MASTERY EXAM- (Mathematics, Surveying and Transportation Engineering

1. On a 130-mile trip from Orlando to Sarasota, Roberto encountered a Operating cost per year: 500
heavy thunderstorm for the last 40 miles of the trip. During the Cost of ink: 1200
thunderstorm he drove an average of 20 miles per hour slower than before Salvage value of ink: 600
the storm. The entire trip took hours. How fast did he drive before the The money will be deposited with interest rate of 6% .
storm? Determine the sum of money that must be provided including the cost of the
A. 30 mi/hr B. 60 mi/hr C. 15 mi/hr D. 20 mi/hr initial dye.
A. 8626.02 B. 8662.02 C. 8226.02 D. 8666.22
2. Into a circle inscribed is deltoid. If one of its angles between equal sides
subtends 600, then the relation of the longer to the shorter diagonal is 13. 100 g of a radioactive substance disintegrates at a rate of 3% per
A. 3: √3 B. 4: √3 C. 1: √3 D. 2: √3 annum. How much of the substance is left after 11 years.
A. 23.53 grams B. 23.5 grams C. 45.67 grams D. 71.53 grams
3. A ball on the end of a string is revolved at a uniform rate in a vertical circle
of radius 72 cm. If its speed is 4 m/s and its mass is 0.30 kg. Calculate the 14. A 40.0-kg box of books is sliding down a 4.0-m ramp of 27°. If the
tension in the string when the ball is at the bottom of its path. coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.17, what is the box’s speed at the bottom of
A. 3.73 N B. 6.19 N C. 7.33 N D. 9.61 N the ramp?
A. 4.9 m/s B. 5.1 m/s C. 3.5 m/s D. 3.1 m/s
4. Find the equation of the diameter of the circle 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 2𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 4
15.A test consists of 6 questions and to pass the test, a student must answer
that is parallel to the line 3x+5y=4.
A. x+y=3 B. x+5y=3 C. 2x+4y=1 D. 3x+5y=7 at least 4 questions correctly. Each question has three possible answers, of
which only one is correct. If a student guesses on each question, what is the
5. Find the volume generated by the curve 36𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 36 = 0 probability that the student will pass the test?
rotating at 𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 20 = 0 A. 0.0988 B. 0.1001 C. 0.0823 D. 0.1103
A. 447. 212 π B. 521. 15 π C. 337. 191 π D. 400.2 π
16. A right circular cone having a radius r and a height of h. If the radius of a
SITUATION 6 and 7 cone is increased by 2.7% and its height reduced by 0.9%, determine the
approximate percentage change in volume.
A 50m tape was standardized and was found to be 0.0042m too long than
A. 3.5% B. 4.5% C. 5.5 % D. 6.5%
the standard length at an observed temperature of 580C and a pull of 15
kilos. The same tape was used to measure a certain distance and was 17. Peter Lee bought a one-year savings certificate for P100,000 and it pays
recorded to be 673.92m. long at an observed temperature of 680C and a 6%. He has a taxable income that puts him at the 28% bracket of income tax
pull of 15 kilos. Coefficient of linear expansion is 0.0000116m/0C rate. Compute the after-tax rate of return.
6. Determine the standard temperature A. 4.32% B. 3.42% C. 1.68% D. 2.86%
A. 45.450C B. 33.560C C. 50.760C D. 37.900C
18. A vertical curve joins a -1.2% grade to a +0.8% grade. The P.I. of the
7. Determine the corrected horizontal Distance vertical curve is at station 75 + 00 and elevation 50.90 m. above sea level.
A. 811.243m B. 822.566m C. 674.055m D. 788.098m The centerline of the roadway must clear a pipe located at station 75 + 40 by
0.80 m. The elevation of the top of the pipe is 51.10 m. above sea level. What
8. A window is in the shape of a rectangle, surmounted by a semi-circle. If is the minimum length of the vertical curve that can be used?
the perimeter of the window is 20 ft, what is its maximum area? A. 417 B. 150 C. 450 D. 317
A. 24 ft2 B. 26 ft2 C. 28 ft2 D. 30 ft2
19. In a “Rotor-ride” at a carnival, people are rotated in a cylindrically walled
9. The number of vehicles “room”. The room radius is 4.6 m, and the rotation frequency is 0.50
No. of cars in No. of vehicles, y
lining up behind a flashing revolution per second when the floor drops out. What is the minimum
train, x
railroad crossing has been
2 14.8 coefficient of static friction so that the people will not slip down?
observed for five trains of
5 18.0 A. 0.11 B. 0.22 C. 0.33 D. 0.44
different lengths, as given.
What is the mathematical 8 20.4
12 23.0 20. The potential costs of construction (first cost) under the three states of
formula that relates the two nature were $225,000, $250,000 and $295,000 with probabilities of 0.2, 0.5
variables? 27 29.9
and 0.3 respectively. At the beginning the expected value or mean of this
A. y = 9.54 + 13.2 log x C. y = 15.0 + 10.8 log x distribution was calculated to be $258,500. What is the standard deviation of
B. y = 9.54 + 5.75 log x D. y = 15.6 + 1.03 log x the construction cost?
A. $25,695 B. $26,595 C. $29,565 D. $25,596
10. Two railroad tracks are perpendicular with each other. At 12:00 pm.
There is a train on each track approaching the crossing at 50kph, one being 21. What is the volume of the sphere whose equation is 4x2 + 7x + 4y2 – 3y
100 km the other 150 km. away from the crossing. How fast in kph is the + 4z2 + 2z -8 = 0
distance between the two trains changing at 4:00 pm. A. 23.451 B. 21.426 C. 28.221 D. 29.332
A. 67. 08 Kph B. 53.2 Kph C. 97.09 Kph D. 55.2 Kph
22. The magnetic bearing of a line was N 46°44’ E in 1910 when the
11. In a portion of the Halsema Highway in Atok, Benguet, the free flow speed
magnetic declination in the locality was 1°25’ W. In 1989, the magnetic
of vehicles is 55kph. When the density is 39 vehicles per kilometer, the space
declination in the same locality is 2°49’ E. Compute the magnetic azimuth of
mean speed was at 23kph. Solve for the density as the speed approaches
the same line in 1989.
zero.
A. 218°00’ B. 222°30’ C. 212°30’ D. 238°30’
A.86 veh per km B.39 veh per km C. 68 veh per km D. 93 veh per km
23. A conical cup is constructed from a circular piece of paper of radius 5 in
12. Engr. Melvin desires to set aside a certain sum of money to provide by cutting out a sector and joining the resulting edges. What is the maximum
funds to cover his yearly operating expenses and the cost of replacing volume of the cup?
every year the ink of a Xerox machine used in photocopying modules for a A. 111.5 in3 B. 115.1 in3 C. 151.1 in3 D. 511.1 in3
period of period of 10 years
24. The legs of a right triangle are 70 cm. If one of the legs starts to shrink at coordinated signal system is known as:
the rate of 5 cm/min and the other increases at the same rate, how fast is the A. speed of progression C. time mean speed
length of the hypotenuse of the triangle changing 2 min later? B. space mean speed D. posted speed

A. 1 cm/min B. 1.5 cm/min C. 2 cm/min. D.3 cm/min SITUATION: A lawyer commutes daily from his suburban home to his
midtown office. The average time for a one-way trip is 24 minutes, with a
SITUATION 25, 26 and 27 standard deviation of 3.8 minutes. Assume the distribution of trip times to be
LINES BEARINGS DISTANCE normally distributed.
A-B Due North 400
37.What is the probability that a trip will take at least ½ hour?
B-C N 450 E 800
A. 0.999 B. 1/256 C. 0.0571 D. 0.456
C-D S 600 E 700
D-E S 200 W 600 38. If the office opens at 9:00 A.M. and the lawyer leaves his house at 8:45
E-A S 860 59’ W 966.34 A.M. daily, what percentage of the time is he late for work?
A. 1% B. 90% C. 10.03% D. 99.11%
25. Determine the corrected latitude of A-B using transit rule
A. +389.88 B. +387.88 C. -300.67 D. + 399.79 39. If he leaves the house at 8:35 A.M. and coffee is served at the office from
8:50 A.M. until 9:00 A.M., what is the probability that he misses coffee?
26. Determine the corrected latitude of A-B using compass rule A. 0.556 B. 0.6 C. 0.345 D. 0.3974
A. +399.88 B. +387.81 C.-301.01 D. + 399.77

27. Calculate the linear error of closure 40. A point of source light is 4m distant from the center of the sphere radius
A. 1.45667 B. 1.34561 C.1.97740 D. 1.8988 2m. What surface area of the sphere is brightened
A. pi. Sq.m B. 2pi. Sq.m C. 5pi. Sq.m D. 4pi. Sq.m
28. The rate at which the body cools is proportional to the difference in
temperature between the body and the surrounding atmosphere. If body in 41. Find the volume generated revolving at y – axis bounded by xy2 = 1, x –
air at 20°F cools from 100°F to 70° F in 3 minutes. Express the temperature axis, x -3 and x – y = 0
of the body at any time t A. 7.262π B. 6.262π C. 9.262π D. 8.262π
A. T = 10 + 80e-0.1267t C. T = 20 + 80e-0.1567t
42. Find the area of the equation r = 9cos2Ө
B. T = 10 + 70e -0.1267t D. T = 50 + 80e-0.1567t
A. 9 B. 40.5π C. 4.5π D. 40.5
29. A physicist finds that an unknown radioactive substance register 2000 43.. Find the location of the centroid of the area bounded by y^2=x^3 and
counts per minute on a Geiger counter. Ten days later the substance y=2x
registers 1500 counts per minute. Using calculus, it can be shown that after A. (2,3) B. (2.333,0) C. (5,0) D. (1.9,3.333)
t days the amount of radioactive material, and hence the number of counts
per minute N(t), is directly proportional to e^ct for some constant c. 44. A highway section with minimum vehicles’ speed of 30kph has the
Determine the half-life of the substance.
following flow (𝑞) – density (𝑘) relationship: 𝑞 = 50𝑘 − 0.156𝑘 2 . Find
A. 21 days B. 27 days C. 24 days D. 30 days
the density when the highway is at one-quarter of its capacity in vehicles per
30. Engr. Berbs desires to set aside money for his wedding. He deposited hour.
his money at an interest rate of 5%. If his total money is 100 000 after 10 A. 299.04 B. 289.61 C. 21.47 D. 30.90
years, how much did he deposited each year?
A. 7950.46 B. 7590.46 C. 5970.46 D. 9570.46
45. A boat is being pulled toward a dock by a rope attached to its bow through
31. If the effective annual interest rate is 5%, what is its equivalent interest
a pulley on the dock 7 feet above the bow. If the rope is hauled in at a rate
rate if money is compounded continuously?
of 4 ft/sec, how fast (in ft/s) is the boat approaching the dock when 25 feet of
A. 0.0512 B. 0.0488 C. 0.0444 D. 0.0511 rope is out?
A. 25/6 B. 25/72 C. 125/6 D. 25/3
32. If one input in the production of a commodity is increased while other
inputs are held fixed, a point will eventually be reached at which additions of 46. Determine the equation of the parabola determined by the given
the input yield progressively smaller. conditions. F(1,0), Vertex(2,0).
A. Law of supply C. Law of diminishing returns A. . 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 3 = 0 C. . 𝑦 2 + 4𝑥 − 8 = 0
B. Law of demand D. Law of attraction B. . 𝑦 + 𝑥 − 7 = 0
2
D. . 𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 − 5 = 0

33. Determine the equation of the circle that passes through (2,3), (6,1) and 47. Ricardo was conducting an experiment. If his experiment resulted with a
(4,-3). success rate of 65% and a standard deviation of five, at least how many trials
did he conduct?
A. 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 − 4𝑥 − 5 = 0 C. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 𝑥 − 2 = 0 A. 8 B. 69 C. 110 D. 45
B. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 6𝑥 − 1 = 0 D. 3𝑥 2 + 3𝑦 2 − 4𝑥 − 1 = 0
48. Suppose that a certain type of magnetic tape contains on the average
34. Find the function y=f(x) whose graph passes through the point (1,2) that three defects per 1000 feet. What is the probability that a roll of tape 1200
also satisfies 𝑑𝑦/𝑑𝑥 = 3𝑥 2 − 3 feet long contains no defects?
A. 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 + 4 C. 𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 − 4 A. 0.03 B. 0.06 C. 0.09 D. 0.12
B. 3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 4 D. 𝑥 3 − 𝑥 + 4
49. This refers to the maximum number of passenger cars that can pass a
35. A 300 N block is in contact with a level plane whose coefficient of given point on a lane or roadway during one hour under the most nearly ideal
friction is 0.10. If the block is acted upon by a horizontal force of 50 N, what roadway and traffic conditions which can possibly be attained.
time will elapse before the block reaches a velocity of 12 m/s? A. Possible capacity C. Practical Capacity
A. 18.35 B. 22.05 C. 16.55 D. 32.23 B. Basic Capacity D. Traffic Capacity

36. The speed at which vehicles are presumed to travel through the
50. A 76-kg pilot at an air show performs a loop de loop with his plane. At the A. 240˚ B. 317˚ C. 100˚ D. 216˚
bottom of the 52-m radius loop, the plane is moving at 48 m/s. Determine the
normal force acting upon the pilot. 64. The base of a pyramid is a regular pentagon and the lateral faces are
A. 1.56X103 N B. 4.11X103 N C. 3.37X103 N D.2.38X 103 N equilateral triangles. The base to face dihedral angle is.
A. 30012’ B. 45020’ C. 37023’ D. 60030’
51. A 4-kg box is placed on the floor at the edge of a merry-go-round of radius
3 m. The coefficient of static friction between the box and the floor is 0.20. 65. Doc. OG deposits 3000Php in the bank today at the rate of 5% per
The merry-go-round accelerates from rest and eventually slides off the edge. annum. After three years, he deposits another 5000Php. In five years he will
Determine the speed at which it occurs.
withdraw 4000Php. How much does he have on the 6th year?
A. 2.63 m/s B. 2.36 m/s C. 2.24 m/s D. 2.42 m/s
A. 5608.41 B. 5806.41 C. 8605.41 D. 8560.41
52. 6. Water is being pumped into a conical tank at the rate of 100 ft3/min.
The height of the tank is 20 ft and its radius is 5ft. How fast is the water level 66. At a point P on a level plain the angle of elevation of an airplane is
rising when the water height is 10 ft? southwest of P is 38° 35'. At a point Q, 2 miles due south of P, the airplane
A. 0.95 ft/min B. 5.90 ft/min C. 5.09 ft/min D. 9.05 ft/min appears in the northwest. What is the height of the airplane?
A. 2.11 miles B. 1.2 miles C. 1.13 miles D. 1.66 miles
𝑥2 𝑦2
53. Find the area of the curve + = 1, x = -1 & x = 2 67. Determine the equation of the circle, that has radius 5 and tangent to
9 4
A. 5. 6422 B. 13.2844 B. 6. 6422 D. 11.2844 the 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 24 at the point (2, 4.5)
A. 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 − 𝑥 − 5 = 0
54. The height of a right circular cylinder is 50in and decreases at the rate of B. 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 − 𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 0
4 in/second, while the radius of the base is 20in and increases at the rate of C. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 2𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 7 = 0
1 in/second. At what rate is the volume changing?
D. 4𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 + 8𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 95 = 0
A. 2134 in3/s B. 1353 in3/s C. 1257 in3/s D. 2487 in3/s

55. A lamppost 10 feet tall stands on a walkway that is perpendicular to the. 68. Find the area of the region bounded by the curves 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 8 and
The distance from the post to the wall is 15ft. A 6ft man moves on the 𝑦 = 4 − 𝑥 in the first quadrant.
walkway toward the wall at the rate of 5 feet per sec. When he is 5ft. from A. 18 B. 22/3 C. 20/3 D. 7
the wall, how fast is the shadow of his head moving up the wall?
A. 2.5 ft/sec B. 3.5 ft/sec C. 3 ft/sec. D. 4 ft/sec 69. Determine the area of a sector of a circle, in square inches, if its
perimeter and radius are 19 inches and 6 inches, respectively.
56. What is a spiral curve, as used in surveying? A. 21 B. 22.5 C. 31.5 D. 27
A. A spiral curve is also known as compound circular curve/
B. A spiral curve is a hyperbolic curve in the horizontal plane 70. A simple curve with a radius of 415m has a point A 25m from the tangent
C. A spiral curve is also known as a reverse circular curve that passes through PC. Determine the length (m) of the curve from PC to
D. A spiral curve is a curve with a uniformly varying radius. the point A.
A. 165.76 B. 177.52 C. 123.66 D. 144.78
57. Find the equation of the line tangent to the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 +
5𝑥 + 2 at its point of inflection. 71. Mega City is considering a new P50000 street cleaner. The new machine
A. 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 10 C. 6𝑥 − 𝑦 = 5 will operate at a savings of P600 per day compared to the present equipment.
B. 7𝑥 + 𝑦 = 10 D. 7𝑥 − 𝑦 = 3 Assume the MARR is 12% and the useful life is 10 years with a salvage value
of zero. How many days per year must the machine be used to justify the
58. A box contains three coins with a head on each side, four coins with a investment?
tail on each side, and two fair coins. If one of these nine coins is selected at A. 10 B. 15 C. 12 D. 13
random and tossed once, what is the probability that a head will appear?
A. 1/3 B. 5/9 C. 4/9 D. 2/3 72. What will the spring scale read for a 55 kg student in an elevator that
moves upward with a constant speed of 6 m/s?
59. Find the equation of the plane that contains the three points P(1,−2, 4), A. 440 N B. 540 N C. 640 N D. 340 N
Q(4, 1, 7), R(−1, 5, 1).
A. 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 2𝑧 + 12 = 0. C. 10𝑥 − 𝑦 − 9𝑧 + 24 = 0 73. A multiple regression analysis shows the following relationship for the
B. 12𝑥 − 5𝑦 + 2𝑧 + 8 = 0. D. 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 4𝑧 + 8 = 0 number of trips per household:
𝑇 = 0.80 + 1.2𝑃 + 2.2𝐴
60.Find a unit vector parallel to the sum of the vectors 𝐴 = where T = number of trips per household per day, P = number of persons
〈2 4 −5〉 and 𝐵 = 〈1 2 3〉 per household, A = number of cars per household. Dressrosa Island contains
300 households with an average of 6 persons and 3 cars for each household.
A. 〈0.233 0.123 −0.111〉 C. 〈0.411 0.667 0.333〉 Determine the average number of trips per day on the said island.
B. 〈0.122 0.789 −0.144〉 D. 〈0.429 0.857 −0.286〉
A. 4830 B. 4380 C. 3480 D. 3840
61. A ball on the end of a string is revolved at a uniform rate in a vertical
circle of radius 72 cm. If its speed is 4 m/s and its mass is 0.30 kg. Calculate 74. A point A is in between point B and C. The distances of B and C from
the tension in the string when the ball is at the top of its path. point A are 1000m and 2000m respectively. Measured from point A, the
A. 3.73 N B. 6.19 N C. 7.33 N D. 9.61 N angle of elevation of point B is 18° 30’. The difference in elevation of B and
C is 44.4m. Considering the effects of curvature and refraction. What is the
62. A child in a boat throws a 6.40 kg package out horizontally with a speed angle of elevation of point C from A. Hint: Use hcr = 0.067 k2
of 10 m/s. Calculate the velocity of the boat immediately after, assuming it A. 10° 15’ B. 8° 15’ C. 13° 10’ D. 3° 30’
was initially at rest. The mass of the child is 26 kg and that of the boat is 45
kg. Ignore water resistance. 75. What is the equation of the tangent to the curve 9x2 + 25y2 – 225 = 0 at
A. 0.90 m/s B. 0.80 m/s C. 0.70 m/s D. 0.60 m/s (0, 3)?
A. y-3=0 B. x+2y=0 C. x=9 D. x+y=1
63. Height of the cone is 12 and the volume is 324pi. Find the central angle
of the sector to which is unrolled the side surface of the cone.