Seat No.

Republic of the Philippines

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION
Manila
BOARD OF MASTER PLUMBING
MASTER PLUMBERS Licensure Examination
Monday, February 20, 2023 08:00 a.m. - 10:a.m.
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PLUMBING ARITHMETIC SET B
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each of the following
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Find the Geometric mean of 2 and 8.
A. 10 C. 4
B. 8 D. 5

2. A Regular dodecagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 24. Find th

perimeter of the dodecagon
A. 194.08 units C. 150.21 units
8. 150.12 units D. 149.08 units
3. The sides of a regulation football field measure 120 yards and about
53.3 yards. About how far does a person have to walk to go all the way
around a regulation football field?
A. 246.6 yd C. 6,396 yd
8. 173.3 yd D. 346.6 yd
4. If you borrowed P10,000 from a bank with 18% interest per annum, what is
the total amount to be repaid at the end of one year?
A. P19,000 C. P11,800
8. P12,400 D. P15,500
5. If you got a character loan of P10,000 from a bank with 18% interest per
annum, how much interest would you have paid in one year?
A. P1,500 C. P1, 200
B. P1,800 D. P900
6. What is the next term of the given sequence of the number, 1, 2, 6, 24,
120,?
A. 360 C. 240
8. 480 D. 720
7. Find the probability of drawing either a queen or a diamond in a single
draw from a deck of 52 cards.
A. 4/13 C. 6/13
8. 10/13 D. 1/13
8. In electrical, what is the SI unit of conductance?
A. Siemens C. Ampere
8. Ohm D. Darsho's siemens
9. What is the time when the hands after 2:00 o'clock are perpendicular
with each other?
A. 2:28:30 C. 2:27:15
8. 2:26:15 D. 2:28:16
10. Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. Determine the number.
A. 4 C. 5
B. 6 D. 7

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11. Wanda is twice as old as Ywwa was when Wanda was as old as Ywwa is now.
If Wanda is 12 years old, how old is Ywwa?
A. 7 C. 10
B. 8 D. 9

12. How many degrees in pi radians?

A. 180½ C. 90½
B. 360% D. 270%
13. Which does not belong to the iron family?
A. Fe C. Co
B. En D. Ni
14. Three cats can kill 3 rats in 3 minutes. how many will it take 100 cats
to kill 100 rats?
A. 3 minutes C. 30 minutes
B. 100 minutes D. 300 minutes
15. The of a parallelogram is the distance from the base to the
opposite side.
A. Face C. Length
B. Edge D. Height
16. The funds that are required to make the interprise or project a going
concern.
A. banking capital C. working capital
B. present worth D. principal
17. Roman numerals MCC in Hindu Arabic is equal to?
A. 120 C. 12
8. 12000 D. 1200
18. A three-dimensional figure with two circular basis is called
A. Cylinder C. Circle
B. Cone D. Sphere
19. How much heat is required to raise 10g of water from O½C to 1½C?
A. 10 calories C. 1 calorie
B. 4 calories D. 1 kilocalorie
20. The area of the region boundedby two concentric circles is called
A. annulus C. circular disc
B.ring D. washer
21. Pressure drop across a turbine is 30 psi, the flow rate is 60 gpm.
Calculate the power output of the turbine.
A. 2.54hp C. 3. 64hp
B. 1. OShp D. 0.41hp
22. One British thermal unit is equivalent to how many calories?
A. 316cal C. 225cal
B. 252cal D. 361cal

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23. Worth of the property as shown in the accounting records of an

interprise.
A. market value C. use value
B. fair value D. book value
24. A number that exactly divided by 2 is _
A. Odd C. Even
B. Real D. Original
25. A space that is devoid of matter and which the pressure is Zero
A. Inner space C. Black hole
B. Outer space D. Vacuum
26. If a= b, Then b = a. is illustrate which axiom in Algebra?
A. Transitive axiom C. Reflexive
B. Symmetric axiom D. Replacement axiom
27. The father of plane geometry.
A. Euclid C. Aristotle
B. Pyphagorah D. Galileo
28. What is the travel a 45½ offset when the offset is 10"?
A. 4" C. 25.63"
B. 1.05" D. 14.14"
29. What is any one of the digits from 1 to O inclusive, and O EXCEPT when
it is used to place a decimal?
A. Significant figure C. Decimal number
B. leading digit D. Numerals
30. In a dice game, one fair die is used. The player wins P10.00 if he
rolls either a 1 or a 6. He losses P5.00 if he turns up any other face.
What is the expected winning for one role of the die?
A. 3 C. 2
B. 1 D. 0

31. The trasfer of energy from a source to an object by direct contact

between them is?
A. radiation C. correlation
B. conduction D. convection
32. what is a measure of relationship between two variables?
A. Function C. Correlation
B. Equation D. Relation
33. A vertical cylindrical tank has a height of 10 ft and 10 inches. It
diameter is 4 ft and 2 inches. It is filled with water up to 7 ft and 6
inches from the base. What is the approximate volume of water in the
tank expressed in gallons?
A. 765 gal. C. 567 gal.
B. 1105 gal. D. 1510 gal.
34. The formula for change of centigrade reading ti Fahrenheit reading is?
A. F= 9/5 %C - 32 C. F= 9/5 C + 32
B. F= 5/9 C + 32 D. F= 5/9 ½C - 32
35. The number 1500 has how many significant digits?
A. 4 C. 2
B. 1 D. 3

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36. What is the gradient fall of a storm drainage line if its total layout
length is 225m??
A. 0.444% C. 0.007%
B. 1.000% D. 0.500%
37. Part of the theorem which is assumed to be true.
A. Hypothesis C. Axiom
B. Postulate D. Conclusion
38. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10,.
A. 90 C. 91
B. 89 D. 92
39. Find the nominal rate which if converted semi-annually could be used
instead of 11.55% compounded quarterly?
A. 11.06% C. 11.39%
B. 11.72% D. 12.72%
40. A freely falling body is one that is acted upon by NO forces other than?
A. air resistance C. gravity
B. its own speed D. speed of wind
41. One number is 5 less than the other. If their sum is 135, what is the
smaller number.
A. 60 C. 80
B. 50 D. 70
42. The pressure in the fluid is smaller where the velocity is greater.
A. Law of continuity. C. Bernoulli's
B. Stoke's law D. Pascal's law
43. Two coats of paint are required for an exposed water pipe line 7 inches
in diameter (outside diameter) and 200ft long. If a gallon of paint
covers 200sq. ft. on the first coat of 250sq. ft. on the second coat,
how many gallons are needed for the second coating?
A. 4.0 gallons C. 2.0 gallons
B. 1.5 gallons D. 3.1 gallons
44. A statenent of equality between two ratios
A. power factor C. theorem
B. valuation D. proportion
45. Each of the faces of a regular hexahedron is a _
A. Hexagon C. Square
B. Triangle D. Rectangle
46. How much work is required to lift a 50 pounds weight 100 ft vertically
from ground level?
A. 5000 ft- lb C. 5 ft - lb
B. 50 ft-lb D. 500 ft- lb
47. Find the minimum force P required to turn a 350 1b wheel with diameter
of 10 inches over a block with a height of 2 inches.
A. 11.72% C. 11.06%
B. 12.72% D. 11.39%.
48. A 150 mm diameter pipe, 50 ft long is installed vertically. It is filled
with water at atmospheric pressure, what is the total pressure in psi at
the bottom?
A, 23.7 psi C. 24. 7 psi
B. 21.7 psi D. 22.7 psi

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49.A circle is _
A. 45% C. 180½
B. 360½ D. 90½

50. A volume of 1500 milliliters of water was added with 50 deciliters of

Water. What is the total volume in centiliters?
A. 650 c. 20
B. 200 D. 65
51. The number of board feet in a plank 3 inches thick, 1 foot wide and 20
ft long is
A. 5 C. 60
B. 30 D. 720

52. A 10 kg block is raised vertically by 3 meters. What is the change in

potential energy?
A. 942 joules C. 294 joules
B. 249 joules D. 924 joules
53. An algebraic expression consisting of three terms
A. trigonometric ratio C. trihedral angle
B. trigonometric function D. trinomial

54. Two consecutive even integers have the sum of 90. What are the two
integers?
A. 44 ,46 C. 43, 47
B. 42, 48 D. 40, 50

55. If a sump pump can suck 50 gallons of water every thirty seconds, how
many gallons of water can it suck in one hour?
A. 6,000 C. 9,000
B. 7,500 D. 3,000
56.A plumbing tool costs P8,000 and an estimated life of 10 years with a
salvage value of P500. what is its books value after 8 years using
straight line method?
A. P3,000 C. P2, 000
B. P2,500 D. P3,500
57 In what quadrants do the secant and cosecant of an angle have the same
algebraic sign?
A. I and II C. II and lV
B. III and IV D. 1 and 111
58.What will be the amount after four years if P12,800 is invested at 5
percent compounded quarterly?
A. 14,585.34 C. Pl4, 785.34
B. P15,614.59 D. P15,214.59
59. What is a body or space bounded by surface every point of which is
equidistant from a point within?
A. Spheroid C. Sphere
B. Circle D. Ellipsoid

60.The volume of a circular cylinder, is equal to the product of its base

and altitude.
A. postulate C. theorem
B. axiom D. corollary

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61. A company manufacture 2, 000,000 PVC fittings yearly. In order to reduce

material cost by 15%, a new design of the fitting has to be made but it
will increase processing cost by 5%.If material cost is P12 per unit
and processing will cost P4 per unit, how much can the company afford to
pay for the preparation of the new design and making changes in the
equipment?
A. 3.200.000 C. P4,300,000
B. P3,400,000 D. P2,300,000
62. A 4 inch diameter sphere is floating on water with its hemisphere
submerged. Solve for the density of the sphere.
A. 1000 lb/ft3 C. 62.4 lb/ft3
B. 64.2 lb/ft3 D. 31 .2 lb/ft3
63. If the eccentricity is less than one, the curve is known as.
A. Ellipse C. Parabola
B. Hyperbola D. Circle
64.In a pile of cast iron pipes, each layer contains one more pipe than the
layer above and the top contains just one pipe.If there are 105 pipes
in the pile, how many layers are there?
A. 17 C. 14
B. 12 D. 15
65. Roll a pair of dice one time. What is the probability that the sum of
the two numbers is 8?
A. 1/6 C. 1 /9
B. 5/36 D, 1 /36

66. sin 20 is equal to:

A. sin c0so
B. 1/2 sin 6
c. I- sin2 ~
D, 2 sin6 cos~
67. The present worth of all depreciation over the economic life of the item
is called
A. maintenance C. depreciation recovery
B. annuity D. capital recovery
68. If you borrowed Pl0, 000 from a bank with 18% interest per annum, what is
the total amnount to be repaid at the end of one year?
A. P19,100 C.P11,800
B. P12,400 D. P15,500
69. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine the area.
A. 360 m" C. 320 m"
B. 420 m3 D. 40C m»
70. A compound statement that is true for all truth values of its component
statements.
A. Axiom C. Tautology
B. Cone D. Corollary
71. Solve for x in the equations: 2(x t y) = 100 and 4(x + y) = 10
A. 4. 15 C. 4. 25
B. 4.55 D, 4.75
72. A diver who picks up a stone
under, water and brings it to the surface
finds that the stone is much heavier above the surface. The principle
which explains this observation is?
A. Pascal's C. Archimedes
B. Bernouilli's D. Stokes
73. A line drawn from one angle of a triangle dividing its opposite side
equally ,into two.
A. Bisector C. Median
B. Apo them D. Neutral axis

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74. How many times do the hand of a clock be at right angles in a day?
A. 24 times C. 22 times
B. 44 times D. 48 times
75. Two liters of a gas is at 740.0 mmHg pressure. What is its volume at
standard pressure?
A. 1.92 L C. 1.95 L
B. 1 . 96 L D. 1 . 98 L
76. Cost of things that are neither labor or materials.
A. investments C. construction cost
B. labor cost D. expenses
77. Find the area of the square if the coordinates of the vertices of the
square are (0, 6), (6,0), (0,-6), and (-6,0).
A. 144 sq. units C. 108 sq. units
B. 72 sq. units D. 36 sq. units
78. The fluid pressure is the same in all directions. This is known as
A. Bernoulli's theorem C. Ideal Fluid principle
B. Archimedes principle D. Pascal's principle
79. If the lengths of the two side of a right triangle are 4 and 7,then the
length of the third side is less than_
A, 7 C. 11
B. 3 D. 4

80. Cres and Ray working together can finish laying the pipes for six days.
Cres, working alone, can finish it in five days less than Ray. How long
will it take Ray to finish laying the pipe if working alone?
A. 15 C. 20
B. 10 D. 12
81 How many horsepower in 746 kilowatts?
A. 1 hp C. 0.01 hp
B. 1000 hp D. 100 hp
82. The difference between an approximate value of a quantity and its exact
value or true value.
A, approximate error C. absolute error
B. change D. relative error
83.What is the maximum area of the rectangle inscribed in an ellipse having
an equation of 4x» t 16y?
A. 4 C. 6
B. 5 D. 8

84. The number of several outcomes divided by the number of possible

outcomes is:
A. Change C. Conbination
B. Probability D. Permutation
85. Condensation.
A. is the opposite process of melting.
B. is due to the increase in the kinetic energy of the particles of the liquid.
C. is an exothermic process
D. is the process of bringing together molecules of water.
86. The ratio of the interest payment to the principal for a given unit of
time and usually expressed is a percentage of the principal is called
A. Investment C. Interest rate
B. Rate D. Interest

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87. The formula for change of centigrade reading to Fahrenheit reading is?
A. %F= 9/5 ½C + 32 C. ½F=5/9 ½C - 32
B. YF= 5/9 ½C + 32 D. ½F= 9/5 C - 32
88. How many degrees Celsius is 80 degrees Fahrenheit?
A. 31.34 C. 62.76
B. 13.34 D. 26.67
89. For any two triangles, if an angle of one triangle is congruent to an
angle of the other and if the two sides of one triangle are proportional
to two sides of the other, they are what kind of triangles?
A. Complementary C. Dissimilar
B. Supplenentary D. Similar
90. How many diagonals can be drawn from one vertex of a seven-sided
polygon?
A. 5 C. 4
B. 7 D. 6

91. What is the weight of a column of water 12 inches high and 1 inch in
diameter?
A. 0.0433 1bs C. 0.034 lbs
B. 0. 334 lbs D. 0.433 lbs

92. The terms of an arithmetic sequence has a common _

A. factor C. product
B.quotient D. difference
93. What would be the length af the diagonal of the floor of a room 9 meters
by 12 meters?
A. 14m C. 17m
B. 16m D. 15m
94.The static water pressure at the water meter is 80 psi. At a supply
outlet 40 feet above the meter, the static water pressure would be
approximately
A. 60 psi C. 40 psi
B. 120 psi D. 80 psi
95.Is one where the payments are made at the beginning of each period.
A. Ordinary Annuity C. Deferred Annuity
B. Perpetuity D. Annuity Due
96.A city of 25,000 uses 15 gals of water per day per capita. If it is
150ft, what is the number of horsepower
required to raise this water
reguired? Disregard losses.
A. 7.89 HP C. 9.78 HP
B. 9.87 HP D. 8.79 HP
97. How much should you put into a 10% savings account in order to have
Pl0,000 in five years?
A. P6,210 C. P6, 440
B. P6, 148 D. P6, 312

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98. A square lot has an area of 64 meters. What is the perimeter?

A. 32 M C. 16 M
B. 18 M D. 8 M

99. Four students are 15, 11, 12, and 14 years old. What is an average age
of the four students?
A. 13 C. 12
B. 14 D. 15
100. Which of the following is a statement of equality between two given
expressions?
A. Term C. Solution
B. Equation D. Symbol can

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