EPB (Day 3) Flashcards
A stone is attached to a short-stringed balloon. They flew together directly upwards until 30 meters from the ground, the string was cut, leaving the balloon rise at a rate of 3 m/s while the stone falls to the ground. What is the distance (m) of the balloon from the ground when the stone falls to the ground?
A. 2.47
B. 7.41
C. 32.47
D. 37.41
D. 37.41
A 5’7” person walks at a rate of 2 meters/minute towards a streetlight that is 10m above the ground. At what rate (m/min) is the tip of his shadow moving, and at what rate (m/min) is the length of the shadow changing?
A. 0.41, 2.41
B. 3.05, 1.05
C. 1.29, 3.86
D. 1.05, 3.05
A. 0.41, 2.41
A phone number is composed of 9 digits. The first two are the area code the other 7 are the local telephone number which cannot begin with a 0. How many different telephone numbers are possible in a single area code?
A. 9,000,000
B. 10,000,000
C. 90,000,000
D. 100,000,000
A. 9,000,000
The number of permutations of the letters A, B, C and D such that B does not follow A and C does not follow B and D does not follow C is:
A. 11
B. 42
C. 42
D. 26
A. 11
Approximately 30% of all pipework failures in chemical plants are caused by operator error. What is the probability that no more than 4 out of 20 such failures are due to operator error?
A. 0.209
B. 0.366
C. 0.548
D. 0.237
D. 0.237
Bag A contains 2 white and 3 black balls. Bag B contains 5 white and 4 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from Bag A and is placed unseen in Bag B. If the ball drawn from Bag A is white, find the probability that a black ball was transferred from Bag B into A.
A. 3/14
B. 15/31
C. 8/23
D. 39/77
C. 8/23
A consulting firm rents cars from three agencies, 20% from Agency D, 20% from Agency E, and 60% from Agency F. 10% of the cars from D, 12% of the cars from E, and 4% of the cars from F have bad tires. If the firm rented a car with a bad tire, what is the probability that it was from Agency F?
A. 0.35
B. 0.15
C. 0.24
D. 0.004
A. 0.35
A company is selling spare parts and claims that 3% of their parts have damaged plates, 4% have damaged terminals, and 5% have both damages. What percent of their spare parts is not damaged?
A. 97%
B. 96%
C. 95%
D. 94%
C. 95%
A cylindrical cup has a height of 3 inches and a radius of 2 inches. How many such cups may be completely filled from a full rectangular tank whose dimensions are 6 x 7 x 8 inches?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 12
D. 28
A. 8
If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, what is the percentage increase in its surface area?
A. 130%
B. 69%
C. 65%
D. 60%
B. 69%
A project has an initial cost of Php 500,000 and an annual benefit of Php 140,000 with a useful life of 8 years. Determine the BC ratio of the project. (f = 8%, i = 12%)
A. 3.57
B. 2.98
C. 2.24
D. 1.61
D. 1.61
Blood plasma is stored at 40°F. Before the plasma can be used, it must be at 90°F. When the plasma is placed in an oven at 120°F, it takes 45 min for the plasma to warm to 90°F. How long will it take for the plasma to warm to 90°F if the oven temperature is set to 50°F?
A. 58 min
B. 67 min
C. 72 min
D. 82 min
D. 82 min
A car is moving east while speeding up. Which of the following is true?
A. V is east, a is east
B. V is west, a is west
C. V is west, a is east
D. V is east, a is west
A. V is east, a is east
It is the contact pressure between two objects in contact, usually perpendicular to the area of the resisting forces.
A. Bearing
B. Shear
C. Axial
D. Compressive
A. Bearing