AUXESIS REVIEW CENTER Day 3 – Part 3

Refresher Program Prepared by: Engr. John Ryan Regalario

1. In how many ways can the letters of the word 9. Point P is randomly chosen inside the square
MATHEMATICS be arranged if the consonants ABCD. Lines AP and PB are then drawn. What is
are to come together? the probability that angle APB is obtuse?
A. 75,600 A. 1/4
B. 72,000 B. 1/8
C. 81,300 C. pi/4
D. 84,000 D. pi/8

2. A coin is so unbalanced that you are likely to get 10. A disease is known to affect 1 in 10,000 people.
two heads in two successive throws as you are to A screening test for the disease shows a positive
get tails in one. What is the probability of getting result for 99% of the people with the disease. The
heads in a single throw? test also shows positive for 2% of people who do
A. 0.168 not have the disease. Find the probability that
B. 0.618 somebody is healthy given that they have positive
C. 0.681 test result?
D. 0.816 A. 99.51%
B. 12.32%
3. If 2 marbles are removed at random from a bag C. 46.32%
containing black and white marbles, the chance D. 78.36%
that they are both white is 1/3. If 3 are removed at
random, the chance that they all are white is 1/6. 11. The local weather forecaster says “no rain” and
How many black marbles are there? his record is 2/3 accuracy of prediction. But the
A. 1 Federal Meteorological Service predicts rain and
B. 2 their record is 3/4. With no other data available,
C. 3 what is the chance of rain?
D. 4 A. 3/5 B. 1/4 C. 1/6 D. 5/12

Four army recruits went to the supply room to get 12. Samuel Pepys wrote Isaac Newton to ask which
their military boots. Their shoe sizes were 7, 8, 9 of three events is more likely: that a person get
& 10. The supply officer, after being informed of (a) at least 1 six when 6 dice are rolled (b) at least
their sizes, prepared the four pairs of boots they two sixes when 12 dice are rolled, or (c) at least
need. If the boots are handed to each of the four 3 sixes when 18 dice are rolled. What is the
recruits at random answer?
A. (a) is more likely than (b) and (c)
4. What is the probability that exactly 3 of them will B. (b) is more likely than (a) and (c)
receive the correct shoe size? C. (c) is more likely than (a) and (b)
A. 1/16 B. 1/24 C. 1/12 D. 0 D. (a), (b), and (c) are equally likely

5. What is the probability that all of them will 13. A manufacturer of paper used for making grocery
receive the correct shoe size? bags is interested in improving the tensile
A. 1/16 B. 1/24 C. 1/12 D. 0 strength of the product. Product engineering
thinks that tensile strength is a function of the
6. What is the probability that none of them will hardwood concentration in the pulp and that the
receive the correct shoe size? range of hardwood concentrations of practical
A. 3/8 interest is between 5% and 20%. A team of
B. 23/24 engineers responsible for the study decides to
C. 1/16 investigate four levels of hardwood concentration:
D. 5/12 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%. They decide to make up
six test specimens at each concentration level,
A stationery store has decided to accept a large using a pilot plant. All 24 specimens are tested on
shipment of ball-point pens if an inspection of 20 a laboratory tensile tester, in random order. The
randomly selected pens yields no more than two data from this experiment are shown below:
defective pens.
Observations Hardwood Concentration (%)
7. Find the probability that this shipment is accepted 5 10 15 20
if 5% of the total shipment is defective. 1 7 12 14 19
A. 90.78% 2 8 17 18 19
B. 91.24% 3 15 13 19 22
C. 92.45% 4 11 18 17 23
D. 93.07% 5 9 19 16 18
6 10 15 18 20
8. Find the probability that this shipment is not What is the value of the F ratio?
accepted if 15% of the total shipment is defective. A. 15.35
A. 59.51% B. 18.96
B. 40.49% C. 20.04
C. 69.69% D. 19.60
D. 30.31%

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Refresher Program Prepared by: Engr. John Ryan Regalario

14. Suppose the National Transportation Safety 20. It is reported that in the Republican group, 60% are in
Board (NTSB) wants to examine the safety of favor of the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill. If a group of 8
compact cars, midsize cars, and full-size cars. It republicans is chosen at random, find the probability that
collects a sample of three for each of the at least 6 are in favor of the RH Bill.
treatments (cars types). Using the hypothetical A. 0.315395
data provided below, test whether the mean B. 0.209019
pressure applied to the driver’s head during a C. 0.016796
crash test is equal for each type of cars. Use 𝛼 = D. 0.089580
0.05. (Note: The critical F value with degrees of
freedoms of 2 and 6 for a level of significance of 21. A differential equation is considered to be ordinary if
0.05 is 5.14) it has
A. One dependent variable
Compact cars Midsize car Full-size B. More than one dependent variable
cars C. One independent variable
643 469 484 D. More than one independent variable

22. If during the first four days of travel of a person, his

655 427 456 velocity (in miles per day) is given by the equation: v(t) =
702 525 402 -15.5t3 + 86.25t2 – 117.25t + 48.75, Find the total distance
A. Accept the null hypothesis because the he travels from t = 0 to t = 4.
computed F value is less than the critical F A. 221.3
value. B. 111.6
B. Reject the null hypothesis because the C. 100.1
computed F value is greater than the critical F D. 89.3
value.
C. Both: because the computed is equal to the 23. What is the average area of all circles with radii
critical F value between 2 to 5 inches?
D. The data is insufficient to conclude that mean A. 10pi square inches
pressures are equal for all car types. B. 7pi square inches
C. 15pi square inches
15. How many ways can Lisa arrange ornaments on her D. 13pi square inches
mantle if she has 2 identical cat ornaments, 3 identical
dog ornaments, 1 rabbit, 1 penguin and 1 koala 24. If 2^x + 2^y = 2^(x + y), then find dy/dx
ornament? A. 1 – 2^y
A. 1260 B. 1 – 2^-y
B. 2250 C. 1 + 2^y
C. 3360 D. 1 + 2^-y
D. 6
25. Find the y-intercept of the line tangent to the curve x2
16. _____________ is a way to organize, represent and + y2 = 41 at (5, 4).
describe a collection of data using tables, graphs, and A. 10.25
summary measures. B. 8.2
A. Inferential Statistics C. 4.1
B. Descriptive Statistics D. 5
C. Intuitive Statistics
D. Statistics 26. Find the y-intercept of the line normal to the curve
2x2 – 3xy + y – 18 = 0 at (3, 0).
17. ____________ is a method that allows us to use A. 3
information collected from a sample to make decisions, B. 2
predictions or inferences from a population. C. 1
A. Inferential Statistics D. 4
B. Descriptive Statistics
C. Intuitive Statistics 27. How many years will be required for an investment of
D. Statistics P3,000 to increase to P4,081.47 at an interest rate of 8%
per year compound annually?
18. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve x2 + y2 A. 3
+ 4x + 16y – 32 = 0 through (4, 0). B. 4
A. 3x – 4y + 12 = 0 C. 6
B. 3x – 4y – 12 = 0 D. 5
C. 3x + 4y + 12 = 0
D. 3x + 4y – 12 = 0 28. What is the most effective annual interest rate on a
loan if the nominal rate is 12%/yr compounded quarterly?
19. Find the equation of the normal to the curve y2 + 2x + A. 11.8%
3y = 0 though point (-5,2) B. 12%
A. 7x + 2y + 39 = 0 C. 12.3%
B. 7x – 2y + 39 = 0 D. 12.6%
C. 2x – 7y – 39 = 0
D. 2x + 7y – 39 = 0

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29. How long will it take for an investment of P5,000 to 37. A pair of dice is thrown. If the two numbers appearing
grow to P7,500, if it earns 10% simple interest per year? are different, what is the probability that the sum is five?
A. 4 years A. 2/15
B. 5 years B. 4/15
C. 6 years C. 2/18
D. 7 years D. 4/11

30. What is the present value of 100 pesos after 4 years 38. A sample of the various prices for a particular product
if the inflation is 7%? has been conducted in 16 stores which were selected at
A. P76.29 random in a neighborhood of a city. The following prices
B. P67.92 were noted:
C. P96.72 95, 108, 97, 112, 99, 106, 105, 100, 99, 98, 104, 110, 107,
D. P72.96 111, 103, 110.
Assuming that the prices of this product follow a normal
31. A machine is under consideration for purchase. The law of variance of 25 and an unknown mean, what is the
cost of the machine is $25,000. Each year it operates, the distribution of the sample mean?
machine will generate a savings of $15,000. Given an A. 95
effective annual interest rate of 18%, what is the B. 87
discounted payback period on the purchase in the C. 104
machine? D. 106
A. 1.67 years
B. 2.15 years 39. A sample of the various prices for a particular product
C. 1.75 years has been conducted in 16 stores which were selected at
D. 3.17 years random in a neighborhood of a city. The following prices
were noted:
32. If y = f(x), p = dy/dx and q = d^2 y/dx^2, then what is 95, 108, 97, 112, 99, 106, 105, 100, 99, 98, 104, 110, 107,
d^2 x/dy^2 equal to? 111, 103, 110.
A. -q/p^2 Assuming that the prices of this product follow a normal
B. -q/p^3 law of variance of 25 and an unknown mean, determine
C. 1/q the confidence interval at 95% for the population mean?
D. q/p^2 A. 102.55 to 105.45
B. 103.45 to 104.55
33. A balloon is being filled with helium at the rate of 4 feet C. 100.45 to 108.55
cube per minute. What is the rate in square feet per D. 101.55 to 106.45
minute at which the surface area is increasing when the
volume is 32pi/3 cubic feet? 40. Urn A contains 4 red and 7 white marbles. Urn B
A. 2 contains 3 red and 5 white marbles. Urn C contains 2 red
B. 1 and 3 white marbles. An urn is selected at random and a
C. 4pi marble is drawn from the urn. If the marble is white, what
D. 4 is the probability that it came from urn C?
A. 88/273
34. A Ferris wheel 15 m in diameter makes 1 revolution B. 7/18
every 2 minutes. If the center of the wheel is 9 m above C. 77/360
the ground, how fast is the passenger in the wheel moving D. 115/240
vertically when he is 12.5 m above the ground?
A. 24.08 m/min 41. Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement?
B. 22.34 m/min A. The probability that a student will not pass the
C. 20.84 m/min midterm examination is 0.15, and the probability that he
D. 25.67 m/min will pass the examination is 5 times as large.
B. The probabilities that a student will spend an evening
35. A box contains three coins, one coin is fair, one coin studying or watching television are, 0.22 and 0.48,
is two-headed, and one coin is weighted so that the respectively and the probability that it will be one or the
probability of head appearing is 1/3. A coin is selected at other is 0.70.
random and tossed. Find the probability that head C. Since Janelle studied her lesson, the probability that
appears. she will pass the exam is 0.90.
A. 5/18 D. The probability that a mineral specimen will contain
B. 11/18 copper is 0.30 and the probability that it will not contain
C. 7/18 copper is 0.70.
D. ½
42. Which of the following situations is not possible for a
36. The twelve donors donated the following amount in a given population?
charity fund: 500, 850, 925, 800, 600, 750, 650, 625, 800, A. The mean is positive and the standard deviation is
400, 725, 550. Find the fourth decile D4. negative.
A. 625 B. The mean and the standard deviation are both
B. 650 positive.
C. 630 C. The mean and the standard deviation are both zero.
D. 637.5 D. The mean is negative and the standard deviation is
positive.

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43. Let A and B be independent events. Which of the

following statements is CORRECT? Notation: A’ and B’
are complements of events A and B respectively.
A. A’ and B’ are independent events
B. A’ and B’ are dependent events
C. A’ is dependent only to B’
D. B’ is dependent only to A’

44. Determine the Wronskian of the functions ex and xex.

A.ex
B.xex
C.e2x
D.xe2x

A firm procures canned peas and adds to accumulate

inventory as follows:
January: 55pcs @ P50/can
February: 125pcs @ P55/can
March: 100pcs @P75/can

45. What is the cost of goods sold for the 60 units that left
the stock using First In First Out (FIFO)?
A. P3025
B. P3000
C. P4500
D. P3300

46. What is the cost of goods sold for the 60 units that left
the stock using Last In First Out (LIFO)?
A. P3025
B. P3000
C. P4500
D. P3300

47. What is the cost of goods sold for the 60 units that left
the stock using average costs?
A. P3600.00
B. P3669.64
C. P3750.00
D. P3350.75

The population in the Philippines reached 102.25M as of

July 1, 2016. This is 1.37% of the total world population.
Of the 102.25M, 44.8% is urban population. The
country's annual growth is 1.54%.

48. What is the doubling time for the Philippine

population?
A. 35 B. 45 C. 43 D. 22

49. On July 1, 2025, what will be the estimated

population of the Philippines?
A. 108.44M
B. 116.15M
C. 117.45M
D. 123.58M

50. What is the annual growth rate of the urban population

if the population in July 1, 2050 is expected to be 88.4M?
A. 1.32%
B. 1.93%
C. 1.52%
D. 1.45%