Name: _____ 5. What is the laplace transform of tan(x)?

Year:
Block: A. sec2(s) C. ln[tan(s)+sec(s)]
B. tan(s)sec(s) D. exp[tan(s)+sec(s)]
Score:

EcE Quizzer 2016-2017 _____ 6. What is a quantity representing the power to

MATH which a fixed number must be raised to produce a given
number?
INSTRUCTION: Please do not write anything on this
questionnaire except writing your answers on the left part of A. Exponent C. Logarithm
the question. Make sure that the answers except in B. Characteristic D. Mantissa
identification will be capitalized. If the answer is not on the
choices, answer it with letter E, otherwise if all the choices are
the answer, answer it with letter F. Put all the solutions in the _____ 7. Determine the middle term in the expansion of
scratch paper properly. No solution, no points. No erasures. (a-2b)10.

A. 8064a5b5 C. -8032a5b5
B. -8064a5b5 D. 8032a5b5
_____ 1. These equations are equalities that involve
trigonometric functions and are true for every single
_____ 8. These theorem states that any real-valued
value of the occurring variables where both sides of the
differentiable function that attains equal values at two
equality are defined.
distinct points must have a stationary point somewhere
A. Trigonometric Functions
B. Pythagorean Theorem between then – that is, a point where the first derivative
C. Identity Matrix is zero.
D. Trigonometric Identities
A. Mean-value theorem C. Intermediate value
B. Rolle’s theorem D. Bifurcation theory
_____ 2. What do you call the method in integrating a
complex equation wherein you will substitute tangent
_____ 9. It is the mathematical study of changes in the
half angle?
qualitative or topological structure of a given family,
A. Integration by Parts such as the integral curves of a family of vector fields,
B. Miscellaneous Substitution and the solutions of a family of differential equations.
C. Algebraic Substitution
D. Trigonometric Substitution A. Mean-value theorem C. Intermediate value
B. Rolle’s theorem D. Bifurcation theory
_____ 3. In solving higher order linear differential
equations, this method will determine if R(x) is linearly
_____ 10. Determine the integral of ∫(x2+2x+1)(x-1)/
dependent or independent to the complementary solution
(x+1)dx.
of the differential equation. What is that method?
A. ½ x2 + x + C C. ⅓ x3 + x + C
A. Wronskian Determinant C. Chios Method
B. ½ x2 - x + C D. ⅓ x3 - x + C
B. Fermat Last Theorem D. Gauss-Jordan Method

_____ 11. Given a function, y=f(x) whose f’(x)=-f(x),

_____ 4. Kobe Bryant will be a three-pointer in the next
determine the function.
game. In his last five games, his mean three-point is
60%. What is the probability that he will gain 16 three- A. Logarithmic C. Transcendental
points out of 25 attempts? B. Exponential D. Sinusoidal

A. 16 % C. 12%
B. 15 % D. 19%
_____ 12. Find C so that the line y=4x+3 is tangent to _____ 20. You purchase a certain product. The manual
the curve y=x2+C. states that the lifetime T of the product, defined as the
amount of time (in years) the product works properly
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 until it breaks down, satisfies P(T≥t)=exp(−t/5), for all
t≥0. I purchase the product and use it for two years
_____ 13. At point of inflection, without any problems. What is the probability that it
breaks down in the third year?
A. y = 0 B. y’ = 0 C. y” = 0 D. y’ = y”
A. 0.1713 C. 0.1813
B. 0.1712 D. 0.1812
_____ 14. A 5-foot boy is walking toward a 20-foot lamp
post at the rate of 6 feet per second. How fast is the
_____ 21. Two skaters, Micah and Angelo, are at points
length of the girl’s shadow changing?
A and B, respectively, on a flat frozen lake. The distance
A. 2 fps, dec C. 2 fps, inc between A and B is 100 feet. Micah leaves A and skates
B. 3 fps, inc D. 3 fps, dec at a speed of 2.44 m/s on a straight line that makes a 60°
angle with AB. At the same time Micah leaves A, Angelo
leaves B at a speed of 7 fps and follows the straight path
_____ 15. A frustum of a pyramid has an upper base
that produces the earliest possible meeting of the two
100m by 10m and a lower base of 80m by 8m. If the
skaters, given their speeds. How many meters does
altitude of the frustum is 5m, find its volume.
Micah skate before meeting Angelo?
A. 4567.67 cu. m. C. 4066.67 cu. m.
B. 3873.33 cu. m. D. 3345.98 cu. m. A. 36.58 m C. 48.77 m
B. 42.67 m D. 54.86 m

_____ 16. Find the polar coordinates for the point whose
_____ 22. In a circle, parallel chords of length 2, 3, and
rectangular coordinate of (-6, -8).
4 determine central angles of A, B, and A+B radians,
A. (10, -233.13°) C. (10, 233.13°) respectively, where A+B < π. Determine the exact value
B. (10, 126.87°) D. (10, -126.87°) of cos A.

A. 15/47 C. 32/59
_____ 17. If today is Sunday, what day of the week will B. 17/32 D. 23/74
be 2016 days after today?

A. Sunday C. Monday _____ 23. An inscribe angle in a semicircle in a right

B. Tuesday D. Thursday angle.

A. Exterior Angle C. Morley’s Theorem

_____ 18. A die is rolled and a coin is tossed, find the B. Thale’s Theorem D. Angle Bisector
probability that the die shows an odd number and the
coin shows a head.
_____ 24. An angle 2π = 360° corresponding to the
A. 0.75 C. 0.50 central angle of an entire circle.
B. 0.125 D. 0.25
A. straight angle C. myriagon
B. perigon D. polygon
_____ 19. A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles
and 10 white marbles. If a marble is drawn from the jar
_____ 25. A cat is tethered by a 6 mile rope to the
at random, what is the probability that this marble is
outside corner of a shed measuring 4 mi by 5 mi in a
white?
sand field. What area of sand can the cat graze?
A. 1/2 C. 1/4
B. 1/3 D. 1/5 A. 113π/4 B. 112π/5 C. 131π/4 D. 121π/5
_____ 26. Find the limit of (2-x)tan πx/2 as x approaches 1. _____ 33. A balloon leaving the ground 18 m from the
observer rises 3 m/s. How fast is the angle of elevation
A. e2π B. e-2/π C. 0 D. ∞ of the line of sight increasing after 8 seconds?

A. 0.03 rad/s C. 0.06 rad/s

_____ 27. Find the rectangle of largest area that can be B. 0.04 rad/s D. 0.02 rad/s
inscribed in an equilateral triangle of side 20.

A. 50sqrt(3) C. 50sqrt(2) _____ 34. Determine y’ implicitly: xy+y2=1

B. 25sqrt(3) D. 25sqrt(2)
A. y/(x+2y) C. –x/(x+2y)
B. y/(x-2y) D. –y/(x+2y)
_____ 28. An open box is formed by cutting squares if
equal size from the corners of a 24 by 15-inch piece of
sheet metal and folding up the sides. Determine the _____ 35. In trapezoid ABCD, AD is parallel to BC,
maximum volume of the box. Angle A and Angle D is equal to 45°. If AB=6, and the
area of the trapezoid is 30, find BC,
A. 400 C. 386
B. 486 D. 300 A. 3sqrt(2) B. 2sqrt(2) C. 3sqrt(3) D. 2sqrt(3)

_____ 36. Two circles have radius of 4 cm, and 12 cm,

_____ 29. Consider the function defined by y = x 3 + kx2 respectively. If the distance between their centers is 30
+ 3x – 4. For what value(s) of the constant k will the cm, compute the length of the common internal tangent
graph have exactly one horizontal tangent? to the two circles in cm.
A. ±4 C. ±2 A. 27.32 B. 57.70 C. 25.37 D. 24.06
B. ±3 D. ±1

_____ 37. The length of a chord of a circle is 14 m. A

_____ 30. Two posts, one 8 m and the other 12 m high point is selected on the chord so that its distance from
are 15 m apart. If the posts are supported by a cable one end of the chord is 8 m, while its distance from the
running from the top of the first post to a stake on the center of the circle is 4 m. What is the length of the
ground and then back to the top of the second post, find chord that is perpendicular to the radius that passes
the distance to the lower post to the stake to use through this point?
minimum amount of wire.
A. 15.37 B. 13.86 C. 10.31 D. 19.64
A. 6 m C. 9 m
B. 8 m D. 4 m _____ 38. The pages of a book are numbered 1 through
n. When the page numbers of the book were added, one
of the page numbers was mistakenly added twice,
_____ 31. The charge in coulombs that passes through a
resulting in an incorrect sum of 1986. What was the
wire after t seconds is given by the function: Q(t) = t 3 –
number of the page that was added twice?
2t2 + 5t + 2. Determine the average current during the
first two seconds. A. 32 B. 31 C. 33 D. 38
A. 5 C. 9
B. 7 D. 11 _____ 39. A man walks down to the bottom of an
escalator that is moving up and he counts 150 steps. His
_____ 32. Determine the second derivative of the friend walks up to the top of the escalator and counts 75
function y=(x+1)(x-3)3. steps. If the man’s speed of walking (in steps per unit
time) is three times his friend’s walking speed, how
A. 12(x-3)(x-1) C. 3(x-3)2(x+1)+(x-3)3 many steps are visible on the escalator at a given time?
B. 5(x-4)(x-1)2 D. 3x(x-3)2
A. 150 B. 75 C. 120 D. 80
_____ 40. Find the value of x if |4x + 4|=12. _____ 47. The major axis of the elliptical path in which
the earth moves around the sun is approximately
A. 2, -4 B. -2,4 C. 3,-4 D. 1,-4 186,000,000 miles and the eccentricity of the ellipse is
1/60. Determine the apogee of the earth.
_____ 41. The ____ is a statement of general application
A. 93,000,000 mi C. 91,450,000 mi
which will aid us in factoring polynomials when the B. 94,335,100 mi D. 94,550,000 mi
factors are not immediately evident.

A. Cramer’s Rule C. Binomial Theorem _____ 48. The polar equation of a curve is equal to
B. Remainder Theorem D. Factor Theorem r2(4sin2θ + 9cos2θ)=36. Determine the eccentricity of the
given curve.
_____ 42. The portion of a sphere that is bound by the
A. 0.845 C. 0.745
two intersections of two parallel planes with the sphere. B. 0.334 D. 0.232
A. zone C. lune
B. spherical sector D. spherical wedge _____ 49. The axis of the hyperbola which passes
through the center, the foci and vertices.
_____ 43. A solid had a circular base of radius 20 cm.
A. transverse axis C. coordinate
Find the volume of the solid if every plane section B. asymptotic axis D. ordinate
perpendicular to a certain diameter is an equilateral
triangle.
_____ 50. The surface area of a solid of revolution is
A. 18,475.21 cm3 C. 19,343.71 cm3 equal to the length of the generating arc times the
B. 20,356.36 cm3 D. 17,253.86 cm3 circumference of the circle described by the centroid of
the arc, provided that the axis of revolution does not
_____ 44. What is the specific name given to the set of cross the generating arc.
five regular polyhedrons?
A. First proposition of Pappus Theorem
B. Second proposition of Pappus Theorem
A. Platonic solids C. regular solids
C. Third proposition of Pappus Theorem
B. regular polyhedrons D. Euclidean solid
D. Fourth proposition of Pappus Theorem

_____ 45. A circle is circumscribing a triangle formed by

_____ 51. Water is flowing in a conical vessel 15 cm
the lines y=0, y=x, and 2x+3y=10. Find the equation of
deep and having a radius of 3.75 cm across the top. If the
the circle.
rate at which the water rises is 2 cm/s, how fast is the
A. x2+y2-5x+y=0 C. x2+y2+5x+y=0 water flowing into the conical vessel when the water is 4
B. x2+y2-2x+y=0 D. x2+y2+2x+y=0 cm deep?

A. 6.28 cc/s C. 4.57 cc/s

_____ 46. A line segment has its ends on the coordinate B. 2.37 cc/s D. 5.73 cc/s
axes and forms with them a triangle of area equal to 36
sq. units. The segment passes through the point (5,2).
_____ 52. A hole of radius 2 is drilled through the axis
Compute for the length of the line segment intercepted
of a sphere of radius 3. Compute the volume of the
by the coordinate axes.
remaining solid.
A. 14.52 B. 13.42 C. 12.12 D. 11.02
A. 46.832 B. 56.235 C. 26.315 D. 18.327
_____ 53. Determine the length of the curve y=x 3 from _____ 61. Evaluate: (1+j)1+j
x=0 to x=1.
A. 0.27 + j0.58 C. 0.27 – j0.58
A. 1.45 B. 1.55 C. 1.65 D. 1.75 B. 0.58 – j0.27 D. 0.58 + j0.27

_____ 54. How many distinct permutations do the word _____ 62. Given a scalar field g = 3x 2y – y3z2, determine
INDEPENDENCY has? the gradient of g at point (1, -2, -1).

A. 6653800 B. 6652900 C. 6642800 D. 6652800 A. -12i -9j -16k C. 12i + 9j + 16k

B. 37 D. -37

_____ 55. Suppose there is an average of 2 suicides per

year per 50,000 populations. In a city of 100,000, find _____ 63. Given a discrete function x[n] = (7/8) n u(n),
the probability that in a given year there are 0 suicides. determine the z-transform.

A. 0.0183 B. 0.0412 C. 0.0353 D. 0.0512 A. 1/[1-(7/8)z] C. 1/[1-(7/8)z-1]

B. z/[1-(7/8)z] D. z-1/[1-(7/8)z-1]

_____ 56. In a class of 28 students, the teacher selects

_____ 64. Determine b2 in the Fourier series expansion
four people at random to participate in a geography
of the function f(x) = x2 in the interval of –π < x < π and
contest. What is the probability that this group of four
has a period of 2π.
students includes at least two of the top three geography
students in the class? A. 4/9 B. -4/9 C. 0 D. -2/9
A. 37/819 B. 23/476 C. 34/911 D. 10/259
_____ 65. Determine the value of tanh(j2).
_____ 57. In a certain college, 4% of the men and 1% of A. 2.19e-j1.57 B. 1.12e-j1.57 C. 1.57e-j2.19 D. 1e-j1.57
the women are taller than 6 feet. Furthermore, 60% of
the students are women. Now, if a student is selected at
random and is taller than 6 feet, what is the probability _____ 66. The captain of the ship views the top of a
that the student is a woman? lighthouse at an angle of 60° with the horizontal at an
elevation of 6 meters above sea level. Five minutes later,
A. 1/3 B. 3/11 C. 1/4 D. 4/11 the same captain of the ship views the top of the same
lighthouse at an angle of 30° with the horizontal.
Determine the speed of the ship in m/sec if the
_____ 58. It states that, under mild conditions, the mean
lighthouse is known to be 50 meters above sea level.
of many random variables independently drawn from the
same distribution is distributed approximately normally, A. 0.265 B. 0.155 C. 0.169 D. 0.210
irrespective of the form of the original distribution.

A. Normal Distribution C. Normal Curve Symmetry _____ 67. In a tank are 100 liters of brine containing 50
B. Gaussian Theorem D. Central Limit Theorem kg total of dissolved salt. Pure water is allowed to run
into the tank at the rate of 3 L/min. Brine runs out of the
_____ 59. The mean of a binomial distribution is given tank at the rate of 2 L/min. The instantaneous
by: concentration in the tank is kept uniform by stirring.
How much salt is in the tank at the end of one hour?
A. np(1-p) B. np C. n2 D. p2
A. 15.45 kg B. 19.53 kg C. 12.62 kg D. 20.62 kg

_____ 60. What is the variance of a std. normal curve?

A. 1 B. 0 C. 1/2 D. -1/2
_____ 68. Solve: [y – sqrt(x2 + y2)]dx – xdy = 0 _____ 76. The area (in sq. m.) of spherical triangle ABC
whose parts are A=93°40’, B=64°12’, C=116°51’, and
A. sqrt(x2+y2)+y=C C. sqrt(x+y)+y=C the radius of the sphere is 100 m is
B. sqrt(x2+y2+y)=C D. sqrt(x2-y)+y=C
A. 16513 B. 16531 C. 16545 D. 16530
_____ 69. Which of the following equations is an exact
Differential Equation? _____ 77. Determine the sum of the infinite series:
S=1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 + … + (1/3)n
A. (x2 + 1)dx – xydy = 0
B. x dy + (3x – 2y) dx = 0 A. 4/5 B. 3/4 C. 2/3 D. 1/2
C. 2xy dx + (2 + x2) dy = 0
D. x2y dy – y dx = 0
_____ 78. An angular unit equivalent to 1/400 of the
circumference of a circle is called
_____ 70. What is the integral of cos(2x)exp[sin(2x)]dx?
A. mil B. degree C. radian D. grad
A. (1/2)exp[sin(2x)] + C
B. -(1/2)exp[sin(2x)] + C
C. -exp[sin(2x)] + C _____ 79. Express 45° in mils
D. exp[sin(2x)] + C
A. 80 B. 800 C. 8000 D. 80000
_____ 71. Find the area (in sq. units) bounded by the
parabolas x2 – 2y = 0 and x2 + 2y – 8 = 0. _____ 80. Convert the polar equation to its Cartesian
equivalent: r = 6cosθ.
A. 11.7 B. 4.7 C. 9.7 D. 10.7
A. x2 – 6x + y2 = 0 C. x2 – 3x + y2 = 0
B. 3x2 – 6x + 2y2 = 0 D. 2x2 – 3x + 3y2 = 0
_____ 72. The area in the second quadrant of the circle
x2 + y2 = 36 is revolved around the line y + 10 = 0. What
is the volume generated? 81. Solve for the inverse laplace transform of the
following:
A. 2218.33 B. 2228.83 C. 2233.43 D. 2208.53
2

_____ 73. Determine B such that 3x + 2y – 7 = 0 is

1
()
F ( s )= Co t −1
2
s 1
+ ln 2
2 4 (
s −4 s+ 20
s −4 s+ 8 )
perpendicular to 2x – By + 2 = 0.

A. 5 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2
Answer: ______________________________________
_____ 74. The distance (in units) from a point (1,3) to
82. Solve for the particular equation of the following
the line 4x + 3y + 12 = 0 is:
using inverse differential operator:
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
y -3y'+2y=4t+6 {e} ^ {-t} ;y(0)=1, y'(0)=2

_____ 75. If Greenwich mean time (GMT) is 6 AM,

what is the time at a place located 30° East longitude?
Answer: ______________________________________
A. 7 AM B. 8 AM C. 9 AM D. 4 AM
_____ 83. Find the area of the region bounded by the
parabola x = y2 + 2 and the line y = x – 8.

A. 125/6 B. 125/3 C. 121/5 D. 121/2

_____ 84. A plane 3000 ft. from the earth is flying east at _____ 92. Find the value of x in the equation:
the rate of 120 mph. It passes directly over a car also csc x + cot x = 3
going east at 60 mph. How fast are they separating when
the distance between them is 5000 ft? A. 2Tan-1(3) B. 3Tan-1(2) C. 2Sin-1(3) D. 3Sin-1(2)

A. 74.4 fps B. 84.4 fps C. 70.4 fps D. 63.7 fps

93. Determine the spherical excess of the spherical
triangle ABS given a = 56°, b = 65°, and c = 78°.
_____ 85. A ladder 20 feet long is placed against a wall.
The foot of the ladder begins to slide away from the wall Answer: ______________________________________
at the rate of 1 ft/sec. How fast is the top of the ladder 94. What is the product of the real roots of the equation:
sliding when the foot of the ladder is 12 feet from the
wall? x 2+18 x +30=2 √ x 2+18 x +45

A. 3/4 fps B. 3/5 fps C. -3/5 fps D. -3/4 fps

Answer: ______________________________________

95. What is the value of K that will make the algebraic

86. An equilateral hyperbola has an equation of x 2 – y2 =
expression x2 + 28x + 2K a perfect square trinomial?
9. Compute the location of the vertices.
Answer: ______________________________________
Answer: ______________________________________
_____ 96. What are the numbers in which can be drawn
87. Triangle ABC has right angle at B, and contains a
as dots on equally long legs of a right angle (ex. 1, 3, 5,
point P for which PA=10, PB=6, and <APB = <BPC =
7, 9)?
<CPA. Find the length of segment PC.
A. Cubic Numbers C. Oblong Numbers
Answer: ______________________________________
B. Gnomon Numbers D. Pentagonal Numbers
88. A room is built in the shape of the region between
two semicircles with the same center and parallel _____ 97. It is to estimate the value of a quantity or
diameters. The farthest distance between two points with measurement beyond the values which are already
a clear line of sight is 12 m. What is the area of the room known.
in pi sq. m. (ex. 18π)?
A. Approximation C. Extrapolation
Answer: ______________________________________ B. Decimation D. Interpolation
89. Four holes are to be spaced regularly on a circle of
radius 20 cm. Find the distance “d” between the centers _____ 98. Which of the following is a figurate numbers?
of the two successive holes. Should be exact.
A. Triangular Numbers C. Tetrahedral Numbers
Answer: ______________________________________ B. Square Numbers D. Square Pyramidal

90. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157, and 210

respectively. What is the area of the triangle? _____ 99. It is a plane curve that forms a loop on one
side and intersects itself at a node.
Answer: ______________________________________
A. Folium of Fourier C. Folium of Nepler
91. A line that intersects two or more lines in a plane at B. Folium of Descartes D. Folium of Euler
different points is called a ____.

Answer: ______________________________________ _____ 100. What is the equivalent measurement in

meters is one cable?
A. 212.123 C. 219.456
B. 212.456 D. 219.789