2021-22 Mock

MATH CP CARMEL SECONDARY SCHOOL

HONG KONG DIPLOMA OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
PAPER 2
MOCK EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part

PAPER 2

11 : 00 am – 12 : 15 pm ( 1 1 4 hours)

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Math Group
C1 C2 C3 C4
Mr CH Mr Mr KK Mr CH
Wong Leung Wong Wong

Date: 28 Jan 2022

No. of pages: 15

Total marks: 45

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read carefully the instructions on the Answer Sheet.

2. When told to open this book, you should check that all the questions are there. Look for the words ‘END OF
PAPER’ after the last question.

3. All questions carry equal marks.

4. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. You are advised to use an HB pencil to mark all the answers on the Answer
Sheet, so that wrong marks can be completely erased with a clean rubber. You must mark the answers clearly;
otherwise you will lose marks if the answers cannot be captured.

5. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark more than one answer, you will receive NO
MARKS for that question.

6. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

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There are 30 questions in Section A and 15 questions in Section B.
The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Choose the best answer for each question.

Section A

34 n (27 n )
1. =
93 n

A. 34 n .

B. 3n .

C. 3− 2 n .

D. 3− 3 n .

2. If 3 p ( p − 2q ) = 2 p − q , then q=

3 p2 − 2 p
A. .
6 p −1

3 p2 − 2 p
B. .
6 p +1

3 p2 + 2 p
C. .
6 p −1

3 p2 + 2 p
D. .
6 p +1

3. h 2 − 4hk − 12k 2 − 3h − 6k =

A. (h − 2k )(h + 6k + 3) .

B. (h − 2k )(h − 6k + 3) .

C. (h + 2k )(h − 6k − 3) .

D. (h + 2k )(h + 6k − 3) .

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 2
4. =
222

A. 0.044 (correct to 2 decimal places).

B. 0.0444 (correct to 3 significant figures).

C. 0.0445 (correct to 4 decimal places).

D. 0.04446 (correct to 5 significant figures).

5. Let f ( x) = (hx + 10)( x − 6) + k , where h and k are constants. If f (−2) = f (3) = 5 , find k .

A. −23

B. −3

C. 43

D. 53

6. Let a and b be constants. If 2 x 2 + (a − 3) x + a + b  ( x + 4)(2 x − 5) , then b =

A. –26 .
B. –6 .
C. 6.
D. 26 .

7. Let f ( x) = 5x2 − 1 . If  is a constant, then f ( ) − f ( − 1) =

A. 5.

B. 2 − 3 .

C. 3 − 10 .

D. 10 − 5 .

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8. Let p( x) = 2 x 2 − x + c , where c is a constant. If p(x) is divisible by x + 2 , find the remainder
when p(x) is divided by 2x −1 .

A. −10

B. −5

C. 5

D. 10

9. A sum of $84000 is deposited at an interest rate of 8% per annum for 5 years, compound monthly.
Find the interest correct to the nearest dollar.

A. $2836

B. $33600

C. $40341

D. $41147

a + 2b
10. Let a, b and c be non-zero numbers. If 2a = 3b and a : c = 4 : 3 , then =
5b − c

16
A. .
27

24
B. .
37

28
C. .
31

7
D. .
6

8 − 5x
11. The solution of 7 x − 6  5( x + 4) and  −19 is
3

A. x  13 .

B. x  13 .

C. x  13 .

D. x  13 .

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12. It is given that w varies directly as the x and inversely as square root of y . If x is decreased by
10% and y is increased by 44% , then w

A. is increased by 34% .

B. is decreased by 25% .

C. is increased by 60% .

D. is decreased by 37.5% .

13. Let an be the nth term of a sequence. If a1 = 2 , a2 = 5 and a n + 2 = a n + 2a n +1 for any positive
integer n , then a5 =

A. 19 .

B. 29 .

C. 37 .

D. 70 .

14. Let h and k be real constants with h  0 . Which of the following statements about the graph of
y = h(k − x)2 + h must be true?

I. The graph opens upwards.

II. The vertex of the graph is ( h , k ) .
III. The y-intercept of the graph is positive.

A. I and II only

B. I and III only

C. II and III only

D. I , II and III

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15. The base of a solid right pyramid is a square with length 8 cm . If the total surface area is 144 cm2 , find
the volume of the pyramid.

A. 64 cm2

B. 96 cm2

320 2
C. cm
3

D. 192 cm2

16. In the figure, OPQ and ORS are sectors with centre O , where OP = 10 cm and OR = 18 cm .
The area of the shaded region PQSR is 84 cm2 . Which of the following is/are true?

I. The angle of the sector OPQ is 135° .

II. The area of the sector ORS is 108 cm2 .
III. The perimeter of the shaded region PQSR is (21 + 16) cm .

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and III only S

R
D. II and III only Q P

17. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. F is a point lying on AD such that BF produced and
CD produced meet at E . It is given that AF : FD = 5 : 3 . If the area of DEF is 135 cm 2 , then
the area of parallelogram ABCD is

A. 720 cm 2 .

B. 750 cm 2 .

C. 1065 cm 2 .

D. 1200 cm 2 .

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18. In the figure, ABC is a straight line. AD // CE and DAB = 90 . DB = 10 cm , BE = 24 cm ,
DE = 26 cm and AB = 6 cm . Find the perimeter of the quadrilateral ACED .

A. 68 cm E

B. 73.6 cm

C. 74 cm D

D. 79.6 cm

A B C

19. The length of a ribbon is measured to be 95 cm , correct to the nearest cm. The length of a rope is measured
to be 150 cm with a percentage error of 2% . Find the upper limit of the difference in the length between
the rope and the ribbon.

A. 52.5 cm

B. 57 cm

C. 58.5 cm

D. 59.5 cm

20. ABCDE is a regular pentagon. The diagonals AC and BD intersects each other at F . Which of the
following are true?

I. AF = FC .
II. ABF ~ ACD .
III. AEDF is a rhombus.

A. I and II only

B. I and III only

C. II and III only

D. I, II and III

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21. In the figure, ABCDE is a circle. It is given that AE : DE = 5: 4 , AB // DC , ADC = 108 and
BCE = 80 . Find EBC .

A. 37

B. 39

C. 40

D. 42

sin(270 +  )cos 1
22. − =
cos(360 −  ) cos(180 −  )

A. sin  .

B. −sin  tan  .

C. sin  tan  .

1 − sin  cos
D. .
cos

23. The figure shows the straight lines L1: ax + y = b and L2: x + cy = 1 , where a , b and c are
constants. Which of the following must be true?

I. a=b
y
II. c<0
L1
III. ac < 1

A. I only L2
B. II only x
0
C. I and III only
D. II and III only

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24. The polar coordinates of the points A , B and C are (30,32 ) , (18,122 ) and ( 24,302 )
respectively. Find the area of ABC .

A. 216

B. 486

C. 576

D. 630

25. It is given that A and B are two distinct points on the straight line x − 2 y + k = 0 , where k is a
constant. Let P be a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that AP2 + BP2 = AB2 . If
the equation of the locus of P is x 2 + y 2 − (44 + k ) x + 2 y + 17 = 0 , k =

A. −20 .

B. −16 .

C. 16 .

D. 20 .

26. Let h and k be constants. The coordinates of the points A and B are (3, k ) and ( 20,8)
respectively. The straight line hx + 2 y − 29 = 0 is an altitude of OAB that passes through A , where
O is the origin. k=

A. −5 .
B. 7.
C. 14 .
D. 22 .

27. The equation of the circle C is 2 x 2 + 2 y 2 − 12 x − 4 y + 15 = 0 . Which of the following is/are true?

I. The coordinates of the centre of C is (6, 2) .

II. The area of the circle is 2.5 .
III. C cuts the y-axis at two distinct points.

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and III only

D. II and III only

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28. Two numbers are randomly drawn at the same time from six cards numbered 1 , 2 , 4 , 5, 7, 8
respectively. Find the probability that the sum of the two numbers drawn is less than 10 .

3
A.
10

1
B.
3

2
C.
3

3
D.
5

29. The box-and-whisker diagram below shows the distribution of the ages of students in a baking class. Find the
inter-quartile range of the distribution.

20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34
Age
A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 9

30. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the ages of the workers in a company, where x
and y are integers with 0  x , y  9 .

Stem (tens) Leaf (units)

2 2 2 6
3 5 7 7 x
4 2 y

If the range and the mode of the above distribution are 22 kg and 37 kg respectively, find the standard
deviation of the distribution correct to 3 significant figures .

A. 7.24 kg .
B. 7.76 kg .
C. 8.13 kg .
D. 8.23 kg .

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Section B

31. The H.C.F. and the L.C.M. of three expressions are 2a 2b2 and 20a 4b5 respectively. If the first
expression and the second expression are 4 2
4a b and 3 3
20a b respectively, then the third expression is

A. 2a 2b5

B. 2a 4b2

C. a 2 b5

D. a 4b2

32. 7  162 + 5  42 + 3 =

A. 11101010112

B. 111010101102

C. 111010100112

D. 1110010100112

33. Let f ( x) be a quadratic function. The figure below represents the graph of y = f ( x) and the graph of

y = f ( x)

A. y = −f ( x + 5) .

B. y = f (− x + 5) .

C. y = −5f ( x) .

D. y = f (−5 x) .

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34. It is given that log4 y is a linear function of log2 x . The intercepts on the vertical axis and on the
horizontal axis of the graph of the linear function are 5 and 3 respectively. Which of the following
must be true?

A. x5 y3 = 230

B. x3 y5 = 230

C. x10 y3 = 230

D. x3 y10 = 230

35. For 0° < x  360° , how many roots does the equation 7cos x + 4sin 2 x = 7 have?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

36. Let an be the nth term of a geometric sequence. Given that a1 + a2 + a3 + ... + a8 = 2 + 1 and
a5
= 2 , which of the following must be true?
a4

I. a1 is rational.

II. a20  50

III. a1 + a2 + a3 + ... + a20  150

A. I only
B. III only
C. I and II only
D. II and III only

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37. Consider the following system of inequalities:

3x + 4 y − 32  0
2 x + 5 y − 26  0


x  0
 y  0

Let R be the region which represents the solution of the above system of inequalities. Find the constant k
such that the greatest value of 9 x + 10 y − k is 55 , where ( x , y ) is a point lying in R .

A. –3

B. 37

C. 41

D. 43

1
38. Let u= and v = sin  + i where 0    360 . Define z = u 2 + v 2 . Which of the
cos − i sin 
following must be true?

I. The imaginary part of u is equal to the real part of v.

II. The imaginary part of z is equal to 2sin  cos .

III. The real part of z is equal to − sin 2  .

A. I and II only

B. I and III only

C. II and III only

D. I , II and III

39. Let k be a constant. If the straight line x + 2y − k = 0 and the circle x2 + y2 − 8x + 12y − 48 = 0 intersect
at two distinct points A and B , then the y-coordinate of the mid-point of AB is

28 − 4k
A. .
5
4k − 28
B. .
5
14 − 2k
C. .
5
2k − 14
D. .
5

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40. The figure shows a sector AOB with centre O . P is a point on AB with AP : PB = 3: 4 . AB and
OP intersect at Q . OA = 10 cm and OAB = 27 . Find the shaded area correct to the nearest 0.1 cm 2 .

A. 19.1 cm2 P

B. 21.9 cm2

C. 39.1 cm2
A B
2 Q
D. 41.0 cm

41. Let k be a positive constant. The straight line 5 x − 12 y − 60k = 0 cuts the x-axis and y-axis at A and
B respectively. Denote O the origin and C the inscribed circle of OAB . If the length of the radius
of C is 52 units, find the coordinates of the intersection of C and AB .

A. (72,100)

B. (72, − 100)

C. (78, − 108)

D. (100, − 72)

42. A queue is formed by 6 adults and 3 children. If no children stand next to each other and no children
are at any of the two ends, how many different queues can be formed?

A. 43 200

B. 86 400

C. 151 200

D. 332 640

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43. Peter takes part in three different mathematics competitions. The probabilities for him to get a distinction in the
three competitions are 0.2 , 0.3 and 0.15 respectively. Find the probability that he gets a distinction in
at least 1 competition.

A. 0.407
B. 0.524
C. 0.65
D. 0.991

44. In a test, the scores of Carol and David are 72 marks and 56 marks respectively. If the standard deviation
of the test scores is 8 marks, then the difference of the standard scores of Carol and David is

A. 2.
B. 8.
C. 16 .
D. 128 .

45. The mean and variance of a group of numbers  x1 , x2 , x3 , ... , x20  are 14 and a respectively. Let k
be a constant. If the mean and variance of another group of numbers  kx1 − 3, kx2 − 3, kx3 − 3, ... , kx20 − 3  are
25 and a + 9 respectively, a=

A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 9.
D. 12 .

END OF PAPER

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