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SECTION 2: MATHEMATICS PROFICIENCY NAME: ____________________________

Time -– 45 minutes SCHOOL: _________________________
50 Questions (61 – 110) SIMULATED EXAM – SET B

For each question, decide which the best answer choice is, and darken the corresponding oval on the answer sheet.

61. If θ is an angle in quadrant II, which of the C. 1−tan θ

following is negative?
D. −tanθ
A. cosθ +1
E. undefined
B. secθcscθ
C. sin 3 θ 65. The domain of the trigonometric function
D. cotθtanθ y=tan 3 x is the set of all real numbers except
2π π π 2π
E. cos θ
2
A. . . .. ,−π ,− ,− , , , π ,. . . .
3 3 3 3

1 π π π π π π
62. Simplify: B. . . .. ,− ,− ,− , , , , .. . .
cotθ+ tanθ 2 3 6 6 3 2
A. secθcscθ 5π π π π π 5π
C. . . .. ,− ,− ,− , , , , . . ..
B. sinθcosθ 6 2 6 6 2 6
1 5 π 3 π π π 3π 5π
C.
secθcscθ D. . . .. ,− ,− ,− , , , , .. . .
2 2 2 2 2 2
D. 1
3π π π 3π
E. −1 E. . . .. ,− ,−π ,− , , π , , . .. .
2 2 2 2

63. Find the exact value of ( sec60 °+ tan 45 ° ).

66. Find the period of the trigonometric function
A. 2+ √ 2
B. √ 2+0.5 y=2cos 3 x− ( π
2 )
.

C. √ 3+2 2π
A.
3
D. 3
π
E. 2 B.
3
C. 2π
64. If θ is an acute angle, which of the following is
equal to tan ( 180−θ ) ? D. 4π
A. tanθ π
E.
4
B. 1+ tanθ

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D.
67. If x is an angle in standard position and 18
3 8
cos x= and sin x <0, find the exact value of E.
4 9
tan x .
A.
−√ 7 70. Three coins are tossed. What is the probability of
3 getting at most two heads?
−5 1
B. A.
3 8
−4 3
C. B.
3 8
5 5
D. C.
3 8

E.
√7 D.
7
3 8
68. A pair of dice is rolled. What is the probability of 1
E.
getting a sum of at least five? 2
5
A.
6
1
B.
6
13
C.
18 71. Two balls are drawn in succession without
replacement from a bag containing 8 red, 7 blue,
5
D. and 10 yellow marbles. If the first ball drawn is
18
blue, then what is the probability that the second
8
E. marble drawn is red?
9
1
A.
3
69. A pair of dice is rolled. What is the probability of
1
getting a sum of at most 10? B.
2
5
A. 8
6 C.
25
1
B. 1
12 D.
4
11
C. 13
12 E.
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equal to 4. If 10 were subtracted from each
72. The table below shows the scores of 5 students. score, what would be the new standard
Student Scores deviation?
A 85 A. 2.5
B 89
B. 0
C 78
D 85 C. 3.25

E 88 D. 6.5
Which of the following is true?
E. None of these
A. mean = median = mode
B. mean > median > mode
76. Eight different Chemistry books and ten different
C. median > mode > mean
Physics books are to be arranged in a shelf. In
D. median > mean > mode
how many ways can such books be arranged if
E. mode > median > mean
books of the same subject shall be placed side by

73. Mr. James, a History teacher, computed the mean side?

grade of his 10 students in a certain class. If he A. 18 !

would give each student a bonus of 2 points, B. 8 ! 10 !
what would happen to the mean grade of the 10
C. 8 !+10 !
students?
A. The mean grade would increase by 20 points. D. 2 ! 8 ! 10!
B. The mean grade would increase by 2 points. E. 2 ! 18!
C. The mean grade would stay the same.
D. The mean grade would increase by 10 points.
E. There was no way of knowing exactly how
many points the mean increased.
74. Andrea computed the mean of her 8 scores in
77. The sum of the present ages of Alex and Ben is
Math. After she had computed the mean, her
39 years. In 5 years, Alex will be thrice as old as
teacher gave a bonus of 24 points to be added
Ben was 4 years ago. How old will Ben be ten
on her total score. What was the effect of these
years from now?
additional points on Andrea’s mean score?
A. 14 years old
A. The mean increased by 12 points.
B. 24 years old
B. The mean remained the same.
C. 25 years old
C. The mean increased by 3 points.
D. 32 years old
D. The mean increased thrice,
E. 35 years old
E. There was no way of knowing exactly how
many points the mean increased. 78. The present age of a mother is equal to the sum
of the ages of her triplets. Thirty nine years
75. A statistics student computed the standard hence, the sum of the ages of the triplets will be
deviation of 25 scores and he found it to be

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twice the age of their mother. Find the present 82. Mon and Jacky together can do a job in 4 hours.
age of the mother. If Mon can finish job in 9 hours, how long would
A. 32 years old it take Jacky to finish the job by herself?
B. 39 years old A. 5 hours
C. 41 years old B. 7 hours
D. 43 years old C. 7.1 hours
E. years old D. 7.2 hours
E. 8 hours
79. A mother was 27 years old when her eldest child
was born. Ten years from now, the sum of the
83. A rectangular lot has an area of 32 square
ages of the mother and her eldest child will be
meters. Its perimeter is 24 meters. Find the
equal to 57 years. How old is the mother now?
dimensions of the rectangular lot.
A. 27 years old
A. 4 meters by 8 meters
B. 32 years old
B. 3 meters by 9 meters
C. 42 years old
C. 2 meters by 16 meters
D. 45 years old
D. 1 meter by 32 meters
E. 52 years old
E. 3 meters by 7 meters

80. Two cargo vessels left the same port at the same
time and traveled in opposite directions. If the 84. Two numbers differ by 13. When the smaller

speed of the two vessels were 52 kph and 43 number is doubled and the larger is increased by
7, their sum would be 59. What is the larger
kph, how long would it take them to be 190 km
apart? number?

A. 1 hour A. 12

B. 1.5 hours B. 13

C. 2 hours C. 18

D. 2.25 hours D. 21

E. 2.5 hours E. 26

81. Maria, a laboratory assistant, receives a request 85. A man invested certain amounts in two different

of 400 milliliters of a 50% denatured alcohol accounts. The first account earned 6% simple

solution, but she only has 65% and 35% annual interest and the second account earned

denatured alcohol solutions on hand. In order to 4.5% simple annual interest. The amount the man

produce the request, how many milliliters of 65% invested in the first account was $6,000 more

and 35% alcohol solutions should she mix? than the second account. After a year, the first

A. 100 mL and 300 mL, respectively account earned twice as much as the second

B. 150 mL and 250 mL, respectively account. How much did the man invest in each

C. 200 mL of each account?

D. 250 mL and 150 mL, respectively A. $10,000 at 6% and $4,000 at 4.5%

E. 300 mL and 100 mL, respectively B. $12,000 at 6% and $18,000 at 4.5%

C. $15,000 at 6% and $9,000 at 4.5%
D. $9,000 at 6% and $15,000 at 4.5%
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E. $18,000 at 6% and $12,000 at 4.5% 1
B. ( 4 x2 +12 x+ 9 )
2
86. Which of the following is not true? C. 4 x2 −9
A. If two angles are congruent and
1
complementary, then the measure of each D. ( 4 x2 −9 )
2
angle is 45 ° .
2
B. If two angles are congruent and E. 4 x +9
supplementary, then each angle is a right
angle. 90. Refer to the figure below.
C. Vertical angles are congruent.
D. If two angles are supplementary, then the
5
angles form a linear pair.
E. All right angles are congruent.

4 3 2 1
87. Refer to the figure below. Which of the following
will make ∆ MNO ≅ ∆QPO by SAS Postulate ? Which of the following is false?
M A. m 3=m 4
N B. m 4+ m5=m1+m 2
C. m1=m 4
O
D. 2 m1+m 3=180 °
P E. 2 m1=m4 +m 5
Q
A. N ≅ P; NO ≅ PO 91. The length of the longest side of a right triangle
B. MN ≅ QP ; MN /¿ QP is 50. If one of the acute angles of the right
C. MQ and NP bisects each other. triangle is 30 ° , find the length of the other two
D. MN /¿ QP sides.
E. O is the midpoint of MQ . A. 30 and 40
88. The length of the side of an equilateral triangle is
B. 25 √ 3 and 30
6 cm. Find the altitude of the triangle. C. 30 and 60
A. 3 D. 25 and 25 √ 3
B. 6 √3 E. 25 and 25 √ 2
C. 3√2 92. Refer to the figure below.
D. 3√3 A X B
E. 12

89. What is the area of the parallelogram if the base

and the altitude were both equal to 2 x+3 ?
2
A. 4 x +12 x+ 9 D Y C

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Which of the following is true about the area of 15 π
B.
rectangle ABCD and parallelogram DXBY? 4
1 20 π
A. Area ABCD = Area DXBY C.
2 3
1 18 π
B. Area ABCD = Area DXBY D.
4 5
C. Area ABCD =2 Area DXBY 25 π
E.
D. Area ABCD =3 Area DXBY 4

E. Area ABCD =4 Area DXBY

96. In circle P, BC is a diameter and AB and CD are
parallel chords. Find the value of x.
93. Find the area of the shaded region. B
A 55°
7

C
x°
A. 125 °
B. 70 °
A. 49 ( 1−π ) C. 110 °
B. 14 ( 4−π ) D. 75 °

( )π 95 °
E.
C. 49 1−
4
D. 49−7 π 97. 7 √3 56−7 √ 56−√3 189+ √ 126=¿
π
E. 49− A. 0
4
11 √ 14−11 √ 7
3
B.

94. In a parallelogram, which of the following is

11 ( √ 7−√ 14 )
3
C.
always true?
29 √ 7−24 √ 14
3
A. Adjacent sides are congruent. D.

B. Opposite angles are supplementary. E. −√ 7

C. Diagonals are congruent.
D. Opposite sides are perpendicular.
98. Which of the following shows additive identity
E. Adjacent angles are supplementary.
property?

95. Find the area of a sector of a circle whose radius

A. – ab+ab=0
is 5 units and whose central angle is 54 ° .
B. 0+ (−ab )=−ab
5π C. 0+ (−ab )= (−ab ) +0
A.
2 D. ( 1 ) (−ab ) =−ab
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E. ( c ) (−ab ) =(−ab )( c ) C.
2 2 2
99. What value(s) of k could make the expression 16 x −4 y −z +16−8 xy−8 xz −32 x + 4 yz−16 y−8 z
below a perfect square trinomial? D.
3 2 2 2
16 x + 4 y + z + 16−16 xy −8 xz+32 x +4 yz−16 y−8 z
x 2− x +k
2 E. 16 x 2−4 y 2−z 2+16
A. 9
9
B.
4 103. The volume of a 10-cm high cylinder is 640 π
3
9 cm . What is the radius of the base of the
C.
16 cylinder?

1
A. 4 cm
D. B. 6 cm
9
C. 8 cm
E. No values of k could make the expression a
D. 12 cm
perfect square trinomial.
E. 16 cm
100. Solve for x:
104. The sum and product of the roots of a quadratic

()
−2
2 x−1 1 3
49 = equation are −5 and , respectively. Find the
7 4
A. x=1 quadratic equation.
B. x=0 A. 4 x2 −20 x +3=0
C. x=−3 B. 4 x2 +20 x +3=0
D. x=−1 2
C. 4 x +5 x +3=0
E. x=4 2
D. 4 x −5 x +3=0
2
101. Which of the following is a factor of 3
8 x + 27 y
3
?
E. 4 x −5 x −3=0
A. 2 x−3 y
1
B. 4 x2 −6 xy+ 9 y 2
105. Solve for x : log 2 x−3 9=
2
2 2
C. 4 x −12 xy +9 y A. 3
D. 4 x2 +6 xy +9 y 2 B. 7
E. 8 x +27 y C. 24
D. 42
102. What is the square of 4 x−2 y−z+ 4 ? E. 50
2 2 2
A. 16 x + 4 y + z + 16
B.
2 2 2
106. The roots of the ( x−3 ) ( x+ 1 )=2 are
16 x + 4 y + z + 16−4 xy−4 xz−16 x +2 yz−8 y−4 z A. rational and unequal.
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C. irrational and unequal. 109. If x varies directly as the square of y and
D. irrational and equal. inversely as the square root of z , and x=60
E. imaginary. when y=6 and z=81, find x when y=8 and
z=144 .
107. Determine the greatest integer in the solution set A. 45
of the inequality 3 ( x−4 )−5 ( 4 x−1 ) >10. B. 60
A. −8
B. −1
C. 75
C. 0 D. 80
D. 3 E. 90
E. −2
110. Find the equation of the line perpendicular to the
x
108. The domain of the function f ( x )=¿ 2 is line y=4−3 x and whose x−intercept is −7 .
x +1
A. x−3 y=21
A. the set of all real numbers except 1 and −1
B. 3 x+ y=−7
B. the set of all real numbers
C. x−3 y=−7
C. the set of all real numbers except −1
D. x +3 y=21
D. the set of all real number greater than 1
E. the set of all real number greater than 0
E. x−3 y=7

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