TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Practice Problems - Algebra

1. A type of Inequality that is true only for some intervals of x

a. Algebraic Inequality c. Absolute Inequality 13. Find the domain of 𝑓(𝑥) = √3𝑥 − 1
b. Conditional Inequality d. Recursive Inequality a. [1/3, ∞) c. [0, ∞)
b. (1/3, ∞) d. [−1/3, ∞)
2. A type of Inequality that is true for all real numbers 1
a. Algebraic Inequality c. Absolute Inequality 14. Solve the inequality >0
𝑥−2
b. Conditional Inequality d. Recursive Inequality a. [2, +∞) c. (−∞, +∞)
b. (−2, +∞) d. (2, +∞)
3. Analysis of the nature of and algebraic solutions of algebraic
equation or polynomial. For the partial fraction;
a. Theory of Equations 𝑥 4 − 𝑥 3 + 14𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 22 𝐴 𝐵𝑥 + 𝐶 𝐷𝑥 + 𝐸
b. Fundamental theorem of algebra = + +
c. Remainder theorem (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 2 + 4)(𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 5) 𝑥 + 1 𝑥 2 + 4 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 5
d. Rational Roots theorem
15. Which of the following gives the value of A.
4. If a polynomial f(x) is divided by x-k until the remainder is a a. 1 b. -4 c. -9 d. 5
constant, then this remainder is f(k)
a. Rational zeroes theorem c. Remainder theorem 16. Which of the following gives the value of C
b. Factor theorem d. Quadratic surd a. 3 b. -2 c. 0 d. 2

5. A number of the form ±√𝑎, where 𝑎 is a positive rational number 17. Which of the following gives the value of D
a. 0 b. -1 c. 1 d. 4
which is not the square of another rational number.
a. Pure Quadratic Surd c. Rational zeroes theorem
b. Factor theorem d. Mixed Quadratic Surd 18. Which of the following gives the value of E
a. 1 b. 3 c. 6 d. -9
6. It states that every equation which can be put in the form with
19. Which of the following is an upper bound for the roots of
zero on one side of the equal-sign and a polynomial of degree
greater than or equal to one with real or complex coefficients on 𝑥 4 − 𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 − 24 = 0
the other has at least one root which is a real or complex number. a. -1 b.1 c. 2 d. 3
a. Remainder Theorem 15
2
b. Rational Zeros theorem 20. Find the 11th term of (𝑥 + )
√𝑦
c. Factor Theorem
𝑥5 𝑥6
d. Fundamental Theorem of Algebra a. 3075082 𝑦5 c. 3075082 𝑦4
𝑥6 𝑥5
b. 3075072 𝑦4 d. 3075072 𝑦5
7. Which of the following gives the value of k so that 𝑥 − 3 is a
factor of 𝑥 4 − 𝑘 2 𝑥 2 − 𝑘𝑥 − 81. 1 11
21. Find the term containing 𝑥 9 in the expansion of (𝑥 3 + 𝑥)
a. -7/3 b. -5/3 c. 2 d. -1/3
a. 123𝑥 9 c. 233𝑥 9
b. 550𝑥 9 d. 462𝑥 9
8. Which of the following is a possibility for the roots of
𝑥 4 + 2𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 5 = 0. 22. Find the sum of the coefficients (𝑥 2 + 3𝑦 − 2𝑧 3 )10
a. 4 positive real number a. 1678999 c. 60466176
b. 3 positive real root and 1 negative real root b. 1024 d. 124444
c. 2 negative real number and 2 positive real number
d. 4 negative real number 23. Ninety people at a Superbowl party were surveyed to see what
they ate while watching the game. The following data was
9. Form a quartic equation with real coefficients having 1-2i and collected: 48 had nachos. 39 had wings. 35 had a potato skins. 20
3+i as roots. had both wings and potato skins. 19 had both potato skins and
a. (𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 10) nachos. 22 had both wings and nachos. 10 had nachos, wings and
b. (𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 11) potato skins. How many had nothing?
c. (𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 5)(𝑥2 − 6𝑥 + 10) a. 19 b. 12 c. 18 d. 14
d. (𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 10)
24. Suppose Walter’s online music store conducts a customer
𝑥+7 survey to determine the preferences of its customers. Customers
10. Solve the inequality 𝑥+3 ≥ 0
are asked what type of music like. They may choose from the
a. (−∞, −7) ∪ (−3, ∞) c. (−∞, −7] ∪ (−3, ∞) following categories: Pop (P), Jazz (J), Classical (C), and none of
b. (−∞, −7] ∪ [−3, ∞) d. (−∞, −7) ∩ (−3, ∞) the above (N). Of 100 customers some of the results are as
follows: 44 like Classical 27 like all three 15 like only Pop 10 like
11. Solve the inequality −2𝑥 2 < −11𝑥 + 5 Jazz and Classical, but not Pop How many like Classical but not
1 1 Jazz?
a. (−∞, 2) ∪ [6, ∞) c. (−∞, 2] ∪ (6, ∞)
1 1
a. 12 b. 7 c. 11 d. 10
b. (−∞, ) ∪ (6, ∞) d. (−∞, ] ∪ [6, ∞)
2 2
25. From the equation 5x2 + (3k – 2)x – 4k – 1 = 0, determine the
4−3𝑥 value of k so that the sum and product of the roots are equal.
12. Solve the inequality. −5 ≤ <1
2 a. 2 b. - 3 c. 1 d. 2
2 14 2 14
a. 3 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3
c. 3 > 𝑥 > 3
2 14 2 14
c. 3 < 𝑥 < 3
d. 3 < 𝑥 ≤ 3