Assessment Exam 01

Mathematics
INSTRUCTION: READ EACH QUESTION
CAREFULLY, CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER 3. A man kicks the 150-g ball such that it
OUT OF THE CHOICES. leaves the ground at an angle of 60°
and strikes the ground at the same
DURATION: 4 HOURS elevation a distance of 12 m away.
Determine the impulse of his foot on the
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ball at A. Neglect the impulse caused
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by the ball’s weight while it’s being
kicked. 
REMINDER: PREPARE ALL THE THINGS YOU A. 0.75 N-S C. 0.96 N-S
NEED BEFORE YOU CONTINUE TO THE NEXT B. 1.88 N-S D. 1.75 N-S
PAGE (QUESTIONNAIRE) 4. A balloon is rising vertically from the
1. A small box of mass m is given a speed of ground at a constant rate of 4.5 m/s. When
v=√(1/4 gr) at the top of the smooth half it is 10m off the ground, a jeep beneath the
cylinder. Determine the angle θ at which balloon travelling in a straight line at a
the box leaves the cylinder. constant rate of 80kph, determine how fast
the distance between them is changing
after 1 second.
A. 22.11 C. 21.07
B. 23.55 D. 17.12
5. The base of a right triangle grows 2 fps and
the altitude grows 4 fps. If the base and
altitude are originally 10 ft and 6 ft
respectively, find the rate of change of the
base angle when that angle is 45°.
A. 30.3 C. 51.7
B. 41.4 D. 44.6 A. 1/23 rad per second
2. The 5-lb cylinder is falling from A with a B. 1/8 rad per second
speed vA = 10 ft/s onto the platform. C. 1/4 rad per second
Determine the maximum displacement of D. 1/35 rad per second
the platform, caused by the collision. The 6. For the curve y=x^2+x, at what point does
spring has an unstretched length of 1.75 ft the normal line at (0,0) intersect the
and is originally kept in compression by the tangent line at (1,2).
1-ft long cables attached to the platform.
Neglect the mass of the platform and A. (¼ , ¼) C. (-¼ , -¼)
spring and any energy lost during the B. (-¼ , ¼) D. (¼ , -¼)
collision.  7. A Ferris wheel 15m. in diameter makes 1
revolution every 2 minutes. If the center of
the wheel is 9m. above the ground, how
fast is a passenger in the wheel moving
vertically when he is 12.5 above the
ground?
A. 20.84 m/min C. 43.12 m/min
B. 12.35 m/min D. 25.87 m/min
8.  Find the value of “a” if the line y= 4x+1 is
to be tangent to the parabola at (-1, -3) and
is to have a critical point when x=-2.
A. 2 C. 8
B. 4 D. 1
9.  A conical water tank has diameter 6 m and
depth 5 m. If the water is 3 m deep, and is
rising at 5 m/h, at what rate is the volume
changing?
A. 0.0641 FT C. 0.0871 FT A. 40.6 m^3/s C. 30.1 m^3/s
B. 0.0566 FT D. 0.0735 FT B. 50.9 m^3/s D. 22.57 m^3/s
10. The path of the particle shown is acted
upon by a central force towards the origin.
The particle moves from C to A, if the
angular velocity at point A is 6 rad/s. Find
the angular velocity of the particle at point
C.  containing
A. 2.571 rad per second
B. 1.102 rad per second
C. 1.5 rad per second
D. 1.002 rad per second
* No correct answers*
11. The path of the particle shown is acted
upon by a central force towards the origin.
The particle moves from C to A, if the
angular velocity at point A is 6 rad/s.
Calculate the velocity at B.
A. 0 m/s C. 1345.087 m/s
B. 1234.9 m/s D. 1118.098 m/s
12. If the x intercept of the tangent to the
curve y=e^(-x) is increasing at a rate of 4
units per second, find the rate of change of
the y –intercept when x intercept is 6 units
A. 0.01 units/sec C. -0.135 units/sec
B. -0.55 units/sec D. 0.899 units/sec
13. You are travelling on a train with your
sister. Neither of you has a valid ticket, and
the inspector has caught you both. He is
authorized to administer a special
punishment for this offence.He holds a box
nine apparently identical
chocolates, three of which are
contaminated with a deadly poison. He
makes each of you, in turn, choose and
immediately eat a single chocolate. If you
choose first, what is the probability that you
survive, given that your sister survives?
A. 1/2 C. 3/4
B. 5/8 D. 7/8
14. You are travelling on a train with your
sister. Neither of you has a valid ticket, and
the inspector has caught you both. He is
authorized to administer a special
punishment for this offence. He holds a box
containing nine apparently identical
chocolates, three of which are
contaminated with a deadly poison. He
makes each of you, in turn, choose and
immediately eat a single chocolate. If you
choose before your sister, what is the
probability that you will survive?
A. 1/2 C. 1/4
B. 2/3 D. 1/5
15. The probability that a married man
watches a certain television show is 0.4,
and the probability that a married woman
watches the show is 0.5. The probability
that a man watches the show, given that
his wife does, is 0.7. Find the probability
that: 1. A married couple watches the
show 
A. 0.4 C. 0.35
B. 0.5 D. 0.34
16. . The probability that a married man
watches a certain television show is 0.4,
and the probability that a married woman
watches the show is 0.5. The probability
that a man watches the show, given that
his wife does, is 0.7. Find the probability
that: A wife watches the show, given that
her husband does;
A. 0.875 C. 0.258
B. 0.321 D. 0.232
17. The probability that a married man watches
a certain television show is 0.4, and the
probability that a married woman watches
the show is 0.5. The probability that a man
watches the show, given that his wife does,
is 0.7. Find the probability that: At least one
 member of a married couple will watch the
show
A. 0.234 C. 0.344
B. 0.55 D. 0.289
18. Determine the absolute value of the
complex roots of the equation:  A. All real numbers C. True for x≠1
B. X=-1 D. No solution
25. Find the area enclosed by the curve r^2 =
10cos2θ.
A. 1.333 C. 2.455 A. 5 C. 15
B. 2i D. 1.899 B. 10 D. 20
19.  Given that 3+2i is a root of the equation 26. Find the area of the surface generated by
below, Which of the following quadratic
revolving y = x^2 from x = 0 to x = 1.5,
equation gives the remaining roots.
about the y-axis.
A. 16.03 C. 8.68
B. 5.48 D. 12.45
Answer 27. The area enclosed by y^2 = 8x, x = 2 is
revolved about x = 2. What is the volume
generated?
A. 256π/15 C. 256π/16
20. Solve the inequality.  B. 256π/17 D. 256π/14
28.  Let angle A be the angle between the x-
axis and the line connecting the origin (0,0)
and the point P (-8,-15) where (180<A<270
A. X≤1 C. x≥0 degrees). Given that sin A + cos A + tan A
B. Null Set D. All Real Numbers = a/b, where a and b are coprime positive
integers, determine the sum of a and b
21. A hemispherical tank of diameter 20ft is full
of oil weighing 50pcf. The oil is pumped to
A. 150 C. 142
a height of 10ft above the top of the tank by B. 136 D. 207
an engine of 0.5hp. How long will it take 29. Determine the value of the following:
the engine to empty the tank? cos(45) x cos (46) x cos (47) x ... x
cos(134) x cos(135) 
A. 5236 s C. 6534 s
B. 3860 s D. 4812 s A. 0 C. 1
22. A bag containing originally 60kg of flour is B. Sqrt (2)/2 D. 0
lifted through a vertical distance of 9m. 30. A vertical parabola passes through (3, 6),
While it is being lifted, flour is leaking from ( 5, -7) and (9, 4). Determine the length of
the bag at such rate that the number of the latus rectum
pounds lost is proportional to the square A. 6/113 C. 113/6
root of the distance traversed. If the total B. 24/37 D. 37/24
loss of flour is 12kg, find the amount of 31. Find the equation of the ellipse whose Foci
work done in lifting the bag. are (2,1) and (2,-1), a = 2 
A. 4x^2+25y^2-160x-50y=0
A. 3708.18 J C. 3870.19 J B. x^2+y^2+x-y=0
B. 4591.08 J D. 4951.80 J C. 4x^2-4y^2+x-y=7
23. Determine the value of C in the equation  D. 4x^2+3y^2-16x+4=0
32. Find the length of the chord of the circle x2
+ y2 + 4x + 6y – 32 = 0 if its distance from
the center is 5 units.
A. 28 C. 19 A. 7.44 C. 9.76
B. 17 D. 15 B. 8.94 D. 6.45
24. Evaluate all the possible solutions in the 33. Given the following relations: r cos A cos B
inequality  = 4, r cos A sin B = 3, r sin A = 5. The
value of r is nearest to: 
 A. 7.07 C. 8.66 years. What payments are necessary if
B. 6.83 D. 9.23 money is worth 15% per annum? 
34. What is the angle between zero-based
vectors:  A. P 0.788 M C. P 0.518 M
A. 60° C. 120° B. P 0.392 M D. P 0.815 M
B. 80° D. 150° 41. If 250,000 is deposited at a rate of 12.50%
35. Smith and Jones, both 50% marksmen, compounded monthly, determine the
decide to fight a duel in which they compounded interest after 6 years and 6
exchange alternate shots until one is hit. months 
What are the odds in favor of the man who A. 277,200 C. 561,020
shots first? B. 311,021 D. 232,100
A. 1/3 C. 1/4 42. Two perpendicular chords both 5 cm from
B. 2/3 D. 3/4 the center of the circle, which divides into
36. In a spherical triangle, angle B = 81°50’ four parts. If the radius of the circles is 13
and angle C = 94°30’. If side c = 90°, what cm, find the area of the smallest part.
is the value of side a?  A. 31.01 C. 12.50
A. 24°18’ C. 56°44’ B. 17.95 D. 19.23
B. 33°15’ D. 56°28’ 43. A regular octagon is to be cut out from a
37. A new Civil Engineer failing to complete his square section having a side of 16 cm.
first building contract for P700,000 in a Determine the side of the octagon.
specified time is compelled to pay a A. 4.63 C. 2.32
penalty ½ of 1% per day for the first 10 B. 6.63 D. 3.32
days of extra time required and for each 44. As shown in the figure below, six
additional days thereafter, the stipulated semicircles lie in the interior of a regular
penalty is increased by 10%, or P350 each hexagon with side length 2 so that the
day. If he paid total penalty of P75,600, diameters of the semicircles coincide with
how many days did he overrun his contract the sides of the hexagon. What is the area
time? of the region inside the hexagon but
A. 12 C. 18 outside all of the semicircles
B. 16 D. 20
38.  A drawer contains an odd number of plain
brown socks and an even number of plain
black socks. What is the least number of
brown and black socks such that the
probability of obtaining two brown socks is
1/2 when two socks are chosen at random
from the complete collection?
A. 13 brown 6 black
B. 21 brown 8 black
C. 15 brown 6 black
D. 15 brown 8 black
39. An amortization of a debt is in a form of a
A. 3√3-π C. 5√3-3π
gradient series of P 5,000 on the first year,
B. 6√3-3π D. 4√3-3π
P4,500 on the second year, and so on until
the fourth year. What is the equivalent
uniform periodic payment if interest is 5%
45. A point source of light is 4ft distant from the
center of the sphere of diameter 4ft.
determine the surface area of the sphere
A. 4,308.73 C. 4,280.47
that is brightened.
C. 4,378.17 D. 4,325.12 A. 4 pi C. 6 pi
40.  In 5 years, P1.8 M will be needed to pay B. 5 pi D. 8 pi
for the building renovation. In order to 46. The centroid of a triangle is located at (2,
generate this sum, a sinking fund 1). The vertices of the triangle are (a, 5),
consisting of three annual payments is (4, b) and (-5, 4). Find the value of “a” and
established now. For tax purposes, no “b” respectively.
further payments will be made after 3
A. 7 and -5 C. 8 and -5
 B. 7 and -6 D. 8 and -6
47. Find the shortest distance from the point
(2, 3) to the line 3x + 2y – 5 = 0.
A. 1.94 C. 3.44
B. 2.94 D. 2.49
48. How much water must be evaporated from
a 250L tank of a 3% salt solution to obtain
a 5% solution?
A. 100 L C. 200 L
B. 150 L D. 250 L
49. Once a month, a man puts some money
into the cookie jar. Each month he puts 50
centavos more into the jar than the month
before. After 12 years, he counted his
money, he had P 5,436. How much money
did he put in the jar in the last month?
A. P72.50 C. P73.00
B. P75.50 D. P73.50
50. A very smart engineer have nine P20 bills.
The engineer bought a Jollibee C-3 with
extra rice with a total cost of 144. How
much change was given by the cashier? 

A. 36 C. 16
B. 26 D. 6