1) What are found in the nucleus of an atom?

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A. Electrons and protons
B. Protons and neutrons
C. Cations and anions
D. Electrons and neutrons
2) All forms of matter are composed of the same building blocks called______.
A. Molecules
B. Atom
C. Elements
D. Ions
3) What occurs when a substance is transformed into another substance with a totally different
composition and properties?
A. Physical change
B. Chemical chage
C. Catalyst
D. Chemical Solution
4) What is the charge of an electron in coloumbs?
A. -1.70217733 x 10-19
B. -1.60217733 x 10-19
C. -1.50217733 x 10-19
D. -1.40217733 x 10—19
5) Which of the following is NOT a noble gas?
A. Argon
B. Xenon
C. Radon
D. Antimony
6) What is the most abundant element in the human body?
A. Carbon
B. Hydrogen
C. Oxygen
D. Calcium
7) What is the most abundant element in the atmosphere?
A. Oxygen
B. Nitrogen
C. Helium
D. Inert gases
8) The dry air is composed of how many percent nitrogen?
A. 73.1%
B. 74.4%
C. 76.1%
D. 78.1%
9) What is a poisonous gas generated mostly by motor vehicles?
A. Carbon monoxide
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Hydroxide
D. Nitric acid
10) What is the process of changing from liquid state to gas state?
A. Vaporition
B. Sublimation
C. Condensation
D. Deposition
11) What type of carbon is used to remove undesirable odors from air?
A. Carbon black
B. Charcoal
C. Coke
D. Diamond
12) What crystalline carbon is soft, black, slippery solid that possess metalic luster and conduct
electricity?
A. Charcoal
B. Graphite
C. Diamond
D. Coke
13) What element is known as the lightest metal?
A. Aluminum
B. Manganese
C. Magnesium
D. Lithium
14) Which is NOT fundamental physical quantity of mechanics?
A. Length
B. Mass
C. Volume
D. Time
15) The ____ of a moving object is the distance it covers in a time interval divided by the time
interval.
A. Acceleration
B. Instantaneous speed
C. Average speed
D. Instantaneous velocity
16) “The net force acting on an object equals the product of the mass and acceleration of an object.
The direction of the force is the same as that of the acceleration”. This statement is the _____.
A. First law of motion
B. Second law of motion
C. Third law of motion
D. d’ Alembert’s principle
17) What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the study of rigid body in motion
under the action of forces?
A. Statics
B. Strength of materials
C. Kinematics
D. Dynamics
18) What refers to a pair of equal, opposite and parallel forces?
A. Couple
B. Moment
C. Torque
D. All of the above
19) What is a concurrent force system?
A. All forces act at the same point.
B. All forces have the same line of action.
C. All forces are parallel with one another.
D. All forces are in the same plane.
20) “If two forces acting simultaneously on a particle can be represented by the two sides of a
triangle taken in order that the third side represents the resultant in the opposite order”. This
statement is known as _______.
A. Principle of Transmissibility
B. Parallelogram Law
C. Varignon’s Theorem
D. Triangle Law of Forces
21) Second moment of area is the product of :
A. area and square of the distance from the reference axis
B. area and distance from the reference axis
C. square of the area and distance from the reference axis
D. square of the area and square of the distance from the reference axis
22) The motion of a particle is defined by the relation x=(1/3)t3- 3t2 + 8t + 2 where x is the distance
in meters and is the time in seconds. What is the time when the velocity is zero?
A. 2 seconds
B. 3 seconds
C. 5 seconds
D. 7 seconds
23) A particle moves along a straight line with the equation x= 16t + 4t2 – 3t3 where x is the distance
in ft and t is the time in second. Compute the acceleration of the particle after 2 seconds?
A. -28 ft/s2
B. -30ft/s2
C. -17ft/s2
D. -24ft/s2
24) Two cars A and B are traveling in the same direction and stopped at a highway traffic sign. As
the signal turns green car A accelerates at a constant rate of 1m/s2. Two seconds later the
second car B accelerates at constant rate of 1.3m/s2. When will the second car B overtakes the
first car A?
A. 16.27s
B. 30.45s
C. 20.32s
D. 10.45s
25) Two buses start at the same time towards each other from terminals A and B, 8 km apart. The
time needed for the first bus to travel from A to B is 8 minutes, and of the second bus from B to
A is 10 minutes. How much is the time needed by each bus to meet each if they traveled at their
respective uniform speeds?
A. 5.45 min
B. 10.7 min
C. 4.44 min
D. 2.54 min
26) A ball is thrown vertically into the air at 120m/s. After 3 seconds, another ball is thrown
vertically. What is the velocity must the second ballhave to pass the first ball at 100m from the
ground?
A. 105.89 m/s
B. 107.72 m/s
C. 108.12 m/s
D. 110.72 m/s
27) A ball is dropped from a height of 60m above the ground. How long does it takes to hit the
ground?
A. 2.1 s
B. 3.5 s
C. 5.5 s
D. 1.3 s
28) A ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 3 m/s from the window of a tall
building. The ball strikes the side walk at the ground level 4 seconds later. Determine the
velocity with which the ball strikes the ground.
A. 39.25 m/s
B. 38.50 m/s
C. 37.75 m/s
D. 36.24 m/s
29) A Baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane folowing a parabolic path with an initial velcity of
100 m/s at an angle of 300 above the horizontal.Solve the distance from the throwing point that
the ball attains its original level.
A. 890 m
B. 883 m
C. 858 m
D. 820 m
30) What is a combination of one or more metals with a nonmetallic element?
A. Metalloid
B. Matrix composite
C. Inert
D. Ceramic
31) Polymer comes from a greek word “poly” which means “many” and “meros” which means____.
A. Metal
B. Material
C. Part
D. Plastic
32) The engineering materials known as “ plastics” are more correctly called_______.
A. Polyvinyl choride
B. Polymers
C. Polyethylene
D. Mers
33) What is a reference sheet for the elements that can be use to form engineering materials?
A. Periodic table
B. Truth table
C. Building blocks of materials
D. Structure of materials
34) What is a substance that attracts a piece of iron?
A. Conductor
B. Semiconductor
C. Magnet
D. Semimetal
35) Which of the following is a natural magnet?
A. Steel
B. Magnesia
C. Lodestone
D. Soft iron
36) What type of steel has carbon as its principal hardening agent?
A. Alloy steel
B. Stainless steel
C. Galvanized steel
D. Carbon steel
37) What group of steels are molybdenum high-speed steels?
A. Group A
B. Group D
C. Group M
D. Group H
38) Galvanized steel are steel products coated with________.
A. Carbon
B. Sulfur
C. Zinc
D. Nickel
39) What combination of elements has high electrical materials resistance, high corrosion
resistance, and high strenght at red heat temperatures, making it useful in resistance heating?
A. Aluminum bronze
B. Nichrome
C. Hastelloy
D. Alnico
40) What is most common alloying ingredient in copper?
A. Brass
B. Zinc
C. Nickel
D. Aluminum
41) A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane following a parabolic path with an initial velocity of
100 m/s at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal. How far from the throwing point will
the ball attain its original level?
A. 890 m
B. 875 m
C. 883m
D. 880m
42) A 50-kg block of wood rest on the top of the smooth plane whose length is 3m, and whose
altitude is 0.8m. How long will it take the block to slide to the bottom of the plane when
released?
A. 1.51 s
B. 2.41 s
C. 2.51 s
D. 2.14 s
43) A train upon passing point A at a speed of 72 kph accelerates at 0.75 m/s2 for one minute along
a straight path then decelerates at 1.0 m/s2. How far in kilometers from point A will it be in 2
minutes after passing point A.
A. 4.95 km
B. 4.75 km
C. 4.85 km
D. 4.65 km
44) A 100 KN block slides down a plane inclined at an angle of 300 with the horizontal. Neglecting
the friction, find the force that causes the block to slide.
A. 86.6 KN
B. 80 KN
C. 20 KN
D. 50 KN
45) A plane is flying horizontally 350 kph at an altitude of 420 m. At this instant, a bomb is released.
How far horizontally from this point will the bomb hit the groung?
A. 625 m
B. 577 m
C. 785 m
D. 900 m
46) A 40-kg block is resting on an inclined plane making an angle of 200 from the horizontal. If the
coefficient of friction is 0.60, determine the force parallel to the incline that must be applied to
cause impending motion down the plane.
A. 77
B. 82
C. 72
D. 87
47) A 16-gram mass is moving at 30 cm/s while a 4-gram mass is moving in an opposite direction at
50 cm/s. They collide head on and stick together. Their velocity after collision is
A. 14 cm/s
B. 15 cm/s
C. 13 cm/s
D. 18 cm/s
48) A ball is thrown from a tower 30 m . high above the ground with a velocity of 300 m/s directed
at 200 from the horizontal. How long will the ball hit the ground?
A. 24.2 S
B. 23.2 S
C. 21.2 S
D. 22.2 S
49) A man standing at a window 5 meters tall watches falling stone pass by the window in 0.3 sec.
From how high above the top of the window was the stone released?
A. 12.86 m
B. 11.77 m
C. 9.54 m
D. 15.21 m
50) The muzzle velocity of the projectile is 1500 fps and the distance of the target is 10 miles. What
must be the angle of elevation of the gun?
A. 25 degrees 33 minutes
B. 23 degrees 34 minutes
C. 24 degrees 33 minutes
D. 26 degrees 34 minutes