CERTC-RF REVIEW CENTER Diagnostic Exam 1 EE-Mathematics

Instruction: Select the correct answer for each of the following

A. 2x - 4y + 5 = 0 C. 4x + 2y - 5 = 0 *
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. B. 4x - 2y - 5 = 0 D. 2x + 4y + 5 = 0
Strictly no erasures allowed. Use pencil no. 1 only. 15. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two partially
NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means overlapping circles, each of radius 9 m. If the center of each circle
exponentiation. lies on the circumference of the other, find the perimeter of the
1. The set of all possible outcomes of a probability experiment is called swimming pool.
the A. 85.7 m C. 56.5 m
A. Sample space* C. Outcome space B. 75.4 m* D. 96.8 m
B. Event space D. Experimental space 16. The vertices of the base of an isosceles triangle are (-1,-2) and
(1,4). If the third vertex lies on the line 4x + 3y = 12 , find the area
2. When a die is rolled, the probability of getting a number greater than of the triangle.
4 is A. 8 C. 9
A. 1/6 C. 1/3* B. 10* D. 11
B. 1/2 D. 1
17. A group consists of n engineers and n nurses. If two of the
3. Johns rate of doing work is three times as fast as Bill. On a given engineers are replaced by two other nurses, then 51% of the group
day John and Bill work together for 4 hours then Bill was called members will be nurses. Find the value of n.
away and John finishes the rest of the job in 2 hours. How long A. 80 C. 55
would it take Bill to do the complete job alone? B. 110 D. 100*
A. 18 hrs. C. 22 hrs.* 18. If points (3,2) and (x,5) lie on a line whose slope is -3/2, then what is
B. 15 hrs D. 31 hrs. the value of x?
A. 3 C. 1*
x2 - 1 B. 4 D. 6
lim
2
4. Evaluate x1 x + 3x - 4
x + y
1 log
(log x + log y)
2
A. 2/5 C. 19. 2 will be equal to if
B. 0 D. 5/2 x= y
A. x = y* C.
B. x = y/2 D. y = 0
5. A semi - circle of radius 14 cm is bent to form a rectangle whose
20. In a certain family, the sum of the parents ages is twice the sum of
length is 1 cm more than its width. Find the area of the rectangle.
A. 323.75 cm2* C. 233.57 cm2 their childrens ages. Five years ago, the sum of the parents ages
B. 322.32 cm2 D. 233.75 cm2 was four times the sum of the childrens ages during that time. In
1 fifteen years, the sum of the parents ages will be equal to the sum
sec ( 2x - 3 ) = of their childrens ages. How many children are there in the family?
sin ( 5x - 9 )
6. If , determine x in degrees. A. 5* C. 6
A. 14.57* C. 18.57 B. 7 D. 8
B. 12.56 D. 10.18
7. The ratio of three numbers is 2:5:7. If 7 is subtracted from the 21. What is the equation of the line that is parallel to 3x - y - 5 = 0 and
second, the resulting numbers form an arithmetic progression. has the same y - intercept as 2x + y - 7 = 0 ?
Determine the smallest of the three numbers. y = 3x - 2
A. 28* C. 21 A. C. y = 3x + 7 *
B. 15 D. 18 B. y = -2x - 5 D. y = -2x + 7
8. Three identical circles are tangent to each other externally. If the
22. If the lines whose equations are 3x + y - 8 = 0 and 2x - ky - 9 = 0 are
area of the curvilinear triangle formed by the point of tangency of
perpendicular, what is the value of k.
the three circles is 142 cm2, compute the radius of each circle.
A. 6* C. 1
A. 29.79 cm* C. 21.38 cm B. 4 D. 2
B. 19.18 cm D. 15.67 cm
23. Two circles of different radii are concentric. If the length of the chord
9. In a certain A.P. the first, fourth and eight terms are themselves in
of the bigger circle that is tangent to the smaller circle is 50 cm,
geometric progression. What is the common ratio of the G.P.?
calculate the area bounded by the two circles.
A. 4/3* C. 2/3
B. 5/4 D. A. 315p C. 451p
B. 625p * D. 645p
10. How many positive real solutions are there in the polynomial:
24. If 2log3 (base x) + log2 (base x) = 2 + log6 (base x), then x equals
x 4 -4x 3 +7x 2 -6x-18=0 . _______.
A. 3 or 0 C. 1 or 0 A. 3 * C. 3
B. 1 or 2 D. 3 or 1* 2
B. 2 D.
11. If the sides of a right triangle are in A.P., then what is the ratio of its 25. A boy, 1.2 m tall is walking directly away from a lamp post at the
sides? rate of 0.9 m/s. If the lamp is 6 m above the ground, find the rate at
A. 3:4:5* C. 4:5:6 which his shadow is lengthening.
B. 1:2:3 D. 2:3:4 A. 0.225 m/s B. 0.125 m/s
12. It takes an apprentice twice as long as it takes an experienced C. 0.284 m/s D. 0.204 m/s
2
26. The line 6x + y - k = 0 is tangent to the parabola x = - y + 16 .
carpenter to do a certain piece of work. Working together they can
do the work in 6 days. How long would it take for the apprentice to
Find the value of the constant k.
do it alone?
A. 16 C. 25*
A. 12 days C. 22 days B. 9 D. 31
B. 18 days* D. 32 days
27. The average rate of production of transistors is 12 units for every 2
13. If Juan is 10% taller than Pedro and Pedro is 10% taller than Maria,
hours work by 3 workers. How many workers are needed in an
then Juan is taller than Maria by how many percent?
assembly line working 40 hours each week with a weekly production
A. 31% C. 21%*
of 800 transistors?
B. 18% D. 11%
A. 5* C. 10
14. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the segment B. 25 D. 12
joining the points (2,6) and (-4,3).]

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42. The side of quadrilateral are 10m, 8m,16m,and 20m, respectively.

28. A ladder with its foot on a horizontal flat surface rests against a wall. Two opposite interior angles have a sum of 225 . Find the area of
It makes an angle of 30 with the horizontal. The foot of the ladder is the quadrilateral in sq. m.
41 ft from the base of the wall. Find the height of the point where the A. 140.33sq.m. C. 150.33sq.m.
ladder touches the wall. B. 145.33sq.m.* D. 55.33sq.m.
A. 24 ft * C. 26 ft 43. A surveyor wishes to find the width of a river. He set up his transit at
B. 23 ft D. 29 ft
C on one bank and sighted across to point A on the opposite bank,
29. A man on the deck of a ship is 15 ft above sea level. He observes
then turning through an angle of 90, he walks 225 m from C to a
that the angle of elevation of the top of a cliff is 70 and the angle of
point B and finally, setting his transit at B, he measured angle BCA
depression of its base at sea level is 50. Find the height of the cliff
as 48.33. What is the width of the river?
and its distance from the ship.
A. 23 ft and 23 ft C. 50 ft and 13 ft A. 238.5 m C. 328.6 m
B. 238 ft and 41ft D. 33 ft and 20 ft B. 252.8 m* D. 142.7 m
30. The sides of a triangular lot are130 m, 180 m and 190 m. This lot is 44. A television antenna 20 m high stands on top of a house which is 12
to be divided by a line bisecting the longest side and drawn from the m high. At what distance from the base of the house will the
opposite vertex. Find the length of this line. antenna and the house subtend equal angle?
A. 120 m C. 122 m A. 24 m* C. 31 m
B. 130 m D. 125 m* B. 15 m D. 28 m
45. What is the area in sq. meters of a regular five-pointed star
31. Eve open her coin purse and found dimes, quarters and nickels with
inscribed in a circle of diameter 20 m?
a total value of $1.90. There are twice as many dimes as there are
A. 449 C. 112 *
quarters and half as many nickels as quarters. How many quarters B. 110 D. 114
are there?
46. Three circles with radii 3,4 and 5 inches are tangent to each other
A. 2 C. 8
externally. Find the area of the triangle formed by joining their
B. 4* D. 6
centers.
32. A sector is bent to form a cone. If the angle of the sector is 30 2
C. 110.45 in
2
degrees and the radius is 6 cm., what is the altitude of the cone? A. 198.45 in
A. 5.98 cm.* C. 10.12 cm 107.33 in2 * 2

B. 6.36 cm D. 8.25 cm. B. D. 101.64 in

33. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is three more
than twice the third. Find the third integer. 47. The sides of a triangular lot are 130 m, 180 m, and 190 m. The lot is
A. 12 C. 10 to be divided by a line bisecting the longest side and drawn from the
B. 15 * D. 18 opposite vertex. Find the length of this dividing line.
A. 125 m* C. 115 m
34. The tens digit of a certain two digit number exceeds the units digit B. 110 m D. 145 m
by four and is one less than twice the units digit. Find the number. 48. A wedge is cut from a cylinder of radius 5 m by two planes, one
A. 65 C. 95* perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder and the other passing
B. 85 D. 59
through the diameter of the section made by the first plane and
log10 2 = x, log10 3 = y, thenlog 101.2 = inclined to this plane at an angle of 45 degrees. Find the volume of
35. If
2x + y - 1 * the wedge.
A. C. 2x - 2y + 1 A. 54.63 cu. m. C. 48.18 cu. m.
B. x + 2y + 1 D. 2x - y + 1 B. 83.33 cu. m.* D. 43.73 cu. m.
49. An arc in the form of a parabolic curve is 40 m across the bottom. A
36. If the angles of a triangle are 2x, x + 15, and 2x + 15 , find the
flat horizontal beam 26 m long is placed 12 m above the base. Find
smallest angle in mils.
the height of the arc.
A. 600 mils C. 900 mils
A. 20.78 m* C. 25.68 m
B. 800 mils* D. 700 mils
B. 18.67 m D. 15.87 m
37. From the top of a light house, 53 m above the water, the angle of 50. If the straight lines ax + by + c = 0 and bx + cy + a = 0 are parallel,
depression of a boat due south is 1850. Calculate the speed of the then which of the following is correct?
boat, if after it moves due west for 2 minutes the angle of
A. b2 = 4ac 2
C. b + ac = 0
depression is 1420.
A. 69.26 meters per minute* C. 87.35 meters per minute B. b2 = ac * 2
D. a = bc
B. 48.17 meters per minute D. 29.47 meters per minute
51. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are
38. Determine the radius of the sphere whose equation is ( 1,1) , ( 3, -3 ) , and ( 5, -3 ) .
2 2 2 A. 4* C. 10
x + y + z - 2x + 8y + 16z + 65 = 0 .
B. 7 D. 12
A. 4* C. 5
B. 6 D. 7 52. The semi-major axis of an ellipse is 4 and its semi-minor axis is 3.
The distance from the center to the directrix is:
39. Three circles of radii 6, 8 and 10 meters, respectively are tangent to
A. 5.065 C. 6.223
each other externally. Find the largest angle of a triangle formed by
B. 6.047* D. 6.533
joining the centers.
53. Find the perimeter of the ellipse 9x + 18x + 25y - 100y = 116 .
2 2
A. 72.6 C. 73.4 *
B. 75.1 D. 73.3 A. 25.90* C. 15.25
B. 19.68 D. 21.35
40. A painter needs to find the area of the gable end of a house. What is
54. A fireplace arc is to be constructed in the shape of a semi-ellipse.
the area of the gable if it is a triangle with two sides of 42 ft. that
The opening is to have a height of 2 ft at the center and a width of 6
meet at a 105 degrees angle?
ft along the base. Find the equation of the cross-section of the
A. 852 ft.* C. 742 ft.
B. 758 ft. D. 580 ft. fireplace.

A. 9x 2 + 4y 2 = 36 C. 4x + 9y = 36 *
2 2
2
41. One end of the diameter of the circle (
x - 4 ) + y2 = 25
is the point 4x 2 + 36y 2 = 144 D. 36x + 4y = 144
2 2
B.
( 1,4 ) . Find the coordinates of the other end of this diameter. 55. A parabolic arc over a tunnel for a road through a mountain is 27 ft
A. 7,-4* C. 7,4 high. The width of the arc 12 feet from the top is 56 feet. How wide
B. 3,-7 D. -3,-7 is the arc at the bottom?

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A. 88 ft. C. 78 ft. 72. Find the value of sin (arc 15/17)

B. 96 ft. D. 84 ft.* A. 8/9 C. 17/9
B. 8/21 D. 8/17*
56. If you are investing your money which is better:
73. One overnight case contains 2 bottles of aspirin and 3 bottles of
A. 9% compounded semi-annually
thyroid tablets. A second tote bag contains 3 bottles of aspirin, 2
B. 9% compounded quarterly
C. 9% compounded bi-monthly bottles of thyroid, and 1 bottle of laxative tablets. If 1 bottle of tablets
D. 9% compounded monthly* is taken at random from piece of luggage, find the probability that
57. A bank offers 3.25% effective monthly interest. What is the the 2 bottles contains different tablets.
effective annual rate with monthly compounding? A. 1/5 C. 4/5
B. 3/5* D. 2/5
A. 67% C. 34%
B. 47%* D. 53% 74. Express decimally: Fifty-Eight millionth
58. A young engineer borrowed P 10,000.00 at 12% interest, and A. 0.000058* C. 0.00000058
paid P2,000.00 per annum for the first 4 years. What does he B. 0.0000058 D. 0.000000058
have to pay at the end of the fifth year in order to pay off the 75. Find the altitude of the right circular cone of maximum convex
loan? surface inscribed in a given sphere of radius r.
A. P3,926.00 C. P6,074.00 A. 5/2 r C. 5/4 r*
B. P5,674.00 D. P6,919.28* B. 5/3 r D. r
59. A service car whose cash price was P785,000.00 was bought 76. Which of the following is an exact DE?
with a down . payment of P157,000.00 and a monthly of A. ( x^2 + 1 ) dx xydy = 0 C. 2xydx + ( 2 + x^2 ) dy = 0*
B. Xdy + ( 3x 2y ) dx = 0 D. x^2 ydy ydx = 0
P13,245.89 for 5 years. What is the rate of interest if
compounded monthly? 77. Write the differential equation of a family of straight lines with slope
A. 11.56% C. 12.87% and y-intercept equal.
B. 10.92%* D. 9.09% A. Ydx + ( x 1 ) dy = 0 C. xdy ( y + 1 ) dx = 0
B. Ydx ( x + 1 ) dy = 0* D. ydy + ( x 1 ) dx = 0
60. Find the probability of getting exactly 12 out of 30 questions on a 78. A goat is tethered to a corner of a 4 m by 5 m shed by 6 m rope.
true or false question. What area of the ground outside the shed can the goat graze?
A. 0.12 C. 0.08* A. 88.75* C. 77.32
B. 0.15 D. 0.04 B. 99.78 D. 66.73
61. The seating section in a Coliseum has 30 seats in the first row, 32 79. A transmitter with a height of 15 m is located on top of a mountain,
seats in the second row, 34 seats in the third row, and so on, until which is located on top of a mountain, which is 3.0 km high. What is
the tenth row is reached, after which there are ten rows each the furthest distance on the surface of the earth that can be seen
containing 50 seats. Find the total number of seats in the section. from the top of the mountain? Take the radius of the earth to be
A. 900 C. 890* 6400 km.
B. 910 D. 1000
A. 225 km C. 196 km*
62. The sum of the ages of Peter and Paul is 21. Peter will be twice as B. 152 km D. 205 km
old as Paul 3 years from now. What is the present age of Peter?
A. 8 C. 18 80. If f(x) = x squared and g(x) = 2x, what is the value of f(g(-3)) g(f(-
B. 6 D. 15* 3))?
63. If a = b, then b = a. This illustrates which axiom in algebra? A. 54 C. -18
A. Symmetric axiom* C. Reflexive axiom B. 18* D. -54
B. Replacement axiom D. Transitive axiom 81. If the ladder 30 ft long which is leaning against a wall, has its upper
64. Evaluate: Lim (tan33x)/x3 as x approaches 0. end sliding down the wall at the rate of ft per sec. What is the rate
A. 0 C. 27* of change of the acute angle made by the ladder with the ground
B. 31 D. infinity when the upper end is 18 ft above the ground?
A. 0.523 rad per sec C. -0.210 rad per sec
65. A man wishes to use 100 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular B. 0.01250 rad per sec D. -0.021 rad per sec*
garden. Determine the maximum possible area of his garden. 82. Find the area of the first octant part of the plane (x/a) + (y/b) + (z/c)
A. 625 ft2* C. 345 ft2 = 1, where a, b and c are positive.
B. 524 ft2 D. 725 ft2
A. A + b + c
(2x +1) B. Sq. rt. of (a sq. + b sq. + c sq.)
66. Find dy dx if y = 5 . C. sq. rt. of (a + b + c)
A. (5^(2x+1))ln25* C. (5^(2x+1))ln5 D. (1/2) sq. rt. of (a sq. b sq. c sq. + a sq. c sq.)*
B. (5^(2x+1))ln(2x+1) D. 5^(2x+1))ln10 83. If sin (xy) = x then dy/dx =
67. Find the area enclosed by the curve x 2+8y+16=0, the line x=4 and A. Sec (xy) C. (sec(xy)-y)/x*
the coordinate axes. B. (sec(xy))/x D. sec(xy) 1
A. 8.97 C. 9.10 84. In how many different ways can the letters STUDY be arranged
B. 10.67* D. 12.72 using each letter only once in each arrangement?
68. Find the volume of the solid formed by rotating the curve A. 120* C. 68
4x2+9y2=36 about the line 4x+3y-20=0. B. 22 D. 84
A. 473.74* C. 210.64
85. The probability that Ed hits a target is . He fires 6 times. Find the
B. 130.54 D. 320.65
probability that he hits the traget more than 4 times.
69. Divide the number 60 into two parts so that the product of one part A. 0.0056 C. 0.0046*
and square of the other is maximum. Find the smallest part. B. 0.0026 D. 0.0036
A. 15 C. 25
B. 20* D. 10 86. Find the 7th term of 0.5, 0.2, 0.125,.
70. Find the centroid of the region bounded by y=x2, y=0, and x=1. A. 0.010 C. 0.050*
A. (1/4,2/3) C. (3/4,3/10)* B. 0.025 D. 0.100
B. (2/3,5/4) D. (3/5,5/10) 87. In general solution of a conic section whose axis are parallel to x or
y if either x squared or y squared term is missing, the graph is
A. Hyperbola C. circle
71. The point on a curve where the first derivative of a function is zero B. Parabola* D. ellipse
and the second derivative is positive is called a ______.
88. What do you call the chords of an ellipse that pass through the
A. Point of inflection C. point of intersection
B. Maxima D. minima* center?
A. Diameters* C. Directrix
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B. Major axes D. Asymptotes

89. What conic section is represented by x2 + y2 4x + 2y 20 = 0.
A. circle* C. ellipse
B. parabola D. hyperbola

90. Find the moment of inertia of the area bounded by the parabola,

y 2 =4 x , x-axis and the x = 1, with respect to the x-axis.

A. 2.023 C. 1.131
B. 2.202 D. 1.067 *

91. Determine the volume generated by rotating the region bounded by y = x,

2
x = 1 and y =4 x about the x-axis.
A. 10p C. 12p
B. 9p * D. 8p
92. You are given n = 10 measurements 3, 5, 4, 6, 10, 5, 6, 9, 2, 8. Find
mode.
A. 8 C. 5
B. 6 D. 5 and 6*
93. Find the area enclosed of the curve r = 2 cos 3 theta.
A. 2 C. pi*
B. 3 D. 4 pi
94. A church window is in the shape of a rectangle surmounted by a
semicircle. If the perimeter of the window is 20 ft, what is its
maximum area?
A. 23 sq. ft. C. 26 sq. ft.
B. 24 sq. ft. D. 28 sq. ft.*
95. Box A contains 5 red marbles and 3 blue marbles, and box B
contains 2 red and 3 blue. A marble is drawn at random from each
box. Find the probability that one is red and one is blue.
A. 3/8 C. 3/20
B. 5/8 D. 21/40*

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