1.) Joseph gave ¼ of his candles to Joy and Joy gave 11.) Given a conic section, if B2-4AC = 0, it is called?

1/5 of what she got to Tim. If Tim receives 2 A. Circle C. Hyperbola

candles, how many candles did Joseph gave B. Parabola D. Ellipse
originally?
A. 30 C. 50 12.) Find the height of a right circular cylinder of
B. 20 D. 40 maximum volume which can be inscribed in a
sphere of radius 10 cm.
2.) What conic section is described by the equation A. 11.55 cm C. 12.55 cm
4x2-y2+8x+4y=15? B. 14.55 cm D. 18.55 cm
A. Parabola C. Circle
B. Hyperbola D. Ellipse 13.) The length of latus rectum of the parabola
y=4px2 is:
3.) Find the maximum area of a rectangle which A. 4p C. p
can be inscribed in an ellipse having the B. 2p D. -4p
equation x2+4y2=4.
A. 4 C. 2 14.) The volume bounded by the curve y2 =12x and
B. 3 D. 5 the line x=3 is revolved about the line x=3. What
is the volume generated?
4.) If the general equation of the conic A. 186 C. 181
Ax2+Bxy+Cy2+Ey+F=0. If B2-4AC > 0, the B. 179 D. 184
equation describes a ________ .
A. Ellipse C. Parabola 15.) What is the length of the shortest line segment
B. Hyperbola D. Circle in the first quadrant drawn tangent to the
ellipse b2x2+a2y2 = a2b2 and meeting to the
5.) Determine the equation that expresses that G is coordinate axes?
proportional to k and inversely proportional to A. a/b C. ab
C and z. Symbols a, b and c are constants. B. a+b D. b/a
A. G= ck/GG C. G=ck/zC
B. G= a/bc D. G=bc/zK 16.) Find the radius of the circle inscribed in the
triangle determined by the lines y=x+4 , y=-x-4
6.) The chord passing through the focus of the and y=7x-2.
parabola and is perpendicular to its axis is A. 5/(sqrt. of 2) C. 3/(sqrt. of 2)
termed as: B. 5/(2sqrt. of 2) D. 3/(2sqrt. of 2)
A. Axis C. Directrix
B. Latus Rectum D. Translated axis 17.) Find the moment of inertia of the area bounded
by the parabola y2=4x and the line x=1, with
7.) What is the equation of the hyperbola with a respect to the x-axis.
focus at (-3-sqrt. of 13, 1) asymptotes A. 2.133 C. 3.333
intersecting at (-3,1) and one asymptote passing B. 1.333 D. 4.133
thru the point (1,7)?
A. 4x2-9y2+54x+8y-247=0 18.) What is the unit vector which is proportional
B. 4x2+9y2+54x-8y+284=0 both to 9i + 9j and 9i + 9k?
C. 9x2-4y2+54x+8y-247=0 A. (i/3) + (j/3) + (k/3)
D. 9x2+9y2+54x-8y+284=0 B. (i/3) + (j/3) + (k/3)
C. (i/3) - (j/3) - (k/3)
8.) Find the ratio of the sides of triangle if its sides D. (i/3) - (j/3) - (k/3)
form an arithmetic progression and one of the
angles is 90 degrees. 19.) Express in polar form: -3-4i
A. 4:5:6 C. 3:4:5 A. 5e-i(pi + arctan(4/3))
B. 1:2:3 D. 2:3:4 B. 5ei(pi + arctan(4/3))
C. (5)e-i(pi + arctan(4/3))
9.) The area enclosed by the ellipse 4x2+9y2=36 is
D. (5)ei(pi + arctan(4/3))
revolved about the line x = 3 , what is the
volume generated? 20.) The axis of the hyperbola through its foci is
A. 370.3 C. 355.3 known as:
B. 360.1 D. 365.1
C. Conjugate axis C. Major axis
10.) The polynomial x2+4x+4 is the area of a square D. Transverse axis D. Minor axis
floor. What is the length of its side?
A. x+2 C. x+1
B. x-2 D. x-1
21.) Describe the locus represented by 32.) What is the product of -9p3r and 2p-3r?
lz+2il + lz-2il = 6. A. 18p4r+27p3r2 C. 18p3r+27p2r3
A. Circle C. Ellipse B. -18p4r+27p3r2 D. -18p3r+27p2r3
B. Parabola D. Hyperbola
33.) Evaluate ∫ x3/((x2+25)) dx using the
22.) If the radius of the sphere is increased by a trigonometric substitution x = 5 tan θ
factor of 3, by what factor does the volume of A. (1/3)(x2+25)3/2 -25(x2+25)1/2+C
the sphere change? B. (1/3)(x2+25)3/2 +25(x2+25)1/2+C
C. 9 C. 27 C. (25/3)(x2+25)3/2 -25(x2+25)1/2+C
D. 18 D. 54 D. (25/3)(x2+25)3/2 +25(x2+25)1/2+C

23.) Evaluate the ∫(7x3-4x2)dx. 34.) Michael’s favorite cake recipe calls for 0.75
A. 7x4/4 + 4x2/3+ C pounds of flour; he has 5 pound bag. He wants
B. 7x4/4 - 4x2/3+ C to make several cakes for the school bake sale.
C. 7x4/4 + 4x3/3+ C How many cakes can he make?
D. 7x4/4 - 4x2/3+ C A. 5 C. 7
B. 6 D. 8
24.) Describe the locus represented by
lz-3l – lz+3l = 4. 35.) Find the minimum amount of tin sheet that can
A. Ellipse C. Hyperbola be made into a closed cylinder having a volume
B. Circle D. Parabola of 108 cu. Inches in square inches
A. 125 C. 150
25.) Melissa is 4 times as old as Jim. Pat is 5 years B. 137 D. 120
older that Melissa. If Jim is y, how old is Pat?
E. 4y+5 C. 5y+4 36.) A chord of a circle 10 ft in diameter is increasing
F. y+5 D. 4+5y at the rate of 1 ft/s. Find the rate of change of
the smaller arc subtended by the chord when
26.) A conic section whose eccentricity is less than the chord is 8 ft long.
one is known as: A. 5/2 ft/min C. 5/3 ft/min
A. A parabola C. A circle B. 2/5 ft/min D. 3/5
B. An ellipse D. A hyperbola
37.) Find the centroid of a semicircular area of
27.) Two lines passing through the point (2,3) make radius a.
an angle of 45 degrees with each other. If the A. 2a/π C. 2a/3π
slope of one of the lines is 2, find the slope of B. 4a/π D. 4a/3π
the other.
A. -2 C. -3 38.) An equilateral triangle with side “a” is revolved
B. -1 D. 0 about its altitude. Find the volume of the solid
generated.
28.) From the top of a building the angle of A. 0.32a3 C. 0.41a3
3
depression of the foot of a pole is 48 deg 10 B. 0.23a D. 0.14a3
min. From the foot of a building the angle of
elevation of the top of a pole is 18 deg 50 min. 39.) If the area bounded by the parabolas y =x2-C2
Both building and pole are on a level ground. If and y = C2-x2 is 576 square units, find the value
the height of a pole is 4 m, how high is the of C.
building? A. 5 C. 7
A. 13.10 m C. 10.90 m B. 6 D. 8
B. 12.10 m D. 11.60 m
40.) Solve y” – 5y’ + 4y = sin3x .
29.) The locus of a point which movies so that the A. (1/25)(3cos3x – sin3x) + C1ex + C2e4x
sum of its distances between two fixed points is B. (1/25)(3sin3x – cos3x) + C1ex + C2e4x
constant is called C. (1/50)(3cos3x – sin3x) + C1ex + C2e4x
A. Ellipse C. Circle D. (1/50)(3sin3x – cos3x) + C1ex + C2e4x
B. Parabola D. Hyperbola
41.) A car is travelling at a rate of 36 m/s towards a
30.) Totoy is 5 feet 11 inches tall and Nancy is 6 feet statue of height 6 m. What is the rate change of
5 inches tall. How much taller is Nancy than a change distance of the card towards the top
Totoy? of the statue when it is m from the statue?
A. 1 foot 7 inches C. 7 inches A. 32.4 m/s C. 26.6 m/s
B. 1 foot D. 6 inches B. 39.6 m/s D. 28.8 m/s

31.) If log64 x = 3/2 , find x 42.) A fencing is limited to 20 ft length. What is the
A. 512 C. 253 maximum rectangular area that can be fenced
B. 521 D. 258
 in using two perpendicular corner sides of an 54.) The Rotary Club and the Jaycees Club had a
existing wall? joint part, 120 members of the Rotary Club and
A. 120 C. 140 100 members of the Jaycees Club also attended
B. 100 D. 190 but 30 of those attended are members of both
clubs. How many persons attended the party?
43.) Evaluate the Laplace transform of t cos kt. A. 220 C. 150
A. s2/(s2+k2)2 C. (-s2+k2)/(s2+k2)2 B. 190 D. 250
B. k2/(s2+k2)2 D. (s2-k2)/(s2+k2)2
55.) Two numbers have a harmonic mean of 9 and a
44.) Carmela and Marian got summer jobs at the ice geometric mean of 6. Determine the arithmetic
cream shop and were supposed to work 15 mean.
hours per week each for 8 weeks. During that A. ¼ C. 1/9
time, Marian was ill for one week and Carmela B. 4 D. 9
took her shifts. How many hours did Carmela
work during the 8 weeks? 56.) Find the force on one face of a right triangle of
A. 120 C. 150 sides 4m and an altitude of 3m. The altitude is
B. 135 D. 185 submerged vertically with the 4m side in the
surface.
45.) Manuelita had 75 stuffed animals. Her A. 58.86 kN C. 53.22 kN
grandmother gave 15 of them to her. What B. 62.64 kN D. 66.67 kN
percentage of the stuffed animals did her
grandmother give her? 57.) An airplane flying with the wind, took 2 hours to
A. 20% C. 25% travel 1000 km and 2.5 hours in flying back.
B. 15% D. 10% What was the wind velocity in kph?
A. 40 C. 60
46.) Find the coordinates of an object has been B. 50 D. 70
displaced from the point (-4,9) by the vector 4i-
5j. 58.) In how many ways can 6 people be lined up to
A. (0,4) C. (4,0) get on a bus, if a certain 3 persons insist on
B. (0,-4) D. (-4,0) following each other?
A. 72 C. 480
47.) A triangle has two congruent sides and the B. 144 D. 120
measure of one angle is 40 degrees. Which of
the following types of triangle is it? 59.) If 3x3y = 27 and 2x +y = 5, find x.
A. Isosceles C. Right A. 3 C. 2
B. Equilateral D. Scalene B. 4 D. 1

48.) The parabola defined by the equation 3y2+4x=0 60.) Find the work done in moving an object along a
opens _________. vector a = 3i + 4j if the force applied is b = 2i + j.
A. Upward C. To the left A. 8 C. 10
B. Downward D. To the right B. 9 D. 12

49.) If the place on the earth is 12 degrees south of 61.) If the line 3x – ky – 8 = 0 passes through the
the equator, find its distance in nautical miles point (-2,4), then k is equal to
from the north pole. A. -7/2 C. -3/2
A. 6,021 C. 6,210 B. -5/2 D. -1/2
B. 6,102 D. 6,120
62.) What is the allowable error in measuring the
50.) If the standard deviation of a population is 9, edge of the cube that is intended to hold 8 cu.
the population variance is: m., If the error of the computed volume is not
A. 9 C. 21 to exceed 0.03 cu. m.?
B. 3 D. 81 A. 0.002 C. 0.0025
B. 0.003 D. 0.001
51.) Simplify the equation sin2 θ (1+ cos2 θ)
A. 1 C. tan2 θ 63.) A man can do a job in 8 days. After the man has
B. sin θ
2
D. cos2 θ worked for 3 days, his son joins him and
together they complete the job in 3 more days.
52.) What is the complement of a 60 degrees angle? How long will it take the son to do the job
A. 120 degrees C. 40 degrees alone?
B. 30 degrees D. 20 degrees A. 12 days C. 13 days
B. 10 days D. 11 days
53.) If 2xy – y2 = 3, find y”.
A. 2/(x-y)4 C. 3/(y-x)3
B. -2/(x-y)4 D. 1/(2-x)
64.) The probability that a randomly chosen sales 75.) A horse is tied to a post with twenty-foot rope.
prospects will make a purchase is 0.18 . If a What is the longest path that the horse can
salesman calls on 5 prospects, what is the walk?
probability that the salesman will make exactly A. 20 feet C. 62.83 feet
3 sales? B. 40 feet D. 125.66 feet
A. 0.0392 C. 0.0329
B. 0.0239 D. 0.0293 76.) A solid has a circular base of radius r. Find the
volume of the solid if every planar section
65.) If sec2A = 5/2 , then 1 – sin2A = perpendicular to a fixed diameter is a
A. 0.20 C. 0.40 semicircle.
B. 0.30 D. 0.50 A. 1.26r3 C. 2.51r3
B. 2.09r3 D. 4.19r3
66.) What is the angle between the diagonal of a
cube and one its edges? 77.) A weight of 60 pounds rests on the end of an 8
A. 44.74° C. 64.74° foot lever and is 3 feet from the fulcrum. What
B. 54.74° D. 74.74° weight must be placed on the other end of the
lever to balance the 60 pound weight?
67.) The line 3x – 4y = 5 is perpendicular to the line A. 36 pounds C. 40 pounds
A. 3x – 4y = 1 C. 4x + 3y = 3 B. 32 pounds D. 46 pounds
B. 4x – 3y = 2 D. 3x + 4y = 4
78.) A number is 1 more than twice another. Their
68.) If the plane 3x + 2y – 3z = 0 is perpendicular to squares differ by 176. What is the larger
the plane 9x – 3ky + 5z -1 = 0 , find the value of number?
k. A. 9 C. 15
A. 2 C. 3 B. 7 D. 16
B. -2 D. -3
79.) The sides of a right triangle is in arithmetic
69.) A solid has a circular base of radius r. Find the progression whose common difference is 6 cm.
volume of the solid if every planar section Its area is:
perpendicular to a fixed diameter is a A. 216 sq. cm. C. 360 sq. cm.
semicircle. B. 270 sq. cm. D. 144 sq. cm.
A. 1.26r3 C. 2.51r3
B. 2.09r3 D. 4.19r3 80.) A tank has 100 liters of brine with 40 N of
dissolved salt. Pure water enters the tank at the
70.) Find the y-intercept of the line given by the rate of 2 liters per minute and the resulting
equation 7x + 4y = 8 . mixture leaves the tank at the same rate. When
A. 2 C. 3 will the concentration in the tank be 0.20 N/l ?
B. -2 D. -3 A. 24.6 min C. 44.8 min
B. 34.7 min D. 54.9 min
71.) Find the area inside the cardioid r = 1 + cos θ
and outside the circle r =1 . 81.) The base of an isosceles triangle is 20.4 and the
A. 2.97 C. 2.85 base angles are 48°20’. Find the altitude of the
B. 2.79 D. 2.58 triangle.
A. 9.8 C. 11.6
72.) A person had a rectangular shaped garden with B. 10.8 D. 12.7
sides of lengths 16 feet and 9 feet. The garden
was changed into a square design with the 82.) A lady gives a party dinner for six guests. In how
same area as the original rectangular – shaped many ways may they be selected from among
garden. How many feet in length are each of 10 friends if two of the friends will not attend
the sides of the new square – shaped garden? the party together?
A. 7 C. 12 A. 112 C. 140
B. 9 D. 16 B. 128 D. 160

73.) Which of the following rope lengths is longest? 83.) A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 81 m.
A. 1 meter C. 32 inches Each time it strikes the ground, it rebounds
B. 1 yard D. 85 centimeters two-thirds of the distance through which it last
fell. Find the total distance it travels in coming
74.) Martin, a motel housekeeper, has finished to rest?
cleaning about 40% of the 32 rooms he’s been A. 243 m C. 405 m
assigned. About how many more rooms does he B. 162 m D. 324 m
have left to clean?
A. 29 C. 21
B. 25 D. 19
84.) Find the diameter of a pulley which is driven at 96.) The x and y axes are the asymptotes of a
360 rpm by a belt moving at 40 ft/s . hyperbola that passes through the point (2,2) .
A. 2.12 ft C. 2.43 ft Its equation is
B. 1.11 ft D. 1.24 ft A. x2 – y2 = 0 C. y2 – x2 = 0
B. xy = 4 D. x2 + y2 = 4
85.) Find the volume generated by the circle x2+y2=
25 if it is revolved about the line 4x + 3y = 40. 97.) If the area of the equilateral triangle is 4(sqrt of
A. 3,498 cu C. 4,624 cu 3), find the perimeter.
B. 3,948 cu D. 4,426 cu A. 16 C. 18
B. 12 D. 14
86.) A ranch has cattle and horses in a ratio of 9:5 . If
there are 80 more head of cattle than horses, 98.) Find the area bounded by the curve r = 8 cos θ
how many animals are on the ranch? A. 50.27 C. 8
A. 140 C. 238 B. 12.57 D. 7
B. 168 D. 280
99.) What is the length of the transverse axis of the
87.) The first term of a geometric sequence is 375 hyperbola whose equation is 9y2 – 16x2 = 144?
and fourth term is 192. Find the common ratio. A. 6 C. 8
A. 5/4 C. 3/2 B. 9 D. 7
B. 4/5 D. 2/3
100.) Find the area bounded by x = 2y – y2
88.) In how many ways can a person choose 1 or and the y axis.
more of 4 electrical appliances? A. 4/3 C. 2/3
A. 16 C. 12 B. 5/3 D. 1/3
B. 15 D. 20

89.) The probability that a certain mean will be alive

25 years hence is 3/7 , and the probability that
his wife will be alive 25 years hence is 4/5 .
Determine the probability that 25 years hence,
only the man will be alive.
A. 12/35 C. 31/35
B. 4/35 D. 3/35

90.) Find the point in the parabola y2=4x at which

the rate of change of the ordinate and abscissa
are equal.
A. (1,2) C. (2,1)
B. (1,-2) D. (2,-1)

91.) (1-2i)-1 can be written as:

A. 1/5 + 2i/5 C. -1/3 + 2i/3
B. 1/5 - 2i/5 D. -1/3 + 2i/3

92.) Find the y intercept of the line tangent to the

parabola x = 2y2 at the point (2,1)
A. 16 C. 12
B. 15 D. 20

93.) A growth curve is given by A = 10e2t .At what

value of t is A = 100?
A. 16 C. 12
B. 15 D. 20

94.) If the short leg of a right triangle is 5 units long

and the long leg is 7 units long, find the angle
opposite the short leg in degrees.
A. 26.3 C. 31.2
B. 28.9 D. 35.5

95.) Express 2 sin2 θ as a fuction of cos 2θ

A. cos2θ -1 C. cos2θ + 2
B. cos2θ + 1 D. 1- cos2θ