Board Exam - November 1999 Test

Subtotal: 13 / 50 or 26%
Subject total: 50

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1. A regular hexagonal pyramid has a slant height of 4 cm and the length of each side of
the base is 6 cm. Find the lateral area.
You answered: 62 cm^2
Incorrect!
2. Correct Answer :
3. 72 cm^2

4. A machine cost 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?
You answered: P 4, 000
Incorrect!
5. Correct Answer :
6. P 2, 000

7. A 40-gm rifle with a speed of 300m/s strikes into a ballistic pendulum of mass 5 kg
suspended from a cord 1 m long. Compute the vertical height through which the
pendulum rises.
You answered: 28.45 cm
Incorrect!
8. Correct Answer :
9. 28.87 cm

10. The energy stored in a stretched elastic material such as spring is

You answered: kinetic energy
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11. Correct Answer :
12. elastic potential energy

13. If a = b, then b = a. This illustrates which axiom in Algebra?

You answered: Transitive axiom
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14. Correct Answer :
15. Symmetric axiom

16. Two post, one 8 m and other 12 m high are 15 cm apart. If the posts are supported by
a cable running from the top of the first post to a stake on the ground and then back to
the top of the second post, find the distance from the lower post to the stake to use
minimum amount of wire?
You answered: 9 m
Incorrect!
17. Correct Answer :
18. 6 m

19. At the surface of the earth 9 = 9.806m/s^2. Assuming the earth to be a sphere of
radius 6.371 x 10^6 m, compute the mass of the earth.
You answered: 5.62 x 10^24 kg
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20. Correct Answer :
21. 5.97 x 10^24 kg

22. 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..”
You answered: Law of Universal Gravitation
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23. Correct Answer :
24. Coulomb\\\'s Law

25. A boat can travel 8 miles per hour in still water. What is its velocity with respect to the
shore if it heads 35° East of North?
You answered: 5.400
Incorrect!
26. Correct Answer :
27. 4.588

28. What is the area of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in a semi-circle of radius
10?
You answered: 2(sqrt(50)0 units^2
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29. Correct Answer :
30. 100 units^2

31. To compute the value of n factorial, in symbolic form (n!); where n is large number, we
use the formula called
You answered: Richardson-duchman Formula
Incorrect!
32. Correct Answer :
33. Stirling’s Formula

34. It is a polyhedron of which two faces are equal polygons in parallel planes and the
other faces are parallelograms.

You answered: Prism

Correct!

35. What is the distance in cm between two vertices of a cube which are farthest from
each other, if an edge measures 8 cm?
You answered: 12.32
Incorrect!
36. Correct Answer :
37. 13.86

38. Find the nominal rate, which if converted quarterly could be used instead of 12%
compounded semi-annually.
You answered: 14.02%
Incorrect!
39. Correct Answer :
40. 11.83%

41. The integral of any quotient whose numerator is the differential of the denominator is
the _____.

You answered: logarithm

Correct!

42. The times required for the examinees to solve the same problem differ by two
minutes. Together they can solve 32 problems in one hour. How long will it take for the
slower problem solver to solve a problem?
 You answered: 4 minutes
Incorrect!
43. Correct Answer :
44. 5 minutes

45. The point of intersection of the planes x + 5y – 2z = 9, 3x – 2y + z = 3 and x + y + z = 2 is

at
You answered: (1, -1, 2)
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46. Correct Answer :
47. (2, 1, -1)

48. If y – x ln x, find (d^2 y)(dx^2)

You answered: -1/x^2
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49. Correct Answer :
50. 1/x

51. What rate of interest compounded annually is the same as the rate of interest of 8%
compounded quarterly??
You answered: 8.48%
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52. Correct Answer :
53. 8.24%

54. A VOM has a selling price of P 400. If it’s selling price is expected to decline at the rate
of 10% per annum due to obsolesce, what will be its selling price after 5 years?
You answered: P 249.50
Incorrect!
55. Correct Answer :
56. P 236.20

57. Determine the vertical pressure due to column of water 85-m high.
You answered: 8.33 x 10^3 N/m^2
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58. Correct Answer :
59. 8.33 x 10^5 N/m^2
60. If (2 log x to the base 4) – (log 9 to the base 4) = 2, find x
You answered: 13
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61. Correct Answer :
62. 12

63. If a regular polygon has 27 diagonals, then it is a,

You answered: pentagon
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64. Correct Answer :
65. nonagon

66. If tan 4A = cot 6A, then what is the value of angle A?

You answered: 9°
Correct!

67. You loan from a loan firm an amount of P 100, 000 with a rate of simple interest of
20% but the interest was deducted from the loan at the time the money was
borrowed. If at the end of one year, you have to pay the full amount of P 100, 000
what is the actual rate of interest?
You answered: 18.8%
Incorrect!
68. Correct Answer :
69. 25.0%

70. A metal washer 1-inch in diameter is pierced by 1/2-inch hole. What is the volume of
the washer if it is 1/8 inch thick?
You answered: 0.082
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71. Correct Answer :
72. 0.074

73. Evaluate the expression (1 + i^2)^10 where i is the imaginary number.

You answered: 10
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74. Correct Answer :
75. -1

76. A loan of P 5, 000 is made for a period of 15 months, at a simple interest rate of 15%,
what future amount is due at the end of the loan period?
You answered: P 5, 900.90
Incorrect!
77. Correct Answer :
78. P 5, 937.50

79. A regular octagon is inscribed in a circle of a radius 10. Find the area of the octagon.

You answered: 282.8

Correct!

80. Find the length of the vector (2, 4, 4)..

You answered: 6.00

Correct!

81. It is a measure of relationship between two variables.

You answered: Relation
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82. Correct Answer :
83. Correlation

84. Find the approximate change in the volume of a cube of side “x” inches caused by
increasing its side by 1%..
You answered: 0.1 x^2 in^3
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85. Correct Answer :
86. 0.03 x^2 in^3

87. In a box there are 25 coins consisting of quarters, nickels and dimes with a total
amount of $ 2.75. If the nickels were dimes, and dimes were quarters and the quarters
were nickels, the total amount would be $ 3.75. How many quarters are there?
You answered: 16
Incorrect!
88. Correct Answer :
89. 5

90. A 200-gram apple is thrown from the edge of a tall building with an initial speed of
20m/s. What is the change in kinetic energy of the apple if it strikes the ground at
50m/s?
You answered: 100 Joules
Incorrect!
91. Correct Answer :
92. 210 Joules

93. If arctan x + arctan (1/3) = π/4, then the value of x is

You answered: 1/4
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94. Correct Answer :
95. 1/2

96. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is 6.6824. Its area is

You answered: 2
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97. A point moves so that its distance from the point (2, -1) is equal to the distance from
the x –axis. The equation of the locus is

You answered: X^2 - 4x + 2y + 5 = 0

Correct!

98. The distance between the points AB defined by A (cos A, - sin A) an B (sin A, cosA) is
equal to
You answered: Cos A
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99. Correct Answer :
100. Sqrt(2)

101. Find the probability of getting exactly 12 out of 30 questions on a true or false.

You answered: 0.08

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102. Find the distance of the directrix from the center f the ellipse if its major axis is
10 and its minor axis is 8.
You answered: 8.7
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103. Correct Answer :
104. 8.3

105. The amount of heat needed to change solid to liquid is

You answered: cold fusion
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106. Correct Answer :
107. latent heat of fusion

108. The volume of the two spheres is the ratio 27:343 and the sum of their radii is
10. Find the radius of the smaller sphere.

You answered: 3
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109. A central angle of 45 degrees subtends an arc of 12 cm. what is the radius of
the circle?
You answered: 12.82 cm
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110. Correct Answer :
111. 15.28 cm

112. Given the points (3, 7) and (-4, -7). Solve for the distance between them.
You answered: 14.65
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113. Correct Answer :
114. 15.65

115. What nominal rate compounded semi-annually, yields the same amount as
16% compounded quarterly?
You answered: 16.64%
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116. Correct Answer :
117. 16.32%

118. A railroad is to be laid-off in a circular path. What should be the radius if the
track is to change direction by 30° at a distance of 157.08 m?

You answered: 300m

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119. Find the area bounded by the curve y = 9 – x^2 and the x axis.
You answered: 30 units^2
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120. Correct Answer :
121. 36 units^2

122. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 11. If the digits are reversed, the
resulting number is seven more then twice the original number. What is the original
number?

You answered: 38
Correct!

123. Mr. J. Reyes borrowed money from the bank. He received from the bank P 1,
842 and promise to repay P 2,000 at the end of 10 months. Determine the simple
interest.

You answered: 10.29%

Correct!

124. Find the sum of the roots of 5x^2 - 10x + 2 = 0.

You answered: 2
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