APTITUDE SAMPLE TEST

Section 1

In this section solve each problem, using any available space on the page for scratch work. Then
decide which is the best of the choices given and fill in the corresponding oval on the answer
sheet.

1) Elie has 7 times as many books as Ziad and 3 times as many as George. If Ziad has less
than 21 books, what is the maximum number of books that Elie can have?
a) 25 b) 105 c) 84 d) 126 e) 158

2) Let a be a positive number. If a 2  a  2  0 , what is the value of a  1 ?

a) 0 b)  1 c) 3 d) 1 e) 2

3) A small square region inside a larger square is shaded. If the length of the diagonal of the
larger square is five times the length of the diagonal of the small square, what percentage
of the larger square is not shaded?
a) 4% b) 76% c) 84% d) 16% e) 96%

Section 2 – Part I
Answer: a) if the quantity in Column A is greater;

b) if the quantity in Column B is greater;

c) if the two quantities are equal;

d) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Column A Column B
1) x is a real number.
|x| x
 2) One card is picked at random from 30 cards numbered 1 through 30.

The probability that the The probability that the

card will have a number card will have a prime
divisible by 3 number

3) 0  x  y  1.
x 1
y

Section 2 – Part II

In this section solve each problem, then choose the correct answer.

1) Let 2 x  3 y  1be the equation of a line L. What is the equation of the line that is
perpendicular to L and passes through the point (0,0) ?
a) 2 x  3 y  1 b) 3x  2 y  1 c) 3x  2 y  1 d) 2 x  y  1

pr
2) If p  2r  3s  4t and p  0 , then 
st
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6

3)

4
8

10

In the figure above, what is the area of the shaded region?

a) 30 b) 32 c) 34 d) 36
 Section 3

1) Determine where f x   x 3  3x 2  11 has any local minimum or local maximum values.

a) Local min at x  0 and local max at x  2 .

b) Local min at x  2 and local max at x  0

c) Local min at x  0 and local max at x  2

d) Local min at x  2 and local max at x  0

2) A set of numbers is called “closed” under multiplication if the product of any two
elements in the set is also an element in the same set. For example, the set of positive
integers is closed under multiplication. Which of the following sets are closed under
multiplication?
I. The set of odd integers

II. The set of positive integers

III. The set of negative integers

a) I only b) I and II only c) I, II and III d) II only e) None of the above

3)

A C

2x

In the figure above, the isosceles triangle ABC is inscribed in a semicircle. What is the area of
the unshaded region in terms of x?

     
a)   2 x 2 b)   2 x 2 c)   1 x 2 d)   1 x 2 e)   1 x 2
2  2  2 