Southern Luzon State University

College of Engineering
ECE Department
ECE16 – Integrative Course for ECE
PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION

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Set: Date:

GENERAL ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES

I. GENERAL INSTRUCTION:
 On the answer sheet provided, shade the box of the correct answer.
 Solution is not required for the problem solving type question.
 Any form of erasure on the answer sheet is strictly prohibited.

1. It states that every point on a primary wavefront serves as the source

of spherical secondary wavelets.
a. Korteweg-de Vries Principle b. Mersenne’s Law
c. Faraday Effect d. Huygen’s Principle

2. Suppose that energy Q is required to accelerate a car from rest to v,

neglecting friction. How much added energy would be required to increase
the speed from v to 2v?

a. Q b. 2Q
c. 3Q d. 4Q

3. What is the temperature at which liquid and solid are in equilibrium?

a. boiling point b. freezing point

c. resting point d. critical point

4. A Carnot heat engine receives 500 KJ of heat per cycle from a high
temperature source at 600 0C and rejects heat a low temperature sink at
40 0C. Determine the thermal efficiency of this Carnot engine.

a. 93.33 % b. 6.67 %
c. 35.85 % d. 64.15 %

5. A 50 kg iron block at 80 0C is dropped into an insulated tank that

contains 0.5 m3 of liquid water at 25 0C. Determine the temperature when
thermal equilibrium reached. The specific heat of iron is 0.45 kJ/kg-0C
and for water is 4.18 kJ/kg-0C

a. 20.7 0C b. 30.7 0C
c. 25.6 0C d. 35.6 0C

6. Dry air has a humidity of

a. 0 b. 1 %
c. 50 % d. 100 %

7. How long will it take money to quadruple if it earns 7% compounded semi-

annually?

a. 16.15 years b. 23.15 years

c. 20.15 years d. 26.15 years

8. A machine costing P 720,000 is estimated to have a book value of P

40,545.73 when retired at the end of 10 years. Depreciation cost is
computed using a constant percentage of the declining book value. What
is the annual rate of depreciation in %?

a. 10 b. 15
c. 20 d. 25
9. A man paid a 10% down payment of P 200,000 for a house & lot and agreed
to pay the balance on monthly installment for 5 years at an interest
rate of 15% compounded monthly. What was the monthly installment in
pesos?

a. P 32,128.87 b. P 34,812.67
c. P 42,821.87 d. P 43,781.67
10. There are ____ Articles and ____ sections in the RA 9292.

a. 8,42 b. 7,43
c. 8,43 d. 7,42

11. RA 9292, Section 17 states that the result of the board examination
shall be released within ____ days after the examination.

a. 5 b. 10
c. 15 d. 3

12. The planet Pluto has 1/500 the mas and 1/15 the radius of the Earth.
What is the value of g on the surface of Pluto?

a. 2.1 m/s^2 b. 5.7 m/s^2

c. 4.5 m/s^2 d. 9.1 m/s^2

13. A pool cue striking a stationary billiard ball (mass = 0.25 kg) gives
the ball a speed of 2 m/s. If the force of the cue on the ball was 25 N,
over what distance did this force act?

a. 1 cm b. 2 cm

c. 4 cm d. 10 cm

14. A block of mass 3 kg slides up a frictionless inclined plane with an

angle of 35 degrees with respect to the horizontal. If the block has an
initial velocity of 10 m/s, how far will it travel before stopping?

a. 4.6 m b. 8.1 m

c. 7.9 m d. 8.9 m

15. If a ladder is leaning against a smooth wall at an angle θ with respect

to the horizontal. If the ladder is in equilibrium, what is the
coefficient of friction between the ladder and the ground?

a. 0.5 tan θ b. 0.5 cot θ

c. tan θ d. cot θ

16. A block of mass M = 4kg is moving with velocity V = 6 m/s toward a

target block of mass m = 2kg, which is stationary. The objects collide
head on, and immediately after the collision, the speed of block m is 4
times the speed of block M. What type of collision is this?

a. elastic b. partially elastic

c. totally elastic d. cannot be determine

17. A rotating rigid body makes one complete revolution in 2 s. What is its
average angular velocity in rad/s?

a. π b. 4π

c. 2π d. π/2
18. “If objects 1 and 2 are each in thermal equilibrium with object 3, then
objects 1 and 2 are in thermal equilibrium with each other.” This
statement refers to which law of Thermodynamics?

a. The Zeroth Law of b. The First Law of Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

c. The Second Law of d. The Third Law of Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

19. When green light (wavelength = 500 nm in air) travels through diamond
with refractive index of 2.4, what is its wavelength?

a. 208 nm b. 500 nm

c. 357 nm d. 700 nm

20. Calculate the percent by weight of carbon in 154 g of C4H8O3

a. 31% b. 55%

c. 46% d. 55%
21. One mole of (NH4)2HPO4 contains how many moles of hydrogen atoms?

a. 1 b. 5

c. 6 d. 9

22. Calculate the molal concentration of a solution that contains 18 g of

sodium hydroxide in 100 ml of water.

a. 4.5m b. 5.1m

c. 4.9m d. 6.7m

23. How many grams of oxygen are there in 2.5 moles of Ca(NO3)2?

a. 120 g b. 200 g

c. 160 g d. 240 g

24. Determine the pH given the following value: [H+] = 1 x 10^-13

a. 1 b. 5

c. 12 d. 13

25. Which one of the following statements is true?

a. Temperature differing by 250 on the Fahrenheit scale must differ by

45o on the Celsius scale.
b. 40K corresponds to -400C
c. Temperature differing by 100 on the Celsius scale must differ by 18o
on the Fahrenheit scale.
d. Water at 900C is warmer than water at 2020F.

26. What is the illumination on a surface 3.0 m below a 150 watts

incandescent lamp that emits a luminous flux of 2275 lm?

a. 17 lux b. 19 lux

c. 18 lux d. 20 lux

27. How many times more intense is an 82 dB sound than a 52 dB sound?

a. 1000 b. 500

c. 1200 d. 750

28. A feather and a coin released simultaneously from the same height do
not reach the ground at the same time because of the _______.

a. resistance of the air b. force of gravity

c. force of gravitation d. difference in mass

29. A projectile is traveling in a parabolic path for a total of 6 seconds.

How does its horizontal velocity 1s after launch compare to its
horizontal velocity 4 s after launch?

a. It decreases b. It increases

c. It did not change d. Not enough information

30. A body of mass m is moving at a constant speed once around a circular

path. Which of the following is true?
I. The displacement is zero.
II. The average speed is zero.
III. The acceleration is zero.

a. I only b. II only

c. I and II d. I and III

31. What is the effective rate of interest if P1000 is invested at a

nominal rate of 15% compounded quarterly?

a. 15.86% b. 16.86%

c. 17.86% d. 18.86%
32. What is the future worth of P 600 deposited at the end of every month
for 4 years if the interest is 12% compounded quarterly?

a. P 36,641 b. P 36,734

c. P 58,119.2 d. P 1,146,954

33. If the resultant of two vectors is 2 kN and is acting vertically to the

south, what is the magnitude and direction of the second force if the
first force is 1 kN acting directly to the east?

a. 2.24kN, 63.49 south of west b. 2.24kN, 63.49 west of north

c. 2.24kN, 63.49 south of east d. 2.24kN, 63.49 east of north

34. If you are given two vectors: A = 5i + 8j + 3k and B = 35i + 4j – 9k,

what is the angle between the two vectors?

a. 300 b. 350

c. 450 d. 600

35. The chairperson of the PRC shall include in the Commission’s program
the implementation of RA 9292, the funding of which shall be included in
the Annual General Appropriation Act.

a. Sec. 39 b. Sec. 40
c. Sec. 41 d. Sec. 42

36. Under RA 9292, who are authorized to take charge of or supervise

electronics construction and installation?

a. PECE b. ECE

c. PECE and ECE d. Only those engineers who have

more than 5 years professional
practice experience

37. Consider the system shown in the figure below. Block A weighs 45 N and
block B weighs 25 N. Once block B is set into downward motion, it
descends at a constant speed. Calculate the coefficient of kinetic
friction between block A and the table top.

a. 0.8 b. 0.25

c. 0.56 d. 0.44

38. The _________ between two points is the work done per units charge when
a charge is moved from one point to the other.

a. Kinetic Energy (KE) b. Potential Energy (PE)

c. Internal Energy (U) d. Potential Difference (V)

39. Luka wants to throw a basketball through two windows, the second window
6 m behind the first. If he stands at a distance of 5 m in front of the
first window and that the opening of the front window is 5 m above him
and that in the second window its 2 m higher, what is the angle of
projection of the basketball that will enable him to throw it through
both windows?

a. 41.11 degrees b. 50.85 degrees

c. 44.76 degrees d. 52.43 degrees

40. The block shown reaches a velocity of 10 m/s in 25 m starting from

rest. Which of the following gives the coefficient of kinetic friction
between the block and the ground?

a. 0.67 b. 0.56 c. 0.46 d. 0.26

41. According to Newton’s law of universal gravitation, any two particles

of finite mass attract one another with a force which is

a. inversely proportional to product of their masses and directly

proportional to square of their distance apart
b. inversely proportional to product of their masses and directly
proportional to their distance apart
c. directly proportional to product of their masses and inversely
 proportional to their distance apart
d. directly proportional to product of their masses and inversely
proportional to square of their distance apart

42. Given the 3-dimensional vectors: A = i(x) + j(2yz) + k(3zx) and B =

i(yz) + j(2zx) + k(3xy). Determine the scalar product at the point
(1,2,3).

a. 144 b. 138 c. 132 d. 126

43. Magnifying glass are useful, because they create an enlarged:

a. virtual image behind the actual object

b. real image behind the actual object
c. virtual image in front of the actual object
d. real image in front of the actual object

44. There are two sheets of identical plain paper. The first one was
crumpled and the other one stayed as flat. Both papers are then dropped
at the same certain height H. In the absence of air resistance, which
one will hit the floor first?

a. the crumpled paper

b. The flat paper
c. they both reach the floor at the same time
d. none of the above

45. The wavelength of the red light from a heliumneon sensor is 633 nm in
air but 474 nm in the aqueous humor inside our eyeballs. Calculate the
speed of light in this substance.

a. 1.25 x 108 m/s b. 2.25 x 108 m/s c. 0.25 x 108 m/s d. 5.25 x 108 m/s

46. The amount of energy needed to change a given mass of ice to water at
constant temperature is called the heat of _______.

a. conduction b. fission c. fusion d. radiation

47. Which of the following is considered as the best conductor of heat?

a. aluminum b. diamond c. gold d. silver

48. When hit, the velocity of a 0.2 kg baseball changes from +25 m/s to -25
m/s. What is the magnitude of the impulse delivered by the bat to the
ball?

a. 1 N-s b. 5 N-s c. 10 N-s d. 20 N-s

49. Two perpendicular vectors are given in terms of their components by U =

Uxi – 4j + 6k and V = 3i + 2j – 3k. Determine the component Ux.

a. 5.67 b. 6.67 c. 7.67 d. 8.67

50. Two whistles are sounded with frequencies of 548 and 552 cycles/s,
respectively. A man directly in the line between them walks towards the
lower pitched whistle at 1.5m/s. Find the beat frequency that he hears.
Assume the sound velocity of 330 m/s.

a. 1 Hz b. 2 Hz c. 3 Hz d. 4 Hz

51. Two trains move away from each other at a speed of 25 m/s relative to
the earth’s surface. One gives a 520 Hz signal. Find the frequency heard
by the observer on the other train (sound velocity = 330m/s).
 a. 447 Hz b. 520 Hz c. 260 Hz d. 405 Hz

52. Two sound waves have intensities 0.4 and 10W/m2, respectively. How many
decibels is one louder than the other?

a. 10 dB b. 14 dB c. 18 dB d. 20 dB

53. It is the mode of energy transfer between a solid surface and the
adjacent liquid or gas that is in motion, and it involves the combined
effect conduction and fluid motion.

a. conduction b. radiation c. convection d. absorption

54. A piston cylinder device contains a liquid-vapor mixture of water at

400K. During a constant pressure process, 700 KJ of heat is transferred
to the water. As a result, part of the liquid in the cylinder vaporizes.
Determine the entropy change of the water during this process.

a. 1.75 kJ/K b. 280 kJ/K c. 70 kJ/K d. 0.57 kJ/K

55. An atomic number of a given atom is 14 and its atomic mass number is 12. What is
the number of electrons?

a. 12 b. 2
c. 26 d. 14

56. What is the dot product of the unit vector i and i?

a. 0 b. √2 c. 1 d. 2

57. 1 kJ is equivalent to:

a. 0.848 BTU b. 0.948 BTU c. 0.978 BTU d. 0.868 BTU

58. A vector A is along the positive x-axis. If B is another vector such that AxB=0,
which of the following is the possible representation of B?

a. 5k b. 2i+3j c. -j+4k d. 6i

59. If A=i+j-2k, B=2i+j+k and C=i-2j+2k, which of the following is the magnitude of
A-B+C?

a. √5 b. √2 c. √4 d. √ 17
60. An object undergoes displacement described by x(t)=3t^3+5t^2-6 where x
is in meters and the time t is in seconds. What is the instantaneous
velocity at t=5s?

a. 265 m/s b. 275 m/s c. 222 m/s d. 245 m/s

61. 35 lb-ft is equivalent to:

a. 36.74 N-m b. 54.26 N-m c. 47.45 N-m d. 42.23 N-m

62. Book 3 of the Philippines Electronics Code of 2014 is known as:

a. Cable Television System b. Distributed Antenna System

c. Fire Detection and Alarm System d. Telecommunication Facilities

Distribution System

63. Find the empirical formula of a compound which is 41.3% C, 10.4% H and 48.2% N.

a. C4HN4 b. CH4N c. CH3N d. C2H3N

64. On a new temperature scate the steam point is 348 X and the ice point is 112 X.
What is the temperature on this scale that corresponds to 28.0 degree celcius?

a. 118X b. 138X c. 158X d. 178X

65. The point (0,2 √3 ,-2) is in rectangular coordinates. Find the spherical
coordinates of this point.

π π 2π π 2π π π 3π
a. (2, , ¿ b. (3, , ¿ c. (4, , ¿ d. (5, , ¿
4 3 5 3 3 2 4 5
66. If A = 2ax – 3ay + az and B = -4ax – 2ay + 5az, determine A x B.
a. -13ax + 14ay + 16az
b. -13ax + 14ay - 16az
c. -13ax - 14ay + 16az
d. -13ax - 14ay - 16az

67. Under the influence of force, an object of mass 4 kg accelerates from 3 m/s to 6
m/s in 8s. How much work was done on the object during this time?

a. 20 J b. 100 J c. 50 J d. 54 J

68. A force F of strength 20 N acts on an object of mass 3 kg as it moves a distance

of 4m. If F is perpendicular to the displacement, the work it does is equal to

a. 0J b. 60 J c. 80 J d. 240 J
69. You are designing an electronic circuit element made of 23 mg of silicon. The
electric current through it adds energy at the rate of 7.4 mW. If your design
doesn’t allow any heat transfer out of the element, at what rate does its
temperature increase? The specific heat capacity of silicon is 705 J/kg-K.

a. 0.46 K/s b. 3.33 K/s

c. 5.17 K/s d. 8.24 K/s

70. A broadcasting corporation purchased an equipment for P53,000 and paid P1,500
for freight and delivery charges to the job site. The equipment has a normal
life of 10 years with trade-in value of P5,000 against purchase of a new
equipment at the end of the life. Determine the annual depreciation cost by
sinking fund method. Assume the interest at 6.5% compounded annually.

a. P3,668 b. P3,987
c. P4,387 d. P4,950

71. A body executing uniform circular motion has at any instant is velocity vector
and acceleration vector

a. along the b. in opposite c. normal to each d. not

same direction other related
direction to each
other

72. Two vectors has a resultant equal to either. The angle between them is

a. 60 degrees b. 120 degrees c. 90 degrees d. 100 degrees

73. Material A is a water and material b is a glass with index of refraction 1.52.
If the incident ray makes an angle of 60 degrees with the normal, find the
direction of the refracted ray.

a. 49.3 degrees b. 91.3 degrees c. 60 degrees d. 34.7 degrees

74. The hardest substance available on earth is

a. gold b. iron c. diamond d. platinum

75. What is the unit for measuring the amplitude of a sound?

a. decibel b. coulomb c. hum d. cycles

76. One kilometer is equal to how many miles?

a. 0.84 b. 0.5 c. 1.6 d. 0.62

77. 1 hp is equal to

a. 746 watts b. 748 watts c. 756 watts d. 736 watts

78. The gravitational potential energy of a system

a. is always positive b. is always negative
c. can be positive or negative d. none of the above

79. An object falls off a table to the floor. We wish to analyze the situation in
terms of kinetic and potential energy. In discussing the kinetic energy of the
system, we
a. must include the kinetic energy of both the object and the Earth
b. can ignore the kinetic energy of the Earth because it is not part of the
system
c. can ignore the kinetic energy of the earth because it is so massive
compare to the object
d. None of the above

80. In an isolated system, which of the following is a correct statement of the

quantity that is conserved?

a. Kinetic b. potential c. Kinetic plus d. both kinetic

energy energy potential and
energy potential

81. A ball of mass m travelling horizontally with velocity v strikes a massive

vertical wall and rebounds back along its original direction with no change in
speed. What is the magnitude of the impulse delivered by the wall to the ball?

a. 0 b. 0.5mv

c. mv d. 2mv

82. A box with a mass of 2 kg accelerates in a straight line from 4 m/s to 8 m/s
due to application of a force whose duration is 0.5 s. Find the average strength
of this force.

a. 4 N b. 8 N c. 12 N d. 16 N

83. The law states, “If the resultant force acting on a particle is zero, the
particle will remain at rest or will move with constant speed in a straight
line,” is ________.

a. Newton’s 1st Law b. Newton’s 2nd Law

c. Newton’s 3rd Law d. Newton’s Law of Universal

gravitation
84. The unit of spring constant

a. Nm b. J c. Ns d. N/m

85. Two charges, q1 = 3 x 10^-8 C and q2 = -4 x 10^-8 C, are separated by 6 x 10^-3

m. What is the force of on the other?

a. 0.1 N b. 0.5 N
c. 0.7 N d. 0.3 N

86. From the speed of 100 kph, a car decelerates at the rate of 15m/min/sec along a
straight road. Which of the following gives the distance travelled at the end of
40 seconds?

a. 3800 m b. 911.1 m c. 91.2 m d. 455.56 m

87. Calculate the work done by the force of gravity acting on a 70 kg student
sliding down a 30 degrees inclined slide a slant distance of 10m.

a. 2141 J b. 1420 J c. 3430 J d. 4121 J

88. Calculate the work performed in compressing a spring with a force constant of
200 N/m the first 3.0 cm.

a. 0.08 J b. 0.09 J c. 0.10 J d. 0.11 J

89. What is the volume of 1 moles of a gas at 2 atm and 273 K?

a. 1.12 L b. 10L
c. 11.2 L d. 112 L

90. What is the mass in kg of 10.5 gal (39.7 L) of gasoline with a specific gravity
of 0.82?

a. 10.5 kg b. 28.7 kg
c. 32.5 kg d. 44.1 kg

91. Calculate the volume (Liters) occupied by 7.40g of NH3 at STP.

a. 8.73 L b. 10.73 L c. 9.73 L d. 12.73 L

92. A silicon chip used in an IC of a microcomputer has a mass of 5.68 mg. How many
silicon atoms are present in this chip?
a. 5.6x10^-3 b. 2.02x10^10 c. 1.22x10^20 d. 2.22x10^20
atoms atoms atoms atoms

93. What pressure must be applied to 225mL of gas at 1 atm to reduce its volume to
100mL?
a. 0.44 atm b. 2.25 atm c. 22500 atm d. 1710 atm

94. A 10-kg mass, when attached to the end of a spring hanging vertically, stretches
the spring 30 mm. Assume the mass is then pulled down another 70 mm and released
(with no initial velocity). Determine the spring constant k.
a. 3266.7 N/m b. 3200.5 N/m c. 3800 N/m d. 3700.6 N/m

95. If the boundary of the system is impervious to the flow of matter, it is called
a
a. open system b. closed c. isolated d. homogenous
system system system

96. Which of the following is a unit of impulse?

a. N-s b. N-m c. N/m d. N-m^2

97. In what article does the CPD program implementation and monitoring can
be found in RA 10912?

a. Article I b. Article II
c. Article III d. Article IV

98. It includes services requiring adequate technical expertise, experience

and professional capability in undertaking advisory and review, pre-
investment or feasibility studies, design, planning, construction,
supervision, management, and related services and other technical
studies in the field of electronics engineering means

a. accredited professional org. b. PECE

c. Consulting services d. Engineering services

99. In Continuing Professional Education, how many additional points will

be given upon completing a Master’s degree?

a. 10 CPD Units b. 15 CPD Units

c. 30 CPD Units d. 45 CPD Units

100. How many valence electron does a Silicon atom have?

a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4