MEI Core 3 Functions

Section 1: The language of functions

Section test
1) The diagram below represents a mapping which is:

(a) one-to-one (b) one-to-many

(c) many-to-one (d) many-to-many
(e) I don’t know

2) The function f is defined by:

f: x → 1 – x², where  1  x  1.
The range of the function is given by:

(a) y: 0  y  2 (b) y:  1  y  1
(c) y:  1  y  0 (d) y: 0  y  1
(e) I don’t know

Questions 3 and 4 refer to the function g defined by:

g: x → x² – x – 6, x 

3) The value of g(4) is:

(a) 10 (b) 6
(c)  4 (d) 14
(e) I don’t know

4) When g(x) = 6, the possible values of x are:

(a) 4 and 3 (b) 3 and 4

(c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 and 2
(e) I don’t know

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Questions 5  8 are about the graph below, which represents the function f(x).

The graphs P, Q, R and S below represent various transformations of the function

f(x).

P Q

R S

5) One of the graphs represents the function f( x).

This is graph:

(a) P (b) Q
(c) R (d) S
(e) I don’t know

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6) One of the graphs represents the function f(2x).

This is graph:

(a) P (b) Q
(c) R (d) S
(e) I don’t know

7) One of the graphs represents the function f(x + 1) – 2.

This is graph:

(a) P (b) Q
(c) R (d) S
(e) I don’t know

8) One of the graphs represents the function 1 – f(x).

This is graph:

(a) P (b) Q
(c) R (d) S
(e) I don’t know

9) The graph of y = x² – 2x + 3 is reflected in the y axis. The equation of the

reflection is:

(a) y = x² + 2x + 3 (b) y =  x² + 2x – 3
(c) y =  x² – 2x – 3 (d) y =  x² – 2x + 3
(e) I don’t know

10) The graph of y  2cos x  1 can be obtained from the graph of y = cos x by:

(a) a translation of 1 unit vertically downwards followed by a stretch scale factor 2 in the x
direction
(b) a stretch scale factor 2 in the x direction followed by a translation of 1 unit vertically
downwards
(c) a translation of 1 unit vertically downwards followed by a stretch scale factor 2 in the y
direction
(d) a stretch scale factor 2 in the y direction followed by a translation of 1 unit vertically
downwards
(e) I don’t know

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