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Extreme Basic Skill Test PDF
Extreme Basic Skill Test PDF
Extreme Basic Skill Test PDF
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 4.
a. 8 b. 8 c. 40 d. 40
____ 5.
a. 5 b. 13 c. 6 d. 14
____ 6. The distance traveled at a constant speed is directly proportional to the time of travel. If Olivia traveled 112
miles in 3.5 hours, how many miles will Olivia travel in 8.9 hours at the same constant speed?
a. 99.6 mi b. 284.8 mi c. 172.8 mi d. 124.4 mi
____ 7. A balloon takes off from a location that is 158 ft above sea level. It rises 56 ft/min. Write an equation to
model the balloons elevation h as a function of time t.
a. t = 158h + 56 b. h = 56t + 158 c. h = 158t + 56 d. t = 56h + 158
____ 8. A biologist took a count of the number of migrating waterfowl at a particular lake, and recounted the lakes
population of waterfowl on each of the next six weeks.
Week 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Population 585 582 629 726 873 1,070 1,317
a. Find a quadratic function that models the data as a function of x, the number of weeks.
b. Use the model to estimate the number of waterfowl at the lake on week 8.
a. ; 1,614 waterfowl
b. ; 2,679 waterfowl
c. ; 1,961 waterfowl
d. ; 2,201 waterfowl
____ 9. Which is the graph of ?
a. c.
b. d.
____ 10. Use vertex form to write the equation of the parabola.
a. c.
b. d.
____ 11. The function models the height y in feet of a stone t seconds after it is dropped from the
edge of a vertical cliff. How long will it take the stone to hit the ground? Round to the nearest hundredth of a
second.
a. 7.79 seconds c. 0.25 seconds
b. 11.02 seconds d. 5.51 seconds
____ 12. The line of sight from a small boat to the light at the top of a 35-foot lighthouse built on a cliff 25 feet above
the water makes a 25 angle with the water. To the nearest foot, how far is the boat from the cliff?
35
ft
25 25 ft
69
67
B 72 A
b. d.
____ 16. Lena makes home deliveries of groceries for a supermarket. Her only stops after she leaves the supermarket
are at traffic lights and the homes where she makes the deliveries. The graph shows her distance from the
store on her first trip for the day. What is the greatest possible number of stops she made at traffic lights?
Distance
Time
a. 3 b. 4 c. 9 d. 5
Short Answer
17. The table shows the number of copies of a book sold per 100,000 people in the United States for five selected
years. The values in the first column are years since 1987, so corresponds to 1987, corresponds
to 1990, and so on.
Years since Copies sold per 100,000
1987 (x) people (y)
0 8.3
3 9.4
6 9.5
9 7.4
12 5.7
a. Use a graphing calculator to model the data with a quadratic function. Round the
coefficients and constant term to four decimal places.
b. Graph the data and the quadratic function.
c. Use the graph or the equation to estimate the number of copies sold per 100,000 people
in 1998.
d. Would you use the quadratic function to predict the number of copies sold per 100,000
people in 2005? Explain.
18. In a baseball game, an outfielder throws a ball to the second baseman. The path of the ball is modeled by the
equation , where y is the height of the ball in feet after the ball has traveled x
feet horizontally. The second baseman catches the ball at the same height as the height at which the outfielder
released it.
a. What was the maximum height of the ball along its path? Answer to the nearest foot.
b. How far was the second baseman from the outfielder at the time he caught the ball?
c. How high above the ground was the ball when it left the hand of the outfielder?
19. Howard is flying a kite and wants to find its angle of elevation. The string on the kite is 32 meters long and
the kite is level with the top of a building that he knows is 28 meters high.
a. Draw a diagram of the situation.
b. To the nearest tenth of a degree, find the angle of elevation. Show your work.
20. A plumber installs an elbow joint in a pipe to change its direction as shown in the figure. The first section of
pipe is 6 inches long, and the last section is 7 inches long. The elbow is a circular arc that subtends an angle
of 75 as shown. The plumber wants to approximate the total length of the pipe, including the elbow joint, as
measured down the middle of the pipe. If the pipes diameter is 2 inches, what is the total length of the pipe?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth of an inch. Show your work.
7 in
9 in
75
9 in
2 in 6 in
22. An employee receives a weekly salary of $340 and a 6% commission on all sales.
a. Write a rule to describe the function f(d) that gives weekly earnings in terms of d dollars in sales.
b. Find the employees earnings for a week with $660 total sales.
c. What were the employees total sales for a week in which her earnings were $1300?
Identify the vertex and the axis of symmetry of the parabola. Identify points corresponding to P and Q.
24.
Essay
25. A manufacturing companys profits are modeled by the equation , where y dollars is the
total profit and x is the number of items manufactured. Graph the equation and explain what the x- and
y-intercepts represent.
Other
28. A baseball player hits a fly ball that is caught about 4 seconds later by an outfielder. The path of the ball is a
parabola. The ball is at its highest point as it passes the second baseman, who is 127 feet from home plate.
About how far from home plate is the outfielder at the moment he catches the ball? Explain your reasoning.
Principles of Engineering Skills Test
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Feedback
A Infrared radiation has a longer wavelength and carries less energy than visible light.
B Visible light falls between infrared and ultraviolet radiation on the electromagnetic
spectrum.
C Correct!
D Microwaves have longer wavelengths than several other types of radiation, including
visible, ultraviolet and gamma rays.
SHORT ANSWER
17. ANS:
a.
b.
32 m
28 m
Howard
b. definition of sine
The radius of the circle through the center of the elbow joint is:
inches
Find the arc length of the elbow joint through its center:
inches
ESSAY
25. ANS:
[4]
The y-intercept represents the set-up costs and the x-intercept represents the least
number of items for which the company does not lose money, or a break-even point.
[3] minor errors in graph or explanation
[2] correct graph with incorrect explanation or incorrect graph with correct explanation
[1] no graph and errors in explanation or no explanation and errors in graph
c.
Using the points (2, 1) and (5,13), the equation is or
.
[3] only two parts correct
[2] only one part correct
[1] correct answers but work not shown
OTHER
28. ANS:
The outfielder is about 254 feet from home plate. The parabola is symmetric about its axis, which is a vertical
line. The second baseman is at a point on this axis of symmetry. So the outfielder is the same distance from
the second baseman as the second baseman is from home plate. 127 + 127 = 254, so the distance from home
plate to the outfielder is about 254 feet.