PLUMBING ARITHMETIC

Set B Practice Mock Exam

d. Even
1. For any two triangles, if an angle of one
triangle is congruent to an angle of the other 8. A space that is devoid of matter and in which
anrJ if the two sides of one triangle are the pressure is zero.
proportional to the two sides of the other, they a. Black Hole
are what kind of triangles? b. Outer Space
a. Complementary c. Vacuum
b. Supplementary d. Inner Space
c. Similar
d. Dissimilar 9. Decrease in the value of a physical property
due to the passage of time.
2. A polygon with ten sides is? a. Inflation
a. Dodecagon b Depletion
b. Undecagon c. Recession
c. Decagon d. Depreciation
d. Hendecagon
10. We may classify an interest rate which
3. Two angles having the same vertex and the specifies the actual rate of interest on the
side of one is the prolongation of the side of principal for one year Is:
the other is? a. Nominal rate
a. Acute Angle b. Rate of Return
b. Scalene Angle c. Exact Interest Ratio
c. Obtuse Angle d. Effective Rate
d. Vertical Angle
11. The ratio of the interest payment to the
4. The volume of the cube is equal to the cube of principal for a given unit of time and usually
the measure of its: expressed as a percentage of the principal?
a. Angle a. Interest
b. Corner b. Interest Rate
c. Edge c. Investment
d. Diagonal d. Rate

5. If each of two lines are perpendicular to the 12. Additional information of prospective bidders
same line, then the lines are: on contract documents issued prior to bidding
a. Perpendicular date.
b. Parallel a. Depict
c. Tangent b. Escalate
d. Converging c. Assessment
d. Bid Bulletin
6. A branch of mathematics dealing with
integers, and more generally, numerical 13. The paper currency issued by the central bank
computation. which forms part of the country's money
a. Algebra supply?
b. Trigonometry a. T-bills
c. Geometry b. Bank Note
d. Arithmetic c. Check
d. Coupon
7. A number that be exactly divided by two is:
a. Real 14. Reduction in the level of national income and
b. Original output usually accompanied by the fall in the
c. Integer general price level.

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 a. Devaluation b. Operating and Maintenance Cost
b. Deflation c. Prime Cost
c. Inflation d. 0 and M cost
d. Depreciation
22. An index of short-term paying ability is called:
15. It is a series of equal payment occurring at a. Receivable tum-over
equal interval or time. b. Profit margin Ratio
a. Annuity c. Current Ratio
b. Debt d. Acid-test ratio
c. Amortization
d. Deposit 23. Estimated value at the end of the useful life.
a. Market Value
16. The place where the buyers and sellers come b. Fair Value
together. c. Salvage Value
a. Market d. Book Value
b. Business
c. Recreation Center 24. Consists of the actual counting or
d. Buy and Sell Section determination of the actual quantity of the
materials on hand as a given date.
17. A market where there is one buyer of an item a. Physical Inventory
for which there are no good substitute. b. Material Update
a. Monopsony c. Technological Assessment
b. Oligopoly d. Material Count
c. Monopoly
d. Oligopsony 25. The quantity of a certain commodity that is
offered for sale at a certain price at a given
18. It is a series of equal payments occurring at place and time.
equal interval of time where the first payment a. Demand
is made several periods after the beginning of b. Supply
the payment. c. Stocks
a. Perpetuity d. Good
b. Ordinary Annuity
c. Annuity Due 26. Work-in process in classified as:
d. Deferred Annuity a. An asset
b. A liability
19. The total income equals the total operating c. An expense
cost. d. An owner's equity
a. Balance Sheet
b. In-place value 27. What is the highest position in the
c. Check and Balance corporation?
d. Break-even a. President
b. Board of Directors
20. Kind of obligation which has no condition c. Chairman o f the Board
attached. d. Stockholders
a. Analytic
b. Pure 28. Type of ownership in business here individuals
c. Gratuitou s exercise and enjoy the right in their own
. d. Private interest.
a. Equitable
21. Direct labor costs incurred in the factory and b. Public
direct material costs are costs of all materials c. Private
that go into production. The sum of these two d. Pure
direct costs is:
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 29. An association of two or more individuals for of one will lead to almost the same action of
the purpose of operating a business as co­ others.
owners for profit. a. Oligopoly
a. Sole proprietorship b. Semi-monopoly
b. Company c. Monopoly
c. Partnership d. Perfect Competition
d. Corporation
36. Grand total of the assets and operational
30. It is defined to be the capacity of a commodity capability of a corporation.
to satisfy human want. a. Authorized Capital
a. Discount b. Investment
b. Luxury c Subscribed Capital
c. Necessity d Money Market
d. Utility
37 The v,orth of property equals lo the original
31. It is the amount which a willing buyer will pay cost less depreciation
to willing seller for a property where eacl1 has a. Scrap value
equal advantage and is under no cornpuls1011 b Face Value
to buy or sell. c Market VJlue
a. Fair Value d. Book Value
b. Market Value
c. Book Value 38 Money po1d for the use of borrowed capital.
d. Salvage Value a Discount
h Credit
32. This occurs in a s1tuat1on wt1ere a co1rnnod1ty c. Interest
or service 1s supplied by J number of vendors d Profit
and there is nothing to prevent add1lion.il
vendors entenng the market 39 L1qu1d Jssets such as cash and other assets
a. Perfect Competition that con be converted quickly into cash, such
b. Oligopoly as accounts receivable 3nd merchandise are
c. Monopoly called
d. Elastic Demand a Total Jsscts
b Fixed Assets
33. These are products or services that are c. Current Assets
desired by human and will be purchased 1f d None of the above
money is available after the required
necessities have been obtained. 40 The length of time which t11e property may be
a. Utilities operated at a profit.
b. Necessities a. Physical life
c. Luxuries b. Economic life
d. Product Goods and Services c. Operating life
d. All of the above
34. These are products or services that are
required to support human life and activities 41. The provision in the contract t11at indicates the
that will be purchased in somewhat the same possible adjustment of material and labor
quantity even though the price varies costs.
considerably. a. Secondary clause
a. Utilities b. Escalatory clause
b. Necessities c. Contingency clause
c. Luxuries d. Main clause
d. Product Goods and Services
42. The precent worth of depreciation over the
35. A condition where only few individuals economic life of the item is called:
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 b. Capital Recovery a. Book value
c. Depreciation Recovery b. Salvage Value
d. Sinking Fund c. Replacement value
d. Future value
43. Gross profit, sale less costs of goods sold, as
a percentage of sales is called: 51. A type of annuity where the payment is made
a. Profit margin at ll1e end of payment period starting from the
b. Gross Margin first reriod.
c. Net income a. Ordinary annuity
d. Rate of return b Annuity due
c. Deferred annuity
44. Worth of the property as sl10wn in l11c d. Perpetuity
accounting records of an enterprise.
a. Fair value 52. Bond to wt11ch arc altact1ed coupons indicating
b. Market value ltie interest due and the dale when such
c. Salvage value interest Is to be pnid.
d. Book value n. Registered bound
b. Couron Bond
45. Those funds tliat are required to make tile c Mortgage Bond
enterprise or project a going concern. t.l. Collateral Trust Bond
a. Initial investment
b. Current accounts 53. "\Nl1en free competitions exist the pnce of a
c. Working capital product v11II be that value where supply is
d. Subscribed capital equal to the demand".
a Law of d1m1nish111g returns
46. A market situation where there Is one seller b Law of supply
with many buyers. c L.:iw of demand
a. Monopoly d. Law of supply and demand
b. Monopsony
C. Oligopoly 54. The r.itio of tile net income to the owner's
d. Oligopsony equity is known as_.
c1 Pnce-e.:irnmgs ratio
47. A market situation wt1ere there is one buyer b Profit l\1nrg111 ratio
and one seller. c. Rate of return
a. Monopoly bilateral d. Gross f\largin
b. Monopsony bilateral
c. Oligopoly Bilateral 55. Capitalized cost of any property is equal to the:
d. Oligopsony Bilateral n. Annual Cost
b. First Cost + Interest of the First Cost
48. A market situation where there are few sellers c. First Cost + Cost of Perpetual
and few buyers. Maintenance
a. Oligopoly d. First Cost+ Salvage Value
b. Oligopsony
c. Bilateral oligopoly 5G. The rate of doing work.
d. Bilateral oligopsony a. Force
b. Energy
49. A market situation where there are only two c. Power
buyers with many sellers. d. Momentum
a. Duopoly
b. Oligopoly 57. What is the SI unit of power?
c. Duopsony a. Joule
d. Oligopsony b. Kilowatt - hour
c. Horsepower
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 c. Gravitational Potential Energy
58. All are units of power except: d. Elastic Potential Energy
a. Watt
b. Horsepower 66. What will happen to the kinetic energy of the
c. Newton - meter/second body if its velocity doubled?
d. Joules a. Doubled
b. Quadrupled
59. Why is the power delivered by any machine is c. Tripled
always less than the power supplies to it? d. Remains the Same
a. Due to its efficiency
b. Due to the presence of potential energy 67. Thermal energy refers to the random kinetic
c. Due to its speed energy of all __ in a substance.
d. Due to the presence of friction a. Atoms
b. Molecules
60. An energy by virtue of the object's motion is c. Masses
called? d. Atoms and molecules
a. Rest energy
b. Potential energy 68. A vector quantity which is a product of mass
c. Thermal Energy and velocity of the body.
d. Kinetic Energy a. Momentum
b. Impulse
61. An energy by virtue of the objecrs position or c. Energy
elevation is called? d. Displacement
a. Rest energy
b. Potential energy 69. The product of the force and the time during
c. Thermal Energy which ii acts 1s known as:
d. Kinetic Energy a. Momentum
b. Impulse
62. An energy by virtue of the object's mass 1s c Energy
called? d. Displacement
a. Rest energy
b. Potential energy 70 Cl1ange in momentum is equal to:
c. Thermal Energy a Displacement
d. Kinetic Energy b. Impulse
c Power
63. The energy of an object due to its vertical d Work
separation from the earth's surface.
a. Thermal Energy 71 Cl1ange in Energy of an object is equal to:
b. Rest Energy a. Displacement
c. Gravitational Potential Energy b Impulse
d. Elastic Potential Energy c. Po\'/er
d. Work
64. The energy stored in a stretched or
compressed elastic material such as spring is 72. Tile negative ratio of the relative velocity after
called: the collision to a relative velocity before a
a. Thermal Energy collision pf two objects.
b. Rest Energy a. Coefficient of Friction
c. Gravitational Potential Energy b. Coefficient of Sliding
d. Elastic Potential Energy c. Coefficient of Kinetic Friction
d. Coefficient of Restitution
65. The kinetic energy of the atoms and molecules
due to their random motion is called: 73. A collision in which the total kinetic energy
a. Thermal Energy after collision is less than before collision.
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 b. Inelastic 80. "An unhalanced force acting on the object will
c. Completely inelastic cause the object to accelerate in the direction
d. None of the above. of the force" 1s called·
a. Newton's First Law
74. When the colliding bodies st icl\ together on b. Newton·s Second Law
impact which results the moximum possible c Newton·s Third L<.1w
loss of kinetic energy, it is said to be an __ d. Newton's Lav, of Universal Gravitation
collision.
a. Elastic 81. Tt10 accurate formulation of the laws of
b. Inelastic motion, as well as of gravitational is made by:
c. Perfectly Inelastic a Galileo
d. None of the above b Kepler
c Vangnon
75. Whicl1 or the following is true about collision? d. Newton
a. In elastic collision. kinetic energy 1s lost
b. In elastic collision. two 1Jod1cs stick 82. l he law wh1c::ll desc::nbes the motion of stars,
together after impact. planets �md cornets
c. In elastic collision, no kinetic energy is a Law of universal grav1tat1on
lost b f'J f'\'1trm s LaJJs of r-. 011011
d. Kinetic energy is not conserved in an c. Kepler's Law
elastic collision d Big Bang

76. For perfectly elastic collision, the coefficient of 83 Wllict1 of the follo\'/1ng does not descnbe the
restitution is equal to: obJer:t as observed from earth?
a. 0 a Apogee
b. 1 b Perigee
c. between O and 1 c Eccentricity
d. Less than 0 d. Focus

77. For perfectly inelastic collision. the coefficient 84 If an extem.11 prc->ssure 1s .1ppl1ed to a confined
of rest1tut1on 1s equal to fluid thn pressure \1111 be ncreased at every
a. O point 1n ttie fluid by the amount of external
b. pressure Tt11s 1s known as
c. between O and 1 a A1ch11nf"des Principle
d. Less than 0 b. Pascal's Law
c Gayles Law
78. '·For every action force, there is a reaction d Bernoulli s L;:iw
force that 1s equal in magnitude but opposite
in direction" is called: 85 According to this law, "The force between tv✓0
a. Newton's First Law chc1rgecl particles vanes directly to the
b. Newton·s Second Law magnitude of each charge and inversely to the
c. Newton's Third Law square of the distances between them··.
d. Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation a Law of universal grav1talion
b. Coulomb's Law
79. "An object at rest or moving at constant c. Newton·s Lav,s
velocity on a straight line will stay at rest or d. Inverse-square law
move the same speed on a straight line unless
an external force acts on the object" is called: 86. To find the angle of the triangle, given the
a. Newton·s First Law length of the sides, one would use:
b. Newton's Second Law a. The law of cosines
c. Newton's Third Law b. The inverse-square law
d. Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation c. The law of tangents
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 87. Which of the following regarding the signs of b. Degree
natural functions for angles between 90 c. Order
degrees and 180 degrees? d Va11able set
a. The tangent is positive
b. The cotangent is positive 95. Terms 1t1at differ only in n11merical coefficients
c. The cosine is negative are known r1s·
d. Tl1e sine is negative cl Unlil<e terrns
b Unc1qual terms
88. What is the reciprocal funclion of cosccant? c. Like torms
a. Secant d Sirnilar equation
b. Sine
c. Cosine 06 In cornpl<>x al1J8brr.1. WP. use diagram to
d. Cotangent reprrJsent cornplr.x plane r,ornmonly called
a. Argand diagram
89. The graphical presentation of a curnulol1vc b Venn rJ1:iqram
frequency d1stnbut1on in a set of stat1st1cal dati'.I c Maxv,ell d1aqro m
is called d. Cmteswn diagram
a. H1stogmm
b. Kurtosis 97 fhe number of successful outcomes d1v1ded
C. Lepticurt1k by ttie number of possible outcomes
d. Ogive a Odd
b Comh1nJtion
90. A s tatement of truth which follows with little or C PrJrmutat,on
no tn,th from a theorem d. Probability
a. Axiom
b. Hypothesis 98 A statement of truth which 1s admitted without
c. Corollary proof
d Conclusion a. Axiom
b ltworem
91. It 1s a sequence of nu rnber such that the c Postulate
successive terms differ by a constant. d Corollmy
a. Arithmetic progression
b Geometric Progression 99 A part of tt1e theorem which 1s assumed to be
c. Infinite Progression true
d. Harmonic Progression a Corollary
b. Hypotllcs1s
92. A frequency curve which is composed of c Postulate
series of rectangles constructed with the steps d Conclusion
as the base and the frequency as the height
a. Histogram 100 A mathematical statement which has
b. Frequency d1stnbut1on neither been proved nor denied by counter
c. Ogive example
d. Bar Graph a Fallc1cy
b. Conjecture
93. If a = b then b = a, this illus rates what axiom c Theorem
in algebra? d Paradox
a. Symmetric axiom
b. Reflexive axiom
c. Transitive axiom
d. Replacement axiom

94. Two or more equations are equal if and only if

they have the same:
a. Solution set

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