electrostatic precipitator that has dust inlet
of 102 g/Nm3 and an outlet dust of 0.5 g/Nm3 in %?
A. 98.5 C. 99.5
B. 97.5 D. 96.5
34. .
35. A coal-fired of power in Toledo City operates at a plant thermal efficiency of 34.9%. If coal HHV
is 17,479 KJ/kg, What is the coal consumption in Kg/kwhr?
A. 0.49 C. 0.69
B. 0.39 D. 0.59
36. What are included in the major types of Sprinkler systems: ?
A. None of the choices C. Dry pipe
B. Both of the choices D. Wet pipe
37. A high rise condominium building has 40 floors and total of 320 m2 per floor and 28 occupants
per floor. How many elevators are required for this building?
A. 2 C. 3
B. 5 D. 4
38. A cold storage room used for fresh pineapple storage has an average product load of 10,500
kgs/hr with initial temperature of 10 ° C and 7.5 ° C final temperature. If the specific heat of
pineapple, CP= 3.7 KJ/kg-C, What is the product heat load in KW?
A. 30 C. 21
B. 24 D. 27
39. An Atlas-Copco oil-free air compressor Model ZT-22 is providing sterile air to a soft drinks
bottling plant. The weight of the compressor is 1120 kgs. Compute the minimum weight of the
foundation required as per PSME Code 2003.
A. 3,360 C. 3,060
B. 2,760 D. 2,460
40. What is the most common type of Fire Sprinkler System?
A. Wet pipe C. Dry pipe
B. Deluge D. Pre-action
41. In a Desulfurization Plant, what is the draft ( "Aq) of a stack 100m high with gas with
temperature of 40 deg C and barometric pressure of 29.92 inch Hg & ambient air temperature is
30 deg C.?
Given parameters are as follow:
1. Flue gas temperature in deg R
Tg = 40 deg C = 104 deg F = 564 deg R
2. Ambient air temperature in deg R
Ta = 30 deg C = 86 deg F = 554 deg R
3. Barometric pressure in “Hg p = 29.92 “Hg

Use the formula Height, ft = ds in “Aq

(0.256) x p x K

where: K = 1/Ta – 1/tg T in ° R

A. 0.147 C. 0.10
B. 0.30 D. 0.20
42. In a wood pulping plant in Mindanao, a long-cone helical roof cyclone separator is used to
separate wood chips from wood fines. The wood chips go to a Pulping Plant while the fines go to
the wood-fired boiler as fuel. If 26 mt/hr of material is injected into thecyclone and its average
efficiency is 85%, how much material would go to the Pulping Plant, mt/hr?
A. 22.1 C. 33.9
B. 20.1 D. 24.1
43. What is the Energy Efficiency Ratioi (EER) of a. refr gerator that has a cooling capacity' of 2,625
btu/hr When using 250 att5 of power.
A. 11 C. 10
B. 8.5 D. 10.5
44. What is the energy of I BTU to foot pounds (ft-lb)?
A. 778 C. 1,055
B. 0.293 D. 252
45. Using the Air Change Rate method, What is the ventilation air requirement in cu.m. /hour of a
school room with a loor area 101m 2and ceiling height of 3 meters With desired ACR of 66.?
A. 24,000 C. 20,000
B. 22,000 D. 23,600
46. A refrigerator has an EER (Energy Efficiency Ratio) of 10.5. If its heat removal capacity is 2,500
btu/h. What is its power consumption in WATTS?
A. 238 C. 268
B. 208 D. 178
47. At an iron ore sintering plant in Mindanao, 34% of the heat used for sintering can be recovered
in a recovery system to generate power. What equipment is used to recover the heat from the
flue gases?
A. Biomass boiler C. Waste heat boiler
B. BFO-fired boiler D. Coal-fire boiler
48. What is the BOHP required for a hotel facility requiring a steam load Of 7800 kgs/hr for its hot
water and laundry facility? Assume factpr of evaporation, FE = 1.0.
A. 550 C. 400
B. 450 D. 500
49. A high pressure (HP) feedwater heater for a power p ant uses 1.56 barg of steam (latent heat =
2178 KJ/kg steam) for heating 350 mtph of feedwater from 135 deg C to 205 deg, C. What is the
eating steam required in MTPH?.
A. 47.1 C. 37.1
B. 27.1 D. 57.2
50. A 2-field (2 chambers in series) electrostatic precipitator is designed for a collection efficiency of
90% per chamber. What would be the outlet dust if 2000 ppm of dust is introduced at inlet in
ppm?
A. 10 C. 40
B. 20 D. 30
51. The circulation pump of a forced-circulation boiler has a capacity Of 607 cu.m. / hr and 20 m
TDH. What is the load on the motor if overall pump efficiency is 55% in kw?
A. 55 C. 70
B. 60 D. 65
52. What is/ are the common scale-forming minerals in plant cooling water systems (CWS)?
A. Calcium phosphates
B. All of the choices
C. Magnesium silicate and silica
D. Calcium carbonates
53. What is the brake HP of ventilation fan with a capacity of 4600 CFM, a total head of 1.56 inch
WG and a fan efficiency of 50% in hp?
A. 1.96 C. 2.56
B. 2.26 D. 2.86
54. What freezing process use spiral belt freezing units?
A. Immersion C. Indirect contact
B. Air blast D. Contact
55. A run-of-river hydroelectric power plant is to be installed based on the following design
parameters:
Design Data : Flow Q = 48 m3/s
Density, p = 1000 kgs/m3
Grav. Acceleration g = 9.81 m/sec2
Gross head, Hg = 35 m
Total Head loss, HL = 2.5 m
Overall Efficiency Eff = 94%
Generator Power Factor, PF = 0.85
What will be the required MVA of the generator MVA?
A. 15 C. 17
B. 20 D. 25
56. In an ideal Rankine cycle in a power plant what the boiler provides?
A. Isentropic compression C. Isobaric heat rejection
B. Isentropic expansion D. Isobaric heat input
57. A 4-star hotel has an average guests of 1,200 per day. The average sewer flow per capita is 0.35
cu.m. ; BOD5 loading is 0.08 kg/capita and TSS loading is 0.09 kg/capita per day. What is the TSS
loading in Kgs/day?
A. 108 C. 48
B. 96 D. 291
58. A fertilizer company is proposing to put up a 15 MW coal-fired industrial boiler operating at 42
kgs/sq cm gage to run a full-condensing steam turbine having a steam rate of 5 mt/MW power
and 10% of steam generation is used for auxiliaries. What is should be the minimum nameplate
capacity of the boiler? MT/HR
A. 80.00 C. 70.00
B. 83.33 D. 75.00
59. A steam condenser with a cooling surface of 2000 m 2, condensing capacity of 84, 400 kg/hr and
vacuum of 700mm Hg and cooling seawater flow of 6700 m3/h is to be replaced to increase
capacity. The Steam turbine will be expanded to 120,000 kg/hr, same conditions.
What is the required cooling surface, sq. m of the new condenser?
A. 2,744 C. 2,944
B. 2,644 D. 2,844
60. What type of corrosion occurs when dissimilar metals corrodes preferentially to another when
both metals are in electrical contact, in the presence of an electrolyte
A. Galvanic C. Localized
B. Stress cracking D. Pitting
61. A bag filter is used to recover copper concentrates from Steam Dryer exhaust. If the copper
concentrate dust entering the bag filter is 2.4 ,etric tons per hour and collection efficiency is
98.5%, what is the dust released to the atmosphere, kg/hr?
A. 40 C. 30
B. 24 D. 36
62. A commercial building in Tacloban City has installed a Caterpillar D/G Model C18 with a capacity
of 600 KW has a fuel consumption of 144.6 lph at 600 kw load. If the DG is utilized at an average
of 80% load for 300 hrs/month, What is the fuel consumption per month in Li/mo?
A. 36,700 C. 35,700
B. 33,700 D. 34,700
63. What are the major components of Biogas produced from animal waste?
A. Carbon and oxygen
B. Propane and butane
C. Methane and carbon dioxide
D. Hydrogen and carbon
64. What is the heating value of a fuel that considers the negative effect of water vapour produced
during combustion?
A. Lower heating value
B. Higher heating value
C. As received heating value
D. Gross heating value
65. According to ISO 10816-2 for steam turbines and generators greater than 50 MW and 1500
RPM, what is vibration range (mm/second) is considered acceptable for unrestricted long-term
operation?
A. 2.8 to 5.3 C. 12 to 14
B. 8.5 to 12 D. 5.3 to 8.5
66. What is the outlet dust .n g/Nm3 of an electrostatic precipitator that has an overall collection
efficiency of 99.51% if the inlet dust is 102 g / Nm3?
A. C. 0.4 C. 0.5
B. 0.7 D. D. 1.0
67. A cooling tower for a 12 MW Biomass power plant has a cooling capacity of 3, 750 m3/hr. Water
entering at 41 deg C and leaving the cooling water at 33 deg C. Wet bulb temperature is 28 deg
C. What is the cooling tower effectiveness? %
A. 71.5 C. 61.5
B. 76.5 D. 66.5
68. What by-product is produced in the combustion of hydrogen in the presence of oxygen?.
A. Sulfates C. Hydroxide
B. Water D. Peroxide
69. What is the potential pover in MW to be generated by a hydroelectric power plant with a design
flow rate Q = 35 cms (cu.m. /sec) , Gross head Hg =75 meters, total head losses HL = 5 m and
96% generator efficiency in MW?
A. 30 C. 20
B. 23 D. 27
70. A deepwell pump with a capacity of 900 gpm is to be installed 420 feet deep in the Atacama
desert of Chile. Water will be stored into an elevated tank 65 ft above ground and other head
losses total 50 ft. What is the pump water horsepower hp?
A. 132 C. 112
B. 142 D. 122
71. A Geothermal Power Plant site should have:
A. All of the options
B. Adequate water supply
C. Heat Source
D. An aquifer permeable reservoir rocks
72. What is the potential power in KW to be generated by a run-of-river mini-hydro using a design
flow rate of Q = 15 cu.m./s and net heat Hn = 15 meters, if overall efficiency is 85% in KW?
A. 1426 C. 1876
B. 2666 D. 2455
73.  In the design of a cooling tower, the following will determine make-up water volume:
A. All of the choices C. Evaporation loss
B. Blowdown loss D. Drift loss
74. What is 1 KW to BTU/Hr?
A. 4400 C. 3413
B. 33480 D. 2545
75. What is the number used to specify the kind of gasoline, is the percentage of Octane in an
Octane-Heptane mixture?
A. Reynolds number C. None of the choices
B. Octane number D. Heptane number
76. In a refrigeration and air-conditioning system, what is the fluid that easily boils at a low
temperature that absorbs heat in the evaporator and discharges it into the condenser?
A. Water vapor C. Condensate
B. Refrigerant D. Compressed Air
77. A cross-flow type cooling tower is used to cool the chilled water for a 600 TR chiller. Total flow is
1, 800 gpm and delta T of 10 ° F. What is the amount of heat (in TR) to be removed by the
cooling tower in TR?
A. 800 C. 750
B. 700 D. 650
78. What conveyor consists of a spiral or flights fastened around a pipe or shaft that is rotated in a
box-line casing?
A. Pneumatic conveyor C. Bucket elevator
B. Belt conveyor D. Screw conveyor
79. What is the energy of 1 megawatt-hour (MW-hr) to megacalorie (MCal) ?
A. 860 C. 3.6
B. 3,600 D. 1,341
80. The barometric reading in the Grand Tatio geysers in Chile (13000 ft ASL) measured 8.7 psia local
pressure. What will be the height of the column of a mercury barometer? mm
A. 450 C. 400
B. 550 D. 500
81. A hotel hot water system calorifier, 15 m3 capacity shall be started from cold (cold start) from
68° F to a final temperature of 164° F using steam at 60 psig (latent heat of 904.5 btu/lb). What is
the steam required if boiler/heat transfer efficiency is 85% in lbs?
A. 3,730 C. 4,330
B. 3,930 D. 4,130
82. How many means of egress is required for a 20 psig high-pressure boiler room with an area of
490 ft2 and heat input capacity of 1,200,00 btu/hr?
A. 1 C. 5
B. 2 D. 7
83. According to ISO 10816-3, steam turbines and generator greater than 50 MW and 1500 – 3600
RPM, What operating pressure within this vibration range (mm/second) will cause damage to
the machine.?
A. greater than 11 C. 3.6 to 5.5
B. 2.8 or less mm/sec D. 2.8 to 3.5
84. A belt conveyor designed to handle coal follows the capacity formula (Metric) : Conveyor
Capacity = 0.000404Sb2 tons/hr. IF the speed S is 100 m/min and desired capacity is 600
tons/hr, what should be the belt width In centimeter for this belt conveyor? Cm
A. 100 C. 120
B. 75 D. 90
85. What is the inlet dust in g/Nm3 of an electrostatic precipitator that has an overall collection
efficiency of 99.51% if the outlet dust is 500mg / Nm3?
A. 90 C. 94
B. 98 D. 102
86. In HVAC applications, what is a device for transferring heat from a lower temperature heat
source to a higher temperature heat sink? This is opposite to the natural flow of heat from a hot
 source to a cold sink, but is made possible by the application of an external energy source to
drive a thermodynamic refrigeration cycle.
A. Intercoolers C. Heat Pump
B. Flash Tanks D. Cooling Tower
87. According to ISO 10816-3 for steam turbines greater than 50 MW and operating between 1500 -
3600 RPM, the vibration of newly commissioned machines should be__ mm/sec.
A. 3.5 to 7.1 C. 7.1 to 11
B. greater than 11 D. less than 3.5
88. The Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (RA 8749) specifies the limit of SOx (as SO2) that can be
discharge to the environment, in mg/Nm3, as ______.
A. <1000 C. < 500
B. >700 D. <700
89. A pump is used to recycle wastewater for an industrial plant is required a discharge volume of
200 gpm at a TDH of 85 ft. What is the motor load in HP, if pump efficiency is 80% and motor
efficiency is 90%?
A. 7 C. 9
B. 8 D. 6
90. Using Dulong’s Formula (Hv =33820C + 144212 (H-O/8) + 9304S kJ/Kg), What is the heating
value of coal, in kj/Kg, with following specification?
Coal analysis: Carbon, C – 54%
Hydrogen, H – 4.5%
Ash - 15.5%
Sulfur, S – 2.0%
Oxygen O - % by balance (24%)
A. 22,612 C. 20,612
B. 18,612 D. 16,612

91. In a flour mill, a pneumatic unloader unloads what from barges with a bulk density of 770
kgs/cu.m. From the roots blower catalog, the conveying velocity required for bulk density of 720
kgs/m3 is 1,882 mtr/min while the conveying velocity required for a bulk density of 800 kgs/m3
is 1,981 mtr/min. What would be the appropriate conveying velocity for a bulk density of 770
kgs/m3?

A. 1954 C. 1934
B. 1924 D. 1944

92. The final high pressure (HP) feedwater heater for a power plant uses 4.7 MPag of steam (latent
heat = 1654 KJ/kg steam) for heating 350 mtph of feedwater from 205 ° C to 260 ° C. What is the
heating steam required in MTPH?

A. 38.7
C. 28.7
B. 58.7
D. 48.7
C.