YEKA SUBCITY EDUCATION OFFICE D/WONIRAD SECONDERY SCHOOL CLUSTER CENTER 2016 E.

C FIRST
SEMESTER GRADE 12th MATHEMATICS MODEL EXAM

YEKA SUB CITY EDUCATION OFFICE

D/WONDIRAD SECONDARY SCHOOL CLUSTER
2016 E.C FIRST SEMESTER GRADE 12 MATHEMATICS MODEL EXAMINATION

NUMBER OF ITEMS: 65 TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS

GENERAL DIRECTIONS
THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS MATHEMATICS EXAMINATION. IN THIS EXAMINATION, THERE ARE A
TOTAL OF 65 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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Directions:- For each of the following questions, choose the correct answer from the given
alternatives and carefully blacken the letter of your choice on the separate
answer sheet provided.
3 𝑣−𝑢 2
1. When v≠ - 2u and V≠-u, the simplified form of – + is equal to
𝑣+2𝑢 𝑣+𝑢 𝑣+2𝑢 𝑣+𝑢
1 10 4 4𝑣+6𝑢
A. B. C. D.
𝑣+𝑢 𝑣+2𝑢 𝑣+𝑢 𝑣+𝑢 𝑣+2𝑢

2. Two fair dice are thrown once. What is the probability of getting the sum of the numbers
on face up is 8?
1 5 11 5
A. B. C. D.
6 6 36 36

3. The solution set of log2 2 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 𝑥 + 3 =0 is equal to

1 −8
A. B. C. −1 D. 1
3 3

4. If A1 and A2 are arithmetic means between any two real numbers a and b and G1 and G2
𝐺1 𝐺2
are geometric means b/n x and y then interims of x and y is equal to
𝐴1 + 𝐴2
𝑎𝑏 𝑎+𝑏 𝑎−𝑏 𝑎𝑏
A. B. C. D.
𝑎+𝑏 𝑎𝑏 𝑎𝑏 𝑎−𝑏
2− 3
5. If 6 x+y= then the value of xand y respectively are and
2 3+ 3 2
−5 5 5 −5
A. x= & y= 2 B. x= & y= -2 C. x= & y =2 D. x= & y=-2
6 6 6 6

6. How many possible 3 member committees can be selected from an organization that
contains 10members?
A. 720 B. 120 C. 240 D. 360
2𝑥
7. The inverse of the function defined by f(x)= is equal to
𝑥+3
−2𝑥 −3𝑥 −𝑥+3 𝑥+2
A. 𝑓 −1 (x)= B. 𝑓 −1 (x)= C. 𝑓 −1 (x)= D. 𝑓 −1 (x)=
𝑥−3 𝑥−2 2𝑥 3𝑥

8. Let f(x)=2x+1 and g(x)= 𝑥 3 , then (fog) (1) is equal to

A. 1 B. 0 C. 2 D.3
9. What is the focus of the parabola 𝑦 2 +4y+8x=4?
A. (1,-2) B. (3,-2) C. (-1,-2) D. (-3,-2)
10. If c(n,3)=c(n,5), then what is the value of n?
A. 1 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8

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11. For the data: 3,6,10,25,19,14,17,22,26. What is the value of Quartile 1?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 12.5 D. 23.5
−1 3 −6
12.If 𝑥 3 0 =1, then the value of x is equal to
1 −2 1
7 14 −14 −7
A. B. C. D.
9 9 9 9

1 4𝑥
13. If 83𝑥−1 = 128 −𝑥−1
, then what is the value of x?
2
1 −1
A. 1 B. 5 C. D.
5 5

14. Let A= 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and B= 2,4,6,8,10 then what is the value of A∆𝐵?
A. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 B. 1,3,5,7 C. 1,3,5,7,10 D. 2,4,6,8
15. Which of the following is not true about the graph given below?

A. The domain is 𝑥: − 2 ≤ 𝑥 < 2

B. The range is 𝑦: −2 < 𝑦 ≤ 4

C. The relation R is 𝑥, 𝑦 : 𝑦 ≤ 4, 𝑦 > 𝑥 − 2& 𝑦 ≤ −𝑥 − 2
D. The relation R is 𝑥, 𝑦 : 𝑦 ≤ 4, 𝑦 > 𝑥 − 2 & 𝑦 ≥ −𝑥 − 2

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16. What is the length of the side of an equilateral triangle if its radius is cm?
3

A. 2cm B. 2 cm C. 3 cm D. 1cm
17. A ladder 10cm long leans against a wall and makes an angle of 600 with the ground. How
far from the wall is the foot of the ladder?
A. 10cm B. 5cm C. 2cm D. 4cm

18. Through the center of a regular hexagonal prism whose base edge is 6cm and height 8cm,
a hole whose form is a regular triangular prism with base edge is 3cm is drilled as
shown in the figure below. What is the volume of the remaining solid?

A. 360 3 cm3
B. 207cm3
C. 414 3cm3
D. 540 cm3
19. What is the instantaneous rate of change f(x)=3𝑥 2 -10x+1 at x=10?
A. 30 B. 40 C. 50 D.60
1
20. If f(x)=ax-b and 𝑓 −1 𝑥 + 1 = x+2, for each x∈ ℝ, then what must be the value of a
2

and b?
1
A. a=2,b=3 B. a=2,b=2 C. a=1,b=1 D. a= , b=-2
2

21. A contest will have 5 prizes totally birr 5000 and there will be a 100 birr difference
between successive prizes. What is the first prize?
A. 1600 Birr B. 1200 Birr C. 1400 Birr D. 1000 Birr

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 𝑥 2 −𝑥
22. Let f(x)= , which of the following is not true about f and its graph?
2𝑥 2 −𝑥−1
1 −1
A. The graph of f has a hole at (1, ). C. x= is a vertical asymptote.
3 2
1
B. y= is a horizontal asymptote. D. f has an even function.
2
8 𝑛 +1
23. 𝑛=1 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 𝑛 is equal to

A. 2 B. 3 C. 6 D.9
𝑡 1
24. The simplification form of ÷ 2− 1 is equal to
𝑡 3 −1 1+
𝑡−2

1 1
A. 1 B. C. D. t
𝑡 2 −𝑡−1 𝑡 2 +𝑡+1

25. Let an=n+cosn𝜋,n=1,2,3…be the nth term of the sequence then what is the value of
-(a7 – a6)?
A. 2 B. -1 C. 1 D. 0
26. Which of the following is not a contradiction?
A. 𝑝Λℸ𝑝 B. ℸ 𝑝 ⇒ 𝑠 ⋀ 𝑝 ⟹ 𝑞)Λ(𝑞 ⇒ 𝑠)
C. ℸ 𝑝⋁𝑞) ⇔ 𝑞⋁𝑝 D. 𝑞 ⇒ ℸ𝑝 ⋁ℸ ℸ𝑝⋁ℸ𝑞
27. What is the sum of two digit numbers which leave the remainder 2 when divisible by 3?
A. 1200 B. 1300 C. 1435 D. 1635
𝑥2 𝑦2
28. Which of the following is not true about the ellipse given by the equation + =1?
25 49
2 6
A. The vertices are (0,7) and (0,-7) C. e=
7

B. C= 6 D. The foci are (0,2 6) and (0,-2 6)=

29. When m-arithmetic means are inserted between 11 and 19, the sum of the resulting term
is 150. What is the value of m?
A. 6 B.8 C. 9 D.11
30. In a right circular cone has base radius 5 cm and slant height 8cm, the volume of this
cone is equal to
65 39 25 39 100 200
A. 𝜋cm3 B. 𝜋cm3 C. 𝜋cm3 D. 𝜋cm3
3 3 3 3

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 𝑥4
31.What is the derivative of f(x)= at x=1?
𝑥 3 +2

A. 2 B. 12 C. 1 D.9
32. If 𝑧1 =3+4i and z2=4- 6i then𝑧1 + 𝑧2 is equal to
A. -7+2i B. -7-2i C. 7-2i D. 7+2i
33. The bio mass of a bacteria culture in milligrams as a function of time in minutes is given
by f(t)=60𝑡 3 +100. What is the instantaneous rate of growth of culture when t=2
minutes?
A. 720 mg/min B. 180mg/min C. 360 mg/min D. 420mg/min
34. What is the surface area of a spherical gas balloon with a diameter of 10cm?
A. 100𝜋 cm2 B. 50 𝜋 cm2 C. 25 𝜋 cm2 D. 75 𝜋 cm2
35. What is the sum of the first 150 consecutive natural numbers?
A. 11,020 B. 12,120 C. 10,240 D. 11,325
36. In the figure given below, chords AC and BD intersects at a point p inside the circle, if
m(<DAC)=350and m(<ACB)=300, then m(<APB) is equal to

P B

C
A. 550
B. 650
C. 600
D. 700
∞ 𝑡𝑘 1
37. What is the value of t if 𝑘 = 1 6 = 5?

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

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38. What is the slope of a secant line to the graph of f(x) =2𝑥 2 +3x-1 over the interval 1,2 ?
A. 8 B. 15 C. 9 D. 11
1
39. For the vector given by 𝑣 = 1
, what is the magnitude and the direction of the vector?

A. The magnitude is 2 and the direction is 900

B. The magnitude is 1 and the direction is 450
C. The magnitude is 2 and the direction is 450
D. The magnitude is 1 and the direction is 900
40. What is the arithmetic mean between 2 and 12?
A. 6 B.7 C. 8 D.9
41. If a polynomial function p is given by p(x)=(3x+2)(1-5x)(1-𝑥 2 ), then which one of the
following statement is correct about p(x)?
A. The constant term of p(x) is -2 C. p(x) is a polynomial over integer
B. The leading coefficient of p(x) is -15 D. The degree of p(x) is 3
42. A motor cycle is now worth birr 100,000 and losses 10% of its value each year. What will
it worth after 2 years?
A. 60,000 B. 81,000 C. 91,000 D. 70,000
43. What is the solution set of the inequality 2x(4-x)≥0?
A. −4,0 B. −∞, 0 ∪ 4, ∞ C. −∞, −4 ∪ 0, ∞ D. 0,4
44. Let f(x)=𝑥 3 -3𝑥 2 -24x+7. What is the interval on which f is increasing?
A. −∞, −2 and 4, 8 B. −∞, −2 and 4, ∞ C. −2,4 D. (-2,4)
45. Let ℓ be the line through A(-4,5) and B (3,t) that is perpendicular through P(1,3) and
Q(-4,2). What is the value of t?
A. -25 B 30 C. -30 D. 25
46. The local maximum value of f(x)=2𝑥 4 -16𝑥 2 is equal to
A. -32 B. 0 C. 2 D.-16

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47. Which one of the following is true about a second quadrant angle 𝜃 in standard position
whose terminal side lies on the line 2x+y=0?
1 2 2 1
A. cos 𝜃 = B. sin𝜃 = C. cos𝜃= D. sin𝜃=
5 5 5 5
3𝑥
48. The equation of the tangent line to the graph of f(x)= at (2,f(2)) is equal to
𝑥−1

A. y=-3x+12 B. y=-3x-12 C. y=3x-12 D. y=3x+12

49. If p(-1,2) and 𝑄(5,-3) are points on the coordinate plane, so that Q is the midpoint of 𝑃𝑅,
then what the coordinate of point R?
A. (2,-6) B. (-2,5.5) C. (3.5, -2) D. (11, -8)
50. If x and y are non-negative integers, then which of the following is not true?
A. (∀x) (∃y) (y>𝑥 2 -1) C. (∃𝑦) ∀𝑥 (𝑦 ≤ 𝑥 2 − 1)
B. (∃𝑥) ∀𝑦 (𝑦 > 𝑥 2 -1) D. (∃𝑦) ∃𝑥 (𝑦 ≤ 𝑥 2 -1)
3
51. If the third term of a geometric progression is 9 and the common ratio is ,then the fifth
2

term is equal to
81 4 27 2
A. B. C. D.
4 81 2 27

52. The radius of a right circular cylinder of height 10cm increase at a rate of 3cm/min. what
is the rate of change of the value of cylinder when the radius is 8cm?
A. 8𝜋cm3/min B. 320 𝜋 cm3/min C. 480 𝜋 cm3/min D. 640 𝜋 cm3/min
53. Which one of the following is the set of critical numbers of f(x)= 𝑥 (1-x)?
1 1 −1 1
A. 1, B. −1, C. 0, D. 0, }
3 3 3 3

3 −2 8
54. If A= 0 6 7 , then det(𝐴𝑇 𝐴) is equal to
0 4 5

A. 12 B.36 C.30 D. 15
55. What is the total number of integer between 100 and 1000 that is divisible by 7?
A. 896 B. 994 C. 223 D. 128
5 𝑥−1 1
56. What is the solution set of 1- = - ?
𝑥 2 +4 𝑥 2 −𝑥 𝑥

A. −1 B. 1 C. 2 D. −1,1

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57. Water is flowing in to vertical cylindrical tank of radius 2m at the rate of 3m3/min. how
fast the water level rising?
3 3 4 2
A. m/min B. m/min C. m/min D. m/min
2𝜋 4𝜋 3𝜋 3𝜋
50
58. If 𝑎1 =1, 𝑎2 =3, 𝑎3 =5, 𝑎4 = 7 ----then 𝑛=1 𝑎𝑛 =

A. 3500 B. 1500 C. 2500 D.7500

59. What is the standard deviation of the data given below?

x 3 4 5 6 7
f 2 1 3 3 1

A .s.d= 1.6 B .s.d= 1.22 C. s.d= 1.66 D.s.d= 1.02

60. In how many ways can 5 people be seated around circular table?
A. 30 B. 60 C. 24 D. 12
1
61. Let f(x)=g 4𝑥 + 1 . If 𝑔′ 3 = then 𝑓 ′ (2) is equal to
2
2 1 5 3
A. B. C. D.
3 3 2 2
1 1 1
62. If p(A)= , p(B)= , p(A∩ 𝐵)= , then p (A/B) is equal to
2 3 4
1 1 1 3
A. B. C. D.
2 3 4 4

63. The motion of a car travels along a straight road and assume that we can measure the
distance traveled by the car (in meter) at 1- second intervals as in the following chart.
T(s) 0 1 2 3 4 5
S(m) 0 4 10 30 50 100
What is the average velocity during the time 2≤ 𝑡 ≤ 5?
A. 10m/s B. 20m/s C. 30m/s D. 40m/s

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 64. What is the solution set of the equation given below?
3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = −5
𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 = −5
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0
A. 0,2, −3 B. 0, −3,2 C. −3,2,0 D.∅
65. From the top of a cliff 200 meters above sea level the angle of depression to two fishing
boats are 300and 450 respectively. How far apart are the boats?

30°
45°

200m

B1 B2

200 3−3 300 3−3 3 3

A. m B. m C. 200 3 − m D. 200 3 + m
3 3 3 3

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