IUB Admission Test, Summer 2019 (Test 2), Engineering Mathematics & Physics

Mathematics
1. An online bookstore sells novels and magazines. Each novel sells for $4 and each
magazine sells for $1. If Nabila purchased a total of 11 novels and magazines for $20,
how many novels did she purchase?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 E) None of these

2.
(36)-3 / 4 =
(6 )
3 1/ 2

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A) 1 B) - 3 C) D) 216 E) None of these
216

3. Consider the figure below.

Which of the following expresses z in terms of x and y (all angles are in degress)?
A) 2 x + 3 y - 180 B) x + 2 y - 180 C) 180 - x - y D) 360 - 2 x - 3 y
E) None of these

4. A circle is inscribed in a square of side length 6. The area of the region inside the square
but outside the circle is
A) 36p B) 36p - 9 C) 36p - 36 D) 36 - 9p E) 9p - 36

log 3 1,000,000
5. =
log 3 1,000
A) 1,000 B) 100 C) 20 D) 10 E) 2

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6. The points (-3, 9) and (9, - 1) are the endpoints of a diameter of a circle. The equation of
the circle is
A) ( x - 3) 2 + ( y - 4) 2 = 61 B) ( x - 7) 2 + ( y + 4) 2 = 269
C) ( x + 7) 2 + ( y - 4) 2 = 61 D) ( x + 3) 2 + ( y + 4) 2 = 169
E) ( x + 3) 2 + ( y - 4) 2 = 25

7. If f (2 x) = x + 5 and f ( g (6)) = 13 then 2g (6) =

A) 6 B) 16 C) 32 D) 36 E) 64

8. If x = cos(2t ) + 1 and y = 3 sin t + 2 , which of the following must be true?

( x - 1) 2 ( y - 2) 2 ( x - 1) 2 ( y - 2) 2 2
A) + =1 B) - =1 C) x - 2 = ( y - 2) 2
1 9 1 9 9
2 2
D) x - 2 = - ( y - 2) 2 E) x - 2 = - ( y - 2)
9 3

9. There are 6 red, 6 brown, 6 yellow, and 6 gray scarves packaged in 24 identical,
unmarked boxes, 1 scarf per box. What is the least number of boxes that must be selected
in order to be sure that among the boxes selected 3 or more contain scarves of the same
color?
A) 3 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 E) 9
2+h - 2
10. lim =
h® 0 h
1 1
A) 0 B) C) D) 1 E) ¥
2 2 6

11. The equation of the tangent line to the graph of y = x 3 - 2 x 2 + 4 at the point (2, 4) is
A) x + y = 6 B) y = 6 x - 8 C) y = 4 x - 4 D) y = 4 x - 7
E) None of these

2p
t
12. ò sin 2 dt =
0

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 4 E) None of these

13.
d
dx
(
5x 3 - x 4 )7
=

(
A) 7 5 x 3 - x 4 )6
(
B) 7 5 x 3 - x 4 ) (15x
6 2
- 4x3 ) (
C) 15 x 2 - 4 x 3 )
7

D) 7(15 x )
6
2
- 4x3 E) None of these

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 Physics

14. All of the following are units of energy except

A) watt B) joule C) kg.m2/s2 D) electron volt E) kilowatt.hour

15. The following is the velocity time graph of a car. At which point on the graph is no net force
applied?

A) A B) B C) C D) D E) E

16. When acted by a net force F, an object of mass M experience an acceleration a. If the net force is
increased to 3F and the mass is increased to 6M, then the new acceleration is
A) a/6 B) a/3 C) a/2 D) 2a E) 3a

17. The motion of a pendulum is an example of

A) uniform linear motion B) uniform circular motion C) non-uniform circular motion
D) rotational motion E) periodic motion

18. How much energy is dissipated as heat in 20 s by a 100 Ω resistor that carries a current of 0.5A ?
A) 50 J B) 100 J C) 250 J D) 500 J E) 1,000 J

19. Two resistors of resistance 5 Ω and R are in series connected to a 12V battery. If the current of
the circuit is 1.5 A, what is the value of R?
A) 2Ω B) 3Ω C) 1Ω D) 0.5Ω E) 5Ω

20. Which particle is the nucleus of a helium atom?

A) Alpha particle B) Beta particle C) Neutrino D) Muon E) Photon

21. According to the kinetic theory of gasses, which of the following takes place at absolute zero
temperature?
A) Water freezes B) Liquid helium freezes C) Molecular motion stops
D) Liquid hydrogen freezes E) None of these

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22. Three resistors are connected as shown below. Assume that the value of all resistors are the same
. What is the equivalent resistance?

A) B) C) D) E)

23. An object is positively charged because

A) It contains only electrons B) It contains only protons
C) It contains more electrons than protons D) It contains more protons than electrons
E) None of these

24. Two sounds with slightly different frequencies act together to produce beats, causing a sound that
is alternately loud and soft. This phenomenon can best be explained in terms of
A) Diffraction B) Interference C) Polarization D) Resonance
E) Refraction

25. If a sound wave and an electromagnetic wave both have the same wavelength, then which of the
following must also be the same for the two waves?
A) Intensity B) Frequency C) Medium required for propagation
D) Speed E) None of these