2011/12A.Y.

3rd Quarter Mathematics 2nd Revision Model Exam for Prep II (NS)

I. Solve each of the following problems. Choose the best answer to the question
from the given alternatives and carefully blacken the letter of your choice on
the separate answer sheet provided.

1. Which one of the following is the domain of g(x) =

A. \{0} B. \{-1} C. \{-1, 0} D. \{0, 1}

2. Which of the following is a simplified form of

÷ ,t 0 and t 1?

A. t + 1 B. t – 1 C. 1 – t D. –t – 1

3. What are the respective values of A, B and C so that ?

A. -1, 1,1 B. -1, 1, 2 C. 1, -2, 0 D. 3, 1, 2

4. What is the solution set of ?

A. {1, -1} B. {2} C. {-1} D. {1, 2, -1}

5. Which of the following is NOT true about the graph of g(x) = ?

A. The range of g is ( , 1)
B. g is an even function
C. The line y = 1 is a horizontal asymptote
D. As ,

6. Which of the following is the solution set of the inequality ?

A. (0, 1) C. (0, 1)U [1, )

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 B. ( ,0) D. ( ,0)U [1, )
7. Which of the following functions could most likely be drawn as in
the figure below?

A. f(x) =

B. f(x) =

C. f(x) =

D. f(x) =

8. Which of the following is equal to

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
9. Which of the following functions is an even function?
A. f(x) = sgn x C. f(x) = x sgn x
B. f(x) = [x] D. f(x) = x x

10. The graph of f(x) = has the lines x = -1, x = 2 and y = 3

as asymptotes. Which of the following is not true if the graph passes
through ?

A. A = 3 B. c = C. q = -1 D. r = -2

11. Let (a, b) and (b, a) be points such that . Which of the following
is the equation of the line through (a, b) and perpendicular to the line
containing the given points?
A. y = x + b – a C. y = -x + b + a
B. y = x – a – b D. y = - x - a + b
12. The equation 3x - 6x = y represents:
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 A. An ellipse with center at (1, 0)
B. A hyperbola with center (1, 0)
C. An ellipse with center at (-1, 0)
D. A hyperbola with one of its foci at (1, 0)
13. The length of the major axis of the ellipse x + 9y - 2x + 18y + 1 = 0
is
A. 3 B. C. 6 D. 9
14. An iron wire bent in a shape of a parabola has latus rectum of
length 60cm, what is its focal length?
A. 60cm B. 30cm C. 15cm D. 7.5cm
15. Which one of the following represents an equation of the hyperbola
whose foci are (-2, -1) and (-2, 9) and whose transverse axis has length 6?

A. C.

B. D.

16. One of the following is an asymptote of the hyperbola

y -x - 2y + 4x – 4 = 0
A. y = -x – 1 C. y = -x -3
B. y = -x + 3 D. y = –x + 1
17. Which of the following is true about the ellipse whose equation is
given by 4x +y = 16?
A. The length of the minor axis s 2
B. The length of the major axis is 16
C. The foci age (0,-2) and (0,2)
D. (0, -4) and (0, 4) are vertices.
18. What is the equation of the circle that is tangent to the line 3y – 4x
= 5 and has center at (2, 1)?

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 A. C. x +y + 4x + 2y = 16

B. (x -2) + (y -1) =4 D. x - 4x + y + 2y = 1
19. What is the equation of a line passing through the point (0, 4) and
perpendicular to the line whose equation in 2x – y -3 = 0?
A. 2y + x = 8 C. y – 4x + 3 = 0
B. x– 2y – 4 = 0 D. 2x + y – 8 = 0
20. The general second degree equation x + 4xy – 2y -6=0
represents an equation of:
A. A parabola C. A hyperbola
B. An ellipse D. a circle
21. If is true, then which of the following is necessarily true?
A. R Q C.
B. D.
22. Which of the following statements is not true on the set of real
number?
A. C.
B. D.
23. Which of the following is a discrete variable?
A. Religion C. Number of student is a class
B. Weight D. Educational qualification
24. If 99 people have a mean income of Birr 400, how much is the
mean income increased by the addition of a woman with an income of
Birr 1500?
A. Birr 412 C. Birr 411
B. Birr 413 D. Birr 410
25. The following data lists the age of eight students 12, 14, 13, 18, 14,
20 13, 14 which of the following is true about the data?
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 A. The modes are 13 and 14
B. The median of the data is 16
C. The range is 18
D. The mean of the date is 14. 75
26. Which of the following is not a measure of location?
A. Mean C. Variance
B. Quartiles D. Percentiles
Use the following grouped frequency distribution to answer questions 27 – 30

Ages 0-4 5-9 10-14 15 – 19

Frequency 4 8 2 1

27. What is the mean age of the date?

A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9
28. What is the standard deviation of the data?

A. B. C. D.

29. The median age of the data is (to the nearest two decimal pt)
A. 6.69 B. 7.69 C. 2.69 D. 11.69
30. What is the third quartile of the data?
A. 10.03 B. 9.03 C. 8.03 D. 14.03
31. If the standard deviation of x , x , x , …, x is 3, then what is
the standard deviation of 2x + 3, 2x + 3, …, 2x + 3?
A. 3 B. 9 C. -6 D. 12
32. If the size of the matrices A, B and C are mxn, nxk and kxr
respectively, then which of the following is the size of the matrix ABC?
A. mxk B. mxr C. nxr D. nxk

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33. Which of the following is the solution set of the equation

x+ 1 3 5
2 x+2 5 =0
2 3 x+4

A. {1, -9} B. {1, 9} C. {1 } D. {-1, 3}

34. Let A = 2 3 and B = 3 -1 3 Which of the following is true?

-1 4 1 2 4
0 3

(Note: (i, j) – entry means an entry on the ith row and jth column)
A. The (1, 2) – entry of AB is 6
B. The (2, 3) – entry of AB is 19
C. The (3, 1)-entry of AB is 0
D. The (3, 3) – entry of AB is 12

35. Which of the following is the set of all values of x so that the matrix
x 2 -1 is invertible?
1 x–1 1
0 1 2

A. {1} B. {-1, } C. {-1, 2} D.

36. If A = 1 -2 4
-1 1 2 , then which of the following is true?
-3 2 5

A. The cofactor of is -1

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 B. The minor of is -1
C. The cofactor of is 1
D. A= 3
37. Let A = . Which of the following is true?

A. of A is 2 C. of A is

B. of A is 1 D. of A is
38. For what value (s) of a and b does the following system of equations
has exactly one solution?

2x – 5y + 7z = 6
x – 3y = 3 – 4z
3x + ay + 11z = b

A. a = -8 and b = 9
B. a = -8 and b any real number
C. a -8 and b 9
D. a -8 and b any real number
39. Which of the following is symmetric matrix?

1 -1 5 B. 1 -1 2 C. 1 3 3 D. 1 -1 2 -2
A. -1 2 3 1 -2 3 1 4 3 2 1 2 -4
5 3 1 4 3 -3 1 3 4 -1 1 -2 4

40. Let A be a square matrix whose entries are real numbers. Which of
the following is always true?
A. A is invertible.
B. If A is invertible, then its transpose is not invertible
C. A is invertible if and only if A 0
D. If A is invertible, then A is called singular
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41. If A = 1 -1 2
3 -2 4 , then what is the determinant of A?
2 3 -4

A. A = -2 B. A = 2 C. A = 4 D. A = -4

42. When we express -3i in polar form, we obtain.
A. -3 (cos 90 + i sin 90 ) C. 3 (cos 270 + i sin 270 )
B. 3 (cos 90 - i sin 90 ) D. 3 (sin 180 + i cos 180
)

43. What is the simplified form of ?

A. C.

B. D.

44. Which of the following is equal to ?

A. i B. C. 1 D. 1 + i

45. If , then what is the modulus of Z?

A. 2 B. 1 + i C. -1 – i D.
46. If Z = -1 – i, then what is the value of Z ?

A. B. 8 – i C. D.

47. If Z = x + yi, then when the equation Z (1 + 3i) – 4i = Z is solved

what are the values of x and y, respectively?

A. 3, 1 B. 0, 4 C. D. 4, 3

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48. If is the angle between the vectors = and , then cos

is equal to.

A. B. C. D.

49. If and are vectors such that and = -3, then

what is the magnitude of
A. 5 B. 7 C. D.
50. A parametric vector equation of the line through (1, 3) and
perpendicular to line containing the vector (-1, 2) is
A. (x, y) = (1, 3) + (01, 2)t C. (x, y) = (1, 3) + (-2, 1)t
B. (x, y) = (1, 3) + (2, -1)t D. (x , y) = (1, 3) + (2, 1)t
51. In the xy – plane and are the usual unit vectors.

If , then the norm of the vector is:

A. 11 B. C. 3 D.
52. The equation of the image of the line whose equation 2x -3y + 1 = 0
when translated by a vector that carries the point p(1, -1) to the point Q(3,
2) is:
A. 2y – 3x + 6 = 0 C. 3y + 2x – 6 = 0
B. 2x – 3y + 6 = 0 D. x – y + 6 = 0
53. Which of the following is the reflection of the parabola y = x +1
in the line y = -x?
A. y = -x -1 C. x = y +1
B. y = x -1 D. x = -y -1
54. What is the image of the line x -3y = 2 after a rotation about the
origin through angle = 270 ?
A. x – 3y = 2 C. –x + 3y = 2
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 B. y + 3x = -2 D. y – 3x = -2

55. If = arc sin then tan (2 ) is equal to

A. B. C. D.

56. Which one of the following is a simplified form of ?

A. Sec x B. cos x C. –sec x D. –cos x

57. Which of the following is the solution set of sin 2x = cos 2x on [0,
]?

A. C.

B. D.

58. The exact value of tan 105 is

A. -2 + C. 2 +
B. -2 - D. 1 +
59. A 1m high pole is fixed vertically on the ground at a point 50 m far
from the foot of a building. If the angle of elevation from the top of the
pole to the top of the building in 30 , what is the height of the building?

A. 50m B. 51m C. 150m D. 151m

Set by Mesfin B. and Berhanu D.

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