FEATI University

2nd 2016 Aero Board Mock Exam

(Mathematics)

Name: ______________________________________________________Date: September 21, 2016 Duration: 3 Hours

I. Shade the letter of the correct answer. (Use #2 pencil only)

1. The three angles of a triangle summed together equal.
(a) 360 (c) 180
(b) 90 (d) 270

2. An Equilateral triangle has

(a) 2 sides equal (c) no equal sides
(b) 3 sides equal (d) 2 equal angle

3. Pikachu can type the whole document in 3 hrs. On the other hand, James, being new to the job can type the same document
in 5 hours. If they work together, how long can they finish 2 documents?
(a) 2.75 hours (c) 3.5 hours
(b) 3 hours (d) 3.75 hours

4. The sum of the infinite geometric progression is 3 and the common ratio is 1/3. What is the first term?
(a) 3 (c) 1
(b) 2 (d) -1

5. If x + y = 1 and x2 + y2 = 2. Find x4 + y4
(a) 1/5 (c) 7/2
(b) 5/4 (d) 3/2

6. The next term in the progression 2, 8, 32, 128 is …

(a) 512 (c) 864
(b) 256 (d) 224

7. Solve for x in the equation 3 lnx = 8

(a) ln 8/3 (c) e 8/3
(b) 8/3 (d) 3ln8

8. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (5x - 4)5

(a) 8 (c) 32
(b) 16 (d) 64

9. A car travels 24 miles in 45 minutes. What is the average speed?

(a) 32 mph (c) 18 mph
(b) 36 mph (d) 12 mph

10. What is the area of a rectangle when its height is 11cm and the width 120cm?
(a) 1320 m2 (c) 0.132 m2
2
(b) 1.320 m (d) 122 m2

11. Milibar is a unit of?

(a) Temperature (c) volume
(b) work (d) pressure

12. In a flight control system, the control cable is allowed an elongation of 3% due to wear. The length from the manufacturer is
78cm, what is its maximum used length?
(a) 80.34 cm (c) 2.34 cm
(b) 78.34 cm (d) 79 cm

13. Find the curved surface area of a cylinder diameter 20cm and length 10cm.
(a) 1256 cm2 (c) 900 cm2
2
(b) 2512 cm (d) 400 cm2

14. Find the square root of 1600.

(a) 20 (c) 400
(b) 40 (d) 24

15. An engine of 96 horsepower is running at 75% power. What horsepower is being developed?
(a) 168 (c) 72
(b) 68 (d) 98

16. What is the Lowest Common Multiple of 5; 12; 20.

(a) 60 (c) 5
(b) 120 (d) 15

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17. To find the area of a circle use the formula.
(a) πd (c) πr2
(b) 2πr (d) πd2

18. Solve the following equation: 5x = 3x + 2.

(a) 4 (c) 2
(b) 3 (d) 1

19. (x - 3) (x + 5) =?
(a) x2 + 2x (c) x2 - 15
(b) x2 + 2x + 15 (d) x2 + 15

20. Factorise the following: x2 – x – 6 = 0.

(a) (x + 2)(x – 3) (c) (x + 2)(x + 3)
(b) (x – 2)(x – 3) (d) (x + 3)(x – 2)

21. Simplify 3a-2b +6a-3b-2a.

(a) 7a + 5b (c) 5a – 2b
(b) 7a – 3b (d) 7a – 2b

22. Solve the following equations for x: 4x+8y=64 2x-8y=86.

(a) 125 (c) 25
(b) 5 (d) 15

23. If 2x-8y=14 and 4x+8y=16; then x=?

(a) 1 (c) 7
(b) 3 (d) 5

24. What type of equation is this? ax2 +bx+c = 0?

(a) POLYNOMIAL (c) monomial
(b) Quadratic (d) factorial

25. A quadratic equation has the real roots x=6 and x=9. Determine the equation which is satisfied by these roots.
(a) x2 – 15x + 54 = 0 (c) x2 + 15x + 54 = 0
(b) x – 15x - 54 = 0
2
(d) x2 + 15x + 54 = 0

26. A quadrilateral with ONLY two parallel sides is a?

(a) trapezium (c) trapezoid.
(b) rhombus (d) rectangle

27. An isosceles triangle has the following properties?

(a) 2 side same length (c) 2 sides parallel
(b) 3 sides same length (d) no sides equal

28. A shape with 4 equal sides and one 90° angle is a?

(a) parallelogram (c) square
(b) rhombus (d) trapezoid

29. In the following equation what is the y-intercept? 4y = 2x + 8?

(a) 1 (c) 4
(b) 2 (d) 8

30. How many times does the x-axis get crossed when y = x2 - 3?
(a) 1 (c) 3
(b) 2 (d) 4

31. The graph points (9, 3) and (3, 1) what is the slope?
(a) 1/2 (c) 1/5
(b) 1/4 (d) 1/3

32. 2y = 5x + 3 what is the gradient?

(a) 5/3 (c) 1/3
(b) 3/4 (d) 5/2

33. Two lines with equations y = 3x-6 and y = 3x + 4?

(a) meet when y = 3 (c) are perpendicular
(b) are parallel (d) meet at x =3

34. The line with equation x = 3 is?

(a) parallel to x axis (c) parallel to y axis
(b) intersects at y = 3 (d) slope = 1

35. On a right angle triangle, the longest side is 20 cm and the shortest is 12 cm. What is the other side?
(a) 16 cm (c) 14 cm
(b) 12 cm (d) 10 cm

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36. A right angled triangle has sides 6cm, 8cm and 10 cm. What is the sine of the angle between the 8cm side and the 10 cm
side?
(a) 0.75 (c) 0.6
(b) 0.70 (d) 0.5

37. What size of angle has the same ratio for both the sine and the cosine?
(a) 0 (c) 30
(b) 60 (d) 45

38. Jeff was 10 minutes early for class. Dee came in four minutes after Mae, who was half as early as Jeff. How many minutes
early was Dee?
(a) 1 (c) 3
(b) 2 (d) 5

39. Dave can wash and wax a car in 4 hours. Mark can do the same job in 3 hours. If both work together how long will it take to
wash and wax the car?
(a) 1.7 (c) 3
(b) 2.3 (d) 3.3

40. If nine candles are blown out on a birthday cake containing seven times as many candles altogether, how many candles are
there in all?
(a) 2 (c) 63
(b) 16 (d) 72

41. Three apples and twice as many oranges add up to one-half the number of cherries in a fruit basket. How many cherries are
there?
(a) 11 (c) 21
(b) 18 (d) 24

42. White flour and whole wheat flour are mixed together in a ratio of 5 parts white flour to 1-part whole wheat flour. How many
pounds of white flour are in 48 pounds of this mixture?
(a) 8 (c) 40
(b) 9.6 (d) 42

43. Jason is six times as old as Kate. In two years, Jason will be twice as old as Kate is then. How old is Jason now?
(a) 6 months old (c) 6 years old
(b) 3 years old (d) 9 years old

44. Albert is putting a stairway in her house. If she wants the stairway to make an angle of 20 degrees to the ceiling, what obtuse
angle should the stairway make to the floor?
(a) 30 (c) 110
(b) 60 (d) 160

45. Two ships leave from a port. Ship A sails west for 300 miles, and Ship B sails north for 400 miles. How far apart are the
ships after their trips?
(a) 300 miles (c) 500 miles
(b) 400 miles (d) 600 miles

46. Lara is standing next to a tree with a shadow of 40 feet. If Lara is 5.5 feet tall with a shadow of 10 feet, what is the height of
the tree?
(a) 10 feet (c) 20 feet
(b) 11 feet (d) 22 feet

47. The derivative of sin (3x) is?

(a) -cos 3x (c) 3cos3x
(b) cos 3x (d) 3cosx

48. The equation y = -3x2 + 1 is a parabola pointing to the?

(a) left (c) up
(b) right (d) down

49. It is the ratio c/a is also known as?

(a) directrix (c) eccentricity
(b) asymptote (d) focus

50. If we integrate ex twice the answer would be

(a) lnx (c) ex
(b) 0 (d) 1

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