SOLUTIONS

Module Title: Engineering Mathematics

Module Number: KC4010
Examiner Name(s): Dr Eamon Scullion
Location: City Campus, Newcastle upon Tyne
Month: January
Academic Year: 2018–2019
Time Allowed: 1 hour + 10 minutes reading time

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
(Please read carefully before you begin your examination.)
This is a closed book exam.

Individual work. There are 15 multiple choices questions (OMR); the questions are of equal value;
wrong questions and non attempted questions are marked 0. Answers must be entered on the Mul-
tiple Choice Answer Sheet as described on the next page.

This examination is worth 20 % of the total marks for this module.

Candidates may use a scientific calculator but programmable calculators are not allowed.

Material Allowed:
Mathematics Formula Sheet (separate, on blue paper)

PLEASE NOTE: You should only answer the number of questions required above. If you answer
more than this, your answers will be marked in the order they appear in your answer sheets, up to
and including the required number. Any additional answers will not be marked. Please check your
work to ensure you have answered the correct number of questions and they are clearly numbered.
You must abide by the universities regulations on academic misconduct.
 • Please enter your Student ID number clearly using the boxes for
numbers and the circles to represent this number in the grid, this
should be an 8 digit number (unless you have a pre-printed OMR
examination form as this information will already be shown).
• Do not write anywhere on the paper unless indicated to do so.
• Do not tick or cross the response circles (unless you wish to change
your answer), you must fill them in.
Guidance on entering your question answers onto the exam sheet
Guidance on entering your question answers onto the exam sheet.
Please see below on how to fill in your exam paper to avoid any confusion
Please see below on how to fill in your exam paper to avoid any confusion

Instruction Additional explanation Example graphic

An answer Please ensure the appropriate circle

is filled in and not ticked.

Please ensure that if you wish to

Change your answer change your mind and change your
answer that you cross out the circle
you do not wish to be marked and fill
in an additional circle.

Changing an answer If you have already crossed out an

you have already answer that you wish to submit,
discarded please write your answer at the end of
the line.

Do not give more than Please ensure that you do not give
one answer more than one answer as this will
result in a mark of zero for that
question, even if one of the answers
is correct.

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barcode (1) or any of reference boxes on OMR form as the
the four reference form will not be recognised by the
boxes (2) in the scanning software.
corners of the form

Before you hand your paper in to invigilators please double check your
name and full student ID are entered correctly.
Before you hand your paper in to invigilators please double check your name and full
student ID are entered correctly.
 KC4010 – Engineering Mathematics – AY 2018-2019

Answer ALL questions

R(E − V )
1. Rearrange = r for V .
V
a)
RE
b) V =
r+R
c)
d)
e)

2. If z = 2 + j3 and w = 4 − j what is z ÷ w ?
5
a) 17
+ j 14
17
b)
c)
d)
e)

3. If w = 2 cos π4 + j sin π4 and z = 3 cos π3 + j sin π3 , which expression represents w × z ?

a) 6 cos 7π 7π


12
+ j sin 12
b)
c)
d)
e)

4. What is the factorised form of the polynomial x2 − 6x − 16 ?

a)
b) (x − 8)(x + 2)
c)
d)
e)

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5. Given the matrices  
  1 −1
2 3 4
A= , B= 0 2 
1 5 2
1 3
Which of these matrices correspond to the product AB.
 
a) b) c) 6 16
d)
3 15

e)

6. What is the rate of change of the function y = x sin x at the point x = π ?

a)
b)
c) −π
d)
e)
dy
7. If x = 3t4 and y = t3 + 4, what is the corresponding expression for dx
in terms of t ?

a)
1
b)
4t
c)
d)
e)
√
8. What is the argument, in radians, of the complex number z = 3+j ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
π
e)
6

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 9. At which value of x does the function

y = x2 + 2x − 5

attain a minimum ?

a)
b)
c) −1
d)
e)

10. Which of these complex numbers satisfies z 3 = cos (π) = −1 ?

a)
b)
c) cos 60◦ + j sin 60◦
d)
e)

11. Write the complex number ej3π in cartesian form.

a) −1
b)
c)
d)
e)

12. What is the derivative of y = x log x ?

a)
b)
c)
d) 1 + log x
e)

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13. What is the value of the following definite integral
Z 2
3x2 dx ?
−1

a) 9
b)
c)
d)
e)
dy
14. If 2x2 − 4y 3 = 1, then obtain by implicit differentiation the derivative .
dx
a)
b)
c)
d)
x
e)
3y 2
15. Which of these lines is the line of best fit for the current data points (xi , yi ), using one decimal
place ?

xi yi x2i xi y i
1 18 y =a+Pbx
2 24
P P
n xi y i − xi y i
3 23 b=
nh x2i − ( xi )2i
P P
4 29 1 X X
a= yi − b xi
5 36 n
Sum Σ

a)
b)
c) y = 4.1x + 13.7
d)
e)

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