7. The logarithm of a number to the base ( 2.7182....

) is called

NAME : a) Napierian logarithm b) Characteristic

CLASS : c) Mantissa d) Briggsian logarithm

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8. The characteristic is equal to the exponent of 10, when the

number is written in
1. sin A cos B - cos A sin B is equivalent to:
a) Exponential form b) Scienti c notation
a) Cos ( A - B ) b) Sin ( A - B )
c) Logarithmic form d) Irrational number
c) Tan ( A - B ) d) Cos2 ( A - B )

9. Napierian logarithms have a base closest to which number?

2. The angular distance of a point on the terrestrial sphere
a) 2.72 b) 2.82
from the north pole is called
c) 2.92 d) 10
a) coaltitude b) latitude

c) altitude d) codeclination

10. A logarithm of 1 to any base is

a) indeterminate b) zero
3. Csc 520⁰ is equal to
c) in nity d) one
a) Cos 20⁰ b) Csc 20⁰

c) Tan 45⁰ d) Sin 20⁰

11. Sin ( 270 + β ) is equal to

a) - Cos β b) Sin β
4. What is the sine of 820⁰?
c) - Sin β d) Cos β
a) 0.984 b) 0.866

c) -0.866 d) -0.5

12. The sum of the angles in an octant spheric triangle is

a) 180⁰ b) 270⁰
5. The logarithm of the negative number is
c) 360⁰ d) 540⁰
a) imaginary b) irrational

c) real d) rational

13. The median of a triangle is the line connecting the vertex

and the midpoint of the opposite side. For a given triangle,
6. The sum of the squares of the sine and cosine of an angle. these medians intersects at a midpoint which is called the
a) 0 b) 1 a) orthocenter b) circumcenter
c) 2 d) 3 c) centroid d) incenter
14. The altitudes of the sides of the triangle intersects at the 21. The logarithm of the reciprocal of N is called ______ of N
point known as a) antilogarithm b) cologarithm
a) orthocenter b) circumcenter c) natural logarithm d) briggsian logarithm
c) incenter d) centroid

22. The inverse function of a logarithm is known as

15. The angle which the line of sight to the object makes with a) antilogarithm b) cologarithm
the horizontal which is above the eye of the observer is
c) antiderivative d) antecedent
called

a) Angle of depression b) Angle of elevation

c) Acute angle d) Bearing

23. The cologarithm of a number is the _______ of the logarithm
of a number.
a) positive b) absolute value
16. Log M - Log N is equal to
c) negative d) reciprocal
a) Log MN b) Log ( M - N )

c) Log M/N d) Log ( N - M )

24. The rst table logarithm with 10 as base was developed in

1615 by
17. The other form of loga N = b is a) James Naismith b) Henry Briggs
a) N = ba b) N = ab c) John Napier d) John Wallis
c) N = ab d) N = a/b

25. Who invented logarithms in 1614?

18. The point of concurrency of the altitude of the triangle. a) John Wallis b) Henry Briggs
a) orthocenter b) centroid c) John Napier d) L'Hospital
c) metacenter d) incenter

26. The number loga b is called the ____ of the system of a base
The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisector of a with respect to the system of base b.
19.
the sides of the triangle. a) coe cient b) logarithm
a) orthocenter b) circumcenter c) modulus d) exponent
c) centroid d) incenter

27. Napierian logarithm has a base of

20. The point of concurrency of the angle bisector of the a) ? b) 10
triangle is called
c) 1 d) e
a) orthocenter b) circumcenter

c) centroid d) incenter
28. Log x = _____ ln x. 35. To change loga to logb N, multiply
a) 0.434 b) 10 a) loga b b) logb a
c) 2.303 d) e c) logN a d) logN b

29. ln x = _____ log x. 36. The numbers loga b to logb a are

a) 0.434 b) 10 a) equal b) Equal but di erent in signs
c) 2.303 d) e c) Reciprocal of each other d) Negative reciprocal to each other

30. Which of the following cannot be a base of a logarithm? 37. Logarithm using 10 as base.
a) 10 b) ? a) Decimal logarithm b) Scienti c logarithm
c) 1 d) e c) Common logarithm d) Natural logarithm

31. The integral part of a common logarithm is 38. The logarithm of a product is the __________ of the
a) 10 b) e logarithms, and the logarithm of a quotient is the __________
of the logarithms.
c) mantissa d) characteristic
a) Sum, di erence b) Di erence, sum
c) Quotient, product d) Product, quotient

32. The mantissa of a logarithm is a

a) Positive value only b) Negative value only
39. When a logarithm is expressed as an integer plus a decimal
c) Positive value, negative value or zero d) Positive value or zero
(between 0 and 1), the integer is called
a) Briggsian logarithm b) Napierian logarithm

c) Mantissa d) Characteristics
33. For 0 < x < 1, ln x is

a) positive b) zero
c) Negative d) Between 0 and 1
40. The characteristics of a logarithm is 3. the number between

a) 1 and 10 b) 10 and 100

c) 100 and 1000 d) 1000 and 10000
34. If 1 < N < 10, then
a) 1 < log N < 2 b) 0 < log N < 10

c) 2 < log N < 3 d) -1 < log N < 0

41. The characteristics of the common logarithm of a number
greater than 1 is
a) zero b) positive
c) negative d) zero or positive
42. The characteristics is __________ the exponent of 10, when 48. A triangle inscribed in a given triangle whose vertices are
the number is written scienti c notation. the feet of the three perpendiculars to the sides of the
a) Equal to b) Greater than same point inside, the given triangle.

c) Less than d) None of the above a) Inscribed triangle b) Primitive triangle

c) Pedal triangle d) Obtuse triangle

43. If the logarithm to base 10 (denoted as log10) is called

common logarothm is called natural logarithm, what do 49. The triangle with minimum perimeter but maximum area
you call the logarithm of base 2 (denotes as lb)? inscribed in another triangle is known as
a) Binary logarithm b) Bit logarithm a) Pedal triangle b) Euclid's triangle
c) Bilogarithm d) All of the above c) Primitive triangle d) None of the above

44. If the unknown is a conditional equatio occur as an 50. A right triangle whose length of sides may be expressed as
exponent, the best way to solve the unknown is by the ratio of integral units.
a) Raising the power of both sides b) Taking the logarithm of both sides a) Pedal triangle b) Isosceles triangle
c) Extracting the root of both sides d) Applying the Newton's method c) Scalene triangle d) Primitive triangle

45. Angles of rotation with the same initial side and terminal 51. A triangle with no side equal is known as
side.
a) Acute triangle b) Oblique triangle
a) Terminal angles b) Conjugate angles
c) Equilateral triangle d) Scalene triangle
c) Co-terminal angles d) Supplementary angles

52. If two triangles have congruent bases, then the ratio of

46. An angle equal to one revolution of 360⁰ their areas equals the ratio of
a) Perigon b) Explement angle a) Their perimeters b) The lengths of their altitudes
c) Re ex angle d) Supplement angle c) Their sides d) None of the above

47. The angle which the line of sight to the object makes with 53. In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is __________
the horizotal is above the eye of an observer. times as long as each of the legs.
a) Angle of depression b) Angle of elevation a) √2 b) √3
c) Acute angle d) bearing c) 2 d) 3

54. Which of the following is not a secondary part of a triangle?

a) altitudes b) medians

c) exterior angles d) sides

55. Which of the following is not a property of a triangle? 61. The least proved theorem in mathematics.
a) The sum of the three angles is always b) The sum of two sides is less than the third a) Goldbach conjecture b) Fermat's last theorem
equal to two right angles. side
c) Mersennes's proportion d) Pappus proportions
c) If the two sides are equal, the angles d) The altitudes of the triangle meet in a
opposite are unequal. point.

62. Equations used for checking the solution to a plane triangle

using law of sine's as follows:
Given the sides of a triangle as 3m and 5m. The third side is
56. a) Diophantine equations b) Mollweide's equatons
a) Between 3m and 8m
c) Morh equations d) Gauss equations
b) Greater than 8m c) From 3m to 7m

d) From 2m to 8m

63. Napier's rule states that the sine of any middle part is equal
to the product of the __________ of the opposite parts.
57. A straight from the vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of a) sine b) cosine
the opposite side is known as
c) tangent d) secant
a) altitude b) median

c) height d) none of these

64. Napier's rule states that the sine of any middle part is equal
to the product of the __________ of the adjacent parts.
58. Indicate the false statement: a) sine b) cosine
a) An altitude of a triangle is a perpendicular b) Three or more lines which have one point c) tangent d) cotangent
drop from any vertex to the opposite side. in common are said to be coplanar.
c) The altitudes of a triangle meet in a point. d) A locus is a gure containing all the points
and only those which ful ll a given
65. How many formulas may be derived from using the
requirement.
Napier's rules?
a) 5 b) 6

c) 8 d) 10
59. The case of the solution of the triangle in the plane where
the given data leads to two solutions.

a) Axioms of Euclid b) Absurb case

66. The sum of all interior angles in a spherical triangle is
c) Ambigous case d) All of the above
always

a) Greater than 180⁰ but less than 270⁰ b) Greater than 180⁰ but less than 360⁰

c) Greater than 180⁰ but less than 540⁰ d) Greater than 270⁰ but less than 540⁰
60. The most proved theorem in mathematics.
a) Gauss lemma b) Fermat's theorem

c) Ptolemy's theorem d) Pythagorean theorem

67. The maximum value for the longitude is

a) 90⁰ b) 180⁰
c) 45⁰ d) 360⁰
 The maximum value for the latitude is 74. The radius of the earth used in spherical trigonometry is
68.
a) 90⁰ a) 3989 statute miles b) 3979 statute miles

b) 45⁰ c) 180⁰ c) 3969 statute miles d) 3959 statute miles

d) 360⁰

75. The di erence between a nautical mile and a statute mile.

69. If R is the radius of a sphere and E is an spherical excess (in a) 800 feet b) 900 feet
radians), then the area of a spherical triangle is c) 1000 feet d) 500 feet
a) πR²E b) πR²E/180

c) πR²/180E d) R²/E
76. Manila has a longitude of 121⁰05' E. What is the time
di erence between Manila and Greenwich, England which
is at prime meridian?
70. One minute of the great circle arc on the surface of the
earth is equivalent to a) 8 hours 40 minutes b) 8 hours 34 minutes

a) 1 statue mile b) 1 nautical mile c) 8 hours and 14 minutes d) 8 hours 4 minutes

c) 60 statue mile d) 60 nautical mile

77. The earth is divided into how many time zone?

71. A spherical triangle with all angles equal to a right triangle a) 24 b) 18

is called __________ spherical triangle. c) 16 d) 12
a) birectangular b) quandrantal
c) trirectangular d) right
78. In a spherical triangle, two angles (or sides) are on the same
species if they are both

72. A spherical triangle with at least one side is a quarter of a a) Between 0⁰ and 180⁰ b) Between 0⁰ and 90⁰
great circle is called __________ spherical triangle. c) Between 90⁰ and 180⁰ d) Between 0⁰ and 90⁰ or both Between
a) octant b) quadrantal 90⁰ and 180⁰

c) trirectangular d) birectangular

79. Spherical degree is a unit of a spherical area taken as 1/720

of the surface of the sphere. How many spherical degrees a
73. One of the two great circles intersecting at right angle at
hemisphere have?
the piles and dividing equinoctial points and ecliptic into 4
parts. a) 360⁰ b) 720⁰

a) nadir b) zenith c) 180⁰ d) 270⁰

c) declination d) colure
80. Which of the following statements is false about spherical 86. When the hypotenuse of a right spherical triangle is less
trigonometry? than 90⁰.
a) If two angles of a spherical triangle are b) If two angles of a spherical triangle are a) The two legs are on the same quadrant b) The two legs are on the di erent quadrant
equal, the sides opposite are equal and unequal, and the greater side lies opposite
c) One leg is one the rst quadrant and the d) None of the above
conversely the greater angle, and conversely.
other on the second quadrant
c) The sum of two sides of a spherical triangle d) The sum of all interior angles of a spherical
is greater than the third sides. triangles is 360⁰

87. When the hypotenuse of a right spherical triangle is greater

than 90⁰
81. The sum of the sides of a spherical triangles is always less
a) The two legs are on the same quadrant b) The two legs are on the di erent quadrant
than
c) One leg is one the rst quadrant and the d) None of the above
a) 270⁰ b) 360⁰
other on the second quadrant
c) 540⁰ d) 180⁰

88. The point where a ray from the center of the earth through
82. The sum of any two angles of a spherical triangle is an observer's position on it intersects the celestial sphere is
a) Greater than 180⁰ b) Less than 180⁰ call the observer's

c) Less than 180⁰ + the third angle d) Greater than 180⁰ + the third angle a) zenith b) nadir

c) pole d) equinox

83. Refers to the angular distance from the equator measured

along a meridian. 89. The point that is diametrically opposite the zenith is called
a) longitude b) latitude a) pole b) equinox
c) meridian d) declination c) nadir d) Celestial meridian

84. Refers to the angle at either pole between the meridian 90. The great circles through the north and south celestial
passing through a point and some xed meridian known as poles are called
the prime meridian.
a) Hour circle b) Celestial meridians
a) longitude b) latitude
c) Elevated poles d) Hour circle & celestial meridians
c) declination d) equinox

91. An oblique equilateral parallelogram:

85. Is half of a great circle terminated by the north pole and
a) square b) rectangle
south pole.
c) rhombus d) trapezoid
a) longitude b) latitude

c) declination d) meridian
92. Mil is a unit of Answer Key
a) angle b) length 1. b 24. b 47. b 70. b
2. a 25. c 48. c 71. a
c) angle and length d) weight
3. b 26. c 49. a 72. c
4. a 27. d 50. d 73. d
5. a 28. a 51. d 74. d
6. b 29. c 52. b 75. a
7. a 30. c 53. a 76. d
8. c 31. d 54. d 77. a
9. a 32. d 55. b 78. d
10. b 33. c 56. c 79. a
11. a 34. a 57. b 80. d
12. b 35. b 58. b 81. b
13. c 36. c 59. c 82. c
14. a 37. c 60. d 83. b
15. b 38. a 61. b 84. a
16. c 39. d 62. b 85. d
17. b 40. d 63. b 86. a
18. a 41. d 64. c 87. c
19. b 42. a 65. d 88. a
20. d 43. a 66. c 89. c
21. b 44. b 67. b 90. d
22. a 45. c 68. a 91. c
23. c 46. a 69. b 92. c