Saint Columban College

Senior High School Department

Prefinal Examination
Precalculus

Name: _________________________________________ Class Schedule: ___________________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: You are NOT allowed to consult external sources when working on the
exam, this includes people, textbooks and online resources (Strictly no cellphones). SCIENCTIFIC
CALCULATOR is required. Strictly no borrowing of calculator from classmates during the course of the
exam

I. Identify the concept being sought after. Write answer on the space provided for:

____________ 1. The quadrant at which the terminal side of an acute angle in standard position terminates.
____________ 2. The reference angle of 178-degree angle.
____________ 3. The orientation of -98-degree angle.
____________ 4. The vertex of an angle in standard position.
____________ 5. The initial side of an angle in standard position.
____________ 6. The circle defined by the equation x2 + y2 -1 =0
____________ 7. The circular function defined to be the ratio of y to x.
____________ 8. The reciprocal of sine A.
1
____________ 9. The function defined as the ratio .
cos θ
____________ 10. The function defined as the reciprocal of tangent of an angle.

____________ 11. Evaluate: (107) .

6!
____________ 12. Evaluate:
4!
____________ 13. Give the numerical coefficient of the 3rd term of (x +1) 5.
____________ 14. Give the literal coefficient of the first term of (xy+1) 6.
2π
____________ 15. Convert: rad ¿ degree .
5
____________ 15. Convert: 0.25 rad to the degree measure, report answer up to the last second.
____________ 16. Convert: 35.20 o to the radian measure, round off answer to two decimal places.
____________ 17. Convert: 10o 12’ to the radian measure, round off answer to two decimal places.
5π
____________ 18. True or False: Cos =cos 30
3
7π
____________ 19. True or False: sin = - sin 30
6
π
____________ 20. True or False: tan 135 = -tan
4
____________ 21. If tan θ = 1, what is θ?
____________ 22. If cos θ = ½, what is θ?
____________ 23. In what quadrant may the terminal side of an angle θ terminates if sin θ is negative and cos θ
is positive.
____________ 24. In what quadrant may the terminal side of an angle θ terminates if sin θ is negative and tan θ
is positive.
____________ 25. In what quadrant may the terminal side of an angle θ terminates if both sin θ and cos θ are
negative.
____________ 26. In a 30°-60° right triangle, what is the constant ratio of the side opposite the 30° angle to the
hypotenuse
____________ 27. True or False: In a 45°-45° right triangle, the constant ratio of the two legs is 1.
____________ 28. True or False: 255° and 105° are coterminal angles.
____________ 29. True or False: 215° and – 145° are coterminal angles
____________ 30. True or False: 630° is a quadrantal angle.

II. Answer what is asked for in each of the following:

1. Find the expansion of (2x + 3y)7.

Answer: _________________________________________________________________________

2. Find the expansion of (xy-1)10.

Answer: _________________________________________________________________________

3. Sketch the graph of:

1. y= 3 sin x

4. For the graph of y =3 sin x that you constructed in item number, answer each
1) The Domain: _____________________________
2) The Range: ______________________________
3) The Maximum value: _______________________
4) The Minimum value: ______________________
5) The Amplitude: ___________________________

2
n ( n+ 1 )
5. By the Principle of Mathematical Induction, verify that 13 +23 +33 …... +n3 = ⌈ ⌉
2

Proof: