FIRST PERIODICAL TEST IN PRECALCULUS

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GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
 Read the directions carefully and follow the instructions given. Not following the
directions will make your answers invalid.
 Calculators are allowed to use.
 If the correct answer does not appear in the options, write the correct one.
 Strictly no talking with seatmates. If there are unclear items, just approach or ask the
teacher.
 Any act of cheating is strictly prohibited. Anyone caught will automatically mark zero.
 NO ERASURES or ALTERATIONS. Erasures or alterations will make your answers
wrong.
 Answers must be written on the test paper. You may write all your solutions on a
sheet of paper.

Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided before each number.

For items 1- 4, refer to the given options:

a. Circle c. Ellipse
b. Parabola d. Hyperbola

______1. When we slice or cut a cone by a plane parallel to its base, we can form a _____________.

______2. When we slice or cut a cone by a plane not parallel to its base, we can form a _____________.

______3. When we slice or cut a cone by a plane parallel to its slant height, we can form a
____________.

______4. When we slice or cut a cone by a plane not parallel to its slant height, we can form a
_________.

______5. It is consisting of all points on the plane equidistant from a fixed point called the center
a. Circle c. Hyperbola
b. Parabola d. Ellipse
______6. The distance from the center to any point on the circle is constant and is called the ______
of the circle.
a. diameter c. chord
b. radius d. center
______7. What is the standard form of the equation of a circle center at the origin?
a. x2 + y2 = r2 c. (x – h)2 + (y-k)2 = r2
b. x2 - y2 = r2 d. (x – h)2 - (y-k)2 = r2
______8. What is the standard form of the equation of a circle center at (h, k)?
a. x2 + y2 = r2 c. (x – h)2 + (y-k)2 = r2
b. x - y = r
2 2 2
d. (x – h)2 - (y-k)2 = r2
______9. Find the center and the radius of the circle (x + 7)2 + (y – 5)2 =56
a. center: (-7,5), radius: √56 c. center: (-7, -5), radius: √56
b. center: (-7,5), radius: 2√14 d. both a and b
______10. Write the equation of a circle centered at (1,5) and with a radius √17
a. (x – 1)2 + (y – 5)2 = √17 c. (x – 1)2 + (y – 5)2 = 17
b. (x + 1)2 + (y – 5)2 = 17 d. (x – 1)2 - (y – 5)2 = 17
______11. What is the general equation of the circle with a center (-12, -3) and radius of 4 units?
a. x2 + y2 + 24x +6y -137 = 0 c. x2 + y2 + 24x +6y +137 = 1
b. x2 + y2 + 24x +6y +137 = 0 d. both b and c
______12. What is the general equation of the circle with a center (-7, 6) and radius of 9 units?
a. x2 + y2 + 14x - 12y + 4 = 0 c. x2 + y2 + 14x - 12y - 4 = 0
b. x2 + y2 + 14x + 12y + 4 = 0 d. x2 + y2 - 14x - 12y - 4 = 0
______13. What is the general equation of the circle with a center (-4, -16) and radius of 3 units?
a. x2 + y2 - 8x + 32y +263 = 0 c. x2 + y2 + 8x + 32y - 263 = 0
b. x - y + 8x + 32y +263 = 0
2 2
d. x2 + y2 + 8x + 32y +263 = 0
______14. What is the equation of a circle in general form with the given (x - 8)2 + (y + 7)2 = 225
a. x2 + y2 -16x - 14y - 112 = 0 c. x2 + y2 -16x + 14y + 112 = 0
b. x2 - y2 -16x + 14y - 112 = 0 d. x2 + y2 -16x + 14y - 112 = 0
______15. Which of the following is the locus of all points whose distance from a fixed point “f” and a
fixed line “l” (not passing through f) are the same?
a. Circle c. Ellipse
b. Parabola d. Hyperbola
______16. Which of the following is the line that passes through the focus and is perpendicular to the
directrix?
a. Focus c. Axis of Symmetry
b. Directrix d. Latus Rectum
______17. Which of the following represents the length of the latus rectum?
a. 2a c. 4a
b. -4a d. a
______18. Which of the following represents the distance from the vertex to the focus from the vertex
to the directrix?
a. 2a c. 4a
b. -4a d. a
______19. What is the opening of the given points and equation?
x² = 15y
a. upward c. to the left
b. downward d. to the right
______20. What is the opening of the given points and equation?
y² = 13x
a. upward c. to the left
b. downward d. to the right

For items 21-22, refer to the given equation below:

x² = 4y
______21. What is the directrix of the given standard form of the equation?
a. y=1 c. y=4
b. y=-1 d. y=-4
______22. What is the vertex of the given standard form of the equation?
a. (0,4) c. (4,0)
b. (0,0) d. (0, -4)

For items 23-24, refer to the given equation below:

−1
(x + 1)² = (y - 2)²
2
______23. What is the vertex of the given standard form of the equation?
1 1
a. c.
2 8
1 1
b. d.
4 10
______24. What is the length of the latus rectum of the given standard form of the equation?
1 1
a. c.
6 8
1 1
b. d.
4 10
______25. Which of the following is determined by a constant and two fixed points, each called a
focus point?
a. Circle c. Ellipse
b. Parabola d. Hyperbola
______26. Which of the following are the endpoints of the minor axis in an ellipse?
a. Covertices c. Foci
b. Vertices d. Latera Recta
______27. Which of the following is the line segment through the center, perpendicular to the
principal axis and with endpoints on the ellipse?
a. Covertices c. Minor Axis
b. Vertices d. Major Axis
______28. Which of the following represents the distance from the center to a covertex (half the
length of the minor axis) on the ellipse?
a. a c. c
b. b d. LR

For items 29-30, refer to the given equation below:

 2 2
x y
+ =1
9 36
______29. What is the principal axis of the given equation?
a. To the left c. Horizontal
b. To the right d. Vertical

______30. What are the covertices of the given equation?

a. (+ and -3, 0) c. (0, + and -6)
b. (0, + and -3) d. (+ and -6, 0)

For items 31-32, refer to the given equation below:

¿¿
______31. What is the value of c in the given equation?
a. √28 c. 5.29
b. 2√7 d. all of the above
______32. What are the values of foci in the given equation?
a. (+ and -3, + and -5.29) c. (-3, + and -5.29)
b. (+ and -3, 5.29) d. (3, + and -5.29)

For items 33-34, refer to the given equation below:

¿¿
______33. What is the value of the center in the given equation?
a. (-5, -4) c. (5, 4)
b. (5, -4) d. (-5,4)
______34. What is the value of the a, b, and c in the given equation?
a. a=7, b=5 and c=2√6 c. a=7, b=5 and c=4.90
b. a=7, b=-5 and c=2√6 d. both a and c
______35. Which of the following is a smooth curve on a plane consisting of two separate branches
that are images of each other?
a. Circle c. Ellipse
b. Parabola d. Hyperbola
______36. Which of the following are the two points where the transverse axis intersects at the
hyperbola?
a. Conjugate axis c. Transverse axis
b. Center d. Vertices
______37. In, hyperbola, each piece of the graph is called ______
a. Conjugate axis c. Transverse axis
b. Branch d. Vertices
______38. Which of the following is the line perpendicular to the transverse axis that passes through
the center?
a. Conjugate axis c. Transverse axis
b. Center d. Vertices

For items 39-40, refer to the given equation of hyperbola below:

2 2
x y
− =1
9 16

______39. What is the length of the latus rectum of the given equation?
16
a. units c. 5.33 units
3
1
b. 5 units d. all of the above
3

______40. What are the values of the latera recta of the given equation?
a. LR 1(-5, 5.33), LR 2(-5, -5.33), LR 3(5, 5.33), LR 4(5, -5.33)
b. LR 1(-4, 5.33), LR 2(-4, -5.33), LR 3(4, 5.33), LR 4(4, -5.33)
c. LR 1(-5, 6.33), LR 2(-5, -6.33), LR 3(5, 6.33), LR 4(5, -6.33)
d. LR 1(5, 6.33), LR 2(5, 6.33), LR 3(5, 6.33), LR 4(5, 6.33)

______41. Given 9x2 -4y2 -90x +32y -163=0, write the standard equation of each hyperbola.
a. ¿ ¿ c. ¿ ¿
b. ¿ ¿ d. ¿ ¿

______42. Given ¿ ¿, write the general equation of each hyperbola.

a. -2x2 +3y2 +4x -60y +268=0
b. -2x2 +3y2 +4x -60y -268=0
 c. -2x2 +3y2 -4x -60y +268=0
d. -2x2 -3y2 +4x -60y +268=0

For items 43-44, refer to the given equation of hyperbola below:

2 2
y x
− =1
16 4

______43. What is the center of the given equation?

a. (1,1) c. (1,0)
b. (0,0) d. (0,1)
______44. What are the values of the foci in the given equation?
a. (1,1) c. (0, + and – 4.47)
b. (0,0) d. (+ and – 4.47, 0)

For items 45-46, refer to the given equation of hyperbola below:

¿¿

______45. What is the center of the given equation?

a. (-2, 3) c. (2, -3)
b. (-3, 2) d. (3, -2)
______46. What are the values of the vertex in the given equation?
a. V1(3, 2); V2(3, -6)c. (V1(-3, 2); V2(3, -6)
b. V1(3, -2); V2(-3, -6) d. V1(3, 2); V2(3, 6)

For items 47-50, decide whether what type of conic section is shown in each graph. Refer to
the given options:
a. Circle c. Ellipse
b. Parabola d. Hyperbola

______47. ______49.

______48.
______50.

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PREPARED BY: APPROVED BY:

JOHN DALE E. EVANGELIO BILLY G. CASTILLO

SHS TEACHER PRINCIPAL II