Republic of the Philippines

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION

Manila

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Licensure Examination
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Set B
ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND ALLIED SUBJECTS
March 18, 2020 WEDNESDAY 2pm - 6pm

PREBOARD EXAM 8 – ESAS 3

INSTRUCTION: 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. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only.

1. A Carnot machine operates between a hot reservoir at 200 °C and a cold

reservoir at 20 °C. When operated as an engine, it receives 1000 kJ/kg,
find the coefficient of performance, when operated as refrigerator.
A. 1.77 B. 1.81 C. 1.63 D. 1.99

2. What is the maximum operating temperature of type UF conductor?

A. 75 deg C B. 90 deg C C. 60 deg C D. 110 deg C

3. This states that the gravitational force exerted by mass m1 on another

mass m2 is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely
proportional to the square of their separation.
A. Newton’s Third Law of Motion C. Faraday’s Law
B. Law of Universal Gravitation D. Law of Conservation of mass

4. All the products which are received by the business as a result of the
sale of goods.
A. net income C. gross income
B. total sales D. net revenue

5. What is the period of a vibrating object, which has an acceleration of

8.02 m/s^2 when its displacement is 1m?
A. 4s B. 2.22 s C. 5.33 s D. 0.25 s

6. The __________ shall be the executive officer of the Board.

A. President of the Philippines C. BEE Board
B. Chairman of the Board D. Commissioner

7. If $500 is invested at the end of each year for six year, at an

effective interest rate of 7%, what is the total dollar amount available
upon the deposit of the sixth payment?
A. $3000 B. $3210 C. $3577 D. $4260

8. The distance of a particle from a point is defined by the function S(t)

= t³ + 6t² + 11t + 6 meters, where t > 0 in seconds. Find the average
acceleration during the first 5 seconds.
A. 10 m/s² B. 32 m/s² C. 27 m/s² D. 42 m/s²

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9. The ease with which dislocations are able to move through a crystal
under stress accounts for which of the following?
i. ductility
ii. lower yield strength
iii.hardness
A. i only B. i and iii C. ii only D. iii only

10. What refers to the present worth of all the amounts the bondholder will
receive through his possession of the bond?
A. face value of the bond C. redeemed value of the bond
B. value of then bond D. par value of the bond

11. The luminous intensity of a lamp is expressed in:

A. lumens B. watts C. candela D. lux

12. A manufacturer desires to set aside a certain sum of money to provide

funds to cover the yearly operating expenses and the cost of replacing
every year the dyes of a stamping machine used in radio chassis as model
changes for a period of 10 years. Operating cost per year = P 500.00; Cost
of dye = P 1,200.00; Salvage value of dye = P 600.00. The money will be
deposited in a savings account which earns 6% interest. Determine the sum
of money that much be provided, including the cost of the initial dye.
A. P 8,626.02 B. P 8,882.10 C. P 8,266.20 D. P 8,220.66

13. Decimal number 5436 when converted to 9's complement will become:
A. 4555 B. 4653 C. 4356 D. 4563

14. An amount of P 1,000 becomes P 1,608.44 after 4 years compounded

bimonthly. Find the nominal interest?
A. 12.08% B. 11.89% C. 12.32% D. 12.00%

15. The best method used to refine gold metal is

A. Bassemerization C. Distillation
B. Oxidation D. Electrolysis

16. The first metal used by man was

A. Copper B. Iron C. Gold D. Bronze

17. A steel cube is subjected to a hydraulic pressure of 1.5 Mpa, because

of this pressure the volume decreases to give a dilation of -10^-5. The
Young's Modulus of the material is 200 Gpa. Determine the bulk modulus.
A. 150 Gpa B. 200 Gpa C. 190 Gpa D. 160 Gpa

18. Which of the following statement is FALSE?

A. Oxides, carbides, and nitrides are considered to be within the class of
materials known as glasses.
B. Most metal are strong, ductile, and malleable. In general, they are
heavier than most other substance.
C. Metals are chemical elements that form substances that are opaque,
lustrous and good conductors of heat and electricity.
D. Ceramics are inorganic, nonmetallic solids that are processed or used at
high temperatures.

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19. A force of 10 N is applied to one end of a 10-inch diameter circular
rod. Calculate the stress.
A. 0.15 kPa B. 0.20 kPa C. 0.05 kPa D. 0.10 kPa

20. A state of the art technology designed to provide supervisory control

and data acquisition capability for industrial, commercial and utility
substation and systems.
A. IBM PC B. COBOL C. monitor D. SCADA

21. __________ is a two-way parallel path connecting processors and memory

containing addresses.
A. cache memory B. control bus C. address bus D. buffer

22. Which of the following statement is FALSE?

A. In general, when any tow compounds are unmixed, a large number of
actions maybe possible, but those which proceed the fastest are the ones
observed.
B. Heterogeneous reactions are the reactions that takes place at the
boundary surface between two faces.
C. When temperature is raised, the rate of any reaction is always
increased.
D. It is possible to influence the products of a chemical change by
controlling the factors which affect reaction rates.

23. When using net present worth calculations to compare two projects,
which of the following could invalidate the calculation?
A. differences in the magnitudes of the projects
B. mutually exclusive projects
C. evaluating over different time periods
D. nonconventional cash flows

24. For REE board examination, the passing general average is 70% provided
there is no grade below ____ in any of the 3 subjects.
A. 50% B. 60% C. 65% D. 40%

25. Which of the following is NOT acceptable as a FORTRAN integer variable

name?
A. IRISH B. KOST C. MAPLE D. INSERTS

26. In piston-cylinder arrangement if weight of 15,000N located at bigger

piston of A = 0.1 sq.m., what is the force exerted in a smaller piston with
A = 0.002 sq.m.?
A. 200N B. 400N C. 300N D. 150 N

27. What is the final temperature of the mixture if 128 g of cold water at
3 deg C is mix with 289 g of hot water at 91 deg C?
A. 72 deg C B. 62 deg C C. 78 deg C D. 64 deg C

28. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A. Cold working causes a slight decrease in the density and electrical
conductivity of a metal
B. there is a considerable increase in the hardness and the strength of a
cold-worked metal
C. cold working a metal significantly reduces its ductility
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D. Cold work decreases the yield point of metal

29. Light scattered perpendicularly to an incident beam is partly

A. diffracted B. polarized C. monochromatic D. coherent

30. April 2018. Which of the following ratios of forces represents a

physical interpretation of the Reynold's number?
A. buoyant/inertial C. drag/viscous
B. viscous/inertial D. inertial/viscous

31. Concurrent forces are those forces whose line of action

A. meet at one point C. meet on the same plane
B. lie on the same line D. none of these

32. Under very slow deformation and at high temperature, it is possible to

have some plastic flow in a crystal at a shear stress lower than the
critical shear stress. What is this phenomenon called?
A. creep B. slop C. twinning D. bending

33. A steel tie rod on a bridge must be made to withstand a pull of 5000
lbs. Find the diameter of the rod assuming a factor of safety of 5 and
ultimate stress of 64,000 psi.
A. 0.5 in B. 0.0625 in C. 0.7052 in D. 0.835 in

34. What device is used to measure fluid velocity as well the velocity of
fluid inside a pipe? April 2017
A. Pitot tube B. Pilot tube C. Hydrometer D. Barometer

35. Pulse – amplitude modulation signals are multiplexed by using

A. Subcarrier C. A/D converters
B. Bandpass filters D. FET switches

36. A man borrowed P 20,000 from a local commercial bank which has a simple
interest of 16% but the interest id to be deducted from the loan at the
time that the money was borrowed and the loan is payable at the end of one
year. How much is the actual rate of interest?
A. 19.50% B. 19.75% C. 19.05% D. 19.32%

37. Change in enthalpy occurs at constant ______.

A. pressure B. volume C. temperature D. entropy

38. Which two metals combine to give galvanized metal?

A. lead and tin C. zinc and tin
B. tin and iron D. zinc and iron

39. What is PSALM in EPIRA stands for?

A. Power Section Assets and Liabilities Management
B. Private Sector Assets and Liabilities Management
C. Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management
D. Private Section Assets and Liabilities Management

40. A person buys a piece of property for P10,000 downpayment and ten
deferred semi-annual payments of P8,000 each starting three years from now.
What is the present value of the investment if the rate of interest is 12%
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compounded semi-annually?
A. P144,000 B. P192,000 C. P148,500 D. P185,000

41. Who is not a member of the Board of EE? (Sept 2014, Feb 2014)
A. Francis V. Mapile C. Fortunato C. Leynes
B. Gregorio T. Cayetano D. Jaime V. Mendoza

42. A train is running at 60 kph decelerated at 2.5 m/min^2 for 12 minutes.

Find the distance travelled in km within the period. April 2016
A. 1.182 B. 11.82 C. 1.812 D. 2.182

43. A beam with rectangular cross-section with breadth of 20cm. Determine

the depth of the beam if the maximum shearing stress in the beam is 30
kg/cm^2 and Vmax = 10,000 kg.
A. 25cm B. 23 cm C. 20cm D. 30cm

44. 1 + 1 in binary is?

A. 2 B. 11 C. 10 D. 110

45. At 6%, find the capitalized cost of a bridge whose cost is P250M and
life is 20 years, if the bridge must be partially paid at a cost of P100M
at the end of each 20 years.
A. P295.31 M B. P259.31M C. P264.82 M D. P246.82M

46. The term that refers to the physical equipment or components of an

electronic data processing system?
A. software B. firmware C. hardware D. CPU

47. An iron steam pipe is 200 ft long at 0 °C. What will be its increase in
length when heated to 100 °C? Coefficient of linear expansion is 10 x 10^-6
per °C.
A. 0.18 ft B. 0.12 ft C. 0.20 ft D. 0.28 ft

48. One of the following statements is wrong. Which one is it?

A. Electron is an elementary quantity of negative electricity
B. Proton is an elementary quantity of positive electricity
C. An atom is composed of a central nucleus and orbital electrons
D. The mass of an electron is heavier than that of a proton

49. Find the present worth with a total interest of P5,000 after two years
at a simple interest rate of 6.25%.
A. P35,000 B. P25,000 C. P50,000 D. P40,000

50. A steel support must connect two 30,000 pound tensile loads separated
by 200 inches. The maximum allowable stress is 10,000 psi and the maximum
allowable elongation is 0.02 inch. What is the required area (E = 30 x 10^6
psi)
A. 10 sq in B. 20 sq in C. 30 sq in D. 40 sq in

51. Which of the following accurately describes differences between

crystalline polymers and simple crystals?
i.crystalline polymers, unlike simple crystals, are made of folded chains
of atoms.

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ii. crystal size can be increased by raising the crystallization
temperature only in polymers.
iii. While a simple crystal may be totally crystallized, a polymer can
reach only partial crystallization.
A. i only B. iii only C. ii only D. i and iii

52. Which is not covered by Thermodynamics? Sept 2014

A. Utilization of energy C. Transfer of energy
B. Transformation of energy D. Storage of energy

53. Qualifications of applicants for registration as PEE who were

Assistant/Associate EE under R. A. 184 is Rule _____ of R. A. 7920.
A. 13 B. 12 C. 14 D. 15

54. Which of the following is an alkaline earth metal?

A. Ba B. Ti C. Li D. Na

55. A surveyor's steel tape 30 m long has a cross-sectional of 6 mm by 1

mm. Determine the elongation when the entire tape is stretched and held
taut by a force of 50 N. The modulus of elasticity is 200 Gpa.
A. 2.50 mm B. 1.75 mm C. 1.25 mm D. 0.75 mm

56. It is the internal resisting moment of a beam. It is opposite in the

sense to the bending moment but of the same magnitude.
A. moment of resistance C. modulus of elasticity
B. strain D. elastic limit

57. An archer aims his bow upward and pulls the string of his arrow with a
force of 80 N, The string makes an angle of 25 degrees with the vertical.
Find the tension of the string.
A. 44 N B. 33 N C. 88 N D. 22 N

58. It is defined as the interest on a loan or principal that is based only

on the original amount of the loan or principal.
A. Ordinary Simple Interest C. Compound Interest
B. Simple Interest D. Exact Simple Interest

59. Before starting any electrical work, alteration, repair or extension on

any electrical system, which of the following permit is needed?
A. Wiring Permit C. Electrical Permit
B. Building Permit D. Extension Permit

60. The monthly demand for ice cans being manufactured by Mr. Camus is 3200
pieces. With a manual operated guillotine, the unit cutting cost is P
25.00. An electrically operated hydraulic guillotine was offered to Mr.
Camus at a price of P 275,000.00 and which cuts by 30% the unit cutting
cost. Disregarding the cost of money, how many months will Mr. Camus be
able to recover the cost of the machine if he decides to buy now?
A. 10 months B. 11 months C. 12 months D. 13 months

61. What is the minimum burial depth required for rigid non-metallic
conduit approved for direct burial without concrete encasement?
A. 440 mm B. 400 mm C. 500 mm D. 460 mm

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62. The maximum bending moment of a beam simply supported at both ends and
subject to a total load W uniformly distributed over its length L is
expressed by the formula.
A. WL/8 B. WL^2/8 C. WL/2 D. WL/4

63. A law which states that in a present fluid, the pressure exerted on it
anywhere gets transmitted in all directions.
A. Archimedes' Law C. Darcy's Law
B. Stoke's Law D. Pascal's Law

64. Impulse type turbine named after his creator.

A. Pelton B. Kaplan C. Francis D. Propeller

65. For REE board Examination, the passing general average is _____
provided there is no grade below ____ in any of the 3 subjects. Sept 2017
A. 70 percent, 50 percent C. 75 percent, 70 percent
B. 75 percent, 50 percent D. 70 percent, 60 percent

66. Which of the following is not a function of computer?

A. Understanding C. controlling
B. processing D. inputting

67. Among physical laws listed, which one is different?

A. Law of Gravity C. Law of Acceleration
B. Law of Reaction D. Law of Inertia

68. The mass of 8lb of pineapples is

A. 0.25 slug B. 0.5 slug C. 4 slugs D. 256 slugs

69. It refers to the magnitude of the auditory sensation produced by the

sound.
A. loudness B. tone C. pitch D. intensity

70. An ice with mass of 0.9 kg is freely floating in water. Find the
buoyant force experienced by the ice. (Sept 2014)
A. 7.8 N B. 8.82 N C. 10.2 N D. 9.64 N

71. Electric Power Industry is divided into how many sections?

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

72. Binary codes are sometimes transformed in modems into

A. Hexadecimal C. Gray code
B. Huffman codes D. Complementary codes

73. A projectile with a mass of 0.01 kg has a muzzle velocity of 1,000 m/s
when fired from a rifle weighing 5 kg. The recoil velocity of the rifle is:
A. 0.1 m/s B. 50 m/s C. 2 m/s D. 5 m/s

74. Convert 110 °F to °C.

A. 43.33 °C B. 46.32 °C C. 40.23 °C D. 42.22 °C

75. What is the most common reinforcement for polymer composites?

A. Boron B. Ceramic C. Glass fiber D. Graphite

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76. The reciprocal of bulk modulus is ________
A. Volume stress C. Shape elasticity
B. Compressibility D. Volume Strain

77. As the amount of slip increases, additional deformation becomes more

difficult and decreases until the plastic flow finally stops. Slip may
begin again only if a larger stress is applied. What is this phenomenon
known as?
A. crowding B. cooling C. twinning D. strain
hardening

78. Find the future amount of P12,000 after 12 years with an interest rate
of 9% compounded semi-annually.
A. P33,272 B. P34,426 C. P34,512 D. P36,186

79. How much external work is done by an ideal gas expanding from a volume
of 3.0 L to a volume of 30.0 L against a constant pressure of 2.0 atm.
A. (+) 5.5 kJ B. (+) 10.5 kJ C. (-) 10.5 kJ D. (-) 5.5 kJ

80. The purpose of copper in steel alloying is to increase

A. atmospheric corrosion resistance C. corrosion resistance
B. hardness and strength D. deoxidation

81. SEPT 2017. Which of the following classes of mass memory devices used
laser beam to write and read onto a specified coated disk?
A. Non-volatile memory C. ROM
B. RAM D. Optical disk memory

82. What is the empirical formula of glucose

A. C8H18 B. CH2O C. C11H22O12 D. C6H12O6

83. An empty glass was initially place with a cube of ice. A water filled
into a glass such that the ice at the tip of the glass. What will happen
after the ice melts?
A. cannot determine since no density of ice and water are given
B. some spilled
C. some spilled on the side of the glass
D. nothing spilled

84. The following are vector quantities except ONE.

A. Acceleration B. Force C. Current D. Momentum

85. It is the interest earned by the principal which is added to the

principal will also earn an interest for the succeeding periods. (Sept
2014)
A. compound interest C. discount
B. simple interest D. interest rate

86. What of the following statements regarding organic substances is FALSE?

A. organic matter is generally stable at very high temperatures
B. all organic matter contains carbon
C. organic substances generally dissolve in high concentration acids
D. organic substances generally do not dissolve in water

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87. Determine the divergence of the vector: V = i(x²) + j(-xy) + k(xyz) at
the point (3, 2, 1).
A. 11 B. 13 C. 9 D. 7

88. A 2000-lbm satellite with an average density of 27 lbm/ft³ is in orbit

where the local acceleration due to gravity is 30.6 ft/s². If the density
of the atmosphere is 0.011 lbm/ft³, what is the buoyant force of the
satellite?
A. 0.774 lbf B. 0.874 lbf C. 0.234 lbf D. 0.576 lbf

89. You need P40,000 per year for four years to go to college. Your father
invested P50,000 in a 7% account for your education when you were born. If
you withdraw the P40,000 at the end of your 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th
years, how much will be left in the account at the end of your 21st year?
A. P17,000 B. P25,000 C. P34,000 D. P40,000

90. What must two investments with the same present worth and unequal lives
have?
A. identical uniform annual cash flows
B. identical salvage values
C. different salvage values
D. different equivalent uniform annual cash flows

91. An object weighs 100 lb in air and 25 lb in fresh water. Its volume in
cubic feet is closest to
A. 1.1 B. 1.3 C. 1.2 D. 1.4

92. Determine the largest allowable square cross-section of a steel shaft

of length 6 m if the maximum shearing stress is not to exceed 120 Mpa when
the shaft is twisted through one complete revolution. Use G = 77.2 Gpa.
A. 2.20 mm B. 0.86 mm C. 3.55 mm D. 1.20 mm

93. How do you call the conductor encircling a building and interconnecting
all ground terminals?
A. counterpoise C. bonding
B. interlink D. air terminal

94. Which of the following expression is incorrect?

A. The future worth of an annuity,(F/a,i,n)
B. The present worth of an annuity, (F/A,i,n),=1/(A/P,i,n)
C. The future worth of a present amount, (F/P,i,n),=1/(P/F,i,n)
D. (A/F,i,n)-i=(A/P,i,n)

95. The simplex method is extremely efficient in solving which of the

following classic problems
A. the “transportation problem” C. the “assignment problem”
B. “the allocation problem” D. the “transhipment problem”

96. Decode the ASCII Code: 44 72 45 61 4d 46 6f 52 63 45

A. ToPnOTcHeR B. ElEcTRiCaL C. DrEaMFoRcE D. EnGiNEeRs!

97. 14 base 10 = ( ) base 2

A. 1100 B. 1011 C. 1110 D. 1001

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98. The president of an engineering firm wishes to give each of his 50
employees a holiday bonus of P10,000. How much should he invest monthly for
a year at 12 percent nominal interest rate to be able to give that bonus?
A. P39,424.39 B. P44,424.39 C. P34,444.93 D. P29,344.93

99. A barrel will rupture when the gauge pressure within reaches 350 kPa.
It is attached to the lower end of a vertical pipe, with the pipe and
barrel filled with oil (SG = 0.89). How long can the pipe be if the barrel
is not to rupture?
A. 40.1 m B. 39.2 m C. 41.6 m D. 36.4 m

100. A byte is composed of how many bits?

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

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