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Refresher 01- Mathematics, Surveying, & Engineering Sciences

1. Find the distance between the polar points (2,55o) and (3,111o).
16. The first cost of a machine is P1,800,000 with a salvage value of P300,000 at the
A. 2.51 B. 3.51 C. 4.51 D. 5.51
end of its life of 5 years. Determine the total depreciation after 3 years, using
Sum of Years Digit Method (SOYD).
2. The plane is passing through the points A(-1,2,3), B(-9,1,-12), and C(5,0,-16).
A. 1,200,000 B. 600,000 C. 1,500,00 D. 300,000
Determine the equation of the plane.
A. 22x+18y-14z+74=0 C. x+22y-2z-37=0
17. What is the angle between the hands of the clock at 2:34:12 in radians?
B. 31x+22y-29z+74=0 D. 11x+22y-99z+77=0
A. 2.236 B. 2.228 C. 2.128 D. 2.341
3. Suppose a card is drawn randomly from an ordinary deck of playing cards, and
18. How many 19.63 cm2 circles can be made from a piece of board 20 cm by 20 cm?
then put back in the deck. This exercise is repeated five times. What is the
A. 20 B. 16 C. 12 D. 8
probability of drawing 1 spade, 1 heart, 1 diamond, and 2 clubs?
A. 0.0654 B. 0.0586 C. 0.0432 D. 0.0322
19. Two circles of unequal radius are concentric. A 10 cm chord of the bigger circle is
tangent to the smaller circle. What is the difference between the areas of the two
4. A symmetrical vertical summit curve has tangents of 4% and -2%. The allowable
circles?
rate of change of grade is 0.3% per meter station. Stationing and elevation of
A. 50pi cm2 B. 100pi cm2 C. 10pi cm2 D. 25pi cm2
PT is at 10+020 and 142.63 m, respectively. Compute the length of curve.
A. 400 B. 300 C. 200 D. 100
20. X varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x=14, when y=7, and z=2, when
y=16 and z=4, find the sum of the proportional ratio and x.
5. What is the maximum velocity that a car could pass through an easement
A. 4 B. 18 C. 20 D. 22
curve having a length of spiral equal to 120 m if the radius of the central
curve is 260 m?
21. Three circles with radii 5 cm, 7 cm, and 11 cm are mutually tangent. Determine
A. 95.34 B. 26.48 C. 2250.07 D. 25.33
the area of the triangle formed by connecting their centers.
A. 1146.914 B. 94.101 C. 573.097 D. 188.202
6. A concrete mixture is to be made which contains 35% sand by weight, and
642 lb of mixture containing 29% sand is already on hand. How many pounds
22. Suppose that in a certain region of a country, the mean duration of first marriages
of sand must be added to this mixture to arrive at the required 35%?
that end in divorce is 7.8 years, standard deviation of 1.2 years. Find the
A. 59.3 B. 35.9 C. 53.9 D. 39.5
probability that in a sample of 75 divorces, the mean age of the marriages is at
most 8 years.
7. Find the first-quadrant area bounded by the curves y=x2 +3 and y=3x-x2
A. 0.07 B. 0.93 C. 0.43 D. 0.57
between x=0 and x=3.
A. 15.5 B. 13.5 C. 11.5 D. 17.5
23. How many ways can you arrange the letters of the word COMMITTEE if all
vowels are together and all consonants are together?
8. Find the distance OP in the figure shown.
A. 720 B. 360 C. 90720 D. 45360

24. The half-life of a radium is 70 years. Find the percentage remaining after 80 years
if the radium decomposes at rate proportional to the amount present.
A. 72.3% B. 45.3% C. 54.8% D. 69.9%

25. When the angle of elevation of the sun is 64o, a telephone pole that is tilted at an
angle of 9o directly away from the sun casts a shadow 21 feet long on level
ground. Approximate the length of the pole.
A. 77 ft B. 13 ft C. 65 ft D. 33 ft
A. 253 cm B. 235 cm C. 264 cm D. 246 cm
26. A solid have a total number of edge and vertices of 9 and 6 respectively.
Determine the number of faces.
9. Northern Construction and Engineering plans on opening an office in Duluth.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 12
Over the next 25 years, the office is expected to have a positive cash flow of
$250,000 per year. At an interest rate of 12%, what is the equivalent present
27. Mary is 24 years old. Mary was twice as old as Ana was when Mary was as old as
worth (PW)?
Ana is now. How old is Ana?
A. $1661K B. $1691K C. $1961K D. $1991K
A. 16 B. 18 C. 24 D. 12
10. What letter follows OTTFFSSE_?
28. A parcel of land in the form of a triangle has sides 312 m long and 485 m long.
A. N B. T C. F D. S
The included angle is 81o30’. Find the perimeter of the triangle.
A. 1233.60 B. 1333.50 C. 1444.43 D. 1333.67
11. The angle of elevation of the top of the water tower from point A on the ground
is 19.9 deg. Point B, 50 feet closer to the tower, the angle of elevation is 21.8
29. Water is dripping into a hemispherical bowl with a radius of 8 cm at a rate of 1
deg. What is the height of the tower?
cubic cm per minute. At what rate is the depth increasing when it is 4 cm?
A. 191 B. 185 C. 175 D. 195
A. 1/pi B. 1/8pi C. 1/48pi D. 1/32pi
12. Very few people are aware of the growth pattern of Jack’s beanstalk. On the first
30. In how many minutes after 7 o’clock will the hands be together?
day it increased its height by 1/2, on the second 1/3, on third 1/4, and so on.
A.38.18 B. 33.18 C. 38.13 D. 33.81
How long did it take to achieve its maximum height (100 times its original
length)? Hint: See the pattern growth.
31. A spiral curve has a length of 80 m with a radius of curvature of 100 m.
A. 198 B. 200 C. 202 D. 204
Determine the length of the throw.
A. 2.667 m B. 3.024 m C. 4.645 m D. 2.127 m
13. Find the area of the triangle with sides 5, 6, and 13.
A. 3.56 B. 5.25 C. 1.89 D. no solution
32. Find the area bounded by y= x4-2x3-5x+3 from 0 to 2.
A. 5.6 B. 6.5 C. 3.72 D. 7.32
14. Find the number of diagonals for an undecagon.
A. 65 B. 88 C. 44 D. 31 33. What is the slope of the curve y= 2x4 - 3x2 + x1/2 - 290 at x=3?
A. 156.36 B. 123.14 C. 56.68 D. 198.29
15. Find the value sin(x) if csc(x)=1/2.
A. 2 B. 1 C. 0 D. undefined
 34. Write an equation for the circle shown and find the dimension
44. For the figure shown, how high from the x-axis is the neutral axis of the given
A produced by the circular tool.
section located?
A. 2.718 in B. 2.603 in C. 2.306 in D. 2.817 in

35. Find the dimension B produced by the circular tool.

A. 2.603 in B. 2.718 in C. 2.817 in D. 2.306 in

A. 4.8 mm B. -5.4 mm C. 5.4 mm D. -4.8 mm

SITUATION. Four cables are used to lift a precast concrete slab

with dimensions 2.5m by 2.5m and 80mm thick. The cables are
SITUATION. A bolt shown in the figure is subjected to a total tensile force of 100 kN. attached from the corners (of the slab) to a hook above the
center point of the slab. The height of the hook from the center
of the slab is 2m. Unit weight of concrete is 24 kN/m3.

45. What is the tensile force in each of the cable?

A. 5.98 kN B. 4.0 kN C. 6.09 kN D. 35.43 kN

46. If the allowable tension in each cable is 5.20 kN, what thickness of the slab is
required before the cable breaks?
A. 110 mm B. 105 mm C. 100 mm D. 95 mm

47. A cantilever hollow circular bar is 1.5 m long, 5 mm thick with outside diameter
of 75 mm. It is subjected to a torque of 4 kN-m at its free end. What is the
resulting angle of twist (degree) of the bar. Take G= 78 GPa.
A. 1.1 B. 3.2 C. 2.4 D. 3.7
36. Determine the tensile stress in the body of the bolt in MPa.
SITUATION. An 8 mm diameter suspended steel rod, 20 m long
A. 141.47 B. 93.01 C. 132.49 D. 79.36
supports a 10 kN load. Unit weight of steel is 77 kN/m3.
Determine the following:
37. Determine the tensile stress at the root of the bolt in MPa.
A. 141.47 B. 93.06 C. 132.49 D. 79.36 48. Maximum tensile stress in the rod.
A. 198.9 B. 199.7 C. 178.69 D. 187.69
38. Determine the compressive stress at the head as the bolt bears on the surface to
resist the tensile load. 49. Elongation of the rod (mm) due to its own weight.
A. 32.08 B. 48.96 C. 57.07 D. 35.37 A. 0.077 B. 7.7 C. 0.154 D. 1.54
SITUATION. A 12-m high cantilever wall is acted on by a force that varies uniformly 50. Elongation of the rod (mm) due to the axial load.
from 2.88 kN/m at the top to 1.44 kN/m at the base. Assume flexural rigidity of the wall is A. 1.99 B. 19.89 C. 7.96 D. 19.97
constant.

39. What is the shear at the base of the wall, in kN?

A. 33.78 B. 39.35 C. 21.67 D. 25.92

40. What is the moment at the base of the wall, in kN-m?

A. 216.7 B. 390.5 C. 330.9 D. 172.8

SITUATION. The resultant of the three concurrent forces acting on the eyebolt is
1000 N directed parallel to the positive y-axis.

41. Determine the angle θ that specifies the direction of the 900-N force.
A. 48.20 B. 38.90 C. 41.80 D. 51.10

42. Determine the magnitude of the force P.

A. 199.9 N B. 270.8 N C. 300.4 N D. 165.7 N

43. If P = 200 N and angle θ= 400, how much is the pulling force on the eyebolt?
A. 883 N B. 911 N C. 826 N D. 937 N