FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

November 24, 2012

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1.

A biology class has 12 boys and 18 girls. What fraction of the class are boys?
a) 2/5
b) 5/2
c) 2/3
d) 3/4
e) 3/2

2.

Edison High School has 840 students, and the ratio of the number of students taking Spanish to
the number not taking Spanish is 4:3. How many students take Spanish?
a) 280
b) 360
c) 480
d) 560
e) 630

3.

If x is negative, which of the following must be true?

4.

I.

x 3< x 2

II.

1
x+ < 0
x

III.

x= x2

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

I only
II only
I and II only
II and III only
I,II and III

If

x+ 2 y =a and x2 y=b , which of the following expressions is equal to xy

a)

ab

b)

a+b
2

c)

ab
2

d)

a b
4

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a b
8

e)

5.

In the figure, the area of square ABCD is 100, the area of triangle DEC is 10, and EC=ED.
What is the distance from A to E?

a) 11
b) 12

146

c)

d) 13

244

e)

6.

In 1999, Diana read 10 English books and 7 French books. In 2000, she read twice as many
French books as English books. If 60% of the books that she read during the two years were
French, how many English books did she read in 2000?
a) 16
b) 26
c) 32
d) 36
e) 48

7.

In the figure below, vertex Q of the square OPQR is on a circle with center O. If the area of
square is 8, what is the area of the circle?

a)

b)

8 2
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c)

16

d)

32

e)

64

8.

In the figure below, if the ratio of circle is 10, what is the length of diagonal AC of rectangle
OABC?

a)

b)

10

c)

d) 10
e)

9.

10

In the set of number (12,5,14,12,9,15,10),

h equals the mode, and

a)

f > g> h> j

b)

g=h>f > j

c)

f =h> g> j

d)

g>h> f = j

e)

j> f > g=h

equals the mean,

equals the median,

j equals the range. Which of the following is true?

10. A professor is choosing students to attend a special seminar. She has 10 students to choose from,
and only four maybe chosen. How many different ways are there to make up the four students
chosen for the seminar?
a) 24
b) 120
c) 180
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d) 210
e) 360

11. In the set of positive, distinct integers (a, b, c, d, e) the median is 16. What is the minimum value

a+b +c +d +e ?

of
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

26
48
54
72
80

12.

Column A

Column B

13+ 51 13+51
a)
b)
c)
d)

The quantity in column A is greater

The quantity in column B is greater
The two quantities are equals
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

13. A rectangular box has a surface area of 190 square feet.

The lengthl

Column A

Column B

16

of the box
a)
b)
c)
d)

The quantity in column A is greater

The quantity in column B is greater
The two quantities are equals
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

14. k is an integer such that

9(3)3 +4=k
Column A

The average of

16

Column B

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the prime factor of k

a)
b)
c)
d)

The quantity in column A is greater

The quantity in column B is greater
The two quantities are equals
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given

15. The figure below consist of four semicircles is a large semicircle. If the small semicircles have
radio of 1, 2, 3 and 4, what is the perimeter of the shaded region?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

40

d)

60

e)

100

16. Of the seniors of Monroe High School, exactly 40 are in the band, 60 are in the orchestra, 10 are
in both. How many students are neither the band nor the orchestra?
a) 80
b) 90
c) 100
d) 110
e) 120

17. If of the employees in a supermarket are not college graduates, what is the ratio of the number
of college graduated to those who are not college graduates?
a) 1:3
b) 3:7
c) 3:4
d) 4:3
e) 3:1

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18. Scott can read 50 pages per hour. At this rate, how many pages can read in 50 minutes?
a) 25
b)

41

2
3

c)

45

1
2

d) 48
e) 60

19. If all members of a team are juniors or seniors, and if the ratio of juniors to seniors on the team is
3:5, what percent of the team members are senior?
a) 37.5%
b) 40%
c) 60%
d) 62.5%
e) If cannot be determinate from the information given

20. From 1990 to 2000 the number of faculty members at CSU increased by 20%. If the total
number of assistant, associate, and full professor remained the same, and the number of
instructor increased by 50%, How many adjunct faculty were there in 2000?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

240
340
384
480
516

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