MECHANICAL ENGINEERING REVIEW

1. Which of the following is equivalent to 7520 mils in radian?

a. 47π/20 c. 42π/20
b. 42π/10 d. 47π/10

2. A certain angle has an explement 6 times the complement. Find the angle.
a. 810deg c. 139deg
b. 36deg d. 24deg

3. The vertical angle to the top of a flagpole from point A on the ground is observed to be 37°11’. The observer walks 25m
directly away from point A and the flagpole to point B and find the new angle to be 25°43’. Ehat is the approximate height of the
flagpole?
a. 27m c. 33m
b. 45m d. 60m

4. Simplify the equation sin2θ (1 + cot2θ)

a. 1 c. sin2θsec2θ
2
b. sin θ d. sec2θ

5. Conversine x is 0.134, find the value of x

a. 60deg c. 30deg
b. 45deg d. 20deg

6. The sides of a triangle are 9cm, 12cm and 19cm. Determine the radius of the inscribed and circumscribing circle.
a. 2.10, 12.23 c. 4.10, 11.23
b. 3.10, 12.23 d. 2.33, 11.23

7. The corresponding sides of the two similar triangles are in the ratio 0f 5:3. What is the ratio of their areas?
a. 9:5 c. 5:3
b. 16:5 d. 25:9

8. What is the area of the circle inscribed in an equilateral triangle with a side 10cm long?
a. 32.18cm2 c. 126.18cm2
2
b. 5.18cm d. 26.18cm2

9. Determine the area of spherical triangle in sqm with given angles A = 56deg, B = 65.9deg, C = 95deg with given radius of 20m.
a. 251 c. 260
b. 258 d. 269

10. Solve the other side c of the spherical triangle whose given parts are: a=72° b=55° c=90°
a. 80deg c. 86deg
b. 83deg d. 78deg

11. Determine the vertex angle B for spherical triangle whose sides are given: a=56° b=65.9° c=78.5°
a. 55.57 c. 68.57°
b. 60.57° d. 62.57°

12. If two dice are tossed, what is the probability of rolling a sum of 6 or 9?
a. 1/5 c. 1/3
b. 1/4 d. 1/8

13. A cat has litter of seven kittens. If the probability is 0.52 that the kitten will be female, what is the probability that exactly
three of seven will be male?
a. 0.50 c. 0.33
b. 0.48 d. 0.28

14. An urn contains four black balls and six white balls. What is the probability of getting one black and one white ball in two
consecutive draws from the urn?
a. 0.04 c. 0.27
b. 0.24 d. 0.53

15. The probability that a married man watches a certain television show is 0.4 and the probability that a married woman
watches the show is 0.5. The probability that a woman watches the show, given that his man does is 0.66. Find the probability
that a married couple watches the show.
a. 0.264 c. 0.55
b. 0.875 d. 0.25

16. In the following set of numbers, 75, 85, 76, 55, 42, 91, 77, determine the standard deviation and variance.
a. 16.89, 252.53 c. 17.89, 252.53
b. 15.89, 252.53 d. 12.89, 252.53

17. In the following set of numbers, 75, 85, 76, 55, 42, 91, 71, determine the sample standard deviation and sample variance.
a. 18.16, 294.6 c. 17.16, 294.6
b. 17.16, 284.6 d. 15.16, 292.6

18. Find the probability that a couple having 5 children will have at least one girl.
a. 1/8 c. 15/8
b. 3/7 d. 31/32

19. If seven fair coins are simultaneously tossed in the air, what is the probability that at least one will land heads up?
a. 0.144 c. 0.971
b. 0.286 d. 0.992

20. In deck of 52 playing cards, 2 cards are drawn at random. What is the probability of getting an ace and a king?
a. 8/663 c. 5/353
b. 5/20 d. 2/663
MESL Mastery Review
ES MECHANICAL ENGINEERING REVIEW
1. How many sides has a polygon if each interior angle is 174 degrees?
a. 60 c. 24
b. 42 d. 28

2. Which of the following regular polygons has 170 diagonals?

a. Icosagon c. Chiliagon
b. Hexadecagon d. Decagon

3. Find the area of a regular pentagon whose apothem is 17.2cm?

a. 1075 c. 1010
b. 1142 d. 1067

4. What is the area of an equilateral triangle of side 6cm?

a. 4.59cm2 c. 15.59cm2
2
b. 105.59cm d. 13.59cm2

5. What is the area of an ellipse with an aspect ratio of two and total perimeter of 18 inches?
a. 20.63in2 c. 15.67in2
b. 34.56in2 d. 23.45in2

6. A man tied a goat to a corner of a 30ft by 35ft building. If the rope is 40ft long and the goat can reach 1ft farther than the rope
length, what is the maximum area the goat can cover?
a. 4084.07 c. 4840.07
b. 4804.07 d. 8044.07

7. Determine the area of regular decagon of length 11.5cm?

a. 1251.50 c. 2048.50
b. 1017.50 d. 220.5

8. The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral triangles of its base measuring 3m and 9m respectively. If the
bases are 10m apart, determine its volume.
a. 138 c. 243
b. 169 d. 175

9. The base area of a circular cylinder is 14.8cm2 and an element of the cylinder is 10cm. Find the volume of the cylinder if the
element is inclined to the base at an angle of 60deg.
a. 123.92 c. 128.17
b. 207.24 d. 194.24

10. Find the volume of a hexagonal spherical polygon whose base angles are 135°, 105°, 122°, 110°, 131° and 142° on a sphere
of radius 17in.
a. 714.57in3 c. 883.92in3
3
b. 1243.22in d. 1043.32in3
11. Calculate the area of spherical lune having radius of 65cm and central angle of 36 degrees.
a. 280π c. 1115π
b. 310π d. 1690π

12. What is the volume of a spherical wedge having radius of 15cm and central angle of 69 degreee?
a. 3209 c. 2709
b. 409 d. 2509

13. The diameter of the generating circle of cycloid is 6 inches. Compute the area enclosed between the cycloidal curve and the
baseline.
a. 84.82sq. inch c. 10.24sq. inch
b. 35.45sq. inch d. 107.3sq. inch

14. In a circle with a diameter of 10m, a regular five pointed star touching its circumference is inscribed. What is the area of the
part not covered by the star?
a. 60.2sq.m c. 50.50sq.m
b. 45.24sq.m d. 71.28sq.m

15. A cubical container that measures 2m on a side is tightly packed with eight balls and is filled with water. All 8 balls in contact
with the walls of the container and the adjacent marbles. All of the balls are the same size. What is the volume of water in the
container?
a. 0.38m3 c. 3.8m3
3
b. 2.5m d. 4.2m3

16. Compute the area of a spandrel of radius 0.8 inches.

a. 0.441sq.in c. 0.705sq.in
b. 0.122sq.in d. 0.137sq.in

17. A spherical wooden ball 15cm in diameter sinks to a depth of 12cm in a certain liquid. Determine the area exposed above the
liquid.
a. 141.37 c. 174.56
b. 235.75 d. 245.76

18. A torus is a solid formed by revolving a circle about an axis. Calculate the surface area of the torus whose mean diameter is 7
inches and the diameter of the generating circle is 1.25in.
a. 60sq.in c. 54sq.in
b. 86.36sq.in d. 320sq.in

19. In the edge of the cube is increased by 20%, find the percentage increase in volume.
a. 72.8% c. 76.3%
b. 83.2% d. 63.3%

20. How far is the intersection of the lines 4x – 5y = 26 and 3x + 7y +2 = 0 from the point (2, 3).
a. 5.925 c. 3.418
b. 2.332 d. 5.385
21. The segment (-1, 4) to (2, -2) is extended three times its own length. Find the terminal point.
a. (14, 13) c. (11, -20)
b. (16, 14) d. (15, -10)

22. Find the distance between points A and B whose coordinates are A (4, -6) and B (5, -2), their inclination and also the slope
a. 5.123, 75.96deg, 6 c. 4.123, 75.96deg, 4
b. 4.123, 65.96deg, 3 d. 5.123, 72.96deg, 4

23. The equation of a gas line is 4x + 3y + 9 = 0. The factory is located at the point (7, 1) will connect the gas line perpendicularly.
Find the length of the pipe required if the units are in km.
a. 8km c. 6km
b. 12km d. 4km

24. Determine B such that 3x + 2y – 7 = 0 is perpendicular to 2x – By + 2 = 0

a. 5 c. 4
b. 3 d. 2

25. Find the smallest angle between lines 2x + y -8 = 0 and x +5y + 4 = 0

a. 40deg c. 35deg
b. 52deg d. 15deg

26. Find the equation of a line through (0, 4) which is perpendicular to the line x – 3y = 0
a. 3x + y – 4 = 0 c. -3x + y -8 = 0
b. 2x – y + 2 = 0 d. -2x + y – 10 = 0

27. What is the length of the tangent to the circle x(squared) + y(squared) – 2x – y – 7 = 0 from (-2, -4)?
a. √21 c. √23
b. √25 d. 2√5

28. Determine the area of a triangle bounded by the straight lines x + 2y = 7, 3x – 4y =1 and 2x – y +6 =0
a. 15 c. 25
b. 20 d. 30
29. Find x if the distance between the points P1 (-2, y, 1) and P2 (-3, 5, -4) is 3 sqrt of 3.
a. -3 c. -2
b. 4 d. 5

30. What type of conic is represented by x2 – 4xy +3y +5 = 0?

a. Parabola c. Ellipse
b. Hyperbola d. Circle

31. What type of conic for an eccentricity greater than 1?

a. Ellipse c. Circle
b. Hyperbola d. Parabola
32. Find the farthest distance from the point (10, 1) to the circle x2 + y2 +6x – 16y +24 = 0
a. 11.76 c. 13.76
b. 21.76 d. 14.76

33. Find the center and major axis of the ellipse: x2 + 4y2 – 2x – 8y + 1 = 0
a. (1, 1), 4 c. (1, -1), 2
b. 2, -4), 1 d. (-1, 1), ½

34. Find the location of the vertex of the hyperbola: 16x2 – 9y2 + 32x + 36y – 36 = 0
a. (-2, 2), (0, 2) c. (2, 0), (2, -6)
b. (1, 2), (2, 4) d. (2, 2), (2, -4)

35. Determine the length of the latus rectum of the hyperbola whose equation is: 9x 2 – 4y2 +90x +189 = 0
a. 9 c. 3
b. 4 d. 9/4

36. Given the equation of a parabola 3x + y2 – 4y + 7 = 0. Determine the length of the latus rectum.
a. 4 c. 3
b. 2 d. 1

37. Determine the equation of a parabola with vertex (-2, 3) and focus at (-4, 3)
a. y2 + 8x – 6y + 25 = 0 c. y2 - 5x – 7y + 40 = 0
2
b. x + 9x – 8y – 20 = 0 d. x2 + 9x – 9y + 24 = 0

38. The cables of a suspension bridge are in the shape of a parabola. The towers supporting the cable are 500ft apart and 75ft
high. If the cables touch the road surface midway between towers, what is the height of the cable from the road at a point 120
feet from the center of the bridge?
a. 15.28ft c. 17.28ft
b. 16.28ft d. 18.28ft

39. The polar coordinates (r, θ) of a point are (5, 150°). What are the rectangular (x, y) coordinates?
a. (3.46, 2) c. (-3.33, 3.46)
b. 4.33, -2.5) d. (-4.33, 2.5)

40. What is the polar equation of a circle of radius 3 units and center at (3, 0)?
a. r= 6cosθ c. r= 4cosθ
2
b. r = 4sinθ d. r= 10cosθ