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Second Quarter Examination in Precalculus Reviewer PDF
Second Quarter Examination in Precalculus Reviewer PDF
Second Quarter Examination in Precalculus Reviewer PDF
3. An angle positioned in such a way that a vertex is at the origin and its
initial side is along the positive axis is said
to be in _____.
A. normal position
B. quadrantal position
C. standard position
D. terminal position
4. What is determined by the amount and direction of rotation from the initial
side to the terminal side?
A. degree of an angle
B. measurement of an angle
C. opening of an angle
D. rotation of an angle
5. The definition of which term is based on the concept of the unit circle,
which is a circle of radius 1 unit whose
center is at the origin of a coordinate system?
A. angle
B. degree
C. radian
D. revolution
o
6. The measure of all angles coterminal with a 45 angle are as follows. Which of
the following DOES not belong to
the group?
A. 315
o
B. 675
o
o
C. 415
o
D. 765
7. Which of the following trigonometric functions is INCORRECT for an angle in
standard position that measures
270 o ?
A. cot 0
B. csc 1
C. sec 0
D. tan
A. I, II, III
B. I, II, IV
C. I, II, IV, V
D. I, II, III, IV, V
10. By definition, using the coordinates of points of a unit circle, tangent and
cosecant have the same denominator.
What do they have in common?
A. asymptotes
B. domains
C. ranges
D. signs
12. Find the sum of the first 5 terms of a geometric sequence whose first term is 2
and the common ratio is 1/3.
224
A.
81
242
B.
81
422
C.
81
424
D.
81
13. The terminal side of angle in standard position passes through the point (-
3,4). Find the value of sec .
4
A.
5
3
B.
5
5
C.
4
5
D.
3
14. Which of the following is NOT an identity?
A. sin x y sin x y 2 sin x cos y
B. sin x y sin x y sin 2 x sin 2 y
sin 7 x sin 3x
C. tan 2 x
cos 7 x cos 3x
D. sec tan 2 tan cot
2
A student was tasked to sketch one cycle of the graph of f sin . While
doing the task, what could be one of his
observations?
A. I and II
B. III and IV
C. II, III, IV
D. I, II, III, IV
3 2 2
are
If the point of intersection of the unit circle and the terminal side of
4
respectively, the same angle increased thrice will have what point of intersection
and coterminal angle?
2
and 3
2
A. ,
2 2
4
2 2 3
B. , and
2 2 4
2 2
C. , and
2 2 4
2 2
D. , and
2 2 4
A. The right side was divided by tan and to preserve the equality, the
right side was also multiplied by tan .
B. The right side was divided by cos and to preserve the equality, the
right side was also multiplied by cos .
C. To have an expression in terms of tan , divide the right side by tan
.
D. To have an expression in terms of cos , divide the right side by cos .
A. I and II
B. II and III
C. I and III
D. none of the above
If proving the identity cos 3x 4 cos x 3 cos x starts from the left
side, what are the possible steps involved?
3
A. I, II, IV
B. I, III, IV
C. I, II, III
D. I, II, III, IV
A teacher asked one of his students to find the equation of the graph
below:
The student claimed that the equation of the graph is y 3 cos 2 x . How
do you think the teacher will respond to
the answer of the student?
A. The student’s answer is correct since the curve is symmetric with respect to
the y-axis.
B. The student’s answer is correct since the graph is only true for cosine but
not for sine.
C. The student’s answer is incorrect since the curve is symmetric with respect
to the x-axis.
D. The student’s answer is incorrect though the graph is only true for cosine
but not for sine.
15
I. He gave the wrong reference angle for .
4
15
II. He divided by 2 .
4
III. He placed tan in the quadrant where it is positive.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. I, II, III
1 cos sin 2
In proving the identity , Juana was not able to
prove the identity making her conclude that
1 cos 1 cos 2
the identity cannot be proven. Which of the following can be a possible mistake of
Juana in proving the said identity?
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. II and III
cot M cot N 1
cotM N
A BS Mathematics student in one university was tasked to prove that
cot M cot N . He started
proving using the right side of the equation. His professor looked at the step by
step solution and found out that one of these
steps contain the wrong sign that will not lead the student to the right proof.
Which of the following steps was identified by
the professor that contains the wrong sign?
1 1
1
tan M tan N
1 tan M tan N
A. C.
1
1
tan M tan N
tan M tan N
1 tan M tan N
tan M tan N
1
B. D.
tan M tan N
tan M tan N
tan M tan N
1 tan M tan N
Which of the following steps in proving sin 2 cos cos2 is
INCORRECT if the proof starts on the left
4 2 4
side of the equation?
1 cos
I. 2 cos
2 2
1 cos 2 cos
II. 2 2
2
1 cos
III. 2
2
2
1 cos
IV. 2
2
A. I and II
B. III
C. IV
D. none of the above
For numbers 36 to 50, consider the following (READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY):
Sample Problem:
The _____ and _____ terms of an arithmetic sequence are _____ and
_____, respectively. Determine the _____
term.
Points Description
3 The first equation is correctly written where the first nth term
is included.
3 The second equation is correctly written where the second nth
term is included.
3 The first term of the arithmetic sequence is correctly
determined using the first and second equations.
3 The common difference of the common difference is correctly
determined using the first and second
equations.
3 The nth term aside from the two nth terms given in the problem
is correctly determined using the first and
second equations.
Score