CE 420 – CE Practice with Comprehensive Examinations

Week 1-2 Module (Algebra, Trigonometry, Plane and Solid Geometry, Analytic Geometry)

1. Determine k so that the equation 4x2 + kx + 1 = 0 will have just one real solution.
a. 3 b. 4
c. 5 d. 6

2. The first term of an arithmetic progression is -4 and the fourteenth term is 35. What is the
sum of the first 15 terms of this sequence?
a. 255 b. 355
c. 265 d. 365

3. Johnmar can shovel a driveway in 50 minutes. If Danerie can shovel the driveway in 20
minutes, how long will it take for them to the nearest minute, to shovel the driveway if they
work together?
a. 11 b. 13
c. 14 d. 17

4. What percentage of water by mass of a 20% salt solution must be evaporated to obtain a 30%
salt solution?
a. 18% b. 33%
c. 39% d. 26%

5. Six years ago, Herald was five times as old as Ryan. In five years, Herald will be three times
as old as Ryan. What is the present age of Ryan?
a. 14 b. 15
c. 16 d. 17

6. In how many minutes after 2 o'clock will the hands of the clock extend in opposite directions
for the first time?
a. 42.4 minutes b. 42.8 minutes
c. 43.2 minutes d. 43.6 minutes

7. Two sides of a triangle are 50 m and 60 m long. The angle included between these sides is
30°. What is the interior angle opposite the longest side?
a. 14 b. 15
c. 16 d. 17

8. A tower's top point D is elevated from point A at an angle of 23°30'. The tower's top is elevated
at an angle of 55°30' from another point B. The tower's foot (point C) and the points A and B are
217.45 meters apart and in the same horizontal plane. At the base of the tower, A and B's
horizontal angle is 90°. Determine the tower CD's height.
a. 107.08 m b. 90.59 m
c. 110.15 m d. 97.60 m

4 4 sin 𝐴−cos 𝐴
9. If tan 𝐴 = 5, what is the value of ?
3 cos 𝐴+sin 𝐴
a. 15/19 b. 13/19
c. 11/19 d. 9/19

10. Find the area of a regular hexagon if the width across the flat is 70 cm.
a. 3,875.45 cm2 b. 4,243.52 cm2
c. 4,698.54 cm2 d. 4,498.63 cm2

11. The side of a regular hexagon is 9.74 cm long. Find the area between the circles inscribed
in the hexagon and the circle circumscribed about the hexagon.
a. 67.32 cm2 b. 74.51 cm2

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Week 1-2 Module (Algebra, Trigonometry, Plane and Solid Geometry, Analytic Geometry)

c. 98.32 cm2 d. 103.99 cm2

12. A metal sphere weighing 24 kg is melted down and recast into a solid cone of base radius
8.0 cm. if the density of the metal cone is 8000 kg/m3, determine the height of the metal cone,
assuming that 15% of the metal is lost in the process.
a. 35.87 cm b. 41.23 cm
c. 32.89 cm d. 38.05 cm

13. A square pyramid has base width of 4m and a height of 10 m. A smaller pyramid is cut from
this pyramid by passing a plane 6 m from the base of the given pyramid. What is the volume of
the small pyramid?
a. 3.98 m3 b. 3.41 m3
c. 4.36 m3 d. 2.85 m3

14. Find the equation of the line that passes through points (2,-1) and (-1, 4).
a. 3x + 5y + 12 = 0 b. 5x + 3y – 7 = 0
c. 2x + 7y – 5 = 0 d. 5x - 7y + 3 = 0

15. Locate the mid-points between the points (-2, 3) and (8, - 4).
a. (2, 1/2) b. (5, -1/2)
c. (-3, 1/2) d. (3, -1/2)

16. x2 + y2 + 4x + 6y – 23 = 0 is a circle whose center is at point.

a. (2, 3) b. (3, 3)
c. (– 3, 2) d. ( – 2, – 3)

17. Find the equation of the parabola with vertex at (0, 3) and directrix x = -1.
a. y2 + 8x + 8y – 13 =0 b. y2 – 4x – 6y + 9 = 0
c. y2 – 5x + 16y + 14 = 0 d. y2 + 12x – 14y + 16 = 0

18. Find the equation of a hyperbola with vertices at (-4, 4) and (8, 4) and focus at (12, 4).
a. (x – 2)2/36 – (y – 4)2/64 = 1 b. (x – 8)2/64 – (y – 4)2/36 = 1
c. (x + 5)2/81 – (y – 4)2/25 = 1 d. (x – 3)2/36 – (y – 4)2/16 = 1

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

-Philippians 4:13

CE-4202 | CE-4208 Prepared by: Engr. C. M. U. Olano Jr., RCE, RMP, SO-2
 CE 420 – CE Practice with Comprehensive Examinations
Week 1-2 Module (Algebra, Trigonometry, Plane and Solid Geometry, Analytic Geometry)

PROBLEMS FOR PRACTICE!

Problem 1: a. 32 b. 16 concentration of salt in the

Find x in the trigonometric c. 28 d. 86 mixture?
equation: Arctan(1 – x) + Arctan(1 + a. 22.15% b. 27.05%
1
x) = Arctan . Problem 10: c. 25.62% d. 19.55%
8
In the expansion of the binomial (x
a. 6 b. 4
+ 2y)10, the numerical coefficient of Problem 18:
c. 2 d. 5
the 5th term is equal to: There are 20 Chickens consisting
a. 5,040 b. 210 of cocks, hens, and chicks, each
Problem 2:
16𝑥−7 c. 3,340 d. 3,360 cock costs P30.00, each hen P15.00
Given: 5x-32 = .
5 and each chick P5.00. If the total
a. 15 b. 17 Problem 11: cost of all is P200.00, How of each
c. 16 d. 18 The equation whose roots are the kind are there?
reciprocals of the roots of the a. 13 cocks, 2 hens, 5 chicks
Problem 3: equation 2x2 – 3x – 5 = 0 is: b. 2 cocks, 5 hens, 13 chicks
3
If f(x)=x5-2x2+ , then f(-1) is equal a. 2x2 – 5x – 3 = 0 c. 5 cocks, 13 hens, 2 chicks
𝑋
to: b. 5x2 – 2x – 3 = 0
a. – 6 b. – 4 c. 5x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 Problem 19:
c. – 8 d. – 5 d. 3x2 – 5x – 2 = 0 The area of a circle inscribed in an
octagon is 224 cm2. Find the area of
Problem 4: Problem 13: the octagon.
Given that w varies directly as the A man is three times as old as his a. 236 b. 239
product of x and y and inversely as son. Five years ago, he was five c. 526 d. 221
the square of z, and that w = 4 when times as old as his son was at that
x = 2 and y = 6 and z = 3, find the time. How old is the son? Problem 20:
value of w when x = 1, y = 4 and z = a. 8 b. 10 The sides of a parallelogram and
2. c. 12 d. 14 an included angle are 6, 10 and 100O
a. 2 b. 3 respectively, find the length of the
c. 4 d. 5 Problem 14: shorter diagonal.
A farmer can plow a certain field a. 10.63 b. 10.37
Problem 5: twice as fast as his son. Working c. 10.73 d. 10.23
When you divide x4 - Ax3 - 2x2 - 3x together, it would take them 4 days
+ B by (x – 1), the remainder is 2; to plow the field. How long will it Problem 21:
when you divide by (x + 2), the take the son to do it alone? The sides of a triangle are 45 m and
remainder is -1, find A. a. 5 days b. 11 days 56 m long. If its area is 785.48 m2.
a. –
7
b.
11 c. 12 days d. 15 days Find the sum of all the sides.
7
3 3
11 a. 135 m b. 117 m
c. d. – Problem 15: c. 97 m d. 146 m
3 3
What weight of water must be
Problem 6: added to 50 lb of a 45% brine Problem 22:
A total of 330 items composed of x, solution to yield a 20% solution? Find the distance between the lines
y, and z are displayed in a museum a. 61.3 lbs b. 55.1 lbs defined by the equations: x + 2y = -
in which x has the greatest c. 62.5 lbs d. 37.5 lbs 4 and x + 2y = 4.
quantity. If y is one third and z is a. 8 b. 11.3
one half as many as x, determine Problem 16: c. 9.4 d. 3.6
the value of x. Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster
a. 150 b. 120 than Juan and 20% faster than Problem 23:
c. 180 d. 210 Pilar, and together they can paint a The line 2x + 4y – 2 = 0 is coincident
given fence in 4 hours. How long with which of the following lines?
Problem 8: will it take Pedro to paint the same a. x + 2y – 1 = 0
Simplify the following expression: fence if he had to work alone? b. 2x + 4y – 3 = 0
2
5𝑥
− 2
𝑥+3
+ 2
2𝑥+1
. a. 11 b. 12 c. 2x + 4y – 4 = 0
2𝑥 +7𝑥+3 2𝑥 −3𝑥−2 𝑥 +𝑥−6
2 (𝑥+3) c. 13 d. 10 d. x + 2y – 2 = 0
a. b.
𝑥−3 (𝑥−1)
c.
(𝑥−3)
d.
4
Problem 17: Problem 24:
5 𝑥+3
Ten liters of 25% salt solution and The semi-major axis of an ellipse
Problem 9: 15 liters of 35% salt solution are is 4 and its semi-minor axis is 3.
The geometric mean of two poured into a drum originally The distance from the center to the
numbers is 8 and the arithmetic containing 30 liters of 10% salt directrix is:
mean is 17. Find one of the solution. What is the percent a. 6.222 b. 6.532
c. 6.047 d. 0.66
numbers.

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