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Diagnostic Test in Mathematics 9

DIRECTION: Read and understand each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct
answer then write it on the space provided before each number.

________1. A quadrilateral with all sides and angles are congruent.

a. square b. rectangle c. kite d. rhombus
________2. It is a quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent and adjacent sides.
a. square b. rectangle c. kite d. rhombus
________3. It is a trapezoid with congruent legs.
a. Parallelogram b. rectangle c. kite d. Isosceles trapezoid
________4. It is the segment joining the midpoints of the legs of a trapezoid.
a. Right b. supplementary c. complementary d. median
________5. It is a quadrilateral with two pairs of opposite sides that are parallel.
a. Parallelogram b. rectangle c. kite d. square
________6. It is a parallelogram with four right angles.
a. trapezoid b. rectangle c. kite d. rhombus
________7. It is a parallelogram with all four sides congruent.
a. trapezoid b. rectangle c. kite d. rhombus
________8. It is a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of opposite side parallel.
a. trapezoid b. rectangle c. kite d. rhombus
________9. Given: MC=24, what is AI?
a. 48
b. 36
c. 12
d. 10
________10. It is the theorem that states that the segment that joins the midpoints of the two sides of a triangle is
parallel to the third side and half as long.
median b. midline c. midsegment d. bisector
________11. It is a similarity theorem that states that if the three angles of one triangle are congruent to the three
angles of another triangle, then the two triangles are similar.
a. AAA b. SSS c. SAS d. ASA
________12. It is a similarity theorem that states that two triangles are similar if their corresponding sides of two
triangles are in proportion.
a. AAA b. SSS c. SAS d. ASA
________13. It is a similarity theorem that states that two triangles are similar if an angle of one triangle is
congruent to an angle of another triangle and the corresponding sides including that angle are in proportion.
a. Pythagorean theorem b. SSS c. SAS d. SAS
________14. What theorem proves that the figures below are similar?
a. SAS Similarity Theorem
b. SSS Similarity Theorem
c. AA Similarity Theorem
d. Triangle Angle Bisector Theorem
________15. What theorem proves that the figures below are similar?
a. AA Similarity Theorem
b. SSS Similarity Theorem
c. SAS Similarity Theorem
d. Triangle Angle Bisector Theorem
________16. Find the value of x from the given isosceles trapezoid.
a. 95 b. 85 c. 75 d. 65
________17. What is the value of y from the given figure above?
a. 95 b. 85 c. 75 d. 65
________18. What is the sum of the four angles of the trapezoid?
a. 90 b. 180 c. 270 d. 360
________19. Using the figure in item no. 16, x and y are said to be____.
a. right angles c. supplementary angles
b. congruent angle d. complementary angles
________20. What kind of triangles can be formed in this rectangle?
a. Scalene c. Isosceles
b. Right d. Equilateral
________21. What kind of triangles can be formed in this figure?
a. Scalene c. Isosceles
b. Right d. Equilateral
________22. It is a quadrilateral in which the diagonals bisect each other and forms a perpendicular line.
a. Parallelogram c. Rectangle
b. Trapezoid d. Square
________23. It is a parallelogram which the diagonals forms a perpendicular line and the pair of opposite angles
are congruent and not exactly 90.
a. Rectangle b. Square c. Rhomboid d. Rhombus
b1 +b2
________24. If the form of median is . What is the median a of the given figure on the right side?
2
a. 23cm b. 46cm 56cm
c. 92cm d. 184cm

36cm
________25. Find the median of the given figure below.
a. 112cm
b. 56cm
c. 28cm
d. 14cm

________26. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?

a. 2 r 2 +4 r−1 b. s2 +5 s−4=0 c. 3 t−7=2 d. 2 x 2−7 x ≥ 0
________27. What method is the most appropriate to use in finding the roots of (2 x−3)2=4 ?
a. extracting square roots c. completing the square
b. factoring d. using quadratic formula
________28. This property is used when solving quadratic equation by factoring. It states that if ab = 0, then either
a = 0 or
b = 0, or both a = 0 and b = 0. What property is this?
a. square root property c. zero product property
b. identity property of zero d. identity property
________29. This method is NOT applicable if you are to solve ax2 + bx + c = 0 and ax2 + bx + c cannot be factored?
I. factoring II. extracting square roots III. completing the square IV. using quadratic formula
a. I only b. III only c. I and II only d. I and IV only
________30.Which of the following is TRUE if in the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, c = 0 and a & b are non-zero?
a. One of the roots is always zero. c. One of the roots is a fraction.
b. One of the roots is irrational. d. One of the roots is a decimal number.
________31.If the discriminant of ax + bx + c = 0 is negative, then its roots are __________.
2

a. rational and equal c. irrational

b. rational and unequal b. imaginary
________32. Which of the following mathematical statements is a quadratic inequality?
a. 2 r 2−3 r−5=0 c. 3 t 2+7 t−2 ≥ 0
2
b. 7 h+12< 0 d. s +8 s+15=0
________33.Which of the following quadratic inequalities has its endpoints included to its solution set?
a. x 2+ 4 x−5> 0 c. 4 x 2−19 x >5
b. −3 x 2+ 2 x +1<0 d. x 2+ 2 x +1 ≥16
________34The following situations illustrate a quadratic function EXCEPT
a. A PBA player having his free throw
b. A boy playing an angry bird game
c. Determining the maximum height an object can reach if it is thrown vertically upward
d. An airplane flying 2 000 ft above the ground
For items 35 – 36, determine which illustrates a quadratic function.
x 1 2 3 4 x 1 2 3 4
________35a. c.
y 2 4 6 8 y 1 8 27 64

b. x 1 2 3 4 d.
x 1 2 3 4
y 3 6 9 12 y 1 4 9 16
________36. a. y=5 x−1 c. y=−7 x −9 x 2+1
b. y ≥3 x 2−5 x +10 d. y=4 x 4 −2 x
________37. The graph of a quadratic function is called ________________.
a. parabola b. curve line c. straight line d. circle
________38. Which Equation represents “ The income (P) of a man earning pesos (k) per day Varies directly as the
number of days (n) he works”?
a. P = kn b. k = Pn c. P = k/n d. P = n/k
________39.The speed r of a moving object is inversely proportional to the time t travelled is written as
a. r = kt b. r = k/t c. t = kr d. r /k = t
________40. If y varies jointly as a and b, the equation can be written as
a. aby = k b. ab/y = k c. 1 = kt d. y = k/ab
________41. The weight (w) of a circular disc which varies jointly as the square of the radius (r) and measure of its
thickness (h). Express the statement as an equation.
2
wr
a) w = r2h b. w = kr2h c. k = wr2h d. k = 2
h
________42 Which of the following describes an inverse variation?

a. b.
X 1/2 3 4 5 x 1 2 3 4
y 5 10/3 5/2 2 y 5 10 15 20
b. d.
x 40 30 20 10 x 4 8 10 12
y 8 6 4 2 Y 2 4 5 6

________43. Which of the following is true?

a. 51/2 + 51/3 = 55 c. (31/3 )2 = 32/3
1/ 2
2 1
d. 4-2/3¿
2/ 9
b. 1/ 3
=2 2/ 3
2 4
For numbers 44 – 47, refer to the problem below.
Nicole and Monica try to illustrate one of the laws of rational exponents. Below are the
examples given by them.
Nicole:
5 3/8 5 3/4 = 5 3+3/8+4 = 5 6/12 = 5 1/2
a a a a a
Monica:
35 1/3 = 35+1/3 = 316/3
t7 t7+1/3 t22/3
________44.Were Nicole and Monica able to simplify the expressions correctly?
a. Yes they did. c. No, only Monica did it correctly.
b. No, only Nicole did it correctly. d. No, they are both wrong.
________45..Which laws of rational exponents did Nicole and Monica each try to illustrate?
a. Dividing powers having the same base c. Power raised to another power
b. Product raised to a power d. Quotient raised to a power
________46.Did Nicole illustrate properly one of the laws of rational exponents? Why?
a. Yes, because she added the exponents correctly.
b. Yes, because she simplified the exponents in the correct manner.
c. No, because she added the numerators and denominators directly.
d. No, because 6/12 is equal to 2.
________47. Did Monica illustrate properly one of the laws of rational exponents? Why?
a. No, because she should have multiplied the exponents.
b. No, because she added it the wrong way.
c. Yes, because she combined the exponents in the right manner.
d. Yes, because she simplified it properly.
________48. What is the simplified form of 30 5-2 1000 2-2?
a. 1 b. 1/75 c. 1/100 d. 1/25
________49. The relationship between an expression with rational exponent and a radical expression can be
m
expressed as a n =√
n m . What becomes of the denominator of the exponent once it is written as a radical
a
expression?
a) exponent c) index
b) radicand d) base
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________50. An expression with a rational exponent can be written as a radical. The expression 2 x 5 is equivalent
to which of the following expressions?
a) √3
2 x5 b√
5
2 x3 c.2 √
3 5
x
Prepared by:
RENNIER M.
ARELLANO