REVIEW INNOVATIONS

MAY 2022 CE BOARD EXAM V4

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK.

NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or A*B. A raised to the power n

is expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 point each.

1. Evaluate 5 + 12i .
A. 5 + 4i C. 3 – 2i
B. 5 – 4i D. 3 + 2i

2. The local weather forecaster says “no rain” and his record is 2/3
accuracy of prediction. But the Federal Meteorological Service
predicts “rain” and their record is 3/4. With no other data
available, what is the chance of rain?
A. 3/5 C. 1/6
B. 1/4 D. 5/12

3. Benjie, Jerwin, Kayro, and Mike are doing business together. They
agreed that their money will be kept in a safe, and in order to
open it, the majority of them must be present. The safe is provided
with a number of different locks, and each one of them is given
the keys to certain locks. Find the number of locks required and
the number of keys each of them must have.
A. 3 locks, 1 key C. 4 locks, 2 keys
B. 6 locks, 3 keys D. 5 locks, 4 keys

4. An engineer selects a sample of 5 iPods from shipment of 100 that

contains 5 defectives. Find the probability that the sample
contains at least one defective.
A. 0.23 C. 0.43
B. 0.83 D. 0.63

5. Calculate the value of i2021 + i2022, where i is an imaginary number.

A. i – 1 C. i + 1
B. i D. 0

6. An experienced roofer can roof a house in 26 hours. A beginning

roofer needs 39 hours to complete the same job. Find how long it
takes for the two to do the job together.
A. 15.6 hours C. 14.6 hours
B. 12.6 hours D. 13.6 hours

7. Find all the rational solutions of the equation 3x^4 + 14x^3 +

14x^2 - 8x - 8 = 0.
A. -3 & -8/3 C. 7/3 & 3
B. 2/3 & 2 D. -2 & -2/3

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8. An army of troops is marching along a road at 5 kph. A messenger
on horseback was sent from the front to the rear of the column and
returns immediately back. The total time taken being 10 minutes.
Assuming the messenger rides at the rate of 10 kph, determine the
length of the column.
A. 526 m C. 854 m
B. 1 km D. 625 m

9. An open-top hemispherical tank having a radius of 1.2 m, full of

water, is being drained by a vertical pipe whose exit end is 0.8 m
above the top of the tank. How much work is done in emptying the
full content of the tank?
A. 32.54 kJ C. 75.42 kJ
B. 44.38 kJ D. 24.78 kJ

10. A truth serum given to a suspect is known to be 90% reliable when

the person is guilty and 99% reliable when the person is innocent.
If the suspect was selected from a group of suspects of which only
5% have ever committed a crime, and the serum indicates that he is
guilty, what is the probability that he is innocent?
A. 0.174 C. 0.214
B. 0.168 D. 0.325

11. A logistic curve is the graph of the equation of the form

𝐤
𝐲=
𝟏 + 𝐛𝐞!𝐜𝐱
Where k, b and c are positive constants. Such curves are useful
describing a population of protozoa was found to be describes by a
logistic equation with c = 1.1244, k = 105, and x the time in days.
Find b if the initial population was 3 protozoa.
A. 56 C. 34
B. 65 D. 44

12. Zoologist have determined empirically that the total number of

endangered species, y, may be approximated by the formula

𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟑
𝐲=
𝟏 + 𝟕. 𝟖𝟗𝟐(𝟏. 𝟎𝟗𝟕)^(−𝐭)

Where t is the number of years past 1980. How many more species
does the formula estimate will be added to the endangered list for
2020 than the actual number given for 2007?
A. 427 C. 450
B. 490 D. 439

13. A girl on a wharf is pulling a rope tied to a raft at the rate of

0.9 m/s. If the hands of the girl pulling the rope are 3.8 m above
the level of water, how fast is the raft approaching the wharf when
there is 6 m of rope out?
A. 1.228 m/s C. 1.342 m/s
B. 1.562 m/s D. 1.163 m/s

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Situation 1. A streetlight is mounted 15-ft above the level ground. A
man 6 ft tall walks away from the light with a speed of 6 ft/s
along a straight path.
14. Find the length of his shadow when he is 30 ft horizontally away
from the light.
A. 30 ft C. 10 ft
B. 20 ft D. 40 ft
15. How fast is his shadow lengthening?
A. 8 ft/s C. 10 ft/s
B. 4 ft/s D. 6 ft/s
16. How fast is the tip of his shadow moving?
A. 6 ft/s C. 4 ft/s
B. 10 ft/s D. 8ft/s

Situation 2. Which of the following is true for the following functions?

I. The leftmost behavior of the graph is infinitely going upward.

II. The leftmost behavior of the graph is infinitely going downward.
III. The rightmost behavior of the graph is infinitely going upward.
IV. The rightmost behavior of the graph is infinitely going downward.

17. f(x) = 3x8 + 4x6 – 3x5 – x3 + x + 5

A. I and III only C. II and III only
B. I and IV only D. II and IV only
18. f(x) = x7 + x5 – 10x3 + x2 + x + 1
A. I and III only C. II and III only
B. I and IV only D. II and IV only
19. f(x) = –2x9 + x4 + 8x3 – 3x2 + x – 2
A. I and III only C. II and III only
B. I and IV only D. II and IV only

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