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Unit 1 Practice Test
Short Answer
1. State the domain and range of the function
𝑓(𝑥) 3(2)𝑥−5 + 3 D:
R:
2. Express with absolute value notation
𝑥 > 3, 𝑥 < −3

3. Is this function odd, even, or neither?

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g ( x)  2  3
x

4. Determine the corresponding coordinates of (4,5) after is undergoes the

transformation 𝑦 = 3𝑓(2(𝑥 + 5)) − 3

5. Determine the domain and range of the inverse of

f(x)= 3(x - 4)2 +10 D:
R:

6. Graph the piecewise function

 x, x  4

f ( x)  4,4  x  2
 x 2  4, x  2


7. Is the piecewise function in question 6 continuous?

8. What is the domain and range of the piecewise function in question 6?

D:
R:

9. If f = {(2, 3), (4, 8), (6, 12), (9, 4), (3, -8)} and g = {(2, 6), (4, 3), (6, 2), (9, 4),
(3, 5)} find f  g

10. Determine the domain and range of question 9

11. Given the functions 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 2√3𝑥 − 3 + 1 solve for
(𝑔 ∘ 𝑓)(2)

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12. Find the corresponding function value 𝑓(𝑔(4))

13. Given h(x) = 3(x-5)2 + 2 find:

h 1 7   h 1 2
h-1(x) h-1(5)
72

14. Which is the graph of 𝑓 − 𝑔 given the graphs of 𝑓 and 𝑔 below?

a. b. c. d.

Long Answer Questions

1. Sketch a graph that has the following characteristics
 f(2) = 6
 f(-3) = -1
 Vertical asymptote at x = 4
 As x gets positively large y gets negatively large
 As x gets negatively large y gets closer to zero

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2. State the transformations, domain and range, and parent function for the
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function f ( x)  3
2( x  4)
Graph the transformed function.

3. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎(𝑥 + 2)3 + 𝑐, 𝑓 −1 (5) = −2, and 𝑓 −1 (2) = −1 find 𝑎 and 𝑐.

4. Solve the following absolute value questions

|3𝑥 − 2| = 8 4|𝑥| − 5 = 6|𝑥| − 12

|4𝑥 + 2| = |2𝑥 + 6| |2𝑥 + 5| = 3𝑥 − 4

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5. The piecewise function below represents the growth of a companies profits,
where t is the number of years where t=0 is 1990 and g is the growth in
dollars per year.
 1.2t  14, t  14
g (t )  
t , t  14
a. When did the growth take a jump? How much did it jump by?
b. What is the growth in 2056?

6. For the function 𝑦 = −3 sin(2𝑥) + 2

a) State how the axis of symmetry, the amplitude, the domain and range and
the period have changed from the parent fiction.

Axis of Symmetry:

Amplitude:

Domain and Range:

Period:

b) Identify intervals of increase/decrease of 𝑦 = −3 sin(2𝑥) + 2.

c) Determine the symmetry of 𝑦 = −3 sin(2𝑥) + 2.

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Harder Questions
1. What values of a and b will make the piecewise function continuous
3𝑥 2 , 𝑥 ≤ −5
𝑓(𝑥) = {𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏, −5 < 𝑥 < 4
2𝑥 , 𝑥 ≥ 4

2 a. If 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 2, 𝑥 = 3𝑡 + 2, and 𝑡 = 3𝑘 − 2, find an expression for 𝑘 = 𝑓(𝑦).

b. What is the domain and range of the function 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑘) given 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 5, 𝑥 =

√4 − 𝑥, and 𝑘 = 2𝑥 2 − 4

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3. Add the following two functions to get h(x) = f(x) + g (x).

f(x) = 3x + 7 and g(x) = -2x + 1 or f(x) = x2 and g(x) = 2x

a) Graph h(x) below

b) State the domain and range of h(x).

c) State the number of zeros.
d) State the end behaviours.

4. The point (5,2) is on the function 𝑦 = −3𝑓[2(𝑥 − 7)] + 4, what is the point on
the original function?

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