TAMBULIG NHS – LOWER TIPARAK

1st Grading Diagnostic Test

1st Semester
CORE SUBJECT: General Mathematics

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Shade the circle that correspond the letter of your answer.

1. It is a rule that relates values from a set of values. It is also a set of ordered pairs (x, y).
a. relation b. function c. domain d. range
2. It is the set of all possible values in a relation that the variable x can take.
a. domain b. range c. exponent d. coefficient
3. It is the set of all possible values in a relation that the variable y can take.
a. domain b. range c. exponent d. coefficient
4. Which of the following CAN NOT be a graph of a function?

a. b. c. d.
5. Which of the following mapping diagrams represent functions?

I. II. III
.

a. I only b. II only c. III only d. both I and II

6. Which of the following set of values DOES NOT represent a function?
a. { (1, 2), (2, 2), (3, 5), (4, 5) } b. { (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4) }
c. { (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6) } d. { (1, 3), (2, 6), (3, 9), (4, 12) }
7. It is an expression that can be written as a ratio of two polynomials.
a. rational expression b. rational equation
c. rational inequality d. rational function
8. Evaluate g(x) = x2 – 3x + 5, if x = 3.
a. -5 b. -3 c. 3 d. 5
9. For what value of x will the function f(x) = x3 – 64 be equal to -128?
a. -5 b. -4 c. -3 d. -2
10. Which of the following is an example of a rational inequality?
2 3 1 5 2 x2 + 2x + 3
a. ― = b. < c. y = d.
x 2x 5 x―2 x x+1
2
x + 4x + 3
2
11. Which of the following is an example of a rational function?
 2
2 3 1 5 2 x + 2x + 3
a. ― = b. < c. y = d.
x 2x 5 x―2 x x+1
x2 + 4x + 3
2

12. Which of the following is NOT an example of a rational expression?

1
a. x+2 b.
1
c.
x2 + 3x + 2
d.
√x + 1
3 x2 x+4 x3 ― 1
x―2
7 x3 - 4 √ x + 1
13. Given y = , which of the following statements best describes its affinity?
x2 + 3
a. rational function b. rational equation
c. rational inequality d. neither of these
14. Which of the following is NOT a rational function?
x2 + 4x + 3 4 + √x + 2 3 10
a. y= b. y= c. y= d. y =
2 x+5 x+1 x
15. Which of the following set of values represents a one-to-one function?
a. { (1, 2), (2, 2), (3, 5), (4, 5) } b. { (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4) }
c. { (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6) } d. { (1, 3), (2, 6), (3, 9), (4, 6) }
16. Which of the following is the inverse of the function f(x) = 3x + 1?
x+1 x+3 x– 1 x– 3
a. f(x) = b. f(x) = c. f(x) = d. f(x) =
3 1 3 1
17. Which of the following is the inverse to the function f(x) = - 8 – 5x?
−1 1 −x 8
a. f-1 (x) = − b. f-1 (x) = −
5x 8 5 5
x 8
c. f-1 (x) = + d. f-1 (x) = 5x + 8
5 5
18. Which of the following is the inverse to the function f(x) = - 10 + 8x?
−x 5 −x 5
a. f-1 (x) = + b. f-1 (x) = −
8 4 8 4
x 5 x 5
c. f-1 (x) = + d. f-1 (x) = −
8 4 8 4
For numbers 19 and 20, refer to the following.
● f(x) = 2x + 1 ● g(x) = x2 −¿ 2x + 2
19. Simplify (g ○ f) (x).
a. 4x2 – 1 b. 4x2 + 1 c. –4x2 – 1 d. –4x2 + 1
20. Simplify (f ○ g) (x).
a. 2x2 – 4x + 5 b. 2x2 – 4x – 5 c. 2x2 + 4x + 5 d. 2x2 + 4x – 5