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1. During an IECEP convention, in how
many ways can 7 IECEP members be
assigned to one triple and two double
hotel rooms?

A. 440
B. 210 *
C. 180
D. 320

2. A coin is biased so that the head is
twice as likely to occur as the tail. If the
coin is tossed 3 times, what is the
probability of getting 2 tails and 1 head?

A. 2/9 *
B. 2/7
C. 3/8
D. 4/9

3. If one place has s time of 12 noon and
the other is 6 oclock in the morning,
what is the difference in its longitudes?

A. 60
B. 90 *
C. 120
D. 150

4. Determine the inverse Laplace
transform of 2/s
3
as a function of t.

A.
2
3
1
x
s
=
B.
2
3
3
x
s
=
C.
2
3
12
x
s
=
D.
2
3
2
x
s
= *

5. Ten tickets in a lottery are being sold for
a prize of P 20,000. If there are a total of
10,000 tickets, what is the mathematical
expectation?

A. P 10
B. P 15
C. P 20 *
D. P 25

6. Determine the inverse Laplace
transform of s/(s
2
25) as a function of t.

A. tanh5t
B. sinh5t
C. cosh5t *
D. sech5t

7. The lateral area of cone is 3/5 of the
total area. What is the ratio of the radius
to slant height?

A. 2/3 *
B. 2/5
C. 1/3
D. 3/4

8. Each of the two tangents from an
external point to a circle is 3 m long. The
smaller arc which the two tangents
intercept is 2 radians. Find the radius of
the circle.

A. 1.73 m
B. 1.83 m
C. 1.93 m *
D. 2.03 m


9. How many 3-digit area codes are there
for a telephone company if the first digit
may not be 0 or 1, and the second digit
must be 0 or 1?

A. 160 *
B. 210
C. 120
D. 320

10. Find the arc length of f(x) = x
3/2
from
(1,1) to (9,27).

A. 23.12
B. 24.56
C. 25.43
D. 27.29 *

11. During campaign period, candidates
posts bills and posters at sidewalks and
after the election, they are required to
remove such posters. If 10 men can
post 560 posters in 3 hours and 15 men
can remove 480 posters in 4 hours, how
long will it take 5 men to post and
remove 50 posters?

A. 1 hr 32 min
B. 1 hr 38 min
C. 1 hr 42 min
D. 1 hr 47 min *

12. A fat man loses 18 pounds in 3 months,
12 pounds in the next 3 months, 8
pounds in the next 3 months and so on
for a long time. What is the resulting
weight of the man if he weighs 250
pounds initially?

A. 196 lb *
B. 174 lb
C. 210 lb
D. 188 lb

13. Simplify 3 + j4 divided by (1 + j2)
square.

A. 0.264 j0.969
B. 0.246 j0.969 *
C. 0.246 j0.669
D. 0.264 j0.669

14. A snowball rolling down a slope has its
volume increasing at 8 cu.f/min. At what
rate (in ft/min) is the radius of the
snowball increasing when it is 4 feet in
diameter?

A.
1
t
C.
1
3t

B.
1
4t
D.
1
2t
*

15. If 20 people won prizes in a state lottery.
Assuming no ties, how many ways can
these 20 people win first, second, third
and fourth prizes?

A. 116,280 *
B. 117,120
C. 118,320
D. 119,020

16. A random number generator on a
computer selects three integers from 1
to 20. What is the probability that all
three numbers are less than or equal to
5?

A. 1/24 C. 1/32
B. 1/48 D. 1/64 *

17. If 40 ice cream makers can make 58
gallons of ice cream in 3 hours, how
long will it take 2 ice cream makers
makes 10 gallons of ice cream?

A. 8.2 hr
B. 9.4 hr
C. 10.3 hr *
D. 11.1 hr

18. Two candles of equal length are burned
until one is twice as long as the other. If
one was guaranteed to burn for 6 hours
and the other for 4 hours, how long they
been burning?

A. 1 hr
B. 2 hr
C. 3 hr *
D. 4 hr

19. A circle of radius 3 m has a tangent line
AB. A is a point on the circle while B is
an external point. From B a secant is
drawn interesting a point C and D. If AB
= 2.5 m and BC = 2.2 m, what is the
length of CD?

A. 0.45 m
B. 0.56 m
C. 0.64 m *
D. 0.72 m

20. What is the limit of the natural logarithm
of 2 times x squared divided by the
quantity 1 plus x squared as x
approaches the value negative infinity?

A. ln 1
B. ln x
C. ln 2 *
D. ln 1/2

21. An isosceles trapezoid has parallel
bases 8 and 18 units, respectively. What
is the radius of the inscribed circle?

A. 5
B. 6 *
C. 7
D. 8

22. What is the Laplace transform of x?

A. 1/s
B. s
2

C. 1/2s
2

D. 1/s
2
*

23. Given that w varies directly as the
product of x and y and inversely as the
square of z and that w = 4 when x = 2; y
= 6 and z = 3. What is the value of w,
when x = 1, y = 4 and z = 2?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3 *
D. 4

24. A certain angle has an explement 5
times the supplement, find the angle.

A. 110
B. 122
C. 135 *
D. 145

25. Find the equation of the perpendicular
bisector of the line joining (4,0) and
(6,3).

A. 4x 6y + 29 = 0
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B. 4x + 6y 29 = 0 *
C. 4x + 6y + 29 = 0
D. 4x 6y 29 = 0

26. If the complement of an angle theta is
2/5 of its supplement, then theta is ___.

A. 25
B. 30 *
C. 35
D. 40

27. A multi-millionaire left his entire estate to
his wife, daughter, son and bodyguard.
His daughter and son got half of the
total value of the estate sharing in the
ratio 3:2. His wife got twice as much as
the share of the son. If the bodyguard
received half a million pesos, what is the
total value of the estate?

A. 6 million
B. 3 million
C. 4 million
D. 5 million *

28. If f(x) = x^3 + 3x^2 8x + 2, what is
f(x)?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6 *

29. What is the slope of the graph y = x^2 +
3x as it passes through the origin?

A. 2
B. 2
C. 3 *
D. 3

30. A right triangle is inscribed in a circle
such that one side of the triangle is the
diameter of a circle. If one of the acute
angles of the triangle measures 60
degrees and the side opposite that
angle has length 15, what is the area of
the circle?

A. 16.23
B. 17.32 *
C. 18.45
D. 19.30

31. The directrix of a parabola is y = 5 and
its focus is the point (4,-3). What is the
length of its latus rectum?

A. 4
B. 8
C. 16 *
D. 32

32. Given the equation 2y^3 = 3x^2 5.
Determine the slope of the line tangent
at (4,1).

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 *

33. An urn contains white and black balls. If
the probability to pick a white ball is
equal to log x and the probability that it
will be black is equal to log 2x, what is
the value of x?

A. 1.342
B. 2.236 *
C. 3.129
D. 4.652

34. What is the ratio of the area of a square
inscribed in a circle to the area of the
square circumscribing the circle?

A.
1
2
*
B.
1
4

C.
1
3

D.
2
3


35. The sum of the ages of Peter and Paul is
21. Peter will be twice as old as Paul 3
years from now. What is the present age
of Peter?

A. 12
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15 *

36. How many 3 digit area codes are there for
a telephone company if the first digit may
not be 0 or 1, and the second digit must
be 0 or 1?

A. 150
B. 160 *
C. 170
D. 180

37. During a board meeting, each member
shakes hands with all the other members.
If there were a total of 91 handshakes,
how many members were in the meeting?

A. 14 *
B. 15
C. 16
D. 17

38. Determine the area bounded by the
lines x = 1, x = 3, the axis and the graph
f(x) = x^2 3x.

A. 3.33 *
B. 4.12
C. 4.89
D. 5.12

39. Find the height of a tree if the angle of
elevation of its top changes from 20
degrees to 40 degrees as the observer
advances 23 meters toward the base.

A. 14.78 *
B. 15.21
C. 15.59
D. 16.12

40. At exactly what time after 2 oclock will
the hour hand and the minute hand
extend in opposite directions for the first
time?

A. 2: 43 and 37.8 sec*
B. 2: 44 and 37.8 sec
C. 2: 41 and 37.8 sec
D. 2: 42 and 37.8 sec

41. What is the absolute value of the
complex number 3 + 4i?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5 *


42. How many 4-digit zipcodes are there if
no digit is repeated?

A. 5810
B. 2040 *
C. 5320
D. 5540

43. A statute 3.2 m high stands on a
pedestal such that its foot is 0.4 m
above the observers eye level. How far
from the statue must the observer stand
in order that the angle subtended by the
statue will be maximum?

A. 1.2 m *
B. 1.5 m
C. 1.8 m
D. 2.1 m

44. Find the cotangent function of theta, if
cos theta = 12/13.

A.
12
5
*
B.
11
5

C. 2
D.
12
13


45. A person in a rowboat is 3 km from a
point P on a straight shore while his
destination is 5 km directly east of point
P. If he is able to row 4 km per hour and
walk 5 km per hour, how far from his
destination must he land on the shore in
order to reach his destination in the
shortest possible time?

A. 1 km *
B. 1.3 km
C. 1.6 km
D. 2 km

46. The logarithm of negative one to the
base ten is symbolically written as
log10(1), using complex algebra, what
is its value equal to?

A. j1.24
B. j1.12
C. j1.36 *
D. j1.47

47. A speed boat can make a trip of 100
miles in one hour and 30 minutes if it
travels upstream. If it travels
downstream, it will take one hour and 15
minutes to travel the same distance.
What is the speed of the boat in calm
water?

A. 70.89 mph
B. 71.38 mph
C. 72.45 mph
D. 73.33 mph *

48. The population in a certain barangay in
Metro Manila increases at a rate
numerically equal to the square of the
population. If the population 10,000 and
time is measured in years, how long will
it take for the population to reach
16,000?

A. 52 years
B. 50 years
C. 51 years
D. 53 years *

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49. In an Arithmetic Progression of 10
terms, the sum of all the odd number
terms is 12.5, and the sum of all the
even number terms is 15. What is the
common difference?

A. 1/2 * C. 1/3
B. 1/4 D. 2/3

50. Find the volume of the solid generated
by rotating the curve x
2
+ y
2
= 5 about a
line 3x + 4y = 20.

A. 345 C. 355
B. 375 D. 395 *

51. A line passes through ( 2, 2 ). Find the
equation of the line if the length of the
line segment intercepted by the
coordinate axes is square root of 5.

A. 2x y 2 = 0 *
B. 2x + y + 2 = 0
C. 2x y + 2 = 0
D. 2x + y 2 = 0

52. n a poker hand consisting of 5 cards,
what is the probability of holding 3 aces
and 2 kings ?

A. 0.00006
B. 0.00007
C. 0.00008
D. 0.00009 *

53. What is the limit of ln x divided by sin (
pi times x ) as x approaches the value of
1 ?

A. t C. 1/t *
B. 1/t D. t

54. From 5 administration senators and 3
opposition senators, find the number of
committee responsible for the Concord (
Constitutional Correction and
Development ) that can be formed
consisting of 2 administration and 2
opposition senators.

A. 20 ways
B. 25 ways
C. 30 ways *
D. 35 ways

55. Evaluate the integral of tan 2x dx from 0
to pi/6.

A. 0.478 C. 0.633
B. 0.248 D. 0.347 *

56. A drop of water (spherical form)
evaporates at a rate numerically equal
to its surface area. If its initial radius is
0.20 cm, how long will it take for the drop
to completely evaporate?

A. 0.1 C. 0.2 *
B. 0.3 D. 0.4

57. If the population of a certain country
doubles in 50 years, in how many years
will it triple under the assumption that
the rate of increase is proportional to the
number of inhabitants?

A. 76.34
B. 77.52
C. 78.09
D. 79.26 *



58. A runner starts a course at a steady rate
of 8 kph. Five minutes later, a second
runner starts the same course at 10
km/hr. How long will it take the second
runner to catch up the first ?

A. 12 min C. 16 min
B. 20 min * D. 23 min

59. Find the polar equation of the conic with
a focus at the pole, eccentricity = and
directrix, r = - 3 sin u.

A.
1
r
2 + cos
=
B.
1
r
2 cos
=

C.
3
r
2 cos
=
+ u

D.
3
r
2 cos
=

*


60. What is the length of the arc of a
parabola whose equation is y
2
= 4x from
x = -2 to x = 2.

A. 3.8 C. 4.2
B. 4.4 D. 4.6 *

61. A card chosen from a pack of playing
cards. What is the probability that it is
either a red or picture card?

A. 0.549 C. 0.615 *
B. 0.639 D. 0.681

62. Mr. Tiongs demand equation for a t-
shirt used during the election campaign
period is 2px + 65p 4950 = 0 , where
x hundreds of t-shirts are demanded
per week when p pesos is the price of
the t-shirt. If the t-shirt is selling the first
week of campaign at P 30 and the price
is increasing at the rate of 20 centavos
per week, then what is the rate of
change (shirts per week) in the
demand?

A. 50 C. 55 *
B. 60 D. 65

63. A man throws a stone into a still water
pond and creates a concentric circular
ripples. The ripples spread out and the
radius of the disturbed region increases
at a rate of 16 inches per second. At
what rate ( in square inches/sec) is the
area of the disturbed region of the water
pond increases when radius is 4
inches?

A. 402.12 * C. 403.75
B. 404.81 D. 405.32

64. The average of a and b is 2 , the
average of b and c is 7, and the
average of a and c is 1. What is the
average of a,b and c ?

A. 2 * C. 3
B. 4 D. 5

65. Find the point of inflection of the curve y
= x
2
e
x
.

A. 2 2
B. 2 2 *
C. 2 3
D. 2 3

66. The ages of Peter, Paul, Mary are in the
ratio of 2:3:6 now. In 5 years, their ages
will be in the ratio of 3:4:7. How old is
Mary?

A. 26 C. 28
B. 30 * D. 32

67. Five persons A, B, C, D, and E sit
around a round table randomly. What is
the probability that E sits next to C ?

A. 1/2 * C. 1/3
B. 2/3 D. 3/4

68. If the log of y to the base b equals 2x +
log of x to the base b, solve for y.

A. xb
x
C. xb
2x
*
B. b
2x
D. b
x


69. Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than
Juan, and 20% faster than Jose.
Together they can paint a given fence in
4 hrs. How long would it take Pedro to a
paint the same fence if he had to work
alone?

A. 8 C. 10 *
B. 12 D. 14

70. Find the centriod of the triangle whose
vertices are at (1,2) , (3,5) and (2, -4).

A. (1,2) C. (2,1) *
B. (-1,2) D. (2,-1)

71. Find the equation of the upper half of
the ellipse 9x
2
+ 4y
2
= 25.

A.
2
1
25 9x
2
+ C.
2
1
16- 9x
2

B.
2
1
25-16x
2
D.
2
1
25- 9x
2
*

72. What is the integral of sin 3y cos 4y dy
from y = 0 to y = t/2 ?

A. 0.328 C. 0.428 *
B. 0.551 D. 0.630

73. The polar equation of the conic section
is r = 10/(3 + 2cos u). This represents
what conic section?

A. Ellipse * C. Parabola
B. Circle D. Hyperbola

74. An inverted hexagonal pyramid of
altitude of 10 m and a base area of 20
sq. m. is divided into two parts by a
plane passed parallel to the base. If the
plane has a distant 5 m from the vertex,
find the ratio between the volume of the
entire pyramid and the volume below
this plane.

A. 2 C. 4
B. 6 D. 8 *

75. If a seven-sided regular polygon is
inscribed in a circle of radius 22.8 cm,
find the length of one side of the
polygon.

A. 18.4 cm C. 19.8 cm *
B. 20.1 cm D. 21.6 cm

76. An earthquake released approximately
5.96 x 10
16
joules of energy. What was
the magnitude on the Richter scale?

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A. 5.44
B. 6.89
C. 7.43
D. 8.25 *

77. The polar equation
3
r
2 2cos
=
+ u

represents a ______.

A. Circle
B. Ellipse
C. Parabola *
D. Hyperbola

78. A 1800 gallon tank of water drains from
the bottom in 30 minutes. According to
Torricellis law, the volume of water
remaining in the tank after t minutes
is
2
t
V 1800 1
30
| |
=
|
\ .
0 t 30 s s
How fast (in gal per min) is the water
draining from the tank after 20 minutes?

A. 30
B. 40 *
C. 35
D. 45

79. A trough has triangular ends which lie in
parallel planes. The top of the trough is
a horizontal rectangle 50 cm by 150 cm,
and the depth of the trough is 40 cm.
How many liters does it contain when
the depth of water is 25 cm?

A. 57.328 liters
B. 58.593 liters *
C. 59.229 liters
D. 60.123 liters

80. Given f(x) = x 4, g(x) = 3x + 2 and h(x)
= 2x
2
13x + 20. Evaluate
h
( 1)
g
| |

|
\ .
.

A. 35 *
B. 40
C. 45
D. 50

81. The distance between points A and B of
a triangle is 6 and the distance between
B and C is 4. Which of the following is
NOT a possible value for the distance
between C and A?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 7
D. 11 *

82. Which of the following points is farthest
from (2,2)?

A. (-5,-3) *
B. (-6,2)
C. (8,8)
D. (9,4)

83. Given f(x) = x 4, g(x) = 3x + 2 and h(x)
= 2x
2
13x + 20. Evaluate (fg)(6).

A. 38
B. 39
C. 40 *
D. 41

84. Solve the equation for x:
2x x
e 9e 14 =

A. ln 7 and ln 2 *

B. ln 7 only
C. ln 2 only
D. neither ln 7 nor ln 2

85. A pyramid is cut from a cube of edge 8
cm. The vertex V is the midpoint of an
upper edge of the cube. Compute the
total surface area (in sq. cm) of the
pyramid.

A. 210.230
B. 208.404
C. 212.808 *
D. 214.880

86. A ________ is a function that measures
the agreement between data and the
fitting model for a particular choice of
the parameters.

A. credit function
B. merit function *
C. regression
D. run

87. A smooth curve which corresponds to
the limiting case of a histogram
computed for a frequency distribution of
a continuous distribution as the number
of data points becomes very large is
known as ______.

A. data curve
B. points curve
C. data distribution
D. frequency curve *

88. The equation
yi
e cosy isiny = + is
known as ______.

A. Taylors formula
B. Laplace formula
C. Eulers formula *
D. Power formula

89. Given the differential equation dy/dx =
(1 2x)/y. The general solution of the
given DE is a family of _____.

A. ellipses *
B. circles
C. hyperbolas
D. parabolas

90. The variable inside the integral is called
variable of integration or integration
variable. It is sometimes referred to as:

A. calculus variable
B. dummy variable *
C. limits variable
D. limits range

91. If expressions for x and y are given in
parametric form then it is possible to find
dy
dx
in terms of t. What do you call this
type of differentiation?

A. Logarithmic differentiation
B. Parametric differentiation *
C. Exponential differentiation
D. Time rates differentiation

92. ________ are defined as derivatives of
a function of multiple variables when all
but the variable of interest are held fixed
during the differentiation.

A. Semiderivative
B. Partial derivatives *
C. Mixed derivative

D. Halfderivative

93. At what point where the derivative of a
function changes from positive to
negative?

A. Local minimum
B. Local maximum *
C. Rising point of inflection
D. Falling point of inflection

94. A ______ is a maximum within some
neighborhood that need not be (but may
be) a global maximum.

A. local maximum *
B. local minimum
C. rising inflection point
D. falling inflection point

95. What refers to a point at which the
derivative does not exist for a given
function but every neighborhood of
which contains points for which the
derivative exists?

A. Similarity
B. Singularity *
C. Quadrature
D. Inflection point

96. The _____ of a vector field is defined as
the vector field having magnitude equal
to the maximum "circulation" at each
point and to be oriented perpendicularly
to this plane of circulation for each point.

A. limit
B. derivative
C. curl *
D. asymptote

97. The greatest radial distance of an ellipse
as measured from a focus is called ___.

A. apoapsis *
B. periapsis
C. radiapsis
D. milliapsis

98. What refers to the locus of the feet of
the perpendiculars from a given point to
the tangents to the given figure?

A. Pearl curve
B. Pedal curve *
C. Pell curve
D. Bell curve

99. What refers to the curve traced by a
fixed point on a closed convex curve as
that curve rolls without slipping along a
second curve?

A. Limacon
B. Rosette
C. Roulette *
D. Folium

100. The locus of a point which rolls on a
straight line (x-axis) is _______.

A. Cycloid
B. Epicycloid
C. Astroid
D. Trochoid *


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