BSECE Licensure Examination in Mathematics - November 1997

1.A man wishes his son to

receive P 500,000 ten years
from now. What amount should
he invest today if it will earn
interest of 12% compounded
annually during the first 5 years
and 15% compounded quarterly
during the next 5 years?
a) P 123,433.23
b) P 145,345.34
c) P 134,678.90
d) P 135,868.19
2.A plane headed due east with
airspeed of 240 mph. If a wind at
40 mph is blowing from the
north, find the ground speed of
the plane.
a) 274 mph
b) 200 mph
c) 243 mph
d) 281 mph
3.Given an ellipse ( x^2/36 ) + (
y^2/32 ) = 1. Determine the
distance between foci.
a) 4
b) 3
c) 18
d) 2
4.What is the accumulated
amount after three years of P
6500 invested at the rate of 12%
per year compounded semiannually?
a) P 9500
b) P 9248
c) P 9321
d) P 9221
5.Find the 100th term of the
sequence 1.01, 1.00, 0.99.
a) 0.04
b) 0.02
c) 0.05
d) 0.03
6.Find the value of x in the
equation csc x + cot x = 3.
a) /5
b) /3
c) /2
d) /4

7.Convergent
series
is
a
sequence
of
decreasing
numbers
or
when
the
succeeding term is _______
then the preceding term.
a) equal
b) ten times more
c) lesser
d) greater
8.What
interest
rate
compounded
monthly
is
equivalent to 10% effective rate?
a) 9.47%
b) 9.68%
c) 9.57%
d) 9.75%
9.The
population
of
the
Philippines doubled in the last 30
years from 1967 to 1997.
Assuming the rate of population
increase will remain the same, in
what year will the population
triple?
a) 2027
b) 2030
c) 2015
d) 2021
10.Evaluate the limit ln x/x as x
approaches infinity.
a) infinity
b) 1
c) zero
d) e
11.A piece of wire is shaped to
enclose a square whose area is
169 sq. cm. It is then reshaped
to enclose a rectangle whose
length is 15 cm. The area of the
rectangle is __________.
a) 156 sq. cm
b) 175 sq. cm
c) 165 sq. cm
d) 170 sq. cm
12.A line, which is perpendicular
to the x-axis, has a slope equal
to ________.
a) e
b) infinity
c) 1
d) 2

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13.Find the coordinates of the

point P(2, 4) with respect to the
translated axis with origin at
(1,3).
a) (1, 1)
b) (1, 1)
c) (1, 1)
d) (1, 1)
14.The midpoint of the line
segment between P1(x1, y1)
and P2(2, 4) is P(2, 1). Find
the coordinates of P1.
a) (5, 6)
b) (6, 6)
c) (6, 6)
d) (6, 5)
15.If ( x + 3) : 10 = ( 3x 2) : 8,
find ( 2x 1).
a) 3
b) 4
c) 2
d) 1
16.A market situation whereby
there is only one buyer of an
item for which there are no
goods substitute.
a) Monopsony
b) Oligopoly
c) Oligopsony
d) Monopoly
17.If y = x ln x, find d^y/dx^2.
a) 1/x^2
b) 1/x
c) 1/x^2
d) 1/x
18.According to this law, The
force between two charges
varies directly as the magnitude
of each charge and inversely as
the square of the distance
between them.
a) Law of Universal Gravitation
b) Newtons Law
c) Coulombs Law
d) Inverse Square Law
19.If a regular polygon has 27
diagonals, then it is a ________.
a) pentagon
b) heptagon
c) hexagon
d) nonagon

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20.Of what quadrant is A, if sec
A is positive and csc A is
negative?
a) II
b) III
c) I
d) IV
21.A machine costs P 8,000 and
an estimated life of 10 years with
a salvage value of P 500. What
is its book value after 8 years?
Using straight-line method.
a) P 4000
b) P 2500
c) P 3000
d) P 2000
22.The wheel of a car revolves
n times, while the car travels
x km. The radius of the wheel
in meters is _________.
a) 500000x/(pi)n
b) 10000x/(pi)n
c) 500x/(pi)n
d) 5000x/(pi)n
23.The
measure
of
2.25
revolutions counterclockwise is
_________.
a) 805 degrees
b) 810 degrees
c) 835 degrees
d) 810 degrees
24.The volume of a sphere is
36 cu. m. The surface area of
this sphere in sq. m is _______.
a) 24
b) 18
c) 36
d) 12
25.Find the approximate change
in the volume of a cube of side
x inches caused by increasing
its side by 1%.
a) 0.03 x^3 cu. in
b) 0.1 x^3 cu. in
c) 0.02 x^3 cu. in
d) 0.3 x^3 cu. in
26.The roots of a quadratic
equation are 1/3 and 1/4. What
is the equation?
a) 12x^2 7x 1 = 0
b) 12x^2 + 7x 1 = 0
c) 12x^2 7x + 1 = 0
d) 12x^2 + 7x + 1 = 0

27.If the second derivative of the

equation of a curve is equal to
the negative of the equation of
that same curve, the curve is
_________.
a) A paraboloid
b) An exponential
c) A cissoid
d) A sinusoid
28.Three sides of a trapezoid
are each 8-cm long. How long is
the fourth side when the area of
the trapezoid has the greatest
value?
a) 15
b) 16
c) 10
d) 12
29.A regular octagon is inscribed
in a circle of radius 10. Find the
area of the octagon.
a) 288.2
b) 282.8
c) 238.2
d) 228.2
30.In complex algebra, we use a
diagram to present a complex
plane commonly called _______.
a) Argand diagram
b) Funicular diagram
c) Venn diagram
d) De Moivres diagram
31.A 50 kg block of wood rest on
top of the smooth plane whose
length is 3 m and whose altitude
is 0.8 m. How long will it take for
the block to slide to the bottom
of the plane when released?
a) 1.52 s
b) 2.14 s
c) 2.41 s
d) 2.51 s
32.What is the moment of inertia
of a cylinder of radius 5 m and a
mass of 5 kg?
a) 72.5 kg-m^2
b) 120 kg-m^2
c) 380 kg-m^2
d) 62.5 kg-m^2

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33.In an ellipse, a chord which

contains a focus and is in a line
perpendicular to the major axis
is a _________.
a) Conjugate axis
b) Focal width
c) Minor axis
d) Latus rectum
34.Which of the following cannot
be an operation of matrices?
a) Subtraction
b) Addition
c) Multiplication
d) Division
35.If sec^2 A is 5/ 2, the quantity
1 sin^2 A is equivalent to
_________.
a) 2.5
b) 0.6
c) 1.5
d) 0.4
36.Two triangles have equal
bases. The altitude of one
triangle is 3 units more than its
base while the altitude of the
other is 3 units less than its
base. Find the altitudes if the
areas of the triangle differ by 21
square units.
a) 6 and 12
b) 5 and 11
c) 4 and 10
d) 3 and 9
37.A
comfortable
room
temperature is 72F. What is this
temperature
expressed
in
degrees Kelvin?
a) 290
b) 275
c) 263
d) 295
38.How long will it take the
money to triple itself if invested
at 10% compounded semiannually?
a) 11.9 yrs
b) 13.3 yrs
c) 11.3 yrs
d) 12.5 yrs
39.Find the 30th term of the
arithmetic progression 4, 7,
10.
a) 91
b) 71
c) 81
d) 61

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40.A car accelerates at a
constant rate from 15 mi/hr to 45
mi/hr in 15 seconds, while
travelling in a straight line. What
is the average acceleration?
a) 2.00 ft/sec^2
b) 2.12 ft/sec^2
c) 2.39 ft/sec^2
d) 2.93 ft/sec^2
41.The quartile deviation is a
measure of ________.
a) certainty
b) central tendency
c) division
d) dispersion
42.15%
compounded
semiannually will have an effective
rate of _________.
a) 15.93%
b) 16.02%
c) 18.78%
d) 15.56%
43.The volume of a gas under
standard atmospheric pressure
76-cm of Hg is 200 cu. inches.
What is the volume when the
pressure is 80 cm Hg if the
temperature is unchanged?
a) 190 cu. in
b) 90 cu. in
c) 110 cu. in
d) 30.4 cu. in

47.The denominator of a certain

fraction is three more than twice
the numerator. If 7 is added to
both terms of the fraction, the
resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the
original fraction
a) 5/13
b) 8/ 3
c) 5/3
d) 13/5
48.Find the length of the vector
(2, 4, 4).
a) 8.50
b) 6.00
c) 7.00
d) 5.18
49.One side of a regular octagon
is 2. Find the area of the region
inside the octagon.
a) 31
b) 19.3
c) 13.9
d) 21.4
50.The velocity of an automobile
starting from rest is given by
ds/dt = (90t) (t+10) feet/sec.
Determine the acceleration after
the time interval of 10 sec.
a) 2.10 ft/s^2
b) 2.25 ft/s^2
c) 1.71 ft/s^2
d) 2.75 ft/s^2

44.What
rate
of
interest
compounded annually is the
same as the rate of interest of
8% compounded quarterly?
a) 8.42%
b) 6.88%
c) 8.24%
d) 7.90%
45.It is the characteristic of a
population which is measurable.
a) Distribution
b) Parameter
c) Sample
d) Frequency
46.Convert the = /3 to
Cartesian equation.
a) x = 3^(1/2)
b) y = x
c) y = 3^(1/2)x
d) 3y = 3^(1/2)x

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