Plane Trigonometry Sample Questions
Plane Trigonometry Sample Questions
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TEST I. DIRECTION: WRITE THE LETTER OF YOUR ANSWER ON THE SPACE PROVIDED
BEFORE THE ITEM NUMBER.
1. What is formed when two rays meet at a common endpoint?
a. Angle
b. Arc
c. Triangle
d. Vertex
2. In what quadrant is 105° located?
a. Quadrant I
b. Quadrant II
c. Quadrant III
d. Quadrant IV
3. Which of the following best represents the reference angle for a given angle x whose terminal
side is located in Quadrant II?
x° + 180°
180° - x°
x° -180°
360° - x°
4. It is the positive acute angle formed by the terminal side of the given angle and x-axis.
Coterminal Angles
Complementary Angles
Reference Angles
Supplementary Angles
5. Find the radian measure of 60°.
3π
−2 π
3
2π
π
3
6. Convert 45° to radians.
π
a.
4
b. 4π
4π
c.
3
π
d.
6
7. In which quadrant is A located if sec A is positive and csc A is negative?
a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV
8. Angles are measured from positive horizontal axis and the positive direction
is counter clockwise. What are the values of sin B and cos B in the Quadrant IV?
a. sin B > 0 & cos B < 0
b. sin B < 0 & cos B < 0
c. sin B > 0 & cos B > 0
d. sin B < 0 & cos B > 0
9. csc 5200 = ?
a. cos 200
b. csc 20
c. tan 450
d. sin 200
10. Solve for angle (Ө) if sin 2Ө = cos Ө.
a. 150
b. 300
c. 450
d. 600
11. If sin 3A = cos 6B, then
a. A + B = 900
b. A + 2B = 300
c. A + B = 1800
d. None of these
12. A 5-foot man standing 30 feet from a lamppost casts a 15-foot shadow.
What is the height of the lamppost?
a. 14.97 ft.
b. 15.70 ft.
c. 18.40 ft.
d. 30 ft.
13. A ladder leans against a brick wall. The foot of the ladder is 8 feet from the wall.
The ladder reaches a height of 21 feet on the wall. Find the angle which the ladder
makes with the wall.
a. 2.81°
b. 18.21°
c. 20.81°
d. 10.06°
14. Given the figure on the right, find the value of angle Ө.
a. 50.32°
b. 51.34°
c. 63° 10
d. 90°
Ө
15. It is an equation that is satisfied by every real number for which both sides
are defined.
a. conditional
b. equality
c. trigonometric
d. identity
16. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. cos 2 θ+ sin 2 θ=1
b. 1+ tan 2 θ=sec 2 θ
c. cot 2 θ+1=csc 2 θ
cos θ
d. cot θ=
sinθ
17. Simplify the expression sin3 θ+sin θ cos 2 θ .
a. sin Ө
b. cos Ө
c. sec Ө
d. tan Ө
18. Simplify the expression sec Ө – sin Ө tan Ө.
a. sin Ө
b. cos Ө
c. sec Ө
d. tan Ө
19. Simplify the expression sin Ө + cos Ө cot Ө
a. tan Ө
b. csc Ө
c. sec Ө
d. 2sin Ө
20. Find the value of cos 75°.
a.
√ 3−√ 6
2
b.
√10−√ 4
4
2 √ 6−2 √ 2
c.
4
d.
√ 6−√ 2
4
21. Find <C in triangle ABC in which <A = 63.5° and <B = 51.2°.
a. 65.3°
b. 63.5°
c. 180°
d. 51.2° E
22. In the given figure on right, calculate side c. 35° c
a. 7.5 cm
b. 10.03 cm D
c. 11.8 cm
d. 15.3 cm
105° a = 7 cm
D F
c
d. 6.67 cm
2n
25. Evaluate log m m .
a. n
b. n2
c. mn
d. 2n
26. The function S(d) = 300 logd + 65 relates S(d), the speed of the wind near the center of a
tornado in kilometers per hour, to d, the distance that the tornado travels, in kilometers. If winds
near the center of tornado reach speeds of 400 kph, estimate the distance it can travel.
a. 130 km
b. 13 km
c. 13000 km
d. 1.166 km
3
27. Evaluate log 2 √ 64 .
a. 2
b. 3
c. 8
d. 16
28. Which does not help to explain why you cannot use the laws of logarithms to
expand/simplify log 4 ( 3 y −4 ) ?
a. The expression 3y-4 cannot be factored.
b. The expression 3y-4 is not raised to a power.
c. 3y and 4 are neither multiplied together, nor are they divided into each other.
d. Each term in the expression does not have the same variable.
29. Solve log(x+3) + log(x) = 1.
a. -5,2
b. 10
c. 2
d. 7
30. Suppose the population of a given town is increasing for a given period of time. What can
you tell about its instantaneous rate of change of the population during that period?
a. The instantaneous rate of change continues to get larger during the entire interval.
b. The instantaneous rate of change will be positive at each point in the interval.
c. The instantaneous rate of change may be zero, but cannot be negative.
d. The instantaneous rate of change at any point in the interval will be larger than the
average rate of change for the interval.