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MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Licensure Examination
INSTRUCTION:
Seat No.!
Republic of the Philippines
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION
Manila
BOARD OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Monday, February 24, 2020°
MATHEMATICS, ENG. ECONOMICS & BASIC ENG, SCIENCES SEER
Select the correct answer for each of the following
questions. Mark only one answer for each item b}
y shading the box
dorresponding to the iecter oF your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
“al a piece of work can be done by Ador and Marco in 10 hours, by aAdor and.
duly in 12 hours, and by Marco and July in 20 hours. Pind how long would
it take by Ador to do the job alone,
A. 60 hours c. 25 hours
D. 30 hours
100 KN block slides down a plane inclined at an angle of 30. with the
Rorizontal- Neglecting friction, what is the force ‘that. causes the block
(to slide? a
A. 80 KN C. 86.6 kN
D.-20 XN
1 3. two triangles are congruent if two angles and the included side of one
ore egual respectively to two angles end the ‘included side of the other:
. c.5
Be 4
| an electric motor has a cash price of P8000. It cat also be bought on
Bn teliment basis with down payment of P2000 and with periodic equal
payments at the end of every 6 months for 5 years df interest is fixed
pevgs compounded semi-annually, how much is each periodic payment?
A. 439,56 C, 874.32
Ds 122,56
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4. The di
The gistance traveled by a passenger train is given by the equation
wpith2ted whore x is the distance in kiloneters and t is the time in
velocity after traveling 10 kilometers?
23.5 :
23 C. 18.72 kph
Le 8.72 kph D. 75.3 kph
How much of a 40% soluti
on of denatured alcohol should be mixed to an
80% solution to give 150 liters of a 50% solution?
A. 122.5 1it C. 127.5 liters
BL las liters D. 37.5 liters
31, What provision of
What provision of ma 8495 requires the personnel complement in >
A.'Section 33 of anr iv dil/Gesttoni3tvof/ANEIZY,
B. Section 35 of ART IV Section 36 0:
at, what amount must be deposited in a bank every 3 months in a fund paying
‘compounded quarterly in order to have P25,000.00 in 8 years?
AL 746.71 C. 674.
B. P700.00 ree
horizontal circular
3A. An open topped steel cylindrical water
of 8 feet, the force in
base 10 ft in diameter, when filled to
lbs exerted on its base is nearest to a
‘A. 10,000
B. 7,800
35% How long is each side of a regular hexagon inscribed in # circle of
radius 15 cm?
A. 20 cm ad
B. 12 cm Ba
36. which of the following statement is true regarding the minimun,
weie tive rate of return used in judging proposed investments?
Se'38 Erequently a policy decision made by an organization's
management
pate s larger then the interest rate used to discount
expected cash flow from investments
D. feis not relevant in engineering economy studies
equired to move 1 Coulomb of charge through
nh. What do you call an energy rt
Eee
ikely to occur as a tail.
set
39. A coin is tossed so that a head is twice as 13
ity of getting 2
Tethe coin is tossed 3 times, what is the probi
tails and 1 head? waa
Oe D. 2/5
bh | what is the absolute pressure in the condenser if ‘the vacuum gage reads
to mm Rg when the barometer is at 755mm Hg?
A. 5.6 kPa c. 6.1kPa
D. 5.8 kPa
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46. the: :
There are 6 geometric means between 4 and 8748. Find the sum of all
A. 13,210 Gs Ty3i0
B. 13,120 Dz 12,130
+ If AB = 15 cm, BC = 18 cm and CA = 24 cm, find the point of intersection
of the bisector from the vertex C.
B. 11.3 cm 511504 en
42. What value of x maximizes y on the gynction ylty+xt—2x=5?
B. 2.23 DS
$37 A ball 4s dropped fron a height of 60 meters above ground. How long does
take to hit the ground?
A. 4.5 seconds ¢. 3.5 seconds”
B. 2.5 seconds D. 1.5 seconds
+ Which of the following events will cause the optimal lot size, given by
the classic EOQ model with no shortages, to increase?
A. An increase in demand
@. A decrease in inventory carrying cost and An increase in
demand
C. A decrease in inventory carrying cost
D. A decrease in demand
45. An MRT travels between two terminals 1 km apart at a minimum time of 1
minute. If the MRT cart accelerates and decelerates at 3.4 m/sec’
starting from rest at the first terminal and coming to stop at the
second terminal. What is the minimum speed?
A. 55 kph C. 20 kph
B. “40 kph DL 66 kph
6. A body weighing 1000 lbs fall 6 inches and strikes a 2000 Ibs (per inch;
spring. Determine the deformation of the spring?
A. 2 inches
B. 6 inches D. 100 mm
Ke What is the polar equation of the circle with center at the pole
containing the given point ( 1, 1) , rectangular coordinates?
c. r= 1/2
B. r= 2 Der #1
4601 The height (in feet) at any time t (in seconds) of & projectile thrown
vertically is h(t) = - 16t% + 256t. What is the ‘velocity when it
reached the ground?
A. 312 2 0
Br 382 BL o256
Ao Water having kinematic viscosity v = 1.3 x 10 raised to -6 m*/s flows in
e*foo-mm diameter steel pipe at a velocity of 4.5 m/s. Find the Reynoids
Number.
A. 387,454 c. 298
B. 258,254 Broaaesdes
sé I£ you invest 200,000 today to be repaid in five years in one lump sum
Tf Yee interest compounded annually. How much profit in present day
pesos is realized over 5 years?
Cc. P247, 896
B. P257, 551 D. 227, 681
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rdangle is definea by the points (2,6), (-2+2) & (5/2); Determine the
area of the triangle Unimevers if one ‘anté is equal to one meter~
10 “i meters: Cc. 28 sq- meters
D, 12 sq. meters
~ How many HP are there in one KW
TE os no Tpschittayw
52(gustine was told to got the 20 cans of milk in a store; Justine can
carry only three cans at 2 ‘eines How many trips would Justine have *0
make? &
A. 6.7 trips x
B. 6 trips D. 7,6 trips
54c Wheat is the amount that must be deposited every quarterly in a fund
paying 12% compounded quarterly in order to have 'P25,000 in 8 years?
A. P674.72
B..P700.00 D. P746,
55. Professional Mechanical Engineer is the equivalent of
cA 294.
‘'R. Mechanical Engineer 4
B. Mechanical Plant Engineer
C. Master Mechanical Engineer
(} Senior Mechanical Engineer
/ touie’s sash factory has 60 workers. If 4 out of 5 workers are married,
how many workers are not married!
A. 24 workers =
B. 60 workers
Cane mass flow rate of Refrigerant Freon 12 through # heat exchanger is
The mags flow athalpy of Refrigerant Freon entry is 102 BTU/1b and of
Refrigerant Freon exit is 26 BTU/1b. Water coolant is allowed to rise 10
deg F. The water flow rate in, liters Per minute is ____*
A. 54.3
B. 76 D. 83
“58, Determine the slope of the curve xt+y*~Gxtl0y+5 = 0 at (1,0)+
A. o2u3 c. 5/2
B. -5/2
ho the volume of the cube is increasing at a rate of 5 cue m per, minute.
het is the rate at which the surface area is inereasing, in m/min,
when its side is 10 m?
A. 1475 cc. 2
BLS Ye
< How much must be invested at the end of each month for 30 years ina
sinking fund that is to amount to Php 2,500,000 at the end of 30 years
Sf interest is nominal 4% compounded monthly?
8,108,494 C. Php 44,575
Be Te 3,602, D. Php 4,034
_#AT Determine the rationalized value of the complex number 642.51
a4
Ae - 1.12 + 0,664 Cy 0432 - 0.664
D. - 32 + 0.663
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6%. If Joanne borrowed money from his friend with simple interest of 12ts
what is the present worth of P75,000.00, which is. due at the end o!
months.
A. 72,200.20
B, P73,900.50 P70, 093-5
63. A type of bond, without any security behind except a promise to pay by
the issuing corporation is kn .
2. collateral material bond” C. d@beneure bord) >)
B. mortgage bond D. joint bond
Find all the'values of m for which: y =e ( to the power mx ) is &
solution of 6y" ~
y" = y'-y=0 on( - infinity, + infinity )~
Ay m= 1/2; 2/3 come A/S, Ye |
Boms-1, 2, 3 ee
65C°R stock certificate of a mining company guarantees a dividend of P100 at
the end of each year for 10 years and a final additional payment at the
end of 10 years of P1,200. If money is worth 12% effective, what is the
certificate worth now?,
c. 789.45
}- 897.54 . D. 1095.54
66. A wet pipe ‘sprinkler system includes an alarm check valve-. The alarm
check valve is equipped with a retard chamber, The main purpose of the
retard chamber is to minimize
A. cavitation
ing from pressure transients = \
D. the number of spurious, alarms
67. What does a borrower normally do’ on a particular loan almost, always
required during repayment?
A. Pay exactly the same amount of principal each payment
B. Pay exactly the same amount of interest each payment
D. Pay the interest only whenever Pailore te athe
pay the principal
6@. The value of (3 to 2.5 power) square is equal to =
A. 150 ‘ ‘Cc. 730
B. 243 De 93
69. whigh of the following is NOT a property of magnetic field lines?
The lines cross themselves only at right angles
By The field is stronger where the lines are closer together
C. Magnetic field lines have no beginnings and no ends
D. The line intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right
angles
7
40. Find the factor given in this expression §-3n?—Emtant =(-bmt)-(rn4 ‘
r
A. (344m) (24m) ~m2) —4m( 2-1"
B. (3+4m) (2-mé) < = oGr nes
~ Prom a wooden box containing 8 red balls, 10 white balls and 12 blue
balls, one ball is drawn at random, what is the probability that it is
c.
Dy Va
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"12. Change the equation y = x from rectangular to polar coordinates -
B. W/2
a A businessman appliod a loan of #500,000-00 at the Eats of 68 compounded
neni in order to buy a service vehicle. How much must the pay
ae y to amortize the loan within a period of ten years?
A. 6052.00
Ae B082-00 cc. P5008.90
1 Determine the equation of the line whose slope is -3 and the x- intercept
A. 3x-y=5, Cc.) Sxty=15
B.-y-3x=15 . :
_, 75+ The method of getting a small part from the population,
= data gathering ‘C.. experiment
B., sampling: D. inference making
76. A concrete highway curve with a radius of 500 feet is banked to. give a
jateral pressure equivalent to f = 0.15. For what coefficient of
friction will skidding impend for a fed of 60 mph?
B, 20.360 D Bio *
Is determine the accumulated value of 72,000.00, in 5 years it is invested
at 11% compounded quarterly.
A. P4,304.00 ,
C._P3,044-00
B. P3,404.00 D. 3,440.00
79During a stre s-strain test conducted in the laboratory, the unit
Beforgation at a stress of 35 MPa was observed to be 167 x 10 raised to
Seto tt the proportional limit was 200 MPa, what is the modulus of
Glascicity. What is the strain corresponding to t stress of 60 MPa?
‘A. E = 210, 000 MPa; ¥ = 381 x 10 raised to -4 m/m Ss
00 MPa; ¥ = 318 x 10 raised to mya €:
5. 0
D. E = 211, 000 MP Pris x ip rete te4 to ae E £
79. Determine the amount that must be deposited in a bank every 3 months in
a fund paying 12% compounded quarterly in order to have P25,000 in &
yea
Cc. B746.71
B. P700.00 D. P674.71
_Bo< Determine the amount that must be deposited every 3 months in a fund
paying 12% compounded quarterly in order to have P25,000 in @ “years.
A. B700.00 « Ce P7Al 1
Bs 674.71 DL PA76.7
“ei. what is the horsepower developed by the engine of a locomotive that
wnat 3s ‘force of 20,000 ibs to overcone rolling resistance while
pulling a load a level track travelling st 30 mph?
A. 800 c. 400
‘Bs, 1200 D. 600.
Cwnich of the following scenario has a conventional cash flow so that an
internal rate of return can be safely calculated and used?
‘By You tease 8 c0r on pay by the month
300 invest in a safe dividend stock and receive dividends
each year.
c. Your company invests heavily in a new product that will
generate profits for two years. To keep profits high for 10
+ Years, the company plans to reinvest heavily after two
years.
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D. Your company undertakes a mining project! in which the land
i] must. be reclaimed at the end of the project.
‘The velocity of a particle at time t is! v(t) = 2t‘+7/t. What is
‘the total distance travelled between t = 0.2 and t = 0.3?
Cc. 3.85
3.25 D. 2.64
Kan
« A China made lathe machine was purchased under these terms: P30,000-00
down and 5,000.00 each month for 5 yeprs. If money is worth 12%
compounded monthly, determine the cash price of the machine?
- P542,775.91 C. P44, 775.19
‘Bi posasy7scaa D., P245,775.19
plastic box containing 8 red balls, 10 white balls and 12 blue
If one ball is drawn at random, what is the probability that is
net blue?
Re 0.45 0.35
B. 0.50 (BY oL60.
ool Find the acceleration of the body that increases in velocity from 20 m/s
to 40 m/s in 3 seconds? Answer in S.I, units.
Cc. 7 m/s?
B.S m/s* D. 8 m/s*
ps.
87. A factory operator bought a diesel generator set for P 10,000 and agreed
to pay the dealer uniform sum at the end of each year for 5 years at 8%
compounded annually, that the final payment will cancel the debt for
principal and interest. What is the annual payment?
Ae a8 years er 1d years 9
B. 17 years D. 10 years
3a The normal. boiling point of iguid oxygen is 90 degk. What is this
erature in deg R? .
Be 162 are
B. -183 D. =330.
8% As x increases uniformly at the rate of 0.001 ft. per sec, at what rate
is the expression (1+x)* increasing when x=4 ft?
Bs B00) c. 0.10
D. 1-01
The present worth of all depreciation over the economic life of the item
is called 5
A. Maintenance c. Annuity
B. Capital recovery
the rotation or twist in degrees of a mild steel shaft, 300 mm long
Subjected to a torque of 800 N-m, 50mm diameter and shear modulus G of
80,000 MPa is:
A. 2.8 Cy 1.28
5) 0.28 D. 28
fOn plastic made cubical container that measures 50.8 mm on a side is
tightly packed with eight marbles and is filled with water, All eight
marbles are in contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent
marbles. All of the marbles are of the same size, Determine the volume
ter in the container.
62 454.54 cu mn C. 68 641.97 cu mn i
960.51 cu mm D. 66 096.51 cu mm
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9A. An open steel chamber rests on the ocean floor in 160 ft of seawater
(SG=1.03). What air pressure in psig must be maintained inside to exude
water?
A. 93.2 ce 60.
B. 45.6 @ 71.4
. 4 ight ‘of
+ A flexible steel wire 5-m long hanging vertically supports a we:
1200 N. Find the required wire dianoter if the stress is limited for ilG
MPa and the total elongation must not exceed 4 mm. Neglect the weigl
the wire and assume E = 200 GPa.
AL 3.33 om C. 2.89 mm
wick 3-56 mn @. 3.09. mm
i dius
What is the kinetic energy of a flywheel weighing 1288 lbs with a rai
Of gyration of 12 inches and an angular velocity of 60 rpm?
AL 889 £t-1b 8 789 £t=1b
B. 769 £t-1b + 779 £t-1b
KO A Japanese firm specializes inthe shipment of pressurizéd gaseous
naterials. An order ds received for $00 liters of a particular gas at
(G2 and 1 atm). What minimum volume of tank is necessary to transport
| the gas at 90%F and a maximum pressure of 10 atm?
A, 141 liters Cc. 152 liters -
CB 56 liters D. 60 liters
of. Jen borrowed P2,000,00 froma local bank and agreed to pay the loan at
the end of one year.
The local bank discounted the loan and gave her
Phpl,950.00 in cash. Find the. rate of discount.
A. 3.12 %
3 Cc. 1.2%
Be 2.58
D, 3.75 &
967 That
is the last term of the series 2, 4, 8, 16,
+ to the 15th term?
A. 32,678
B. 23,786
ST. Find the radius of curvature for the curve y = sin x at the point (1/2,
c. 4
Be 3 D. 2
100: A father,Max is 24
years older than his son Joey. In 8 years he will be
twice as old as his son Joey. What is the present age?
A. 35
B. 50 D. 45
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