The chemical most commonly used to speed

sedimentation of sewage is

A. Lime
B. Copper sulfate
C. Sulfuric acid
D. Mebylene blue
Most of the bacteria in sewage are

A. Saprophytic
B. Dangerous
C. Parasitic
D. Pathogenic
One of the two types of non – material nuclear
radiation is:

A. Gamma radiation
B. Transmutation radiation
C. Walton radiation
D. Betatron radiation
If you wished the temperature distribution within a
room to be as even as possible, would you blow hot
air into the room near the:

A. Floor
B. Ceilings
C. Walls
D. Door
Which is not a qualification for an applicant for ME
Board Examination?

A. Certified plant mechanic

B. At least 18 years of age
C. A holder of BSME degree
D. A citizen of the Philippines
The maximum power rating of mechanical works or
plant that can tended or operated by a Certified
Plant Mechanic is

A. 37.3 KW
B. 298.4 KW
C. 223.8 KW
D. 111.9 KW
The most important factor in determining high
temperature behavior of an alloy is:

A. Dispersion
B. Ionization
C. Crystallization
D. Composition
With regards to corrosion of metals, passivation is
the process that:

A. Inhibits further deterioration

B. Changes metal composition
C. Intensifies deterioration
D. Alters the grain size of the metal
At relatively high temperature and low rates of
strains, structures will perform better if their
material is:

A. Coarsed grain
B. Fine grained
C. Behavior is independent of grain
D. None of the above
Intermittent sand filters are primarily used to:

A. Oxidized putrescible matter

B. Remove solids from sewage
C. Supply lemons to farmers
D. Neutralize sludge
The gas from sludge digestion large is mainly
composed of:

A. Nitrogen
B. Methane
C. Carbon dioxide
D. Oxygen
Quantity of chlorine in parts per million required to
satisfactorily chlorinate sewage is usually:

A. 125 – 150
B. 85 – 90
C. 0 – 25
D. 30 – 60
Ratio of oxygen available to the oxygen required for
stabilization of sewage is called:

A. Concentration factor
B. Relative stability
C. Oxygen – ion concentration
D. Bacterial stability factor
In the design of grit chambers

A. Maximum velocity of flow is 1 foot per second

B. Temperature is an important factor
C. Baffles are essential
D. Detention period should be at least 30 minutes
The greatest unit pressure the soil can continuously
withstand

A. Bearing strength
B. Yield point
C. Ultimate strength
D. Point of rupture
An equation in which a variable appears under the
radical sign

A. Irrational equation
B. Radical equation
C. Irradical equation
D. Literal equation
The logarithm of 1 to any base is:

A. Infinity
B. Indeterminate
C. Zero
D. One
All circles having the same center but with unequal
radii are called:

A. Concentric circles
B. Encircles
C. Concylic
D. Tangent circles
A plane closed curve, all points of which are the
same distance from a point within called the center
is

A. Arc
B. Circle
C. Radius
D. Chord
A statement of equality between two ratios:

A. Power factor
B. Evaluation
C. Proportion
D. Theorem
A polygon with fifteen sides:

A. Nonagon
B. Decagon
C. Pentedecagon
D. Dodecagon
The first derivative of Kinetic energy with respect to
time

A. Force
B. Momentum
C. Work
D. Power
The point where the second derivative of function is
equal to zero

A. Inflection point
B. Minima
C. Point of intersection
D. Maxima
Linear momentum is a product of mass and velocity
and this can be expressed also as a function of:

A. Force, time
B. Force, velocity
C. Force, displacement
D. Force, acceleration
The name of a vector representing the sum of two
vectors

A. Tangent
B. Resultant
C. Scalar
D. Tensor
A curve generated by a point which moves in
uniform circular motion about an axis while
travelling with a constant speed parallel to the axis

A. Epicycloid
B. Helix
C. Cycloid
D. Spiral of Archimedes
The tendency of a liquid surface to contract

A. Surface tension
B. Cohesion
C. Adhesion
D. Capillarity
The study of motion without reference to the forces
which causes motion is known as:

A. Kinematics
B. Kinetics
C. Dynamics
D. Statics
A leak from a faucet comes out in separate drops.
Which of the following is the main cause of this
phenomenon?

A. Surface tension
B. Air resistance
C. Gravity
D. Viscosity of fluid
Measure of the fluid resistance when acted upon by
an external force

A. Viscosity
B. Density
C. Flash point
D. Tackiness
An instrument for measuring high temperature
gases

A. Pyrometer
B. Oil meter
C. Odometer
D. Anemometer
A rectangle with equal sides:

A. Rectangle
B. Square
C. Rhombus
D. Trapezoid
The base unit for mass in the SI system of
measurement

A. Newton
B. Hyls
C. Kilogram
D. Joule
Absolute viscosity is a derived unit describes as:

A. Pascal second
B. Newton per meter
C. Sq. meter per second
D. Watt per meter Kelvin
Property of the body which measures its resistance
to change in motion

A. Acceleration
B. Mass
C. Rigidity
D. Weight
Chemical method of feedwater treatment which
uses calcium hydroxide and sodium carbonate as
reagents:

A. Demineralization process
B. Lime soda treatment
C. Thermal treatment
D. Ion exchange treatment
Date of the signing of the New Mechanical
Engineering Law:

A. Feb. 12, 1998

B. Feb. 15, 1998
C. Feb. 21, 1998
D. Feb. 26, 1998
If equals are added to equals, their sums are equal

A. Axiom
B. Corollary
C. Postulate
D. Theorem
A straight line perpendicular to one of two parallel
planes is perpendicular to the other also

A. Theorem
B. Postulate
C. Axiom
D. Corollary
Sum of the sides of a polygon

A. Hexagon
B. Circumference
C. Perimeter
D. Square
A quadrilateral whose opposite sides are equal:

A. Parallelogram
B. Triangle
C. Median
D. Trapezoid
The PSME Code 1993 defines the five grades of
Commercial Fuel Oils and also provides
specifications for underground and above ground
Oil Storage Tanks such as for a maximum capacity of
1100 gallons. The tank thickness of the metal shall
be:

A. Number 12 gage
B. Number 14 gage
C. Number 16 gage
D. Number 18 gage
Kinematic viscosity is an SI derived unit described
as:

A. Pascal second
B. Watt per meter Kelvin
C. Square meter per second
D. Newton per meter
Locus of points on a side which rolls along a fixed
line

A. Cycloid
B. Cardioid
C. Epicycloid
D. Hypocycloid
A specimen is subjected to a load. When the load is
removed, the strain disappears. The material is

A. Ductile
B. Elastic
C. Plastic
D. At high modulus of elasticity
Study of motion without reference to the forces
which causes motion

A. Kinematics
B. Hydrodynamics
C. Statics
D. Aerodynamics
In a cantilever beam with a concentrated load at
the free end, the moment is:

A. Maximum at the wall

B. Constant along the beam
C. Maximum at the free end
D. Maximum at midspan
The loss weight of a body submerged in a fluid is:

A. Equal to the weight of the body displaced

B. Proportional to the weight of the body
C. Independent of the volume of the body
D. None of the above
A line segment joining two points on a circle

A. Sector
B. Chord
C. Arc
D. Tangent
It is defined as the motion of a rigid body in which a
straight line passing through anything of its particle
always remains parallel to its initial position

A. Rotation
B. Plane motion
C. Translation
D. Kinematics
Foaming is caused by:

A. Chemicals
B. Scales
C. Hard water
D. Soft water
Priming is caused by:

A. Too much blowdown

B. Cold feedwater
C. Low hardwater
D. Load swings
High alkaline water in boiler causes:

A. Pitting
B. Fire cracks
C. Corrosion
D. Caustic
A thermodynamic system which undergoes a cyclic
process during a positive amount of work is done
by the system

A. Heat pump
B. Heat engine
C. Reversed Rankine Cycle
D. Reversible – Irreversible process
Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of
1 pound of that substance one degree Fahrenheit
is:

A. BTU
B. Specific heat
C. Relative heat
D. Latent heat
The study of the condition of air and moisture in
the atmosphere

A. Thermodynamics
B. Atmospherics
C. Gas dynamics
D. Psychometrics
The gage used to measure 0.001 to 1 atmospheric
pressure

A. Bourdon
B. Mercury manometer
C. Water manometer
D. Metallic diaphragm
Water in an open glass at room temperature is:

A. Saturated liquid
B. Compressed liquid
C. Liquid with quality is zero
D. Liquid with quality of unity
Which of the process where work is zero

A. Isopheistic
B. Isometric
C. Isentropic
D. Polytropic
In an internal combustion engine, the stroke that
discharges gas inside the engine cylinder

A. Power
B. Intake
C. Compression
D. Exhaust
An adiabatic process with no work done is:

A. Throttling
B. Isobaric
C. Isometric
D. Isothermal
In a system, the sum of internal energy and the
product of pressure and volume is

A. Entropy
B. Enthalpy
C. Work
D. Heat
Dew point is which of the following:

A. Wet bulb temperature

B. Temperature at 50% RH
C. Adiabatic saturation temperature
D. Dry bulb temperature
Force on a submerged area

A. Weight
B. Fluid pressure
C. Fluid force
D. Density
Hydraulic power is expressed whp in English Units.
In SI it is expressed in

A. hp
B. wkw
C. kwh
D. whp
One English hp is 746 Watts. In SI, one metric hp is

A. 736 watts
B. 746 watts
C. 756 watts
D. 760 watts
One mechanical hp is equivalent to

A. 16 Boiler hp
B. 14.5 Boiler hp
C. 13.15 Boiler hp
D. 24 Boiler hp
One mm of HG is equivalent to:

A. 13.33 kPa
B. 3.313 kPa
C. 0.1333 kPa
D. 1.333 kPa
Which of the following does not belong to the
group?

A. Class A Fire – fire caused by light combustible

material like paper and wood
B. Class B Fire – fire caused oil and other
hydrocarbon
C. Class C Fire – fire caused electrical fire
D. Class D Fire – fire caused by LPG
What is the color of steam pipe?

A. Red
B. Green
C. Silver gray
D. Violet
Color for water pipes

A. Green
B. Orange
C. Violet
D. Ultra – red
An increase in heat enthalpy of a substance when it
undergoes a change of phase at constant pressure
and temperature

A. Heat of fusion
B. Heat of crystallization
C. Heat of vaporization
D. Heat of transformation
The ideal reversible Carnot Cycle involves for basic
processes. They are

A. Two isentropic
B. All isentropic
C. All isothermal
D. Two isentropic and two isothermal
The origin of the energy conservation equation
used in flow system

A. 1st law of thermodynamics

B. 2nd law of thermodynamics
C. Newton’s 2nd law of motion
D. Newton’s 1st law of motion
Coefficient of friction for dry surfaces

A. Does not depend on the material

B. Depends only on the finish condition of the
surface
C. Depends on the material and on the finish
condition of the surface
D. Depends on the composition of the material
only
For an existing boiler installation, the lowest factor
of safety permissible shall be

A. 3.0
B. 3.5
C. 4.0
D. 4.5
Ratio between the average load and total available
capacity

A. Capacity factor
B. Load factor
C. Demand factor
D. Diversity factor
Ratio between the average load and the peak load

A. Load factor
B. Use factor
C. Demand factor
D. Capacity factor
Ratio between the actual demanded load to the
connected load

A. Use factor
B. Demand factor
C. Capacity factor
D. Utilization factor
The new Mechanical Engineering Law which was
signed last February 12, 1998 is known

A. RA 8491
B. RA 8495
C. RA 8499
D. RA 8492
Under the provisions of the PSME Code 1993, what
is the color symbol for air piping?

A. Silver gray
B. Green
C. Light blue
D. Red
Which of the following is the basis for Bernoulli’s
law for fluid flow?

A. Fourier’s Law
B. Continuity equation
C. Principle of mass conservation
D. Principle of energy conservation
Which of the following is not a unit of work?

A. Dyne
B. Work
C. Watt – second
D. Newton – meter
What condition exists in an adiabatic throttling
process?

A. Variable enthalpy
B. Constant enthalpy
C. Constant entropy
D. Volume constant
Specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its
density to the density of

A. Mercury
B. Water
C. Gas
D. Air
Instrument used in determining specific gravity of
any substance

A. Hydrometer
B. Westphal balance
C. Psychrometer
D. All of the above
The weight of the column of air above the earth
surface

A. Aerostatic pressure
B. Air pressure
C. Atmospheric pressure
D. Wind pressure
Gas being heated at constant volume is undergoing
the process of

A. Isentropic
B. Adiabatic
C. Isobaric
D. Isometric
A process that has no heat transfer

A. Reversible
B. Adiabatic
C. Polytropic
D. Isometric
Heat normally flowing from a high temperature
body to a low temperature body wherein it is
impossible to convert heat without other effects is

A. 1st law of thermodynamics

B. 2nd law of thermodynamics
C. 3rd law of thermodynamics
D. Zeroth law
Form of energy associated with kinetic energy of
the random motion of large number of molecules

A. Heat
B. Heat of fusion
C. Kinetic energy
D. Enthalpy
At what temperatures are the two temperatures
scales, degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit Equal?

A. – 20C
B. – 40C
C. – 30C
D. 40C
Second law of thermodynamics states that

A. Entropy cannot be neither created nor

destroyed
B. Heat energy cannot be completely transformed
into work
C. There is no tendency towards spontaneous
change
D. Mass is indestructible
Turbojet engine thrust is produced by

A. Trust reaction of the turbine blading

B. Additional weight of the injected fuel
C. Ram effect of the intake fuel
D. Acceleration of the gasses through the engine
A process in which water vapor is added to the air
stream by adiabatic evaporation

A. Evaporative cooling
B. Sensible cooling
C. Humidifying
D. None of the above
Each miniature boiler shall be provided with a blow
off connection not less than 12.7 mm iron size in
direct connection with the

A. Lowest water space

B. Side of the lowest water space
C. 5mm above the west water space
D. None of the above
Where ground water or surface water are used for
feed water, water hardness of 0 – 10 ppm shall be
considered and alkalinity of

A. ph 10 to ph 11
B. ph 9 to ph 10
C. ph 8 to ph 9
D. ph 8 to ph 10
The ratio of the weight of the water vapor mixed
with a Kg of dry air to the weight of saturated vapor
at the same temperature mixed with a Kg of dry air

A. Relative humidity
B. Humidity ratio
C. Saturation ratio
D. Specific density
If the initial volume of saturated steam is expanded
isothermally to twice the initial volume, the
pressure

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Constant
D. Specific Density
Latent heat of fusion required to ice to liquids

A. 970.3 BTU/lbm
B. 2257 KJ/kgm
C. 335 KJ/kgm
D. 2442 KJ/kgm
Ratio between average demand and the maximum
demand

A. Load factor
B. Demand factor
C. Capacity factor
D. Use factor
Absolute viscosity is essentially independent of
pressure and is primarily dependent on

A. Density
B. Velocity
C. Specific gravity
D. Temperature
Reynolds number may be calculate for

A. Diameter, velocity and surface tension

B. Diameter, density and absolute viscosity
C. Diameter, velocity and absolute viscosity
D. Characteristic length, mass flow rate per unit
area and absolute viscosity
Mechanically and electrically operated brakes shall
be inspected

A. Every month
B. Periodically
C. As often as necessary
D. Every time there is complaint
A type of compressor which is often used for
supercharging diesel engines

A. Roots blower
B. Rotative compressor
C. Centrifugal compressor
D. Axial compressor
The sum of the pressure head, elevation head and
the velocity head remains constant, is known as

A. Torricelli’s theorem
B. Charles law
C. Archimedes principle
D. Bernoulli’s principle
Entropy is the measure of

A. Change in enthalpy of a system

B. Randomness and disorder
C. Internal energy of a gas
D. Heat capacity of a substance
Power output of the engine is increased through

A. Supercharging
B. Turbo – charging
C. Scavenging
D. All of the above
Galvanized iron is a term referring to iron coated
with

A. Magnesium
B. Zinc
C. Tin
D. Aluminum
A closed vessel intended for use in heating water or
for application of heat to generate steam or other
vapor to be used externally to itself is called

A. Steam generator
B. Heater
C. Unfired pressure vessel
D. Regenerator
Formation of bubbles in a low pressure area in
centrifugal pump and later their sudden collapse is
called

A. Erosion
B. Corrosion
C. Cavitation
D. Explosion
The equilibrium temperature that a regular
thermometer measures if exposed to atmospheric
air is

A. Dew point
B. Wet bulb
C. Dry bulb
D. Approach
Type of cooler extensively used for medium and
large size diesel engines

A. Shell and tube cooler

B. Plate cooler
C. Disc cooler
D. Radiator cooler
In energy transformation process in which the
resultant condition lacks the driving potential
needed to reverse the process, the measures of this
loss is expressed as

A. Enthalpy increase of the system

B. Entropy increase of the system
C. Entropy decrease of the system
D. Specific heat ratio of the system
Heat transmission carried by the movement of
heated fluids away from a hot body as in the
heating of water by a hot surface

A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Absorption
Use as a guide for selecting the most efficient
centrifugal pump

A. Type of impeller
B. Overall efficiency
C. Specific speed
D. Peripheral coefficient
Source of power which acts as an excellent prime
mover for the generation with horsepower ranging
from 100 to 5000

A. Steam engine
B. Gas turbine
C. Steam turbine
D. Diesel engine
When vane control is used for mechanical draft fans
and where a wide load range is required, it is

A. Single speed drive motor

B. Two speed drive motor
C. Three speed drive motor
D. Four speed drive motor
In the flow process, neglecting KE and PE changes,
integral of –Vdp represents

A. Flow energy
B. Enthalpy change
C. Heat transfer
D. Shaft work
A system or refrigeration which uses heat energy to
change the condition required in the refrigeration
cycle

A. Vapor compression
B. Steam jet refrigeration
C. Absorption refrigeration
D. Ice refrigeration
Ph value for alkalinity requires

A. 8 or more
B. 2 to 4
C. 4 to 5.5
D. 5.5 to 7
Standard height of workshop ceiling

A. 3 meters
B. 4 meters
C. 5 meters
D. 6 meters
The ratio of maximum load to the rated plant
capacity

A. Load factor
B. Capacity factor
C. Demand factor
D. Use factor
Air is compressed in a cylinder, the work is

A. Zero
B. Indeterminate
C. Positive
D. Negative
Amount of heat required to raise the temperature
of one gram of that substance in one degree
centigrade

A. BTU
B. CHU
C. Calorie
D. Joule
Amount of heat required to change the
temperature of a given unit mass of a substance in
one degree

A. Sensible heat
B. Latent heat
C. Specific heat
D. Expensive heat
Faculty members currently teaching mechanical
engineering professional subjects in universities,
colleges shall not be allowed to continue teaching
after _______ years from the approval of RA 8495
unless they have become PME or RME with a MSME
from duly recognized and accredited universities or
colleges

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
The National Association of Mechanical Engineers
accredited by the Professional Regulation
Commission

A. PAMEE
B. PIMEE
C. PSME
D. Board of Mechanical Engineering
Under the code of ethics, the mechanical engineer
shall be completely above suspicion or reproach in
relation with his clients and employees

A. True
B. False
C. Neither true or false
D. None of the above
Under the code of ethics, the mechanical engineer
should recognized ________ as one of the major
resources of our country

A. Machine
B. People
C. Labor
D. Technology
Minimum grade that maybe required in the
maintenance of a 200 kW Diesel Power Plant:

A. RME
B. CPM
C. PME
D. MPE
Minimum grade of mechanical engineer required in
the operation of a 500 kW Diesel Power Plant:

A. PME
B. RME
C. MPE
D. CPM
The power consumed by an AC machine is equal to
________ where E is the voltage I is the current

A. sin theta
B. cos theta
C. EI cos theta
D. EI sin theta
The ratio of power output in watts to the product of
volts and amperes is called

A. Demand factor
B. Power factor
C. Generator efficiency
D. Capacity factor
A concrete mixture of 1:2:4 means a mixture of

A. 1 measure cement; 2 measures of sand; 4

measures gravel
B. 1 measure sand; 2 measures cement; 4
measures gravel
C. 1 measure Portland cement; 2 measures gravel;
4 measures sand
D. 1 measure gravel; 2 measures sand; 4 measure
cement
The heat transfer process in a cooling tower consist
of a transfer of heat from water to

A. Ice
B. Vapor
C. Saturated air
D. Unsaturated air
The measure of the fluid resistance when acted
upon by an external force

A. Density
B. Viscosity
C. Flash point
D. Pour point
The difference between the sum of the absolute
dynamic head at the outlet of the pump and the
sum of the absolute dynamic head at the inlet
connected to the pump centerline is

A. Net Positive Suction Head

B. Developed head
C. Total dynamic head
D. Total suction head
Large pumps usually are driven by 3 – phase
induction motors. The synchronous speed of such a
motor is the speed of the rotating field

A. n = (120 x frequency)/no. of poles

B. n = (120 x frequency)/power factor
C. n = (120 x frequency)/(2 x no. of poles)
D. n = (50 x 120 x frequency)/no. of poles
Best safety practices in industrial plant.

A. To train delivery personnel

B. To maintain fire brigade
C. To provide machines with appropriate guard
D. To provide alert security guards
A type of boiler which incorporates furnace water
cooling in the circulatory system is known as

A. Integral furnace boiler

B. Integral crate boiler
C. Integral co – generation boiler
D. Integral box boiler
Boiling point of Freon 12

A. -29.6 oC
B. -40 oC
C. -48 oC
D. -52 oC
Transmission of heat from a body to a cold body by
electromagnetic waves

A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Absorption
An increase in enthalpy of a substance when it
undergoes some phase change at a constant
pressure and temperature

A. Heat of crystallization
B. Heat of transformation
C. Heat of fusion
D. Heat vaporization
The age limit of a horizontal return tubular flue or
cylinder boiler having a longitudinal lap joint and
operating at a pressure in excess of 345 kPa shall be

A. 18 years
B. 35 years
C. 30 years
D. 20 years
Air used for comfort cooling shall maintain a
movement of

A. 8 to 10 mm/min
B. 10 to 10000 mm/min
C. 7850 to 9000 mm/min
D. 4570 to 7620 mm/min
The loss of weight of a body submerged in a fluid is

A. Independent of the volume of the body

B. Proportional to the depth of submergence
C. Proportional to the weight of the body
D. Equal to the weight of the body displaced
The ratio of the maximum demands of the separate
parts of a system and the maximum demand of the
entire system:

A. Diversity factor
B. Power factor
C. Load factor
D. Use factor
The only country that recognizes mechanical
engineering license of Filipinos is issued by the
Professional Regulation Commission and allowed to
use the license in their country

A. Thailand
B. Taiwan
C. Japan
D. None of the above
Before a Registered Mechanical Engineer be
allowed to take the Professional Mechanical
Engineer licensure examination, he must have
_________ years of practice as a Registered
Mechanical Engineer

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. More than 6
Responsible in the preparation of plans, valuation,
technical reports, estimates or specifications for any
mechanical works, project or plant

A. Registered Mechanical Engineer

B. Mechanical Plant Engineer
C. Professional Mechanical Engineer
D. Unlicensed Mechanical Engineer but with
Masteral
The _________ may remove any member of the
board of mechanical engineering for continued
neglect of duty or incompetence or for
dishonorable misconduct

A. PSME President
B. PIMEE President
C. Professional Regulation Commission
D. Senate President
_________ refuses to issue certificates to any
person convicted by court of any criminal offense
involving moral turpitude, dishonorable conduct or
to any person of unsound mind

A. PSME
B. Public Works
C. Board of Mechanical Engineering
D. Professional Regulation Commission
Steam engines, internal combustion engines,
boilers, turbines, crushers, mills, pumps are
classified as

A. Mechanical plant
B. Mechanical works
C. Mechanical equipment, machinery or procedure
D. Machines
Steam generators must be inspected by authorized
government representatives who shall conduct a
hydrostatic test of _______ % of its stipulated
steam pressure

A. 150
B. 100
C. 180
D. 130
Upon completion of boiler installations, this must
be inspected by

A. Licensed Mechanical Engineer

B. Municipal Engineer
C. Professional Mechanical Engineer
D. Boiler Supplier
The lowest permissible water level in boilers shall
be ________ of the height of the shell except where
the boiler is equipped with internal surface in which
it shall not be less than __________ of the tube
length above the top of the surface

A. 1/2 : 1/2
B. 1/3 : 1/3
C. 1/4 : 3/4
D. 1/4 : 1/4
The ratio of the average load to the plant capacity
times the number of hours in operation

A. Demand factor
B. Load factor
C. Capacity factor
D. Use factor
Speed of a turbine will run and develop a 1 brake
horsepower from a head of 1 foot

A. Runaway speed
B. Peripheral speed
C. Specific speed
D. Rim speed
Duration of the actual service to the total duration
of the period of time considered

A. Utilization factor
B. Use factor
C. Operation factor
D. Load factor
Ratio of the maximum demand of the system over
the rated capacity of the system

A. Operation factor
B. Use factor
C. Utilization factor
D. Load factor
Power intended to be always available even under
emergency conditions

A. Prime power
B. Firm power
C. Primary power
D. Dump power
The temperature at which oil gives off vapor that
burns continuously when ignited

A. Fire point
B. Pour point
C. Flash point
D. Cloud point
Ignition quality rating of diesel which is the percent
of Cetane in standard fuel

A. Octane no.
B. Conradson no.
C. Cetane no.
D. Aniline point
Instrument indicating the percentages of carbon
dioxide in the flue gases

A. Orsat analyzer
B. Calorimeter
C. Ranarex indicator
D. None of the above
Fixed speed of a hydraulic turbine when it
discharges water under wide open gates with no
load

A. Specific speed
B. Runaway speed
C. Wheel speed
D. Peripheral speed
Temperature at which oil will no longer pour freely
or the temperature at which oil will solidify

A. Dropping point
B. Pour point
C. Cloud point
D. Fire point
Portion of the capacity of the hydraulic power plant
available at all times when energy is needed

A. Secondary power
B. Primary power
C. Dump power
D. Firm power
Heat required to raise the temperature of one
pound of that substance in one degree centigrade

A. BTU
B. Centigrade heat unit
C. Joule
D. Calorie
If the volume of a given mass of a gas varies
inversely as its absolute pressure, provided the
temperature remains constant

A. Charles law
B. Avogadro’s law
C. Boyles law
D. Lenz law
The total pressure of mixture is the sum of their
partial pressures

A. Avogadro’s law
B. Charles law
C. Daltons law
D. Zeroth law
Heat required to raise the temperature of one kg of
that substance in one degree centigrade

A. Sensible heat
B. Joule
C. Calorie
D. Specific heat
Amount of heat liberated by the complete
combustion or burning of a unit substance of a unit
– weight or volume of a fuel

A. Specific heat
B. Latent heat
C. Heating value
D. Sensible heat
Change of internal energy is a function of
temperature change only

A. Boyles law
B. Joules law
C. Charles law
D. Bernoulli’s principle
Equal volumes of all ideal gases at a particular
pressure and temperature contain same number of
molecules

A. Joules law
B. Avogadro’s law
C. Archimedes principle
D. Lenz law
When everything which is in disorder eventually
goes to disorder

A. First law of Thermodynamics

B. Second Law of Thermodynamics
C. Conservation of mass
D. Newtonians Mechanic
Temperature at which molecular motion ceases
according to kinetic theory of heat

A. Boiling point
B. Furnace temperature
C. Absolute temperature
D. Flash point
When two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a
third body, they are in thermal equilibrium with
each other and hence are at the same temperature

A. Zeroth law
B. Lenz law
C. Boyles law
D. Joules law
The volume of a given mass of gas varies directly as
its absolute temperature provided pressure remains
constant

A. Lenz law
B. Charles law
C. 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
D. 1st Law of Thermodynamics
Instrument used to measure small difference in
pressure or draft

A. Bourdon
B. Manometer
C. Pitot tube
D. Anemometer
Quantity of heat required to change the state of a
substance, from solid to liquid without change in
temperature

A. Latent heat of evaporation

B. Latent heat of fusion
C. Latent heat of sublimation
D. Latent heat of air and water vapor
The percentage by weight of the carboneous
residue remaining after destructive distillation

A. Aniline point
B. Octane no.
C. Conradson no.
D. Cetane no.
Temperature at which oil gives off vapor that burns
temporarily when ignited

A. Pour point
B. Boiling point
C. Flash point
D. Critical point
Reserve generating capacity available for service
but not in service operation

A. Reserve equipment
B. Cold reserve
C. Hot reserve
D. Spinning reserve
Reserve generating capacity in operation but not in
service

A. Hot reserve
B. Cold reserve
C. Spinning reserve
D. None of the above
Latent heat of water vapor in the combustion
products is in the liquid form

A. Latent heat value

B. Higher heating value
C. Lower heating value
D. No answer
Color of electrical pipes

A. Red
B. Green
C. Light orange
D. Ultra violet
Distance from top of the boiler ceiling of the plant
for standard application

A. 2000 mm
B. 3000 mm
C. 4000 mm
D. 5000 mm
Color firefighting material pipes

A. Safety red
B. Light orange
C. Yellow orche
D. Blue
Color of pipes for gases in either gaseous or
liquefied form

A. Yellow orche
B. Light blue
C. Silver gray
D. Green
Water vapor content in the products of combustion
is in the vapor sate

A. Higher heating value

B. Gross calorific value
C. Specific heat value
D. Lower heating value
A device that sites on top of the electric locomotive
(LRT) and picks up electricity from overhead wires
to run the train

A. Hydrograph
B. Absorption dynamometer
C. Chassis dynamometer
D. Overhead dynamometer
A reserve generating capacity that is connected to
the bus and ready to take load

A. Hot reserve
B. Cold reserve
C. Effective reserve
D. Spinning reserve
A type of manometer used for measuring volume of
liquids in tanks

A. Pnuemercator
B. Breeching
C. Venturi tube
D. Differential type
The actual amount passing into and out of the
treasury of financial venture

A. Cash flow
B. Capital
C. Book value
D. Salvage value
Things that have value

A. Property
B. Assets
C. Investment
D. Real estate
A term used to describe payment of an employee
wherein an employee is called back to work after
his regular days work

A. Call back pay

B. Back wages
C. Call in pay
D. Portal to portal pay
Manner of liquidating a debt by installment usually
at equal intervals of time

A. Investments
B. Depreciation
C. Amortization
D. Bonding
Cost that does not change with the changes in
volume of outputs

A. Amortization
B. Fixed costs
C. Discount
D. Book cost
Funds that are required to make the enterprise or
project a going concern

A. Banking
B. Accumulated amount
C. Working capital
D. Principal
Instead of the profits being paid out to the
stockholders or owners as dividends, they are
retained in the business and used to finance
expansion

A. Flow back
B. Bonds
C. Deposits
D. Retained earnings
The reduction in value and marketability due to
competition from newest products

A. Obsolescence
B. Fixed cost
C. Depreciated cost
D. Indirect cost
Form of summary of assets, liabilities and net worth

A. Production
B. Breakeven point
C. Balance sheet
D. Balance method
An index of short term paying ability

A. Profit margin ratio

B. Current ratio
C. Acid test ratio
D. Receivable turn over
The worth of property which is equal to the original
cost less depreciation

A. Earning value
B. Face value
C. Scrap value
D. Book value
Ratio of annual revenues to the annual expenses

A. Benefit ratio
B. Benefit cost ratio
C. Rate of return
D. Income ratio
These are the products of services that are required
to support human life and activities that will be
purchased in somewhat the same quantity even
though the price varies considerably

A. Luxuries
B. Utilities
C. Necessities
D. Producers goods and services
The length of time during which the property
maybe operated at a profit

A. Length of time
B. Physical life
C. Life
D. Economic life
In occurs in unique product of services is available
only from a single supplier and entry of all possible
suppliers prevented

A. Competition
B. Monopoly
C. Profitability
D. Inventory
The difference between the book value and the
actual lower resale value

A. Sunk cost
B. Salvage value
C. Resale value
D. Fixed cost
Grand total of the assets and operational capability
of a corporation

A. Earning value
B. Money market
C. Investment
D. Authorized capital
Gross profit, sales cost of goods as a percentage of
sales

A. ROI ratio
B. Price earnings
C. Gross margins
D. Profit margins
Decrease in value of a physical property due to the
passage of time

A. Depletion
B. Depreciation
C. Inflation
D. Recession
What is work in process classified as

A. Liability
B. Owners equity
C. Asset
D. An expense
Cost of things that are either labor or materials

A. Money
B. Expenses
C. Damage
D. Asset
Type of ownership in business where individuals
exercise and enjoy the right in their own interest

A. Private
B. Equitable
C. Public
D. Pure
The difference between the starting and ending
inventory valuations, a term that represents an
inventory account adjustment

A. Physical inventory system

B. Perpetual inventory system
C. Cost of goods sold
D. Periodic inventory of the system
The length of time usually in years for the
cumulative net annual profit to equal the final
investment

A. Return of investment
B. Price earning ratio
C. Payback period
D. Receivable turnover
Which of the following methods is most suited in
evaluating, comparing alternatives with different
lives?

A. Uniform annual cost method

B. Rate of return method
C. Present worth method
D. Urgency rating method
Funds that are required to make the enterprise or
project a going concern

A. Working capital
B. Banking
C. Principal
D. Accumulated amount
Worth of the property as shown in the accounting
records of an enterprise

A. Use value
B. Book value
C. Market value
D. Fair value
Kind of obligation which has no condition attached

A. Pure
B. Private
C. Gratuitous
D. Analytic
The series of equal payments at equal intervals of
time

A. Amortization
B. Annuity
C. Depreciation
D. Interest
Gross profit, sales less cost of goods sold as a
percentage sales is called

A. ROI
B. Profit margin
C. Price earnings
D. Gross margin
The percent worth of all depreciation over the
economic life of the item

A. Depreciation recovery
B. Maintenance
C. Annuity
D. Capital recovery
A provision in the contract that indicates possible
adjustment of material cost and labor cost

A. Specification
B. Secondary clause
C. Escalatory clause
D. General provision
Money paid for the use of borrowed capital

A. Overhead
B. Interest
C. Discount
D. Depletion
An index of short term paying ability is called

A. Acid test ratio

B. Current ratio
C. Receivable turnover
D. Profit margin ratio
A legally binding agreement or promise to exchange
goods or services

A. Barter
B. Contract
C. Pro – forma
D. Memorandum
Fall after the increase reaches a certain variable
amount

A. Process factor
B. Law of Supply and Demand
C. Law of Diminishing Return
D. Inflation
Form of summary of assets, liabilities and net worth

A. Ledger
B. Breakeven point
C. Journal
D. Balance sheet
Worth of property which is equal to the original
cost less depreciation

A. Scrap value
B. Sunk value
C. Face value
D. Book value
A situation whereby payment is made for work not
done. It also applies to the case where more
workers are used than were a reasonable
requirement for efficient operation

A. Feather bedding
B. Moon lighting
C. Check in pay
D. Downtime pay
Grand total of assets and operational capability of a
corporation

A. Investment
B. Money market
C. Earning value
D. Authorized capital
When using net present worth calculation to
compare two projects, which of the following could
invalidate the calculations

A. Non-conventional cash flows

B. Difference magnitude of the projects
C. Evaluation over different time periods
D. Mutually exclusive projects
The difference between the starting and ending
inventory valuations, a term that represents an
inventory account adjustment is called

A. Physical inventory system

B. Cost of goods sold
C. Perpetual inventory system
D. Periodic inventory system
Additional information to prospective bidders on
contact documents issued prior to bidding date

A. Bid bulletin
B. Delicts
C. Escalatory clause
D. Technical assessments
What is the acid test ratio?

A. Ratio of owners’ equity to total current liabilities

B. Ratio of gross margin to operating sales and
administrative expense
C. Ratio of current assets to total current liabilities
D. Ratio of current liabilities to the gross margin
A diagram drawn to help visualize and simplify
problem having diverse receipts and disbursements

A. Year end convention

B. Midyear conference
C. Investment
D. Cash flow
The peso amount as earned from investment or
project

A. Surplus
B. Rate of Investment
C. Rate of Interest
D. Interest
Instead of the profits being paid out to the
stockholders or owners as dividends, they are
retained in the business and used to finance
expansion

A. Flow back
B. Deposits
C. Bonds
D. Retained earnings
Worth of property as shown on the accounting
records of an enterprise

A. Market value
B. Single payment
C. Book value
D. Fair value
Financial statement which compares the revenues
of the period with the expenses incurred to gain
those revenues

A. Equity
B. Book value
C. Liquidated damages
D. Profit and loss statement
The length of time usually in years for the
cumulative net annual profit to equal the initial
investment

A. Price earning ratio

B. Payback period
C. Receivable turnover
D. Return of investment
Association of two or more individuals for the
purpose of operating a business as co-owners of a
profit

A. Corporation
B. Company
C. Partnership
D. Organization
If a cost is a function of the independent variable,
the cost is said to be a

A. Variable cost
B. Fixed cost
C. Incremental cost
D. Direct cost
Penal provision of a contract to compensate for the
losses incurred by one party due to the failure to
comply with contract provisions

A. Force majeure
B. Quasi – delicts
C. Liquidated damages
D. Dacion – en – pago
The balance sheet is a statement showing the
financial status of the company at any given time.
Which of the statements not a part of the balance
sheet

A. Net worth
B. Asset
C. Liabilities
D. Cost of goods sold
Cash money credit necessary to establish and
operate an enterprise

A. Assets
B. Liabilities
C. Capital
D. Funds
Intangible assets of a company or a corporation

A. Patents
B. Investment
C. Equity
D. Capital
A form of business which is legal entity possessing
many of the legal powers of individuals. It can hold
title to property, sue and be used in its own name

A. Company
B. General partnership
C. Corporation
D. Individual proprietorship
Refers to cost of merchandise which excludes
freight and insurance costs

A. Debentures
B. Book value
C. Sunk cost
D. Freight on board
A fund into which annual deposits of X are made in
order to accumulate fund F at in years in the future

A. Annuity
B. Sinking fund
C. Amortization
D. Depletion
Estimated value at the end of the useful life

A. Balance sheet
B. Compounded annually
C. Salvage value
D. Economic life
Consists of the actual counting or determination of
the actual quantity of the materials on hands as of
a given date

A. Material count
B. Material update
C. Physical inventory
D. None of the above
The total income equals the total operating costs

A. Face value
B. Break even
C. Balance sheet
D. Check and balance
The total amount spent on a physical property unit
the property is put into operation

A. Increment cost
B. First cost
C. Sunk cost
D. Marginal cost
The additional cost of producing one more unit

A. First cost
B. Fixed cost
C. Marginal cost
D. Sunk cost
Cost which arise as a result of a change volume of
production

A. Variable cost
B. Summary cost
C. Annual cost
D. Fixed cost
Cost which arise as a result of a change in
operations or policy

A. Integral cost
B. Increment cost
C. Variable cost
D. Sunk cost
Cost which remain unaltered whether or not a
given change in operations is adopted

A. Operating cost
B. Variable cost
C. Maintenance cost
D. Fixed cost
A change in cost for a small change in volume of
production

A. Differential cost
B. Variable cost
C. Increment cost
D. Maintenance cost
Amount which has been spent and for some
reasons cannot be recovered

A. Non variable cost

B. First cost
C. Sunk cost
D. Fixed cost
The value which the disinterested third party,
different from buyer or seller will determine in
order to establish a price that is far and acceptable
to both the buyer and the seller

A. Resale value
B. Fair value
C. Salvage value
D. Book value
The method of repaying a debt, principal and
interest included, usually by a series of equal
payments at equal intervals of time

A. Annuity
B. Amortization
C. Bonding
D. Depletion
The decrease in the value of a property due to the
gradual extraction of its contents

A. Depletion
B. Income statement
C. Depreciation
D. Sinking fund
A certificate of indebtedness of a corporation
usually for a period of not less than 10 years and
guaranteed by a mortgage on certain assets of the
corporation or its subsidiaries

A. Promissory note
B. Bond
C. Chattel mortgage
D. Equity
Ratio of capital invested to the net annual cash flow

A. Net profit
B. Payout period
C. Fair value
D. Annuity
Ratio of annual net profit to the capital invested

A. Rate of return
B. Rate of investment
C. Net profit
D. Annuity
An interest earning fund in which equal deposits
are made at equal intervals of time

A. Straight line
B. Sum of the years digit
C. Matheson equation
D. Sinking fund
The price at which a willing buyer will pay to a
willing seller for a commodity

A. Resale value
B. Book value
C. Market value
D. Salvage value
When one or more of the input factors of
production is limited, either by absolute quantity or
by increasing cost, a point will be reached that an
increase in the variable input factors will result in
less than proportionate increase in input

A. Law of supply and demand

B. Law of diminishing return
C. Matheson law
D. Straight line depreciation law
Price of a property when sold for junk

A. Scrap value
B. Resale value
C. Salvage value
D. Book value
An organization of the workers of a particular trade
or craft whose primary aim is to improve the social
and economic status of its members

A. Company union
B. Employees club
C. Employees union
D. Trade union
A possible or chance events which when they occur,
will involve a large amount of expenditures

A. Contract
B. Lease
C. Contingencies
D. Exaggerated
A study of the cost factors involved in engineering
projects and using the result of such study in
employing the most efficient cost saving techniques
without affecting the safety and soundness of the
project

A. Feasibility study
B. Engineering economics
C. Engineering safety program
D. Engineering project thesis
Part of theorem which is assumed to be true

A. Hypothesis
B. Proportion
C. Theorem
D. No answer
A statement the truth of which must be established
by proof

A. Postulate
B. Theorem
C. Hypothesis
D. Proportion
Space between two lines meeting at a point called
the vertex

A. Angle
B. Quadrant
C. Hyperbola
D. Sinusoid
A statement of equality between two ratios

A. Postulate
B. Proportion
C. Theorem
D. Hypothesis
A place where sellers and buyers come together

A. Malls
B. Market
C. Tiangges
D. Sidewalks
Amount of money or its equivalent which is given in
exchange for goods or commodity

A. Loan
B. Interest
C. Price
D. Discount
Process of determining the value of certain
properties or equipment for certain reasons

A. Devaluation
B. Depletion
C. Valuation
D. Depreciation
The square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is
equal to the sum of the square on the other two
sides

A. Law of sine
B. Pythagorean theorem
C. Cosine law
D. Law of secants
A solid bounded by a surface all points of which are
equidistant from a point called the center

A. Parabola
B. Cycloid
C. Sphere
D. Hyperbola
Side opposite the right angle of a right triangle

A. Apothem
B. Hypotenuse
C. Median
D. Adjacent
Two triangles are congruent if two angles and the
included side of one are equal respectively to two
angles and the included side of the other

A. Accuracy
B. Significant figures
C. Theorem
D. Experimentation
A line that meets a plane but is not perpendicular
to it in relation to the plane

A. Coplanar
B. Parallel
C. Oblique
D. Collinear
The curve generated by a point rotating about its
axis while travelling at constant speed parallel to its
axis

A. Helix
B. Cycloid
C. Hypocycloid
D. Sinusoid
_________ of a negotiable paper is the difference
between the present worth of the paper at
sometime in the future

A. Discount
B. Reduction
C. Percent increased
D. Depreciation
Quantity of a certain commodity that is bought at a
certain price at a given place and time

A. Supply
B. Demand
C. Producer goods
D. Demanded goods
Quantity of a certain commodity that is offered for
sale at a certain price at a given place and time

A. Demand
B. Retailer goods
C. Supply
D. Consumer goods
Used to produce consumers goods

A. Producer good
B. Consumer good
C. Bond
D. Annuity
Funds supply by other on which a fixed rate of
interest must be paid and the debt be repaid at a
specific time

A. Demand
B. Equity capital
C. Borrowed capital
D. Appraisal
The process of determining the value of certain
property for specific reasons

A. Annuity
B. Demand
C. Appraisal
D. Bond
The analysis and evaluation of the factors that will
affect the economics success of engineering
projects to the end that a recommendation can be
made which will insure the best use of capital

A. Present worth
B. Investment
C. Engineering economy
D. Economic life
The length of time during which it is capable of
performing the function for which it was designed

A. Economic life
B. Interest
C. Depletion
D. Physical life
Caused by either lessening in the demand for the
service rendered by the asset or it is availability of
more efficient asset which will operate with lower
out – of pocket cost

A. Obsolescence
B. Salvage value
C. Market value
D. Annuity
It occurs when a unique product or service is
available only from a single supplier and entry of all
other possible

A. Competition
B. Monopoly
C. Profitability
D. Rational
The logarithm of a negative number

A. Irrational
B. Real
C. Imaginary
D. Rational
What is the angle of pi and less than 2 pi

A. Acute
B. Oblique
C. Obtuse
D. Supplementary
Points that lie in the same plane

A. Parallel
B. Coplanar
C. Oblique
D. Collinear
The study of the properties of figures of three
dimensions

A. Physics
B. Solid geometry
C. Plane geometry
D. Trigonometry
The angle between the horizontal plane and the
line of sight between the observers eye to the
object which is lower than the line of sight of his
eyes

A. Angle of elevation
B. Angle of depression
C. Reflex angle
D. Deflection angle
A sequence of numbers where the two successive
terms have a constant common difference

A. Hero’s formula
B. Torricelli’s theorem
C. Arithmetic progression
D. Geometric progression
An algebraic expression having two variables in it,
Example: 3x + 3y is called

A. Binary
B. Binomial
C. Trinomial
D. Polynomial
A statement the truth of which follows with little or
no proof from a theorem

A. Axiom
B. Corollary
C. Postulate
D. Hypothesis
The temperature at which the vapor pressure of the
liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid

A. Pour point
B. Boiling point
C. Cloud point
D. Flash point
The weight of an object in air is equal to the weight
of the displaced liquid on which the object is placed

A. Pascal law
B. Buoyancy
C. Torricelli’s theorem
D. Equilibrium
Transmission of heat from a hot to a cold body due
to motion of matter

A. Radiation
B. Conduction
C. Convection
D. Absorption
The heat transfer from molecule through a body or
through bodies in contact

A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Absorption
The ratio of the limiting frictional force to the
normal force is known as

A. Static friction
B. Coefficient ratio
C. Coefficient of static friction
D. Coefficient of roughness
The locus of points which are equidistant from a
fixed point called focus and a fixed line called the
directrix

A. Ellipse
B. Parabola
C. Cycloid
D. Hyperbola
It is an arrangement of objects in a definite order

A. Probability
B. Permutation
C. Mathematical expectation
D. Combination
The theoretical or expected frequency when the
laws of chance are operating

A. Prediction
B. Permutation
C. Probability
D. Progression
A polyhedron which has 20 faces is known as

A. Pentagon
B. Peridecagon
C. Pentedecagon
D. Dodecagon
A solid figure having a constant cross section in
plane perpendicular to is axis

A. Conic
B. Prism
C. Cissoids
D. Ellipse
Cost that are difficult to attribute or allocate to a
specific output or with activity

A. Indirect cost
B. Direct cost
C. Variable cost
D. Invariable cost
Cost that are repetitive and occur when an
organization produces similar goods or service on a
continuing basis

A. Direct cost
B. Recurring cost
C. Indirect cost
D. No answer
For economic decision making process in the
private sector, economic calculations are made to
maximize net benefits to:

A. Those who invest in the enterprise and assume

no risk
B. The public
C. The creditors of the enterprise
D. Those who work as part of the enterprise
The annual depreciation charge equals capital
recovery with return for an interest rate of

A. 100%
B. Zero
C. Greater than zero
D. Greater than one
Depreciation resulting not from deterioration in the
assets ability to serve its intended purpose but from
a change in the demand for the services it can
rendered

A. Functional
B. Physical
C. Depletion
D. Valuation
The uniform annual end of year payment to repay a
debt in years, with an interest rate I, is determined
by multiplying the capital recovery factor by the:

A. Average debt
B. Initial debt
C. Initial debt plus interest
D. Average debt plus interest
An annuity whereby payment is postponed for a
certain period of time

A. Annuity due
B. Perpetuity
C. Ordinary annuity
D. Deferred annuity
A bond whereby the security behind it in the
equipment of the issuing corporation

A. Debenture
B. Mortgage bond
C. Lien bond
D. Collateral bond
In statistics, the standard deviation means

A. Frequency
B. Central tendency
C. Distribution
D. Dispersion
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 tangent
B. A sinusoid
C. A parabola
D. An exponential
Varignon’s theorem is used to determine

A. Volume of sphere
B. Moment of inertia
C. Location of centroid
D. Area of a circle
The center of gravity of an isosceles triangle whose
height is H on the median line is

A. 2/3 H from the base

B. 1/4 H from the vertex
C. 1/3 H from the vertex
D. 2/3 H from the vertex
A vector that represents the sum of two vectors

A. Tangent
B. Resultant
C. Scalar
D. Tension
Study of motion without reference to the forces
which causes motion

A. Kinetics
B. Surface tension
C. Cohesion
D. Kinematics
Property of a body which measure its resistance to
change in motion

A. Mass
B. Weight
C. Acceleration
D. Rigidity
Motion of a rigid body in which a straight line
passing through any two of its practices always
remains constant

A. Rotation
B. Translation
C. Plane motion
D. Kinetics
The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect to
time

A. Work
B. Power
C. Momentum
D. Force
Product of force and time during which it acts on
the body

A. Impulse
B. Momentum
C. Work
D. Force
Continuous emission of energy from the surface of
all bodies

A. Conduction
B. Emissitivity
C. Radiation
D. Convection
The velocity which an objects needs to overcome
the gravitational force of a planet

A. Escape velocity
B. Orbiting velocity
C. Angular velocity
D. Linear velocity
A chemical process which occur when water is
added to cement

A. Hydration
B. Oxidation
C. Plastic flow
D. Counter diffusion
The angle formed between one line and the
prolongation of the preceding line in a closed
traversed

A. Obtuse
B. Split
C. Deflection
D. Direction
A temperature above which a given gas cannot be
liquefied

A. Boiling point
B. Vaporization temperature
C. Critical temperature
D. Absolute temperature
An encased rotating element provided with vanes
which draw in fluid at the center and except if at a
high velocity at the outer edge

A. Buckets
B. Ejector
C. Vanes
D. Impeller
A pump used to transfer fuel

A. Reciprocating pump
B. Injector
C. Gear
D. Turbine
The Mollier Chart for steam represents a
relationship between the:

A. Temperature – entropy
B. Temperature – volume
C. Pressure and temperature
D. Enthalpy – entropy
Force that opposes the relative motion of a body at
rest or in motion

A. Frictional force
B. Resultant force
C. Centripetal force
D. Centrifugal force
Temperature of a fluid flowing under pressure
through a pipe is usually measured by

A. Hg thermometer
B. Pyrometer
C. Velometer
D. Glass thermometer
The area bounded by the curve under the T-S
diagram represents

A. Work of non-flow
B. Heat
C. Power
D. Change of entropy
An increase in the quantity of goods consumed or
acquired by an individual will decrease the amount
of satisfaction derived from the goods

A. Law of diminishing return

B. Law of supply and demand
C. Matheson law
D. No answer
A depreciation model where the value of an asset
decrease at a decreasing rate

A. Sinking fund
B. Straight line
C. Sum of the years digit
D. Declining balance
A decrease in value of an asset brought by the
development of new and more economical
methods, processes or machinery

A. Depletion
B. Depreciation
C. Obsolescence
D. Annuity
Cost of the product arising from expenditures
incurred in disposing of the products and services
produced

A. Factory cost
B. Selling cost
C. Fixed cost
D. Variable cost
The interest charges under the condition that
interest in any time is charged only to the capital

A. Declining balance
B. Simple interest
C. Compound interest
D. No answer
This occurs when the suppliers and any action taken
by anyone of them will definitely affect the course
of action of the others

A. Oligoly
B. Competition
C. Monopoly
D. Monopsony
Things that cannot be quantitatively measured or
valued such as items of costs and physical assets

A. Intangibles
B. Tangibles
C. Capital
D. Investment
The type of interest that is periodically added to the
amount of loan so that subsequent interest is based
on the cumulative amount

A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Interest rate
D. Sinking fund
The price at which a given product will be supplied
and purchased is the price that will result in the
supply and the demand being equal

A. Present worth method

B. Law of diminishing return
C. Law of supply and demand
D. Obsolescence
It exists when a certain product is offered for sale
by many vendors or suppliers and there is no
restriction against other vendors from entering the
market

A. Competition
B. Valuation
C. Profitability
D. Present worth
A legally binding agreement or promise to exchange
goods or services

A. Contract
B. Memorandum
C. Barter
D. Pro – forma
It occurs when a unique product or service is
available only from a single supplier and entry of all
other possible

A. Competition
B. Inventory
C. Profitability
D. Monopoly
An aggregation of individuals to formed for the
purpose of conducting a business and recognized
by law as a fictitious person

A. Partnership
B. Investors
C. Corporation
D. Stockholders
A written acknowledgment by a carrier that he has
received the goods for shipment

A. Shippers contract
B. Bonding
C. Bill of lading
D. Transportation contract
A written contract under seal whereby a
corporation binds itself to pay a specific sum of
money to the owner of the bond

A. Promissory note
B. Assets
C. Joint agreement
D. Corporation bond
Funds supplied and used by owners of an
enterprise in the expectation that profit will be
earned

A. Investment
B. Equity capital
C. Present worth
D. Working capital
Funds supplied by others on which a fixed rate of
interest must be paid and the debt be repaid at a
specific time

A. Cash flow
B. Borrowed capital
C. Discount
D. Working capital
An annuity where the payment period extends
forever or in which the period payment continue
indefinitely

A. Ordinary
B. Deferred
C. Annuity due
D. Perpetuity
It is a depreciation method whereby the decrease in
value of the unit does not change each year

A. Straight line method

B. Matheson formula
C. SYD method
D. Sinking fund method
Process of determining the value of certain
property for specific reasons

A. Appraisal
B. Depreciation
C. Amortization
D. Investment
An intensive property of a substance is one which is
dependent of the following

A. Pressure
B. Temperature
C. Enthalpy
D. Mass
At the same pressure and temperature, equal
volume of oil gas contain equal number of
molecules is

A. Boyles law
B. Faradays law
C. Carnot law
D. Avogadro’s law
For the sterling cycle, heat regeneration occurs at

A. Constant temperature
B. Constant volume
C. Constant pressure
D. Constant entropy
Known as the silent power plant is the Solar Power
Plant. Which of the following cycles followed?

A. Carnot cycle
B. Diesel cycle
C. Ericsson and sterling cycles
D. Boleman cycle
The thermodynamics cycle as the most efficient

A. Rankine
B. Carnot
C. Diesel
D. Otto
A steam power cycle is modeled by the ideal cycle
known as

A. Carnot
B. Combined
C. Rankine
D. Brayton
An ideal gas is contained in a container. There is no
work of a rotating shaft associated with the
container. Any heat transfer is a function of

A. Volume only
B. Pressure only
C. Temperature only
D. No heat transfer
The use of carbon in steel is to

A. Increase resistance to shock

B. Increase resistance to fatigue
C. Increase ductility
D. Increase the hardness
A thermodynamic system which undergoes a cyclic
process during a positive amount of work is done
by the system

A. Heat pump
B. Heat engine
C. Reversed rankine
D. Reversible-irreversible
Force on a submerged area is referred as

A. Fluid pressure
B. Fluid force
C. Fluid density
D. No answer
A valve in a tank or compartment used primarily to
permit air to escape

A. Vent
B. Safety valve
C. An ejector
D. Relief valve
A property of a material which causes it to fracture
to any noticeable signs of deformation

A. Stiffness
B. Plasticity
C. Brittleness
D. Ductility
The area bounded by the curve under the P – V
diagram represents

A. Work for a non – flow

B. Steady flow work
C. Reversible – irreversible work
D. No answer
The loss of weight of a body submerged in a fluid is
equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. This is
known as:

A. Bernoulli’s principle
B. Archimedes principle
C. Pascal law
D. Joules law
Kinematic viscosity is an SI derived unit described
as:

A. Newton per cm
B. Square meter per second
C. Pascal second
D. SSU
Sum of the internal energy of a body and the
product of pressure and specific volume is called

A. Enthalpy
B. Internal energy
C. Entropy
D. KE and PE
Water in an open glass at room temperature is
referred as:

A. Saturated liquid
B. Compressed liquid
C. Liquid quality is zero
D. No answer
Instrument used to measure intensity of
earthquake

A. Velometer
B. Hydrometer
C. Seismograph
D. Hygrometer
In a processing station, an instrument frequently
used to measure the flow rate of fluids that consists
of a vertical passage with variable cross sectional
area, a float and a calibrated scale

A. Pitot tube
B. Manometer
C. Rotameter
D. Rota – aired
A device that is installed in the liquid line between
the liquid receiver and expansion valve in a
refrigerating plant to absorb moisture that has
entered the system

A. Oil absorber
B. Regenerator
C. Deaerator
D. Dehydrator
The state of a thermodynamic system is always
defined by its

A. Properties
B. Process
C. Absolute temperature
D. Pressure and temperature
Enthalpy of an ideal gas is a function only of

A. Temperature
B. Internal energy
C. Entropy
D. Pressure
Change of internal energy is a function of
temperature change only. This is known as

A. Pascal law
B. Joules law
C. Boyles law
D. Daltons law
The continuous molecular motion and vibration
within a substances

A. Internal energy
B. Enthalpy
C. Potential energy
D. Kinetic energy
For a gas completely compressed isothermally, the
enthalpy change is equal to

A. Always positive
B. Always negative
C. Zero
D. Infinity
A special type of closed system that does not
interact in any way with its surroundings

A. Isolated system
B. Saturated system
C. Control volume
D. Mass conservation
A quantity of matter that is homogeneous
throughout in both chemical composition and
physical structure

A. Property
B. Phase
C. Composition
D. No answer
A property used to measure the state of disorder of
a substance, a function of both heat and
temperature

A. Enthalpy
B. Entropy
C. Internal energy
D. Specific volume
Highest pressure under which distinguishable liquid
and vapor phases exist in equilibrium

A. Saturation pressure
B. Subcooled pressure
C. Stagnant pressure
D. Critical pressure
Energy due to the cohesive forces of the protons
and neutrons within the atoms

A. Chemical energy
B. Nuclear energy
C. Orbital energy
D. Solar energy
Work done in pushing a fluid across a boundary,
usually into or out of a system

A. Steady flow work

B. Conventional flow work
C. Flow work
D. System flow work
One of the outlined statement of the Second Law of
Thermodynamics, it is impossible to construct a
refrigerator that operates without an input work.
This is known:

A. Kelvin – Planck statement

B. Clausius statement
C. Boltzmann statement
D. Fourier’s statement
Conservation of mass states:

A. Mass is indestructible provided no nuclear

reaction is employed
B. Mass has a change within system
C. Mass is not constant
D. No answer
It is the difference in pressure as measured above
or below atmospheric pressure

A. Drift
B. Draft
C. Gage pressure
D. Vacuum pressure
Intercoolers are used in gas compressors

A. True
B. False
C. Neither true or false
D. No answer
Science of low temperature

A. Cryogenics
B. Air-conditioning
C. Drying
D. Cooling and evaporation
A Bell – Coleman Cycle is a reversed

A. Rankine cycle
B. Joule cycle
C. Otto cycle
D. Carnot cycle
For the Ericson cycle, heat regeneration occurs at

A. Constant pressure
B. Constant enthalpy
C. Constant volume
D. Constant entropy
The ratio between the volume at bottom dead
center of any reciprocating engine is

A. Cut off ratio

B. Stroke to bore ratio
C. Compression ratio
D. Work ratio
The volume swept by a piston in one stroke is

A. Specific volume
B. Volume displacement
C. Isentropic volume
D. Expansion volume
The statement: “Energy maybe transformed from
one form to another” is known as

A. Law on conservation of energy

B. First law of thermodynamics
C. Second law of thermodynamics
D. Third law of thermodynamics
It is a property that remains constant if no heat
enters or leaves the system while it does work or
alters the volume

A. Entropy
B. Heat
C. Kinetic energy
D. Enthalpy
Acceleration of a particular body is directly
proportional to the resultant force acting on it and
inversely proportional to its mass

A. Joules law
B. Faradays law
C. Bernoulli’s law
D. Newtons law
Mass maybe converted into energy and energy
maybe converted into mass is all about Einstein law
of relatively. This represents

A. m = density times volume

B. m is directly proportional to energy but
inversely with the square of speed of light
C. m is constant throughout the universe
D. mass is indestructible
A gamma ray is composed of

A. high energy electrons

B. high protons
C. high energy electromagnetic radiation
D. high energy newtons
The type of flow meters as most accurate:

A. Foam type
B. Venturi tube
C. Pitot tube
D. Nozzle flow type
Research and Engineering laboratories, instrument
commonly used due to its small size and last among
other thermodynamics instruments

A. Thermocouple
B. Liquid in glass thermometer
C. Mercury thermometer
D. Gas thermometer
When a substance in gaseous form is below the
critical temperature, it is referred as

A. Moisture
B. Vapor
C. Air – water vapor
D. Steam
The force that tends to draw a body toward the
center about which is rotating

A. Centrifugal force
B. Centripetal force
C. Centrifugal in motion
D. Centripetal motion
A simultaneously generation of electricity and
steam or heat in a single power plant

A. Gas turbine
B. Cogeneration
C. Waste heat recovery
D. Turbo – generator
Yeast as raw materials for beer making is added to
the equipment known as

A. Starting tube
B. Brew kettle
C. Coolers
D. Fermenters
Triple point of water is at ______0 F

A. 30
B. 35
C. 32
D. 40
A vertical column of water will be supported to
what height by standard atmosphere

A. 14.7 psia
B. 34 ft of water
C. 10.36 m of water
D. All of the above
Power measured in the engine cylinder from the
average pressure is called

A. Friction
B. Brake
C. Combined
D. Indicated
Speed at which a liquids escapes from a vessel thru
an orifice is referred as

A. Lenz law
B. Archimedes law
C. Bernoulli’s principle
D. Torricelli’s theorem
The hydraulic formula Cd A x square root of 2gH is
used to find

A. Friction factor of a pipe

B. Length of pipe
C. Friction loss
D. Quantity of discharge thru an orifice
Locus of elevation to which water will rise in the
Piezometer tube

A. Friction head
B. Elevation head
C. Hydraulic gradient
D. Energy gradient
A gas cleaning device which consists of two sets of
electrodes insulated from each other that maintain
a static field between them

A. Vacuum
B. Soot blower
C. Blower
D. Electrostatic precipitator
The theory of changing heat into mechanical form
of work

A. Thermodynamics
B. Inertia
C. Horsepower
D. Kinematics
Internal combustion engines never work on

A. Otto cycle
B. Diesel cycle
C. Dual – combustion cycle
D. Rankine cycle
If the fluid travels parallel to the adjacent paths of
individual particles do not cross each other then
the flow is said to be

A. Turbulent
B. Dynamic
C. Laminar
D. Critical
At any instant, the number of particles passing
every cross section of the stream is the same, the
flow is said to be

A. Steady flow
B. Uniform flow
C. Turbulent flow
D. Continuous flow
Amount of air required in the low bypass factor

A. Greater
B. Lesser
C. Undetermined
D. Constant
Pneumatic tools are powered by

A. Air
B. Water
C. Steam
D. Natural gas
Term not used in relation to lubricating oils

A. Cetane no.
B. Conradson no.
C. Neutralization no.
D. Demulsibility
A graphical representation between discharge and
time

A. Topograph
B. Hydrograph
C. Hectograph
D. Monograph
The latent heat of vaporization at critical point is

A. Minimum
B. Zero
C. Maximum
D. Depends only on temperature
Which of the following would be considered as a
system rather than a control volume?

A. Turbine
B. Pump
C. Nozzle
D. Tire
Purpose of expansion loop in a pipe line

A. Prevent thermal losses due to expansion of

pipelines
B. Monitor leaks in pipelines
C. Provide for steam tight joint and insulation
D. Absorb longitudinal expansion in the line due to
heat
A type of steam boiler which incorporate furnace
water cooling in circulating system

A. Water tube boilers

B. Fire tube boilers
C. Controlled circulation boilers
D. Once through boilers
What is absorbed by sulphites in boiler water
treatment?

A. Carbon dioxide
B. Nitrogen
C. Oxygen
D. Carbon dioxide and oxygen
Condition in which droplets of water are carried by
steam in the boiler

A. Condensation
B. Breeching
C. Priming
D. Carryover
By employing a reheat – regenerative cycle in a
steam power plant, the thermal efficiency

A. No change
B. Decreases
C. Increases
D. No answer
Refining crude oil is

A. Fuel separation
B. Fractional distillation
C. Oil filtration
D. Oil drafting process
For a fuel rich mixture, the equivalence ratio for a
given mass of air

A. Always zero
B. Less than unity
C. Unity
D. More than unity
The amount of heat evolved when a unit amount of
fuel is burned completely and the combustion
products cooled to a base or reference temperature

A. Sensible heat
B. Heat of fusion
C. Heating value
D. Latent heat
Temperature at which grease will pass from a semi
– solid to a fluid state

A. Cloud point
B. Pour point
C. Dropping point
D. Grease point
The minimum absolute pressure possible before
liquid turns into gas

A. Peak pressure
B. Saturation pressure
C. Vapor pressure
D. Critical pressure
Temperature at which a phase change takes place at
a given pressure

A. Wet bulb temp.

B. Sub-cooled temp.
C. Critical temp.
D. Saturation temp.
States that the external pressure applied to a
confined fluid increases the pressure at every point
in the fluid by an amount equal to the external
pressure

A. Archimedes principle
B. Pascal law
C. Daltons law
D. Bernoulli’s law
Chocking in pipe flow means that there is

A. Cavitation
B. Reduction in opening
C. Restriction in area
D. A non – occurrence of the specified mass flow
rate
Fluid property by virtue of its resistance to flow

A. Volatility
B. Aniline point
C. Viscosity
D. Pour point
The lowest temperature at which oil will flow under
pressurized conditions

A. Pour point
B. Flash point
C. Cloud point
D. Aniline point
Cycle used in a gasoline engine

A. Otto cycle
B. Brayton cycle
C. Vapor compression cycle
D. Diesel cycle
A change of phase directly from vapor to solid
without passing through the liquid state

A. Condensation
B. Vaporization
C. Deposition
D. Freezing
A power driven inclined continuous stairway used
for raising or lowering passengers

A. Escalator
B. Elevator
C. Conveyor
D. No answer
It is the ratio of the volume at the end of heat
intake to the volume at the start of heat intake

A. Fuel cutoff
B. Clearance ratio
C. Compression ratio
D. Cutoff ratio
The net entropy change in the universe is

A. Constant
B. Zero
C. Always positive
D. Always negative
In the field of metal corrosion, it is the process
wherein it inhibits further quality deterioration

A. Reduction
B. Passivation
C. Oxidation
D. Activation
A process which takes place without change in
volume

A. Isopheistic
B. Isenthalpic
C. Isobaric
D. Isochoric
When a bourdon gage registers a zero reading the
absolute pressure is

A. Zero
B. 760 mmHg
C. 14.85 psi
D. 100 kPa
Which of the following provides the basis for heat
conduction?

A. Pascal law
B. Charles law
C. Fourier’s law
D. Newtons law of cooling
Which of the following is an extensive property?

A. Volume
B. Temperature
C. Density
D. Mass
For any confined fluid in a space, pressure maybe
exerted without any loss provided no nuclear
process and directed in any direction in the space.
This is known as:

A. Lenz law
B. Pascal law
C. Joules law
D. Fernz law
Refrigerant having the highest critical point

A. Freon 22
B. Freon 12
C. Freon 11
D. Ammonia
Which of the following pairs represent the two
broad classification of lubricating oils?

A. Non mineral and lube

B. Unleaded and premium
C. Active and inactive
D. Additives and straight
It is the work done per unit charge when the
charged is moved from one point to another

A. Potential difference
B. Potential of a point
C. Equipotential of a point
D. Additives and straight
In the relation PVn = constant, what value of n
makes the process isobaric

A. 1
B. Infinity
C. Zero
D. 1.4
In actual gas behavior, molecular collisions are

A. Plastic
B. Elastic
C. Inelastic
D. Stretched
A heat exchanger device used to provide heat
transfer between the exhaust gases and air prior to
its entrance to the combustor

A. Reheater
B. Economizer
C. Air heater
D. Regenerator
This law in electrical circuits state, “The algebraic
sum of currents entering a node (or a closed
boundary) is zero”. How do you call this law?

A. Kirchhoff’s current law

B. Ohm’s current law
C. Kirchhoff’s voltage law
D. Ohm’s voltage law
This law in electrical circuits state, “The algebraic
sum of all voltages around a closed path (or loop) is
zero”. How do you call this law?

A. Kirchhoff’s current law

B. Ohm’s current law
C. Kirchhoff’s voltage law
D. Ohm’s voltage law
In electricity, how do you call the rate of charge
flow?

A. Potential difference
B. Current
C. Voltage
D. Power
How do you call an energy required to move 1
Coulomb of charge through an element

A. Current
B. Voltage
C. Power
D. Resonance
Tesla is a unit of which of the following?

A. Magnetic induction
B. Inductance
C. Capacitance
D. Magnetic flux
A device used to determine whether the part has
been made to the tolerance required and does not
usually indicate a specific dimension

A. Gage
B. Meter
C. Micrometer
D. Durometer