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ANGEL UNIVERSITY
DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

1. A rectangle ABCD which measures 18x24 is

folded once, perpendicular to diagonal AC, so
that the opposite vertices A and C coincide.
Find the length of the fold.
A. 18.5
C. 20.5
B. 22.5
D. 19.5
2. Find the sum of the infinite geometric
progression 6, -2, 2/3, ...
A. 9/2
C. 5/2
B. 11/2
D. 7/2
3. Evaluate the limit of (2 x)^tan(x/2) as x
approaches 1.
A. e^(2/)
C. ln 2
B. e^(2)
D. 0
4. Find the equation of the line that
intercepts the x-axis at x=4 and the y-axis at
y=-6 is
A. 3x + 2y + 12 =0
C. 2x + 3y + 12 =0
B. 3x 2y 12 =0
D. 2x 3y 12 =0
5. What is the value of log to the base 10 of
10003.3?
A. 9.9
B. 99.9 C. 10.9 D. 9.5
6. Find the equation of the curve that passes
through (4, -2) and cuts at right angles every
curve of the family y2 =cx3. A. 2x2+3y2 = 44
C. 3x2+2y2 = 22
B. 3y2 -2x2 = 44
D. 2x2-3y2 = 22
7. Find the value of (1 + i)^5, where i is an
imaginary number.
A. 1-i
C. 4(1 + i)
B. -4(1 + i)
D. 1 + i
8. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to
the amount at any instant. In 100 years, 100 mg
of radium decomposes to 96 mg. How many mg will
be left after 200 years?
A. 90.21
C. 92.16
B. 85.62
D. 88.10
9. What is the Laplace transform of te^6t?
A. 1/(s-6)
C. 1/(s-5)2
2
B. 1/(s-6)
D. 1/(s-5)
10. Find the first derivative of ln(cosx).
A. cscx B. tanx
C. secx D. cotx
11. Compute the angle between the line 2y9x18=0 and the x-axis.
A. 64.54O
C. 77.47O
O
B. 45
D. 87.65O
12. A quadrilateral has sides equal to 12 cm,
20 cm, 8 cm, and 17 cm respectively. If the sum
of the two opposite angles is 225O, find the
area of the parallelogram.
A. 168.18
C. 70.73
B. 78.31
D. 186.71
13. Two angles are adjacent and form an angle
of 120O. If the larger angle is 20O less than
three times the smaller angle, find the larger
angle.
A. 75O
B. 30O C. 85O
D. 65O
14. A boy on his bicycle intends to arrive at a
certain time to a market that is 30 km away
from his school. After riding 10 km, he rested
for half an hour, and as a result he was

obliged to ride the rest of the trip 2 km/hr

faster. What was his original speed?
A. 7 km/hr
C. 10 km/hr
B. 9 km/hr
D. 8 km/hr
15. Find the sum of all positive integers
between 84 and 719 which are exactly divisible
by 5.
A. 23,750
C. 50,800
B. 45,680
D. 38,460
16. Find the length of the curve given its
parametric equations x=t3-3t and y=3t2 from t=0
to t=1.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
17. Evaluate the integral of xcosxdx.
A. xsinx + cosx + C
C. xcosx + sinx + C
B. x2sinx + C
D. 2xsinx + cosx +C
18. It is a conic section whose discriminant is
equal to zero (0).
A. Ellipse
C. Hyperbola
B. Parabola
D. Circle
19. In a benefit show, a number of wealthy men
agreed that the first one to arrive would pay
10 centavos to enter and each later arrival
would pay twice as much as the preceding man.
The total amount collected from all of them was
104,857.59. How many wealthy men paid?
A. 15
B. 25
C. 20
D. 30
20. What is zero multiplied by infinity?
A. 0
C.
indeterminate
B. infinity
D. 1
21. Peter draws 3 balls in succession from a
box containing 5 red balls, 6 yellow balls, and
7 green balls. Find the probability of drawing
the balls in the order red, yellow and green.
A. 0.08943
C. 0.03894
B. 0.04289
D. 0.03489
22. At what time between 4 and 5 oclock are
the hands of the clock opposite each other?
A. 4:53:42.73
C. 4:52:42.73
B. 4:52:32.73
D. 4:54:32.73
23. A balloon is released from the ground 100
meter from an observer. The balloon rises
directly upward at the rate of 4 m/s. How fast
is the balloon receding from the observer 10
seconds later?
A. 12 m/s
C. 1.49 m/s
B. 3.66 m/s
D. 2.33 m/s
24. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic
progression 4, 7, 10 ...
A. 88
B. 91
C. 94
D. 97
25. If 3
37= 7 , then 3
3 27/ 7 2 =
A. 1
B. 3/7
26. Evaluate e^(1+j2).
A. e(cos2+jsin2)
B. sin2jcos2

?.
C. 7/3
D. 49/9

C. e(sin2-jcos2)
D. cos2 + jsin2

27. Given z = 2y2 , y = x/ (x+1), and x = 1/(t

1). Find dz/dt.
A. -4 / t3
C. 2 t3 - 1
3
B. 4t
D. - 8t3

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ANGEL UNIVERSITY
DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

28. A boy wishes to use 100 feet of fencing to

enclose a rectangular garden. Determine the
maximum possible are of his garden.
A. 625
B. 524
C. 345
D. 725
29. Find the area enclosed by the curve
x2+8y+16=0, the line x=4 and the coordinate
axes.
A. 8.97
B. 10.67
C. 9.10
D. 12.72
30. ABDE is a square section and BDC is an
equilateral triangle with C outside the square.
Compute the angle ACE.
A. 60O B. 30O
C. 50O D. 20O
31. Three identical circles are tangent to each
other externally. If the area of the
curvilinear triangle enclosed between the
points of tangency of the 3 circles is 16.13
cm2., compute the radius of each circle. A. 10
cm
B. 13 cm C. 9 cm
D. 15 cm
32. For the given parts: a = 120O , b = 73O15 and
c = 62O45 of a spherical triangle ABC,
compute for angle A.
A. 127O45
C. 185O15
O
B. 115 26
D. 137O56
33. An airplane flew from Tokyo whose latitude
is 14o36N and longitude of 121o05E on a
course S30OW and maintaining a uniform
altitude. How many hours will it take to cross
the equator with a constant speed of 350
nautical miles per hour?
A. 2.14 hours
C. 1.83 hours
B. 2.87 hours
D. 1.67 hours
34. The angle of elevation of the top of a
tower from a point A is 55O30. From another
point B, the angle of elevation of the top of
the tower is 23O30, which is directly west of
A. The points A and B are 117.45 m apart and on
the same horizontal plane as the foot of the
tower. Find the height of the tower.
A. 90.6 m
C. 89.5 m
B. 86.7 m
D. 53.5 m
35. A ladder, with its foot in the street,
makes an angle of 25O with the street when its
top rests on a building on one side of the
street and makes an angle of 50O with the
street when its top rests on a building on the
other side of the street. If the ladder is 50
ft. long, how wide is the street? A. 96.2 ft
C. 77.5 ft
B. 81.6 ft
D. 64.3 ft
36. A snowball is being made so that its
volume is increasing at the rate of 8ft3/min.
Find the rate at which the radius is
increasing when the snowball is 4 ft in
diameter? A. 0.159 ft/min
C. 0.259 ft/min
B. 0.015 ft/min
D. 0.325 ft/min
37. An athlete at point A on the shore of a
circular lake of radius 1 km wants to reach
point B on the shore diametrically opposite A.
If he can row a boat 3 km/hr and jog 6 km/hr,
at what angle with the diameter should he row
in order to reach B in the shortest possible
time?
A. 30O
B. 45O C. 50O
D. 60O
38. 4x^2 16 = 0 is the equation of ________ .
A. parabola
C. ellipse
B. circle
D. parallel lines

39. One line passes through the points (1, 9)

and (2, 6), another line passes through (3, 3)
and (-1, 5). The acute angle between the two
lines is:
A. 30
B. 60
C. 45
D. 135
40. A point P within an equilateral triangle
has a distance of 4, 5, and 6 units
respectively from the vertices. Determine
the length of the equilateral triangle. A.
9.5 B. 7.55
C. 8.53
D. 9
41. A trapezoid has an area of 360 m^2 and
altitude of 20 m. Its two bases in meters
have ratio of 4:5, the bases are
A. 12, 15
C. 8, 10
B. 7, 11
D. 16, 20
42. The height of a right circular cylinder is
50 inches and decreases at the rate of 4 inches
per second, while the radius of the base is 20
inches and increases at the rate of one inch
per second. At what rate is the volume
changing?
A. 1257 in3/sec
C. 11310 in3/sec
B. 1275 in3/sec
D. 11130 in3/sec
43. A reservoir is shaped like a square
prism. If the area of its base is 225 sq. cm,
how many liters of water will it hold?
A. 337.5
C. 3375
B. 3.375
D. 33.75
44. A reversed curved on a railroad track
consist of two circular arcs. The central angle
of one side is 20 degrees with radius 2500
feet, and the central angle of the other is 25
degrees with radius 3000 feet. Find the total
length of two arcs.
A. 2912 ft
C. 2821 ft
B. 2218 ft
D. 2182 ft
45. Tito, Vic and Joey can
and 7 hours, respectively.
yard can the mow in 1 hour
together?
A. 45/84
B. 34/60

mow the lawn in 4, 6

What fraction of the
if they work
C. 45/60
D. 47/84

46. Find the 1987th digit in the decimal

equivalent to 1785/9999 starting from the
decimal point
A. 8
B. 1
C. 7
D. 5
47. The denominator of a certain fraction is
three more than twice the numerator. If 7 is
added to both terms of the fraction, the
resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the original
fraction.
A. 8/5
C. 13/5
B. 5/13
D. 3/5
48. For a particular experiment, you need 5
liters of 10% solution. You find 7% and 12%
solution on the shelf. How much of the 7%
solution you will mix with the appropriate
amount of 12% solution to get 5 liters of 10%
solution?
A. 1.5
B. 2.5
C. 2
D. 3
49. What is the sum of coefficients of the
expansion of (2x 1)^20?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 5
50. Find the area of a regular polygon whose
side is 25 m and apothem is 17.2 m.
A. 1275
B. 925
C. 1175
D. 1075

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ANGEL UNIVERSITY
DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

51. What is the sum of the progression 4, 9, 14

... up to the 20th term?
A. 1030
B. 1050
C. 955
D. 1150
52. Differentiate the equation y = (x^2)/(x+1)
A. (x^2 + 2x)/(x+1)^2
C. 2x
B. x/(x + 1)
D. (2x^2)/(x
+ 1)
53. The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3
and 1/4. What is the equation? A. 12
2 2+
2
7 + 1 = 0
7
C. 12
2
+ 7 1 = 0 B. 12
7
2 2
7 + 1 = 0
7
D. 12
2 27
7 1 = 0
54. Solve for in the equation: = 644
A. 4x+3y
B. 43xy
C. 256xy
D. 43x+y

65. Determine the area of the region bounded by

the curve = + and the x axis, from
x = 0 to x = 3.
A. 28/13
C. 37/12
B. 13/58
D. 29/11
66. A stone is dropped into a till pond.
Concentric circular ripples spread out, and the
radius of the disturbed region increases at the
rate of 16 cm/s. At what rate does the area of
the disturbed region increase when its radius
is 4 cm?
A. 304.12 cm2/s
C. 402.12 cm2/s
2
B. 503.23 cm /s
D. 413.13 cm2/s
67. The angle of inclination of ascend of a
road having 8.25% grade is ________ degrees.
A. 0.464 B. 4.72
C. 4.64
D. 0.472

55. Find the 6th root of 12(cos120+jsin120).

A. 1.42+j0.52
C. 0.52+j1.42
B. 0.52-j1.42
D. 1.42-j0.52
56. At the maximum point, the second derivative
of the curve is
A. 0
C. undefined
B. negative
D. Positive
57. Determine the area bounded by the curve x
+ y2 6y = 0.
A. 27.28 B. 72.28 C. 28.27
D. 18.27

58. Let m1 and m2 be the respective slopes of

two perpendicular lines. Then
A. m1+m2=-1
C. m1=m2
B. m1xm2=-1
D. m1xm2=0
59. A regular triangular pyramid has an
altitude of 9 m and a volume of 187.06 cu. m.
What is the base edge in meters?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12
D. 13
60. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices
are (1,1),(3,-3) and (5,-3).
A. 4
B. 7
C. 10 D. 12
61. Two towers are 60 m apart from each other.
From the top of the shorter tower, the angle of
elevation of the top of the taller tower is
40O. How high is the taller tower if the height
of the smaller tower is 40 m.
A. 90
B. 100 C. 90 D. 70

68. A closed conical vessel has diameter of 2.4

m across the top and a height of 4.8 m. It
contains water at a depth of 2.4 m. If the
vessel is inverted, how deep is the water
inside?
A. 0.56 m
C. 0.92 m
B. 0.21 m
D. 0.45 m
69. A pine tree broken over by the wind forms a
right triangle with the ground. If the broken
part makes an angle of 40O with the ground and
the top of the tree is now 30 ft from its base,
how tall was the pine tree?
A. 35
B. 45
C. 55
D. 64
70. A clock has a dial face of 12 in. radius.
The minute hand is 9 in. while the hour hand
is 6 in. The plane of rotation of the hour
hand is 2 inches about the plane of rotation
of the minute hand. Find the distance between
tips of the minute hand and hour hand at 5:40
a.m.
A. 7.48 in.
C. 9.17 in
B. 6.48 in
D. 10.16 in
71. In
term
A. 168
B. 268

the expansion of (x2+y-z3)12. Find the

that involves x10z6.
x10y2z6
C. 168 x10y4z6
10
6
x yz
D. 168 x10yz6

72. An ellipse with diameters 14 and 10

respectively, what is the area of the ellipse?
A. 140pi
C. 35pi
B. 70pi
D. 490pi

62. An investor has P100,000, part of which he

invested at 12% interest and the rest at 18%.
He received a total annual interest of P15,300.
How much did he invest at 18% interest rate?
A. 65,000
C. 55,000
B. 60,000
D. 75,000

73. The midpoint of the line segment between

point A(x, y) and point B(-2, 4) is (2, -1).
Find the coordinate of A.
A. (6, -5)
C. (6, -6)
B. (5, -6)
D. (-6, 6)

63. Two balls are drawn one at a time from a

basket containing 4 black balls and 5 white
balls. If the first ball is returned before the
second ball id drawn, find the probability that
both balls are black.
A. 0.198
C. 0.167
B. 0.898
D. 0.264

74. In a racing contest, there are 240 vehicles

which will have provisions that will last 15
hours. Assuming constant hourly consumption for
each vehicle, how long will the fuel provision
last if 8 vehicle withdraw from the race every
hour after the first?
A. 63
B. 18
C. 20
D. 25

64. From a helicopter flying at 20,000 feet,

the angles of depression of two cities are 28O
and 55O. How far apart are the two cities?
A. 35,415.56 ft.
C. 53, 452.67 ft.
B. 23, 610.38 ft.
D. 43,254.76 ft.

75. Find the geometric mean between the terms 4 and -9

A. 6
B. 7
C. -6
D. 36
76. The probability of getting a credit in an
examination is 1/3. If three students are
selected at random, what is the probability
that at least one of them got a credit?
A. 19/27
B. 20/29
C. 17/27
D. 5/27

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SET - A
ANGEL UNIVERSITY
DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

77. A pine tree broken over by the wind forms a

right triangle with the ground. If the broken
part makes an angle of 50O with the ground and
the top of the tree is now 20 ft from its base,
how tall was the pine tree?
A. 35
B. 45
C. 55
D. 65
78. A piece of wire of length 52 cm is cut into
two parts. Each part is then bent to from a
square. It is found that total area of the two
squares is 97 sq. cm. What is the dimension of
the bigger square?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 9
D. 6
79. The angle of elevation of the top of a
tower from a point A is 23O30. From another
point B, the angle of elevation of the top of
the tower is 55O30. The points A and B are
217.45 m apart and on the same horizontal plane
as the foot of the tower. The horizontal angle
subtended by A and B at the foot of the tower
is 90O. Find the height of the tower. A. 90.6m
B. 86.7m C. 89.5m
D. 55.9m
80. A hyperbola with major axis 8 and minor
axis 6. Find eccentricity.
A. 10/8 B. 5/3
C. 5/4
D. 4/3
81. Divide 94 into 3 parts so that the sum of
1/2 product of one pair plus 1/3 product of
another pair plus 1/4 product of the remaining
pair will be maximum.
A. 39, 43, 12
C. 41, 41, 12
B. 40, 42, 12
D. 41, 42, 13
82. Given the area bounded by the curve y2=x,
the line x=4 and the x-axis. What is the volume
generated when this area is revolved about the
y-axis?
A. 80.4 cu. Units
C. 98.4 cu. units
B. 72.3 cu. units
D. 50.5 cu. units
83. A swimming pool is to be constructed in the
shape of partially overlapping identical
circles. Each of the circles has a radius of 9
m, and each passes through the center of the
other. Find the area of the swimming pool.
A. 302.33 m2
C. 398.99 m2
B. 362.55 m2
D. 409.44 m2

87. Find the area bounded by the parabolas y =

6x x2 and y = x2 2x.
A. 44/3
B. 64/3
C. 74/3 D. 54/3
88. The sides of a square is 6 cm. long. A
second square is inscribed by joining the
midpoints of the sides of the first square and
so on. Find the sum of the areas of the
infinite number of inscribed squares thus
formed.
A. 36
B. 31 C. 72
D. 216
89. Using the given data, determine the value
of A: = .
: = .
A. 0.1 B. 25
C. 0.35
D. 40
90. It is now between 3 and 4 oclock and in
twenty minutes, the minute hand will be ahead
as much as the hour hand as it is now behind
it. What is the time now?
A. 3:06.36
C. 3:08.67
B. 3:09.63
D. 3:07.33
91. Given dy = x2 dx, determine the equation of
y in terms of x as the curve passes through (1,
1).
A. x^3 + y^2 - 3 = 0 C. x^3 - 3y + 2 = 0
B. y^3 + 2x + 3 = 0 D. x^2 + 2y + 3 = 0

92. Simplify: i^29 + i^21 + i

A. 3i
B. 1 i
C. 2i

D. 1 + i

93. Solve y = mx + h/m.

A. y = xy - h/y
C. y = xy + h/y
B. y = y + h/y
D. y = x(y + h/y)
94. What is the value of in = ?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 6
95. Find the resultant of two forces F1 = 100N
at 30 degrees and F2 = 400N at 150 degrees.
A. 356.60 kN
C. 500.26 kN
B. 360.56 kN
D. 256.83 kN
96. Ten less than four times a certain number
is 14. Determine the number
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
97. What is the lowest common factor of 10 and
32?
A. 320
B. 180
C. 2
D. 90

84. The two points on the line 2x + 3y +4 = 0

which are at a distance 2 from the line 3x + 4y
6 =0 are:
A. (-5.5, 1) & (-5, 2) B.
(64, -44) & (4, -4)
C. (-8, -8) & (-16, -16)
D. (-44, 64) & (10, -10)

98. Express 45 degrees in mils.

A. 80 mils
C. 50 mils
B. 800 mils
D. 500 mils

85. Determine the centroid of the plane area

bounded by the equations y2=4x, x=1 and the
xaxis on the first quadrant.
A. 1/3, 4/3
C. -1, 2/3
B. 3/5, 3/4
D. 3/4, -2/3

99. A circle with radius 6 has half its area

removed by cutting off a border of uniform
width. Find the width of the border.
A. 2.2
C. 2.75
B. 1.86
D. 1.76

86. Find the point of inflection of the curve

+
.
A. 2,3 B. 2,6 C. 1,5 D. 1,4

100. The volume of the sphere is 36 cu. m. The

surface area of this sphere is sq. m. is
A. 36
B. 64
C. 18
D. 9