Find the area of the region inside the triangle with

vertices (1, 1), (3, 2) and (2, 4).*

1 point

3.5
2.5
5.5
4.5
Find the equation of the line with slope = 3 and the
y-intercept = –2.*

1 point

y = –3x – 2
y = 3x – 2
y = 3x + 2
y = –3x + 2
What curve is described by the equation 4x^2 – y^2 +
8x + 4y = 15?*

1 point

Ellipse
Circle
Parabola
Hyperbola
A chord of a circle of a diameter 10 ft is
decreasing in length 1 ft/min. Find the rate of
change of the smaller arc subtended by the chord
when the chord is 8 ft. long.*

1 point

3 ft/min
3/5 ft/min
 5 ft/min
5/3 ft/min
What is the area bounded by the curve y = x^3, the
x-axis and the lines x = -2 and x = 1?*

1 point

0.43
2.45
1.25
4.25
Find the length of arc of the parabola x^2 = 4y from
x = −2 to x = 2.*

1 point

2.5
8.1
11.7
4.6
Three circles of radii 3, 4, and 5 inches,
respectively, are tangent to each other externally.
Find the angles of the triangle formed by joining
the centers.*

1 point

73.4
82.1
91.3
65.6
Find the sum of a geometric progression if there are
4 geometric means between 3 and 729.*

1 point

582
1092
 980
1222
Find the area bounded by y" = 4x and x" = 4y. of the
square in simplified form?*

1 point

0.33
2.33
8.33
5. 33
If the side of a square can be expressed as
a^2bcube, what is the area of the square in
simplified form?*

1 point

a^2b to the 6th power

a^4b to the 6th power
a^4b to the 5th power
a^2b to the 5th power
Find the minimum distance from the point P (4,2) to
the parabola y^2 = 8x.*

1 point

2 sqrt. of 3
3 sqrt. of 3
3 sqrt. of 2
2 sqrt. of 2
Aubrey measured the width of her dining room in
inches. It is 150 inches. How many feet wide is her
dining room?*

1 point

21.5 ft
10.5 ft
 9.5 ft
12.5 ft
Find ∫ (3x – 4)^3 dx.*

1 point

1/12 (3x – 4)^3 + C

1/4 (3x – 4)^3 + C
1/12 (3x – 4)^4 + C
1/4 (3x – 4)^4 + C
If 10^x = 4, find the value of 10^2x + 1.*

1 point

380
160
240
60
A woman is paid $20 for each day she works and
forfeits $5 for each day she is idle. At the end of
25 days she nets $450. How many days did she work?*

1 point

20
21
23
22
What is the next term in the geometric sequence 16,
−4, 1, −1/4, ...?*

1 point

1/8
1/16
−1/8
0
Approximately how many liters of water will a 10-
gallon container hold?*

1 point

38
32
42
9
A car consumes 16 gallons of gasoline to travel 448
miles. How many miles/gallon is the car’s
consumption?*

1 point

26
28
22
24
csc 520 degrees is equal to*

1 point

csc 20 degrees
sin 20 degrees
sec 20 degrees
cos 20 degrees
Find the area of the ellipse 4x^2 + 9y^2= 36.*

1 point

21.23
15.56
12.19
18.85
Hotels, like airlines, often overbook, relying on
the fact that some people with reservations will
cancel at the last minute. A certain hotel chain
finds 20% of the reservation will not be used. If 4
reservations are made, what is the probability fewer
than two will cancel?*

1 point

0.8192
0.5211
0.7241
0.3825
During an examination, the following scores are
collected: 0   8   9   11   12   13   18   18   20
If there was an error in encoding where one “18”
should be “16”, which of the following is affected?*

1 point

mean
median
mean and standard deviation
standard deviation
Fred walks 0.75 miles to school; Raffy walks 1.3
miles; Xena walks 2.8 miles; and Paul walks 0.54
miles. What is the total distance the four walk to
school?*

1 point

4.13 miles
4.78 miles
5.63 miles
5.39 miles
If 3x^2 is multiplied by the quantity 2x^3y raised
to the 4th power, what would this expression
simplify to?*

1 point

48x^14y to the 4th power

 6x^9y to the 4th power
6x^14y to the 4th power
1296x^16y to the 4th power
Find the change in volume of a sphere if you
increase the radius from 2 to 2.05 units.*

1 point

1.52
1.25
2.15
2.51
Describe the locus represented by |z + 2i| + |z –
2i| = 6.*

1 point

parabola
ellipse
circle
hyperbola
A pendulum 1 m long oscillates through an angle of
100. Find the distance through which the end of the
pendulum swings in going from one extreme position
to the other.*

1 point

2π m
π m
π / 18 m
π / 8 m
Determine the equation of the line passing through
the points (1, 17) and (13, 4). *

1 point

13x + 12y – 217 = 0

 13x + 12y + 217 = 0
13x – 12y + 217 = 0
13x – 12y – 217 = 0
During his major league career, Hank Aaron hit 38
more home runs than Babe Ruth hit during his career.
Together they hit 1,524 home runs. How many home
runs did Babe Ruth hit?*

1 point

781 home runs

800 home runs
762 home runs
743 home runs
Liza thought she had the exact money to buy 10
chocolate bars. However the price per bar had
increased by 50 centavos. Consequently, she was able
to buy only 8 bars and had P2 left. How much money
did Liza have?*

1 point

40
30
80
60
The position vectors of point A and B are 2 + i and
3 – 2i respectively. Find an equation for line AB.*

1 point

x – 3y = 9
x + 3y = 5
3x + y = 7
3x – y = 5
It is estimated that the annual cost of driving a
certain new car is given by the formula: C = 0.25 m
+ 1,600 where m represents the number of miles
driven per year and C is the cost in dollars. Jane
purchases such a car and determines between $5,350
and $5,600 for next year's driving cost. What is the
corresponding range of miles that she can drive her
new car?*

1 point

Between 13,000 mi and 16,000 mi

Between 13,000 mi and 18,000 mi
More than 16,000 mi
Between 15,000 mi and 16,000 mi
Judy’s English quiz scores are 56, 93, 72, 89 and
87. What is the median of her squares?*

1 point

87
85
56
72
Solve the equation ( x^2 y – 2 ) + ( x + 2xy – 5 ) i
= 0.*

1 point

x = 4, y = -½
x = 3, y = 4
x = ½, y = 3
x = 1, y = 2
A tangent to a conic is a line which  *

1 point

touches the normal

touches the conic at only one point
passes inside a conic
is parallel to the normal
A triangular corner lot has perpendicular sides of
lengths 90 m and 60 m. Find the dimensions of the
largest rectangular building that can be constructed
on the lot with sides parallel to the streets.*

1 point

30 m x 30 m
45 m x 30 m
25 m x 40 m
24 m x 24 m
A coin is tossed n times. If it is expected that 7
heads will occur, how many times the coin is tossed?
*

1 point

28
21
7
14
42% of 997 =*

1 point

450.24
990.24
499.44
418.74
A transmitter with a height of 15 m is located on
top of a mountain, which is 3.0 km high. What is the
farthest distance on the surface of the earth that
can be seen from the top of the mountain? Take the
radius of the earth to be 6400 km.*

1 point

205 km
152 km
 196 km
225 km
If the general equation of the conic is Ax^2 + Bxy +
Cy^2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0. If B^2 – 4AC > 0, the
equation describes a  *

1 point

parabola
hyperbola
ellipse
circle
Each of the question on a quiz is a five-part
multiple choice question with exactly one correct
answer. A student, totally unprepared for the quiz,
guesses on each of 15 questions. If at least 11
questions must be answered correctly to pass the
quiz, what is the chance the student passes?*

1 point

0
0.25
0.10
0.50
In an arithmetic series, the terms of the series are
equally spread out. For example, in 1 + 5 + 9 + 13 +
17, consecutive terms are 4 apart. If the first term
in an arithmetic series is 3, the last term is 136,
and the sum is 1,390, what are the first 3 terms?*

1 point

3, 69 1/2 , 136
3, 36 1/3 , 70
3, 10, 17
3, 23, 43
Find the general solution of y’ = y sec x*
1 point

y = C (sec x tan x)
y = C (sec2 x + tan x)
y = C (sec x + tan x)
y = C (sec x – tan x)
 A wall “h” meters high is 2 m away from the
building. The shortest ladder that can reach the
building with one end resting on the ground outside
the wall is 6 m. How high is the wall in meters?*

1 point

2.44
2.14
2.34
2.24
Find the value of x for which f(x) = x^2 + 5x + 2 is
maximum.*

1 point

2
5/2
-5/2
-2
A point where the concavity of a curve changes or
when the slope of the curve is neither increasing
nor decreasing is known as*

1 point

inflection point
minimal point
point of tangency
maximum point
*
1 point

Square root of 2 ( 1 + i ) / 2
-1/4
-4/3 - 4i
-12 + 6i
If Rita can run around the block 5 times in 20
minutes, how many times can she run around the block
in hour?*

1 point

10
50
15
100
Ramil bought 400 hotdogs for the school picnic. If
they were contained in packages of 8 hotdogs, how
many total packages did he buy?*

1 point

10
20
5
50
Joy is 10 percent taller than Joseph and Joseph is
10 percent taller than Tom. How many percent is Joy
taller than Tom?*

1 point

22 %
20 %
21 %
 100 %
Solve the differential equation 7yy’ = 5x.*

1 point

7x2 + 5y2 = C
5x2 – 7y2 = C
7y2 – 5x2 = C
5x2 + 7y2 = C
1/2 is what percent of 3/4?*

1 point

66.67%
150.00%
62.50%
37.50%
Find the value of sin (arc cos 15/17).*

1 point

8/15
8/11
8/17
8/19
If one inch equals 2.54 centimeters, how many inches
are there in 20.32 centimeters?*

1 point

7.2
8
9
10.2
A car rental company offers two plans for renting a
car : Plan A : $ 30 / day and $ 0.20 /mile ; Plan
B : $ 55 / day with free unlimited mileage. For what
range of miles will Plan B save a customer’s money?*

1 point

Less than 170 miles

More than 125 miles
Less than 250 miles
More than 170 miles
Find the area of the polygon with vertices at: 2 +
3i, 3 + I, -2 - 4i, -4 -i, -1+ 2i.*

1 point

35/2
25
47/2
47
The equation y^2 = cx is the general solution of *

1 point

y’ = y/2x
y’ = 2x/y
y’ = 2y/x
y’ = x/2y
Find the height of a right circular cylinder of
maximum volume which can be inscribed in a sphere of
radius 10 cm.*

1 point

11.55 cm
18.55 cm
14.55 cm
12.55 cm
Evaluate ∫(sin 5x + cos 3x) dx from x = 0 to x =
π/2.*
1 point

0.0123
0.0347
0.0213
0.0417
A company manufactures industrial laminates (thin
nylon-based sheets) of thickness 0.02 in with
tolerance of 0.004 in. Solve the inequality
involving absolute values that describes the range
of possible thickness for the laminate.*

1 point

0.014 ≤ x ≤ 0.022
0.017 ≤ x ≤ 0.024
0.017 ≤ x ≤ 0.025
0.016 ≤ x ≤ 0.024
Nanette has a ribbon with a length of 13.4 m and
divided it into four equal pieces. What is the
length of each part.*

1 point

3.55 m
3.65 m
3.45 m
3.35 m
At exactly what time after 5 o’clock will the hour
hand and the minute hand be perpendicular for the
first time?*

1 point

5:05 and 34 sec

5:20 and 14 sec
5:10 and 54 sec
5:15 and 25 sec
A line is perpendicular to the y-axis has a slope
equal to:*

1 point

indeterminate
zero
one
infinity
Matthew had 200 baseball cards. He sold 5% of the
cards on Saturday and 10% of the remaining cards on
Sunday. How many cards are left?*

1 point

185
171
170
175
What is the area bounded by the curve y = 0, y =
3x^2, x = 0, and x = 2?*

1 point

8
4
6
2
Sand is pouring to form a conical pile such that its
altitude is always twice its radius. If the volume
of a conical pile is increasing at the rate of 25 pi
cu.ft./min, how fast is the radius is increasing
when the radius is 5 feet?*

1 point

5 pi ft/min
0.5 pi ft/min
 5 ft/min
0.5 ft/min
Find the vertex of the parabola x^2 = 8y.*

1 point

(−2, 0)
(0, 8)
(0, 0)
(2, 4)
Evaluate ■(lim@z→1+i) ((z – 1 – i)/(z^2 – 2z +
2))^2.

1 point

−4
−4 – 4i
−1/4
−4i
Parcel charges of a courier company are follows: P40
for the first 2 kilograms, P15 for each of the
succeeding kilogram weight of parcels. With these
rates, what amount would be charged on a parcel
weighing 30 kg?*

1 point

P460
P450
P650
P660
Find the equation of the line passing through the
intersection of x-y=0 and 3x-2y=2 cutting from the
first quadrant a triangle whose area is 9.*

1 point

x+2y-6=0
 2x+y-2=0
3x+y-3=0
x+y+1=0
Find the volume generated by revolving the area
bounded by y^2 = 12x and x = 3 about the line x =
3.*

1 point

181
131
151
191
What is the differential equation of the family of
parabolas having their vertices at the origin and
their foci on the x-axis?*

1 point

2y dx == x dy = 0
x dy + y dx = 0
2x dx – y dy = 0
dy/dx – x = 0
The locus of a point which moves so that the sum of
its distances between two fixed points is constant
is called*

1 point

ellipse
parabola
hyperbola
circle
How many possible positive real roots are there in
x^4– 4x^3 + 7x^2– 6x – 18 = 0.*

1 point
 1 or 2
3 or 1
3 or 0
1 or 0
Solve for z: 5z^2 + 2z + 10 = 0*

1 point

(-7±i)/5
(-1±7i)/5
(-1±14i)/5
(-2±14i)/5
What is the differential equation of the family of
parabolas having their vertices at the origin and
their foci on the x-axis?*

1 point

dy/dx – x = 0
x dy + y dx = 0
2y dx – x dy = 0
2x dy – y dx = 0
If csc^2 θ = x^2 + 1, what is cot^2 θ?*

1 point

x
1 + x
1 – x^2
x^2
In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more log
than the layer above and the top contains just one
log if there are 105 logs in the pile, how many
layers are there?*

1 point

14
 10
8
12
The value of 5! is equal to :*

1 point

120
1
25
5
At the city park, 32% of the trees are oaks, if
there are 400 trees in the park, how many trees are
NOT oak?*

1 point

128
312
272
278
A point is chosen at random inside a circle having a
diameter of 8 inches. What is the probability that
the point is at least 1.5 in away from the center of
the circle?*

1 point

5/8
12/45
55/64
5/64
Find the radius of curvature of the curve y^2 = 4x
at P(4, 4).*

1 point

20.36
 22.36
25.36
27.36
What curve is described by the equation y^2 + 4y + x
– 1 = 0?*

1 point

circle
ellipse
parabola
hyperbola
A bag contains 3 red, 6 blue, 5 purple, and 2 orange
marbles. One marble is selected at random. What is
the probability that the marble is blue?*

1 point

3/5
3/8
3/16
4/13
Find the area of a triangle having vertices at −4 –
i, 1 + 2i, 4 – 3i.*

1 point

107
7
10
17
If i = (−1)^1/2, find the value of i^39.*

1 point

-1
i
-i
 1
Find the area of the region enclosed by the triangle
with vertices (1, 1), (3, 2) and (2, 4).*

1 point

3/2
1/2
7/2
5/2
The mean computer usage of a person is 8 hours with
a standard deviation equal to 1.5 hours. Assume that
the computer usage is approximately normally
distributed. What is the probability that a person
will use the computer for at least 8.5 hours?*

1 point

0
0.75
0.37
0.25
A ball bounces 2/3 of the altitude from which
it falls is dropped from a height of 18 ft., how far
will it travel before coming to rest?*

1 point

99 ft
19 ft
90 ft
9 ft
A laboratory keeps two acid solutions on hand. One
is 20% acid and the other is 35% acid. How many
liters of distilled water should be added to a liter
of 35% acid solution in order to dilute it to a 20%
acid solution?*
1 point

0.25
0.57
0.45
0.75
If y = arctan (ln x), find y’ when x = 1/e.*

1 point

e/4
e/2
e
e/3
Express −3 – 4i in polar form.*

1 point

5 ei^(π + arctan 4/3)

(square root of 5)^e – i arctan 2
(square root of 5) e – i ^(π + arctan 4/3)
(square root of 2)^e − i arctan square root of 5
Evaluate the double integral dx dy / (x – y), with
interior limits 2y to 3y and outer limits from 0 to
2.*

1 point

ln 4
ln
ln 2
ln 3
Determine the correct equation for the line with a
slope of 7 and y-intercept of -4.*

1 point

y = -7x + 4
 y = -1/7x - 4
y = 7x + 4
y = 7x - 4
Evaluate cos(arc sin 2/3 – arc sin (−1/3)).*

1 point

0.0548
0.8054
0.5804
0.4805
Susan starts working at 4:00 and Dy starts at 5:00.
They finished at the same time. If Susan worked x
hours, how many hours did Dy worked?*

1 point

x + 1
x – 1
x
x + 2
*

1 point

2
3
0
1
From past experience, it is known 90% of one-year
old children can distinguish their mother’s voice
from the voice of a similar sounding female. A
random sample of 20 one-year olds are given this
voice recognition test. Find the probability that
all 20 children recognize their mother’s voice.*

1 point

0.500
0.122
1.000
0.222
A periodic function has zero average value over a
cycle and its Fourier series consists of only odd
cosine terms. What is the symmetry possessed by this
function?*

1 point

even
odd quarter wave
odd
even quarter wave
Carbon is a radioactive form of carbon that is found
in all living plants and animals. After a plant and
animal dies, the carbon 14 disintegrates. Scientists
determine the age of the remains by comparing its
carbon 14 with the amount found in living plants and
animals and follows exponential growth pattern.
Charcoal from an ancient fire pit Java had 1/4 the
amount of carbon 14 found in a living sample of wood
with the same size. Estimate the age of the
charcoal.*

1 point

11,200 years
11,800 years
11,500 years
11,280 years