FEATI University

Department of Aeronautical Engineering and Aircraft Maintenance Technology

Helios St., Sta Cruz, Manila

2016 Aero Departmental Mock Exam

(Mathematics)

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Set B

I. Shade the letter of the correct answer. (Use #2 pencil only)

1. 𝐴 = √𝑠(𝑠 − 𝑎)(𝑠 − 𝑏)(𝑠 − 𝑐) is also known as?

(a) Heron’s Formula (c) Area Formula
(b) Hero’s Formula (d) Semi-Perimeter

2. He is considered the father of modern mathematics?

(a) Isaac Newton (c) Gottfried Leibnitz
(b) Rene Descartes (d) Albert Einstein

3. Find the sum of the interior angles of a heptagon

(a) 180 (c) 900
(b) 720 (d) 1280

4. The derivative of sin(x) is?

(a) cos(x) (c) sec2x
(b) sin(x)cos(x) (d) sin x

5. A triangle was formed by two perpendicular lines with length of base 4 and 5. What is the area of the triangle?
(a) 5 (c) 15
(b) 10 (d) 20

6. The absolute value of |-5| is?

(a) 5 (c) 10
(b) -5 (d) 15

7. What is 5!?
(a) 120 (c) 25
(b) 24 (d) 225

8. The greatest common factor of 12 and 16 is?

(a) 4 (c) 8
(b) 3 (d) 12

9. The highest degree of a quadratic equation is?

(a) 3 (c) 1
(b) 2 (d) 4

10. Factor out x2 - 4

(a) (x + 4)(x – 4) (c) (x + 4)(x + 4)
(b) (x – 4)(x – 4) (d) (x + 2)(x – 2)

11. The remainder of 2x3 – 5x2 + 6x – 3 divided by x – 2 is?

(a) 5 (c) 10
(b) -5 (d) 15

12. If a rectangle has a length that is 3 cm less than four times its width and its perimeter is 19 cm, what is the length?
(a) 6 cm (c) 5 cm
(b) 7 cm (d) 8 cm

13. The integral of ex is?

(a) ln x (c) x
(b) ex (d) 1/x

14. One painter can paint a room in 12 hr. and another can paint the same room in 10 hr. How long will it take to paint the room
if they work together?
(a) 11/60 (c) 5/6
(b) 60/11 (d) 1/2

15. The sum of two numbers is 84, and one of them is 12 more than the other. What are the two numbers?
(a) 36 & 48 (c) 14 & 70
(b) 12 & 72 (d) 34 & 40

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16. An inquisitive math student is standing 25 feet from the base of the Washington Monument. The angle of elevation from her
horizontal line of sight is 87.4°. If her “eye height” is 5ft, how tall is the monument?
(a) 550 ft. (c) 450 ft.
(b) 555 ft. (d) 545 ft.

17. We have numbered cards from 1 to 20 and picked one at random. Find the probability that the card picked is numbered a
multiple of 2 or 5.
(a) 3/5 (c) 1/5
(b) 4/5 (d) 3/10

18. If B2 - 4AC = 0, then the conic is a?

(a) Circle (c) Parabola
(b) Ellipse (d) Hyperbola

19. Find the solution set of the system 2x + y = 3 & 5x + 3y = 10.

(a) x = 1 & y = 5 (c) x = 1 & y = -5
(b) x = -1 & y = 5 (d) x = -1 & y = -5

20. If the twelfth element of an arithmetic sequence is -21 and the twenty fifth element is 18, what is the fourth element?
(a) -45 (c) 15
(b) 45 (d) 25

21. One radian is equivalent to?

(a) 2π (c) π
(b) 57.3° (d) 360°

22. cosx(tan2x) + cosx is equal to?

(a) tanx (c) cosx
(b) secx (d) sinx

23. Find the area of the triangle with sides measuring 12, 17 & 21.
(a) 102 (c) 100
(b) 101 (d) 99

24. It is a part of a line that has one endpoint and extends endlessly in the other direction
(a) points (c) angle
(b) ray (d) side

25. They are a pair of angles, the sum of whose measures is equal to 90 deg.
(a) Supplementary (c) complementary
(b) Acute (d) reflex

26. Find the tangent of the angles of the triangle whose vertices are A (3, -2), B (-5, 8) and C (4, 5). (bonus)
(a) 45.79, 32.9 & 101.3 (c) 47.79, 32.9 & 99.3
(b) 42.79, 36.9 & 100.3 (d) 47.79, 35.9 & 100.3

27. A coach must choose five starters from a team of 12 players. How many different ways can the coach choose the starters?
(a) 792 (c) 144
(b) 655 (d) 24

28. The line perpendicular to the base passing through the midpoint.
(a) median (c) perpendicular bisector
(b) altitude (d) angle bisector

29. Find the equation of the line with slope ¾ and which passes through the point (-2,5).
(a) 3x – 4y + 26 = 0 (c) 3x – 4y + 24 = 0
(b) 4x – 3y + 26 = 0 (d) 3x + 4y + 26 = 0

30. Find the distance between the given lines 4x – 3y = 12 and 4x – 3y = -8

(a) 4 (c) 5
(b) 3 (d) 2

31. If the ratio between the distance of the focus to the directrix is equal to 1, the conic is?
(a) an ellipse (c) a parabola
(b) a hyperbola (d) a circle

32. Given the equation y 2 = −4ax , the parabola opens to the?

(a) right (c) down
(b) up (d) left

33. Find the radius of the circle with equation x2 – 6x + y2 + 10y + 25 = 0.

(a) 3 (c) 4
(b) 5 (d) 2

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34. It is the fixed point of a conic.
(a) center (c) directrix
(b) Focus (d) eccentricity

35. These are the diagonal lines of the rectangle whose center is the center of the curve and whose sides are parallel and equal
to the axes of the curve.
(a) asymptote (c) directrix
(b) center (d) foci

36. A train, starting at 11 am, travels east at 45 mph while another, starting at noon from the same point, travels south at 60
mph. How fast are separating at 3 pm?
(a) 74.25 mph (c) 71.45 mph
(b) 60.2 mph (d) 103.2 mph

37. Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the sequence 4, 6, 8, 10, ...
(a) 420 (c) 320
(b) 460 (d) 530

38. The sum of two consecutive odd numbers is 52. What are the two odd numbers?
(a) 25 & 27 (c) 21 & 31
(b) 24 & 28 (d) 12 & 40

39. A small square is located inside a bigger square. The length of one side of the small square is 3 inches and the length of one
side of the big square is 7 inches. What is the area of the region located outside the small square, but inside the big square?
(a) 40 in2 (c) 36 in2
(b) 41 in2 (d) 24 in2

40. The segment from (-1,4) to (2, -2) is extended three times its own length. Find the terminal points.
(a) 11 & -20 (c) -11 & -20
(b) -11 & 20 (d) 11 & 20
41. Suppose we’re confronted with the following composite function, and we’re told to differentiate it: f (x) = cos [sin (ln x
)]. What strategy makes the most sense for tackling this problem?
(a) Apply the product rule for derivatives twice, and the chain rule once.
(b) Apply the product rule three times.
(c) Apply the chain rule twice.
(d) Apply the quotient rule for derivatives once, and the chain rule once.
(e) Give up! This function is non-differentiable for all real numbers!

42. Which of the following functions is its own derivative?

(a) f1 (x) = sin x (c) f3 (x) = cox x
(b) f3 (x) = -ex (d) f4 (x) = ln x

43. Which of the following is not a rational number?

(a) 0.3333…. (c) 0.5
(b) e (d) -2/3

44. An imaginary number can also be written as.

(a) i (c) c
(b) b (d) j

45. Imagine a car in a drag race. We start a timer as soon as the car begins the race. The total distance that the car has traveled
from the starting point at any given instant in time can be found by:
(a) integrating the acceleration with respect to time. (c) differentiating the speed with respect to time.
(b) integrating the speed with respect to time. (d) differentiating the acceleration with respect to time.

46. Gas is escaping from a spherical balloon at the rate of 2ft3/min. How fast is the surface area changing when the radius is 12
ft.?
(a) 1/3 ft2/min (c) 2/3 ft2/min
3
(b) 1/3 ft /min (d) 3 ft2/min

47. The degree of the equation 3x2y5 + 2x3y2 = 12 is?

(a) 5 (c) 7
(b) 4 (d) 8

48. If you divide x3 – 2x2 – 4 by x -3 the remainder would be?

(a) 5 (c) 3
(b) 0 (d) 1

49. The integral of (1/x) dx is

(a) x (c) 1
(b) ln |x| (d) 1/x2

50. If we antidifferentiate the zero function twice with respect to an independent variable x, we can, in theory, get any of the
following except:
(a) 0 (c) 2x2 + 2
(b) 2 (d) 2x + 2

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