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Midterm Assessment in Pre-Calculus 11

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read and analyse each items carefully, then solve the problem on the test
paper. You can use the back of the test paper. EXTRA SHEET OF PAPER
IS NOT ACCEPTED.
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer otherwise, determine it and write it on the line.
________ 1. A line segment whose endpoints both lie on the circle.
a. Diameter b. Radius c. Tangent d. Chord
________ 2. Which of the following conic section is formed when a plane cuts a cone horizontally?
a. Circle b. Parabola c. Ellipse d. Hyperbola
________ 3. The line segment between two points on the circle and passes through the center.
a. Diameter b. Chord c. Radius d. Tangent
________ 4. Which of the following is NOT a definition of a parabola?
a. It is a curved in the plane all whose points are equidistant from a fixed point and a fixed line.
b. It is formed when the plane intersects both cones to form two unbounded curves.
c. The set of all point P such that its distance from F and from l are the same. If F is a given
point, and l a given line not containing F.
d. The set of all points P, whose distances from F 1 and F 2 differ by a certain constant if F 1 and
F 2 are two distinct points.
________ 5. Which of the following is the definition of a directrix?
a. It is a line perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the parabola.
b. It is a chord through a focus parallel to the directrix of a parabola.
c. It is a curved in the plane all whose points are equidistant from a fixed point and a fixed line.
d. It is the line that divided the parabola into two parts which are mirror images of each other.
________ 6. Which of the following does NOT describe an ellipse?
a. It is formed when the tilted plane intersects only one cone to form a bounded curved.
b. It is formed when the tilted plane intersects only one cone to form a bounded curved.
c. It has set of all points P, whose distances from F 1 and F 2 add up to a certain constant.
d. It is a shape that looks like an oval or a flattened circle.
________ 7. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
a. The longer axis is called the minor axis.
b. The shorter axis is called the major axis.
c. The end point of the major axis is called the co-vertices.
d. The center of an ellipse is the midpoint of both the major and minor axes.
________ 8. Which of the following has the shape of an ellipse?
a. a basketball b. a whispering gallery c. a satellite dish d. a badminton court
________ 9. A conic section formed by intersecting two right circular cones with a plane at an angle such that
both cones are intersected.
a. Circle b. Parabola c. Ellipse d. Hyperbola
________ 10. Which of the following is not a conic section?
A. Circle b. Cylinder c. Ellipse d. Parabola
II. PROBLEM SOLVING
A. Directions: Determine the identity and properties or characteristics of the given conic sections and
solve the following equations, kindly underline or circle your final answer.
( x+2 )2 ( y−4 )2
+ =1
25 4
11. Classification: 12. Vertex 13. Latus Rectum: 14. Foci:

15. Vertex: 16. a: 17. b:

18 - 21. General Form: 22 – 25. Graph:

2
y=2 x −8 x +4
26. Classification: 27. Vertex: 28. Latus Rectum: 29. Focus:

30. Vertex: 31. a: 32. c:

33. Axis of Symmetry: 34. Directrix:

( x−2 )2 ( y −1 )2
− =1
9 16
26. Classification: 27. Center: 28. Latus Rectum: 29. Asymptote:

30. Vertices: 31. a: 32. b:

35 - 37. General Form: 38 - 40. Graph:

42. Center:

43. Radius:

44 – 47. Standard Form:

B. Directions: Choose any of the two (2) word problems involving conic section to solve. Show your
solution or the process on how you get your answer as a way of defending or reasoning out.
a. A cell phone tower is designed to service a 12-mile radius. What is the standard equation of the outer
boundary of the region serviced by the tower if the tower is located at (4, -1) on a coordinate plane?
b. The water issuing from the end of a horizontal pipe 6 meters above the ground forms a parabolic curve.
The vertex is located at the end of the pipe. At point 4 meters below the line of the pipe, the flow of the
water has curved outward 5 meters beyond the vertical line through the end of the pipe. What is the
standard form of the equation of the parabola that represents the flow of the water?
c. A narrow arch supporting a stone bridge is in the shape of half ellipse and is 18 meters long and 7
meters high. A person standing at one focus of the ellipse throws a rubber ball against the arch. No
matter what direction the ball is thrown, it always bounces off the arch once and strikes the same point
on the ground (the other focus). Find the eq2uation of the ellipse that supports the stone bridge.
d. A hyperbolic mirror is used in some telescopes. Such a mirror has the property that a light ray directed at
one focus will be reflected to the other focus. What is the equation to model the hyperbolic mirror’s
surface below?

Prepared by:

MS. JEAN D. DELA, LPT

Approved by:

SR. MA. GUADALUPE R. GAJE, OP