Lagao National High School

Second Periodic Exam in Math 4

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Teacher:___________________
I. DIRECTIONS: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each
number. If there is no correct answer among the given choices, write the correct answer.
_____ 1. If P(x) = 2x4 + 3x2 6x2 - 5x + 6 is divided by D(x) = 2x +3 using synthetic division,
the result is shown below. What is the quotient Q(x)?

-6

-5

-3

-6

-6

a.2x3 6x +4 b. 2x2 - 6x + 4 c. 2x3 6x + 4 d. 2x3 6x - 4

3
_____2. Using P(x) = 2x4 + 3x3 6x2 5x + 6, what is P ?
2
a. 1
b. -1
c. 2
d. 0
_____3.The polynomial function P(x) = (x2 4x + 4) (x 2) (x 3) has 2 as zero of multiplicity
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
_____4..What kind of function is illustrated by the situation A 40 mg substance of carbon has
been reduced to 5 mg after three half-life?
a. linear
b. polynomial c. quadratic d. exponential
_____5. Which of the following tables represents an exponential function?
a.
b.
x

-2

-1

x
y

-2
1
9

-1
1
3

0
1

1
3

c.

2
9

d.

-2

-1

-2

-1

-3

-1

_____6. What is the range of the function?

a. y > -3
b. y< -3
c. y 3
d. y 3
_____7. Which statement is true in the equation y = 5 x , x is an integer?
a. the graph of y = 5 x is discrete.
c. y can be any real number.
b. the domain is the set of positive integers. d. the graph of y = 2 x is continuous
_____.8. Which set of numbers are arranged in ascending order?

a. 2
b.

1
3

,2

1
3,

c. 0.05, 0.25, 2

,2 2

1
3

3,

1
2

d. 10 log 1 ,10 0.3010

,10

_____9. Which statement describes the graph of y = a x , a > 1, then

a. the curve is always rising.
c. the curve is always parabolic.
b. the curve is always falling.
d. the curve is S-shaped.
_____10. If 3 x = 21, then
a. x < 3
b. x > 3
c. x = 2
d. x > 4
_____11. If P100 is invested at the rate of 2% compounded monthly, at the end of the
year, it is equal to
a. P100 + 0.02 12
.02 12
)
b. P100 (1.02) 12
c. (P100 + 0.02) 12
d. P100 (1 +
12
_____12. What is the value of k that will make x+2 a factor of 3x3 + 5x2 + kx- 10?
a. -7
b. 8
c. -10
d. 20
_____13. A certain car depreciates at an annual rate of 15%. How much would be its
value at the end of 3 years if it cost P750,000 when new?
a. P 460, 593
b. P 450, 594
c. P 540, 650
d. P 640, 935
_____14. How many possible rational roots does the equation 2x3 - 3x2 + 2x - 3?
a. 6
b. 7
c. 9
d. 8
1
.
_____15. If x = 3 3 , then
a. x >
b. x > 3 2 .
c. x > 3 2
d. all of the above
3

_____16. . How many integral zeros do P(x) = x3 64 have?

a. 3
b. 2
c. 1
d. none
_____17. Which of the following sets are the zeros of P(x) = x4 5x2 + 4?
a. 3,-3, 5, 1
b. 4, -4, 1, 1
c. 2, -2, 1, -1 d. 1, 2, 4
_____18. Which of the functions below is its own inverse?
1
a. {(x, y) y = , x R
c. {(x, y) y = 1 + x, x R}
x
b. {(x, y) y = x, x R
d. {(x, y) y = x 2 x R)
_____19. What is the inverse of y = 10x?
a. The function defined by y = antilog10x c. The function defined by y = x10
b. The function defined by y = log10x
d. The function defined by y = 10-x
_____20. If log2 = a, log 3 =b, then which of the following is not correct?
a. log 5 = a + b
c. log 54 = a + 3b
1
b. .log 16 = 4a
d. log 6 =
(a + b)
2
_____21. Which of the following cannot be equal to 3?
1
1
1
9 2
1
a. ( ) 2
b. 27 3
c. 81 4
d. ( )
3
9
_____22. A certain culture of bacteria doubles every 3 hours. If initially there were
1000 bacteria culture at 9:00 A.M. How many of this culture will be raised at
3:00 P.M
a. 9000
b. 27000
c. 18000
d. 90000
_____23. Which of the following theorems say that If P(x) = 0 at r, then x r is a factor of P(x)?
(a. Remainder
b. Factor
c. Integral Zero
d. Gauss ) Theorem
_____24. If 42 is one of the zeros of P (x) = x3 - 4 2 x2 2x + 8 2. What are the
other zeros of P (x)?
a. 3, -6
b. 5, 7
c. 2, - 2
d. 3, -3
7
4
3
2
_____25. Find the value of k in P (x) = 3x 155x 97x + kx 300 if the remainder
is 52 when divided by x 4?.
a. -160
b. 182
c. 182
d. -196
_____26. The polynomial f(x) = x4 x3 + 2x 2 has x 1 as a factor. What is f (1)?
a.-2
b. 2
c. 1
d. 0
_____27. Find the polynomial function with the integral coefficients that has -1, 0, 1, 2
as roots
a. x4 - 2x3 - x2 + 2x
b. 2x3 - 5x2 + 8
c. 10x4 - 2x3
d. x4 - x3 - x2 + x
2
_____28 What kind of zeros will f(x) = x + 5x + 2 have?
a. integral
b. rational
c. irrational
d. imaginary numbers
_____29. Which of the following graphs pass through (1, 0)?

a. The graph of y = log2x

b. The graph of y = log

1
2

c. The graph of y = log10x.

x

*d. All of the above

3

_____30. What is f ( 27 ) in f (x) = 3x 81x2 + x - 27?

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
_____31. If log2 = a, log 3 =b, then which of the following is not correct?
a. log 5 = a + b
b. .log 16 = 4a
27
9 is equal to

_____32. Log3
c. log3 3 3 - log3 9

c. log 54 = a + 3b
1
d. log 6 =
(a + b)
2
1
1
a.- 2
b. 2 log3 27-2
d. all of the above

_____33.. Which of the following has the same graph as y = log 1 x?

2

2
1
a. y = log2 x
b. y = log2x
c. a. y = log2 x
d. y = log 2 2x
_____34 .Log2 2 + log3 3 is equal to a. 2
b. log 6
c. log5 6
d. log5 5
_____35. If the half-life of a radioactive substance is 1 year, how many years will it be a quarter
1
of its mass now? (a. 2 years b. 3 years c.4 years d.
year) from now
4

II. Solve the following with complete solutions:

A Evaluate:
1. log 4 64 log2 8 + log 2 4

2.log

36 _

Log 10 0.01

B. Solve for X:

1. 3x = 27 2-3x
2. 72x = 49

Prepared by:
Zaida N. Abiera
Gina B. Acuesta

1. Which of the following is a polynomial?

1

a. 4x5 3x4 + 2x3 - x2 + x + 2x 5 + 6

b. 6x3 + 2x2 + 5 + 3x2
*c.

2 7
x x2 + 8
3

d. 10x2 + 3x -

-7

2. In the polynomial 6x3 + 7x4 + 10 + 4x2 3x, what is the leading coefficient?
a. 6
*b. 7
c. 4
d. -3
3. What is the degree of the polynomial 3x5 + x + x3 + 7x6 4?
a. 0
b. 5
*c. 6
d. 7
4. What figure describe the graph of f(x) = -3x + 5?

a. a straight line that rise to the right

*b. a straight line that falls to the right
c. a parabola that opens upward
d. a parabola that opens downward
5. What figure describes the graph of f(x) = -3x2 + 5?
a. a straight line that rise to the right
b. a straight line that falls to the right
c. a parabola that opens upward
*d. a parabola that opens downward
6. What kind of zeros of f(x) = x2 + 3x + 2?
a. 2 and 1
*b. -2 and -1 c. 2 and -1

d. -2 and 1

7. real
8. What is the value of the polynomial f(x) = x4 + 3x3 + x2 1 for x = -2?
a. -45
b. 43
c. 5
*d. -5
9. What does the notational P (-1) mean given P(x) = x3 8?
*a. the value of P(x) for x = -1
b. the zero of P(x)
c. the remainder when P(x) is divided by x 1
d. the turning point for the graph of P(x)
10. What is the quotient when x3 + 5x2 x 5 is divided by x + 5?
a. x 1
b. x + 1
*c. x2 1
d. x2 + 1
11. What is the remainder when P(x) = x3 x2 5x -5 is divided by x 3?
a. 0
b. 2
*c. -2
d. 26
12. To find the value of the polynomial P(x) = x3 + 4x2 + x + 4 for x = -4, for the following
computation shown below is done.
4
1
4
1
4
-4
0
4
1

-4

What is the value of the polynomial?

a. 4
b. -4
c. 1
*d. 0
13. In the computation shown above for number 12, what does the third row
0 stand for?
a. x3 + 1
*b. x2 + 1
c. the remainder
d. the divisor

15. Which binomial is a factor of x3 + 5x2 + 2x + 10?

a. x + 2

b. x 2

*c. x + 5

d. x 5

16. The polynomial f(x) = x4 x3 + 2x 2 has x 1 as a factor. What is f (1)?

a.-2

b. 2

c. 1

*d. 0

17. How many integral zeros does P(x) = x4 + 1 have?

a. 4
b.2
c. 1
*d. none
18. How many integral zeros does P(x) = x3 8 have?
a. 3
b. 2
*c. 1
d. none
19. What are the integral zeros of P(x) = x3 8?
a. 2 and 2

*b. 2 only

c. -2 only

d. none

20. Which of the following sets are the zeros of P(x) = x4 5x2 + 4?
a. 3,-3, 5, 1 b. 4, -4, 1, 1 *c. 2, -2, 1, -1
d. 1, 2, 4
2. If y = 2 x , x is an integer, then
*a. the graph of y = 2 x is discrete.
b. the domain is the set of positive integers.
c. y can be any real number.
d. the graph of y = 2 x is continuous.
3. If y = 3 x , then
a. the graph is entirely above
the x-axis.
1
3

x
b. y = ( ) .

c. x = log 3 y.
*d. all of the above

4. If y = a x , a > 1, then
*a. the curve is always rising.
b. the curve is always falling.

c. the curve is always parabolic.

d. the curve is S-shaped.

5. For which function is the graph rising?

1
3

1
3

x
*c. y = ( )

x
a. y = ( )

b. y = 10 x

d. y = (0.05) x

6. Which set of numbers are arranged in ascending order?

a. 2
b.

1
3

,2

1
3,

c. 0.05, 0.25, 2

,2 2

1
3

3,

1
2

*d. 10 log 1 ,10 0.3010

,10

7. What is the next term in this sequence?

1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63
a. 128
*c. 127
b. 64
d. none of the above
8. If x = 3 3 , then
a. x >

1
.
3

b. x > 3 2 .

c. x > 3 2
*d. all of the above.

9. Which of the following cannot be equal to 3?

1
1
1
a. ( ) 2
c. 81 4
9
1

b. 27 3
10. If 3 x = 21, then
*a. x < 3
b. x > 3

9
3

2
*d. ( )

c. x = 2
d. x > 4

11. If P100 is invested at the rate of 2% compounded monthly, at the end of the year, it
is equal to
a. P100 + 0.02 12
c. (P100 + 0.02) 12
*b. P100 (1.02) 12

d. P100 (1 +

.02 12
)
12

12. If money is invested at 10% quarterly, what is the effective interest rate at the end of
the year?
a. 10% (approx.)
*c. 10.4% (approx.)
b. 12% (approx.)
d. 11% (approx.)
13. If the population of a town doubles in 30 years, when will it quadruple?

a. in 45 years
*b. in 60 years

c. in 90 years
d. none of the above

14. A radioactive substance decays according to the formula m = M 0 (

a. 4 years
*b. 2 years

2 t
) its half-life is
2

c. 1 year
d. It has no half-life

15. For the radioactive substance in number 14, when t = 4 , what is m ?

m
a. 4 years
*c. m = 0
4
2
M0
2

b. m =

d. none of the above

Write the letter of the best answer. (The letter with the asterisk is the correct answer.)
1. Which of the following has an inverse variation?
a. {(1, 1), (2, 1), (3, 1)
b. {(x, y) y = x2, y is a real number}
c.

1
x
2
1
y
2
1
z
2

*d.{(x, y) y =2x, x is an integer}

2. Which of the functions below it its own inverse?
1
,x
x

R
b. {(x, y) y = x, x R

*a. {(x, y) y =

c. {(x, y) y = 1 + x, x
d. {(x, y) y =

x2

R}

R)

3. What is the inverse of y = 10x?

a. The function defined by y = antilog10x
*b. The function defined by y = log10x
c.
The function defined by y = x10
d. The function defined by y = 10-x
4. If N =

1
, then
2.34

a. N = -log 2.34
b. N = -antilog 2.34

*c. N = 10-log 2.34

d. log N = -1 + log 2.34

5. If log 3 = 0.4771, then which of the following is not true?

a.

1
= 10-0.4771
3

b. log 300 = 2.4771

*c. log 0.003 = -3.4771

d. antilog (0.4771) =3

6. If log N = -0.4771, then

1

1
= 0.4771
c. log N = (1 0.4771) 1. *d. all of the above
N
10
1
7. What is the characteristic of log
?
25

a. N =

0.4771 .

a.-1
*b.-2

b. log

c. 1
d. none of the above