Integrated mathematics Multiple Choice Questions

1. If the equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 has 4. The shortest distance between the

complex roots, then: points (2, −5) and (1, 4) is

a. 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 = 0 a. 8

b. 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 > 0 b. √80

c. 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 < 0 c. √82

d. 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 ≥ 0 d. 10

Items 5 – 6 refer to the following information

2. If 𝑧 = 1 + √3𝑖, arg 𝑧 is equal to
𝜋 𝑦 = −𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 3 can be written as 𝑦 =
a. 6
−(𝑥 + 1)2 + 4.
𝜋
b. 4

𝜋 5. The graph of 𝑦 cuts the 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 at the

c.
3
point
𝜋
d. 2
a. (0, 1)

b. (0, 3)
3. The equation that passes through the
c. (0, 4)
point (3, 3) and is perpendicular to the
d. (0, 5)
line 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 7 is:

a. 3𝑦 + 𝑥 = 12
6. The maximum point of the graph is
b. 𝑦 + 6 = 3𝑥
a. (−1, 4)
c. 3𝑦 = 𝑥 + 6
b. (1, 4)
1
d. 𝑦 = − 𝑥 −7
3 c. (1, −4)

d. (0, 3)
7. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 7 − 2𝑥 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 1 11. A function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 𝑎 is such

then 𝑔𝑓(𝑥) is that 𝑓(−2) = 8. The value of 𝑎 is

a. 5 − 2𝑥 2 a. −10

b. 50 + 4𝑥 2 b. −2

c. 49 − 28𝑥 + 4𝑥 2 c. 0

d. 50 − 28𝑥 + 4𝑥 2 d. 2

8. If 𝑇 = 𝐴𝑥 𝑛 , then 12. The sum of the first ten terms of the

a. log 𝑇 = log 𝐴 + 𝑛 log 𝑥 geometric progression 4 + 8 + 16 +

b. log 𝑇 = log 𝐴 − 𝑛 log 𝑥 32 + ⋯ is

c. log 𝑇 = log 𝐴 + log 𝑛𝑥 a. −4100

d. log 𝑇 = log 𝐴 + log 𝑥 + log 𝑛 b. −4092

c. 4092

9. If 𝑥 − 3 is a factor of 𝑥 3 − 𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 + 𝑎, d. 4100

then 𝑎 is equal to

a. −9 13. If |2𝑥 + 1| ≤ 4, then the range of

b. 9 values of 𝑥 is

c. 18 a. 𝑥 ≤ 1.5

d. 27 b. −2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2

10. If 2𝑥 = 5, then 𝑥 is equal to c. −1.5 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2.5

log 5
a. d. −2.5 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1.5
log 2

5
b. log (2)

c. log(5 − 2)

d. log 10
14. An arithmetic progression has first term Items 16 – 17 refers to the following

2 and the fifth term is three times the information.

second term. The common difference is

At a lumberyard, a saw is set to cut wood 400
a. 5
cm long. Assuming that 𝑥 represents the length
b. 4
of a piece of wood in centimetres, a sample of
c. 3
10 lengths of wood gave the following results:
d. 2
398.5 398.8 399.6 399.6 399.0 400

400.3 400.5 400.7 401.0

2 −5 3 −1
15. If 𝐴 = ( ) and 𝐵 = ( ),
4 0 −2 4
These results can be summarized as ∑ 𝑥 =
then 𝐴𝐵 is equal to
3998.
19 −23
a. ( )
12 −4
16. The mean length, in cm, is
24 −23
b. ( )
10 −4 a. 399.86
21 −23
c. ( ) b. 399.80
12 −4
19 −20 c. 399.60
d. ( )
12 −4
d. 398.50

17. The median length, in cm, is

a. 398.50

b. 399.60

c. 399.80

d. 399.86
 Item 18 refers to the following information which gives the number, in ascending order, of loaves of

bread sold at a bakery for two weeks.

35 36 39 42 45 47 48 48 52 56 57 76 83

18. The lower quartile is

a. 37.5

b. 39.0

c. 47.5

d. 56.0

19. For a normal distribution 𝑋~𝑁(𝜇, 𝜎 2 ), the 𝑧 21. If 𝑋 follows a binomial distribution with 𝑛 = 10

value for an 𝑥 value greater than 𝜇 is always an 𝑝 = 0.1, then 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 1) is equal to

a. 0 a. 0.2639

b. 1 b. 0.3487

c. Positive c. 0.3874

d. Negative d. 0.7361

20. The lengths of strips produced at a factory are

normally distributed with a mean of 160 cm and

a variance of 100 cm. for a strip of length 175.4

cm, the 𝑧 − 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 is equal to

a. 1.54

b. 15.4

c. 15.8

d. 16.0
Items 22 – 23 refer to the following information. 24. What is the probability that a crop selected at

random is lettuce?
Two letters are to be chosen at random without
a. 0.30
replacement from the word RANDOM.
b. 0.36
22. In how many ways can this be done if the order
c. 0.70
in which the letters are chosen does not
d. 0.83
matter?
25. What is the probability that a randomly selected
a. 3
crop is from Farm C given that it is lettuce?
b. 15
a. 0.11
c. 30
b. 0.18
d. 36
c. 0.22
23. What is the probability that the two letters
d. 0.83
chosen are the vowels A and O?
Item 26 refers to the following table which shows the
a. 0

1
weight and age of five persons
b. 15

1 Age (years) Weight (kg)

c. 6

1
22 45
d. 3
28 61
Item 24 – 25 refer to the following table which shows
30 68
the number of crops grown on these farms.
36 57

Farm Celery Lettuce Tomato Total 40 64

A 27 60 75 162

B 60 45 25 130
26. A scatter plot of weight against age will show
C 33 30 100 163
a. No correlation
Total 120 135 200 455
b. A zero slope

c. A negative slope

d. A positive slope
 27. The probability distribution of a random 29. The probability that the medication is effective

variable, 𝑋, is in exactly two children is

𝒙 1 2 3 4 a. 0.004

𝑷(𝑿 = 𝒙) 0.15 0.25 𝑝 3𝑝 b. 0.188

c. 0.311

The value of 𝑃(𝑋 = 3) is d. 0.750

a. 0.10 30. The amount of spending money given to five

b. 0.15 students to attend an overseas conference is

c. 0.35 MOST appropriately represented using a

d. 0.60 a. Stem – and – leaf diagram

b. Line graph

c. Pie chart
Item 28 – 29 refer to the following information.
d. Histogram
75 % of all children with allergic reaction reported relief
31. The value of lim √(𝑥 2 + 5) is
𝑥→−2
after using a new drug. A community clinic administered
a. 1
the drug to 8 children diagnosed with the allergic
b. 3
reaction
c. 7
28. Which of the following distributions is
d. 9
appropriate to use based on the information

given? 𝑥 2 −1
32. The value of lim (𝑥−1)(𝑥+4) is
𝑥→1
a. Frequency
2
a. 3
b. Normal
2
c. Bimodal b. − 3

d. Binomial c. 0

d. ∞
33. Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 + 1 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 3, 2
37. ∫0 (3𝑥 2 − 6)𝑑𝑥 =

then lim [𝑓(𝑥)𝑔(𝑥)] 𝑖𝑠 a. −6

𝑥→3

1 b. −4
a. − 2

c. 0
b. 0
d. 12
c. 1
38. The critical value of the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 −
d. 3
3𝑥 − 4 is

a. −3
34. Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 ln 𝑥, then 𝑓 ′ (𝑥) =
2
a. 1 + ln 𝑥 b.
3

3
b. 1 − ln 𝑥 c.
2

c. 𝑥 + ln 𝑥 d. 3
d. 𝑥 − ln 𝑥 39. A function, 𝑦, has a minimum value at 𝑥 = 𝑎,

𝑑2 𝑦
when 𝑑𝑥 2 exists. Which of the following is TRUE
35. Which of the following rules can be MOST
when 𝑥 = 𝑎?
suitably used to differentiate 𝑓(𝑥) = (5𝑥 +
𝑑2 𝑦
a. 𝑑𝑥 2
=0
3)9 ?
𝑑2 𝑦
a. Chain b. 𝑑𝑥 2
=𝑎

b. Product 𝑑2 𝑦
c. 𝑑𝑥 2
<0

c. Quotient 𝑑2 𝑦
d. 𝑑𝑥 2
>0
d. Logarithm
40. The gradient of the function 𝑔(𝑥) = 2𝑥 2 −
36. A firm’s marginal profit, in thousands of dollars,
4𝑥 + 3 at 𝑥 = 1 is
′ (𝑥)
is given by the function 𝑃 = −0.8𝑥 + 6. If
a. 1
𝑥 = 0.5, and 𝑃(0.5) = 8, then 𝑃(𝑥) =
b. 2
a. 0.4𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 − 5.1
c. 5
b. −0.8𝑥 2 + 5.1
d. 9
2
c. −0.8𝑥 − 6𝑥 + 5.1

d. −0.4𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 5.1
 2𝑥, 𝑥 <
1 43. ∫ 𝑒 2𝑥 𝑑𝑥 =
2
41. A function is defined as 𝑓(𝑥) = { 1
4𝑥 + 1, 𝑥 ≥ 2 a. 𝑒 2𝑥 + 𝑐

1
𝑓(𝑥) at 𝑥 = 2 is b. 4𝑒 −2𝑥 + 𝑐

c. −2𝑒 −2𝑥 + 𝑐
a. 1
1
d. − 2 𝑒 −2𝑥 + 𝑐
b. Undefined
1
c. Continuous 44. ∫ 5𝑥−3 𝑑𝑥 =

d. Discontinuous a. 5 ln(5𝑥 + 3) + 𝑐
1
b. 5
ln(5𝑥 − 3) + 𝑐

42. ∫ sin(𝜋 − 𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 = c.
1
ln 5 + 𝑐
5
a. cos(𝜋 − 𝑥) + 𝑐
d. 5 ln(5𝑥 − 3) + 𝑐
b. − cos(𝜋 − 𝑥) + 𝑐 𝑑𝑦
45. If = 𝑥, then 𝑦 =
𝑑𝑥
1
c. 𝜋
cos(𝜋 − 𝑥) + 𝑐
a. 𝑥 + 𝑐
1
d. − 𝜋 cos(𝜋 − 𝑥) + 𝑐
b. 𝑥 2 + 𝑐

c. ln 𝑥 + 𝑐

𝑥2
d. +𝑐
2

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