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Pre Cal (Quiz Bowl FQ)
Pre Cal (Quiz Bowl FQ)
Pre Cal (Quiz Bowl FQ)
EASY
1) The conic sections formed when the plane passes through the vertex of the cone
> Degenerate conix <
2) The set of all points in a plane whose sum of their distances from two distinct fixed
points is a constant
> Ellipse <
3) It is the midpoint of the vertices of a hyperbola
> center <
4) The set of all points in the plane at equal distance from a fixed point (focus) and a fixed
lined called directrix
> Parabola <
5) Fixed points on the graph of an ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola
> Focus/Foci <
6) A segment perpendicular to the transverse axis
> Conjugate axis <
7) Two diagonal lines where the graph of a hyperbola is approaching
> Asymptote <
8) In a parabola, the line that passes through the focus and is perpendicular to the directrix
is called?
> Axis of symmetry <
9) The conic section represented by the equation
> x 2+ y 2 2 x +6 y +10=0 <
10) The standard equation of a circle with the center at (h,k)
> (xh)2 +( y k )2=r <
AVERAGE
11) The equation of the asymptotes of a hyperbola with a horizontal transverse axis
b
> yk= ( xh) <
a
12) What is the center of the equation ( x5 )2 + ( y +1 )2=121 ? > (5, -1) <
x2 y 2
13) What is the value of a, b, and c of the equation + =1 respectively?
25 9
> a= 5, b= 3, c=4 <
14) What is the standard equation of the circle, given at the center at (4, -2) and radius equal
to 25 ?
> (x4)2+( y2)2=25 <
15) What is the equation of the hyperbola with foci at ( 5, 0 & vertices at ( 3,0) ?
x2 y2
> =1 <
9 16
DIFFICULT
2 2
x y
16) What are the coordinates of the vertices of the equation + =1 ?
25 9
> ( 5,0) <
17) What is the standard form of the equation of this graph?
2 2
( x+ 4) ( y3)
> + =1 <
16 9
18) What is the equation of the parabola having its center at the origin axis of symmetry
along the y-axis and passing through the point (-10, -5)?
> (x 2=20 y ) <