1. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to x^2 - 6x + 9?

a. (x + 3)^2
b. (x - 3)^2
c. (x + 6)^2
d. (x - 6)^2

2. What is the value of x in the equation 3x - 7 = 8x + 11?

a. -3
b. -6
c. 6
d. 3

3. Which of the following is a factor of the expression x^2 - 16?

a. (x + 4)
b. (x - 4)
c. (x + 2)
d. (x - 2)

4. What is the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints (2, 3) and (-4, 7)?
a. (-1, 5)
b. (-1, 4)
c. (-2, 5)
d. (-3, 5)

5. Which of the following is the equation of a circle with center (-2, 3) and radius 4?
a. (x + 2)^2 + (y - 3)^2 = 4
b. (x - 2)^2 + (y + 3)^2 = 4
c. (x + 2)^2 + (y - 3)^2 = 16
d. (x - 2)^2 + (y + 3)^2 = 16

6. What is the measure of the interior angles of a regular octagon?

a. 135 degrees
b. 140 degrees
c. 145 degrees
d. 150 degrees

7. What is the measure of the exterior angles of a regular pentagon?

a. 36 degrees
b. 54 degrees
c. 72 degrees
d. 108 degrees

8. What is the area of a triangle with sides of length 3, 4, and 5?

a. 3.6 square units
b. 6 square units
c. 8 square units
d. 10 square units
 9. Which of the following is the equation of a line that passes through the points (-2, 5)
and (4, -3)?
a. y = 2x + 9
b. y = -2x - 1
c. y = -x + 3
d. y = x + 3

10. What is the sine of the angle 30 degrees?

a. 1/2
b. 1/√2
c. √2/2
d. √3/2

11. What is the cosine of the angle 45 degrees?

a. 1/2
b. 1/√2
c. √2/2
d. √3/2

12. What is the tangent of the angle 60 degrees?

a. 1/2
b. 1/√2
c. √2/2
d. √3/3

13. What is the value of sin^2(30) + cos^2(30)?

a. 1/2
b. 1
c. √2/2
d. √3/2

14. What is the value of tan(45) - cot(45)?

a. 0
b. 1
c. √2
d. √3

15. What is the value of sin(60)cos(30) - cos(60)sin(30)?

a. 1/2
b. 1/√2
c. √2/2
d. √3/2

16. What is the value of (1 + i)^3, where i is the imaginary unit?

a. -2 + 2i
b. -2 - 2i
c. 2 + 2i
d. 2 - 2i
 17. What is the conjugate of the complex number 3 + 2i?
a. 3 - 2i
b. -3 + 2i
c. -3 - 2i
d. 3 + 2i

18. What is the modulus of the complex number 4 - 3i?

a. 4
b. 3
c. 5
d. √25

19. What is the sum of the roots of the equation x^2 + 6x + 8 = 0?

a. -6
b. -4
c. -2
d. 2

20. What is the product of the roots of the equation x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

21. What is the value of log(base 2)8?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

22. What is the value of log(base 3)81?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

23. What is the value of 2^3 * 3^2 * 5^4?

a. 450
b. 1800
c. 11250
d. 22500

24. What is the value of (x - 3)(x + 4) - (x - 2)(x + 5)?

a. -4x - 7
b. -2x + 1
c. 2x - 1
d. 4x + 7
 25. What is the slope-intercept form of the equation of a line with slope 2 and y-intercept
5?
a. y = 2x + 5
b. y = 5x + 2
c. x = 2y + 5
d. x = 5y + 2

26. What is the standard form of the equation of a line with slope -3 and y-intercept 4?
a. 3x + y = 4
b. 3x - y = 4
c. x + 3y = 4
d. x - 3y = 4

27. What is the equation of the line perpendicular to y = 2x - 3 and passing through the
point (4, -1)?
a. y = -1/2x + 1
b. y = -2x + 7
c. y = 2x - 9
d. y = 1/2x - 3

28. What is the distance between the points (3, -2) and (-4, 5)?
a. √58
b. √65
c. √74
d. √85

29. What is the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints (7, -3) and (-1, 5)?
a. (3, 1)
b. (2, 1)
c. (3, 2)
d. (2, 2)

30. What is the area of the triangle with vertices at (0, 0), (3, 0), and (0, 4)?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 10
d. 12

31. What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of length 5 and 12?
a. 13
b. 17
c. 19
d. 25

32. What is the value of tan(45°)tan(30°)tan(15°)?

a. 1/√3
b. 1
c. √3
d. 2√3

33. What is the value of cot(60°)sin(45°)cos(30°)?

a. 1/2
b. 1/√2
c. √2/2
d. √3/2

34. What is the value of sin(2θ) if cos(θ) = 4/5?

a. 3/5
b. 4/5
c. 12/13
d. 16/25

35. What is the value of cos(2θ) if sin(θ) = 3/5?

a. 16/25
b. 24/25
c. 9/25
d. 7/25

36. What is the value of sec(θ) if tan(θ) = 5/12?

a. 12/5
b. 13/5
c. 5/13
d. 5/7

37. What is the value of csc(θ) if sin(θ) = 8/17?

a. 17/8
b. 17/15
c. 15/8
d. 8/15

38. What is the solution set of the equation 2x + 5 > 9x - 2?

a. x < 7/3
b. x > 7/3
c. x < -7/3
d. x > -7/3

39. What is the solution set of the inequality 2x^2 - 5x < 0?

a. x < 0 or x > 5/2
b. 0 < x < 5/2
c. x < 0 or 5/2 < x
d. 0 ≤ x ≤ 5/2

40. What is the value of x if 2x + 3y = 5 and 4x - 5y = 7?

a. -1
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3

Note: These questions are intentionally difficult to challenge aspiring DOST scholars.