May 22-2023

CPU College

Mathematics Remedial program individual assignment (20%)

Submission date: June 5-2023

1. Which of the following functions could most likely be drawn as in the figure below?

A. ( )

B. ( )

C. ( )

D. ( )

2. Define parabola?
3. Which of the following is not true about the parabola: ( ) ?
A. the vertex is (0,1) B. the focal length is
C. the equation of the directrix is D. the focus is ( )
4. Which of the following is the directrix and axis of symmetry of a parabola with vertex
( ) and focus ( ).
A. Directrix:
B. Directrix:
C. Directrix:
D. Directrix:
5. Define ellipse?
6. What is the length of the minor axis of the ellipse: ( )

A. 1 B. C.√ D. 3
( ) ( )
7. Which of the following is not true about the ellipse:
A. the center of the ellipse is (2,-2).
B. the length of the major axis is .
C. the major axis is vertical.
D. the foci are ( ) ( ).

8. Define hyperbola?

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9. Which of the following conic section represent the equation:
A. Circle B. Ellipse C. Parabola D. Hyperbola
10. The distance between the point P (-2, 4) and the line is ___?

A. 4 B. C. D.

11. Which of the following must be true about the derivative of ( )?

( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
A. ( ) B. ( )

( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
C. ( ) D. ( )

12. Which of the following is true?

A. √ B. √
C. √ D. √
13. Which of the following is true about ( ) on [1, 3]?
A. The critical numbers are 0 and 2.
B. The minimum value is -4.
C. The maximum value is -2.
D. The function doesn’t satisfy the conditions of extreme value theorem.
14. If ( ) , then ( ) is equal to:
A. C. ( )
B. ( ) D.
15. What is the mean for the following age distribution below?
Age 13-15 16-18 19-21 22-24
2 4 8 4

A.19.1 B.19.4 C.19.3 D.19.5

16. What is The median of the ungrouped data 10,30,50,42,26,74
A.36 B.50 C.46 D.52
17. . Which of the following is NOT true about the grouped distribution below?
v 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49
3 8 20 10 9

A. The median class is 19.5-29.5 B. the lower class boundary of D7=29.5

C. P43=( ) D. Q2=20.25
18. In a family of two children, what is the probability of getting at least one female child?
A. B. C. D.

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19. A bag containing 4 black, 2 red and 3 white balls. If 3 balls are selected at random, then
the probability that all are the same color is ___?
A. B. C. D.
20. The current population of Addis Ababa city is around 5.5 million with annual growth
rate of 4.4%.what would be the population (in million) of the city after 4 years?
A. 22million B. ( )

D. ( )

The following is the graph of a function ,Use the figure for question 21-22

1 4
-1

21. Which of the following is NOT true about the above graph?
A. is discontinuous at
B. ( ) ( )
C. ( ) doesn’t exist.
D. ( )
22. On which of the following interval is continuous?
A. [0, 1] B. [1, 4) C. [0,4) D.(1,4]

23. What is the value of ?

A. B. C. D.

24. If the function ( ) { is continuous every where,what is the value

of
A.6 B.4 C.2 D.
25. If | .
A. B. C. D.
26. The total cost ( ) in birr associated with the production of units of an item is given
by ( ) .what is the instantaneous rate of change of the
total cost at a production of 2 units of an item.
.50 B.69.6 C.9.8 D.70

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27. If ( ) ,then what is the value of ∫ ( ) ?
A. ( ) B. ( ) C. ( ) D. ( )

28. What is the area of the region between the graph of ( ) and the
from to ?
A. B. C. D.

29. What is the area of the region enclosed between the graphs of and ?
A. B. C. D.

30. Which of the following is true?

A. Population in statistics means the complete collection of individuals in one country.
B. Stratified sampling is Non- probability sampling.
C. A bar chart illustrates a grouped or continuous data.
D. Skewness is lack of symmetry in the given data.
31. A television is priced 23,000 birr including VAT. If the Added VAT is 15%, what is the
price of the TV before VAT in birr?
A. 18,950 B.19,666.67 C.19,550 D.20,000
32. If 40 birr is paid per hour, how many hours should an employee work to earn 380 birr?
A.9hrs B.9.5hrs C.10hrs D.5hrs
33. If a laptop is sold for birr 9,999 after a 10% discount. What was the lap top price before
the discount?
A. 11,110 B.10,998.9 C.10,999 D.12,000

34. If birr 2,500 is invested with a simple interest rate of 2% per month, what is the future
value in birr at the end of the tenth month?
A. 2800 B.3000 C.2900 D.2700
35. If the rate of mark up based on the cost price is 25% and the selling price is 720 birr,
then what is the cost price?
A.144birr B.360birr C.620 birr D.576 birr

36. The amount of monthly mortgage doesn’t depend on one of the following?
A. The amount of the loan B. The origination fee
C. The number of years to pay back the loan D. The interest rate on the loan
37. Yemane bought a condominium house with a 15% down payment. If the purchase price
of the house is 500,000 birr. What is the mortgage amount?
A.75, 000birr B.425, 000 birr C.455, 000 birr D.85, 000 birr
38. A sales person is paid 2% of the first 50,000 birr,3% of the next 40,000 birr and 4% of
all sales over birr 90,000.how much the sales person earn for a total sale of 94,000
birr?
A.2360 birr B.2200 birr C.1160 birr D.1360 birr

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39. The price of cement in Addis Ababa was 220 birr, and 10 months later its price was
330.what is the rate of increase in price?
A.0.63 B.0.52 C.0.5 D.0.2
40. If 100 birr is deposited in a bank with interest rate of 8% per annum, what would be the
total amount in two years’ time if compounding is done quarterly?
A. ( ) B. ( )
C. ( ) D. ( )
41. A profit of birr 18,000 is divided among three partners in the ratio 3:2:4
respectively. How much money does receive?
A. B. C. D.

42. The type of tax imposed on those persons who are not required to register for VAT to
enhance fairness in commercial dealings is ____?
a. Turn over tax B. Value added tax
C. Excise tax D. customs duty
43. The shaded region in the figure below is the feasible region of a linear programming
problem subject to a certain constraints. Which of the following system describes the
constraints?

A. B.

{ {

C.{ D.

𝑦 𝑥
𝑦 𝑥

𝑦 𝑥

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44. What is the maximum value of the function given by ,subject to the
constraint given by the figure in question 43?
A. 42 B.39 C.35 D.44

45. A machine costing birr 50,000 is estimated to have a useful lifetime of 10 years and a
salvage value of 6000 birr. Find the book value of the machine at the end of 5 years
using a fixed installment method?
A.22, 000 br. B.28, 000 br C.25, 000 br D.44, 000 br.

46. The employment income tax in Ethiopia is shown in the table below.
Monthly income (birr) Tax rate
Up to 600 birr Tax free
601-1650 10%
1651-3200 15%
3201-5250 20%
5251-7800 25%
7801-10,900 30%
More than 10,900 35%

If a person has a monthly gross salary of 1000 birr, what is his net salary in birr?
A. 931 B. 900 C. 960 D.937