URT Sample Test:

1- A fair coin is tossed eight times. Then the probability of obtaining five
heads is ....................
𝟕 𝟐𝟓 𝟏 𝟐𝟕
a) b) c) d)
𝟑𝟐 𝟑𝟐 𝟖 𝟑𝟐
2- Three people have been nominated for president of a college class. From
a small poll, it is estimated that the probability of Jane winning the
election is 0.46, and the probability of Larry winning the election is 0.32.
What is the probability of the third candidate winning the election?
a) 0.44 b) 0.52 c) 0.89 d) 0.22
3- Two contest winners are chosen by having their names drawn out of a
hat one at a time. Once a name is drawn, it is not replaced, and each
person is allowed only one entry. In total, seven people entered the
contest. If Sara’s name was not chosen on the first draw, what is the
probability it will be chosen on the second?
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
a) b) c) d)
𝟕 𝟔 𝟕 𝟓
4- A retailer’s website allows shoppers to customize the shoes they order.
Customers may select one of three different colors, one of two types of
laces, and one of eight special logos. With these choices, how many
different shoe designs are possible?
a) 14 b) 16 c) 32 d) 48
5- You are dealt five cards from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. In
how many ways can you get a full house? (A full house consists of three
of one kind and two of another. For example, 8-8-8-5-5 and K-K-K-10-
10 are full houses.)
a) 25989600 b) 3744 c) 22308 d) 4982
6- Hanna and Jake are hoping to get selected as the host of this year’s
talent show. The committee chooses a host by random selection, and this
year only 29 students entered their name into the drawing. What is the
probability either Hanna or Jake is selected as the host this year?
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏
a) b) c) d)
𝟖𝟒𝟏 𝟖𝟒𝟏 𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟗
7- An urn contains five white marbles and six green marbles. Which of the
following would INCREASE the probability of randomly selecting a
white marble from this urn?
I. Increasing the number of white marbles only
 II. Increasing the number of green marbles only
III. Decreasing the number of white marbles and green marbles by the
same amount
a) I only b) II only c) III only d) I and III
𝒙+𝟐𝒚 𝒙
8- If = 𝟓, what is the value of ?
𝒚 𝒚
𝟏 𝟏
a) -3 b) − c) d) 3
𝟑 𝟑
9- In a class of 10 boys and 15 girls, the average score on a biology test is
90. If the average score for the girls is x, what is the average score for
the boys in terms of x?
𝟐 𝟑
a) 𝟐𝟎𝟎 − 𝒙 b) 𝟐𝟐𝟓 − 𝒙 c)𝟐𝟓𝟎 − 𝟑𝒙 d) 𝟐𝟓𝟎 − 𝟐𝒙
𝟑 𝟐
10- Which of the following graphs is symmetric about the origin?
a) b) c) d)

11- The lines with the equations y = m1x + 4 and y = m2x + 3 will intersect
to the right of the y-axis if and only if ...............
a) m1 = m2 b) m1<m2 c) m1>m2 d) m1+m2=0
12- Which of the following is an equation of a line that will have points in
all the quadrants except the first?
a) y = 2x b) y = 2x+3 c) y = 2x-3 d) y = -2x-3
13- A new computer can perform x calculations in y seconds and an older
computer can perform r calculations in s minutes. If these two
computers work simultaneously, how many calculations can be
performed in t minutes?
𝒙 𝒓 𝟔𝟎𝒙 𝒓 𝒙 𝒓 𝒙 𝒓
a) 𝒕( + ) b) 𝒕( + ) c) 𝒕( + ) d) 𝟔𝟎𝒕( + )
𝟔𝟎𝒚 𝒔 𝒚 𝒔 𝒚 𝒔 𝒚 𝒔
14- A circle centered at (3,2) with radius 5 intersects the x-axis at which of
the following x-coordinates?
a) 2.39 b) 4.58 c) 7.58
d) 8.00
15- The following figure shows rectangle ABCD.
Points A and D are on the parabola y = 2x2 − 8,
and points B and C are on the parabola y = 9 − x2.
 If point B has coordinates (−1.50, 6.75), what is the area of rectangle
ABCD?
a) 12.50 b) 17.50 c) 22.75 d) 30.75
16- If i2 = −1, which of the following is a square root of 8 − 6i?
a) 𝟑 − 𝒊 b) 𝟑 + 𝒊 c) 𝟒 − 𝟑𝒊 d) 𝟒 + 𝟑𝒊
𝟏
17- If 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙 − 𝟒 and 𝒇(𝒈(𝒙)) = 𝒈(𝒇(𝒙)), which of the following can
𝟐
be 𝒈(𝒙)?
𝟏
I. 𝟐𝒙 −
𝟒
II. 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟖
𝟏
III. 𝒙−𝟒
𝟐
a) I only b) II only c) III only d) II and III
18- In the matrix product shown, what is the value of x?
−𝟏 𝟐 𝟔 𝟑 𝒙 𝒚
[ ][ ]=[ ]
𝟒 𝟖 𝟕 −𝟔 𝒛 𝒘
a) -6 b) 5 c) 8 d) 14
19- For what values of b and c would the following system of equations
have no solutions?
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟐
𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 = 𝒄
a) b = 4, c = 1 b) b = 4, c = 3 c) b = 8, c = -2 d) b = 8, c = 2
−𝟏 𝟐 𝟎 −𝟖 𝒙 𝒚
20- If 𝑨 = [ ] and 𝑩 = [ ] such that 𝑨 − 𝑩 = [ ], what is
𝟒 𝟗 𝟏 𝟏 𝒛 𝒘
the value of z?
a) -1 b) 0 c) 3 d) 4
21- 3 − 2i and 3 + 2i are roots to which of the following quadratic
equations?
a) x2+6x+13=0 b) x2-6x+13=0 c) x2 - 6x - 13 = 0 d) x2 + 6x + 13 = 0
22- If 0 ≤ t ≤ 1, which of the following graphs is the graph of y versus x
where x and y are related by the parametric equations 𝒚 = 𝒕𝟐 and
𝒙 = √𝒕?
a) b) c) d)
23- What is the range of the function f that is defined by
𝟏
𝟐 +𝟏
𝒇(𝒙) = { 𝟑 𝒙 , 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 ≥ 𝟎
𝟓𝒙 + 𝟑, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 < 𝟎
a) 𝒚 ≤ 𝟎 b) 𝟎 < 𝒚 < 𝟑 c) 𝒚 ≤ 𝟑 d) all R
𝟒
24- The domain of the function 𝒇(𝒙) = |𝒙|−𝒙 is .........
a) x<-4 b) x>0 c) x<0 d)x>4
25- what is the range of 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟑 − √−𝒙 − 𝟔 ?
a) All real numbers less than (A) or equal to −222
b) All real numbers less than or equal to −216
c) All real numbers greater than or equal to −216
d) All real numbers greater than or equal to 216

𝒊
26- (𝟒−𝟓𝒊)𝟐
=
𝟒𝟎 𝟗 𝟒𝟎 𝟗 𝟒𝟎 𝟗 𝟒𝟎 𝟗
a) − − 𝒊 b) − + c) − 𝒊 d) + 𝒊
𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟏
27- If 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝒙 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝒙 = 𝟕, then 𝒙 =
a) 1.21 b) 1.40 c) 11.31 d) 18.52
28- If 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 (𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔) = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 (𝒙 − 𝟒), which of the following could be the
value of x?
a) 12 b) 13 c) 16 d) 20
29- Bob wishes to borrow some money. He needs to defer to the following
formula, where M is the monthly payment, r is the monthly decimal
interest rate, P is the amount borrowed, and t is the number of months
it will take to repay the loan:
𝒓𝑷
𝑴=
𝟏 𝒕
𝟏−(
𝟏 + 𝒓)
If Bob secures a loan of $4,000 that he will pay back in 36 months with
a monthly interest rate of 0.01, what is his monthly payment?
a) $111.11 b) $119.32 c) $132.86 d) $147.16
30- In the following figure, a circle of radius 1 is placed
on an incline where point P, a point on the circle, has
the coordinates (−5,−5). The circle is rolled up the
incline, and once the circle hits the origin, the circle is
then rolled horizontally along the x-axis to the right.
What is the x-coordinate of the point where P touches
 the incline or the x-axis for the fifth time (not including the starting
point)?
a) 8.64 b) 17.27 c) 24.34 d) 27.49
31- If 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟏 − 𝟒𝒙, and 𝒇−𝟏 (𝒙) is the inverse of the 𝒇(𝒙), then
𝒇(−𝟑)𝒇−𝟏 (−𝟑) =
a) 13 b) 3 c) 4 d) 10
𝟏−𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
32- =
𝟏−𝒄𝒔𝒄𝜽
a) 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 b) 𝒄𝒔𝒄𝜽 c) −𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 d) −𝒄𝒔𝒄𝜽
33- The tenth term of an arithmetic sequence is 38, and the second term is
6. What is the value of the first term of this sequence?
a) 0 b) 2 c) 4 d) 14
34- The average of four consecutive integers is 14.5. What is the sum of the
largest and the smallest of the integers?
a) 3 b) 23 c) 27 d) 29
35- What is the first term of the following geometric sequence?
𝟏𝟓 𝟕
… … . . , 𝟑𝟎, , 𝟏 , … ..
𝟐 𝟖
𝟕𝟏
a) 35 b) c) 60 d) 120
𝟐
36- If 1, 𝝎, 𝝎𝟐 are the cubic roots of unity, 𝒏 ∈ 𝚭 + , then:
𝟏 𝝎𝒏 𝝎𝟐𝒏
𝚫 = | 𝝎𝒏 𝝎𝟐𝒏 𝟏 | equals...............
𝟐𝒏
𝝎 𝟏 𝝎𝒏
a) 1 b) 𝝎 c) 𝝎𝟐 d) 0
𝟐
37- If c, b are the roots of the equation: 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟐𝟕 = 𝟎, then
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝒄 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝒃
| 𝟑 |=
−𝟏 𝟏
a) 3 b) 1 c) -1 d) -3
38- If ⃑𝑨 ⃑ = 𝟑𝒊̂ − 𝟒𝒋̂ , ⃑𝑩
⃑ = 𝟏𝟐𝒊̂ + 𝟓𝒋̂, 𝜽 is the angle between the two vectors
⃑𝑨
⃑ , ⃑𝑩
⃑ then 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽 =
𝟏𝟔 𝟔𝟑 𝟔𝟑 𝟏𝟔
a) b) c) d)
𝟔𝟓 𝟔𝟓 𝟏𝟔 𝟔𝟑
⃑⃑ || = 𝟒, ||𝑩
39- If ||𝑨 ⃑⃑ || = 𝟔 and the measure of the angle between ⃑𝑨
⃑ and ⃑𝑩
⃑
⃑⃑ + ⃑𝑩
equals 60o then (𝟑𝑨 ⃑ ). (𝑨
⃑⃑ − ⃑𝑩
⃑)=
a) -12 b) 12 c) -14 d) 14
40- How many planes of symmetry are there in a cube?
a) 6 b) 4 c) 8 d) 9
41- What is the greatest possible number of points of intersection between
a parabola and a circle?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6
42-

43-

44- A wheel with rotational inertia I is mounted on a fixed, frictionless

axle. The angular speed ω of the wheel is increased from zero to 𝝎𝒇 in a
time interval T.
𝝎𝒇 𝝎𝒇 𝑰𝝎𝟐𝒇 𝑰𝝎𝒇
a) b) c) d)
𝑻 𝑻𝟐 𝑻 𝑻
45-
 𝟏−𝟐𝒏𝟐
46- 𝐥𝐢𝐦 =
𝒏⟶∞ 𝟓𝒏𝟐 −𝒏+𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
a) -1 b) − c) d) no limit exists
𝟓 𝟓
𝒅
47- (𝐥𝐧 𝒆𝟐𝒙 )=
𝒅𝒙
𝟏 𝟐
a) b) c) 𝟐𝒙 d) 2
𝒆𝟐𝒙 𝒆𝟐𝒙
48-

𝒅𝟐 𝒚
49- If 𝒙 = 𝒕𝟐 + 𝟏 and 𝒚 = 𝒕𝟑 , then =
𝒅𝒙𝟐
𝟑 𝟑
a) b) c) 𝟑𝒕 d) 6t
𝟒𝒕 𝟐𝒕
50- A national consumer magazine reported the following correlations.
- The correlation between car weight and car reliability is 0.30.
- The correlation between car weight and annual maintenance cost is
0.20.
Which of the following statements are true?
I. Heavier cars tend to be less reliable.
II. Heavier cars tend to cost more to maintain.
III. Car weight is related more strongly to reliability than to
maintenance cost.
a) I only b) II only c) III only d) I, II, III