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BNCMAR A

Total questions: 108

Worksheet time: 54mins

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Class
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1.

Instead of the profits being paid out to the stockholders or owners as dividends, they are retained in the business and used to finance expansion. This is called:

a)

Retained earnings

b)

Flow rate

c)

bonds

d)

deposits

2.

A thermodynamic system which undergoes a cyclic process during a positive amount of work is done by the system:

a)

Reversed Rankine cycle

b)

Heat pump

c)

Reversible-irreversible

d)

Heat engine

3.

The transmission of heat from hot body to a cold body by electromagnetic waves is called:

a)

conduction

b)

absorption

c)

convection

d)

radiation

4.

With regard to corrosion of metals, passivation is the process that:

a)

Intensifies deterioration temporarily

b)

Changes the composition of metal

c)

Inhibits further deterioration

d)

Alter the grain size of the metal

5.

(U + pv ) is a quantity called

a)

Flow energy

b)

Shaft work

c)

enthalpy

d)

Internal energy

6.

An adiabatic process with no work done is

a)

isometric

b)

throttling

c)

isobaric

d)

polytropic

7.

If an initial volume of an ideal gas is compressed to one half its original volume and to twice its original temperature, the pressure:

a)

doubles

b)

quadruples

c)

Remains constant

d)

halves

8.

The increase in enthalpy of a subtance when it undergoes some phase change at constant pressure and temperature:

a)

Heat of fusion

b)

Heat of vaporization

c)

Heat of transformation

d)

Heat of crystallization

9.

If the anti-freeze at a certain temperature has a concentration opf a known value, what will be its behavior as it progressively cools?

a)

It remains a liquid until the temperature drops to a certain point

b)

Cooling the solution below the limit liquifies the entire mixture

c)

It freezes out most of the water into ice

d)

Its stoppage in cooling will result in water and ice mixture

10.

Dew point is which of the following?

a)

Adiabatic saturation temperature

b)

Temperature of grains of moisture per lb of bone dry air

c)

Temperature of of 50 % RH

d)

Wet bulb temperature

11.

Air used for comfort cooling shall maintain a movement of from:

a)

4570 to 7620 mm/min

b)

7800 to 9200 mm/min

c)

8500 to 10 000 mm/min

d)

8.00 to 10.0 m /min

12.

A type of boiler which incorporates furnace water cooling in the circulatory system is otherwise known as:

a)

Integral-grate boiler

b)

None of the above

c)

Integral-furnace boiler

d)

Integral-cogeneration boiler

13.

One of the best known safety practices in industrial plant is:

a)

To provide alert security guards

b)

To provide machines with appropriate guards

c)

To maintain a fire brigade

d)

To train delivery personnel

14.

Which of the four does not belong to the group?

a)

Class D Fire – fire caused by LPG

b)

Class B Fire – fire caused by oil and other hydrocarbons

c)

Class C Fire – electrical fire

d)

Class A Fire – fire caused by light combustible materials like paper and wood

15.

All heavy machinery should be supported on solid foundation of sufficient mass and base area to prevent or minimize transmission of

a)

Objectionable vibration to the building and occupied space

b)

Objectionable vibration of forces from nearby machine

c)

Better control of drainage system

d)

Objectionable sound coming the exhaust

16.

On existing installation boiler, the lowest factor of safety permissible shall be

a)

7

b)

6

c)

5

d)

4.5

17.

The age limit of a horizontal return tubular flow or cylinder boiler having a longitudinal lap joint and operating at a pressure in excess of 0.345 Mpa or 3.45 bar gage shall be:

a)

18 years

b)

35 years

c)

30 years

d)

20 years

18.

Which of the process where work done is zero?

a)

isentropic

b)

polytropic

c)

isometric

d)

isobaric

19.

A specimen is subjected to a load. When the load is removed, the strain disappears. From this information, which of the following can be deduced about this material?

a)

It is elastic

b)

It is plastic

c)

It has a high modulus of elasticity

d)

It is ductile

20.

The parabola y = -x 2+x+1 opens:

a)

To the right

b)

To the left

c)

Downward

d)

Upward

21.

The equation Ax2 + Bx + Cy2 + Dy + E = 0

a)

circle

b)

hyperbola

c)

parabola

d)

ellipse

22.

One radian equivalent to:

a)

52°

b)

45°

c)

90°

d)

57.3°

23.

In a quadratic equation, if the quantity under the radical is equal to ‘’0’’ the roots are:

a)

imaginary

b)

Real and unequa

c)

Complex and unequal

d)

Real and equal

24.

Log to the base 10 of 3^2 =

a)

Log to the base 19 of 8

b)

Log to the base 10 of 9

c)

Log to the base 10 of 6

d)

2 log to the base 10 of 3

25.

Which of the statements below is not correct?

a)

d(e^n)=e^n du

b)

d(u/v)= (vdu-udv) / v2

c)

d(cosu)=-sinu du

d)

d(sinu)= -cosu du

26.

The equation of a straight line is y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the intercept. If two straight line are perpendicular, their slopes are:

a)

negative

b)

Negative reciprocals

c)

positive

d)

equal

27.

The difference between the sum of the absolute dynamic head at the outlet of the pump and the sum of the absolute dynamic head at the inlet, corrected to ythe certerline of the pump is:

a)

Total dynamic suction lift

b)

Net positive suction head

c)

Total dynamic head

d)

Developed head

28.

The measure of fluid’s resistance when acted upon by an external force is called:

a)

Tackiness

b)

density

c)

Flash point

d)

viscosity

29.

A leak from a faucet comes in separates drops. Which of the following is the main cause of thois phenomenon?

a)

Surface tension

b)

Viscosity of the fluid

c)

Air resistance

d)

Gravity

30.

A concrete mixtures of 1:3:5 means a mixtures of:

a)

6 measures of gravel; 1 measure of sand and 3 of cement

b)

1 measure of Portland cement; 3 measures of gravel; 5 of sand

c)

1 measure of cement; 3 measures of sand; 5 measure of gravel

d)

1 measure of cement; 3.5 measures of sand and 5 of gravel

31.

The heat transfer posses in cooling tower consists of a transfer of heat from water to:

a)

None of the above

b)

Ice

c)

Unsaturated air

d)

Vapor

32.

A process has a pressure range of 0.001-1 atmosphere. A pressure measuring instrument to register the pressure at all times, the instrument needed for the job is:

a)

Mercury manometer

b)

Metallic diaphragm

c)

Water manometer

d)

Bourdon pressure gage

33.

The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature one lb. Of that substance one degree Fahrenheit.

a)

BTU

b)

Specific heat

c)

Latent heat

d)

Relative heat

34.

The system refrigeration which uses heat energy to change the condition required in the refrigeration cycle:

a)

Absorption refrigeration

b)

ICE refrigeration

c)

Steam-jet refrigeration

d)

Vapor compression

35.

The temperature of the air that has gone through an adiabatic saturation process:

a)

Kelvin temperature

b)

Boiling temperature

c)

Dew point temperature

d)

Wet bulb temperature

36.

The study of the properties and behavior of atmospheric air is known as :

a)

Gas dynamic

b)

thermodynamics

c)

psychometrics

d)

atmospherics

37.

One of the two types of nonmaterial nuclear radiation is:

a)

Rutherford radiation

b)

Betatron radiation

c)

Transmutation radiation

d)

Gamma radiation

38.

A ton of refrigeration is the amount of cooling produced by one ton of ice (2000 lbs) melting over a period of 24 hrs. It is equivalent to:

a)

4.76 kW

b)

0.746 kW

c)

3.516 kW

d)

1.341 kW

39.

The stroke whereby burned gases are discharged through the upward movement of the piston in a valve of an ICE which is open

a)

Intake stroke

b)

Exhaust stroke

c)

Power stroke

d)

Compression stroke

40.

In the flow process, neglecting KE and PE changes, -V dp represent which item below?

a)

Enthalpy change

b)

Flow energy

c)

Shaft work

d)

Heat transfer

41.

Worth of property as shown on the accounting records of an enterprise:

a)

Use value

b)

Fair value

c)

Market value

d)

Book value

42.

Form of business/company ownership

a)

corporation

b)

all of the above

c)

partnership

d)

Single proprietor

43.

Profit margin ratio is the percentage of each peso of sales that is net income and the profit margin is equal to:

a)

ROR

b)

Price earnings

c)

Net income before taxes/net sales

d)

Net income owner’s equity

44.

Financial statement which compares the revenues of the period with the expenses incurred to gain those revenues:

a)

Liquidated damages

b)

Book value

c)

Statements of assets and liabilities

d)

Profit and los

45.

Cost of things that are neither labor or material:

a)

Investment

b)

Construction cost

c)

expenses

d)

Labor cost

46.

A series of equal payments occuring at equal periods of time:

a)

Installment

b)

perpetuity

c)

Amortization

d)

Annuity

47.

Decrease in value of a physical property with passage of time:

a)

valuation

b)

depreciation

c)

depletion

d)

interest

48.

When vane control is used for mechanical draft fans and where a wide load range is required, it is advisable to use a:

a)

Two-speed-drive motor

b)

Single-speed-drive motor

c)

Four-speed-drive motor

d)

Triple-speed-drive motor

49.

Association of two or more individuals for the purpose of operating a business as co-owners of profit.

a)

Organization

b)

Company

c)

Partnership

d)

Corporation

50.

What is the work-in-process classified as?

a)

An asset

b)

A revenue

c)

A liability

d)

An expense

51.

If a cost is a function of the independent variable, the cost is said to be a:

a)

Incremental cost

b)

Fixed cost

c)

Direct cost

d)

Variable cost

52.

Which of the following five situations are examples of making mutually exclusive decisions?

I. The maintenace department has requested a new air compressor an either a large paint booth or addition air compressor.

II. The machine shop needs new inspection amd locating equipment.

III. The steno pool needs either a new, faster word processor or an additional office assistant.

IV. The budget committee must decide among building an employee’s convenience store, an on-site cafeteria, an enclosed pool, or an inhouse exercise room.

V. The newly elected union representative must must resign due to a conflict of interest.

a)

I, II, and IV

b)

II, III and V

c)

I, III and V

d)

I, II and V

53.

Type of ownership in the business where individuals exercise and enjoy rights in their own interest:

a)

Equitable

b)

Public

c)

Private

d)

Pure

54.

All proposed installation, addition or alteration involving machinery, mechanical equipment or processes shall be covered bt plans and specifications prepared by or under the supervision of a:

a)

Mechanical Plant Engineer (MPE)

b)

Professional Mechanical Engineer (PME)

c)

Registered Mechanical Engineer (RME)

d)

Certified Plant Mechanic (CPM)

55.

Penal provision of a contract to compensate for the losses incurred by one party due to the failure to comply with the contract provisions:

a)

Dacion-en-pago

b)

Force majeure

c)

Liquidated damages

d)

Quasi-delicts

56.

The highest space in the organization chart of a corporation is always occupied by:

a)

Board of Directors

b)

President

c)

Chairman

d)

Stock holders

57.

In a business environment, balancing the books means reconciling checkbook and bank statements and posting all accounting entries in such a way as to maintain the equality of the basic accounting equation.

a)

Plant, property and equipment and other assets

b)

Assets = current liabilities + owner’s equity

c)

Owner’s and stockholders equity and liability

d)

Assets = liabilities + owner’s equity

58.

To be binding and enforceable, written contract documents must satisfy the basic requirements, thus, there must be clear, specific and definite offer with no room, for misunderstanding; there must be some form of condotional future consideration, (i.e. Payments); and

a)

There must be a third party

b)

There must be an acceptance of the offer

c)

There must be a bond

d)

There must be an arbitrator

59.

Which of the following is the basis of Bernoulli’s law of fluid flow?

a)

The principle of conservation of energy

b)

The principle of conservation of mass

c)

The continuity equation

d)

Fourier’s Law

60.

The source of power which acts as the prime mover for the generator, with horsepower ranging from 100 to 5000.

a)

Steam engine

b)

motor

c)

Gasoline engine

d)

Diesel engine

61.

The property of a circuit or circuit elements to impede current flow.

a)

Inductance

b)

Conductivity

c)

Capacitance

d)

Resistance

62.

The logarithm of negative number is:

a)

Irrational number

b)

Imaginary number

c)

Real number

d)

Complex number

63.

The general second degree equation has the form Ax2 + Bxy + Cy2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0

a)

B^2–4AC=0

b)

B^2–4AC=1

c)

B^2–4AC>0

d)

B^2–4AC<0

64.

In general triangles the expression (sinA)/a=(sinB)/b=(sinC )/c is called:

a)

The Law of Sines

b)

Euler’s formula

c)

Law of Cosine

d)

Pythagorean Theorem

65.

An angle more than π radian but less than 2π radians is:

a)

Straight angle

b)

Obtuse angle

c)

Reflex angle

d)

Related angle

66.

What type of curve is generated by a point which moves in uniform circular motion about an axis, while traveling at a constant speed, v, parallel to the axis?

a)

Spiral of Archimedes

b)

Helix

c)

Cycloid

d)

Hypocycloid

67.

The balance sheet is a statement showing the financial status of the company at any given time. Which of the statements is not a part of the balance sheet?

a)

Liabilities

b)

Cost of goods and sold

c)

Asset

d)

Net worth

68.

Intangible assets of a corporation or company

a)

Investment

b)

Dacion-en-pago

c)

Equity

d)

Patents

69.

Cash money credit necessary to establish and operate an enterprise:

a)

Funds

b)

Assets

c)

Capital

d)

liabilities

70.

The worth of property which is equal to the original cost less depreciation:

a)

Scrap value

b)

Book value

c)

Earning value

d)

Face value

71.

Refers to cost of merchandise which excludes freight ang insurance.

a)

Freight on board

b)

Deventures

c)

Sunk cost

d)

Book value

72.

This form of business ownership is a legal entity possessing many of the legal powers of individuals. It can hold title to property, sue and be sued in its own name. It is called:

a)

Corporation

b)

General partnership

c)

Company

d)

Individual proprietorship

73.

Additional information to prospective bidders on contract documents issued prior to bidding date

a)

Technological assessment

b)

Delicts

c)

Bid bulletin

d)

Escalatory clause

74.

A fund into which annual deposits of A are made in order to accumulate fund F at N years in the future:

a)

Amortization

b)

Depreciation

c)

Annuity

d)

Sinking fund

75.

A civil wrong committee by one person causing damage to another person or his property or reputation

a)

Tort

b)

Material breach

c)

Negligence

d)

Fraud

76.

Formation of bubbles in a low-pressure area in a centrifugal pump and later their sudden collapse is called:

a)

Corrosion

b)

Cavitation

c)

Compression

d)

Explosion

77.

Momentum = Force X ___

a)

velocity^2

b)

velocity

c)

½ velocity

d)

time

78.

The impulse and momentum principle is mostly useful for solving problems involving:

a)

Velocity, acceleration and time

b)

Force, acceleration and time

c)

Force, velocity and time

d)

Force, velocity and acceleration

79.

The greatest unit pressure the soil can continuously withstand:

a)

Yield point

b)

Point of rupture

c)

Bearing strength

d)

Ultimate strength

80.

The hardness of steel may by increased by heating by approximately 1500° F and quenching in oil or water if:

a)

The carbon content is about 3.0%

b)

The carbon content is 0.2 % to 2.0 %

c)

The carbon is below is 0.2 %

d)

The steel has been hot rolled instead of cast

81.

A process of welding materials in molten od in vaporous state without application of mechanical pressure or blow. Such welding may be accomplished by the oxy-acetylene or by hydrogen flame of by electro arc. It is called:

a)

Cold welding

b)

MIG welding

c)

TIG welding

d)

Fusion welding

82.

Used as a guide to selecting the most efficient centrifugal pump

a)

Specific speed

b)

Bernoulli’s equation

c)

Impeller type

d)

Overall efficiency

83.

Which of the following is not true regarding the Blasius boundary layer solution?

a)

It permits one to calculate the skin friction on a plate.

b)

It is an approximate solution

c)

It is valid for laminar flow

d)

It is valid only for potential flow

84.

A chemical method of feedwater treatment wherein water is passed through a bed of sodium zeolite Nasub2Z which reacts with calcium and magnesium salts:

a)

Thermal treatment

b)

Lime soda treatment

c)

Ion exchange treatment

d)

Demineralization process

85.

The hardness of water is given in ppm (parts per million, i.e. pounds per million of water). This harness is:

a)

The total number of pounds of calcium and magnesium bicarbonate in the water.

b)

The total number of pounds of sodium carbonate in the water per million pounds of wate

c)

The total number of pounds of salt (sodium chloride) in the water per million pounds of water

d)

The total number of pounds of dissolved solids in the water per million pounds of water.

86.

Heat transmission carried by the movement of heated fluids away from a hot body, as in the heating of water by a hot surface.

a)

radiation

b)

absorption

c)

convection

d)

conduction

87.

For comfort cooling, at an air movement of 4.57m/min to 7.62m/min with the loving zone and 55 to 60% relative humidity. The effective temperature to be maintained shall be:

a)

18°-20.5°

b)

24°-26°C

c)

22°-25°C

d)

20°-23.3°C

88.

The type of cooler extensively used for medium and large size diesel engines.

a)

Radiator cooler

b)

Shell and tube cooler c. Plate cooler d.

c)

Plate cooler

d)

Disk cooler

89.

An instrument for measuring high temperature gases:

a)

manometer

b)

pyrometer

c)

plenometer

d)

anemometer

90.

In energy transformation process in which the resultant condition lacks the driving potential need to reverse the process, the measure of this loss is expressed as:

a)

Entropy decrease of the system

b)

Specific heat ratio of the system

c)

Entropy increase of the system

d)

Enthaply increase of the system

91.

The system is said to be in thermodynamic equilibrium:

a)

Where there is no tendency towards spontaneous change

b)

When all its parts are at the same temperature

c)

If it has no tendency to undergo futher chemical reaction

d)

When the system is not accelerating

92.

The equilibrium temperature that a regular thermometer measures if exposed to atmospheric air is:

a)

Wet bulb temp

b)

Dry bulb temp

c)

Dew point

d)

°C

93.

The power output of the engine is increased through:

a)

all

b)

Super-changing

c)

scavenging

d)

Turbo-changing

94.

A closed vessel intended for use in heating water or for application of heat to generate or other vapor to be used externally to itself is called:

a)

Unfired pressure vessel

b)

Steam generator

c)

Boiler or steam vessel

d)

Boiler

95.

The sum of the three types of energy at any point in the system is called:

a)

Pressure head

b)

Bernoulli’s theorem

c)

enthalpy

d)

25-28°C

96.

The temperature of the air with humidity of 55-60% to be used for comfort cooling shall maintain at:

a)

24-27°C

b)

16-19°C

c)

20-23°C

d)

25-28°C

97.

Entropy is the measure of:

a)

The change in enthalpy of a system

b)

Randomness or disorder

c)

The heat of the substance

d)

The internal energy of gas

98.

On the hoist or load block or some equally visible space of every hoist designed to lift its load vertically shall be legibly marked:

a)

Its brand and model

b)

Its motor horsepower of KW

c)

Its electrical voltage

d)

Its rated load capacity

99.

The percent of total solids in most domestic sewage is approximately:

a)

1.0

b)

0.1

c)

0.01

d)

10

100.

Galvanized iron is a term referring to iron coated with

a)

tin

b)

magnesium

c)

zinc

d)

aluminum

101.

The sum of the sides of a polygon:

a)

perimeter

b)

hexagon

c)

square

d)

circumference

102.

A plane closed curve, all points of which are the same distance from apoint within, called the center:

a)

arc

b)

radius

c)

circle

d)

chord

103.

One-fourth of a great circle:

a)

cone

b)

circle

c)

quadrant

d)

sphere

104.

Points that lie on the same plane:

a)

coplanar

b)

parallel

c)

oblique

d)

collinear

105.

The study of properties of figure in three dimensions:

a)

physics

b)

Plane geometry

c)

Solid geometry

d)

trigonometry

106.

The volume of a circular cylinder is equal to the product of its base and altitude:

a)

axiom

b)

postulate

c)

theorem

d)

corollary

107.

What is an annuity?

a)

A series of equal payments at equal time periods

b)

The cost of manufacturing a product

c)

An investment that yields and equal amount of interest each year

d)

The overhead cost per unit of production

108.

An index of short-term paying ability is called:

a)

Receivable turn-over

b)

Profit margin ratio

c)

Current ratio

d)

Acid-ratio test