ESAS RECENT BOARD EXAM TERMS

1. The quantity (1 + i)^n represents which one of the following

A. Future value factor
B. Present value factor
C. Capital recovery factor
D. Compound amount factor*
2. The basic repeating unit of a polymer is called
A. Copolymer
B. Elastomer
C. Interpolymer
D. Monomer*
3. What is the AISI-SAE designation for non-sulfurized carbon steel, plain carbon
A. 13xx
B. 12xx
C. 11xx
D. 10xx*
4. The most effective alloying ingredient in increasing hardness is
A. Boron
B. Silicon*
C. Sodium
D. Silver
5. What is used with high strength combined with corrosion resistance is needed.
A. Silver bronze
B. Boron bronze
C. Silicon bronze*
D. Gold bronze
6. The voltage of galvanic cell does not depend on which of the following parameters
A. Temperature
B. Pressure
C. Volume*
D. Concentration of solutions
7. Comparing the FCC lattice with hexagonal lattice, which of the following features
described the hexagonal packed only.
A. The deformation properties are more directional*
B. It has closest pack lattice structure
C. Its coordination number is 12
D. It has 4 octahedral planes
8. Where do stress concentration occur
A. Near the point of application of concentrated load and at discontinuities.*
B. Along the entire length of highly distributed loads and at discontinuities
C. Near the points of application of concentrated loads, along the entire length of highly
distributed loads and at discontinuities.
D. Near the point of application of concentrated loads and along the entire length of highly
distributed loads.
9. Low carbon steel are generally used in the “as rolled” or “as fabricated” state. What is the
reason for this.
A. They come In many different shapes and thickness
B. They degrade severely under heat treatment
C. Their density is too high
D. Their strength generally cannot be increased by heat treatment.*
10. What do you call a translated program in machine language
A. Source program
B. Object program*
C. Machine program
D. User’s program
11. What do you call a communication network that covers a wide geographical area such
as state or country
A. Local area network
B. Wide area network*
C. Metropolitan area network
D. Multi Level network
12. What is the term for a computer or software that request information from another
computer or server
A. Host
B. Workstation
C. Client*
D. All of these
13. What is the term for a high speed memory used to store a small amount of data
temporarily so that the data can be retrieved quickly.
A. Cache memory
B. Video memory
C. Volatile memory
D. Scratchpad memory*
14. What is the most common type of digital IC package
A. DIP*
B. Metal type
C. CMOS
D. TTL
15. What term is used to describe retrieval of data from a memory
A. Unloading
B. Downloading
C. Reading*
D. Accessing
16. Which one refers to a device that amplifies signal and passes it on
A. Repeater*
B. Amplifier
C. Trap
D. Modulator
17. What do you call a communication network covering a geographical area the size of a
city or urban
A. Local area network
B. Wide area network
C. Metropolitan area network*
D. Multi Level network
18. A computer that is smaller and more portable than a computer notebook which is
sometimes called as palm computer
A. Microcomputer
B. Minicomputer
C. Personal digital assistant*
D. Micro PC
19. What refers to a technique where each user of a computer takes turn, under the control
of the operating system, using the entire computer main memory for a certain length of
time
A. Multitasking
B. Time sharing*
C. Handshaking
D. Batch processing
20. A computer virus that infects the macros that are attached to documents and
spreadsheets is called
A. Micro virus*
B. File virus
C. Document virus
D. Spreadsheet virus
21. What do you call a collection of field
A. File
B. Record*
C. Document
D. Database
22. What is the another term for OS
A. Start up program
B. Computer program
C. Monitor program*
D. All of these
23. What is the smallest unit of information handled by a computer
A. Bit*
B. Byte
C. Nibble
D. Cell
24. A circle in the flowchart symbols represent which one of the following
A. Connector*
B. Decision
C. Data
D. Terminator
25. GIF means
A. Graphics interchange format*
B. Graphics interchange file
C. Graphics information format
D. Graphics information file
26. PNG means
A. Portable network group
B. Portable network graphics*
C. Protocol network graphics
D. Protocol network group
27. What is BMP
A. Basemap
B. Bitmap*
C. Bi-mettalic pin
D. Basic motion picture
28. What is OTF
A. Ordinary type font
B. Open type font*
C. Open type file
D. Ordinary type file
29. What is the web version of web application to speak to each other like skype, viber, and
others
A. 1.0
B. 2.0
C. 3.0*
D. 4.0
30. Which web version is for mobile web
A. 1.0
B. 2.0
C. 3.0
D. 4.0*
31. Which web version is for static web
A. 1.0*
B. 2.0
C. 3.0
D. 4.0
32. Which memory holds the most recently read and frequently read data in the memory
A. Cache memory*
B. Virtual memory
C. Static memory
D. Dynamic memory
33. It is the software that allows user to have fast and flexible access to information in large
document, constructing associations among data items needed.
A. Voice mail
B. Internet
C. e-mail
D. Hypertext*
34. What is XML
A. Extensible Mark Language
B. Extensible Makeup Language
C. Extensive Markup Language
D. Extensible Markup Language*
35. What is GPRS
A. General Pocket Radio Service
B. General Packet Radar Service
C. General Packet Radio Service*
D. General Packet Radio System
36. What is MMS
A. Multimedia Massaging Service
B. Multimedia Message Service
C. Multimedia Messaging Service*
D. Multimedia Messaging System
37. Which one refers to technological merger
A. Digital access
B. Digital protocol
C. Digital convergence*
D. Digital technology
38. In order that a program to run, it must be placed in the computers memory by a/an
A. Compiler
B. Loader*
C. Installer
D. Interpreter
39. What type of database stores all information in the equivalent of matrix
A. Hierarchical Database
B. Relational Database*
C. Ordered Database
D. Sequential Database
40. What is the network with continuous loop communication
A. Star network
B. Ring network*
C. Cascaded network
D. Local network
41. What do you call a computer that receives and stores email data until retrieved by the
email account holder
A. ISP
B. POST
C. POP Server*
D. MPEG
42. What is represented by GSM
A. Global system messaging
B. Global system for mobile communication*
C. Global structure messaging
D. Global structure for mobile communication
43. The proclamation made by President Benigno Aquino III that May is the electrical safety
month is presidential decree no.
A. 193*
B. 184
C. 183
D. 1081
44. Which of the following is not a language of computer
A. Javascript
B. C
C. Oracle*
D. Pascal
45. Which of the following is not performed in the web
A. XHTML
B. XML
C. Fortran*
D. HTML
46. Which of the following must be used to connect computers with different languages to
the internet
A. TCP/IP*
B. Fire wall
C. Ethernet
D. Router
47. It is a dedicated computer or a software system running on a computer that acts as an
intermediary between endpoint devices
A. VPN
B. Proxy Server*
C. Packet filters
D. Firewall
48. VPN means
A. Virtual Private Network*
B. Virtual Public Network
C. Virtual Proxy Network
D. Virtual Privacy Network
49. Which one is another term for harmonic
A. Resonance
B. Pitch
C. Loudness
D. Overtone*
50. What is the measure of lumen output per watt input produced by the light source
A. Lumen
B. Efficacy*
C. Quality factor
D. Coefficient of Utilization
51. An instrument used to measure the intensity of light source
A. Illumination meter
B. Photometer*
C. Cygnometer
D. Candle meter
52. An audio frequency is said to be within
A. 400 to 40 kHz
B. 20 to 20 kHz*
C. 100 to 100 kHz
D. None of these
53. When a sound wave goes from air to water, what quantity remains the same
A. Speed
B. Frequency*
C. Wavelength
D. Amplitude
54. What are considered as building blocks of engineering materials
A. Atoms*
B. Elements
C. Matter
D. Compounds
55. If the cell phone losses signal, which of the following must be done
A. Hand over to another cell site*
B. Change the cellphone brand unit
C. Change the signal provider company
D. Change the antenna of the cell site
56. What fraction of the full load current must be used as a factor to calculate the size of
conductor for the capacitor
A. 1/2
B. 1/3*
C. ¼
D. 1/5
57. What mechanical property of material refers to the nominal stress at fracture in a
certain test at constant load and temperature
A. Creep strength
B. Hardness
C. Stress rupture strength*
D. Compressive yield strength
58. What is the most common reinforcement for polymer composites
A. Boron
B. Ceramic
C. Graphite
D. Glass fiber*
59. Metal matrix composites are metals reinforced by
A. Boron
B. Ceramics*
C. Graphite
D. Glass fiber
60. It is formed by injecting or pouring molten metal into the mold where it cool and take
the shape of the mold
A. Ingot*
B. Colloid
C. Mold
D. Crystalline
61. It is a form of audio broadcasting in the internet
A. Webcasting
B. Podcasting*
C. Newscasting
D. Netcasting
62. Which of the following is the instrument used to measure the speed of the motor in rpm
A. Tachometer*
B. Frequency meter
C. Speedometer
D. Pitot tube
63. Which of the following metals has the highest specific heat capacity at 100 degrees
celsius
A. Aluminum*
B. Bismuth
C. Copper
D. Iron
64. Hard water is a water which contains soluble salt of which?
A. Calcium*
B. Sodium
C. Sulfur
D. Chlorine
65. What engine is used for fighter bomber planes
A. Turboprop
B. Turbojet*
C. Ramjet
D. Pulsejet
66. What is meant by controlled volume
A. Isolated system
B. Closed system
C. Fixed region in space*
D. Reversible process
67. It is a turbine consists of series of blades mounted around the wheels
A. Francis
B. Kaplan
C. Impulse*
D. Propeller
68. What do impact test determine?
A. Hardness
B. Toughness*
C. Yield strength
D. Creep strength
69. What is the packing factor of a hexagonal closed pack lattice
A. 0.52
B. 0.60
C. 0.68
D. 0.74*
70. Which of the following type of coal ranks the highest
A. Anthracite*
B. Butuminuous
C. Coke
D. Lignite
71. What element improves the strength and fatigue properties of copper
A. Beryllium*
B. Berkelium
C. Americium
D. Barium
72. The best strategy to eliminate redundancy is by
A. Standardization
B. Transformation
C. Normalization*
D. Substitution
73. An agreement between the users and the grid owner which specifies the term and
condition pertaining to the connection of the user system or equipment to a new
connection point in the grid
A. Std connection agreement
B. Connection agreement*
C. Memorandum of agreement
D. None of these
74. A process not involved in the operating cycle of a carnot engine
A. Isothermal expansion
B. Isobaric expansion
C. Adiabatic compression*
D. Adiabatic expansion
75. Which of the following is a soft iron
A. Permanent magnet
B. Magneto
C. Temporary magnet*
D. All of these
76. If a function of n variables f(x1, x2, … , xn) is convex, which of the following is true about
its nxn Hessian matrix
A. It is semidefinite
B. It is negative semidefinite
C. It is positive semidefinite*
D. It is indefinite
77. What is defined as the current assets minus inventories and prepaid expenses
A. Profit margin ratio
B. Price earning ratio
C. Return on investment ratio
D. Quick ratio*
78. Why do you see an object
A. Due to the light coming from the object*
B. Light refracts through them
C. Light reflects through them
D. They absorb light
79. The __ of a particle is defined as the change in position in some time interval
A. Displacement*
B. Velocity
C. Speed
D. Acceleration
80. The purpose of carbon in steel allpying is to increase
A. Hardness
B. Hardness and strength*
C. Deoxidation
D. Corrosion resistance
81. What is the proper relationship between the modulus of elasticity E, the poisson’s ratio
v, and the bulk modulus of elasticity K.
A. E = K(1 - 2v)
B. E = K/(1 – 2v)
C. E = 3K/(1 – 2v)
D. E = 3K(1 – 2v)*
82. What is the other term for polymorph
A. Alpha arrangement
B. Allotrope
C. Omega arrangement*
D. Crystalline arrangement
83. What acid is used for glass itching
A. Acetylsalicyclic acid
B. Hydrofluoric acid*
C. Phosphoric acid
D. Hydrochloric acid
84. It refers to a very common colloidal substance that certain collagen and comes from
bones of animal
A. Gel
B. Gelatin*
C. Emulsion
D. Amino acids
85. Which of the following is known as electrical steel
A. Silicon steel*
B. Stainless steel
C. Carbon steel
D. Cast steel
86. Steel that is used for wire, structural shapes and screw machine parts
A. Low carbon steel*
B. Medium carbon steel
C. High carbon steel
D. Very high carbon steel
87. What element is known as the lightest metal
A. Aluminum
B. Magnesium
C. Manganese
D. Lithium*
88. What is the combination of one or more metals with non-mettalic element
A. Metalloid
B. Matrix Composites
C. Inert
D. Ceramics*
89. What is the ratio of the ultimate failure strain to yielding strain
A. Poisson’s ratio
B. Ductility*
C. Resilience
D. Fatigue
90. What is the most abundant metal in nature
A. Aluminum*
B. Steel
C. Iron
D. Copper
91. What refers to a shape achieved by allowing a liquid to solidify in mold
A. Casting*
B. Molding
C. Forming
D. All of these
92. Entropy is transferred by
A. Work
B. Heat*
C. Energy
D. Both A and B
93. The common ratio is the ratio of
A. Net credit sales to average net receivables
B. Current assets to current liabilities*
C. Gross profit to net sales
D. Net income to owners equity
94. Gross margin is the ratio of gross profit to
A. Net sales*
B. Owner’s equity
C. Quick assets
D. Inventory turnover
95. What is a stock of a product which is held by a trade body or government as a means of
regulating the price of that product
A. Stock pile
B. Hoard stock
C. Buffer stock*
D. Withheld stock
96. Cast iron which can not be machined, hard and wear resistant
A. Gray cast
B. Ductile cast
C. Malleable cast
D. White cast*
97. A financial ratio that indicate whether a company’s current assets will be sufficient to
meet the company’s obligation when they become due
A. Liquidity ratio*
B. Acid ratio
C. Current ratio
D. Quick ratio
98. For satisfactory lightning protection, substation grounding network resistance must not
exceed
A. 5 ohms*
B. 10 ohms
C. 20 ohms
D. 25 ohms
99. The spacing between grounding electrode of different grounding system is
A. 1800 mm
B. 1900 mm*
C. 3000 mm
D. 900 mm
100. What is the republic act number of the newly signed law of President Duterte called
Murang Kuryente Act
A. RA 11371*
B. RA 10912
C. RA 9136
D. RA 7832
101. The field practice of REE is what section in article IV
A. Sec 31 (a)
B. Sec 31 (b)*
C. Sec 31 ©
D. Sec 31 (d)
102. Centrifugal pump is
A. Turbo machinery*
B. Flow regulating device
C. Drafting device
D. Intercooling device
103. Centrifugal pumps transports fluid by converting
A. KE to ME
B. KE to HE*
C. HE to KE
D. ME to KE
104. The fluid coming into the centrifugal pump is accelerated by
A. Throttle
B. Impeller*
C. Nozzle
D. Governor
105. Which one is a light metal
A. Mercury
B. Gold
C. Potassium*
D. Silver