1. Which one of the following is equal to the polynomial function f() = x2+ 4x + 4?

A. k(x) = (x - 2) (x + 2)

B. g(x)=x + 4x2 + 4/x2+ 2

C. I(x) = (*2 + 10x +3) + (6x + 1)

D. h(x) = (x2 + 6x + 8) - (2x - 4)

2. Let S, R and T be any three sets. Which one of the following is NOT true about the union of the sets?

A. (sUR) UT = TU (RUS)

B. SUR=RUS

C. SUS=S

D. SUT=T

3. What is the maximum value of z= 2x + 3y subjected to the constraints

A.18

B.12

C.22

D.14

4. Which one of the following is equal to the sum

729(31-k)? k=1

A. 1088

B. 1093

C. 1079

D. 1092

5. Which one of the following is an equation of the parabola with vertex V(0, 0) and focus F(2, 0)?

A. x-8y

B. y²- 8x

C.
D.

6. Which one of the following is true about the function f(x) = tanx?

A. f is a periodic function with period r/2.

B. The domain of f is R\ (-T/2, T/2)

C. The graph of f intersects y-axis at (r/2, 0)

D. The range of f is the set of real numbers, R.

7. Given that a graph of system of linear inequalities as shown below.

Which one of the following system of linear inequalities is represented by the shaded region in the
graph?

A.

B.

C.

D.

8. If the fifth and the tenth terms of a geometric sequence are 640 and 20 respectively, then which of
the following numbers are the first term and the common ratio of the given geometric sequence
respectively?

A. 1024 and 2

B. 10240 and 2

C. 1024 and ½

O 10240 and 1/2

9. Which one of the following conic section is defined by "the set of points in a plane such that the sum
of the distances from two given points is constant"?

A. Ellipse

B. Parabola

C. Hyperbola

D. Circle
10. Let 0 be an angle in standard position and P(-3,4) be a point on the terminal side of 0 Which one of
the following is true about the corresponding trigonometric functions?

A. cose = -3/5

B. sin = 3/5

C. sin= -4/5

D. cos0 = 4/5

11. Which one of the following is the position vector with initial point A(1, -1) and terminal point B (2, -3)

A. 3i + 4j

B. 3i - 4j

C. i-4)

D. i-2j

12. Let A and B be two sets that contain 15 and 17 elements respectively. If ANB contains 10 elements,
what is the number of elements in AU B?

A. 22

B. 42

C. 12

D. 32

13. Which one of the following is true about the Range and Interquartile Range of a given data?

A. Both are considering only the middle 50% of the data.

B. Both are affected by extreme values in the data.

C. Both are measures of variation of the data.

D. Both are measure of the variability of each item in the data.

14. Which one of the following number is the coefficient of xéyó in the expansion of (x + y) 102

A. 4860

B. 210

C. 1260
D. 240

15. The altitude of a frustum of a reqular square pyramid is 9cm. What is the volume of the frustum if
the side length of the upper base is 6cm and the side length of the lower base is 10cm?

A. 108 cm3

B. 588 cm3

C. 324 cm3

D. 226 cm3

16. Which one of the following intervals is the solution set of the inequality

¡A. 16,4)

B. (8, 2)

C. (-4,16)

D. (-2,8)

17. A sector of a circle of diameter 8cm is formed by a central angle of 450, What is the area of the
sector?

A. 8rt cm2

B. ncm2

C. 2r cm2

D. (2r + 8) cm2

18. If a=2-3/5 and b= 3 + 2/5, then which one of the following is true?

A. ab =36

B. a+b=5

C. 11a +b=-36 + 13V5

D. a b =-1 - V5

19. Which one of the following is NOT a valid reason for saving?

A. For betting in football

B. To maximize interest
C. For vacation

D. For the time of retirement

20. Which one of the following is true about the integral of a function f(x) with respect to a variable x?

A. ff(X) dx is the set of all anti-derivates of f.

B. ff(x) dx is the set of all anti-derivates of f.

C. ff() dx is the set of all derivates of f.

D. (f(«) dx is the set of all derivates of f.

21. Which one of the following is a quantitative data?

A. Measuring the heights of each students in the given class.

B. ldentifying the social status of individuals.

C. Determining the tastes of foods ina restaurant.

D. Checking the quality of newly created product.

22. What is the perimeter of a regular hexagon of radius 6cm?

A. 18/3 cm

B. 36 cm

C. 18 cm

D. 36V3 cm

23. Consider the following graph of a given exponential function f(x).

Which one of the following functions represents the graph shown above?

A. f(x) = (2)×-2

B. f(%) = (2)X - 2

C. f(x) = (4)x - 2

D. f(x) = (4)X - 2

24. If the mneasure of each interior angle of a regular polygon is 135°, then which one of the following is
the number of lines of symmetry of the polygon.
A. 7

B. 9

C. 6

D. 8

25. A company produces shirts of black and white colors from polyester and cotton. The company has
6000 units of polyester and 3000 units of cotton in its store. A black shirt requires 5 units of polyester
and 4 units of cotton where as a white shirt requires 3 units of polyester and 3 units of cotton. If the
factory gets a profit of Birr 120 from each black shirt and Birr 200 from each white shirt, what is the
maximum profit of the company?

A. Birr 144,000

B. Birr 344,000

C. Birr 120,000

D. Birr 200,000

26. Which one of the following is equal to the sum 2n' ? n=1

A. 2+8 + 16 + 32 + 64

B. 2 +4 +6 +8+ 10

C. 2+4 +8+ 16 +32

D. 2+8+ 18 + 32 + 50

27. Let p and q be proposition with truth values true and false respectively. Which one of the following
statements is NOT Correct?

A. p. q is false.

B. pAqis false.

C.

D. pVq is true.

28. Which one of the following is equal to cot(1755)?

A. v3

B. 1
C. -v3

D. -1

29. Which one of the following statements is the polynomial division theorem?

A. Let f is a non-constant polynomial with integer coefficients. If the rational number c/d in its lowest
terms is a root of f, then c is a factor of the constant term off and d is a factor of the leading coefficient.

B. If f is a non-constant polynomial and c is a real number, then the remainder when f(x) divided by x - c
is f(c)

C. If f(x) and d(x) are polynomials such that d(x) z 0 and degree (d(x) s degree(f(*),. then there exist
unique polynomials q(x) and r(x) such that f(x) = d(x)q(x) + r(x), where r(x) = 0 or degree of r(x) < degree
of d(x)

D. If f is a non-constant polynomial and c is a real number, then x - c is a factor of f(x) if and only if f(c) =
0

30. The shaded region in the following figure is the graph ofa relation R.

Which one of the following is the domain and range ofR respectively?

A. (-o0,- 1/2] and R

B. R and (-o0, -1/2]

C. R and (-oo, -1/2)

D. ((o, -1/2) and R

31. Consider that a data set given below: 10, 8, 10, 2, 12, 6, 12, 18,3, 7, 10, 8,8 Which one of the
following is the coefficient of range of the data?

A. 5/4

B. 16

C. 20

D. 4/5

32. Let M be a matrix such that

33

Which one of the following is an onto function

from R onto R?

O f(x) = 2x - 3x2

O f(x) = |x - 1|

O f(x) = 5x° +1

O f(x) = Vz? +1

34. Which one of the following is equal to the expression

A. 1/15

B. 3/5

C. 15

D. 5/3

35. The following figure is the graph of a quadratic function f(x) = ax? + bx + c in the set of real numbers.

Which one of the following is the solution set of the inequality f(x) s 0?

A. fx:xs0 and x2 -4}

B. x:xs 2 and x6}

C. x:xs4 and x > 0}

D. {xX>2 and xs 6}

36. If the length of the sides of a triangle are 8cm, 6cm and 4cm, then which one of the following is the
area of the triangle?

A. 3/15 cm2

B. 24 cm2

C. 1.5/15 cm2

D. 12 cm²
37. Let Let f(x) =X+1/x-1 and g (x) = be two functions. Which one of the following is true about the
combination values of f and g at X = 2?

A. (f.9)(2) = 6

B. (f+g)(2) = 3

C. (f/g)(2) = 2/3

D. (f-9(2) =1

38. Which one of the following defines an exponential function?

A. f: R -> (0, co) defined by f(x) = bř, where b> 0 and b 1.

B. f: (0, oo) -> R defined by f(x) = b, where b > 0 and b 1.

C. f: R-> (0, oo) defined by f(x) = x, where b > 0 and b # 1.

D. f0, o) -> R defined by f(x) = x, where b> 0 and b1.

39. In the following figure, O is the center of the circle and the line segments AB and AC are intersecting
the circle at D and E respectively.

If m(zACD) = 30° and m(BEC) = 50°, then which one of the following is equal to m(ZBAC)?

A. 700

B. 200

C. 800

D. 300

40. Let p and q be propositions. Which one of the following propositions is a tautology?

A. (p-q) (pA q)

B. (pA )→(Vq)

C. (-p q) → (pA q)

D. (pvq)(p A q)

41. Let f be differentiable function at a number 'a' for a E Domain f. In the expression f(a + h) -f(a) for h #
0,h as h gets closer and closer to zero from both directions, the expression becomes closer and closer to
zero from both directions, the expression becomes closer to f(a) which is equal to
A. The gradient of the normal line to the graph of f at a point (a, f(a))

B. The gradient of the secant line to the graph of f at a point (a, f(a)

C. The gradient of the vertical line to the graph of f at a point (a, f(a))

D. The gradient of the tangent line to the graph of f at a point (a, f(a)

42. If 180 individuals can complete a job in 15 days by working 10 hours a day, how many individuals are
needed to complete the job in 10 days if they work 12 hours a day?

A. 200

B. 225

C. 144

D. 220

43. Which one of the following numbers is a common multiple of 324 and 1152?

A. 13824

B. 5184

C. 20736

D. 7776

44. Consider a circle with center O and the line segments AB, AC and BC are chords of the circle as
shown in the figure below. If m(ZABC)= 60° and m(zACB) = 40, then what is m(ZBOC)?

A. 1200

B. 1000

C. 160°

D. 800

45. Which one of the following is the solution of the equation (81)-3x+2 (243)2*-3=

A. 2

B. -1

C. -2

D. 1
46. What is the total surface area of a regular square pyramid with slant height 8cm and base area
25cm2

A. 80 cm?

B. 105 cm2

C. 65 cm2

D. 90cm2

47. The following table presents the scores of Grade 11 students of a certain school in a Mathematics
examination.

What is the median of the data given in the above table?

A. 58.5

B. 50.5

C. 60.5

D. 55.5

48. What is the area of the region bounded by the graph of f(x) = x* and the x-axis on the interval (4, 2]?

A. 120 square units

B. 5 and 2

C. -5 and -2

C. -5 and 2

51. Which of the following is the range of the function 2x - 1/X +3

A. R\{3}

B. R\{ 1/3}

C. R\(2}

D. R\{1/2}

52. Which of the following pairs of lines represented by the given equations are parallel?
A. l1x-y+3 = 0 and l,: -x + y -9 =0

B. l1:2x+3y = 5 and I,: 3x + 2y = 4

C. I1:4x-y= 2and L,: -x + 4y -3 =0

D. l1:x- 2y +1=0 and l,: x+ 2y - 1 =0

53. The following data gives the scores of 10 students in a Mathematics examination: 6, 10, 8, 5,9, 8, 5,
10, 10, 9. Which one of the following is the standard deviation of the given data?

A. 3.6

B. 5.8

C. v3.6

D. V5.8

54. Let r, and r, be the roots of a quadratic equation ax² + bx +c=0, such that r, t,=2.5 and r,r=1.5, for a, b
andc are real numbers and a 0. Which one of the following can be the values of a, b, and c respectively?

A. 1,6 and 5

B. 1,5and 6

C. 2,3 and 5

D. 2,5 and 3

55. Which one of the following is the solution set of the equation 2x+1 (VI6)*= (VA096)

A. {9/4)

B. {11/2}

C. {9/2)

D. {11/4}

56. Which one of the following is a primary data?

A. The data obtained from a chart prepared by Ministry of Health regarding the spread of HIV/AIDS.

B. The data obtained by measuring the weights of students in a certain school.

C. The data obtained by reading a journal regarding the opinion of the society about holidays.
D. The data obtained from a document prepared by the MOE regarding the achievements of students in
National Examination.

57. Which one of the following ordered pairs of numbers give the coordinates of the point that divides a
line segment with end points A(1,1) and B(-6, 8) in the ration of 3:4?

A. (2,-4)

B. (2,4)

C. (2,-4)

D. (2,4)

58. Which one of the following pairs of functions is an inverse of each other in their respective domains?

A. f(x)= Va t3 and g(x) = x² -9

B. f(x) =x?-1 and g(x) = Vx +1

C. f(x) = x and g(x) = 1/x5

D. f(x) =

59. Which one of the following numbers is the determinant of the matrix

A.

B.

C.

D.

60. Which one of the following is a simple random sampling?

A. First the population is divided into homogenous groups and a sample is selected from each
homogenous group.

B. Selecting five students from grade 12 students of the same school randomly.

C. First divide a city into ten groups and choose the secondary school principals from the randomly
selected 3 groups

D. Selecting a group randomly from groups formed by dividing the population into groups.

1. The domain of the function f(x) = 2x2/3

B. R

C. ( 0, co)

D. R\O}

2. The slope of the line that makes an angle of 135° with the positive x-axis is equal to

A. 1

B. -1

C. 2

D. 3

3. If tan31°=0.81 then what is the value of tan509o

A. -0.91

B. 0.81

C. -0.81

D. 0.19

4. If sin = -3/5 and 0 is a 4th quadrant angle, then what is the value of sec0?

A. -5/4

B. 5/3

C. 5/4

D. -5/3

5. If ABCD is a parallelogram with Pamid-point of ABand Q a mid-point of CD. Then which of the
following is NOT necessarily true?

A. APCQ is a rhombus.

B. APCD is a trapezium.

C. AQ E PC

D. AADQ = ACBP
6. A regular pyramid has a hexagonal base whose side length is 12 cm. What is the lateral surface area of
the pyramid in square centimeters if the length of each lateral edge is 10cm?

A. 720

B. 288

C. 72

D. 360

7. The object shown in the figure below is made of wood. its top cover is a solid hemisphere and its
bottom is a cylinder of base diameter 6cm and height of 12cm. From the bottom of the cylindrical part a
right circular cone of height 8cm is cut off. Thus, what is the volume of the solid in cubic centimeters?

A. 126

B. 96T

C. 72rt

D. 102Tt

8. If the truth value of p is T, then which of the following compound propositions has a truth value T for
any proposition q?

A. (p q) A -p

B. (pA -p) A q

C. (pAq) → q

D. pe (pV ~q)

9. Which of the following functions is one to one?

A. f= {(x, y): y is the mother of x}

B. f:R->R, f(x) = x2-1

C. f: (0, co) -> R, f(x) = Ix| -1

D. f- {(1,5), (2,3), (5,4), (6,5)}

10. then what are the values ofA, B and C respectively?

A. 2,-1, 5

B. 2,-2,-5
C. 3,-2,6

D. 1,-1,3

11. Which of the following line is true about the intercept and symmetry of the graph of

A. The graph is symmetrical with respect to the origin.

B. Its X-intercepts are t V6

C. lts y-intercept is 3.

D. The graph is symmetrical with respect to the y-axis.

12. Consider the lines ,:y= 2x +3 and : y=1 - 3x. Then the angle between l, and , is

A. TƯ6

B. TƯ2

C. 3r/2

D. TV4

13. The equation of the parabola with vertex V(2, -1) and focus F(-1, -1) is

A. (x- 2) = -12(y + 1)

B. (y+1)2 = 12(x- 2)

C. (y+1)' =-12(x - 2)

D. (x+1)? = -12(y + 1)

14. This question contains a mistake. It is written as it appears on the actual exam paper.

What is the equation of the hyperbola with foci F1= (2, 1),) F2 = (8, 1) and the length of the conjugate
axis is 8 units?

14. What is the equation of the hyperbola with foci Fj=(-2, 1), F-(8, 1) and the length of the conjugate
axis is 8 units?

A.

B.

C.

D.
15. What is the area of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 6cm?

A. 36/3 cm

B. 48 cm

C. 54/3 cm2

D. 48V3 cm?

16. Which of the following defines a prime number?

A. lt is a number whose only factor is itself.

B. It is a number that has only two positive factors.

C. It is a number whose only factor is 1.

D. It is a number that has more than two positive factors.

17. Which of the following rational numbers is written in its standard form?

A. 5x105

B. 0.09x 105

C. 0.8 x 102

D. 10.1 x 102

18. What is the value of x in the equation V12552x-1=253x +1

A. 5/7

B. 5

C. -5/7

D. -5

19. The solution set of the equation 3|2x - 4| =6- 2|1 - 5x| is

A. (1,1/2)

B. {}

C. 1,1/2,5/4)

D. {1/2,5/4)
20. Given A ={xEN: x<3} and B is the set of all possible factors of.13. Then which one of the following is
equal to B x A?

A. {(1,2), (13, 1), (13, 2)}

B. (1,1), (13, 2)}

C. (1,1), (1,2), (13, 1), (13, 2)}

D. (1,1), (2, 1), (1, 13), (2, 13)}

21. The solution set of the inequality (2x -3) (x+5) < 0 is

A. [5,3/2]

B. (o, -3/2] U [5, 00)

C. (5,3/2)

D. (co, -5] U [3/2, co)

22. The histogram below shows the recorded temperature (in oC) of a certain town in Ethiopia for the
first 15 days of March 2023.

Then which one of the following statement is true about the data represented by the histogram?

A. For 45% of the days, the temperature was more than 19°C.

B. The highest frequency is 3.

C. The mode of the data is 22°C.

D. The temperature was 24°C for two days.

23. Which of the following statement is true about f(x) = x2- 6x + 10?

A. The vertex of the graph is f is (3, 1).

B. The graph of f opens downward.

C. The line x =1is the axis of symmetry of the graph off.

D. f(x) 2 for allx in the domain of f.

24. A 20m high building casts a shadow of 4m, at the same time a 35m tree casts a shadow of x m. What
is the value of x?

A. 15m
B. 7m

C. 14m

D. 8m

25. A car started moving 9km to the east then moved 4km to the North and then 12km towards West to
reach its destination. How far the car it travelled from its starting point?

A. 5km

B. 4km

C. 12km

D. 25km

26. When the polynomial p(x) =3x° + 5x - 7x + 2kx +3 is divided by x + 1 the remainder is 4. What is the
value of k?

A. 6

B. 3

C. -7

D. -5

27. The solution set of the equation 5log,x - 2log,(x) - log,8 = -1 is

A. (3/2}

B. (9)

C. (3)

D. (4)

28. What is the value of x that satisfies the equation = 2?

A. 4

B. 3/2

C. -3/2

D. 1

29. On the set of Natural numbers N, which one of the following propositions has a truth value True?
A. (vx)@y) (xy< x)

B. (v)ay) (x - y =5)

C. (Vx)(vy) (x y X>y)

D. (Bx)4y) (x-y=y- x)

30. Let A =0 Then AT is

31. In a certain month of the year, the temperature of a city was recorded and presented as follows.

Which one of the following is the cumulative frequency of the fourth class?

A. 20

B. 18

C. 27

D. 22

32. The following is the distribution of the weight of 40 students in a certain class.

Then for data given above, what is the median weight in kg?

A. 53.8

B. 53

C. 55

D. 54.5

33. A fair die is going to be rolled once, and let; E1 be the event that an even number occurs;E2 be the
event that a prime number occurs; E3 be the event that a multiple of 3 occurs; E4 be the event that a
multiple of 5 occurs

Then, which of the following pairs of events are mutually exclusive?

A. E2 and E4

B. E1 and E2
C. E3 and E4

D. E1 and E3

34. Then what are the values of a and b respectively?

A. 0,-1

B. -1,2

C. 2,-2

D. 3,2

35. A group of students,5 from grade 10, 8 from grade 11 and 2 from grade 12 is to be formed.If a
student is chosen randomly from this group, what is the probability that the chosen student is either
from grade 10 or grade 12?

A. 3/7

B. 12/15

C. 5/15

D. 7/15

36

x-1

What is the value of lim

A. 0

B. 2

C. 1

D. 3

37. Which of the following functions has a graph that completes one full cycle on [-T/4, 11r/4]?

A. f(x) = 2sin(2x + T/6)

B.

C.

D.
38. Let fo) = -;cos(x-)+1. Then what is the period and phase shift of the graph of f respectively?

A. TỰ9 and 4r/9

B. 3r/2 and 4/9

C. 2r/3 and 2r/9

D. 4r/3 and 2r/9

39. What is the fifth term of the sequence (2" + 4n- 5)-0?

A. 15

B. 47

C. 17

D. 27

40. This question contains a mistake. It is written as it appears on the actual exam paper.

If the 6th and 11th term of an arithmetic sequence are 35 and 75 respectively, then what is the sum of
the first 31 terms of the sequence?

A. 846

B. 2635

C. 724

D. 2145

41. Which one of the following numbers is the upper bounds of the sequence

A. 4

B. 1

C. 0

D. 3/2

42. Let the sequence {a,} converges to 3 while (b} converges to -1. Then the sequence (a, - b) Converges
to

A. 1/3

B. 3
C. 4

D. 1

43. Which of the following is true about the graph of y =3 sin(4x)?

A. The graph rises up on [0, T/4).

B. The graph completes one cycle on the interval [0, T/4].

C. The graph lies below the x-axis on (TV4, T/2).

D. The graph completes one cycle on the interval [0, T).

44. Let A be a square matrix of order n and let B be a matrix obtained by multiplying one row of A by 2
and C be a matrix found by adding one row of A to another row of A. If det(A) = 10, what are det(B) and
det(C) respectively?

O 10 and 10

O 10 and 20

O 20 and 0

O 20 and 10

Improve

45

Let z, Z, and z be complex numbers. Then

which of the following is NOT necessarily true?

O(zz) z3Z1 (2223)

Improve

46

The solution set of the system

(2x-y+32 = 1

x+yt 3z= 5 is

lx-y+z= -1

O (k, k+ 1, k- 1): kE R}
O {(2- 2k, 3 - k, k): keR}

O {(k + 1, 2k, k - 1): kER}

O {(4-2k, k, 2 - k):ke R}

47. Let u = (-1, 6) andv= (2,4) be position vectors. Then the vector 4u - 3v is

A. ((4,24)

B. 15, 18)

C. (10,11)

D. (10, 12)

48. Which of the following complex numbers corresponds to the point (-3, -1) in the argand plane

A. 3-i

B. -1-3i

C. 3+i

D. -3+i

49. If a translation T takes a point (-1, 1) to a point (3, 2), then the image of the circle x + y'-2x +4y + 1 =0
under Tis

A. (x+3)2 + (y + 3)2 = 4

B. (x- 5)2 + (y + 1)2 = 4

C. «-2)2+ (y+ 3)2 = 4

D. (x-3)2 +(y -3)? =4

50. Which of the following assertions is true applying the principle of mathematical induction?

A. 3+5+7+.. +(2n + 1) = n for n>1

B. n(n+1) 1 for n 22+1 2+ 3+ 4 +..+n=

C. n!22 for n 0

D. 1+2+22 +.. +2n = 2n +1-1 for n 0

51. Let F be the anti-derivative off. Then which of the following is NOT true about F and f?
A. f)dx = f) +c

B. F()dx = f(x) + c

C. F() = f(%)

D. FO)dx = F)dx

52. Which of the following is equal to [3cos3x dx?

A. -sinx+c

B. sinx + C

C. sin3x +c

D. -sin3x + c

53. What is the area of the region bounded by the graph of f(x) = x- 4 and the x-axis in square units?

A. 32/3

B. 16/3

C. 32

D. 16

54. Let f be a continuous function on [0, 1] and let F be an antiderivative of f with F(1) = -11 and F(0)=11.
Then f(r) dx is equal to

A. 22

B.0

C. 11

D. -22

55. Which of the following set of equations define the xz-plane?

A. {(x, y, z) | x, y, z ER and z = 0}

B. {(x, y, z) | x, y, z ER and x =0}

C. {< y, z) | x, y, z ER and y = 0}

D. (x, y, z) Ix, y, zER and x =z=0}

56. What is the coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment joining (1,-3, 3) and (-1, 5, -7) in space?
A. (1,3, 5)

B. (1,1,-2)

C. (1,4,3)

D. (1,3,-9/2)

57. This question contains a mistake. It is written as it appears on the actual exam paper. Which of the
following argument is valid?

A. p q, -r AqEpVr

B. pq,q,r→ pr

C. p.p q, r V ¬qpAr

D. pVq, p q ¬q

58. Let f(x) = 5x° + 2x - sinx + ex, What is the value of f(0)?

A. 4

B. -1

C. 1

D. 2

59. Which one of the following is the value of a so that the function given by ax t 1 for x>1 f()=y2 is
continuous at 1? 4 for x<1

A. 1

B. -1

C. -4

D. 4

60. Which of the following describes the mechanical meaning of derivative?

A. slope of tangent line

B. Instantaneous rate of change

C. Area under the curve

D. Gradient of graphs of functions

A. 4

B. 6

C. 1

D. 2

62. Let f(x) = and g()=2-x be two functions.6 For what values of x do the graphs of f and g have tangent
lines of the same slope?

A. 1/4

B. 4

C. 1

D.

63. Water is running into a canonical tank which is pointed down at a constant rate of 6Tt cm/sec. The
cone has a height of 10cm and a base radius 5cm, then how fast is the water level rising when the water
reaches 2cm deep?

A. 6/t cm/sec

B. 4 cm/sec

C. 6 cmn/sec

D. 4/T cm/sec

64. Which of the following is true about the zero(s) of a function f(x)?

A. If f(a)=0, then a is not necessarily in the domain.

B. Iff(a)=0, then (x- a)² is afactor of f(x).

C. If f(a)=0, then y=a is the y-intercept.

D. Iff(a)=0, thenx-a is a factor for f(x).

65. What is the value of a number in the interval (0,1) that satisfies the Mean Value Theorem for the
function f(x)=3x- 5x + 1?
1. Consider the points A(-2,1), B(3,0), C(3,-1) and D(1,1) in xy-plane. If u = AB and v= CD, then which one
of the following is equal to u-v?

A. (3,1)

B. (7,3)

C. (3,1)

D. (7,-3)

2. This question doesn't have an answer from the given options. It is written as it appears on the actual
exam paper. Which one of the following is the derivative of f(x) = tanx + 3*?

A. tanx + 3Mnx

B. sec'x + 3X

C. secx +3nx

D. -csc2x +3Mnx

3. Given matrices A=

Which one of the following is A-B?

A.

B.

C.

D.

4. What is the dot(scalar) products of the vectors u= i+2j and v= -2i + 4j?

A. -8

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7

5. Which one of the following quantities represents a vector?

A. Volume of a box.
B. The width of your bedroom

C. Weight of an object

D. Speed of a motorbike

6. What is the image of the circle with equation (x+2) + (y-2) =1, when it is rotated through T/6 about the
origin?

A. (r+(V3-1)) +y-(V3 + 1)) =1

B. (r-(V3 +1)) +(+(3-1))' =1

C. (+(V3 + 1)) + (y-(V3-1))² =1

D. (x-(V3 1))² + (y +(V3 + 1))² =1

7. The radian measure of an angle of 120° is equal to

A. T/2

B. T /8

C. 2r/3

D. TỰ4

8. Which one of the following is true?

A. The range of arctangent function is , TJ.

B. The range of arcsine function is (-0o, o).

C. The domain of arccosine function is -1, 1].

D. The domain of arcsine function is [0, TJ.

9. What are the quotient and remainder respectively, when 75 is divided by 20?

A. 15 and 3

B. 2 and 19

C. 3 and 15

D. 4 and 5 5

10. In rolling a fair dice, what is the probability of 2:58:5/ obtaining 3 or 5?

A. 1/4
B. 1/3

C. 1/2

D. 1/6

11. Which of the following is the measure of an exterior angle of a 10 sided regular polygons?

A. 180°

B. 360

C. 720

D. 144°

12. If f(x) = x?+ px +1 where f(0) and f(1) have opposite signs so that f has a root in (0,1), then which one
of the following number is a possible value p?

A. 2

C. 3

C. -3

D. -2

13. If the volume of a right circular cone is 64Tcm3 and the diameter of its base is 8cm, what is the
height of the cone?

A. 12cm

B. 4cm

C. 3cm

D. 8cm

14. Let R = {(x,y)l y > x +1 and ys 5} be a relation. Then which one of the following defines the inverse of
R.

A. (xy)| x<y'+1, x5)

B. ((xy)l x2y'-1, Xs 5}

C. {(«,y)l X y²+1, xs 5)

D. (xy)l xy? +1,x5)

A. 36Tcm2

B. 24r cm2

C. 144r cm2

D. 48 cm2

16. What is the locus all points in the plane in which the sum of the distances from two fixed points is
constant?

A. Ellipse

B. Circle

C. Hyperbola

D. Parabola

17. A line segment chord in an ellipse which passes through the center and perpendicular to the major
axis is called:

A. Minor axis

B. Semi-major axis

C. Latus rectum

D. Eccentricity

18. The distance from the point P(3,4) to the line L with equation: 3x + 4y-5=0 is

A. 6 units

B. 5 units

C. 7 units

D. 4 units

19. The angle of depression of the top of a flag pole from the top of a building that is 40/3m away from
the flag pole is 30. If the height of the flag pole is 1Om, what is the height of the building?

A. 20/3m

B. 10(4V3 +1)m

C. 50m
D. 40m

20. Suppose f is a continuOus function on an interval a,b] and differentiable on (a,b) with the property
f(a) = f(b). Which one of the following must be true?

A. The function has maximum value in (a,b).

B. The graph of f has horizontal tangent line at (c,f(c) for some c E (a,b).

C. The function has a zero in (a,b).

D. The function has minimum value in (a,b).

21. Let f be a continuous function on R and c be a number in the domain of f. Which one of the following
must be true about the function?

A. If f(c) is a local minimum value of f, then f(c)=0.

B. An absolute maximum value of f which is attained at a critical number is also a local maximum value
of f.

C. If c is a critical number of f, then f(c) is a local extreme value of f.

D. If f'(c) = 0, then (c,f(c) is an inflection point of f.

22. If the perimeter of a rectangle is 120m, what are the length I and width wof the rectangle that
maximizes its area?

A. =35m and w=25m

B. =40m and w=20m

C. F5Om and w=10m

D. =30m and w=30m

23. Which one of the following trigonometric values is correct?

A. tan(-1209) = -1

B. cos(-600) = V3/2

C. sin(-1209) = 0.5

D. cos(-1209) = -0.5
24. What are the coordinates of a point that divides the line segment with end points P(0,1) and Q(5,6)
in the ratio 2:3 from P?

A. (3,2)

B. (0,3)

C. (2,3)

D. (0,2)

25. Which one of the following intervals is the solution set of the inequality x - 5x +6s 0?

A. [3,0)

B. (o,2]

C. [o:2]

D. [2, 3]

26. The solution set of the equation given by log(x-3) = 2log(*-1) is:

A. (2)

B. v2)

C. (4)

D.

27. Which of the following is true about the trigonometric values of the given pairs of angles?

A. sin(759) = cos(1059)

B. tan(759) = tan(1059)

C. sin(1209) = sin(609)

D. cos(1209) = cos(609)

28. Which of the following is the simplified form of 4x4–64 for x # 2? 2-x

A. 4(x-2) (2- 4)

B. 4(x + 2) (*² + 4)

C. -4(x -2) (x? + 4)

D. -4(x+ 2)(x² + 4)
29. Which one of the following is an onto function from R onto [0,00)?

A. f(x)= |x| + 2

B. f(x) = (*^2)

C. f(x) = 2x

D. f(%) = x?+1

30. Which one of the following is the augmented matrix associated to the system of equations (2x +y +3z
= 4? x-z=1 (-4x + y-3 = 0

A.

B.

C.

D.

31. If A is a 3 x3 matrix with det(A) =5, then what is the determinant of 2A?

A. 40

B. 30

C. 10

D. 2/5

32. In order to find point P in space one can start from the origin O(0,0,0); move 5 units in the direction
of negative x-axis, then move 5 units in the direction of positive y-axis and finally move 5 units in the
direction of negative z-axis. Which one of the following is the ordered triple of numbers represented by
point P?

A. (5,5,5)

B. (5,5,5)

C. (5,-5,5)

D. (5-5,5)

33. What is the seventh term of an arithmetic sequence whose third term is -4 and common difference
is 5?

A. 16
B. -16

C. 15

D. -15

34. The sum of the first 8 terms of a geometric sequence with first termn 0.3 and common ratio 1/10 is
equal to:

A.

B.

C.

D.

35. The graph of a certain relation R is represented by the shaded region shown on the figure below.

Which one of the following pairs of sets respectively gives the domain and range of this relation?

A. (x/xs 2} and R

B. {x/xs 2} and {y/ys 6}

C. R and R

D. R and (y/y s 2}

36. Which one of the following sets is the symmetric difference, AAB, of the sets A={1,3,5,6,8,1 0} and
B={2,5,8,11}?

A. {12,3,6,1 0,11)

B. {1,3,6,10}

C. {1,2,3,5,6,8,1 0,1 1}

D. (2,11}

37. Which of the following is true about the Arithmetic Mean of a given data?

A. It can also be used for qualitative data.

B. lt can be obtained even in the absence of some of the values in the data.
C. It is affected by extreme values

D. There can be two means for a given data.

38. In AABC, if AB=1Ounits, BC= 14units and AC= 8units, then the area of the triangle is

A. 16/3 square unit

B. 16V2 square unit

C. 1046 square unit

D. 16V6 square unit

39. The simplified form of the expression 6V20 - 3/45 is? 3/75

A. 1/5

B. 5

C. V5

D. V15

40. Suppose f is a twice continuously differentiable function and f"(3) =5. If g(x) = f(2x + 3), then the
second derivative of g at 0 is equal to:

A. 5

B. 10

C. 40

D. 20

41. Which of the following is true about bounded sequence?

A. Every decreasing bounded sequence converges to the least upper bound of the sequence.

B. Every monotone bounded sequence converges.

C. Every increasing bounded sequence converges to the greatest lower bound of the sequence.

D. Every bounded sequence is convergent.

42. Let f and g be two functions. Which one of the following statements is true about f or g?

A. If f(a) = 0, then the tangent line to the graph of f at (a, f(a)) is y=a.

B. Iff and g differentiable at a, then f/g is differentiable ata.

D. If f differentiable at a, then it is continuous at a.

43. If lim f(x) = 6 and lim g (x) = -9, then

A. 15

B. 15

C. 3

D. -3

44. If f and g are continuous functions at a, then which of the following functions may NOT be
continuous at a?

A. f.g

B. 2f +3g

C. f- 2g

D. f/g

45. What is the derivative of the function f«) = at x = 0? COSX

A. -1

B. 2

C. 0

D. 1

46. What is the value of a for which the function defined by, ax + 3,for x > 1 f(x) = lx- 2x +3,for x<1 is
continuous at 1?

A. -1

B. 1

C. 4

D. 3

47. dx is equal to?

B.

D.

48. Let f be a continuous function on a,b]. Then which of the following is NOT true?

A.

B.

C.

D.

49. What is the value of [ xedx

A. e

B. -e

C. -1

D. 1

50. What is the product of the two complex number Z= 2- 3i and W= 5 +2i?

A. 16 - 11i

B. 29

C. 16 + 11i

D. 4-11i

51. Which one of the following gives the polar form of the complex number z =2-2/3 i?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Improve
52. Which of the following pairs of events are dependent?

A. Drawing two bals successively from a box containing balls having the same size and shape with
replacement.

B. Any events obtaining from tossing a coin and rolling a die at the same time.

C. Tossing two coins simultaneously and obtaining head from one and tail from the other.

D. Drawing two cards one after the other from a well shuffled pack of cards without replacement.

53. Which of the following compound statements has a converse with truth value False?

A. If man is immortal, then the earth does not rotate around the sun.

B. If 6 is a prime integer, then 4 is an even number.

C. If man is mortal, then the earth does not rotate around the sun.

D. If athlete Derartu Tulu was born on October 21,1971, then 6 is prime.

54. Which of the following is the variance of the data given as: 2, 3, 4, 5,7.

A. 2.96

B. 2.46

C. 3.70

D. 3.04

55. What is the point of intersection of the medians of AABC whose vertices are given by A(0,0), B(6,0)
and C(0,4)?

A. (9/5,6/5)

B. (6/5,4/5)

C. (2,4/3)

D. (1,2/3)

56. Which one of the following is NOT true about the graph of f(x) =5+ x+1

A. y= 4 is its horizontal asymptote.

B. X=-1 is its vertical asymptote of f.

C. y= 5 +x is its oblique asymptote.

57. Which one of the following points is, inside the sphere with equation x² + y' + Z2=5

A. (1,2,2)

B. (1,1,1)

C. (123)

D. (0,2,3)

58. If Birr 20,000 is deposited in a Bank at a rate of 12% interest compounded monthly, how long will it
take to double the amount?

A. 5.81 years

B. 5 years

C. 7.59 years

D. 6 years

59. Which one of the following is true about the matrix ?

A. The minor of the entry 0 is 14

B. The cofactor of the entry 1 is -14

C. The minor of the entry3 is 18

D. The cofactor of the entry 5 is -6.

60. If r, and r, are the roots of the equation 3x2 + 9x+ 16=0, which one of the following is true?

A.

B.

C.

D.

61. Let p and q be propositions. Which one of the following compound statement is a tautology?

A. (pA q) >p

B. (p q) (-pV)

C. (pVq) >P
D. (p q) p

62. If d= (4,3,2) and b=(1,2,-3) are two vectors in ä space, then which one of the following is NOT
Correct?

A. ả+b= (5,5,-1)

B. å+ 2b = (6,7,-4)

C. b- d= (-3,-1 –5)

D. d- 2b = (2,1,8)

63. dx is equal to:

A.

B.

C.

D.

64. The following is the distribution of the marks of students obtained in Mathematics test out of 50.

What is the first quartile of the distribution?

A. 26.5

B. 27.5

C. 28

D. 26

65. Which of the following is NOT true about argument and validity?

A. An argument which is not valid is fallacy

B. The validity of an argument can be checked by using a truth table.

C. In a valid argument, the conclusion may be true or false whenever all the premises are true.

D. In a valid argument if all the premises are

true then the conclusion must also be true.